Get ready to learn, explore, and capture the beauty of nature!
Get ready to learn, explore, and capture the beauty of nature!
Landscape photography is the art of capturing pictures of nature and the outdoors in a way that brings your viewer into the scene. From grand landscapes to intimate details, the best photos demonstrate the photographer’s own connection to nature and capture the essence of the world around them. Below, you’ll find all the landscape photography articles we have written over the past decade, including our highly approachable tutorials and techniques. If you want to learn everything there is to know about taking beautiful landscape pictures, this is the place to start.
These are the top articles we’ve written to get you started in landscape photography, arranged in alphabetical order. Most importantly, you should know the basic camera settings and technical information (like aperture, shutter speed, exposure, and sharpness). After that, if there is a particular type of landscape subject you want to photograph, you’ll find information here as well.
| 8 Months in South America with a Camera and a Pack |
| A Day in the Life of a Landscape Photographer |
| A Failed Landscape Photography Expedition |
| A Practical Approach to Landscape Photography on Vacation |
| A Professional’s Retrospective: Exploring The Fine Art of Nature |
| A Rainbow and a Waterfall at Sunrise: The Making of a Photograph |
| Animalscape Photography: It’s Not Just About the Wildlife |
| Attempting Fine Art Style B+W Landscapes |
| Behind the Photo: The Rapids of the Yellowstone River |
| Behind the Photos: Australian Bowerbirds |
| Behind the Shot: A Rainbow in Thorsmork |
| Behind the Shot: Blue Hour in Iceland |
| Behind the Shot: Pyramid Dune |
| Best of 2016 – Part One |
| Best of 2016 – Part Two |
| Chasing the Light |
| Creating Tabletop Landscapes Using Flour and Light |
| Dawn Kish: Photographing Tad’s Emerging World |
| Exploring Brazil’s Remnant Atlantic Forest |
| How Many Good Photos from a Trip Is a Success? |
| How Photography Inspired Me to Love Science and Preserve the Planet |
| Jack Dykinga Interview: From Pulitzer-Winner to Landscape Photography Legend |
| Living Within Your Dynamic Range |
| Looking Through Your Archives |
| Photographing Atmosphere in a Snowy Landscape |
| Photographing the 2023 Solar Eclipse from Arizona |
| Revisiting Ice Crystal Photography in a Frozen World |
| Seeing Your Photos with a New Eye |
| Takeaways from an Amazing Landscape Photography Shoot |
| Taking Better Pictures Isn’t Always About Photography |
| Taking Good Photos in Bad Light |
| The Decisive Moment in Landscape Photography |
| The Question of “Good Enough” Image Quality |
| What It’s Like to Photograph a Sandstorm |
If you already understand the basics of landscape photography, it might be time to learn the more advanced techniques. Things like hyperfocal distance, exposing to the right, and focus stacking are not absolutely essential for learning landscape photography, but they certainly help take your pictures to the next level.
| Advanced Post-Processing Tips: Three-Step Sharpening |
| HDR Panoramic Photography Tutorial |
| How Three Photographers Edited the Same RAW Files |
| How to Correct White Balance in Photoshop |
| How to Create an HDR Panorama in Lightroom |
| How to Enhance Landscape Photos in Lightroom |
| How to Make the Sky Blue in Lightroom |
| How to Quickly Even Out the Sky in Post-Processing |
| How to Reduce Noise Using Smart Objects |
| Image Blending: The Landscape Photography Revolution |
| Is The Orton Effect Taking Over Landscape Photography? |
| Landscape Photography Post-Processing Tutorial in Lightroom |
| Photoshop 2021’s Sky Replacement Explained |
| Photoshop’s Best Content-Aware Tools, Explained |
| What is “Blend If” in Photoshop? |
You can take good landscape photos with any camera equipment, but you still need to know how to use it properly. These guides cover information on choosing the right camera gear for nature and landscape photography, as well as tips for using the camera you already have.
| 500 Rule vs NPF Rule: Shutter Speed for Astrophotography |
| An Easy Way to Compose Landscape Photos at Night |
| Astrophotography Tutorial |
| Best Camera Settings for Astrophotography |
| Comparing 5 Top Wide-Angle Astrophotography Lenses |
| High-Quality Astrophotography With Basic Camera Equipment |
| How to Do Landscape Photography at Night |
| How to Edit Milky Way Photos in Lightroom |
| How to Focus for Star Photography |
| How to Get High Depth of Field Star Photos |
| How to Photograph a Lunar Eclipse |
| How to Photograph a Rocket Launch at Night |
| How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse |
| How to Photograph the Aurora Borealis |
| How to Photograph the Mercury Transit |
| How to Photograph the Milky Way |
| How to Photograph the Milky Way Bow |
| How to Photograph the Moon and Supermoon: The Complete Guide |
| Milky Way Photography with Micro Four Thirds |
| Moonscape Photography Tips |
| One Way to Take Better Light Painting Photos at Night |
| Photographing an Eclipse: My Impressions of the Nikon 500mm PF |
| Photographing the Comet NEOWISE |
| Photographing the Milky Way – A Detailed Guide |
| Photographing the Milky Way in the Cederberg |
| Recommended Equipment for Milky Way Photography |
| Take Better Night Sky Photos with Image Stacking |
| The Best Night Photography Lenses for Nikon Cameras |
| The Best Place in the World for Amateur Night Sky Photographers |
| What Makes a Good Night Photography Lens? |
Composition is one of the most important parts of photography, no matter what you’re taking pictures of. However, for landscape and nature photography specifically, there are a few extra things you need to keep in mind — the natural world might not always act how you want! Below are our top tips for composing powerful, beautiful landscape photos and taking the creative side of things as far as possible.
| Best Panorama Stitching Software for Photography |
| How to Optimize Photoshop for Panoramas and Huge Files |
| How to Shoot and Stitch Panoramas with a Drone |
| Panorama Photography Tips |
| Panoramic Photography Tutorial |
| Stitching Images with Microsoft ICE |
| The Hidden Benefits of Panorama Photography |
One of the most challenging and rewarding types of landscape photography is astrophotography: taking pictures of the stars, moon, and Milky Way galaxy at night. Nighttime landscape photography involves very different camera settings and technique than taking pictures during the day, but the images you bring back will be worth the effort.
| Double the Distance Method Explained |
| Drone Photography Tutorial |
| Film Considerations for Landscape Photography |
| Five Advanced Landscape Photography Tips |
| Five Hidden Landscape Photography Tips |
| Focus Stacking Tutorial for Landscape Photography |
| How to Choose the Sharpest Aperture |
| How to Eliminate Ghosting and Flare in Landscape Photography |
| How to Fix Light Leaks in Long Exposure Photography |
| How to Focus in Landscape Photography |
| How to Get Better Image Quality in Drone Photos |
| How to Take Sharp Photos in the Wind |
| Hyperfocal Distance Explained |
| Landscape Photographers – Are You Stopping Down Enough? |
| Star Trail Photography Tutorial |
| The Most Stubborn Myths in Landscape Photography |
| Tips for Multi-Day Backpacking as a Landscape Photographer |
| What is Low-Key Monochrome Photography? |
| When to Use a Higher ISO for Landscape Photography |
Many photographers want to know how to take beautiful, sweeping panorama photos, and the tutorials below are the best place to start. It’s not the most difficult side of photography, but you need to use the right technique — both in the field and when editing your images.
| 10 Tips for Taking Beautiful Photos in the Rain |
| 15 Tips for Photographing the Ocean |
| 5 Common Landscape Photography Mistakes |
| 8 Beach Photography Tips for Beginners |
| 9 Rapid-Fire Landscape Photography Tips |
| Beach Photography Using Manual Mode |
| Best Camera for Landscape Photography in 2024 |
| Blue Hour Photography Guide |
| Finding Good Light in Landscape Photography |
| Five Landscape Photography Tips for Beginners |
| HDR Photography Tutorial |
| Hiking and Camping Tips from a Landscape Photographer |
| How to Critique Your Photos Accurately |
| How to Find Beautiful Landscapes |
| How to Photograph a Rainbow |
| How to Photograph Clouds |
| How to Photograph Fall Colors |
| How to Photograph Waterfalls |
| How to Photograph Winter Landscapes |
| How to Take Better Black and White Landscape Photos |
| How to Take Better Photos of Trees and Forests |
| How to Take Better Reflection Photos |
| How to Take Sharp Landscape Photos |
| Introduction to Black and White Nature Photography |
| Landscape Photography Guide |
| Landscape Photography on a Cloudless Day |
| Long Exposure Photography Tips |
| Manual Focus or Autofocus for Landscape Photography? |
| Mountain Photography Tips |
| My Favorite Sunset Photography Tips and Tricks |
| My Favorite Tips for Photographing Waterfalls |
| New Video: Best Settings for Landscape Photography |
| Recommended Camera Settings for Landscape Photography |
| Sand Dunes Photography Tips |
| Seven Tips to Pick the Perfect Shutter Speed in Photography |
| The Art of Discovering the Unexpected |
| What Are Histograms? A Photographer’s Guide |
| What is Infinity Focus in Photography? |
| What is Secondary Sunset? |
After you’ve captured a beautiful photo in the field, the next step is editing it in post-processing software. Especially for landscape photography, careful post-processing is very important. You don’t want to oversaturate the colors in your image or add too much contrast, but you still want to create an interesting, beautiful result. These tips will help you get there.
| 35 Of The Best Photography Gifts, By Budget (2025) |
| A Packing List for Travel Photographers |
| Best Nikon Lenses for Landscape Photography (2024) |
| Best Photography Drones Available Today: Top 5 Tested |
| Choosing the Best Lens for Landscape Photography |
| Different Lenses for Different Landscapes |
| Do You Need a Large-Aperture Lens for Landscape Photography? |
| Drone Photography in Iceland |
| Full Frame Cameras: Do We Really Need Them? |
| Glass vs Resin Filters – Are There Any Differences in Sharpness? |
| Going Lightweight for Photography Expeditions |
| Graduated Neutral Density Filters Explained |
| Hard or Soft Graduated ND Filters? It Depends on Your Lens |
| Hiking the Laugavegur in Iceland: What Worked, What Didn’t |
| How to Correct White Balance in Photoshop |
| How to Make Your Tripod More Stable |
| Is Now the Time to Buy Used Nikon DSLR Lenses? |
| Must-Have Filters for Landscape Photography |
| Neutral Density Filters in Photography, Explained |
| Partying with 14mm? Thoughts from an Ultra-Wide Holdout |
| Rating Each Focal Length as a Landscape Photographer |
| Recommended Equipment for Landscape Photography |
| Telephotos: The Ideal Landscape Photography Lenses? |
| The Best Nikon Cameras for Landscape Photography (2025) |
| The Nikon Z Cameras for Landscape Photography |
| Tripods and Heads: A Landscape Photographer’s Guide |
| Using Telephoto Lenses for Landscape Photography |
| What Is Focal Length in Photography? A Beginner’s Guide |
| What is Shutter Shock and How to Mitigate It |
| What to Bring on a Landscape Photography Trip |
| What to Take on a Wildlife Photography Trip |
Do you want some motivational articles that inspire you to take better landscape photos? The essays below dive into the creative and personal side of nature photography, including an interview with a landscape photography legend and a dramatic tale of photographing one of nature’s most wild events.
| 26 Days and 10,187 Kilometres… |
| A Day in Yellowstone |
| A Sad Tale of Photographing in Yellowstone |
| A Tribute to the Beauty of Bohemian Paradise |
| A Trip to Zion National Park |
| Arizona and Utah: Big Memories with a Tiny Sensor |
| Autumn Magic in Acadia National Park |
| California Dreaming |
| Death Valley in Infrared |
| Discovering the Houston Skyline |
| Exploring a Land Far Away – Zanskar Valley |
| Fall Highlights in Niagara |
| Going to Antarctica |
| How to Photograph Jokulsarlon |
| Photographing Close to Home |
| Photographing Iceland in the Winter |
| Photographing in Iceland |
| Photographing the Narrows in Zion National Park |
| Postcards From Eastern Europe |
| Postcards From Iceland |
| Postcards From The Isle of Wight |
| Street Scenes from Islamabad |
| The Weston Dream |
| Travel Photography in Myanmar – a Photo Essay |
| Vietnam – Two Lenses on Traditional Culture |
| Visions of Vietnam – Four Photographers, Four Styles |
| Walking Among the Bristlecone Pines |
| Waterfalls of New England |
| What to Photograph in Colorado |
| What to Photograph in Death Valley |
| What to Photograph in Florianópolis, Brazil |
| What to Photograph in Greece |
| What to Photograph in Israel |
| What to Photograph in Jordan |
| What to Photograph in Pittsburgh |
| What to Photograph in the Canary Islands |
| Yosemite Valley in Autumn |
If you’re searching for a place to travel for your next landscape photography trip, the articles below will give you a good idea of where to start. In addition to the locations below, please don’t forget that we have a large list ofPhoto Spots that you can check out on our website.
| A Study in Light, Shadows, and Landscapes |
| Bad Weather Makes Good Photos! |
| Beyond The Obvious Shot |
| Dissecting a Photograph: The Split Rock |
| Finding a Photographic Style in Nature Photography |
| Five Tips for Improving Your Landscape Photography Compositions |
| How to Use Light in Photography |
| Landscape Photography Composition Tips |
| Landscape Photography with a Shallow Depth of Field |
| Making Sense out of Chaos |
| Of Light and Landscapes |
| Positive and Negative Space in Photography |
| Rule of Thirds: Does It Really Work? |
| Searching for Fractal Beauty in Landscape Photography |
| Simplifying Your Photos |
| The Elements of Photography |
| The Importance of Going Out There in Landscape Photography |
| The Obvious Shot and the Hidden Shot |
| The Refining Process: How to Visualize Your Composition |
| The Subtle Art of Blocking in Landscape Photography |
| The Two People in Every Photo, According to Ansel Adams |
| Timing and Direction in Landscape Photography |
| Transitions and Extremes in Landscape Photography |
| Understanding Chiaroscuro in Photography |
| Using Scale in Landscape Photography |
| What Is Scouting in Landscape Photography? |
| Working with the Landscape in Front of You |
| Composing Upside Down and Backwards |
| From Idea to Print: 12×20 Film in the Field |
| From Idea to Print: The Darkroom Process |
| Star Trails on Ultra-Large Format Film |
| Why Shoot Large Format Film in a Digital World? |
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