Start with Pinterest

It’s worth joining Pinterest, if you don’t already have an account (it’s free), because there you’ll find people who love landscapes curating a bunch of their favorite shots and articles from the web, all together in one place. Start by typing in a search term for where you’re thinking of going. For example, I just typed in “Yosemite,” and one of the very first results (the results all come back in the form of images) was an article called “15 Breathtaking Things to See in Yosemite,” where it tells you where to get its “cover shot” (it notes you can drive right up with easy access). As you scroll down this article’s page, you’ll find other locations in the area (ones you might miss if you just Google this location), with helpful notes, like “. . . easy 1-mile walk from the parking lot and gives you a 360-degree view of Yosemite” and “Take Mist Trail to gaze at this beautiful fall, but be sure you have hiking shoes on as the trail gets very slippery from all the mist” (by the way, here’s the link to the article: https://localadventurer.com/best-things-to-do-in-yosemite-national-park/). Again, Pinterest gives you image-based results with links to articles, blogs, and images themselves that make this my first stop, well before the shoot, when researching an area I’m heading to.