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Landscape Photography Quick Tips

Keep these tips from photographer Robert Caputo in mind as you’re taking landscape photos.

  • Take time to explore. Part of the joy of landscape photography is being out in nature. Wander around and get a sense of the place. It will take time and patience to discover the best way to show what makes it unique.
  • Visualize your photograph. Create the image in your mind the way a painter woul d create it on a canvas. Then think about the time, light, and composition that will translate what you see in your mind into a photograph. (more…)

High Key and Low Key

high-key-low-keyBoth High Key images and Low Key images make an intensive use of contrast, but in a very different way. When approaching a shoot of a dramatic portrait, the decision of making it a High Key, Low Key or “just” a regular image has great impact about the mood that this picture will convey. While High Key images are considered happy and will show your subject as a tooth-paste poster; Low Key portraits are dramatic and convey allot of atmosphere and tension. Let’s explore those two dramatic lighting alternatives. (more…)

Wildlife Photography Tips

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