Posts Tagged ‘Landscape Photography’

Photographs are 2D captures of our 3D world. Yet we can still understand the form of items in photographs thanks to depth cues. In some cases, such as abstract and trick photography, it may actually be preferred to avoid anything in the photo that indicates depth.

Understanding the different depth cues that can be used in a photo can help you make stronger photos. When you know these cues you can ensure you include them to make an image more '3D', or ensure you don't include them for a flatter '2D' look.

Most landscape photography is carried out during the day, particularly during the 'golden hours' of sunset and sunrise. But have you thought about taking landscape photos after the sun has gone down, when it's dark?

We don't see many landscape photos shot at night, mainly because of the extra effort that has to go into a night photo. But landscapes at night can make for some great photographic opportunities.

Waterfalls can range from giant thundering torrents to small serene cascades, with everything in between as well. They can make for great photographic subjects, and this article I'll share some tips on photographing waterfalls to make them look their best.

Yellow by Ian Sane on flickr (licensed CC-BY)

Particularly for landscape photography, you can often come across a scene where the range of light is too great for your camera to capture. You end up having to choose between a properly exposed landscape and a blown-out white sky, or a properly exposed sky with a black silhouette of a landscape.

Photo with no filter - the landscape is exposed correctly, but the sky is too bright

One solution to this problem is graduated neutral density filters.

Photo taken with a graduated neutral density filter to darken the sky

These filters can be attached to the end of your camera's lens, with one half fully transparent, while the other half is darker. You position the filter so the darker half is over the area of the photo you want to reduce the exposure of (e.g. the sky).

It may be hard to believe, but you can take very nice landscape photography even with the most basic equipment. You don't need the latest and greatest ultra-wide lenses (although that does help create a unique perspective) or the fastest lens with a f1.2 aperture. Landscape photography generally benefits from a deep depth of field, and ironically the type of camera with inherently deep depth of field are compact point and shoot digital cameras! DSLRs have shallower depth of field, hence they lends themselves to creating shots with nice bokeh (out-of-focus elements).

These 5 tips will not feature the discussed-to-death rule of thirds. Anyway, for those looking for something on the rule of thirds, just remember this rule: Don't place your subject right in the middle of the frame unless you are aiming for symmetry (see the next tip below).

One of the most common accessories that most photographers own is a tripod. There are a number of reasons why tripods are so popular, for some types of photography they are virtually indispensable. In this article we cover the benefits and disadvantages of using a tripod.

A polarising filter can be found in many photographer's toolkit, they are usually used to remove reflections, and can be used in landscape photography for enhancing contrast and saturation, particularly deepening a blue sky.

Autumn by bark on flickr (licensed CC-BY)

Photography in itself is a very diverse art form. There are numerous techniques and skills that are applied in photography. Photography lets you capture beautiful moments which are worth being treasured forever. Photography lets us capture those speechless moments which can’t be described in mere words. Photography helps people capture life in an almost breathtaking way.

Forest dream! by Vinoth Chandar on flickr (licensed CC-BY)

Through photography we can almost travel back in time and then reminisce the extremely joy filled times that we survived through. Landscape photography is one form of photography, enjoyed by many photographers. Landscapes are beautiful and are to be valued a great deal. They help us to relax and wonder at the marvelous beings and objects that earth is home to.