Whether you are a professional or a hobbyist, photography is a complicated craft that takes a wide range of skills in order to find success. While we spend a lot of time studying things like exposure settings and editing techniques, there are some other topics that do not get the attention they deserve. This fantastic video essay features an experienced landscape photographer offering a nice range of important advice that will help you improve your images. 

Coming to you from Mark Denney, this awesome video essay discusses a range of important advice that does not get discussed as often as it should. One bit that I found particularly important is not overlooking your local area. It can be easy to look at popular landscape photos and assume that worthwhile images can only be made at iconic locations, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, learning to work your local area can make you a stronger photographer (because you’re not relying on the drama of the scene to do the lifting), and it can help you break into a market that far fewer photographers know. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Denney. 

And if you really want to dive into landscape photography, check out our latest tutorial, “Photographing the World: Japan With Elia Locardi!”