3.1.3. Types of Landscape Photography

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Mrs. Strite

Digital Photography

Landscape Photography

3.1.3

• Reminders & Review

• Type of Landscape Subjects

• Three Styles of Landscapes

Agenda

• 2 DIFFERENT PORTRAIT TYPES
• Subject needs to resemble a person​
• ​ Photo need to be in focus!​
• No photos taken by professional photographers

• 3.1.2: Portrait Assignment:

• Candid Photo (up to 3 extra credit points.)

• Resets?

• How can I pull up my grade?!

REMINDERS

November Calendar

• 11/7: Start of 2nd Quarter

• 11/8: Flex Day: No class
• 11/13: 3.2.2. Product Photography Assignment
• 11/20: 3.4.1. Photojournalism Assignment
• 11/27: 3.4.4. Work Day
• 11/28-12/1: No School: Fall break

Important Dates

Candid Portrait Photography

• Capture real moments and expressions.
• Subjects aren't looking at the camera.
• Lifestyle.

Formal Portrait Photography

• Subjects are guided to pose according to the photographer's vision.
• Subjects look at the camera.
• Glamour, Formal Portraits, and Abstract.

We also learned that group photos can be Candid or Formal.

Review

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3.1.2

How did they make Hagrid look so big?

Forced PErspective

Learners can...

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

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

Presentation title

Landscape Photography 3.1.3

Unit 3

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

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 subjects that landscape photographers frequently capture in their photographs:

• Natural landscapes
• Seascapes
• Cityscapes

• Skyscapes
• Abstract

Landscape Photography

Skyscapes

Cityscapes

Seascapes

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

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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

Three types of landscapes

AKA: Black & White

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Desaturation

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GOLDEN HOUR

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Natural Colors

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Representational Landscape Photographs

Representational landscape photographs are realistic images that aim to capture the beauty of landscapes in their natural form. When composing representational landscape photographs, photo enhancement and post-production editing are kept to a minimum.

Match the correct terms to the DEFINITION

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.

Impressionism

Impressionistic landscape photographs are manipulated to have extreme colors and tones, enhanced to be more dramatic. This style incorporates blur to the photo to create the dreamy look of impressionist art of the 19th century.

Position of Subject

Abstract landscape photographs are created when the photographer shoots a picture of a landscape and then manipulates it during post-production to create a completely different image. As photographers compose abstract landscape photographs, they utilize the overall shapes and colors present in actual landscapes to design creative abstractions. Unlike impressionistic landscape photographs, which preserve a sense of their subjects, abstract landscape photographs are manipulated to the point that their subjects are usually unrecognizable.

Abstract Landscape Photographs

Emphasis of color, texture, & movement

How to take Abstract Photos

When composing abstract landscapes, photographers start with the original landscape image. Then, to achieve their creative vision, they may layer additional colors over the original landscape to create emotion or enhance certain features of the terrain.

COLOR

Use of fantastic elements or multiple exposures can help create abstract landscape photographs, pushing the boundaries of reality. By layering or combining exposures atop each other or by adding otherworldly elements, photographers are able to create new worlds.

Fantastic Elements

Remember that symmetry is balance. A symmetrical photograph can be easily divided in half horizontally or vertically, and photographers are able to use symmetry to create abstract landscapes.The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the United States, yet in the picture on the right, the photographer has used symmetry to enhance the reflection of the famous bridge, creating an abstract photograph of a new and original landscape.

Symmetry

Artists often use dots and lines symbolically, to represent feelings or ideas that cannot be seen.

DEsign Elements

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.

Aerial 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.

Astral Landscapes

Tips for Capturing Landscape Photographs

Long Exposure

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..

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.

1. Abstract Landscape
2. City Landscape
3. Natural Landscape
4. Sea Landscape

Match the type of portrait with the appropriate photograph.

In an upcoming lesson, you will learn about product photography.

Summary 3.1.3

In today's lesson, you learned:

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

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

Natural Landscapes

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

Sea Landscapes

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

City 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.

Sky Landscapes

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.

Desaturation

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.

Natural Colors

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.

GOLDEN HOUR

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.

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