![]() Then there’s the grey area in between such as a model within the landscape and I think this should be characterised by the subject intent. That is pretty much how I see it but obviously there are many spin offs as you can imaging for such a general statement such as Seascapes and Coastal, Forrest and Woodland and Nightscapes to name just a few. If I had to try and put it into words and define it I would say its capturing the spirit and emotion of the great outdoors through photography. Landscape Photography on the other hand in my opinion is very difficult to define as it means different things to different people. It is a whole lot more than just pointing the camera at someone and clicking the shutter which I would term as a headshot. ![]() ![]() Portrait photography or portraiture by its definition is the art of capturing a person or a group of people, capturing their personality, the essence of their identity and attitude artistically. What makes a photograph Portrait or Landscape Photography? To sound like a politician I will start off answering a question with a question. Yes, I felt like a complete plum but it got me thinking about the various ways it can be interpreted for each meaning so decided to look at each in detail at answer the question. ![]() It turned out that I had totally the wrong end of the ‘camera’ and was answering in response to genres when I was actually being asked in relation to composition and picture orientation. Only after writing a lengthy reply I suddenly realised that actually I don’t know what I was being asked. Recently I was asked a question which when I originally read it I thought was a very simple question to answer. ![]()
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