Take your images to the next level. By shooting extreme landscapes you can combine a love for remote locations and the art of landscape photography to create stunning pictures and lasting memories. Here’s your guide to getting started.
Landscapes
Hiking is already tough. Choose a lightweight mirrorless camera to save on space and weight without sacrificing the quality of your shots.
Here are five proven tips for beginners that will sharpen your photos, and leave you feeling more confident at landscape photography.
The importance of having the right lens in comparison to having the right camera body is often misunderstood. While both play a big role, having the right lens can either make or break the look you’re trying to achieve in your photography.
Ansel Adams said, “Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.” He understood the challenges of landscape photography and how to tackle them. Technology and the advent of digital photography have eliminated many of the technical issues that Ansel faced, but his methods are still helpful to photographers today.
Landscapes in Concept A landscape photograph is most often created to establish a context for a story. The story can be told with the landscape itself, or act as the establishing shot for a slideshow, collage or short video. Shooting landscapes is pretty easy — getting them to be great is a bit more work. Horizons A landscape always has a horizon in it somewhere. This horizon line must be level. If it is canted, your viewers will be uncomfortable, subconsciously feeling that they are sliding out of the image. Your […]
When trying out activities mentioned in this article, please follow COVID-19 guidelines and directives for your area. Canadian landscapes and wildlife are natural subjects to capture any time of the year, but Winter provides unique photo and video opportunities like no other season. Despite the frosty temperatures, many photographers find inspiration in their surroundings to get out of their comfort zone – both in terms of photography and the warm indoors – and make some amazing photos (with the help of Mother Nature!). In this article, we’ll revisit some of […]
One of the most popular genres of photography is landscape photography. Great landscapes are easier to capture by having the right gear. You may not be thinking about the other bits of kit that will help you make better images so here are 11 must haves when shooting landscapes