For countless enthusiast photographers the world over, nothing offers as much inspiration as heading out into the great outdoors, regardless of the time of year or weather conditions, to capture beautiful landscapes. As a photographer, little comes close to matching the feeling of returning home in the knowledge that you have memory cards filled with a selection of stunning scenes, all beautifully captured. Landscape Photography Workshops is an invaluable guide packed with essential technique advice, expert guides, photo workshops and stunning photography that aims to give you all the information, advice and inspiration you need to improve your landscape photography skills. It features tutorials from many of the UK’s favourite outdoor photographers, with emphasis on key in-camera techniques. To ensure you head out with the best possible choice of photo gear, a landscape kit section is filled with authoritative reviews of essential accessories, including ND graduated filters, tripods and gadget bags. Be sure to read this indispensable guide and learn from the UK’s leading experts how to take your best-ever landscape images.
Welcome...
Understanding landscapes • Few subjects are as popular or accessible, but that isn’t to say it is an easy discipline. Beautiful scenery doesn’t guarantee you can take good images
Achieving a good exposure • Exposure is the very heartbeat of photography. in order to expose correctly and creatively, you need to be in control of your settings
Understanding apertures • Ross hoddinott reveals how aperture choice impacts on the look and success of your images, affecting both depth-of-field and exposure
Master shutter speeds • Pro Ross Hoddinott explains how choosing the right shutter speed determines not only the exposure, but how motion is recorded
Let’s focus on landscapes • Landscape photographers often desire front-to-back sharpness. Careful focusing technique is essential, as Ross Hoddinott explains…
LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION • Composition is an age-old art. The general idea is to arrange the elements within the scene in the most visually stimulating and pleasing way; to communicate your ideas and vision. Deciding what to include or exclude from the frame, your shooting angle and height, and of course your focal length are all big decisions that will greatly influence your final shot. Creating balance and harmony are your ultimate goals and, with practice, you will soon be capturing beautifully composed landscapes…
Using the rule-of-thirds • If you’re to conform to only one rule of composition, you'll probably find the rule-of-thirds to be the most commonplace and useful
Foreground interest • Add depth, life and a natural entry point into your images by using foreground interest to help capture eye-catching compositions
Learn to use lead-inlines • Using lead-in lines is an effective technique for giving your images depth and directing the viewer’s eye through a composition
RAW & LANDSCAPES
An introduction to Raw • If maximum detail and control is what you need, then shooting in Raw is the answer. We cover the basics you need to get started
Navigating the Adobe Camera Raw interface • New to ACR and confused by all its features? No fear, we will make it clear...
Getting started in Adobe Camera Raw • Master these basic Raw adjustments and we promise the quality of your photographs will never be the same again
Howto process a Raw file • Get the most from every image by processing in Adobe Camera Raw
FILTERS • Lee Frost reveals the importance that filters offer landscape photographers
ND graduates • Make bland skies a thing of the past by learning how to use a Neutral Density graduate filter
Polarisers • A circular polariser will be your best friend, boosting...
