The Complete Guide to Fall Photography
What is fall color to you? Join Karen Hutton in the Eastern Sierra Mountains as she chases fall color while exploring what fall means and how to tell its story. From planning and preparation to shooting on location, Karen shares her thoughts, process, and techniques while challenging you to find ways to put yourself into your art, explore the relationships between your subject matter, and follow what you love.
Release Date: 2022-11-03
Lessons
Introduction
Karen introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 1 mins 35 seconds
Planning Your Trip
Your window of time for good fall color is limited, so plan ahead and make the most of your time, effort, and money.
Duration: 3 mins 33 seconds
Preparation
Once your trip is planned it is time to get ready for the trip.
Duration: 3 mins 25 seconds
Your Goals
With your concept in mind what are your goals for this trip?
Duration: 5 mins 42 seconds
Telling a Story
Arriving on location it is time to start telling the story of fall color, so what are the establishing shots you need to take.
Duration: 4 mins 11 seconds
Establishing Shots
How do you go about taking your establishing shots? Karen describes her process.
Duration: 5 mins 5 seconds
Feeling and Intent
Including the elements that you love will help convey the feeling and intent in your story.
Duration: 4 mins 22 seconds
Light Defines Fall Color
Look for the light that makes the fall colors sing.
Duration: 3 mins 9 seconds
Explore the Area
Sure, leaves changing color are your primary target, but get out and explore the area you are in to see the other flora and fauna experiencing fall.
Duration: 6 mins 29 seconds
Wildflowers
Don’t forget the flowers and your macro lenses.
Duration: 4 mins 36 seconds
Take the Backroads
Look for those little details and vignettes that help tell the larger story.
Duration: 1 mins 31 seconds
Shoot the Road
What better way to tell the story of your journey than to photograph the road you are on.
Duration: 3 mins 3 seconds
Where are the Little Expressions?
Look for those little expressions of color and light that help you tell the bigger story of the area.
Duration: 2 mins 59 seconds
Photograph the Popular Places and Alternatives
Don’t skip the popular photo locations, but also look for lesser known alternatives.
Duration: 5 mins 5 seconds
Show Relationships
Look for the relationships between the subjects in your photographs.
Duration: 6 mins 58 seconds
Story Telling Brings it all Together
What’s the story and how do your photos tell that story.
Duration: 2 mins 14 seconds
Follow Love
Karen wraps up the class with her thoughts on how to make your photos an expression of yourself.
Duration: 8 mins 40 seconds