Now answer a few questions about what you learned and post the answers on your blog in a post called Landscapes.
1. Where is one place on the internet you might go to better prepare yourself for the location you are shooting at?
Google maps sattelite view can give one an idea as to when and where they should visit and what the best hours are to shoot at. Also, google the weather. If you want to shoot a sunset, it's best to make sure you're not shooting a dull, cloudy one if that's not what you're going for.
2. What is one app you might download to help you when trying to pick the best angle to take landscape photos?
The Photographer's Ephemeris is a useful app to download.
3. What is the biggest problem shooting with a zoom or telephoto lens?
Zoom lenses can make the foreground and backround seem closer together, thus eliminating depth. Telephoto lenses can rid an image of a focal point.
4. Instead of using the HDR method you learned in my class, what is another technique the website suggest would be acceptable for compensating for sky and ground?
Using an ND grad filter is helpful. You can save a lot of time not having to heavily minipulate a photo in Lr later on.
5. List three things you should always carry in case of bad weather.
Bring a waterproof plastic bag so you can cover the camera if the conditians call for that, carry cleaning cloths for the lens and glass filters, and a microfibre towel just incase the camera body or lens gets wet.
6. Why would pre-scouting help you when shooting?
You can find locations that haven't been shot before. Also, visiting the shooting site beforehand can make sure that you have an idea as of where and what exactly you want shoot.
7. Is subject or composition more important in landscape photography, WHY?
Subject is more important because a landscape shot should always have a focal point. The rules of composition can be broken anyways, so it's more important to have a clear focus point than a perfecly balanced image. Sometimes, nature doesn't even allow you to get that perfectly compositioned basic shot you may have wanted.
8. What is the suggested procedure to create simple, yet striking images?
1) "Decide which part of the scene is essential to the composition."
usually the thing that made you stop and consider snapping a photo
2)"Using this main subject, start to include other elements, usually one at a time, to see if they will fit into the composition without detracting from the main subject."
sometimes simple shots are the best shots
3) Scroll through the images on your camera’s rear display to decide which compositions work best.
9. Why black and white?
Our minds associate gloomy conditions and rainy weather with dull colours, or at least mine does. Shooting in black and white can enhance a gloomy mood or dramatize certain elements of a photo, like depth or the contrast between shadows and light.
10. Why would you want to go back to a location you have already been?
As you get to know a landscape more, you can familiarize yourself with its quirks and originalities. Knowing the ins and outs of a place can help you snap a great shot, considering that you're familiar with its beauties.
11. Find three landscape images that you like and post them with this blog.
1. Where is one place on the internet you might go to better prepare yourself for the location you are shooting at?
Google maps sattelite view can give one an idea as to when and where they should visit and what the best hours are to shoot at. Also, google the weather. If you want to shoot a sunset, it's best to make sure you're not shooting a dull, cloudy one if that's not what you're going for.
2. What is one app you might download to help you when trying to pick the best angle to take landscape photos?
The Photographer's Ephemeris is a useful app to download.
3. What is the biggest problem shooting with a zoom or telephoto lens?
Zoom lenses can make the foreground and backround seem closer together, thus eliminating depth. Telephoto lenses can rid an image of a focal point.
4. Instead of using the HDR method you learned in my class, what is another technique the website suggest would be acceptable for compensating for sky and ground?
Using an ND grad filter is helpful. You can save a lot of time not having to heavily minipulate a photo in Lr later on.
5. List three things you should always carry in case of bad weather.
Bring a waterproof plastic bag so you can cover the camera if the conditians call for that, carry cleaning cloths for the lens and glass filters, and a microfibre towel just incase the camera body or lens gets wet.
6. Why would pre-scouting help you when shooting?
You can find locations that haven't been shot before. Also, visiting the shooting site beforehand can make sure that you have an idea as of where and what exactly you want shoot.
7. Is subject or composition more important in landscape photography, WHY?
Subject is more important because a landscape shot should always have a focal point. The rules of composition can be broken anyways, so it's more important to have a clear focus point than a perfecly balanced image. Sometimes, nature doesn't even allow you to get that perfectly compositioned basic shot you may have wanted.
8. What is the suggested procedure to create simple, yet striking images?
1) "Decide which part of the scene is essential to the composition."
usually the thing that made you stop and consider snapping a photo
2)"Using this main subject, start to include other elements, usually one at a time, to see if they will fit into the composition without detracting from the main subject."
sometimes simple shots are the best shots
3) Scroll through the images on your camera’s rear display to decide which compositions work best.
9. Why black and white?
Our minds associate gloomy conditions and rainy weather with dull colours, or at least mine does. Shooting in black and white can enhance a gloomy mood or dramatize certain elements of a photo, like depth or the contrast between shadows and light.
10. Why would you want to go back to a location you have already been?
As you get to know a landscape more, you can familiarize yourself with its quirks and originalities. Knowing the ins and outs of a place can help you snap a great shot, considering that you're familiar with its beauties.
11. Find three landscape images that you like and post them with this blog.
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