Calm Seascapes - at Newhaven Port
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Welcome to a special sci-fi edition of YT channel, I shot this entire video in widescreen using an anamorphic filter on the DJI Pocket 2. What do you think?
To kick off the change in season, I head down to a local port called Newhaven on a lovely calm morning to photograph a very simple scene. It's something that I photographed around 5 years ago, but wasn't entirely happy with, but I think I walked away with some keepers this time.
In this video I talk you through some settings, composition considerations and a quick look around the harbour arm.
If you would like to see any more of my seascapes then check out the below link.
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I think if it's a well known spot sharing that location is ok. As far secret spots or locals favorite hidden spots, even though I am curious I think sharing is a no no. Let the locals have their spots and let's not be the one to let them get overrun by tourists.
I think that’s a good approach Dennis.
"You call some place paradise you kiss it goodbye" 😢
Nice pix, all of them. Rather like the anamorphic vid too, except for the lens flares (never understood the fuss - I find them distracting). Keep talking about your locations please, I rather like knowing the context, even if I’ll never visit.
Thanks for leaving a comment Joseph. It’s also a good way of finding out who watches my videos. All I get is numbers from TH-cam, it is good to know who watches my videos on a regular basis.
Hi Ben, regarding giving locations away it really depends what you have found or the popularity of the location. Like Newhaven or a previous video at Ditching Beacon probably would not matter. But I made the mistake a couple of years ago about a location of a amazing windswept tree I had found on Dartmoor. I gave the location to another photographer who had asked where it was. I was not particularly bothered at the time but he had obviously told some who had also told someone else now the location is pretty common knowledge. I see pictures all over place now of it and pretty much rinsed it of any originality for me. I unfortunately don’t get down there that often so I had not yet got the right conditions for the images that I was after. Maybe I’m being selfish but I really regret telling someone before I had at least got the images I was after.
Hi Noel, that’s a really interesting insight, and kind of echoing someone else’s comment about sharing well known locations and keeping the local ‘secret’ locations anonymous. I don’t think that is being selfish, as you probably worked hard to find a unique composition or a new subject, and that made your images special - it is too easy for someone else to come along at the right conditions and set up their camera with a lot less effort.
Location is irrelevant for photographers, useful for tourists. "Newhaven, UK" is probably enough for tourists, if I went there, it would likely be for more than just the beach.
What photographers need is technique. Not locations, not gear. I am not leaving Mandurah to visit your locations, but I could perhaps apply your techniques here.
I have a few photos on Facebook.
Looking forward to trying out my Anamorphic lens they sent me, nice images and cool look to the video. May try it myself ill shout you out if I do haha.
Playing with this made me want to get a genuine anamorphic lens, but they are all very expensive and I think manual focus. But a 1.33x lens gives you a really wide perspective.
Great videos mate, subscribed !
Little off topic - have you guys noticed btw that the colours and more specifically - the skin tones on the DJI Pocket 2 are actually worse than the DJ Osmo Pocket 1 or that's just me...
I own both and the Pocket 2 is better in every category than the Pocket 1 but fails massively in the skin tones department and also a bit of that active track "3.0"...(hopefully DJI will come up with an update on those.
I tried my best to shoot in Cinelike D on the Pocket 2 and colour grade it after but never managed to match the beautiful straight out of camera colours / skin tones like on the Pocket 1 in Natural picture profile.
You used to use the Pocket 1 with that Natural picture profile before and I believe no post colour correcting / grading, right ?
The colours in the videos were coming out just spot on (reminds a bit of those "canon colours"), especially for a little device like that.
Keep it up !
Hi Mike - yes I agree. I used the pocket 1 for over a year with the normal colour profile and it did look better. When I started using the pocket 2 I experimented with the flat profile and grading it because I didn’t like the look of it - but now I have reverted back to normal profile and no grading. I don’t have a contact at DJI yet....but one day I should be able to put in a request :-)
Hi Ben..I think its a damned if you do damned if you dont re sharing locations..This spot id just down the road from me (Eastbourne) ... so im indebted you shared it..im a bit obsessed with long exposure photography...So I am going there soon! Lets hope if you share human nature kicks in and people respect the location you share?
Really like your vids, wide screen gives more interest, I would appreciate a bit more info re your settings and a bit longer look at your finished images...Which are very interesting and beautiful...Thanks for making the vids, much appreciated. Spike
Thanks Spike/Pete, glad you enjoyed the video and that you are local enough to visit the location. It is for people such as yourself that I make these videos. This location is not something that could get damaged by visitors because it is a rugged metal structure on a shingle beach, but I do visit places that are a bit more fragile that I would consider keeping to myself for that reason. I do tend to rush the images in the videos a bit, this video in particular because I had so many to get through. If you pause the video the settings are up the top.
Nice vlog and channel Ben - i've subscribed! Great video quality and your explanations of your thinking on composition etc very helpful. 2 lots of mid-roll ads in an 11 min video a bit of a pain though. I agree with what some others have said on location sharing. With some it's inevitable that they become honeypot locations for photographers whether you share or not (e.g. the harbour arm for storms). I don't think I'd share things such as individual trees, not down to whatthreewords level. Maybe just share where is good to park and leave it at that.
Hi Jon, welcome to the channel, and thanks for jumping straight in with a comment. I will review the adverts, as they are slightly out of my control how many they add, I can chose beginning middle or end... I have some videos coming up soon that will just be about the landscape - the locations wont be shared. Let's see how it goes down!
By all means share locations, I've been to Newhaven more times than I can count. Its never that busy. But so much more to explore photography wise.
Hi Trev, thanks for leaving a comment. I intend on sharing well know locations moving forward - keeping local secret spots to myself.
In principle I think it's a bad idea to give locations away other than the general area. There are a few places in the Lake District which have seen a large increase in erosion due to popularisation by TH-camrs. Excellent vlog by the way.
Thanks for leaving a comment John, and I think there is a careful balance to to be had. I bought the Fotovue guide to photographing the Lake District for Xmas and I am sure that location that you refer to will be in there. So I will be adding to the foot-fall there. I live near Brighton, and whenever there is a lovely sunny weekend everyone visits here and the beach is trashed with bottles, disposable barbecues etc and the local council have to tidy after the visitors. But it is made off concrete, tarmac and pebbles - so it can take it. Lake District is not to hard wearing.
Don't share.
Thanks Rod, is that to protect the locations from too many people visiting or exclusivity of the images? Or something else?
share
Hi Ben, just to let you know that the "Posts " are an old fisherman's dock. This was destroyed in 1944 when a barge carrying 180 tons of explosives broke free from the vessel towing it and smashed into Newhaven's West Beach. Leaving a massive crater. It was also reported that nearly all the windows in the local area where smashed, causing a few injuries, only one person died a Naval rating who was killed by falling masonary.
Paul, this is amazing - how did you find out, or is it local knowledge passed down? I cant find anything online. That explains why they are so far apart, as a ground would be one line of metal work.
@@benharveyphotography Hi Ben, just a small bit of local knowledge I only live 5 mins away.
Locations like Newhaven are fairly common knowledge, but locations which you where at last week with pablo shouldn't be made common knowledge, just my way of thinking. Great shots 👍
Thanks Kev, I am coming around to the same thinking regarding which locations should and shouldn’t be shared. I hope you got some good Astro images - so cold wasn’t it!
@@benharveyphotography it was frigging freezing, yes shots came out good , just brushing up on blending and editing skills first ,just want to make them look natural and not over done.
Hey mate - new to your channel, liked and subscribed. I enjoyed this, looks a lovely location. As regards you naming the places you visit I tend to believe that if it's an obvious location, more residential town or city seaside resort then it's fine. But if the place is more obscure, a place of natural beauty say, and could be in danger of being harmed due to too much foot traffic and possibly, therefore, human pollution and or damage then maybe keep it quiet. But that's just my opinion mate :)
Hi Paul, welcome and thanks for sharing your opinion - its exactly what I was after. I am not sure how local you are, but I tend to concentrate in the south of the UK, when I am allowed to travel a bit more then I seek out Dorset and Devon quite a bit, and I aim to be going to London a bit and booking something in the Lake District again. I need to visit new places!
@@benharveyphotography I'm easy coast mate, cleethorpes mainly, Mablethorpe too. And when I travel I tend to go up rather than down. We get plenty of foot traffic our way, but sunrises are pretty quiet. Not a lot of snappers our way 😊😊
I think its helpful knowing the locations. I might be wrong but I don't think everyone will suddenly rush to an area. For me if or when I visit an area its handy to have as much info as to where a specific place is as I don't really want to waste hours searching. I might of visited somewhere in the same region and think I'll have a look whilst I'm here or even making a detour on the way home
Yes please share your location it’s very informative!
Thanks for leaving a comment Kevin.
I think giving locations is a good thing. For one, those with restricted mobility, will be able to see on Google maps, if it is a location they can access.
I understand your view point of your viewers turning up, and overwhelming a location. Although, do you think that say 2k of your subs, will all rock up at one weekend and create any damage. ( Apart from 6k tripod holes scattered about.. lol )
More chance of Joe public ruining an area when the sun comes out over a weekend.....
I belong to some local photography groups on Facebook that have 10,000+ members and if someone finds a nice location and shared it (poppy fields or sunflower fields etc) then the places become very crowded. So although my subscribers are scattered all over the globe, if someone were to share my video in a local group then it could have the same effect. It’s an interesting topic for conversation.
@@benharveyphotography Yes, indeed an interesting topic, but if you or somebody else discloses the location, you will have the same result.
The main reason a lot of folk watch vloggers is to get hints/tips on how to shoot a location. If the so called secret spot is not disclosed what is the point or purpose of the vlog?
I watch Thomas Heaton, and he is one of the reasons I started a TH-cam channel, and he chooses not to share his locations. But I continue to watch his videos, for a bit of escapism and he has a lot to teach. But I have deliberately chosen a different path and to educate people about certain locations, because when I go to a new place I really hope that someone has made a helpful video for when I go there.
Sharing might spoil the spots.
Hi Rod, yes - it is a careful balance between letting other people see these places and protecting them. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Well, just stumbled across your channel. So glad you do share your locations, as I visit friends in Hurstpierpoint every year (sometimes twice). And I always head to the concrete chain link jetty at Hove, or Lancing beach for some old wooden groynes. I’ll defo be heading to this location, and will enjoy watching more of your videos for other ideas.
Keep up the good work, you’re a natural.
Hi Stu, welcome to my channel. I make these videos for other photographers - in the hope that when I visit a new location I can find similar videos from local photographers. I have playlists, and tag most of the locations pretty well in the descriptions, but I have many based around Sussex.
Yes absolutely share. Something I do too. My question would be what harm does it do to do so? Great pics. Went the a few years ago.
You cover a lot of ground Paul! The conversation about sharing locations is more to do with protecting remote or delicate locations. Things like bluebell woods, poppy fields etc that draw a lot of people (not just photographers) especially when there is inadequate parking provision etc just seems to end in locations being ruined. Following this video I made a decision to share well-known locations but the more remote hard to find places I keep to myself to preserve nature.
Yes, keep sharing the locations. I'm in the US, so it's fun to travel vicariously through the UK via your videos. Your photographs of the countryside are beautiful!
Thank you Victoria. Much appreciated. Hopefully you pick up some tips and tricks that you can apply to creating images in the US, if you are into photography that is. Otherwise just enjoy a glimpse of the UK countryside :-)
for sure! Keep sharing your locations please.
Hello Ben! I follow you only a few days now but I love the locations you showed me so far. I always wanted to travel to the UK again, and this time with my camera. And getting to know some really nice spots, is so cool. Thank you very much from Switzerland
Hello Heinz, am I correct in saying you found me from Alex’s channel? My general ambition is to inspire people to get out with their cameras and specifically educate people on locations I am familiar with so that they get the most out of their visits. If you haven’t already, download the what3words app as I provide the exact locations of most of my photos.
@@benharveyphotography Dear Ben. Yes, Alex pointed you out in his video, which I enjoy a lot. And yes, I did download the app already, and it seems great. Hopefully I can get to England this year, and visit some of these great locations, you show us in your well done videos. Thank you very much, and have a good start into the new week.
I love the wide screen view, definitely different from other videos. I'm hopefully staying in Southampton in July ( lockdown restrictions lifted) any suggestions of places to visit. I did watch your Dorset and Devon two part video, are there some good locations going towards your neck of the woods?
Hi Peter, glad you likes the widescreen look, and regarding local videos - yes plenty. If you check out my landscapes playlist, anything with Brighton, Seven Sisters, South Downs, Devils Dyke, Swanborough Hill - these are all within an hour of Brighton.
@@benharveyphotography thanks for the suggestions
Yes the locations, and explanations are very informative and very much appreciated
Thanks for leaving your thoughts Trevor.
anamorphic lens effect cool... Excellent images dude 👌👍❤️
If you climb on the hill to the right of the lighthouse you can get pretty good shots during storms, of course with a long telephoto lens.
In regards to sharing locations, I think it's useful. So far the places you've shown in your videos are no secret, you're just making it easier for photographers to find them without prior scouting (you don't always have the time to come one day in advance, or can't afford to come so often). Photos are probably never going to be the same anyway, light will always be different
Yes I agree. I have published another video since and I’m editing another which are lesser known locations that I will keep the location to myself. But that won’t take away from the video anyway.
@@benharveyphotography Ok, just post your image on Landscape Locations UK 🤣
Just joking, I usually leave the location the way I found it, but some may not be so caring about their surroundings. On the other hand I initially subscribed to your channel because of the way you show how to get to a certain location and what to expect. You have been my scout to places I was going anyway, so thanks for that, but also take it into consideration for your future subscribers/viewers.
Find me on Facebook or Instagram and send me a DM and I will give you the what3words :-)
Locations are helpful, especially for those of us that are not as familiar with the UK.
Thanks Steven, I speak with a few other landscape photographers around the UK, and it appears that there aren’t many creating content in the south of the UK - there seems to be a lot more based around the Lake District and further north around Scotland etc.
As always, great video Ben....gutted I missed that morning though.
Ben, really liked the anamorphic filter effect, was great to see it in action and I think you captured some great images too. In response to your question my own view is probably a bit a foot in both camps. If it is a location that is not secluded and well known to the public in general such as the video you done today then stating where you are and advice about best times to visit (tides, sunrise, sunset) is definitely a benefit to anyone not familiar with the area. When it comes to more lesser known locations, then the moral dilemma comes into play and the question of potential damage to an area of natural beauty should the location be revealed. I certainly don't consider with-holding this information elitist or privileged in any way and would respect that position as it demonstrates a degree a responsibility.
great vlog - bit longer would be good ;)
What is the sweet spot for you? I am trying to make them shorter?!?
Is that the West beach Ben?
Yes, this is the beach to the west of the harbour arm, perhaps 100-200 m west along the beach. At the right tide you cant miss it.
@@benharveyphotography thanks a lot :) and yes, I agree with the share of locations