You always hit the center of the point. I am from Germany and live now in the US. I see a big mistake here in the US. Beginners show the photo to others and ask how you like it? You will always hear... nice or I like it. Most the time is not the truth, but nobody like to hit your feelings, The bad.... people go the wrong way in photography. I ask . " what you don't like or what you think should be better" ? People looked me something is wrong. Nobody can hit my feelings. Tell me what is not so good, I can work on it. Thank you for your channel.
If this was interactive video you would have seen me nodding throughout the entirety. Observe many photographers whose styles you appreciate grab tidbits from each then go be you…ie develop your own style. I’m right with you watching The Grid critiques too. And most important is stay away from whiners and complainers getting caught up in their misery isn’t going to do one positive thing for your life. 👏👏🤩🤩😍😍 Always great content here thank you and keep up the great work.
"...and if you can't say anything that's nice, just don't talk at all that's my advice." From a Billie Holliday song...I think! Always enjoy your videos... Thanks 😀
As for backups it is VERY important to have them in different physical locations. If you store your external drives and your NAS in your house a simple house fire or natural disaster can wipe all your hard work at once.
Hej, Mads. I'm not a professional photographer. And not only a landscape shooter. But I do fully agree with all of your comments. And I may say that they can be taken into consideration regarding ANY kind of photography. All the best
Well said, so many people out there that jump the gun eg keyboard cowboys. I do quite a bit of macro and have put up the plans of two of my designs, someone today has made derogatory comments about some of the designs on the site ! Each to his own. The way you present your Landscape Videos makes us look and think about what we are trying to capture, noone is perfect and we all have our off days but in the end its about getting out and enjoying what you do with what ever gear you have. Cheers from New Zealand
Great tips. Especially important to have a backup in a different location - cloud or another location. I read about someone who had everything in their home and it burnt down and they lost everything.
Great Advice as always. Mads! I think the two points that I really resonate with are...watch videos of photographer who's work you admire and please learn how to edit your photos. I iknow some pretty good amateur photographers who understand composition but do not edit or "properly" edit their photos. Editing photos properly can really elevate your work!
Thanks for sharing, Hiking and photography often means you either have a strong back or need to compromise. I have a full frame camera myself and therefore often choose just my standard 24-105 lens or add the 100-400 to that. If I need wider than 24mm I probably can do with a multi-row panorama of try to re-compose. If you add the weight of a drone, tripod, spare batteries, (rain-)clothing, drinks and food then that's sufficient to carry...
Omg! I am not on social media thank heavens but it blew my mind when you said about the twitter thing re being weird if you put your own photos on the wall! Gees, I’m definitely as weird as you, if not more so, as my walls are covered! And I love it!! Lol! Enjoy! Cheers from Australia
Brilliant video Peter, I've been a beginner since the '70s at 69 I still am , always learning, style hmmm, I take pictures of scenes I like, is that a style.
Just watched a Scott Kelby episode. I wish you'd mentioned this programme sooner it is just the thing a photographer required,but was afraid to ask for!
I just bought the sony 200-600 and took an amazing photo of a deer in Copenhagen and got it printet in 40x30 cm. Im so proud of it. Ofc you should get ur own pics printet if ur proud of it :)
Mads, apart from damage from drops etc... Ransomware, fire, etc. Even cloud storage can now fall victim to ransomware so make sure to have a good offline backup of everything, preferably stored offsite or in a good firesafe. As well as the daily and weekly automatic online backups I rotate 3 drives on a monthly basis.
You channel helped inspire me to get into the hobby again. Thank you so much for that. Tusinde tak for at inspirere mig til at få startet på denne fantastiske hobby igen 🙏❤📸
@@MadsPeterIversen Looking foreword to it, and to discussing the more salient features of these 2 videos with you in person in the Faroe Islands (in just 2 weeks)...
If I had photographs half as good as the ones you showed, I would definitely have them up on my walls. All of them. Even the bathroom. Perhaps even the attic and basement too.
I am not a beginner, but a long-time hobbyist. I very much enjoyed this excellent video. I cannot understate how important it is to watch “real” landscape photographers. You and Niles were the first ones I started watching, and my first one was your video on photographing comet Neowise. Ive since then found a few additional ones, but few are from the U.S., many are UA-camrs first, unfortunately. I am from PA. I am now seeing critique videos and really, really, love them. Thanks for sharing your talent and enthusiasm.
If you aren't already following them, you may want to check out these North American photographers: Michael Shainblum (CA) Adam Gibbs (British Columbia) Nick Page (WA) Gavin Hardcastle (Nova Scotia) Joshua Cripps (CA, Eastern Sierra) Ben Horne (8x10 film, CA, Zion)
I'm also from Pennsylvania! I don't stick to one genre, but do shoot some landscape. Often it's from a trail or local hiking areas in the Lehigh Valley. I love to hike the Appalachian Trail and shoot images from there. We also have some wonderful rural/agricultural scenery to shoot. Another U.S. photographer beyond the list by @19958zed is JerredZ. He's a former teacher who shoots in the midwest. Keith Dotson is another midwest photographer who primarily shoots black and white. Keith recently did a series from a trip to the northwest U.S. Besides landscape, he loves to shoot rural areas in decay and abandoned areas. Cool stuff!!
6:45 I consider hanging my own photos integral to my process. It's the final test to see if it's any good, that you can live with it long term. As an example, look at Nick Carver having to resort to taking a saw to one of his prints in a recent video. On the other hand I've known other artists with a rather unhealthy Pygmalion-like relationship with their own art, that might have been what the Twitter guy was referring to. But I'd say that's pretty rare. Maybe he was projecting?
That medium format person, lol. I feel you. I’ve encountered a UA-camr who is also portrait photographer claiming full frame is the best for shooting portrait and all beginners should only consider buying into full frame system. I was super shocked, and unsubscribed him right away.
And never leave your tripod on a beach haha, sorry I just watched Tom's video and yes, Mads and Tom working together on a shoot, sooooo looking forward to your video next week
Keeping gear small is a great tip - If you get hefty gear you will avoid taking things with you after a while. APS-C, 16-50mm and a travel tripod is more than enough to get your started.
These are very good advices. You reminded me I need to put my pictures in cloud. Also thank you for telling about Scott Kelby Grid. I didn't know about that. Greetings.
If you shoot raw with a high resolution camera and have trouble throwing stuff away, cloud storage rapidly becomes expensive. A NAS is great if you can afford one. I have a Synology NAS arranged as a raid 5. It takes frequent snapshots. The Raid 5 protects against hardware failures, the snapshots protect against me. A further back-up is advised. I have an off-line back-up which I am hoping will protect against ransomware. I can't afford to backup everything to the cloud, but I do backup just my best images, these defined by a star rating. I use Lightroom. This will allow for catalogue exports by any criteria you like. Select just 4-star images, for example, export the catalogue, and sync the exported catalogue with the cloud. Not ideal, as this is a manual operation. (I haven't done this in quite some while. Uh-uh!) A different and perhaps better approach would be to store the images you really care about in a separate directory structure that is sync'ed with the cloud. This might work if you retain all you edits in side-car files. Does anyone have a better cloud backup strategy for selected images that is automatic?
Brilliant video such perfect advice not just for beginnners. The backups one so important external storage and cloud options so much cheaper nowadays you will not regret doing it.
i went back an Looked at my Photos i saved. Noticed i took a Lot of Wildlife and Sunsets/ landscapes. Now i am upgrading camera for that style. Should help me a little improve well make it easier.. :) . Thank You
Great video. Don’t chase a style- is great advice. I find myself leaning toward being a generalist. I like the variety and that’s okay. File structure - still struggling with that one.
Good vidoe & I like the part where you said it is rubbish that you have to have a medium format camera for landscape photography. I've seen photos from m43 cameras that I couldn't tell if it was that sensor or a larger sensor !!!
Thank you for this nice and clear video. I would like to add one comment: I recommend to place the second external harddisk as a back-up of your photos (and other private documents) outside of your house or apartment at a trustable place (for example, a safe-deposit box at your bank, the house of your parents or other family members, etc.). In the case that you would fall victim to housebreakers, they may steal your computer as well as your harddisks, and you would loose all your work. Fortunately, this did not happen to me, but it happend to other people. The same applies to a fire in your house or apartment. Do not believe that this could happen only to other people.
Your advice on file system layout is about the same as what I have always done (albeit as a hobbyist). It's nice to hear someone else does it. I run into so many people who let their DAM / raw software take care of that. Well... that's OK to an extent (and certainly take advantage of whatever it can do) but what happens when you change software, when your software no longer exists / works, etc. How do you find anything then? A good system is software-agnostic.
I very much agree with your comment about gear and negative comments. I have been doing photography for fun, for a long time. I once posted a comment about a video I watch, and noted that I was using an entry level Canon T7i. I know it is not a great camera, but I am currently happy with the results I am getting. Unfortunately I received several comments suggesting I should just use my phone as it would produce better pictures. At first I was a bit offended, but quickly realized that they are wrong. As you have stated many times in this video, and others, "do what works for you". Another awesome video. Really enjoy your channel.
I’m a hobbyist landscape photographer, I’d add to the list the luck and dedication factors. One has to make an effort to be at location at the right time but sometimes it happens by luck. Pro’s end up throwing away 100s of photos to get one that’s good.
Some good advice here. I don't shoot much like you, but that's why i like to watch your videos. It's the positivity in your approach and occasionally, i'm still taking mental notes when i see a good idea, or even a piece of gear you're using. Which brings me to an actual question: What tripod are you taking on your long hikes? I'm using a Gitzo Mountaineer GT2542 and at my half a century of age, it's just getting a bit too much. My back craves something lighter! (the Acratech ballhead i paired it with is an absolute joy, though) Onwards and upwards, Mr Iverson. Have a great year.
There are photographers whose style of work is appealing, but for me it is also about their practical perspectives, common sense and overall attitude toward their craft. I sincerely appreciate how you approach your work, Mads, and it definitely shows in the results.
1 cannot be overstated enough. It took me hours to find files because I had too many folders "Bullshit sunset" or " Good but not good forest". I now separate them by shoot with dates, and titles, and I have separate folders for RAW files and edits. I wish I did that a long time ago because I have 2TB of meh photos of when I was new but I won't be finding them any time soon LOL.
Definitely file structure is a must and as it happens just spent the last 8 days moving all my work onto Backblaze as I was running out of cloud storage. One other thing I have done is to keep all my images on an external SSD with a continuous back up to another external drive. This means when I don’t have to worry about running out of space on my computer or have issues when i have to replace my computer in the future as I upgrade my external hard drive or use another hard drive for storage when the time comes. Definitely agree with your other points too Mads and I must be weird as well 😉
Hi Mads. I had the pleasure of joining you on a Iceland photo tour back in Nov 2019. There’s some great advice here. I’ve been struggling with some inspiration since I’ve relocated. Ever since I got back from Iceland, nothing seems as epic haha. Hope all is well. Keep up the good work.
Ha! I know how it feels not being able to shoot in Iceland. Just go there enough and you'll start to appreciate other places 😊 All good thanks! Way too busy, but it's all fine ☺️
Great, great video Mads, there are so many options/topics you have considered here. Each to their own and who we respect is paramount - thank you! PS - love your work
Mads, Such a wonderfully informative video. In just a few minutes I have learned or been introduced to many "Best practices" & for that I thank you. I love the way you present topics with your easy to understand manner. I'm able to follow along & visualize your points that you are conveying to your viewers. I learn something form each of your videos & enjoy your photo channel. Thank you.
Best practice 5 comes to mind for me. I have an Olympus OMD EM5 mk2 that I use for landscape photography due to the lightness and compact of the system. I use a 14mm, 42mm and 14-200mm lenses. All fit into a small pack with three spare batteries and a tripod. 16MP sensor with the capability to use pixel shift and give me 41MP for more detail.
Great video Mads. BP4 especially. Social media can be rough and engaging in negative speech only spirals downward. BP9 is big for me. I live in a very uninspiring part of the world but I have found ways to make the best of what I have. My composition has gotten better with this mindset. Thanks for a great video.
What a great and helpful video Mads. You covered a lot of ground and provided so many references for us to check out for more information. Thanks for sharing. I have Kelby One but I have not watched the critique videos, I appreciate you pointing this out.
Great advice! I also liked very much your recommendation on watching Scott Kilby's critiques. The portfolio of episode 223 (your playlist link) at 20:08 of the grid critique... that guy must have been a genius back in 2015! Kudos... from one of the best in the business.
Well, it's fun to be weird!!! Nice list of tips. To me, editing is the most daunting for several reasons. First, the software isn't cheap. I currently use only the free version of Capture One because it's free. But, I have come to like it and will probably move up some day to a paid version. Then, there are all of the skills I see pros using. Seems overwhelming. Anyway, thanks for you thoughts, have a great weekend. It's raining here in Pennsylvania unfortunately. But, on the bright side it's been a mild winter and only 32 days until spring!!
Love the link to the critic chanel! I'm actually looking to find a place to have honest and helpfull critic from a community but can not find one. Also I looked the first vide of the playlist and I was like but that is a Mads' photo there, Am I correct in assuming that you are in the critic video?
You put a lot of thought into these best practices, Mads! Very thorough and informative. As you say, many of these are for the beginner but for intermediate and advanced, there are some good 'wakeup calls' or reminders. Every photographer should watch this video. Well done.
Great advice and top notch UA-cam content as always, Mads. You and Nigel has become my go-to channels to watch when I have diner alone. I'm an aspiring landscape photographer with many years in the amateur field, and I think one big advise is: get out in the great outdoors, instead sitting in front of the computer watching youtubes 🤣 Making it a regular schedule, like once a week no matter the weather conditions - your one hour Lake District video showed that in a hailstorm it's possible to create outstanding images...
Great tips and video... even for those who have been creating photos for a while. All practice tips were perfect. I especially liked the organization folder structure and and positive take on comments on social media (and also the style tip). Thank you for your suggestions and wonderful photography.
"Learning from the right people". Thats probably why I subbed to your channel. (Also Nick and Thomas, and Nigel),
You always hit the center of the point. I am from Germany and live now in the US. I see a big mistake here in the US. Beginners show the photo to others and ask how you like it? You will always hear... nice or I like it. Most the time is not the truth, but nobody like to hit your feelings, The bad.... people go the wrong way in photography. I ask . " what you don't like or what you think should be better" ? People looked me something is wrong. Nobody can hit my feelings. Tell me what is not so good, I can work on it. Thank you for your channel.
If this was interactive video you would have seen me nodding throughout the entirety. Observe many photographers whose styles you appreciate grab tidbits from each then go be you…ie develop your own style. I’m right with you watching The Grid critiques too. And most important is stay away from whiners and complainers getting caught up in their misery isn’t going to do one positive thing for your life. 👏👏🤩🤩😍😍 Always great content here thank you and keep up the great work.
"...and if you can't say anything that's nice, just don't talk at all that's my advice." From a Billie Holliday song...I think! Always enjoy your videos... Thanks 😀
As for backups it is VERY important to have them in different physical locations. If you store your external drives and your NAS in your house a simple house fire or natural disaster can wipe all your hard work at once.
Absolutely love your positivity! Great video as always! Thank you.
Hej, Mads. I'm not a professional photographer. And not only a landscape shooter. But I do fully agree with all of your comments. And I may say that they can be taken into consideration regarding ANY kind of photography. All the best
Great advice, I would agree with every single point you've made! Especially the one to not engage with trolls!
Thanks, Mads! I always appreciate your help.
Thank you so much, Bob! 🙏
Well said, so many people out there that jump the gun eg keyboard cowboys. I do quite a bit of macro and have put up the plans of two of my designs, someone today has made derogatory comments about some of the designs on the site ! Each to his own. The way you present your Landscape Videos makes us look and think about what we are trying to capture, noone is perfect and we all have our off days but in the end its about getting out and enjoying what you do with what ever gear you have. Cheers from New Zealand
Great best practices. So worth it. I have to also be counted in the "I have my own photos on the wall" weird mob.
Clear and to-the-point information. Good stuff.
Loved the Grid Mads…….Some familiar pictures and great feedback from Mr Kelby 😂
Great tips. Especially important to have a backup in a different location - cloud or another location. I read about someone who had everything in their home and it burnt down and they lost everything.
Great Advice as always. Mads! I think the two points that I really resonate with are...watch videos of photographer who's work you admire and please learn how to edit your photos. I iknow some pretty good amateur photographers who understand composition but do not edit or "properly" edit their photos. Editing photos properly can really elevate your work!
Excellent video. Plain good advice and common sense. So refreshing🙂
Thanks for sharing, Hiking and photography often means you either have a strong back or need to compromise. I have a full frame camera myself and therefore often choose just my standard 24-105 lens or add the 100-400 to that. If I need wider than 24mm I probably can do with a multi-row panorama of try to re-compose. If you add the weight of a drone, tripod, spare batteries, (rain-)clothing, drinks and food then that's sufficient to carry...
Omg! I am not on social media thank heavens but it blew my mind when you said about the twitter thing re being weird if you put your own photos on the wall! Gees, I’m definitely as weird as you, if not more so, as my walls are covered! And I love it!! Lol! Enjoy! Cheers from Australia
Brilliant video Peter, I've been a beginner since the '70s at 69 I still am , always learning, style hmmm, I take pictures of scenes I like, is that a style.
So many great tips..... and social media advice for your general life. ☺️
Just watched a Scott Kelby episode. I wish you'd mentioned this programme sooner it is just the thing a photographer required,but was afraid to ask for!
Thanx Mads! All the best to you!
I just bought the sony 200-600 and took an amazing photo of a deer in Copenhagen and got it printet in 40x30 cm. Im so proud of it.
Ofc you should get ur own pics printet if ur proud of it :)
Mads, apart from damage from drops etc... Ransomware, fire, etc. Even cloud storage can now fall victim to ransomware so make sure to have a good offline backup of everything, preferably stored offsite or in a good firesafe. As well as the daily and weekly automatic online backups I rotate 3 drives on a monthly basis.
You are Top Dog.. great advice and tips. Thanks Mads
You channel helped inspire me to get into the hobby again. Thank you so much for that.
Tusinde tak for at inspirere mig til at få startet på denne fantastiske hobby igen 🙏❤📸
Great anatomy of best practices!
These are all very good advices Mads, thanks a lot !🙂👃
Thanks
As usual, very insightful and informative.
And your sense of humor is also greatly appreciated
Thank you, Daniel! If you enjoy this, this week's video will be even better ☺️
@@MadsPeterIversen Looking foreword to it, and to discussing the more salient features of these 2 videos with you in person in the Faroe Islands (in just 2 weeks)...
If I had photographs half as good as the ones you showed, I would definitely have them up on my walls. All of them. Even the bathroom. Perhaps even the attic and basement too.
Great tips Mads, thank you.
Such great information Mads🙏
Great video and I agree with everything you said. Well done 👌🏼
I am not a beginner, but a long-time hobbyist. I very much enjoyed this excellent video. I cannot understate how important it is to watch “real” landscape photographers. You and Niles were the first ones I started watching, and my first one was your video on photographing comet Neowise. Ive since then found a few additional ones, but few are from the U.S., many are UA-camrs first, unfortunately. I am from PA. I am now seeing critique videos and really, really, love them. Thanks for sharing your talent and enthusiasm.
If you aren't already following them, you may want to check out these North American photographers:
Michael Shainblum (CA)
Adam Gibbs (British Columbia)
Nick Page (WA)
Gavin Hardcastle (Nova Scotia)
Joshua Cripps (CA, Eastern Sierra)
Ben Horne (8x10 film, CA, Zion)
@@1958zed Thank you much. I do follow all of the above except Joshua Cripps as I have not heard of him but will check his videos.
I'm also from Pennsylvania! I don't stick to one genre, but do shoot some landscape. Often it's from a trail or local hiking areas in the Lehigh Valley. I love to hike the Appalachian Trail and shoot images from there. We also have some wonderful rural/agricultural scenery to shoot. Another U.S. photographer beyond the list by @19958zed is JerredZ. He's a former teacher who shoots in the midwest. Keith Dotson is another midwest photographer who primarily shoots black and white. Keith recently did a series from a trip to the northwest U.S. Besides landscape, he loves to shoot rural areas in decay and abandoned areas. Cool stuff!!
6:45 I consider hanging my own photos integral to my process. It's the final test to see if it's any good, that you can live with it long term. As an example, look at Nick Carver having to resort to taking a saw to one of his prints in a recent video.
On the other hand I've known other artists with a rather unhealthy Pygmalion-like relationship with their own art, that might have been what the Twitter guy was referring to. But I'd say that's pretty rare. Maybe he was projecting?
Hmmm... wouldnt be your photos in that episode you sent a link for would it Mads? 🤔😄
Thanks for the tips... 😃👍
Super video and great advice. Your videos are full of great images and good advice.
Wise words...great advice!!!
That medium format person, lol. I feel you. I’ve encountered a UA-camr who is also portrait photographer claiming full frame is the best for shooting portrait and all beginners should only consider buying into full frame system. I was super shocked, and unsubscribed him right away.
And never leave your tripod on a beach haha, sorry I just watched Tom's video and yes, Mads and Tom working together on a shoot, sooooo looking forward to your video next week
So cool to see you in Heatons video tonight. And very wise words spoken in this video Mads.
Keeping gear small is a great tip - If you get hefty gear you will avoid taking things with you after a while. APS-C, 16-50mm and a travel tripod is more than enough to get your started.
These are very good advices. You reminded me I need to put my pictures in cloud. Also thank you for telling about Scott Kelby Grid. I didn't know about that.
Greetings.
Good stuff - thanks Mads!
Thank you for this Video. I Like your Style.
If you shoot raw with a high resolution camera and have trouble throwing stuff away, cloud storage rapidly becomes expensive. A NAS is great if you can afford one. I have a Synology NAS arranged as a raid 5. It takes frequent snapshots. The Raid 5 protects against hardware failures, the snapshots protect against me. A further back-up is advised. I have an off-line back-up which I am hoping will protect against ransomware. I can't afford to backup everything to the cloud, but I do backup just my best images, these defined by a star rating. I use Lightroom. This will allow for catalogue exports by any criteria you like. Select just 4-star images, for example, export the catalogue, and sync the exported catalogue with the cloud. Not ideal, as this is a manual operation. (I haven't done this in quite some while. Uh-uh!)
A different and perhaps better approach would be to store the images you really care about in a separate directory structure that is sync'ed with the cloud. This might work if you retain all you edits in side-car files.
Does anyone have a better cloud backup strategy for selected images that is automatic?
Brilliant video such perfect advice not just for beginnners. The backups one so important external storage and cloud options so much cheaper nowadays you will not regret doing it.
i went back an Looked at my Photos i saved. Noticed i took a Lot of Wildlife and Sunsets/ landscapes. Now i am upgrading camera for that style. Should help me a little improve well make it easier.. :) . Thank You
Great words! Thanks! I suck, but keep trying to get better, especially with LR so when I retire in a few years I can really get to it.
I'll never get used to seeing you without a hat.
Great video. Don’t chase a style- is great advice. I find myself leaning toward being a generalist. I like the variety and that’s okay. File structure - still struggling with that one.
Great advice Mads. I'm so excited about the Lanzarote video next week. Can't wait to see what you found out there 👌
Loved the video Mads
Great advice, thanks mate.
Good vidoe & I like the part where you said it is rubbish that you have to have a medium format camera for landscape photography. I've seen photos from m43 cameras that I couldn't tell if it was that sensor or a larger sensor !!!
Thank you for this nice and clear video. I would like to add one comment: I recommend to place the second external harddisk as a back-up of your photos (and other private documents) outside of your house or apartment at a trustable place (for example, a safe-deposit box at your bank, the house of your parents or other family members, etc.). In the case that you would fall victim to housebreakers, they may steal your computer as well as your harddisks, and you would loose all your work. Fortunately, this did not happen to me, but it happend to other people. The same applies to a fire in your house or apartment. Do not believe that this could happen only to other people.
Great advice Mads, one never stops learning 👌
Many great tips and not the standard, obvious tips!
Great video.
Your advice on file system layout is about the same as what I have always done (albeit as a hobbyist). It's nice to hear someone else does it. I run into so many people who let their DAM / raw software take care of that. Well... that's OK to an extent (and certainly take advantage of whatever it can do) but what happens when you change software, when your software no longer exists / works, etc. How do you find anything then? A good system is software-agnostic.
Great video as always. There is no problem spending hours watching your channel, perfect with the weather being, well not fantastic, at the moment.
Hey Mads, really a valuable video. Indeed I learned some new things!
And I laughed about the term middle management photographers. Good one 😀
Haha awesome, thanks! And that term I got from Sean Tucker, full credit to him ;)
I very much agree with your comment about gear and negative comments. I have been doing photography for fun, for a long time. I once posted a comment about a video I watch, and noted that I was using an entry level Canon T7i. I know it is not a great camera, but I am currently happy with the results I am getting. Unfortunately I received several comments suggesting I should just use my phone as it would produce better pictures. At first I was a bit offended, but quickly realized that they are wrong. As you have stated many times in this video, and others, "do what works for you". Another awesome video. Really enjoy your channel.
Great advice! Especially the file structure. I wish I had listened the first time I heard that advice. 😢
Good Video and actually a few points you can also use in UA-cam daily life
Great video as usual, Mads, and good advice too! Always enjoy your upbeat and enthusiastic approach!
Thanks for your truly remarkable insight. Your work and opinions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks for these great tips and advice. Well done!
Wolfgang
Thank you
I’m a hobbyist landscape photographer, I’d add to the list the luck and dedication factors. One has to make an effort to be at location at the right time but sometimes it happens by luck. Pro’s end up throwing away 100s of photos to get one that’s good.
Some good advice here. I don't shoot much like you, but that's why i like to watch your videos. It's the positivity in your approach and occasionally, i'm still taking mental notes when i see a good idea, or even a piece of gear you're using.
Which brings me to an actual question: What tripod are you taking on your long hikes? I'm using a Gitzo Mountaineer GT2542 and at my half a century of age, it's just getting a bit too much. My back craves something lighter! (the Acratech ballhead i paired it with is an absolute joy, though)
Onwards and upwards, Mr Iverson. Have a great year.
Thanks a lot! :)
I still use my trusty Benro travel angel :)
There are photographers whose style of work is appealing, but for me it is also about their practical perspectives, common sense and overall attitude toward their craft. I sincerely appreciate how you approach your work, Mads, and it definitely shows in the results.
I'm with Kerry Grim's comment. I'm also a hobbyist and enjoy the subject. I'm with you on all your comment in this video.... thanks
Regarding conflicts.... undisclosed sky replacement absolutely is a hill I'm going to die on!
Thank you Mads: very well done. I am just a hobby shooter, but it's folks like you that i can learn from. Keep the videos comming.
1 cannot be overstated enough. It took me hours to find files because I had too many folders "Bullshit sunset" or " Good but not good forest".
I now separate them by shoot with dates, and titles, and I have separate folders for RAW files and edits. I wish I did that a long time ago because I have 2TB of meh photos of when I was new but I won't be finding them any time soon LOL.
Definitely file structure is a must and as it happens just spent the last 8 days moving all my work onto Backblaze as I was running out of cloud storage. One other thing I have done is to keep all my images on an external SSD with a continuous back up to another external drive. This means when I don’t have to worry about running out of space on my computer or have issues when i have to replace my computer in the future as I upgrade my external hard drive or use another hard drive for storage when the time comes. Definitely agree with your other points too Mads and I must be weird as well 😉
Excellent video. Great advice and direction. Thanks so much for passion and willingness to help and mentor others.
Really good video for beginners to amateur photographer who are getting serious about upgrading their landscape photography.
"Oh, this guy is good" - "This is obviously a very talented photographer" 😀
Thank you Mads - some really great advice and tips on best practice in so many areas. And your own images are magnificent.
Thank you so much, Clive! 🙏
I like it when you say: "photokraphy" (:
Awesome tips, loved it and many thanks for such a good summary!
Great info for all photographers. Do you have a workflow training series?
Hi Mads. I had the pleasure of joining you on a Iceland photo tour back in Nov 2019. There’s some great advice here. I’ve been struggling with some inspiration since I’ve relocated. Ever since I got back from Iceland, nothing seems as epic haha.
Hope all is well. Keep up the good work.
Ha! I know how it feels not being able to shoot in Iceland. Just go there enough and you'll start to appreciate other places 😊
All good thanks! Way too busy, but it's all fine ☺️
Great, great video Mads, there are so many options/topics you have considered here. Each to their own and who we respect is paramount - thank you!
PS - love your work
I have a mix of art and photos on my walls. All the photos are ones I have taken. I guess I'm weird too 😁
Mads, Such a wonderfully informative video. In just a few minutes I have learned or been introduced to many "Best practices" & for that I thank you. I love the way you present topics with your easy to understand manner. I'm able to follow along & visualize your points that you are conveying to your viewers. I learn something form each of your videos & enjoy your photo channel. Thank you.
Best practice 5 comes to mind for me. I have an Olympus OMD EM5 mk2 that I use for landscape photography due to the lightness and compact of the system. I use a 14mm, 42mm and 14-200mm lenses. All fit into a small pack with three spare batteries and a tripod. 16MP sensor with the capability to use pixel shift and give me 41MP for more detail.
Great video Mads. BP4 especially. Social media can be rough and engaging in negative speech only spirals downward. BP9 is big for me. I live in a very uninspiring part of the world but I have found ways to make the best of what I have. My composition has gotten better with this mindset. Thanks for a great video.
Great advice
What a great and helpful video Mads. You covered a lot of ground and provided so many references for us to check out for more information. Thanks for sharing. I have Kelby One but I have not watched the critique videos, I appreciate you pointing this out.
Great advice! I also liked very much your recommendation on watching Scott Kilby's critiques. The portfolio of episode 223 (your playlist link) at 20:08 of the grid critique... that guy must have been a genius back in 2015! Kudos... from one of the best in the business.
Well, it's fun to be weird!!! Nice list of tips. To me, editing is the most daunting for several reasons. First, the software isn't cheap. I currently use only the free version of Capture One because it's free. But, I have come to like it and will probably move up some day to a paid version. Then, there are all of the skills I see pros using. Seems overwhelming. Anyway, thanks for you thoughts, have a great weekend. It's raining here in Pennsylvania unfortunately. But, on the bright side it's been a mild winter and only 32 days until spring!!
Cheers Mads
Love the link to the critic chanel! I'm actually looking to find a place to have honest and helpfull critic from a community but can not find one. Also I looked the first vide of the playlist and I was like but that is a Mads' photo there, Am I correct in assuming that you are in the critic video?
You put a lot of thought into these best practices, Mads! Very thorough and informative. As you say, many of these are for the beginner but for intermediate and advanced, there are some good 'wakeup calls' or reminders. Every photographer should watch this video. Well done.
Great advice as always Mads! Thank you for all your work and teaching. It is greatly appreciated.
Great advice and top notch UA-cam content as always, Mads. You and Nigel has become my go-to channels to watch when I have diner alone. I'm an aspiring landscape photographer with many years in the amateur field, and I think one big advise is: get out in the great outdoors, instead sitting in front of the computer watching youtubes 🤣 Making it a regular schedule, like once a week no matter the weather conditions - your one hour Lake District video showed that in a hailstorm it's possible to create outstanding images...
Great tips and video... even for those who have been creating photos for a while. All practice tips were perfect. I especially liked the organization folder structure and and positive take on comments on social media (and also the style tip). Thank you for your suggestions and wonderful photography.