Landscape Photography | Camping on a Remote Mountain Beach
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- After a great landscape photography talk at the Cambrian Photo & Optic show in North Wales, I drive my camper van via the Lake District up to the north west of Scotland for some hiking, wild camping and more landscape photography. Join us as we camp on a remote beach up in the Scottish mountains.
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Literally my two favourite channels combined... TH-cam can offer me no more 👍🏻
Your videos Thomas just get better and better. They are so polished and professional now.
I'm always impressed how you manage to shoot, take your videos, prepare your b-rolls, walk (and of course efiting your video)... I can't imagine the amount of work, a behind the scene would be great (but maybe it is best I don't see the miracle behind your work). Your shot is really great, the light is beautiful with the little pink touch
You, sir, are an inspiration to us all.
That's shot was awesome. Your patience paid off again.
your channel is one of the best channel on youtube man the music the feel the videography the place everything is just awsome
Thomas, Murray and the Scottish highlands, the perfect way to round off a Sunday.
If only life were so peaceful indeed. At least one day a week!
Fab-U-Lous !!
Looking forward to the sunrise shoot.
What a great adventure - and it got better and better - can’t wait to see Wednesday’s film 👍
Yeah, it was a pleasure.
Absolutely stunning shot. I love the effort and storytelling you put into showing your thought process for 1 shot.
Midges!!! The Terror of the Hills!! One tip I picked up was that they love it when you turn your camping stove on, Attracts them like bees to nectar!!
Your number plate finally clicked. F11... Durrr!! Great shot. Drove through Applecross during our NC500 trip. Its amazing!
I've been following your channel for so many years now, I don't even care what the video title says. I read Thomas Heaton, I hit play! ;)
So I have been a follower for a while, seen all your videos, but normally don't comment. There is something about the image in this one that made me want to put myself out here. I know it isn't the most "epic" shot you've taken. It is so simple, but complex at the same time, nicely done.
I also want to say thank you for the inspiration. I find myself getting burnt out with photography from time to time, but watching your videos over the past year plus has motivated, inspired, and pushed me out of the comfortable little box that I lived in for so long. So, with all sincerity, thank you.
That looked like a superb wild camping spot!
The drone footage is unreal!!
What a truly amazing photo to end your day! Is easy to understand why you have such a following. Thanks for sharing!
Sono dei posti bellissimi. Such a beautiful places.
Great shot. Hope the good weather continues for the big hike.
Nice relaxing capture. Nice when you find composition that is so simple. Thanks for sharing
You and Murray! My two favourite TH-camrs. Just brilliant - I almost did a dance when you mentioned him. 🤣
Kudos for dragging that slider all the way and using it. It's way easy to "forget it" in the car, but you never seem to do that, so kudos! And what a way to end the day. Just lovely! Thanks for sharing.
Great video Thomas! Your audio is on point! I truly appreciated all the little nuanced sounds you added. From the boiling water to the clicking lens filters, this is what separates the good from the great! Your hard work didn't go unnoticed, keep it up!
One of my favourite shots you've taken Thomas! So soothing
My two favourite youtubers in one video 💜 what a treat 😁
I just noticed your license plate for the first time (1:30). Love it; very clever. Always enjoy your videos too!
Beautiful, so pleased you got nice weather in Scotland for a change. The midges love it too ;)
You put so much into your videos. Thank you
I really enjoy the pacing of your videos. It's a lot calmer than many other youtubers, and you do a good job of showing your enthusiasm for landscape photography :)
Another stunner for the portfolio.
Good job to wait around. Those soft colours turned out a treat. 👌
That shot at the end was beautiful Thomas , well worth your efforts .
Wow, what a great image, I loved it. Simple and powerful. Greetings from Brazil.
Brilliant just brilliant, and great b roll too, a lot of work in that, keep it coming.
Loved the b roll!
Another inspiring video. Great image...again! Thanks for showing us your photography life. Looking forward to the next instalment. Beats eastenders any day
Andy
Wow that looked like a great adventure,and some wonderful photo opportunity’s ...😌
wish I was younger so I could go on such treks...Don't get old my friend.
Hi Thomas,
just wanted to thank you for being a marvellous and inspiring teacher over the last few month. I went to the Isle of Skye just a couple of weeks ago and lots of what I learned from your videos helped me a lot. I still have to put some of the things in real action, like staying put and beeing patient, like you just did in this video (despite the dreaded midges). I very much like the composition and the result. So keep the heat on, Thomas ;-) and many thanks again.
Greetings from Berlin, Katja
Stunning.
Great to see you got a shot at the very end. Looks like the hike up there would have been worth it even with out a shot that evening. Can't wait for next week.....
So enjoy your photo shoots! Thank you for bringing beauty into my day :-)
Excellent Vlog! - I've never done a wild camp but after watching these videos I'm going to make it happen! Keep inspiring Thomas!
love the slider shots!!
Great Image Thomas, and another brilliant video!
Brian R beat me to the explanation of the smoke where you were. A good time to remind people to take care when camping in the Highlands of Scotland regards camp fires and wildfires. Some arse was arrested in Skye last week for starting one...selfish git!
I'm still scratching at the thought of that fug of midges ...welcome to Scotland! ;-)))
Great film and the weather of late has been fantastic in Scotland. Nice to see you out and about with Murray for a camp, and his knowledge of the Scottish mountains is immense.
He is like an encyclopedia of the mountains.
And I thought the mosquitoes at my place were bad! Only once in the last 5 years have I seen flowing clouds of them like that.
You do a great job with your editing to make thoroughly enjoyable videos, and I have to appreciate that a lot. Well done!
Thanks for taking us along on your climb. Good that you made a new friend and loved the image.
We have midges (sandflies) in coastal Ga & SC. they are heinous! Love your wild camping trips the best. You could be the Ben Horne of the UK, I never tire of seeing the land of our ancestors.
Oh Thomas... Recently I started making some youtube photography videos myself. Now I can understand much better how much effort it takes to create one of these videos. What you do is incredible! So much hard work! I didn't entirely realise that up until recently. Thank you!
A beautiful hidden gem of a location. Who would have thought that there would be a beach in the mountain? ;-) Love the image you captured, thanks for sharing.
Love it!
Another Fab collaboration, I've been watching Murray's Scotland's Mountains videos for a few years now. Lovely Image too. 😊
Great to see Murray's channel getting a bit of exposure, been following him for years and he makes some great videos!
I loved that your pronunciation got more and more Scottish as the video went on 😁
And I don't know how you handled those midges, especially camping next to water! I won't camp at this time of year unless there is a guaranteed breeze, they drive me mad!
Thank you so much for doing what you do!!
Road tripping around Scotland with my brother nearly 20 years ago, neither of us had heard of midges. We will never forget them now. They were worse than the sandflies back home in New Zealand!
Beautiful
Thank you for sharing. I am looking forward to go to New Mexico in 3 weeks to shoot some landscapes. You are an inspiration.
We have the same hazy smoky conditions here in California in the summer also. However, just after sunset the sky can get glorious. Great composition Thomas despite the smoke.
Superb shot!
Great shot! Really like it.
Wow, that was a storm of midges. For a moment when you said "it looks like a cloud inversion..." I almost half expected you to say " but those are damn midges!". On a more serious note, thank you so much for sharing you entire thought process when you approach a new location and how you are thinking and at the same time scouting it. Great photo to end the day :-)
Good to see it is good lessons. stunning! 👍 sir.
Superb collaboration. My bromance level soared with this one 😂 Absolutely amazing spot, brilliant image and the midges! They are a plague but we can’t have it all ways. Great video again and good to see you back up here 👍🏼
Found out about you because i'm doing a school project about landscaped photography and I really enjoy your work! Now I found out you have a TH-cam channel and it makes me super happy!
I was watching this at my desk on lunch. When you said your filters were “scratched to s**t”, it caught me off guard. I laughed whilst taking a drink and dribbled down myself. Everyone is staring at me.
Wonderful video though! Lovely image
It's been a while since I last went for a shooting. I'm out of inspiration I guess! But after watching your video I want to go shoot some landscapes again! You're a true inspiration Thomas! Thanks!
That's nice to hear, thanks a lot.
There was a big old abandoned boat at Apple cross somewhere along the coast. Its all great round there! And has a few sandy beaches aswell.
Tom , I once mentioned on Murray’s feed how he should tee up with you on a shoot. Murray said you were his favourite you tube photographer and followed you all the time. Just shows it can be a small world we capture.
You lucky thing Thomas!!! I am very jelous Murray is just so knowledgeable about the Scottish mountains and he always goes on great adventures. I liked your photo it was stunning looking forward to part two now thanks for sharing this adventure. I hope you did not get too many midge bites :D Teddy
Great vid, Thomas1 Applecross is wonderful area - and that is a lovely image. But oh my, those midges...
Absolutely stunning! ;) Excellent vlog from start to finish as always, I'm hooked for part two!
what a lovely way to spend your time, I just bought a 100-400 lens from that camera shop, and I used to have my sensor cleaned there when we holidayed in Abergele
Lovely photo Tom, the composition immediately reminded me of Lac Blanc overlooking Argentiere , well Scotland’s version at least. Keep up the good work.
Fantastic video
"A little walk"
Don't you mean "a wee bumble"
Neat collab- I enjoyed watching a lot of Murray's stuff as I prepped for a trip to the highlands last summer.
brilliant you . done some miles the last few weeks south america . wales the lakes . and now scotland thanks for sharing your . journeys
Slider game: On point.
Awesome video as always Tom.
Beautiful location and image Thomas! As always, looking forward to the next post in a few days.
Love the video and the shot, I remember travelling across the Applecross Pass in a small coach and seeing the roadside workmen with very fine nets attached to their yellow helmets to keep the midges away from their faces. We were staying at a Hotel in Gairloch, I went out one night to shoot a sunset, it was like walking into a brick wall of midges, I soon retreated back into the hotel and took the image through my bedroom window. These days I use an Avon insect repellent which works very well.😉
Wow that light at the end was incredible! Well worth sticking around for and the photo you captured was stunning too. Good to see you working with Murray also! I love his attitude to the mountains. You had a true expert with you there. We should totally organise a Scottish collab photography trip before the end of the year...just saying 😇 excited for part 2!
I would like to thank you so much for the inspiration, and keeping me motivated in doing better! Scotland is one of my dream destinations, it looks so magical! Cheers from Brittany and looking forward to the next videos! :)
Another awesome video! Thanks Thomas :-)
Stunning photograph -- the 16 x 9 works perfectly for that composition. That cloud of midges was terrifying. Yikes! Thanks for the head's up on Murray's channel - he's got some good stuff!
No wonder eveyone mentions those insects, Crazy. i'd think they'd get into your tea. You've always said go slow and have patience. Boy, did it pay off too. Love it. I never understand a negative responses.
Nice cinematic shots, too! Getting me exited for my next trip to the Alberta Ice Fields :D
I was up in the highlands myself last week and mate the weather was incredible!!
I’ve got my next trip planned already :) awesome vid Tom big thumbs up 👍🏼👍🏼
Great video as always, love watching your videos and very inspiring too. I was out at Applecross 2 weekends ago as I used to live out in Kinlochewe but now Inverness so took a drive out for a sunset and took some photos and shot back home again. Be really cool to meet you, maybe I'll see you if you pop through inverness 👍👍 keep up the amazing work, you've inspired me to take up photography 👍👍
Hello Thomas, the Midgies in Scotland don't just bite you but give you a bloody good kicking. And ... to you feel the Glentrool Midgie, well they are dynamite lol
Thanks for the video. Great use of the slider. I don’t think you are an idiot for forgetting the spoon 😜
Now you know how Bannockburn was won - Bruce deployed his MIDGES, aye! If you're going to get fab weather in Scotland, this is the time you'll likely get it in quantity. Glad you're enjoying it, we're enjoying your trip.
For midges, use SkinSoSoft: just ask any angler or visit a tackle shop.
A beautiful location, and well worth the hike for that image, but those midges !!
nice vlog and picture thomas
I love the slow pace of your films Thomas, refreshing and a nice contrast to all the Peter Mckinnonesk type films on TH-cam these days. Love that you have owned your own style.
So you don't like the peter mckinnon type videos
No, don't get me wrong - I do think Peter also has a very good style. But it's refreshing that Thomas has his own style too, which is a more slow pace personal type of film making. There just seems to be a lot of Peter Mckinnon copycats out there at the moment. Who don't understand story side of it and just want 'dope montages.'
Nothing like a hot cup of Midge Tea before bed, right? Those buggers get into EVERYTHING...Thanks for discussing composition. Very helpful.
Awesome setting and a wonderful photograph, but those swarms of midges at 6:11 are scary!
As soon as the wind drops below 3mph the midges are like typhoon jets!! Im afraid between end of May to September forget it their murder. Great video
Jim
Amazing! I thought I'd seen all your videos to date, but I found 3 today that I hadn't seen before. I have now. * Midges! The swarm looks like something out of Alfred Hitchcock!