The Travel Photography Mistake Most People Miss
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- You can make travel photography a lot more enjoyable (and productive) by following this advice as I travel around Yellowstone and the Grand Teton National Parks.
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No fences or walls were crossed, no signs were ignored, and there was a path up to it before the trespass police jump on me 😂
You with the bears, me with the no tresspassing! 🤣 The abandoned farmhouse was totally worth it though, thanks for getting me risk getting shot for getting THE shots!!
This is a masterclass of British moaning abroad. The images are sublime, the scenery to die for, & the weather an absolute bonus.
😂 haha!!! I'm glad I fulfil the stereotype! Thank you, very kind
As photographers, as much as we try to photograph every beautiful place we are in, we need to also recognize when NOT to take a photo. What I mean by that is, a beautiful view doesn’t always mean it will be a beautiful photograph. Sometimes being there is better than photographing it. Think of it like “this memory won’t be viewed on everyone’s screen. This one’s just mine to remember”
It is all about expectations. The conditions were perfect for photography, but not perfect for your expectations.
Man, I was ALL smiles watching this video! Loved re-living our entire trip through your lens & eyes, Rick! Seeing all your shots in motion and stills took me instantaneously back. Definitely a trip to remember for life! Also - so glad to hear that The Playbook has been working out for you well!!
First thing I thought during the first 30 seconds was that if you feel underwhelmed with your photos, just be glad that you got there and experienced it. Photography should always comes second to experiences. Even if it’s how you make a living. Be grateful.
(Not saying that you’re not grateful, rather advice for novices who don’t stop to smell the roses)
Hi Rick, just came across this video and had to comment on it. I am an ex pat brit living in the SF Bay area. I have been here for 30 years. I don't travel to the east coast but have been to yellowstone and the South west. Many campsites on this coast and north west are closed until beginning of June. When I travelled to yellowstone I did check out the weather and best time to go. Since all parks now are overrun with visitors your trip wasn't that bad. I also believe if you had waited another month the mosquito situation, which is no joke, would have been horrendous. The best time and the time I went was after school went back in October (and no mosquito). I would also like to say that trying to get the same photos as what you have seen in the magazines, of the famour barn in the Tetons, is pointless, it's been done!!! I think sitting down the taking in what you see wherever you are is key - I have only been to yellowstone once, and I spoiled the experience by being behind the camera, getting regular shots and not just appreciating the experience.
I enjoyed your retelling of the experience AND the humor you found in it
Excellent story telling and some very fine images! I look forward to seeing more of your work! Thanks for taking me along!
Great video, Rick! One thing I've realised this year, mostly due to the totally sh!t British weather, is that too much planning leads to unrealistic expectations and massive disappointments. Sometimes, you've just gotta wing it and go out unplanned. You come back with stuff you could never have imagined and no one else will be able to replicate! You got some incredible photos on this trip and also I don't think anyone would judge you (or even know) if you filled in those self shadows ;)
Absolutely, I’ve had that too many times. I think it just compounds things when you put so much time and money getting somewhere… if you let it! Thanks, appreciate it
Great video! And very timely for me personally as I'm headed to Yellowstone in 2 weeks for 4 days with a friend who works there. Hopefully I'll come away with some shots that are close to the quality of yours. If I do, I'll be very pleased. Thanks for taking the time to do the video.
As an American I always find it interesting the ways in which my country affects, impacts, influences and whatever those from elsewhere. Not always in a positive way, I have to admit, but when talking about landscapes we tend to do a little better than in some other areas. Then again, living in the armpit of the deep south (as I do) these landscapes are effectively another country, anyway. But this was a very interesting video.
Great content 💪
Thanks for taking us with you on that journey!
I really enjoyed watching and listening 🙏
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Great to watch Rick. I have been to Yellowstone some years ago and you brought it all back. Happy to watch anything you put out so keep going with your adventures. ❤
Thank you Chris, glad you enjoyed it!
A really nice video, Rick, and I think you got some very fine images. I particularly thought the boardwalks in the vapors from the (very) hot springs were great. As an old geezer, not geyser, who last drove through Yellowstone about 40 years ago, take it from me that you were truly fortunate that the crummy weather saved you from the usual horrific crowds. The boardwalks even back then were filled with people and you could walk the loop road faster than the folks in cars (only a minor exaggeration).
Yeah, I would not have enjoyed that. Thank you 🙏🏻
I very much enjoyed this video, the photos, and the storyline. Thank you.
Beautiful images ! 🤩
Enjoyed the storytelling in this. Great vid
Great video and totally get your frustrations! Its a great reminder that most plans won't meet expectations and by adapting to the challenges we can still get some great shots and make us better photographers. I'm a Scot living in the Rocky Mountain area, so know spring weather throws many a visitor, but it can be great for avoiding the crowds we get here!
Loved the video, I really think you chose a great time to visit and I loved the isolation and big skies.
Thanks, it seems like we did! Glad you enjoyed it!
I enjoyed this episode. I like that you really know what you are after (most of the time). Living in the US, I guess I don't realize how lucky I am.
Thanks! I think a lot of us (me included) take where we live for granted. I guess I just take a lot more inspiration from being elsewhere
Lovely shots throughout for me personally the conditions were awesome a bit of discomfort makes the resulting images worth so much more. The way I’ve lived my life is rip the piss outta myself it saves others bothering ❤️📷
Thank you! Yeah, it’s a good way to be 😂
We just made a trip to AZ and UT at the start of May and they had snow 10 days before we arrived. The wind whipping through the Canyon made it a lot colder than we'd expected. Nice toilets. 😃
Rick, just a heads up the weather in the Pacific Northwest is similar to this. I once assumed I could visit Crater Lake on an April trip to Oregon, only to discover the visitor center doesn't open until late May or early June, depending on snowfall! Luckily, I did do research and discovered this in advance. 🙂
Loved it Rick made me smile and still some great shots.
Thanks Bernie!
Nice video man, I dig it. Like the mixture of talking-head and on-location footage.
Curious what paper you are printing on? Results look phenomenal it does a great job of color rendition.
Welcome to the US West, depending on the weather, spring can come rather late in the year and winter can come early too. The infamous Donner Party got nailed by an early winter.
People forget the Donners were a group of photographers :)
Indeed it can! I’d never heard of that, just been reading 😳
@@RickBebbington They were going to California and got caught in an early snow storm in the Sierra Nevada mountains at what is now called Donner Pass. They resorted to cannibalism out of necessity.
This is pretty relatable - we were planning a US roadtrip for April. We were very surprised to find everything was gonna be shut. We ended up taking another, more southerly, route. Thanks for showing a realistic May trip to Yellowstone.
Glad it’s not just me! Hope your trip was good?
@@RickBebbington yeah it was great. One day we'll get to Yellowstone and Grand Teton
Outback? No... Outhouse! Loved joining you on your trip, Rick, challenging at first, then glorious. Thanks!
Thank you!
We just went across the Beartooth Highway in Wyoming. Due to high winds and late snows, it didn't open until June 5, 2 days before we were planning on crossing it.
Always do your research before traveling :)
Oh wow, that must have been amazing! Yep, lesson learnt. Sort of!
Where next? Nova Scotia, of course! From the highlands of Cape Breton to the Annapolis Valley, all wrapped in 7500 km of spectacular North Atlantic coastline! I will provide a room and transportation, and you might even be able to connect with Gavin Hardcastle (fototripper) who now calls this amazing place home. The catch is I get to tag along 😊. Serious offer.
I honestly know very little of Nova Scotia but am keen to learn more!! That's very kind of you, definitely one I'll put a pin in ☺️
Your art is incredible. I just love your storytelling relayed in the composition
Thanks Deepti, that means a lot ☺️
Truths, Honesty, and some cracking shots. And lessons learned.
Hi Rick
Amazing video, and amazing photos !
Not enough time to apreciate them in the video, so I have bought your zine. Well done !
Thanks Vincent, much appreciated 👍🏻
The photos are STUNNING. The feeling of isolation and peace... For the first time, I feel like visiting this place
Thank you so much 🙏🏻😀
Engaging video Rick. Thanks for sharing. Would love to visit those places.
Thanks, you absolutely should if you can - try and do it for more than just a few days though!!
I'm going to Norway for the first time and the weather prognosis right now is looking to be rain, pretty much at all times. I'll still go. I'll still record my videos and take my photos and I'll be happy about it. The only thing I've got planned is the route I'll be going which is Sweden > Otta > Åndalsnes > Ålesund > Geiranger > Otta > Home. What happens during that time, we'll see.
But, you’re going to Norway 😀😀 I had a summer camping trip to Iceland in 2018, and the weather was really grim. I still look back on it as one of my favourite trips with a camera. Enjoy your trip 👍🏻
For me traveling is a heady mix of plans and spontaneity. Stuff happens, as you demonstrated in this video, and you just have to roll with things. Had you gone a month later in the year 2022 you'd have encountered massive flooding. The weather is just always a wildcard. Regardless, you made some great images and documented an amazing trip.
Thank you. Did not know abut the flooding 😳 grateful that wasn’t a thing to contend with
I think your timing was perfect. Had you been there in better weather the crowds would have made you crazy, as you suggested. I love being in vast wilderness areas in the off season, regardless of the weather, assuming I'm prepared. Great images! Thanks for sharing!
You’re totally right, I’d have been more annoyed with people 😂
Many failures at first glance, but... these are great lessons learned! Nice video & story telling!
Thanks!
We’ve all seen those images. Easy to make the foreground interesting. “A selfie” with your partner. ツ
until this year my son lived in Jackson or near by and had visited the area almost yearly for about 5-years. May is iffy but a favorite, but September and August are great (but both the town and parks are flooded with grey tourists - I retired 6 years ago!). One May I had beautiful weather but on Mormon ROW I had to compete with the birders watching the Prairie Grouse mating rituals, unfortunately the birds know the best photo locations. And in May 2020??? the moose who thought our tent was a great spot to lay on/next to while we were inside. You'll just have to return, still liked your photo's. If you want a comparison to make yourself feel good, I'll send some of mine, hahaha
Thank you for sharing, and what a stunning collection of images! Well done.
We all know about what too much expectations can do. I really thing it is better to focus on the experience on been there and then inspiration naturally comes. Don't know if it means something for you.
Thanks, appreciate that ☺️ you’re exactly right, now my preferred way of seeing places
Zine purchased ❤ video as always amazing! More zines Rick!
Congrats on the outdoor toilet images! must have taken loads of planning! 😂
Haha! Thanks Andy, really appreciate that 👍🏻
Great video. I spend a lot of time planning my trips and I have learned some lessons the same as you did here. I appreciate your candor on the thrill and difficulty of American road trips. I recently spent two weeks on a family trip through southern New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern Colorado. I have a lot of experience with trips in the SW and the Smoky Mountains and one trip to the Pacific NW and Glacier. I would be more than happy to share what I know should you ever want to reach out. I am looking for my next adventure to be the full circuit of Lake Superior. I spent a lot of time in northern Minnesota and Canada as a child and I would like to go back and see some of those places again. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, I really appreciate that 🙏🏻 that sounds like a great adventure - I saw Lake Superior on my flight over… that’s quite a drive!
Can’t force it. That’s why I downsized to Olympus M4/3 and just keep it in my car with a handful of tiny lenses. ツ
I feel your pain, but in my case, I have family who live in Colorado and I kind of picked up early on that. Their version of spring is different than a Texan spring.
That being said, I went to Yellowstone last year and I did take a few photos, but nothing of significance.
I am however, going to Yellowstone on the 13th of this month and I’m taking a vast of cameras with me including a full spectrum converted Sony camera ever since purchasing this camera, I have released my inner Anzel Adams.
Lovely film. For what it’s worth, I’d not worry about being hard on yourself, it’s a big part of the process I think, if we aren’t hard on ourselves we wouldn’t make any progress.
Thanks, that’s so true 👍🏻
Rick well done ... It's a blast to see Yellowstone again but thru your eyes and much different conditions. One note a Geeser is the old guy that comes out to yell at you for standing too close to the Geyser :). Next time your planning on coming to the states let me know . Ps will need to talk more off line re The Playbook for Creative Warriors sounds like its right up ma alley ... Cheers, Art
Thanks Art!! I will do, had enough of planes for now but I’ll be over at some point! Yeah, give me a shout 👍🏻
Uhm.... this series is so much better than many others. Getting rid of the tourists hordes comes at a price. But this has been a great investment in this case. Obviously. Stop whining man. Great work.
I felt cold just watching this, I can't imagine being there
That was terrific! So interesting to see some of my favorite places in America through someone else's eyes. But yeah, above 8000' in May, rookie mistake if you wanted spring ;-) You certainly made the best of the conditions sir. There were so many images that resonated with me, I can't list them all, but I enjoyed what you did share immensely. It was funny, you mention "self deprecating humor" and then showed images of outside toilets, which took my mind naturally to "self defecating humor" ;-) As for suggestions: Death Valley, Valley of Fire (Nevada); Spring Mountains; Red Rock. Those are all day trips from Las Vegas. Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Arches National Park are spectacular. Devil's Tower in Wyoming is most impressive. Your overexposed images reminded me quite a bit of James Popsys! Happy trails!
Haha!! Thanks Brian, would love to do all those places listed. I drove through Death Valley in 2014 and loved it, need to give it more time though.
Defn want to hear thoughts on fuji
some of those geyser shots might look dope in B&W?? sick photos over all !
I’ve got some i shot on film… and you’re correct! Thanks 👍🏻
@@RickBebbington awesome! glad you did I bet they look great!
Was that an MTL5 at the beginning? My first ever SLR was a Praktica MTL3.
Should have watched the whole video before commenting. 😀
Wow, you certainly get about. Was it expensive to get out to Yellowstone?
Depends on where you are getting out from. My wife and I just drove cross country to get to it. Went to a lot of other places in the area as well, so made it one big trip. The biggest deal is rooms. About $250 is the cheapest for in or close to the park. A little cheaper the further you get out. If you visit multiple days or multiple parks, get an annual pass for $80. That lets you in all parks unlimited.
Secret nearby spot: Shell Canyon in the Bighorn Mountains. Stunning, and no one there.
@@musa7606 For a moment, I thought it was Rick replying!
This year is a bit of an anomaly to be fair! Flights weren’t too bad, but I think they’re more in ‘summer’! Accommodation looked pretty pricey but we were camping so it was ok (and thankfully, paid for by Moly!). I think booking in advance is probably key for busier times
If a meteor falls and you didn’t film it. To us, it did not happen…. remember that.
No just kidding, nice storytelling!
😂😂 thanks!
World reality check xD good photos tho ;)
Never ever go anywhere with preconceived images. Bad mistake. Always welcome the weather and location as it is and then work it. I know you say you never planned but you must of known where roughly you were heading so should of at least known sun direction! 🤔
The problem with trips is you think you have to take photos because otherwise its a waste of time. I think snaps are ok if you know what you really want you didnt get, or that lighting wasnt good enough. You clearly dont like some of the photos you took and therefore should stick to your guns and not show them. But its easy to show them anyway lol
Some of your images early on look too manipulated. Id tone them back and stick to realistic landscapes. Some are good though but some fall flat on composition and shouldnt be shown. Trips are a bugger. But you either work with it or say no not for me. The latter is very hard to do especially if youre a digital shooter
Generally, not really! Obviously I knew sunrise would be better for the mountains but that was about it.
I’m generally happy showing what I have, I know what I like and what doesn’t work as well. I think highlighting that can help people see similar in their own images. Hopefully!
You didn't think you would have to research seasons? You must be kidding.........................June and September are best for Yellowstone, but unexpected weather can always modify that..................................
Depressed half way through. I’m out.