@@AndyMumford Recently I have started rediscovering my love for photography after hitting a plateau years ago. Your no nonsense and simple videos have been very inspirational. So, thank YOU.
As a fuji owner I really enjoy your videos. I find your photography very realistic and in your editing you don't change only reveal what you saw. Watching your videos makes me want to go back to the Dolomites. Thanks.
Wow I did not even realise that you took that footage Andy. Viewing that video was a pleasure and the fact that you share some of your editing essentials makes it even more valuable. Have a nice evening😊
Thanks Jan, glad you enjoyed the video. I actually did the footage across two visits..once with you guys (which you can see) and another time on the previous workshop, when we had the lovely sunset. The part where I was speaking to the camera I did with you guys...I just walked a little along the trail for 5 minutes. I always try to record a couple of vlogs on each trip, but try not to disturb the workshop as much as possible
Hi Andy! My first time watching your photo and post-processing tutorial and found it very helpful. Looking at your workshops. Your work is excellent! Thank you!
Welcome to the channel Melissa. Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful. The workshops are pretty much sold out for next year, but I've got some exciting plans for 2023 🙂
Thanks for an excellent video, Andy. Showing the capturing and editing phases for the same image is really helpful. Knowing the ultimate look you want from an image helps throughout the process.
Thanks for sharing your best practices here. Stunning image, made even better in Lightroom and PhotoShop. Great tip on bracketing too. I have found that when I have a limited time to get that perfect shot, I will often forget to bracket. It's one of those checkboxes in my head that I have to keep remembering.
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video. Bracketing is vital for any scene with wide dynamic range, and I pretty much always have it set up for any scene where there's strong directional light
These capture to processing videos are so helpful, thanks for giving us another quality one 👍 Good to be reminded that there is no substitute for getting the shot right in the field. And good also to see again your minimal (but so effective) approach to editing ... will certainly try practicing your 'think about where I want the image to go' approach, it makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for the comment Brendan, glad you found the video useful. Yeah, I think having a clear idea of how you want the image to look is probably the most important aspect of processing
andy, this was so inspiring and interesting. You have a great instructional approach and of course, the artistry of your work is stunning. A pleasure to watch and learn from. Thank you so much for giving your time and experience for us to share.
Hey Rodney, how are you doing? Glad you enjoyed the video...you're briefly in it (well, the back of your head I think), but yeah ,the main image was shot with you guys. An amazing evening
Absolutely brilliant walkthrough Andy, this place is on my to do list after visiting the Dolomites two years ago and not having the time to get here. Superb work gorgeous photo.
Thanks for the comment, really glad you enjoyed the video. Next time you go to the Dolomites you have to visit Tre Cime. I could happily spend a week there…usually on workshops we make 4 or 5 visits to the park
Loved it Andy! Great photo and wonderful processing tips with an awesome end result. I like that you left parts of it fairly dark, gives it a lot more moody look.
Thanks Andy, this is a fantastic and inspirational video for me and my upcoming trip to Venice this September. I did not realize a year ago when I planned the trip that the Dolomite's was so close to Venice. I only have 1-2 days this year but I'm sure I'll be back hopefully for your full workshop. I'll be sure to visit Tre Cime while close to the eastern Dolomites.
Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed the video. Yup, Venice is the airport I always go to for the Dolomites, and you can be at the car part for Tre Cime in less than 3 hours. Hope to see you on a workshop…it’s a wonderful area
Awesome video Andy, I find these workflow videos incredibly useful! And it really is an amazing location... the hike up there isn't that bad when you consider the rewards. Well worth the effort!
Hi Paul, glad you enjoy the videos...I want to try to do a couple from each trip, and next year there'll be a fair amount of travelling, so it should be fun. You're right, the hike up there isn't that bad, but for most people on the workshops the first time we get to the top of the saddle (at the base of the peaks, you'll remember) it often requires quite a bit of encouragement to make the the final bit of the climb up to the top where the views the best :-)
Wow, image looks great. Nice tasteful processing Andy. I recently upgraded from an older version of photoshop/lightroom so this helps! Its a bit of a learning curve. Cheers buddy!
Your videos, and your work are excellent. You bracketed exposure for the sky to create an HDR. I also noticed you had edited the darker bracket before the HDR blending. What was the bracketing offset and what was your objective with editing the darker image?
Thanks so much. My bracketing range is usually 2 stops below and 2 stops above, but I think in this case it was just one. I did this over a year ago and can't remember my thinking now, but I often tinker around with images first to see what I can do with them and only blend if I really have to
Thank you so much! I have been waiting for more processing videos from you, and true to your word, you have generously provided another beautiful masterpiece!
Glad you enjoyed the video. The print workflow isn't much different, I just spend more time checking on noise, sensor spots and sharpening for the print size
I'm always surprised by how similar my workflow is to yours, yet I rarely produce images as beautiful as yours. Since the pandemic I've not felt like doing any photography. But I can feel it returning, your videos are great inspiration.
Thanks so much, that's really nice to hear. I totally understand where you're coming from, the pandemic and lockdown hit me as well and I found myself really unmotivated. In the end though, the inspiration came back...for me, just putting myself back out in beautiful places really helped. All the best with it
I'm still curious about your street photography editing techniques since I love the style of your images from Lissabon. This is still great though. Helpful but most importantly very inspiring. Thanks!
Thanks for the comment Nikko. I'm not sure there's really enough there to make a video from. My LR export settings are pretty standard. 300dpi and TIFF if it's a print, 72dpi and jpg for a web image. In PS it's the same, save at a quality of 10. Sharpening is done in PS and really depends on the image, and whether it will be a print or a web image
Andy - this was such a pleasure to watch. Unlike so many pretenders on this platform, you're the real deal in every way. Plus I learned a thing or two, which is always a nice bonus.
Amazing video and bringing up beautiful memories of meeting you up there accidentally with your workshop group ( and several times afterwards...). I have now 2 amazing pictures that I took based on your recommendations on the ridge up there. I probably now need to process them a little bit better though. Thank you !
Glad you enjoyed the video. You'll need to forgive me, but I don't remember meeting anyone called Olli while we were up there. Hope you had a great trip.
Very good! I love your work and I want to participate in your Workshop "DOLOMITES IN SUMMER" on the 24th SEPTEMBER - 1 OCTOBER 2022. I am a photographer and I live in Brazil. I want to schedule myself to be part of your Workshop in 2022. Thanks and congratulations for the photos. Until...
Hi Fabio, thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video, and happy to hear you want to join a workshop. Unfortunately the 2022 workshops in the Dolomites are completely sold out. I had a lot of people on the waiting list after COVID cancellations of previous workshops, and so for the Dolomites workshop I never actually announced them as they filled up from the waiting list straight away. At the moment I'm putting together plans for 2023 workshops, and of course there'll definitely be one in the Dolomites in September 2023.
Thanks so much. I still use Capture One, just not very much. Lightroom has got better and better, the latest version has excellent masking, and I think more people use Lightroom so it makes sense to use it in the workflow videos
Thanks for sharing this process, Andy! Super insightful and helpful. I find your images to be the most detailed of any Fuji x photographer I follow, regardless of lens or camera, and I was wondering if bracketing your images is something you do often as part of your work flow. The level of detail you manage to acquire in your images is incredible. Blown away by your work constantly.
Thanks so much for the comment, I'm really glad you enjoyed the video. As fo red detail in my images...I'm not sure really...I don't think it's because of bracketing (I don' t bracket in many of my images). It's just careful use of Clarity, Texture, and then sharpening the image when I resize it for the web
@@AndyMumford I've struggled with the export process in the past, exporting from Lightroom for the web (Instagram/Facebook). Their algorithms seem to squash and muddy most of my images so I've tried different resolutions when exporting and trying different workflows for exporting - exporting to desktop, then to Google drive, then to the web in hopes of retaining image quality, with varying degrees of success.
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video- And yes, the MacBook Pro is my main device....I live in a small apartment and there's not really space for a desktop. The MB Pro is great though, it handles everything brilliantly, and I don't store any of my data on my actual hard-drives, it's all on a NAS and backed up in the cloud
The depth of field at 9mm around f8 is very very big on an APS-C camera. The focal field starts around 80cm infront of the camera and extends to infinity, so there's no need to focus stack...only when you have something really close to the lens like a flower or something. The reason the aperture is showing as f1.0 is because the lens I was using (Laowa 9mm f2.8) is a completely manual lens and has no electronics in it. It basically doesn't communicate with the camera what it is or what the settings are in the way a Fuji lens does. To use it, you have to configure the camera to "Shoot with no lens", which is basically what the camera things it's doing, and so defaults to f1.0
Andy, thanks for this. Thought-proking. Also, I see you have ditched the 18-55 for the 16-55: any particular reason other than an abundance of wealth..? ;-) Bestest.
Hi Chris, how are you doing? All good with you. Glad you enjoyed the video. The 16-55mm was just borrowed from Fuji for the trip...I'd heard so much about it and wanted to have a play with it and thought it would make an interesting review (next video probably). I was surprised at how much I enjoyed using it actually, and might pick one up at some point.
Such a brillant walkthrough Andy, thanks for sharing. I particularly appreciate your advice to take the time to sit down and think about the artistic direction you want to take before starting anything. Do you know of any sites where I could download raw images of landscapes for the sole purpose of practicing? Take care.
Thanks so much for the comment Romain, glad you enjoyed the video. Off the top of my head I don' t know any site where you can download RAW files, but there must certainly be some
Great stuff Andy, thanks a million. Can I ask, do you avoid using the classical soft focus in CFX pro to create that soft look or do you just prefer the effect using Photoshop?
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it. The soft look you mention is the Ortan Effect. There are lots of ways you can do it, including with Classical Soft Focus on CFX, but I prefer Photoshop…there’s just slightly more control there
It's a nice lens, and there is a review of it on the channel th-cam.com/video/3ZeWq0RJQjc/w-d-xo.html I used it on this trip as I took the 16-55mm instead of my 10-24mm and wanted something for when I wanted ultra wide. The Laowa is nice because it's so small and light, but I'm curious about the new Samyang 12mm f2 with autofocus
Very nice video Andy, as always the complete edition from previsualization/scouting the scenes to capturing and editing the image it's very interesting and so much knowledge can be learn from your experience in the field. I seen you're using new combination for this trip S-X10, Laowa 9mm & 16-55 do you find any lacking/difficulties in composition without the 10-15mm range? Another thing are there any major/minor functionality or features loss/miss compared to X-T3/4 besides the weather sealed from your practical experience using the S-X10 ?. TIA
Thanks so much for the comment. For this trip I took the 16-55 as I wanted to test it out, but I knew I'd need an ultra wide for some shots, so I took the Laowa with me. I didn't want to take the 10-24mm as 3 zooms adds a lot of weight and we were doing a lot of long walks at altitude. As for the XS10, I don't find any real loss of features with it compared to the XT4 (I use both side by side). The controls are different, and it's less intuitive to use, but I don't feel it misses anything.
Great video as usual Andy. How does Lightroom handle images from the X-Trans sensor these days? Have the old issues of sharpness/artifacts been resolved?
Super lesson. I’m glad that you emphasized how subtle your adjustments are because many of us overly adjust. It does help, though, to start out with an image as good as yours!!
Thanks so much for the comment. Yeah, absolutely, being in the right place at the right time really helps, and I was lucky here with the conditions. When it's like that, you really don't need to do much to bring the best out of an image
Hi Andy..i have an old sony 7r2, it just does not excite me and doesn’t fit my hand well! It was gifted to me with batteries and in good shape but sadly I’m not driven to use it as i also find the system too computerised and massive files causing me to have to buy costly editing software and hardware and I’m basically poor, but desperately want to get into my photography again! I love the look of fuji and have visited the camera exchange in Guildford several; times to feel the fuji X system- love the look so far the xt2 felt more solid than the newer light weight bodies. I’m seriously looking at the value proposition posted on utube on for the XH1? Any advise i would greatly appreciate to get into the system - I favour a good viewfinder, larger/deeper grip which the xt2,3 and four still seem too shallow to hold with confidence? Perhaps a third party grip is available…? So what would you recommend for travel/landscape fuji on a budget.i would like to print up to A2. As an ex Pentax lover this is a huge shift…i love the look of the K1, and KP- seriously rugged for all terrain with excellent image quality right? I’m setting my sites on Portugal and hopes join you Ona shoot soon! Best regards Fernand
Thanks for the comment Fernand. It's really hard to say, I never really liked the XH1...I found it to big, didn't really like the controls (it doesn't really feel like a Fuji camera) and it has absolutely terrible battery life. Personally, on a budget I'd suggest getting the XT3, and then adding a extended grip. I believe Fuji make one, and you can certainly find plenty of third party ones that come with an L-bracket. The viewfinder is better than the XH1 (it's a newer generation) and is just a really solid all round camera
Thanks so much. The GFX is a lovely system, but it's heavy and it's limited in terms of focal range. I hike a lot, I carry a drone and a couple of bodies, and I like to have a focal range that covers ultra wide and wide, and then telephoto zoom, and to take the GFX would make a huge increase in the amount of weight in my pack. It's a very subjective and personal thing, but for me the kind of image quality that the GFX gives is more than what I actually need. A 26mp camera is plenty for 60cm prints, and enough for me really.
@@AndyMumford you i can see that. i was thinking from a larger print size perspective. i am looking at the GFX as a second dedicated system next to my Sony A1 that i bought for a different use case.
For long exposures your really need water. Apart from Vasco da Gama there aren’t really any places. Maybe the Lisbon Port Authority in Algers at sunset. Your best bet is beaches out near Cabo da Roca though. Ursa, Louriçal and Adraga
@@AndyMumford cool, thanks, and how difficult is to comeback after sunset from those beaches? Is there any public transport back to Lisbon I won’t be renting car. Great channel Andy by the way your photos are stunning
@@transikk It's not problem to come back after sunset...you just need a torch. From Ursa to the car park it's 15 minutes up the cliff and then 10 minutes to the car park. Louriçal is 15 minutes straight up to the cliff to the car park, and Adraga is a simple walk across the beach. There is a bus that goes from Cabo da Roca to Cascais, then you can catch the train to Lisbon
Great content Andy. I notice you took that shot on an XT-4, I’m considering buying this camera, have you ever experienced any issues with the files in Lightroom, or would you recommend the fujifilm/lightroom combo?
Hi Chris. I've been using Fuji cameras for 6 years and personally have never had any issues with Lightroom. For sure, Capture One gives better results right out of the camera, but with a small amount of work you can get the same results in Lightroom
For me your video is not just about technology or aesthetic, it’s kind of a mental therapy that makes me feel at peace.
Thanks so much, that's a really lovely comment. Glad you enjoyed the video
100% agree!!
I agree, I like very much the calm and sensitive way to talk and aproach
These "capture and workflow" videos are excellent: a great learning tool. Thanks Andy!
Thanks so much, glad you find them useful
Hey Andy, this is by far one the BEST video on landscape photography I've ever seen
Thanks so much Alessandro, really glad you found it useful
Gold standard without overdoing it.
Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed it
@@AndyMumford Recently I have started rediscovering my love for photography after hitting a plateau years ago. Your no nonsense and simple videos have been very inspirational. So, thank YOU.
Very nice, more video like these!!! super!
Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed it
Brilliant!
Thanks so much 🙏
What a great photo, so beautiful and atmospheric. Good thing you’v showd the processing. Good vlog, thnx.
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it
Awesome indeed
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it
Thank you Andy, its fun to watch these types of videos.
Glad you found it useful
Great Simple lesson 👍
Thanks for the comment, glad you found it useful
Incredible
Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed it
As a fuji owner I really enjoy your videos. I find your photography very realistic and in your editing you don't change only reveal what you saw. Watching your videos makes me want to go back to the Dolomites. Thanks.
Thanks so much for the comment Debra, I'm really glad you enjoy the videos and the editing
Very helpful, thanks.
Thanks so much
Fantastic place, one of my favorites, very comprehensive tutorial epic final image, congratulations Andy
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you found the video useful
Thanx for a informative video Andy :-)
Thanks so much, glad you found it useful
Many Thanks Andy. A Superb Video.
Thanks for the comment Tony, glad you found it useful
Really nice resultant image and it was very informative to see the process.
Thanks so much for the comment, really glad you found it useful
Wow Andy, Awesome location, most of all appreciate the beginning to end processing info. Thanks again
Thanks so much for the comment, really glad you enjoyed the video
Wow I did not even realise that you took that footage Andy. Viewing that video was a pleasure and the fact that you share some of your editing essentials makes it even more valuable. Have a nice evening😊
Thanks Jan, glad you enjoyed the video. I actually did the footage across two visits..once with you guys (which you can see) and another time on the previous workshop, when we had the lovely sunset. The part where I was speaking to the camera I did with you guys...I just walked a little along the trail for 5 minutes. I always try to record a couple of vlogs on each trip, but try not to disturb the workshop as much as possible
Dear Andy, I am always watching your videos. This one was definitely on the better side of previous... learned a lot!
Thanks for the comment, glad you found the video useful
Hi Andy! My first time watching your photo and post-processing tutorial and found it very helpful. Looking at your workshops. Your work is excellent! Thank you!
Welcome to the channel Melissa. Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful. The workshops are pretty much sold out for next year, but I've got some exciting plans for 2023 🙂
Thanks for an excellent video, Andy. Showing the capturing and editing phases for the same image is really helpful. Knowing the ultimate look you want from an image helps throughout the process.
Thanks so much for the comment, really glad you found it useful
Nice one Andy...love these processing videos.
Thanks so much, really glad you found it useful
Thanks for making these videos and bringing us along!! You are a master photographer and teacher my friend!
Thanks so much for the comment Andrew, I don't know about "master of photography", but I'm glad you enjoy the videos and find them useful 🙏😊
Thanks for sharing your best practices here. Stunning image, made even better in Lightroom and PhotoShop. Great tip on bracketing too. I have found that when I have a limited time to get that perfect shot, I will often forget to bracket. It's one of those checkboxes in my head that I have to keep remembering.
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video. Bracketing is vital for any scene with wide dynamic range, and I pretty much always have it set up for any scene where there's strong directional light
Great video Andy, nice to see a professional being honest about their work flow... Stunning picture to. Thank you.
Thanks so much for the comment Andrew, really glad you enjoy the video and found it useful
Great video, well explained I've some sunsets in Scotland that should work well with this workflow. Thanks, Andy.
Thanks so much for the comment, glad the video was useful
These capture to processing videos are so helpful, thanks for giving us another quality one 👍 Good to be reminded that there is no substitute for getting the shot right in the field. And good also to see again your minimal (but so effective) approach to editing ... will certainly try practicing your 'think about where I want the image to go' approach, it makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for the comment Brendan, glad you found the video useful. Yeah, I think having a clear idea of how you want the image to look is probably the most important aspect of processing
andy, this was so inspiring and interesting. You have a great instructional approach and of course, the artistry of your work is stunning. A pleasure to watch and learn from. Thank you so much for giving your time and experience for us to share.
Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed the video
Great great work and really interesting thanks a lot Andy
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you found it useful
Thank you Andy…terrific location. Very much enjoyed the post processing. 👍
Thanks so much Nick, glad you enjoyed it
Gracias
Thanks so much 🙏
Andy, as always, what a fantastic video! Thanks again for the wonderful guidance and your insight in to image creation. You are a master.
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you found it useful
Amazingly helpful Andy!!! Thank you so much for creating these videos my friend, cheers!!
Hey Rodney, how are you doing? Glad you enjoyed the video...you're briefly in it (well, the back of your head I think), but yeah ,the main image was shot with you guys. An amazing evening
Totally enjoyed your editing tips, it’s very much appreciated. The image you captured was amazing, will look forward to future videos from you.
Thanks so much for the comment Ross, glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful
Hi Andy I really love what u did with the edit. Looks beautiful. Feeling insured to start using my XT2 again. Thanks
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful
Absolutely brilliant walkthrough Andy, this place is on my to do list after visiting the Dolomites two years ago and not having the time to get here. Superb work gorgeous photo.
Thanks for the comment, really glad you enjoyed the video. Next time you go to the Dolomites you have to visit Tre Cime. I could happily spend a week there…usually on workshops we make 4 or 5 visits to the park
Another fantastic video Andy 👍 Loved watching the capture and edit - great approach to both and what an end result 👌🏼
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it
As always great moody shots and loving the edit. Hoping all goes well for your courses in 2022.
Thanks so much Iain, glad you enjoyed the video
Loved it Andy! Great photo and wonderful processing tips with an awesome end result. I like that you left parts of it fairly dark, gives it a lot more moody look.
Cheers Sarfraz. Glad you liked it. We were certainly lucky that evening, it's probably the best conditions I've ever seen there
Thanks Andy, this is a fantastic and inspirational video for me and my upcoming trip to Venice this September. I did not realize a year ago when I planned the trip that the Dolomite's was so close to Venice. I only have 1-2 days this year but I'm sure I'll be back hopefully for your full workshop. I'll be sure to visit Tre Cime while close to the eastern Dolomites.
Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed the video. Yup, Venice is the airport I always go to for the Dolomites, and you can be at the car part for Tre Cime in less than 3 hours. Hope to see you on a workshop…it’s a wonderful area
Awesome video Andy, I find these workflow videos incredibly useful! And it really is an amazing location... the hike up there isn't that bad when you consider the rewards. Well worth the effort!
Hi Paul, glad you enjoy the videos...I want to try to do a couple from each trip, and next year there'll be a fair amount of travelling, so it should be fun.
You're right, the hike up there isn't that bad, but for most people on the workshops the first time we get to the top of the saddle (at the base of the peaks, you'll remember) it often requires quite a bit of encouragement to make the the final bit of the climb up to the top where the views the best :-)
Wow, image looks great. Nice tasteful processing Andy. I recently upgraded from an older version of photoshop/lightroom so this helps! Its a bit of a learning curve. Cheers buddy!
Thanks so much for the comment Mike. The new version of Lightroom is excellent, the masking feature is absolutely fantastic
Your videos, and your work are excellent. You bracketed exposure for the sky to create an HDR. I also noticed you had edited the darker bracket before the HDR blending. What was the bracketing offset and what was your objective with editing the darker image?
Thanks so much. My bracketing range is usually 2 stops below and 2 stops above, but I think in this case it was just one. I did this over a year ago and can't remember my thinking now, but I often tinker around with images first to see what I can do with them and only blend if I really have to
Thank you so much! I have been waiting for more processing videos from you, and true to your word, you have generously provided another beautiful masterpiece!
Hi Liz, thanks so much...glad you enjoyed the video
Спасибо ♥️✊🏻
Cheers
Excellent video.. question I still have is about preparing the image for printing. Perhaps you can show a little bit about your print workflow.
Glad you enjoyed the video. The print workflow isn't much different, I just spend more time checking on noise, sensor spots and sharpening for the print size
I'm always surprised by how similar my workflow is to yours, yet I rarely produce images as beautiful as yours. Since the pandemic I've not felt like doing any photography. But I can feel it returning, your videos are great inspiration.
Thanks so much, that's really nice to hear. I totally understand where you're coming from, the pandemic and lockdown hit me as well and I found myself really unmotivated. In the end though, the inspiration came back...for me, just putting myself back out in beautiful places really helped. All the best with it
I'm still curious about your street photography editing techniques since I love the style of your images from Lissabon. This is still great though. Helpful but most importantly very inspiring. Thanks!
Thanks so much. At some point I want to do a Street Photography video and go into the editing as well.
@@AndyMumford can’t wait for this video
Could you please make a video on how you set up your export settings of your images when working from Lightroom and Photoshop?
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the comment Nikko. I'm not sure there's really enough there to make a video from. My LR export settings are pretty standard. 300dpi and TIFF if it's a print, 72dpi and jpg for a web image.
In PS it's the same, save at a quality of 10. Sharpening is done in PS and really depends on the image, and whether it will be a print or a web image
Andy - this was such a pleasure to watch. Unlike so many pretenders on this platform, you're the real deal in every way. Plus I learned a thing or two, which is always a nice bonus.
Thanks so much for the comment Peter, really glad you found the video useful
Amazing video and bringing up beautiful memories of meeting you up there accidentally with your workshop group ( and several times afterwards...). I have now 2 amazing pictures that I took based on your recommendations on the ridge up there. I probably now need to process them a little bit better though. Thank you !
Glad you enjoyed the video. You'll need to forgive me, but I don't remember meeting anyone called Olli while we were up there. Hope you had a great trip.
@@AndyMumford Well, my real name is also Andy, Olli is just my internet name ;-)
Very good!
I love your work and I want to participate in your Workshop "DOLOMITES IN SUMMER" on the 24th SEPTEMBER - 1 OCTOBER 2022.
I am a photographer and I live in Brazil. I want to schedule myself to be part of your Workshop in 2022.
Thanks and congratulations for the photos.
Until...
Hi Fabio, thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video, and happy to hear you want to join a workshop.
Unfortunately the 2022 workshops in the Dolomites are completely sold out. I had a lot of people on the waiting list after COVID cancellations of previous workshops, and so for the Dolomites workshop I never actually announced them as they filled up from the waiting list straight away.
At the moment I'm putting together plans for 2023 workshops, and of course there'll definitely be one in the Dolomites in September 2023.
Love the image. Have you moved away from Capture one these days?
Thanks so much. I still use Capture One, just not very much. Lightroom has got better and better, the latest version has excellent masking, and I think more people use Lightroom so it makes sense to use it in the workflow videos
Thanks for sharing this process, Andy! Super insightful and helpful. I find your images to be the most detailed of any Fuji x photographer I follow, regardless of lens or camera, and I was wondering if bracketing your images is something you do often as part of your work flow. The level of detail you manage to acquire in your images is incredible. Blown away by your work constantly.
Thanks so much for the comment, I'm really glad you enjoyed the video.
As fo red detail in my images...I'm not sure really...I don't think it's because of bracketing (I don' t bracket in many of my images). It's just careful use of Clarity, Texture, and then sharpening the image when I resize it for the web
@@AndyMumford I've struggled with the export process in the past, exporting from Lightroom for the web (Instagram/Facebook). Their algorithms seem to squash and muddy most of my images so I've tried different resolutions when exporting and trying different workflows for exporting - exporting to desktop, then to Google drive, then to the web in hopes of retaining image quality, with varying degrees of success.
Simple yet effective. Pleasure to watch as always :) Btw is that Macbook your main device or do you have a desktop?
Thanks so much for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video- And yes, the MacBook Pro is my main device....I live in a small apartment and there's not really space for a desktop. The MB Pro is great though, it handles everything brilliantly, and I don't store any of my data on my actual hard-drives, it's all on a NAS and backed up in the cloud
Great Work - fantastic pictures! Thanks! 👍
Thanks so much for the comment, really glad you enjoyed the video
How could you get that focus over all the range? Didn't use focus bracketing? I also noticed the RAF files in Lightroom show the aperture as f1.0.
The depth of field at 9mm around f8 is very very big on an APS-C camera. The focal field starts around 80cm infront of the camera and extends to infinity, so there's no need to focus stack...only when you have something really close to the lens like a flower or something.
The reason the aperture is showing as f1.0 is because the lens I was using (Laowa 9mm f2.8) is a completely manual lens and has no electronics in it. It basically doesn't communicate with the camera what it is or what the settings are in the way a Fuji lens does. To use it, you have to configure the camera to "Shoot with no lens", which is basically what the camera things it's doing, and so defaults to f1.0
Andy, thanks for this. Thought-proking. Also, I see you have ditched the 18-55 for the 16-55: any particular reason other than an abundance of wealth..? ;-) Bestest.
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Hi Chris, how are you doing? All good with you. Glad you enjoyed the video. The 16-55mm was just borrowed from Fuji for the trip...I'd heard so much about it and wanted to have a play with it and thought it would make an interesting review (next video probably). I was surprised at how much I enjoyed using it actually, and might pick one up at some point.
Such a brillant walkthrough Andy, thanks for sharing. I particularly appreciate your advice to take the time to sit down and think about the artistic direction you want to take before starting anything. Do you know of any sites where I could download raw images of landscapes for the sole purpose of practicing? Take care.
Thanks so much for the comment Romain, glad you enjoyed the video. Off the top of my head I don' t know any site where you can download RAW files, but there must certainly be some
Great stuff Andy, thanks a million. Can I ask, do you avoid using the classical soft focus in CFX pro to create that soft look or do you just prefer the effect using Photoshop?
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it. The soft look you mention is the Ortan Effect. There are lots of ways you can do it, including with Classical Soft Focus on CFX, but I prefer Photoshop…there’s just slightly more control there
That Laowa 9mm sounds interesting. Have you reviewed it?
It's a nice lens, and there is a review of it on the channel th-cam.com/video/3ZeWq0RJQjc/w-d-xo.html I used it on this trip as I took the 16-55mm instead of my 10-24mm and wanted something for when I wanted ultra wide. The Laowa is nice because it's so small and light, but I'm curious about the new Samyang 12mm f2 with autofocus
Very nice video Andy, as always the complete edition from previsualization/scouting the scenes to capturing and editing the image it's very interesting and so much knowledge can be learn from your experience in the field. I seen you're using new combination for this trip S-X10, Laowa 9mm & 16-55 do you find any lacking/difficulties in composition without the 10-15mm range? Another thing are there any major/minor functionality or features loss/miss compared to X-T3/4 besides the weather sealed from your practical experience using the S-X10 ?. TIA
Thanks so much for the comment. For this trip I took the 16-55 as I wanted to test it out, but I knew I'd need an ultra wide for some shots, so I took the Laowa with me. I didn't want to take the 10-24mm as 3 zooms adds a lot of weight and we were doing a lot of long walks at altitude.
As for the XS10, I don't find any real loss of features with it compared to the XT4 (I use both side by side). The controls are different, and it's less intuitive to use, but I don't feel it misses anything.
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Great video as usual Andy. How does Lightroom handle images from the X-Trans sensor these days? Have the old issues of sharpness/artifacts been resolved?
For me, I've never had a problem with the way Lightroom handles X Trans files, so I can't really say whether they've resolved it or not
superb video! Thanks for giving us your thought process and for walking us through your editing process. Always a pleasure to watch
Thanks for the comment, glad you found it interesting
Super lesson. I’m glad that you emphasized how subtle your adjustments are because many of us overly adjust. It does help, though, to start out with an image as good as yours!!
Thanks so much for the comment. Yeah, absolutely, being in the right place at the right time really helps, and I was lucky here with the conditions. When it's like that, you really don't need to do much to bring the best out of an image
@@AndyMumford And the more and harder you work at your art, the more “luck” you have. Keep up your good work.
So true.
Hi Andy..i have an old sony 7r2, it just does not excite me and doesn’t fit my hand well! It was gifted to me with batteries and in good shape but sadly I’m not driven to use it as i also find the system too computerised and massive files causing me to have to buy costly editing software and hardware and I’m basically poor, but desperately want to get into my photography again!
I love the look of fuji and have visited the camera exchange in Guildford several; times to feel the fuji X system- love the look so far the xt2 felt more solid than the newer light weight bodies. I’m seriously looking at the value proposition posted on utube on for the XH1? Any advise i would greatly appreciate to get into the system - I favour a good viewfinder, larger/deeper grip which the xt2,3 and four still seem too shallow to hold with confidence? Perhaps a third party grip is available…? So what would you recommend for travel/landscape fuji on a budget.i would like to print up to A2. As an ex Pentax lover this is a huge shift…i love the look of the K1, and KP- seriously rugged for all terrain with excellent image quality right? I’m setting my sites on Portugal and hopes join you Ona shoot soon!
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Thanks for the comment Fernand. It's really hard to say, I never really liked the XH1...I found it to big, didn't really like the controls (it doesn't really feel like a Fuji camera) and it has absolutely terrible battery life.
Personally, on a budget I'd suggest getting the XT3, and then adding a extended grip. I believe Fuji make one, and you can certainly find plenty of third party ones that come with an L-bracket.
The viewfinder is better than the XH1 (it's a newer generation) and is just a really solid all round camera
amazing place and video. i was wondering. what made you go for the camera's that you did and not go for the GFX series ?
Thanks so much. The GFX is a lovely system, but it's heavy and it's limited in terms of focal range. I hike a lot, I carry a drone and a couple of bodies, and I like to have a focal range that covers ultra wide and wide, and then telephoto zoom, and to take the GFX would make a huge increase in the amount of weight in my pack. It's a very subjective and personal thing, but for me the kind of image quality that the GFX gives is more than what I actually need. A 26mp camera is plenty for 60cm prints, and enough for me really.
@@AndyMumford you i can see that. i was thinking from a larger print size perspective. i am looking at the GFX as a second dedicated system next to my Sony A1 that i bought for a different use case.
Any substitue for radial filter, as not in lr 4
Really not sure as I only really use LR
Andy, Can you please share a cool location for long exposure at Lisbon?
I know Vasco Da Gama brige may be a cool place anything else in Lisbon ?
For long exposures your really need water. Apart from Vasco da Gama there aren’t really any places. Maybe the Lisbon Port Authority in Algers at sunset. Your best bet is beaches out near Cabo da Roca though. Ursa, Louriçal and Adraga
@@AndyMumford cool, thanks, and how difficult is to comeback after sunset from those beaches? Is there any public transport back to Lisbon I won’t be renting car. Great channel Andy by the way your photos are stunning
@@transikk It's not problem to come back after sunset...you just need a torch. From Ursa to the car park it's 15 minutes up the cliff and then 10 minutes to the car park. Louriçal is 15 minutes straight up to the cliff to the car park, and Adraga is a simple walk across the beach. There is a bus that goes from Cabo da Roca to Cascais, then you can catch the train to Lisbon
@@AndyMumford Thanks Andy!
Great content Andy. I notice you took that shot on an XT-4, I’m considering buying this camera, have you ever experienced any issues with the files in Lightroom, or would you recommend the fujifilm/lightroom combo?
Hi Chris. I've been using Fuji cameras for 6 years and personally have never had any issues with Lightroom. For sure, Capture One gives better results right out of the camera, but with a small amount of work you can get the same results in Lightroom
@@AndyMumford thanks for taking the time to reply, that's very encouraging to hear.
Always great to see and hear the post processing workflow. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the comment, glad you found the video useful