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Landscape photography is one of my favorite hobbies. When I visit a new location, or revisit a favorite place I love to capture images of nature that I find there. Although “landscape photography” sounds impressive and complicated, it doesn’t have to be. With a little practice and a decent camera, anyone can be proud of their work.

One thing I discovered shortly after I got my digital camera was that there is no such thing as waste. The beginner should remind himself of this frequently. When you come to a place like a nature park and want to get some great shots, don’t hesitate to take as many as you can. You can always delete the ones you don’t want at a later time.

The first thing I think about when I am going to take a landscape picture is, “What colors and shapes will frame this shot?” If you have spent much time looking at postcards or photography books, you will notice that the landscape itself “frames” the main point of interest. If you were taking a picture of the beach, for example, the picture would typically be “framed” by the sand on the bottom, and the sky on the top. The main point of interest, perhaps some off shore rocks, would be basically centered in the middle of this “frame.”

The second thing to think about is the contrast of colors and textures. The best landscape photos include both light and dark colors as well as smooth and rough textures. The more extreme the color and textural changes, the more 3-dimentional the photo will look. For example, a water fall surrounded by dark stones and vegetation will stand out much more than bushes in a field. Smooth textures would include things like cloudless skies, grass at a distance and snowy hills. Rough textures would include trees and vegetation as well as any other “shadowy” object included in the picture. How much of each texture you want to include in your picture is up to you.

Body art has been around for centuries so the history of it is vast. Body art comes in many styles and is performed for many different reasons. It is popular in almost every region and culture just in different forms.

Body art can range from tattoos to body piercing to body modifications or henna applications. Each culture uses body art for their own purposes. The purposes of body art can be but are not limited to tribal identification, spiritual worship, systems of rank and status, rights of passage, wedding rituals and even in some cases as a medical practice.

Tattooing can arguably be traced back 12,000 years ago. An example was found on a mountain top between Italy and Austria. The body archeologists recovered was dated to be 5000 years old, male, and was found to have 60 tattoos from the waist down. Another archeologist by the name of Sergei Rudenko found mummified bodies during a dig in a region between China and Russia in the Altai mountains, these mummies were found to have tattoos and were dated back 24,000 years. Not only have male mummies been found but also female mummies. In Egypt a mummified woman was found to have tattos along her torso and lower abdomen among other parts of her body. This woman dates back to between 1994 B.C. and 2160 B.C. She is believed to be Amunet, an Egyptian priestess. The word Tattoo is believed to come from the Samoan language. The word Tatau means to mark or to strike twice. The earliest recorded use of the word tattoo was in 1769 in Captain James Cook’s diary that he kept during his voyage to Marquesas Island.