JOSH KATZ

Landscape Photography

Landscape Photography for Beginners

Learn to shoot + edit awesome landscape (nature) photos with this tutorial! This video starts by covering beginner concepts like composition and using your camera's manual settings. Then, I delve into intermediate processes like hyperfocal distance and using adjustment brushes in Lightroom to balance out overexposed skies. 

Some crucial gear mentioned in this video:

1. Wide angle lens (I use a Tamron 10-24mm)

2. Tripod (I use a Manfrotto BeFree and Joby Gorillapod)

3. DSLR w/ manual settings (I use a Canon 70D, but if you're looking for something entry-level, I suggest a T5i)

4. Lightroom (If you want top notch edits, I highly recommend downloading Lightroom, which you can get here)

To save you some time, here's a video directory.

0:57 What is Landscape Photography? 
1:38 Equipment
5:02 Step 1 – Location Spotting
5:36 Step 2 – Timing
6:31 Step 3 – Foreground Elements
7:38 Step 4 – Positioning
8:07 Step 5 – Preliminary Settings
8:55 Step 6 – Aperture
9:41 Step 7 – ISO
10:08 Step 8 – Shutter Speed  
11:07 Step 9 – Focusing/Hyperfocal Distance
12:27  Step 10 – Composition Tips
14:20 Step 11 – Editing