Painted Landscapes
![Fall colors on hillside](/content/images/size/w960/2023/10/DSC01475-3.jpg)
This week's newsletter focuses on beauty—for the simple reason that beauty brings joy into our lives.
![fall color on a lake](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC01295.jpg)
I had another topic planned for this week's newsletter, but over the last couple weeks I have found myself returning repeatedly to the theme of landscapes that look like paintings, so I've decided to focus on this instead.
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With the changing colors of autumn I've been noticing these painted landscapes all around me, and I can't stop paying attention to them!
![pastoral scene](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC05241.jpg)
I've been sharing a few of these beautiful images on my Facebook page, and someone pointed out that while some landscapes look like paintings, it's also true that many paintings look like landscapes.
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Yes, people imitate nature, but whether it's a painting or an actual landscape there's something about an ideal moment of beauty that catches our attention and feels timeless.
![fall colors on a lake](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC01293.jpg)
In fact, some images are so potent that everything seems to stop, even as you stare at the image over and over again.
![fall colors along a river](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC01430-2-1.jpg)
Many of the photographs I take are at moments when I've literally been stopped in my tracks by a scene.
![blazing fall colors](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC01435.jpg)
Sometimes, taking a photo is almost an afterthought, other times the act of taking the photograph, then seeing it in my camera as a framed image, is what makes me stop and look again.
![fall colors along a river](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC01431.jpg)
Whether it's a color, a hint of memory, or an ideal you dream about, these moments hook your imagination and seem to pull you into another dimension.
![fall colors at a lake](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC01032.jpg)
Only recently have I started taking photography seriously, and discovering that capturing these moments in photographs impacts people's lives in positive ways.
![fall landscape](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC03757-2-2.jpg)
This newsletter shares some of my favorite recent images, because finding moments to share with other people is a great gift. If you're interested, I will be adding more images on my Facebook page as the autumn progresses.
![fall colors on a lake](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC01472-2.jpg)
More than anything, I hope that wherever you are in the world, you are seeing beauty in the changing seasons around you.
![contemplating figure](https://www.lukasguides.com/content/images/2023/10/DSC03762.jpg)
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