I've been waiting for weather like this the whole week, but it's finally here
I'm at the Oregon coast, I've been here for a few days
this place is beautiful, but we've had nothing but sunny and clear skies
which is fine, I still went out and I still made some images
but there is nothing like a few clouds and a little bit of rain
it just makes everything much nicer
That's what I've been doing this morning so far,
making long exposures of the Heceta Head lighthouse right there
this is a beautiful place
I made this exact image 3 years ago, I believe, with the Bronica
it was during sunset, not during sunrise,
but I mean, it's the exact same composition and the exact same idea
I'll link the video somewhere around there
but yeah, beautiful, it's beautiful around here
it's always a pleasure to be here,
even though I visited most of these spots more than once in the past
but there is always something new to see, there is always something new to create
Alrighty, I believe I'm done here
but before moving on to the next spot, I'm gonna show you now some of the clips
and images that I've made this week so far here at the coast
they are very random, I wasn't recording a proper video or anything like that
so hopefully I can make something with them, a montage with some music
hope you enjoy it, and see you very, very soon from here, from the beautiful Oregon coast
even though I've been here 5 or 6 times
last time yesterday, as a matter of fact
I'm coming back to this place
I'm going to hike up to the lighthouse now,
I'm going to gladly pay the $5 fee because it's worth it, I think
The main reason, and the obvious reason, why we should revisit a location many times is because
places change, and the weather changes
I was here yesterday, as I said,
it was sunny so the sunlight was hitting those rocks there and it made
I believe - I still haven't worked on those images
but I think it made for a couple of good images
there are no images to be made today, it's just a dark rock with no detail or anything
so yeah, weather changes, and our images are going to change too
Places change as well, in this case, I mean there's still a lighthouse there,
the big rocks are still in the same place
but the tide is probably different from the last time I was here
Some places do really change quite a bit over time, for example,
due to natural disasters like wildfires
There were a couple of hikes near Portland that I always took for granted,
I never did them because "I have time to do them in the future"
I was prioritizing other places and other locations
and then a fire happened, and those hikes were gone
When I say they are gone, I mean they will reopen at some point in the future,
but they are not going to be the same, in my lifetime at least
the trees are gone and the photos, the images that you can make there are going to be different
Ideally, I would've gone there before, so I can go
after as well and have the two versions of the same place, same location
It just started raining, it's a little drizzle but it's creating a kind of cool atmosphere out there
so I'm going to go back out
I'm just going to wear a raincoat, change my shoes and of course, protect my camera
I made a video recently about how to shoot in the rain and why you should do it
check it out if you haven't already
but yeah, I'm just going to wrap my camera in a plastic bag so it doesn't get wet
and I'm going to switch to a GoPro for the video because it's much more convenient for this weather
much better now
I'm heading back to the beach because there is a group of seagulls there
I'm trying to make images of them, hope you can see them
This is another reason to revisit the same location - if it was my first time here,
I'd probably be up there at the lighthouse already, because it's the
main focus of this place, you know, the lighthouse
You kind of ignore, or neglect, other spots like this little beach here
I've been here before and I've made images of the lighthouse
I'm trying to do something different now and that is just exploring everything else
That's something that a second, a third, or even a fourth visit will give us: more time
to explore around and to find places that we haven't seen or checked out or photographed before
I have to switch to the telephoto, this is not long enough,
those birds are more shy than I thought
they are not letting me get close at all
Alright, seagulls vs Adrian, round 2, this time I have a bigger weapon
5 times, 5!
And I had never taken this trail before
As I said, I guess the previous times I was just focusing on the lighthouse
after all, it's the main attraction of this place
and I wasn't paying attention to anything else
There you have it, happening in real time: why you should revisit
places over and over, always something new
I've been following this trail for a little bit
it's cool, you get a cool view every once in a while
but I think it's not going anywhere
I actually think that is the Oregon Coast Trail
that's a hike I might want to do in the future, it has to be amazing
I'm just going to photograph a little bit of these forests, that are
pretty cool even though a little bit creepy
Another great way to find new perspectives in a landscape that we already know.
a landscape that we've visited many times in the past, is of course camera gear
and especially lenses
Lenses of different focal length from what you we are used to
so try wider lenses or telephoto lenses, if you don't usually use one
if you shoot zoom lenses, like I do, try every once in a while with a prime fixed
focal length lens that will force you, that will push you to see the landscape in a different way
and if you use prime lenses already, try a different prime,
a different focal length, or try with a zoom lens
The clouds are pretty much gone, I'm going to call it a day, I'm going to go back home
One last tip I wanted to share about how to find
new points of view of a landscape is to find inspiration somewhere else
look at the work of other photographers or artists, and try to emulate what they do
but in your environment, in the landscape that you already know,
in the landscape where you want to find something new
This is going to do it for today
This video has been a little bit all over the place, but I hope you still enjoyed it
and got something useful out of it
Please feel free to share your own tips and tricks in the comments down below
about how you face a landscape that you photographed before many times
Just remember: a landscape is never done, there is always something new to be done,
there is always something new that we can create
Sometimes that comes from the landscape itself, it's changed, the weather is different,
the time of the day is different, the time of the year is different
Sometimes it's the camera gear that we are using, we're using a different camera, a different lens,
a different technique like a long exposure or something like that
But other times it comes from inside us, because we change the way we see things, and when we
revisit a landscape that we had visited in the past we see it in a completely different way
so over time, as we change, as we grow, as we become
a different person, the way we see those landscapes will change as well
That's why I believe that it's always worth it to revisit a landscape, as many times as needed
Anyway, this is all for today
Thank you so much for watching, and see you in the next one!