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Seven Landscape Photography Tips to Help You Travel Photography to Shoot a Blockbuster

Author: Jeery

Date Created: 2022-12-03 21:33

1, How to take shocking landscape photos?

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Photos want to shock; the first picture must be a shocking scene. Whether you are on the road of travel, in the city, or in the mountain village, there is a chance to take the picture above and below these shocking photos. Observe the recent weather, and pay attention to the weather forecast; when there are significant clouds appear, you can stand on the top of the mountain in your hometown or stand on the grass on the outskirts of the city; the clouds are spectacular, so that the clouds in the picture when the proportion is more significant, people look smaller, the scene under the clouds look smaller, the picture will be very shocking.

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2, How to take a landscape photo minimalist?

Want to make their landscape photos look simple? Here learn to use the lines and points.

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If you have a small plane or stand relatively high, when shooting the road, it is best to center so that the road is formed by the line in the picture forward. It does not matter if you do not have a small plane; if you go out to play, learn to use the horizontal dividing line. The water and the middle of the trees, and the sky above, there is a faint dividing line; the photo is sealed into three, adjust the height of the camera so that the lake boat, located below the water and woods junction line, about the horizontal 1/3 of the picture, you can make the photo looks, more beautiful, no other extra elements in the image, it will look very minimalist.

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In addition to the role of the dividing line, the line can also give your photos more sense of structure, and do not forget to add other uncomplicated elements. The above two photos, and the following photo, use lines simultaneously, adding a point, the combination of points and lines so that the photo looks more minimalist.

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3, How else can lines be used?

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Lines can make the picture, in addition, appear simple, but also can play a good role in guiding. Like the photo above, the water is flowing from the top guides the viewer's eyes from top to bottom, making the image more hierarchical. In the following picture, the water is from near to far so that the viewer's line of sight, but also from near to far, the river lines on the ground, played a good role in guiding the picture, increasing the depth of the image.

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4, To learn to squat down.

Do not commonly use your normal standing angle to shoot; change the unique shooting position to make the picture more characteristic.

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Squat down to shoot so that the ground ratio in the picture will reduce a little so that the number of subjects will appear more massive, and the photo will look better, like the picture above. Or let the ground appear more prominent so that the earth and the sky are also 1/2 of the image, but because the camera is placed on the ground, the near scene will be photographed vague; the distant people and camels were photographed clear because the change of camera position, there will be a clear contrast, the photo will be better.

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5. Find symmetry.

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Symmetry, you can make your photos look more regular. Sometimes, adjust the position, and you can make the image achieve balance—for example, the following picture.

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Stand a little centered, and the symmetrical structure appears. However, suppose you encounter such a scene as the picture below, only a large mountain. In that case, there is bound to be little meaning, at this time, waiting for a line of birds flying over, both to make the photo look simple and to make the picture relatively symmetrical. If you want to take such images, you must wait before the shooting and do enough homework on the local environment to get twice the result with half the effort.


6, To learn to use graphics.

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Graphics in the landscape are necessarily different from the building, not as regular as the building, but relatively, there are rules. For example, in the above figure, the ground, clouds, and the distant woods form three squares when shooting so that the photo is more regular, with a tree in front, but also more prominent. For example, in the picture below, the round sunset in the distance, and the near arc, both increase the photo curve sense of grace, and a large round evening and the near relatively small animals, in terms of graphics and size, and contrast, increasing the tension of the photo.

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7, The simplicity of the same time to learn to contrast.

Since the mention of contrast, this is a good point; in the landscape, what other differences can be used?

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With contrast, without contrast, there is no right or wrong; it all depends on your intention to shoot and the scene's environmental conditions. Above, there is a contrast of size, no color contrast; the picture is uniform. Below is a difference in length, and contrast between the background and the color of the main cabin, making the main house more prominent, and the photo has more points of interest. You can choose to use it as appropriate when shooting.

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Written by Jeery

Jeery Zhang is the Director of Photography for the CNPP team of photographers. He is also an excellent photographer in other areas of photography and has won many international awards for his work.