Landscape photography essentials: try it yourself

Aim

You should finish with several genuinely different compositions of the same place and be able to explain why you prefer one.

Do this step by step

1. Choose one local scene rather than waiting for a spectacular location.
2. Make one photograph from your first viewpoint.
3. Move left, right, forwards and backwards and make at least four more versions.
4. Try one photograph with a strong foreground and one without it.
5. Check the horizon and all four edges before the final frame.
6. Compare the set and decide which viewpoint explains the place most clearly.