Landscape Portraits

The eye of the photographer is a God given gift. However, that eye can be developed with knowledge and practice. There is one very important requirement, the desire to succeed.

The photographer going out to do landscape portraits is likely to choose their favorite season. If their choice is spring, then there are so many outstanding, absolutely marvelous opportunities. The plains, prairies, valleys and mountains are covered with hundreds of varieties of flowers in full bloom. This is probably one of the easiest seasons to photograph along with the Fall opportunities. The colors that each season presents are just unending for a photographic shoot.

Regardless of which season to be photographed sites are another choice. If your choice is the prairies there are likely to be windmills, cattle grazing, will animals or even a loan cowboy in the distance. High grass waving in the wind with snow white clouds in the azure blue sky can turn out to be a fantastic photograph. Any season offers sights such as running brooks, trees with trunks that are fascinating, the ocean with snow capped waves and of course there are always the unending opportunities in the mountains.

The time of day you photograph a landscape is very important as well as the setting of the camera. The best times is a few hours after dawn and before sunset or on an overcast day. An example of the setting of the camera is if you are taking a close up shot the camera should be set on micro. In the winter filters are important because of the glare from ice, water or snow. And in winter the camera must be conditioned for the cold.

Whatever the choice of season or site, there is a never ending variety of opportunities to get that one great shot.