Some landscape photography tips

Its a world of digital now and there are a lot of images there so here are some useful tips I have gleamed over the years of being a very amateur landscape photographer

1 Look around, get down, go up, move around, get your bearings
Especially with landscape its always a benefit to know where you will be taking pictures, walk through it before hand maybe – then you can save time as you’ll have a vague idea of what you want to do or at least where the nearest pub is.

2. Take more thane shot!
Oh the times I’ve taken just one – to find that the camera has focussed on the foreground blade of grass and not the impressive woodland behind. Take 3- 5 of each subject, spread betting its called (well i call it) then you should atlas get one right (or 5 if you are particularly clever)

3. Look for a Focal Point

All shots need some sort of focal point to them and landscapes are no different – a tree, a bench, a flower, an old man, a dog etc etc you get the idea

4. Think post production!
The intended may not be the best of final images, but with a bit of end tweak knowledge (ie how much you can rescue/improve and image back home with your fav image editing software (as long as you don’t push it TOO much!)

5. Shoot alternate
Ignore the cliche shots try something different, HDR* for example or stitch together a panoramic, black and white, under/over expose, shoot on one leg, lying down, crouching!

6. Don’t get too caught up with technique
Not sure if you’re AV/speed/exposure settings are right? look its digital, try taking on several modes, auto focus/manual. The rubbish you can delete later, its not as if you are wasting film right? (although I do like to add if you have half an idea of what settings you should be using outside of AUTO then that is actually quite helpful and does improve your chances of success!)