Inspired #57
the power of curves in landscape photography
Hello and welcome to Inspired, a weekly email for my paid subscribers. In this series I want to explore topics which I hope might spark some inspiration for your own photography. I will talk about my thought process for creating images, both in the field and in post processing. The posts will be linked in some way to the monthly challenges, hopefully giving you all lots of food for thought.
Composition in landscape photography is made up of many elements. When we stand in front of a scene we subconsciously use leading lines, horizons, paths, and any obvious structural elements we can find within the landscape to create a visual flow through the image. Manmade lines tend to be straight and the horizon is always so, but in nature lines are usually composed of gentle curves or circular forms that offer a greater sense of movement than straight lines ever could. This week we are going to look at curves in composition and how we can use them to create flow within our images.
