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Shoot landscapes in portrait
Landscape photographers will often have a wideangle lens in
their kit bag. This can encourage the photographer to include
as much as possible in the photograph. Shooting landscapes
in the portrait format is a great way to focus the mind on a
particular composition and provides an opportunity to really
consider what should be in the frame. Shooting landscapes in
portrait orientation can be particularly effective if you’ve got
a strong foreground and wish to lead the viewer through the
scene to the background.Technique
Verity Milligan
Verity is a professional landscape photographer
based in Birmingham. She has worked on
campaigns for organisations such as Yorkshire
Tea and Visit Britain. She’s happiest when
outdoors, and relishes the opportunity to
connect with people, environments and cities.
Visit http://www.veritymilliganphotography.com.Composing eye-catching pictures can
sometimes mean breaking the rulesPlay with the light
When the sun is low in the sky it casts a wonderful golden hue across the
landscape. Where you position your camera will change how you perceive
that light. I don’t often shoot directly into the sun because of the implications
of lens fl are, and if the sun is behind you it can make the scene quite garish.
Ideally, depending on the circumstances, using side light in your composition
can be particularly pleasing, especially during dawn and dusk.It’s not all about the wide angle
Traditionally when we think of landscape photography,
we automatically think of wideangle lenses. However, one
of my favourite things to do is shoot landscapes with a
telephoto lens. Having the reach of a longer lens enables
me to go deeper into a scene and explore the smaller
details that could otherwise have been missed in a
photograph shot with a wider lens. This kind of landscape
photography can be diffi cult to master, but it offers the
opportunity to capture a scene from unexplored angles.ALL PICTURES ON PAGES 18-19 © VERIT Y MILLIGAN