Landscape Photography Tip #5: Going on a Photo Safari

Landscape Photography Tip #5: Going on a Photo Safari

An artist spent an hour demonstrating his techniques to a class of budding artists. When finished, one student asked, “How much is that worth?” The artist responded with an astronomical figure to which the student responded, “For an hour’s worth of work?” The artist...
Landscape Photography Tip #4: Just Keep Workin’ It

Landscape Photography Tip #4: Just Keep Workin’ It

“It is not what you hold in your hand take takes a great photo; it’s what you hold in your heart.” – unknown I don’t always pay attention to advice, but when I do, it goes well for me.Some of the best landscape photography advice came...
Landscape Photography Tip #3: Controlling the Light

Landscape Photography Tip #3: Controlling the Light

As much as I love my cameras and have deep, emotional attachments to them that borders on the obsessive, they do not reciprocate with warm, fuzzy feelings; they are rather emotionless and cold since, after all, they are just machines. That’s probably a good thing for...
Landscape Photography Tip #2: Chasing the Light

Landscape Photography Tip #2: Chasing the Light

The photography instructor stuck wads of one dollar bills in his pockets; 500 hundred to be exact.  He set the camera on a tripod and began photographing a model. Each time he clicked the shutter, he threw a dollar bill on the floor. Click; another dollar on the...
Landscape Photography Tip #1: The Rule of Thirds

Landscape Photography Tip #1: The Rule of Thirds

If you like to take photographs  and want to make them better, there are a few tricks that can help you capture great images even with your smartphone.  Since your eye automatically recognizes good composition when it sees it, I’ll teach you the basic tips in a...