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Posted by on Jul 12, 2012 in Photography | 6 comments

How I Got The Shot


I always find it’s a lot of fun to write (and read) about how people got a certain photo. To me, sometimes the stories behind the photo are sometimes just as interesting as the photo itself. A few weeks ago, Chris Gampat (who runs a blog over at B&H Photo) contacted me about a really cool series he has called “How I Got the Shot”. He asked if I would write about how I got one of the photos in my portfolio (below).

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He asked about the gear I used, the concept behind the photo, how it was shot and how I post processed it. I don’t want to spoil it though, so I’ll send you over to Chris’s blog to read about it.

I hope you enjoy!

 

Matt Kloskowski

Matt Kloskowski

Education Director at NAPP / Kelby Training
Matt is a full time Education Director for the NAPP and Kelby Training. He's a best-selling author of various books on Photoshop and Photography co-hosts the live weekly photography talk show "The Grid" and is co-host of "Photoshop User TV". In his spare time he practices as a 1st degree black belt in Taekwondo and enjoys spending time with his family in Tampa, FL.
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  • http://www.tommybotellophotography.com Tommy B.

    One thing, as noted in the comments of the article, was that your settings were omitted. Would you care to inform us on the details of the shot? Was it HDR, filtered, etc.? Regardless, it’s a really good image. Love the new blog!

    • http://mattk.com Matt Kloskowski

      Thanks Tommy. Sorry, I guess I forgot the details.
      f/16, 1/60 second, ISO 200 and Aperture Priority.
      No HDR, just one exposure for this one.

  • http://www.benregisterphotography.com Ben

    Wonderful shot. I saw a lot of questions concerning the settings and such, but I’d really like to say, “Thanks for the insight”. It’s the thought process and what you were seeing that gets me wanting to go out and do more of this myself. Setting are great, but they change. The mentoring involved in sharing your shooting techniques and such are invaluable to people like me who are just getting started good. Thanks again and keep it coming=-)

    • http://mattk.com Matt Kloskowski

      Thanks Ben. I agree. You can know the aperture and shutter speed settings but they could be totally different for any other scene. Honestly, I typically choose f/16 for most of my landscape scenes, and let Aperture Priority determine the rest :)

  • Dennis Zito

    Hey Matt,

    This is a Beauty!!! I went over and read the article. Nice job! A few folks were asking about your camera settings. I left a comment indicating that reading your blogs and taking your NAPP training that I could pretty much tell them what your setting were. :-) Here’s what I said: Shot this in RAW at 100 or 200 ISO. Used aperture priority mode at f16. How’s I do? :-) Fantastic shot and processing as always!

    Dennis

    • http://mattk.com Matt Kloskowski

      You did great Dennis. f/16 and ISO 200 :)