The 7 Best Landscape Photographers in Colorado Springs
While Colorado and Wisconsin are the home ground of Nate Zeman, you’ll find this landscape photography just about everywhere as he scouts out places for impactful images. He’s also an avid travel photographer, and his portfolio takes us on journeys to the Mediterranean, China, London, and further afield.
Lovers of background details as to where he took a print and the greater history of the region will find the explanations given in his portfolio pleasing. Rather than simply being shown a pretty scene, our intellectual curiosity is also satisfied by Nate. He also has a strong preference for a very natural style of composition and color. Lighting, color, and other elements are minimally retouched, preserving our sense of being present and feeling the emotions that inspired the artist in the first place.
Mike Berenson is a Colorado landscape photographer and educator who leads workshops on night landscape photography in CO, UT, WY, and beyond. His website is also a free resource for people looking to learn more about creating nighttime landscape photographs from the comfort of their living room.
Even for an astrophotographer, Mike’s images take us into a new realm of exciting exploration. He goes beyond mountain framing of the night sky, telescopes, and other equipment to feature nebulas and galaxies in crisp detail. He also showcases the dark tapestry of twilight framed by the natural landscape more traditionally. Lovers of long exposures will appreciate his star trails, exposing the earth’s rotation in crisp detail. Overall, Mike’s photography is strongly centered on how the landscape evolved once the lights grew dim, offering a perspective that day dwellers less often appreciate.
Stephen Martin is a landscape and outdoor product and lifestyle photographer whose work is uniquely appealing. For starters, his dog Ollie plays a central role in his landscape portfolio, making regular appearances as they explore the mountain springs, stone ruins, and hidden canyons of Colorado. This playful presentation gives his landscapes a lifestyle twist that more purist representations sometimes avoid. Stephen uses a gentle color grade and dynamic range to add to the sense of being present within the scene. And his mixture of perspectives, from wide-angle and normal to telephoto, heightens our appreciation for the diversity of the Colorado landscape.
