How to solve the problems often encountered in landscape photography

In many outdoor landscape photography courses, many students will ask the following questions. Today, let's discuss these problems and solve them together.

1, how to find the theme of the scenery film?

Most photography guides will tell you that a good photo must have an attractive theme. When you shoot a landscape, you usually find it difficult to decide what kind of scenic spots to shoot in a vast scene. In fact, you may think that you are interested in the whole scene. But you have to try to think about it, why is it attractive to you here? What makes this place so charming?

Maybe it's the first sunshine in the morning and the afterglow of the sunset, maybe it's the rivers and wild flowers that gather everywhere. Take a moment to think about why you came here to shoot this scenery and what attracted you here. Soon your mind will have an answer. If your answer is about light, then where is the most spectacular light, or in the clouds? The reflection of water? At the moment when the light hits the top of the mountain? Think of it this way, and you will solve the first problem.

All roads lead to Rome. When you are looking for a theme, divergent thinking, you can also reach the "point" you want.

2. Do you want to add some elements to the photo to assist composition?

For most photographers, this is a huge problem. Sometimes, when you are standing in a scene with a camera, you may wonder if you can find something that is helpful for composition, such as the most common branches. But you also have to consider, will they be distracting? Do they make people who look at photos only pay attention to the branches and ignore your scenery?

Sometimes some scenes have some natural elements that can form a framework. Do you want to use them? If you decide to use it, should it be left, right, top or around? Let's look at the following example.

Before the later stage: the half tree on the left has no influence on the prominent theme and can be deleted.

Post-stage: composition formed after removing interference elements.

In fact, there are only two considerations in the above picture.

First, make sure your focus is not destroyed. So, if there is a beautiful tree on the left, make sure it can guide the audience's attention to your key point. If it's just a big black shadow standing on the left, it's best not to add it to the composition, because it may really destroy your composition. In this photo, if there is a vertical image on the left or in the middle, it will weaken the audience's attention and destroy the theme you want to express.

Second, if you are sure to use some elements to complete the composition, then be bold and do it purposefully. At the same time, let your audience not feel that this is a mistake, or that this is something you accidentally photographed. Of course, some tree trunks or clouds may seem a bit abrupt. At this time, you have to move a little, or dispose of it later.

The so-called bold, is to act as if to shoot like this, with a purpose to shoot those seemingly unrelated elements. This tree can guide the rays of the sun here, lead your eyes to a dark place, and then you will focus on the dark hills and jungles.

If you use a wide-angle lens, you also know how to guide the audience into the whole picture with a lot of foreground. But the question that students often ask is, what are the good prospects? They usually walk around the scenic spots, not sure whether to put many elements in the foreground.

Because of the exaggeration of wide-angle lens, you should make good use of a distinctive foreground to form a sense of extension of the photo. Suppose there is a big stone in the scene, you should think about how to give it a close-up effect. Is it to be the focus of the photo, or to create lines for the photo? In any case, it can be your good seedling.

Those parallel to the picture are generally not good prospects unless you can shoot different lines from another angle. When shooting scenery, you can walk around the scene more to see if you can make the parallel foreground more prominent, or if it is more effective for the line sense and extensibility of the overall composition. If not, choose another prospect. If not, you can choose another lens. 50mm lens is also a good choice for taking scenery.