Since discovering your channel earlier this year. Your philosophies and mentality have helped me greatly in my personal life as well as my photography. Once being someone who constantly lived in a state of depression, you have helped me get out of that head space and learn to enjoy the areas around me. I've started to travel to cities less and mountains more. Being outside, away from everything, it really helps me put a lot of things into perspective. As well as helping keep my head on straight. Thank you for always being you, Thomas. I greatly appreciate your content and your attitude. Take care!
I found the comment about driving 3 hours for a few tree pictures very interesting because I used your original statement to support my decision to drive to a city an hour away to take a few photos of the skyline. In other words your video inspired me and I enjoyed the entire excursion. Why not? I have a life, but part of it is to find time to pursue beauty. Thanks!
Absolutely agree about the three-hour Drive comment. Photography is about capturing a moment in time to look back on. To sit down years from now with my kids and say I was there at that moment in time to capture that image. It creates conversations and brings back memories and that's what it's all about.
Well I thought it was a stunning shot, it took my breath away! Maybe it's because I live in L.A. & you can't find views like that anywhere around here. To me, it's exotic and lush. I also love the subtle hues and tones. I could gaze at it for hours.
This is a very important video for people practicing photography. Just because you don't see a composition one day, it's smart to return another day. Photography can be like finding a needle in a heystack. The compositions are there, just keep looking.
I live in Arizona (USA) I drive 2-5 hours every weekend to photograph trees.. sometimes just rocks... I mean, sometimes the same rocks even. Just the act of getting up and out gets your creative juices flowing. It scratches that itch, you know the one. I dont see any problem with getting up and out. 3 hour drive?! why the hell not? Go for a 6 hour drive if you feel like it. Also: what may seem pedestrian to you is exotic to others. I live in Arizona (Desert) and misty trees are VERY alien and beautiful to me. Anything you think of as normal and boring can be considered exotic to many many other people.
Brilliant comment. I live in Arctic Norway, but are somewhat well travelled in Arizona, photograping desert landscapes is like another world to me. Which I would guess northern lights, snow covered trees and icey lakes are to you.
Love your view on what counts when doing landscape photography. 👍👍👍 Of course everybody wants to get good pictures, but what people don’t see is the fun behind „getting the pictures“ - traveling and hiking and just enjoying being outside 👍
Going on an adventure is my favourite thing to do. If I even get ONE photo I love, it gives me an incredible feeling. Probably the only time I'm truly happy. I would drive 10 hours for one photo. I love the adventure, the chase, the bad weather, the feeling of being alone in the wilderness, I just love it all so much.
Your comments at the beginning of the video about exploring and getting out - really hit the mark. That resonates with me and my reasons for photography. This is one of the qualities I really appreciate about your channel and I suspect many of your viewers share this goal and philosophy!
At 8:16, it was one of those "how I got the photograph" images. You really cannot do wrong, when you are bringing your skill level to so many who follow you! Cheers!
True. Photography is not just pressing a shutter 100x times; it is a journey to take one but good. I often go to nearby park whereas sb might wonder I photographed everything there. Eh... but this everything differs from day to day and that is fantastic....
Passion is chaning life into something more than a regular human's life in this world...work,home,eat,sleep -->repeat...they can't understand that driving hours to make some great photos is exciting and great! :D
I completely agree. Its all part of the adventure! Sometimes i get just as excited getting out with my camera and exploring. Even if the conditions were not right and i came away with little to nothing!
I've sat up in the clag on the top of Black Hill, rain and wind in my face, waiting for 100 or so fell runners to come by. Back to the car in the driving rain through bogs, images weren't up to much, muddy and wet through. Coffee, malt loaf. LOVED IT!
I appreciate your candor. It's been simultaneously rewarding and frustrating to go to beautiful locations, but struggle to get a photo I like. And yet, we still get to be out in beauty. Thanks
That chaps comment, some people just don't get it. Can't beat a little adventure, a roadtrip listening to some tunes or a good audiobook/podcast with a coffee. Finding somewhere new or quiet and just taking it all in, feeling privileged to have somewhere to yourself and to be present in the moment seeing something that others aren't. If you come back with an image then great, a portfolio image then it's a bonus. We don't get that long on this earth so we need to take every opportunity to spend time doing something we love. I think the image works, first look it pulled me in, I think the cloud shape is strong enough to hold it together but definitely one to go back to over the seasons. Really enjoying these latest videos Tom, I watched some of your early stuff and it has that same feel. Cheers, Paul
Adventure. My father was a fisherman, he would get up at 5.00am and drive for a couple of hours and sit on a riverbank all day in all sorts of weather and then drive home again. His attitude to this was "If I catch any fish it`s a bonus" which I took to mean that "it`s the adventure that is the fun and anything else just improves the day". I now have the same attitude to photography just the same as you do and I wouldn`t have it any other way. Keep up the good work.
Hi Tom-I enjoyed this, a quintessential Thomas Heaton video. I watch all your videos, but I don't always reply because sometimes I think whatever I say will be lost in the hundreds, sometimes thousands of comments you receive. However, I appreciate every one of them and I always take something good away from each. Your down-to-earth sincerity about landscape photography, its highs and lows and its essential value is summed up in this video. It is not how many great images you get, if any, it is just being out, in natural surroundings, enjoying the process. Many thanks, my friend. Bob
I travel 2-4 hours many many times per year as often as I can really just to get 1 photo. I rarely come away with something good but I never regret doing it. It's your videos that inspired me to start doing it.
Thomas, I love your videos. I love the fact, that you don’t romanticize photography. It is a hard work, loads of money and hours of time spent and quite often with no visible result other than the joy of the journey. It is always good to get a little kick of “hey, you are not alone in it. We all sometimes end up frantically running around trying to find a photo and yet not being able to create a masterpiece.” I am a flight attendant and most of the time I can only work with given time in a given location. Take it or leave it. I very often drive more than 3-4 hours to spots I wish to capture and most of the time, I feel under great pressure. I have never been to those places, I have never driven those roads and I am there only exactly when I am there. Cannot really ask for more, wait for better light or scout the location. I love those trips no matter what and I love, that my passion makes me complete a 17 hours flight and still sit in the car for 4,5h hours driving hundreds of kilometers just to see something gorgeous and hopefully even capture the feeling, I get. But... due to what I described eariler, I very often fail and come back with nothing useful. And sometimes it just makes me question myself, whether I am good enough and whether it is even worth it. I can absolutely relate to every feeling you have on trips and days like this one. I hate the frantic moments, I hate the missed shots, but I love the experience and the journey itself. And ... it is nice to see, that I am not alone. That even somebody, who I consider really masterful in his field, goes through the same down lows I do, because that means, that maybe even I can one day capture something good, because I am willing to go through all the work behind. Thank you for such videos. It feels like a tap on the back and saying “I understand. You will get there.” It is a boost.
Some people get it, some don’t. Just watching the awesome location where you’re taking photos is awesome. Thomas Heaton keep posting this videos, they’re great.
Love that area and for me the best local place for landscape photography . Only an hour and a half away from where I live in the midlands. That location was also my first place I visited when starting out on my photography journey. The cloud invention around that area can be epic. Great to see your professional eye casting over this great area.
Back to basics, now this is how I like to see you do vlogs, like back when you started. simple B roll, good explanations, and the way you showed that not every outing is successful, although it was maybe not a keeper, it was as good a photograph as you were going to get with the light and composition. Great stuff Tom
I've been out the other day not well dressed and clouds came, temperature dropped and light breeze started I was getting chilly and immediately thought of you and said "Now I appreciate all the effort Thomas put on his journeys much more" since I know how cold it is in the UK and the weather was very look like.
I watch your channel because you express your thoughts so clearly. Of course the final photo is what want to see. However, I enjoy the journey better. Your awesome!
You are so right about spending the time out rather and it being interesting. I spent last weekend in the desert of Abu Dhabi's Eastern Region, it was not so much the photographing the dunes at sunrise but the fact that just being out there and spending 4 hours off road with the added bonus of penetrating deep into the dunes for photography.
The image is great. I enjoy not having a focal point and that the view just fades into the distance with those lovely low hanging clouds on the ridges.
Totally agree with you. Compositionally, the water at bottom-right is like a black hole; drawing the eye away from the rest of the scene. One of those things you don't notice until you're sitting in front of Lightroom.
I work as an advertising photographer and for the past 25 years everything I do is 100% controlled, but what you say about making it an adventure/trip away has inspired me to get out and do some landscape photography, as you say it doesn't matter if you get a shot, it's that "you time", which I think is a valuable thing to have. Very watchable videos by the way :)
So good to see how the "video part" is getting better!! Love the transitions, angles... top job!! And as always, the best spot for the picture is by the edge of the precarious cliff!! :-) . Great video, and agree...is always good to be out there, exploring nature and new locations!
Another wonderful video, Thomas, thanks for sharing. Those quiet "boring" moments (per your commenter) are treasures to those of us who know to appreciate them. Cheers!
In some ways I appreciate you sharing theses videos more than the ones in which you capture an epic shot. Seeing you become a victim of the elements yet still appreciate said elements is a great reminder of the reason we go out to shoot.
Nice video. It reminds me of the videos I have seen before where the journey was more interesting than actually getting a good photograph. That is what makes photography so fun. You never know what you will get or will not get. In the end, it really does not matter. It is all about the experience. I enjoyed the video.
I drove two hours Saturday morning, leaving my apartment at 4:30 am, to photograph a lighthouse in the Hudson River at dawn. Def worth the drive. If you want the shot, sometimes you have to do the drive.
Cool insight on the life of a landscape photographer, I guess one must like the seclusion and adventure of wandering about woods and desolate places,for me it would be a dream come true.. Thanks for sharing.
For me, I liked the way the photo magically draws your eye the reflection in the water and I would get lost there lingering in that pool of thought. I really liked it.
I thought the image was stunning. I’d be over the moon if I had taken that shot. Perfection in our mind usually differs from what we see, in other words, be happy about the image as you captured a moment in time unlike any other. Stunning. Cheerio, Bryan from Vancouver
Yesterday's unhappiness will drive you to happiness tomorrow. Personally, I thought it a beautiful image which captures the vista as it was, with a dusting of Heaton magic. Another one for the book of calm Thomas....
They can’t all be keepers. The good news is that you got a chance to escape for a couple of days and there is always that anticipation of the next journey. Cheers!
Great video as always sir.I enjoy hearing your more spontaneous thoughts on your image. I once drove seven hours then hiked two hours to take an image of a waterfall. I then drove the seven hours back home the next day. I would go through much more for an opportunity to get out in the wilderness and capture an image. It is far more important for me that I get out in open spaces than capture a photograph. In the end, the photograph is not guaranteed but the journey, whatever that might be, is guaranteed.
Nice one Thomas. Watching this on location in the lakes. Up at 4am and drove over this morning, not happy with my sunrise photos, stuck up a hill and out of position for sunset. So here's hoping like you for a good sunrise tomorrow. But it great being out.
Took last Wednesday off work and drove up to some local woods for a walk and brought the camera. 5 minutes in to the walk some deer come running across the path, made my day. Did I have my camera out yet, nope, but it was still a really enjoyable experience and a lovely relaxing birthday. Wouldn't have been there if not for photography and the motivation provided by videos like yours Thomas. PS have your 2019 calendar on my wall already, just need a few more weeks and that wont be so odd.
Thanks Tom ace channel i would like to thank you for your efforts so many good advice and genuine thoughts in all your vlogs 👍i look forward to learning more and more from your techniques on landscape photography. Cheers Mike
Love going on your adventures. I go out quite often and more times then not I'm not totally satisfied with what I've taken but getting out is the real pay off.
Talking about skies lighting up. Yesterday it happened, I when for a run in the mountains surrounding the city, 8k in. I had to stop to take a dump. I had the perfect vantage point to see an amazing sunset. Wonderful.
I love the bit where you acknowledge you aren't that happy with your image, but kinda happy with the trip. Sure you drove a while (although I guess you created content for your channel regardless, so it creates income and fuel is a business expense etc), but I feel the same most times I head out. I am rarely very happy with my photos nowadays, often getting pictures that are 'okay', rather than good on reflection. However, not once ever have I regretted going out to take photos.
I love the peak district. Its amazing. Luds church is awesome (its not a church) and Thorpe Cloud at Dovedale is beautiful. Never been at sunset/sunrise but they are special. Going to Hope Valley in August. Doing a 900 mile to and round Cornwall road trip in May with so many photo ideas and camping at various campsites. Will be awesome
6:57 that looks like the Bole Hills quarry near Surprise View. The stone from there was used to build the Derwent and Ladybower dams. Walking around you can still see the track beds for the railway as well as the base of the winch house at the top of Padley Incline.
Thomas, your love for adventure is truly unprecedented and you are an inspiration that more should follow. Photography just seems like a byproduct of your adventures but I feel that is what helps you stand apart from others. You go out for the story and return with the image. This morning I drove two hours to a beautiful lake with cliffs facing the east so I could capture a beautiful sunrise. During the night however the winds picked up clearing out the clouds and then cheating me of my photograph. Slightly frustrated feeling I then recalled your episodes when you traveled to Utah and encountered similar weather. I realized I was trying force something that wasn't there. I put down my camera and sipped some coffee and enjoyed being surrounded by silence.
Great video as usual Thomas. Inspiring to make the decision to get out there on an adventure. Also nice to see the images don't always turn out as expected, but still enjoy the journey that photography takes us on.
My anticipation is when Thomas Heaton drops that camera bag and pulls out the legs of the tripod. It means than man has found the composition and I cant wait to see what it is :)
Wow, that looked a little precarious that perch. I really liked this video as it felt real. By that I mean that we (photographers) enjoy getting out, taking pictures but as evidenced by your photo, you do not always come away with keepers which is disappointing but it’s the journey/adventure that we enjoy as well.
Don’t be to hard on yourself, the picture is one most of us would be very happy with, but I’ll tell you what Tom, when you parked your tripod on that cliff face I was gobsmacked, I thought wtf are you doing!!? But seeing the reflection, lovely 👍🏻👍🏻
Drove all the way to the Peak District to photograph more trees, that's interesting.... And it's quite wonderful, too, because you show the WHY of doing it, not just the almighty WHAT. Sometimes (okay, most times), the best part of being a photographer comes in the trying. Bravo, TH.
Agree, adventure is relative and we can’t all be fit hikers. I make best use of laybys. (If you met me you’d see why!). But...I love every minute. The ‘journey’ is the same in my head, capturing the moment, the mood, the scene. Thanks for highlighting enjoyment of the process. As BVS said today, its not all about the epic. Love your work Tom and thanks for sharing.
Ps. I get vertigo and fear for your life when you stand so close to the edge on nothing more than a sod of grass clinging on by a grass root. Lol. Ok it was rock. But you know what I mean.
Love your videos from the field! And I appreciate that you recognize that a small adventure is still an adventure. I'll never climb Everest, but I'm always excited when I get to the woods and the streams, even if it's only an hour away! Thanks again for the great content, and your hard work to get it here!
You might not be happy with the shot, but I really like it. It looks fab on my TV screen. I think it'll grow on you when you get it on your Mac at home. Thanks for another inspiring video Thomas.
I took a flight from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung and an overnight drive to Taitung in a total of 8 hours just to take a sunrise photo. It was one of the best experience I had in life
AT 5:24 there would have been a great composition on your left with the Fence and the trees with the clouds rolling over the mountains. awesome video as always !!
Got done watching this about 10 minutes ago excellent choice on the scenery with the pool underneath landscape on the left clouds above and that splits v of the clouds I don't know what it could be lacking but my opinion and my eyeballs everything was in beautiful condition very well-balanced
...I agree with some of the others comments, it is good to simply get out there & get some shots, as in the good, the bad & the ugly. I see you had your remote switch attached once again, that is a good thing. Never been particularly fond of the delay timer on any of my Canons. I would think in all eventualities you will step up to the plate, " bite the bullet " & get yourself a really nice set of legs. What prompted me to make this comment, with all due respect, was those " toothpicks " on the 4th ext. of the tripod perched on that steep ledge... I love the campervan btw! Cheers, Bill... :-)
Dear Thomas, the point here is that this person obviously can´t understand landscape photography. I think that he or she just happened to see this channel and decided to make a smart comment (to say so). Nor you, neither us work for that person. As I have said many times before after watching your videos, I don´t usually take landscape photographs, but I always learn a lot with you.
Just notice something in your video. On you car/van, your license plate says F11 HTN? Is the F stop 11 and HeaToN? 👍🏼 Thomas, I love your channel and your work. Thanks for all you share and teach.
Well you may be dissapointed with the image Thomas, but I'd have been delighted to have taken it. I do appreciate you including this self-critique though as it provides good learning for us all.
No matter how disappointing the day may be, it should never warrant driving on the wrong side of the road like that Thomas. Cheer up buddy, it will get better!!!
i really love n feel your passion in landscape photography :) i really love to learn from your picture. this January, i already finish my degree and back to shoot cityscape and landscape in Malaysia. thanks for your lovely artwork
Right there with you. It’s very much about being out and shooting sometimes, whether it’s on the street or in the mountains, regardless of the outcome.
Since discovering your channel earlier this year. Your philosophies and mentality have helped me greatly in my personal life as well as my photography. Once being someone who constantly lived in a state of depression, you have helped me get out of that head space and learn to enjoy the areas around me. I've started to travel to cities less and mountains more. Being outside, away from everything, it really helps me put a lot of things into perspective. As well as helping keep my head on straight. Thank you for always being you, Thomas. I greatly appreciate your content and your attitude. Take care!
Nice one.
Great post, best of luck
I found the comment about driving 3 hours for a few tree pictures very interesting because I used your original statement to support my decision to drive to a city an hour away to take a few photos of the skyline. In other words your video inspired me and I enjoyed the entire excursion. Why not? I have a life, but part of it is to find time to pursue beauty. Thanks!
I took a 3,5 hour drive to a castle in the Ardennes - Belgium. Loved it!!!
it's really about the journey, nothing compares to do what we love.
Absolutely agree about the three-hour Drive comment. Photography is about capturing a moment in time to look back on. To sit down years from now with my kids and say I was there at that moment in time to capture that image. It creates conversations and brings back memories and that's what it's all about.
Well I thought it was a stunning shot, it took my breath away! Maybe it's because I live in L.A. & you can't find views like that anywhere around here. To me, it's exotic and lush. I also love the subtle hues and tones. I could gaze at it for hours.
This is a very important video for people practicing photography. Just because you don't see a composition one day, it's smart to return another day. Photography can be like finding a needle in a heystack. The compositions are there, just keep looking.
I live in Arizona (USA) I drive 2-5 hours every weekend to photograph trees.. sometimes just rocks... I mean, sometimes the same rocks even. Just the act of getting up and out gets your creative juices flowing. It scratches that itch, you know the one. I dont see any problem with getting up and out. 3 hour drive?! why the hell not? Go for a 6 hour drive if you feel like it.
Also: what may seem pedestrian to you is exotic to others. I live in Arizona (Desert) and misty trees are VERY alien and beautiful to me.
Anything you think of as normal and boring can be considered exotic to many many other people.
Brilliant comment. I live in Arctic Norway, but are somewhat well travelled in Arizona, photograping desert landscapes is like another world to me. Which I would guess northern lights, snow covered trees and icey lakes are to you.
Love your view on what counts when doing landscape photography. 👍👍👍 Of course everybody wants to get good pictures, but what people don’t see is the fun behind „getting the pictures“ - traveling and hiking and just enjoying being outside 👍
Going on an adventure is my favourite thing to do. If I even get ONE photo I love, it gives me an incredible feeling. Probably the only time I'm truly happy. I would drive 10 hours for one photo. I love the adventure, the chase, the bad weather, the feeling of being alone in the wilderness, I just love it all so much.
Your comments at the beginning of the video about exploring and getting out - really hit the mark. That resonates with me and my reasons for photography. This is one of the qualities I really appreciate about your channel and I suspect many of your viewers share this goal and philosophy!
Love your creative spirit and your authentic feelings about your experiences and your work!
At 8:16, it was one of those "how I got the photograph" images. You really cannot do wrong, when you are bringing your skill level to so many who follow you! Cheers!
I just took a tripod and a camera on a flight to a different city for a sunrise. Thomas is an inspiration. Haters gonna hate.
True. Photography is not just pressing a shutter 100x times; it is a journey to take one but good. I often go to nearby park whereas sb might wonder I photographed everything there. Eh... but this everything differs from day to day and that is fantastic....
Passion is chaning life into something more than a regular human's life in this world...work,home,eat,sleep -->repeat...they can't understand that driving hours to make some great photos is exciting and great! :D
I completely agree. Its all part of the adventure! Sometimes i get just as excited getting out with my camera and exploring. Even if the conditions were not right and i came away with little to nothing!
I've sat up in the clag on the top of Black Hill, rain and wind in my face, waiting for 100 or so fell runners to come by. Back to the car in the driving rain through bogs, images weren't up to much, muddy and wet through. Coffee, malt loaf. LOVED IT!
I appreciate your candor. It's been simultaneously rewarding and frustrating to go to beautiful locations, but struggle to get a photo I like. And yet, we still get to be out in beauty.
Thanks
That chaps comment, some people just don't get it. Can't beat a little adventure, a roadtrip listening to some tunes or a good audiobook/podcast with a coffee. Finding somewhere new or quiet and just taking it all in, feeling privileged to have somewhere to yourself and to be present in the moment seeing something that others aren't. If you come back with an image then great, a portfolio image then it's a bonus. We don't get that long on this earth so we need to take every opportunity to spend time doing something we love. I think the image works, first look it pulled me in, I think the cloud shape is strong enough to hold it together but definitely one to go back to over the seasons. Really enjoying these latest videos Tom, I watched some of your early stuff and it has that same feel. Cheers, Paul
Adventure. My father was a fisherman, he would get up at 5.00am and drive for a couple of hours and sit on a riverbank all day in all sorts of weather and then drive home again. His attitude to this was "If I catch any fish it`s a bonus" which I took to mean that "it`s the adventure that is the fun and anything else just improves the day". I now have the same attitude to photography just the same as you do and I wouldn`t have it any other way. Keep up the good work.
Hi Tom-I enjoyed this, a quintessential Thomas Heaton video. I watch all your videos, but I don't always reply because sometimes I think whatever I say will be lost in the hundreds, sometimes thousands of comments you receive. However, I appreciate every one of them and I always take something good away from each. Your down-to-earth sincerity about landscape photography, its highs and lows and its essential value is summed up in this video. It is not how many great images you get, if any, it is just being out, in natural surroundings, enjoying the process. Many thanks, my friend. Bob
Don't forget Bob, we taught him everything he knows in the Lake District !! :-)
I travel 2-4 hours many many times per year as often as I can really just to get 1 photo. I rarely come away with something good but I never regret doing it. It's your videos that inspired me to start doing it.
Thomas, I love your videos. I love the fact, that you don’t romanticize photography. It is a hard work, loads of money and hours of time spent and quite often with no visible result other than the joy of the journey. It is always good to get a little kick of “hey, you are not alone in it. We all sometimes end up frantically running around trying to find a photo and yet not being able to create a masterpiece.”
I am a flight attendant and most of the time I can only work with given time in a given location. Take it or leave it. I very often drive more than 3-4 hours to spots I wish to capture and most of the time, I feel under great pressure. I have never been to those places, I have never driven those roads and I am there only exactly when I am there. Cannot really ask for more, wait for better light or scout the location. I love those trips no matter what and I love, that my passion makes me complete a 17 hours flight and still sit in the car for 4,5h hours driving hundreds of kilometers just to see something gorgeous and hopefully even capture the feeling, I get. But... due to what I described eariler, I very often fail and come back with nothing useful. And sometimes it just makes me question myself, whether I am good enough and whether it is even worth it.
I can absolutely relate to every feeling you have on trips and days like this one. I hate the frantic moments, I hate the missed shots, but I love the experience and the journey itself. And ... it is nice to see, that I am not alone. That even somebody, who I consider really masterful in his field, goes through the same down lows I do, because that means, that maybe even I can one day capture something good, because I am willing to go through all the work behind.
Thank you for such videos. It feels like a tap on the back and saying “I understand. You will get there.” It is a boost.
Some people get it, some don’t. Just watching the awesome location where you’re taking photos is awesome. Thomas Heaton keep posting this videos, they’re great.
Love that area and for me the best local place for landscape photography . Only an hour and a half away from where I live in the midlands. That location was also my first place I visited when starting out on my photography journey. The cloud invention around that area can be epic. Great to see your professional eye casting over this great area.
Back to basics, now this is how I like to see you do vlogs, like back when you started. simple B roll, good explanations, and the way you showed that not every outing is successful, although it was maybe not a keeper, it was as good a photograph as you were going to get with the light and composition. Great stuff Tom
I've been out the other day not well dressed and clouds came, temperature dropped and light breeze started I was getting chilly and immediately thought of you and said "Now I appreciate all the effort Thomas put on his journeys much more" since I know how cold it is in the UK and the weather was very look like.
I watch your channel because you express your thoughts so clearly. Of course the final photo is what want to see. However, I enjoy the journey better. Your awesome!
I would happily drive 3 hrs to photograph trees, and you are one of the people who has inspired me to do it.
I admire your honesty Thomas...
It takes work and luck to get killer images...
Its just brilliant to see you out in the van enjoying whatever joy life brings Thomas, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy, thanks
You are so right about spending the time out rather and it being interesting. I spent last weekend in the desert of Abu Dhabi's Eastern Region, it was not so much the photographing the dunes at sunrise but the fact that just being out there and spending 4 hours off road with the added bonus of penetrating deep into the dunes for photography.
The image is great. I enjoy not having a focal point and that the view just fades into the distance with those lovely low hanging clouds on the ridges.
Totally agree with you. Compositionally, the water at bottom-right is like a black hole; drawing the eye away from the rest of the scene. One of those things you don't notice until you're sitting in front of Lightroom.
I work as an advertising photographer and for the past 25 years everything I do is 100% controlled, but what you say about making it an adventure/trip away has inspired me to get out and do some landscape photography, as you say it doesn't matter if you get a shot, it's that "you time", which I think is a valuable thing to have. Very watchable videos by the way :)
So good to see how the "video part" is getting better!! Love the transitions, angles... top job!! And as always, the best spot for the picture is by the edge of the precarious cliff!! :-) . Great video, and agree...is always good to be out there, exploring nature and new locations!
Another wonderful video, Thomas, thanks for sharing. Those quiet "boring" moments (per your commenter) are treasures to those of us who know to appreciate them. Cheers!
In some ways I appreciate you sharing theses videos more than the ones in which you capture an epic shot. Seeing you become a victim of the elements yet still appreciate said elements is a great reminder of the reason we go out to shoot.
Nice video. It reminds me of the videos I have seen before where the journey was more interesting than actually getting a good photograph. That is what makes photography so fun. You never know what you will get or will not get. In the end, it really does not matter. It is all about the experience. I enjoyed the video.
I really love your work! I feel I have a lot to learn and watching your stuff helps thank you!
I drove two hours Saturday morning, leaving my apartment at 4:30 am, to photograph a lighthouse in the Hudson River at dawn. Def worth the drive. If you want the shot, sometimes you have to do the drive.
Not sure who said it, but a favorite quote of mine is, "the journey is the destination". Enjoy all your journeys Thomas!
Cool insight on the life of a landscape photographer, I guess one must like the seclusion and adventure of wandering about woods and desolate places,for me it would be a dream come true.. Thanks for sharing.
For me, I liked the way the photo magically draws your eye the reflection in the water and I would get lost there lingering in that pool of thought. I really liked it.
I thought the image was stunning. I’d be over the moon if I had taken that shot. Perfection in our mind usually differs from what we see, in other words, be happy about the image as you captured a moment in time unlike any other. Stunning.
Cheerio,
Bryan from Vancouver
Yesterday's unhappiness will drive you to happiness tomorrow. Personally, I thought it a beautiful image which captures the vista as it was, with a dusting of Heaton magic. Another one for the book of calm Thomas....
always love your adventures Thomas. Keep up the good work!
They can’t all be keepers. The good news is that you got a chance to escape for a couple of days and there is always that anticipation of the next journey. Cheers!
Great video as always sir.I enjoy hearing your more spontaneous thoughts on your image. I once drove seven hours then hiked two hours to take an image of a waterfall. I then drove the seven hours back home the next day. I would go through much more for an opportunity to get out in the wilderness and capture an image. It is far more important for me that I get out in open spaces than capture a photograph. In the end, the photograph is not guaranteed but the journey, whatever that might be, is guaranteed.
Sir, please keep doing, what you're doing. You are truly inspiring me. Best greetings from Hungary! 🙏
You may not be happy with the image, but you know you can come back to it when the conditions are right. Nice to find a spot you can revisit.
Nice to see you in the Peak District Tom, long overdue
I love your randomness, so inspiring ...keep it up!
Amazing view and beautiful picture
To use or paraphrase an old saying My"worst" day of Photography is way better than any "best" day I had at a job"
BTW that a funny looking Nikon, 😆
Nice one Thomas. Watching this on location in the lakes. Up at 4am and drove over this morning, not happy with my sunrise photos, stuck up a hill and out of position for sunset. So here's hoping like you for a good sunrise tomorrow. But it great being out.
Took last Wednesday off work and drove up to some local woods for a walk and brought the camera. 5 minutes in to the walk some deer come running across the path, made my day. Did I have my camera out yet, nope, but it was still a really enjoyable experience and a lovely relaxing birthday. Wouldn't have been there if not for photography and the motivation provided by videos like yours Thomas. PS have your 2019 calendar on my wall already, just need a few more weeks and that wont be so odd.
quote of the day from the missus, 'why are you watching Chris Martin from ColdPlay messing around with his camera?'
brilliant
Everything can be measured by unimportant minor pop artists.
😂😂 Thank you so much for sharing that 😂😂
Haha I wish the like button was interchangeable... I would have change it to a laughing face 🤣! Best comment of the day!
Thanks Tom ace channel i would like to thank you for your efforts so many good advice and genuine thoughts in all your vlogs 👍i look forward to learning more and more from your techniques on landscape photography.
Cheers
Mike
Love going on your adventures. I go out quite often and more times then not I'm not totally satisfied with what I've taken but getting out is the real pay off.
Talking about skies lighting up. Yesterday it happened, I when for a run in the mountains surrounding the city, 8k in. I had to stop to take a dump. I had the perfect vantage point to see an amazing sunset. Wonderful.
I love the bit where you acknowledge you aren't that happy with your image, but kinda happy with the trip. Sure you drove a while (although I guess you created content for your channel regardless, so it creates income and fuel is a business expense etc), but I feel the same most times I head out. I am rarely very happy with my photos nowadays, often getting pictures that are 'okay', rather than good on reflection. However, not once ever have I regretted going out to take photos.
You had the light....never give up the light..stop where you are and compose
I love the peak district. Its amazing. Luds church is awesome (its not a church) and Thorpe Cloud at Dovedale is beautiful. Never been at sunset/sunrise but they are special. Going to Hope Valley in August. Doing a 900 mile to and round Cornwall road trip in May with so many photo ideas and camping at various campsites. Will be awesome
6:57 that looks like the Bole Hills quarry near Surprise View. The stone from there was used to build the Derwent and Ladybower dams. Walking around you can still see the track beds for the railway as well as the base of the winch house at the top of Padley Incline.
Thomas, your love for adventure is truly unprecedented and you are an inspiration that more should follow. Photography just seems like a byproduct of your adventures but I feel that is what helps you stand apart from others. You go out for the story and return with the image. This morning I drove two hours to a beautiful lake with cliffs facing the east so I could capture a beautiful sunrise. During the night however the winds picked up clearing out the clouds and then cheating me of my photograph. Slightly frustrated feeling I then recalled your episodes when you traveled to Utah and encountered similar weather. I realized I was trying force something that wasn't there. I put down my camera and sipped some coffee and enjoyed being surrounded by silence.
Great video as usual Thomas. Inspiring to make the decision to get out there on an adventure. Also nice to see the images don't always turn out as expected, but still enjoy the journey that photography takes us on.
My anticipation is when Thomas Heaton drops that camera bag and pulls out the legs of the tripod. It means than man has found the composition and I cant wait to see what it is :)
Wow, that looked a little precarious that perch. I really liked this video as it felt real. By that I mean that we (photographers) enjoy getting out, taking pictures but as evidenced by your photo, you do not always come away with keepers which is disappointing but it’s the journey/adventure that we enjoy as well.
100% agree with you. If one only interest the good pictures, then they can get it online or buy it. Great video!
Don’t be to hard on yourself, the picture is one most of us would be very happy with, but I’ll tell you what Tom, when you parked your tripod on that cliff face I was gobsmacked, I thought wtf are you doing!!? But seeing the reflection, lovely 👍🏻👍🏻
Thomas, you have a gift.
I think you are right about the photo. There are a lot of great leading lines, but not really anything where they are leading to 😊
life is one big adventure... driving down the A1/M1 for 3 hours might not be everyones idea of fun ...but it is yours & thats all that matters...
Drove all the way to the Peak District to photograph more trees, that's interesting.... And it's quite wonderful, too, because you show the WHY of doing it, not just the almighty WHAT. Sometimes (okay, most times), the best part of being a photographer comes in the trying. Bravo, TH.
Agree, adventure is relative and we can’t all be fit hikers. I make best use of laybys. (If you met me you’d see why!). But...I love every minute. The ‘journey’ is the same in my head, capturing the moment, the mood, the scene. Thanks for highlighting enjoyment of the process. As BVS said today, its not all about the epic. Love your work Tom and thanks for sharing.
Ps. I get vertigo and fear for your life when you stand so close to the edge on nothing more than a sod of grass clinging on by a grass root. Lol. Ok it was rock. But you know what I mean.
Totally agree. I hiked 4 hours today and came home with 0 photos, but still had a great time
Really enjoy the episodes in the van 👍
Bad weather but the photos are always great.
Love your videos from the field! And I appreciate that you recognize that a small adventure is still an adventure. I'll never climb Everest, but I'm always excited when I get to the woods and the streams, even if it's only an hour away! Thanks again for the great content, and your hard work to get it here!
I drove 4 hours total one day this year for a 40 minute adventure. It ended up being my most favorite shot I have ever taken!! Completely worth it!!
You might not be happy with the shot, but I really like it. It looks fab on my TV screen. I think it'll grow on you when you get it on your Mac at home. Thanks for another inspiring video Thomas.
I took a flight from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung and an overnight drive to Taitung in a total of 8 hours just to take a sunrise photo. It was one of the best experience I had in life
Love your philosophy on photography and travel. Keep it coming! hopefully I will get a chance to meet you in person!
AT 5:24 there would have been a great composition on your left with the Fence and the trees with the clouds rolling over the mountains. awesome video as always !!
Got done watching this about 10 minutes ago excellent choice on the scenery with the pool underneath landscape on the left clouds above and that splits v of the clouds I don't know what it could be lacking but my opinion and my eyeballs everything was in beautiful condition very well-balanced
...I agree with some of the others comments, it is good to simply get out there & get some shots, as in the good, the bad & the ugly. I see you had your remote switch attached once again, that is a good thing. Never been particularly fond of the delay timer on any of my Canons. I would think in all eventualities you will step up to the plate, " bite the bullet " & get yourself a really nice set of legs. What prompted me to make this comment, with all due respect, was those " toothpicks " on the 4th ext. of the tripod perched on that steep ledge... I love the campervan btw!
Cheers,
Bill... :-)
Dear Thomas, the point here is that this person obviously can´t understand landscape photography. I think that he or she just happened to see this channel and decided to make a smart comment (to say so). Nor you, neither us work for that person. As I have said many times before after watching your videos, I don´t usually take landscape photographs, but I always learn a lot with you.
Just notice something in your video. On you car/van, your license plate says F11 HTN? Is the F stop 11 and HeaToN? 👍🏼
Thomas, I love your channel and your work. Thanks for all you share and teach.
Well you may be dissapointed with the image Thomas, but I'd have been delighted to have taken it. I do appreciate you including this self-critique though as it provides good learning for us all.
No matter how disappointing the day may be, it should never warrant driving on the wrong side of the road like that Thomas. Cheer up buddy, it will get better!!!
It does not matter how much time we devote to travel, it is important what we bring from the trip. Greetings.
4:40 'I hate this!'
You clearly don't. I can tell by your face. It's the thrill of the chase, and it's moments like that which are why you love it.
i really love n feel your passion in landscape photography :) i really love to learn from your picture. this January, i already finish my degree and back to shoot cityscape and landscape in Malaysia. thanks for your lovely artwork
I quite liked the photo. While I understand your concerns, I find that the photo has so much for the eyes to explore.
Nice to see you visiting the Peaks :) lots of potential around Bolehill it’s a wonderful spot.
Nice one Thomas..like the the self critique of your photo..
Right there with you. It’s very much about being out and shooting sometimes, whether it’s on the street or in the mountains, regardless of the outcome.
The JOURNEY is everything. 👍
Love your work. Thanks for sharing. Mahalo