I watched today, a Channel 5 programme which I recorded, called 'How to Take Stunning Pictures', this weeks episode was about Landscapes. Photographer Charlie Waite was giving the advice to two guys, one of whom was a Free Runner in London.
He advised to use the tripod to settle into the picture, giving yourself time to find the right shot.
Choose the Right Location
Read the landscape, starting with the sky, read down and see whats there, moving left and right to find the shot.
Composition
Use a compositional aid, a black frame works well, and hold that up and see what the picture is going to look like before you take it. If you move the frame nearer to you eyes it would be the same as using a wider focal length lens. See if this is a picture you would like to see on the wall.
Controlling the Light
Use a filter to enhance the clouds and sky.
Wait for the Weather
A good time to photograph is when bad weather is leaving and good is on its way, and wait for the perfect sky. The 'Golden hour' is the hour before sunset.
Draw in the Viewer
With the use of a path or something to lead the eye into the picture.
At the end of the programme the two men took a landscape picture of their own. One was a conventional landscape picture, the other man, the Free Runner, his picture was of him sitting in a high rise with his legs out of the window, and his photo was pointing down and was of his feet and of the cars below, the picture showed how high he was, as his feet were the same size as the cars. I liked the picture but I wouldn't have called it a Landscape. It was a totally different view something I would not have considered before.
Today, also I ordered a couple of the books suggested, from Amazon, The Photographer's Eye, The Photograph as Contemporary Art and Light: Science and Magic. So I look forward to those arriving.
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