Alister Benn<\/a> asks, \u201cWhat happens when you stop forcing the photograph?\u201d<\/p>\nBenn contemplates the answer in the video above, first by sharing his thoughts about traveling to Namibia for the first time for a landscape photography workshop. Anyone who has done the same will know how exciting it is to come across new scenes, vistas, and opportunities to create beautiful photos.<\/p>\n
However, some destinations are iconic enough to be sought after specifically for landscape photography. So, as Benn cautions, it\u2019s easy to feel pressured to make photos that are popular or photographed in the same way by everyone else. This is especially the case when you\u2019ve seen a lot of photos of a well-known and well-photographed location, which makes it easier than expected to be influenced by them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt can be extremely difficult to allow your own natural intuition, your natural creativity, your own natural way of expressing yourself, your own voice, your own being,\u201d he warns.<\/p>\n
What he found to be an antidote of sorts is to pay attention to the compositions that the landscape is opening up to you, not what the place has come to be \u201ciconic\u201d for. Surrender to the landscape, as he poignantly calls it. While this can be a difficult task when you\u2019re constantly being stimulated by your surroundings, he recommends simply starting by trying to be yourself. Let your intuition\u2014not the plan\u2014take over, and allow it to guide you toward what resonates with you the most. This definitely takes a lot of interaction with a place and sharp observation skills, but nothing that ample practice can\u2019t take care of.<\/p>\n
Make sure to watch Alister Benn\u2019s full video for more of his insights about doing landscape photography in popular locations.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not forcing the shot and being open to possibilities can make a big difference. As with any photography…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,438,146,85,46],"class_list":["post-579235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}