The Landscape Photography Genre is one that I don’t understand. This Genre has so many facets to it and also technical challenges that are fairly straight forward but for e at least difficult to acheive.
What Constitutes A Good Landscape Photograph?
I’ve read hundreds & hundreds of articles about this genre and I still don’t understand what subject matter makes a great Landscape Photograph. Today I packed my 10 stop ND filter to capture those milky Long Exposure Shots, my Android App that would calculate the Hyperfocal distance for me and took a drive to the local Woodland. Did I use the prestigious & necessary tools I had packed? The quick answer is no. I did however as always struggle to balance depth of field and shutter speed which gave me either Sharp & full object focus but underexposed or slightly blurred & full object focus Photographs. What can I say I am a gluten for punishment and would rather happily snap away and then chastise myself when I look at the photographs when I am back home on the computer for missing another great opportunity.
One Definition of Landscape Photography is. “Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. ” Hmm!! so everything Outdoors? Does my Photograph class as a Landscape Photograph? I’ll leave that decision someone one other than myself. What I enjoy doing is soaking up the natural surroundings around me and not walking round with a Finger Formed Frame and a viewfinder glued to my eye. I’m not saying that the Professional Landscape Photographers do this. I believe they too like me walk and enjoy their surroundings but they can visualise potentially good Photographs, and make mental notes, which unfortunately I cannot do.