Ch.9 Landscape Notes

• Landscape shots receive the most respect and awe
• You can take abstract, grand landscape and detail shots for landscape shots
• In photo shop people use edge burning
• Carleton E. Watkins opened his own gallery in 1858 in San Francisco about landscape and nature
• Ansel Adams was also inspired by Yosemite Valley
• Our way of seeing the natural world was forever changed because of Adam's images
• Composition is one of the most important part of composition
• Viewpoint is the most important part of composition
• An inch or 2 in any direction can make a huge difference
• Value an image's light and dark areas is especially important in black and white landscape photography
• Images with a wide range of tones can be more dramatic
• Narrower range seem quieter and more contemplative
• Achieve a balance between unity and variety
• Variety refers to all the diverse art elements found in a picture
• With total variety, nothing fits or goes together
• Leaning toward unity makes a peaceful image
• leaning toward variety makes an image more energetic
• Easier to deal with direct lighting for distant subjects than it is for subjects
• For closer views, most photographers choose overcast days that reduce the highlights and shadows
• General rule, landscape photographers prefer to use wide-angle lenses that capture more of the scene
• Creates a greater sense of depth in the image
• Macro lenses are especially good for creating abstract images of bark and rocks
• Grand landscapes always include a big expanse of the scene