Landscape Photography
Carleton E. Watkins
- wanted to capture grandeur of the American west.
Ansel Adams
- capture the essence of the wilderness
Timothy O'Sullivan
- Photographed civil war
- focused on documentary style landscapes
When photographing landscape:
- Composition and viewpoint are two important factors to consider
- good composition achieved with use of value and unity within a shot
- smaller f-stops for a slower shutter speed
- maximum depth of field
- sunrise and sunset best times to shoot
- lighting makes it an ideal time to shoot
- Wide angle lens will allow one to get more in their shot.
- Macro-lenses are good for getting abstract shots
The Grand Landscape
- "big view" for landscape photography
- use rule of thirds when placing line of horizon in the shot
- sky can be overpowering in some cases and can be excluded from some shots.
Landscape Details
- smaller forms of landscape are less intimidating, but hard to get shots when in direct sunlight.
- shooting in overcast weather is ideal to eliminate some light
- this in turn helps to get rid of shadows
- lighter values - longer exposure
- darker values - shorter exposure
Abstract Elements in Landscape
- images that are composed of lines, shapes, values and textures.
- use of patterns
- use macro-lens to get close to subject
- photograph only a small part of the subject to make it unfamiliar
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