6 tips to improve your landscape photos

February 23rd, 2006

Landscape photography is one of most popular areas of photography. Here are 6 tips for improving your landscape photographs this winter.

• Look for simplicity – the graphic lines, shapes & forms in the landscape.
• Capture what first drew you to the subject. Even if you go off and shoot other compositions.
• Find your compositional hook – that leads your viewer into the photo – it suggests space, depth and places beyond the frame.
• Your lens is an extension of your eye & I personally prefer to work in camera in the moment to create my vision working with the limitation of the weather and all the untidy bits.
• Light is the language of photography – it sets the mood, affects the colour and tonal relationships & often tries a photographer’s patience. You are either waiting for the light or rushing to catch it, but use it to communicate your picture’s message.
• Some landscape images are gentle others dramatic. By selecting the subject and exploiting the light you can create an image that has the qualities of a painting or create a surreal image. At this time of the year, mist and snow can change scenes quite significantly, and make something quite ordinary special.

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