Landscape

How nature sculpts masterpieces from sand, light, and time.

Galen Rowell once said, “You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day, and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn’t waste either.”

Every visit to Yosemite since my first, I’ve looked up at the waterfalls and yearned to be closer. I’ve always had a drive to not only observe nature but to interact with it, to feel it. And, of course, to photograph it.

Winter in Yellowstone National Park can be really cold. So, you have to plan ahead to make the most of your Yellowstone winter adventure. I’ve lived next to this inspirational destination for over 30+ years, and winter is my favorite season for photography in the park.

As we threaded through the Beagle Channel, I wondered if this icy continent could live up to the lofty expectations I’d formed since childhood. Growing up reading the tales of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen, and Ernest Shackleton, Antarctica became a place of myth in my mind. Would it be as awe-inspiring as those stories made it seem?

For venturing out of the beaten path, Channel Islands National Park is one of my favorite hidden gems in the National Park System. Almost undeveloped, the islands offer a rare opportunity to experience primeval and wild coastal California landscapes and seascapes. Fewer than 90,000 land on the islands each year, making Channel Islands National Park one of the least visited national parks in the country.

If you’re looking for a quick tutorial on how to shoot astrophotography with your iPhone check out the below video, which will have you capturing the stars in no time. Brought to you by QuickTips for the iPhone, this tutorial is for beginners just learning about shooting the night sky with the phone in their pockets.

If you’re just starting out in landscape photography or even if you’ve been at it for a while, you may be making some key editing mistakes while processing your images after a shoot. Not every skilled photographer knows their way around Photoshop or Lightroom and there’s no shame in that.