so today we're going to Gabriola island which requires a ferry and it's just
about 20 minute ferry ride off of Nanaimo and the day looks absolutely
glorious. I don't know if you noticed it but there was clearly some tension
between Sir Grumpalot and Catherine, he hadn't said two words to her since she
arrived and I just had a feeling that something was brewing. We made it on the
ferry we're only three cars from the back so it was pretty close but I reckon
in ten minutes we'll be there yeah
Whose that?
That's, Catherine. Catherine meet Adam. Hey :)
What d'you bring here for?
Well we're going for a nice day out, she's learning landscape photography why not?
so basically what you're saying is
you've traded me in for someone younger and more attractive and less so that's a
matter of opinion mat. Oh for Gods sake look you went with Jeremy on that trip to
Carmanah, you went to China that's different
how is it different?
It just is!
Oh you're sooooo Salty!
Well I don't like it!
In no time at all we escaped to the ferry and headed directly to a very juicy photography
location called Malaspina galleries.
Right love, so you've got your camera bag? yeah you've got your batteries cause you need lots of batteries with Sony.
Got your tripod? Shoot! Ok, no worries
I've got loads of tripods. There you go. There's one.
Thank you, you're such a good friend. I am yeah.
I tell you what, you might shoot some b-roll though so let's let's give you another one okay
perfect yeah that doesn't quite look right so maybe we'll give you give you
another one I don't want to carry all my tripods okay I think we're probably good to go..
This goes, the colours nice. Oh I like that one..
a little bit blue on it yeah there you go
almost done and I think we can we can get away without carrying any of our tripods. .
Oh have you got one?
There you go, but you know we're not we're not going far.
How far are we going? Oh just eight kilometres.
What? .......Is it uphill?
you don't think we would really get Catherine to drag our tripods all the
way to the shoot do you come on anyway I was glad to see that Grumpasaurus Rex
had cheered up quite a lot as soon as we arrived this stunning
landscape photography location because it's impossible to maintain a fully sour
face on a day like this in a place like this because Malaspina galleries is
really something special and it was looking like we might just get some
tresmendous conditions right so we're at Malaspina galleries we've made it we
have the the arduous 100 meter hike and we've got here and the reward is this
fantastic sandstone cave with all these patterns and these rock shapes and this
reflection which I don't think it rained recently so this this water here must be
from the tide in most of the time must be that high which was 12 foot below
where we are now so it comes up quite a way but what I've got to do with this
shot is a gorillapod still wouldn't even get me low enough so I've actually put
the camera in like a quarter of an inch of water on the ground so that I can get
the reflection of the top of the cave and if we're super lucky and when the
Sun Goes Down we get some color in these clouds hopefully that will also reflect
in this little tide pool here and I should get a very juicy shot indeed
I can never resist some ridiculous shenanigans even though I was a bit sour
about my favorite lens having a conniption fit I was still in a great
mood but you know what would put me in an even better mood is if you hit that
like button subscribe to my channel and tell the world about your favorite Yorkshireman
and his pretty pictures. Go on do it..... do it I reckon this is my favorite
part about the shapes that you get here at Malaspina Galleries just this
this weird overhang. It kinda reminds me of Jack point where I was a couple of
weeks ago with CayCay, but it's just so much more dramatic down there it
doesn't have this really vertical overhang like it does here but kind of
annoys me that people put graffiti or scrawl their names on to it which isn't
it looks like crap but that's not going to show up in a picture hopefully but
yeah when the Sun Goes Down over there the West will get this gorgeous side
like that's gonna not only just illuminate that cool little overhang but
all of this stuff on the side so yeah we just as usual of killing time so what's
what's going on with your composition here well so I've got the mountains in
the background yeah I've got this beautiful archway I've got
the reflections showing I think it's gonna be good I'm not sure about the
lighting though that's more your area of expertise. Well the lights too harsh right now
anyway we're gonna be waiting like three hours for that but it's good that you're
framing up your shot now what did you focus on?
that's kind of hanging down it works so bearing in mind what I taught you
last time what aperture have you chosen I put it at f/8 I'm not sure that this is
the right one yeah and what's your ISO 100 and do you have a two second timer
around no no this is just a test shot but it's still super dynamic range how
are you gonna deal with that I know that I'm gonna need to bracket these pictures
yeah but I I remember how to do it I just don't know if there's anything
else I need to do to deal with this let's see well all you say in styled is
yes take the shot all right yeah
two second time Beauty there we go so now under expose it all right okay
take the shot all right so that's your dark dark exposure thank you for the sky
and now I want you to overexpose it yep for those shadow areas and the rocks
there there you go perfect take the shot all right
thank you guys so that's your test shotgun let's wait for some good light
Were you be able to find a good shot? yeah I reckon I've got a pretty epic shot in
spite of my technical difficulties I have overcome that situation I think I
found a good comp. What about you you got a good shot you know what I think so
like I've really been thinking about what you taught me last week.
Hey Gavin! Gavin you should come and check out my shot!
I got a really good shot. Well I just assumed that you would cause you're the
landscape photographer yeah I know but I really need you to check my
composition because you know help me out there I'm in trouble today look we still
it's a little bit bitter about what we talked about earlier bitter no no I'm
not bitter. You know what you can go help him out I remember all of your
great tips from last time so I'm good to go go help him figure it out.
Yeah you gonna give me a couple of tips? She's just a friend!
No no, it's OK. It's all good.
I just want you to you know, come and give me a few tips.
Conditions were partly cloudy, calm reflective waters and zero
catastrophic damage from those winter storms I was feeling very optimistic
about the chances of capturing a beautiful shot at sunset
don't know about you Gavin but I think that lights gone bit harsh oh it's way too
harsh I reckon we've got maybe two hours and then it'd be good. yeah so err, do you wanna go get a drink?
Yeah let's go to the pub.
Pub? I wanna go to the pub!
Awww GOD she's not coming is she??? Oh for Gods sake Uncle!
so my my t-shirts are
doing quite well at the moment oh yeah did you buy any yeah yeah you got it
non-stop 24/7 yeah so I saw a t-shirt that I almost bought the other day and
it said I hate people getting my face blown up you know Uncle Grumpy, nice and big.
And then just put at the bottom - 'i hate people'.
Brilliant. I'd buy that!
Yeah?
Yeah!
Done!
After inhaling a couple of pints of liquid gold, it wasn't long before we had to head back to our shoot
for that lovely sunset light and I was really really hoping to hear Adam say
those three very special words that he sometimes says .....
It's drone time!
so Gavin you got any trips planned this year? yeah yeah I'm really excited about
that Faroe Islands workshop oh yeah oh god I'd love to go there would you now?
yeah well why don't you just join me and being like a co-leader on this workshop
what types of things are we gonna be shooting? Oh we've got dramatic waterfalls that our off of
cliffs directly into the ocean we've got epic seascapes beautiful
islands cultural historical landmarks and lots and lots of green I love green, that sounds brilliant.
You know what we can make it really exclusive.
Like invite maybe 10 people 10 people and what kinds of things would we include in that?
well let's include accommodation yeah
transportation and of course instruction from two very attractive instructors.
[laughter] well one! Yeah me.
Registration for this workshop opens on March 27th and it's
only open for one week so if you want to get on this it closes April 3rd jump on it.
Hope to see you there!
'Blinded by the light'. I did manage to get a decent shot in the end and it was
kind of a game of timing because we have to keep waiting for the ferry to
disappear so that the water can calm down and get flat again which gives us
that gorgeous reflection of those lovely colors and I'm actually quite happy with
the colors that we got now the cloud kind of faded kind of disappeared and
left us with not much going on in the sky but that actually turned out to work
for the better because that lovely soft gradient of color that you see that's
kind of like blue to purple it's very simple it's very easy on the eye whereas
everything on the left so the right of the frame it's very very complicated but
I do love that gorgeous shape they're these lovely curving leading lines so
that combination of complex and then simple actually worked out in the end
and I'm quite happy with the shot that got here's the shot that I ended up with
I think what I love about this scene are these fantastic rock patterns resemble a
partially melted 'Wispa' bar which is a chocolate bar from the UK that has
bubbles inside it and while I do love the colors of the sunset I knew that I
would prefer the bluer tones that typically show up about 15 minutes later
so I was sure to stick around for this next shot and this is really my kind of
light it has a much more moody tone to it and I'm very drawn to and with this
horizontal composition I did lose the bubble patterns in the foreground but I
gained those interesting leading lines and the timing was great because the
water calmed right down to give me a lake like reflection during the best of
that light I also like how the water that you see dripping down the walls on
the right catches that light and seems to glow all things considered I was very
happy with the two shots that I got but it was definitely time to pack up and
head back for that last fairy home and some chocolatey snacks well I had a
Well, I had a brilliant day, did you get any good shots? I'm pretty sure I got something good. Yeah I think I got a
couple of good ones too what about you?
Ahhh it was alright. Coulda been better.
I heard you were 'Landscape Photographer of the Year' though? Yeah? I mean I saw some of your pictures they looked
amazing oh yeah
I'm sure the ones that come out are gonna be spectacular for today you had good lighting you've had time you look like you were getting something good.
hmm thanks Catherine. I really appreciate that
Do you want some of my twirl bar?
I'd love a bite. I've never had one before.
Here you go.
Oh man, thank you.
Oh..... so rich and chocolatey. how do I got more of this it's so good!
Well I got a secret stash! oh whoa
Have you got another Twirl?
No....
But I got a 'Curly Wurly'.
You can shove your Curly Wurly up yer...........