I've been following for 3 years now and this is without question the funniest and most memorable episode I've seen. Sometime there just isn't time for an apple. Those are fabulous days indeed.
Thanks for showing that wonderful frenetic feeling that we all experience when great light and conditions emerge, and there seem so many options and we don't want to miss any of them but we have to make choices, so we end up in delightful confusion!! Thanks for some great images again and for your infectious enthusiasm: you make everyone wish they were there too!
I share your spectrum of emotions, from elation to frustration, whilst chasing rainbows, to be in the perfect spot to try and capture them! I totally understand and empathise. Ahh a lovely, honest video, and stunning photos, as ever, Nigel. I love it.
Nigel this is one of my favorite videos of yours! I feel like I act the same way when epic light is everywhere, it’s so rare that you want to photograph everything. You truly captured the moment with some beautiful keepers. Thank you for sharing this moment, I can only imagine how difficult it was to film and capture all those shots.
I enjoyed that Nigel. It’s nice to see the headless chicken excitement as this is how I feel most of the time. The rainbow pano was my favourite in its wider version and not the smaller portion you chose. Not good for social media I know but for a large wall print it would be epic! Keep it up man, you’re my favourite.
Despite the stress, the photos turned out stunning. The post tells me the photographer’s ability to focus on compositions, despite it all, produce fantastic the results. I admire that ability.
'A Day in the Life of a Photographer'. Really good to see you in action, Nigel! It shows that not everything is slow and methodical in landscape photography. The light was amazing and a RAINBOW! It doesn't get any better than this to quote a famous photographer. :) There were so many possibilities and it was good to see how you raced around to capture the scenes. Feel free to do more like this, Nigel! Good luck with your lockdown.
I only started photography this year and following you. All the studying of videos and practising In lockdown year . This video has made it all worth while. Made me smile so much . Brilliant
Loved, LOVED this vlog. I don't know how you juggle video, drone, and camera and still get amazing photographs when the light is changing so quickly. Your excitement and joy is infectious. One of my favorite vlogs so far.
At least Covid 19 has one positive impact on Photography: Photographers are forced to get to know the beauty of their native country instead of traveling around the world searching for the perfect photo.
A truly great photographer doesn't need to travel to the ends of the earth for amazing photographs, beauty is all around us, the skill is in seeing it!
@@antonoat you are absolutely right. My father always told me that you don‘t need extraordinary photographic skills to take a great photo of the Grand Canyon. It‘s much more demanding and fulfilling to take a world class photo of the meadows behind your house. I also follow Mads Peter Iverson on TH-cam. He has been to the best photographic places in Iceland and the Faroe Islands several times. Due to Covid 19 he has to stay in Denmark all the time. Denmark is not known for first class landscape or woodland photography. But just today in his video he was so happy and delighted to find the perfect place with the perfect conditions that he was dancing like a kid . Absolutely fulfilling for him because he found the place by himself next door.
Even though you seemed frantic I always appreciate your tenacity and dedication to your work. I totally relate to this and you’ve reminded me that sometimes when things don’t go as planned you are drawn to something more than you visualized. It’s part of your memories of that trip which you may never experience again.
Have not laughed so hard for ages. My partner and I watched this together and Rosie said how you were just like me in our mannerisms. I had to admit a saw myself in you and you said the very same things minus a few expletives I would have in the same situation lol. The light was so wonderful in every direction all at once. Time to panic lol You took some lovely images and what we really appreciated was the fact that you were just you and we were along for the ride.
your enthusiasm for the chase of these shots is contagious. what a wonderful video to start my day out with! well done mate! i was out of breath with ya!
We’ve all been there Nigel. How simple are we that light is the most exciting thing? Pure adrenaline as the light sets on a hillside or a cloud moves over a lake. So silly and marvelous. You only see it once. Great job out there! 🤪
I appreciate this video a lot! Often we see the end results and they are stunning and it can huge the appearance it’s all so easy. It’s nice to see you running around like a mad man and struggling too! This stuff is hard and it’s great to know I’m not the only one running around!
Probably your most entertaining vlog yet - really enjoyed it, thank you. Your vlogs are always so professional and polished but at the same time it's good to see that it doesn't always go smoothly, especially not being in the right place at the right time. Great to see you at work rushing around, this makes it more real (would love to see more of that and your natural ND sense of humour). Seeing endless perfection can be demotivating, but seeing even the pros struggle at times makes it more relatable yet at the same time motivating to keep persevering and never give up. It's too easy to go out and be demotivated when you come back with an empty memory card (although that didn't happen to you here, but pretty much did to me the other day) - this helps make you realise that that happens from time to time, quickly get over it and move on. Thanks again!
Love this episode, clearly shows the complete unadulterated love you still have for your photography and truly reflects the emotions us mere mortals have when elements come together and we fist pump the air cos the play back on the back of the camera looks so good.
Happy Sunday morning from across the pond. This was a very enjoyable video as we get to watch the craziness one sometimes goes through when you're in a location surrounded by immense beauty but you find yourself almost like you're on a game show running around and trying to make the best decisions before the clock runs out the light. What a joy it is to see you work and to show us that it's ok to "wing it" it sometimes in order to get a shot. Thinking on your feet the way you do is not something easily learned, often after years you find you can do it almost unnaturally natural. I think most people enjoy your videos because they are so real and are often made like a miracle--something that can't be explained, yet happens anyway. Thanks again and I wish you a healthy and safe week ahead. See you next Sunday.
Yes Nigel - we've all been there - flexibility, coupled with your ability to look ahead at the possibilities in a changing landscape is what makes you a master photographer. Nicely done and thank you for bringing us along.
I actually like the photo at the video 12:28 of you photographing the rainbow as the light is shining on you ... and the last photo of the lake. It's all beautiful. I can relate to the running around chasing light :)
Always a pleasure to watch your videos. The way you put them together is great from a viewer's perspective. Almost as if I was there with you on a photography class. :) Also inspires me to get up and get outside to take some photos. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these!
Hectic and manic but don't we all just love it, just as much as the slow considered approach taking our time. It's also reassuring to see the master go through this too...but of course you came out of it with some top notch images, excellent vlog 👌
Fantastic Nigel. Thanks for showing that even the best run around in desperate need of a composition when the light is fantastic. very entertaining. Cheers
This was such a funny video Nigel and much needed in the current situation. All I could think as you were running around saying’ I don’t know what to do’ what chance do I have if someone with your skill and experience still feel this way but in a good way, it means we are all still learning. I also spend time when I’m out with my husband saying things like ‘oh my goodness look at the light’ and he looks at me like I’m crazy. It definitely was a great way to learn despite your concerns. Thank you for brightening up a lockdown Sunday.
Wow!!! I'm so glad you shared this. I always wish I can be so organised when getting to a location, but now I know it happens to the best out there. Thank you so much. This was entertaining...and it just doesn't get better than this.
heart was racing just watching this, i know the feeling all too well of preparing for hours and then feeling frantic in the 15-minute window once it arrives. absolutely one of yr most entertaining vlogs, thank you!
Nigel it's good to know that I am not the only one who gets rattled when conditions are changing rapidly! Now I know what I must look like to hikers as I rush about trying to match a good composition with changing light!
Great video and very nice photographs. It was good to see and hear how fast you thinking for a composition. When the light turn on, you were on fire! Thanks for sharing.
I totally enjoyed watching you run about like a headless chicken talking to yourself, it's exactly how I take photos!!! 😁😁😁 you seemed to be enjoying the moment which is great to see and surely the main benefit of being a landscape photographer.
Hahaha excellent! Such a relatable video. I loved your second photo the best with the tree and the rock and the mountains partly obscured - great atmosphere and composition!
Really enjoyed the video Nigel v entertaining I'm glad its not just amateurs like me who get annoyed with themselves in the midst of endless choices. Love the handheld shot 9+ min in and the telephoto lake shot near the end, Rich.
Thanks for another fantastic video, Nigel. I love those moments in landscape photography where everything happens (and changes) very quickly! Thanks for the inspiration!
Awesome light & stunning views! I love that feeling you get every now and then when things just exceed expectations with the weather, light etc. Yes it might lead to a frantic rush around but it doesn’t half help to reignite the love for photography and being outdoors 👌
"Just take photos Nigel, and shut up" that has to be the quote of the year for your channel! I had to pause the video and stop chuckling. A very entertaining video sir, and a true reflection of what landscape photography is sometimes like. Keep safe.
Love you shouting at yourself: 'think Nigel, think'.... and then a few minutes later 'shut up and take photos'.... and blame it on the hat :-), it felt so recognisable, I could see myself running around when the light is great! Loved the shots that came out of it though!
Exactly, quite a different approach when you have flat horizons I think! Same here in the Netherlands. When you live in Flanders, the Ardennen are not too far away though ;-)
I live in the Netherlands - similar story. Think in terms of "foreground, midground and background" and also in leading lines. Most landscape photos in more hilly or mountainous terrain have rather insignificant foreground. In flatland, I would make that more important. Angle of view with leading lines (perspective) and viewpoint (perspective). If you take a wider angle lens, the foreground can become relatively bigger than mid and background. Flash intensity has its "inverse square law" and it is based in the "square law of perspective": make the distance to the subject n times bigger and you get n-squared more in your frame (because distance is linear and what you get in your frame is area). It becomes a story of location spotting and labor division with yourself. You can locate and shoot perspectives and leading lines all year long (as long as there is a little bit of light). For a beautiful sky you need to come back another time (I hate to mention it, or AI sky replacement). Sunset will have warmer tones than sunny midday with its hard shadows and sunrise will have a very clear sky, because people still need to start bring dust and moist n the air. In clear skies - sunrise and cold winter days, you can have lower light angles, not so hard shadows. Or, under a grey sky, completely overcast, you'll have very soft light with no shadows, shade. So, once you have your locations, perspectives, you can make a longlist of them with planning for the light and skies you need in order to go back thee (and it becomes a matter of arriving too early and be patient). As to perspective, at low viewpoint, the flatland becomes thinner, or high viewpoint gives more of it in your frame. Note you can tilt your camera up or down to add or compensate these effects, but that will impact vertical parallel lines - when the camera is not level, these parallel lines will converge. You can use that for dramatic effect or correct it in Lightroom (DxO PhotoLab, etc.) I would avoid in post correction as much as possible, though. If I want a look down perspective, I still keep the camera level, but raise the camera and take a wider angle lens. If I need more foreground than my lens can give, I will go vertical and do panorama (with a nodal rail). A nodal rail makes stitching easier but if Lightroom cannot solve the stitch puzzle, very likely Photoshop can (it is much more intelligent and powerful at this). As you want to take landscapes, you may want to avoid people in your shots, but a farmer or farm assistant at work changes the story of the countryside. Note that Western people read from left to right, so if you can chose to have a foreground tree or midground building in your landscape at the right edge of your landscape, that gives people a stimulus to go back into the picture: it becomes more attractive. I still must have a very old landscape shot of wetlands with reeds as far as the eye can see under a threatening cloudy sky and in the foreground a couple farmers harvesting the reeds (for thatched roofs) - the dark threatening clouds fill the sky, but behind me/camera is shiny sunlight watered down by a thin bit of cloud; the perspective of standing on the deck of a boat sailing through that landscape was ideal. Flatter than that landscape there, does not exist. With a website like "Buienradar" (not sure that works in Flanders, but no doubt Belgium will have something like it too) you could actually try to move yourself into such circumstances and if you have that location longlist with your desired light planned, it becomes a bit easier. 45 years ago, such tools did not exist and as film alone with its processing cost money, the approach to location hunting that I propose here was less feasible. Today we are "wasting pixels" or maybe "clicks". What I am suggesting is not a "spray and pray" approach, but a very conscious, aware, process of finding compositions, documenting them, and coming back if you need better light to get shots that match your - artistic - intentions. If you want to get some inspiration, try to see a bunch of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn's drawings he made (or drawings turned into etchings), on his walks in the flatland.
Hi Ward, I live in a fairly flat part of the UK so most of the year I concentrate on rivers, coastline, Milky Way and seasonal flowers like bluebells, poppies and heather. Yet to find wild garlic but that's my challenge for next year. The other thing is woodland photography which I think most photographers find the most challenging. There is always Street Photography too if that interests you and macro/wildlife. I think it's whatever interests you then experimenting with compositions.
Really enjoyed that video, reminded me of running around and falling over on holme fell the other month. The views and shots taken on the drone and camera though were stunning!
Another great video Nigel. I do like the “10 things you should do to ” as they are really important as you are sharing your experience with us. But when it comes to videos like this is just another level. Thank you for this. Cheers
Leave it to you to find gold at the end of the rainbow. What looked like late autumn drabness to me was vividly brought to life through your perspective and talent. Thank you for "franticly" showing how it can be done.
Actually very good video of real life! Yet you are able to pull out some great shots like the pro you are. Gives me encouragement to keep at it. Thanks Nigel!
Great video once again Nigel. Looked like an epic day for sure. Love the shots from the 70-200mm 2.8 lens, I just received mine. Can’t wait to get out and use it. Your weekly tips always come in handy out in the field.
Stunning video man and lovely images! Love that video composition while you are talking at 16:17. It almost looks like you are green-screened onto a landscape photograph hahaha
Brilliant watching Nigel and spectacular scenery! No wonder you didn’t know which way to turn at one point. A great lesson in seeking the right composition, something as an amateur I’m trying to develop.
I've been following for 3 years now and this is without question the funniest and most memorable episode I've seen. Sometime there just isn't time for an apple. Those are fabulous days indeed.
Thanks for showing that wonderful frenetic feeling that we all experience when great light and conditions emerge, and there seem so many options and we don't want to miss any of them but we have to make choices, so we end up in delightful confusion!! Thanks for some great images again and for your infectious enthusiasm: you make everyone wish they were there too!
I share your spectrum of emotions, from elation to frustration, whilst chasing rainbows, to be in the perfect spot to try and capture them!
I totally understand and empathise.
Ahh a lovely, honest video, and stunning photos, as ever, Nigel.
I love it.
Nigel this is one of my favorite videos of yours! I feel like I act the same way when epic light is everywhere, it’s so rare that you want to photograph everything. You truly captured the moment with some beautiful keepers. Thank you for sharing this moment, I can only imagine how difficult it was to film and capture all those shots.
Now this is why I love watching your channel - enthusiasm, excitement and . . . panic! Great pics, Nigel.
This made me laugh, glad to see the Mogwais aren’t the only ones running around crazy when the light changes! 😂🌤
I enjoyed that Nigel. It’s nice to see the headless chicken excitement as this is how I feel most of the time. The rainbow pano was my favourite in its wider version and not the smaller portion you chose. Not good for social media I know but for a large wall print it would be epic! Keep it up man, you’re my favourite.
"Just take a photo, Nigel... shut up" HAHA! I can so relate!
Ha! We have been there a lot!
If I did blogs of me out in the field it’d pretty much be this every time. 😂. Nice to see it’s not just amateurs that have days like this.
I was thinking the exact same thing😂
I’d show some extra groud-rolling as a bonus. 😄 Not mentioning tripping.
Despite the stress, the photos turned out stunning. The post tells me the photographer’s ability to focus on compositions, despite it all, produce fantastic the results. I admire that ability.
'A Day in the Life of a Photographer'. Really good to see you in action, Nigel! It shows that not everything is slow and methodical in landscape photography. The light was amazing and a RAINBOW! It doesn't get any better than this to quote a famous photographer. :) There were so many possibilities and it was good to see how you raced around to capture the scenes. Feel free to do more like this, Nigel! Good luck with your lockdown.
I only started photography this year and following you. All the studying of videos and practising In lockdown year . This video has made it all worth while. Made me smile so much . Brilliant
Smiling on my couch as I totally get your excitement and joy.
“It’s raining now...great” ummm...yeah! That’s how rainbows happen! 😂 loved this episode so much.
Ha ha!!!
Loved, LOVED this vlog. I don't know how you juggle video, drone, and camera and still get amazing photographs when the light is changing so quickly. Your excitement and joy is infectious. One of my favorite vlogs so far.
Thanks Karen... it was hectic... a bit like juggling without control of your arms and wearing a blindfold
At least Covid 19 has one positive impact on Photography: Photographers are forced to get to know the beauty of their native country instead of traveling around the world searching for the perfect photo.
It inspired me to turn my yard documentation project up to 11. Can't believe the difference it has made in my photography.
A truly great photographer doesn't need to travel to the ends of the earth for amazing photographs, beauty is all around us, the skill is in seeing it!
@@antonoat you are absolutely right. My father always told me that you don‘t need extraordinary photographic skills to take a great photo of the Grand Canyon. It‘s much more demanding and fulfilling to take a world class photo of the meadows behind your house.
I also follow Mads Peter Iverson on TH-cam. He has been to the best photographic places in Iceland and the Faroe Islands several times. Due to Covid 19 he has to stay in Denmark all the time. Denmark is not known for first class landscape or woodland photography. But just today in his video he was so happy and delighted to find the perfect place with the perfect conditions that he was dancing like a kid . Absolutely fulfilling for him because he found the place by himself next door.
I have never photographed this much since Covid came around. I have quadrupled the amount of photos this year compared to last year. And i love it!
Even though you seemed frantic I always appreciate your tenacity and dedication to your work. I totally relate to this and you’ve reminded me that sometimes when things don’t go as planned you are drawn to something more than you visualized. It’s part of your memories of that trip which you may never experience again.
Beautiful warm-brown nuances contrasting bluish tones in the sky. I think I liked best the one with the thin birches in the foreground at 16:25.
Thank you! Cheers!
Have not laughed so hard for ages. My partner and I watched this together and Rosie said how you were just like me in our mannerisms. I had to admit a saw myself in you and you said the very same things minus a few expletives I would have in the same situation lol.
The light was so wonderful in every direction all at once. Time to panic lol
You took some lovely images and what we really appreciated was the fact that you were just you and we were along for the ride.
Glad you enjoyed it
your enthusiasm for the chase of these shots is contagious. what a wonderful video to start my day out with! well done mate! i was out of breath with ya!
We’ve all been there Nigel. How simple are we that light is the most exciting thing? Pure adrenaline as the light sets on a hillside or a cloud moves over a lake. So silly and marvelous. You only see it once. Great job out there! 🤪
Thank you, Nigel. Sometimes if you are provided with good light and a bonus rainbow, it a mad scramble to get the shot! Beautiful photos.
I appreciate this video a lot! Often we see the end results and they are stunning and it can huge the appearance it’s all so easy. It’s nice to see you running around like a mad man and struggling too! This stuff is hard and it’s great to know I’m not the only one running around!
Probably your most entertaining vlog yet - really enjoyed it, thank you. Your vlogs are always so professional and polished but at the same time it's good to see that it doesn't always go smoothly, especially not being in the right place at the right time. Great to see you at work rushing around, this makes it more real (would love to see more of that and your natural ND sense of humour). Seeing endless perfection can be demotivating, but seeing even the pros struggle at times makes it more relatable yet at the same time motivating to keep persevering and never give up. It's too easy to go out and be demotivated when you come back with an empty memory card (although that didn't happen to you here, but pretty much did to me the other day) - this helps make you realise that that happens from time to time, quickly get over it and move on. Thanks again!
STUNNING light ..stunning place n stunning shots !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS n stay safe !!!!!!!!!
Love this episode, clearly shows the complete unadulterated love you still have for your photography and truly reflects the emotions us mere mortals have when elements come together and we fist pump the air cos the play back on the back of the camera looks so good.
Happy Sunday morning from across the pond. This was a very enjoyable video as we get to watch the craziness one sometimes goes through when you're in a location surrounded by immense beauty but you find yourself almost like you're on a game show running around and trying to make the best decisions before the clock runs out the light. What a joy it is to see you work and to show us that it's ok to "wing it" it sometimes in order to get a shot. Thinking on your feet the way you do is not something easily learned, often after years you find you can do it almost unnaturally natural. I think most people enjoy your videos because they are so real and are often made like a miracle--something that can't be explained, yet happens anyway. Thanks again and I wish you a healthy and safe week ahead. See you next Sunday.
One of your "worst-best" video Nigel! Love to see you so authentic!
Yes Nigel - we've all been there - flexibility, coupled with your ability to look ahead at the possibilities in a changing landscape is what makes you a master photographer. Nicely done and thank you for bringing us along.
I actually like the photo at the video 12:28 of you photographing the rainbow as the light is shining on you ... and the last photo of the lake. It's all beautiful. I can relate to the running around chasing light :)
Great Video Nigel. This is your best video yet! So frantic, excited and amazing images came out of it all. Hope to see more like this!
Always a pleasure to watch your videos. The way you put them together is great from a viewer's perspective. Almost as if I was there with you on a photography class. :) Also inspires me to get up and get outside to take some photos. Thanks for all the hard work you put into these!
Awesome energy and great video Nigel. Thanks so much for sharing. This was fun!
Hectic and manic but don't we all just love it, just as much as the slow considered approach taking our time. It's also reassuring to see the master go through this too...but of course you came out of it with some top notch images, excellent vlog 👌
I think you have made a lot of people smile today, ND, great light and stunning images. Thank you.
So funny but well worth the frantic running around! Really enjoyed watching this. Wonderful images Nigel!
Nigel, calm down and don't panic. It's only a rainbow... Beautiful work, I always look forward to watching your next video.
Probably the most reassuring YT photography video I’ve ever seen, but the results show that chicken’s certainly not headless!
So many great shots in this video. Thanks Nigel!
Some lovely photos in there Nigel but you get the prize for the funniest photography video I have seen. Thanks for the inspiration!
That's what I call chasing the light. But I think it is definitely worth it. Spectacular views and superb photos Nigel!!
It was one of your most exciting videos; thanks for sharing the knowledge and beautiful moments.
Loved your excitement over the everchanging view. Somewhere north of coniston like tilberthwaite with birch and softer hills.
Fantastic Nigel. Thanks for showing that even the best run around in desperate need of a composition when the light is fantastic. very entertaining. Cheers
Thanks Scott
Thank you for sharing your awesome scenery. Loved your video. Beautiful photos.
I like how much love you put in every single shoot and in every single step you take to do it.
I love this video. It's wonderful to see you showing us your great passion for landscape photography.
Lovely images, particularly one with mountains in background and dead tree and rocks fore/mid ground. Beautiful lighting.
This was so fun to watch! Loved the image of the sideways tree.
great episode. Your focus on composition was a real lesson ... when things get hectic, the basics become so important.
12:21 "I don't even know what I'm doing anymore - just take a photo Nigel and shut up!" 😁
Ha ha!
Thank you for showing, Nigel. Great photos, great video, awesome conditions! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Nigel, what a fun video! As always, I continue to learn so much.
This was such a funny video Nigel and much needed in the current situation. All I could think as you were running around saying’ I don’t know what to do’ what chance do I have if someone with your skill and experience still feel this way but in a good way, it means we are all still learning. I also spend time when I’m out with my husband saying things like ‘oh my goodness look at the light’ and he looks at me like I’m crazy. It definitely was a great way to learn despite your concerns. Thank you for brightening up a lockdown Sunday.
Ha ha - thanks Ruth!
Loved this, could feel your excitement. Just enjoy the light and take your time, with that view can’t go wrong
Just so fun watching this! I recall feeling much like this a time or two.
Fabulous photos, good to see professional photographers get in a spin like the rest of us.
An abundance of choice, a good problem to have. Great real world report! Rock on!
Hilariously well done!! Thanks for the wild ride!
A wonderful place to be in the early morning. Sometimes the composition is not always obvious till the light comes up. Rainbow a bonus. Think layers!!
Wow!!! I'm so glad you shared this. I always wish I can be so organised when getting to a location, but now I know it happens to the best out there. Thank you so much. This was entertaining...and it just doesn't get better than this.
Brilliant video. Good to have a laugh at the start of my day. Thanks so much and some great long lens photos.
Way more intense that I expected! Great video as always
Thank you for your sharing, I really enjoy watching this one as we are all journey together with you!
heart was racing just watching this, i know the feeling all too well of preparing for hours and then feeling frantic in the 15-minute window once it arrives. absolutely one of yr most entertaining vlogs, thank you!
Wonderful photo shoot ... inspiring. Thanks !!! Love the location.
What a amazing morning in a stunning landscape; and a great video.
Very funny and resonates with my efforts this last week. My favourite vlog yet.
Great video love watching you do all the things yo tell us not to do ! Very entertaining and some wonderful images as usual.
Your favourite photo of this outing is really spectacular. Amusing video.
Nigel it's good to know that I am not the only one who gets rattled when conditions are changing rapidly! Now I know what I must look like to hikers as I rush about trying to match a good composition with changing light!
What a fantastic shot perfect lighting one could spend a full day at that location perfect
I love all your videos. Nice to know I’m not alone when it comes to running around 😀
Great video and very nice photographs. It was good to see and hear how fast you thinking for a composition. When the light turn on, you were on fire! Thanks for sharing.
Ha ha - thanks
I totally enjoyed watching you run about like a headless chicken talking to yourself, it's exactly how I take photos!!! 😁😁😁 you seemed to be enjoying the moment which is great to see and surely the main benefit of being a landscape photographer.
Hahaha excellent! Such a relatable video. I loved your second photo the best with the tree and the rock and the mountains partly obscured - great atmosphere and composition!
Really enjoyed the video Nigel v entertaining I'm glad its not just amateurs like me who get annoyed with themselves in the midst of endless choices. Love the handheld shot 9+ min in and the telephoto lake shot near the end, Rich.
That was a fun watch! Great video and great images.
great video Nigel ,looks like you had a great time
Thanks for another fantastic video, Nigel. I love those moments in landscape photography where everything happens (and changes) very quickly! Thanks for the inspiration!
Many thanks!
Awesome light & stunning views! I love that feeling you get every now and then when things just exceed expectations with the weather, light etc. Yes it might lead to a frantic rush around but it doesn’t half help to reignite the love for photography and being outdoors 👌
Thanks for confirming that my craziness in the field with great light is normal. This is one of your best videos!
Thanks so much
"Just take photos Nigel, and shut up" that has to be the quote of the year for your channel! I had to pause the video and stop chuckling. A very entertaining video sir, and a true reflection of what landscape photography is sometimes like. Keep safe.
Ha ha - thanks
I think you got across your passion for photography. So that's a big plus. And some decent shots too.
Great vlog. Really enjoyed it. Oh! and some great photos.
Love you shouting at yourself: 'think Nigel, think'.... and then a few minutes later 'shut up and take photos'.... and blame it on the hat :-), it felt so recognisable, I could see myself running around when the light is great! Loved the shots that came out of it though!
Ha ha - that is the reality
Do you have some tips for landscape photography in flat places? (No hills/mountains)
I live in flanders and find it Very difficult.
Exactly, quite a different approach when you have flat horizons I think! Same here in the Netherlands. When you live in Flanders, the Ardennen are not too far away though ;-)
I live in the Netherlands - similar story. Think in terms of "foreground, midground and background" and also in leading lines. Most landscape photos in more hilly or mountainous terrain have rather insignificant foreground. In flatland, I would make that more important. Angle of view with leading lines (perspective) and viewpoint (perspective). If you take a wider angle lens, the foreground can become relatively bigger than mid and background. Flash intensity has its "inverse square law" and it is based in the "square law of perspective": make the distance to the subject n times bigger and you get n-squared more in your frame (because distance is linear and what you get in your frame is area).
It becomes a story of location spotting and labor division with yourself. You can locate and shoot perspectives and leading lines all year long (as long as there is a little bit of light).
For a beautiful sky you need to come back another time (I hate to mention it, or AI sky replacement). Sunset will have warmer tones than sunny midday with its hard shadows and sunrise will have a very clear sky, because people still need to start bring dust and moist n the air. In clear skies - sunrise and cold winter days, you can have lower light angles, not so hard shadows. Or, under a grey sky, completely overcast, you'll have very soft light with no shadows, shade.
So, once you have your locations, perspectives, you can make a longlist of them with planning for the light and skies you need in order to go back thee (and it becomes a matter of arriving too early and be patient).
As to perspective, at low viewpoint, the flatland becomes thinner, or high viewpoint gives more of it in your frame. Note you can tilt your camera up or down to add or compensate these effects, but that will impact vertical parallel lines - when the camera is not level, these parallel lines will converge. You can use that for dramatic effect or correct it in Lightroom (DxO PhotoLab, etc.) I would avoid in post correction as much as possible, though. If I want a look down perspective, I still keep the camera level, but raise the camera and take a wider angle lens. If I need more foreground than my lens can give, I will go vertical and do panorama (with a nodal rail). A nodal rail makes stitching easier but if Lightroom cannot solve the stitch puzzle, very likely Photoshop can (it is much more intelligent and powerful at this).
As you want to take landscapes, you may want to avoid people in your shots, but a farmer or farm assistant at work changes the story of the countryside. Note that Western people read from left to right, so if you can chose to have a foreground tree or midground building in your landscape at the right edge of your landscape, that gives people a stimulus to go back into the picture: it becomes more attractive.
I still must have a very old landscape shot of wetlands with reeds as far as the eye can see under a threatening cloudy sky and in the foreground a couple farmers harvesting the reeds (for thatched roofs) - the dark threatening clouds fill the sky, but behind me/camera is shiny sunlight watered down by a thin bit of cloud; the perspective of standing on the deck of a boat sailing through that landscape was ideal. Flatter than that landscape there, does not exist. With a website like "Buienradar" (not sure that works in Flanders, but no doubt Belgium will have something like it too) you could actually try to move yourself into such circumstances and if you have that location longlist with your desired light planned, it becomes a bit easier. 45 years ago, such tools did not exist and as film alone with its processing cost money, the approach to location hunting that I propose here was less feasible. Today we are "wasting pixels" or maybe "clicks". What I am suggesting is not a "spray and pray" approach, but a very conscious, aware, process of finding compositions, documenting them, and coming back if you need better light to get shots that match your - artistic - intentions. If you want to get some inspiration, try to see a bunch of Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn's drawings he made (or drawings turned into etchings), on his walks in the flatland.
Hi Ward, I live in a fairly flat part of the UK so most of the year I concentrate on rivers, coastline, Milky Way and seasonal flowers like bluebells, poppies and heather. Yet to find wild garlic but that's my challenge for next year. The other thing is woodland photography which I think most photographers find the most challenging. There is always Street Photography too if that interests you and macro/wildlife. I think it's whatever interests you then experimenting with compositions.
Mario,Steve, JP DJ Thanks for the tips! i'm sure i Will be able tot use them!
Check out Mads Peter Iversen's channel. He's Danish and have quite a few videos about photographing in Denmark.
Wow - one of your absolute best vlogs !
Super. Nothing like the edge of a weather front a sunrise.
Now that's reality for you, enjoyed your turmoil can understand your feelings we all strive for that perfect image.
Really enjoyed that video, reminded me of running around and falling over on holme fell the other month. The views and shots taken on the drone and camera though were stunning!
Another great video Nigel. I do like the “10 things you should do to ” as they are really important as you are sharing your experience with us. But when it comes to videos like this is just another level. Thank you for this. Cheers
Thanks so much
Leave it to you to find gold at the end of the rainbow. What looked like late autumn drabness to me was vividly brought to life through your perspective and talent. Thank you for "franticly" showing how it can be done.
Actually very good video of real life! Yet you are able to pull out some great shots like the pro you are. Gives me encouragement to keep at it. Thanks Nigel!
I've done that a few times "THINK THINK THINK," and then say gosh "I hope I got something!! You nailed the shots, congratuations!!!
Great video once again Nigel. Looked like an epic day for sure. Love the shots from the 70-200mm 2.8 lens, I just received mine. Can’t wait to get out and use it. Your weekly tips always come in handy out in the field.
Stunning video man and lovely images! Love that video composition while you are talking at 16:17. It almost looks like you are green-screened onto a landscape photograph hahaha
Cheers... green screen, now that is an idea! Ha ha
Great video, I love the long lens for landscapes, my 70-200mm is on around 70% of the time now. I was doing the comp dance too at the weekend lol.
Really remarkable shot after shot Nigel! And the rainbow! As if you needed anything else! Fabulous frames friend! 🙋♂️✊
Brilliant watching Nigel and spectacular scenery! No wonder you didn’t know which way to turn at one point. A great lesson in seeking the right composition, something as an amateur I’m trying to develop.