Blue skies are fine for travel brochures, but my favorite landscape images have an element of drama. And they're captured at what I call the edge of a storm.
I'm not talking about anything as extreme as hurricanes or severe thunderstorms. Photographing right at the edge of an approaching rain storm or right as the storm is breaking up can give your landscapes extra punch. The dramatic red clouds of a passing storm can allow you to make a unique image even from a popular national park photo spot.
