I visited an exhibition of Ansel Adams' work in Oxford this year. This image stood out for me. I like the simplicity and the symmetry.
•Andreas Gursky's large format prints convey patterns of groups of people in landscapes and artificial settings: -
•Simon Norfolk uses conventional landscape photography techniques to produce seductive images of war-torn locations: -
Former tea house in a park in Afghanistan. Balloons were illegal under the Taliban.
Former tea house in a park in Afghanistan. Balloons were illegal under the Taliban.•Edgar Martins makes large format images of places that appear to be 'in-between' other places. His photographs often lack normal visual reference points and can have an 'other-wordly' quality.
I then spoke about basic techniques such as composition, exposure and focus. I used some of my medium format images Iceland as examples.
Whilst more commercial landscape photography often makes use of the rule of thirds e.g. placing the horizon at the top horizontal third, a more contemporary approach is to place the horizon at the centre. See image below.
This approach creates an image which is more about the subject, and less about making an 'impressive' or 'dynamic' photograph by using exaggerated perspective. In the following image, the horizontal thirds are used but the subject is centred rather than placed on the left or right third: -
I particularly like to represent the essence of something by isolating it and by not including anything that shows scale: -
Here use of a standard lens gives a perspective similar to human vision and conveys the sense of space and emptiness of the location: -
I then spoke about basic techniques such as composition, exposure and focus. I used some of my medium format images Iceland as examples.
Whilst more commercial landscape photography often makes use of the rule of thirds e.g. placing the horizon at the top horizontal third, a more contemporary approach is to place the horizon at the centre. See image below.
This approach creates an image which is more about the subject, and less about making an 'impressive' or 'dynamic' photograph by using exaggerated perspective. In the following image, the horizontal thirds are used but the subject is centred rather than placed on the left or right third: -
I particularly like to represent the essence of something by isolating it and by not including anything that shows scale: -
Here use of a standard lens gives a perspective similar to human vision and conveys the sense of space and emptiness of the location: -
The exhibition continues daily until the 21st January.
Posts
