Hello, my name is Jon Paul, and I’ve been making my living photographing Lake Tahoe for two decades. I’m a fine art landscape and wildlife photographer focusing on capturing beautiful gallery images. I have also spent over a decade touring/teaching both aspiring and professional photographers around the Lake Tahoe region. The excitement and awe I see in the faces of my clients and collectors has inspired me to create this guide to photographing Lake Tahoe. While there are an endless number of locations to photograph in Lake Tahoe, for this guide I have chosen to distill the list of locations down to the most accessible and inspiring spots directly along the 72 mile drive around the lake itself. This list also happens to encompass the most iconic vistas of this beautiful place. These are locations my workshop clients have reacted to the most strongly, and from which I have captured some of my most popular gallery images. I have taken into account the ease of access, and an efficiency of time for those of you visiting the area. A few of the locations are “grab & go”, for those times when, well, there isn’t any. A few of the locations require a bit of a walk, but are not considered out of the way. Be aware that there are photo opportunities between each listed location along the drive as well. Stay open to possibilities. I am creating this guide with the hope of providing you with the type of information I search for when I venture out on my professional photo travels. I hope you find this guide as helpful as I intend it to be. Happy shooting. Enjoy the beauty of Lake Tahoe.