The hike looks rather difficult! About how much weight were you carrying? Did you use an app like Photopills to help you determine best time to shoot or do you rely on experience? Also, you mentioned you used shutter speed to lower the histogram. In your mind then, is it better to underexpose a little in this type of landscape photography?
The hike definitely got to the moderate level for an Ohio hiker like me! It gets much more difficult after the spot I stopped at. I don’t think I could have tackled with as much gear as I had with me. I think my normal carry for the camera bag is around 25lbs or so. I usually carry one camera body and three lenses (I will sometimes cut down on certain hikes), plus a tripod, filters, spare batteries for that kit. Then, because of the YT channel I usually have video gear of some sort with me - on this hike it was a Nikon Z30, DJI Pocket 3, DJI Action 4, and another tripod for those cameras, and audio (wireless mic and receiver). Then, when hiking in the desert more water than I normally carry. So it all adds up. I do use Photopills on occasion, great app. Though I did not for this hike, and was relying on what I thought was experience. I misjudged a little and didn’t quite get what I had in mind light wise - but still a great hike/outing. Where I mentioned using shutter speed to lower the histogram. I photograph with the histogram towards the right-side, but try to be very conscious of not overexposing the highlights. So in that scene, things were too bright and I was worried about not having the highlights, so I sped the shutter up a bit, to bring the the histogram down a bit. If I am going to error in the field, I’d rather be a touch under exposed than overexposed generally. Thanks for the comment!
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography thanks for the detailed reply. At my age (71) and new to landscape photography, I am somewhat concerned about hikes that may be too arduous. Hence the question about weight. Between that and a chronic illness, I need to be more careful than many. Last year we hiked to Crabtree Falls in NC (about 2 to 2-1/2 mi round trip from the car. That was a challenge, but I think I can work around that going forward: there are plenty of fantastic photo opportunities all around, even here in Southern New Jersey where terrain is mostly flat. It was worth the trip in every respect, but of course, I wish I had more technical knowledge then, interspersed with artistic vision. This is a journey for me and I appreciate your help in making in real in your videos.
@@josephversace5895 Just heading out for shorter hikes and working within your physical means is great! Hikes don’t need to be long or strenuous to result in great photo opportunities. I often talk about the value of getting out in local metro parks as a great way to capture photos and learn the art of photography. Gear-wise, given your situation, I wouldn’t carry nearly the amount of gear, I’d scale down significantly. In fact, I did a video from another Arizona trip where I did scale down my stills photo gear due to heat - just one camera body and one lens. So - don’t feel like you need to carry lots of gear to make good photos.
The hike looks rather difficult! About how much weight were you carrying? Did you use an app like Photopills to help you determine best time to shoot or do you rely on experience? Also, you mentioned you used shutter speed to lower the histogram. In your mind then, is it better to underexpose a little in this type of landscape photography?
The hike definitely got to the moderate level for an Ohio hiker like me! It gets much more difficult after the spot I stopped at. I don’t think I could have tackled with as much gear as I had with me. I think my normal carry for the camera bag is around 25lbs or so. I usually carry one camera body and three lenses (I will sometimes cut down on certain hikes), plus a tripod, filters, spare batteries for that kit. Then, because of the YT channel I usually have video gear of some sort with me - on this hike it was a Nikon Z30, DJI Pocket 3, DJI Action 4, and another tripod for those cameras, and audio (wireless mic and receiver). Then, when hiking in the desert more water than I normally carry. So it all adds up.
I do use Photopills on occasion, great app. Though I did not for this hike, and was relying on what I thought was experience. I misjudged a little and didn’t quite get what I had in mind light wise - but still a great hike/outing.
Where I mentioned using shutter speed to lower the histogram. I photograph with the histogram towards the right-side, but try to be very conscious of not overexposing the highlights. So in that scene, things were too bright and I was worried about not having the highlights, so I sped the shutter up a bit, to bring the the histogram down a bit. If I am going to error in the field, I’d rather be a touch under exposed than overexposed generally.
Thanks for the comment!
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography thanks for the detailed reply. At my age (71) and new to landscape photography, I am somewhat concerned about hikes that may be too arduous. Hence the question about weight. Between that and a chronic illness, I need to be more careful than many. Last year we hiked to Crabtree Falls in NC (about 2 to 2-1/2 mi round trip from the car. That was a challenge, but I think I can work around that going forward: there are plenty of fantastic photo opportunities all around, even here in Southern New Jersey where terrain is mostly flat. It was worth the trip in every respect, but of course, I wish I had more technical knowledge then, interspersed with artistic vision. This is a journey for me and I appreciate your help in making in real in your videos.
@@josephversace5895 Just heading out for shorter hikes and working within your physical means is great! Hikes don’t need to be long or strenuous to result in great photo opportunities. I often talk about the value of getting out in local metro parks as a great way to capture photos and learn the art of photography.
Gear-wise, given your situation, I wouldn’t carry nearly the amount of gear, I’d scale down significantly. In fact, I did a video from another Arizona trip where I did scale down my stills photo gear due to heat - just one camera body and one lens. So - don’t feel like you need to carry lots of gear to make good photos.