SEASCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY

The most interesting time to get a seascape photograph is the golden hour. The goldish light takes us to another world ..!

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What is seascape photography?

Anyone who targets the sea or ocean to capture a photograph, that photograph is called a seascape photograph. It is a subpart of landscape photography and most people love to investigate a seascape photograph because so many colors and actions are taking part in the seascape photograph. Further, it also is a meditation to relax our mind while looking into a seascape photograph. 

Planning seascape PHOTOGRAPHY

I usually do a three-step planning process to capture a normal seascape.

• Weather and Time
• Composition
• Sketch final output

Weather and time

This is the first step I frequently do in my ordinary seascapes. The first part of this is weather because a considerable part of the image consumes by the sky in many seascapes. So, to get the maximum output we should pick a day with fewer clouds. If not, we are unable to capture the sunset or sunrise especially because of the clouds.

If you are targeting to capture the sunset or sunrise, should select a day with low clouds using a weather app. The above two pictures show the difference between cloudy days and days without many clouds. Another and most important thing are the time that you are capturing the image. Most of the seascapes are captured in a golden hour or blue hour. The golden hour is the hour that the sun is rising or setting, and the blue hour is the hour that begins after sunset. You can get the sun setting and rising time using the internet and recommended to use that time to capture your image. It gives some next-level look to your photograph.

Composition

There are many tactics to make a good composition in seascapes. Mainly you can use natural leading lines, natural shapes, and freezing techniques. Composition tricks are mentioned in another blog. Especially in seascapes, you can use long exposure shots very effectively. You do not need any kind of ND filters to do that. This is the way to seascape long exposures. You must wait till the blue hour to do that. You can use this just after sunset. After the sunset, many highlights in the sky decrease. So, then you can decrease your shutter speed to between 2-4 effortlessly. Using that technique you can make a magnificent long-exposure seascape.  

Frame the scene

The rule of thirds is a compositional tool that helps you place your subject within the frame. It can be applied to any photograph, but it’s most effective when used to guide you in framing your landscape photos.

The rule of odds refers to placing your subject at one extreme or another of the frame: either near or far from the center point (the intersection between both lines). This method works well if you want to focus on something nearby, such as a tree growing in front of another tree across an open field.

A focal point is simply what draws viewers’ attention away from other parts of the image and towards yours instead—it’s basically where all eyes will go when looking at any picture! If there isn’t one obvious focal point in your composition, try moving around until one appears; sometimes it’ll take multiple tries before finding just the right placement/framing. Avoid clutter by avoiding unnecessary objects like telephone poles that could interfere with seeing through into other parts–don’t let them distract us from what matters most.

Sketch final output

This is the last step in my seascape photography. After I framed my composition, imagine my final output in my mind and the point that perfectly fits my mind, I use that second to capture the image. Sometimes it may be 100 times. Don’t give up. Keep shooting until you get the right photo in your mind and you are satisfied. In this section, every second is very important because sometimes colors change very fastly and very smoothly. You have to concentrate and look at nature every time when you are off for shooting. It is like a meditation session. Those are the main considerations when we are talking about What is seascape photography?

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