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great video! I learned a lot

you are a natural born teacher. the simplicity / complexity level of the explanations, the pace with which you offer the information, the props, even the tone in your voice, all spot on. well done.

Babe wake up, new Yorkshire Photo Walks video

I like to see settings because it helps me visualize what can be done. Great tutorial.

This was a REALLY great tutorial. Notes have been taken. Thanks for another informative video Tom - keep them coming!

Tom you should come down to hemsworth area , there is nice places around for walks.

I shoot mostly still subjects and tend to select aperture and adjust speed to get it right (ISO fixed with film). If there is something moving I may need to compromise on motion blur and aperture. With digital one can of course adjust ISO too, at the cost of increasing noise but perhaps being able to use smaller aperture for more depth of field or larger if you want smaller depth. Someone shooting action sport would select it all so differently to avoid motion blur often. You need to choose what your subject needs but it comes to depth of field, motion blur and having enough light (ISO sensitivity, adding external lights or flash).

Some good advice but long winded. 1. Write a mind map. 2. Make it better. Repeat 3. Most importantly, think critically and engage with the information.

I've seen a lot of these videos and have to say this is broken down really well.

You make great lessons! I spent years experimenting with different compositions to get this knowledge.

Very, very good. Your channel is destined for great things.

Very helpful tips! I often overthink my composition yet always fail to make a compelling one. I hope I can hone my skills in composing like you are.

Hi there - interesting format of the video... Thanks! But I wander that when you talk on 28mm lens and minimum shutter speed - you do forget, that camera have IBIS - that allow you to get sharp image even at lower shutter speeds that equivalent to focal length of the lens... In Nikon Z the IBIS is usually provides up to 5 stops - so you do not need to hike the ISO so much (even if it does not do the harm).

Thoroughly enjoyed this, Tom. I don't "do" audio podcasts because I've the attention span of my Jack Russell, so the videos work best for me. Hoping to join you again, hopefully more frequently, in this next season.

Very well explained, congrats

Do you find a gray flat cap preferable to black or plaid? I do like your videos though, makes for an enjoyable afternoon. I'm the obligatory bearded giant photographer

Always look forwards to your videos man, always helpful and entertaining

Really enjoy your videos and just love the accent

The dog is the Barguest. It's name allegedly deriving from Berg (Mountain) and Geist (ghost). Similar folklore appears in many Anglo Saxon cultures across Europe. It would take unsuspecting children and sheep as its prey and hide them around the gill. Trollers is by no means always dry though. Indeed, during the whole year the upper parts (before Dry Ghyll) still flow. During the winter and after reasonable rainfall, the whole place floods regularly and you would find your route impossible. (FYI - There is a terrific composition looking directly east up the U-shaped valley right before you climb over the broken stile at the entrance to the gill. Next time!) Edit: That mine (that you called a Cave) only goes about 20m and stops abruptly. Unlike many abandoned mines in the Dales, quite safe to explore.

I'm not from Yorkshire, but even I know one should only go on Ilkley Moor 'baht 'at'... 😁

Great video, too much assumption in videos that we are all great at photography from a basics point of view.

great video

Another great vid,

Loads of interesting insight. Another great vid. Thanks.

Thanks

Another great video on a bit of a late catchup.

Unpopular opinion, but as someone who truly appreciates landscapes and wandering, I find the first "flat" photograph more interesting the the last ones which seem fake and overproduced.

❌️ taking landscape photo ✅️ taking photo of a tree

I appreciate your sharing :)

Just found this channel and I'm now a subscriber. However, as a landscape photographer I don't necessarily agree that manual mode is the best mode for my kind of photography. Most of the time I use aperture priority mode (only controlling aperture and ISO) and let the camera decide what shutter speed to use in order to get a proper exposure. Of course there are situations where I need to control the shutter speed as well, but my most used mode (by far!) is aperture priority.

Well now I can't take any pictures, that 0.3 second music loop made me chew my own hands off. Typical!

Brilliant video. Touch of class with the location details too. Thanks you! 🙏🏾

Great video very well explained .. I have a Nikon d3400 kit lenses . A lot to learn .

True, and very well explained!

Very good video!

A lot of environments are too fragile to just trod across like that though. It must be nice living somewhere with ample water

For my own purposes, I'm going to call this the SLOW method. Subject, Layer, Organize, and Weather (weather being a combination of time of day/year). Thank you! I can't wait to try it out!

Thanks

After watching this video, I've just purchased the book "Why do you like this photo" and I've began reading it. So far, so good! I can't say enough that this channel brings so much value, which I'm thankful for. All the best, Tom!

While I agree with your commenter that over-editing a photo is no good, I don't think the photograph in question has suffered it at all.

There is a divide there between photographers who "take a photo" of a scene and try to make the scene look like it did on the day. These are what I call documentary shooters. Then there are those who "make an image" and try to create a piece of art that is usually quite different from reality at the end of the editing process. It's usually a fantastical version of the scene. Better than the real thing.

When I have conversations about photo editing, I find that people often think it is a phenomenon that came about with digital photography and is therefore disingenuous - a view that comes from the belief that digital photography and photo editing are cheating somehow, when really photographers in the "good old days" used many of the same techniques of adapting e.g., exposure, saturation, colours, etc. And while art is subjective and everyone is entitled to their own tastes, I honestly had to laugh about the commenter's remark because you did such basic corrections - many people wouldn't pick up on them at all without the side-by-side, and I would barely call them photo editing. Also, what I feel the commenter forgets is that cameras see differently than the human eye. Ever photographed a brilliant sunset with all sorts of reds and pinks and oranges that just blow your mind? It never looks as brilliant in a straight-up photo. And I think it is fair to change that and make the photo reflect what your eyes saw, or take it further to reflect how it made you feel. Or take it even further than that and turn the photo into a whole new piece of art. I loved your point about intent because obviously post production/editing, filters, etc. have a whole new connotation nowadays with social media such as Instagram, where they are indeed regularly used to highly stylise and distort reality, usually with the intent to trick the viewer and to sell them things they don't need. So personally, I wouldn't worry about the person editing their landscape photo to make a few clouds and flowers more visible. Anyway, thank you for another wonderful, thoughtful, and insightful video. Keep it up. ❤

Lovely scenes, a beautiful part of the world

Your philosophy suits my values to a tee. I did find your images a little dark for my tastes.