The Landscape Photography Rules I Wish Someone Had Told Me to Break Sooner

The Landscape Photography Rules I Wish Someone Had Told Me to Break Sooner

There’s a particular kind of confidence that comes from being told the rules early. You hear them enough times, they start to feel like gravity. Shoot in manual mode. Buy the graduated ND filters. Own your gear before you own your style. I followed every single one of those rules when I started, and some of them cost me real money and, worse, real creative momentum. Twenty years of standing in rivers at 5am with a camera has a way of sorting out what actually matters from what just sounds authoritative.