Chapter 3. Shooting Story

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A great way to exhibit color variation and attractive light, layering silhouetted mountain ridges is also an effective way of highlighting the immensity of the land. Big Bend National Park, Texas.Canon 5D, 200mm, 1/1000 sec., f/4, ISO 100

Although true, it’s almost becoming clichéd to identify the camera as only a tool in the photographic process. Of course it is only a tool, but it’s an essential one. We’re photographers—we use cameras. We’ve chosen the camera as our means to express story, and if we want to continually grow as visual story tellers, it’s to our advantage to learn not only how to use it but why we use ...

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