It gathers 12 years of Serges experience and knowledge about post processing landscape photography. The new Landscape Masterclass by Serge Ramelli is a course I recommend for every beginner, intermediate and even advanced photographer to check out. It’s a much more pleasing photo.” Mistake # 5: Shooting JPEG instead of RAW 20 Daylight BW and special effects Presets by Serge Ramelli. After getting oriented to the interface and tools, Serge dives. Serge begins the class with a look at the cloud based version of Lightroom, often referred to as Lightroom CC, and then transitions to a thorough exploration of Lightroom Classic. Now take a different view at the same spot but, this time, I just waited for people not to be in front of my camera, I waited for the right light, and played with a puddle to get a reflection. Join Serge Ramelli as he takes you through all of the features of Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic. We see, for example, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and we take a shot, and there’s lots of people. I think that’s one of the biggest mistakes photographers do when they start. “Not composing the elements of your photo to communicate a message.
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Now if you put your camera on a tripod, what’s going to happen is that the long exposure is going to erase anything that’s moving, and you’ll be able to shoot at 100 ISO and get no grain/noise.” Mistake # 4: Putting too many elements in your photo Serge Ramelli's Lightroom Presets contain 5 signature packs and over 300 presets. My Best Tips on Shooting & Retouching Night Photos Lightroom 5 Tutorial (2013). You’re going to get people in the shots and a lot of grain. Serge Ramelli is a producer and writer, known for Fausse Pub FNAC (2009). “When I see people taking photos of, for example, the Eiffel Tower, without a tripod, I know they’re not going to get good shots. Mistake # 3: Not using a tripod for night photography
But if you start putting on an ND filter – and I recommend one to two seconds of exposure – what’s going to happen is that the water is going to look like a foam and it’s going to make for a much more interesting photo.” “Shooting without an ND filter is also a very common mistake because when you are by the ocean and you have movement with clouds, with water, you get very flat water. Ninety percent of the time, whatever scene you are looking at will always look better at sunset or sunrise.” Mistake # 2: Not using an ND filter when shooting the ocean “Some photos during the day can be really nice but if you take the time to come back for sunrise or sunset you will be surprised. “Shooting at the wrong time is one of them most common mistakes that I see new photographers doing,” Ramelli says. Mistake # 1: Shooting during daytime instead of sunset or sunrise So, if you’re planning on heading out on a photo shoot this weekend, you can use this as a checklist. While the video is from a few years ago and its lessons might seem simple, Ramelli’s photography advice certainly bears repeating.
That’s the message in the below tutorial from landscape photographer and Photoshop expert Serge Ramelli who explains five mistakes he sees beginner photographers consistently making and how to avoid them. We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: there’s no shame in making a few mistakes as a beginner photographer if can you find a way to learn from them.