Helpful Landscape Photography Tips...

My journey (thus far) of making landscape photography more than just a hobby...

I knew landscape photography would be more than "just a hobby" for me after visiting the Thomas D. Mangelsen photo gallery in La Jolla, California.  That's when I decided to buy my first "expensive" digital camera (a Sony consumer digital camera breakthrough of 8 megapixels). 

At the time I had no idea about large format film cameras.  I just figured that an 8-megapixel photo could be blown up into a 5-foot long panorama photograph similar to the ones he had displayed at the gallery. 

Four years later, I decided to get serious.  I finally upgraded to Digital SLR (I owned a Canon D5 for a brief time before quickly upgrading to the Canon 1Ds Mark II with 16.7 megapixels) and also purchased professional quality lenses.  I have been on an exciting ride ever since.

I searched for all the information I could get on landscape photography and read more books than I had since doctor of physical therapy school.  I also searched the internet and one site always seemed to come up on top, Luminous Landscapes.

This is where I found a landscape photographer who has written many essays that are published on that website.  Without really knowing it, I also found his new book on amazon.com.  I was ecstatic that I had finally found what I had been searching for on landscape photography. 

After reading his book, I took him up on his recommendation of finding a mentor from whom I could learn the tricks of the trade.  I found his website and noticed that he has workshops on landscape photography and that he will also do one-on-one mentoring.  I will write more on this at a later time...

Other helpful websites:
Taking Better Digital Photographs
Any good photograph has two key elements, the subject taken, and the person behind the camera.


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