{"id":948,"date":"2014-06-25T11:20:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T17:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/?p=948"},"modified":"2017-06-20T15:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T21:26:31","slug":"light-in-landscape-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/index.php\/photography-lessons-tips\/light-in-landscape-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Light in Landscape Photography: A Matter of Life &#038; Depth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;\">Good light can bring shape and depth to a photograph. In particular, low side-lighting or &#8220;glancing light&#8221;\u00a0can\u00a0be used to transform your landscape photographs and make them come to life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0pt;\">In\u00a0Photo A (below), the feathery June grass, yellow flowers of hoary puccoon, and other ground foliage are smothered in the open shade of nearby oak trees. And, though the composition\u00a0helps to impart a feeling of depth, the picture doesn&#8217;t possess that &#8220;sparkle of life,&#8221;\u00a0particularly in the\u00a0lower part,\u00a0where\u00a0the\u00a0subject matter is more discernible and, hence, where our eyes\u00a0like to go.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_950\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-950\" class=\"size-full wp-image-950\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Pembroke-Savanna-140607-0010-s1-No-Glancing-Light-copyright-600px-sRGB.jpg?resize=400%2C600\" alt=\"PHOTO A: Here, diffused light is cast upon a foreground of June grass, flowers, and foliage, resulting in a flat image that no amount of additional compositional prowess can improve.[\/\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Pembroke-Savanna-140607-0010-s1-No-Glancing-Light-copyright-600px-sRGB.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Pembroke-Savanna-140607-0010-s1-No-Glancing-Light-copyright-600px-sRGB.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Pembroke-Savanna-140607-0010-s1-No-Glancing-Light-copyright-600px-sRGB.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO A: Here, diffused light is cast upon\u00a0a foreground of June grass, flowers, and foliage, resulting in a flat image that\u00a0no amount of additional compositional prowess\u00a0can improve.<\/p><\/div>Now, take a look at Photo B (below). It is essentially\u00a0the same composition at Photo A, except for\u00a0a foreground, which is under the magical\u00a0influence of glancing light coming from the right.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_933\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-933\" class=\"size-full wp-image-933\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pembroke-Savanna-140607-0010-00-copyright-600px-sRGB.jpg?resize=400%2C600\" alt=\"PHOTO B: As you can see, light really matters. As the glancing light kisses the tops of the understory, it leaves exciting highlights mixed with soft shadows, resulting in an immersive image filled of shape and depth.[\/\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pembroke-Savanna-140607-0010-00-copyright-600px-sRGB.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pembroke-Savanna-140607-0010-00-copyright-600px-sRGB.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Pembroke-Savanna-140607-0010-00-copyright-600px-sRGB.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO B: As you can see, light really matters. As the glancing\u00a0light kisses the tops of the understory,\u00a0it leaves exciting highlights mixed with\u00a0soft shadows, resulting in an immersive image filled\u00a0of shape and depth.<\/p><\/div>Side-lighting is known for revealing details and form, but glancing light is special because it only occurs when the sun is no higher than thirty to forty-five minutes above the horizon, at time when the sun&#8217;s rays are\u00a0golden warm and\u00a0the shadows are soft and blue\u2014a truly yummy combination.<\/p>\n<p>In landscape photography, glancing light can impart\u00a0sparkle,\u00a0realism, and drama\u00a0to\u00a0a scene\u2014a powerful influence that is\u00a0truly a matter of life and depth.<\/p>\n<p>To learn about the ideas expressed in this article, take my hands-on\u00a0landscape photography workshop called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workshops.chicagonature.com\/photography-classes\/light-and-landscape-photography-class\/\">Light &amp; The Landscape<\/a>. And,\u00a0learn special techniques for composing\u00a0your landscape photographs in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workshops.chicagonature.com\/photography-classes\/art-landscape-photography-class\/\">Art of Landscape Photography<\/a>. Both classes are held during the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good light can bring shape and depth to a photograph. In particular, low side-lighting or &#8220;glancing light&#8221;\u00a0can\u00a0be used to transform your landscape photographs and make them come to life. In\u00a0Photo A (below), the feathery June grass, yellow flowers of hoary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagonature.com\/blog\/index.php\/photography-lessons-tips\/light-in-landscape-photography\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[71,73,79,70],"tags":[252,257,253,254],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-photography-lessons-tips","category-landscape-photography-lessons-tips","category-nature-photography-lessons","category-photography-lessons-tips","tag-digital-darkroom","tag-hdr","tag-photoshop","tag-photoshop-elements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Light in Landscape Photography: A Matter of Life &amp; 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