'That's Not a Landscape Photograph!' | 3 March 2020 |
![]() Sometimes Huw uses Creative Camera Movement to create an image he feels captures the feeling he had when taking the image. He suggests looking back at your images and recalling why you took the image and what was the feeling that you tried to capture. ![]() ‘Rules’ of composition help when you start out in photography but if everyone follows the ‘rules’ there is no self-expression. In time a personal style is develops and a photographer’s images become instantly recognisable. Look for something different rather than the flock to well-known photogenic scenes – look for a different view. If you break the ‘rules’ then know how or why. Take photographs to please yourself and don’t allow the opinions of other to stifle your interpretation. Looking through his favourite images Huw found that he was drawn to straight lines and they continue to feature in many of his images. ![]() Another favourite destination visited time and time again is Cumbria with its lakes and Castlerigg stone circle. Huw advises - plan in advance by researching the area using maps, check on the expected weather conditions and the position of the sun but also be prepared to keep an open mind and be responsive to the situation that you find. Plans can go awry, so take any opportunity that arises and be open to new ideas. Images can be taken at any time of day or in any conditions. Huw advocates keeping photographic equipment simple – the latest expensive camera and gismo’s do not give necessarily get you better images! He finds that an Olympus mirrorless four thirds camera with top quality zoom lenses (12-100 and 40-150) cover all his photographic situations. The camera is lightweight and the 20 megapixels adequate for up to A2 printing and the zoom lenses allow precise framing. Although Huw almost always uses a tripod so that he can set up his image precisely but, when the occasion calls for it, the cameras good image stabilisation allows it to be handheld. Huw holds group and 1 to 1 workshops for those who would like to learn more about landscape photography. Steve Hardman thanked Huw for his very entertaining, informative, thought and action provoking presentation. PM Images © Huw Alban. Images of Minnis Bay, Kent See website for more information on Photographic workshops, equipment etc. |