Hi Craig - I've been following you for quite some time now and i love your no nonsense approach to photography and the way you make striking images from the seemingly mundane - thank you
Your photographers eye always fills me with delight. You always manage to find some absolutely fantastic shots of what anyone else would just see as boring.
A very good vlog on a difficult landscape. You have a knack of showing beauty and interest in mundane subjects. You do show examples of thinking out of the box "Jack"
I saw this video some time ago and am happy to see the UA-cam algorithm recommend it again. I have been searching for something to photograph and I have to go to the places I have been before and look with new eyes. Thanks and Happy New Year Craig.
I was born in Barrow, but my family moved away when I was about 5 years old. I have been living in the US for a long time and have thought about going back to Barrow and Cumbria (Lancashire when I lived there!). This has been a great eye opener on Cumbria outside the Lake District. I wonder which camera I will bring?😮
Good photography and a perfect example that the subject is not necessarily important in photography, but how you shoot it is. I've got a little shack on the Scottish side of the Solway where I can camp out, and the Cumbrian coast is within easy driving range. Another google maps bookmark added to my list of photo locations...
Really enjoyed this! Some excellent shots and great creativity. Would love to see more videos like this as it's not always easy to go to the more glamorous locations. Please don't abandon the more scenic places altogether though as you have got some stunning photos from them and certainly inspired me
Shades of Eggleston, photographing the mundane and telling a story, refreshing to see shots that are not of the pretty lake district. Cracking episode Craig.
Excellent video again, thanks so much for sharing. At 14:00 the walking person in the background - brilliant! Great shots where others would have failed plus as per usual very entertaining.
Great video Craig, definitely highlights the fact that there are rewarding photo opportunities to be found without flocking to the glamorous hotspots. As for the police interaction, they were doing their job and personally I would have no hesitation in giving them my details in those circumstances.
Hi Craig, I liked the boats at Roa Island, the White and Orange Colours really stood out. Liked the winding Road at Seascale, would have loved to see a photo of the winding Road. The stairs and the Railway lines was a great photo, real nice Composition. What a great Decisive moment was the man walking, and across the road was that walk sign on the Road, well spotted. Thanks for this video, very nice photos taken.
That's a difference between the USA and UK. One does have to ID oneself if the police show up, usually in the form of showing one's driver's license, but one really doesn't have to say much if anything else. For instance, I had the police called on me because I looked suspicious near a railway. The police showed up, asked what I was doing, I told them I was wanting to photograph the train that was coming and was at that specific location because of these lights along a wall which would shine on the train. They then asked if I'd ever been in trouble with the law, I said other than an occasional speeding ticket I had not. They then checked if I had any arrest warrants and sent me on my way, that's why virtually any interaction with police and they ask for ID. Most police are reasonable as long as you are courteous with them. If you've been detained you cannot refuse to provide ID. Well, technically you can, but then they'll take you to the police station to figure out who you are. Not worth the time, and that could result in obstruction charges. I don't blame that homeowner that called that police. Even though I was not harming anything, that was an unusual place for someone to be standing around.
I lived in Distington until 1982 and would go down fishing at Harrington as a kid. It was nice to see the Cumbrian coast again. Family from Whitehaven, I think that would actually be a good photo shoot area since it has a lot of history with the port and the mining that was. Living in Australia since June 1982, I don't miss the rain, but sunshine can also get tiring, but it takes about 33 years before you say- bugger it's sunny again.😁
I live in California and honestly feel more alive when it is sunny. It is sunny about 9-10 months of the year except for the late winter and early spring clouds and fog, and those months are gloomy. I miss the near constant sunshine when I am in other states.
Top work Craig cracking shots throughout, would have loved to see more frames from the old glow in the dark plant, bloody security, guess they're checking you're not gonna launch anything dodgy at it. As much as I love and enjoy landscape photography I much prefer urban settings and people pix.
Great video Craig, we stayed in Silloth for 4/5 nights n September 2020, as it was smack bang in the middle of Covid Season nothing was open bar the odd local shop, luckily so was the rather good chippy, not far from that mill. We were staying on a caravan park on the outskirts of town and nothing was open on there besides the bar, even then you had to take it outside and the weather wasn’t really on our side half the time. Spent a day in Keswick and the difference as incredible, everywhere open, really busy town and after stopping at Ashness Bridge I got my best ever landscape shot ( up to that time ), probably nothing much for a landscape photographer but as I was predominantly a Street Photographer, using an entry level Canon dslr, I was more than happy. Still mainly shoot Street Photos but don’t like to be labelled a Street Photographer as much now as I shoot a lot more land/seascapes these days along with architectural and industrial images. Well done putting the police in their place without being rude, I think they hate that more than someone kicking off with them.
I find wind turbines rather majestic, at least the newer ones with the large blades, when rotating slowly in unison (I live in an area where wind turbines are nearly everywhere).
No, I changed to Fuji because I could still use the 4:3 aspect ratio in-camera. I've used 1:1 since I went digital 15 years ago. I use that only when it suits the scene or subject.
When you say Route 66, I think you were in the USA. It's an old highway that has been replaced by interstate freeways, but portions of the Route 66 still exist and people like to photograph stuff on the portions of the old highway that still exist.
@@e6Vlogs Even though it is a famous road, many people are not familiar with it since it basically is a thing of the past. I guess it was sometime in the 1980s when it was officially decommissioned and they sold off all the Route 66 signs. Love your videos. Not all hype like some.
@@e6Vlogs BTW, if you ever are in the USA there is much gritty stuff in the rust belt that might interest you. Also, a lot of grain elevators and the like in the upper midweset. One guy named Jim Hill on Flickr lives in Chicago, but ventures out into the small farming towns in northern Illinois and gets some great shots. California's San Joaquin and Salinas Valleys have a little bit of a different spin on the farming scenes. I wouldn't necessarily make a special trip to those areas of California, but if you find yourself there it might be worth a look particularly on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley where the farms tend to be smaller family farms with barns although they are dwindling.
Apart from the village of Ravenglass, and the narrow gauge railway, there’s little else on the coast that interests me… yes, there are a few small towns that would have me stop and investigate (please, don’t stop reading at this point: continue!). That’s not saying I wouldn’t find things to see and photograph, I am a street photographer, but it’s more down to the time limit when visiting the R&ER by train. Yes, there’s much to photograph of the various homesteadings on the coast (something that needs a car to get you too, and for you to have the time available also) so it might be useful to take a train ride from Carlisle to Ravenglass to see them from a sea side seat) which look very precarious and in a decrepit condition, or the towns on the coast which have suffered from a loss of industry and employment or from a decline in tourism. Decades ago; many decades ago, it was an industrial area teaming with railway lines and mines etc (Workington is a fine example) and steel works providing plenty of employment but now, not so much. It’s a kind of forgotten area due to the ‘tourist hotspots’ such as the lakes and the lore of Beatrix Potter, William Wordsworth and John Ruskin, taking the majority of tourists away from them. The above is not meant as criticism: far from it, as what you showed and talked about was very interesting in how you were able to find things to capture that we would ordinarily not think about (or see). It’s a bit like working the streets for images where, if you don’t look back, you will have missed an opportunity to find something you wouldn’t have seen otherwise… you found those by having a different perspective in mind which works. Looking forward to the next video… best regards.
Gritty is way, way more interesting than pretty. Some great images here Craig and right up my street. Oh, you seem to be doing 'that thing' with some of your images, adding shooting info, tsk tsk, something you said you wouldn't do anymore! Only kidding with you mate, all the best.
And Ravenglass is the Lake District, Ravenglass is the only part of the Lake District that is on the coast. Oh Ravenglass to St Bees is on the Irish Sea not the Solway, nice video though
I picked up so many tips in this video I'm going to have to rewatch and make some notes! Also, I'm one of those who think that wind turbines are rather statuesque; quite apart from being the intelligent way forward. Unfortunately, we have far too few in Oz. Thanks and cheers from DownUnder 🦘
Hi Craig - I've been following you for quite some time now and i love your no nonsense approach to photography and the way you make striking images from the seemingly mundane - thank you
Your photographers eye always fills me with delight. You always manage to find some absolutely fantastic shots of what anyone else would just see as boring.
A fantastic trip for you. I like the photos very much! Thank you for sharing.
Top class photos..as always
i like watching you, as you just enjoy taking photos
A very good vlog on a difficult landscape. You have a knack of showing beauty and interest in mundane subjects. You do show examples of thinking out of the box "Jack"
I saw this video some time ago and am happy to see the UA-cam algorithm recommend it again. I have been searching for something to photograph and I have to go to the places I have been before and look with new eyes. Thanks and Happy New Year Craig.
Great shots. Thnx
Hi, Craig. Well done. 👍👏
I was born in Barrow, but my family moved away when I was about 5 years old. I have been living in the US for a long time and have thought about going back to Barrow and Cumbria (Lancashire when I lived there!). This has been a great eye opener on Cumbria outside the Lake District. I wonder which camera I will bring?😮
Good photography and a perfect example that the subject is not necessarily important in photography, but how you shoot it is.
I've got a little shack on the Scottish side of the Solway where I can camp out, and the Cumbrian coast is within easy driving range. Another google maps bookmark added to my list of photo locations...
Absolutely outstanding video,and even more stunning images. Just watched this while having a coffee in a coffee shop 👌👌👌👌
This video made my weekend! The images, the humor, its all fantastic! Nothing ordinary about any of this!
Always look forward to your videos Craig. I have similar interest in subject matter and your films make for such a refreshing change on UA-cam
Really enjoyed this! Some excellent shots and great creativity. Would love to see more videos like this as it's not always easy to go to the more glamorous locations. Please don't abandon the more scenic places altogether though as you have got some stunning photos from them and certainly inspired me
Thanks for another totally engrossing video...The ways you Nail your compositions So pleasingly I Always find inspirational....
Some terrific photos. Excellent video.
Love the photos you got , I love the gritty industrial feel myself 😊
Shades of Eggleston, photographing the mundane and telling a story, refreshing to see shots that are not of the pretty lake district. Cracking episode Craig.
Another great video. Love the shots of the bridge and in Silloth in particular 🙂
Wonderful as always!
Love the image at 4:51. Made me feel "there" . Thanks for all you do!
Excellent video again, thanks so much for sharing. At 14:00 the walking person in the background - brilliant! Great shots where others would have failed plus as per usual very entertaining.
I really enjoyed this vid - very motivating, thanks!
brilliant video always different thats why i watch ,keep up the good work Craig
The photo of the Fire Training Tower reminded me of the photo of the Brooklyn Bridge from your New York video….I know, call me strange 😂
Interesting and unique captures, Craig. I very much enjoyed the video. Well done!
You make me think about my photography. Thank you .
Great video Craig, definitely highlights the fact that there are rewarding photo opportunities to be found without flocking to the glamorous hotspots. As for the police interaction, they were doing their job and personally I would have no hesitation in giving them my details in those circumstances.
Hi Craig, I liked the boats at Roa Island, the White and Orange Colours really stood out. Liked the winding Road at Seascale, would have loved to see a photo of the winding Road. The stairs and the Railway lines was a great photo, real nice Composition. What a great Decisive moment was the man walking, and across the road was that walk sign on the Road, well spotted. Thanks for this video, very nice photos taken.
omg "Sellafield" of the famous song "radioactivity" from Kraftwerk
Well done for standing your ground with the police, if you have done nothing wrong do not give out your details.
That's a difference between the USA and UK. One does have to ID oneself if the police show up, usually in the form of showing one's driver's license, but one really doesn't have to say much if anything else. For instance, I had the police called on me because I looked suspicious near a railway. The police showed up, asked what I was doing, I told them I was wanting to photograph the train that was coming and was at that specific location because of these lights along a wall which would shine on the train. They then asked if I'd ever been in trouble with the law, I said other than an occasional speeding ticket I had not. They then checked if I had any arrest warrants and sent me on my way, that's why virtually any interaction with police and they ask for ID. Most police are reasonable as long as you are courteous with them.
If you've been detained you cannot refuse to provide ID. Well, technically you can, but then they'll take you to the police station to figure out who you are. Not worth the time, and that could result in obstruction charges.
I don't blame that homeowner that called that police. Even though I was not harming anything, that was an unusual place for someone to be standing around.
I lived in Distington until 1982 and would go down fishing at Harrington as a kid. It was nice to see the Cumbrian coast again. Family from Whitehaven, I think that would actually be a good photo shoot area since it has a lot of history with the port and the mining that was. Living in Australia since June 1982, I don't miss the rain, but sunshine can also get tiring, but it takes about 33 years before you say- bugger it's sunny again.😁
I live in California and honestly feel more alive when it is sunny. It is sunny about 9-10 months of the year except for the late winter and early spring clouds and fog, and those months are gloomy. I miss the near constant sunshine when I am in other states.
Great stuff as always…you get a 🏅for creativity.
Great video, once again have you ever photographed angus, Scotland, will you be doing anymore pinhole photography, that video is a favourite
One question, do you have a favourite fuji film simulation? Loved the video, again amazed how you see images where many would walk by
No, don’t really use the film sims.
Top work Craig cracking shots throughout, would have loved to see more frames from the old glow in the dark plant, bloody security, guess they're checking you're not gonna launch anything dodgy at it. As much as I love and enjoy landscape photography I much prefer urban settings and people pix.
This was inspiring!
Great video Craig, we stayed in Silloth for 4/5 nights n September 2020, as it was smack bang in the middle of Covid Season nothing was open bar the odd local shop, luckily so was the rather good chippy, not far from that mill. We were staying on a caravan park on the outskirts of town and nothing was open on there besides the bar, even then you had to take it outside and the weather wasn’t really on our side half the time. Spent a day in Keswick and the difference as incredible, everywhere open, really busy town and after stopping at Ashness Bridge I got my best ever landscape shot ( up to that time ), probably nothing much for a landscape photographer but as I was predominantly a Street Photographer, using an entry level Canon dslr, I was more than happy.
Still mainly shoot Street Photos but don’t like to be labelled a Street Photographer as much now as I shoot a lot more land/seascapes these days along with architectural and industrial images.
Well done putting the police in their place without being rude, I think they hate that more than someone kicking off with them.
I find wind turbines rather majestic, at least the newer ones with the large blades, when rotating slowly in unison (I live in an area where wind turbines are nearly everywhere).
Different and some unusual shots, but gives one idea and interest. As for the Police, they got nothing else to do? Good video again, Craig .. 😎
You would think differently if someone blew up the power station and you were without power for several days.
Thanks for this video Craig. Great images. Can I ask if you used a particular film simulation as the colour totally suited the photos.
No film sims, just my own adjustments and recipes.
Very enjoyable video Craig, making the ordinary look anything but. Were you tempted (15:01) to try long exposures on the smoke stack at Workington?
In the past, maybe (and did used to), but now I feel I’ve exhausted that technique.
@@e6Vlogs Exhausted. I see what you did there 👍
Craig, does your site show the cost of subscription etc. in any other currency beside BP?
Great shots but the big question is, 'are Chewits really more chewy than Barrow in Furness Bus Depot'?
Sadly, I know exactly what you are referring too!😆
I always shudder when I pass Windscale… oops, I mean Sellafield, when on my way to Lal Ratty by train. It’s a disturbing place.
You had said that the camera change was also to use the 1x1 format, but I don't see that you use it.
No, I changed to Fuji because I could still use the 4:3 aspect ratio in-camera. I've used 1:1 since I went digital 15 years ago. I use that only when it suits the scene or subject.
Nice video 👍
When you say Route 66, I think you were in the USA. It's an old highway that has been replaced by interstate freeways, but portions of the Route 66 still exist and people like to photograph stuff on the portions of the old highway that still exist.
Yes, I know. I flipped the idea for my YT as it was done along the A66!
@@e6Vlogs Even though it is a famous road, many people are not familiar with it since it basically is a thing of the past. I guess it was sometime in the 1980s when it was officially decommissioned and they sold off all the Route 66 signs.
Love your videos. Not all hype like some.
@@e6Vlogs BTW, if you ever are in the USA there is much gritty stuff in the rust belt that might interest you. Also, a lot of grain elevators and the like in the upper midweset. One guy named Jim Hill on Flickr lives in Chicago, but ventures out into the small farming towns in northern Illinois and gets some great shots. California's San Joaquin and Salinas Valleys have a little bit of a different spin on the farming scenes. I wouldn't necessarily make a special trip to those areas of California, but if you find yourself there it might be worth a look particularly on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley where the farms tend to be smaller family farms with barns although they are dwindling.
Apart from the village of Ravenglass, and the narrow gauge railway, there’s little else on the coast that interests me… yes, there are a few small towns that would have me stop and investigate (please, don’t stop reading at this point: continue!).
That’s not saying I wouldn’t find things to see and photograph, I am a street photographer, but it’s more down to the time limit when visiting the R&ER by train.
Yes, there’s much to photograph of the various homesteadings on the coast (something that needs a car to get you too, and for you to have the time available also) so it might be useful to take a train ride from Carlisle to Ravenglass to see them from a sea side seat) which look very precarious and in a decrepit condition, or the towns on the coast which have suffered from a loss of industry and employment or from a decline in tourism.
Decades ago; many decades ago, it was an industrial area teaming with railway lines and mines etc (Workington is a fine example) and steel works providing plenty of employment but now, not so much.
It’s a kind of forgotten area due to the ‘tourist hotspots’ such as the lakes and the lore of Beatrix Potter, William Wordsworth and John Ruskin, taking the majority of tourists away from them.
The above is not meant as criticism: far from it, as what you showed and talked about was very interesting in how you were able to find things to capture that we would ordinarily not think about (or see).
It’s a bit like working the streets for images where, if you don’t look back, you will have missed an opportunity to find something you wouldn’t have seen otherwise… you found those by having a different perspective in mind which works.
Looking forward to the next video… best regards.
P.I.N.A.C 👍
I can see why the tourists go to Windermere and Keswick!
"Yes officer there's a suspicious looking man on the footpath, and he's got, oh no... A CAMARA!!!"
Gritty is way, way more interesting than pretty. Some great images here Craig and right up my street. Oh, you seem to be doing 'that thing' with some of your images, adding shooting info, tsk tsk, something you said you wouldn't do anymore! Only kidding with you mate, all the best.
The camera info goes up when I feel it might prove interesting or relevant. Still best learnt by the photographer though!
Best photo videos on UA-cam. Sorry, you failed to persuade me not to buy the X-T5.
Irritating golfers on a golf course, Craig? The nerve! Love this vlog episode!
He should have just told them he was playing through
@@paulfallat1664 🤣🤣
Much better than the lake district
And Ravenglass is the Lake District, Ravenglass is the only part of the Lake District that is on the coast.
Oh Ravenglass to St Bees is on the Irish Sea not the Solway, nice video though
Damn. Will have to do the whole video again now.
As anyone knows, only suspicious people use real cameras! Well done on standing up to the bored coppers.
Just found out that Cumbria no longer exists as a county!
You are aware Sellafield isnt a power station, it a reprocessing plant,
I know its very nice architecture.
The photos are great! But the colors of the Fujifilm is not as good as an Olympus.
Your eye for framing is fantastic. You could take a photo of a turd and it would look good.
The real Route 66 is a cyclepath, and not in Cumbria!😀
The civil nuclear constabulary are okay with photography of the site, i d be more concerned if they didnt come see you
Still just a old bridge.
Thanks for being different Craig
I picked up so many tips in this video I'm going to have to rewatch and make some notes! Also, I'm one of those who think that wind turbines are rather statuesque; quite apart from being the intelligent way forward. Unfortunately, we have far too few in Oz. Thanks and cheers from DownUnder 🦘