• Rule of Thirds – This is the first and foremost rule or technique taught to students pursuing photography and it gets trotted out more often in all types of photography. This can sometimes be very plain or cliché, but at the same time it can be very effective technique in some landscapes.

This technique is basically focusing on key points of interest and keeping them the focus point in the landscape between imaginary ‘thirds’ points in the image. This provides the image balance and at the same time the attention on the focus points remains intact.

• Framing Images – This is a technique to add a point of interest to the foreground by introducing a frame to the picture. The most common way to introduce a frame naturally is by including a hanging branch of a tree either in the upper part of the picture or it can be sneaking in from sideways. This creates an extra interest in the landscape and can be tried out using different features like bridges etc.

One should follow these rules, but at the same time one should not stick only to these rules. This means that one should not kill its creativity and by using one’s talent the picture might be even more stupendous.
In short landscape photography should express itself and the phrase “a picture is a thousand words” should be worth striking the image….