You want to shot abandoned Places??Here is, five tips to get abandoned place looks more dramaticaly :
photo by Chris Folsom
Bring a flashlight
the most important tip I give to everyone is a visit to an abandoned building for a flashlight. Most of these areas are without electricity and with limited natural light. As such, you need a flashlight to the dark rooms and corridors that you encounter navigation.
Besides the obvious application of a flashlight is also an interesting source for off lighting. I have a small LED flashlight that I carry my camera bag and is often used to shoot an area of a room in a long exposure light. While certainly a flash can be effective for many of these situations is a flashlight with a high degree of precision, with the light. You can directly control exactly what is lit, and for how long. A flashlight can also be an element of movement to the lighting, which will result in an unusual combination of a flash shadow that it otherwise not.
It takes some practice to get an idea of how much light is getting enough, but with a little work, the results are very satisfactory.
Tripod is not optional
Because of the above light, it is obvious that you need a tripod. More than half of the photos I take at these locations on a tripod with a long exposure from anywhere from a few seconds as much as 20 or 30-second shot.
For those cases in which I cannot help my camera on a tripod, image stabilization and fast lenses, too. My favorite lens is a 17-50mm f/2.8 cameras, sensors in combination with my body stabilized. Wide open, I can usually relatively sharp images at a second 1:10. More often than not, but the best results from shooting on a tripod.
control the exposure
I am not one who believes that all serious photographers to shoot in manual 100 topercentage of the time. There are many examples where I am convinced that the only camera exposure meter and autopilot mode is in order. Unfortunately, these tactics do not work in most of the vacant buildings.
Because of the extreme lighting conditions in these rooms, you need to check all aspects of the shot. In the photo shown here, for example, I had the diaphragm (I did this rather sharply from front to back) and I needed to have good lighting for a trigger to operate. So, in this case I have 30 seconds Chance f / 8 This image is above all a further example of the technique described above, flashlight … Previously, I have to highlight and focus attention on the seats, while the wall is illuminated by the little light from the window.
Use Wide Angle Lens
With a wide-angle lens is really a feeling of emptiness and foreboding ads in these buildings. A friend of mine with a 10-22mm lens at 10mm took the picture below. Then everything can go in the little areas you can shoot wide an enormous advantage.
Emphasize the mood
Use creative approaches to play the natural character of the building. Grab your camera close to the ground and soars into the vastness of space, or create an angle to emphasize the increasing sense of disorientation. As a photographer tell the story, where can you even a subtle shift in the perspective of the cameras have a huge impact on the mood of the picture. More reading at digital-photography-school.com
Focus on the details
although it is easy to get into the architecture, try to also pay attention to the discarded objects and details in the field. Seats, books, telephones, and other relics of bygone days can be a powerful key to enter the picture. The concentration on one object can also act as an anchor in an otherwise chaotic environment.
