Videos And Articles
When the Light Changes, Rethink Your Composition
You’ve found a composition you like and settled in for sunset. Then the foreground falls into shadow, or a person steps into the scene. How do you decide whether to stay with your original frame or look for something different?
An evening on the Oregon Coast offers a useful example of how a photograph can evolve. Follow the decisions that turned a view of sunlit grasses into a quieter story about a photographer among rocks and misty headlands.
Create Stronger Landscape Photos With A Tighter Zoom
Landscape photographers love wide angle lenses - I’m no exception! Yet there are many strong photos to be found at longer focal lengths.
What Are Crop Overlays? (And Why Do I Care?)
Available in many photo editing programs, crop overlays help you improve the composition of your photo. I have a few favorites.
In The Field: Filter System Update And Pier Composition Ideas #296
Today is a Q&A episode. I give an update on my filter system and talk about photographing piers.
In The Field: Keep The Composition Simple #294
Join me for my first visit to Otay Lakes and a chat about simple compositions.
In The Field: The Search For Leading Lines #290
On this visit to Torrey Pines, I found plenty of leading lines at the edge of the surf.
5 Tips For Landscape Composition
I am asked about composition on my workshops often. And that's good. I'm glad my students are thinking about this.
In The Field: Natural Leading Lines #202
Photographers love leading lines. Look beyond the obvious ones.
In The Field: Working With Natural Obstacles #196
We landscape photographers love nature. But what to do when it "gets in the way" of your photo?
In The Field: Why Do Landscape Photographer Love Silky Water? #190
Are silky water photos overdone? Why do landscape photographers love silky water? Let's talk.
In The Field: Follow The Light #188
It's all about good light. What does that mean? Join me In The Field for an example of good light dictating my shoot.
In The Field: Q & A Episode #178
Negative space vs. dead space and long exposure calculation explained this week In The Field.