T-Travel Photography
Zdenko Takac & Iveta Takacova
Landscape, Travel & Fine Art Photography
Mt St Helens & Willamette NP
Our photo courses are designed to suit your individual needs. If you are a beginner or intermediate and would like to take beautiful landscape photos, don't hesitate to contact us to discuss your requirements. Individual courses or small groups are welcome.
To help you start, below are a few valuable tips for good landscape photography:
1. The best landscape photos are taken during the "golden" hour (one hour before sunset and one hour after sunrise)
2. Always carry a tripod with you no matter how uncomfortable it might be
3. Prepare the day before (think about what you are about to shoot, make sure your camera and lenses are ready, your battery is fully charged, and you have a spare memory card with you)
4. Take your time when taking photos, never rush
5. Try to compose more and hit the shutter less
6. If you are taking photos of seascapes, make sure that you know the times of high and low tide
7. Know the time of dusk, sunrise, sunset and dawn
8. Listen to the weather forecast for the next day
9. Get inspiration from other photographers
10. Every day and every situation is different, take advantage of that
11. Always shoot in RAW
12. Pay attention to the different way that light falls on different parts of your scene
13. Clouds increase the atmosphere of a landscape
14. Always clarify what the eye catcher (focal point) will be in your image
15. Post processing = Optimizing your image to the best result
16. Always turn around, sometimes the better image is behind you
17. Mistakes are allowed! The more mistakes you make, the more you learn!
18. Understand and look to your histogram while shooting. It delivers very important information about your image
19. Don't be afraid to get down and dirty
20. Henri Cartier-Bresson was right when he said that “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”