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.


ice and snow on spruce bough


While shooting morning landscapes by the river, my eye was drawn to the ice and fresh snow on these nearby spruce boughs.  I walked over to get a few shots while waiting for the skies to change for more landscape photos. 

It's hard to predict what the Bokeh will look like when taking photographs like this.  Even harder is knowing just where to crop for maximum effect.  In this case, I removed the left and bottom of the image, preserving the Bokeh above and moving the in-focus area off-center.