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The Art of Shooting Mountains in Autumn
Landscape photographer Sam Oetiker explains why autumn is his favourite time of year to shoot in the mountains.
Introduction
Terracotta-coloured cliffs catch the last of the evening sun, mist hangs low over dewy alpine meadows, and snow-flecked peaks tower over moody mountain lakes. Sam Oetiker’s photographs are a love letter to the mountains; a celebration of the power of nature, which call to mind the paintings of the original Romantics. Like a Caspar David Friedrich for the digital age, the self-taught British snapper has built up a sizeable fanbase, chiefly on Instagram, and now works with a whole array of big brands. We caught up with him from his home in southern Germany to talk about his background, his all-time favourite autumn photographs, and how to make the most of the changing of the seasons.
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Autumn is my favourite time of year to shoot, just because it’s so diverse. You can get different conditions everyday. You have a huge colour palette, with leaves changing colour throughout the season. You’ve also got the possibility of snow and frost, or fog, and the possibility of super hot weather. Also the sun doesn’t travel as high in the sky as it does in the summer, so you get much longer golden hours. Better still, you don’t have to get up so early to catch the sunrise.
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