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#BLACK AND WHITE LANDSCAPE PHOTO SERIES#

The more you practice black and white photography, the easier this will become.

#BLACK AND WHITE LANDSCAPE PHOTO SERIES#

Learn to see landscapes as a series of tones instead of colors.

After all, sunlight is what makes the different area’s of brightness mentioned above.

Clouds are great, but make sure they aren’t covering the sun.

For example, look for well defined shadows, contrasted with bright highlights (yet not overexposed). You need to ensure there are different area’s of brightness.

Light is one of the most important aspects of black and white landscapes.

Compose the shot so there is something of interest in the foreground to help set the scene and lead the viewers eye all the way through the image.

As with any landscape, foreground detail makes for a good composition.

Listed below are some quick tips on what to look for to ensure the perfect black and white landscape. Otherwise, you could end up with a photo that seems flat and lifeless.īlack and white landscape photography starts before the shot is even taken. Like any style of photography, it takes practice. If only black and white landscape photography was that easy.

Many new photographers presume that all they need to do is take the shot in black and white to start with, using the onboard monochrome camera setting. Funnily enough, in the age of digital SLRs and highly colored computer graphics, black and white landscape photography seems to be re-emerging as a strong trend.