A very good video taken from a slightly different perspective of showing the dynamics of light. It's these nuances that can make or break shot and it was nice to hear someone explain why not to stick to the obvious such as leading lines when the light isn't suitable. One for the intermediate photographer as well as the beginner. One of the best tools on the camera to help prevent glaring mistakes, such as large areas of sky, is having the blinkies turned on. Excellent and subscribed.
Some brilliant tips in this video! Though one thing you didn’t mention for blown out sky creeping through (that I noticed; or didn’t notice!) is exposure bracketing, tho I get a feeling the ‘next time’ video might cover that.. I’ll have to watch!
Great video Stuart. I only live 20 mins from the Galloway Forest Park. Can be challenging due to the large proportion of coniferous woodland but there are little pockets of natural in there as well. I just love woodland photography at any time of year, it's always changing and is so peaceful and atmospheric. Another couple of tips - look down as well, there can be a host of things to photograph at floor level and not necessarily with a macro lens. And also look for patterns and textures, crop in tight in camera.
This was a fantastic help! I've just started getting into photography for my job and a large portion of my shooting takes place in wooded areas. The two problems you address are EXACTLY what I've been struggling to tackle. I'm excited to get back in the field and try some of your suggestions!
Hi Stewart I found your channel and subbed you amazing content thanks for sharing loved the live view it helped a lot what editing software do you use as the end images were amazing keep up the great uploads , many thanks ,clive .in nottingham.
I find your videos quite inspiring. Could you maybe show in a video how to get the colours right. Because as seen in the video the colours differ very much between the real world, live view and the final image. That would be great. Keep it up!
Thanks you!!! I've been studying photography on my own for a few months now and i was frustrated with trying to shoot in many of the local parks here which are all mostly wooded. This video was just what i needed to inspire and keep me practicing skills. Thanks!!
That was brilliant... great to see live view and the way it was utilised. And what can happen with just a few steps and adjusting level of camera. From a newbie who’s just purchased a DSLR.
Brilliant Stewart very welldone video, easy for the beginner to understand the way you've done it, nice and simple, thanks, mate - subbed liked and shared.
Very interesting !!! I am going to be doing a photo shoot in the woods, but with a model. I suppose I may have to use flash ..would you have any tips on this
Hello Sir! Big THANK to you for valuable and very good advice of portraying trees inside the forest/wood! Wishing you much inspiration and may you enjoy your great photography even more! Wishing you sir all the Best (always!) Best Regards, Charl (Sweden)
Rafał Konieczny - I started photography 35 years ago and have always loved woodland. I've many images of just trees and they always feature in my landscapes.
Thanks for your time and tips. I have been doing photography for a while, I always wish tips would be categorized as beginner, intermediate and advance. If an advance photographer watches a combination of tips, s/he might get bored as they know most of it. The beginner would not get all of it either, since they are not good enough yet to catch them all, they might need more explanation and get more out of it. Hope it helps. Looking forward for your next videos.
Great video Stuart - The tips are very enlightening and I'll try to incorporate them into my shooting style. Just a question - when we see the finished photos they seem very heavily colour processed (tone compressed) which I think looks fantastic, do you use an HDR app? If so which one?
did you edit these photos post-capture or are they untouched? I'm wondering as the photos look much warmer in colour than the video footage does. also, would you happen to remember what settings you were using? great video!!
Hi, and thanks for your comment. No, the still images are untouched. I don't Photoshop my images. 90% of my photography is on Fuji Velvia film which gives much richer colours. When I shoot digital, I shoot with a Canon 5D3 which has an in-camera function called a "picture style". I have my camera set up with a custom picture style I developed a few years ago that gives warmer richer colours in my stills. The video was set on basic auto mode when I was walking through the forest.. HTH :)
I am also waiting anxiously for the second part. :) This is one of the few good videos around to show other people what I am normally trying to accomplish in the city, but then in an even tougher environment. Let's see how much my next portrait shoot in the local park improves after letting this sink in!
sorry to be off topic but does someone know of a method to log back into an instagram account..? I stupidly forgot the password. I love any tricks you can offer me
@Maverick Gavin i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now. I see it takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Pleased to find this. I just gave woodland photography a go and spent the first few hours wandering around like a headless chicken. I’m an experienced photographer too. It was tough! Couldn’t make sense of the chaos. Woodland spaghetti
very nice way of explaining things 👍😃 Just got a Dslr myself and live very close to a forest. Tomorrow will be a Great day for me if its not Raining 😃😃😃
Hi Stuart! I don't know if you remember me but I used to follow you on Facebook. We had different conversations on film photography, I now have my own film camera a Mamiya RB67 Pro S. bought it today. I am sorry I couldn't contact you any other way. Trust you are well. Regards Ken Holt
A very good video taken from a slightly different perspective of showing the dynamics of light. It's these nuances that can make or break shot and it was nice to hear someone explain why not to stick to the obvious such as leading lines when the light isn't suitable. One for the intermediate photographer as well as the beginner. One of the best tools on the camera to help prevent glaring mistakes, such as large areas of sky, is having the blinkies turned on. Excellent and subscribed.
Thank you for sharing this video. The forest is very beautiful.
Enjoyed this very much. Very clear and easy to follow instructional technique and something I will look forward to exploring, thank you and good luck.
Very good advice, panning with live view, going to try that.
Some brilliant tips in this video! Though one thing you didn’t mention for blown out sky creeping through (that I noticed; or didn’t notice!) is exposure bracketing, tho I get a feeling the ‘next time’ video might cover that.. I’ll have to watch!
Great video Stuart. I only live 20 mins from the Galloway Forest Park. Can be challenging due to the large proportion of coniferous woodland but there are little pockets of natural in there as well. I just love woodland photography at any time of year, it's always changing and is so peaceful and atmospheric.
Another couple of tips - look down as well, there can be a host of things to photograph at floor level and not necessarily with a macro lens. And also look for patterns and textures, crop in tight in camera.
This was a fantastic help! I've just started getting into photography for my job and a large portion of my shooting takes place in wooded areas. The two problems you address are EXACTLY what I've been struggling to tackle. I'm excited to get back in the field and try some of your suggestions!
Excellent my friend.
Have a great time ❤️
Hi Stewart I found your channel and subbed you amazing content thanks for sharing loved the live view it helped a lot what editing software do you use as the end images were amazing keep up the great uploads , many thanks ,clive .in nottingham.
Beautiful green trees 😃 nice view and good learning 😁.
I find your videos quite inspiring. Could you maybe show in a video how to get the colours right. Because as seen in the video the colours differ very much between the real world, live view and the final image. That would be great. Keep it up!
many thanks for your lessons. very useful and easy to understand .
Although the forests here in Brazil look a little different, the tips helped a lot... More success for the channel!
Thank you. How did you get such vivid colours in your forest images? What settings? Thanks for the tips.
I quite enjoyed that, as here in western Canada the forests are many. Great points of view, and hopefully you do a Part 2 on a very similar project!
Thanks you!!! I've been studying photography on my own for a few months now and i was frustrated with trying to shoot in many of the local parks here which are all mostly wooded. This video was just what i needed to inspire and keep me practicing skills. Thanks!!
Hi Lisa, I'm glad you find it helpful and it's great that you're inspired. Best wishes and happy photography. Cheers Stuart
That was brilliant... great to see live view and the way it was utilised. And what can happen with just a few steps and adjusting level of camera.
From a newbie who’s just purchased a DSLR.
I know it's an old video but it was very very helpful to me as I live in the woods too and struggled for good composition
Enjoyed this a lot Stuart. It's a subject I'm focused on a lot. Thanks. Looking forward to Part 2
you made compositions skills easyer to develope this way. thanks! Most people watch and don’t see.
Brilliant Stewart very welldone video, easy for the beginner to understand the way you've done it, nice and simple, thanks, mate - subbed liked and shared.
Nice video. Do you ever use multiple exposure HDR to help with the contrast issues?
Very well presented, and some very good points. Thank you!
Thanks for these simple but really fantastic tips!!! Fine video and great results in it!
Very interesting !!! I am going to be doing a photo shoot in the woods, but with a model. I suppose I may have to use flash ..would you have any tips on this
Hello Sir! Big THANK to you for valuable and very good advice of portraying trees inside the forest/wood! Wishing you much inspiration and may you enjoy your great photography even more!
Wishing you sir all the Best (always!)
Best Regards,
Charl (Sweden)
Good tips. Well put together video, simple and helpful
Thank you Stuart, this is exactly what I needed before going on my trip. Great composition tips provided in your video.
Thumbs up Sir! excellent tip! please do some more
You still alive?? Your a awesome teacher and this is one of, if not the best on composition I have seen and thank you.
Great video! I decided to focus for one year only on forests and trees, and it is so addictive!
Rafał Konieczny - I started photography 35 years ago and have always loved woodland. I've many images of just trees and they always feature in my landscapes.
Great video! I am going to try your tips this weekend. thank you
Excellent video. I guess would like to see part 2
Great tips, I'll definitely put them to use. Thanks.
Really good. I watched it a few times. Just never looked at composition this way. Thanks
great video Stuart..I just found you and immediately subbed..such a simple tip but makes all the difference...cant wait for more..thanks !
Magic thank you for taking the time to show us how its done, All the best
Thanks for your time and tips. I have been doing photography for a while, I always wish tips would be categorized as beginner, intermediate and advance. If an advance photographer watches a combination of tips, s/he might get bored as they know most of it. The beginner would not get all of it either, since they are not good enough yet to catch them all, they might need more explanation and get more out of it.
Hope it helps. Looking forward for your next videos.
Fellow photographer and videographer here! Thanks for an awesome video! Keep having fun!
Nice and easy tips. Thanks
Well done . That's a beautiful area.
Thank you so much! I was lacking for inspiration, and now i know what to shoot next.
Very helpful video. Thank you so much, Stuart.
Great video Stuart - The tips are very enlightening and I'll try to incorporate them into my shooting style.
Just a question - when we see the finished photos they seem very heavily colour processed (tone compressed) which I think looks fantastic, do you use an HDR app? If so which one?
Very clear and simple practical advice, thank you. Do you have a video on the processing techniques you used for these shots?
I don't know if I searched correctly, but I didn't find the second part. Did you get to film part 2? Thank you and greetings from Brazil!
Bracketing is your friend! Great video!
Thanks for the tips! I'm on my way to Sequoia National Park, California. I can't wait to take some shots.
Beautiful video and tips. Thanks.
One of the best videos I've seen for a while...shame he's vanished :(
Thanks Stuart! Very good tips, trying in my near woods tomorrow :-)
Thank you for this video! Its exactely what I needed right now!
Thank You Stuart, That has been a great help to me,
Big thanks from Russia!
Great video. Thanks for the tips
VERY GOOD VIDEO....I.M GOING TO TRY YOUR IDEA;S.........THEY SEEM TO WORK AND ARE SO SIMPLE.....THANKS....
Thanks Stuart, very helpful!
Thanks for details explanation. It is helpful for beginner like me. LOVE.
Thank you for great tutorial.
Really helpful - thank you Stuart.
very helpful video. thanks
great video!!
Some great tips Stuart - many thanks.
did you edit these photos post-capture or are they untouched? I'm wondering as the photos look much warmer in colour than the video footage does. also, would you happen to remember what settings you were using? great video!!
Hi, and thanks for your comment. No, the still images are untouched. I don't Photoshop my images. 90% of my photography is on Fuji Velvia film which gives much richer colours. When I shoot digital, I shoot with a Canon 5D3 which has an in-camera function called a "picture style". I have my camera set up with a custom picture style I developed a few years ago that gives warmer richer colours in my stills. The video was set on basic auto mode when I was walking through the forest.. HTH :)
Is the "picture style" mood have on canon 700d ??
i love forest photography...
Beautiful Tut , well explained, Thank you
A good presentation just like being with a friend to guide you
I am also waiting anxiously for the second part. :) This is one of the few good videos around to show other people what I am normally trying to accomplish in the city, but then in an even tougher environment. Let's see how much my next portrait shoot in the local park improves after letting this sink in!
sorry to be off topic but does someone know of a method to log back into an instagram account..?
I stupidly forgot the password. I love any tricks you can offer me
@Elliot Jerome instablaster :)
@Maverick Gavin i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now.
I see it takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Maverick Gavin it worked and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy:D
Thanks so much, you really help me out !
@Elliot Jerome happy to help :)
Thats super helpful, thank you! I like practical aproach
Ah stuart, do this regularly, excellent video. High quality.
Thank you so much for sharing the tips. A new follower from Indonesia
Great Video. Thanks.
Good job Stuart.
Pleased to find this. I just gave woodland photography a go and spent the first few hours wandering around like a headless chicken. I’m an experienced photographer too. It was tough! Couldn’t make sense of the chaos. Woodland spaghetti
This is an excellant tip, which I am going to work with on my next jaunt.
Very helpful, thanks
Thanks from Holland :)
Very informative. Thank you.
@6:52 - Walks into a scene from Lord of the rings - "That's not too bad of a composition" 😍😂
Thank you so much Stuart!!
I’ve subscribed!
very nice way of explaining things 👍😃 Just got a Dslr myself and live very close to a forest. Tomorrow will be a Great day for me if its not Raining 😃😃😃
This is really good, thanks for sharing! :) Forests have always scared me as a photographer, haha.
You can clone out bright patches, small patches anyway.one idea of course
Thnx for the tips
Earned another Sub.
Great video, I learned quite a lot. Cheers :D
Nice tutorial, mate.
very nice tank you
Great video!
were the photos you showed edited? It looked like the video didn't show the sunlight.
Nice vid Stuart
What happened to the ‘next time’ video 😢?
Hi Stuart! I don't know if you remember me but I used to follow you on Facebook. We had different conversations on film photography, I now have my own film camera a Mamiya RB67 Pro S. bought it today. I am sorry I couldn't contact you any other way. Trust you are well. Regards Ken Holt
how big is your live view image? with your hand over it, it looks like a big telly.
Are you shooting without a tripod to shoot these pictures?
big thanks from Malaysia...
Thank you sir . it was really helpful
very nice
where is the part II?
That's clearly a Scottish accent... right? Very nice video..
which forest is this?