Travel Secrets May-June 2015 | Page 12

LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY SECRET All shots need some sort of focal point to them and landscapes are no different – in fact landscape photographs without them end up looking rather empty and will leave your viewers eye wandering through the image with nowhere to rest (and they’ll generally move on quickly). Focal points can take many forms in landscapes and could range from a building or structure, a striking tree, a boulder or rock formation, a silhouette etc. 12  Travel Secrets May-June 2015