Photography Tutorials part 3 - Wide angle shots

For the Beginner - How do i take Wide angle shots of landscapes?

Well, DSLR cameras have the advantage of using wide angle lenses, I mean really wide angle lenses (About 10mm) thats wider than human eye limit! But I have friends who have been asking me how do I take a wide angle shot with a point and shoot camera. The workaround is using a panorama mode.

A panorama is a technique where you click multiple images of a scene, say, it could be anywhere between 3 images to a 100 images or more! The catch is that they need to be clicked in sequence and requires good amount of post processing, which inturn requires you to have a PC with good amount of processing power. So then, lets start.


I have a sample of a wide angle shot taken using 5 pictures here. If you are using a point and shoot, there must be a preset setting called "Panorama mode" or "Stitch assist mode" which throws up a really neat preview of what you have clicked so far, enabling you to overlap images in succession,. If your cam doesn't have that function, no problem, all you gotta do is keep clicking images as normally you would in either left to right or vice versa (for sake of simplicity) direction and keep a note of img numbers.

And there's one really important factor you need to keep in mind while making a panorama shot. The exposure value of your scene might vary as you sweep across the landscape, so its advisable to lock your camera's exposure either by Exposure Lock function or manually keying in the exposure regardless of what your camera reads. This way, you can have an evenly exposed seamless image.