landscape photography
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Landscape Photography
Aleksandra Paravina
Tools for Teaching in English, iVet course 2014
Landscape Photography The objective of the lesson is to look at the elements that make up a good landscape photo:
Light• Interplay of shadow and light
• Angled light
• Overcast low contrast light
Compostion
• Ideas to guide the viewers eye
• Sampling the scene
Understanding of Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO
Interplay of shadow and light
• Very often light defines the landscape photo. Usually photographers prefer early or later parts of the day for compelling images.
• Sun is the main light source
Light, or the lack of it, creates contrast
High tonal contrast, even light.
The texture and feeling of depth in the photo isn't going to be created by the light, but rather by the tonal differences.
Look for highlights and shadows that overlap in a pleasing way.
Composition Guiding the viewer's eye
Sampling the scene
Oslo based photographer Mikkel McAlinden is questioning the romantic modes of viewing landscape.
On close inspection they turn out to be digitally stitched images which refuse Albertian perspective.
How Aperture Affects The
Depth Of Field
In a landscape or scenic photograph we usually want to see as much detail as possible from foreground to background;
we want to achieve the maximum depth of field by choosing a small aperture (higher f/stop, like f/8 or f/11).
How Aperture Affects Shutter Speed
The difference in Aperture
The lower the f/stop—the larger the opening in the lens—the less depth of field—the blurrier the background.
The higher the f/stop—the smaller the opening in the lens—the greater the depth of field—the sharper the background.
References http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Learn-And-Explore/Article/gv5c1yc3
/want-images-with-impact-let-contrast-work-for-you.html
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Learn-And-Explore/Article/g3cu6o1r/understanding-maximum-aperture.html#!
Wells, L., (2011) Land Matters : Landscape Photography, Culture and Identity, I.B. Tauris, London