The Landscape Photography Book

What to Shoot Other Times

I will tell you this: I know a lot of landscape pros who will simply not shoot during daylight, period. They feel like the light is harsh, the shadows are hard, and this midday time is for location scouting or sitting back in the room sorting and post-processing. But, if you are dying to shoot in the day, and you want some good images, this is your opportunity to shoot things that don’t rely on that beautiful dawn or dusk light. For example, this is a perfect time to shoot a waterfall or a stream in the forest. If you have enough cover from the trees, you can do long exposures to get soft, silky water (at my last waterfall ...