photo tips

Tip # 9

Keeping a Level Head
- Darwin Wiggett

In my role as a photo instructor and workshop leader I see a lot of photos from both beginners and advanced shooters. The most common flaw I see in landscape photos is the dreaded tilted horizon. I recommend every outdoor photographer buy and use a hot shoe bubble level on the camera. Be sure to get the double level as pictured so you can level both horizontal and vertical photos. These levels are available at most camera stores and are inexpensive insurance against the seas draining from every photo you take.

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Hot-shoe Bubble Level in Use

Mount Rundle at Third Vermilion Lake,
Banff National Park, Alberta

Camera - Canon EOS-1ds Mark II
Lens - Canon EF 45mm TSE
Exposure - 1 second at f16, 100 ISO
Filters - Singh-Ray 2-stop soft-edge
grad and Singh-Ray Warming Polarizer Plus.

Simply line up the bubble between
the two vertical lines for perfectly
level horizons every time.

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photo tips

Tip # 9

Keeping a Level Head - Darwin Wiggett

Winners of the 2007 Winter Sports Photo Contest are:

Keeping a Level Head
- Darwin Wiggett

Winners of the 2007
Winter Sports Photo Contest are: