Landscape & Travel Photography

This module takes your photography skills to the next level, combining technique with creativity. You’ll learn to capture the beauty of landscapes and travel destinations, from dramatic coastal cliffs and forests to bustling city lookouts and cultural events, while developing strategies for planning and executing successful photography trips.

You’ll also focus on specific equipment, creativity and personal style, discovering how to find inspiration, refine your vision, and process images professionally. The module concludes with a hands-on assignment covering landscape, travel, and hospitality photography, giving you the opportunity to build a polished, professional portfolio while preparing to share and sell your work.

Landscape & Travel Photography Advanced Module

From creative aspects and technique to industry insights, dive into landscapes and travel photography!

Develop advanced skills in landscape and travel photography as this module guides you through creating compelling, market-ready imagery. Authored by Francesco Carovillano, this module explores how to identify strong subjects, refine composition, and plan shoots around location, timing, weather, and light. You’ll learn how to work effectively with landmarks, environments, and available equipment to produce images that are both commercially viable and personally meaningful.

Twilight view of Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster across the Thames River Image Source: #PIstudent Brian Morgan @briantchapster

Module Topics

In this module, we will cover the following topics and beyond:

Introduction
From Animation to Photography
Essential Equipment
Cameras
Lenses
Accessories
Tripod and Ball Head
Cable Shutter Release
Levelling Tools
Filters
Polarising Filter
Graduated Neutral Density Filter
HDR vs Filters
My Gear
Our Artistic Heritage
Planning a Travel & Landscape Photography Trip
In the Field
Types of Lighting
Direction of Light
Front Lighting
Back lighting
Side lighting
Quality of Light
Dawn
Sunrise
Daylight
Sunset
Dusk
Poor Light
Spot Lighting
Types of Landscapes
Coastal Cliff Tops
Shoreline

Hills and Mountains
Forest & Woodland Interiors
Lakes (Still Water) & Reflections
Types of Travel Opportunities
Visiting City lookouts
Visiting a Famous Tourist’s Attraction
Scenic Drive, Cycling Path or Hiking Trail
Attending a Traditional Festival
Visiting a Museum
Photographing Restaurants and Cafes
Photographing the Everyday
Constructing the Image
Landscape Photography Composition Analysis
Carrasqueira, Portugal
Val D’ Orcia, Italy
De Helper Windmill, The Netherlands
Giant’s Causeway, Ireland
Travel Photography Composition Analysis
Keukenhof Garden, Lisse, The Netherlands
The Louvre, Paris, France
San Gimignano, Italy
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Creativity
Finding Inspiration & Developing a Personal Style
My Style
Processing
Selling Photographs
Words of Conclusion
Landscape & Travel Assignment
Part A: Landscape Photography
Part B: Travel Photography
Part C: Travel Photography (Hospitality)

Module Outcomes

By completing the Landscape & Travel Photography Advanced Module, you will:

Plan and execute projects, from researching locations and timing lights to working effectively in the field.
Master specific equipment for the genre to achieve precise and consistent results in varied environments.
Understand and use light creatively by recognising its direction, quality, and changing conditions.
Develop your personal style, post-processing workflow and learn how to present and sell your photographs.
Apply advanced composition and image-construction techniques through the analysis of iconic landscape and travel locations around the world.

Ready to create high-end landscapes & travel photography images?

The Landscape & Travel Photography Advanced Module is available exclusively to students enroled in our online Photography Course. You’ll also receive a free six-month course extension and the support of a dedicated tutor who will guide you through the module and help you apply the lessons to your own landscape and travel photography journey.

Take your landscape and travel photography to the next level by exploring new locations and capturing images that tell a story. Join us and unlock the skills, inspiration, and confidence to plan, shoot, and present your travel and landscape photography with technical knowledge and defined goals.