Landscape & Nature Photography

Discover how to take great landscape and nature photos. Get tips on composition, lighting, and getting the perfect shot to capture the majesty of nature.

All Landscape & Nature content:

  1. How to Film Outside on Cloudy Days

    How to Film Outside on Cloudy Days

    Tutorial Beginner

    A cloudy day can make the light dull and flat. When a scene lacks definition like this, we need to find ways to create it.This lesson looks at how to make...

  2. Sunrise, Noon, Sunset: How to Plan Your Outdoor Photoshoot With SunCalc

    Sunrise, Noon, Sunset: How to Plan Your Outdoor Photoshoot With SunCalc

    Tutorial Intermediate

    The sun is the main light in almost all photos. Knowing where it will be and what the light coming from it will be like makes planning your photographs...

  3. Autofocus is Overrated: How to Hyperfocal Focus

    Autofocus is Overrated: How to Hyperfocal Focus

    Tutorial Advanced

    Just because your camera can focus for you doesn't mean you should let it do everything. When you want to maximise depth of field, you need to know how to...

  4. How to Make a Christmas Card Using Your Own Photograph

    How to Make a Christmas Card Using Your Own Photograph

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Making your own might card might sound like a chore, but it’s easier than you think, and once you’ve got your template, you can update quickly and easily...

  5. How to Make Better Portraits Using the Secret of Open Shade

    How to Make Better Portraits Using the Secret of Open Shade

    Tutorial Beginner

    Working in open shade is like working with a giant soft-box: soft and luminous, and it makes the eyes sparkle. Finding this type of lighting situation is one...

  6. 5 Inspirational Bug Macro Photographs and How to Make Your Own

    5 Inspirational Bug Macro Photographs and How to Make Your Own

    Tutorial Beginner

    Macro photography affords us the opportunity to capture some unique images that not everyone is able to run out and shoot. Here, we look at the best way to...

  7. 4 Fab Forest Finds for Autumn Close-Up Photography

    4 Fab Forest Finds for Autumn Close-Up Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    Autumn, or Fall if you prefer, is full of stunning imagery and colours. In the run up to Halloween I thought it would be fun to give you some photographic...

  8. Diving In: How To Get Started With Underwater Photography

    Diving In: How To Get Started With Underwater Photography

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Underwater photography is a fun but challenging area of photography. In this tutorial I look at how to get started with it and how to overcome some of the...

  9. No Light, Low Light, No Problem: Environmental Portraiture at Night

    No Light, Low Light, No Problem: Environmental Portraiture at Night

    Tutorial Beginner

    Image making at night can be very difficult. If you photograph weddings, news, documentary, or creative portraits, these tips on how to make portraits at...

  10. Fresh Eyes Every Day: The Challenges and Rewards of Photographing Close to Home

    Fresh Eyes Every Day: The Challenges and Rewards of Photographing Close to Home

    Tutorial Beginner

    The practice of photography is often associated with journeys to far places, preferably exotic, as if only that offers good photographs. Learning to...

  11. Bramping: Making Advanced Time-Lapse With TriggerTrap

    Bramping: Making Advanced Time-Lapse With TriggerTrap

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Bramping is an advanced time-lapse technique for working with dynamic light. In this tutorial I show how to use your smartphone and a TriggerTrap mobile...

  12. Stéphane de Greef: Combining Nature Photography With Documentary

    Stéphane de Greef: Combining Nature Photography With Documentary

    Tutorial Beginner

    Inspired by Don McCullin and Piotr Naskrecki, Stéphane de Greef is a forest engineer, cartographer and photographer with a long career in humanitarian work...