False Bay, Cape Town
Landscape photography has always been a passion of mine. I must add though that lately things have been so busy in my personal life and on the business side that it seems I never get to walk the mountains and deserted beaches much these days with the sole purpose of just appreciating my surroundings.
Thankfully for my cellphone I still manage to snap some landscape-type shots. Take this photo, captured with with my Nokia N97 cellphone for instance. Looking towards Simonstown navy and out over False Bay, this is an example of a landscape photograph I would otherwise not have got because I just was not able to get to my dslr. It seems mobilephone photography has become a part of my life and snapping landscapes with such a small device may have its limitations, but at least I still get a chance at getting a shot. This photography medium is growing rapidly with beautiful images starting to show themselves all over the net and social networking sites like @mofilm twitter. Anyway, when you read this message I hope I am out in a forest shortly after some rain or strolling the beach capturing tomorrow’s sunrise for my Landscape portfolio.
“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust
If you are a novice photographer looking for basic landscape photography tips view the video below as it’s got info about how you can go about taking landscape photos.
If you’re a mobile-phone-photography enthusiast looking for tip keep these in mind
- morning and late afternoon make for the best photo conditions but don’t ignore overcast conditions or stormy weather – anytime goes for this
- remember ‘rule of thirds’ – it may be a cellphone but general photo rules still apply
- shoot away from the sun, not always, but mostly
- keep your lens clean
- choose the landscape scene mode on your phone if it has this option for more depth
- play with the contrast and exposure
- try the sepia and black and white modes
