About this episode

Court Whelan shares practical tips for elevating landscape photography while preparing to shoot the Rocky Mountains.

In today's episode, Court records in-location while prepping to photograph the Rocky Mountains from Boulder, Colorado—then pours a couple decades of landscape photography lessons into a practical, no-fluff playbook. From where to focus (so everything’s sharp) to when to shoot (with specifics for best times of day), to nearly a dozen other tips, this is a field guide you can use immediately—whether you’re shooting mirrorless, DSLR, or point-and-shoot. He concludes with bonus content on editing...

People in this episode

Host: Court Whelan

Topics covered

• landscape photography
• photography tips
• field guide
• editing
• best times to shoot

Keywords

• landscape photography
• photography tips
• Rocky Mountains
• Boulder Colorado
• editing techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Rocky Mountains, Boulder, Colorado

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