Laanscapes
Fine-Art Landscape Photography
by
Daniel Laan
Professional landscape photographer from the Netherlands with a moody visual style, known for fantasy landscapes.
#1 World’s Top Landscape Photographer (One Eyeland 2021)
Black and White Photograph of the Year (ILPOTY 2022)
#2 World’s Top Landscape Photographer (One Eyeland 2023)
#2 World’s Top Landscape Photographer (One Eyeland 2024)
Image Galleries
Intimate Landscapes
Ghosty Mountains
Twilight Seascapes
The Dark Forest
Nightscapes & Aurora
Mountain Landscapes
Canyons & Waterfalls
Monumental Trees
Stormscapes
Glowing Mushrooms
Recently I got asked: “What type of photography are you most known for?” Well, I don’t know about that. I’ve done so much photography over the last 15 to 20 years of my life, that it’s hard to imagine what type of work people like most.
And I don’t really care about that.
I’m creating from a place that’s fueled by internal motivations, not what “the people like”. You see, I’m not a social media influencer. Currently, I’m more into abstract intimate landscapes, simplicity and silent images that stand the test of time. So you will see a lot more of them.
Latest work
Available Post-Processing Courses
My photos are processed using my unique approach to landscape photo editing in a combination of Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop. I use Luminosity Masking and a non-destructive workflow that I was actually trained in over the course of 25 years. So that means that II have used Photoshop longer than I actually photograph. I never stop learning, which is why I believe I have more than a few tricks to teach you in the digital darkroom.
In any of my post-processing video tutorials, I will teach you to actually use Photoshop in a correct way. Not opening several instances, not saving each layer dreading a crash, not history brushing - all these archaic approaches that people taught themselves are complete nonsense, as they do not embrace the way Photoshop is designed and has evolved. This is the way:
Mysterious glowing mushrooms of the Dark Forest. I’ll explain everything that is to know about these techniques.
My favourite subject in front of the telephoto lens: moody mountains bathing in the clouds. Learn countless state-of-the-art techniques in my longest tutorial ever recorded.
First, you’ll learn how to extract detail from a single raw file of the Milky Way like a pro. Then, forget that you need to use a single file. We’re doing what NASA does, but we’re combining that with landscape photography. Sounds complex? It is. But we’re taking it one step at a time in this 3 hour nightscape tutorial. You don’t have to be an expert at post-processing at all, but I do recommend that you’re comfortable with Photoshop.
Forest photography holds many challenges. Whether you’re shooting against the light or in complete absence of light, there’s always some technical aspect that blocks the creative process. In this video, we’re taking 3 images from the raw stage all the way to a final image that looks like it was shot on the set of The Lord of the Rings.
Create the very best scenes in Photoshop, but create them well. In this enormous tutorial, you will learn to awe your audience and inspire other photographers.
An amalgamation of many different magical lighting techniques. This video explains all light effects needed to enhance your own compositions.
Learn to process an image in harsh daylight and convert it to a moody image in two different approaches! From Lightroom or from Camera Raw.
Completely reworked! Two additional workflows included for a total of three videos, three PSD files and three Photoshop Actions to make life easier. This video is all about getting the most out of all sorts of light in the mountains.
No matter the weather, the light or the season, forest photography is quite possibly the most accessible genre of landscape photography. At the same time, it's the toughest to master. This video tutorial prepares you for everything the forest throws at you.