Case Study: Polperro

Polperro is a fishing village a bit further down the coast from Looe. It's a fascinating town with narrow streets, a quirky harbour and heaps of tourist gift shops. The whole town is also located in a deep valley which gives it some great atmosphere.

This wasn't my first visit here. In a previous trip I was frustrated with how difficult the lighting was. Normally I would visit a location an hour or two before sunset to get the best quality of light while the sun is low in the sky, but with Polperro being located deep in a valley the town is in shadow way before that time. So for this shoot I had to arrive earlier in the day when the light was harsh but still illuminating the town, as a result I decided to use a technique called HDR for most of these shots.

Without getting to technical, HDR is a technique where you capture two or more images of the the same scene but at different exposure. You would them combine the different exposure together on the computer to create a single image that has a full range of tones which would have been impossible with a single shot from the camera.

A good trip, which produced a few keepers.

A few of the shots from the shoot.







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