What we’re about
Welcome to Nature Photography Academy!
If you are ready to seriously improve your landscape photography skills and connect with other like-minded photographers, you are in the right place.
Founded and run by pro landscape photographer Meredith Fontana, this group offers a mix of in-person (outdoor and indoor) and online workshops designed to help you improve your skills, share techniques, and connect with fellow photographers.
Our outdoor, in-person workshops are hands-on sessions that will introduce you to the fundamentals of landscape photography, including camera settings and composition, while exploring local parks.
Indoor, in-person workshops will be computer-based and focus on post-processing techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Online workshops will cover topics such as post-processing, composition, trip planning, and more - accessible from the comfort of your home.
Online Community & Resources
In addition to our in-person and online workshops, you are invited to join our online nature photography school and membership community.
You can access and try it for free at: https://www.skool.com/lpa/about
This community is designed to guide you from beginner to pro, so you can:
✅ Capture stunning compositions and tack sharp photos with confidence
✅ Perfect your exposure settings for every environment
✅ Refine your skills in Photoshop and Lightroom for pro-quality edits
✅ Organize and streamline your workflow for maximum efficiency
✅ Discover unique locations and plan shoots like a seasoned pro
You get:
🎓 7 in-depth courses covering every essential camera and editing technique (new courses added every other month)
📚 30+ downloadable ebooks, cheat sheets, workbooks, and more
🎥 Live virtual workshops & Q&A sessions
🎓 Photo critiques
🤝 A supportive community to inspire and uplift you
These resources are designed to support your learning journey, whether you’re out in the field or working on your post-processing skills.
Click here to join for free!
We hope to see you there!
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Learning How to See: Rediscover Your Creative InspirationLink visible for attendees
Every nature photographer, no matter how experienced or passionate, goes through creative droughts. Maybe the excitement you once felt while shooting has faded. Maybe you’re overwhelmed by pressure to produce “great” images, or you're doubting your abilities or talent. Maybe it just feels like a chore to get out the door with your camera.
If you’ve been feeling creatively stuck, disconnected from your work, or unsure of what you’re trying to say as a photographer, you’re not alone. And more importantly, you’re not stuck forever.
The truth is, inspiration doesn’t come from chasing new locations or buying new camera gear - it comes from noticing what’s already in front of you
Join professional nature and landscape photographer Meredith Fontana for a virtual presentation where you will be invited to reconnect with your creative voice and see the world through your lens in new ways.
This isn’t a technical workshop about camera settings, post-processing, or cliche shortcuts to creating better images.
This is a talk about ideas and practices that will help you shift your mindset, feel more inspired to create, and reconnect with who you are as a photographer.
In this talk, you'll learn how to:
- Understand the difference between looking and seeing, and why it matters for your art.
- Identify and overcome common limiting beliefs that leave you uninspired.
- Reconnect with the intuition and creativity that you were born with.
- Develop daily practices to train your eye and build consistent creative momentum.
- Cultivate visual mindfulness as a tool for creating meaningful work.
- Embrace imperfection, experimentation, and the unknown as essential parts of the creative process.
- Move past fear, comparison, and the need for external validation.
You don’t need a new lens, a dramatic landscape, or the perfect light to create meaningful images. Everything you need is already within you.
There will be time after the presentation to ask questions and connect with the instructor.
Price: Free!
How to Register: Once you RSPV, please click on the Zoom link provided and fill out the short registration page. You will then receive a Zoom link to join the live event.
Can’t make it but still want to watch? No problem! The presentation will be recorded and the recording will be available inside of Nature Photography Academy within 24 hours after the presentation. You can watch the recording for free with a 7-day free trial.
Meet Your Instructor:
Meredith Fontana is a Denver-based landscape photographer, educator, and founder of Nature Photography Academy. Drawing on her experiences from a career in paleontology and outdoor adventure, Meredith brings a unique perspective to the art of landscape photography. Her focus for the past 4 years has been on capturing the beauty of Colorado's diverse, hard-to-reach wilderness areas and promoting their protection.Her passion for teaching landscape photography stems from a desire to inspire others to explore their creativity and deepen their connection with nature. Through engaging workshops and educational content, she has helped over 1,400 nature and landscape photographers improve their skills, harness their unique perspectives, and cultivate a greater appreciation for the environment.
You can learn more about Meredith and her work at her website.
- Making the Image: From Visualization to RealizationLink visible for attendees
It’s not uncommon for photographers to state that their final images fall short of what they feel they saw during the act of making a photo. There is often a divide between our creative vision, or what we see with our mind’s eye, and our final realization of that vision.
Often, that disconnect is due to our inability to translate what drew us to photograph a scene into something that works in a static, two-dimensional photo. In this session, we’ll explore how to recognize what first compels us to press the shutter and then how to bring that moment to life for ourselves and our viewers in the final edited version of a photo. We’ll discuss some of the following concepts:
- Finding the moment and scene when working in the field
- Managing expectations to avoid tunnel vision and disappointment
- Reflecting on what the heart of the scene is as we begin the editing process
- Understanding how to leverage different editing techniques to realize our creative vision and convey the photo’s heart to our viewers
You’ll learn how to recognize, and critique, your creative vision more consciously from composition to edit, allowing you to more effectively realize that vision for yourself and your viewers.
How to Watch: This live presentation is exclusively for Nature Photography Academy members. It will be recorded, and the replay—along with recordings from all other speakers—will be accessible inside the Academy within 24 hours. Not a member yet? You can watch the live presentation and all recordings free with a 7-day trial. Click here to learn more and join.
Meet Your Speaker:
Michael Rung is a full-time nature and landscape photographer based out of Fort Worth, Texas. After a 2015 business trip to Ireland sparked a heightened interest in photography, he bought his first DSLR. The rest, as they say, is history…Michael’s focus has shifted over the years from travel and grand landscapes to smaller scenes, with a special interest in the intimate beauty of the woodlands in his local park. Also deeply passionate about printmaking, he takes great joy in bringing his photographs to life by producing his prints in his home studio. His personally produced, ready-to-frame prints are offered as his Artist Series line, in addition to ready-to-hang options that are fulfilled through a trusted third-party print lab.
With a deep background in coaching and development throughout his former career, Michael is passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience with others through webinars, online one-to-one sessions, and in-field workshops.
You can learn more about Michael at his website and YouTube Channel.
