I photograph around my area constantly. Funnily people are always surprised when they ask, " Where's this at? ", and then I tell them it's near some place they lived their entire lives. People don't tend to really examine the places they live in.
Love these little village/forest walks you take us on. We have nothing at all like it where I live in Australia. Everything is new and therefore not exactly picturesque, unless you like boxes for a house! So yes, more please, Henry, especially with our fav camera, the OM-5!
Being someone who constantly struggles with composition I’d say I’m more of a happy snapper than snobby photographer but I enjoy it so that’s all that matters!
This is how I do the vast majority of my photography. Just wander around and see what I come across. The unexpected is fun and it's low-pressure compared to a meticulously planned lanscape photo trip. Vistas can be breathtaking but I think quaint villiages, semi-rural settings and scenes of urban decay tell more interesting stories, make me want to ask questions and pique my curiosity. TL;DR: I like this content.
I've shifted from focusing solely on landscapes and nature to exploring places that spark my curiosity. These could be spots close to home or up to a couple of hours away. I simply wander, capturing anything that catches my eye. I aim to blend elements of nature with human-made structures, and I couldn’t be happier with this approach.
urban photography is interesting, so feel free to post vids like this. Some of the villages you pass through to get to walks would be fine subjects for some 'street' photography. Meanwhile mate, seasons greetings and best wishes to you and yours for the year ahead.
At the age of nearly 73, with shoulder and knee problems, & apart from adventures away for the very occasional holiday, I now do most of my photography in my local area of West Cumbria: always looking for some different aspect and viewpoint and genre. Concentrating much more on macro and local nature, birdlife etc; and also starting on some Astro. My days of tramping over the Cumbrian fells are long gone sadly.
Never plan anything photography wise the element of suprize keeps the spirit alive I just grab my gear and go you never know what's around the corner and you ner know what's going to grab the attention of our minds eye xxxx
I just found it so funny that you seem to know exactly where you are when you're going up any of the Fells but when you go somewhere locally, you go the wrong way!😂😂
This is what I do 99% of the time. I don’t travel further than my bike can take me (and back) within a day, and I just go out to see what I can find without plans. Been doing this since 2009 and it’s been a lot of fun. I still don’t feel like I’m done photographing this county.
Thank you. Walking around with a photographic “eye” helps me to take in my nature walks more deeply. Photography has enriched my vision of nature. It’s the experience of the walk, not the photos, that needs to stay most important, but as a result, I have become more aware of photographic possibilities.
I think for me, I started with a film camera and I just wanted to take shots that were descent. Now, with digital, it makes life so much easier but sometimes I try and take the time to find some interesting different shots. Thanks again for the inspiration and your web site about the Lake district is Awesome.
I am very much in my senior years and my biggest regret as I have got older is I never shot enough local scenes such as local people, roads, cars, buses, pubs, cinemas even small woodlands why? because they have all gone now and pictures of yester year are now popping up every where and some are worth a fortune! Thank you for sharing your local walk and pictures with us. Happy New Year.
Really like local simple stuff. Can’t get out to the mountains so much so videos about finding images close to home in less obviously photogenic spots is something I would really like more of👍
I have to admit, I am a snobby photographer. I shoot mostly wildlife, birds in particular. There are some very common bird species that I completely ignore. But, I realize now I should try to find compositions that might better feature them.
I enjoyed the video as usual. Merry Christmas to you and your family. I must admit if i saw a thatched cottage enroute i would take a image of it. Catch you on the next one.
I try to set out each time with a positive mindset. Keeping my mind open seems to allow me to "see". I enjoy woodland scenes, macro & more recently starting wildlife(trying to diversify a bit). This variation in subject matter can help I think with potential burnout of taking too many similar photo's. I've discovered over the past few years loads of places to go within 40 mins of my house!
I do sometimes but I struggle with making a decent photo out of a scene. I always think it’s going to be great and when I get home and look it actually sucks
My camera always comes with me when walking my border collie and yes, I must be a snobby photographer these days. I'd rather form a 3 x 2 frame with my hands before the camera comes out. There's one spot down the canal that I have photographed to death throughout all the seasons. Some days the light is bland and stark and others you get a lovely ethereal glow of light through the mist. That's what keeps my passion for photography. No two days are the same.
Regarding your main question, I go out for a walk with my camera much more often than going out on a photowalk. This is defined as whether I take my tripod or not. The photos on the walking days are not important but I do sometimes get good shots, when the light plays along. 😉 A brief side note. One of my most interesting walks in 2024 was with a 85mm prime in aperture mode set at f1.8. The first few shots were dodgy but once I got into the flow I got some good shots and most importantly, really enjoyed it! It's nice to do something different and challenge yourself.
I like the change of scenery. I love the human aspect to photography. You might take for granted the homes around you, their style and design. But being from the USA (Ohio) we do not see these type of villages and old homes you have everywhere in England (Great Britain). I watch the videos not only for the photography, your conversation, and experience in finding a composition, but also to see an area of the world I do not normally see. I was just in York England in early December. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
All of your images inspire me, Henry - mountains, seaside, forest or towns, so you do you. I've Googled as you requested, and it must be working. You came up on the first page. 🙂
I need some type of plan before I walk out my front door,; e.g., architural details or photograph some market stalls If I don't have a basic plan, I come back with a pile of crap. If I have a basic plan, I tend to come back with something more pleasing.
As an amateur probably 10% of my trips out are planned, the vast majority are “ad hoc” as and when time permits. The only pressure I’m under is from myself. A lot of my best images have come from planned trips, as I’m out with a purpose but some do come from unplanned wanderings. Whenever I’m out with no time limits I’m happy, getting good shots is a bonus 😉 no photo snobbery here, anything is fair game if it sparks MY interest 👍
I like these kind of videos once in a while! I do prefer the videos that are more about landscape, but this is nice to watch so now and then as wel! I like to take pictures of literally everything in nature, so I don't think I'm a snobby photographer 😂 I should really get out with the camera more again though, the last few years I basically only go out with the camera on vacation anymore.
Before heading out I will 'plan' where I'm going, but once I'm there its up to my creative eye to see something. There is definitely no pressure in my process as I prefer to 'wander'. If I do see something that creates curiosity in me I will always have a go and put it down to practice, if it didn't work 😊 I would call myself a snob when it comes to why I wont go back to a place "because I've already been there, done that and it didn't inspire me" 🤔
Hi Henry, another grand day out that was enjoyably different. I recall you doing one a little like it from a warmer place in the summer that was a bit "Popsys-esque". As it happens I only have one rule for photography and that is " I take photos of stuff I like the look of" ... and that's about it. I find having expectation just does my head in. I think that's kinda what you were trying out today. Have a Happy New Year when the time comes, to you and all those you call your own.
When you took that shot of the stone wall and gate I thought, 'ooh yes, a lovely sky in the background' and it was completely washed out in the final photo😢. I guess the sky wasn't what attracted you in the first place and just shows how we all see things differently😂
Yup, did that today. Threw the 300mm over my shoulder and went to nearby fields where I've seen some deer before. Saw absolutely nothing, but it was an excuse to get out under the trees. 😄 Also a small forest a bit further that I enjoy rambling around. Waldeinsamkeit, Henry. Waldeinsamkeit. I'll be honest, I could have used that Vallerret link a few weeks ago when I was buying glove liners from Lidl. I'll probably still use it. But I'm also interested in a link to where to buy that hat...
A nice pleasant video to watch as i relax on Boxing Day Henry. I aslo sometimes just go out without any plan to take photos and enjoy the walk just as much. Been on google and looked at your site, Its looking good and was sitting about 9th down when i went on. Be interesting to see where it is after your followers visit it. I visited it then came back out and went in again 100 times😂, we willl get you up there. Merry Christmas.
I dont so much think I dont need good photos but I do mix it up ie do some Street Photography, Portraiture, pet Photography..whatever...if I just constantly do one type I get bored. I know that says more about me lol
I’ll go out often locally (with assistance of my bicycle) with a specific focus in mind, but I’ll happily shoot side bits along the way, birds and fun things. I will be a snob about photographing over-photographed things though, sorry but enough images of Brightons West Pier ruins exist in this universe already.
A very Merry Christmas to you Henry... Another great video to inspire! I feel like this video is me to a tee.. Not able to dedicate what I consider "special" photography time outside of holidays as we both work full time... The local area isnt that interesting either..means having to drive to anything remotely workable... Not epic, just somewhere with more "possibilities" but promising to get out a bit more. Have a great New Year!
Call me a SNOB Henry! By the way, Merry Christmas & Jolly Boxing day indeed. Coming up as I did 50 years ago when I began, the photographers around me were serious photographers. Even the ones who were family friends and UPI/API stringers, Vietnam photographers, or serious "Art" photographers like Minor White, Aaron Siskind, Paul Caponigro (the senior one), my father or George Tice and ALL the others who were connected in some way, all were by any definition "Snobs" to an extent. I value my snobbery because it came from a time that film was an expense, and a very limited commodity compared to today. Part of developing the photographer's EYE was directly associated with the limits put upon you by having only a certain number of exposures. Furthermore, the work involved in developing your negatives and printing contact prints and choosing ones to print was time consuming and a real effort so, we did NOT waste exposures because the payment at the end was working hard in the darkroom developing your negatives for NO PURPOSE at all because you aimlessly shot ANYTHING at all. On a good outing say shooting 35mm and 36 exposures you'd get 10-20 percent "good images" IF you were lucky, for ALL your hard work. I AM a "SNOB" because even today I still have that mindset although, I do waste a LOT more exposures on sub-par images, than I used to, only due to the fact that digital has made photography so facile and cheap to do. Be a snob but I say shoot away Henry!
Merry Christmas, Henry! I have been wondering why you went OM system rather than Z50 to utilize your existing lenses. I'm looking at same choice for lighter walk around myself.
I photograph around my area constantly. Funnily people are always surprised when they ask, " Where's this at? ", and then I tell them it's near some place they lived their entire lives. People don't tend to really examine the places they live in.
How do you keep your local photography fresh and interesting for yourself?
Love these little village/forest walks you take us on. We have nothing at all like it where I live in Australia. Everything is new and therefore not exactly picturesque, unless you like boxes for a house! So yes, more please, Henry, especially with our fav camera, the OM-5!
Being someone who constantly struggles with composition I’d say I’m more of a happy snapper than snobby photographer but I enjoy it so that’s all that matters!
This is how I do the vast majority of my photography. Just wander around and see what I come across. The unexpected is fun and it's low-pressure compared to a meticulously planned lanscape photo trip.
Vistas can be breathtaking but I think quaint villiages, semi-rural settings and scenes of urban decay tell more interesting stories, make me want to ask questions and pique my curiosity.
TL;DR: I like this content.
I've shifted from focusing solely on landscapes and nature to exploring places that spark my curiosity. These could be spots close to home or up to a couple of hours away. I simply wander, capturing anything that catches my eye. I aim to blend elements of nature with human-made structures, and I couldn’t be happier with this approach.
urban photography is interesting, so feel free to post vids like this. Some of the villages you pass through to get to walks would be fine subjects for some 'street' photography.
Meanwhile mate, seasons greetings and best wishes to you and yours for the year ahead.
I'm the opposite of a photo snob. I'll take pictures of anything. "Ooh, an acorn!"
At the age of nearly 73, with shoulder and knee problems, & apart from adventures away for the very occasional holiday, I now do most of my photography in my local area of West Cumbria: always looking for some different aspect and viewpoint and genre. Concentrating much more on macro and local nature, birdlife etc; and also starting on some Astro. My days of tramping over the Cumbrian fells are long gone sadly.
Never plan anything photography wise the element of suprize keeps the spirit alive I just grab my gear and go you never know what's around the corner and you ner know what's going to grab the attention of our minds eye xxxx
I just found it so funny that you seem to know exactly where you are when you're going up any of the Fells but when you go somewhere locally, you go the wrong way!😂😂
This is what I do 99% of the time. I don’t travel further than my bike can take me (and back) within a day, and I just go out to see what I can find without plans. Been doing this since 2009 and it’s been a lot of fun. I still don’t feel like I’m done photographing this county.
Thank you. Walking around with a photographic “eye” helps me to take in my nature walks more deeply. Photography has enriched my vision of nature. It’s the experience of the walk, not the photos, that needs to stay most important, but as a result, I have become more aware of photographic possibilities.
I think for me, I started with a film camera and I just wanted to take shots that were descent. Now, with digital, it makes life so much easier but sometimes I try and take the time to find some interesting different shots. Thanks again for the inspiration and your web site about the Lake district is Awesome.
I am very much in my senior years and my biggest regret as I have got older is I never shot enough local scenes such as local people, roads, cars, buses, pubs, cinemas even small woodlands why? because they have all gone now and pictures of yester year are now popping up every where and some are worth a fortune! Thank you for sharing your local walk and pictures with us. Happy New Year.
This very much what I like to do. I am no mountain hiker. So just having a wander in my local area is often what I end up doing.
Merry Xmas. All the best for the new year 👍📷😎
Thanks a lot mate, same to you!!
Enjoyed this video Henry I think when you stay local you appreciate what you have around you 😊
Thanks for the walk around your local area, good to see something different.
Really like local simple stuff. Can’t get out to the mountains so much so videos about finding images close to home in less obviously photogenic spots is something I would really like more of👍
I have to admit, I am a snobby photographer. I shoot mostly wildlife, birds in particular. There are some very common bird species that I completely ignore. But, I realize now I should try to find compositions that might better feature them.
Wildlife myself also. So far the snobbism comes mostly from the deer Bucks.
Great video. Always good just to get out and about and bonus if you get some keeper shots.
100% local - when asked by folks if there are any good photos to be had today, my reply is always "Yes, if you see and not just look."
I enjoyed the video as usual.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
I must admit if i saw a thatched cottage enroute i would take a image of it.
Catch you on the next one.
Thanks again for reminding me of my old stomping ground before leaving the UK.
Awe the best Henry, have a gid New Year 🙏🙌
Would love to have that attitude, but I spend hours hiking to a spot so want something to show for it.
I try to set out each time with a positive mindset. Keeping my mind open seems to allow me to "see". I enjoy woodland scenes, macro & more recently starting wildlife(trying to diversify a bit). This variation in subject matter can help I think with potential burnout of taking too many similar photo's. I've discovered over the past few years loads of places to go within 40 mins of my house!
I do sometimes but I struggle with making a decent photo out of a scene. I always think it’s going to be great and when I get home and look it actually sucks
VALLERRET gloves are top notch!! Worth every penny!!!
My camera always comes with me when walking my border collie and yes, I must be a snobby photographer these days. I'd rather form a 3 x 2 frame with my hands before the camera comes out.
There's one spot down the canal that I have photographed to death throughout all the seasons. Some days the light is bland and stark and others you get a lovely ethereal glow of light through the mist. That's what keeps my passion for photography. No two days are the same.
Love that beanie!
Regarding your main question, I go out for a walk with my camera much more often than going out on a photowalk. This is defined as whether I take my tripod or not. The photos on the walking days are not important but I do sometimes get good shots, when the light plays along. 😉
A brief side note. One of my most interesting walks in 2024 was with a 85mm prime in aperture mode set at f1.8. The first few shots were dodgy but once I got into the flow I got some good shots and most importantly, really enjoyed it! It's nice to do something different and challenge yourself.
I like the change of scenery. I love the human aspect to photography. You might take for granted the homes around you, their style and design. But being from the USA (Ohio) we do not see these type of villages and old homes you have everywhere in England (Great Britain). I watch the videos not only for the photography, your conversation, and experience in finding a composition, but also to see an area of the world I do not normally see. I was just in York England in early December. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
All of your images inspire me, Henry - mountains, seaside, forest or towns, so you do you. I've Googled as you requested, and it must be working. You came up on the first page. 🙂
I need some type of plan before I walk out my front door,; e.g., architural details or photograph some market stalls
If I don't have a basic plan, I come back with a pile of crap.
If I have a basic plan, I tend to come back with something more pleasing.
nice photowalk! thank you for sharing
A very merry Christmas Henry and hope you have a fantastic new year, love the vid.
Thanks a lot Darren, Merry Xmas mate
I do like this kind of video btw. POV street photography videos are some of my favorite photography videos, and this is pretty much the same thing.
Yes I am😊 Do not take pictures unless I see it will be very good!
Merry Christmas Henry!! I did the google search and went to your site. It was the top of page 2. :) Also loved the "urban" photos.
Merry Xmas mate, thanks so much for doing that, really helpful
I like all the content. I never go out without finding some kind of photo
As an amateur probably 10% of my trips out are planned, the vast majority are “ad hoc” as and when time permits. The only pressure I’m under is from myself. A lot of my best images have come from planned trips, as I’m out with a purpose but some do come from unplanned wanderings. Whenever I’m out with no time limits I’m happy, getting good shots is a bonus 😉 no photo snobbery here, anything is fair game if it sparks MY interest 👍
I like these kind of videos once in a while! I do prefer the videos that are more about landscape, but this is nice to watch so now and then as wel! I like to take pictures of literally everything in nature, so I don't think I'm a snobby photographer 😂 I should really get out with the camera more again though, the last few years I basically only go out with the camera on vacation anymore.
I do find these kind of outings interesting, when you include the English countryside with houses, streets and other places like bakeries.
Before heading out I will 'plan' where I'm going, but once I'm there its up to my creative eye to see something. There is definitely no pressure in my process as I prefer to 'wander'. If I do see something that creates curiosity in me I will always have a go and put it down to practice, if it didn't work 😊 I would call myself a snob when it comes to why I wont go back to a place "because I've already been there, done that and it didn't inspire me" 🤔
Hi Henry, another grand day out that was enjoyably different. I recall you doing one a little like it from a warmer place in the summer that was a bit "Popsys-esque". As it happens I only have one rule for photography and that is " I take photos of stuff I like the look of" ... and that's about it. I find having expectation just does my head in. I think that's kinda what you were trying out today. Have a Happy New Year when the time comes, to you and all those you call your own.
Thanks mate, hope you have a great new year too
I enjoy all your videos. I enjoy the variety. You could go for a walk around a gravel pit and still make it interesting.
Thanks haha, good idea that :D
When you took that shot of the stone wall and gate I thought, 'ooh yes, a lovely sky in the background' and it was completely washed out in the final photo😢. I guess the sky wasn't what attracted you in the first place and just shows how we all see things differently😂
Thanks. And. Cheers.
Snobby? Yes, I'm definitely Still NO Bloody Better Yet!
Yup, did that today. Threw the 300mm over my shoulder and went to nearby fields where I've seen some deer before. Saw absolutely nothing, but it was an excuse to get out under the trees. 😄 Also a small forest a bit further that I enjoy rambling around. Waldeinsamkeit, Henry. Waldeinsamkeit.
I'll be honest, I could have used that Vallerret link a few weeks ago when I was buying glove liners from Lidl. I'll probably still use it. But I'm also interested in a link to where to buy that hat...
A nice pleasant video to watch as i relax on Boxing Day Henry. I aslo sometimes just go out without any plan to take photos and enjoy the walk just as much.
Been on google and looked at your site, Its looking good and was sitting about 9th down when i went on. Be interesting to see where it is after your followers visit it.
I visited it then came back out and went in again 100 times😂, we willl get you up there.
Merry Christmas.
My focus is home range, no expeditions.
Substitute Snob for Lazy, that’s me!
I dont so much think I dont need good photos but I do mix it up ie do some Street Photography, Portraiture, pet Photography..whatever...if I just constantly do one type I get bored. I know that says more about me lol
Thank you for all this years content, its always interesting. Silverdale & Arnside by the looks of it ?
Thanks a lot and yes!!
I’ll go out often locally (with assistance of my bicycle) with a specific focus in mind, but I’ll happily shoot side bits along the way, birds and fun things. I will be a snob about photographing over-photographed things though, sorry but enough images of Brightons West Pier ruins exist in this universe already.
Yes, I enjoyed today's content... love your stuff, but I can't climb Wainwrights.
A very Merry Christmas to you Henry... Another great video to inspire! I feel like this video is me to a tee.. Not able to dedicate what I consider "special" photography time outside of holidays as we both work full time... The local area isnt that interesting either..means having to drive to anything remotely workable... Not epic, just somewhere with more "possibilities" but promising to get out a bit more. Have a great New Year!
Thanks a lot. I hope you have a great new year too :D
I enjoy the Wainrights and coastal videos moore.
Thanks for the feedback mate
13:10 well I’d need to turn back there, my easy to see physique ain’t getting through that 😂
But what we really want is the herdy hat lol :D
Like these kind of walks, they’re the kind that me and the wife take.
Call me a SNOB Henry! By the way, Merry Christmas & Jolly Boxing day indeed. Coming up as I did 50 years ago when I began, the photographers around me were serious photographers. Even the ones who were family friends and UPI/API stringers, Vietnam photographers, or serious "Art" photographers like Minor White, Aaron Siskind, Paul Caponigro (the senior one), my father or George Tice and ALL the others who were connected in some way, all were by any definition "Snobs" to an extent. I value my snobbery because it came from a time that film was an expense, and a very limited commodity compared to today. Part of developing the photographer's EYE was directly associated with the limits put upon you by having only a certain number of exposures. Furthermore, the work involved in developing your negatives and printing contact prints and choosing ones to print was time consuming and a real effort so, we did NOT waste exposures because the payment at the end was working hard in the darkroom developing your negatives for NO PURPOSE at all because you aimlessly shot ANYTHING at all. On a good outing say shooting 35mm and 36 exposures you'd get 10-20 percent "good images" IF you were lucky, for ALL your hard work. I AM a "SNOB" because even today I still have that mindset although, I do waste a LOT more exposures on sub-par images, than I used to, only due to the fact that digital has made photography so facile and cheap to do. Be a snob but I say shoot away Henry!
Merry Christmas, Henry! I have been wondering why you went OM system rather than Z50 to utilize your existing lenses. I'm looking at same choice for lighter walk around myself.
Thanks mate same to you!! It was the amazing image stabilisation mostly which meant I could shoot long exposures without a tripod
@@HenryTurnerphoto ahhh, great point. Thanks!
Looks like silverdale
I'm an old bugger at 53 yrs, could you do the same video with a gopro A7white, which I use all the time, it suits my eyes. 1080p.😊😊
😊👍🏻👏🏻