When not portrait but use landscape

Why I want to diff between them?

I have seen photos where people have used portrait to take photos of landscape.
If you are thinking, so what if I do that?
Well you have in hand a good photo that you could have taken but have wasted it.

What do you I see in the photo?

When you have a large background with lots of distance behind some item of interest. What I would like to see in the photo is,
a. The item of interest as clearly as possible
b. Also be the background as clearly as possible to capture the distance
c. See both these objects in their natural colours

How to do this?

Now to get this working you need to understand that portrait is not the option to take these above picture. What portrait does in focus too much on the object that are close by. And blur the background.
What this does is, you loose the background as some blurred wall poster. You do not get the feel from the picture that you are in a grand location with big background.
And you loose the colour of the background as well.

The only thing left is sharply focused closer object. Thatz it.

Sample Photo

Portrait mode that should have been taken in landscape

My gadgets and what what helps and pains me

Well after long considerations and a host of other choices that I had, I have with me a Sony H9. It is a good camera for a starter like me.

And as I am a starter and I would possibly take the same photo at least 20 to 30 times, before I get it right. I have gone for 4 gig monster memory. And yes it has helped.

But what has me in a spot is the battery. It does not last as long as I would like it to.
So now I have borrowed another battery from my friend. He is kind enough to lend that to me.

Some times even these 2 are not enough. So I have ordered another one from Amazon.
Even my H9 and the 4gig monster as well from Amazon actually.

If you are thinking of going for H9, then think again. There is a upgraded version out in the market. And by the time you are reading this there might be more versions out.
As of now I know of H50 that out and upgrade to H9.

Welcome to Photography as I understand it

What I would like to share with you is how my journey as a photographer has been.
If possible some sample images that I can taken.
And how I my understanding of it stands.
How I have grown from what I was to what I am.