How to Read Light in the Field: Lessons from a Day of Autumn Landscape Photography

How to Read Light in the Field: Lessons from a Day of Autumn Landscape Photography

Every Sunday morning I do a photo walk. It started as a way to stay sharp between paid shoots, but it’s turned into the single best thing I do for my photography. The problem I kept running into, especially in the early days, was showing up to a beautiful location and coming home with nothing. The light was fine, the scenery was there, but I had no framework for how to find a shot when one wasn’t obviously presenting itself.