Large Format Landscape Photography in Zion, Winter 2023: Episode 7
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2023
- 9 days after returning from my visit to Death Valley, I spent 5 days in Zion in the wake of a significant winter storm.
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Very nice, a lot better with "Walking with Ben" LOL Beautiful images. Thanks.
Thanks so much Valerie!
You've got a great eye for compositions... Beautiful work. Cheers!
Thank you Ian!
Ben, I really wish more people got to enjoy your videos. The problem with not monetising your channel is that UA-cam doesn’t recommend it to nearly enough people. If you could change this (with say, ads only running at the start or the end of each video), I’m sure more people would get to enjoy your calm style of video making and photography. Yes, you’d need to modify your outro, but you could still maintain the claim that your videos are ‘clickbait-free’. If impacting the right people matters to you (and I’m sure it does), then this might allow you greater leverage to achieve that goal.
Hi Peter! I've done some experiments from time to time over the years, and based on my own findings, monetization status has only a small impact on whether UA-cam chooses to recommend that video to a larger audience. As an example I produced a video a couple years about about making accurate inkjet prints, and that's the only video I've monetized in recent years. The stats for that video are about the same as my other videos.
What DOES seem to make a big difference is clickbait titles and thumbnails-and especially thumbnails with big faces with strange facial expressions. This is what UA-cam favors. It's when people combine the ads with the clickbait game that their channel will grow quickly, but from my standpoint, that's mostly because the ad income only further encourages the production of more clickbait-which the algorithm rewards.
I've found that side-stepping the clickbait/ad game attracts a higher quality audience, allowing me to produce the sort of videos that are true to myself rather than trying to please an algorithm. The growth is slow yet sustainable, and often comes from word of mouth. Channels that grow rapidly often flame out because the creators must continue to play the clickbait/ad game. I certainly see myself as a tortoise in a world filled with hares. :-)
@@BenHorne You make a lot of valid points there, Ben. Certainly, you know your audience better than anyone - you’ve been doing this longer than most. Like you, I hate how the many of the big-sub channels take a formulaic, ‘shouty’ approach to titles and thumbnails, but there are definitely exceptions - and I suspect there’s a happy medium between your version of ‘click-worthy’ and UA-cam’s. Attracting the *right* audience (vs ‘everyone and anyone’) is a worthy approach, and I respect and admire you for staying true to that. 👍
Gorgeous and quiet. I like the pine needles in the snow. It somewhat resembles bird foot prints. It'll be refreshing to come back to this video during the summer heat. Thanks for sharing, Ben!
Thanks as always Bryan! And the way things are going, summer will be here in no time. I'm still watching the weather for a nice sunny stretch before heading to Utah on my annual backpacking trip. The rain is sticking around for a while this year. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
What a pleasant surprise it was to find that one, I had a new Ben Horne video to watch and that two, I had just enough cell signal to watch a low res version while curled up in my trailer in Yosemite Valley. Of course I had to watch again in 4k once back at home. Wonderful video. For what little it's worth, I prefer this slightly longer time format.
Thanks as always David, and I'm glad to hear you were able to spend some time in Yosemite! I bet the waterfalls were putting on a fantastic show.
Awesome Ben
Thanks Paul!
So funny. For a while, I wondered why you weren’t photographing that strange frozen section on the ground… until I realised it was your grey card! Damn, I must be getting old!!
Haha! Yes, that would be a very strange bit of frozen ground for sure!
Beautiful! I thoroughly this video. Thank you, Ben. Seeing Zion covered in snow just made my day! You captured some lovely images on this trip. What a success.
It sure was great to spend some time there with the freshly fallen snow. Perhaps I'll be lucky enough to visit during a fresh snowfall this coming winter season. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Hello Ben,
And then a completely different weather, fantastic this shape to the white in nature. Great to see I've seen this 2 x even very beautiful, thank you for being able to watch your stories in Zion. Have a nice day and see you next time. Best regards Martin
Thank you as always Martijn! So glad you enjoyed it!
Hey Ben, that's a wonderful collection of images you created. Very peaceful...
Thanks as always Slavomir!
BTW, I love the images you created on this trip - especially the patterns and textures you captured. Beautiful. 🦘👍
Thanks Peter! It sure was an interesting trip with so many different opportunities. I'm still trying to collect my thoughts on some of the images I captured.
Beautiful images, I particularly like the ice and rock, the one with a corner free of ice. As calming as the snow and Ice the final shot with the tree is as calming.
OK I like them all :-) Thanks
Thanks Andrew!
Stunning compositions, as always. Thank you for sharing. Peace and Safe Travels.
Thank you as always Craig!
my god, what a brilliant set of images there, Ben. Loved it. And wished for a longer videos.
Thanks as always Prashant!
Was excited to see this visit come up this morning. Looks to have been very enjoyable and productive. Another great video. Thanks for the effort and inspiration.
Thanks as always Frank! I look forward to stopping back through Zion on my way home from my spring trip to perhaps give that cactus another go. :-)
Beautiful in the snow... I struggle with when to visit Zion (time of year) but it remains on my photography bucket list. Thanks for taking me along today Ben.
Thanks Robert! Fall is still my first choice since there are so many options and with the elevation changes throughout the park, you'll find something new and interesting each day. Winter of course has some fantastic opportunities as well depending on the weather. And although it's still beautiful during the summer months, it's hot and crowded, which makes photography difficult at times. Definitely worth a visit though!
The dancing patterns of the flowing water under the ice (~@9:10) - what a find! That would make for a nifty .gif (ie pipe in some "dad jazz" in the background🙂). Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Darren! That sure was a fun little scene to find with the water flowing under the ice. I had to wait for some quiet moments without any cars driving by to really get the audio from it. The sounds were quite fun!
What a stunning collection of images Ben. Many thanks for sharing. Would have been great to see another video from this trip but no worries. Have a great summer.
Thanks Ash! Truth be told, I was still wiped out from my visit to Death Valley, and I didn't have the energy to balance photography with video on this trip. I debated whether I should record any video at all, but then decided to just let the camera record while I was working. Since I didn't have the commentary for each day like I often do, I wasn't really able to break it up into separate videos so I packaged it all in just a single video. Now that I'm rested and recharged, my spring backpacking trip will be back to my usual style with multiple videos. I'm watching the weather now and waiting for some storms to clear out before heading out. Hopefully within the next week or so. Thanks as always for watching and commenting Ash!
Ben, another great episode. Wonderful compositions and subjects. Cheers, Mate.
Thanks as always Jack!
9:55 the Lightning rock its back!!!
It sure was nice to revisit that scene, and also quite fascinating to learn that cacti often flatten out during the winter and plump back up again with warmer weather. Thanks for watching and commenting Emanuel!
Wonderful shots Ben!!
Thanks Alberto!
Good to see s many films being exposed Ben and it seems that you have made changes to your presentation also. It would have been nice to see photos scanned digitally.
Anyhow nice exposures and you seemed extra calm and happy. :)
Thanks Vishwas! Truth be told, after only recently returning from Death Valley, I was wiped out and I didn't have the energy to do my usual videos with all the commentary in the field. Instead, I just let the video camera roll while I was working and bundled all of those clips into a single video. I didn't have enough material to tell the story of the trip day by day. That's the main reason why I didn't show any of the scans or have the usual voiceovers. I'm now watching the weather for my upcoming spring trip, and I'll be back at it with the usual videos for that one. Thanks as always for watching and commenting Vishwas!
Beautiful set of images Ben, always enjoy to see those amazing ice patterns. Don't get anything like that in The Netherlands. The second snow and pine needles image is my favorite, love the simplicity. But there is still so much to see, in those details!!
Thanks Sander! That sure was a fun scene to work with with those pine needles in the snow. We also don't get those sort of conditions where I live, so it's nice to visit winter from time to time. Thanks as always for watching and commenting!
Great work Ben!
Thank you!
Beautiful images.
Thank you Thomas!! It sure was a great to spend the time in Zion.
That was wonderful! The sound of the snow underfoot changed and especially that last day it sounded wet. The storms this year were crazy. Maybe those pine needles melting the snow or rock-in-ice will be contenders for a slot in the box set? I especially liked that scene near the end. Great work!
Thanks Mitch! You are very correct that the snow changed quite a bit from day to day. It was fascinating watching some of those scenes being created from one day to the next. I've done test prints on a few of those photos to see how they will do for the portfolio this year, but haven't made any big decisions yet. Hopefully I get some good stuff from my spring trip as well. Thanks as always for watching and commenting Mitch!
wonderful 🙂
living near the South Wales coast means we (ever more) rarely see heavy frosts and ice let alone snow fall. makes it all the more special when we get them I guess.
the first stone in the ice image at 17:45 looks a bit special :-)
That sounds a bit like my hometown where it's seldom ever cold enough for ice, and we rarely ever have any snow. It sure is nice to be able to visit winter, but I'm glad I don't live in a place where that's the norm. Thanks as always for watching and commenting!
Great video as ever Ben, much more interesting than the coronation 😉
Thanks Tom!!
Ben, another fine outing overall. These days it is the only time ZNP is not overpopulated and tough to move around. That water traversing under the ice at 9:05 was very interesting to see. I have that same grey exposure disk. Works fine last a long time...😃....Looks like the ratio of ice pattern keepers was extremely high from the few quick glances of the images at the end of this video......😎
Thanks Paul! It sure was nice to have the park mostly to myself. There was a weekend when things picked up a bit in the main canyon, but other than that I had a lot of flexibility which was fantastic. Although it never quite got as cold as I was hoping, there was certainly a lot of ice to work with which was nice. Perhaps next year I'll try to be there during a storm again, but it was nice to arrive in the wake of one on this visit.
Nice work Ben. Looks like a great trip! It must’ve been great to have the place to yourself in solitude with such great conditions. And I’m glad you got to revisit the cactus, but man he looks pretty sad under all that snow!
Brian, I'm happy to report the cactus was doing well a few weeks ago. Might stop by again next week to double check.
Thanks Brian! It sure was nice to visit Zion when it was so very quiet. If I had stayed in the park another couple days I would have been there for the monster snow event of the season, but I was already running low on energy and I was quite satisfied with the work I had done, so it was nice to head home before the freeways closed. :-) Thanks as always for watching and commenting!
I look forward to revisiting the cactus when I pass through there in the next couple weeks. I'm still watching the weather for some nice sunny conditions, but there's more rain in the forecast. Not exactly the ideal weather for canyon country.
5 days? What a lovely time. What do you eat during that time in Zion?
For dinners I bring dehydrated backpacking meals, for lunch usually PB&J, and breakfast is Buckwheat prepared in a thermos.
Maybe you could show us how you load 8x10 in the holders with a changing tent, I haven't done that yet and I'm wondering how you do it. Thanks
That's a great suggestion Robert, and I've added it to my list of video topics. I have a handful of ruined sheets of 8x10 film I have from various incidents through the years that I've been saving for such a video.
Are yo really handling those 8x10.transparencies with your bare hands or are they in sleeves?
Hi Chuck! They're all in sleeves to protect the film.