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Photography:Landscape

What is ‘Landscape Photography?’

A landscape photographer focuses his or her work on portrayals of macrocosmic settings. This may include enormous vistas of mountains or plains, seascapes, or even wide views of tiny settings such as microorganisms. A landscape photographer may be a professional or a hobbyist; a professional landscape photographer might make a career taking photographs for exhibits, nature magazines, or the creation of photography books or calendars.

While the basic piece of equipment for all photography is a camera, there is some specialized equipment that a landscape photographer might find especially useful. A wide-angle lens has special optical properties that permit the photographer to capture a much wider field of view than a standard lens. This allows the photographer to get more features, such as mountains or distant weather features into a single frame. A tilt-and-shift lens removes some of the image distortion that is generally caused by standing below or at the bottom of tall structures, such as buildings or cliffs. Since landscape images rely on clarity and stillness, a tripod is also helpful as it improves image stability

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-a-landscape-photographer-do.htm

Landscape Photographers:

Charlie Waite:Charlie Waite is an English landscape photographer,noted for his "painterly" approach in using lightand shade. Born in England, he worked in theatre and television for the first ten years of his professional life before moving to photography

Ross HoddinottRoss Hoddinott is one of the UK’s leading wildlife and landscape photographers. He has been working as a full time professional since 1997, supplying photographs and undertaking commissions for a wide range of publications and clients worldwide. Ross is the author of eight photography books and a multi award winner.

Adam BurtonAdam Burton is one of the UK's leading landscape photographers and author of four books. Since 2008 he has been working as a full time professional landscape photographer, regularly supplying imagery and undertaking commissions for a wide range of business clients.

Examples of Landscape Photography:

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/landscapes/

http://www.davidtaylorphotography.co.uk/ http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tag/landscape

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http://www.usalandscapephotographeroftheyear.com/

Is the work edited or enhanced?

From researching, we’ve found out that a lot of professional photographers use minor editing in their photographs, for example, changing the photographs saturation.

In some case, photoshopping a photographers work hasn’t been treated so lightly, as in David Byrne’s case because he was stripped of his ‘Photographer of the year award’ and the prize money of £10,000 for using excessive photoshopping on his entry. His response was “I treat my photography as art and I try to make the best looking picture.”

http://digital-photography-school.com/opinion-why-photoshop-is-ruining-landscape-photography/

20th Century landscape photography comparison:

In the older photograph the image isn’t as clear as more modern photographs because photographers now use cameras that can take images in a higher definition, where as in the 20th century, they didn’t have this technology.

Modern photographers also now have the software to give them the ability to enhance their photographs, and make them more interesting to look at. For example the modern photography (Bottom) looks as if the colour of the sky has been brightened and the contrast changed.