One of the challenges of landscape photography is that unlike many other genres, you do not have control of the elements in the scene, only where you position yourself and how you choose your composition. This can often lead to overly busy compositions, but this helpful video tutorial will give you some good advice on how to counteract that and produce stronger, more compelling images.
Coming to you from Alister Benn with Expressive Photography, this excellent video tutorial discusses how to simplify overly busy compositions in landscape photography. By far, one of the most overlooked ways to do this is simply using a longer focal length. Most landscape photography is done between 14mm and 35mm, and while there is certainly nothing wrong with using those focal lengths, isolating a single interesting element in the scene can be a way to not only get more photos from a single location but to create unique, more abstract takes that people might have not have seen before. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Benn.
And if you really want to dive into landscape photography, check out "Photographing The World 1: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing with Elia Locardi," which is currently on sale along with the rest of the Fstoppers store.
Not that informative. I thought I would be shown how to simplify an overly busy landscape in post processing. Instead I was shown how to take advantage of fog to isolate a tree from its background. I get that already.
Thanks for saving me the effort. To be fair, beginners may not know.
Fog Is lovely, and I'll take it where I get it, but it's a little hard to control.
Kickstarter fog machine coming up.