Pro safety tip: The wave interval is very important to take into account. Generally, the longer the interval, the higher the risk of sneaker waves, (surfers call them "clean up sets" for a reason). These come at seemingly random times and are commonly fatal! If the interval is around 15 seconds or longer, please be very cautious.
One of these waves got me when I was photographing penguins on the southwest end of the south island of New Zealand in 2015. I managed to keep the camera and lens from getting soaked, but 2/3’s of my tripod got submerged in sea water, and I was wet up to my shoulders.
"You don't want sand in your joints" lol. very true though. PS I think you are mastering this subject, I don't know of anyone who does this genre better !
truth about the tripod. I waited to clean mine and the spikes were rusted, I could barely unscrew my legs and had to completely take them apart and wash them out and they never have worked right since. Being lazy with ocean cleanup was a big mistake. Great tips and beautiful images as always. love the shutter speed blend on the ocean well image.
Nick, you are a born natural teacher! Every time I watch your videos, I learn so much about the subject. Question, have you ruined any lenses or camera bodies while getting into the sea? Be truthful, LOL! By the way, I watched you teaching Photoshop and you are great. I like Lightroom because it is easier but I am trying to learn about Photoshop since I am paying for the rental so I hate not using it.
Very simple VLOG, but "WOW", great information Nick as usual. Cant wait to get back home to Washington state and get back on the coast. If you are ever in Germany, coffee is on me.
Your photographs contain massive amounts of power. Your hints on equipment are quite good. I short, I thank you for putting together a very good video.
Great video Nick. I know how cold the water is in that area and I have always wondered how you could stand there so long and not freeze to death. Now I know, I will be looking into those socks, great tip. In fact you gave out a lot of good tips in this video. Thank you so much. Stay safe my friend.
@@NickPage There were 2 commercials involved. Compared to other videos, you are actually light. For me, because of your style, it is simple. You are easy to watch and convey tons of information in an easy manner. Plus your videos and podcasts are relevant. Additionally, You get it all said in a short period of time.
Hi Nick. Coastal photography in OR/CA/WA is my most favorite, second to storm photography. I love your work and your vids. I'm hoping to return to the coast again this year. On my first day out on the coast at Beach 4, ONP, I fell and broke my shoulder, cutting short my long awaited trip.
@@NickPage they’re pretty much general use these days. Typically I use them as a non abrasive wipe when cleaning glass or quartz components involved in optics in some of the instruments we use. Microbiologists use them a lot wiping down oil immersion microscope lenses 👍 (I’m more of a chemistry technician, microbiologists are scary people)
Hello Nick, probably the best seascapes that I have ever seen. Your captures were awesome! Your skillset of the subject really shows. Wonderful tips! Particularly liked the tip about opening up the lower part of the tripod legs. Another tip that I got from someone else was to fully extend your tripod when home, then hose down the tripod with freshwater working from top to bottom to remove saltwater and sand. As always thank you for sharing...
So useful as I am preparing to head to New Zealand in 2 weeks. Thank you for the advice and for sharing the memorable images. Plan to take the FLM tripod, 100-400, 24-120 and 14-30 Nikon Z lenses.
Just a little late to this video, but absolutely loved it - I need to find some dramatic coastlines near me here in North Devon in the UK now, and then get brave enough to venture in. I believe you’re located in Washington state? My sister and her family live in Vancouver, WA - if ever I’ve needed an excuse to visit them, I’m sure I’ve found one in these coastlines! Thanks for some great nuggets Nick.
Thanks for the timely video Nick. I'm up here shooting the coast this week as I have the week off after scouring the marine forecast from the NWS last week. An additional tip is that under the "forecast discussion" link on the the National Weather Service page for your chosen location, you'll get to read through the best guesses of what that current weather team is thinking for the next few days out. (Located at the bottom of the forecast page.) For Seascape photography, if you scroll down and look for "marine forecast" you'll know about the potential for a high surf advisory a good two days before it actually comes out as they discuss the size of the expected swell and how steep the seas are expected to be. I think I first started reading about the high surf this week last Wednesday and as a result, was ready to go when they made it official on Saturday. In fact, they were talking about multiple events, and it now looks like we could have high surf all week. 🙂👍 Here's what it says about later this week: "Behind the front Tuesday afternoon, another long period swell train is expected to arrive, moving across the coastal waters Tuesday night with peak seas likely to reach the range of 20 to 23 ft." 23 Feet! I'm there!! 🤟
Why go through all the hassle and never end up getting seascape photos as good as yours, if I want to look at seascapes yours are the ones I want to look at!
@@NickPage To be truthful about it, I am not into landscape photography, at my age I am into photographing my orchids. Many of the different landscape photographers that I watch on TH-cam I do so for the beauty of the photography and the tips about improving my skills. I don't believe in the saying "Never too old to teach an old dog a new trick!"
Definitely the best advice I've ever heard/seen on seascape shooting! Thanks so much for imparting this knowledge on all of us! Had never thought of using the spikes on my tripod so I've basically avoided putting it in the water on the beach. Amazing!
Thanks for sharing this Nick. Learning a lot from your insights, really helpful. And your seascape photography is absolutely mindblowing I needed to pause the video multiple times just to appreciate those amazing images. Inspirational stuff my friend...😍
Awesome video. One of the best advice/tutorial videos on seascape photography on TH-cam. And you only have to spend a few minutes browsing Nick's image portfolio to see the affinity he has for this subject. Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
My favorite thing about seascapes is you can go to the same location continuously and walk away with compositions you didn't see previously due to water flow or size of the waves. There a few local locations that look better at high tide/low tide and i love having that option.
Yeah he is OK, it’s a bit of an optical illusion because the wave is not perfectly in line with where they were standing, although I would not stand there myself
Just want to say that I am awestruck. The 1 wave at 27 seconds looks angelic. Such a gift you have. I'm looking forward to exploring more as I get back into Photography. ✌
Thanks Nick. Lots of useful information as usual. For anyone one the fence, the Essential Landscape Photoshop class of Nick's is excellent and well worth every penny. Highly recommended.
Lots of useful tips and a bunch of great photos. Great way to start out the week. But, as I am at least 1,000 miles from any ocean in the US I probably won't be able to use any of the info for awhile. But, there's always next year. Stay safe.
Ah, such a true video! I learn the hard way few weeks ago in Oregon about high tides. I lost an external mic and got soaked waist down! Loved every second of it!!
Wonderful! I just came back from Cape Disappointment and thought of your photographs the entire time I was there. Thanks for the info on the tide swell apps. Great job!
Thanks Nick,your work is great mate and imformation number 1thankyou.All the best for Xmas and New Year to you and your family from Harry in Cairns,will be good to see the team 4 in the future.👍👍👍👍😊
Beautiful photos. And your videos are very educational indeed. But good luck getting heavy surf in a storm picture where I live. In the winter...in the Faroe Islands. 😆
Way more than just a nugget in the video NIck! I was on the Oregon coast for 3 weeks this past September, my first time there and came away with maybe 2 keepers, one for sure using your knowledge and experience. Keep up the these type of videos, invaluable!
Several good ideas here. I live in the Great Lakes area in Michigan, and the socks alone would be huge. The apps would be of benefit for wind but we dont see much in the way of tidal movements. Some great shots here....I used to live in Portland and these make me miss it out there especially the coast. Great job NC!
Excellent video, lots of great tips! We’re leaving for southern Oregon coast in two weeks from San Diego so this will come in very helpful, not to mention that I just dropped 200 bucks at B&H during the intermission, L O L
Nick- where do you sell your prints? I visited your website and I couldn’t find a page for print sales (maybe I missed it). Thanks for sharing your talent.
Most times I don’t need them honestly... people use them too often in my opinion rather than only using them when you can’t get to the desired shutter speed
I like the look of them sock things. Was in Scotland on a Loch and my wellies became a Loch 😬. The things that can happen when making an image. Love lens tissue paper, I just use lenses clothes to help with keeping lens and camera dry.
1:40 it's absolutely going off down Nicks local!
Pro safety tip: The wave interval is very important to take into account. Generally, the longer the interval, the higher the risk of sneaker waves, (surfers call them "clean up sets" for a reason). These come at seemingly random times and are commonly fatal! If the interval is around 15 seconds or longer, please be very cautious.
One of these waves got me when I was photographing penguins on the southwest end of the south island of New Zealand in 2015. I managed to keep the camera and lens from getting soaked, but 2/3’s of my tripod got submerged in sea water, and I was wet up to my shoulders.
Best video I've seen, what a lovely man and so informative! Thank you, Nick
"You don't want sand in your joints" lol. very true though. PS I think you are mastering this subject, I don't know of anyone who does this genre better !
truth about the tripod. I waited to clean mine and the spikes were rusted, I could barely unscrew my legs and had to completely take them apart and wash them out and they never have worked right since. Being lazy with ocean cleanup was a big mistake. Great tips and beautiful images as always. love the shutter speed blend on the ocean well image.
Nick, you are a born natural teacher! Every time I watch your videos, I learn so much about the subject. Question, have you ruined any lenses or camera bodies while getting into the sea? Be truthful, LOL! By the way, I watched you teaching Photoshop and you are great. I like Lightroom because it is easier but I am trying to learn about Photoshop since I am paying for the rental so I hate not using it.
Thanks incredibly beautiful. As a beginner i wasnt appreciating the darkness of some of my pics. The darkness on yours is better than the light
Very simple VLOG, but "WOW", great information Nick as usual. Cant wait to get back home to Washington state and get back on the coast. If you are ever in Germany, coffee is on me.
Your photographs contain massive amounts of power. Your hints on equipment are quite good. I short, I thank you for putting together a very good video.
Great video Nick. I know how cold the water is in that area and I have always wondered how you could stand there so long and not freeze to death. Now I know, I will be looking into those socks, great tip. In fact you gave out a lot of good tips in this video. Thank you so much. Stay safe my friend.
Sound advice matey! With some beautiful shots!
You have some of the best seascape images man!
I appreciate that
We need more Nick. Great and informative video. I am even willing to sit thru the numerous commercials to watch.
Thank you for the kind words, how many commercials did you have to sit through? I might have to change my settings
@@NickPage There were 2 commercials involved. Compared to other videos, you are actually light. For me, because of your style, it is simple. You are easy to watch and convey tons of information in an easy manner. Plus your videos and podcasts are relevant. Additionally, You get it all said in a short period of time.
Great information/video (and great background music, especially the guitars 😉) And beautiful pictures!
Hi Nick. Coastal photography in OR/CA/WA is my most favorite, second to storm photography. I love your work and your vids. I'm hoping to return to the coast again this year. On my first day out on the coast at Beach 4, ONP, I fell and broke my shoulder, cutting short my long awaited trip.
Ouch!
YES! Kimwipes are the best. I’m a Lab Tech, been using these suckers at work for nearly 20 years 👍
thats awesome, what do yo guys use them for in your work?
@@NickPage they’re pretty much general use these days. Typically I use them as a non abrasive wipe when cleaning glass or quartz components involved in optics in some of the instruments we use. Microbiologists use them a lot wiping down oil immersion microscope lenses 👍 (I’m more of a chemistry technician, microbiologists are scary people)
Great tips! Thank you so much! I love your seascapes and storm photos!
Thanks for sharing your experience and artistry
Excellent tips, Nick. Thank you!
I’m a surfer and Magic Seaweed is the best.
Great advice. We don't get the big sea like you but I will be trying the jamming the tripod in next time haha
Hello Nick, probably the best seascapes that I have ever seen. Your captures were awesome! Your skillset of the subject really shows. Wonderful tips! Particularly liked the tip about opening up the lower part of the tripod legs. Another tip that I got from someone else was to fully extend your tripod when home, then hose down the tripod with freshwater working from top to bottom to remove saltwater and sand. As always thank you for sharing...
As always another great video... well done!
Amazing video and skills, spectacular photography.
Great advice and even better pictures many thanks
Beautiful pictures 🙏
Heck ya Nick Page. You’re making so home sick for the Oregon coast. Thanks for sharing Nick.
Thanks for these tips Nick, super useful video
Great tips, and even greater images. I LOVE that image of the sinkhole. I don't suppose you have a video of that shoot/location?
This is the definitive guide that anyone needs, I was going to make one but now no need, this wins 2020 for seascape photographers 101...
Great Stuff, great advice and stunning photography.
So useful as I am preparing to head to New Zealand in 2 weeks. Thank you for the advice and for sharing the memorable images. Plan to take the FLM tripod, 100-400, 24-120 and 14-30 Nikon Z lenses.
Excellent video, Nick.
I admire how nice you edit your sky - especially the blue tones are perfect.
Wow. Great Video Nick, Thanks.
Great video Nick and awesome tips :) Thanks for the awesome video!
Thank you so much for the vital information.
Valuable Information...Thank you Nick....
You do a masterful job in education. And your photos are testament to your knowledge and aesthetics. And great product tips. Bravo
Excellent tips, advice and images👌👌👍
Just a little late to this video, but absolutely loved it - I need to find some dramatic coastlines near me here in North Devon in the UK now, and then get brave enough to venture in. I believe you’re located in Washington state? My sister and her family live in Vancouver, WA - if ever I’ve needed an excuse to visit them, I’m sure I’ve found one in these coastlines! Thanks for some great nuggets Nick.
Thanks for the timely video Nick. I'm up here shooting the coast this week as I have the week off after scouring the marine forecast from the NWS last week. An additional tip is that under the "forecast discussion" link on the the National Weather Service page for your chosen location, you'll get to read through the best guesses of what that current weather team is thinking for the next few days out. (Located at the bottom of the forecast page.) For Seascape photography, if you scroll down and look for "marine forecast" you'll know about the potential for a high surf advisory a good two days before it actually comes out as they discuss the size of the expected swell and how steep the seas are expected to be. I think I first started reading about the high surf this week last Wednesday and as a result, was ready to go when they made it official on Saturday. In fact, they were talking about multiple events, and it now looks like we could have high surf all week. 🙂👍 Here's what it says about later this week: "Behind the front Tuesday afternoon, another long period swell train is expected to arrive, moving across the coastal waters Tuesday night with peak seas likely to reach the range of 20 to 23 ft." 23 Feet! I'm there!! 🤟
Thanks Nick, for all the nuggets you give. Can't think of any video of yours that have not been helpful. stay safe lad.
Really great tips. Thank you
Obrigado!
Great tips Nick. Thanks
Why go through all the hassle and never end up getting seascape photos as good as yours, if I want to look at seascapes yours are the ones I want to look at!
There is no reason you cant be better than I am at it... just keep at it!
@@NickPage To be truthful about it, I am not into landscape photography, at my age I am into photographing my orchids. Many of the different landscape photographers that I watch on TH-cam I do so for the beauty of the photography and the tips about improving my skills. I don't believe in the saying "Never too old to teach an old dog a new trick!"
Excellent tutorial. Learnt a lot.
Always learn so much! Fantastic
Great info and fantastic images
Awesome Nick thanks for sharing.
Great information 🙂 ℹ️ Love your channel Nick!
Fantastic video. Congratulations
No one does it better Nick, thank you.
Nick just blessing us with more knowledge. Thanks man!
Nick, some of the best Wet Coast images created.
From a guy up north a bit in Gig Harbor.
Thanks for a highly educational video!
Absolutely loved the video. Very informative, nicely presented and as for the pictures....... WOW. Thank you
Definitely the best advice I've ever heard/seen on seascape shooting! Thanks so much for imparting this knowledge on all of us! Had never thought of using the spikes on my tripod so I've basically avoided putting it in the water on the beach. Amazing!
I recently found your channel. Stunning images. Breath taking. Where was the location?
Thanks for sharing this Nick. Learning a lot from your insights, really helpful. And your seascape photography is absolutely mindblowing I needed to pause the video multiple times just to appreciate those amazing images. Inspirational stuff my friend...😍
Great tips. Thank you 👍🙂
Seriously amazing video. Such helpful and clear advice! Thank you Nick!!!
Thank you Nick for sharing these tips!
Good and clear expanation Nick. Links to the gear u use arevery helpfull. Thanks. Be Safe and i wish you a good 2021
Awesome video. One of the best advice/tutorial videos on seascape photography on TH-cam. And you only have to spend a few minutes browsing Nick's image portfolio to see the affinity he has for this subject. Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
Great video Nick. Very practical advice on shooting seascapes and gear. Brilliant images. Thanks for sharing.
Great advice from one of the best thank you for sharing Nick.
Excellent advice, thanks
Woohoo! Super masterclass in seascape photography. Thanks, Nick - some great tips and info. Notes made.
My favorite thing about seascapes is you can go to the same location continuously and walk away with compositions you didn't see previously due to water flow or size of the waves. There a few local locations that look better at high tide/low tide and i love having that option.
Thanks Nick, great info
Great stuff as always Nick. Question, at 0:30 that mega splash, there's a guy sitting on the edge, was he ok?
Yeah he is OK, it’s a bit of an optical illusion because the wave is not perfectly in line with where they were standing, although I would not stand there myself
@@NickPage I wonder if those seagulls ever get shot down by a wave.
Just want to say that I am awestruck.
The 1 wave at 27 seconds looks angelic.
Such a gift you have.
I'm looking forward to exploring more as I get back into Photography.
✌
Thanks Nick. Lots of useful information as usual. For anyone one the fence, the Essential Landscape Photoshop class of Nick's is excellent and well worth every penny. Highly recommended.
Lots of useful tips and a bunch of great photos. Great way to start out the week. But, as I am at least 1,000 miles from any ocean in the US I probably won't be able to use any of the info for awhile. But, there's always next year. Stay safe.
Took the NRS socks to Diamond Beach Iceland and stood in the water for a couple hours they worked well thanks for the recommendation Nick!
Ah, such a true video! I learn the hard way few weeks ago in Oregon about high tides. I lost an external mic and got soaked waist down! Loved every second of it!!
Wonderful! I just came back from Cape Disappointment and thought of your photographs the entire time I was there. Thanks for the info on the tide swell apps. Great job!
A very interesting video Nick, and thanks for the good pointers. 👍👍
Took a class on seascape photography, and this video has been more informative 🤙 thanks bro
I try :)
Great tutorial, would you be able to do a hands on tutorial on taking photos of seascapes and editing them.
at some point I plan on it. I had plans to do that this year.. then 2020 happened
Thanks Nick,your work is great mate and imformation number 1thankyou.All the best for Xmas and New Year to you and your family from Harry in Cairns,will be good to see the team 4 in the future.👍👍👍👍😊
Beautiful photos. And your videos are very educational indeed.
But good luck getting heavy surf in a storm picture where I live. In the winter...in the Faroe Islands. 😆
haha yeah a slightly different climate up by you! I am actually going to be headed your way next week!
@@NickPage you might get some epic pictures. But be prepared for the weather 😉
3am here in Melbourne, Australia and I set my alarm to watch this! Gotta love it
Hardcore
Thanks Nick. Shutter blending first time hearing that.
Really helpful Nick. I live by the sea and 95 percent of my photography is seascape. Some really useful tips ~ especially those rubber socks!
Thanks Nick, great advices and awesome photos !
Way more than just a nugget in the video NIck! I was on the Oregon coast for 3 weeks this past September, my first time there and came away with maybe 2 keepers, one for sure using your knowledge and experience. Keep up the these type of videos, invaluable!
I just got done shooting at Wizard's Hat in Bandon, definitely should have checked this out first! Lots of good info! Thanks a lot!
Several good ideas here. I live in the Great Lakes area in Michigan, and the socks alone would be huge. The apps would be of benefit for wind but we dont see much in the way of tidal movements. Some great shots here....I used to live in Portland and these make me miss it out there especially the coast. Great job NC!
Definitely one of your best videos Nick, and the images are out of this world. Thanks for the insights 👍
thanks for a great video and great tips..
Excellent video, lots of great tips! We’re leaving for southern Oregon coast in two weeks from San Diego so this will come in very helpful, not to mention that I just dropped 200 bucks at B&H during the intermission, L O L
Nick- where do you sell your prints? I visited your website and I couldn’t find a page for print sales (maybe I missed it). Thanks for sharing your talent.
I’m surprised that you didn’t mention optical filters. For me optical filters are a must in seascape.
Most times I don’t need them honestly... people use them too often in my opinion rather than only using them when you can’t get to the desired shutter speed
Awesome video Nick....
Stunning seascapes,thank you for sharing!
Excellent video with a lot of useful information. Thanks Nick!
I like the look of them sock things. Was in Scotland on a Loch and my wellies became a Loch 😬. The things that can happen when making an image. Love lens tissue paper, I just use lenses clothes to help with keeping lens and camera dry.