Make landscape works looks more creative

Chris Tennant is a landscape photographer and physicist, canvas prints so when he goes into art, he adds his scientific mind to his work. As a technical photographer, Tennant often USES unique photographic techniques in his works, which makes his landscape works look more creative.

1. Try macro

Using macro photography allows small objects in life to have a more macro impact. Even if you're shooting a plain little flower, online canvas prints try holding the camera close to the subject and you'll get a more dramatic picture. Using a macro lens to capture flowers is like giving human insects a field of vision, giving you a lot of imagination and making your photos more original.

The thistle above was taken at the botanical garden. Although the flowers appear to have a barrel-shaped distortion, they were shot not with a fish-eye lens but with a Canon 100mm macro lens. In these extremely close macro conditions, a fast shutter speed is required to ensure a clear and sharp picture with a hand-held camera. Therefore, the aperture of the camera should be large enough to produce a shallow depth of field. The special blurring of the periphery gives the effect of barrel distortion, canvas floating frame which is also a surprise for the macro photographer. At the same time, the blurring effect of macro photography makes it easier to focus on the image and make the tiny object you are photographing look more impressive.

Blur your photos

Sometimes it's not necessarily a bad thing. Photos with remnants in the frame will make the static scenery more artistic and vivid. For example, the above photo was originally just a normal forest. However, Chris used a low shutter speed in his creation. When he pressed the shutter, he slightly moved the camera in the vertical direction, so that the forest in the picture produced residual shadows in the vertical direction. This makes the usual woods suddenly have an ethereal mood.

This technique USES the outline and color of the scene in front of you as a brush to create an abstract surreal image by "painting" the scene on the imaging element of the camera.

Chris used this technique over and over again in his practice. Because of the unpredictable range of hand movement, the pictures will be different each time, which is exactly the interest of shooting. You never know what you'll get the next time you click the shutter.

Clever use of multiple exposures to create shadows can also make your photos more vivid. Take the picture below. Chris aimed his camera at the center of the flower bed and made multiple exposures at this point. It should be noted that after each exposure, he will rotate the camera at the right Angle before pressing the shutter.

After five or six images have been taken, the camera's 'multi-exposure' feature automatically composes them and erases any overlaps. The result is the image below.

Chris told us to make this kind of picture with the shadow more design, otherwise the picture will become blurred, unable to identify the main body. In both of these works, he boldly used the contrast between colors and regular lines.

3. Long exposure

Long exposures capture the movement of objects, and applying this technique to landscape photography will make your photos look bigger and more dramatic. The photo above was taken by Chris using an extra-long exposure. The bright spot is the white clouds in the sky. The sensor clearly records the movement of the clouds in the sky over a long period of time. The final image gives people a sense of impact, as if clouds gallop overhead, enhancing the impact of landscape photography.

Under similar lighting conditions, Chris still used a dimmer to complete the following seaside scene. However, in contrast to the above image, which shows the dynamics of white clouds, the undulating water looks completely still. After 90 seconds of exposure, the surface of the water is flat like a silky silk, giving a different static beauty. It is important to note that in order to maintain a clear picture quality for long exposures, use a tripod and shutter release to assist in shooting.

4. Use a telephoto to photograph landscapes

Although the mainstream of landscape photography is to use a wide-angle lens to express the grandeur and beauty of the natural landscape, the telephoto lens can also make your landscape film shine. The unique perspective of the telephoto lens will make the photo look more compressed and make the scene look denser, reducing the distance between the eyes and the subject. These features tend to make the scene from a telephoto lens look less varied, crisp and focused.

Chris took two photos in the same location with a telephoto lens and a wide-angle lens, showing the difference in perspective between the two lenses. As you can see, the first photo (above) is like a partial screenshot of the second photo (below). Without the overgrowth of sky and rocks, only the distant mountains hold up the whole picture. Meanwhile, the first compressed depth of field highlights the loneliness of the valley.

It should be noted that it is best to use a tripod when shooting scenery with a telephoto lens, as even the smallest wobble of the lens can be exaggerated and magnified with a very long focal length.

Let sunlight flow into the frame

We often see portraits in which the photographer shoots a picture of the sun shining through the hair or face of the model, huge canvas prints because it gives people a sense of beauty and warmth. Similar techniques apply to landscape photography. You need to be careful not to shoot your camera in the glare of sunlight before you shoot, because sunlight can damage your sensor and harm your vision. Pick a time when the sun is setting, such as early morning or late afternoon.