Your Questions About Best Landscape Photographers

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I agree with the first answer, it's a hard question with no real easy answer. Photograhy is a hard industry to get into and expect to start yeilding real income from. The best photographers really know how to sell themselves and have superb networking skills, yet it is hard to step into it making good money. According to Ken Rockwell, the average photographer makes, on average $24,000 a year. Most other photographers have day jobs doing something else to support things like living expenses and family. I would recommend finding a job that will pay the bills while you hone your craft. Afterall, landscape photography isn't an instant thing, more like selling paintings. It would be different if you decided to become a wedding photographer because at least you know the industry has demand.

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There are probably as many different answers as there are people. Here's a few to start with:
Landscape: Ansel Adams
Portraiture: Karsh
Nudes: Sam Haskins, Peter Basch
Candids: Cartier-Bresson
Hopefully you'll get lots more replies. Just put them all together.

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If you want to be serious about landscape photography, large format (4x5, 8x10, sometimes 5x7) is really the only way to go. You can read up why on numerous sites, they reasons are too many to list without spending an hour writing this answer. You can always use digital cameras, but even professional digital cameras are nothing compared to large format photography for landscapes.

Http://photo.net/equipment/large-format/choosing

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The Cannon SD750 (black) seems to be one of the best cameras for the money. Also, consider a similar camera with an optical view finder. This really helps in bright sun.

Almost all cameras take landscape pictures. The two links below should help you find one that will do what you want at a price that you will like.

The last link is about keeping your battery and camera contacts clean. Digital cameras require lots of power. If the contacts are not really clean it can cause lots of problems.

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I shoot full manual and RAW.

For real general guidelines for MY camera and lenses on last minute shoots: I start with an ISO of 1000, an f/2.8, meter in the shutter speed and adjust from there. I had to do a last minute band shoot the other night, and got there 5 minutes before the band was to start. By the time I got my gear out, put together and the excess put aside, the band started. Using the above settings I was able to get dialed in and running quickly.

Good luck