Landscape Photography Tips - How to Capture a Waterfall
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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In this video, I want to share my process for approaching, framing, and capturing a waterfall.
So many questions come up - which lens? What shutter speed? How to frame the shot? Where should you position yourself? And, on and on.
Join me out in the field, and I'll try and clear up the confusion for you!!
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Great image WIll. Glad to see you're having fun.
Thanks matey!
Thanks matey!
Absolutely love the final image 😍👌
Thank you!
Well done, Will. Really appreciate the production. Cheers.
Thanks a lot for that mate.
WOW that final image is stunning Will! I was having palpations when you went into the water with your camera! Very useful learning thank you, and will make a conscious effort of looking at the environment through the lens more. Thanks again! Fantastic.
Thanks a lot Lynette. Always appreciate you stopping by :)
Just beautiful William
Thank you mate. Hopefully we can get an aurora chase on here one day.
@@WilliamPatinoPhotography that sounds like a good idea :-)
Stunning image. Can’t believe you can shoot a 1sec exposure without a tripod. And your tip was very helpful
Props to modern cameras and my still hands 😏 Cheers!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and skill William! Loved the final image you shared. Landscape photography requires patients & persistence, you seem to have a lot of those qualities. Cheers.
It sure does. It teaches us a lot about ourselves, if we’re willing to listen. Thank you mate.
Wonderful to see local NZ conditions. Great image.
Some of my favourite to be out in :) Thanks Carole!
Enjoyed this video, and will definitely make me shoot hand held more!
Thanks mate. All the best with it!
I like how you said by being fixated on an idea you can miss something at a location, and you need to look at alternatives. I’ve just returned from the Bungles in the Kimberley (Western Australia) and got fixated on rock formations only to miss new growth vegetation and dry creek beds.
We’re all guilty of it. As the years have gone on, I’ve become less goal orientated and more spontaneous with whatever nature provides. If something resonates, I’ll try and capture it but if not, I’ve learned to be content regardless. Thanks for the support.
A study in perseverance, William. I hope we get to see the result.
Thanks John! Final image is toward the end, around 8:46
Enjoyed this. Thank you ❤.
Thanks a lot Mel :)
Really loved this video, although that down coat must have been pretty heavy by the time you were finished :) I'm now determined to practice my handheld shots, because really, who loves hauling a tripod around?
Haha yeah, I wasn’t expecting to get that wet! Thanks Karen!
William wonderful final shot and perspective on your approach to it ! Might I ask what your final settings were for the final shot???
Stunning location and such a beautiful image. I loved watching you work and seeing your thought processes as you moved around. I have recently attempted to shoot handheld and it is quite a shift in mindset. The image wasn't the sharpest but it was a start and something I will do again. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you John. Are you mirrorless? The stabilisation is critical.
@@WilliamPatinoPhotography I am using the Panasonic GX85 micro four thirds camera. It has 5 axis image stabilisation. I also have a couple of lenses that have in camera stabilisation. So effectively I have dual IS. I think I just need to practice. especially at speeds down to 1 second.
@@johnbentley1056 The smaller the sensor, the more effective the stabilisation. You should get some impressive results. All the best with it!
@@WilliamPatinoPhotography Thank you.
Very nice image
I would luv to know or see how you go about blending the slow image and the faster sharper image since you dont use a tripod
Might be wrong, but I'm guessing by adding the photos as layers in Photoshop and by blending in the photo with the slower shutter speed (just the waterfall) into the faster shutter speed photo. There's lot of tutorials on UA-cam on how this is done.
I understand the logic and do this but all these tutorials have one thing in common they are using a tripod which keeps the composition the same this is very difficult to do freehand i would be interested to see if Will lunes them up or just paints in the water without lining them up
Hey Steve, I go pretty in depth on this in my Seascape Masterclass. I don’t use a tripod, as you've mentioned. In this scenario, you can shoot a burst with different shutter speeds. I simply take the faster shutter, then adjust down and take a slower frame, remaining relatively still, then manually blend using masks. The key is that it’s all slow water texture, so there’s no hard lines to trace around ;) Hope that helps!
I enjoy your videos, William! I went out to my local beach this morning, using some of your incredible tips to learn to “see”. I tried to utilize some of the background of the beach as you suggested instead of rushing up to the water. The sky was very flat with no clouds really, so it was hard for me to try to use my canon 11-24mm. I feel like I was trying to force an image and couldn’t really find a subject. Perhaps it’s also that the scene doesnt have much foreground elements so it feels like I’m trying to hard to find a good image. I also admit my patience for landscapes needs adjustment. I am used to diving birds and action shots so landscapes force me to learn to slow down and not seek instant gratification!! I think the ultra wide would be much better in a setting like yours. But I will keep working the wide angles and hopefully learn to see!! Sometimes the setting just doesn’t call to you, you know?
Thanks, Gary! Much appreciated. This is for sure something we all run into. Enjoying nature and taking in what is around us is the beautiful by-product of being a landscape photographer. Sometimes there just isn't a shot you want to take and that's okay. I try and look for creative triggers in the environment that I can use when I come back. Or I'll walk to different spots and try something weird. I've also got a video next week where I teach a fun technique for this exact kind of moment. 🤓 The most important thing is getting outside and observing. An image is just a bonus we sometimes get. Good on ya!!
So good ❤
Great videos William. Are you using 2 seconds timer when shooting handheld?
Thanks! No, I don’t. Cheers :)
What model Sony are you using William many thanks
I use an A7R3 and 4. Thanks mate.
Ah wow, that’s just incredibly beautiful… toddles off to get waders 😁
haha! 😂 cheers Fi
1s handheld... not too bad.
That was for the water flow, the rest of the scene was a touch faster :)
I don’t know….. down jacket in the rain
Yep, definitely fail there! Thought it was going to be a quick trip. I cringed when I watched the footage back 😂😂