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Finding quality sources of landscape photography tips and techniques is not difficult. Guidance and suggestions are available in abundance if you know where to look for them. If you are in the early stages of learning landscape photography, it can become overwhelming and lead to confusion.… Read more: Landscape Photography Tips - Urban Landscape Photography
What is the Definition of Urban Landscape Photography? Landscape photography is an exciting pursuit of beautiful scenery, spectacular light, vibrant colors and great detail. Urban landscape photography is no different. It focuses on the man-made environment and the dynamics of life within that place. Images catch… Read more: Urban Landscape Photography - Simple Seascape Photography
Creating simple seascape photography is one of my favourite approaches to the art form. The monochrome images produced by Jonathan Chritchley, Michael Levin and others have influenced my landscape photography for one very straightforward reason: I like looking at these types of images! What processes do… Read more: Simple Seascape Photography - Sunrise Seascapes
Landscape photographer Paul De Odorico shares his passion for shooting sunrise seascapes in his home state of Queensland, Australia. He discusses the challenges of capturing the beauty of Golden Hour and a number of landscape photography techniques that he has perfected for ensuring a successful sunrise seascape… Read more: Sunrise Seascapes - Landscape Photography Ideas – Sketching Images
As much as we would like to, getting everything right the first time is a rarity. Nothing could be truer in our discipline as photographers. We can prepare our landscape photography ideas, we can pre-visualise a scene to our heart’s content but often we are still… Read more: Landscape Photography Ideas – Sketching Images - Black & White Landscape Photography
So often, when looking for advice on creating stunning black & white landscape photography, the first tip given is to learn to “see in black and white”. Great! But what exactly does this mean? It means that composition is king. It means that quality of light,… Read more: Black & White Landscape Photography - Best Camera for Travel on a Budget?
Some years back, I sold almost everything to set off around the world with a big backpack, a small budget and the best camera for travel given my circumstances. As a 23-year-old graduate, I had a full-time job that I enjoyed but I wasn’t ready to… Read more: Best Camera for Travel on a Budget? - Inspiration in Photography
Inspiration in photography. These are the word that come to mind when I think about the art form. “Divine guidance or influence exerted directly on a human mind or soul” is one definition of inspiration and it expresses my understanding of the word. The visual arts… Read more: Inspiration in Photography - Photographing Alaska for Beginners
Photographing Alaska is the dream of many landscape photographers. With its truly wild landscapes and epic vistas, it’s easy to understand why. One thing I’ve learned on my travels, through many locations in the Southeast and Interior of the US, is that being prepared is vital.… Read more: Photographing Alaska for Beginners - The Importance of Patience in Landscape Photography
Good photography is about patience in more ways than one. From start to finish, from pressing that shutter button to post-process-ing. You need to study your subject and work it. Things are always changing: your subject, surroundings, lighting and even your thoughts about the particular scene… Read more: The Importance of Patience in Landscape Photography - 50mm Landscape Photography
This article was submitted by landscape photographer Armand Ludick and featured in an early issue of Light & Landscape Magazine. Armand relates the story of how he was forced to shoot 50mm landscape photography following the loss of his wide-angle zoom lens while traveling through Southeast… Read more: 50mm Landscape Photography - My HDR Landscape Photography Journey
My name is Clint Morris. I was born and raised on the tiny beautiful Caribbean island of St.Vincent & the Grenadines, and now live in Brooklyn, NY. I shoot mainly landscape and cityscape HDR images as well as some architecture and that fuels my passion for… Read more: My HDR Landscape Photography Journey - Vertical Panorama Photography
What is it about vertical panorama photography that is so captivating? Depth! Glorious, mind-bending depth! Like almost every inspiring landscape photograph, I suppose. But the vertical panorama seems to do it better, wouldn’t you agree? There’s also the fact that they’re exceedingly rare in the photographic… Read more: Vertical Panorama Photography - Lake Superior Photography
Minnesota is called the land of 10,000 lakes. The largest lake that Minnesotans lay claim to is Lake Superior. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world. It holds ten percent of the world’s freshwater! Superior’s shores range from rocky and rugged on the… Read more: Lake Superior Photography - Infrared Landscape Photography
Infrared. The very word suggests something otherworldly, eerie and unnatural. Once the domain of astronomers, scientific photographers and those prepared to wrestle with the foibles of IR film. Not anymore! Infrared landscape photography is remarkably easy in the modern digital era. In this tutorial, I’ll show… Read more: Infrared Landscape Photography - Landscape Photography Fundamentals
Paul De Odorico describes his early exposure to landscape photography fundamentals and the wider industry through his time working as a young photo lab assistant and how this laid the foundations for his own journey as a landscape photographer. - Slow Photography
Originally from the UK, James Partridge is a commercial landscape photographer and writer now based in Brisbane, Australia. An outdoor person at heart, he loves to photograph remote places that very few people get to see. He derives great pleasure from being able to share those… Read more: Slow Photography - Northern Ireland Landscape Photography Workflow
This personal approach to Northern Ireland landscape photography comes to you from landscape photographer Jim Graham. This article and tutorial originally featured in Issue 5 of Light & Landscape.
About Light & Landscape
For years, Light & Landscape was a top landscape photography magazine app on iTunes. We’ve since transitioned to a cross-platform friendly format to make our content accessible to a wider audience. To deliver on our goals, we use a mix of educational articles, insightful industry interviews and inspirational contributions from our engaged readership outlining their experiences.
Light & Landscape was founded as a personal project in 2013 by photographer Matt Reid. Working as a military staff photographer, Matt wanted to put his photography skills to a more creative and wholesome purpose outside of his day job. A colleague suggested landscape photography and Matt immediately immersed himself in the genre. In order to learn from more experienced landscape photographers, Matt began publishing a free landscape photography magazine (as an app on iOS) and invited established landscape photographers to be interviewed and/or submit articles. To his surprise, the response was overwhelming and, over a 10 year period, he built up a comprehensive and authoritative body of landscape photography educational content, thanks to the loyalty and generosity of the community that had formed around Light & Landscape.
Unfortunately, changes in Apple policy forced the discontinuation of the magazine. However, all the content is slowly being transferred to this website in order that it remain available as a valuable resource to landscape photographers the world over. If you would like to submit a selection of landscape photographs with a post or an article, or even just a suggestion, please don’t hesitate to reach out via the Contact page.