Landscape Photography: Tropical Scenes

Course details

Tropical destinations offer a wealth of photographic opportunities, from lush forests to waterfalls to dramatic foliage. In this course, join photographer and educator Justin Reznick as he showcases these and other options. With the breathtaking Hawaiian island of Maui as the backdrop, Justin explains how to protect your gear in humid, tropical settings and shows how to convey the essence of tropical scenes. He also discusses lens choices, compositional considerations, post-processing, and more.

Learning objectives
Shooting a tropical sunset scene
Finding the right angles for photographing trees
Photographing plants and flowers
Macro lenses
Static shots
Multiple-exposure work
Shooting a long exposure of the beach
Capturing a unique shot of a waterfall

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Tropical Landscape Scenes

02 - Introducing the trees in a tropical landscape
03 - Taking a shot of a grove of palm trees
04 - Shooting a tropical sunset scene
05 - Post-processing on the icon palm tree image
06 - Editing and post work on a tropical sunset image

2. The Trees in a Tropical Location

07 - Introducing unique tropical trees
08 - Photographing the painted eucalyptus trees
09 - Finding a good angle to photograph the banyan tree
10 - Photographing the massive banyan tree
11 - Photographing the dense bamboo forest
12 - Editing the tree images in Lightroom and Photoshop

3. Photographing Flowers and Foliage

13 - Introducing tropical flower photography
14 - Working the shot of a tropical flower
15 - Finding a subject for a floral blend image
16 - Taking shots of colorful foliage for a fine art look
17 - Exploring creative post tips with macro flower shots
18 - Editing an image of foliage for a fine art abstract

4. Photographing a Waterfall

19 - Photographing a waterfall in a tropical landscape
20 - Gear and equipment tips for photography in water
21 - Editing the waterfall images

Conclusion

22 - Next steps and final selects from the tropical scenes