How to Shoot Landscapes - Frame your Image

Frame your Image

While the edges of the viewfinder naturally define the limits of a composition, using frames as part of the composition itself conveys a different feeling. Frames are ambiguous: depending on the other clues you supply the viewer with, you can suggest a sense of claustrophobia or comforting embrace, of protection or threat. Lighting is a significant contributor to mood too: shoot out from a cave - from dark to light - and you'll impart a more positive feeling than a composition that frames a dark, mysterious space within a bright frame.

Man standing between two sandstone features in Devil's Garden, Utah.
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