Cole Thompson photography HERE. (He ROCKS!)
DIRECTIONS
Take one or two (!) rolls of film of landscapes following the examples, rules, and inspiration listed below and in the link provided.
DEVELOPING:
A-Day class: Monday, April 4, 2011.
B-Day class: Tuesday, April 5, 2011.
A RULE ABOUT YOUR HORIZON LINE (FOLLOW IT!)
When you have a horizon line visible in your composition, place it in one of these corresponding lines in the two examples here:
If you place your horizon line perfectly in the center of the composition, or exactly on top or bottom third division line, you will (most likely) have a division of the composition that 'works.'
TIPS FOR LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
11 Sure Fire Tips For Improving Your Landscape Photography HERE.
4 Rules of Composition For Landscape Photography HERE
MORE TIPS
http://photoarts.com/gallery/mckinney/
http://www.photographytips.com/page.cfm/77
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/landscape-photography-tips/
http://www.naturephotographers.net/landscapephotography.html
THE MODERN LANDSCAPE
Rolfe Horn HERE.
Barbara Bosworth HERE.
More Barbara Bosworth HERE.
Lina Bertucci HERE.
Laura Gilpin HERE.
Sally Gall HERE.
Marion Patterson HERE.
Paula Chamlee HERE.
Joan Myers HERE.
Eileen Keator HERE.
Laura McPhee HERE.
Linda Connor HERE.
Fay Godwin HERE.
Brian Kosoff HERE.
Doug Weldon HERE.
Nurse Kato HERE.
Wyn Bullock HERE.
Mark Sunderland HERE.
Trends in modern landscape photography here HERE.
Pål Hermansen HERE.
ND Magazine HERE.
Dodge & Burn Blog HERE.
Hans Strand HERE.
Meike Altenkamp HERE.
Marc Adamus HERE.
Michael Kenna HERE.
Sam Burns HERE.
Peter Lik HERE.
Art Wolfe HERE.
DS Wilson HERE.
THE GRANDFATHER OF LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY: ANSEL ADAMS
"You don't take a photograph, you make it."- Ansel Adams
"A good photograph is knowing where to stand."- Ansel Adams
Ansel Adam's site HERE.
Image search for Ansel Adam's photographs HERE.
THE TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE
A NYTimes article on Edward Weston HERE.
Edward Weston's Point Lobos photographs HERE.
More Ansel Adams HERE.
...and more HERE.
Wise words from John Shaw HERE.
John Ganis HERE.
Muench Brothers HERE.
Li Yuan HERE.
Li Yuan 2 HERE.
Freeman Patterson HERE.
Jack Dykinga HERE.
John Sexton HERE.
Christopher Burkett HERE.
Michael Fatali HERE.
Charlie Waite HERE.
Joe Cornish HERE.
Frans Lanting HERE.
Ken Duncan HERE.
Richard van Hoesel HERE.
Galen Rowell HERE.
Interview with Galen HERE.
Pete Turner HERE.
Dan Heller HERE.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand "Earth From The Air HERE.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand #1 HERE.
Eric Meola HERE.
Ernst Haas HERE.
Ami Vitale HERE.
Steve McCurry HERE.
Saiga Yuji HERE.
Gerard Laurenceau HERE.
Bas Hoeben HERE.
Thomas D. Mangelsen HERE.
David Henderson HERE.
John Shaw HERE.
William Neill HERE.
Joseph Holmes HERE.
David Norton HERE.
Michael Gordon HERE.
"Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop."
"Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation."
- Ansel Adams
All photos by Nurse Kato (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25978351@N07/sets/)