Here's the scenario - you're looking at at gorgeous, deep azure sky perforated with white puffy clouds.  You take what you expect will be an award-winning landscape picture and...when you get your image up on a bigger monitor you discover that the azure sky now seems somewhat less spectacular than you remember it.

The fact is that unless you follow some specific photographer techniques, pictures of blue skies will likely look a bit washed-out and significantly lighter than they do in reality. 

Fortunately for the photography enthusiast, there are some rather simple things that you can do with your camera that can make an extraordinary difference in this department.  Polarizing filters, time of day, lens direction and other factors will all influence the tone of your blue sky and the contrast of not only the clouds in that sky, but also, the general 'crispness' of other parts of your photo.

Read this new article to learn 5 tips for taking great pictures of landscapes and blue skies.

Click on the picture to the left or HERE to get to this great new "How To" article.