Chapter 9

Thinking Artistically

• Composition very important
• you must pay attention when positioning camera even
• Value is very important in black and white landscapes
• always have a mood in mind and adjust to that mood
• a good goal to achieve is a balance between unity and variety
• extreme unity is with all parts of photo relate to each other
• variety is the exact opposite where nothing relates but it make a very nice picture
• unity= peaceful
• Variety = energy

Camera Settings

• 1st stop down the lens all the way
• 2nd choose small f stop
• tripod is necessary for sharp image

Light

• golden time for shooting landscapes before sunset and after sun rise
• the color of light is warm and gold
• best to l with direct light from distance

 
Film

• Landscape photos need to record as much as possible
• use100 ISO with  35mm camera to capture all the detail
• Black and white is Th choice for landscape photography

Lens

• wide angle lens are preferred
• for shooting mountains some photographers use  telephoto lens
• Macro lenses are also used for really close photos

Filters

• Very important part of landscape photo's
• yellow filter to bring out clouds
• also pairing these filters together gives even better effects to photo

Camera Support

• when you combine slow films and Small f - stops you get  slow shutter
• you will need  tripod to support camera to get sharp image

The Grand Landscape

• "Big View: for photo's taken out side
• You can take a ordinary house and by knowing how to take it the right way you make it as interesting as the grand Canyon
• Wide Angle lens extremely helpful
• use the 3rds rule when dealing with horizons
• Photo shop can always give you that extra push to bring you photo from good to great

Landscape Details and close - ups

• Parks are good for details
• Japanese gardens are also very good because they have tones of details from interestingly placed rocks to miniature water falls.
• bright sunny Day best for these photos
• the value in  picture Can be more important than an camera can capture
• right before sun rise or after sunset is best because it eliminates shadows
• John Sexton calls it the "quite light"\
• light meters make n exposure to take the middle grays out of the photo graph
• light photos = slow shutter speed
• dark photo's = fast shutter speed

Abstracted Element in the Landscape

• abstract photo's contain line,shape, value and texture
• tree bark is a perfect example
• you must get really close to  Small part of your subject to make it abstract
• telephoto or micro lens would work well for getting up close