In photography there are many category, and one of the popular category are Landscape Photography. So, what is this landscape photography? Maybe you know the meaning of landscape photography by the name of it. You already know the meaning of land ( the part maybe currently where you are standing right now ) , scape which is basically the view point or the scenery, actually the word scape used as a combined word with City, Land or Sea.
So in simple word when you find a scenery or a view point of earth like Mountain, horizon of a forest, like forest lake during sunset, like roads through jungle, falling sunrays on mountain top, and others, just think a view of earth and you try to capture it, that is what called Landscape Photography. As an example you can see the photo above, I capture the falling sun rays on the trees with blue sky and dark foreground. And a lonely tree.
Orientation
There are two type of orientation in photography, one is portrait ( when the height is taller then width ) and another is Landscape ( when the width is longer than height ). So, what will be the best orientation for landscape photography? Well you can shoot Landscape photography in both the orientation, in landscape or in portrait. Don't mix the landscape orientation with the landscape photography just because the name is same. It also goes for portrait orientation and portrait photo, they both are different terms. Portrait photography and portrait view ( orientation ) is totally a different thing. You can shoot whatever orientation you want for your landscape photography. You also take a photo in landscape view then you can crop it to a portrait view. Take the shot try to experiment which will look better.
What type of lens do you need for landscape photography
Maybe you saw a lot of landscape photos and you asked yourself what type of lens they are using for the photo. Well in general a wide angle lens is used to take photo, which will cover a lot of area from a very close distance. Remember, when you take your group shot using your phone which used a wide angle lens, it is same for landscape photography, to cover a big area use a wide angle. But what happened sometimes maybe you want to shoot a scenery but you can't reach to that point to take the shot. Maybe because it's too far from you, or maybe there's water between you and your subject or scenery. So, at that time you need to use a zoom lens or telephoto lens to and take the shot. It will also helps you remove unwanted objects from the side and also you can maintain your composition, also you will get nice details. Also, if you have high resolution camera then you can take a wide shot and crop the image. At the end, use any lens and experiment with it and see in which angle, or lens the photo will look much better than others and take the shot.
What device you should used
Most of the time photographers are using a wide angle for landscape photo, to cover the maximum view that they are looking. And as you know smartphone already have a wide angle as main shooter, so you can use a phone to take landscape shot, and also you will get a decent amount of details. But if you want more reach, more details than probably you need an actual camera for taking landscape shot and also a good quality glass ( lens ) to get the most details and sharpness that the camera can handle. Also a high Mega pixel device will better here. So when you try to crop the image you will still get some nice decent amount of details, and you can compose you shot in post processing.
How you can be a Landscape photographer
If you want to be a Landscape photographer, then you can. There's no special criteria to fill or need in this field. What you need is a camera or device with which you can take photos, basic knowledge in photography, and little skill to see the views and capture it with your device.
In conclusion landscape photography is a kind of art, where the photographer connect him/her self with the nature and capture the views. Also, you need to find the location or the views, you need to find the composition, you need to chose what angle or which mm lens you have to use, also you have to be in that location before time, so you can get the perfect shot your looking for.
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