What about camera capabilities? No matter how weather resistant your camera is, it must be able to deliver images that are sharp and vibrant, and provide sufficient features for you to be able to capture even the most complex scenes. And this is just one example I abused my camera gear like that countless times and always relied on it in the most challenging situations. Thankfully, both survived, and I was able to capture many more images like the one above afterwards. My Nikon 24-70mm zoom ring was full of dust and I remember the screeching sound I had for months, because I could not get sand particles out of it. The Nikon D700 I carried that day suffered pretty badly, with the sand piling up in its every dent and hole. But the reality of the situation was quite the opposite – it was extremely cold and windy, with sand hitting my face like those icy snowflakes hit you when you ski. Take a look at the following picture of sand dunes I captured a while ago:Īt first, you might think that the weather was nice and pleasant when I captured this photo. Why is the latter important? Because some of the best landscape photographs are taken in very challenging weather – during a storm, after a heavy snowfall, early in the morning at below freezing temperatures, etc. Therefore, it is best to have a camera that can both take good pictures and withstand tough weather conditions. If your camera can take exceptional photographs, but cannot withstand extremely cold or hot temperatures, it will certainly limit you in what you can do. Good and reliable photo equipment is extremely important to achieve the best results for landscape photography. Let’s look at all three elements one by one. Photographing landscapes involves three key elements: photo equipment, skill/technique, and light. For example, the famous Mormon Row at the Grand Teton National Park has been a popular spot for photographing the beautiful Tetons in the background, with the old barns serving as foreground elements. While most landscape photographers strive to show the pureness of nature without any human influence, given how much of the world has been changed by humans, depicting the nature together with man-made objects can also be considered a form of landscape photography. Landscape photography conveys the appreciation of the world through beautiful imagery of the nature that can be comprised of mountains, deserts, rivers, oceans, waterfalls, plants, animals and other scenery or life. While landscape art was popularized by Western paintings and Chinese art more than a thousand years ago, the word “landscape” apparently entered the English dictionary only in the 19th century, purely as a term for works of art (according to Wikipedia). Landscape photography is a form of landscape art. Therefore, it is our responsibility as photographers to show the real picture.ĭead Horse Point Sunrise SONY SLT-A77V + DT 16-50mm F2.8 SSM 20mm, ISO 100, 1 sec, f/8.0 What is Landscape Photography? What can we do and is there hope? It is very unfortunate that we only act when a disaster of a great scale hits us and the unbalanced force of nature enrages upon us.īut we as photographers must continue to show the world the real picture out there – the deforestation of our rich lands, the pollution that is poisoning our fresh waters and causing widespread diseases, the melting of glaciers, the extinction of species and many other large-scale problems that are affecting the lives of billions around the world. Hundreds of movies have been filmed, thousands and thousands of great pictures taken and yet the world is not listening. And if we don’t take any action now, all this beauty will someday cease to exist, not giving a chance for our future generations to enjoy it the same way we can today. One of the reasons why I fell in love with photographing nature is because it is my way of showing people that the beauty around us is very fragile and volatile. What seemed to be intact and perfect just a few years ago is getting destroyed by us humans. It is amazing to see how quickly the world is changing around us.
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