LANDSCAPE Photography FUNDAMENTALS WORKSHOP
Landscapes are perennially popular subjects for photographers. However, capturing a really good landscape image is challenging. Everyone can photograph the landscape … but what makes a striking landscape photograph? How much is down to planning and how much is serendipity? Why and how does a superb photograph stand out from the rest?
This one day course covers the techniques and perception required to take landscape photographs that have impact. Throughout the course we will be concentrating on the what, why and how of landscape photography. We will look at composition, focal length and focus, use of light, colour and monochrome. Examples from throughout Britain will be shown to illustrate the ingredients that can make a potentially good photograph into a memorable image.
The course will provide a comprehensive introduction to landscape photography and all the technical details needed to photograph terrestrial landscapes with a digital SLR camera. Subjects covered in depth are:
The nature of landscape
Finding and selecting subjects
Elements of composition
“Rules” of composition and when to break them
The use of different focal length lenses from wide angle to telephoto
Focus and depth of field, including focus stacking
Colour in the landscape and how it works in photography
Monochrome: when less can be more
Use of light – finding the right light for the subject
Shooting at sunrise and sunset
Capturing high contrast subjects using High Dynamic Range processing
To get the most out of the course students should already understand the basics of exposure, shutter speed, aperture and ISO; and be comfortable handling their cameras using aperture/shutter priority or fully manual mode.
Your tutor Robert Harvey is the author of Britain’s Best Landscapes and How to Photograph Them, which accompanies this course.
Group size: Maximum of 8 participants.
Date: 10 September 2024.
One day workshop, cost: RPS Member £68.00, RPS Non-Member £91.00
I run this zoom workshop in association with The Royal Photographic Society and bookings can be made on their website.
“Thank you for a quite outstanding day’s tutelage today, it was so informative, useful and interesting. So, you will not be surprised that I have now enrolled on the advanced course. Astro is likely to follow in due course. Your tours do look interesting and so will look at those closely”
“ I just wanted to also say how much I enjoyed the course and not for one minute during the day did my mind wander. It was such a good day and full of practical and technical information. As you know, I am a beginner. We have been studying landscape photography on my Level 1 course at the moment so I was much more inspired with my composition armed with your advice and my leading lines now actually lead somewhere!”
“Thank you for a truly fascinating, informative and engaging workshop today. I learned more than I bargained for and have a lot to process. I have attended many workshops in my time and I found yours to be one of the clearest and well presented . The way that you engage the participants in the process is a really effective way of improving the learning experience ... I will definitely want to join your masterclass workshop at some time in the future, once I have processed and practice the approaches and techniques that I learnt today”
“Many, many thanks for today. It really was a game-changing class and I felt like I was sitting at the feet of a master. Really inspirational stuff. I was already booked on the Master Class, have joined your mailing list, applied to join the FB group and will order the book as soon as I get the introductory offer email.... Will be trying panoramas, focus stacking, planning light and location, AEBs, and your various tips on composition and lighting. Huge thanks once again for a truly great workshop.”
“I did so enjoy your Landscape Fundamentals course! I learnt a huge amount and it has given me so much to think about and observe when planning and then taking a landscape photograph. The course has really has transformed my approach and I am enjoying being able to take things forward with much more confidence. I have certainly made ‘better friends’ with my wide angle lens- at last! All this of being learnt whilst being spellbound by your wonderful pictures! I also really enjoyed learning the ‘science behind’ things- from snippets of geology, geography and physics (and also a spot of history and botany thrown it!) I find it helps so much to be able to remember things and also to work things out if one has in mind some essential ‘basic principles.’ A much needed refresher for my rather rusty (and scanty!) knowledge. So thank you very much indeed for a hugely informative and enjoyable course! I was unable to obtain a place on your Landscape Masterclass series next week- so will keep a look-out for when you might run it again. Hopefully I will be able to get on it then!”