Get up before dawn and drive for hours. Camp somewhere or sleep in your vehicle at a trailhead. Get up before dawn again. Hike miles lugging all your equipment, ideally through inclement weather. Burn thousands of calories. Find an amazing scene few others will ever see. Set up tripod and point camera. Wait, sometimes for hours. Take a photo. Pack up equipment. Hike back to car. Drive home.
Despite all the effort and the beautiful photographs that effort often produces, in the end it’s a pretty easy way to take pictures.