Simple tips for Landscape Photography

1. Landscape
Photograph
LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
SHOWS US THE WORLD
IT’S THE VAST AND UNENDING
BEAUTY

2. What is
Landscape
photography?
• Landscape photographs typically capture
the presence of a nature, but can also
focus on human-made features or
interferences of landscapes.

3. Study the Landscape
• Choose your viewpoint carefully. It will affect the final result
more than anything else.
• Pay attention to where the sun is going up or down.
• Shoot from a viewpoint for a wider angle, or choose a lower
viewpoint for a more focused view.

4. Be on Time!
• The best moment to capture fantastic color effects is during the
Golden Hour. The golden hours occurs twice a day: Dawn and
Sunset
• When you shoot sunsets, wait for about 25-35 minutes after the
sun has gone down to get those amazing color you see in the
best photographers’ pics!

6. Focal Point
• Even though you are shooting a Landscape you need to draw
your viewers attention to just one feature.
• Otherwise your photo will result Boring and Static.
• Try to capture an interesting feature in the foreground and leave
the depth of field to do the rest.

7. Do you see how your eyes start from the nearest flowers then go
to the mountains? In landscapes you must include some focal points to give
the photo a sense of depth.

8. Depth of Field
• You have to maximize the DoF to have sharp, clear features in
the background.
• Use Aperture priority mode to make this easy.
• The F-number must be high. Select f/8 or f/11 for a small
aperture, which will avoid the optical disturbances you get with
lower apertures.

9. Keep the ISO Low
• ISO has the drawback of producing grainy images at high
levels.
• Keep your Iso low and your landscape photos will be be
perfectly sharp all over the frame.
• An ISO level of 100 or 200 will be perfect.

10. Emphasis on the ground or sky
• Place the horizon on the highest horizontal line of the grid to let
the ground occupy the lower 2 thirds.
• Place the lowest horizontal line of the grid to let the sky occupy
the upper 2 thirds.