Three reasons to add the human element to your landscape photos

Landscape photography was my first love. The forest, still and patient, was where I spent countless hours learning to use my camera. I started out as a landscape traditionalist — all of my landscape photos were devoid of any human elements.

Then, I started adding myself into my images. This was just for the pure fact that I never had any photos of myself (a common photographer problem!). I found that these images were often the ones I liked the most when I got back to my computer. 

Eventually, I grew to appreciate the fact that art is subjective and I wasn’t breaking any rules, so to speak. Now, adding people into my nature photography is something I do frequently. Below are three reasons to add the human element to your landscape photos.