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Tips for the city trip: Schietwetter? Top pictures!

2019-10-02T02:56:16.055Z


Gray clouds as a dramatic prop, puddle photos for Instagram: The Hamburg Susanne Krieg finds rainy days perfect to go with the camera. Five tips for weatherproof city discoverers.



Gloomy clouds over the harbor edge. Drizzle, downpour. Fog. Never in her life would Susanne Krieg come up with the idea of ​​staying at home. On the contrary. On days like these, the girl from Hamburg enthusiastically climbs into her red rubber boots, pulls the zipper of her yellow rain jacket up to her chin and puts the most important thing in the outer pocket: the smartphone with plenty of storage space for new photos.

For puddles, the 44-year-old makes no big bow, but bends over with the camera lens close to it to find interesting reflections. Heavy clouds are her welcome prop. Raindrops the ingredients for photo experiments. And: "Finally you have room! Places, where you have to fight in the sunshine by the masses or have to queue in endless lines, are swept in winter weather like empty."

For three years now, Krieg aka Frau Elbville has been looking for new perspectives and unknown photo spots in her city - and she does not shy away from a bad weather when looking for a motif. On Instagram and her blog she gives unconventional tips for tourists and locals. With her new book "Photographing Hamburg" she guides readers on ten versatile tours through the Hanseatic city. And not a few pictures in it show how well gray and rain turn on pictures.

Of course, war Hamburg also loves in the sunshine. "On a photographic level, though, I can make up a lot of the rainy weather: a rain-soaked city is not gray, it shines and shines," she says. And that of course not only applies to Hamburg - but to all cities.

Here are Elbville's tips on getting the best out of cities on autumn gray days.

1st mirror, mirror on the floor

Susanne war

"A puddle gram is the art of putting a puddle and its reflection in the limelight , and for a perfect result, you often have to use the lens very close to the water surface and a rather uncomfortable posture a handy, light smartphone much better than a camera with a heavy lens.

Puddle art even has its own hashtag on Instagram: #puddlegram. The Hamburg Kay Palapies was the inspiration for my own puddle photos.

Here on the Elbe especially the jetties with great water laughter wait. By putting on the harbor ferries Elbe water splashes on the bridges, so there are even in good weather, small lakes. Glorious. "

2. Finally drama

Susanne war

"For me, clouds on photos are often the much nicer props than glistening sun - one of many reasons why bad weather is simply best photo weather.

Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus or Nimbus have often given my photos a beneficial effect. With a cloudless sky many motifs look boring. Thick, dark clouds create drama and dynamics. And sometimes you even catch a whimsical ray of sunshine that shows up behind a passing cloud. "

3. Noble drops

Susanne war

"I love to photograph raindrops on glass panes, blurring the background so that it is still perceptible .

When photographing in macro mode, sometimes you can even see the reflection of an object in the drop. Here in Hamburg I like to take such photos with the Elbe ferry. Of course, they can also make great from the last bank in the bus while he is stuck in traffic. Or in the train, if she does not drive too fast. "

4. Because of bleak prospects

Susanne war

"Fog is great for images because it's a natural filter , and does not a foggy autumn morning look mystical? Fog is a real lens opportunity , and it does not just look good on black and white, but also at night in the city, when it is illuminated brightly, for example, the Hamburg Mark Broyer shows just how great night mist can look like.

Unlike clouds, fog is always near the ground. If you look up an elevated place, such as a hill or the upper floors of a skyscraper, you can photograph it well from above.

In fog, it's better to work with manual mode - with autofocus only when there are clearly identifiable objects that can stand out of the nebula and focus on. "

5. Well equipped

Susanne war

"Anyone who is a smartphone camera enthusiast like me can continue to take pictures in the pouring rain, if he puts his phone in a commercially available case and also covers the display with a protective foil waterproof case .

Smartphone or even a compact camera, a dry cloth to wipe off the lens and display , keys, purse and a mini tripod fit perfectly in the coat pockets of a real Friesennerzes. The classic yellow raincoat and bright-colored rubber boots are also great splashes of color in gray Schietwetterkulissen.

Images of people under colored umbrellas look great as well and are less likely to hurt privacy because the faces are hidden under the umbrellas. "

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Photographing Hamburg: From St. Pauli via the Sternschanze to the Speicherstadt. With QR codes for over 100 photo locations. (Fotoscout - The travel guide for photographers)

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