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Camera settings for travel landscapes
Techniques
24 October 2007 14:40
If your travel photography is just a part of a family holiday, you probably won’t have hours to spend capturing the scenery and landscape of your destination. So to help you to make the most of every opportunity here are some settings to use when shooting landscapes during the day and at the magical sunrise or sunset hours.
During the day, for the best quality select the lowest ISO available on your camera. You’ll find this in the shooting menu or on a separate button.
You’ll get the most accurate colours by selecting the daylight or sunny white balance when shooting during the day – if you’re lucky enough to be shooting in sunny conditions!
Most holiday landscapes will benefit from bright, punchy colours. In the shooting menu of your camera you can boost the vibrancy of your shots by increasing the saturation setting.
For the more dramatic light of sunrise and sunset, a tripod will allow you to use the lowest ISO setting. For handheld shots in low light you may need to use ISO 200 or 400 to give a useable shutter speed.
To make the most of the warm colours at sunset or sunrise choose either a cloudy or shade white balance setting.
Try to use a medium aperture of f/8 or f/11 to ensure there’s enough depth-of-field to keep the whole scene sharp.