Landscape photography from the field

Fiordland

How to Photograph Fiordland From a Boat: Lessons From William Patino's Southern New Zealand Workshop
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How to Photograph Fiordland From a Boat: Lessons From William Patino's Southern New Zealand Workshop

There’s a particular kind of wilderness photography that breaks every routine you’ve built. No tripod spot scouted the night before. No predetermined composition saved in your notes app. You wake up, the mountain has rearranged itself with fresh snow and low cloud, and you have roughly ten minutes to figure out what you’re looking at before it changes again. That’s the challenge William Patino works inside for an entire week every year, and watching how he handles it reminded me why I got into this work in the first place.

Mud, Mist, and Mount Tutoko: Field Lessons from a Fiordland Photography Hike
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Mud, Mist, and Mount Tutoko: Field Lessons from a Fiordland Photography Hike

There’s a particular kind of shoot that doesn’t go the way you planned, and ends up being the one you talk about for years. I’ve had enough of those to recognize them in someone else’s footage. In this William Patino tutorial, he heads into Fiordland, New Zealand, with his shooting partner Federico to photograph Mount Tutoko, the tallest peak in the region. The weather is marginal, the trail is a swamp, and sandflies are getting on the lens.