Landscapes - Emma

I didn't get a chance at all this fortnight to go out & take a landscape photo. I took this shot on friday, from the car as we were driving home from Melbourne! So not what I would normally take :)



I thought I would post some from a few months ago. My favourite time to photograph landscapes is at sunset, when there are LOTS of clouds around. I like to wait til the sun has gone below the horizon, because the colours are amazing then! How I usually shoot at this time of night is exposing for the sky, so the land/mountains are silhouettes. Or underexpose the whole image by a stop or two. This way the colours will be deep & vibrant.
These 3 shots were all taken on the same night; the more orange one was shot towards where the sun had set, then the next taken further south from where the sun was etc.

Landscapes - Adam

Lake Tuggeranong

Snow on the Brindabellas

Lake George fenceline

Lake George lambscape

Landscapes Advice - Paul Dowe

I'm presuming that Emma is referring to Paul Dowe - a professional landscape photographer from Perth - and good friend of ours, who is staying with us at the moment.

I showed him the blog and he was more than happy to oblige. Paul's advice with landscape shooting is:

• The first half hour and last half hour of light each day is "when the magic happens"
• Keep the composition simple - don't clutter the frame
• Concentrate on your leading lines - remember to try and form a pathway for the eye to follow that tells a story.
• Experiment with your depth of field.

"The three ingredients of Light, Composition and Depth of Field will produce something special when all three are right."

Below are a couple of Paul's photos that we have on display in our home. You can see more of Paul's work on the gallery on his website.

And a couple of others that I quite liked: