p.1 #1 · help me plan a landscape photography learning weekend in June?
Hello everyone! I am hoping to learn more about doing landscape photography. I live in NYC and typically shoot street and also wildlife (mostly birds with long lenses).
I have a trip coming up in July to Iceland, and I'm excited to spend a lot of the time doing landscape photography because.... Iceland.
In the meantime, I've been reading some books on landscape photography techniques, and looking at a lot of landscape photographers' work.
But I find that I learn the most by getting out there and trying to do it! So I was thinking of taking a weekend this month and going somewhere and practicing all weekend. I'm open to a short flight or long road trip.
Was wondering if anyone had suggestions for a great location not tooooooo far from the northeast that might give me some scenes that would help prepare for Iceland, and also if you think I should try to find people to work with - for example maybe I should look for a workshop or guide.
The other thing I was thinking about was wouldn't it be nice if there were a "matching" app or service, kind of like a dating app, that paired people up with similar such interests to buddy up for something like this. I know there's gotta be others out there who want to learn/practice this, and maybe we even have the same cameras/lenses and wouldn't it be cool if we could match up and plan a weekend together to learn together.
Anyway, let me know if you have any thoughts on this! Thanks! So glad to be part of this community!
If you were closer to the West Coast I could give you some great ideas, but my expertise on Eastern landscapes is pretty limited. (I have photographed in Vermont and New Hampshire...)
