Light, colour and a little magic.

Light, colour and a little magic
The perfect ingredients for unique autumn photos.

It’s a well-known problem: Autumn, with its gorgeous colours and diffuse light, evokes a special atmosphere. But attempts to capture these unique impressions with the camera are often disappointing. The richness of the colours, the warmth of the light and the luminosity do not come across nearly as well in photos as they do in nature. To help you capture autumn in all its splendour, we've gathered a few helpful and practical tips for you.

Be bolder with your camera settings and mindful of the time of day.

With a little practice to understand how ISO values, aperture and exposure times interact, you can relax and leave the automatic function on your camera switched off. By manually adjusting the white tones, you can prevent unwanted colouration of the white areas or add an extra portion of warmth. Take advantage of the particularly soft light in the morning, when the sun is still low in the sky, for impressive landscape shots. Warm light temperature as well as long soft shadows create exciting contours for your photos. The short shadows and hard light at midday are considered less suitable for nature shots. Unless, of course, you want to take unique forest photos. The vertical light that hits the leaves and the interplay between light and dark as the sun flashes through the treetops offers many possibilities for captivating photos. The last hour before sunset again offers warm lighting conditions and soft shadows for beautiful autumn shots.

The right position for every photo.

Each position and angle to the subject has its pros and cons and its appeal. Especially beautiful pictures are captured when you catch the backlight of the low sun through the contrast of the colourful leaves. However, this effect can also make the autumnal colour contrasts appear less intense. Conversely, photos with the sun at your back appear somewhat more vivid, but often also rather flat in colour.

Close-ups are particularly intense when you select a high-contrast background and blur it slightly by adjusting the focus. In order to keep the details interesting, you should not place the subject in the middle of the image, but rather look for the golden ratio. This creates tension and harmony simultaneously.

The diverse lighting possibilities in autumn also allow you to take portraits using your own individual touch. Whether classic portraits or photos in motion, the soft light and warm colours add a little magic to your pictures.

The warm, vivid and colourful photos are particularly suitable for our wall pictures, for example on photo canvas, Alu-Dibond or acrylic glass. Of course, you can also use your autumn images for an individually designed photo calendar.

Our tips at a glance:

• Be bold and experiment with your camera’s manual settings until you get the desired result
• By adjusting the white tones, you can change the warmth of the image’s white areas
• Take advantage of soft lighting and long shadows in the early morning and late afternoon for dramatic landscape photos
• The vertical light at midday is great for captivating forest shots with lovely light reflections
• For photos with high light-dark contrast, select a position with backlight; for high-luminosity photos, position yourself with the sun at your back
• Use a high-contrast background for close-up shots and blur it slightly by adjusting the focus
• For close-ups, use the golden ratio instead of placing the subject in the middle of the image