Depth of field is a concept often spoken about in photography circles and articles. There are those laconic comments of “ check your depth of field” and “ I love how you managed your depth of field.” But at some point you ask yourself “ what the hell is depth…

If you want some fantastic landscape photographs then you should definitely come to the Cairngorm National Park in Scotland. It is the largest National Park in the United Kingdom. It has a massively varied environment with Pine Forests, Heather Moors, Upland Mountains, and more. The best way to visit from…

This compositional technique is relatively new to me, to be honest. I have used it in the past but I didn’t realise I was doing so. It was one of this techniques that sits in your subconscious and when you see it naturally you immediately are intrigued and want to…

This is a simple idea but can be difficult to master. The idea is to frame your subject with something else. That’s it! So simple! But to get it right is really difficult. When we say frame, most people think about the wooden surround of a picture. That is a…

One of my favourite environments is woodland. I have loved exploring the natural undulations of trees since I was a young boy. My friends and I would spend the weekends at my house, and as soon as we could, we would run down to the woods to have fun! …

The Rule of Thirds is the quickest and easiest composition technique to learn and implement. Simply put it is dividing the frame using 3 horizontal and 3 vertical lines to create 9 boxes. Where the lines cross should be the focal point or subject of the photograph, which leads to…

Whenever someone hears Landscape photograph they immediately think the frame of the picture is horizontal but that can limit your creativity when out taking photos. In my post about the ‘ Top 10 Composition Techniques for Landscape Photography ‘ I gave several techniques that work incredibly well in portrait landscape…

There are many techniques for the composition of Landscape Photography, here is a quick reference list, that will have links to individual in-depth analysis of each technique (coming soon!) I wish I knew all of these a few years ago! In my opinion there are 3 categories of composition technique: …