![]() ![]() Landscape in PhotographyĪlthough portrait photography and landscape photography are two different types of photography, when it’s being referred to as a format, layout, or orientation, it has nothing to do with photographing people or nature. I need the frame to have a direction may it be vertical or horizontal.You’ve probably heard of photos and prints being referred to as portrait or landscape orientation-don’t worry if you haven’t, we’ll be going over it briefly in a moment-but in which situations should you be photographing in a portrait or landscape orientation? And what about printing? How do you know your portrait photo won’t be printed in a landscape format? Keep reading to find out! Portrait vs. In some cases it can work well for portraiture but I can’t compose in a square format as soon as there is an action or interaction to include in the frame. Oh and on the square format I don’t like it. I mean you can shot a picture in portrait or landscape mode but also with different ratio: 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 2:1, 3:1… Recently I tried to experience more with other ratios than the 3:2 of my camera but I find difficult to do it when shooting because I’m too tied to my viewfinder when composing. And to go further I think that the question can be extended to what format use for a picture. On the other hand I think that whether composing in portrait or landscape mode can also be part of one’s style. I feel the first one is better in portrait and the second in landscape because of the direction in which the “action” makes me read the image. The photos you showed in the article really illustrates this. ![]() On one hand I try to avoid at maximum those instincts because I think composition should not be instinctive but based on the subject and the action. And finally looking at pictures on a computer screen for 15 years has probably also had a lot of influence on me. It’s maybe also because I feel more natural to hold a DSLR in landscape mode both when holding it in my hand or on a tripod. Because of my experience with travel photography (which includes a lot of landscapes) I tend to do the opposite: I mostly use landscape mode. ![]() You mentioned you instinctively shot in portrait mode because of your past experience with toy photography. That’s the kind of article I love because it really makes you think about how you and others actually take pictures. I hope you will join the discussion and we can drop down this rabbit hole together. Do you like to mix it up and keep your audience on its toes?.Do you prefer the square format on Instagram?.Now that Instagram is allowing images beyond the basic square, are you tempted to upload your images full frame?.Do you compose your shots based on a preferred orientation?.When you look through your view finder, or at your LCD screen, do you compose your shot based on the subject?.Heres is another example of how much an image can change with a simple flip of orientation. Unfortunately I have yet to decide which rotation I prefer, landscape or portrait. Here is an image I took last month that I am quite fond of. ![]() Whenever I am out on a photo shoot I will continue to shoot in a portrait orientation (generally trying to observe the rule of thirds), but when I see something good going on in my view finder I will quickly change to horizontal mode and grab a few images for use on the blog. It is amazing how one simple addition to my life, like writing for this blog, has changed the way I view my photography and how I shoot on a daily basis. Unfortunately when posting to this blog I always need to have a few landscape images in my portfolio to use as header images (those images you see at the top of each blog post). When I am shooting a LEGO mini figure this way I enjoy the vast expanse of empty space that is often left which I like to fill with abstract colors and texture. I simply enjoy the long vertical axis of an image. Personally I prefer to shoot my images in portrait mode, this is probably due to so many years photographing the human body. Now that Instagram has decided it’s ok to post an image beyond a simple square, the issue of portrait vs landscape is a question we can take up, discuss and ultimately come to no conclusions on.Įven before Instagram made this momentous decision of allowing non square images to be posted, I have been struggling with image orientation. I talked earlier about the many small choices a photographer makes when composing an image and often the first decision you will make is will you shoot the scene in a landscape or portrait orientation. ![]()
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