p.1 #1 · 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!
p.1 #2 · plan a landscape photography learning weekend in June?
I have no clue about meeting other people, but I've learned the most about landscape composition/etc from youtubers like William Patino and Mark Denney. Highly recommend their stuff!
p.1 #4 · plan a landscape photography learning weekend in June?
degminsec wrote:
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!...Show more →
Being a West Coast photographer rather than an East Coast photographer (though I was photographing in NYC just this past week), I'm afraid I cannot give you much advice about where to do landscape photography in your area. (I've photographed in New England, but I'm far from an expert.
However, it occurs to me that there are photography clubs in New York City where you might start to meet some fellow aspirants and even get some good local advice. I did a search on "New York City Camera Clubs" and quite a few came up.
It also wouldn't be a bad idea to post here asking for some advice about photographing in Iceland.
p.1 #5 · plan a landscape photography learning weekend in June?
If you want to learn about landscape photography skip the tutorials and YouTube talking heads. Bob Ross videos will teach you more about landscape composition more than any of the above. There are also a few books worth reading
p.1 #6 · plan a landscape photography learning weekend in June?
There are lots of folks who are talented landscape photographers and teachers. Let me add one to Groovy’s list above.
Michael Frye is an outstanding landscape photographer, a fine teacher, an extremely knowledgeable person, and an honestly good person. (Disclosure: He is also a friend.)
Some might say that Michael is today’s best known Yosemite photographer (though I know a few others who are equally in the running, some of whom also teach and write*) and he lived in the Valley for years and still lives and photographs in the region. Recently he has been pushing out to further landscapes including Japan, the Antarctic, and Greenland.
He regularly shares insightful and well-written articles about landscape photography topics at his website and, yes, he leads workshops. He has published several well-written, informative books on the subject of landscape photography.
Good luck,
Dan
* William Neill regularly writes in photography magazines and has several books of landscape photography. Charles Cramer is not doing workshops at this point, but you might visit his website — he is another in the direct line from Ansel. Check out two other friends of mine who are also inspired landscape photographers who teach workshops and more: Charlotte Hamilton Gibb and Franka M. Gabler. I could go on, but that’s a start…
p.1 #7 · plan a landscape photography learning weekend in June?
Iceland has a ton of waterfalls so if you are interested in those and don't have much experience photographing them, you can easily drive up to the Catskills/etc for some practice with that. You should also be able to get some good telephoto landscape practice in that area, which is a favorite genre of Iceland photography for many.
p.1 #8 · plan a landscape photography learning weekend in June?
A few road trip ideas:
If this weekend only ; I believe Lupines are in bloom in New Hampshire right now. Sugar Hill area.
Plenty of landscape photographers will be there photographing so would be easy to meet up others without advance contact.
Glen Ricketts State Park in PA
Finger Lakes area of NY. Watkins Glen State Park, Taughannock Falls, Ithaca Falls.
Acadia National Park in Maine - might be a little too far but even the southern coast Lighthouses would be a good trip that is closer. Portland Head, Nubble, Pemaquid Point ; there are others but those I think would be the top 3 in Southern Maine.
