Tips & Tricks

See video at the bottom of the article for an easy-to-follow explanation.  As outdoor photographers, we often spend time in harsh conditions with strong winds that carry snow, sand or other particles. This can lead to quite the amount of dust spots on your lens or sensor, which you're not always able to clean in the field. Either it's dust spots or...

One of the most common questions I get asked regarding photography is how to get both the foreground/landscape and the sky properly exposed. Either the sky is completely white or the landscape is too dark. You might have experienced this yourself, and perhaps you're also struggling to get the entire image correctly exposed. There are two solutions to your...

There are two different aspects to developing a black and white landscape photo in Lightroom. One is craft, where you use Lightroom’s sliders and tools to convert a color landscape to black and white, push sliders around and apply local adjustments. Craft skills are easy to learn. The other is visualization. To understand what visualization is let me ask you what...

Have you ever wanted to monetize your photography? You're not alone! Everyone has their own ambitions when it comes to photography. Some enjoy it as a hobby while others try their luck as full-time professionals. However, regardless of the ambitions, I'm pretty sure that most of us wouldn't mind making some extra cash from our photography, at least enough to...

Have you ever seen an image of a waterfall or ocean where the water looks soft and silky, almost unreal or perhaps you’ve seen an image in a city where cars are turned into long red lines? Maybe you’ve even thought these were heavily manipulated. The truth is, it’s actually a rather easy technique made possible with the use...

Understanding the Depth of Field Preview Button There's a big possibility that you've seen this button before but you probably have no clue what it is. You're not alone, though. It's not without a reason that the button which is explained in this article is simply known as "the mysterious button". The actual name of the button is the Depth of Field Preview...

Wide-Angle landscape photography is a lot of fun. It enables you to capture the entire beauty of the grand vista revealing itself in front of you: the interesting foreground, the great leading middle ground and the beautiful backdrop with a nice sky above - it sounds pretty nice, doesn't it? Photographing with a wide-angle lens isn't necessarily that straightforward, though....

While photography for many is nothing more than a relaxing time outdoors, others wish to improve their skills and perhaps even sell their first print. As a beginner, understanding the camera settings might be a big challenge itself, so other important factors are easily forgotten. Even simple mistakes might have a negative impact on your images. Your camera settings might be perfect...

Tips on Photographing in Arctic Norway While the term arctic photography sounds quite special itself, when it comes down to basics it mostly means that you will be photographing places where weather is hard to predict and temperatures can drop quickly in less than an hour. Since the early start of my passion for landscape photography I've been drawn towards northern...

Master the Art of Photographing Forests and Trees Landscape photography is often associated with the Grand Landscape and the famous vistas. I love a beautiful sunset from a vantage point with impressive mountains in the background just as much as anyone, and I have several times traveled across the globe to find such a scene and capture it. However, one of...