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We all love looking at pictures of beautiful places, and I think it’s safe to say that landscapes are portraits of our planet. However landscape photography is far from being something that is easy or accessible to everyone. A lot of the effort involves getting to remote locations and waiting for the perfect moment. Other than that, it takes quite a bit of skill. Here are our ten favorite books on landscape photography. They are not arranged by criteria of value, we like all of them. Happy reading!

10. The Landscape Photography Field Guide

This is a compact book that shares professional experience about shooting in remote locations from one of America’s top National Park photographers.

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9. Learning Landscape Photography from the Masters of Painting: 188 Lessons on How to See Beauty in the World

Photography and the way we use light have been hugely influenced by painting. There is a lot to learn from the masters of landscape painting and what’s more important is that learning from paintings rather than photographs is actually more direct. Painting requires skill and vision. To photograph a beautiful landscape you also need a bit of luck. This book is a great way resource of beautiful art and great lessons.

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8. Creative Landscapes: Digital photography Tips and Tricks

Photographer Harold Davis will give you new insight into landscape photography and share with you tips and tricks as well as technical advice that will help you capture beautiful scenes.

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7. Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams is considered the father of landscape photography and his work is one of the most important parts of the photography heritage worldwide. But the amazing photographs are not all that Ansel Adams left us. He also came up with the very effective zone system. Did you think it was only useable with analogue technology? Think again. This book will show you how to use the zone system in the digital age.

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6. Landscape Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots

It is an ideal option for someone who has just bought a DSLR and is eager to take impressive landscapes. Rob Sheppard goes beyond the technical aspect of things and dives deep into composition, light and perspective.

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5. Insights From Beyond the Lens: Inside the Art $ Craft of Landscape Photography

Robert Rodriguez Jr. shares his experience as a landscape photographer, blogger and instructor in a beautifully illustrated short book.

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4. Landscape Photography Workflow Using Lightroom and Photoshop

You can’t make a list of books that teach you how to photograph landscapes and miss adding one that teaches how to edit them .This book is written by one of the Photoshop Guys, Matt Kloskowski who goes as far as sharing some of his personal secrets for editing his landscape photographs.

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3. Landscape Photography: Creating Visual Eloquence

Manny Pontoriero will teach you how to use light, framing, and filters to capture exotic landscapes that will fascinate the viewer.

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2. Inspirational Landscape Photography: 40 Images Described

The book shines a light on Patrick Smith’s best known images and describes how each was created in detail.

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1. The Landscape Photography Bible

This book is a comprehensive guide that covers a lot of theory and technical aspects regarding landscape photography, as well as discussing inspirational images. Author Tony Worobiec starts with the basic points and moves on to the finer details.

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