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Reflections

Most landscape photographers are instinctively drawn to water, with the sea, rivers, waterfalls, and lakes offering many opportunities for great images. Water can help imply motion, reflect light and colour, and create mirror-like reflections. A reflective surface can dramatically enhance a landscape image, particularly at sunrise or sunset when the colour in the sky is mirrored in the foreground....

No Shades of Grey

Forget about the "full tonal range" that camera club judges like to see; this assignment is all about producing punchy, high-contrast images made up of bright whites and intense blacks. This is where you can really experiment and throw all the rules out of the window. Be open-minded and allow you're frame to contain large areas of light and dark - it might go against the grain but the results can be stunning. ...

Go Slow

Cameras today can offer shutter speeds of up to 1/8000 sec. However gong slow - using an exposure of one second or more - can offer more creative options. Subjects such as moving water or clouds will blur during a long exposure, producing images that convey motion with added visual interest....

Layer Up!

Using layers can add volume and depth to your street images, enabling the viewer to find interest throughout the frame and keeping them involved with the image for longer. Layering usually means having a number of separate 'scenes' located on different planes within the frame....

People Power

More often than not, landscape photographs are devoid of people, presenting an image of the outdoors as an untouched wilderness. While such landscapes do exist, the majority of the locations we visit are actually quite busy. So we often wait for long periods for people to leave the view, or alternatively we clone them out of the shot in post-processing....

Going Underground

With around 150 Metro systems around the world there is plenty of opportunity to shoot an interesting street photography assignment in stations, ticket halls and platforms, and on the trains too....

Shoot a Sunset

Who can resist a sunset? It's the day's grand finale, and with the right conditions the rich colours and dramatic lighting combine to create potentially stunning images. Shooting a sunset might sound like a simple assignment. However, there's more to it then simply being in the right place at the right time....

The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson's book, 'The Decisive Moment', is said to have changed photography forever and that phrase has become part of street photography lore. The phrase 'the decisive moment' refers to that very brief moment when all the elements come together to make the perfect frame; you're in the right place at the right time and manage to fire the shutter at just the right moment. It can be exhilarating and many would say this is the...

Rise and Shine

The most photogenic light typically occurs at daybreak and sunset, the so-called 'golden hours'. Therefore, if you want to capture quality landscapes that ooze with mood, set your alarm early. During spring and summer, this can require getting up painfully early. However, you will typically find locations are quiet - for example, sandy beaches will be free of footprints and no-one will get in the way of your shots....