I’m a Lisbon based professional landscape and travel photographer. I'm also a passionate teacher of photography and have been leading international workshops for almost a decade while my images and photography writing have featured in magazines and publications worldwide.
My website: www.andymumford.com
I’m a Fuji X Photographer and a brand ambassador for Fujifilm in Portugal.
Really nice video. Loved your images in between, it gives us the sender of what could be achieved and the width it provides. Keep up the good work! 👏👏👏
Hey Andrew, love your work! I have just a quick question: @1’’43 when the word VIGNETTING appears, is it a picture taken at la Croix Rousse, in Lyon? Cheers!
@@AndyMumford Oh ok! Looks like a very familiar place I know and love! BTW, if you never been there & if the opportunity comes to you, spend some time in Lyon, especially la Croix-Rousse (my neighborhood) you should love it. Bye!
Hello Andy, starting to learn landscape photography. I want to start with one lens to go with a Fuji x-t4/5 body. What would your recommendation be? Thank you.
While not my favorite lens, the 16-80 is by far my most used lens. This in spite of a couple of weaknesses. Wide open not so sharp, but one notch below 5.6 is / distortion at full wide angle can mess with shots of people on the periphery and be difficult to fix. I use it for performance b&w - perfect range. Great lens.
Thank you for the video. Rearranging by camera bag and deciding which lenses to include for landscape outings. I normally shoot a lot of portraits and events which like to have faster f/2.8 zooms and even faster primes. Do f/4 lenses work for landscape or do the two lenses need to be f/2.8 zooms? You really didn’t cover this issue or I missed it in the video. Take care.
Thanks for the comment. For landscapes you almost never need a fast aperture unless you're shooting astro or aurora. f4 lenses are fine, because you'lll almost certainly close them down a few stops to where you get better optical performance and more depth of field.
Loved this episode, Andy and it gave me a perspective to never ignore exploring new and unexplored opportunities, like you did in this, of Forest photography. I follow Adam Gibbs and he navigates this landscape often, living out of Vancouver Island. Thank you for this adventure.
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Hello Andi! I am a big fan of your channel. You are incredibly professional and your photos are stunning. I'm about to decide to buy a new camera and I can't decide. I had an X-T2 and want to upgrade. I mainly take photos, with the occasional video. Thank you very much and best regards from Switzerland.
Glad you enjoy the channel. I can't really say whether it's worth upgrading or not, only you can decide that from how much you use the camera and what you want for it, but the XT5 is a better camera in pretty much every way than the XT2
I have been using the GFX 50 Sii and I can honestly say it's a fantastic landscape camera if you don't want the hundred megapixels and honestly 50 is enough. Check out that body. It is so good for landscape photography. It is very slow focusing for pretty much everything else but it allows you to get into the GFX system with the beautiful full frame sensor, in fact that sensor is better in lowlight than the 100. I'm about to the 100s ii. But all I know is once I started using this system for my landscape photography my jaw the ground when I first saw the files on the screen. I just could not believe the level of detail was that possible. It almost felt like cheating. I was never a person to pixel peep but now I actually enjoy pixel peeping to see what this amazing system can create. Definitely keen on the 100s ii
A wonderful review, as always. I think the applications for this make absolute sense for desert landscapes, and some seascapes as you have shown. I'll be doing a shoot in the Swiss Alps and having not been there am wondering if there will be any opportunities to use this there? I had been planning on the 70-300.
Wonderful video. I enjoyed hearing you work thru the process to create images that express the experience of the forest. I appreciate you putting the camera and exposure info to help us learn. Happy Trails!
Are all these pictures taken with your apse and the Laowa 9mm? Looking at purchasing an ultra wide lens for my Sony a6700 but no autofocus in these lenses scares me a bit… thank you!
No, these were taken with a range of lenses, mostly the Fuji XF10-24mm...I don't thank any of them were shot with the Laowa. If you're looking for a light and small ultra wide angle for your Sony I would seriously recommend the Sigma 10-18mm f2.8. I've switched to it and have been really impressed. It's very small and light, has autofocus and performs better than the Laowa (which vignettes quite badly at f2.8).
Ok, thanks for the advice really appreciated. I like casually doing astro and aurora photography, is f2.8 in your opinion good enough or should I then consider going for a Samyang 12mm f2.0 or sony 11mm f1.8 or Yongnuo 11mm f1.8 instead? Thanks in advance!
When I had the XT3, my preferred lens was the 55-200. Now with the XT5, I am finding it a bit soft and the focus is unreliable. I see you have switched to the 70-300. Is that more reliable on the XT5? I am finding focus problems with the XT5…probably user error but looking for a solution. Any advice gratefully received. I really rely on your inspiring videos and your breathtaking photos.
I've not really used the 55-200mm too much with the XT5, but don't remember any focus issues. But then again as a landscape shooting, focus is rarely an issue and I use manual focus half the time
Andy, for landscape photography, would you still recommend X-T5 or X-S20? For landscape photography, what should be considered to decide between the X-T5 vs X-S20?
The X-T5. The higher resolution, better build quality, double card slows, and the fact that the flip out screen on the XS20 doesn't work well with l brackets, all make it a better landscape camera
@@AndyMumford thanks! Appreciate you taking time to respond. Another suggestion I’ve been getting is the X-T3ii. Your thoughts? And if there is one lens I want to start with for landscape, what would it be? I could add more lens as I go and learn.
What I understand from your recent whats-in-my-bag videos, you carry the 16-80 as well. Considering you carry the sigma 10-18 and fuji 70-300, did you start missing the mid range focal lengths?
The issue is that with the Sigma I now miss the 18-24 range that I had with the 10-24, and with the 70-300mm, I now miss the 55-70 range that I had before. So rather than having a gap between 24 and 55 (focal lengths I rarely used), the gap is now 18- 70mm, which is much larger and includes focal lengths I use a lot.
I cannot hear a lot of “photographers” on YT because their terrible photos are drowning out their voices. This fellow is a talented artist and a good communicator as well. Thank you
How is the GFX system compared to the X system for landscape image quality? I currently have a GFX 100s as well and is thinking about complementing it with a system built around X-T5 which has more and cheaper lens options. I’m not a professional photographer so if the X-T5 system works well for me, I would sell my GFX system.
I can't really answer that without being really subjective...different people look for different things in image quality and it really depends on what you feel content with personally. The GFX has better image quality, it's undeniable...the resolution and clean files are pretty much unparalleled by any system, but that doesn't mean the XT5 isn't good. Whether it's good enough depends on what you're happy with. For myself I'm happy using both systems, and never feel as though the XT5 lets me down in image quality in any way
@@AndyMumford Thank you so much for replying! I asked this question because there were a lot of hypes around the X-T5 and I thought the image quality would be close to full frame or even digital medium format. I have done some research on my own and it looks like GFX still has better image quality. Thanks for confirming this as well! I guess the reason for X-T5 would be weight/size, as you mentioned in a few videos, as well as better lens selection.
Great breakdown. I canceled my order earlier today for the x100vi and ordered this camera. The wait for the x100vi is just ridiculous and feel this one will meet my needs better, especially with video. I've a diehard Canon user, but have been wanting a Fuji camera for awhile now and can't wait for it's arrival next week.
What a great video! It was great seeing how you approached a new environment and thinking about how I would approach the locations you found. Never shot in a forest, either. One idea that came to mind with the stream you found and the lack of a focal object being a real problem. I thought that maybe getting low and wide, and using the water as a base or platform with the branches and sky opening upward instead of all objects converging mid-frame might be interesting. Could also look extremely hokey. Did you try any odd angles like this in your forest photography, and if so, did they come out well? That shot at 12:30 is just beautiful!
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video. I think getting low to the river...the river would have been an awfully large area of empty space. If it was fast enough flowing to do something with a long exposure that might have worked, but I think it would have just been a large empty dark space at the bottom of the frame
@@AndyMumford Ah that's a good point. From the high angle there were a bunch of interesting reflections that made the water look brighter but I'm guessing they would have went away down low? Damn physics 😁
There were some beautiful shots just in the video, I think. Sometimes I shoot video and take a frame out of the film, and create photo which can be stunning.
Hey Andy,I've been meaning to carry a 55-200 with xt4 and an 18-55, in the same f stop camera pouch for a backpacking trip, but I was wondering what should I use to seperate the primary camera body and lens and the second lense to avoid constant friction or collision.
I've got one of the foam dividers that come with f stop ICUs separating the two lenses. it doesn't attach to anything, but works to stop the lenses banging together
It is rare that a reviewer does not compare shots of brick walls (or whatever) and then decides which lens is sharper wide open, in the corners, etc. I appreciate how you show what can be done with this lens and answer the only relevant question: is this a viable lens for this kind of photography. I found your review because I am deciding to replace my 18-55 with this one in my Fuji XT20 travel kit. The 18-55 is great (I shot a book cover with it), but I am tempted by the flexibility of the 16-80. Great video!
Brilliant!! Many thanks for sharing this with us. I truly appreciated your honesty about how, even for you are an experienced photographer, it was difficult to photograph new landscapes and themes. Your shots were very inspiring and your thoughts about composition extremely useful. Cheers Nico
I live in Vancouver and can completely relate to the challenges you faced. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone out for the day and come back with not much I’m proud of.
I was probably in Jedediah the same days you were. Unbelievable place. Something I wasn't expecting was the perspective from the car. Seeing the massive trunks just completely overtaking the view is something I will never forget.
