Thursday, 3 July 2014

Tips On Contemporary Landscape Photography

By Rosella Campbell


Taking really beautiful pictures of scenery and landscape is one of the most well loved hobbies of most people. Now if one would want to go into contemporary landscape photography, then there are some things that he would have to take note of. Here are some really good tips that will be able to help.

Now one of the factors that one would have to take into consideration when getting a really pretty snapshot would be the time at which he chooses to capture the picture. Now the time that the photographer will choose would depend on what kind of photo he wants to take. Now according to the pros, the two best times would be dusk and dawn.

The next thing would be to take note of the focal point while taking the picture. This is the key principle in knowing how to take a really good photograph. One has to decide which point would be the dead center of his picture before he clicks on the shot.

Now a tip on getting a good focal point would be to chop the picture up into four parts with the focal point as the center of these four parts. Now it is best for photographers to make sure that the focal point is a rather empty spot with the four parts all having some scenery in them. This technique is often used by beginner photographers in knowing how to locate that focal point.

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.

Notice that in a lot of seascape photos, the water would actually look kind of milky or creamy. There actually is a technique that would allow photographers to get this kind of effect when they are taking pictures of bodies of water. This trick is called the using of slow exposure and is often used when one is standing atop a cliff or is in the beach.

Another tip for photographers who would take pictures of landscape would be to use some ND filters when trying to find a balance between the brightness of the land and the sky. Since the exposure of the land and sky is different, it would affect how the picture would look. So in order to have a good balance, it is advisable to use some Nd filters while taking pictures of landscapes that would have some sky in it.

So as one can see, there are a lot of things to take note of when going into landscape photography. Unlike other fields of photography, this one specially deals with very big spaces and needs some special attention. However, these tips will be able to help beginners know how to handle the ropes when starting out.




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