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Posts Tagged ‘Composition’

Creative Landscape Photography – Guy Tal

Where to start with a product like this – let’s be frank, this is an excellent product, and for the price it is simply a must buy. Guy Tal, who is himself a wonderfully gifted photographer and artist, has created a guide to Creative Landscape Photography that leads the reader on a journey of discovery, self-development, soul-searching and finally understanding.

I believe anyone, from complete beginners to seasoned professionals can learn from this book. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

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Visual Weight

The Art of Composition is to articulate a meaning, a mood, to tell a story. Photographs have most impact when the subject is clear, the emphasis we put on it is called Visual Weight. If your primary subject is well separated in the frame, the viewer should be left in no doubt as to our intention.

Let us look at this example of a monk standing in Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal; the figure and his shadow are the only subjects in the frame. Notice how I say SUBJECTS, because most people would say there is only ONE Subject, the Monk – but in fact, his shadow is also a subject, and the point of this article is to consider the Visual Weight of ALL elements within the frame.

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An Introduction to Photographing Landscapes at Night

An Introduction to Photographing Landscapes at Night  is a short, but content rich overview of the essential tools and techniques required to start a journey into shooting after sunset.

This is the little brother to Seeing the Unseen, which is a much more thorough and comprehensive book on the subject of Landscape Photography at Night.

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