The fundamental underpinnings of a well-composed landscape shot takes into account three concepts: simplicity, flow and relationships. Within those concepts, the landscape photographer explores space, lines, color theory, balance, how a viewer’s eye moves through the shot, and how the different parts of a photo echo, contrast or expand upon each other. Combine those ideas with lens choices, tripod heights and the ideas of how to approach a composition as a painting instead of a photo and you get Bryan Hansel , our May 21 guest speaker’s methods for landscape composition.
Bryan Hansel is an award-winning professional landscape photographer and outdoor educator. He has over 30 years of photography experience with 100s of publication credits from publications such as National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, Lake Superior Magazine, Ocean Paddler, Canoe and Kayak Magazine, Backpacker Magazine and many more.
In 2018, he received Lake Times Magazine’s Best Photographer in Minnesota award. An outdoor educator and guide at heart, Bryan decided to share his passion for outdoor photography and started a photography workshop program in 2006. His programs take students to the best and often unknown locations in the northland and across the nation to many National Parks. He lives in Grand Marais, Minnesota.
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