Travel Photography: Mountains and Snow Landscapes

Course details

Snow-covered landscapes introduce a variety of photographic opportunities and challenges. A blanket of brilliant white can do beautiful things with light, but it also complicates exposure. Crystal-blue winter skies are dramatic, but shooting in the cold can be cumbersome and hard on your gear.

In this course, photographer, author, and educator Ben Long takes a trip to Lake Tahoe to explore winter shooting at various times of the day. He also shows techniques for post-processing winter scenes to make them look their best.

Concepts

Introduction to Winter Landscapes

01 - Intro to winter landscapes
02 - Preshoot white balance and metering

1. Snow and the First Shoot Day

03 - Shooting in snowy conditions on the first day
04 - Getting the first shots in a snowy environment
05 - Exploring gear for shooting in snow
06 - Adjusting exposure and white balance for accurate snow
07 - Reviewing the first snowy shoot images

2. Working with the Lake Views in Winter on Day Two

08 - Shooting a panorama at a lake
09 - Knowing how to configure your camera buttons
10 - Editing the contrast and color for a snowy lakeside shot
11 - Reviewing the images of the lakeside landscape

3. Shooting the Forest in Winter on Day Three

12 - Shooting the sunlight in a forest location in winter
13 - Shooting a vertical panorama of trees
14 - Stitching and editing the vertical panorama of trees
15 - Reviewing images from the forest and park locations

4. Shooting the Day-One Location with a New Approach

16 - Previsualizing and shooting with crop in mind
17 - Understanding how to shoot in the snow
18 - Understanding camera position and depth in a winter landscape shot
19 - Varying focal lengths and lenses
20 - Taking care not to interfere with your own shots
21 - Evaluating the shoot

Final Thoughts and Image Review

22 - Reviewing the final images from the trip
23 - Slideshow of images from the shoot