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5 Things To Think About When Shooting Landscape Photography
3 min readMar 24, 2021
- Don’t miss the shot because you get caught-up in the technical. Manual mode has it place in the hearts of professional photographers, but sometimes if you are more concerned about shooting manually then you may miss the shot all together. This is especially true for those locations where you haven’t planned the shot or don’t have much time to take the shot. By default I leave my camera in A mode, or Aperture Priority. This why I really only have to worry about the two other important settings: shutter and ISO. I would say that A (Aperture Priority) mode works great for about 90% of my shooting style, but also be self-aware of the lighting conditions in the event switching to M (Manual) would benefit the picture, such as when using ND filters or shooting in very low light.
- Arguably this next one could be #1 because composition will make or break your photo. Regardless of M or A mode if your composition isn’t framed properly, or is too busy, or the subject or emotion of the frame isn’t present then all you have is crappy picture. I have taken plenty of these crappy pictures because I was simply rushing the shot. So remember to slow down and compose the image properly in camera. Making adjustments to exposure, highlights and shadows and contrast in post is a lot easier than trying to move your perspective 5 feet to the right which is next to…
