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Wave, Isle of Harris (Chiz) Landscape is rarely completely static – sometimes it’s very dynamic indeed! (shutter speed 1/500s)

Many of these qualities are changeable. A lake which is a perfect mirror in a windless dawn may be all white-capped agitation a few hours later. Landscape does not, after all, ‘just sit there’. It changes constantly. There are gross physical changes like landslides and avalanches. Trees fall and rivers change their course.

Complete stillness is a rare and usually short-lived phenomenon. Most landscapes – and most landscape photographs – have movement in them somewhere. Even when there’s not a breath of wind, and no running water in sight, the sun moves continually across the sky: if nothing else appears to change, the light always does.

These things naturally affect the way you look at a landscape and the feelings you have about it – and, therefore, what you want to say about it in photographs. As with any photograph, the clearer you are about what you want to say with the shot, the better. ‘What a beautiful place’ is just a start. What makes it beautiful? What’s special about it? Is it inviting or forbidding? Does it awe you with its sheer scale and grandeur or does it seduce you with a quiet, delicate beauty?