.1 High points give you a over all view of the scene and if you have a camera that gives you control (e.g. an SLR) over the exposure settings, a small aperture of f/11 or f/16 will let you keep everything in focus. And there is a greater depth of field which is very important in scenic photography.
2. Early morning and late evening are the best times for shooting landscapes and out doer photography . This is because the low angle of the Sun picks out shadows and reveals textures. It gives the impression of 3-D look. cloudy days are not suited for land scape photography and it gives dull look to your pictures
3 look for the locations best landscapes are not found at the side of the road. So be prepared to go for a walk or talk to local native in an effort to seek out the most interesting locations.
4. Wide angle lenses are mostly used used for landscapes because they will give you to include more in the frame and open up perspective. A wide-angle zoom lens gives you more latitude in framing the scene and cropping out distracting features. You can use horizantial as well as vertical framing which make some interesting and different outlook of scene try both
5 place something in the foreground . Whenever possible, place something of interest in the foreground of the shot to create a sense of depth or you can make somebody stand in the foreground to create a sense of depth
6. use a tripod. use a tripod to get a sharpest picture when shooting landscapes which is very vital. use cable release to press the shutter instead of your finger to avoid any slight shake of camare - this means you'll take fewer but better pictures. Get a light model to cut down on weight if you do a lot of walking to your locations.
7.crop Look out for scenes that will let you crop the top and bottom of the image to snape a more dramatic "letterbox" panoramic composition.
8. Use a polarizing filterThis is most vital for outdoor photography.It darken the sky and saturate the colors in the landscape .It remove any haze from the atmosphere
9. Use graduated grey or neutral density filters to darken the sky and reduce the contrast between the landscape and the sky. Polarizing filters aren't much use for bright cloudy skies but graduated filters are. Frequently, the sky looks burned out in photos because the films or digital sensors don't have the range to record the brightness differences between it and darker foreground scenery. (Films and sensors still aren't as good as the human eye!)
10. Use color correction filters to change the color of light on a landscape. These filters can either warm up the landscape or cool it down, depending on the filter color used. Warm filter gives amber colour to the scene there are many different type of colour filters
experiment with different filters.
11. Try soft focus filter to add an ethereal quality to the scene. These filters blur the bright areas of a scene into the shadows to give the image a glow giving it a romantic look.
12. Use the Hyperfocal Distance the method is to focus 1/3 into the scene with small aparture ,say 16,22 and then recompose the scene . Hyperfocal focusing allows you to get everything sharp, from things close up to the camera to those far away. It's more reliable than just setting the focus at infinity. You will need a camera that allows manual focusing though.
13.USERAW If you use a digital camera, and your camera is capable of it, shoot RAW images rather than JPGs. The RAWs will take up more room on your memory card but there's no in-camera processing done on the image (as there is for JPGs). RAW images will give you greater latitude for image manipulation (using Adobe PhotoShop, PhotoShop Elements, Paint Shop Pro or some other image manipulation package).
2. Early morning and late evening are the best times for shooting landscapes and out doer photography . This is because the low angle of the Sun picks out shadows and reveals textures. It gives the impression of 3-D look. cloudy days are not suited for land scape photography and it gives dull look to your pictures
3 look for the locations best landscapes are not found at the side of the road. So be prepared to go for a walk or talk to local native in an effort to seek out the most interesting locations.
4. Wide angle lenses are mostly used used for landscapes because they will give you to include more in the frame and open up perspective. A wide-angle zoom lens gives you more latitude in framing the scene and cropping out distracting features. You can use horizantial as well as vertical framing which make some interesting and different outlook of scene try both
5 place something in the foreground . Whenever possible, place something of interest in the foreground of the shot to create a sense of depth or you can make somebody stand in the foreground to create a sense of depth
6. use a tripod. use a tripod to get a sharpest picture when shooting landscapes which is very vital. use cable release to press the shutter instead of your finger to avoid any slight shake of camare - this means you'll take fewer but better pictures. Get a light model to cut down on weight if you do a lot of walking to your locations.
7.crop Look out for scenes that will let you crop the top and bottom of the image to snape a more dramatic "letterbox" panoramic composition.
8. Use a polarizing filterThis is most vital for outdoor photography.It darken the sky and saturate the colors in the landscape .It remove any haze from the atmosphere
9. Use graduated grey or neutral density filters to darken the sky and reduce the contrast between the landscape and the sky. Polarizing filters aren't much use for bright cloudy skies but graduated filters are. Frequently, the sky looks burned out in photos because the films or digital sensors don't have the range to record the brightness differences between it and darker foreground scenery. (Films and sensors still aren't as good as the human eye!)
10. Use color correction filters to change the color of light on a landscape. These filters can either warm up the landscape or cool it down, depending on the filter color used. Warm filter gives amber colour to the scene there are many different type of colour filters
experiment with different filters.
11. Try soft focus filter to add an ethereal quality to the scene. These filters blur the bright areas of a scene into the shadows to give the image a glow giving it a romantic look.
12. Use the Hyperfocal Distance the method is to focus 1/3 into the scene with small aparture ,say 16,22 and then recompose the scene . Hyperfocal focusing allows you to get everything sharp, from things close up to the camera to those far away. It's more reliable than just setting the focus at infinity. You will need a camera that allows manual focusing though.
13.USERAW If you use a digital camera, and your camera is capable of it, shoot RAW images rather than JPGs. The RAWs will take up more room on your memory card but there's no in-camera processing done on the image (as there is for JPGs). RAW images will give you greater latitude for image manipulation (using Adobe PhotoShop, PhotoShop Elements, Paint Shop Pro or some other image manipulation package).
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