Your TV screen is an example of landscape mode. This view is landscape orientation or horizontal orientation. The photo is wider than it is tall, to capture the vastness of a natural setting.

Landscape images align with the horizon line. The difference between landscape and portrait orientation. Discover how, given the options of landscape orientation or vertical format, you can select the right approach for the best shot.

Most cameras - whether they’re smartphones or DSLR cameras - only capture rectangular pictures, so you only have two options. But while a horizontal image for landscape photography or a vertical subject in an upright portrait shot might seem natural, image orientation isn’t always intuitive. The orientation of any image can transform the emotions of a photo, from playful or intimate to dramatic or detached.