Focus on foregrounds
Alistair Campbell shows you how to draw the viewer’s attention to the key areas of your scene
Getting out into the great outdoors brings positive and healthy energy to your life. And, if you're a keen landscape photographer, you will have an extra incentive to tear yourself away from the computer screen and go exploring.
However, carrying lots of kit can be quite cumbersome so, today, I've decided to travel light, packing just my compact Fujifilm X100V and a Manfrotto mini tripod for stability. I often attach my camera to the mini tripod, sling it over my shoulder and begin my trek to my desired shooting location. I'm aiming for Crook Peak, a small rocky formation popular with walkers in Somerset's Mendip Hills. It is also believed to have been the site of a beacon to signal the arrival of the Spanish Armada on the West Country coast.
It's a fairly easy walk of around five miles in total, starting from the King's Wood car park just off the A38. The peak itself is 627ft and offers a variety of compositions - any enthusiastic landscape photographer should pay Crook Peak a visit.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/ somerset/mendip-hills
1 Set up your shot
Get low to the ground: at the outset this will naturally give your frame more foreground. You might feel slightly limited with the placement of your tripod but you can use the ball head to make sure your horizon is level. Most modern cameras can display a digital horizon to help you set the camera straight and level, and the gridline overlay is also a useful guide.
2 Focus on the foreground
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