Happy New YEAR! Thank you everyone for supporting me and this channel, It means the world to me! More links to gear on my website: www.mattshannon.ca/gear
Wow, thank you so much for the incredibly kind words! I really appreciate your support and am thrilled that you enjoy the content. It means a lot to hear such positive feedback. Every like, view, and subscription is truly appreciated. Here's to more adventures and capturing the beauty of nature in 2024!
My eyes went to the cabin immediately. It is a beautiful winter photograph. The sun highlights the peak of the mountain beautifully. Just a gorgeous picture.
Your cabin photos great. If you had not mentioned the sun I would not have noticed it. My eyes immediately go to the cabin then move about to the highlights but I did not find any distracting me. Great shot!!
Fantastic! My wife seriously said the same thing. I think that was what I was hoping for but I value sharing and receiving constructive feedback. Thank you I appreciate it, cheers!
I try to shoot a variety of subjects. Wildlife, landscape, intimate landscape, macro. I find that by shooting a variety I can almost always find something. I have Photo Pills, Photographers Ephemeris, and recently got Polar Pro’s app called Flare - it’s one part weather app, one part planner - sun angles for example, and one part place to list what gear you have. I still need some time with it. Thank you for sharing.
As always, great stuff. To your questions: I find the sun distracting, I also find it is visible that the image is a time blend. And yes, like you, nature - both landscape and wildlife, but more landscape.
Great feedback!! I enjoy the creative aspects in the field and the post processing to depiction of what I saw, felt, or dreamed up after the moment is gone. With that, I question my direction and final outcome wondering if I over complicated or pushed the narrative on the story I wanted to share in a negative or less pleasing way. Not everyone is going to see the same thing and as a creator, you might never know unless you ask for feedback so thank you. More landscape, nice! I think my next episode is all landscape.
Thanks Matt, nice recap of '23. Favorite image......is still the B&W horses, cross fence in the Tetons !! Well done ! Oh, and I missed you yesterday, was out chasing Snowies east of Calgary, and yes, plenty of going away shots !! LOL
LOL those owls know what they are doing! Glad to hear the B&W image resonated with you. My wife loves horses so that shot was a must to get and I'm thrilled with the outcome. Thank you for your comment and sharing your adventures. Hopefully you luck out on a fly-toward shot :)
Outstanding collection of images Matt...congrats on 15K, that number is going to go up a lot. The cabin shot, I feel like the sun should be a distraction but it works here...balances the pic somehow, and gives the image some added interest.
Hi Matt I enjoy your videos. I use Photopills too. I consider myself an outdoor photographer. landscape wildlife astro etc. Always look forward to your posts.
Glad you liked the video! Looks like we think and shoot alike! It is great feedback hearing what category viewers place themselves in. I'm not sure how many of my viewers are only wildlife photographers, or landscape, astro....or more specific like bird photographers. Thanks for the kind words!
I am a nature photographer, I love landscapes, wildlife, macro wildlife, and portraits. I am not a professional, just a love for photography. I don't know if there is a name for a photographer that dabbles in more then one subject. I think it's fun to like more then one type of photography. It gives you lots of opportunities if that's what you enjoy.
Stellar images! Thanks for the high quality videos and the high quality education in 2023. I can personally say that I have learned alot from watching your videos. Looking forward to more of your content in 2024. To answer your questions from the video, 1) the I dont find the sun distracting because i personally like seeing the light source. 2) I dabble in both landscape and wildlife but am notorious for being in the right place with the wrong lens.
Thanks for a Great 2023 Matt@ Family, Your such an education to fellow photographers,And the next Nikon update will be the 30fps pre capture in raw👍🏼Still finding my way round the new Z8@ 180-600 its an brilliant combo, Thanks again Matt for all your insperation@ a Quality watch😊😊
I subscribe to your philosophy also. I photograph nature. Landscapes are equally as beautiful as wildlife and macro is a blast. I shoot a lot in the Canadian Rockies,Jasper,BC interior etc. Hope to run into you some time.
Nature photographer is a good term. I generally refer to myself as an outdoor photographer, which encompasses wildlife, landscape, and more. I'll shot just about anything though if it peaks my interest. As for Photo Pills, I got it a couple years ago and still haven't taken time to figure out how to use it. I know that I need to. Maybe that should be a goal for this year.
Great shots! I would not have noticed the sun if you had not mentioned it. Usually black and white don’t work for me but you hit it just right. I am a landscape photographer. I encounter deer mostly but I have a limited range. Southwest Ohio is not a wildlife hotbed. We seeing eagles return to the area. It is difficult for me to do much else with my camera. I have a Canon 5DS R and cannot shoot handheld. It’s too big to carry around my neck, hard to hold still or follow a bird in flight. Thanks for the great content. I look forward to following you this year.
Great video and amazing pictures. My favourite was the short-eared owl at the beginning of the video, it has beautiful colours and great wings position. I hope you keep doing great photography in 2024.
Thank you and thanks for the feedback on your favourite image! Gotta love those short-eared owls, they are so beautiful. All the best in 2024! Fingers crossed it is a good year for all
Especially enjoy your channel, great photos, great descriptions of how they were taken, and good behind-the-scenes. The only way for me to enjoy your channel more is the impossible, a new video every day. Question, can't find the link to the gloves.
Sorry about that, I had the link on my website and not in the description below. thanks for letting me know! I've updated the description with the link to the gloves.
Thank you very much! I really wish I could upload more in a shorter timeframe. My goal is once a week but even then it is tough....especially if I want to make the videos engaging and informative. Great compliment though, so nice to hear! Did you find the gloves on my website? www.mattshannon.ca/gear
Fully understand, I wanted to reflect on how much I enjoy your videos. Never expected more frequent videos, at least not until you have a full production team. Take care.@@MattShannonPhoto
Hi Matt, you had an outstanding 2023 with some super images and video footage. It is great that we have a fellow Vancouver Island photographer that has become so popular on UA-cam. Congratulations on reaching 15K subscribers. I have really enjoyed your videos and they have inspired me to start taking more landscape and macro images, I kept my D850 and some older Nikon lenses so they will become my landscape kit. I am also going to start doing a little video work this year. I also upgraded my Z9 to the new firmware and like you I found it fantastic when I went to photograph the Short Eared Owls. I got some of my best shots of the year. Keep up the great content for 2024 and thanks for sharing your experiences and tips to help us become better photographers. Happy New Year to you and your family!!
Thank you Keith for your heartfelt message and warm wishes! That means a lot. It's fantastic to hear that my videos have inspired you to explore landscape and macro photography. Like you, my D850 is my landscape go-to camera in a kit. When I'm not using it, my wife is, so it gets a workout still. So great to hear that the new firmware helped you out with the short-eared owls. I've been so impressed with Nikon's improvements. I hear rumours of another update.... Wishing you a Happy New Year as well! Here's to more adventures, stunning shots, and shared passion for photography. Cheers! 📷✨🎉
I always enjoy your videos in the field, but would also love to see more of your post processing workflow - especially within Photoshop. I look forward to seeing more of your adventures next year and wish you continued success and growth!
Alright, now we are talking... photoshop! Theres a lot I could share on my post processing....just have to write out a solid script so I don't go off track to far haha. Thank you for commenting and letting me know, I will add it to the list of videos to make. Cheers!
What a great year of viewing, thrilling shots, inspiring scenes and more. Thanks for the hard work of taking the time to produce these sessions. I don't think the sun distracts from the cabin being the first thing you are drawn to. It is a shot that that draws you in and it is like you are standing there, you just have to take in everything that makes that cabin and its surroundings a place you would love to be forever. I learned a lot, but I really appreciate the tips on bird photography. I typically have avoided higher ISO, but now I see the benefit. I also need to remember that my Nikon cameras have continuous shooting! I just get too excited and forget my options. Have a great adventurous 2024!
Thank you so much for your thoughtful and encouraging words! I'm thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the year's captures and found the scenes inspiring. Your appreciation for the cabin shot means a lot, and I'm glad it drew you in as intended. Seems like others are saying the same thing. Yes! Great to hear the bird photography tips helpful. Embracing higher ISO and utilizing continuous shooting on your Nikon cameras can indeed open up new possibilities. It's easy to get caught up in the excitement of the moment! Wishing you an adventurous and fulfilling 2024 as well. Looking forward to sharing more photographic journeys!
Hey Matt. Found your channel a couple of weeks ago and am now happy to say I'm one of your new 15,000 subscribers. Loved every image here...hard to pick a favorite but a joy to try! As a kid back in 1976 I read a book called "Meet My Psychiatrist" by nature photographer Les Blacklock and knew then that I wanted to be a "nature photographer." Been my hobby for going on 44 years now. Love macro/intimate landscapes with some wildlife and traditional landscape photography. Happy New Year and looking forward to the upcoming notifications from your channel!
I shoot with the z50 and since you are a nature photographer, I was wondering what your favorite telephoto macro and wide angle lens to shoot are? Currently I don’t have anything too crazy good as I just got into photography a month and a half ago, so I only have the NIKKOR 50-250mm and the DX 12-28mm power zoom lens
For the question, what are we photographing? My problem is big. I do everything that is beautiful to photograph. Portraits, landscape, wildlife, modeling, residential, commercial, products, night photography, timelapse, pets and I've been doing this for 25 years....
I think the sunlight at Emerald Lake probably isn't overly distracting to most, but since that's not actual sunlight, why add it? Having shot that a few times, I obviously know the sun is never there to the North.
Happy New YEAR! Thank you everyone for supporting me and this channel, It means the world to me! More links to gear on my website: www.mattshannon.ca/gear
Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always.i love the the owl looking at us the most 👍
Love your work…thanks for sharing
Brilliant!
Thank you! Cheers
You are one of the better UA-cam nature photographers out there right now and hope more people watch and subscribe to your channel… you deserve it!!!
Wow, thank you so much for the incredibly kind words! I really appreciate your support and am thrilled that you enjoy the content. It means a lot to hear such positive feedback. Every like, view, and subscription is truly appreciated. Here's to more adventures and capturing the beauty of nature in 2024!
What a year! 2024 is going to be epic I'm sure.
I absolutely love your videos and photos. You are such an inspiration to me and my love for photography. 🥰📸
Deine Aufnahmen sind klasse; MEISTERKLASSE 👌
Matt, awesome images and videos! Congratulations on the awards! I always look forward to seeing your work, and going along in your adventures!
Hello Matt,
thanks for sharing love your pictures👍 Happy new year.
Thank you, Happy New Year! 🥳
Great stuff as always!
Thank you! I appreciate it
Your images are outstanding!! Really beautiful.
I am like you, I am a “nature” photographer. I like everything outdoors. 🙂
I discovered your channel in 2023. Happy to be part of this community. Here's to a wonderful 2024 for you and everyone else reading this comment!
Congratulations on your successful year!
I really enjoy the variety of your photography subjects.
My eyes went to the cabin immediately. It is a beautiful winter photograph. The sun highlights the peak of the mountain beautifully. Just a gorgeous picture.
Your cabin photos great. If you had not mentioned the sun I would not have noticed it. My eyes immediately go to the cabin then move about to the highlights but I did not find any distracting me. Great shot!!
Fantastic! My wife seriously said the same thing. I think that was what I was hoping for but I value sharing and receiving constructive feedback. Thank you I appreciate it, cheers!
Wishing you the best of the new year. Your channel is awesome and I share it with my friends quite a bit.
Thanks Matt, love the channel and vlog. Each and every photo is beautiful!! Can't wait for the next video
Thanks so much! See you on the next video! Cheers
I felt the same, that little sunlight on the left kind of bugged me 🙂 I liked the sunflower night, foxes, bison and Teton landscape.
Congrats on 15,000 subscribers! I just got a new Z8 and I’m very excited for the new year! Another awesome video today! Thanks for taking me along!
I try to shoot a variety of subjects. Wildlife, landscape, intimate landscape, macro. I find that by shooting a variety I can almost always find something. I have Photo Pills, Photographers Ephemeris, and recently got Polar Pro’s app called Flare - it’s one part weather app, one part planner - sun angles for example, and one part place to list what gear you have. I still need some time with it.
Thank you for sharing.
As always, great stuff. To your questions: I find the sun distracting, I also find it is visible that the image is a time blend. And yes, like you, nature - both landscape and wildlife, but more landscape.
Great feedback!! I enjoy the creative aspects in the field and the post processing to depiction of what I saw, felt, or dreamed up after the moment is gone. With that, I question my direction and final outcome wondering if I over complicated or pushed the narrative on the story I wanted to share in a negative or less pleasing way. Not everyone is going to see the same thing and as a creator, you might never know unless you ask for feedback so thank you.
More landscape, nice! I think my next episode is all landscape.
Thanks Matt, nice recap of '23. Favorite image......is still the B&W horses, cross fence in the Tetons !! Well done ! Oh, and I missed you yesterday, was out chasing Snowies east of Calgary, and yes, plenty of going away shots !! LOL
LOL those owls know what they are doing!
Glad to hear the B&W image resonated with you. My wife loves horses so that shot was a must to get and I'm thrilled with the outcome. Thank you for your comment and sharing your adventures. Hopefully you luck out on a fly-toward shot :)
Outstanding collection of images Matt...congrats on 15K, that number is going to go up a lot.
The cabin shot, I feel like the sun should be a distraction but it works here...balances the pic somehow, and gives the image some added interest.
Hi Matt I enjoy your videos. I use Photopills too. I consider myself an outdoor photographer. landscape wildlife astro etc. Always look forward to your posts.
Glad you liked the video! Looks like we think and shoot alike! It is great feedback hearing what category viewers place themselves in. I'm not sure how many of my viewers are only wildlife photographers, or landscape, astro....or more specific like bird photographers. Thanks for the kind words!
I am a nature photographer, I love landscapes, wildlife, macro wildlife, and portraits. I am not a professional, just a love for photography. I don't know if there is a name for a photographer that dabbles in more then one subject. I think it's fun to like more then one type of photography. It gives you lots of opportunities if that's what you enjoy.
Stellar images! Thanks for the high quality videos and the high quality education in 2023. I can personally say that I have learned alot from watching your videos. Looking forward to more of your content in 2024. To answer your questions from the video, 1) the I dont find the sun distracting because i personally like seeing the light source. 2) I dabble in both landscape and wildlife but am notorious for being in the right place with the wrong lens.
Thanks for a Great 2023 Matt@ Family, Your such an education to fellow photographers,And the next Nikon update will be the 30fps pre capture in raw👍🏼Still finding my way round the new Z8@ 180-600 its an brilliant combo, Thanks again Matt for all your insperation@ a Quality watch😊😊
I subscribe to your philosophy also. I photograph nature. Landscapes are equally as beautiful as wildlife and macro is a blast. I shoot a lot in the Canadian Rockies,Jasper,BC interior etc. Hope to run into you some time.
Nature photographer is a good term. I generally refer to myself as an outdoor photographer, which encompasses wildlife, landscape, and more. I'll shot just about anything though if it peaks my interest. As for Photo Pills, I got it a couple years ago and still haven't taken time to figure out how to use it. I know that I need to. Maybe that should be a goal for this year.
Great video. Yes, I use Photopills I also use the unpaid version of Stellarium which is just awesome.
I'm with you on being a "nature" photographer. I like wildlife the best, but enjoy all things wild.
Awesome, I like how you roll.
Lots of snowies straight south of Regina to US border. Thinkn its kind of flyway for them
Great shots! I would not have noticed the sun if you had not mentioned it. Usually black and white don’t work for me but you hit it just right. I am a landscape photographer. I encounter deer mostly but I have a limited range. Southwest Ohio is not a wildlife hotbed. We seeing eagles return to the area. It is difficult for me to do much else with my camera. I have a Canon 5DS R and cannot shoot handheld. It’s too big to carry around my neck, hard to hold still or follow a bird in flight. Thanks for the great content. I look forward to following you this year.
Great video and amazing pictures. My favourite was the short-eared owl at the beginning of the video, it has beautiful colours and great wings position. I hope you keep doing great photography in 2024.
Thank you and thanks for the feedback on your favourite image! Gotta love those short-eared owls, they are so beautiful. All the best in 2024! Fingers crossed it is a good year for all
Especially enjoy your channel, great photos, great descriptions of how they were taken, and good behind-the-scenes. The only way for me to enjoy your channel more is the impossible, a new video every day. Question, can't find the link to the gloves.
Finally found them, thanks
Sorry about that, I had the link on my website and not in the description below. thanks for letting me know! I've updated the description with the link to the gloves.
Thank you very much! I really wish I could upload more in a shorter timeframe. My goal is once a week but even then it is tough....especially if I want to make the videos engaging and informative. Great compliment though, so nice to hear! Did you find the gloves on my website? www.mattshannon.ca/gear
Fully understand, I wanted to reflect on how much I enjoy your videos. Never expected more frequent videos, at least not until you have a full production team. Take care.@@MattShannonPhoto
Hi Matt, you had an outstanding 2023 with some super images and video footage. It is great that we have a fellow Vancouver Island photographer that has become so popular on UA-cam. Congratulations on reaching 15K subscribers. I have really enjoyed your videos and they have inspired me to start taking more landscape and macro images, I kept my D850 and some older Nikon lenses so they will become my landscape kit. I am also going to start doing a little video work this year. I also upgraded my Z9 to the new firmware and like you I found it fantastic when I went to photograph the Short Eared Owls. I got some of my best shots of the year. Keep up the great content for 2024 and thanks for sharing your experiences and tips to help us become better photographers. Happy New Year to you and your family!!
Thank you Keith for your heartfelt message and warm wishes! That means a lot. It's fantastic to hear that my videos have inspired you to explore landscape and macro photography. Like you, my D850 is my landscape go-to camera in a kit. When I'm not using it, my wife is, so it gets a workout still.
So great to hear that the new firmware helped you out with the short-eared owls. I've been so impressed with Nikon's improvements. I hear rumours of another update....
Wishing you a Happy New Year as well! Here's to more adventures, stunning shots, and shared passion for photography. Cheers! 📷✨🎉
I don`t know how your channel could be improved. P.S.: The best photo is the hummingbird from behind...looks like a flower.
I always enjoy your videos in the field, but would also love to see more of your post processing workflow - especially within Photoshop. I look forward to seeing more of your adventures next year and wish you continued success and growth!
Alright, now we are talking... photoshop! Theres a lot I could share on my post processing....just have to write out a solid script so I don't go off track to far haha. Thank you for commenting and letting me know, I will add it to the list of videos to make. Cheers!
I Use Photopills in South Africa >> Nikon Z 20mm f1.8 S and Z7 (Now Z8)
I'm not alone haha. South Africa, I need to go!!
What a great year of viewing, thrilling shots, inspiring scenes and more. Thanks for the hard work of taking the time to produce these sessions. I don't think the sun distracts from the cabin being the first thing you are drawn to. It is a shot that that draws you in and it is like you are standing there, you just have to take in everything that makes that cabin and its surroundings a place you would love to be forever. I learned a lot, but I really appreciate the tips on bird photography. I typically have avoided higher ISO, but now I see the benefit. I also need to remember that my Nikon cameras have continuous shooting! I just get too excited and forget my options. Have a great adventurous 2024!
Thank you so much for your thoughtful and encouraging words! I'm thrilled to hear that you enjoyed the year's captures and found the scenes inspiring. Your appreciation for the cabin shot means a lot, and I'm glad it drew you in as intended. Seems like others are saying the same thing.
Yes! Great to hear the bird photography tips helpful. Embracing higher ISO and utilizing continuous shooting on your Nikon cameras can indeed open up new possibilities. It's easy to get caught up in the excitement of the moment!
Wishing you an adventurous and fulfilling 2024 as well. Looking forward to sharing more photographic journeys!
Hey Matt. Found your channel a couple of weeks ago and am now happy to say I'm one of your new 15,000 subscribers. Loved every image here...hard to pick a favorite but a joy to try! As a kid back in 1976 I read a book called "Meet My Psychiatrist" by nature photographer Les Blacklock and knew then that I wanted to be a "nature photographer." Been my hobby for going on 44 years now. Love macro/intimate landscapes with some wildlife and traditional landscape photography. Happy New Year and looking forward to the upcoming notifications from your channel!
I shoot with the z50 and since you are a nature photographer, I was wondering what your favorite telephoto macro and wide angle lens to shoot are? Currently I don’t have anything too crazy good as I just got into photography a month and a half ago, so I only have the NIKKOR 50-250mm and the DX 12-28mm power zoom lens
For the question, what are we photographing?
My problem is big. I do everything that is beautiful to photograph.
Portraits, landscape, wildlife, modeling, residential, commercial, products, night photography, timelapse, pets and I've been doing this for 25 years....
I think the sunlight at Emerald Lake probably isn't overly distracting to most, but since that's not actual sunlight, why add it? Having shot that a few times, I obviously know the sun is never there to the North.