Each year as we grow as photographers and reflect upon what draws us to a particular landscape or how we might better capture a scene inevitably we might say to ourselves one of two things.

1)        How would Matt, Adrian, Wayne, or Francesco capture this scene?

2)        What would Payne, Klein, Suggs, or Gala do in this situation?

If you were on a workshop with one of these guys, well then you could ask them.  But chances are you are not on a workshop with them when the time comes to capture a scene.  So how do we find our sense of place when we are in an environment that feels new to us or find ourselves in a place where we are deeply connected to the landscape and want to capture the feeling, emotion, or moment. 

While there are a thousand such places or scenarios, we could consider for this series we will focus on 4 of the most common locational scenes you might encounter. 

1)        Grand Landscape or the Grand Scenic

2)        Tree / Forest Photography

3)        Seascapes or moving water

4)        Deserts 

The series starts with full time professional and member of Photo Cascadia, Adrian Klein as he talks how he brings continuity and clarity to a confusing and chaotic landscape in his passionate and grounded presentation on Tree and Forest Photography.  After Adrian Klein, we will hear from the Co-Founder of the Natural Landscapes Photography Awards, Colorado native, and host of the longest running photography podcast, F-Stop, Collaborate and Listen, Matt Payne will be leading us through Finding and Leveraging a Connection with Place to Create Unique Grand Scenic Landscapes as he talks about the unique ways he sees the landscape but also how he plans his images and how he responds to light and weather when in the field. 

Then we will shift our focus from the mountains and forests to hear from New Mexico native, Wayne Suggs will lead us through his deep connection the desert and ways he produces incredible images that communicate the sense of aliveness that can be found in arid environments.  The series concludes with seascapes specialist, Italian born and based Francesco Gola on everything that goes into his striking seascape images, filters, lighting, conditions, locations, and so much more.