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How to take Better Train Photographs
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How to take Better Train Photographs
The Best Light is Horizontal. Use both Vertical and Horizontal Format. (Magazine covers are verticals, Calendars are horizontals.)
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Take Closeups to remember details later.
Take Detail Shots
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Have an interesting foreground and background.
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Shoot train employees.
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Shoot behind-the-scenes shots.
Shoot from different angles, “Above” is a good place to be.
“Above” the Coaster at Del Mar.
“Above” the Southwest Chief in Albuquerque.
“Above” Amtrak & BNSF at La Plata, MO, and Rare Train “Meet.”
How I got “above” the Train Meet in La Plata, MO.
Use Leading Lines.
Pündericher Hangviadukt, Germany on the Mosel River
“S” Leading Line (rails) from rear platform of Grand Canyon RR to San Francisco Peak.
Leading Line-RR tracks from a Hwy. bridge in Boonsville, MO, over the Missouri River and UP tracks. I work for SilverRails.com and they used this with my title: “All Tracks Lead to Silver Rails Country.”
Shoot Trains with Familiar Landmarks for local sales.
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Photos of Trains on Bridges are Popular
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Shoot the Train You Are Riding From the Observation Deck or ….
Open Vestibule, only on Private Rail Cars. (You cannot open the windows on Amtrak)
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Don’t stop shooting when The sun goes down, or The weather gets ‘bad’.
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Rain on platforms reflects nicely.
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Try long exposures
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Fill most of the frame with the train… close enough to see the locomotive’s number.
Verde Canyon RR, Clarkdale, AZ.
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Study Other Train Photographers’ Photos of the same Train or Place.
Keep your camera ready for some nice shots from the train.
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How to take Better Train Photos. By Carl Morrison, Carl@TrainWeb.com
The End.
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Author:
Carl Morrison
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