{"id":1017,"date":"2011-02-13T16:20:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T23:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2011-02-14T09:31:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T16:31:02","slug":"etherial-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2011\/02\/13\/etherial-landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereal Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often in landscapes I try to get all the details visible &#8211; lots of contrast, but with the blacks never going totally black and the whites never getting so bright they lose detail. Sometimes though, it pays to blow out the highlights. This is one of those things that&#8217;s irreversible in an image, and can look bad, so you have to be sure about it. But when it works it can add a mood to a photo that won&#8217;t be there otherwise. This is something I&#8217;ve seen done in lomo photography, wedding photography and some fashion photography for a long time, but I&#8217;ve never really tried it for landscapes. <a href=\"http:\/\/roundphoto.ca\">Curtis Round<\/a>, another photographer who I&#8217;ve often had the pleasure of shooting with, has inspired me over the last few years. He often does this kind of thing in his wedding and engagement shoots, and <a href=\"http:\/\/media.myfotojournal.com\/blogs\/roundphoto\/photos\/2010\/12\/07\/Edmonton+wedding+photographer-11.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">it looks great<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taken in Johnston Canyon, Banff.<br \/>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often in landscapes I try to get all the details visible &#8211; lots of contrast, but with the blacks never going totally black and the whites never getting so bright they lose detail. 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