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The Art of Landscape Photography

Kah-Wai Lin, MD, PhD

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President, Kah-Wai Lin Photography

President, Stetinden Camera Store

President, New Jersey Photography Academy

Goodwill Ambassador & Former Vice President, Photographic Society of America (PSA)

Director, Global Elite Photographer

Ambassador & Global Marketing Advisor, Fotopro

Ambassador & Education Advisor, NiSi

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Pro Team, Spiffy Gear

Former Phase One Certified Professional

Kah-Wai LinDoctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Former Scientist at Princeton University

Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from US Member of Congress

200+ awards at international photographic competitions

1st place, International Photography Award, 2015

Top 10 World Exhibitors, Photographic Society of America, 2015 & 2016

Artist-in-Residence, US National Park, 2016

80+ distinction and honorary titles

200+ photographic seminars worldwide

What is landscape photography?

Dolomites

Italy

Fujifilm GFX 50S, Fujinon 32-64mm @46mm

f/16，ISO-250，1/100sec


f/16，ISO-100，1/100sec

Dolomites

Italy


NiSi 减6档减光镜（ND64）

f/20，ISO-100，30sec

Dolomites

Italy


f/26，ISO-100，1/40sec

Dolomites

Italy


NiSi 6-stops ND filter

f/13，ISO-160，120sec

Basic Technique

Understanding Light

Knowing the Environment

Composition

Post-Processing

Dolomites

Italy

Landscape photography is the art of seeing the unseen

Seeing the unseen?

• Capture the moment – light & weather

• Dynamism – time

• Field of view

• Composition

Capture the moment – light & weather

2

5

4

1

3

Lofoten

Norway

Fujifilm GFX 50R, Fujinon 32-64mm @46mm


f/13，ISO-200，200sec

Lofoten

Norway

Fujifilm GFX 50R, Canon 11-24mm @18mm


f/13，ISO-100，60sec

Lofoten

Norway


NiSi 6-stops ND

f/14, ISO-200, 50sec

Lofoten

Norway


NiSi 6-stops ND

f/16，ISO-100，20sec

Lofoten

Norway

Canon 5D III, Canon 11-24mm @20mm


ISO-320, f/13, 240s

Landscape photography is an art of chasing the light

+6°

-4°

-6°

-12°

-18°

Golden Hour Blue Hour

Civil Twilight

Nautical Twilight

Astronomical Twilight

-8°-6°

Day Time

Night Time

地平线

Magical Hour

Weather is a tool of triggering emotion and mood

Faroe Islands Canon 5D IV, Canon 11-24mm @24mm

NiSi 6-stops ND

f/16，ISO-100，20sec

Fujifilm GFX 50S, Fujinon 23mm @23mm

NiSi 6-stops ND

f/18，ISO-100，60sec

Faroe Islands

Lofoten

Norway


NiSi 6-stops ND

f/20，ISO-100，1/3sec

Fujifilm GFX 50R, Canon 11-24mm @18mm

NiSi 6-stops ND

f/18，ISO-100，60sec

Lofoten

Norway

There's no such thing as bad light, just misunderstood light. - Don McCullin

Seeing the unseen?



• Field of view

• Composition

Lens: 17/24 mm

ISO: 1 – 800

Aperture: f/2.1 – 8.3

Shutter speed: 1/100 – 1/200s

Resolution: 576MP

Dynamic range: 10 - 14 stops (24 stops)

Lens: 4.9 - 5200 mm

ISO: 50 – 4,000,000

Aperture: f/0.9 - 32

Shutter speed: 1/8000s - infinity

Resolution: 150MP

Dynamics range: 8 - 11 stops

If your eye is a camera, it costs ~US$35,000,000

Long exposure landscape –Dynamic landscape

Hamnoy

Lofoten, Norway

Canon 5D III，Canon 11-24mm @20mm

f/13，ISO-100，1/20sec

3-stops ND

Exposure x8

ND Filters

6-stops ND

Exposure x6410-stops ND

Exposure x1024

Hamnoy

Lofoten, Norway


NiSi 10-stops ND

f/20，ISO-100，100sec

Moving cloud

Smoothen water

Motion

Static

3-stops ND

Exposure x8

ND Filters

6-stops ND


Exposure x1024

Faroe Islands Fujifilm GFX 50S, Canon 11-24mm @17mm

NiSi 6-stops ND

f/13，ISO-100，30sec

Moving cloud

Smoothen water

Motion

Static

Long exposure landscape –Guest-Host Relationship

Dolomites

Italy

Fujifilm GFX 50S, Fujinon 32-64 @32mm

f/32, ISO-100, 30sec

Host

Guest

Host

Long exposure landscape –Minimalism

New Jersey

USA


10-stops ND

f/16，ISO-100，200sec

Filters in Landscape Photography

• Polarizer

• Graduated ND Filter

• ND Filter

Polarizer

Control or reduce reflection from non-metallic surface (water, ice, rock, glass, leaf)

Restore saturation (blue sky, green leaf, rainbow)

Reduce shutter speed (1-2 stops)

See through window or water by excluding reflective light

No polarizer With polarizer

Medium GNDHard GND Reverse GNDSoft GND

GND Filters

No Filter 5-stops Soft GND

Over-exposed sky!

GND Filters

GND 2-stops (0.6) GND 3-stops (0.9) GND 4-stops (1.2) GND 5-stops (1.5)

Front light: 1 – 2.5 stopsSide light: 2 – 4 stopsBack light 3 – 5 stops

Essential Filters for Landscape Photography

3-stops soft GND

5-stops soft GND

6-stops ND

10-stops NDFilters holder with

CPL

No Filter 5-stops Soft GND

+

3-stops Soft GND

(upside down)

Over-exposed sky!

Over-exposed water!

Waterscape

Abisko Canyon (Sweden)

f/7.1, ISO-1000, 1/10 seconds


f/13, ISO-2000, 1/6 seconds


f/10, ISO-500, 1/2 seconds


f/9, ISO-200, 1 seconds

Thread-like water：0.5-2s Misty water: 10-20s

Line > Direction > Dynamism Smooth > Simplified > Dreamy

3-stops ND

Exposure x8

ND Filters

6-stops ND


Exposure x1024

Abisko Canyon

Sweden

Canon 5D III，Canon 11-24mm @ 11mm

NiSi 6-stops ND

f/16, ISO-100, 2.5s

Lofoten

Norway



f/9, ISO-320, 1.3s

Faroe Islands Canon 5D IV，Canon 11-24mm @24mm

f/13, ISO-200, 1/40s

Faroe Islands Canon 5D IV，Canon 11-24mm @24mm

NiSi 6-stops ND

f/13, ISO-200, 1/2s

LofotenNorway

Canon 5D IV, Canon 11-24mm @ 15mm

NiSi 6-stops ND

f/18, ISO-100, 1/2s

Lofoten

Norway


ISO-320, f/13, 1/15s

Lofoten

Norway



ISO-320, f/13, 240s

Seeing the unseen?


• Long exposure – time

• Field of vision

• Composition

Unique field of vision

Faroe Islands Fujifilm GFX 50S, Canon EF 11-24mm @16mm


ISO-100, f/18, 25s

Ilulissat

Greenland



f/18，ISO-400，30sec

Intimate Landscape

Intimate Landscape

Details

Textures

Patterns

Lines

Colors

Shapes

Patagonia

Chile


f/11，ISO-250，2.5sec

Iceland Canon 5D IV, Canon 100-400mm @160mm

f/13, ISO-200, 1/500s

Death Valley National Park

California, USA


f/16, ISO-100, 1/60s

Painted Hills

Oregon, USA


f/16, ISO-100, 1/20s

Seeing the unseen?



• Field of vision

• Composition

Composition

Faroe Islands Fujifilm GFX 50S, Fujinon 32-64mm @32mm


f/14，ISO-100，120sec

Patagonia

Argentina

Fujifilm GFX 50S, Canon 11-24 @21mm


f/13，ISO-250，30sec

Double Distance Focusing

3’

3’

Focus Point

Closest objectFar side object

Essence of CompositionElement selection

Addition (+)

Substraction (-)

Multiplication (x)

Division (/)

Element placement

Visual continuity (story)

Composition + Post-processing = Personality & Style

How to Define a Good Image?

Techniques

Light & Moment

Composition

Post-processing

Uniqueness & Replicability

Viewer’s Resonance

Emotion

Story

Documentation/Historical Value

Imagination

Personality and Style

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