This landscape photo has amazing shadows. Photo by Jacques Daigneault

Doing landscape photography is a humbling experience especially if you shoot majestic locations such as the Yosemite National Park or the Alaskan Glaciers. Holding that digital camera of yours while aiming at awe inspiring backgrounds can leave a photographer overwhelmed with shooting landscape.

UN-‘BORING’ YOUR NATURAL LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY

The first thing you must do with landscape photography is to take care of the composition. Avoid taking dull pictures of the landscape photography which has probably been shot by the millions of travellers who came before you. In composing your landscape photograph think ‘Will this photo be better than the one sold at the gift shop for $1.50?’

One example of a dull photo is one with a lot of sky and only a thin strip of land. Yes the clouds are pretty but your grandmother probably has the same shot. Transform that commonplace image simply by paying attention to shadow, color and detail of the scene which is vital in producing amazing landscape photography. Smartly choose the lens to be used in your landscape photography. You don’t need an expensive fast lens or a a heavy one at that. A 55-200 meter lens is perfect for getting all the scenery in.

HOW TO VARY A LANDSCAPE PHOTO

1. Sometime you can edit landscape photo just by rotating the camera slightly to one side. This eliminates unwanted scenery and brings an added point of interest.

2. You can also switch your camera from a vertical to a horizontal position as the tiniest of movements, which doesn’t involve moving around, can have a dramatic effect.

3. Also try isolating a portion of the landscape against a

4. Try isolating a portion of the landscape against a backdrop from a different part of the image. This highlights just how vast that mountain you’re shooting is or it makes a coloured field stand out from surrounding pasture.

5. Observe the position of the tree, this wonderful product of Mother Nature, can be used as device to lead the eye into a scene.

6. That small object in the corner of a picture adds to the composition. Be wary that there is enough variety in a sequence of shots. Finding that same object in your series of photos gives your landscape photography a dark glow.

An object in one corner of the picture adds to the composition be careful that there is enough variety in a sequence of shots—do not always place an object in the same corner or the series begins to look dull.

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