Field Book: Landscape Photo

Real field guidance for landscape photographers. Open the app, find your situation, get specific camera settings, gear picks, and composition checklists.

You're at a waterfall at sunrise. The light is changing fast. What lens? What filter? What settings? What composition mistakes should you avoid?

The Field Book answers those questions in under a minute.

161 SITUATION-BASED GUIDES

Organized by what you're actually facing in the field:

SCENES

• Waterfalls, lakes, rivers, and coastlines
• Mountains, alpine meadows, and ridgelines
• Forests, fog, autumn color, and sunbeams
• Deserts, dunes, slot canyons, and badlands
• Prairies, canyons, glaciers, paths, and structures

LIGHT CONDITIONS

• Golden hour, blue hour, and midday
• Fog, storms, rain, snow, and rainbows
• Front light, side light, backlight, and shade
• Moonlight and night photography

CHALLENGES

• No obvious subject or focal point
• Boring foreground, cluttered frame
• Extreme contrast, lens flare, wind
• Wrong gear, bad weather, fading light

TECHNIQUES

• Long exposure for silky water and clouds
• Focus stacking for front-to-back sharpness
• Panoramas and stitching
• Exposure bracketing and blending
• Telephoto compression for layered landscapes
• Intimate landscapes and detail shots

WHAT EACH GUIDE INCLUDES

• The Situation: What you're facing, in one sentence
• Gear Picks: Specific lens and filter recommendations
• Composition Checklist: Actionable items to work through
• Settings Starting Point: Aperture, shutter, ISO, focus
• Common Mistakes: What to avoid
• See Also: Related situations to explore

BUILT FOR THE FIELD

• Works 100% offline—no cell signal required
• Interactive checklists that save your progress
• Bookmark guides for quick access
• Search across all 161 sections
• Clean, readable interface designed for outdoor use

WHO THIS IS FOR

Photographers who know their camera basics but want field-ready guidance for landscapes specifically. You understand aperture and shutter speed. You don't need hand-holding. You need a reference from someone who's been in the field telling you what actually works.

This isn't a textbook. It's a working tool designed to be pulled out when you're standing in front of a scene wondering what to do.

NOT INCLUDED

• Post-processing tutorials (this is about capturing the shot)
• Camera operation basics (you already know those)
• Gear reviews or buying guides
• Generic photography theory

THE ONE-PAGE CHEAT SHEET

Every photographer needs quick reminders. The built-in cheat sheet covers:

• Composition essentials (foreground, subject, leading lines, simplify, edges)
• Light essentials (golden hour, overcast, harsh light, backlight, side light)
• Technical defaults (f/8–f/11, silky water settings, freezing motion)
• The five questions to ask before every shot

FIELD GEAR CHECKLIST

A complete packing checklist with scenario-specific additions for water, mountains, forests, desert, coastal, and night photography.

From waterfalls to slot canyons, sunrise to storm light, the Field Book puts practical guidance in your pocket for every landscape situation you'll face.