Shooting Beach Advice....

[Jaggz]

Seeing how we have very few beaches here in DFW... I'm needing some general tips / tricks for shooting on the beach. Exposure +/- and or WB.

Some photos will be of family members and some will just be scenery photos of the beach and water.

[ITRacer121]

custom WB with a gray card and shoot M and under expose the shot
also do a few HDR photos if your going to galveston to make it look more tropical hehehhee

[Jaggz]

Whew... was starting think nobody was gonna reply!!! Thanks for the tips... we're actually heading to Florida so I may see more than the muddy waters of the gulf!

[HotHolly]

Don't trust your LCD - use your histograms.

[Jaggz]

Originally Posted by HotHolly

Don't trust your LCD - use your histograms.

Good call... gonna be hard to see I imagine in the sunlight & sand anyhow!

[Texentric]

Use a circular polarizer, it will improve contrast AND keep sand off your front lens element(probably more important in the long run)

[KeithAlanK]

Actually, unless you are shooting JUST sand, you need to OVER-expose by at least 1 stop.
The bright sand will fool your exposure metering, so while the sand won't be blown out, people and other subjects will be too dark.

[BigEasy]

Originally Posted by KeithAlanK

Actually, unless you are shooting JUST sand, you need to OVER-expose by at least 1 stop.
The bright sand will fool your exposure metering, so while the sand won't be blown out, people and other subjects will be too dark.

I agree with Keith, seems counterintuitive because everything is so bright… but onboard meters will generally under-expose all but the sand.

Some beach stuff

[Gordeez]

Only thing I can recommend is keep
the Exposure down to like a -2/3
during the day, since that Florida shine
is Bright!