minimalist landscape photography

In the boom years, simplicity was just as pleasing to the eye. In two-dimensional space, canvas prints online simplicity still makes people feel different, especially the limit of simplicity mentioned in our title. I once saw the works of Singaporean photographer David Low, whose works always remind readers of the limits of simplicity. His love of shooting black and white works is also a manifestation of his simplicity.

Photography is a subtraction. Maybe we all know this, photo online printing so some people say, well, simplicity, I know, is subtraction. Subtraction refers to subtracting disturbing objects from the picture, which is a beautification of the picture. Contracted meaning surpasses this limits, contracted to the gimmick of the limit more ground differs somewhat. Landscape photography relies on the contrast of single tone and interest points in the picture to make a difference. Of course, the large area single tone can be regarded as a single small pattern appearing rhythmically, or a unity formed by lines in the same direction. Such as a small tree in a distant horizon under a sky, a rock in a wide ocean, the tree and the stone may only occupy 1% of the picture, may only be the darkest object, and this 1%, is the most can be sealed into the time capsule.

Long focal length is a powerful tool for simplicity

I have heard that the process of learning landscape photography is from telephoto to wide-angle. The process is easy to understand in terms of camera range, in terms of minimalism to extreme forms of landscape photography. A telephoto camera is an easy way to make a trade-off with the real world, which is easier to subtract. With an understanding of photographic composition and the limits of minimalism, using wide angles to cut out the world is an improvement.

In the scenic and distant scenery shooting place, a photo can be taken at will. Most of our extremely simple scenery photography works are shot in a wide Angle, so a large area is needed to pave the way.

This form of minimalism to the limit of the photographic works, bring readers the difference in visual feelings is clear at a glance. Therefore, this kind of works can be classified as a form of photographic expression, which can be used to blur the background with a large aperture, to create a unified and flowing effect of the picture with a long exposure, and to highlight the main highlights of the picture by controlling the tone with a high and low profile. All kinds of technical techniques are still used.

Enjoy the simple

In my eyes, simple to the limit of the picture always let me feel quiet, always let me feel intriguing. The first half of this sentence is easy to understand, some people will feel confused behind. If say, contracted it is a kind of life attitude, contracted in the limit is the ideal pursuit below this kind of attitude, it is a kind of state. In this state, the picture space, large screen visual elements rarely forced to readers, readers are more thinking space, not forcing the reader to see what, don't use your eyes filled with light and shadow, not grandiose, not costly to declare, give readers more free imagination, the imagination will span the picture main body of the metaphor. The above example said in the small tree, small to humble, small to insignificant, small to strong to live...

The essence of white space

When evaluating a piece of scenery, we often use words such as perspective, stereo, white space, layout, lines and colors. These expressions are borrowed from western painting, Chinese painting and other arts. Not only that, there are more empty and unreal words, such as style, visual experience. When beginners hear so many different words and meanings in a photograph, the landscape they are familiar with suddenly becomes confusing. While it is a traditional Chinese evaluation, while it is a western, post-modern language to describe, when these words are crowded together, will let the beginners have a sense of mystery about photography, so this book strives to say only one kind of principle, avoid that kind of generality, but not in-depth expression. We are only talking about "white space" in photography.

Why leave white space? I think there are at least three advantages to leaving white space.

Firstly, after leaving white space around the main body of the picture, the main body becomes more prominent. The size of the main body in the picture decreases due to the increase of the white space. However, the contrast of film tones or the cleanliness of the white part of the picture results in the emphasis and prominence of the theme.

Secondly, if there is a moving objects in the picture, people are used to having a space in front of the moving direction of its main body. If there are obstacles blocking the moving direction of the object, readers will feel uncomfortable. Therefore, appropriate white space can make the motion of the objects in the picture look more relaxed.

Third, white space also highlights the size contrast of objects. When you take a close shot of an animal, it may be impossible for readers to distinguish its size due to the loss of reference. When you put the animal in the sky and the earth for composition, you can clearly understand the size relationship between the animal and the earth, aluminum prints and even feel the vastness of nature.