The photo on the left shows the speckled, contrasty light of a sunny day. It also lets you shoot all day long, without having to limit your best hours to sunrise or sunset. Overcast sunlight is naturally diffused, and enables you to showcase fall colors without distracting shadows. Low sunlight is beautiful in fall photos, but cloudy days are excellent, too. You want to enhance the yellow and red colors of the trees, so shoot when the sunlight adds even more warm tones to the scene. All landscape photos benefit from low sunlight, but fall foliage is especially attractive in this light. Shortly before sunset, the sunlight is golden and more beautiful. As you can see, the midday sun is blueish and hazy, and washes out the fall colors. The two photos above were taken on the same day, only a few hours apart. This time of year, the best sunlight hours are before 9:00am and after 5:00pm (or before 8:00am and after 4:00pm after Daylight Savings Time ends.) Sunlight during the middle of the day is harsh and blueish.
When the sun is low in the sky, the light is softer and warmer. The success of most photographs depends on the quality of the light, and a common guideline is to shoot shortly after sunrise or before sunset.
If you try only one of these tips, this is the one to choose. Right now is one of the most beautiful times of year to take photographs! Northern Virginia’s fall foliage typically peaks in the first week of November, so get your camera ready and head outside. Whether you shoot with an SLR or a cell phone, these five tips will help you improve your fall photos.
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