5 Helpful Composition Tips for Beginner Landscape Photographers

Composition is something a lot of newer landscape photographers struggle with, particularly since it cannot be as easily codified as something like the right camera settings. If you are learning landscape photography and you want to improve your compositions, check out this excellent video tutorial that will give you five tips that are sure to set you on the right path. 

Coming to you from Photo Tom, this helpful video tutorial will give you five tips for creating compelling landscape image compositions. If I had to give a new landscape photographer one piece of advice, it would definitely be that less is more. There is a tendency to want to cram as much as possible in the frame, and while a very wide focal length is definitely appropriate in some scenarios, in others, it can leave the image feeling overly cluttered and unfocused, making it difficult for the viewer to know what they are supposed to be looking at. Ask yourself if there is anything in the frame that isn't contributing to the mood you are trying to create with the image. Check out the video above for the full rundown. 

And if you really want to dive into landscape photography, check out "Photographing The World 1: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing with Elia Locardi." 

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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A very similar scene that I captured last fall.