How to utilize foreground elements to create stronger ultra wide angle images

 

 

Photographer Adam Gibbs recently visited Needle Peak and Flatiron Mountain in the British Columbian alpines. These picturesque places provide ample opportunity for shooting with ultra wide angle lenses.

Ultra wide lenses do an awesome job at capturing wide, expansive environments. However, it's very easy to capture too much of a scene and not have a strong enough subject. Wide angle photography is tough. Gibbs is here to help us do a better job with composing ultra wide angle shots. A great way to create a compelling wide shot is to incorporate a foreground element or multiple foreground elements. To see this technique in action and go behind the scenes with Gibbs, check out the video below.

For more videos like the one above, head over to Adam Gibbs' YouTube channel. You can also follow him on Instagram to keep up to date with his latest photography. 

(Via Adam Gibbs)