![]() ![]() So obviously I prefer to practice Landscape photography but in terms of art I can get just as much pleasure from looking at a stunning portrait as I can form a great landscape photograph and appreciate the artistic value of both. I don’t have that issue with Landscapes they don’t move and I can certainly not position it and love pitting my wits against mother nature and enduring whatever she decides to throw at me. So to answer the original question which do I prefer and why? Well I am useless with people and have the utmost respect for portrait photographers who can work with their subjects to enable them to show their character on camera and have the ability to capture it. If the subject is the landscape with a model to add scale or used as an anchor in the image then I think it can be classed as Landscape. If the photograph is about the model and they are the key subject showing their personality and identity with the great outdoors for me its Portraiture. 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. However, they are both crucial when one wants to decide what is important for their documents, paintings, or photos.Recently I was asked a question which when I originally read it I thought was a very simple question to answer. Even though they are intertwined, they are different from each other in terms of size and shape and where they are applied. Images of wide areas but with special shapes, like a meandering road or path.īoth landscape and portrait orientations are useful when it comes to drawing, painting, photo shooting, or printing purposes.In landscape orientation, the length is longer than the height while in portrait mode the length is shorter than the height. Landscape refers to an orientation where an image, drawing, painting, or page is in a horizontal display while portrait mode refers to an orientation where an image, photo, drawing, painting, or page is in a vertical orientation. Other areas that require portrait orientations:ĭifference Between Landscape and Portrait Meaning of Landscape Vs. If you were taking a photograph and hold the camera at 90 degrees, the photo would be taken in portrait orientation. In simple terms, a portrait page or image is shorter in height but wider in width. On pictures of a wide subject or a large group of people.Ī portrait orientation means a vertical display. ![]()
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