landscape photography
There is a project trending on YouTube and other parts of the internet as of late that I am excited about. This being a landscape photography blog, I feel like it is important to talk not just about the art side of the business. This much might be fairly obvious if you have followed my posts in the past!
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There is a lot that goes into photography beyond pressing a button. Working backwards from the final image, there is printmaking, post processing, the settings used in camera at capture, etc… Before any of these things can occur there is one crucial step every great photographer has mastered. The art of composing a purposeful image with the right elements at the critical moment in order to tell a story.
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There are many challenges to overcome in landscape photography. While everyone encounters their own obstacles to overcome during their photographic journeys. These are some of what I have found to cause the greatest disappointments in my own photography.
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As is the state of our outdoors due to a massive increase in popularity, this is an important topic to discuss. Through the influence of social media and its various personalities and brands, we have seen a spike in the number of visitors to our wildnesses, parks, and iconic spots. Unfortunately, the level of education, awareness, and negligence/disrespect that the newcomers bring is having a disparate impact on our public lands.
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Naturally, one might say it is a good thing to be afraid of doing nothing. The danger lies within the extreme of believing that everything must be perfect. Thinking that if we weren’t at the ideal location every time the best light occurs the outing was a complete failure.
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As I concluded in my article on Neuroaesthetics, our brain can tell us a lot about ourselves. The different sections control unique types of tasks and the whole is important for who we are as a person and how we behave. Reverse engineering our behavior then should make it easier for us to understand how to bring the best out of ourselves.
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I have owned a couple of tripods since I started out in photography. Having a sturdy, yet lightweight, tripod and ball-head is very important when creating images. They keep the camera from moving with camera shake, breaking from a fall, and composing at different heights consistently. Good tripods also come at a cost though… they are very spendy!
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I have been practicing photography for around five years now. During these last five years, I have become a better photographer, but I would say that when it comes to creating meaningful art, I have only just begun. While images don’t have to be meaningful, I do find that having a purpose behind pressing the shutter makes the process more fulfilling.
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Photography is great on its own. I find it easy to go out in the field on my own and capture images because it is time that I can set aside for just myself. While I enjoy these moments of solitude, it is not what photography is all about and there is more to be had with the photography community!
Read MoreLandscape photography is a very competitive field. As photography becomes more accessible it will only become more so. I am part of this boom of the medium over the last several years, and I welcome everyone else to join in on creating landscape images! However, one of the things that can make landscape photography a challenge is the more people creating images and publishing them every day the more it can make us self-conscious about our own work.
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