Composition is a challenging aspect of photography no matter what genre you shoot, but it can be particularly tricky in something like landscape photography, where you get no control over the placement of elements in the frame, only your position relative to them. If you find yourself struggling with your landscape compositions, check out this helpful video tutorial that offers five bits of advice sure to help you improve.Â
Coming to you from Dave Morrow, this great video tutorial discusses how to improve landscape photo compositions. Perhaps the most common mistake I see in landscape image compositions is not including a foreground element. We typically use wider focal lengths for landscape work, usually around 16mm or 24mm, and such lenses tend to push the background away, so if you do not include something interesting near the lens, you can end up with a rather flat, empty image. Something as simple as a well-placed rock or bush can restore depth to the photo and give your viewer an easy place to enter the image. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Morrow.Â
And if you really want to dive into landscape photography, check out "Photographing The World 1: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing with Elia Locardi."Â
