Although I enjoy photographing the fun of summer and all the activities that take place, nothing beats the beauty of Fall and Winter. The colors of Fall, the Pumpkin Patches and Christmas Tree Farms, and the Holiday decorations are all beautiful!
Take a photo field trip and see what you find in your city.
Here are a few tips to help guide you through your field trip:
1. Tell a story – whether your are photographing scenery with someone in it or not, play with angles and distances to tell a story about the scene rather than capturing just the “view”.
2. Move yourself – Instead of always moving your subject and trying to pose them or trying to change your depth of focus, try moving them feet!
3. Capture the character of a place – try to capture the location so that descriptions aren’t needed. Show your audience what it felt like to be there. Make them feel like they were there with you smelling, seeing and touching everything you experienced.
4. Capture the environment – If you are following a group of people on a field trip (it is that time after all for school field trips), capture images from behind them to show the view they are seeing. It’s okay to have backs of heads in the picture! 
5. Get close – don’t be shy! – Part of telling a story is being able to show the details of the experience. Closely photograph the boot foot print left behind in the mud by a child in a pumpkin patch, photograph the detail of a favorite ornament hung on your tree, or capture the detail of an entire bottle of glue poured onto paper to hold down the one sequin on a child’s art project.
6. Try angles – no, I didn’t misspell triangles. 
Have fun capturing what’s around you.
If you try some of these tips, I would love to see them. You might even see them featured on here.
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