Andrew James
Andrew is a highly experienced writer and photographer – if you have a problem, he is here to help.
Landscapes with added light
Q Can you use lighting you’ve introduced yourself in a landscape photo?
Tony Castle
A In most cases with a landscape photo you don’t need to add artificial light, as natural light does everything for you, but there’s no reason why not when the conditions allow.
I’ve used both torches and flashguns to light a scene, or specific parts of it, but you need low light levels for the artificial lighting to make a difference. For example, you can use a torch to light up a foreground, or illuminate a building within your scene with multiple bursts of light from an off-camera flash. This technique is known as painting with light, and you can get very creative with it, even
