Hello.
Today, I'm just going out for a quick blast of landscape photography.
I don't have a lot of time but I want to make the most of the time that I do have.
So, I’m going to go to a woods that is not far from my house.
I’m familiar with the place.
I’m going down there to see if I can work up a little composition to bring back a nice
photograph.
So, I don’t have far to go, so let’s go.
Right, I’m here at the woods.
Whilst I’m making my way down to the little stream down at the bottom of this wood - the
woods are on a little bit of a hill - the reason I’ve come here today is, I wanted
to come to somewhere a bit more familiar because I’ve been on a lot of trips recently where
I have been to places I don't know and it made for some epic journeys.
But the photography has, actually, been quite difficult.
I like to get a little mix of both.
I want to go to those places.
I want to go on those big, epic journeys but I also want to explore the places in and around
near to my house because what that let’s you do is capture some great images of places
familiar to you where you find a really nice composition.
It can be a small scene.
It doesn’t have to be a big, epic shot.
That’s what I’m going for today.
It lets you explore the composition at different times of the day, at different times of the
year, when the seasons change, you can really come back time and time again, because it’s
accessible, and really make the very, very best of that image.
If you go to places like the isle of Mull, it’s just not possible to go back again
and again, unless you live there or nearby, and I don’t.
So, I had to make the best of it whilst I was there.
That can be difficulty, can be tricky and, also, time is against you.
Like I said, I don't have much time today but, if I don't get it right today, I can
come back and come back and come back because it is very close to my house and I can really
make the best of it.
Leave no trace people.
That doesn't count.
One of things I really love about woodland photography is it’s full of contradictions.
On one hand you, need great light, on the other hand, you, actually, don't and you can
capture great images in the middle of the day.
If you’ve got really bad weather, the woods is a good place because it’s never windy
in the woods.
You’ve got that canopy to protect you a little bit as well and your sky is not going
to form a massive part of the image.
But, on the other hand, when you've got the perfect weather you're going to get those
really special shots.
At any time of the day, any weather, in any kind of light, you can still capture great
shots with woodland photography.
One little tip is you can use a really shallow depth of field to try and isolate a particular
tree, as well.
That can lead to a great image but the best shots are going to be when you get up early,
get out into the woods on those beautiful foggy mornings and capture those shots where
you can isolate particular trees.
Dog walkers - what the f….
We’re in position for my shot and I have the camera set up in the water here, as you
can see.
I’ve got a compositional looking at this little waterfall here.
Like I said, it’s a small image but it’s working nicely.
It’s a composition I’ve looked at before, earlier in the winter, but now as spring is
starting to come, I’ve got some of this green in the foreground here.
It will add a little bit more to that image.
I’ve got the circular polariser on.
What that’s doing, in this shot, is just taking some of the sheen off the top of the
water, as you can see here.
As you twist the filter round, you can see the reflection coming on the top of the water.
When I twist it round, it disappears.
I don’t want as much glare in the image.
I want to see a little bit through the water.
There will still be a little bit of glare but that will work nicely.
Also, I'm going to be going down to f16 and the only reason I’m doing that is because
I want to increase exposure time to around a second to introduce a little bit of movement
in that waterfall.
I've got the nice moss on the rocks there, which is working really nicely in the image.
then it’s looking up the stream here into the distance.
If it was foggy, I think it would make an even better shot.
So, next time it’s foggy, I will nip out here and grab that shot.
Working up the same composition, over and over again, until you perfect it.
I don’t think it’s going to be perfect today but it will still be a good shot.
I’m at f16, as I said.
It’s going to be about a one second exposure with ISO 100 on my landscape photograph.
I want maximum detail, low noise in there and circular polariser is on there.
It does show though why you should have a good tripod.
Getting down, trusting my £3000 camera in over the water, like that, you want it on
a sturdy tripod.
So, we’re back in the studio.
I was pretty happy with that shot in the end.
I just wanted to come back and give you just a little bit of an update about the channel
because some of you may have noticed that there was not a video that went out on Wednesday
and that is because I am going to go down to just one video a week.
But don't despair.
This is not because I'm doing less work on First Man Photography.
It is not that.
Over a year ago, I started doing two videos a week.
I’ve done it for a full year now.
As at time has gone on, I’ve started doing more and more vlogs and dedicating more time
to making videos.
Really, it's almost become unsustainable to keep that quality of the vlogs coming and
then putting out two videos a week.
So, all it is is I’m not going to guarantee doing two videos a week.
I’m definitely going to do one vlog per week and you can look out for the main video
of the week on Sunday at 6 o'clock in the afternoon Greenwich Mean Time.
That’s when I’m going to be putting them out and I'm going to be upping the quality
all the time to try and bring you the type of videos that you like.
I'm also going to be doing more real-world reviews, as well, because many of you really
loved the Canon 5D Mark IV video that I did.
Check that out, if you haven't seen it.
I am proud of that video.
I want to keep the quality at that type of level.
It’s perfect, perfect light for landscape photography and that Canon 5D Mark IV is really
going to make the most of that.
Every now and again, I'm going to be putting videos out as extras.
They could be Monday, Tuesday, any time of the week.
They could come out as and when I make them.
I think they are at that good really, really solid quality.
I do still want to put out editing videos and the odd tutorial here and there, as well.
The reason I’m having to stop, partly, because of the way YouTube works.
It wants consistency, at the moment.
I don’t think that is a bad thing but what I’m going to do is start putting a lot more
content just out on Facebook that won’t appear on YouTube.
So, go ahead and make sure you are following the First Man Photography page on Facebook.
Also, I am doing micro content over on Instagram.
So, if you haven’t followed me yet on Instagram, please do so.
I’ll put the name you need to follow up there because my surname is a little bit hard to say.
I just wanted to give you an update so you didn’t think anything was wrong.
It wasn’t because of the terrorist attack, or anything like that.
It did coincide so I was quite pleased I wasn't putting a video out on Wednesday.
It might have been a little bit inappropriate given the horrendous things that happened
in London on Wednesday.
Anyway, that aside, there is going to be lots more landscape photography.
I’m also going to be doing vlogs around macro photography, when the time feels right
and I definitely want to give you some more wildlife photography, as well.
I know a lot of you want that and I do enjoy it, now and again, especially, when I can
get my friend on again, who is the wildlife photography expert.
So, I hope you have enjoyed this slightly different video.
Like I said, I wanted to give you an update.
I hope you will subscribe, if you haven't done so already.
there are new videos going up every Sunday and then another video now and again during
the week, as well.
So, I’m Adam.
This is First Man Photography…out.
Just look at that view at the top of Skiddaw mountain in the Lake District.