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