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How I Prepare for Every Landscape Photography Trip (And Why It Takes Less Than 20 Minutes)
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How I Prepare for Every Landscape Photography Trip (And Why It Takes Less Than 20 Minutes)

There’s a particular kind of anxiety that comes from arriving at a location you’ve never shot before, watching the golden light begin to move, and realizing you have no idea where to stand. I’ve been doing this for two decades and I still feel it when I skip my prep. The difference between a session where I’m working with intention and one where I’m scrambling is almost never about gear or even experience.

How to Plan a Landscape Photography Trip When You're Not Actually on a Photography Trip
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How to Plan a Landscape Photography Trip When You're Not Actually on a Photography Trip

Most of my best-planned shoots have happened on trips that weren’t really photography trips at all. A week in the Cascades with the kids. A long weekend in coastal Oregon that my wife organized. A family jaunt to the coast where I had maybe three mornings to myself before anyone else was awake. Those constraints are real, and if you’ve ever stood in a parking lot at golden hour, half-guilty that you’re not back at the cabin making dinner, you know exactly what I mean.