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.


Seasonal waterfall cascading into the Crystal River



I don't use my neutral density (ND) filter often, but this scene, especially on this day, called for it.  The ND filter and f25 aperture allowed a 1/3 second exposure, which softened the gushing falls and surging river.  On a cloudy day, the slow exposure seemed to work well with the muted colors.