many of us understand before we press the shutter , we should plan for technical/art compo, horizontal, 2/3 …. etc ….
but there is something more important for landscape photographer
UNDERSTAND the NATURE and PLAN for the shot …
for landscape lover, it is not just photography but there are more to understand/know … e.g. tide, direction, timing, weather … etc ….
if you want to be serious then start ask yourself
1. must facing east for sunrise ?
2. is good to shoot this at low tide ? or high tide ?
3. what’s the tide level at beach near by ?
4. what time moonrise/moonset/sunrise/sunset
5. are all countries having same sunrise/sunset/moonset/moonrise time ?
etc ?????
e.g. are these plan or just shot what I see while I was there ?
so do you think planning is important for a landscape photographer ?
Yes agree with u mastah. Photography, beside painting with light it is also need some extra definition and I would like to add that it is also the ‘science of seeing’. That mean the photografer have to study nature before capture it. Thanks for sharing.