The Complete Guide to Fall Photography

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The Complete Guide to Fall Photography

with Karen Hutton

lessons: 17 Course Lessons

duration: 1hr, 12min

published: 2022

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The Complete Guide to Fall Photography

with Karen Hutton

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. BUY COURSE

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lesson 1: Introduction (free course preview)

Karen introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.

1min, 35sec

lesson 2: 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.

3min, 33sec

lesson 3: Preparation

Once your trip is planned it is time to get ready for the trip.

3min, 25sec

lesson 4: Your Goals

With your concept in mind what are your goals for this trip?

5min, 42sec

lesson 5: 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.

4min, 11sec

lesson 6: Establishing Shots

How do you go about taking your establishing shots? Karen describes her process.

5min, 5sec

lesson 7: Feeling and Intent

Including the elements that you love will help convey the feeling and intent in your story.

4min, 22sec

lesson 8: Light Defines Fall Color

Look for the light that makes the fall colors sing.

3min, 9sec

lesson 9: 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.

6min, 29sec

lesson 10: Wildflowers

Don’t forget the flowers and your macro lenses.

4min, 36sec

lesson 11: Take the Backroads

Look for those little details and vignettes that help tell the larger story.

1min, 31sec

lesson 12: Shoot the Road

What better way to tell the story of your journey than to photograph the road you are on.

3min, 3sec

lesson 13: Where are the Little Expressions?

Look for those little expressions of color and light that help you tell the bigger story of the area.

2min, 59sec

lesson 14: Photograph the Popular Places and Alternatives

Don’t skip the popular photo locations, but also look for lesser known alternatives.

5min, 5sec

lesson 15: Show Relationships

Look for the relationships between the subjects in your photographs.

6min, 58sec

lesson 16: Story Telling Brings it all Together

What’s the story and how do your photos tell that story.

2min, 14sec

lesson 17: Follow Love

Karen wraps up the class with her thoughts on how to make your photos an expression of yourself.

8min, 40sec

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meet Karen Hutton

Fine Art Landscape & Travel Photographer & Fujifilm X-Photographer

Karen Hutton is an international landscape and travel photographer, artist, speaker, author, educator, and voice. She is a Professional Fujifilm-X Photographer and has been featured in Talks at Google, Photo Plus Expo and on Stuck in Customs, TWiP, Macphun Software, Forbes.com, The Grid, and Rick Sammon’s DPE Podcast. Karen currently lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.

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