4.9: Types of Landscape Photography

Digital Photography

Mrs. Strite

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4.9

What are you most excited about doing during the upcoming break?

Landscape Photography

Agenda

• Reminders & Review

• Type of Landscape Subjects

• Three Styles of Landscapes

NEXT WEEK

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Reminders!

• 12/22: FLEX DAY

• 12/23 - 1/2: WINTER BREAK!
• 1/5: 4.10: ASSIGNMENT LANDSCAPE: 1
• 1/7: 4.11: ASSIGNMENT LANDSCAPE: 2
• 1/9: Unit 5 STARTS
• You may reuse images from previous assignments for your U5 assignments.
• 1/23: LAST CLASS!
• 1/26: End of 2nd Marking Period

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• abstract landscape
• cityscapes
• impressionistic landscape
• landscape photography
• natural landscapes
• representational landscapes
• seascapes
• skyscapes

Learners can...

• Identify major types of landscape photography
• Categorize landscape photographs
• Identify tips and techniques used in landscape photography

Presentation title

Unit 4

Landscape Photography 4.9

Ansel adams

Ansel Adams (1902–1984) was a renowned American photographer and environmentalist. He actively pursued environmental conservationism through his works showcasing the wilderness and national parks.

Ansel Adams

"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."

-Ansel Adams

Lanscape Photography

Landscape photography attempts to capture the expansiveness and openness of nature. Landscape photographers use a variety of techniques to capture their photographs. There are FIVE types of Landscape Photography:

• Natural landscapes
• Seascapes
• Cityscapes
• Skyscapes
• Abstract

Subjects of Landscape Photography

There are five subjects that landscape photographers frequently capture in their photographs: Natural landscapes, Seascapes, Cityscapes in daylight, Cityscapes at night, Skyscapes .

Natural Landscapes

Cityscapes

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Skyscapes

Seascapes

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Astral Landscapes

Astral landscape photography involves taking pictures of starry night skies. These pictures require a wide-angle lens and extremely long exposure times. Photographers keep the camera shutter open for hours in order to capture the faint light given off by distant stars.

Aerial Landscapes

Aerial landscape photography captures stunning landscape photographs from a bird's-eye view, such as the one shown on the right.With the advent of drones, small unpiloted aircraft, and efficient compact cameras, aerial photography has become easily accessible to the masses.

Three Styles of landscapes

Landscape photographs can be categorized depending on whether they are realistic or manipulated representations of a landscape. The three major types are:

• Representational
• Impressionistic
• Abstract

Representational Landscape Photographs

Even though representational landscape aim to realistically capture the beauty of a natural landscape, these images can still benefit from editing in post-production.

Natural Colors

Desaturation

AKA: Black & White

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SCALE

GOLDEN HOUR

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Impressionistic Landscape Paintings

Impressionism was a major art movement developed in France at the end of the nineteenth century. This movement was led by a group of artists with innovative techniques meant to capture a subject's essence rather than an entirely realistic view. The impressionists' ideas influenced photographers, who began editing pictures during post-production after a camera's shutter had been released.

Impressionistic Style

Impressionistic landscape photographs often focus on a feeling, colors, or other design elements of a landscape rather than trying to capture it realistically.

Abstract Landscape Photographs

Abstract landscape photos are taken or edited to create an unrealistic version of the landscape. Photographers often focus on the shapes, colors, and textures of a real landscapes to create the abstractions. Unlike impressionistic photos that show their subjects, abstract landscapes are so altered that their subjects are often unrecognizable.

How to take Abstract Photos

Emphasis of color, texture, & movement

Use COLOR

Creatively

When composing abstract landscapes, photographers start with the original landscape image. Then, change the saturation (intensity), value (light & dark), or change the color to completely different color.

Focus on

Shapes & Patterns

• Look for repeating lines, curves, or geometric forms in nature.

• Crop out recognizable objects to emphasize abstract elements.

• Use aerial views or close-ups to turn ordinary scenes into patterns.

Look for the

Details

A landscape is built up of so many amazing details and it’s these smaller details that so often make for unique and interesting abstract photos. Put the camera down and take a minute to observe your surroundings: What stands out? Perhaps there are cracks in the mud or a field of colorful flowers, or perhaps the river flows in a particular way.

Light & Shadow

Contrasts

Light is important in any genre of photography but there are few other scenarios where light and shadow can have as big of an impact as it does for abstract photography. Look for scenes that have an interaction between light and shadow; this could be the shadow of a mountain, a hill that’s lit up on one side and dark on the other, a pattern with spots of light or perhaps a shadow landscape with a lone tree that’s in the sun.

Additional

Abstract

Techniques

What photo editing tools could you use to make a realistic landscape abstract?

Creatively Crop

Apply Filters or Presests

• Remove the horizon or recognizable landmarks.
• Focus on small sections like patterns in grass or ripples in water.

• Add grain, painterly textures, or gradient overlays.
• Experiment with double exposure for layered abstraction.

Tips for Capturing Landscape Photographs

Long Exposure

Tripod

A tripod is needed when taking photos with a long exposure (slow shutter speed) so that the camera doesn't move, which would produce a blurred image.

Ensuring the right amount of exposure is key to capturing good pictures. Long exposures, as used in the image on the right, can create a sense of motion and smoothness..

Don't forget the Golden Hour!

Summary

In today's lesson, you learned:

• Different types of landscape photography
• Tips and techniques that can help you to compose landscape photographs

In an upcoming lesson, you will what you learned today to take and edit your own landscape photographs!

Thank you!

Stick around if you have questions or need help!

Have an AMAZING break!

GOLDEN HOUR

Landscapes are almost always best-captured in the 30 minutes before and after sunrise and sunset, known as the golden hour. During the golden hour, you can frequently spot ardent photographers trying to get their best shots of landscapes.The photograph on the right was captured at the golden hour at sunrise.

Sea Landscapes

Sea landscapes, commonly called seascapes, refer to scenes of the ocean or coastlines.

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Natural Landscapes

Natural landscapes are captured in natural, terrestrial surroundings, without including any other subjects in the frame.

City Landscapes

City landscapes, commonly called cityscapes, are usually taken of iconic skylines, like the one shown on the right.

Desaturation

One exception to the rule that natural colors should be maintained in representational landscape photographs is desaturation, the technique by which all colors from a photograph are removed. Desaturation results in shades of black and white.Be careful when you use the color-desaturation technique with representational landscape photographs. Some landscapes will look truly amazing in black and white, while others will lose their charm if colors are lost.

Natural Colors

Representational landscape photographs are true representations of a landscape. When taking representational landscape photographs, you should work to capture the inherent beauty of a place while keeping photo enhancements to a minimum, as shown in the example on the right.

SCALE

Photographers convey scale, a sense of a subject's size or distance, by providing a photograph's viewers with an easily understood reference. Placing a single person in a wide-angle landscape frame is a good way to show scale. Have the subject wear something that will stand out in whatever landscape you choose to capture.

Sky Landscapes

Sky landscapes, commonly called skyscapes, capture broad sections of the sky from a single viewpoint. They sometimes include part of the horizon, which helps capture a sense of the sky’s expanse.