How To Shoot Rainbows

There’s nothing like dramatic light to take a scenic that’s been shot thousands of times to a new level

Russ Burden

Published May 27, 2013
Updated July 27, 2016

Impending storms, shafts of sun that spotlight key compositional elements, fire engine-red clouds, all qualify, but...

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