Landscape photography

Landscape photography is composed images in which represent different parts of the world. It shows the beauty of nature and can change the perspective of a certain part of the world by framing a certain part of one location, which can often make this look different once photographed than it did when there. They are often shot from different heights and angles to give more interest to the image instead of being straight on, doing this also changes the perspectives of the location. Natural landscapes highlight different aspects of nature and these type of images are usually quiet and more often than not don't include much within them apart from the natural aspects of this location, whereas Urban landscapes and usually more busy in the sense that there is a lot going on within the image, they include man made objects and less nature as well as sometimes includes people and objects, which is the difference between Natural and Urban Landscapes.

When shooting this kind of work you must consider many things, which include what equipment you will use such as using a tripod which would be recommended for this type of photography is it helps with the composition in being able to slightly move it in any direction or tilt it downwards or upwards or even adjust the height in which you shoot from which will be a lot easier and create better outcomes when using a tripod, as well as thinking about what lens to use which would usually be a wider lens to include more of the landscape within the frame. What type of camera you would use would be something to consider, using a large format camera would give you a bigger depth of field and help to give a better effect on this style of photography. The time of day would also be a consideration when shooting this kind of work because you will get different outcomes depending on the time of day, so you would choose what time of day you would like to shoot depending on what kind of outcome you are wanting from it, lighting would also fit into this consideration, as you will get different lighting at different times of the day, for example if you wanted a darker image you would photograph later in the evening/night. Weather must also be considered, for two reasons, the first one being if it is possible to shoot in certain conditions such as the rain, as well as what type of lighting and exposure the weather will give you. Camera settings would be something to consider, for this type of photographer i higher aperture such as f22 would be recommended to ensure a longer depth of field and make sure everything is in focus, as well as thinking about the shutter speed and iso, for this type of photography it is possible to use a lower iso and a slower shutter speed, as a lower iso would work better and slower shutter speeds can be used as nothing is moving.




Micheal Wolf

 For these pieces of work this photographer has used google maps to collect these images. This photographer challenges the perspectives of landscape photography by going through and choosing scenes from google maps that are interesting and something is happening and photographed them on the screen. This includes things such as the examples I have shown. During this project he chose interesting shots such as the van on fire and the dog shown on the left, the images also often involve people. I like these three images I have chosen because the second one is very simple but still challenges the perspective with the techniques he has used. This work isnt like usual landscapes you find, they are different and include more within the image such as every day life and things that happen that not many people notice. What I like about this work is the way he challenges the perspectives by instead of going out and finding these kind of things he finds them on the internet/google maps,  which as well as this making it interesting in the things he finds, it also makes you question if this would be his own work because he didn't photograph the photos himself. I could make work inspired by this by doing a similar thing and using the internet to find interesting photographs of things and photographing the screen, or I could use a different technique and use the inspiration from the style of photographs and go out and photograph images using a similar style.

Noemie Goudal

This photographer challenges the perspectives of landscape photography by creating scenes using equipment, like the examples I have shown, the first one challenges the perspectives by using a sheet to create a waterfall within the landscape, whereas the second one she has made a giant image of a photograph taken and it looks like she has printed each part of the image separately and put them together or printed it out and cut them into squares and put it back together, and placed it somewhere that looks like it isn't being used anymore. These two images challenge the perspectives by putting things into the frame to change the landscape image, she puts the sheet in the image to challenge the perspective instead of photographing a normal river, and in the second image instead of just using the image of the sea, she does something with it, makes it bigger and places it somewhere else and photographs it this way. I could take inspiration from this by placing things within landscapes instead of just photographing the usual thing.

The process of making a panorama is to take images using a tripod or it can be done handheld, moving slightly each time whilst taking photographs of the subject you want to photograph. Once this is done photoshop is used to create the panorama, the process of this is to open up photoshop, select File, Automate, Photomerge. Once the box shows up select reposition on the left and then open up your images and select OK, from this photoshop will create a panorama with your images, which you can then crop and edit if needed. I used this process to create my own panorama, which has worked successfully in working correctly and creating a good quality panorama image. This is a good process to use in photographing landscape photography because it can be used to process a lot more of a landscape then just shooting one single image, it can show a lot more information and can create a different effect as well as giving more to look at.