Once the leaves disappear, trees reveal something photographers rarely see during the rest of the year: their architecture. Trunks divide into limbs. Limbs split into smaller branches. Fine twigs stretch across the sky like drawn lines. Knots, broken sections, bends,…
How to Photograph Fall Colors
Few seasons transform an ordinary landscape as dramatically as fall. A familiar road suddenly becomes lined with gold. Green hills shift toward rust and amber. Individual leaves catch the sun like pieces of stained glass, while wet forests become richer…
How to Shoot Landscape Photography on Film
Landscape photography on film asks you to make one important decision before almost everything else: what part of this scene deserves to survive on the negative? Standing before mountains, a coastline, a misty forest, or a glowing sunset can be…
How to Use Focus Stacking in Landscape Photography
Landscape photography often asks one frame to do too much. A rock may sit inches from the lens, a river may curve through the middle of the scene, and distant mountains may stretch toward the horizon. Even with a carefully…
How to Photograph a Lunar Eclipse With a Landscape
A close-up photograph of an eclipsed Moon can reveal craters, color, texture, and the dramatic edge of Earth’s shadow. Yet another way to photograph a lunar eclipse can be even more memorable. Show where the eclipse happened. Place the copper-colored…
