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Great advice as always mate. Great to see Bombo in the thumb, as well :)

Great video mate - will be using the general focus in the mid ground more often now 🙌🏼

Nice and simplified 👍🙂

Great practical advice Will and as always very well explained. In this video there were stunning images that I don't believe that you have shown in other videos before.

Another tip that helps me if I’m in a scenario where I don’t have a tripod/ time to set up one. If you’re going to have something out of focus it will look better if it looks like you intentionally have it out of focus. Open up to F4 and really blur the foreground (especially if you’re shooting through the grass). I try to tell myself that even though I do get caught up in the sharpness thing all too often myself. I’ve talked myself into upgrading to the A7RV when I can just for the ease of focus bracketing xD. It’s a struggle. I appreciate this video William!

Practice, practice, practice. Go out and use your camera as much as you can. You'll get better as you put the hours in, I promise.

Hi Will & hello from Oz, thanks for another easy to understand & precise video. Due to my age & feeling the weight of my Canon glass etc I've recently switched to the OM system so I'm curious to ask if your general guide to focal length + shutter speed would be applicable to micro four thirds. So much is made of the comparable focal length of micro 4/3 to full frame so I'm wondering if that's something to take into consideration with your general guide. So far, I've had no issues with the OM's results, but curiosity was getting the better of me. Cheers from Oz

If you are just shooting for fun don't get obsessed with sharpness. If it's a job, then perfect technical quality in the files will be expected. Things get more complicated when you have to shoot in harsh light/mid-day conditions and have to use ND filters and so on. On the other end, low light conditions bring challenges of their own. Focus stacking and focus breathing can also give you a headache. Get to know your gear first, your camera and sensor, and then your lenses. Do a lot of testing to see how it behaves in different conditions and scenarios. Once you understand the technical side, you can move on to the creative part, like composition and shaping the light etc.

Great video and advice. My biggest challenge is when using the 100-400 and I can literally see it swaying around when Im trying to keep it still enough to take a photo. I'll have to try the lean on something to improve that.

Good discussion about sharpness/focus. There are many examples of excellent images that are not sharp everywhere in the image. If the artist (photographer) is wanting the viewer to focus on a particular subject in the image having other areas a bit (or even a lot) out of focus can help force the viewer to ‘focus’ on the intended subject.

You may have mentioned this and my apologies if so (I'm watching after eating Sunday lunch and suffering from food coma LOL). If your scene is all at infinity, take advantage of the luxury of your lens' sharpest aperture range. Even though you' re focusing far into the distance, there's no DOF issues (as you mentioned) so open up to about three stops above widest. On a typical f/4 lens that might be f/5.6 to f/8 or so, where it's inherently sharpest. Plus you'll gain more light for a faster shutter.

Thanks, as always good tips.👍

Another great video/ You need to be connecting with some of the more viewed youtubers, because your content is better than a lot of theirs, and you definitely deserve a lot more eyeballs on your videos. There seems to be some cliques of content creators who help pump each others' content.

10min and 49seconds of fantastic advice - I suffered with the ol' "Shakey Shakey" hands (🤣) but watching one of your videos inspired me to practice how slow I can go with my shutter and I am proud to say I can get to 1/4....kinda...barely... sometimes 🙄🤦‍♂️🤣...but I'm making progress so thank you 😁🙏 Great video 📸

I prefer the time before sunrise and after sunset.

Thanks mate. That was great.

wow love that shots...i get some shots of rain forest in my country using 8mp camera but that shots are not sharp like yours ..wish i had a camera like this....❤

Hello mate, I am looking forward to next year and have just purchased a Sony A7RM5, Sony FE 16-35, Sony 24-70 and a Sony 100-400. Great video!!

"This type of environment, I feel so at peace"......thats what I enjoy the most from doing landscape photography

That's it! Workshop with Will is on the to-do list!!

3:20 protect the camera at all costs 💯

Breathtaking scenery. It is magical

For 13X19 prints and smaller (glossy or matte) what type of printer would you suggest?

Brilliant!!

Absolutely gorgeous area so lucky are the people with you who got to photograph it all

Nice work Will.

100 out of 100 WOW

I did a trip on Doubtful Sound back in 2018. Just amazing.

Another great video Will ... just perfect for my withdrawal symptoms! :)

Will, your videos are the best I've seen with post processing. What I have problems with is the decision making... deciding exactly where I need to increase or decrease contrast, dehaze, bring the color up or down, etc. At this point in my progress, I definitely tend overdo it. Your videos are really really helpful. Thank you!

Your workshops look awesome Will. Incredible location, and the help you gave to the attendees in finding and composing an image sounds top class. Thanks for sharing and giving us something to dream about attending one day

Awe inspiring. Thank you for your vision and love of this wilderness. Love that you share participants photos.

Let me guess the kea took of with your belongings 😂

What an awesome video of an incredible location! Thank you sooo much for sharing this. Hopefully you will share some more pics of the shots you took or your students.

Wow Incredible landscape ❤, im from the uk & we have our own beauty but' New Zealand looks next leval

What an incredible journey! “The vibrancy of the colors, the smells, the sounds…” good words to live by Will.

Never understand why tourists all head for Milford Sound, when there are so many more beautiful fjords with far less poeple and more wildlife. Love Doubtful Sound.

Congratulations on the video and your beautiful work, how many millimeters did you use to take these photos? I'm thinking about buying a 100 x 400 for this type of photo.

Even if you've no interest in photography I challenge anyone not to be drawn in by the first few seconds of that video. The spectacular scenery grabs you instantly. Great work from the photographers whose work you showcased there as well!

Howdy William, what's the best way to get in touch with you to book on this or a similar trip next year? Thanks.

Just another world, great images everyone. Thanks for sharing this with us William

soulful and inspiring mate, thanks for sharing. Loved the off track explores and sharing some of the participants images 🤙🏼

Great work thanks Will!! What really matters about photography (for myself at least) is what you are photographing, and you guys hit the jackpot! As someone who has been around the South Island more times than I can count, they have to be some of the best conditions I have ever seen! Thanks for sharing the photos, nice work Glen Thompson, just the right amount of processing for me.

Great video Will, and thank you so much for a truly epic trip - one of the best ever that will live on, and on David & Nicole (looking forward to next time.......)

Wow man amazing great video. So amazing to see all the exploration you do.

Super 📷👍😀

Guess who’s drooling again !!!!! You have the best job in the world and you are the best person for the job :) thanks for the beautiful videos - they take me back down memory lane everytime and put a smile on My dial xx

Hell yeah Chris! 🤘

Beautiful video Will, I need to do one of these with you again!

Just incredible, what a landscape 😍