In this era of clickbait, ego driven personality vlogging and the never ending compulsion to up the like counts, you , Adam are a breath of fresh air ! I so appreciate your down to earth attitude to gear and your approach to photography. " Internetland " can be an evil place indeed !
Cheers Adam as a fellow North easterner i love the salient no nonsense approach and delivery, plain unadulterated but passionate delivery about something you love works perfectly for me. Living in London but missing my old home of `great Ayton so loving seeing those vistas. Looking at joining the RAW room as thats great value
Thanks Richie. Very much feels like 'home' to me too so try and get up there as often as possible. Appreciate it if you subscribe, really excited about getting it off the ground and building it up.
How nice and helpful to hear all these things here on youtube! Most of the time I get explained as a viewer in the tutorials, which "5 common mistakes" I make, which "best equipment" I need, and what the "10 best tips" are. What you are saying in the video is the meaning of everything. Not only with people, but also just with nature a relationship with corresponding emotion arises. How wonderful ... Thank you!
Adam, you are an inspiration, I have been watching your videos for a while now, you are always "just you" and its like being in the pub with a mate. keep up the great work.
Top drawer again Adam particularly like your common sense approach and advice about not worrying about others skills, abilities, gear etc it’s all about development and that’s what I like most about your channel seeing how you’ve developed into one of UA-cam’s most respected vloggers.
A very beautiful video! Love how not only is there are photography tips, but also life advice as well, which makes me drawn into watching beyond more. I really love the calming mood and the music that goes with this, it creates a sense of connection and the feeling that we should enjoy our time to have fun taking landscape photography. Maybe I can be a landscape photographer one day. I love to take nature photos
Thanks once again, Adam, for sharing your wisdom. It’s what we all need to be reminded of so that we focus on essentials, & enjoy photography as it should be enjoyed.
Comparison is the thief of Joy ! Wow never herd that before but what a powerful statement and the more i think of it the more it makes sense ! Great vlog
This is a great video and I think you have raised some really valid and important topics. When people often tell me they are bored of shooting at the same location I try and explain to them to look at the location with a fresh pair of eyes and try and compensate that through their photography. It makes a such a difference when your not rushing and looking for the ideal composition but more than just observing what might work!. I really enjoyed watching this. Keep up the great work. Thank you for sharing.
A wonderful message, thank you. I am disabled, but attempt to get out when I can and do landscape photos. When I can't, I work on macro photography, photoing flowers in my wife's garden, and house plants. Next my plan is to use a light box and shoot interesting creations in macro. You help to energize me. Thanks.
Hello Adam, I thought this vlog was very thought provoking with lots of wise words and where we get touchy-feely about our photography. In doing so, we receive much more from our craft. I follow about 60 vloggers on landscape photography and have learned so much from you all. So many different experiences to learn and overcome. For me, vloggers, help us! So why do other subscribers like to criticise, surely, vlogs have to be different. I do not enjoy all of them - but I do appreciate what they are trying to do. So, I would ask subscribers not to be rude or judgemental and simply to scroll on by. For, we can only do our best....
Can resonate will much of what you said Adam especially location as sometimes it’s better to be out somewhere where you’ve been before rather than not be out at all. I’ve subscribed to the Raw Room so very much look forward to what’s to come and from first impressions, the format looks excellent.
So, some folk don't like the "move to off camera talking". Fair enough - we all like what we like, but I'd say, try listening to what the man says - that's where the (outstanding) content lives. Thanks Adam!
Adam thank you for the thought provoking videos as opposed to the gear or technical stuff. You give me things to think about. I am not a good photographer be any means mostly just documenting life events which usually consist of baseball and marching band with Nikon D3200 and now a D5500. But kids are out growing those (marching band is out now) and I want to find other things to photograph. Landscape seems to call me so I’m going to give it a go here in flat central Indiana which doesn’t make it easy for compositions that I would want to print.
Good insights Adam! I’m also guilty of not following these Do’s and Don’ts but I’m working on them cos I know they’re leading to improvment. It will take time to get better and the key is to be honest to myself and enjoy every step on the way. Congatulations on 100k!!
"I genuinely believe that if every single person would climb a mountain just once in their life, the world would be a better place." Wow, well said Adam. Could not agree more!
@@Firstmanphotography Yeah... Well, I truly believe that this random spinning ball of rock would be a better place if at least people just stopped for a moment to realize and appreciate the beauty that exists in this world...
Thank you for this feels like the advice av been needing to hear for along time going out shooting tomorrow got myself in that comfort zone seem to do to often too but from now on a will be pushing myself that little bit harder
Adam, beautiful area where you live. Those were some awesome time exposures. I think the word that you looking for was piling, those round wooden structures, driven into the earth for construction of piers. I am familiar with those being born in Louisiana. Thanks for your awesome video!
Hi Adam, thanks for another video. Your photos are amazing. Two questions: whats the ball head you use on 055 Manfroto? :) & i like do landscape photography, and would like to buy a wide angle. I want a good lens but not an exorbitance of money. I am undecided between Nikon AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f / 4.5-5.6G VR and the Tokina 11-16mm f / 2.8 ATX Pro DX II for Nikon. I do not like Nikon to have a connection to the body of the machine in plastic and tokina pleases me the robustness and the aperture of f2.8. The equipment I have is this: Nikon D500 AF Nikkor 50mm 1: 1.8 AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm 1: 3.5-5.6 G ED AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1: 2.8 GII ED AF-S Teleconverter TC-20 EIII 2x Aspherical In your opinion which lens to choose between Nikon 10-20mm and tokina? Or what would be another option? Thank you and best regards from Portugal
Adam, what is the idea/thought behind the "off angle head shot talk" in the vlog? Sincere question. I don't get it, and I think I might miss out of something.
So many comments on this which I just don’t get. I couldn’t care less what camera angle is used. I’m a photographer and love listening to insightful photography thoughts. I guess you guys must be video or vlogging nerds. That’s fine by the way but for me it’s so unimportant. Also disappointing that with so much great content offered there some people make just one comment and that’s about a camera angle.
Man I have not really been paying close attention to your growth but it is great to see how large your channel is now. I feel like you were just at 10 or 15k a few months ago lol
Some great down to earth advice in that VLOG Adam, Just wish everyone could take some of it, there are too many Egos out there at the moment, keep up the good work.
When I go out, I'll still take the shot because there may be a quality to it that I didn't initially see or there is something that I feel that I can do with it. Worst case scenario, I learn why the shot didn't work or I get an idea of how I want to shoot it the next time I'm at that location.
Love your videos! Could you pleaseeee do a video discussing how to reproduce JPEG canon colors in RAW format? I love the colors I see on the JPEG previews (the blues, etc), but I'm having a very hard time reproducing them. Sometimes setting my profile the same in LR as it was in cameras gets it close, but that doesn't always work for me. Thank you!!
Tnx for the ideas Adam. I enjoyed it. Just a suggestion.. Those clips of you not talking strait to the camera are distracting..(In my opinion anyway….)
Mostly great stuff here, my only bone of contention is with "getting the shot is not important!!" For me, it's easy enough to slip into 'give up' mode because the lighting isn't good/I don't have the right lens/the location sucks... whatever the reason. I think the better mantra would be, "don't beat yourself up for not getting 'the' shot". Use it as a learning experience, which you rightly discuss. I say to myself "work the shot"-meaning, stick with a shot until I'm satisfied. I also regularly remind myself that I've never regretted going out to shoot something. I come away with cool photos or an interesting experience-either way it's worth it. It's a helpful reminder when I don't want to get out of bed early...
Ok so I have a question. Every one in a while get lucky and get a nice picture. I don't use any photo touch up. I like taking my pictures and showing my friends the real picture how I seen it. Everyone seems to like them. How do I do about selling it? How do I market them? What is a fair price for a novice person taking pictures? So I took the picture....... Now what? Thankn you for the time and I really enjoyed this video. Good information to be had.
One thing you neglected with regards gear is editing. I don’t have Lightroom. I don’t mind paying the subscription but I don’t want to sign up and find out my computer won’t run it. It’s well below the system requirements Adobe state and I can’t justify dropping a grand or so on a new machine. If I though it would run but a bit slow, I’d be happy enough with that. As it is, I use Nikon Capture NX-D, Silkypix and the free Fuji version of Capture 1. They run pretty okay-ish but still not sure Lightroom would.
What saddens me when it comes to landscape photography is witnessing beautiful lands being destroyed by corporate developers who have no conscious. All they care about is profits by destroying beautiful lands just to place box stores, subdivision houses, mining, and other awful things that are destroying the environment and animal and plant habitants. Even the some people in the public can litter these beautiful areas. Things like that can break a landscape photographer and other nature artists' hearts.
Lots of good advice but I have to disagree on 'not comparing yourself with everyone else'. Yes it will leave you with the feelings of inadequacy but that's the driver to produce work. If you are just interested in photography, as you say there are hundreds, thousands of great photographers out there, why produce your own photos? You can just look at theirs. If you want to be a photographer or any kind of artist then there is level of conceit you have to embrace. You want to do it because of your inadequacy.
Good stuff. One request: no more of the second camera off to the side, showing you talking to the camera in front of you. At least, I just find it distracting...your mileage may vary. :)
Ross Brocklesby it’s impersonal, Appears rude and totally unnecessary. It’s using technology for the sake of technology....and to my opinion total nonsense........
Im pretty sure itll stay with the channel. A talking head to camera is boring to watch and in the case of this video which is filmed in a studio/office it would be really uninteresting to watch. If you want to gaze into a mans eyes for 5-10mins i think you need a different kind of video mate
I'd much prefer him to show footage of what he's talking about rather than the whole video just be him talking into the camera. What's the big deal? It's better this way. More content can be shown, making the video more informative and entertaining. And he spends quite a bit of time on camera talking anyway, so I'm not sure what you're on about. Come to think of it, you're the first person I've ever seen that has mentioned this. Kind of odd, really.
@@adamaj74 I really don't get it either. Not even cable news thinks its a good idea to just show a talking head. I do think the b-roll cuts of Adam talking to the camera are weird though.
In this era of clickbait, ego driven personality vlogging and the never ending compulsion to up the like counts, you , Adam are a breath of fresh air !
I so appreciate your down to earth attitude to gear and your approach to photography. " Internetland " can be an evil place indeed !
Wow thanks Tom. Really appreciate you taking the time to make this comment.
I think so as well, great vids man
Cheers Adam as a fellow North easterner i love the salient no nonsense approach and delivery, plain unadulterated but passionate delivery about something you love works perfectly for me. Living in London but missing my old home of `great Ayton so loving seeing those vistas. Looking at joining the RAW room as thats great value
Thanks Richie. Very much feels like 'home' to me too so try and get up there as often as possible. Appreciate it if you subscribe, really excited about getting it off the ground and building it up.
First Man Photography No bother mate ill sign up tomorrow
How nice and helpful to hear all these things here on youtube! Most of the time I get explained as a viewer in the tutorials, which "5 common mistakes" I make, which "best equipment" I need, and what the "10 best tips" are. What you are saying in the video is the meaning of everything. Not only with people, but also just with nature a relationship with corresponding emotion arises. How wonderful ... Thank you!
Adam, you are an inspiration, I have been watching your videos for a while now, you are always "just you" and its like being in the pub with a mate. keep up the great work.
Thanks Keith. That's very kind of you to say.
This is probably one of, if not, the best Do's and Don'ts of Landscape Photography I have watched to date. Thank you for sharing this video.
Top drawer again Adam particularly like your common sense approach and advice about not worrying about others skills, abilities, gear etc it’s all about development and that’s what I like most about your channel seeing how you’ve developed into one of UA-cam’s most respected vloggers.
A very beautiful video! Love how not only is there are photography tips, but also life advice as well, which makes me drawn into watching beyond more. I really love the calming mood and the music that goes with this, it creates a sense of connection and the feeling that we should enjoy our time to have fun taking landscape photography. Maybe I can be a landscape photographer one day. I love to take nature photos
I like the idea of "learning" not just photography - you make it exciting and meaningful. Thank you Adam - MORE.
This is simply brilliant advice, there is nothing here to disagree with, very well thought out. Your passion is as heart felt as your knowledge.
Love your advice and your life views. I have low end gear but I learn and grow every time I take a photo. Keep it up!
Thanks once again, Adam, for sharing your wisdom. It’s what we all need to be reminded of so that we focus on essentials, & enjoy photography as it should be enjoyed.
Great stuff Adam, also love your latest philosophical approach to photos and art being so personal.
MJ
This is wonderful message Adam. We should have these points written down and laminated for keeps!
This is one of the Best Videos on YT today.
Love your message.
Comparison is the thief of Joy ! Wow never herd that before but what a powerful statement and the more i think of it the more it makes sense ! Great vlog
This is a great video and I think you have raised some really valid and important topics. When people often tell me they are bored of shooting at the same location I try and explain to them to look at the location with a fresh pair of eyes and try and compensate that through their photography. It makes a such a difference when your not rushing and looking for the ideal composition but more than just observing what might work!. I really enjoyed watching this. Keep up the great work. Thank you for sharing.
A wonderful message, thank you. I am disabled, but attempt to get out when I can and do landscape photos. When I can't, I work on macro photography, photoing flowers in my wife's garden, and house plants. Next my plan is to use a light box and shoot interesting creations in macro. You help to energize me. Thanks.
Adam thank you so much for this. I really appreciate your teachings and the way you deliver your knowledge.
You are inspiring and I appreciate what you do! Thank you!
Thanks Mark. Very kind
Excellent video, full of wise thoughts.
Fantastic advice Adam, many thanks.
Insightful, inspiring, and wonderful mate,,,,,, thanks again, Bob
Some great food for thought there and all so very true.
Another winning video. Thank you Adam.
Excellent video Adam, and great advice. Thanks
Yet another great video Adam. Such a mind opening
Good video, I appreciate your thoughtful approach to photography!
Hello Adam, I thought this vlog was very thought provoking with lots of wise words and where we get touchy-feely about our photography. In doing so, we receive much more from our craft. I follow about 60 vloggers on landscape photography and have learned so much from you all. So many different experiences to learn and overcome. For me, vloggers, help us! So why do other subscribers like to criticise, surely, vlogs have to be different. I do not enjoy all of them - but I do appreciate what they are trying to do. So, I would ask subscribers not to be rude or judgemental and simply to scroll on by. For, we can only do our best....
Absolutely fantastic video Adam 👏👏👏👏👏👌
Thanks. Really appreciate the comment.
Very nice tutorial. Congrats with the 100K subscribers. Very well deserved.
A true inspiration to us all thank you Adam!!
Can resonate will much of what you said Adam especially location as sometimes it’s better to be out somewhere where you’ve been before rather than not be out at all. I’ve subscribed to the Raw Room so very much look forward to what’s to come and from first impressions, the format looks excellent.
Really inspiring Adam, thanks for sharing.
So, some folk don't like the "move to off camera talking". Fair enough - we all like what we like, but I'd say, try listening to what the man says - that's where the (outstanding) content lives. Thanks Adam!
Adam thank you for the thought provoking videos as opposed to the gear or technical stuff. You give me things to think about. I am not a good photographer be any means mostly just documenting life events which usually consist of baseball and marching band with Nikon D3200 and now a D5500. But kids are out growing those (marching band is out now) and I want to find other things to photograph. Landscape seems to call me so I’m going to give it a go here in flat central Indiana which doesn’t make it easy for compositions that I would want to print.
A lone tree or derelict barn on a flat Indiana landscape sounds pretty good to me coming from the country of endless hills :)
Good insights Adam! I’m also guilty of not following these Do’s and Don’ts but I’m working on them cos I know they’re leading to improvment. It will take time to get better and the key is to be honest to myself and enjoy every step on the way. Congatulations on 100k!!
Well put together and beautifully said ☺
Thanks Mark
"I genuinely believe that if every single person would climb a mountain just once in their life, the world would be a better place."
Wow, well said Adam. Could not agree more!
Well, there’d be a lot fewer people if they tried.
Lol. That's true.
@@outfoxthefox Well, you don't have to climb Mount Everest ;)
Sadly there's at lot of people that succumb to British mountains too.
@@Firstmanphotography Yeah... Well, I truly believe that this random spinning ball of rock would be a better place if at least people just stopped for a moment to realize and appreciate the beauty that exists in this world...
Good video Adam! Thanks for sharing it with us.👌👍😎JP
Thank you for this feels like the advice av been needing to hear for along time going out shooting tomorrow got myself in that comfort zone seem to do to often too but from now on a will be pushing myself that little bit harder
Adam, beautiful area where you live. Those were some awesome time exposures. I think the word that you looking for was piling, those round wooden structures, driven into the earth for construction of piers. I am familiar with those being born in Louisiana. Thanks for your awesome video!
As always great video & I love your videos always #informative
Wise and thoughtful words. Thank you.
Appreciate the comment Martin, thanks.
Worth watching for this alone 'Comparison is the thief of joy'
Love your approach. Wishing you every success.
Hi Adam, thanks for another video. Your photos are amazing. Two questions: whats the ball head you use on 055 Manfroto? :) & i like do landscape photography, and would like to buy a wide angle. I want a good lens but not an exorbitance of money. I am undecided between Nikon AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f / 4.5-5.6G VR and the Tokina 11-16mm f / 2.8 ATX Pro DX II for Nikon. I do not like Nikon to have a connection to the body of the machine in plastic and tokina pleases me the robustness and the aperture of f2.8.
The equipment I have is this:
Nikon D500
AF Nikkor 50mm 1: 1.8
AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm 1: 3.5-5.6 G ED
AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1: 2.8 GII ED
AF-S Teleconverter TC-20 EIII 2x Aspherical
In your opinion which lens to choose between Nikon 10-20mm and tokina? Or what would be another option?
Thank you and best regards from Portugal
Good advice Adam. This is my first encounter with you and it's a positive one, now subscribed and looking forward to more.
Thanks Hugh. Appreciate that. Really glad you're subscribed.
Excellent presentation! Thank you!
Adam, what is the idea/thought behind the "off angle head shot talk" in the vlog?
Sincere question.
I don't get it, and I think I might miss out of something.
So many comments on this which I just don’t get. I couldn’t care less what camera angle is used. I’m a photographer and love listening to insightful photography thoughts. I guess you guys must be video or vlogging nerds. That’s fine by the way but for me it’s so unimportant. Also disappointing that with so much great content offered there some people make just one comment and that’s about a camera angle.
Whatever his reason, it has the added benefit of driving a lot of comments, which improves his performance in the matrix...er, in the algorithm.
Some great advice in this video Adam!
Great vlog. Thanks for sharing your honesty.
Lovely positive video and also a relevant reminder for myself to not get caught up buying gear and get out to shoot more. Cheers Adam
Awesome video. Thank you!
Again, a good one. And your view on life hits the mark. 👍🏻
Couldn't agree more! Good video.
As always ,Adam. Thank you
Excellent Adam. Great message. !!
Thank you Adam for sharing
Man I have not really been paying close attention to your growth but it is great to see how large your channel is now. I feel like you were just at 10 or 15k a few months ago lol
What a great idea of having a subscription deffo signing Adam ! 👍
That's great mate. Really appreciate your interest.
Some great down to earth advice in that VLOG Adam, Just wish everyone could take some of it, there are too many Egos out there at the moment, keep up the good work.
When I go out, I'll still take the shot because there may be a quality to it that I didn't initially see or there is something that I feel that I can do with it. Worst case scenario, I learn why the shot didn't work or I get an idea of how I want to shoot it the next time I'm at that location.
Excellent! Thank you.
Love your videos! Could you pleaseeee do a video discussing how to reproduce JPEG canon colors in RAW format? I love the colors I see on the JPEG previews (the blues, etc), but I'm having a very hard time reproducing them. Sometimes setting my profile the same in LR as it was in cameras gets it close, but that doesn't always work for me. Thank you!!
Great video 👍
Thanks buddy
Tnx for the ideas Adam. I enjoyed it. Just a suggestion.. Those clips of you not talking strait to the camera are distracting..(In my opinion anyway….)
Mostly great stuff here, my only bone of contention is with "getting the shot is not important!!" For me, it's easy enough to slip into 'give up' mode because the lighting isn't good/I don't have the right lens/the location sucks... whatever the reason. I think the better mantra would be, "don't beat yourself up for not getting 'the' shot". Use it as a learning experience, which you rightly discuss.
I say to myself "work the shot"-meaning, stick with a shot until I'm satisfied. I also regularly remind myself that I've never regretted going out to shoot something. I come away with cool photos or an interesting experience-either way it's worth it. It's a helpful reminder when I don't want to get out of bed early...
Ok so I have a question. Every one in a while get lucky and get a nice picture. I don't use any photo touch up. I like taking my pictures and showing my friends the real picture how I seen it. Everyone seems to like them. How do I do about selling it? How do I market them? What is a fair price for a novice person taking pictures? So I took the picture....... Now what? Thankn you for the time and I really enjoyed this video. Good information to be had.
Inspirational, I relish this!
Adam, so true
Thank goodness that beard is coming back!!
Lol. That's what my wife said.
First Man Photography 😂
Very insightful - thank you for this. But as others have said, ditch that weird “who’s he speaking to” angle - adds nothing and is jarring.
One thing you neglected with regards gear is editing. I don’t have Lightroom. I don’t mind paying the subscription but I don’t want to sign up and find out my computer won’t run it. It’s well below the system requirements Adobe state and I can’t justify dropping a grand or so on a new machine. If I though it would run but a bit slow, I’d be happy enough with that. As it is, I use Nikon Capture NX-D, Silkypix and the free Fuji version of Capture 1. They run pretty okay-ish but still not sure Lightroom would.
Scratch that. Signed up and it runs fine. Boom! 😁
How I sell my photos for something decent...or is being a photographer they way to get paid is to get projects
Do you play that guitar in the background?
Yes. But not often enough anymore. It is hooked up to a Vox underneath the desk camera right.
@@Firstmanphotography time to write your own entro and exit to your vlogs.
Ha. The first year of my UA-cam channel contained just that. I have two problems now.....not enough time........and I'm really not that great.
@@Firstmanphotography at least you got time to make awesome photo vlogs.
Thanks. Appreciate it. I'll slot a bit into a video again soon.
I’m not able to find what I think is a good composition.
What saddens me when it comes to landscape photography is witnessing beautiful lands being destroyed by corporate developers who have no conscious. All they care about is profits by destroying beautiful lands just to place box stores, subdivision houses, mining, and other awful things that are destroying the environment and animal and plant habitants. Even the some people in the public can litter these beautiful areas. Things like that can break a landscape photographer and other nature artists' hearts.
Lots of good advice but I have to disagree on 'not comparing yourself with everyone else'. Yes it will leave you with the feelings of inadequacy but that's the driver to produce work. If you are just interested in photography, as you say there are hundreds, thousands of great photographers out there, why produce your own photos? You can just look at theirs. If you want to be a photographer or any kind of artist then there is level of conceit you have to embrace. You want to do it because of your inadequacy.
Thumbs up for Optimus Prime
Ha. Thanks dude. Always like it when he gets a comment.
Man, come on, Get with the program,... What No PayPal? :(
Yeah I know. Until I can build a bespoke system/app I'm not in control of the payment gateways I can offer.
Good stuff. One request: no more of the second camera off to the side, showing you talking to the camera in front of you. At least, I just find it distracting...your mileage may vary. :)
This is more like a tutorial on life lol
0:31 It was "FATinating"? I better not watch then, I'm already a few pounds over, haha.
Oh no!! Not another move to off camera talking...... sorry mate, if you keep that nonsense up I’m out of here..... 😥😰😥
What difference does it make really?
Ross Brocklesby it’s impersonal, Appears rude and totally unnecessary. It’s using technology for the sake of technology....and to my opinion total nonsense........
Im pretty sure itll stay with the channel. A talking head to camera is boring to watch and in the case of this video which is filmed in a studio/office it would be really uninteresting to watch. If you want to gaze into a mans eyes for 5-10mins i think you need a different kind of video mate
I'd much prefer him to show footage of what he's talking about rather than the whole video just be him talking into the camera. What's the big deal? It's better this way. More content can be shown, making the video more informative and entertaining. And he spends quite a bit of time on camera talking anyway, so I'm not sure what you're on about. Come to think of it, you're the first person I've ever seen that has mentioned this. Kind of odd, really.
@@adamaj74 I really don't get it either. Not even cable news thinks its a good idea to just show a talking head. I do think the b-roll cuts of Adam talking to the camera are weird though.