I think this format works better as a teaching aid then explaining a composition setup while looking at the back of a camera. Showing the raw vs edited versions of an image is very helpful also. I would welcome more of this type of video. Keep up the good work Adam.
The interesting and inspiring part is the way you judge the light exposure in the RAW file as leading part in post processing. Combined with your way of adjusting the contrast of colors makes this video a “painter’s” class for photographers!
Love composition talks! Everyone has their own ways and learning from you and your fellow photographers is helpful to some of us putting together our own compositions. I'm sure its nice to take a break from vlogging every single minute of your photo shoots. So yes, absolutely, more of the same. You have such a vast body of work, you could show several of your images in many of these type of videos, and we'd never get bored. 😁 Thanks Adam!
Enjoyed this video on composition in a kind of 'behind the screen' way. These videos are surely welcome. I'm always eager to learn how you and your colleagues make their choices on compositions, in the field or at home. When in a landscape I'm mostly distracted by my surroundings and afterwards behind the screen I get to ideas or see that what I got looks better then expected. I tend to play with color saturation, like shifting it a little towards black/white. Or end up black/white.
I also liked the format. It was nice to have a discussion of the composition and then toggle between the raw and processed file. I found myself guessing how the final image would look.
Thank you Adam. Including videos like this one makes your channel so much more interesting, “ whole” if you like. Illustration of thoughts and process of creating an image shows us that you’re first & foremost a photographer not just a vlogger.
I could listen to you talk about your photographs forever! I love the glimpse into your back catalog of photographs as well. And as always the final edit compared to the raw is always so helpful.
I really enjoyed it. It is so good to see what you can do with “dull” light during the day. For me I’d loved to see some more photos about editing. Very interesting to see. Thanx and have a great day
I’ve learned so much from you Adam! Can’t thank you enough. I never had an interest in gardens, but after watching your videos, I started photographing public gardens in the Seattle area to practice the principles you teach. It’s really helped improve my photography.
You have well illustrated that producing a great image is not just pointing and shooting. It involves before and after analysis and work. Attention must be given to: tools and elements, personal stamp on intimate scenes, dark, light, texture, patterns, brightening, warming, avoiding overlapping and a host of other considerations. Thank you Adam for helping us to see the light.
Now this is what I’m looking for. Someone who shares the setting for shutter speed, aperture and ISO for every shot. Thanks for sharing this with us, Adam!
While the settings are most likely going to be different for every photo, for some odd reason I like seeing them also & knowing gear was used. Including things like polarizer, ND, etc. Don't know why, just do. Maybe it makes the vid seem a more complete presentation.
Beautifully well done ! I am happy to see both raw file and the finished image.With all added information about the exposure. I usually hate long videos,but this tutorial I find just about perfect in every aspect. Almost finding it too short 👍😁 Great great images!!
Enjoyed the format of this video for a change and would like to see additional videos when you go into detail regarding your thought processes and editing techniques. Thanks.
EXACTLY spot on! Every little tip is something that can help my photography get better! I thoroughly enjoy these tutorial type videos. As a neophyte its so tough to find anyone willing to even offer THIS much but these types of videos from you are giving methings to think about coming into the spring time. Great job Adam!!! I hope you will continue to do these.
Thanks Adam. I think you read my mind, or maybe Google did? I was thinking I want to look for a video about composition for inspiration, so I turned on my phone, went on UA-cam and your video was the first thing to pop up. I recognize most of your images from watching past Quiet Light videos. I actually quite like the busy aspen image because I like aspen groves and I think the way you arranged the foreground aspens separate them well enough. It almost has an abstract quality that is yes, busy but not displeasing.
Thanks Adam, I found this really helpful. It’s so useful to have anecdotal information behind the “rules” like the foreground/background relationship, I’ll definitely make use of that. Also really love the before and after comparisons, I can think of a few of mine that I might revisit. Cheers Barry
Always enjoy your videos , and really loved how you talked about 'spending too much time thinking about your composition that you lose that spontaneity'. So true with many aspects of trying to improve - we can forget why we're really out there - I'll stop rambling now and just say thank you for the reminder, and always being so generous with your sharing.
Great video always nice to learn about composition! Best tip what I have learned from you is separation of subjects. Really helps with making clearer compositions.
Thanks for the video. It really helps me to hear you talk about the thought process behind the shot -- what was important when you were taking the photo and how those decisions play out in editing. It gives me confidence that I'm at least starting to think the right way about my compositions. I would enjoy more of this type of video, but I appreciate anything you offer.
I find this format helpful in providing a guidance for photographs that work compositionally. The information on analyzing the light is also helpful. I would like to learn about your dodge and burn technique. Perhaps a video on processing the photograph at 22:42. Thanks.
Adam, specifically referring to the "failure" image (your term) - the one of the group of aspens. The reason you gave of it failing for you was the cluttered background. I notice you tend to use your lenses quite closed down - would this shot have been less busy had you opened the lens up to say f5.6 and thereby effectively blurred the background?
Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it very much. These are techniques I might be able to use in the "not so interesting" north Texas landscape. It's an inspiration for me.
Great video and tips for compositions Adam. I have absolutelsy learned a thing and two in this viodeo and one of the things are the temperature of the colors. I have never thought that way :) Thanks :) I would love to see more of this kind of videos whenever you have the time. Great work once again :)
Wonderful vid Adam, and I for one am always looking for details in how the photographer came to the composition. Thanks for all the explanations on the images...
An interesting and informative video thanks Adam. Your comment re processing an image and then looking at it again a few days later I can relate to as I've found similar over the years.
Really enjoyed this, especially seeing some of your older images that I have not seen before. Such a great way of hammering home your message of Quiet Light. More please!
Like the format and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from you Adam. Separate, separate and separate. Easy to remember in the field and certainly makes a big difference.
Adam, more like this, please. It is so helpful to listen to your explanation of the compositional elements of a photo. You might also consider doing a complete edit from raw to finished image explaining your purpose in each step. Well done!
A great collection of tips. Remembering all of them...that will take me awhile. I will be watching this video a few more times toward that end. Thanks Adam.
Thanks Adam, wonderful & refreshing to hear your thoughts on composition like this - very informative in critiquing your own images to show what does & doesn’t work. (…..and not a single mention of the “rule” of thirds 👍😀) Would love to have some more videos along these lines - thanks for putting this together, much appreciated. All the best. Geoff.
Great video Adam. It was so clear and easy to understand. Now just the problem of trying to follow your advice on my trip to Tuscany coming up shortly.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't want certain elements touching each other. I also eventually learned that elements that just barely touch each other can create an "eye trap," a graphic artist term.
I found this video very helpful and worthwhile. I do think the in the field vlogs are more entertaining but the lessons taught here are much appreciated. Cheers-
I really enjoyed this video and listening to your compositional thoughts, rationale and choices. Making sense of chaotic landscapes is difficult. I never remember the "rules" or "the seven steps to successful landscape photography" when I am in the field, so your careful approach to each of the elements, guided by what is important to you and what appeals you in a scene made so much sense to me. I felt learned a lot. So much so, that I will likely watch this video several times. Thank you. I would love to see more of this type of video.
Thanks Adam, this is definitely my favourite vlog of yours by far... and probably my favourite UA-cam video of the month! You really have a good eye for a great composition! How about doing a video on cropping and aspect ratios? I love to hear your opinions on those.
I enjoy and appreciate hearing your thought process for editing and composition. I have finally learned to pay attention to the edges and overlapping parts of the composition -- most of the time -- thanks to you mentioning it in the past. I think this sort of video would be great in a nice dark pub with a nice frothy pint and a fireplace with crackling logs. Maybe food for thought. Cheers!
Love this one, your in camera work is always amazing, and covering you main points in one video much appreciated. I have learned half of what I know from your channel. Thank you so very much
Adam, I really loved this video. Extremely useful information. The last image of the rose hips is one on my favorites as well. So much so, I bought that print and have it hanging in my home. Thanks!
I very much enjoy the thought process you go through in your composition set up and your analysis post processing. Would enjoy more of this content. Thanks
I really liked this video Adam, I agree with others that this presentation is cleaner than explaining the composition in the field, but I also like your short explanations in the field. I guess I am wishy washy. Thanks for producing the videos.
Adam, very much enjoyed the training about composition and related foreground inclusion, along with your insight regarding subject separation with images. Would definitely like to see more about composition in future training vlogs. All the best.
Thank you for sharing your insights in this format. I particularly enjoyed your insights on the images from last week’s vlog. A vlog from the field followed with a vlog of your insights on your composition and post processing would always be interesting to me. Based on the comments I’ve read your followers seem to agree👍👍👍👍
Thank you for sharing this video. I think that the composition is the hardest part to master with photography. Everyone can learn all the technical skills, just like one would learn something else, like physics or math, but it is with composition where the creative process happens, in my oppinion. This insight into the way you are composing images and what you are looking for while doing it is very interesting and helpful.
Composition analysis is always fun, even if one doesn't take photos in the same style it's super beneficial to absorb the concepts because it only helps one grow. Even better when the analysis comes straight from the photographer's mouth!
Thank you very much for this video. It was really interesting to see what the raw file and the final image looked like. And sharing your ideas on what you are looking for in a composition really helps. What I learned was many people can take pictures and become experts at using a camera but it takes an artist to create an image that has all the right stuff. And some of that also involves going back again and again and some luck.
Very Helpful Adam, great examples. I’ve been struggling with mist and sky’s so it was interesting to see how you handled them in a couple of these. The tip about blue/cool as receding, in particular.
Awesome video. I really enjoyed hearing the analysis and thinking about compositions with what works and doesn't work. I'd like to see more like this. Very helpful!
Hi Adam, don't know if you remember me, we met at the Outsiders Conference in Kanab a couple of months ago. I wanted to ask you about having a subject/focal point in the type of photography you prefer, more intimate scenes. You alway hear about asking yourself what is it you are taking a picture of before pushing the shutter. When you choose your composition, do you think about a subject/focal point as you normally do when photographing a big vista, or do you consider everything in your frame and how it all comes together without having a specific subject?
I think this format works better as a teaching aid then explaining a composition setup while looking at the back of a camera. Showing the raw vs edited versions of an image is very helpful also. I would welcome more of this type of video. Keep up the good work Adam.
I really enjoyed seeing your older garden photos. Very motivating for me.
The interesting and inspiring part is the way you judge the light exposure in the RAW file as leading part in post processing.
Combined with your way of adjusting the contrast of colors makes this video a “painter’s” class for photographers!
Love composition talks! Everyone has their own ways and learning from you and your fellow photographers is helpful to some of us putting together our own compositions.
I'm sure its nice to take a break from vlogging every single minute of your photo shoots. So yes, absolutely, more of the same. You have such a vast body of work, you could show several of your images in many of these type of videos, and we'd never get bored. 😁 Thanks Adam!
I appreciate that!
Enjoyed this video on composition in a kind of 'behind the screen' way.
These videos are surely welcome.
I'm always eager to learn how you and your colleagues make their choices on compositions, in the field or at home.
When in a landscape I'm mostly distracted by my surroundings and afterwards behind the screen I get to ideas or see that what I got looks better then expected.
I tend to play with color saturation, like shifting it a little towards black/white. Or end up black/white.
I also liked the format. It was nice to have a discussion of the composition and then toggle between the raw and processed file. I found myself guessing how the final image would look.
Thank you Adam.
Including videos like this one makes your channel so much more interesting, “ whole” if you like. Illustration of thoughts and process of creating an image shows us that you’re first & foremost a photographer not just a vlogger.
Your explanations on composition are a fresh outlook to me, please give us more if possible. Thank you for sharing all of this.
I could listen to you talk about your photographs forever! I love the glimpse into your back catalog of photographs as well. And as always the final edit compared to the raw is always so helpful.
I really enjoyed it. It is so good to see what you can do with “dull” light during the day. For me I’d loved to see some more photos about editing. Very interesting to see. Thanx and have a great day
I’ve learned so much from you Adam! Can’t thank you enough. I never had an interest in gardens, but after watching your videos, I started photographing public gardens in the Seattle area to practice the principles you teach. It’s really helped improve my photography.
You have well illustrated that producing a great image is not just pointing and shooting. It involves before and after analysis and work. Attention must be given to: tools and elements, personal stamp on intimate scenes, dark, light, texture, patterns, brightening, warming, avoiding overlapping and a host of other considerations. Thank you Adam for helping us to see the light.
Great video, Adam. Love hearing what you look for in your compositions.
Very helpful!!! Thank you!!! Yes, I would love to see more videos on composition.
Thanks for sharing some of what's behind a shoot, it's really interesting! It's also good to alternate Outdoor and Indoor videos. Thanks, ciao!
Very helpful hints! Enjoy one of these every once in a while!
Loved to see your old photos. Really appreciate this kind of video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Now this is what I’m looking for. Someone who shares the setting for shutter speed, aperture and ISO for every shot. Thanks for sharing this with us, Adam!
While the settings are most likely going to be different for every photo, for some odd reason I like seeing them also & knowing gear was used. Including things like polarizer, ND, etc. Don't know why, just do. Maybe it makes the vid seem a more complete presentation.
I think this is one of your best videos teaching composition and editing. thanks
I appreciate this style for a change, well explained and good examples. Will try to keep in mind next time I am in the bush.
I enjoyed the explanations of the composition, what you were looking for
Thanks for sharing Adam. Whenever you talk about the methods and thoughts that go into your images, I'm all ears and eyes.
Beautifully well done ! I am happy to see both raw file and the finished image.With all added information about the exposure.
I usually hate long videos,but this tutorial I find just about perfect in every aspect. Almost finding it too short 👍😁
Great great images!!
Thanks! There are two more videos in the series listed in my channel
Enjoyed the format of this video for a change and would like to see additional videos when you go into detail regarding your thought processes and editing techniques. Thanks.
EXACTLY spot on! Every little tip is something that can help my photography get better! I thoroughly enjoy these tutorial type videos. As a neophyte its so tough to find anyone willing to even offer THIS much but these types of videos from you are giving methings to think about coming into the spring time. Great job Adam!!! I hope you will continue to do these.
Very fine presentation. Compositions and post--editing are exceptional. Like more not less here. Thanks
Thanks Adam. I think you read my mind, or maybe Google did? I was thinking I want to look for a video about composition for inspiration, so I turned on my phone, went on UA-cam and your video was the first thing to pop up. I recognize most of your images from watching past Quiet Light videos. I actually quite like the busy aspen image because I like aspen groves and I think the way you arranged the foreground aspens separate them well enough. It almost has an abstract quality that is yes, busy but not displeasing.
Thanks Adam, I found this really helpful. It’s so useful to have anecdotal information behind the “rules” like the foreground/background relationship, I’ll definitely make use of that. Also really love the before and after comparisons, I can think of a few of mine that I might revisit. Cheers Barry
Always enjoy your videos , and really loved how you talked about 'spending too much time thinking about your composition that you lose that spontaneity'. So true with many aspects of trying to improve - we can forget why we're really out there - I'll stop rambling now and just say thank you for the reminder, and always being so generous with your sharing.
Great video always nice to learn about composition! Best tip what I have learned from you is separation of subjects. Really helps with making clearer compositions.
Great video. Really appreciate your working through the rationale for each composition.
Yes, I would like to see more talk about composition, Thanks Adam.
Yes please there is always things we can learn from you. Thanks
As always Adam informative and inspiring. You are one of the you tubers I never skip forward because I am bored or tired of the voice. Thank you.
I appreciate that!
Thanks for the video. It really helps me to hear you talk about the thought process behind the shot -- what was important when you were taking the photo and how those decisions play out in editing. It gives me confidence that I'm at least starting to think the right way about my compositions. I would enjoy more of this type of video, but I appreciate anything you offer.
Yes please, more along this line. I like the comments regarding your thought process. I do not always agree but I always learn and benefit.
I find this format helpful in providing a guidance for photographs that work compositionally. The information on analyzing the light is also helpful. I would like to learn about your dodge and burn technique. Perhaps a video on processing the photograph at 22:42. Thanks.
Adam, specifically referring to the "failure" image (your term) - the one of the group of aspens. The reason you gave of it failing for you was the cluttered background. I notice you tend to use your lenses quite closed down - would this shot have been less busy had you opened the lens up to say f5.6 and thereby effectively blurred the background?
Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it very much. These are techniques I might be able to use in the "not so interesting" north Texas landscape. It's an inspiration for me.
Great video and tips for compositions Adam. I have absolutelsy learned a thing and two in this viodeo and one of the things are the temperature of the colors. I have never thought that way :) Thanks :) I would love to see more of this kind of videos whenever you have the time.
Great work once again :)
Wonderful vid Adam, and I for one am always looking for details in how the photographer came to the composition. Thanks for all the explanations on the images...
An interesting and informative video thanks Adam. Your comment re processing an image and then looking at it again a few days later I can relate to as I've found similar over the years.
Sincerest thanks for your video. I so appreciate hearing your thought process in framing a photo. I will surely try and incorporate these tips.
Really enjoyed this, especially seeing some of your older images that I have not seen before. Such a great way of hammering home your message of Quiet Light.
More please!
Like the format and enjoyed the opportunity to learn from you Adam. Separate, separate and separate. Easy to remember in the field and certainly makes a big difference.
Great insight to your editing technique Adam,thanks
It's straightforward, it's a ton of useful tips. Really enjoyed this video. 👍👍👍
Adam, more like this, please. It is so helpful to listen to your explanation of the compositional elements of a photo. You might also consider doing a complete edit from raw to finished image explaining your purpose in each step. Well done!
Hi Adam. This video helps a lot for my composition mess. Very clear ideas. Yes please, keep producing this teaching style videos.
With a lifetime of experience, you have much to teach us, Adam, thanks. Respect.
A great collection of tips. Remembering all of them...that will take me awhile. I will be watching this video a few more times toward that end. Thanks Adam.
Thanks Adam, wonderful & refreshing to hear your thoughts on composition like this - very informative in critiquing your own images to show what does & doesn’t work. (…..and not a single mention of the “rule” of thirds 👍😀) Would love to have some more videos along these lines - thanks for putting this together, much appreciated. All the best. Geoff.
Thank you for sharing this with us, I would like to see some more of this kind of stuff.
This is a gold mine, thanks a million for sharing this.
Bye the way that early digital file of the porch and garden, wonderful!
Thanks, Adam. I enjoyed this video format. Of course, the field videos are great too.
Great video Adam. It was so clear and easy to understand. Now just the problem of trying to follow your advice on my trip to Tuscany coming up shortly.
I really like the format, lovely photographs and tips. 👍
Very nice , Adam… I grabbed a few simple things to use… thanks
Very valuable video, really enjoyed the way you talked us through your thought process here
I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't want certain elements touching each other. I also eventually learned that elements that just barely touch each other can create an "eye trap," a graphic artist term.
I found this video very helpful and worthwhile. I do think the in the field vlogs are more entertaining but the lessons taught here are much appreciated. Cheers-
I really enjoyed this video and listening to your compositional thoughts, rationale and choices. Making sense of chaotic landscapes is difficult. I never remember the "rules" or "the seven steps to successful landscape photography" when I am in the field, so your careful approach to each of the elements, guided by what is important to you and what appeals you in a scene made so much sense to me. I felt learned a lot. So much so, that I will likely watch this video several times. Thank you. I would love to see more of this type of video.
Thanks Adam, this is definitely my favourite vlog of yours by far... and probably my favourite UA-cam video of the month! You really have a good eye for a great composition! How about doing a video on cropping and aspect ratios? I love to hear your opinions on those.
I really enjoyed that- got a lot out of it! Just the right pace and content.
I enjoy and appreciate hearing your thought process for editing and composition. I have finally learned to pay attention to the edges and overlapping parts of the composition -- most of the time -- thanks to you mentioning it in the past. I think this sort of video would be great in a nice dark pub with a nice frothy pint and a fireplace with crackling logs. Maybe food for thought. Cheers!
Love this one, your in camera work is always amazing, and covering you main points in one video much appreciated. I have learned half of what I know from your channel. Thank you so very much
Nice one buddy, I especially like seeing your older work.
Hey Adam, I always learn something from each of your videos whether it's in the field or in the studio. Thanks!
13.59:
"there is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees".
Living in Canada, you might know that line Adam..
Adam, I really loved this video. Extremely useful information. The last image of the rose hips is one on my favorites as well. So much so, I bought that print and have it hanging in my home. Thanks!
I very much enjoy the thought process you go through in your composition set up and your analysis post processing. Would enjoy more of this content.
Thanks
Thanks for the vid. Great tip with the separation.
You bet!
I really liked this video Adam, I agree with others that this presentation is cleaner than explaining the composition in the field, but I also like your short explanations in the field. I guess I am wishy washy. Thanks for producing the videos.
I did enjoy this episode it is always fun to see how you disagree or agree with the statements made. It can be enlightening,thanks Adam
I enjoyed the entire video. Some good examples and treatment.
Adam, very much enjoyed the training about composition and related foreground inclusion, along with your insight regarding subject separation with images. Would definitely like to see more about composition in future training vlogs. All the best.
Great teaching session. Thank you
Loved this video, please do more of this kind.
When I shoot ultra-wide angle I tend to include things like my tripod leg in the foreground. Really gives a sense of being there.
Thank you for sharing your insights in this format. I particularly enjoyed your insights on the images from last week’s vlog. A vlog from the field followed with a vlog of your insights on your composition and post processing would always be interesting to me. Based on the comments I’ve read your followers seem to agree👍👍👍👍
Thank you, Adam! Great video with such valuable information.
Thank you for sharing this video. I think that the composition is the hardest part to master with photography. Everyone can learn all the technical skills, just like one would learn something else, like physics or math, but it is with composition where the creative process happens, in my oppinion. This insight into the way you are composing images and what you are looking for while doing it is very interesting and helpful.
Thank you Professor, as always good learnings!
Composition analysis is always fun, even if one doesn't take photos in the same style it's super beneficial to absorb the concepts because it only helps one grow. Even better when the analysis comes straight from the photographer's mouth!
I like the fact that you advise rather than proscribe. I've picked up some tips here 📷👍
Glad to hear it!
Thank you very much for this video. It was really interesting to see what the raw file and the final image looked like. And sharing your ideas on what you are looking for in a composition really helps. What I learned was many people can take pictures and become experts at using a camera but it takes an artist to create an image that has all the right stuff. And some of that also involves going back again and again and some luck.
Thanks Adam! Very informative as always.
Very Helpful Adam, great examples. I’ve been struggling with mist and sky’s so it was interesting to see how you handled them in a couple of these. The tip about blue/cool as receding, in particular.
Awesome video. I really enjoyed hearing the analysis and thinking about compositions with what works and doesn't work. I'd like to see more like this. Very helpful!
Excellent Adam, very good tips📷👍🏼
Great stuff, thanks for sharing what you`ve learned over the years with us. Very generous.
My pleasure!
Great video really. Also the two forest pics are great you should revisit them, I would love these shots in my collection. Cheers.
5:26 - …something that I’ve been thinking about but couldn’t articulate, this was well said
Excellent Adam, really liked the results that you got with the image at the 13:00 min mark, with your dodging and burning techniques.
This is top draw Adam, the insight into your thought process is invaluable. Thank you for sharing.
Certainly more of this tutorial type of video would go down well with me, there was a lot to think about there. Thanks
Hi Adam, don't know if you remember me, we met at the Outsiders Conference in Kanab a couple of months ago. I wanted to ask you about having a subject/focal point in the type of photography you prefer, more intimate scenes. You alway hear about asking yourself what is it you are taking a picture of before pushing the shutter. When you choose your composition, do you think about a subject/focal point as you normally do when photographing a big vista, or do you consider everything in your frame and how it all comes together without having a specific subject?
Gosh the time flew by…very interesting and helpful video. Thank you.
You are welcome!
Very insightful - thank you Adam!