When I was photographing this scene in the summer of 2023 I never expected it would become my best-selling print and one of my most popular photos from the Coast Mountains. I wasn't even shooting for myself at the time - I was demonstrating composition for someone else to help build their skills! Recently I was trying to figure out why people seem to love it so much, particularly compared to other photos that I like more, so I figured it would be a good candidate for an instr

Light rays are one of those things that every landscape photographer goes nuts for, but actually getting a nice photo of them is easier said than done! Out of all the forest photos in my portfolio, only five of them have light rays, and only one of those five—Lux Gloria—has rays of real significance. And to be clear here, for the purposes of this particular blog I'm not counting rays created by dust, smoke or the spray of rushing water. So why is it hard to find these epic ra