Autumn photography has attracted many fans during the last decade. Each season has its own color charm. Falling and changing color of leaves in autumn is a subject that has its own charm and surprise for most photographers. It’s also the perfect excuse to get into creative photography, improving your photography skills and impressing your models. I took this colorful, autumnal photo at „Ardey Wald” in “Witten”, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. This beautiful forest has dreamy autumns and every year many photographers come to this area in November to capture beautiful autumn photos. I took this photo with a 70-24mm lens. Of course, I worked a little on color, light and composition in Photoshop. In autumn, nature is in its most dreamy state in terms of color and light. Especially during the golden hours. It means early morning and half an hour before sunset. To capture a beautiful fall portrait, nothing beats having your subject in front of a pile of flying yellow leaves. In the composition, you can pay special attention to the ground covered with leaves. Instead of using any light source, shoot early in the morning or near dusk to get great light from the sun. For stationary subjects, you can shoot with two different exposures. One with high light and one with low light and then merge them in Photoshop. Fall season is also a good time to photograph animals like squirrels. With a proper timing and using telephoto lenses (200 or 300 mm), you can take very beautiful photos. The coldness of the nights in the autumn season causes fog and mist in the morning. The amount of time you have for early morning fall photography is very limited. So if you don’t miss these golden hours, you can take attractive and beautiful pictures. To photograph fog, it is better to be at a height and from inside the valley, photograph subjects such as distant hills, tree foliage, or low-lying houses and fields. Also, due to the many colors that exist in nature in the autumn season, you can photograph very large subjects and their reflection in the water of the lakes. The ideal conditions are a calm day without wind or storm. Because in this case the surface of the water is very smooth and has the highest possible reflection. Try to take pictures with your back to the sun so that the landscape is lit up and reflected in the water of the lake.