The Subtle Scenes of Summer: Woodland Photography with the D850

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  • @CourtneyVictoria
    @CourtneyVictoria  6 місяців тому +21

    Thank you for watching and for your lovely comments!

    • @Capturethelightraw
      @Capturethelightraw 6 місяців тому

      I reaally enjoyed your video. i also sometimes feel the same there is nothing to photograph today. God Bless

    • @Algorythmfpv
      @Algorythmfpv 6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for filming your lovely content!

    • @KaungThaw-t4o
      @KaungThaw-t4o 6 місяців тому

      Why are you so cute?❤

    • @eelsing1
      @eelsing1 5 місяців тому

      Love your vids, a very inspiring take on your personal creative process! I hadn't seen it it for a while, but your new website, too, looks stunning.

  • @rmetzger7368
    @rmetzger7368 6 місяців тому +43

    Courtney, it looks like a majority vote: ALL OF YOUR VIEWERS HAVE MISSED YOUR DANCING! Glad to see the dance routine come back. I too live in a land of ferns, and the fiddle heads are fun to shoot. And they look good in monochrome. Thanks for sharing your day with us! We'll keep watching over your shoulder from Olympic Nat'l Park, Port Angeles, WA., USA!!! Take care.

  • @retirewithjames6745
    @retirewithjames6745 6 місяців тому +33

    Dancing in the forest....the best! 😃

  • @bradmoyer9737
    @bradmoyer9737 6 місяців тому +11

    There are many, many professional photographer influencers on UA-cam with all the necessary skill sets to take extraordinary photographs. That being said, there is only one Courtney.

  • @jchawkjr2
    @jchawkjr2 6 місяців тому +47

    So glad the dancing is back. Makes me happy 😂😂😂

  • @andyvan5692
    @andyvan5692 6 місяців тому +16

    great video, loved it, esp. the personal moments!- NB: everyone, she isn't nuts, just some of us photographers let our 'creative juices' flow a lot more freely, hence the outbursts, just excess creativity finding it's way to the surface!!

  • @SkYjAcKeR666
    @SkYjAcKeR666 6 місяців тому +13

    Super!! So glad the dancin is back! Boogie Boogie. When I'm not photographing concerts I always look for something else within the shot just like you, dragons, elves or whatever it may be, that's the beauty of photography it's always special to the person taking the photo. Another great video Courtney, thank you 🖤

  • @denisroy81
    @denisroy81 6 місяців тому +12

    Thank you so much for including us in your photo walks. You are a joy to listen to and now with the dancing back a joy to watch. You are a natural photographer, teacher and entertainer.

  • @philyoung4804
    @philyoung4804 6 місяців тому +2

    Hi I’m new to your channel. Glad I found you. Really refreshing, great tips and shots. Love your delivery to camera. Feels like you are talking to just me, that’s feels quite unique. Talking of unique…..’your dancing made me evening’. 👏👏

  • @jaybradley9083
    @jaybradley9083 6 місяців тому +12

    It wasn't shaping up to be a good day. Then I saw you had posted a video. I love your attitude toward being opened minded about photography. Not getting a great image is nothing to fret about. Just getting out with your camera is a reward in itself.

  • @amv-photography
    @amv-photography 6 місяців тому +12

    The dance routine needs a video all by itself! Loved the video.

  • @joelrollins2841
    @joelrollins2841 6 місяців тому +9

    Absolutely a gorgeous video and I love your fern close-ups. I so look forward to each new installment of your photographic journey! Thanks so much for sharing.

  • @davidhenderson819
    @davidhenderson819 6 місяців тому +7

    Thanks for the video, photographs and the dancing.😄

  • @SendiGIL
    @SendiGIL Місяць тому

    Hello Courtney. I have been following your channel for a very long time. I am captivated by your videos, this peaceful, sensual, very feminine side that emanates from each of your outings.
    Continue to teach us your methods. I am very inspired by them despite not having magnificent forests around my home. Thank you
    A french man.

  • @zollieuncle9647
    @zollieuncle9647 6 місяців тому +3

    Hi Courtney, I loved the "Touching moment" shot the most and your dancing in the forest was also superb although in another league. Keep on experimenting and sharing your art, please.

  • @JoshMcKenney
    @JoshMcKenney 6 місяців тому +4

    Truly am inspired by your view of photography and life. Thanks for making us smile. Great images in this video.

  • @wongkenneth4005
    @wongkenneth4005 6 місяців тому +3

    So nice to see you dancing, summer spirit.

  • @yorvirojas8001
    @yorvirojas8001 4 місяці тому +1

    greetings from Peru I love your videos

  • @ilpoheikkila4773
    @ilpoheikkila4773 6 місяців тому +6

    Seeing new video from you always makes me so happy!

  • @JimD750
    @JimD750 6 місяців тому +1

    Courtney, you have no idea just how much joy and laughter you bring out of me when you dance. It's so much fun to watch you act silly. It reminds me that even though I'm no longer a young man, I can still be young at heart.

  • @AnthonySmith-sc4zs
    @AnthonySmith-sc4zs 5 місяців тому +1

    I love how much moss there is in English forests. It looks mystical.

    • @wylie_photo
      @wylie_photo 4 місяці тому +1

      From what I understand, you mostly get moss and plants growing on trees on the west side of the British Isles as it could be temperate rainforest. You're right that it looks mystical, that's a great description!

  • @faraz-i3x
    @faraz-i3x 6 місяців тому +3

    8:29 that is just breathtaking

  • @jamiemasters7187
    @jamiemasters7187 6 місяців тому +2

    Boogie in fern land, never stop being yourself, great video as always and love the photos and imagination.

  • @martyjohn100
    @martyjohn100 6 місяців тому +1

    Loved your video & love your philosophy on your images should be for you and not some judge at camera clubs competition. That put me off photography for years but you have inspired me to take up again

  • @TheFuzzyskwerl
    @TheFuzzyskwerl 6 місяців тому +3

    Best photography based storytelling channel out there. Thanks you for bringing such awesome energy and content to the world!

  • @denisesavage2382
    @denisesavage2382 6 місяців тому +2

    Beautiful fern images there Victoria - I love how many of them have some character and connection to them. Great finds. Good luck with the elephant herd for next year!!

  • @jason.coward
    @jason.coward 6 місяців тому +2

    You are a UA-cam treasure, Courtney! I love your spirit and your photographic work! Cheers!

  • @nethbt
    @nethbt 6 місяців тому +3

    The Sigma 105mm HSM Macro is a very underrated lens and can still hold its own against modern macros that costs 2 or 3x as much

  • @Ruscombephotos
    @Ruscombephotos 6 місяців тому

    What a wonderful video Courtney! I’m a little envious because the woods around here -Riverdale in the Bronx - have almost no ferns. I have only begun to appreciate ferns in the last few years. The photographs are wonderful. I love the ‘Mechanical Arm’ at 9:18 and the first image ‘A Green World’ at 4:02 where the shallow depth of field gives this photograph some lovely atmosphere. And underlighting the “Two Halves of a Whole’ was genius - gorgeous image, although I think I prefer the colour version. And it was wonderful to see you dancing in the forest. I like the elephant ferns ; I looks forward to seeing more of those.

  • @bv52gyf
    @bv52gyf 6 місяців тому +1

    Hi, just watched a few of your vlogs. As a landscape photographer, I really struggle with woodland photography and finding images/compositions so thank you for sharing your ideas and thought process.
    I might even pop back down to my local forest 😁
    Andy

  • @giuseppe.g
    @giuseppe.g 6 місяців тому +2

    I'm not an expert in nature photography and I discovered this channel by chance, but I'm happy about it. Your content is fantastic, it's a pleasure to watch, it's very relaxing and informative.
    Congratulations again, greetings from Italy 🤌😁

  • @randyschwager84
    @randyschwager84 6 місяців тому +1

    This type of photography generally is not my cup of tea…but I must say that you produced some great images! I’m motivated to give it a go! Thanks for the inspiration! And thanks for taking me along!

  • @jasoneldridgephotography
    @jasoneldridgephotography 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for the dance!!! Also, love your videos, thanks for the photography part of it too…

  • @dannymacamaturephotographe6352
    @dannymacamaturephotographe6352 6 місяців тому +1

    loving the dancing

  • @colinclark3218
    @colinclark3218 5 місяців тому +1

    If you go down in the woods today, You're in for a big surprise. Courtney dancing, thinking she's all alone. Yay!
    I'd love to come across that. Any chance of coming to photograph in my local rubber plantations in Thailand? :-)

  • @nigelroberson8911
    @nigelroberson8911 6 місяців тому +1

    One of the best on UA-cam. You tell us what you’re thinking and you dont rely on being half naked like some who think thats necessary to succeed.
    Your images have a nod to Karl Blossfeldt.

  • @andreasweber1533
    @andreasweber1533 6 місяців тому +1

    Great picttures, well seen!
    Immediately got the "unconditional love". The fern creature isn't a dragon, though - it's a skeksis. ;-)

  • @toomanyhobbies400
    @toomanyhobbies400 3 місяці тому

    This is the 1st video of yours that I have viewed. I love the forest and ferns too, but I also truly enjoyed the music sound track that you choose. Well done!

  • @RoyJenkinsPacker
    @RoyJenkinsPacker 6 місяців тому +1

    Courtney, you should do a video on your dance moves. Looks great fun. Love the ferns.

  • @natureliker-ww4jo
    @natureliker-ww4jo 6 місяців тому +1

    I love your dance moves. Dancing in the forest kathedral is best🤗

  • @daelpixphotography
    @daelpixphotography 6 місяців тому +1

    Your dancing rocks Courtney.

  • @tima.4040
    @tima.4040 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow. Hold up. Pure inspiration. Nat geo has not found this for a show yet? To observe your videos is like, my comments might be a title on most influential people in the moment.
    Incredible work from this creator. Inspire generations.

  • @waltervermeiren6860
    @waltervermeiren6860 6 місяців тому +1

    Again a stunning vlog with great shots...and I like the little pause with your dance moves!!!

  • @PhotoTrekr
    @PhotoTrekr 6 місяців тому +2

    Fun with ferns. You captured some nice shots. Enjoy the forest. Nice dance.

  • @fabiosan1985
    @fabiosan1985 6 місяців тому +1

    I absolutely love the way you dance. 🕺🔥

  • @tippextemp
    @tippextemp 6 місяців тому

    Great video, Victoria, so interesting! and the shoelace thing was very clever ;)

  • @timlasure7103
    @timlasure7103 6 місяців тому +1

    Probably some of your best dancing yet. I bet my 24-120 is one my D850 90% of the time.

  • @WatchesAndPhotography
    @WatchesAndPhotography 3 місяці тому

    Another Green Whorl would have been a great opportunity to caption your first photo of that fern! Framing the fern using the golden ratio would have been better as the firn does exhibit that golden ratio as well.
    In addition to all of that, Another Green Whorl would have been a nod to Brian Eno and his album ‘Another Green World’, which also features album art alluding to the golden ratio.
    Food for thought.

  • @Vartan297
    @Vartan297 6 місяців тому

    Your photos are lovely and you have a very charming way. This must be a character you have created though? 😊😊😊 I love it either way. Very well done.

  • @K-ORA
    @K-ORA 6 місяців тому

    1:49 lol 🖤🤘. I love ferns!

  • @hjones451
    @hjones451 6 місяців тому

    Love your video - so chilled! I'm off for a dance.

  • @HurleyDeanSandpointIdaho
    @HurleyDeanSandpointIdaho 6 місяців тому +2

    Very nice. I like the dancing. I am a horrible dancer. Every time I dance someone will call the Paramedics.
    I have ordered from MPB. Very nice products.

  • @jderossett1
    @jderossett1 3 місяці тому

    Great photography Courtney!

  • @FranciscoPower
    @FranciscoPower 6 місяців тому +1

    Aside from the spectacular images, I love the names you give them. So creative, so poetic... they complement the image and enhance it, give it a soul...
    Definitely better than my IMG_693.jpg

  • @LeeAllen337
    @LeeAllen337 6 місяців тому

    6:10 OMG, one of my favorite jams. I can't believe you just played that song. 😯🥰 We must have similar music taste. Another great video as always. 👍👍

  • @kushi1515
    @kushi1515 6 місяців тому

    I missed the dancing 🕺 And I love your imagination, I also often see dragons and other creatures in nature 😊

  • @jens_voigt
    @jens_voigt 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for another inspiring Video in the woodland. Nice dancing

  • @mediaflmcreation
    @mediaflmcreation 6 місяців тому

    THere's my true baby hey!!!!... Oh Courtney I appreciate and very flattered... i was talking about the D850..(me turning towards it and winks) lol

  • @StevePorter_au
    @StevePorter_au 6 місяців тому

    We sometimes get stinkhorns growing in our yard, usually where there's been wood chips. I always think of them as willy fungus.

  • @nicedward7544
    @nicedward7544 6 місяців тому

    Change of seasons overwhelm me lol. I felt that junk

  • @ronhiller3301
    @ronhiller3301 6 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy watching all your UA-cam videos , I not only learn a lot but I feel soo relaxed while and after watching them ! Keep Smilin 😊. What a Great Dancer 🕺👍

  • @ChristianTaylorX
    @ChristianTaylorX 2 місяці тому

    awsum video Courtney, just ordered a new Nikon D850 cant wait used to use a Nikon D500 and had a big break from photography but so looking forward to getting back to it and your videos are so inspiring, MPB is awsum will be getting some gear from them soon look forward to your new videos, your amazing thank you

  • @jcascroft
    @jcascroft 6 місяців тому

    Was just thinking we hadn't seen you dance for a while 😂 fantastic! Also, I love the first unfurling furn pic. Keeeeeep Dancing 😁 ... and taking photos!

  • @marvinspates924
    @marvinspates924 6 місяців тому

    Hi, my friend!!! Wonderful video!!! I really enjoy seeing what you are photographing!!! Your amazing photography is what draws me to your channel, but it is your wonderful humor that makes me smile!!! You are such a delightful young lady!!! If I had a daughter I would want her to be just like you!!!!!!!❤👍👍👍

  • @marek_vanco_photo
    @marek_vanco_photo 6 місяців тому

    Thanks you for nice video Victoria. I like your romantic feeling in your photography!
    Very nice and quiet photo.
    Don't worry about your imagination. This is just as you need to see something and create photo to spread a message!
    I hope to see next of your video.

  • @timrosenburgh8597
    @timrosenburgh8597 6 місяців тому

    Enjoyed the video as usual Courtney.
    Good to see you dancing again.
    Great image's as usual.
    Catch you on the next one.

  • @youphototube
    @youphototube 6 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing your feminine and thoughtful perspective on forest/macro photography.
    Oh, bugs make fantastic subjects. They are also far more scared of you than you may be of them. After having a Phidippus regius jumping spider as a pet for macro photography, I got over my fear of spiders. She was far more scared of me.
    She died after laying her unfertilised eggs. Lonely and unforfilled. I won't get another, I felt quite sorry for her.

  • @mahesh8106
    @mahesh8106 6 місяців тому

    ❤️eeeeeeeeeeeeey video as always and thank for bringing dance 💃🏽 Back🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹xx

  • @susanfirth2279
    @susanfirth2279 6 місяців тому

    So nice to see you dancing in the forest again. I love how you just let go and dance. Amazing shots of the ferns and I also can't wait until next spring so you can get out and shoot a herd of elephant ferns. I have never noticed that before until you made that video. Now I can't not see it. Thank you for sharing.

  • @paulvladianu6605
    @paulvladianu6605 6 місяців тому

    love your sense of humor your wild dancing and your macro photos with blurred background

  • @jimcross7002
    @jimcross7002 6 місяців тому

    I like how the 'dragon image made sense of your thought process leading into your composition of the scene.

  • @nicke1
    @nicke1 6 місяців тому +1

    nice woodland dance😆

  • @xdarkangellouix
    @xdarkangellouix 6 місяців тому

    Yess I love the dance intervals! Also I think my favourite shot was "A Touching Moment" though the heart was a close second. Fantastic photos!

  • @thegorn
    @thegorn 6 місяців тому +1

    6:15 Napoleon Dynamite called - said he wants his dance moves back

  • @marklawson8346
    @marklawson8346 6 місяців тому

    Love your creative abilitys and your dancing 😊 Courtney great video stay brilliant

  • @desgardner7169
    @desgardner7169 6 місяців тому

    Errr magic Mushrooms rings a bell here, those fern pictures look so good and I loved the bokeh....well done and thank you....

  • @carbybirett
    @carbybirett 6 місяців тому

    The 43 min. phonecall on an insurance company hotline brought my blood pressure up immensely, but now after watching your lovely video with
    2 fingers of single malt I feel much better again. I think the Daintree Rainforest here in QLD / Australia would be interesting for you.

  • @notapplicable6644
    @notapplicable6644 6 місяців тому

    Love the Dance Part. 😂 you are a lovely Person. ❤

  • @robertfisher8964
    @robertfisher8964 6 місяців тому

    Courtney, I absolutely love your video's. Thank you for opening my eyes to the beauty of nature !

  • @markrossi5721
    @markrossi5721 6 місяців тому

    Courtney, you make some of the very best videos on UA-cam. 😊 Not just for the photographic inspiration, but your beautiful face makes my heart sing and the dancing lifts my spirit to the heavens.

  • @donchisciottev
    @donchisciottev 6 місяців тому

    Your videoclips are so relaxing and full of beautiful shots! It's a nice way to live photography. Moreover, your dancing interludes are so joyful! 😊

  • @absurdfool
    @absurdfool 6 місяців тому

    i love like catching the images together with you thkU cheers💕💕💕

  • @PerrySheneman
    @PerrySheneman 6 місяців тому

    Something I love about your videos is how much fun you have. I can see you really enjoy photography, and it encourages me to also have that enjoyment. I also love to watch you dance. You have so much fun with your videos. I love it. Keep up the amazing work. 😁

  • @Mayo365
    @Mayo365 5 місяців тому

    Love the lil dancy dance

  • @marvinburbach
    @marvinburbach 6 місяців тому

    First sentence got me hooked. 😂 I haven’t had the pleasure of witnessing a stinkhorn mushroom, but the day may come. 😊

  • @danvieiradf
    @danvieiradf 5 місяців тому

    Just for the dance it deserved a like
    😀

  • @keyce3566
    @keyce3566 6 місяців тому

    4:49 i agree with you, looks great

  • @petekutheis3822
    @petekutheis3822 6 місяців тому

    errr--u got that bass thang! haha😆😁😛

  • @SandroMenzel
    @SandroMenzel 6 місяців тому

    Thank you for another inspiring video, Courtney. All the better with the DANCING!!

  • @toke7560
    @toke7560 6 місяців тому

    Fantastic. You have turned ordinary mundane things into beautiful objects of art.

  • @jamisonjamisonx
    @jamisonjamisonx 6 місяців тому

    newer to your channel...not one to make a habit out of judging books by their covers, but holy hannah I was not expecting the dancing, let alone that you are really good at it!

  • @richieboy1971
    @richieboy1971 6 місяців тому

    Throwing and photographing some shapes in the forest. Love it. 💃🏻

  • @Valleedbrume
    @Valleedbrume 6 місяців тому

    You should come to California to explore its unrivaled diversity.From the dessert to ocean to the majestic forests.

  • @pmhelsinki
    @pmhelsinki 6 місяців тому

    Wonderful stuff, how about doing a behind the scenes. Show us the equipment you use and how you video yourself when your taking a photo. That would be informative.

  • @RichardFraser-y9t
    @RichardFraser-y9t 6 місяців тому +1

    I second the recommendation of the 24-120 f/4 vr lens.

  • @francobenedetti1808
    @francobenedetti1808 6 місяців тому

    Bellissima interpretazione dei soggetti , in altre parole....belle foto !!

  • @Happyviews82
    @Happyviews82 6 місяців тому

    I didn’t expect the dance scene 😂 awesome 👏😎

  • @maureenmarshall1070
    @maureenmarshall1070 6 місяців тому

    Interesting to hear your thought processes. Very enjoyable. Thanks.

  • @SimonOShahan
    @SimonOShahan 6 місяців тому

    That magnificent tree in the beginning must have been felled by an equally magnificent storm, or weak roots perhaps! It parallels life in general, does it not?

  • @hikingsteven7665
    @hikingsteven7665 6 місяців тому

    i really love you and your channel you are funny and serious 👍🏻