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TH-cam has got a bit worse for that sort of thing lately. It's a shame people have to spoil things, isn't it? The latest annoyance are the trolls having fake "conversations" about a certain movie download site. I always report them as spam, and I recommend others do the same.
When I took a photography class back in the 1980's we had a project to find the shape of the letters of the alphabet in outdoor objects. Only rule was you couldn't take a picture of a letter, like in a sign. For example, in a parking garage the stairs on the outside were in a "Z" shape. The project is desgined for you to see deeper into normal things. Great video.
In watercolour painting you have a 30 minute exercise. Including drawing. It is designed to stop you overworking the scene and keeping the watercolour loose and ethereal rather than clipped in with sharp edges. It's also to allow the paint to create the scene rather than a replica of the scene. I've wondered if this would help in photography
Every time i see those bike by shots i just imagine him setting it up then going behind the camera 20 ft so he can ride past it, then he stops again and goes back to get his camera
Ditto - 100% what I kept thinking, and credit to him that must be bloody hard work shooting all those B Roll sequences without someone following you as you’re out there (but even then those shots have to be set up at some point). The one where it was a shot of him cycling past on the opposite side of a busy road towards the end there had me thinking - must be a fairly safe neighbourhood to leave a video camera on a tripod and then cycle away and past at that kind of distance without someone stealing your gear! If you’re reading this Tom, would be interested to see you do a video one time where you give a quick explanation of how you plan and execute the video side of your shoots, including these types of shot
Haha, my thoughts are similar. My conditions won't allow me to ride up and down the hill for all those shots. You gotta go back for the gears... that's why my vlog is so boring 🤣
You managed to capture some beautiful images….however, your story-telling is what I enjoyed most about this segment. You are a masterful story-teller and no matter what the venue is, you are always keeping me captivated by your wit and ability to paint a verbal picture!!
As you ran over to get the image of the birds on the wire, I said to myself, "Tom - the image is your bike against the bench with the grass behind it catching the light!"
For me that was probably the most interesting, inspiring and enjoyable video you have created in a long time. I feel like having the exact same problem with living in a boring area and not knowing how to create something with it. Thank you for this and I hope you will do more videos like this.
Yes I agree as well, this was inspiring and made me feel like I can do thisl. Usually when I watch Youtue channels I feel like this is all out reach. This was good though, more like this please.!
I 100% agree to this. After a long long time, this is a video which inspires me to go out and shoot again, too. I am not particularly fond of the results (except the woodland shot), but that's because of my slight aversion black/white shots (sorry). The video however is so genuinely positive , all in all very pleasing and your enthusiasm so contagious that I really am motivated to try out something like that!
Agreed! Even if you live in a not-boring place, seeing the same scenes every day can make photographing it a challenge! I liked the reminder to take time and look at things from new perspectives.
I am with Juergen, I would go as far as to say this is the most interesting and inspiring video I have seen for a long while amongst all the photographers that share on You Tube. Seeing how you create in our real world is so much more interesting and valuable. more please. Brilliant image in the small woods.
“An idiot on a bicycle, taking crap photos” yup describes me perfectly. I have thousands of crap photos from my adventures that come nowhere near capturing the splendor of what I see on my rides, but I likes my crap photos anyway.
"There is nothing worse than a man in the woods talking to his camera" .... LOL .. Mr Heaton, honestly, this video was so so inspiring. I presume most of your subscribers live in "un-interesting" areas, so this video is simply the perfect catalyst to get out there and be creative, no matter where. Loved it
Fantastic video! Also, totally agree that the faux-oil painting picture is incredible. That, and the amount of b-roll in this was insane. Lord knows I would've gotten bored of the whole rigmarole long before you did.
Something I've always told people that I teach photography to, is that you don't always need an interesting place or subject to photograph. If you focus on making something that's boring interesting, then you can make something that is interesting, spectacular. its all about your perspective.
This was one of the best, most inspiring videos you've done. I think that it's easy to lose the creative element with landscape photography and fall into the trap of just visiting well known locations to reproduce images that have been captured by others. This should act as a reminder to everyone that photography should be a creative pursuit. Hope you do more like this!
That's funny - I went for a 10 mile walk a few weeks ago and also took one photo for each mile! This was one of my favourite videos of yours... Although I'm working from home and have just had a load of mango rum.
I like this side of you so much because you're not afraid to step out of your comfort zone and try something different. You see Thomas, everything is photographical, it all depends on what you feel at the time. I don't want to go on and on; great work dude. Peace!
I always thought making your images black and white was corny, but after seeing how he used the black and white effect I’m dying to go outside and try it out for myself. What an eye opener!
I can definitely identify with feelings of the boring landscapes near by. I found this video to be one of the most inspiring and surprising how easily Thomas found images in what I simply could not. This really makes me want to get out and experiment more. Thanks Thomas 😊
One thing to bear in mind is that what you may have seen day in day out for years, others may never have seen before. Visit local sites and maybe pick out those things that constantly catch your eye as you pass by.
Fabulous video - I like that you focus on the taking the photos and the composition rather than the type of camera or the lens. Inspired to try that water picture.
Fair play Thomas, I've been waiting for a photographer to challenge themselves to shoot a boring location, you are the only person I've seen actually do it. I will have to challenge my creativity more when shooting locally, I do shoot a lot locally but often find myself very uninspired compared to when I go off to the national parks. Thanks for the inspiration 👍
I'm fortunate enough to have been born, raised, and I've lived my life in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. I'm a wildlife and landscape photographer and I love taking pictures of anything from sunrises, flowers, bears, or bugs....literally anything. I have so many beautiful things just out my back door that it is quite overwhelming at times. That being said, since all these things are so obviously beautiful I think it takes away from my need to be overly created and you just made me super jealous of how creative you are. Well done...I don't get jealous often
Well if anything, you've made me feel better about struggling to get good images in my local area!
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I think the most amazing is how you take time to place cameras while you were moving between each shot. Making it like documentary. Just to imagine how to you had to walk the same place 2-3 times just to place a camera and then come on the bike. 😮
As someone living in East Anglia, I share the same feelings about the wide flat-ish countryside. When you travel to a destination for photography, you are looking for that outstanding image to justify your travel, but if you are exploring by bike or on foot, you find images on the journey. I've explored quite a lot of the local area recently thanks to lockdown and now is the time to explore the wider area. Great inspiration Thomas.
Welcome back. Good -- no, very good -- to see you away from the van. (And, yes, I know I'm in the minority.) This is proof that the sophistication of the camera is not what makes wonderful pictures. This video (and I know it wasn't easy to produce), is a real gift. Thank you.
I really enjoyed that, I thought all the images were interesting but I have to say the last was my favorite, I love an old building. I also found it interesting that you didn’t use a tripod. I definitely think Tripods have there place but I find it a bit freeing to hand hold. Thanks for the inspiration. Jason
I think as a viewer you are one of the most emotionally inconsistent people I've watched. When you're up we're up and when you are dour, you bring me on that journey as well lol. So I liked the no moaning rule 😉. I know that many vloggers response to that is "well I like to show you the hardships I experience so you can see the honesty in the problems a landscape photographer has". Do I want to see that or, do I want to learn and do so joyfully. And Thomas this vlog is my new favourite vlog. Its just brilliant. The music is amazing the b roll is brilliant but the photography is so relatable. My opinion doesn't matter other than to me. But this vlog sees you happy and that just brings happiness so thank you for sharing.
i am so glad you did this video. I am glad that you got to see what us (Normal) photographers have to face because we can't travel for those exquisite landscapes. I wish that I could see you do more videos of this nature.
Have followed you for a while now and love all your videos but, for me, this is the best so far. Exactly the sort of inspiration, guidance and ideas I've been craving - and all with the usual Heaton humour, humility and enthusiasm. Thank you.
16:26 as someone working in environmental ecology and being on fields regularly, farmers only care and worry if you dont greet them. And if the farmer stops just nicely explain what youre doing and what a nice area his fields are at. Nice weather, ah ye the drought is terrible this year, quite early harvest eh? Never ever had a single farmer being aggressive even if we had to walk THROUGH the fields. Great content by the way, glad I found your channel. Greetings from Germany.
@@richardbirger2245 That's more polite than saying they suspect you are a thief, which is what they're actually thinking. Unfortunately they have reason to think that in our society today.
@@FutureChaosTV - poaching is one concern, stealing eggs [from wild birds] is another. I had a farmer come check out what I as doing one day and that was why. Ended up having a long and interesting chat about wildlife and the unusual countryside nearby.
hello Thomas It may be strange to say, but I always get lost in nature. and see the things you normally don't see!. then you see things you never thought possible. as a wildlife photographer you always have to wait and see what you encounter, and therefore always a surprise. They sometimes say the best wildlife photographers come from the Netherlands, it is always difficult to take a good photo without photographing a cyclist or a lamppost! greetings from the Netherlands.😊💯💯👍👍
I love these kind of videos. You’ve captured everything that I’m about as a photographer. As much as I’d like to concentrate on landscapes but at the end of the day, I call myself a photographer of things! Thoroughly enjoyed your video 👍
This is so excellent. I live in central Utah. So I'm spoiled with amazing landscapes. But gotta say some of my favorite shots are just walking around farmland and so many area's where it's " boring". Fantastic video tom.
2:30 in and I already love this video. This is what I remember of meeting you at the out of Acadia conference. It was really about seeing beauty where you are at. Hope you do more with this style. ❤️ it!!
Thank you for this! I have been doing photography for 15 years and even owned my own photography business doing portraits. After having the business, I really lost the joy I used to feel for it. Landscapes and details have always been my favorite thing to photograph. When I watched this it reminded me how much I love to see things in a different, creative, beautiful way. It's also interesting because I would have chosen different things than you in each location and I think both of our images would have been beautiful. I love that you chose to ride your bike, also, instead of driving. I think it really puts you in the landscape. Maybe I'll get my "big" camera back out of it's bag and dust it off.
Living on the Canadian prairies this video hits home for me. I've been doing photography for a little over a year now and it can be quite challenging to take good photos
Yes! This is a great exercise for your skills to see the beauty here and now under your feet and not in a national park halfway across the planet, and the right challenge to show yourself that you are a photographer. There are no masterpieces without boring exercises. Never. Thank you. Great.
This boring video of the boring landscape you live in is yet another very good example of what one needs to do to stay inspired and to keep observing in stead of just shooting about... I really enjoy your video's since they always take the viewer back to the essence of photography.. It's not about expensive gear, not about living in the most photogenic environment, not about post processing.... But all about good observation and getting inspired by the right (or wrong) circumstances. That's what makes me (I hope) an above average photographer.... Thanks, I would like to see more of this, it really helps!
Oh Thomas, calling a barley field wheat or corn......apart from that, I live in the middle of plane farm lands in eastern Hungary, and having a bike ride like that is what I have been imagining myself, now that the sunflowers starting to bloom and the harvest started on the barley, wheat and rapeseed fields. I usually wish we had some lavender fields around for some interesting scenes, or that I had a drone, because the flat always looks better from above. I loved the woodland image, that looked like an oil painting. Any more bike ride videos planned?
Interesting video. I live in the Netherlands and yes is flat and really flat even below sea level. Most of that land is farmland. But you give me some pointers to look different at these things maybe there is some pictures to make. Next bike ride I will check.
The shot of the bike leaning against the bench in the middle of the video is one of my favorites in the video. I love that you had it in there as Broll and not as a still image
Great idea, I have done a 10x 10 meter macro challenge before and stayed in that location for an hour. One thing to be careful if Is be careful of electric fences. I found one when I lent forward to get a picture of a horse 😂
I absolutely love image 9 with the clouds and telegraph pole. This is probably my favourite image of the lot. I absolutely loved this video. Your excitement is infectious and you make me want to try and repeat this challenge myself in my area. The filming of this is incredible. Keep it up and would love to see some more videos set up with challenges like this.
Everything you say is bang on mate, wish I'd found your channel sooner. I didn't have the money for a train out of the area most times so I always shot my run-down area where I grew up. 13 years, a million good times and all kinds of friends out of nowhere - they can keep their canyons and lighthouses, my doorstep was magical. So encouraging!
This is what it's like round my way, and I don't drive. Really been getting to me lately. Thank you so much for posting this. I feel inspired for the first time in a long while.
Even the first seconds of this video, I already see so much promise. Bit of sunset/sunrise, bad weather and it turns magical. And even if that's not there, bit of magic/imagination/creativity is enough.
"Avoid like the plague." Too soon? LOL "Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual." - Edward Weston A favorite quote of mine from a true master.
Boring is the greatest driver for innovation! More importantly, as evidenced by your woodland stream image, is that you proved that it's not the conditions that matter but the approach and willingness to experiment. A good inspiration to get back out and explore one's home location again. Great stuff!
Loved this 'down to earth' vlog. But when ever I see the b roll and you've set your camera up somewhere that it could be nicked I do keep wondering how it never was.
The crop is barley. Hopefully, it'll end up in a cold, refreshing pint of beer one day ;) Very photogenic especially when it is bathing in a warm light of the setting sun.
@@Catap That’s interesting, up here in Sweden it is called “Korn”! Anyway, I was surprised to see it has matured so early into the season over there. It will not be harvested until September over here. That’s what it like to be living on northerly latitudes, I guess!
The title of this video is the most interesting part about it. I admire the challenge and the mystery of landscape photography. Thank you for sharing this video. I am one of your fans.
Well, one thing is for sure, your videos are never boring. I truly didn’t think you would come out of this excursion with anything special, but I must say that a few of those images were quite impressive indeed! Very inspirational, Thomas! It’s a pleasure to watch you work.
As many others have said, I believe this video helped in more ways than one. Sometimes you can get lost in trying to make sure that you take those breathtaking landscapes and you forget what photography is really all about. Photography is an art and it a way to express yourself. Keep up your amazing work!
Not boring at all, it has been one of the most interesting and teachful videos I´ve seen in months. I´m glad you made it. Thanks a lot Thomas. Thousands of likes and for sure one more subscriber
Apart from the video being great, I was definitely impressed by how clear your audio was while biking and speaking! Does this make me a bit if a nerd? 😅
My favorite video yet! Having grown up amidst wide open farms and small sections of woods which may not be epic locations, but when you pay attention, you can find amazing scenes.
I shit you not, I once got my portfolio sent to a very famous cuban photographer. I love color so my photographs were 99% in color. She said my work was good and she only gave me one advice: Convert them to black and white. Needless to say her entire work was done in black and white. To this day I laugh at that non sense and hipocresy. F'ing low intelligence level people that can't handle color in their pictures and need black and white to focus their attention on a subject. Sadly, minds that see beauty and poetry in color are very few so I'm destined to be poor and uncknown because I refuse on doing black and white just because it looks more "fine artsy"...
@@TheGoodContent37 feels bad man! I love colours as well, I like to isolate certain colours and desaturate the others but not completely cancel them. I don't really mind people using black and white as long as they do it intentionally and not afterwards because they prefer the clean look over the colour mess. For me black and white is more about isolating clean subjects and light them in a specific way but only to draw attention to the one important, storytelling thing in the picture. They intend to give a fraction of reality in order to high lite one specific topic or subject but without creating emotions. In my opinion its a very "subjective" way of photography.
A great idea. Everyone else’s neighbourhood always looks better than your own, but it’s not true. There is loads on your doorstep, you just have to find it. You have proved it and hopefully inspired a few people. Thanks
One of your best in a while, in so many ways! The fantastic video editing, the simple yet stellar images and the story that says, make use of what you have at your disposal!
Been watching your videos for a few years now, this one has to be one of my favourite videos you've done so far. I'm sure it will offer inspiration for many photographers. I think deliberately going out to 'boring' locations is a great way to improve and sharpen ones eye for composition and also makes you appreciate the beauty in places you often wouldn't give a second look
I find myself learning more and more from your videos, They are just so informative and makes for a great way of learning whilst staying humble and un-intrusive. Both the video part of filming yourself doing your craft and the photography part. GREAT job! Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thoroughly enjoyed this one, a great reminder that setting ourselves limitations and challenges is a fun way to grow and learn. Also loved that you're ducking into bushes to hide from the farmer... we used to do this with the local game-keeper as kids in the forest behind my childhood home. Sometimes he'd catch us and send us packing, sometimes we'd get away with it!! As an adult I still jog there occasionally and find myself doing exactly the same thing!!
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When I took a photography class back in the 1980's we had a project to find the shape of the letters of the alphabet in outdoor objects. Only rule was you couldn't take a picture of a letter, like in a sign. For example, in a parking garage the stairs on the outside were in a "Z" shape. The project is desgined for you to see deeper into normal things. Great video.
That sounds like a great exercise, I've never heard that one before. I smell another challenge video 🤔
@@ThomasHeatonPhoto please do it 😍😉
In watercolour painting you have a 30 minute exercise. Including drawing. It is designed to stop you overworking the scene and keeping the watercolour loose and ethereal rather than clipped in with sharp edges. It's also to allow the paint to create the scene rather than a replica of the scene. I've wondered if this would help in photography
I like this. I may try it. Thanks!
Beautiful assignment. I'll give it a try sometime
"World's most boring location"
He surely hasn't seen my neighborhood
You Didn't Seen My Town 😂✌🏻😂
you haven’t seen my earth 😭😭😭😔
@@EXANT9000 You haven't seen my galaxy :p
Sorry, the universe doesn't look boring... ;-)
pfff...boring?
It's funny how we get blind to the beauty of the things we are used to. As a Brazilian I was thinking "what a nice landscape" all the time lol
I agree. I rush to take photos when I first arrive in a new city before it becomes mundane
Every time i see those bike by shots i just imagine him setting it up then going behind the camera 20 ft so he can ride past it, then he stops again and goes back to get his camera
Ditto - 100% what I kept thinking, and credit to him that must be bloody hard work shooting all those B Roll sequences without someone following you as you’re out there (but even then those shots have to be set up at some point). The one where it was a shot of him cycling past on the opposite side of a busy road towards the end there had me thinking - must be a fairly safe neighbourhood to leave a video camera on a tripod and then cycle away and past at that kind of distance without someone stealing your gear!
If you’re reading this Tom, would be interested to see you do a video one time where you give a quick explanation of how you plan and execute the video side of your shoots, including these types of shot
Literally what I was thinking with him going up that hill 😂😂
Haha, my thoughts are similar. My conditions won't allow me to ride up and down the hill for all those shots. You gotta go back for the gears... that's why my vlog is so boring 🤣
yeah every time . hats off to the effort
You managed to capture some beautiful images….however, your story-telling is what I enjoyed most about this segment. You are a masterful story-teller and no matter what the venue is, you are always keeping me captivated by your wit and ability to paint a verbal picture!!
Totally agree to this. ❤️
Agreed.... came for the photos...
Stayed for the stories
Agree totally…..some amazingly well crafted b roll!
As you ran over to get the image of the birds on the wire, I said to myself, "Tom - the image is your bike against the bench with the grass behind it catching the light!"
kkkkkkkkkkkk the photo would be much greater right? instead of the two birds
I just watched this video and thought the same
Even take the bike out of it; this bench would have been fascinating against the green backdrop
Exactly what I was thinking about, but only 1 photo for each mile tho, moreover the birds photo ain't bad at all.
Personally I thought the birds were the best photo of the day.
For me that was probably the most interesting, inspiring and enjoyable video you have created in a long time. I feel like having the exact same problem with living in a boring area and not knowing how to create something with it. Thank you for this and I hope you will do more videos like this.
Yes I agree as well, this was inspiring and made me feel like I can do thisl. Usually when I watch Youtue channels I feel like this is all out reach. This was good though, more like this please.!
I 100% agree to this. After a long long time, this is a video which inspires me to go out and shoot again, too. I am not particularly fond of the results (except the woodland shot), but that's because of my slight aversion black/white shots (sorry). The video however is so genuinely positive , all in all very pleasing and your enthusiasm so contagious that I really am motivated to try out something like that!
Agreed! Even if you live in a not-boring place, seeing the same scenes every day can make photographing it a challenge! I liked the reminder to take time and look at things from new perspectives.
Agreed
I am with Juergen, I would go as far as to say this is the most interesting and inspiring video I have seen for a long while amongst all the photographers that share on You Tube. Seeing how you create in our real world is so much more interesting and valuable. more please. Brilliant image in the small woods.
“An idiot on a bicycle, taking crap photos” yup describes me perfectly. I have thousands of crap photos from my adventures that come nowhere near capturing the splendor of what I see on my rides, but I likes my crap photos anyway.
" crap photos have good personality"
Drake -1973-
Yep, I felt a bit called out by that statement when I heard him...😆
Happily making photos in Chillicothe, Ohio for over half of my lifetime, I loved seeing your perspective in a place like this. ❤️
Former Xenia resident here. ... plenty of photographs hiding in your area.
I think they call that “crop factor” the ability to see something within a larger thing.
Current Delaware, OH resident. Some of my favorite images have been surprisingly in our Ohio area backyard.
Hi Matt! Im down in CIncinnati under the same circumstances as you. This is a great video by Thomas!
Hi Westerville here, I spend a lot of time in Chillicothe love it down there. I am from the UK.
The amount of effort put behind this entire video is the real inspiration. You're amazing, mate!
"There is nothing worse than a man in the woods talking to his camera" .... LOL .. Mr Heaton, honestly, this video was so so inspiring. I presume most of your subscribers live in "un-interesting" areas, so this video is simply the perfect catalyst to get out there and be creative, no matter where. Loved it
Mad respect for placing your camera down, riding past, hopping off, picking it up, placing it down, riding past. The B roll love.
Thanks for giving me some photography inspiration again!
What is up keyboard dude
Hey Hipyo
Strange but welcome cross-over of two hobbies here
Wouldn't mind a photo series of 'mech in the wild' ;)
Fantastic video! Also, totally agree that the faux-oil painting picture is incredible.
That, and the amount of b-roll in this was insane. Lord knows I would've gotten bored of the whole rigmarole long before you did.
I feel like someone on TH-cam finally gave an answer to a very important question for many hobby shooters. Thanks Thomas!!!
As someone who lives in a dead town in Kansas I appreciate the inspiration from this video, as I'm typing this I'm getting ready to go shoot😍
Thomas returning back to basics, and from looks of it, he is enjoying it.
Something I've always told people that I teach photography to, is that you don't always need an interesting place or subject to photograph. If you focus on making something that's boring interesting, then you can make something that is interesting, spectacular. its all about your perspective.
This was one of the best, most inspiring videos you've done. I think that it's easy to lose the creative element with landscape photography and fall into the trap of just visiting well known locations to reproduce images that have been captured by others. This should act as a reminder to everyone that photography should be a creative pursuit. Hope you do more like this!
That's funny - I went for a 10 mile walk a few weeks ago and also took one photo for each mile! This was one of my favourite videos of yours... Although I'm working from home and have just had a load of mango rum.
Oh love the reflection of the trees in the water,just beautiful!
I like this side of you so much because you're not afraid to step out of your comfort zone and try something different. You see Thomas, everything is photographical, it all depends on what you feel at the time. I don't want to go on and on; great work dude. Peace!
I could see the TH POV in every image and that "painting in the woods" was just jaw-dropping. 🙌🏻
This was refreshing to watch.
I always thought making your images black and white was corny, but after seeing how he used the black and white effect I’m dying to go outside and try it out for myself. What an eye opener!
I can definitely identify with feelings of the boring landscapes near by. I found this video to be one of the most inspiring and surprising how easily Thomas found images in what I simply could not. This really makes me want to get out and experiment more. Thanks Thomas 😊
One thing to bear in mind is that what you may have seen day in day out for years, others may never have seen before. Visit local sites and maybe pick out those things that constantly catch your eye as you pass by.
Fabulous video - I like that you focus on the taking the photos and the composition rather than the type of camera or the lens. Inspired to try that water picture.
Fair play Thomas, I've been waiting for a photographer to challenge themselves to shoot a boring location, you are the only person I've seen actually do it.
I will have to challenge my creativity more when shooting locally, I do shoot a lot locally but often find myself very uninspired compared to when I go off to the national parks.
Thanks for the inspiration 👍
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I'm fortunate enough to have been born, raised, and I've lived my life in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. I'm a wildlife and landscape photographer and I love taking pictures of anything from sunrises, flowers, bears, or bugs....literally anything. I have so many beautiful things just out my back door that it is quite overwhelming at times. That being said, since all these things are so obviously beautiful I think it takes away from my need to be overly created and you just made me super jealous of how creative you are.
Well done...I don't get jealous often
Well if anything, you've made me feel better about struggling to get good images in my local area!
I think the most amazing is how you take time to place cameras while you were moving between each shot. Making it like documentary. Just to imagine how to you had to walk the same place 2-3 times just to place a camera and then come on the bike. 😮
Got to say the intro is perfectly sequenced and edited, top level stuff.
As someone living in East Anglia, I share the same feelings about the wide flat-ish countryside. When you travel to a destination for photography, you are looking for that outstanding image to justify your travel, but if you are exploring by bike or on foot, you find images on the journey.
I've explored quite a lot of the local area recently thanks to lockdown and now is the time to explore the wider area.
Great inspiration Thomas.
Probably one of my favorite videos you've made. Cheers
Welcome back. Good -- no, very good -- to see you away from the van. (And, yes, I know I'm in the minority.) This is proof that the sophistication of the camera is not what makes wonderful pictures. This video (and I know it wasn't easy to produce), is a real gift. Thank you.
I really enjoyed that, I thought all the images were interesting but I have to say the last was my favorite, I love an old building. I also found it interesting that you didn’t use a tripod. I definitely think Tripods have there place but I find it a bit freeing to hand hold. Thanks for the inspiration.
Jason
For me your best video so far Thomas. You've proven it's not the location or the gear, it's the attitude of the photographer that counts.
Best video in a while, I thought. Also, I recognized some music you used to use long ago, and realized I'd missed hearing it. Thanks!
I think as a viewer you are one of the most emotionally inconsistent people I've watched. When you're up we're up and when you are dour, you bring me on that journey as well lol. So I liked the no moaning rule 😉. I know that many vloggers response to that is "well I like to show you the hardships I experience so you can see the honesty in the problems a landscape photographer has". Do I want to see that or, do I want to learn and do so joyfully. And Thomas this vlog is my new favourite vlog. Its just brilliant. The music is amazing the b roll is brilliant but the photography is so relatable. My opinion doesn't matter other than to me. But this vlog sees you happy and that just brings happiness so thank you for sharing.
i am so glad you did this video. I am glad that you got to see what us (Normal) photographers have to face because we can't travel for those
exquisite landscapes. I wish that I could see you do more videos of this nature.
Have followed you for a while now and love all your videos but, for me, this is the best so far. Exactly the sort of inspiration, guidance and ideas I've been craving - and all with the usual Heaton humour, humility and enthusiasm. Thank you.
16:26 as someone working in environmental ecology and being on fields regularly, farmers only care and worry if you dont greet them. And if the farmer stops just nicely explain what youre doing and what a nice area his fields are at. Nice weather, ah ye the drought is terrible this year, quite early harvest eh? Never ever had a single farmer being aggressive even if we had to walk THROUGH the fields.
Great content by the way, glad I found your channel. Greetings from Germany.
Might be different over there, but in Australia, some of them get snarky about biosecurity, and bringing weeds onto their property.
@@stephenlloydco same here in the US
@@richardbirger2245 That's more polite than saying they suspect you are a thief, which is what they're actually thinking. Unfortunately they have reason to think that in our society today.
@@tomhath8413 What? A thief of miniscule amounts of wheat?
@@FutureChaosTV - poaching is one concern, stealing eggs [from wild birds] is another. I had a farmer come check out what I as doing one day and that was why. Ended up having a long and interesting chat about wildlife and the unusual countryside nearby.
hello Thomas
It may be strange to say, but I always get lost in nature.
and see the things you normally don't see!.
then you see things you never thought possible.
as a wildlife photographer you always have to wait and see what you encounter, and therefore always a surprise.
They sometimes say the best wildlife photographers come from the Netherlands, it is always difficult to take a good photo without photographing a cyclist or a lamppost!
greetings from the Netherlands.😊💯💯👍👍
I love these kind of videos. You’ve captured everything that I’m about as a photographer. As much as I’d like to concentrate on landscapes but at the end of the day, I call myself a photographer of things! Thoroughly enjoyed your video 👍
That's the best video you've ever made Thomas! More educational and inspiring than you could have imagined. Thanks a million.
This is so excellent. I live in central Utah. So I'm spoiled with amazing landscapes. But gotta say some of my favorite shots are just walking around farmland and so many area's where it's " boring". Fantastic video tom.
I love the image you considered your favorite of the last couple months. What a unique capture.
2:30 in and I already love this video. This is what I remember of meeting you at the out of Acadia conference. It was really about seeing beauty where you are at. Hope you do more with this style. ❤️ it!!
Thank you for this! I have been doing photography for 15 years and even owned my own photography business doing portraits. After having the business, I really lost the joy I used to feel for it. Landscapes and details have always been my favorite thing to photograph. When I watched this it reminded me how much I love to see things in a different, creative, beautiful way. It's also interesting because I would have chosen different things than you in each location and I think both of our images would have been beautiful. I love that you chose to ride your bike, also, instead of driving. I think it really puts you in the landscape. Maybe I'll get my "big" camera back out of it's bag and dust it off.
Living on the Canadian prairies this video hits home for me. I've been doing photography for a little over a year now and it can be quite challenging to take good photos
Yes! This is a great exercise for your skills to see the beauty here and now under your feet and not in a national park halfway across the planet, and the right challenge to show yourself that you are a photographer. There are no masterpieces without boring exercises. Never. Thank you. Great.
Love the concept, it”s very easy to relate to👌🏼 Very inspiring. I love the “oilpainting”.
I like the challenge/story-based format you used for the beginning while keeping the content consistent with your usual stuff. Feeling a bit inspired.
“There are no boring places, only boring people.”
So correct!! see beauty covered whole earth
El Paso TX is boring change my mind
soo, then you didnt see my area, but anyway im trying to do something interesting
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@@dudewtfitz
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I grew up in Amarillo! Same! Lmao
Stars, Cows, and Macro is all that seems avail. Even the street hooked are boring. Lmao
This boring video of the boring landscape you live in is yet another very good example of what one needs to do to stay inspired and to keep observing in stead of just shooting about... I really enjoy your video's since they always take the viewer back to the essence of photography.. It's not about expensive gear, not about living in the most photogenic environment, not about post processing.... But all about good observation and getting inspired by the right (or wrong) circumstances. That's what makes me (I hope) an above average photographer.... Thanks, I would like to see more of this, it really helps!
Good stuff, great to see your thought process in these more "ordinary" settings.
Thanks Tom. Great reminder that if you can’t find anything available to shoot....shoot what’s available!
Oh Thomas, calling a barley field wheat or corn......apart from that, I live in the middle of plane farm lands in eastern Hungary, and having a bike ride like that is what I have been imagining myself, now that the sunflowers starting to bloom and the harvest started on the barley, wheat and rapeseed fields. I usually wish we had some lavender fields around for some interesting scenes, or that I had a drone, because the flat always looks better from above. I loved the woodland image, that looked like an oil painting. Any more bike ride videos planned?
I can seea 'pimp my bike' video perhaps... LOL
One of the best videos on photography I’ve watched on TH-cam. Thanks a bunch for creating, sharing and putting all that work into it.
Interesting video. I live in the Netherlands and yes is flat and really flat even below sea level. Most of that land is farmland. But you give me some pointers to look different at these things maybe there is some pictures to make. Next bike ride I will check.
The shot of the bike leaning against the bench in the middle of the video is one of my favorites in the video. I love that you had it in there as Broll and not as a still image
Great idea, I have done a 10x 10 meter macro challenge before and stayed in that location for an hour. One thing to be careful if Is be careful of electric fences. I found one when I lent forward to get a picture of a horse 😂
Cool idea ☺️ not the electric fence though 😜
This is just bloody brilliant. The music, narration and the simplistic joy of capturing moments on the go.
I absolutely love image 9 with the clouds and telegraph pole. This is probably my favourite image of the lot. I absolutely loved this video. Your excitement is infectious and you make me want to try and repeat this challenge myself in my area. The filming of this is incredible. Keep it up and would love to see some more videos set up with challenges like this.
Everything you say is bang on mate, wish I'd found your channel sooner. I didn't have the money for a train out of the area most times so I always shot my run-down area where I grew up. 13 years, a million good times and all kinds of friends out of nowhere - they can keep their canyons and lighthouses, my doorstep was magical. So encouraging!
This is what it's like round my way, and I don't drive. Really been getting to me lately. Thank you so much for posting this. I feel inspired for the first time in a long while.
Even the first seconds of this video, I already see so much promise. Bit of sunset/sunrise, bad weather and it turns magical. And even if that's not there, bit of magic/imagination/creativity is enough.
"Avoid like the plague." Too soon? LOL "Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual." - Edward Weston A favorite quote of mine from a true master.
Boring is the greatest driver for innovation! More importantly, as evidenced by your woodland stream image, is that you proved that it's not the conditions that matter but the approach and willingness to experiment. A good inspiration to get back out and explore one's home location again. Great stuff!
Loved this 'down to earth' vlog. But when ever I see the b roll and you've set your camera up somewhere that it could be nicked I do keep wondering how it never was.
same! I'd be way to scared to just leave a camera, walk away and then just casually walk/cycle/drive past
Mad man shakes vita weets at camera and delivers sage wisdom about landscape photography. Love your work mate.
Awesome video!
Yeee gawx!
photograpy gawx?
What’s up gawx lol
Gawx = best TH-camr
Gawx!?!?
The theme/idea behind the video, the content, b-roll and inspiration was all top notch Tom! Well done!!
i actually like empty spaces, it gives me a nostalgic and freeing feeling
Wanderlust, maybe
One of the most entertainig videos! I really enjoy just you walking and taking pictures
Thanks for the motivation & all the different locations with video you combined to show the area
The crop is barley. Hopefully, it'll end up in a cold, refreshing pint of beer one day ;) Very photogenic especially when it is bathing in a warm light of the setting sun.
Agreed, although in british english it’s ”corn”.
@@Catap ah, thanks. Not being a native speaker, I find huge gaps in my vocabulary.
@@Catap That’s interesting, up here in Sweden it is called “Korn”! Anyway, I was surprised to see it has matured so early into the season over there. It will not be harvested until September over here. That’s what it like to be living on northerly latitudes, I guess!
@@freetibet1000 skulle tro det har att göra med att vi ffa har vårsådd, och britterna höstsådd…. Men höftar lite hära… ;)
@@freetibet1000 we get warm winter's thanks to the Atlantic, so I bet we get to plant a lot earlier.
The title of this video is the most interesting part about it. I admire the challenge and the mystery of landscape photography. Thank you for sharing this video. I am one of your fans.
The wheat field is Barley…..the long ears give the game away….📸🌈
As a landscape photographer he should have known that.
@@generalgrafx I don't think they teach you the differences between agricultural crops in Landscape Photography courses. Not sure why though.
The extra effort you put into story telling and recording your journey between locations is so worth it.
"there's nothing worse than a man in the woods talking to his camera"
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Well, one thing is for sure, your videos are never boring. I truly didn’t think you would come out of this excursion with anything special, but I must say that a few of those images were quite impressive indeed! Very inspirational, Thomas! It’s a pleasure to watch you work.
Rip to all the cameras he left behind while cycling
As many others have said, I believe this video helped in more ways than one. Sometimes you can get lost in trying to make sure that you take those breathtaking landscapes and you forget what photography is really all about. Photography is an art and it a way to express yourself. Keep up your amazing work!
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Your channel is becoming one of my favourites. Congratulations and thank you for all your efforts.
"get a camera that easily accessible for most people".... I just spent 6 months saving to buy the X-T3 haha
@@gk7754 True, true. It's not like it's a 12k camera.
Yes, I thought he would use only his phone lol
Not boring at all, it has been one of the most interesting and teachful videos I´ve seen in months. I´m glad you made it. Thanks a lot Thomas. Thousands of likes and for sure one more subscriber
Apart from the video being great, I was definitely impressed by how clear your audio was while biking and speaking!
Does this make me a bit if a nerd? 😅
My favorite video yet! Having grown up amidst wide open farms and small sections of woods which may not be epic locations, but when you pay attention, you can find amazing scenes.
He is like: "if your fotos look boring, use black and white!"
I shit you not, I once got my portfolio sent to a very famous cuban photographer. I love color so my photographs were 99% in color. She said my work was good and she only gave me one advice: Convert them to black and white.
Needless to say her entire work was done in black and white. To this day I laugh at that non sense and hipocresy. F'ing low intelligence level people that can't handle color in their pictures and need black and white to focus their attention on a subject. Sadly, minds that see beauty and poetry in color are very few so I'm destined to be poor and uncknown because I refuse on doing black and white just because it looks more "fine artsy"...
@@TheGoodContent37 feels bad man! I love colours as well, I like to isolate certain colours and desaturate the others but not completely cancel them.
I don't really mind people using black and white as long as they do it intentionally and not afterwards because they prefer the clean look over the colour mess. For me black and white is more about isolating clean subjects and light them in a specific way but only to draw attention to the one important, storytelling thing in the picture.
They intend to give a fraction of reality in order to high lite one specific topic or subject but without creating emotions.
In my opinion its a very "subjective" way of photography.
Beautiful images Thomas. The best content you have created in my opinion and by far the most relatable. Thank you
Love this video - I have followed this channel for some years now and this enthusiasm and sparkle is what caught my interest in the beginning :-D
One of your best and most inspirational videos to date. Great work with great simple ideas. Brilliant.
A great idea. Everyone else’s neighbourhood always looks better than your own, but it’s not true. There is loads on your doorstep, you just have to find it. You have proved it and hopefully inspired a few people. Thanks
One of your best in a while, in so many ways! The fantastic video editing, the simple yet stellar images and the story that says, make use of what you have at your disposal!
Good man Thomas.. I always enjoy your frank and honest approach to the craft. Simplicity and beauty go hand in hand...
Been watching your videos for a few years now, this one has to be one of my favourite videos you've done so far. I'm sure it will offer inspiration for many photographers. I think deliberately going out to 'boring' locations is a great way to improve and sharpen ones eye for composition and also makes you appreciate the beauty in places you often wouldn't give a second look
I find myself learning more and more from your videos, They are just so informative and makes for a great way of learning whilst staying humble and un-intrusive. Both the video part of filming yourself doing your craft and the photography part. GREAT job! Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thoroughly enjoyed this one, a great reminder that setting ourselves limitations and challenges is a fun way to grow and learn.
Also loved that you're ducking into bushes to hide from the farmer... we used to do this with the local game-keeper as kids in the forest behind my childhood home. Sometimes he'd catch us and send us packing, sometimes we'd get away with it!! As an adult I still jog there occasionally and find myself doing exactly the same thing!!