My ethos: you have to put yourself in the right place at the right time, for the best chance of the right shot. In the meantime, you have to work really hard on skills and experience, to be ready for when the time and place are right.
I started back in 1980 with a Rolleiflex 35mm SLR, but after a few years I took a sabbatical of about 20 years! When digital photography arrived, it quickly rekindled my enthusiasm for creativity.
I live on Anglesey and travel light; hiking the high ridges of Eryri and wild coastlines of North Wales. I use Olympus cameras and M.Zuiko / Lumix lenses.
My photography reflects the ever-changing light, weather, tides and seasons of this spectacular region.
I’m now semi-professional. Sharing my passion in person, and helping others to improve, is every bit as fulfilling as producing images of my own.
How do you deal with the 4:3 aspect ratio for landscapes? Do you only have problems with too much foreground and sky? I often even crop to 16:9 to get rid of empty foreground. Often I can't find anything to fill the foreground with.
i appreciate this review quite a lot. i was in japan recently and i saw this camera and had a weird urge to buy it. i have only ever shot on a analog film camera when i took a highschool class and i missed having a camera around on me. i picked up hoping it would be good look and shoot camera, and I'm glad to know my money wasn't wasted! thanks for all the info!
HI, I WAS A DIVER FOR WIMPY 55 YEARS AGO AND THEY WERE MAKING A INTAKE DAM FOR BP , I WAS THE GUY WHO TOOK THE CHARGES DOWN TO PUT IN THE DRILLED HOLES THEN COMING UP TO GET THE SAND BAGS TO TAKE BACK DOWN AND PUT ON THE CHARGES , SO THE CHARGES BLEW INWARDS , IT WAS A 14 FOOT TRENCE THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT BUT OUR JOB ENDED BEFORE WE COULD SEE THE FINISHED BUILDING , I JUST CAN'T FIND THIS EX BP SITE , I KNOW IT'S NOT FAR FROM DULAS BAY , ONCE I CAN GET THE LOCATION I WANT TO COME BACK DOWN TO THE BP SITE THAT WAS CLOSED IN 2004 AND LOOK AT IT IF IT IS STILL STANDING , ANY HELP FOR THIS OLD CHAP OF 80 WOULD BE GREAT . I DO LIVE NEAR HEATHROW AIRPORT AND IT'S A A FIVE HOUR TRIP BUT I WOULD DO THIS , DENNIS SWEETING
Hello Dennis, I think you might be slightly mistaken about the location of the site you are interested in tracking down again. The location of this video is nowhere near any old industrial workings. The coastline is quite unspoiled for some miles either side. however, there is a very well known industrial complex which was a bromine refinery in the northern Anglesey town of Amlwch. It stayed open into the 2000s before finally being mothballed and remains a bit of an eyesore to this day. I wonder if that's the particular site at which you were working? It is about four or 5 miles further up the coast from the hamlet of Dulas. Here is a link to a recent article about it, perhaps that will jog your memory? www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/24061439.huge-former-bromine-factory-site-anglesey-sale/ 😊👍
Sunrises are beautiful on the Canadian Side for photography but im kinda surprised that nobody seems to notice on the other side at Terrapin Point on the US side of Horseshoe Falls the Beautiful Rainbows that form around the same time of day as this
I guess that many photographers miss out on that, but I think the problem is that they just assume that the ugly backdrop of Niagara town means there are fewer composition options and so if they're visiting they want to get the best bang for their buck. Although, I guess the reason I was on the Canadian side was because I was visiting Toronto and I don't think my host even thought about heading across the bridge. 😊👍
@DGriffGallery if you get a chance my most recent video on my channel is of a huge rainbow at Terrapin Point I'm just starting in photography so I'm a rookie lol If you do or you like to see that video you have to change the settings to 2160p 4K or it will default to crappie 480p
Another Great Video ok - I know you mainly use the forest/woodland as a passage to the coast - I basically live in Thetford Forest any tips for forest photography ie composition / low light ? Anyway thanks and keep making the great VLOGs 😊
I'm no woodland expert, but one this I might suggest is that you ignore the standard advice of trying to find compositions that simplify things. You will often hear photographers saying that it's difficult to compose in woodland because they can be quite chaotic. but I think that is quite limiting because at the end of the day a photographer is trying to capture how the environment looks and if that is chaotic then the image will, by definition, also be chaotic. My friend Adam Gibbs' work demonstrates this very well on Canadian coastal rainforests. The main thing is to make the most of whatever the light is doing. I often find when there is harsh overhead light in other locations, that's a better time for woodland photography because you get beams of light illuminating certain aspects which you can take advantage of. 😊👍
Yes you're quite right, it's not. Although I rarely stand around with any camera on a tripod in pouring rain, so I don't really worry about that sort of thing. A few raindrops don't cause a problem if you do happen to get caught out. But if I know it's going to be really bad, for example, say photographing coastal storms where I live, then I'll use an OM-1 or OM-5. But even then I tend to not just leave them out in the pouring rain, I work fast to minimise them extent to which they get wet. 😊👍
Your view of the nature describing almost poetically this little stream and its surroundings is simply amazing. Thanks for sharing your unique view! Greetings from Brazil.
Great Review!!! I'm going to get one. You really have to know how to use this lens and see the compositions that it is good for. The waterfall picture is so perfect. You can take a very compressed scene and expand it out with beautiful leading lines and foreground objects. I hike in very steep mountains and I often need to shot in portrait (+pano) with my PL 8-18 to get the whole scene in the picture. This lens should allow me to capture the entire scene including the near foreground in a single shot.
I’m a new subscriber and have just watched five of your videos in one session. Congratulations, they are just wonderful and the photography is superb. I am certainly looking forward to more.
Very interesting , while everybody else tells us MFT users not to rely on the the in camera tele converter here comes your beautiful photos to make me go out and try this technic. Thanks for sharing.
Hi the shutter is always auto in AP, but for ISO you can set a min and max range if required. I max it at 3200. Although I only use AP for street work, landscapes are always full manual because they don't move much so I don't have to take images in a hurry 😁👍
@@guysingleton3908 Ah no, sorry not any more. I'd be embarrassed to ask the sort of fees I get for other professional work when it comes to photography and so if I do workshops I lose out. Sorry 😊👍
I would say that it all depends upon what your travel gear is. And how your glass selection is. All my travel camera setup is 4/3 but the lens both zooms and prime lenses are great lens.
Love your channel and videos, started at the beginning and slowly making my way through them, upto video 76. I love the way you edit sunsets, have you done a video of your technique or could you do one please.
Thanks so much, really glad you're enjoying my stuff. I have done sunset processing, but can't recall exactly when, so I guess you'll come across it ... 😊👍
Thanks so much for this, David! It's always been greyed out on my Lumix g85 (yes, Lumix cameras have it too) so I just ignored it. Having now switched on jpeg I've been able to give it a whirl and the results are amazingly good. I'm a birdo, monitoring shorebirds here on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, and I can use all the tele I can get from my Lumix 100-300mm when looking for photos of leg flags on small waders. Thanks a million!
Missed this video last year, for some reason. Good to see you out of your comfort zone for a change. What an entertaining episode. Made me laugh a lot, especially your comment about the hell hole and mountain!
Dave, I am very sorry for your loss. As others mentioned it really is a touching tribute to your dad and your relationship. But I‘d like to add this video might also have a meaning for viewers and subscribers who have lost family members and loved ones in the last months or years. Being one of these I really appreciate this personal video. It has reminded me of some adventures and habits I used to share with my dad. Thinking of them makes me smile and wanting to cry at the same time. As does your video. Sincerest condolences…
I must have missed quite a few videos. Seeing what looked like a Leica Q strapped on was a surprise. I just bought into Olympus M4/3, and for a second, I thought you had moved on! As usual, you took us to a beautiful place and gave us the run down of your thoughts on composition given the weather, sun, clouds, and missing camera battery. I really liked the first image. Your 8 mile round-trip was rewarded! Hope the curry was good.
He Kevin, no I'm not moving on at all. The Leica is mostly going to be for stuff which I don't share much. Such as street, portrait, architectural and general everyday photography. It's not ideal for landscapes 😊👍
Thanks for the video. It mirrors my experience with DTC on EM5ii and comparing results side by side on the screen. I have it switched by the front button alongside the lens.
Hi Rick, thanks a lot. And yes, I'll always be using the M4/3 more often than the Leica as I got that for some specific use cases .But as most of my photography is landscape work the Q3 isn't ideal for that sort of thing so my Olympus system remains my first choice 😊👍
Think the long walk in and back out was well worth the effort, great couple of images at the end. The back up camera is not to shabby either , hope the curry was good !!
