landscape photography

What it’s like to photograph a sandstorm

Dec 6, 2017 Spencer Cox

One of the windiest nights I’ve ever taken pictures turned into perhaps the single most rewarding — and frightening — landscape photography experience of my…



This hypnotizing video of slo-mo lightning took 30 days, 20,000 miles and 10TB of data

Dec 4, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

Thunderstorms are awe-inspiring, whether you watch them live, in photos or in videos. But videographer and photographer Dustin Farrell has made a slow-motion video that…



The Importance of Ethical Landscape Photography

Nov 14, 2017 Spencer Cox

I’ve wondered for a long time what it means to be an ethical landscape photographer. Sure, this field isn’t known for its wide-reaching moral dilemmas…



Why Leveling the Horizon Isn’t Easy

Nov 13, 2017 Spencer Cox

It might seem like one of the simplest parts of photography: leveling your horizon. Most photographers want their horizons to be straight, of course, but…



7 tips for taking photos in bad weather

Nov 8, 2017 Mads Peter Iversen

I more than often hear landscape photographers complaining about “bad” weather and then say it’s chugging down. Honestly, I don’t know what they’re talking about….



Photographer melted his drone to capture lava flows. It was worth it

Nov 4, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

Photographing volcanoes can be dangerous, but it’s certainly an experience to remember. Israel-based photographer Erez Marom traveled to Hawaii to try it for himself, and…



An easy way to create luminosity masks for perfect landscape selections

Oct 10, 2017 John Aldred

Luminosity masks are one of my favourite things about editing images in Photoshop. They offer so much more power than you can get in Lightroom…



How to recreate the Orton Effect in Photoshop to get dreamy landscape photos

Sep 29, 2017 Dunja Đuđić

Orton Effect creates a dreamy, impressionist look of the image. Photographer Michael Orton invented it in the mid-1980s in order to imitate watercolor painting. He’d…



Make the most of bad light weather by finding new awesome locations

Sep 29, 2017 John Aldred

For many of us in the northern hemisphere, we’re getting to that time of year when the weather isn’t so great. Sure, autumn (or “fall”,…



This beginner’s guide will have you shooting great landscapes in no time

Sep 26, 2017 John Aldred

Landscape photography means different things to different people. For some it’s about recording a memory of where they’ve been. For others it’s about discovery, and…