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Guest Blog with Bret “Gatorbyte” Nelson
Posted by: | CommentsBret Nelson, AKA Gatorbyte, is a director for North Georgia Trout Online (NGTO). Like all of us, he has an interest in fly fishing photography. I recently met Bret at the NGTO fall fling and as we were swapping fishing stories I noticed the pictures on his iPhone were good examples of how fun it is to capture the fishing tales on camera. Even more exciting was the fact that he had been practicing with his Olympus Stylus 850 SW waterproof point-and-shoot camera and he mentioned that some of the lessons he reviewed were from this site, Fly Art Studio. Since I believe the waterproof cameras should be considered a modern piece of gear in every fly fishers vest, I took the opportunity to invite Bret as the first guest photo-blogger to showcase some examples of how he uses his camera on the river. In the future I hope to follow each of the point-and-shoot tutorials with a guest blog that showcases tips and tricks on how we can better use the point-and-shoot cameras on the water.
The following are Bret’s answers to a few questions I asked.
Q: How long have you been fishing, where do you fish, what do you fish for?
Neal’s 10 C’s of Photography
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A while back I made a checklist list for photography because I found myself needing a quick assessment for my pictures. When starting out you don’t always know what questions to ask yourself in order to make adjustments. Furthermore, we often see wonderful pictures posted on the internet and want to create similar images ourselves but don’t know how to go about breaking down a shot into parts for examination. Like fly fishing, there is a lot going on – By knowing the basics you can better look at a scene and have at least a starting point on what fly to choose and what leader to use, the rest of time we are adjusting on the water as the day progresses.
At first, it is common to shoot a bunch of pictures, load them on the computer and then stare aimlessly wondering if you like the result. However, if you have a checklist memorized, you can quickly hone in on what is wrong with a picture and either make adjustments or ask higher level questions of others to help you out. Instead of asking, “do you like this picture, what would you do differently?”, you can now say, “I am having trouble with the white balance in this picture and the composition seems wrong, I think I should have used f/10 instead of f/4, maybe a shorter focal length lens, what do you think?” By thinking in this way, you can produce better quality images in less time and become more efficient at post production (i.e. waste less of your valuable time).
