A two-week weekend course for landscape, cityscape, long exposure, filters, hyperfocal focusing, HDR, bracketing, and timelapse photography.
Duration: 2 weeks. Age limit: none. Weekend course. Pre-requisite: Foundation Photography. Location: Delhi and nearby hill stations. Equipment required: DSLR, tripod, and ND filters.
Landscape photography anticipates an abundance of natural scenes filled with beauty and constantly changing with the seasons. While taking a landscape photograph, students learn to create depth by keeping different components of the image in focus.
Most digital cameras can work for landscape photography, but some perform better depending on megapixels, dynamic range, in-camera features, and lens selection.
Wide-angle lenses are preferred because they show a broader view, create a sense of open space, increase depth of field, and allow useful shutter speed choices.
Nothing says landscape photographer more than a tripod. It is a necessary piece of equipment for highly detailed shots.
The archived course notes three keywords for choosing one: sturdy, solid, and lightweight, so it can handle weather and travel while keeping the camera still.
Students learn how UV, ND, graduated ND, and polarised filters affect landscape and cityscape photographs.
ND filters help decrease shutter speed for long exposure, graduated ND filters balance sky and land brightness, and polarised filters reduce glare and reflections.
Understanding hyperfocal distance is important when including close objects in landscape scenes.
The technique helps keep both foreground and background elements reasonably sharp by focusing at the right point between them.
Cityscape photography is the urban equivalent of landscape photography, representing the physical aspects of a city or urban area.
Students practice landmarks, night lights, people within urban environments, business districts, snow-laden streets, and long-exposure light trails.
During daytime shoots, students experiment with smaller apertures such as f/22 for sharp detailed images, filters for slower shutter speeds, and controlled exposure for moving water, people, birds, and traffic.
The course also covers HDR and bracketing for natural-looking detail across shadows, mid-tones, and highlights, plus timelapse photography where slow changes appear accelerated when played back.
The archived page mentions the Haida M10 Professional Filter Kit, including multiple filters for preventing overexposure and a circular polarizer for reducing reflections and glare.
The holder supports up to three 100mm wide filters and the M10 NanoPro MC circular polarizer, with a filter case for storage and transport.
