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Friday 11 July 2014

Contemporary Landscape Photography Tips For Beginners

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 most important things to take of when taking a good photograph would be to know when is the right time to capture the photo. Of course this would depend on what kind of picture the photographer would want to take. Most photographers would take pictures at either dawn or dusk so that they can get the best lighting.

One of the most important concepts in landscape photography would be the focal point. This is a very important concept to learn about because this would decide whether the picture will look good or not. Basically, the focal point is the center of the shot or otherwise known as the dead center.

Now a technique that most beginners are taught when they would want to locate the focal point would be to try to imagine that the scenery he is taking is split into four quadrants. In the middle of the quadrants would be the dead center which would be the focal point. One has to make sure that the location of the focal point has to have minimal or not much scenery while the quadrants will take all the scenery.

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.

Now another great technique that photographers would use when they are trying to get the perfect balance between the lighting of both the sky and land would be to use some ND filters. One would often encounter some problems when he would take a picture of the land and the sky together because of the exposure. If he would use the ND filters, he would not need to worry about those kinds of problems anymore.

Now if one would want to go into landscaping photography, then these tips will definitely be very useful. Now if the photographer has a knack for this kind of thing, then he will be able to apply these techniques without breaking a sweat. These tips are especially great for those who have just started out.




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