So vlog No.4 here we go. I had big plans for this one and I have been away this week on
a family holiday in the Algarve in Portugal. I had plans to make a vlog of the whole week
but that quickly went by the wayside as it was hot, nice, I was having a great time with
my family and my willpower to do any filming quickly went away. It is a little bit of a
problem as soon as you stop doing things, you get a little bit lazy but I did manage
to get out on one evening and film a few things as I was chasing a sunset. So I coupled together
a little something from the footage that I did film. I hope you enjoy it. Leave a comment
down below just to let me know what you think at the end. I’d really appreciate that.
Here we go......
I’ve been a little bit unlucky with the
weather recently. It has been beautiful blue sky for days on end here and now it’s a
bit of a white out at the moment. Hopefully, it will improve and a few of the clouds will
clear as it comes to sunset. I’m going to hang around, try and get a sunset shot, as
I said earlier. Hopefully, that will work out for me. So I thought I would just take
a minute to mention a couple of things about my videos, generally, particularly the tutorials.
There’s been some interesting discussion recently with a couple of the videos especially
with the recent one about the graduated filter. When I’m putting these videos feels together,
I want to keep them concise, to the point, to keep people interested and entertained,
to help them take their photography to the next level which is what my channel is all
about. Now I'm a photographer geek. I’m a geek generally. I love tech. I love anything
to do with gear, art….I could talk all day long about photography. I could talk all day
long on each particular element or tutorial I've done so far. But the important part of
what I feel to get the message across is to cut that down in to bit sized chunks because,
as we know, when we’re browsing on YouTube looking for that information, you want that
information snappy and to the point. You think of something, you want to find that information
out, you go on to YouTube and you want it like that. You don’t want to be sitting
through an hour and a half lecture or, if you do, you’re on your own really. There’s
not many people out there like you. So most of us want it snappy, we want it quick which
is what I’m trying to do with my tutorials. It then becomes a battle of how I cut that
down into the consumable content. I’m always going to miss things out. I’ve got to prioritise
what’s the most important thing when shooting a video. That’s going to mean that I need
to cut bits out. So if I’ve missed something out, I’ve probably done that on purpose.
Apart from one video where a viewer pointed out I’d put the tripod mount the wrong way
on my 400mill review. I’ve put a link to that so you can check that out. I have got
the tripod mount on the wrong way for that video. For me this lens gets all of that bang
on. The reason for that is because I never ever shoot with the tripod mount on. I just
put on to shoot that review. I use that lens exclusively handheld so I generally take the
tripod mount off which is why, when I stuck it back on for that tutorial, that review
sorry, I wasn’t paying too much attention and I just chucked it on and it went on the
wrong way round. So for the other videos, I have to cut bits out to keep the videos
nice and short, consumable and entertaining for people and, thankfully, most of you have
liked it and I really, really appreciate that. I really love the feedback and the comments
and it keeps me going. In the end, that's why I've started this channel in the first
place to help people take their photography to the next level. All content has been free
so far. I intend to keep it that way on the vast majority of the content I create. I just
wanted to offer you the option of supporting me if you've been enjoying the content so
I can continue making this content free for years to come. I’ve decided to do that by
putting the T-shirts that I wear in the videos on sale. I announced it in my email, my email
subscribers, so a quick look. A very nice T-shirt designed by a good friend of mine
call Andy Whiting. Thanks Andy cheers. I love the T-shirts. They come in several different
colours. I’ll put a link to the website where you can go ahead and buy a T-shirt now.
I’d really appreciate if you did that. It’s a pretty cool T-shirt. It doesn't have the
First Man Photography branding on it anywhere, just the .Raw. If you’re asking yourself
what the .Raw means, please don’t buy a T-shirt. Subscribe to the channel, watch a
few more videos and, hopefully, you’ll come to understand. Then at that point, when you
know what .Raw means, go ahead and buy one. Right that’s enough talking. I’m going
to try and capture a few shots. The tide is actually coming in so don't think have too
much longer sat here on these rocks before the tide comes and cuts me off.
It’s quite possible I’ve not learned my lesson from dropping my camera in the water
and having my friend washed into the sea…wet foot.
The sunset’s really starting to close in now and it’s looking really quite beautiful.
The clouds really worked out nicely for me. The tide is coming in though. I’ve got one
more shot to get. It’s a long exposure of two minutes. By the end of it, I could well
have wet feet again. Have a look at this….
Cracking sunset
I’ve now got all the shots I came for
and it is truly a beautiful evening. I don’t know if you like the beach yourself but I
think a time like this, you’re out by myself, a fairly remote little spot and you can just
think about life, listen to the waves and it is truly a peaceful experience. I’m now
running so I don’t get stuck between the sea and these cliffs and have to spend the
night in a little cove like that. Tell you what though these caves are pretty cool. If
we walk in…yes awesome! I’m Adam. Welcome to First Man Photography. Sorry, I just had
to do that. Right I’d better get running here…ooo! These are pretty cool. So I’m
back in the cove where my car is parked and, as you can see, this is the cliff and this
is the water. There’s about 10 metres to spare. The water will come right up to that
cliff though. So I’m happy how safe I’ve been. I still probably had 10-15 minutes before
I got cut off. But don't take any risks with your photography generally your careful especially.
You want to be careful especially when working on the beach with an incoming tide and a cliff
face because it can and does and has ended in deaths. So don’t let that happen to you.
Be smart, do your research, look at what time the tides comes in things like that to keep
you safe. It may be boring but it will keep you alive at the end of the day so it’s
worth doing. Just a little point of note towards the end of this vlog.
I'm not sure about that music but football is looking good. England in action before
the kick-off of the European Championships next week.