Landscape Review

1. Where is one place on the internet you might go to better prepare yourself for the location you are shooting at? Google Maps, you can look at the different trails and places to shoot.

2. What is one app you might download to help you when trying to pick the best angle to take landscape photos? The Photographer's Ephemeris.

3. What is the biggest problem shooting with a zoom or telephoto lens? You don't get as many of the details that it is possible to capture.

4. Instead of using the HDR method you learned in my class, what is another technique the website suggest would be acceptable for compensating for sky and ground? You should use SLRs, it is easier to reclaim highlights and shadows through the processing software.

5. List three things you should always carry in case of bad weather. A strong water proof bag, cleaning cloth for the camera's lens glass and filters, and a microfibre towel for drying off the lens.

6. Why would pre-scouting help you when shooting? It helps to determine which viewpoint provides a better picture. Pre-scouting also helps with finding new areas were people haven't shot a lot before. 

7. Is subject or composition more important in landscape photography, WHY? It is better to stick to subject because if you stick to composition, then all of your photos look the same, which gets boring. Nature also doesn't follow the composition rules, which also is something that would make the subject more important.

8. What is the suggested procedure to create simple, yet striking images? Figure out what is essential to the scene. Then when you find the main subject, use that to determine any other features that would be cool to add to the composition.

9. Why black and white? Black and white helps to set the tone of the image. There are two weather and lighting conditions that produce monochromatic results anyways, such as a rain cloudy sky and a bright, blue sky.

10. Why would you want to go back to a location you have already been? You already know some of the "loopholes" for shooting in the location. You are able to determine the locations that get you the best shots, and the second time you can base your newer locations off of that. You can also learn more about the how the lighting and weather contribute to creating a different landscape.

11. Find three landscape images that you like and post them with this blog.