Yes. The pandemic sort-of forced me to revisit my local areas/parks and it was great for my growth in landscape photography. Doing this forced me to look for less obvious compositions that many people would just walk past. Trying to photograph popular spots has become more difficult anyways so for me it is what I like to do. I really like your photos in this video because it is a woodland that is similar to what I have in my area to photograph..it is challenging, kind of chaotic but always fun to spend time in.
All the time. Any time I can re-imagine or even redo a composition to improve upon my previous attempt. I like seeing the progress I have made in my skills doing that.
Yes, especially local areas, the season and the different lighting conditions have a huge impact. Some of my personal projects have been to photograph the same composition once a month for a year.
I think the audio is not that bad. Funny those people walking up and see this guy talking to the camera. I love that you share so much. I am not a landscape photographer, however I learn from it anyway. And I just enjoy watching. Thank you
Now we'll all be looking forward to the fall color and the winter snow versions of this wonderful tree. Love the photo. Feels like being there in the ancient woods of the Blue Ridge.
I read something long ago about an exercise where you pick and object, stand some distance away and take a photo of it, walk a few steps closer and take another. Then, do the same, but on your knees and then finally on your stomach. Once at the object shoot directly up or down accordingly.
Gotta agree with you... the Blue Ridge Parkway, (the narrowest national park in the US), is my all time favorite place to hike and take landscapes. I'm fortunate enough to be close enough that a day trip works. This location is a dandy. Well done.
Mark, as the image appeared on screen with that great lighting, I gasped with excitement, as it was truly excellent light. How it added depth to an otherwise somewhat flat light was breathtaking. I love the composition as others have said. Great video as usual. Thanks for sharing this. Ed.👍
Great point in your opening statement. You’re right, it’s about you and your experience and unless you specifically ask your viewers for feedback, then we should just take whatever we can from your time and effort to make these Videos. I don’t think some people realise just how much effort a TH-cam video takes to produce?! Someone always knows best eh?!?! Thanks for another great Video!
Wow! That 3rd image is incredible! That light is spot on. Many times we hear of eliminating distractions and not putting too much in the frame. However, I love everything about this image. I know there's a lot going on but it makes you look at the image twice. If you can make the viewer look at your image twice. You have succeeded in an aspect I believe us photographers want. Thank you for sharing your awesome content with us!
Great video! I’ve always wondered if TH-camrs have those awkward moments when others come along to find them talking to their camera in the woods. 😃 Also, thanks for leaving the images on screen for us to look at while you talked about them. It’s helpful to have more time to take them in. Beautiful photos in great conditions!
I am often stopped in my tracks, when someone comes across me talking to the camera, it throws me off my game and usually ruins my video,but often they are jut as surprised.
Enjoyable video. I’m living in your area and spending time in the blue ridge. Now all I need to do is to get up in the morning and get out to take pictures.
Great shots love the lighting. Great location, I definitely enjoyed the format that you follow , great video. It makes me happy to see someone making here. They always seem to come from the British Isles. Thanks
Funny that you referred to yourself in 3rd person during the times mic wasn't working 🤣also, I bit jealous about the whether you are having, here in sunny AZ, is starting to get hot and hard to go out even early in the morning. I do tend to revisit places I found that I my perspective changes every time I go, as usual thanks for sharing 👍🏼
I do revisit areas often, but it's mostly close by. Those people hiking in the video had a strange look on their face like, oh no, here's some crazy guy with a camera talking to himself. Priceless.
Your presentation is particularly enjoyable. Even now in very old age I still prefer the flexibility that a hand held camera gives to seeing things as never before. It is a way of responding more spontaneously to what is going on in one's mind as well as what is being presented to it. As with every other way of doing things, sometimes it goes awry and has its own limitations, in particular shutter speed! Of all the photography videos on TH-cam I like best yours and Mads Iverson's apart from those about post processing in my choice of software. Most of them I avoid!
Very nice Mark. I really like that light in the last image. Patience is a virtue. I wish I had more of it. Videos like this help with that. Hope things are well.
LOL!! Mark be talking in 3rd person narration! Clever guy that Mark is. I totally agree about not just shooting at eye level. Some of my most unique images composition wise. Great video, as always Mark!!
Definitely, especially around my local areas, the C&O has tons of locks to visit and revisit especially in different seasons. There can be a downside though if you’re not in a good photograph state of mind. I’ve been fortunate to visit Iceland over 5 times. I hit the limit and wouldn’t revisit..for awhile at least. Thank you for the video! Another great content topic. A great lesson also is always to look behind you.
Mark, I,m so hooked on your videos! You are by far the best speak and educator when it comes to photography. Precise, to the point and easy to understand. Love how real you are with the successes and failures in photography. Wondering on the photo with the amazing light, did you have to focus stack images? Keep up the amazing videos!
Of course. I have my favorite woodland where I go when there is chance of fog (which unfortuantely is not very often). I also try go back to locations I like in different times of the year because it always looks different. I think, one of the best things you can do is to go back often to a location. I'm always surprised how often I get new and better photos of the same location.
What a nice adventure! Thanks for sharing, Mark! I like to revisit sites that initially inspired me - not only different seasons but also different time of day (a sunrise this time, a sunset next giving an entirely new perspective of the scene). Great stuff my friend. Cheers. With love from Atlanta.
I agree with your approach to revisit and reimagine areas you’ve visited before. I do it a lot myself and keep getting surprised at the new composition/light/atmosphere conditions I find. I never get bored.
Great vid! Good explanation of light, composition, and technique. Liked seeing before and after. Would have loved a little time on development of the image with the light in LR! Thanks!
God, I like your own interruptions, they are informative and a hoot. What I like about yours, Thomas Heaton or Nigel Danson is that we the viewer get to see with different and new eyes. What would be interesting could be what the viewer might do differently. great video
I find that I do revisit the same locations for my photography. I try to find different compositions and subjects. And the season changes provide a different look for things, subjects I have already photographed in the past. I am not able to travel a lot out of my home region, so I don't have that advantage to see new areas for my photography. So I do the best I can with the areas I do have access to and experiment with different techniques and compositions.
My favorite place is Shenandoah NP, particularly the central district which is the higher elevation on Skyline Drive. True story. My dental hygienist asked me where I went on vacation. I said Shenandoah NP. She went on a rant about how Skyline Drive was so foggy and why would anyone want to go there. Never realized she was even in a national park. I kept my thoughts to myself probably a good idea with her poking around my mouth. I’ve grown to love the fog and hope for those conditions when going there.
Yeah I love this video Mark it just makes a good point. I also teach Photography at a community level and getting people started, and I often say to people do something different now some of that different might not work, but that's okay. What it does do is it starts to make your images look different to everybody else's if you just take photos from a height you end up look like a mobile phone photographer and no disrespect to the mobile phone fraternity. That's not what we want to shoot. I've recently been exploring more moody images with dark atones and so forth as well. I recently posted an image that received almost 6000 likes on one particular photography page. It blew my mind and initially when I looked at it I didn't think it was a great image but I have since learnt that what other people think about an image on what we think about can be very different. So my thinking is to just try things and they will work some of them. Some of them won't work. There are a lot of composition rules to have in your head when you composing a photo but sometimes I think you can actually just overburden yourself with too many rules, and I like to shoot with feel while maintaining some semblance of what I'm trying to do and that can be difficult. It's really funny because I've never really wanted to photograph Woodland areas until I started seeing your videos. I live in Australia and in my area. There are some wooded areas as well that I'm going to explore this weekend to see what I can find and he's coming into autumn, so there should be some beautiful colours about. Thank you for the tips as always.
Mark, I think you missed a trick with that first tree in those conditions. I think you should have photographed it again - same composition - and I think it would have looked amazing. It’s true, I wasn’t there and didn’t see what you saw, but from the video, it looked like it was worth photographing and would have given you a different, but just as compelling, image as when you first photographed it.
I think the photo at 4:30 would look great in verticle orientation. The stone stairs winding up from left, toward the top right, and right sided tree curving from its base up and to the left. I'm really good at composing the photos of others, mine not so much :-P (I think the personal experience of being on the trail overwhelms me.) Great photos at 12:40.
Hey Mark, at 1:17 you have a photo of a flower. Do you know what it is? On my back from Out of the Smokies last year I took a photo of that same type of flower along the creek at Graveyard Fields. It is one of my favorite flower photos. Thanks.
Love the video, Mark, but I have to ask you something off topic about when you film your videos. I noticed that as you are out and about, or even in your workspace, the video does a slight zoom in or out as the video camera is focused on you. Are you using a motorized slide or is it something you do in post (with your editing software)? I like the effect and wondered how it was done. Thanks in advance.
Hey Mark, I'm actually going to the Blue Ridge Mountains again soon and I would love to visit this area. Would you be so kind as to share this location?
@@MarkDenneyPhoto I am a native of Asheville and I feel very fortunate to be in a place of so much beauty. Thanks for helping me to develop an eye for composing a shot.
Hey Mark, what's up with your LightroomEssentials Course? I've been trying to sign up for the past month with no success. I enter my email, get a thank you check your inbox response, but never receive an email. I have checked my spam folder and nothing there either.
I simply do not understand the title of this video. There are so many genres of photography, like fashion, portrait, product, reportage and many more. And of course rock photography: Rocks with seascape, rocks with waterfalls, rocks with mountains, rocks with buildings, rocks with trees, rocks with animals, rocks with more rocks...
about your awkward moment in video ....... what did you say to the people when you finally noticed they was stopped there watching you ? if I was you , i would have said , i'm not crazy , im talking to my quarter of a million subscribers !
📍QUESTION: Do you revisit locations often?
All the time because something is always different
Yes. The pandemic sort-of forced me to revisit my local areas/parks and it was great for my growth in landscape photography. Doing this forced me to look for less obvious compositions that many people would just walk past. Trying to photograph popular spots has become more difficult anyways so for me it is what I like to do. I really like your photos in this video because it is a woodland that is similar to what I have in my area to photograph..it is challenging, kind of chaotic but always fun to spend time in.
All the time. Any time I can re-imagine or even redo a composition to improve upon my previous attempt. I like seeing the progress I have made in my skills doing that.
Yes
Yes, especially local areas, the season and the different lighting conditions have a huge impact. Some of my personal projects have been to photograph the same composition once a month for a year.
Please continue displaying the RAW and final edit image. Really tells a great story.
I think the audio is not that bad. Funny those people walking up and see this guy talking to the camera. I love that you share so much. I am not a landscape photographer, however I learn from it anyway. And I just enjoy watching. Thank you
Please NEVER take this video down!!! It's perfect with all it's "imperfections"!!!!
Yes. Normally I have to visit at least 3 times before I begin to get images I am happy with one.
revisiting locations is one of the best ways to track improvement
Now we'll all be looking forward to the fall color and the winter snow versions of this wonderful tree. Love the photo. Feels like being there in the ancient woods of the Blue Ridge.
I read something long ago about an exercise where you pick and object, stand some distance away and take a photo of it, walk a few steps closer and take another. Then, do the same, but on your knees and then finally on your stomach. Once at the object shoot directly up or down accordingly.
Beautifully done video and photos, Mark! I really liked how you handled the "bad" audio. Great way to cover it. Thank you!
Gotta agree with you... the Blue Ridge Parkway, (the narrowest national park in the US), is my all time favorite place to hike and take landscapes. I'm fortunate enough to be close enough that a day trip works. This location is a dandy. Well done.
Mark, as the image appeared on screen with that great lighting, I gasped with excitement, as it was truly excellent light. How it added depth to an otherwise somewhat flat light was breathtaking. I love the composition as others have said. Great video as usual. Thanks for sharing this. Ed.👍
Great point in your opening statement. You’re right, it’s about you and your experience and unless you specifically ask your viewers for feedback, then we should just take whatever we can from your time and effort to make these Videos. I don’t think some people realise just how much effort a TH-cam video takes to produce?! Someone always knows best eh?!?! Thanks for another great Video!
Yes, for landscapes and wildlife.
Wow! That 3rd image is incredible! That light is spot on. Many times we hear of eliminating distractions and not putting too much in the frame. However, I love everything about this image. I know there's a lot going on but it makes you look at the image twice. If you can make the viewer look at your image twice. You have succeeded in an aspect I believe us photographers want. Thank you for sharing your awesome content with us!
Great video! I’ve always wondered if TH-camrs have those awkward moments when others come along to find them talking to their camera in the woods. 😃 Also, thanks for leaving the images on screen for us to look at while you talked about them. It’s helpful to have more time to take them in. Beautiful photos in great conditions!
Thanks so much - glad you enjoyed it!
I am often stopped in my tracks, when someone comes across me talking to the camera, it throws me off my game and usually ruins my video,but often they are jut as surprised.
Fun video! Really enjoyed your commentary of the guy. Loved the lighting in the last photograph.
As always, it’s all about the Light! Great advice! Thanks for taking me along!
Thanks for checking out the video Randy!
Yes I do, Multnomah Falls in Orergon and Silver Falls State park in Oregon
Great idea, I need to do this more often. I loved the 3rd person narration, very funny.
I agree and you need to mock yourself more. Kinda like that mystery science theatre bit.
So glad I am not the only one who messes up with the mic!
Stunning mate, isn’t it the best thing ever getting light like that when your in the best spot! Can’t beat it. Awesome subjects and crafted shots mate
Absolutely - pure magic when it happens!
Enjoyable video. I’m living in your area and spending time in the blue ridge. Now all I need to do is to get up in the morning and get out to take pictures.
Glad you think so!
Great shots love the lighting. Great location, I definitely enjoyed the format that you follow , great video. It makes me happy to see someone making here. They always seem to come from the British Isles. Thanks
For sure I revisit certain places, but there has to be a connection! That shot that comes in at 11.32 Mark, now that is a beautiful image.
Thanks so much!
Funny that you referred to yourself in 3rd person during the times mic wasn't working 🤣also, I bit jealous about the whether you are having, here in sunny AZ, is starting to get hot and hard to go out even early in the morning.
I do tend to revisit places I found that I my perspective changes every time I go, as usual thanks for sharing 👍🏼
I do revisit areas often, but it's mostly close by. Those people hiking in the video had a strange look on their face like, oh no, here's some crazy guy with a camera talking to himself. Priceless.
I like the clearer black letters on white background presentation of your camera/lens settings! Nicely done.
Thanks Keith!
This video was a hoot! Thanks for including the bad bits and awkward bits. The content was great as well. ❤
Thanks so much Suzanne!
Your presentation is particularly enjoyable. Even now in very old age I still prefer the flexibility that a hand held camera gives to seeing things as never before. It is a way of responding more spontaneously to what is going on in one's mind as well as what is being presented to it. As with every other way of doing things, sometimes it goes awry and has its own limitations, in particular shutter speed! Of all the photography videos on TH-cam I like best yours and Mads Iverson's apart from those about post processing in my choice of software. Most of them I avoid!
Very nice Mark. I really like that light in the last image. Patience is a virtue. I wish I had more of it. Videos like this help with that. Hope things are well.
LOL!! Mark be talking in 3rd person narration! Clever guy that Mark is. I totally agree about not just shooting at eye level. Some of my most unique images composition wise. Great video, as always Mark!!
Hahaah! Thanks so much!
You deserved that finish! Thank you Mark....
Agreed:)!
Yes I like to revisit locations in all seasons
Beautiful location, amazing composition, and great mesmerizing photographs, I love it and enjoy your video . Keep it up bro ❤ wishes from India 🇮🇳
That last photo is amazing. Could you put out a short video on how you edited that last photo. That’s what I need to learn.
Definitely, especially around my local areas, the C&O has tons of locks to visit and revisit especially in different seasons. There can be a downside though if you’re not in a good photograph state of mind. I’ve been fortunate to visit Iceland over 5 times. I hit the limit and wouldn’t revisit..for awhile at least. Thank you for the video! Another great content topic. A great lesson also is always to look behind you.
Very informative video. Nice job.
If at all possible, yes. Local locations are easier and you get to know them better.
Fantastic images
Thanks Chris!
Mark, I,m so hooked on your videos! You are by far the best speak and educator when it comes to photography. Precise, to the point and easy to understand. Love how real you are with the successes and failures in photography. Wondering on the photo with the amazing light, did you have to focus stack images? Keep up the amazing videos!
Thanks so much Robin!
Couldn’t agree more Robin, well said !!
No this was just a single image👍
Of course. I have my favorite woodland where I go when there is chance of fog (which unfortuantely is not very often). I also try go back to locations I like in different times of the year because it always looks different. I think, one of the best things you can do is to go back often to a location. I'm always surprised how often I get new and better photos of the same location.
What a nice adventure! Thanks for sharing, Mark! I like to revisit sites that initially inspired me - not only different seasons but also different time of day (a sunrise this time, a sunset next giving an entirely new perspective of the scene). Great stuff my friend. Cheers. With love from Atlanta.
Thanks a million Don!
That is an excellent tip. You also explained it very well. Thanks, Mark.
Thanks Neal!
Excellent video. I agree that lighting just where you needed it was great.
Thanks so much Kerry!
I agree with your approach to revisit and reimagine areas you’ve visited before. I do it a lot myself and keep getting surprised at the new composition/light/atmosphere conditions I find. I never get bored.
Love that you kept the bloopers!😂
Hahah - of course!
Great vid! Good explanation of light, composition, and technique. Liked seeing before and after. Would have loved a little time on development of the image with the light in LR! Thanks!
God, I like your own interruptions, they are informative and a hoot. What I like about yours, Thomas Heaton or Nigel Danson is that we the viewer get to see with different and new eyes. What would be interesting could be what the viewer might do differently. great video
Thanks as always James!
Great advice in this video! Thanks for sharing it, glad I am not the only one that follows it. Everyone should.
Thanks James!
☝Self narration. 😂 Love it.
I find that I do revisit the same locations for my photography. I try to find different compositions and subjects. And the season changes provide a different look for things, subjects I have already photographed in the past. I am not able to travel a lot out of my home region, so I don't have that advantage to see new areas for my photography. So I do the best I can with the areas I do have access to and experiment with different techniques and compositions.
Amazing video!! So cool!!
Thank you!
Great video! I would also like to see the focal length in the specs you post with your photos. Keep up the great work! 👍🏻
Thanks Dave!
Amazing video as usual, great job Mark!!
Thanks a million Omar!
enjoy your foggy vids, get a lot of fog here in Wales so im often picking up tips off you , very similar landscape cheers
Fantastic video! Thank you! :)
Thanks so much!
Danke!
THanks so much!
My favorite place is Shenandoah NP, particularly the central district which is the higher elevation on Skyline Drive.
True story. My dental hygienist asked me where I went on vacation. I said Shenandoah NP. She went on a rant about how Skyline Drive was so foggy and why would anyone want to go there. Never realized she was even in a national park. I kept my thoughts to myself probably a good idea with her poking around my mouth. I’ve grown to love the fog and hope for those conditions when going there.
fantastic .😁
.... I see, you are making the foto from a higher position, so please let us know what focal length to you use ?
Did you (would you) give an (even approximate) location for this area? Please!
Mark, I'm really curious about the pants you have on. I've been looking for something like that with not much luck.
Yeah I love this video Mark it just makes a good point. I also teach Photography at a community level and getting people started, and I often say to people do something different now some of that different might not work, but that's okay. What it does do is it starts to make your images look different to everybody else's if you just take photos from a height you end up look like a mobile phone photographer and no disrespect to the mobile phone fraternity. That's not what we want to shoot. I've recently been exploring more moody images with dark atones and so forth as well. I recently posted an image that received almost 6000 likes on one particular photography page. It blew my mind and initially when I looked at it I didn't think it was a great image but I have since learnt that what other people think about an image on what we think about can be very different. So my thinking is to just try things and they will work some of them. Some of them won't work. There are a lot of composition rules to have in your head when you composing a photo but sometimes I think you can actually just overburden yourself with too many rules, and I like to shoot with feel while maintaining some semblance of what I'm trying to do and that can be difficult. It's really funny because I've never really wanted to photograph Woodland areas until I started seeing your videos. I live in Australia and in my area. There are some wooded areas as well that I'm going to explore this weekend to see what I can find and he's coming into autumn, so there should be some beautiful colours about. Thank you for the tips as always.
Thanks so much - it's great to hear you enjoyed it!
Mark, I think you missed a trick with that first tree in those conditions. I think you should have photographed it again - same composition - and I think it would have looked amazing. It’s true, I wasn’t there and didn’t see what you saw, but from the video, it looked like it was worth photographing and would have given you a different, but just as compelling, image as when you first photographed it.
Great video. Some AI products can quickly eliminate background noise and enhance the clarity of the audio.
Yes, until getting best one satisfied fully .
Great video! Craggy Gardens area?
I think the photo at 4:30 would look great in verticle orientation. The stone stairs winding up from left, toward the top right, and right sided tree curving from its base up and to the left. I'm really good at composing the photos of others, mine not so much :-P (I think the personal experience of being on the trail overwhelms me.) Great photos at 12:40.
Great to hear!
Hey Mark, at 1:17 you have a photo of a flower. Do you know what it is? On my back from Out of the Smokies last year I took a photo of that same type of flower along the creek at Graveyard Fields. It is one of my favorite flower photos. Thanks.
Love the video, Mark, but I have to ask you something off topic about when you film your videos. I noticed that as you are out and about, or even in your workspace, the video does a slight zoom in or out as the video camera is focused on you. Are you using a motorized slide or is it something you do in post (with your editing software)? I like the effect and wondered how it was done. Thanks in advance.
That's something I do in post - glad you enjoyed the video!
Mark: just WAiT until you SEE THE LIGHT!
Light- is there
Mark: BEST. LIGHT. EVER!
Lol. Great shot bro.
😂
Hey Mark, I'm actually going to the Blue Ridge Mountains again soon and I would love to visit this area. Would you be so kind as to share this location?
I'm in the same boat and would love to give it a try as well.
I did some digging. I believe this is Craggy Pinnacle Trail.
@@SystmDcln Yep - great spot!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto I am a native of Asheville and I feel very fortunate to be in a place of so much beauty. Thanks for helping me to develop an eye for composing a shot.
Hi Mark, I'm always wondering what's your tripod head, why does it have so many threaded (?) holes, do you have a vid about it ?
It's the Aspen Ballhead from the Colorado Tripod Co
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Thanks, aside its look, what's so special about it, why did you choose it ?
Unfortunately😮. Just because i cannot travel often.
6:30 😂
The audio diidn't seem that bad, a little tinny perhaps, but certainly understandable. Carry on.
Thank you!
To answer you question, revisiting is a necessity. If I didn't I would never make photographs
Hey Mark, what's up with your LightroomEssentials Course? I've been trying to sign up for the past month with no success. I enter my email, get a thank you check your inbox response, but never receive an email. I have checked my spam folder and nothing there either.
hmmmm - send me your email and I'll make sure it gets to you.
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Thank you. I sent you my email via DM on your IG page.
I simply do not understand the title of this video. There are so many genres of photography, like fashion, portrait, product, reportage and many more. And of course rock photography: Rocks with seascape, rocks with waterfalls, rocks with mountains, rocks with buildings, rocks with trees, rocks with animals, rocks with more rocks...
Personally, I got a lot out of the humility in this vid. And, good skills insights.
Mark is talking about himself in the third person.
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Funny how you talk about yourself as "he" instead of "I" lol very cool location and mood
summer is coming, enough fog already lol
Never!
about your awkward moment in video ....... what did you say to the people when you finally noticed they was stopped there watching you ? if I was you , i would have said , i'm not crazy , im talking to my quarter of a million subscribers !
Hahah! I just thanked them for waiting - that was super kind of them
7:45 Nope, not digging it.
An effective way to remove something from a scene is a saw :D
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