Blog Notes pg. 202-217

Landscapes

• 3 main types of landscapes

- landscape photography through the wide views

- use close-up to capture landscape details

- create abstract images of the landscape that accentuate form, texture, and pattern

Landmarks in Landscape Photography

• emphasize elements and principles of a scene
• edges of frame and focus are key
• rule of thirds
• lighting, either warm or cool, and shooting at specific times of day will improve images
• 100 ISO will help give more details-tripods will help

Ansel Adams (1902-1984)

- 14yrs old when he first went to Yosemite

- went back later and took his best-known images there

- tried to capture experience of being in wilderness

Photographing the Landscape

Thinking Artistically

• composition is one of the most important aspects of landscape photography and viewpoint is the most important part of composition
• value--> an image's light and dark areas is especially important in black and white landscape photography
• balance between unity and variety
• unity- when all the individual parts of your image come together and support each other to make one cohesive image
• variety- refers to all the diverse art elements found in a picture

Camera Settings

• max. depth of field f/16, f/22, f/32
• for large format cameras f/64 (smallest f-stop)

Light 

• after sunrise and just before sunset
• easier to deal with direct lighting for distant subjects than it is for closer subjects
• Grand Landscape photographs- direct lighting creates the highlights and shadows that make a landscape seem three-dimensional

Film

• use 100 ISO with 35mm capture all the details

Lenses

• landscape photographers prefer to use wide-angle lenses that capture more of the scene
• concentrating on details or areas in the distance, like one mountain in a range of mountains, some photographers use a telephoto lens

Filters

• big part of landscape 
• at least a yellow filter, just to bring out the clouds

Camera Support

• when combine slow films and small f-stops (f/16-f/22) slow shutter speeds = going to need tripod to support camera so you will get sharp images

The Grand Landscape

• grand landscape- "big view" 
• great outdoors-wide-open expanses that showcase the majesty of the natural world
• you can also select non-traditional subjects
• wide-angle to normal lens, create some Grand Landscape photographs that include sky

Landscape Details and Close-ups

• parks are a good source of subject matter for detail- oriented photograph, with interesting trees, well groomed lawns and meadows, and beautiful lakes
• light meters are designed to create an exposure that makes medium or middle gray out of the scene being metered

Abstracted Elements in the Landscape

• abstracted elements are images composed of lines, shapes, values, and textures
• best ways to turn an ordinary scene into an abstract image is to get really close to your subject and photograph only a small part of it
• macro lens on small subjects, you'll need as much depth of field as possible
• trees are great subjects for exploring abstracted images