Hello.
I’m out and about again.
After the high emotion of last week's video, I thought I’d give you a little relief from
that.
I’m out and about on this beautiful summer's evening ready to capture some landscape photography.
Come with me!
So after the high emotion of last week, I find myself at times like that, when I've
had a great day out, a great day shoot and I've captured a spectacular image, I find
that when I’m at that sort of peak I always come down from it because, when you're at
the top, the only way is down, unfortunately.
But the way I see it is landscape photography is a little bit like a wave: you have the
sort of ups and have the downs and the downs are just a natural part of the process.
So it is really important not to get down or really down or depressed when you get those
natural dips in your form or your performance or your days or anything.
It is just a natural part of it.
The way I deal with that is in one of two ways.
The first one is to just go for some epic landscape photography adventure.
I’m going to be doing as soon but that is not today.
Today is the second option and that is to come somewhere that you know really well just
to get back to basics, explore an area that you’re familiar with and try and pick up
an image with whatever the weather you have that day.
So that’s what I've done today and I”m already set up for my first shot.
I’ve come here to Roseberry Topping, if you can see that in the background in North
Yorkshire and it's good today because the heather is in absolutely beautiful bloom and
that is the basis of the first shot.
I have the camera set up here and is pointing up towards Roseberry Topping in the background
there.
There are some rocks just in the foreground over my shoulder here that are capturing that
beautiful, golden light and are surrounded by the beautiful, purple heather.
The bank is then leading you in to Roseberry Topping there and I’ve got a sort little
pathway that is kind of covered in rocks and catching similar golden light leading you
in from the bottom corner of the other side.
Lighting wise, it isn’t perfect.
We are into the golden hour now but there aren’t many clouds in the sky.
There is a little bit of cloud on the horizon so I don't think it is going to be massively
spectacular.
The last time I said that it turned out to be spectacular.
So, anything can happen.
Settings wise, I have quite a big dynamic range because, as you can see here, Roseberry
Topping is in a little bit of silhouette so I'm bracketing, as I usually do a sunset time,
and I'm at f16 because I have some of this heather in the foreground just here sort of
quite close to the camera.
So I want that big depth of field to get it all in focus.
ISO is at 100 and the shutter speed I’m just using to balance out the exposure quite
nicely.
So, it's a nice little shot just before sunset and I think it’s going to look pretty decent.
It’s not going to be perfect but pretty decent.
We’ve got a few minutes just before sunset and I'm really excited to announce that my
landscape photography workshops are now available over on the website.
We will have a great day together, shoot some landscape photography and you’ll have an
opportunity to get some guidance and tutorship from me.
We’ll talk about loads of different subjects things from composition, the lighting, to
camera settings.
You can ask me questions all day long as to your hearts content.
Things about vlogging, if you want, how to make it professional, social media, that sort
of thing, we’ll discuss and have a good day shooting together.
The workshops are going to be for groups of three.
You can come individually.
It is just three per session.
I think that is the right number to allow me to make it bespoke to you, to address your
needs and have a great day without getting distracted.
All you need to do is head over to firstmanphotography.com/workshops and you can check them out there.
There’s different dates, different places.
You can have a look at them and they are going to follow the story or the day of one of my
previous vlogs.
You can watch the vogs so you know what to expect.
You already know what to expect from me.
It will be supportive, constructive, all that type of thing and I think you really get a
lot out of it.
So the first one is going to be in September.
Make sure you book as soon as possible because I have a feeling that the demand is going
to outstrip the supply that my time can provide.
So, head over to firstmanphotography.com/workshops, check them out.
I’m going to be talking about them a little bit going forward but hope to see you on one
very, very soon.
Right, with that done, this light is starting to look very beautiful and golden so I want
to get to the place where I've got a really nice little composition picked out for the
sunset and capture the final image of the day.
So, I’m set up for the final shot of the day and every single time I come here there
is a line of cloud across the horizon every single time, almost, without fail but never
mind i’ve still got some beautiful golden light, at the moment, and this heather is
looking, frankly, spectacular in the foreground here.
I’ve got that at the bottom of the frame and then the footpath is sort of leading you
in to Roseberry Topping which you can see over my shoulder there and you can also see
Little Roseberry over there as well.
So, it is a really nice composition.
The light’s not quite right because a lot of the path in the foreground behind the hill
is in a little bit of shadow.
I’ll have to recover that in post-processing I’m just about to lose the sun behind the
horizon cloud a little bit before sunset and there isn't really a great deal of interest
in the cloud above that either.
So, it’s not going to be the best image ever but I’m happy with the composition.
It is one I know I can come back for on another day.
Settings-wise, it is quite simple really I’m at f16.
I am bracketing to get all the detail out of that shadow area there.
ISO 100 and then shutter speed, I have no idea, 1/4 of a second and then bracketing
two stops either side on that.
So pretty straightforward but it's a nice way to finish the day.
It has still been a great day.
Like I said, I’m down in that dip.
It’s a natural process I’ve come out to have a great day shooting and then I’m back
up again, I’ve got some fresh air, a sense of that well-being and everything is good.
Seeing this behind me, how can you not receive a massive boost.
I’m going to quickly grab one more shot.
It really is a great time, a great day and it’s always, always good coming out.
I hope you have enjoyed the video.
Please leave a comment down below and let me know what you think and please do, if you
are interested, head over to firstmanphotography.com/workshops and check them out.
If you fancy signing up for one, come and spend the day iand we’ll take some pictures
together.
Anyway, I hope you’ve enjoyed the video.
I’ll see you on another one very, very soon.
I’m Adam, this is First Man Photography in North Yorkshire…
out!!!