Thursday, July 10, 2014

Tips On Contemporary Landscape Photography

By Rosella Campbell


Landscape photography is one of the most interesting forms of photography in the field simply because it deals with taking beautiful pictures of breathtaking scenery. Now if one would want to take up contemporary landscape photography, he has to realize that it is not all just about snapping his camera at the sky or at some mountains. There are a lot of techniques that he would have to know about.

Now one of the techniques that one would have to take note of would be to know what time is the best time to take a scenery photograph. Now experts say that the two best times to take photographs would be really early in the morning when the sun has just risen or sometime in the late afternoon. This is because they believe that the lighting is best during these times.

One of the most important concepts in landscape photography would be the focal point. This is a very important concept to learn about because this would decide whether the picture will look good or not. Basically, the focal point is the center of the shot or otherwise known as the dead center.

Now one technique to be able to get a good focal point would be to observe a certain scenery and try to chop the scenery into four sections. So there will be the upper left section, lower left section, upper right section, and lower right section with the focal point being in the middle. Now when looking for a focal point, one has to make sure that it is in a place with not much scenery so that the four sections would hog the scenery.

Now another tip that most photographers would take note of would be to buy themselves a polarising filter. The reason that they would often make use of these filters is to make sure that the color saturation and contrast of the picture is better. Now this would also help take out the glare that comes when there is too much light.

There is also a certain way of taking pictures of seascape or bodies of water. Now in order to get that milky water effect, one can actually make use of the slow exposure. However, one should always remember that if he would want to make use of that, he would need a tripod so that his camera will be sturdier and not move around too much.

Now another great technique that photographers would use when they are trying to get the perfect balance between the lighting of both the sky and land would be to use some ND filters. One would often encounter some problems when he would take a picture of the land and the sky together because of the exposure. If he would use the ND filters, he would not need to worry about those kinds of problems anymore.

Now if one would want to go into landscaping photography, then these tips will definitely be very useful. Now if the photographer has a knack for this kind of thing, then he will be able to apply these techniques without breaking a sweat. These tips are especially great for those who have just started out.




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