Landscape Photography

Rob Sheppard is also the author/photographer of over thirty photo books, including The Magic of Digital Landscape Photography, The National Geographic Field Guide to Photography - Digital, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for Digital Photographers Only. He was the editor of Outdoor Photographer magazine for 12 years and was the original editor of PCPhoto (now Digital Photo). He still writes regularly for Outdoor Photographer and teaches popular workshops around the country. See his work and photo tips at robshepppardphoto.com, and his blog at natureandphotography.com.

This guide is for beginning-to-intermediate digital photography students to help them understand the basics and bring their own unique artistic expression to landscapes and outdoor shooting. Pro photographer Rob Sheppard will help them conquer the fundamentals and capture stunning pictures.

Sheppard starts with the basics-composition, light, contrast, and textures-and how to connect with their subject or scene. He covers all the key camera features that affect their image (regardless of what type of DSLR they have).Once they've captured those shots, Rob takes them through simple post-processing in Lightroom, Photoshop, and Photoshop Elements.

Chapter 1: Equipment Finding the gear that helps you get better landscape photos Chapter 2: Seeing As Your Camera Sees Photographers tend to see subject but the camera sees light and shadow Chapter 3: Light Learning to see the light and its effects on a landscape Chapter 4: Composition Composition is about communication and how you tell a viewer what is important about the landscape Chapter 5: Perspective, Space and Depth of Field Gain control over your landscape images by changing lenses, position and f-stop Chapter 6: Sky Sky is a big part of most landscape scenes Chapter 7: Connecting with the Subject and Scene Finding depth in a location Chapter 8: Black-and-White The rich tradition and today's potential of black-and-white landscapes Chapter 9: High Dynamic Range Landscapes HDR is a very modern way of capturing a landscape Chapter 10: Traditional Darkroom Work in the Computer Ansel Adams ideas still resonate in the computer