Nature Photography Photo Workshop

Introduction

Greetings! Thanks for picking up this book. If you're interested in learning how to make captivating photographs in the great outdoors, you've come to the right place.

What is nature photography? In the context of this book, it's making photographs of natural subjects using natural light. Nature photography is wide ranging and can encompass anything from a panoramic image of a scenic vista to a close-up of a flower or rock pattern.

As a photographer, it's important to continually hone your craft. Making effective photographs is not easy, especially in nature, where you have little or no control over the elements that make up the picture. When learning about nature photography, some people learn a lot by reading about specific topics; others prefer hands-on exercises to fully understand the material. You find all this and more in this book.

When I first fell in love with photography in my early 20s it was all about nature. Like many other photographers, I was most inspired by the work of Ansel Adams. I wanted to do that. During the week of my 22nd birthday I went on a backpacking trip through Yosemite. I packed my Pentax K1000 SLR and six rolls of film; four of them Tri-X black and white. The next five days became a study in frustration and a test of my dedication to the craft of photography. I struggled enormously. Weeks later, when I got the film back from the lab, my disappointment confirmed what I had suspected all along while shooting in Yosemite: I had no clue ...