Lake Tahoe In Any Season

If there is ever a place one can call an all season photographer's paradise, it would Lake Tahoe. Winter, spring, summer, or fall the seasons produce amazing photographic opportunities for every photographer at any level. Whether you're scrambling up boulders on the Northern Shore or high up on some vista overlook; you're always within a shutter click away from a postcard-perfect frame.

I have been fortunate enough to have visited Lake Tahoe through different seasons in over a decade. I've spent an entire winter season in the North Eastern Tahoe City, skiing its surrounding slopes and then scrambling my way towards various locations to catch a sunset during Apres hour. I've scouted and photographed a lot of places in Lake Tahoe discovering hidden little gems that today is teeming with photographers that you have to compete with.

Best Photo Locations in Lake Tahoe

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I have discovered many Lake Tahoe photo locations from random explorations and from research. Some famed spots like the Bonsai Rock are relatively difficult to find if you didn't have any help from GPS coordinates. I found the Bonsai Rock from somebody posting it coordinates on Google Maps - now the location is reasonably famous amongst photographers, and you'll see a swarm on weekends that it's tough to miss.

I also use an app called Trover to collect a list of photographs and locations that I will talk about later. It's a very useful app for discovering new locations as well as making a list of places that you eventually want to visit. There's a budding community there of travelers who post photos that will give you a serious case of wanderlust.

At the end of this post is a compilation list of all the exact spots that I've mentioned here via a Trover embed. There are a thousand spots you can take great photos of Lake Tahoe - it is the largest Alpine Lake in North America, and as such, you're never far away from a sunset reflection or an Alpenglow over its surrounding peaks. This list not meant to be a complete list of all photo locations but rather a guide of tried and true places that generate the best photos of Lake Tahoe.

Best Time to Photograph Lake Tahoe?

For me, winter is the definitive answer. The photo locations are less crowded, and I often find myself alone in solitude to ponder in the white landscape and enjoy the silence along the lake's shore. That's not to say, other seasons are bland. On the contrary, summer is also a great time to enjoy the lake and great for scouting other locations with long days at your disposal.

Bonsai Rock Winter

Spring brings about the lupine bloom that blanket the shores in some sections of the lake. Climate change has brought about some changes in Lake Tahoe's shores, and these fields of lupine have popped in locations where beaches grew mainly due to lower lake levels. Fall is also a great time to shoot in Lake Tahoe when aspen trees create an interesting contrast to the Lake's blue waters.

Photography Tips

Sunset, sunrises, midday, or midnight, Lake Tahoe, can be a photographer's paradise! Ideally, you want to bring your whole arsenal and the kitchen sink. Superwide through telephoto you will find a place to utilize every focal point. Since you're mostly shooting skies and water, you would want to bring along your favorite polarizer; it's great for slowing the water's motion as well as exposing the rocky bottom of the lake.

<sup>You can cut glare using a polarizer filter to reveal the bottom of the lake.

Taken with a polarizing filter</sup>

You can bring a graduated neutral density filter with you,

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