The Landscape Photography Course

Learn how to take landscapes like the professionals. Follow our course on Landscape photography and soon you will be taking images to be proud of! With full tutor assistance and feedback on YOUR images. You will receive a graded Certificate of Photography on completion of this course.

This course assumes some photographic knowledge equivalent to our Basic Photography Course. Landscape photography includes multiple choice questions and practical work to help you learn quickly and your personal tutor. On successful completion you will receive a graded certificate suitable for framing.

 

Reflections of Killarney, Ireland: Image by Diarmuid Moriarty, LIPF tutor School of Photography.com

The course covers subjects including...

  • What is a Landscape?
  • What Equipment do I really need?
  • Filters and how to use them.
  • How do I get everything in focus?
  • What kind of Digital camera is suitable?
  • How do I capture moving water better?
  • Exposing the Landscape successfully
  • Achieving a sense of balance
  • Achieving a sense of scale

If, after reading each Landscape Photography Course lesson, you would like additional information on the lesson's content, just ask! It really is as simple as that. Email YOUR OWN TUTOR with your question, then s/he will explain it further.

Learn how to take pictures like this

Learn to take stunning landscapes



Landscape Photography Course Fees:

Course Fees and Special Offers

Module 1: Contents

Landscape Course Introduction

Lesson 1

Introduction
Image Capture Quality
Optical Quality
Build Quality

Lesson 2

The Camera
35mm Cameras
Digital Cameras
Medium Format
Interchangable Backs
Panaroma Format
Large Format Cameras

Lesson 3

Lenses
Lens Design
Refraction
Chromatic Abberation
Circle of Confusion
Lens Focal Length
Digital Focal Length
Fixed Focal vs. Zoom Lenses
Lens Effects
Ultra-Wide and Fisheye

Lesson 4

Camera Support
Tripod
Monopod
Self Timer and Cable Release

Lesson 5

Filters
Polarising
Graduated Filters
Colored Graduated Filters
Neutral Density Filters
Warm Tone
Black & White Contrast Filters

Lesson 6

Camera Bags
Clothing

Lesson 7

Learning to See I
Ken Hornbrook - USA

Lesson 8

Film versus Digital
Film
Slide versus Print
Digital Media
ISO Rating
Colour or Black & White

Project 1

Module 2: Contents

Lesson 9

Exposure
Exposure Systems
The Hand Held Meter
In Camera Meter
Center Weighted & Multizone Meters
Partial and Spot Metering

Lesson 10

Exposure Bracketing

Lesson 11

Using the Shutter
The Shutter Speed
Freezing Movement

Lesson 12

Moving Water
Using Blur
Reciprocity Law Failure

Lesson 13

The Aperture

Lesson 14

Depth of Field
Depth of Field Preview

Lesson 15

Estimating the Depth of Field
Depth of Field Calculator

Lesson 16

Zone Focusing

Lesson 17

Hyperfocal Focusing

Lesson 18

Light
Light & Colour

Lesson 19

Lighting Angles
Sunlight and Location
Location and the time of the Year
Silhouettes

Lesson 20

The Weather
Be Prepared

Lesson 20

Geoff Murray - Australia

Project 2

Module 3: Contents

Lesson 22

The Subject and Composition
Constructing the Image
Composing the Landscape
Planning the Image

Lesson 23

Choosing the Format

Lesson 24

The Rule of Thirds
Placing the Horizon
Placing the Subject

Lesson 25

Exploring the Landscape

Lesson 26

Using Lines
Adding Scale

Lesson 27

Adding People
Using Reflections

Lesson 28

The Natural Landscape

Lesson 29

The Scenic Landscape

Lesson 30

The Urban Landscape

Lesson 31

The Urban Landscape

Manolis Tsantakis - Greece

Project 3

Course Summary

Landscape Photography Course Fees:

Course Fees and Special Offers