- landscape photography characterized by maximum depth of field
- stop down lens as far as possible (f/16, f/22, f/32)
- longer shutter speeds
- tripod is necessary
- professional landscape photographs just after sunrise & just before sunset because of excellent light quality
- low angle of the sun = shapes & textures emphasized by side lighting
- light color is warm gold = particularly beautiful for color photography
- easier to deal with direct lighting for distant subjects that for closer subjects
- creates highlights & shadows = 3D landscape
- overcast days for closer views
- 100 ISO with 35mm cameras to capture all details
- B&W photography shows value, line, shape, texture, & pattern
- wide-angle lenses used to capture more of the scene and include really close objects & distant ones in the same shot (greater sense of depth)
- telephoto lenses used to concentrate on details/areas in the distance
- capture scenes & objects that are too far to get to
- macro lenses are useful for getting really close-up images
- capture details & small objects
- create abstract images of bark & rocks
- yellow filters used to bring out clouds
- red filters used to get look of deep black skies with stark white clouds
- red filter + polarizer (darkens blue sky) = ultimate black skies with maximum contrast
- Grand Landscape - "big view" for pictures of the great outdoors, wide-open expanses that showcase majesty of natural world, always include large expanse of the scene
- horizons should be placed either 1/3 from the top or bottom
- light meters designed to create exposure that makes medium/middle gray out of the scene being metered
- with lighter values, you'll need to compensate by opening up f-stop/slowing down shutter speed for longer exposure
- Abstracted elements - images composed of lines, shapes, values, & textures
- get really close to your subject & photograph only a small part of it
- macro lens = as much depth of field as possible
Brett Weston, Dunes and Mountains, 1945
Grains of sand in foreground & distant mountains are in sharp focus
Huntington Witherill, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, 1975
Luminous white clouds & sand dunes contrast with deep black sky.
Craig Barber, Succulent Gate
Every object is in sharp focus.
Eliot Porter, Foxtail Grass, 1957
Abstracted element.
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