Blog Notes Chapter 9: Landscapes

Landmarks in Landscape Photography 

• An innovator of landscape photography Carleton E. Watkins wanted to capture the grandeur of the American West.
•  Ansel Adams another great one was inspired by Yosemite Valley and made some of his best-known images there. 

Photographing the Landscape
 Thinking Artistically

• Composition is a vital aspect to landscape photography 
• Explore all the variations when you set up a shot
• Value, an image's light and dark areas 

Camera Settings

• Choosing small f-stops  will result in longer shutter speeds. 
• In some lighting conditions, this could mean that your shutter speeds could be anywhere from 1/15 of a second to several seconds long 

Light

• Their are two times during the day when many professional landscape photographers do most of their work .
• Its easier to deal with direct lighting for distant subjects than it is for closer subjects 

Filters

• Count on using a yellow filter to bring out clouds
• To duplicate the Ansel Adams look use a red filter 

Camera Support

• Use a tripod that is strudy enough to hold the camera, but light enough that you wont leave it in the car or at home when you go out

Th Grand Landscape 

• The big view for pictures of the great outdoors - wide open expanses that showcase the majesty of the natural world 
• While most of these images depend on a beautiful and striking subject 
• Grand Landscapes always include a large expanse of the scene and wide angle lenses will give you the wider view that you need. 
• To make clouds stand out use a yellow, orange, or red filter 

Landscape Details and Close Up

• Grand Landscape images can be overwhelming, with subjects so big they make us feel small and insignificant.
• Parks a re a good source of subject matter for detail-oriented photographs 
• We usually think of bright sunny days as the best for outdoor photography, but direct sun in wooded areas like a park create difficult lighting conditions 

Abstracted Elements in the Landscape

• Abstracted Elements are images composed of lines, shapes, values, and textures 
• One of the best ways to turn an ordinary scene into an abstract image is to get really close to your subject and photograph only a small part of it.

Las Vegas 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2645082682_862bf26225.jpg

Disneyland 

http://www.photographymojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fireworks-in-disneyland.jpg

Grand Canyon 

http://www.brooksphotog.com/images/grandcanyon/grand-canyon-9.jpg