A Look at How to Make Expressive Landscape Photos

One of the challenges of landscape photography is creating expressive images, as you have little control over what appears in the frame compared to most other genres. If that is something you struggle with, check out this fantastic video tutorial that will share some helpful advice for creating expressive images and how to deal with issues like composition, aspect ratios, and perspective shift. 

Coming to you from Alister Benn of Expressive Photography, this excellent video tutorial discusses making expressive landscape images. This can be a real challenge, but one of the places where you have the most ability to add your personal touch is in post-processing. One of the best things about landscape photography is how many different directions you can take the same image. I sometimes like to use Lightroom to make virtual copies of an image I am especially interested in and try out a variety of different edits; it is a great way to try out different techniques and to work on expanding and discovering your creative voice. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Benn. 

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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