Warm colors and golden light: autumn is here!

The days are getting shorter and the trees are shedding their leaves. Autumn - a very diverse season. Wet, stormy, cold - and yet autumn is full of surprises! You set off your equipment to catch some beautiful autumn motives and while you just stepped out of the door, it starts to rain. Annoying! But what do you see just a few minutes later? A double rainbow across the harbor! Autumn simply has its own special charm.

We found 9 tips for you to simplify taking pictures in autumn.

1.The early bird catches the worm

Getting up early in autumn is worth it! Foggy mornings in the rising sunlight are amazing! Morning dew and long, soft shadows mix themselves in the early morning hour with a pleasantly warm light temperature.

2.The fog on the track

Fog swirling breathe on your photos always causes a special, almost mystical effect and is a very multi-faceted design element: when sunlight breaks through a haze, it shimmers pale blue to golden yellow. The best way to capture this spectacle is to work backlit and focus manually.

3.There is no bad weather, just the wrong clothes

Fall time is cold time, so you should definitely wear the right clothes. Depending on the conditions, they should be breathable, but above all rainproof and windproof. Also important: sturdy shoes! Especially in autumn, moist foliage can quickly become a slide. The early risers among you should also think of a cap and from late autumn, it is advisable to put finger gloves in the camera bag.

4.Lost in the woods at noon

The midday sun leads to very harsh shadows even in autumn. In forested areas, however, the noon hours are just the right time to capture golden colored foliage because it has a special light where colors seem to be stronger. Sunbeams falling through the branches can also be captured very well here, and playing with the backlight usually leads to very beautiful autumn pictures.

5.Use existing motives

Autumn offers us a variety of interesting motives, we just have to take advantage of them. Not only fog is typically autumnal. Go into yourself: what do you associate with this season? Spontaneously, we come across chestnuts, mushrooms, beetles, leaves, rain and spider webs covered in dew. Do you run into a toadstool? Be sure to get close! The foliage is blown away by the wind? Here long exposures get necessary. You will see: The motives are literally at your feet.

6.Take a better picture in RAW format

If you are looking for the perfect lighting conditions in autumn, you can search for a long time. Although, autumn can be extremely beautiful - you will often have to do some post processing with lightroom and photoshop. For this purpose, be sure to use the RAW mode of your camera. In this way, you can save scorched skies, mend shadows and correct too dark parts of the picture.

7.Do not forget helpful equipmen

Which equipment will help you? First we have the tripod. Especially when you are traveling early in the morning, your patience is required for one or the other motif. Even though sometimes it happens that you have found the perfect picture, you may still have to wait for the sun or for the fog to laps a bit. To keep your arm from falling off, simply position your camera on a tripod and breathe in the wonderful air.

8.Protect your equipment

Drizzle, fog and sudden rain showers: Fall is always a surprise in terms of weather conditions. You should protect your gear and keep at least a rag at hand. Especially the batteries of your digital camera are sensitive to cold weather. The closer the temperatures move towards the freezing point, the greater the likelihood that they will lose power. Protect your batteries as well as possible from the cold, for example by wearing them close to your body.

9. Oh, you beautiful sunset

The last tip is dedicated to dusk. About one to two hours before sunset, autumn gives us a very photogenic mood. At this time soft shadows are bathed in golden light and the sky shines again in warm colors before the darkness sets in.