Welcome the Landscape and Nature Photography blog

Landscape and nature photography is popular in scenic areas, because there's so much subject matter everywhere one turns. This blog will help you advance from taking a mere snapshot of beautiful scenery to creating a great photograph that pulls you into that scene as though you were back there again.

From winter landscape photography to macro photography, color to black and white, view my beautiful nature photography and read the digital landscape photography tips I offer to help you improve your photos.

If the topic you're interested in doesn't appear near the top of the blog, use the handy search feature on the right to check previous posts for that subject. Themes like the rule-of-thirds, using lines and curves, finding foreground elements, photographic filters, light angles, tripods, and others are discussed, with examples provided to illustrate the concepts.


Big sky photography


I'm still enthralled with black and white photography, both because of the muted colors of spring, as well as the great contrast between clouds and sky.  I usually compose my landscapes with the horizon about one-third of the way below the top of the frame.  That allows the wide angle lens to capture more of the foreground, and pull the viewer into the image.  During a break in the stormy weather yesterday, I went out to grab some shots, and couldn't resist showing the fantastic clouds above the mountains.  This required moving the horizon to the bottom third of the image, which is so hard for me to do.  I'm pleased with the results, however, especially after the conversion to B&W.