How to Photograph WAVES ...get on your belly!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- One of the subjects that got me on the way to moving the camera for ICM was a spell making images of WAVES, In this video I give you some basics to try - no tripod needed!
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Beautiful. I have tried before and not been happy but this has remotivated me to try again. Thanks
Hi Andy some good thoughts good video black white shot look really good !
I am always in the sand with a 600mm lens for the waves and the shorebirds. I have a beanbag to set the camera on as a super low angle with Live View shooting. Often I find a low rock to keep the camera slightly above incoming waves. Don't forget your boots! Our Southern Oregon beaches have lots of creeks dumping freshwater into the ocean. Take the time to look up the tide tables, surf forecasts that the surfers use . . .
Oh for sure. Safety has to always be paramount!
Fantastic video, time to head down to the coast I think.
Very interesting Andy
Cheers have a great day
I'm so glad I watched Photo Genius the other day and he recommended your channel. What an inspiration, I love the whole impressionist movement in painting and never thought it could be achieved with a camera. I am now working trough your channel watching when I can all of the videos. I'm also obsessed with waves, (unfortunately I'm 2 hrs drive from the nearest coast) and I can't wait to give this a go.
Hi Peter. Thanks for letting me know about Paul mentioning me. I didn't know he had. I apologise for the quality of the early videos... 😱😬🤣🤣 Thankfully it doesn't seem to have put you off. Best of luck for when you get to play with the waves 👍
What I normally carry for ground work is an accordion style mylar/foil windshield reflector that are used to keep a parked car cooler in summer. It is sort of like a plastic reflective screen. I use it unfolded to lie on, particularly in woods where biting ants are present. The screen also serves as a light reflector when a little reflected light is needed. I just fold it up and stick it in the back of my pants when walking and take it out when needed. It would also work well on a wet sand beach. I guess those reflectors are used in the UK also. They are quite common here in the US.
Great idea! Yes I'm sure they're here too - though we don't need them for the summers 🤣🤣
Hi Andy, very inspirational about getting the most out of small things (like waves that aren’t monsters!). Gave me a lot of ideas, thanks so much for sharing! Dan
Thanks for watching!
Excellent tip , thank you 👍
I love that you made 1foot waves look like they were a meter or more high.
I'm going to a beach with my camera club soon so I'll definitely have to give this a try.
All about maximising time/location 😉
Thanks for another great and inspirational video! Love the sea. Really enjoyed it. Cheers.
Thanks Peter! 👍
What a pleasure to be back on stage !!! Thanks for the video and the new inspiration. My best wishes for you !!! 😍
Thanks Beatrice!
Really great video. Take a really cheap lilo to lie down on. With Lindisfarne in the background I'd try and incorporate that into the waves
Good points 👍😃
Great one! Inspired...tks
Awesome 👍
Nice tips.. thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks 👍
Beautiful wave images, I live near the coast in Ireland so will definitely be giving this a go, thanks for sharing 😊
Fantastic. Best of luck!
Really liked your shots here Andy. I live on the Devon coast so if I'm not shooting trees, its the sea. I'll give this a go next time I'm on the beach. I don't mind getting my wellies on and getting in (safely obviously) but I tend to shoot down and wide for foreground so this is a good idea. I may also try and go shallow DOF to see what it's like. Drop the ISO to 50 and stack the ND's, might not work but worth a shot I reckon.. I sometimes take a 6x3 foot tarp on the beach to keep me dry if I'm sitting or kneeling, then put it in a plastic bag after so not to get sand or water on my gear. Weighs nothing and takes up no space. I'll be taking it for this though, that's for sure!
Thanks! Sounds like you're all ready to go then Rob! 😃👍
Next time I'm at the coast I will be trying this. The mono images are so evocative. I am afraid of the sea yet these images have a calming effect. I have been watching Fototripper along the Oregon coast. Spectacular wave action, although your vlog just proves you don't need huge waves to make an impact.
Indeed! these were smaller than I was hoping for when I went down there (hence using older images too 😉)
There's quite a few people shooting waves at the moment but I like the fact that yours are not the same as all the others, especially the black and white ones. Would love to see you process one of those.
When am I ever likely to anything the same as anyone else?! 🤣 Cheers Paul. Edit is pretty straightforward, increase contrast and blues, into SIlver efex and make it dark as possible 😉
My favourite place in the whole world. Love this video.
Thanks Carnel. I can't wait to get back down to that beach when we're allowed again!
Great technique Andy, thanks for sharing.
Cheers John! 👍
Great video Andy . You’ve given me me inspiration to try this as I live in Gibraltar surrounded by the sea . I think it works better in bw than colour .
Beautifull motion of waves. Have to visit england before i need a visa and passport ;-)
Regards from the other side of the north sea…
I know what you mean, I'dve liked to see more of Europe before all the paperwork is needed 😋
Thanks for the advice and sharing your time, we have the bank holiday weather today so i might give it a shot at the local reservoir.
👍 its absolutely dreadful here today - typical bank holiday...
Beautiful location, so peaceful and quiet.
Still was more people there than usual with it being filmed in a school holiday week, usually quieter
Great work, you’ve inspired me to think and try ICM ! I live near the coast so will be experimenting with this technique. 😎
Thanks. Have fun with it 👍
I was just thinking today that I really need to get back to work on my personal project photographing the Atlantic ocean which I feel that I've stalled on but with your video I think I'll walk to the beach today and try your approach. Thanks for sharing!
Just be careful Ed! Those waves down there will be much bigger! 😱
Got to say them dark mono shots are really nice I would never think to do that so now next time I have them conditions I'll give that a copy Haha
Thats what its all about Paul! Give it all a try and see what sticks 😃
Thanks so much, I'm going to try this next time I'm out at the beach with my camera. I live in the gulf coast of Florida so it waves are not big here either. This is a great idea for those days that are not as dramatic wheather wise.
I'm all about maximising potential on days that aren't "ideal". Good luck with it 👍
A very interesting video, the black and white images have great drama.
Thanks Mark. Yes I used to do quite a bit of b/w in the past
very inspiring video! I have tried a little but here I got really good tips!
Glad to be able to help! An urban legend goes around that David Baker would dig himself a little pit so he could get even lower... Not sure how true that is though!
I loved your waves
Me too, just need wilder seas again...
It's funny. You mention the bright California day, I have to use a 10 stop now and it isn't even summer in LA yet.
Oh that would drive me nuts! and for sure I couldn't stand the heat 😋
Nice! Another thing I need to try! 😊
Haha Hope it goes well! 👍
Thanks for sharing Andy:-)
No probs! 👍
Thanks Andy, inspiring 👍
Thanks Mark!
Hi Andy, could yoiu explain how did you focus? M or AF, and still or continous?. Many thanks for the lesson and video.
For waves I usually autofocus using a single point and use tracking to "try" and keep the breaks in focus
@@andrewsgray thanks a lot for tour time and kind replay.
can u touch on that aspect of being self conscious? i find myself feeling that way when i take my camera out to shoot
I think I'm overly self conscious at the best of times, however for some reason it doesn't bother me while flailing away with my camera. It is hard to get over though. I struggle with it still in normal life.
Really interesting video on a different aspect of ICM, one question though, did you have VR on or off?
Cheers Jimmy. I turned it off, sorry should've mentioned that
Great video, really interesting and artistic take.
Thanks! I don't do much that's straightforward 😂
Andy Gray That’s not a bad way to be in a world full of ‘clones’! 😊
Yeah its handy doing something that no one can "copy" exactly 😉
Hi Andy, Thank you for this inspirational video. My camera can turn the viewer and I use the platypod in low shooting circumstances.
Thanks for watching Fred 😊
What was your shutterspeed for the waves? I will be at the Atlantic in three weeks and would like to give it a try.
I think maybe 1/5th of a second (with an ND filter). Just experiment though, thats the best way 👍
Thanks a lot. I will try it
Enjoying your BW here - Great work.
Thanks! 👍
Quality 👍👍👊
Thanks! and thanks for watching!
beautiful final images. Inspiring. It is a pity that I find hard to understand the explanations.
Thanks. Yes sorry I'm not exactly a clear speaker for anyone outside of northern Britain
Alternatively, get a camera with a flip/tilt screen :D
Well yes, there is that too..
Check out Nicki Gwynn-Jones work, her waves are phenomenal. Love your take on the waves.
Thanks Sylvia. I've seen various stuff by Nicki over the years - Very good!!
great video! The black and white looks so good on those photos. I've just started my own channel and I would appreciate it so much if you could check out my recent video!
Thanks! I'll try and have a look later