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Happy New Year Neil .... keep up the great videos.

Hey Neil, why not try a bit of film photography? As you shoot Canon, find yourself a cheap old EOS film camera on eBay with an EF lens as this will seem familiar to you in some way? I shoot a mixture of digital and film on Canon EOS cameras. I do though shoot mostly digital as of course, it's kind of easier 😃. I do however, love to shoot film as I feel it keeps my skills sharp as I cannot see how the shot has come out until I get the scans back. I do edit them a bit just like my digital images though, but you do need to be a bit more mindful of what you are doing when out and about.

Thought I'd get out with the Camera one last time in 2024... Had all these grand plans with where to visit... Yet typically the weather put those plans on extreme hold, meaning it'll be a location to visit in 2025 instead - I still managed to get out locally getting to re-visit a spot that I was surprised to find that I've not visited since March - But with 2025 on the horizon I thought it would be a good opportunity to talk about my Photography plans for the year ahead. In the mean time, thank you for your support here in 2024 - Have a very happy new year... I hope to see you again in 2025!! 👍👍

Lovely round up and a great collection of images - thanks for sharing - you're an inspiration! Looking forward to more in 2025!

Hi Neil. I enjoyed watching all your video during 2024, even though I don’t comment on all of them. Looking forward to 2025 mate. Take care and be safe, shawn.

There is public right of wat through one part. They cant stop you from there. Its not the taking, its the publishing. If they want they can search for the buildings online then take action. They dont need a warden..

You Brits seen to be able to walk anywhere. Here in Canada land everywhere is posted. Rather sad and ironic that our huge country is so selfishly bought up and posted by the wealthy.

I find it very difficult to be sufficiently inspired to get out in messy conditions. I think if I had a mate to go with then it would work. Wandering around in sloppy weather, alone and uninspiring local conditions just adds up to a no go.

The strip up ring argument is really valid. I have them on my long lens so I only have one set of magnetic filters.

I do see advantages, somehow I survive without their inconveniences.

Thanks, nice low key video, relaxing.

I used to use one all the time but now I do not because they get in the way when putting CPL filters on and off.

keep going ! love your approach and a lovely set of images

Bodiam is such a picturesque castle. I was there last Thursday filming but had problems. The sun was low from the south, and it was dark on the north side. Merry Christmas.

An impressive collection of images and thanks for all the videos. Keep at it and see you in 2025.

Another year looks to be coming to a close, and with just a couple of Mondays left in 2024, I wanted to look back on a year of both Photography trips out and producing UA-cam videos My first year on this platform was hindered with both motivation and illness, and wanted to try to go 52-weeks producing something every week, which I'm now one week away from achieving - This is a look back at what has been an amazing 2024 for me. Thank you all so much for your support here on this Channel, its really appreciated... Hope that you enjoy the video, have an amazing Christmas - See you next week, before we fly into 2025!! 👍👍

Way back...a know it all...never bothered with hoods. Something that can get lost. Read an article about lens hoods and deciding to give the hoods a chance. I tried using lens hoods. After few rolls of film I could see the how hoods DO give good results. When I decide to " take " my first move is putting the hood on. Made it a habit

Bodiam Castle great location ruined by National trust wardens. This was the only National trust place where i was questioned by Wardens, i have visited loads of places owned by the National trust. I was a member of the National trust after my experience at Bodiam i terminated my membership. In my years as a pro photographer this was the only place i was stopped from taking pictures.

I would not go to Bodiam Castle to take pictures it is owned by the National Trust. When i went there while was Photographing the Castle a National trust warden kept asking me i hope you are not selling these pictures, if you are i am going to stop you taking pictures here. This Bloke was just following me around trying to stop me taking pictures, was not a pleasant experience. When the National Trust own something they stop people taking pictures, only Photographers either commissioned by them, or supply their own picture library can take pictures.

Looks very picturesque awesome ones especially the moody weather made it awesome.

Nice video Neil, must get back there myself in the new year. when levelling images and having the case scenario you mentioned, My preference is to choose the water because that must be Level as it is the only thing that is totally self levelling! Buildings and land can over time change, but water will always remain

So thought I'd go out to Bodiam Castle right before Christmas, a nice easy trip before the festive period begins here in England. Didnt realise until I started prepping for the trip that it had been so long since I'd been there. Had been hoping for a better Sunrise than what I ended up with, but lets be honest, given how miserable its been of late... I'm not surprised. Thanks so much for watching, and hope to see you on the next one!! 👍👍

Hi Neil. Hope you’re ok mate. Nice little video and image. Good going back to the same locations. Always find different images to shoot. Take care , shawn.

Thank for another inspiring video. You can still find interesting things when the weather is dull. Today I discovered scarecrows wearing hi-viz jackets!

Get some thermals and proper weatherproof layers on so you dont get cold and wet and you'll be able to stay out for longer without getting uncomfortable and take more pics. Stick a handwarmer in the pocket and wear a buff round the neck! Some lovely looking scenery there, I reckon that bare Winter countryside is crying out to try the monochrome settings on the camera.

Wont call u a fair weather photographer...love the mood you got something about this gives your work a variety and if alls fail for me i make it black n white...love the good work chap do have a blesser nite

One of the most frustrating trips I've ever had out with the Camera / recording for a UA-cam video. Only put this one together (from scratch) yesterday morning, and was expecting the final stages of Storm Darragh, so rather a lot of wind and rain - As it is I barely got any of the latter apart from a few sporadic occasions - Meant that I'd have been nothing short of furious with myself had I not gone out at all, this was a proper example where I'll be too fearful of the forecast, and will remain a Fair Weather Photographer by sticking in the warm instead... Need to get out of that habbit. Hope its not just me with this irritating mentality!! Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed this video... Hope to see you on the next one!! 👍👍

For god's sake man, you have chosen a heavily overcast day to discuss the necessaity of using a lenshood? Joking aside, at the worst case, they don't add nor take anything away from the photograph, in other cases they are essential to maximie the contrast and to protect the lens from the elements to some extent. If you are going anywhere near the seaside not only you need a lens hood but also a UV or Skylight filter to protect the front element from the salt that is in the air. The most useless lenshoods are these petal shaped ones that are designed for zoom lenses that do not extend or retract, simply because they are only useful at the widest end, and have absolutely no effect on the longer end of the range. There was one exception and that was the one that I used to have on my old Nikon 17~55 F2.8 lens. The zoom extended and retracted within the hood in a way that the lenshood always provided maximum protection from stray light and flare.

I rarely use lens hoods except in rain/snow. A lens hood, however, on long lenses (200mm or longer) are a must to improve contrast in the final image. I use a high end UV or lens protector filter most of the time (you have to be sure the protective filter is really high quality so you don't get ghosting, autifocus issues and strange defraction)

Definitely helps in the rain

Yes 100% I never take mine off.

I stopped using lens hoods 15 years ago and never looked back

I have too many lens hoods. First party, third party, they all just sit on the shelf and collect dust. I use a single filter diameter and step-up rings to attach one CPL/ND filter to all my lenses. A step-up ring prevents the use of a hood. I can shield the lens from the sun with my hand. I can't polarise light with my hand. The choice is simple. Plus, hoods take up too much space in my waist bag. My bag's content is always minimalistic: 1-3 lenses (depending on their size and my needs), 3 filters, step-up rings, spare LR44 batteries and a key to tighten my ballhead's quick release plate should it come loose.

I find a lens hood always helps reduce flare, increasing contrast plus the added benefit of protecting the lens.

Using or not a lens hood is always a gamble. In your part of the world, are you often exposed to strong sunlight flare? Maybe less than me (in Summer in Switzerland). Therefore you could say that it’s not needed. But you have the drizzle or rain: therefore you should have it. I generally use it. I would be unhappy if shots got spoiled by the rain or the flare. BUT: what should we do with filters? Quite often, once you have a filter on, you can’t use the hood anymore. Waterfalls with ND-filter and no droplets protection can therefore become a big issue. Or night shots with night light and star cross filters, when it’s raining… Very hard!

For light across the glass ....yeah nah ..for protecting your lens from smashing 100%

Hi Neil. Hope you’re ok mate. Great video. Enjoyed your images. I never use a lens hood to be honest. Stay safe mate. Shawn.

I always use a lens hood out of practice, having learned the value of doing so when taking a recent trip to Iceland at the end of November and having the travel tripod + camera deciding to take a journey by themselves on-to solid rocks from waist height. The Camera is completely fine and aside from a few nicks on the filter thread it was the lens hood that cushioned the £1000 Z 24-120 from the worst of the fall. A £140 bill to have the lens checked over but it could have been a different story without the hood being on.

I do always use lens hoods for both drizzle and sun. I even use mine in cloudy dry conditions as it's just second nature for me 😊

So then.. Lens Hood are they something that you use too often, or are they just too much hassle? Hope that you've enjoyed this particular video... Hope to see you on the next one 👍👍

What a cool idea - very nice thanks for sharing - may give something like this a shot in the new year!

at 12;21 minutes, i saw a very interesting tree in your background, but i am not sure you can nice foreground with it.

Woodland Photography is something I tend to avoid, but quite enjoyed this trip out... It actually began as just a trip out with the Camera, there was no plan to film a video here - Something I'll elude to further in next weeks video - Until then though... 👍👍

Some interesting points. With regard to people walking through the shot, I sometimes have the opposite problem. I might set up a street shot and just wait for the right person to walk through the shot. Often they'll see the camera, apologize and wait!😀 In terms of saturated locations, I guess it depends on the type of photography you're doing. If you're on assignment as a travel photographer and have to go to a specific location, fair enough. But as a landscape photographer, I do feel that one of the best skills we can hone is to work with the elements of a landscape; shapes, layers, light, etc, and build a compelling composition that creates a response from the viewer, wherever we may be. It doesn't have to be an "iconic" location, as you have ably demonstrated with your Kent shots. I recently photographed Buachaille Etive Mor on Rannoch Moor from a variety of what you might call "non-standard" locations, and was happy with the results. Just out of interest, and as I was nearby, I went along to "the spot" where you get the waterfall in the foreground. (It's even marked on Google maps). I was frankly appalled by the environmental damage and erosion caused by thousands of human and tripod legs all concentrated into one spot.

You have a better eye for composition than many I've seen here.

An inspiring project and another inspiring video. Thank you.

So my One Image; Four Season Project has come to a close here in 2024... Its been fun doing something different, but its been challenging re-visiting the same location on four occasions, trying to put together four different videos - Its meant that I've been able to explore other parts of the River over the course of the year, and see some new sights. Not sure what Project I'll do in 2025, not even sure what I've got planned for the next year... Best get thinking quickly though. In the meantime, let me know what your favourite season was from this location - Thank you for watching!! 👍👍

Lots of great shots there Neil, nice job.

Hi Neil. Great video mate. Hope you’re ok. Shawn.

Last month my family spent a couple days in Las Vegas. One of the casinos there has a garden display that they change out regularly, so we went to take a look. It was very, very busy, but I did my best to get some photos. Most people would automatically stop and wait for me, and I would most often tell them to go ahead as I wasn't worried about. In one occasion, I was taking a photo of my daughter and many people were pausing to avoid getting in the shot. There was one lady that I heard make a comment like, "It's a walkway, I'm not stopping." Nobody had asked her to, but it was sure a contrast to everyone else on that day. Courtesy is definitely a two way street.