Two Things STOPPING YOU From Taking Great Photographs
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Today I talk about the two things you need to become a landscape photographer. ... now obviously you need more than these two, but if you have a camera and then these two things ... you'll be on your way to getting some great photographs.
I suppose you could called this a landscape photography vlog ... but I prefer on location landscape photography!
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Well, I giggled when you admitted the '2 things' so early on - but your delivery and follow-on was amazing. You made me realize that the sunrise shots from the last few years that I've been happiest about were on mornings where I got those 2 things right. Thank you. Great opening by the way - you totally owned that one!
Haha! Thanks so much Bradley ... I couldn't keep it a secret for the whole video ... that would have been cruel!! 😆
That's great to hear! It very much is about those times of sheer joy when out shooting ... sometimes it doesn't quite work out, but when it all comes together, it is so well worth it!
Thanks for watching 😁👍
So true... The best part of early mornings (except for the light) is that I come back home to wake up my family 😁
Haha! That's great!! Getting things done before everyone else!! Thanks for watching 😁👍
This is so true and even if the light doesn't cooperate to get that shot... it's just great being there
Thanks Robert! You're right, being out there is just fantastic, and if you get the shot, it's a bonus!!
Thanks for watching 😁👍
The best light often happens at the edges of storm systems, if the forecast looks changeable that can be a good time go out if you don't mind getting soaked. I mostly go out in the mornings to catch the mist and fog.
Nice!! It's a high risk high reward process isn't it ... I love it when the weather is super changeable ... like you said, if you don't mind getting soaked, you can get some cracking photos!!
Thanks for watching 😁👍
A fiver... It didn't take long for the Wales to come back to you. I have always been an early riser, so sunrise photography is where it is at for me. Sunset is fine, but all the looks I get being in my pajamas just isn't worth it. Really great photos, Mike. I hope you and yours have a great weekend!
Haha!! Next I'll be saying "Boy'yo" and "shomay" 😆
I have to be honest, I am the same. I have no problem in getting up super early ... I'll even stay up all night if it looks like a good sunrise ... but then the Long Haired General gets angry when I get sleepy for the next few nights. 😆😆
Lol ... now that would be funny heading to a location in PJs!! 😆😆😆
All good here dude! Got my first 1-2-1 workshop next week so really looking forward to that!!
I hope you and the family are great!!
Thanks for another great video. It’s certainly easier to create great images with good light and you need the motivation to get out early or stay out late. For me, motivation to become a better photographer not only gets me out of bed but also drives me to seek the advice of others. For example, I learned in one of your street photography videos to keep the shutter speed at 1/200 of a second or better to eliminate camera shake. I applied that tip during a recent trip to Paris and was pleasantly surprised to see how sharp my images were. Also, less concern on the technical details allowed me to focus on composition so there was a multiplier effect on image quality. Just one simple piece of advice led to a massive upgrade in results. You’ve had a big impact on my development as a photographer and I appreciate it.
That's so great to hear Dan and it really motivates me to keep making these videos!!
Like what you said, if you can focus less on the technical aspect, it really does get your brain working in other ways!
As always, thanks for watching 😁👍
Another great video sir. I don't mind hitting the "Tourist spots" photos. I see what is posted on social media/travel media and when I'm there look to see how I can make it mine. Angles, time of day, and season may have been played out on a site by a bazillion people. So I think of what I can add. An overlook or peak and adding some trekking poles in the shot may be all it takes. A sun behind me lighting up a view but including my shadow(or my wife) give it a little personality. I never try to compete with shots that are out there since 1. I may not have the right lens/camera or 2. my time there (many times it is a family vacation) is not the best time/lighting.
Exactly John, it is all about making the shot your own!
Thanks for watching 😁👍
Such a true video, but for me its the afternoon light that I prefer. Why? Well, after years of getting up early for work (04:00am starts) and now that I am semi retired the thought of getting up at silly o'clock to take photographs just doesn't appeal, maybe that's why nowadays I like winter so much, lol!! For me catching a sunset is much more appetising, its that afternoon light, rolling into golden hour watching that setting sun that I really enjoy, then there's that post sunset light as we head to blue hour, maybe even catch a moonrise if i'm lucky. But, and this is possibly the most important factor, if Mother Nature doesn't play ball and let the light do its thing then I can always go to the pub for a pint, you can't do that at 05:00am :)
Haha! That's a very good point Martin, drinking before 11am is kind of frowned upon these days...😆 ... Although it's always 5oclock somewhere!! 🤔
I'm sure in a few years time, I'll think along the same lines.
Thanks for watching 😁👍
Thanks for this great video. I especially liked the editing!
Thanks so much Sebastian! This was a fun one to shoot and edit ... although I had to go out quite a few times to get that sunrise for this one ... 😆
Thanks for watching 😁👍
Good story-telling aspect to this vid, Mike, including at home preparation scenes - nice. Perhaps its just me, but I seem to detect a better video quality to this post (clearer, perhaps sharper than usual). Something different?
Sound advice. Skills plus motivation , preparation and opportunity = better odds of getting fine images.
Out of place for “digital guy” like you to use “retro” alarm clock😂 - but still works when power is out.
Some folks are just not morning people; for them, perhaps sunsets and night shoots would be better. Same alarm clock, different setting😊. Cheers!
Haha! The retro clock had a lot of screen time in this one!! 😆
Thanks very much dude, I spent a lot of time on this script and great to hear it all came together and made sense ... It did take about three goes to get it all though ... a few aborted missions when the sunlight didn't make an appearance ...
You're right about some not being morning people, and they can keep away from the mornings so it is quieter ... for me!! 😆😆😆
As always thanks for watching 😁👍
Clever thoughts. Plus very entertaining video. Thanks a lot.
What I’m still struggling with is how to manage getting up at sunrise and going out at sunset when you are a parent having young children. Because basically children needs parents at sun rise/set.
Thanks very much Gabriel, great to hear it was entertaining ... I'm working on the entertainment side of my videos to make them more fun to watch, instead of boring tutorials (although tutorials do have their place).
I know what you mean ... I don't have children so I don't have that problem, but my brother has two and he doesn't get a minute to himself!
I suppose it's about grabbing those moments when you can ... Waterfall photography is a great one to get into if you can't wait for the weather to be good ... I got absolutely soaked today, but got some great images of a little stream.
Thanks for watching and thanks for sharing your problems ... although in no time, they will be all grown up and you'll have your mornings back 😁👍
I went to chrome hill a couple of days ago. I live 2 hrs away from there so had to get up at 3:30. I had the whole place to myself that morning....well just me and the sheep. Beautiful morning. Massively overexposed all my sunrise shots doing a timelapse.....nevermind. Enjoyed it all the same.
It is a fantastic place isn't it!! Great to hear you had the place to yourself ... not so great that you over exposed the time lapse sequence ... it is so easy to do though ... I've done it in the past so you are not alone ...
Thanks for watching 😁👍
Oh so true!
Indeed it is!!
As always thanks for watching 😁👍
TBH those two points are necessary to be successful in life generally if you ask me. You can't change the world if you stay in bed!
Nevertheless, a good video and some great food for thought.
Haha! Good point ... 🤔
Thanks for watching 😁👍
Hello Mike.... How are you? Hope you are doing well.
Wonderful points you have covered.
Hey Ravi! I'm good thanks, I'm hope you are good too. 👍
Hey, i have taken so many photo’s lately, moslty ship photo’s😅🙈 i like this video too😃, i wanna do some goldenhour landscape photography sometime🙂
Well you know what they say, if you take enough ship photos, sooner or later you'll get a good one!! 😆😆😆
Great to hear you're taking lots! It's always a great way to help build that photography mindset.
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@@mikesphotography hhehe, i took over 70 photo's 😅
I watch this while snoozing for the 4th time.
Also, you forgot the absolutely most important thing: owning a car. Unless you live in the landscape you want to shoot, there is no public transport that will get you to your location. Much less at 4 a.m.
Haha! Good point ... and owning a camera ...
If you don't own a car, the best thing to do is to arrange a trip somewhere, or take a workshop ... then you'll be able to get to those locations ...and on a workshop, they will drive you to all the best locations!! 😆
Thanks for watching 4 times, much appreciated 😁👍
@@mikesphotography No no no. I did not watch your video 4 times (all though it is well worth 4 watchings). I was supposed to get out of bed, but instead I watched your video and managed to snooze the alarm 4 times during that video. 😂😂😂 8:30 in the morning. The ultimate anti-landscape photographer.
Haha!! Ah, I see ... Sorry, I was a bit slow there 😆😆😆
Ah, dam, and I thought that the two things were: the most expensive and new camera and the best, expensive and sharp lenses. Disappointed 😁😁😁. I'm joking. Great video 👍
Hahaha! They are the next things on the list! 😆😆😆
Thanks very much Vlad!! 😁👍
@@mikesphotography I knew it!
Great video and motivation!
By the way, was that art at 5:06 from any Tolkien illustrators? So amazing!
Thanks very much!
This was one of Albert Bierstadt's pieces of work ... I should have credited him for that ... there's a link in the description ... and here's the link as well: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Bierstadt_-_Rocky_Mountains,_Lander%27s_Peak_(1863).jpg
As always thanks for watching 😁👍
Nail on head
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Thanks very much!! 😁👍
0:18 how? Unreal.
Oh that's one of my all time favourites ... it was after a brutal hike up Merbabu in central Java! The mountain to the right is Merapi, an active volcano ... and the light went bonkers just before the sun broke the horizon!!
I did have a bad case of wobbly legs on the way down as well ... but well worth it for this one!!!
Thanks for watching 😁👍
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you also need a landscape
and some light ... and a camera ... and a car ... and batteries ... and an SD card ... and a computer ... and a printer ... and some ink ... and some paper ... and a picture frame ... and a wall to hang it on ... 🤔
Thanks for watching 😁👍