Landscape Photography

The first thing we learnt about in landscape photography is the equipment you would need for example a tripod. You might think you don't need a tripod because landscapes cant move but the tripod is needed for long shutter speeds as the ISO should be set to 100 for the best quality of the image. 

Another technique we learnt about is bracketing. With bracketing you can decide the right picture exposure for example over exposed, 0 or under exposed. This links with using a tripod because you can take multiple exposures (if taking a photograph of a park with a blue sky) then in Photoshop the photographer can take for example the 0 exposure of the sky and put it onto the underexposed park to create a silhouette effect. 

Composition is very important in landscape photography because when taking a landscape photograph you don't want the photograph to look flat so you create some levels in the photograph for example something in the far distance something very up close and something in between. Or you focus on something and that would be the focal point.

Metering modes has three different modes:

Matrix/Evaluative: The camera measures and finds the right settings for the best exposure by picking out several points in the picture.

Centre weighed: This concentrates in the centre of the image.

Spot: Is used when photographing a person that is backlit (against the sun) and the subjects face is dark the spot metering measures the light and helps to expose the face properly. Spot metering is also used for very contrast scenes. 

We also learnt about histograms and how to read them to see if an image is over exposed or underexposed. If the image is exposed properly then the histogram graph will be almost the same level throughout. If the image is over exposed or underexposed then the graph will be accumulated to the left or right. Like this:

Some landscape photographers are Dan Holdsworth and Lee Frost.