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Learning to See the Light for Better Landscape Photos

Photography is obviously about light. Without light, you can’t photograph. Light has a huge affect on how a landscape is translated into a photograph. It can make the difference between a dramatic photo that grabs people’s attention and a boring photo that they pass on by. And this can be with the same landscape!

Light is why many photographers are disappointed with their landscape photos. They’re at a dramatic and stunning landscape, but the images don’t do it justice. A big reason for this is simply that they’re at the landscape at the wrong time, with the landscape in the wrong ...

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