Blyth Lighthouse Experimentation is key to learning photography
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, I explain why experimentation is key to learning photography.
Earlier this week I headed to the Northumberland to photograph the awesome Lighthouse at Blyth.
I arrived the night before to have a good look around and seek out locations for the following morning's sunrise shoot. At this time I suggested that it makes sense to experiment with your photography.
Taking images at a sunrise location at sunset rarely offers great opportunities for incredible photography. Because of this, I felt I could be a little daring with my compositions.
Experimenting with your photography is such a great way to learn. Photograph every angle possible. Change compositions by going outside of your comfort zone. It's how I improve and learn and can only help you learn too!
Please watch the video and feel free to leave a comment.
Gary
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absolutely brilliant shot of a pier i fished on, walked the dog along every day. Fantastic, keep them coming Gary
Cheers 👍👍
Excellent imagery, Gary! Love your photographic aesthetic. Thanks for sharing!
Many thanks! 👍👍
You show through video what you see and I think, "meh." Then you show what you actually captured and "WOW!" Beautiful!
Thanks Linda 👍👍
When I was a kid I lived in Blyth. I spent many many hours on that cold and wet jetty fishing. I also joined my first camera club at school just up the road in Newsham infant school. I have just finished my career as a photographer and videographer in paramedic education with the South Central Ambulance Service
Super shooting. Exceptional analysis. Beautiful framing. Points are well taken sir!
Hey Gary, I am sitting here on a Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis, and you have made me feel like I was there with you. Well done. My greatest disappointment is that neither you or I got some fish and chips.
😁😁 I'm sure our hearts are thanking us. Cheers Jay 👍👍
As always another very enjoyable video Gary
Many thanks. Cheers Tony 👍👍
Fabulous photos Gary.
Cheers Gary 👍👍
Great video as always Gary. Lovely location 😊
Thanks Cath 👍👍
Hello Gary, awesome photographs and inspiration to get out and capture photographs. Thanks for sharing and continue to stay safe 😷
Absolutely wonderful blog Gary!
Very well executed, Mr Gough.
Thank you kindly
Magical Gary - true professional vlogger (and photographer) - keep up the great work
I live less than 5 miles from Blyth. You can bet I will be giving this location a try in the not too distant future. Thanks Gary.
Enjoyed that, excellent photos.
Many thanks! 👍👍
Beautiful pics Gary
Many thanks
More is more. Awesome. My old adage from the military, two is one and one is none. Beautiful location and photos !
Another great video with some excellent photos
Hi Gary, just a quick note about when you are shooting in wet conditions. In fishing angler's have a small table at their side on which they have their bait and other items on and if it's raining they have a little umbrella which covers the table and the items on it keeping everything dry. One of these umbrellas would fit onto a leg of your tripod keeping your camera dry from rain and sea spray. The manufacturers of these umbrellas are Preston Inavations and can be found in most fishing shops. They retail at about £ 43 pounds which I think is a small price to pay to protect your camera and lens from sea spray. ( I use one myself). Best regards Nigel
wow what an excellent video - thoroughly enjoyed that - great advice, great images - thks Gary....👍
Cheers John 👍👍
Thank You Gary, that was a brilliant video!
Cheers Mark 👍👍
Only been to Blyth once. It was the back end of a hurricane and no one was venturing anywhere near the pier. Must go back some time. Thanks, Gary.
I bet it was a spectacle though. Cheers Ben 👍👍
Enjoyed the video, and nice images and loved the choice of music good job.
Thank you very much!
You are truly a master of this genre.
Very kind, cheers 👍👍
I don't live far from blyth Gary. Great video and pictures
Cheers Allan 👍👍
Excellent Gary
Cheers Paul 👍👍
Loved that vlog Gary. Favorite shot was the one you shot in the evening at 12.07 absolutely love that! 👍🏻
Thoroughly enjoyed this weeks video Gary - had my photography motivational fix from your good self.
Think I shall be paying Blythe a visit quite soon.
Glad it helped Keith 👍👍
Cracking video Gary, whenever I see a location I like on TH-cam videos that I like the look of, no matter where they are, I tend to save it to my Google Maps. I’ve just looked at Blyth and though, to be honest it’s doubtful I’ll visit anytime soon, mainly due to financial constraints and worrying about what’s going to happen in the near future with the cost of living etc, the same as most, it looks like an amazing place. Those piers, the lighthouse, that awesome looking beach for when the weather is great ( it is the North East ), even things around the area, the old gun battery, the bandstand which normally wouldn’t do anything for me but being so close to the beach or could work, and not forgetting the beach huts which I know you like shooting from time to time. Definitely a place worthy of careful consideration.
P.S.
That photo with the lighthouse light pointing directly towards you is simply fantastic
Missing those fish and chips was truely the saddest point of this video - I wont tell you how nice those are on the sea front there...! When I found Blythe, I tried that pier in windy conditions. Yeah.. think back to the video of you on that suspension bridge in scotland trying not to look down at the waterfall, and you will get me on that pier. I was clinging on for dear life feeling like it was all going to collapse! Beautiful photos to be had there tho, as you very much demonstrated! Thanks for posting this one 🥰 There is so much along that coastline, I cant wait to get back there....
Cheers Sandy 👍👍
I have to laugh we were there (Blythe and Whitley bay) about a month ago and I said to my partner Sue, I wonder what Gary Gough would do at this place 😀. Really like the image @12.00 in, both the colour and black and white, also the photos at the end of the film are very pleasing too! As always love your images and your positive and encouraging narration, shame about the fish and chips! ☹️. We’re off on holiday at the end of the week to the West coast, Allonby on the Solway firth on the edge of Cumbria, really looking forward to creating some Gary Gough inspired long exposures, some bird watching and bird photography! Cheers Gary 👏👍😀
😁😁 Glad you enjoyed it and I didn’t let you down 😂 Have a great trip to the West Coast 👍👍
Another beautiful video full of inspiration and information! Thank you Gary.
Thank you Donna 👍👍
Beaut shots Gary, looking forward to seeing more of you
😁😁 cheers 😁
Looks like a cracking location with great light when you made your visit. Really glad you went for the 'more' Gary, well done again. Not sure I could do the 500 mile round trip before my wife wakes up 🤣
Here's a great tip for you Chris... take the wife to a really boring location and really drag out the day. She'll hate it so much, the next time you suggest going out with your camera she should suggest you go on your own. Boom! You can have that one 😁😁
@@GaryGough I've managed the first part, she use to come with me to carry my tripod, but now doesn't want to do the standing around.
If I did say I was going she would suggest a hotel, and I'd see about 5 hours in bed, or never leave the bar after dinner and miss the sunset and sunrise 🤣💤
No it'll have to be a camper van , she hates being without a shower 🤣
Very nice Gary, we stayed at the Caravan Club site at Old Hartley overlooking St Mary's lighthouse and on our way back from Blyth we stopped at Seaton Sluice Chippie and the cod was so big she had to fold it in half to get it in the box! did us two nights. Sorry but had to tell you!
😁😁 I'm feeling hungry again now, damn you 😁😁
Great video, as always! Just had to say that I did really enjoy the image with the railing as foreground interest. And of course the other images are stunning too 🙂
Oh, Blyth is my local beach! I've spent many a day down their with my camera! I'd recommend Low Newton By the Sea too!
My home turf. You can get some epic sunrises there.
Cheers John 👍👍
Now I want to drive to the sea and experiment.... Great video sir; and I know your heartache about missing out on what your taste buds are craving because I too have stayed to long shooting and the restaurant had closed before I got there!
Nice shots taken in my home town!
Lovely images Gary. If fish and chips is compulsory after shooting a sunset on the coast then the same must apply to a full English after sunrise or at the very least a bacon butty.
Goes without saying Colin. I have to keep my figure you know 😂😂
Fabulous video! You are the best teacher on the Internet! Your photos always exceed expectations! Thanks!
Very kind of you to say Randy, cheers 👍👍
Even such great looking East facing piers, such as Whitby, can be well worth photographing at sunset. Horizon on the bottom third works for me, as there looks like there was far more interest in the sky than in the sea.
Cheers Paul 👍👍
Another great video Gary.
A very interesting place to photograph.
Loved the light on the railings in the evening shoot.
Great light for the morning shoot too.
You captured some fantastic image's as usual.
Loved the time lapse part too.
Thank you again Gary, as inspirational as always.
Thanks again! 👍👍
Amazing photos. You really need to come back to Cornwall and go to Bedruthan Steps at sunset. The sea stacks there with the sunset are beautiful and would make a really good picture. Last time I tried I had hot spots in my photos but after watching this video I may try again.
Hi Gary, wished i had known you where on my door step, am about a mile from where you parked up , could have shown you the chippys or fed & watered you for the night lol . Love the photos spent lots of time down there myself & about 5 miles either way. Great sun rise & red sky , clouds, are best between mid Dec to mid Jan :)
How come women never make the same offers :) Cheers Kev 👍👍
Great to see you working compositions in my local area Gary, somewhere I've photographed several times. Despite that you've given me ideas to work on when re-visiting what is an interesting location with different aspects being adjacent to a working harbour. Unfortunately for you, the local fish & chip restaurant caters for day visitors and locals rather than tourists, and will close well before sunset.
Stunning images which bring back memories. Like you we travel to Northumberland a few times a year, in our case all the way from Devon, as it has such a wonderful coastline and fantastic "big" skies.
Many thanks!
Gary, this was yet again a wonderful & enjoyable video to watch, I have not done a lot of sunset & sunrise photography ( lacking confidence in my own ability) lol. However you videos are changing how i feel about giving it a go.
I enjoy how you bring us along with you. Your photos are always excellent and I like how you transition some of them from color to black and white. Maybe next time you can get your fish and chips. Cheers, Gary. Job well done!
Thanks Clark 👍👍
Today in India we celebrate teacher's day (5th September) Thank you sir for you videos, I've learnt a lot from you. Though I'm a beginner but still what I'm today you've contributed a lot. Thanks from deep of my heart for every knowledge you shared. Stay safe be happy always. Sourav Mukherjee from Calcutta , India.
Kind of you to say. All the best to you too 👍👍
Just sat here watching this video and I'm thinking I wonder what it would look like if you could get a shot with some separation between the lighthouse and the ship marker. Within seconds you showed me the exact shot I was thinking off. Thoroughly enjoying your channel, keep up the good work
Cheers Mark 👍👍
Wonderful video Gary, woke up early today but was just too lazy to get up and photograph at the same local spot as usual, need to get to a coastal location sometime soon.
I was at Blyth a few weeks ago and got a lovely golden sky at sunrise with a similar composition, but i cropped in to remove the railings on the pier. Had Gary went to the beach a little further south ( less than 1 mile ) and parked by the battery, there are a few groins and 1 with a marker post for a great fine art long exposure shot
At around the 12:05 mark, when you transition from color to monochrome, my heart just sang. Stunning, sir.
Cheers Chris 👍👍
Absolutely love you work Gary and your posts to You Tube, love your passion for LE and Fine Art, always a pleasure to watch your videos, do we still call them vidoes, anyway you know what i mean. Thanks you once again. Mark
Many thanks, cheers Mark 👍👍
Superb !
Thanks a lot
@@GaryGough Welcome
I lived less than 20 miles away for 40 years and I have never seen the piers or beach at Blyth🤷♂️ . Great video which has inspired me to consider a similar shoot.
awesome videp as always gary very informal i was just recently in northumberland last week i headed to amble got some cracking sunset shots amd night shots too and then went again a few days later amd got a great panoramic shpt which ive edited pf a seroes of boats defo recommend doing a video there when u r driving to amble from walkwaorth an estruary on left sp far dpwn can park and theb walk a bit and a path to left follow that down to a jetty amd cam get some great shots of boats etc enjoy and great video again keep them coming really enjoy them
Very nice Gary I only live 20 mins from that pier I’ve just said to me friend on Friday we should pop up and photograph the pier, sun rises haven’t been that good lately when I’ve been out to much cloud
I loved it. Next weeks video is fairly close. I think it'll be even better 😁😁
I'd just like to get a great photo while thinking inside the box!
😁😁 I'm sure you do Dave :)
Great video Gary, this is a local haunt for me, sorry you missed the chippy, as fish and chips from the chippy in the car park at the beach, are very good!
The beach huts are nice too.
stunning photos Gary - love watching your content mate 👍
Many thanks 👍👍
Another beautiful video! So inspiring to me! And thank you back, just for doing this so well! Cheers!
Very kind, cheers 👍👍
Gary you must have good ears I live 10 min walk from Blyth harbor and there has not been a train around here for over 60 years I think Beaching closed the line, I'll be looking out for you now Blyth is on your radar
Always love watching your videos and you’re right take as many pictures as you can more you there you might be surprised with one of them are you didn’t expect. It’s funny when are used to use a film camera you would take 36 exposures and get 36 exposures developed now we take hundreds of pictures and seldom get any developed thanks for sharing Sue love watching you your enthusiasm is intoxicating once again thank you.
So true Andy. Cheers 👍👍
Quality work as ever Gary, your videos are always a pleasure to watch 🙂
Cheers Steve 👍👍
Totally with you on the bottom third, why waste a good sky.
Hi Gary, great shots. Wondering which ND filter you used to come to a 4 minute exposure in still somewhat light conditions. (ND15?)
Hello Gary from upstate New York. I very much look forward to your videos. You have some amazing areas to photography. Do you have a video on how you work out your time when using a 9 and 10 stop filter along with a polarizer or a site that you recommend to help figure out how to determine the time? I just picked up a Lee 10 stop and have a polarizer and would like to start having a good at long exposures. Thanks again for taking us along on your adventures and sharing your knowledge.
That’s a great video, I’m hoping to get to the Northumberland coast next summer, having seen it for the first time in April from a train - it looks spectacular. I think you actually had the best light from sunset when you were doing your piece to camera; the rusty railings on the pier were reflecting the colours of the setting sun, as was the other pier and the side of the lighthouse, and the sky was more interesting. But, by the time you began photographing, it looked like you had lost the best light.
That's the cost of filming 😒
Fantastic location Gary, and some cracking images, the master of the fine art stuff for sure. No fish and chips is tragic, when I was in Newfoundland I pretty much lived on fish and chips on every outing. Loved the video and the images and the awesome photography tips as always, thanks for sharing.
Cheers John 👍👍
Beautfiul work Gary. Especially loved the double exposure shot. Looks such an awesome place to shoot. Really enjoyable watch as always mate 😊
Cheers Paul 👍👍
Hi Gary 1st of all what amazing shots you've taken. I'm not far from Blyth. Totally fantastic place and I think I will try that place. Excellent work. (Tip) try the harbour view fish and chip shop next time your up in seaton sluice.
I've already had the pleasure John :) That's probably why I'm fat 😁😁
@@GaryGough how do you do the double exposure shot?
Another exquisite video from one of may favorite “teachers”. A lot of the info I will be using during my upcoming trip to the Hebrides. Keep the good things coming, Gary.
Kind of you to say, cheers 👍👍
Brilliant work and great video as always! Thanks for the great tips and inspiration . You need to think about doing a workshop here in the states
Would love too! I'm there on holiday in 2 weeks time. California here I come 😁😁
@@GaryGough hopefully in Northern CA, the sea stack are amazing especially up here in Oregon
I must go there. I, like you, have gone backwards and forwards up that coast and ignored Blyth. Big mistake!
No fish and chip, failed shoot I’d say, great video as always 👍
Agree totally although I did substitute F&C with a Pot Noodle. Life doesn't get any better 😁😁
Exquisite shots Gary, loved the 240 sec sunset shot 👌 “comfort zone” I wish I had one 😂 every shoot is an experiment with my knowledge but I am learning from the master, keep it up it’s inspiring stuff 👍
I am the same way; can't be farting around too long. I do more nature photography than the types of landscapes you do, but I go as far as to slap a 300mm on as soon as I exit the car so if I see birds or wildlife while traveling through the woods. I literally never walk around with all of my gear in the bag.
I get so little time I try to take advantage of all of it. Most places I go I have been to many times, so I do take time to look around and try and find new ways to present it, but I always have my camera on the end of my tripod with the legs closed. When I see the composition I can plop the camera down and go to it.
And I bring all my gear with me because I never plan anything, lol. I often go out with an idea in mind, but in a moment I can switch to everything from landscape and nature to macro or wildlife and birds. Whatever I find I can make best use of.
Great minds and all that Mike 😁
Hello man , nice photo you got always, thank you from Milton Keynes. May I ask you do you got shot by AF or manual focus? Thank you
Hi, I usually use AF and then set my focus to manual.
@@GaryGough thank you but is it possible next time explain how to AF to manual please? Thank you
My Pentax k-3 came with a small cover that you are supposed to put over the eyepiece in certain long exposure situations, because it is said that stray light coming in through the eyepiece during that time can spoil your exposure.
I notice that I have never seen anyone who does long exposures on TH-cam use these covers, or have not noticed anyway. Have you ever used one?
Canon cameras tend not to suffer with light leaking in through the viewfinder. I do use a cover though during very long exposures on bright sunny days. 👍👍
@@djstuc thanks for the reply. Yes, that probably would be a faster way. I had just never heard anyone mention about it before. 🙂
Big mistake Gary! when in Blythe first stop fish n chips! you can take breath taking images whatever time you want to start and the ones you have just showed us....wow...they were wonderful, thank you for showing them all to us, now about that advice I gave you at the begining just do it! Thank you.
😁😁 Cheers Des 👍👍
Great video Gary, as ever. Do you ever use a reverse grad filter at sunrise/sunset? I can't recall ever seeing you use one and I wonder why that is - unless it's because you like to use two shots at different exposures for sea and sky and blend them?
I have never used one. I have never felt the need to use one. Probably as you say, I'm happy mixing exposures. Cheers 👍👍
Famous in movie circles as a location in the classic British gangster film “Get Carter”. Sadly the Blythe staithes are long gone. Nevertheless up to the usual standard Gary.
Very enjoyable, but can I just say “less is more….” Doesn’t apply to cakes . Hope to see you soon!
It certainly does not 😂😂
Already looking forward to it 🫡
Home sweet home ❤🏴🇬🇧
Surprised you didn’t get robbed in Blyth, did you see the beach huts further along? Much nicer
I did see the beach huts. They're pretty nice 👍👍
welcome to my neck of the woods a live 5 mins away 📷👍
so you broke the law by not having fish & Chips, shame!! another great video
Pot Noodle - food of the gods?
More like food of the dogs, except any sensible dog would refuse it!
Ouch 😁
What makes good fish and chips?
Plenty of salt and vinegar with a kick of curry sauce for me 😁😁
Eee my old stomping ground, God's country.
Great photos Gary