Cold Weather Shooting

Video Tutorials

How to Shoot Stunning Winter Landscapes When the Temperature Drops Below -20ºC

There is a particular kind of morning that landscape photographers live for. The air is so cold it feels brittle. Every exhale is a small cloud. The light has not arrived yet, but you can feel it coming, and you know the conditions are going to be extraordinary. I have stood in that silence more times than I can count, usually somewhere in the Oregon high country before anyone else is awake.

October 30, 2026

Video Tutorials

How to Shoot Stunning Winter Landscapes When the Snow is Fighting Back

There is a particular kind of suffering that only landscape photographers understand. You are not cold in the way that someone waiting for a bus is cold. You are cold while also carrying twelve pounds of gear, while also trying to make creative decisions, while also trying not to ruin the foreground you just spent twenty minutes reaching. I have stood in freezing rivers at dawn in the Cascades more times than my family thinks is reasonable.

September 22, 2026