Aspect ratios can vary, but the most common (and default) on many cameras is 3:2. The exact length of the sides is dependent on your aspect ratio, or the proportional relationship between the dimensions of the image. Images where the width is longer are called “landscape.” For example, if the height of the image is longer than the width, it is a “portrait” format. The length of the longest side determines the orientation. Unless your images are cropped or captured as a square-i.e., equal dimensions on all sides-they belong to two categories of orientation: landscape or portrait. But many subjects and situations beg to be shot in the other orientation, known as “portrait.” In this guide, we introduce you to the two orientations and give some tips for when to use each in your underwater photography.ĭefining Landscape vs. If you were to look through your library of images right now, a fair bet is that the vast majority are taken horizontally, or in the proper imaging vernacular, “landscape” orientation. Swiftly following these is the tendency to compose the photograph by holding the camera in its default position-horizontally. You might be quick to bullseye the subject in the middle of the frame, or be trigger happy with the shutter.

There are a lot of initial instincts when we pick up a camera for the first time-or at least the first time in a long while.

Landscape vs portrait photo