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Ohh man, I hate the haze! It’s an annual thing here in Malaysia, but this time around, it’s the worst! Smog nightmare! Fires from Indonesia are making me so ughhh!
Though it’s really hot and all I want to do is sit under the fan, haze can be quite inspiring!
Of course there are certain things to consider before photographing haze. The most important: exposing the camera lens to dirty air. It’s extremely easy for tiny dust particles to settle on the lens, so be wary. Always keep a dry, soft cloth nearby to wipe, but don’t press too hard, dust can scratch too!
So, I used to think that there was nothing to take when there’s haze. Talk about clear skies! But, if you look closely, the haze creates a pretty cool effect of mysteriousness!
Now the big question: aperture? shutter speed? ISO? So, I’ve tried a few shots and kinda know that pictures taken under haze can be easily overexposed! So, naturally a low shutter speed comes in handy, I mean verrrry low! Like 1/1000 low! As for aperture, I would choose a smaller f/number, just because I’d like the background to be blur, emphasizing the eeriness. Plus, it compensates the lack in brightness because of the low shutter speed. And ISO, I’ll stick to the base line.
In a nutshell
Haze isn’t all that bad! Aside form hot weather, sticky sweat and blurry vision, it could actually be a really nice setting for good photography.