How to Win Landscape Photo Contests

Natural landscapes present one of the finest opportunities for snapping breathtaking, and potentially award-winning, photographs. Whether shooting for top honors in a photo contest or simply looking to improve the quality of your landscape shots, read on for related resources, tips and tricks.

Instructions

How to Win Landscape Photo Contests

1. Research the various opportunities for earning landscape photography honors. Art groups, photography websites and environmental business-to-business publications, for example, often host nature image contests.

2. Review the landscape work of renowned photographers. Determine your likes and dislikes, what works and what does not.

3. Purchase, rent or borrow--depending on your skill level and seriosness in the pursuit of photography--equipment for snapping landscape shots. Popular choices include digital cameras, wide-angle lenses, tripods, small apertures and format systems.

4. Experiment with various landscapes, lighting patterns and perspectives (i.e., close up or far away, looking downward or looking upward). Use color to your advantage.

5. Submit photos for contest consideration.

Tips & Warnings

• Do not set out to imitate the works of great photographers. Use their images as a source of learning and inspiration, not as a limiting resource.

• Pack photography equipment properly and carefully when traveling into different landscapes.

Resources

• American Landscape Photography
• Landscape Photography
• The Luminous Landscape