Haze

A small journal about photographing mist, haze, and low light.
Harbour at dawn, 35mm
Pines in low cloud
Streetlights through haze

Metering for haze

Haze fools the meter — it reads that bright field of grey and underexposes, turning white vapour muddy. I dial in +2/3 to +1 stop of compensation and let the highlights breathe. The scene should feel luminous, not leaden.

Why haze flatters a long lens

Atmosphere separates planes. Each successive layer of trees or rooftops fades a little more, and a 135mm compresses those layers into a stack of soft greys — depth without a single hard edge.