Overview
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Follow along with landscape photographer Justin Reznick as he travels to the stormy Punakaiki coast on the South Island of New Zealand.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Introduction to the Punakaiki coast
- Shutter speed strategies when photographing surf
- Working a coastal shot with safety in mind
- Isolating a subject with a telephoto lens
- Shooting a long exposure of the surf
- Reviewing the beach location
- The importance of researching the best locations
- Photographing a natural arch and dressing for the location
- Wading into the water to add drama to the foreground
- Taking multiple bracketed exposures to capture a wider dynamic range
- Working the foamy streaks created by swirling waves
- Final shots in a rising tide, from waves to sea stacks
- Processing the beach photos in Lightroom and Photoshop
- Fixing an image by increasing canvas size and using Content-Aware Fill
- Exploring the Pancake Rocks location
- Photographing water spray from a blow hole
- Capturing an abstract image of waves at dusk
- Chasing the last of the light on the coast
- Blending exposures from the Pancake Rocks in Photoshop
- Post-processing the abstract waves image
- Reviewing the final selects from the coastal shoot
