Photography Tips

The posts found on this page are written to help you become a better landscape photographer. Regardless of where you’re at in your journey, there’s something here for you. Learn about the fundamentals of photography, technical skills, compositional skills, creative exercises, and much more.

How to Use Color Labels in Lightroom

Keeping a structured file system on your hard drive is important but keeping images organized within Lightroom is just as important. Rating images and using...

The Best Aperture for Landscape Photography

What is the best aperture for landscape photography? I often receive this question via the CaptureLandscapes newsletter or from aspiring photographers in the field. This...

8 Crucial Steps to Prepare Images for Printing

Seeing a finished image displayed online is always a nice feeling but actually holding a physical print gives a completely different type of satisfaction. It's...

Landscape Photography with a Drone

Introduction to Landscape Photography with a Drone When hearing the word drone, many of us start thinking about news stories on invasion of privacy, buzzing spying machines and...

4 Useful Tripod Accessories

Those of you who are regular readers here on CaptureLandscapes know how essential I consider a tripod to be for landscape photography, especially when...

Important Things to Know Before Booking a Photography Tour

Attending a photography tour is a great way to develop your photography by learning from a professional photographer in a destination you've dreamt of...

How to Choose Your First Filters (and Which Systems to Use)

Filters are an important part of a photographer's toolbox as they allow you to achieve creative effects and overcome certain limitations within a camera....

6 Tips for Photographing Winter

I've always loved winter and grew up skiing and playing in the snow but as a photographer, it took me years to really appreciate...

What’s The Role of Visualization In Black & White Landscape Photography?

There are two aspects of developing a Black and White landscape photo in Lightroom. One is craft, where you use Lightroom’s sliders and tools...

How to Photograph Forests and Trees

Master the Art of Photographing Forests and Trees Landscape photography is often associated with the grand landscape and famous vistas. I love a beautiful sunset...