With warmer climes come plenty of opportunities to take landscape photos in a variety of scenic locations. The beach is easily the first choice for this, but there’s more to this season’s photography adventures than that. Whatever location is accessible to you, these featured landscape photography ideas will help make
If you want to multiply your use of skills and test yourself, work on Milky Way panorama photography. Photographing and stitching a simple landscape panorama has challenges. A single Milky Way image has a different set of challenges. When you work to do both at the same time, that’s what
Want a rock-solid, stable tripod base for photography? Of course you do. Here are a few quick tips to make sure your camera is safe and secure. Create a nice, wide base Ideally, you should spread your tripod legs nice and wide to form a pyramid. You want all three
You know, if my back wasn’t seized in pain from shoveling snow, it would have been a great day to make portraits in the snow. A fresh blanket of white has a lot to offer a portraitist like yourself. Who doesn’t look adorable bundled in warm clothes with naturally rosy
What are some good methods for finding fascinating foregrounds and locations for night photography? I’ll walk you through some of the methods I use. A word about composition in night photography My philosophy is that regardless of whether it you are photographing the night sky or not, it’s all about
I often get asked about what mobile apps I use for night photography. When I mention that one of my favorites is Clear Outside, most people have never heard of it. However, I app-solutely (um, sorry) love this app and find it extremely accurate. In fact, several of my non-night
Panning in photography is usually associated with moving objects like cars, bikes or even animals. But panning can also be applied in the landscape genre, as a way to create abstract and dreamy images with an almost painterly feel to them. Let’s start with the basics. What is panning? Panning
Landscape photography is a captivating art form that allows us to capture the beauty of nature and create stunning images. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to enhance your skills, a few simple tips and techniques can help you capture breathtaking landscapes. Plan your shoot Before heading out to photograph
The sound of my alarm jolts me from a restful sleep. Groaning, I turn it off and automatically try to find reasons to stay in bed. Do I really need to go create sunrise images today? Shouldn’t I just stay under this warm, cozy comforter? Eventually, I guilt myself into
One of my favorite things to do in photography is finding patterns. Like most people, I am drawn to patterns, textures and repetition. As fascinating as patterns and textures can be on their own, photographs of these elements are invariably improved when a pattern or texture is interrupted by something
I fell in love with long focal lengths from the moment I’ve started using them. Here’s why I LOVE telephoto lenses! What’s a telephoto lens? A telephoto is a lens with a 60mm focal length or more — up to 800mm. It works a bit like binoculars or telescopes. It
Many of us love the experience of creating photos, but have a habit of stockpiling those photos on a mishmash of drives and cloud storage, where they remain unseen by ourselves or anyone else. Sometimes guilty of this myself, I long ago stopped printing my work. With web based portfolios,
