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.

Why You Should Use a Polarizer for Landscape Photography

Let me start with this statement: every landscape photographer should own a circular polarizer. If you're tired of unwanted glare and reflections, struggle to...

How to Protect the Camera in Bad Weather

'How do you keep the camera safe when photographing in rain and bad weather' is a question I hear quite often. 'Won't you damage...

How to Plan and Photograph the Milky Way

Milky Way photography is a fascinating thing to someone whether they're a photographer or not. Nothing is more hypnotizing than going out watching thousands...

How to Optimize Images for Instagram

Instagram is the go-to platform for most photographers to promote their craft. This isn't a big surprise as the image-sharing network has more than...

5 Common Night Photography Mistakes to Avoid

Are you guilty of making these common night photography mistakes? Then you’re not capturing as great images as you could be. Let’s fix that...

7 Tips for Staying Inspired During Lockdown

2020 wasn't quite the year we had hoped for. The pandemic meant canceled travel plans and spending more time at home. There have been...

The Best ISO for Landscape Photography

I'm going to start with a statement that you need to remember: choosing the wrong ISO will severely damage the image quality. The aperture...

How to Set Up Your New Camera for Professional Results

So you just got a new camera and you can't wait to go out capturing amazing images with it. After all, it's quite exciting...

Why You Need an L-Bracket for Landscape Photography

L-Brackets, or L-Plates, is a tool most professional landscape photographers use. Yet, it's rarely mentioned. You don't see lots of advertisements for it and,...

The Power of Dark and Moody Images

Moody processing is a way to process an image when the light isn't good by the standards. Meaning that there isn’t a colorful sky...