How to take fall foliage photos like a National Geographic photographer

How to take fall foliage photos like a National Geographic photographer

Juliana Broste, a travel video journalist, poses for a photo in Breckenridge in fall 2018. One of her best tips is to get your leaf photos an hour before sunset during the “golden hour.” Brittany Anas, Special to The Denver Post The leaves are turning color in Beaver Creek, with little pots of gold lighting up green Aspen groves. During a morning hike near Day Break Ridge Road, National Geographic photographer Jad Davenport took out his water bottle and splashed a couple of drops on a fallen aspen leaf, a trick of the trade that makes the foliage sparkle before he bent down to get a close-up shot with his iPhone. Every autumn, Davenport partners with The Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulf to lead a fall photography weekend, taking amateur photographers trekking through the golden aspen alleys and into Beaver Creek Village where flower pots burst with color and the bubbling […]