Landscape
Composing wide, open scenes with changing natural light.
Landscape photography deals with scenes that are largely outside a photographer's control — weather, light, and terrain are all given. Success tends to come from patience, timing, and thoughtful composition rather than intervention.
Foreground interest
A landscape composed only of a distant horizon can feel flat. Including something in the foreground — a rock, a plant, a path — gives the eye a place to start and adds a sense of depth and scale to the scene.
Timing around weather
Dramatic weather — clearing storms, layered cloud cover — often produces more interesting landscape light than a plain clear sky. Checking forecasts and being willing to shoot in transitional weather, rather than only on clear days, tends to expand the range of usable conditions.
