2011展望：25件必備的器材，25個必去的地方

Outdoor Photographer是我最喜愛的攝影雜誌。今年10月的那期是該雜誌25周年紀念刊。這一期中有三個Top 25的單子讓我有些感慨，在這裏和大家分享。

職業攝影師必備的25件器材：

其中，*表示我已經有了，#表示我已經有了類似的。在這25件器材中，我已經有或者有類似的達到13件，超過了50%。可見兩年下來，我在器材方麵還是有些小積累、小成績滴。

Apple iPad (Moose Peterson) （#）
Really Right Stuff Ballheads (George Lepp) (#)
Nikon R1C1 Wireless Close-up Speedlight System (Jim Clark)
LensPen SensorKlear Loupe Kit (George Lepp)
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM (James Kay) (#)
Lightning Trigger (George Lepp)
Signh-Ray 2-Stop Hard-Step Glaen Rowell Grad ND Filter (Art Wolfe) (*)
Nikon D3S (Tom Bol) (#)
B+W Circular Polarizer (Art Wolfe) (#)
Nikon PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED (Moose Peterson) (#)
Wimberley Head (Moose Peterson) (*)
Petzl Tikka Headlight (Tom Bol)
Ikelite Underwater Camera Housing and Strobes (Jon Cornforth)
Canon TC-80N3 Intervalometer (Art Wolfe) (*)
Epson P-7000 Multimedia Digital Viewer (Jim Clark)
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR (Moose Peterson) (#)
Kirk L-Bracket (Jon Cornforth) (*)
Canon EOS 5D Mark II (James Kay) (*,*)
FotoSharp Raincover (Tom Bol)
Gitzo GT3541 XLS Carbon-Fiber Tripod (Art Wolfe)
Microfiber Lens Cloth (George Lepp) (*)

職業攝影師最喜歡的25個攝影地點

可是，空有器材有什麽用？還得找到最適合風光攝影的地點。這25個Pros最喜愛的地方我居然還沒有去過一個（其中有兩個地方幾年前還沒有學習攝影的時候去過，標為**，應該不算）。難怪至今出不了什麽大片？！這個List就是今後幾年的旅行計劃了。難得德州的Big Bend也上了這個單子。

Denali National Park, Alaska (George Lepp)
Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (Mark Lissick)
Central Tower of Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile (Bill Hatcher)
Glacier National Park, Montana (James Kay)
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia (Jim Clark)
Baja Peninsula, Mexico (James Kay)
Yosemite Valley, California (William Neill)
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland(Jim Clark)
Canadian Rockies (James Kay)
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (Jack Dykinga)
San Juan Mountains, Colorado (George Lepp)
Artist Point, North Cascades National Park, Washington State (Jay Goodrich)
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio (Jack Dykinga)
The highlands of West Virginia (Jim Clark) (**New Hampshire is similar)
Capital Reef National Park, Utah (James Kay)
Acadia National Park, Maine (Jack Dykinga)
Lake Tahoe, California (Dewitt Jones) (**)
Lake Mead Recreation Area, Nevada (Rob Sheppard)
Mono Lake, California (George Lepp)
Bandhavgarh National Park, India (Art Wolfe)
Big Bend National Park, Texas (Jack Dykinga)
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (Mark Lissick) (**)
McNeil River, Alaska (Moose Peterson)
Gooseberry Falls State Park, Minnesota (Rob Sheppard)
Playa del Carmen, Mexico (Jay Goodrich)

職業攝影師的Top 25 Tips

有了職業的器材，去了職業的地方，若還是出不了大片，那隻有怪自己還沒有職業的技巧了。OP雜誌的編輯好像很理解我的苦心，特意安排了下一組Top 25職業攝影師喜歡用的技巧：

Set up for a complex shot ahead of time (Jack Dykinga)
Try predictive autofocus for birds in flight (Jim Clark)
People in the landscape (James Kay)
"F8 and be there" (Dewitt Jones)
Dial down exposure by a half-stop to give colors a boost (Moose Peterson)
Details at your feet (James Kay)
Stack NDs for detail in the clouds (Bill Hatcher)
Less is more (William Neill)
Use exposure compensation to be efficient in the field (Jim Clark)
Moon phases (James Kay)
Experiment with long low-light exposures and your DSLR (Mark Lissick)
Increase your portable flash output (Bill Hatcher)
Use flash when shooting at sunset (Rob Sheppard)
Take your time (Moose Peterson)
Lose the "I'll fix it in photoshop" attitude (George Lepp)
Simple flash reflector (Bill Hatcher)
Pay attention to your surroundings (Jay Goodrich)
Use mid-range telezoomz to isolate a subject in a landscape (Jim Clark)
Your feet make the best zoom (William Neill)
Carry neutral-density filters (George Lepp)
Qualty and the tripod (George Lepp)
Use a polarizer and graduated ND filters for landscapes (Jay Goodrich)
Lines leading in (James Kay)
Keep the camera level (Jim Clark)
Use low angles for close-ups (Rob Sheppard)