Working The Landscape

In this excerpt from his book Capture the Magic, Jack Dykinga guides us through the process of exploring a scene and a composition to create special images

Text & Photography By Jack Dykinga

Updated June 30, 2016

Occasionally, strong images appear to suddenly jump into my camera, but that's not the norm.

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Originally Published March 25, 2014

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