It's so true. The best shots I've ever gotten always started out with "I guess I'll go and check this out, I'm not convinced I'll get anything, though"
Great video, Tom. The final woodland shot is a triumph. Good to see you're better. By the way, I think those plastic tubes are primarily there to stop the deer from eating the young trees.
Not just deer, but a diversity of woodland and heathland animals. There are growing moves to stop using plastic, but the alternatives are not yet as durable and cost-effective.
@@fotogfitzfoto412 I saw an article a few months back that one of the bigger organisations (maybe National Trust, maybe not) were using tubes that were organic and would degrade naturally in around 5-7 years time by which time the trees should be relatively sturdy, the tube apparently splits as the tree grows and ultimately rots providing nourishment for the tree. I'll see if I can find the article.
I've never truly wanted to return to film until seeing your Xpan videos. Each time I see one of these videos I inevitably do a search to see what's available and each time I am relieved not to find any bargains!
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Oh my god. That last image is a peace of art. Would be a delight to have one of those printed
Great video, that large tree front center of last woodland shot, the base looks like a dog sitting, the first branch facing forward is its nose, very unique tree, and very nice image.
There is nothing that Americans hate more than a sincere apology. Who really cares about why your "production values" slide? Just be you and all will be okay. Really, your first videos are every bit as good as your latest. New equipment and higher production values don't mean a damn! It's your love of photography, your excitement at doing it, and your sense of humor that make your videos great.
I find this more spontaneous style of videography quite refreshing! This was part of the "UA-cam experience", and I think it should still be part of it. At least now and then. Back to the roots!
Lovely video Thomas, glad to know your feeling better. The plastic tubes around the trees i think are to stop the deer eating the trees, as we have to have them in our woodland.. But as usual your photo's are brilliant.
Great images of the trees and love the final sea shot. Great way to get rid off all that sky and empty sand, shoot a pano! Excited to see what 2023 brings you, and us. Thanks.
WOW 2:31 a beautiful high key image a winner wow wow wow! 2:38 interesting composition.nice diagonal line from top left to bottom right I like it, but not as much as 2:319:38 it's stunning i think i still prefer 2:31 but the central placement of the old trees is great! fabulous Video (thats not a (planned) Video) Thanks for sharing
I love the cut sprinting to the next location. Every photographer knows that moment but it's essentially never shown. Also, good lord, what a location. Straight up Tolkienesque. Amazing.
Tom.. I loved your last two videos. The windy day took me there because you were dealing with it all. It never bothered me. Todays video was very well done. I was there as well because you were taking advantage of the day. Keep it going Tom. It’s great!
That final shot is absolutely stunning! The light on either side is phenomenal. Humbling hearing you talk about taking the same photo in 200 years time as well.
Tom, you're looking sharp and I'm loving the energy! Looking forward to seeing what you get up to in 2023. I'm saddled with this awful winter bug at the moment and itching to get out and about again, so I'm watching this green with envy...
No one worries about content more than you!! You don't have to worry though, every video you make is perfect!!! It's a "day in the life" of a photographer and that's ALWAYS interesting. No candy coating! You are a wonderful story teller so keep up the great work!
Hi Tom, I was watching the begin of your video with the exceptional conditions and was laughing because it appeared like you tumbled by accident in such beautiful conditions. For myself I belived a lot of planning was involved and wished myself to see Thomas exited doing some planning with location, forecast, map study etc. Because I like those episodes most. Think it helps to tell a complete story. Later I realized it really was by accident XD ... and assume that you simply do not that much of planning those days. Cheers and keep on your very good work, its my highlight of the week. This and enjoying your calender. Looking forward to my copy of the new book.
The pano with the bright negative space as a photo was good but if it was used as a poster with a message written in the negative space it would be very useful. My book two has be shipped and I will receive it on January 6th. Looking forward to reviewing it. Thank you for all you do and I hope 2023 is your best year so far. Maybe when you get a good collection of piano’s you could do a book with just them. Happy New Year!
Liked the final image Thomas. Good to see you out & about again. I will indeed "see you next week" at the talk you are giving on the 12th. Happy New Year.
I imagine there are times when you go to a local shopping center or something similar, and wish you had a camera because of something intriguing that presents itself. Seems like having at least one sort of camera at hand at all times is a good idea! Great shots, especially the mostly white one, but I love them all.
I find it interesting how people default to the "Rule of thirds"/ offset compositions. You've wonderfully demonstrated that balance can be created using symmetry as well. Great image.
I would encourage photographers to never ever in their learning years use a rule to take a photo. It's insane. You use your vision to see until you are stimulated to shoot because what you see moves you. You go to the great art history books to learn and infuse yourself with artistic ideas. If after some years of that you still produce crap, or if you have a commercial necessity then go to rules. There is no shame in using a rule, but it's a good way to ruin original creative vision.
@@johnsmith1474 I sort of think that learning the "rules" is pretty useful. They exist for a reason. You need at least a basic understanding of them to know how and when to break them. They shouldn't be written in stone and shouldn't be relied on all the time. Probably best to see them as guidelines.
To quote Pirates of the Caribbean..."they're more like guidelines anyway" I agree that learning compositional tools is a great place to start. The problem is that many people learn just one...the rule of thirds. PS I should have read to the bottom of your reply Chris. It seems I just echoed what you said.🤣
If this is the first video of what 2023 is to come... woaahhh can't wait for everything else! This might be spontaneous but stunning pictures! Love them all! Love the feel of those images, that camera! Amazing Thomas!
Love the video Tom. Whilst watching your video my mind went wondering. If you capture the correct frame is there less work to do in PS/AP as you have the correct ingredients. I think photographers and music producers/sound engineers are not to dissimilar because we both use kind of like the same language/terminology to create. Good input less messing around after the fact. Just thinking!
I really love the shots the xpan takes (I guess the bloke behind the vf helps too 😂). There’s something about that aspect ratio, all without having to a crop or stitch like you would with a normal sensor/film size.
Hi Tom. In some way you can timetravel and re-take a 200 year old photo. Try to find an old enough foto from an area you want to visit and re-take that photo. That would be a fun video to see. The research of finding the photo and the effort taken to recreate the photo on location. Great vidoe btw. Cheers!
Your final woodland image ticked all the boxes, very helpful viewing and understanding the failed ones was really beneficial in understanding your composition process. Thanks for sharing 🙌🙌👏👏
Happy New Year Tom. Ordered the book the second the email landed letting me know about Volume 2. Looking forward to your content over 2023. Stay well and safe.
The final image of the tree grove is stunning. It speaks to us. We love your channel, Tom. Thank you for always putting out high quality, engaging content. It's a gift to us!
I don't know when i first saw the scene at 3:50 and before even seeing your final shot I just knew where you were going with it and without realizing that scene was so beautifully heart moving I think i even teared a bit just looking at it from the video but seeing it in the final result just made me gasp🥹💗
Loved the contrast of cold light on the left and warm light on the right in the last woodland scene, could almost draw a line down the middle of the image and have two seasons in one shot 👌
Love the last image, the nursery of saplings watched over by the giants! Just thinking that the plastic tubes are more to protect the young trees from predators who would destroy them by eating the bark or the entire trunk. Rabbits, deer and many others see the nursery as a buffet. I speak from experience living in a rural area, I've resorted to similar technique in my garden🙂.
Magnificent final shot! I also liked the second one with all the frozen trees bowing to the two in the middle: it was like a King and Queen holding court.
Great video as always, who cares if it was rushed at times. The important part was to capture the stunning conditions you had on that morning. At the end of the video you said about heading to the Lakes/ Scotland, how about heading south east to North Norfolk and experience a landscape without hills and mountains! How's that for a challenge for 2023.
You can say that, for now, was the best image of the year. I will say that it was a very good video even if frantic. Feels quite relatable. GG as always!!
It is a beautiful video to go along with the beautiful photos. All in all, I'd call it a success! Especially that last one. I'm glad you worked through it to the final image!
9:44 that's the picture of the century!
It's so true. The best shots I've ever gotten always started out with "I guess I'll go and check this out, I'm not convinced I'll get anything, though"
That last shot was great. I'd love to see some close ups to enjoy the sharpness.
Great video, Tom. The final woodland shot is a triumph. Good to see you're better. By the way, I think those plastic tubes are primarily there to stop the deer from eating the young trees.
Thanks a lot, and thanks for letting me know about the tubes. I had no idea (no pun intended) 😃
Not just deer, but a diversity of woodland and heathland animals. There are growing moves to stop using plastic, but the alternatives are not yet as durable and cost-effective.
Rabbits go mad for wee trees
@@fotogfitzfoto412 I saw an article a few months back that one of the bigger organisations (maybe National Trust, maybe not) were using tubes that were organic and would degrade naturally in around 5-7 years time by which time the trees should be relatively sturdy, the tube apparently splits as the tree grows and ultimately rots providing nourishment for the tree. I'll see if I can find the article.
The transition from a warm tone to a blue tone on the final image is truly awesome 👍
A great start to 2023. Best lesson learned is always take a camera with you.
That final image is a solid 4 on the Booth scale. Lesson for all of us, never go out cameraless
Holystone woods, one of my go to places. I've taken so many photos here over the years and it changes all the time.
Xpan aspect ratio is just magic!
The tree guards are there to protect the young trees from rabbits, hares and deer , loved the video by the way
I've never truly wanted to return to film until seeing your Xpan videos. Each time I see one of these videos I inevitably do a search to see what's available and each time I am relieved not to find any bargains!
Oh my god. That last image is a peace of art. Would be a delight to have one of those printed
Thanks for taking us along on this trip.
Great video, that large tree front center of last woodland shot, the base looks like a dog sitting, the first branch facing forward is its nose, very unique tree, and very nice image.
You don’t need to apologize….even your worst effort ( as defined by you ) is DOPE!!!
There is nothing that Americans hate more than a sincere apology. Who really cares about why your "production values" slide? Just be you and all will be okay. Really, your first videos are every bit as good as your latest. New equipment and higher production values don't mean a damn! It's your love of photography, your excitement at doing it, and your sense of humor that make your videos great.
The plastic tubes are there to stop the deer from eating the young trees ;-). Loved the atmosphere... amazing 🙂
You’ve had a run of great videos of late, but this may be my favorite. Something about the more calming nature of it I suppose.
I find this more spontaneous style of videography quite refreshing! This was part of the "UA-cam experience", and I think it should still be part of it. At least now and then. Back to the roots!
Happy New Year Thomas from Eastern Canada! Looking forward to your work in the year ahead. Be well.
Xpan images are so aesthetically pleasing. It's like combination of long and wide lenses. Everything is so far yet so close away.
What a wonderful video, and the last woodland shot is so amazing, love the colors contrast Tom. Happy 2023
Tom, these videos with film photography are most pleasuring and I think they most fit your character and process.
a smashin' collection of photographs there, and what a morning. Vol. 3 contenders......
Wow, It’s been so long since I’ve heard a film camera engine push through a roll of film, awesome.
Lovely video Thomas, glad to know your feeling better.
The plastic tubes around the trees i think are to stop the deer eating the trees, as we have to have them in our woodland..
But as usual your photo's are brilliant.
Really lovely shot with the opposing colours giving an otherworldly quality to the image's symmetry. Dreamy stuff.
Yeah, that last shot of the trees is absolutely lovely
Great images of the trees and love the final sea shot. Great way to get rid off all that sky and empty sand, shoot a pano!
Excited to see what 2023 brings you, and us.
Thanks.
That final pic of dead centre trees is 🔥🔥🔥
WOW 2:31 a beautiful high key image a winner wow wow wow! 2:38 interesting composition.nice diagonal line from top left to bottom right I like it, but not as much as 2:31 9:38 it's stunning i think i still prefer 2:31 but the central placement of the old trees is great! fabulous Video (thats not a (planned) Video) Thanks for sharing
Great images! Even with todays fancier digital cameras the X-Pan is still holds up.
I love the cut sprinting to the next location. Every photographer knows that moment but it's essentially never shown.
Also, good lord, what a location. Straight up Tolkienesque. Amazing.
Tom.. I loved your last two videos. The windy day took me there because you were dealing with it all. It never bothered me. Todays video was very well done. I was there as well because you were taking advantage of the day. Keep it going Tom. It’s great!
B. P. Be prepared was the old scout's Moto. Anyway, you pulled it off once again. Great to know you are firing on all cylinders.
That final shot is absolutely stunning! The light on either side is phenomenal.
Humbling hearing you talk about taking the same photo in 200 years time as well.
Tom, you're looking sharp and I'm loving the energy! Looking forward to seeing what you get up to in 2023.
I'm saddled with this awful winter bug at the moment and itching to get out and about again, so I'm watching this green with envy...
Thanks for the none video! It was worth not clicking on the none like button. The final picture is really amazing, great job
No one worries about content more than you!! You don't have to worry though, every video you make is perfect!!! It's a "day in the life" of a photographer and that's ALWAYS interesting. No candy coating! You are a wonderful story teller so keep up the great work!
This shot is sooo cool. Can't wait to see new videos!
What beautiful light, what beautiful atmosphere, what beautiful photos 😊
thank you for sharing this video and images, one of those days that every frame is a really nice image
Great video! I loved to see the excitement you felt when the morning turned out better than expected.
Hi Tom, I was watching the begin of your video with the exceptional conditions and was laughing because it appeared like you tumbled by accident in such beautiful conditions. For myself I belived a lot of planning was involved and wished myself to see Thomas exited doing some planning with location, forecast, map study etc. Because I like those episodes most. Think it helps to tell a complete story. Later I realized it really was by accident XD ... and assume that you simply do not that much of planning those days. Cheers and keep on your very good work, its my highlight of the week. This and enjoying your calender. Looking forward to my copy of the new book.
Amazing photos, a lot of emotion, photos are an absolute triumph
The pano with the bright negative space as a photo was good but if it was used as a poster with a message written in the negative space it would be very useful. My book two has be shipped and I will receive it on January 6th. Looking forward to reviewing it. Thank you for all you do and I hope 2023 is your best year so far. Maybe when you get a good collection of piano’s you could do a book with just them. Happy New Year!
Stunning work on the Xpan II!
Looks like you made the most of that morning. The pano of the frosted trees and branches,all white and crispy is great.
Love the shots Thomas, glad you are feeling better now
Liked the final image Thomas. Good to see you out & about again. I will indeed "see you next week" at the talk you are giving on the 12th. Happy New Year.
I imagine there are times when you go to a local shopping center or something similar, and wish you had a camera because of something intriguing that presents itself. Seems like having at least one sort of camera at hand at all times is a good idea! Great shots, especially the mostly white one, but I love them all.
Brilliant Video Tom. Images as always are superb!!
I find it interesting how people default to the "Rule of thirds"/ offset compositions. You've wonderfully demonstrated that balance can be created using symmetry as well. Great image.
I would encourage photographers to never ever in their learning years use a rule to take a photo. It's insane.
You use your vision to see until you are stimulated to shoot because what you see moves you. You go to the great art history books to learn and infuse yourself with artistic ideas. If after some years of that you still produce crap, or if you have a commercial necessity then go to rules. There is no shame in using a rule, but it's a good way to ruin original creative vision.
@@johnsmith1474 I sort of think that learning the "rules" is pretty useful. They exist for a reason. You need at least a basic understanding of them to know how and when to break them.
They shouldn't be written in stone and shouldn't be relied on all the time. Probably best to see them as guidelines.
To quote Pirates of the Caribbean..."they're more like guidelines anyway"
I agree that learning compositional tools is a great place to start. The problem is that many people learn just one...the rule of thirds.
PS I should have read to the bottom of your reply Chris. It seems I just echoed what you said.🤣
@@amalieemmynoether992 Great minds think alike and fools seldom differ ;)
Great images and videos Thomas 👍
Happy New Year Thomas!
Im a huge fan of negative space. so, the last image with the negative space would be my choice. But the centered one is also an amazing shot.
If this is the first video of what 2023 is to come... woaahhh can't wait for everything else! This might be spontaneous but stunning pictures! Love them all! Love the feel of those images, that camera! Amazing Thomas!
Fantastic final composition!
That first photo you didn’t like I find to be an absolute stunning shot I would buy a print of it!
Love the video Tom. Whilst watching your video my mind went wondering. If you capture the correct frame is there less work to do in PS/AP as you have the correct ingredients. I think photographers and music producers/sound engineers are not to dissimilar because we both use kind of like the same language/terminology to create. Good input less messing around after the fact. Just thinking!
I really love the shots the xpan takes (I guess the bloke behind the vf helps too 😂). There’s something about that aspect ratio, all without having to a crop or stitch like you would with a normal sensor/film size.
Hahaha I know very well when you said "Let me take the camera just in case". Great Job and best vibes from Miami, Happy New Year.
First good vlog of 2023! Cheers Thomas.
Glad you’re better. Neat shots as always. Great tool but I love it use of it far more.
Wow! What a way to start off the new year!
Two flaps down! I love your channel!
Hi Tom. In some way you can timetravel and re-take a 200 year old photo. Try to find an old enough foto from an area you want to visit and re-take that photo. That would be a fun video to see. The research of finding the photo and the effort taken to recreate the photo on location. Great vidoe btw. Cheers!
Nice one Tom. Happy New Year to you & yours & looking forward to following your travels in 2023....👍
Awesome work, Thomas. Thanks for sharing. ❤
Your final woodland image ticked all the boxes, very helpful viewing and understanding the failed ones was really beneficial in understanding your composition process. Thanks for sharing 🙌🙌👏👏
Happy New Year Tom. Ordered the book the second the email landed letting me know about Volume 2. Looking forward to your content over 2023. Stay well and safe.
Thanks for the winter inspiration. It’s so dead where I am but maybe I should take a chance.
The final image of the tree grove is stunning. It speaks to us. We love your channel, Tom. Thank you for always putting out high quality, engaging content. It's a gift to us!
Tom, that video was so much fun!!! Great job!!! I loved the photos too!!!!
Love that image with the trees and the transition of colours and tones. Beautiful Tom - worth the persisting and playing around.
I don't know when i first saw the scene at 3:50 and before even seeing your final shot I just knew where you were going with it and without realizing that scene was so beautifully heart moving I think i even teared a bit just looking at it from the video but seeing it in the final result just made me gasp🥹💗
The final image is amazing
Да, мужик, финальное изображение действительно грандиозно! Отличный кадр!👍
Gorgeous morning, and that final image has got to be one of my personal favorites from your work. Cheers!
Loved the contrast of cold light on the left and warm light on the right in the last woodland scene, could almost draw a line down the middle of the image and have two seasons in one shot 👌
Glad you shot that video. Such a stunning morning! Stunning shots!
Love the last image, the nursery of saplings watched over by the giants! Just thinking that the plastic tubes are more to protect the young trees from predators who would destroy them by eating the bark or the entire trunk. Rabbits, deer and many others see the nursery as a buffet. I speak from experience living in a rural area, I've resorted to similar technique in my garden🙂.
Magnificent final shot! I also liked the second one with all the frozen trees bowing to the two in the middle: it was like a King and Queen holding court.
Thank you. Happy new year. 👍📷😎
Great video as always, who cares if it was rushed at times. The important part was to capture the stunning conditions you had on that morning. At the end of the video you said about heading to the Lakes/ Scotland, how about heading south east to North Norfolk and experience a landscape without hills and mountains! How's that for a challenge for 2023.
Very successful outing I'd say! Well done Tom!
Your photos immediately bring me into the world of the lord of the ring, such fantastic work. I think i might give a try on landscape photography
Go to Scotland, nothing fancy » … well to me it’s absolutely extraordinary ! 😅
Amazing year to you Tom !
Great short and of course stunning work! I look forward to seen the new book have my order in. I'm still really enjoying the 1st
I like that image you ended up printing. Worth the extra work to find that composition
Looks amazing, what a great shot the centered version is!.
Occam's razor in full effect for the final image! Loved the guerilla style vid this week. Happy new year!
That last woodland scene was just stunning Tom! Great call on the centre composed trees.
BEST IMAGES SINCE ??? great
Nice work!
I think the plastic tubes are also there to protect the young trees from rabbits and deer that would eat the bark.
You can say that, for now, was the best image of the year.
I will say that it was a very good video even if frantic. Feels quite relatable.
GG as always!!
It is a beautiful video to go along with the beautiful photos. All in all, I'd call it a success! Especially that last one. I'm glad you worked through it to the final image!
It has been suggested that one of the film cameras Pentax might want to consider making is an affordable X-Pan type camera.
Wow, simply stunning opening. And of course whole video was good and inspiring, like always.
Excellent non-video video!! Incredible results with a phone camera and one dinky little tripod. Love the X-Pan shots too!!