I do have those 360° views all the way around and there is some amazing colour in the sky.
Hello and good morning.
It’s very, very early.
I’ve dragged myself out of bed to go on another landscape photography mission.
Today, I'm heading over to Filey, which is on the east coast.
There is a part of Filey called Filey Brigg, which is a little headland which juts out
into the water and I’m hoping to capture a really beautiful seascape, sunrise shot.
I think it is going to be good.
The weather is looking good.
It is probably gonna be the sort of day where there’s not a lot of clouds in the sky.
So, I think my opportunities to capture a great image is going to be very early on.
I'm looking forward to the day.
I’ve got a bit of a journey ahead of me, so let’s go.
So, I have arrived.
There, already, is some really nice colour in the sky so I’m going to get down there
as quickly as possible to start capturing some shots.
As many photographers will know, particularly, landscape photographers, and, if you've been
enjoying this channel for a while, and you’ve seen me get out and about, these early mornings
do not get any easier.
A 3.30 alarm this morning, a long drive and it’s hard work.
But, when you’re welcomed with scenes like I have in front of me, it is all worth it.
Right, I need to get into position because I’m worried that colour is going to disappear
pretty quickly this morning.
My opportunities are going to be really early on.
Right, I’m in position.
I’m working up a little composition here.
It isn’t the composition I wanted but I’m starting to lose the colour in the sky even
though it's about 45 minutes before sunrise.
What I’m doing is, I’ve got the camera on the tripod here.
I've done a couple of things already.
I’m using the headland here as my lead in to the sun rising over there.
I’m on f/8, because my foreground interest is quite far away from me, so I can get the
maximum sharpness out of the lens at f/8.
I am at ISO100, as always with landscape photography, and then I’ve tried a couple of things.
I've gone with a six stop filter: I’ve bracketed that.
I want to smooth that water just to add a little bit of interest to the image and smooth
out the water making it a bit of a nicer image.
That’s worked quite nicely but the sea is quite rough.
So, I've then gone with the 10 stop filter, as well, and gone for an exposure of about
three minutes, which will smooth out the very rough sea.
I think it will work.
But, I’m quickly losing the colour in the sky The reds and pinks are, already, starting
to disappear.
But, that’s the beauty of long exposure during sunrise and sunset, is that, as the
colour changes in the sky, you’re capturing all of that in the long exposure, so your
final image has more colour than you can see at the time.
I think it will be a good shot.
It’s not, like I said, quite the composition I wanted.
I would have liked to have got a little closer down onto the beach but, by the time I get
down there, I’m pretty certain, the colour would have gone and the sea is a bit rough.
So, to be the honest, this morning, I don’t fancy it.
I don’t want to get washed into the sea morning.
I’ve got a nice enough composition up here.
So, hopefully, it will work.
It’s one of the things I really love about landscape photography, especially, when you’re
shooting sunrises.
You’ve spent the previous evening, or day, thinking about it, you get all the kit ready,
and then you head out way before dawn, especially, if you’ve got a bit of a journey like I
had this morning.
Sometimes rushing to get into position, then, all of a sudden, it's over.
Whereas, when you’re going for a sunset, on like some of my other vlog trips, you’re
building, you’re building up, you’re building up, you’re taking shots, you’re taking
shots, then, right at the end of the end of the day you get the shot.
Sunrise totally different, opposite way round.
Right at the start, you’re doing it.
I’m going to get into position right on the top of Filey Brigg here.
I am also capturing a time-lapse for the sunrise, as well.
So that should be pretty cool.
I am at the top of Filey Brigg.
The sun is rising.
Apart from this little bit behind me, I do have those 360° views all the way around
and there is some amazing colour in the sky.
Getting up and getting out, at this time of the morning, just feels brilliant.
The fresh sea air, a bit of breeze, the light, the colour, the well-being is just invaluable.
We all feel down, sometimes, but making an effort, getting out like this, gives you such
a boost, such a good feeling that it’s now going to set me up for the day and the weekend.
It’s Friday today and it’s also my birthday but don’t wish me happy birthday because
by the time you see this it won’t be anymore.
That was amazing.
Such a frantic few minutes of activity and its just brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
I’m back on the top now and I'm working up another little composition.
This time I’m using some of these daffodils, that are just down here, as the sun has risen
now and they have some of that golden light, that you can see on my face, that's hitting
the daffodils.
I’m just going to use a couple of sets of daffodils to lead you in to the sun and the
sea in the distance.
So, for this shot, I know you want me to talk about settings a bit more in these videos,
so here we go.
For this shot, I'm shooting in vertical.
This composition works better in a vertical.
I’m going for f/16 because the daffodils are quite close.
I want to maximise the depth of field as much as possible without losing any sharpness and
then I'm also bracketing because there is quite big change in exposure between the ground
and the sky.
Again, I’m at ISO100.
It’s going to tell a nice little story of this area a little bit of spring and, hopefully,
you’ll like it.
Right, I’ve come over to the other side of the Brigg and I’m determined to get a
daffodil shot today.
I want to tell the story of Filey Brigg in the Spring.
There is nothing that says Spring like a daffodil.
So, I think, now I’ve found a pretty nice composition.
I’ve got the camera set up behind me with Filey and the sea in the background going
into Filey beach There’s, also, these beautiful daffodils on this bank, leading you in to
that shot.
I think that’s going to work really, really nicely.
What I need though is the sun just to come up a little bit more.
You can already see it on my face but I need it to come up a little bit more and start
to light up these daffodils.
If that happens, that will be a really nice shot.
I've got the circular polariser on there to take some of the sheen off the water and,
also, the six stop filter is on there.
The six stop ND filter to extend the exposure time and smooth out the water just a little
bit, I don't want to do any more than six stop because, if the exposure time was any
longer, I’d see too much movement in those daffodils in the wind and, I think, that would
spoil the shot.
I think it will work as nice little composition to tell the story of spring.
I’m just capturing the time-lapse that will end this video.
This morning has just reminded me how great it is to get out and shoot landscape photography.
I’ve been here, again, pretty much, by myself. If I had done it next week, it would be an hour
later, as the clocks go forward.
But I made the effort to get up this morning and get out and have captured some great images,
made the most of the good weather, the nice sunrise and I then have the full day ahead
of me.
it’s still relatively early.
Most people probably aren't out of bed yet and I've already achieved some great work and
created some nice images.
The reward is I’ve then got the rest of the day to be productive in other ways.
I don't think I’m going to capture any more landscape photography today because the sun
is going to be bright and high in the sky and conditions aren’t perfect but there's
a lot of other things I can get done with that time.
It's been a brilliant morning.
I’ve had such a good time.
The feeling of well-being, like I said, is high and that's one of the beauties of landscape
photography.
So, I hope you enjoyed the video.
I’m going to end the vlog there.
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I’m not guaranteeing I’m going to do a video on Wednesdays anymore.
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I’m Adam.
This is First Man Photography in Filey…
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