Improving your Waterfall Photos: A Beginners Guide

Waterfalls are an excellent subject to photograph during the day as they don't generally need the sunrise or sunset light to look awesome, in fact they usually benefit from the flat light cloudy skies provide! In this video I explore the waterfalls of Padley Gorge in the Peak District to run through the basics of waterfall photography, going through your composition, shutter speeds and using foregrounds to improve the shot.

Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Camera positioning
1:20 Working with multiple falls
2:00 Camera angles
3:27 Shutter speeds
4:45 Filters
6:20 Adding foreground
7:10 Focusing the viewers eye
8:30 Outro

My Gear:
Nikon Z5
Nikkor 24-200mm f/4-f/6.3 lens
Nikkor 14-30mm f/4 lens
DJI Pocket 3 Creator Combo
Manfrotto 190! Go Tripod
Hoya NX-10 Circular Polariser Filter
K&F Concept Magnetic Filter Kit

Music Credits:
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0

[malbekh]

Thanks Alex, simple, clear, calm and precise.

[LeePelling]

Some good tips there mate and nice images. Just got back from the Peaks myself this week. We went to Padley Gorge, lovely location, as was Wyming Brook, had a great week up there. !