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Photography, like most artistic endeavors, is all about experimentation and practice. Put another way, the best photographers have the courage to try new things, make mistakes, and learn how to avoid them in the future.

The tutorial below from one of our favorite landscape photographers will help shorten your learning curve by explaining what to do, and habits to avoid, when shooting in the great outdoors. The topic of this episode is improving your compositional skills with simple techniques.

British pro Nigel Danson says he created this episode for outdoor photographers who are unhappy with their landscape photos. And even if  “unhappy” is too strong a word, and you’re pretty “satisfied” with your work, that’s not enough for Danson—who wants you to be really pleased with the images you make.

The impetus for this lesson occurred when Danson reviewed some of his early work with a critical eye. In so doing he discovered a number of repeated mistakes in the way he composed images. As you’ll see, he then determined how the photos could be significantly improved—simply by framing them differently.

By watching the tutorial carefully you’ll derive two big benefits: 1) after leaning about Danson’s mistakes you won’t have to make them yourself, and 2) you’ll pick up a variety of pro-level composition tricks that will elevate your landscape photography to the next level.

Some of the common framing errors illustrated by Danson may reverberate in your own work. But there’s no shame in that, as long as you correct them in the future. Like we mentioned above, this is part of the process as you improve your skills.

Even more to the point are the pro-level techniques you’ll learn. And they’re all very straightforward and easy to put into practice. In a way, it’s simply a matter of seeing things differently and applying your newly acquired vision in the future. Once you do that you won’t have to settle for “satisfied” again.

Danson’s popular YouTube channel is full of helpful videos like this one, so be sure to pay a visit.

We also recommend watching the tutorial we posted recently, demonstrating another pro’s unique method for composing landscape photos with drama and depth.

Motion blur is a very popular technique in which slow shutter speeds are used to give photos a sense of movement, and appropriate subjects span the gamut from flowing water, clouds blowing across the sky, and even action shots of athletes. This effect can be achieved in the camera or during post processing.

The tutorial below takes the opposite approach by demonstrating several methods for shooting photos that freeze action to capture a dramatic moment. And, here again, there are numerous opportunities for using this striking technique whether you’re photographing dancers on the stage, a jet screaming across the sky, or birds and other types of fast-moving wildlife in their natural habitat.

Instructor Robert Hall is a Michigan-based pro who says that effectively freezing a fleeting slice of time is all about image sharpness. He compiled his favorite tips and tricks for the video below, that he calls “The ultimate guide to freezing action in photography.”

In barely 11 minutes Hall covers everything you need to know, from recommended camera settings for various situations, and the best equipment for the job, to composition, shooting techniques and more. And you can find a list of Hall’s preferred gear in the description beneath the video.

Hall divides his methods into three main categories: Shooting outdoors with available light, adding a bit of flash when making images in the great outdoors, and getting the job done indoors with simple supplemental light. These three methods each require a different approach that you’ll find easy to accomplish by following Hall’s straightforward advice.

The episode begins with a few fundamentals regarding the difference between motion blur and freezing a subject. One key consideration is how fast your subject is moving. Other factors deserving of attention have to do with camera-to-subject distance and the focal length of your lens. From there Hall moves on to the important aspects of the three lighting scenarios mentioned above.

After watching this video head over to Hall’s instructional YouTube channel where there’s much more to learn.

We also recommend you watch a tutorial we posted in the past, explaining an easy way to add motion blur to landscape images in Photoshop.