A Photographer's Pilgrimage | Isle of Lewis & Harris 

Y' see, here's the thing. I discovered the magic of "HENthusiasm" only quite recently. And, when there are no new videos/vlogs, call them what you will, I trawl for ones I will have missed, like THIS one. As a native Scot (who has not yet been to the islands) it does my old Caledonian heart good to see somebody get so emotional about the beauty of the place as Henry clearly was doing here. H.T. one day, things will get back to normal on planet Earth and hopefully one day our paths will cross and I can shake you by the hand for bringing such enjoyment and entertainment and sharing invaluable photographic knowledge here. Every time I watch one of your videos I am inspired to try some of the things you show us.

It’s for videos exactly like this Henry why 1000s of people follow you. Enthusiasm, positivity and inspiration. Brilliant photos to boot. I’ll start saving for another Ltd edition 👍

Blimey Henry! You had me tearing up there young man! Such passion, such enthusiasm, such an outstanding achievement. Bet it surpassed your wildest dreams eh? You really can't go far wrong in my adopted country of Scotland. Very emotional video and I love you a bit more for it 💗

Out of all the photographers that I follow on social media, you Henry are by far and away my favourite. Your genuine, down to earth and enthusiastic attitude along with your absolute passion for landscape photography is just so captivating and inspiring to a new photographer, like myself. Your work is stunning and I can only hope that I am half as good as you some day. So glad I found your RU-vid channel!

Stunning images again Henry. Thank you as always for your enthusiasm and teaching in these vids.

Once again, your passion shines through on your videos. A pleasure to watch, and I'm glad I found your channel and subscribed. Great stuff, Henry 👍

Your PASSION and enthusiasm for the beauty and grandeur of nature is so infectious. Thank you for sharing it.

Awesome video Henry, some fantastic Shots as well. As always love the enthusiasm and passion you put into it. Love your videos, Keep up with it and don't ever stop,

Wow the passion and the emotion in this one is raw, and i'm not talking about the images Henry! This surely has to be right up there as this vlog is so so powerful loved every minute of it mate a credit to you !

Henry your a breath of fresh air mate thank you for showing the world our beautiful country

Really felt your emotion and excitement in this one. Congrats Henry, making it to a bucket list photo destination is huge.

This is why I subscribe, absolutely outstanding compositions, thank you so much Henry.

I see your passion and the spirit of pursuing the great nature.Well done!Keep going and capture great moments of this world!

Love that you're not afraid to let the emotions show. Art is a powerful, emotional tool and you use it superbly, sir. Thank you.

This video is so inspiring! I wish I was there right now! Love the images you took, especially the one at 19:45, and also the stormy pictures! Been to the coast myself Monday, here in Holland, and I had a great afternoon, but it's nothing compared to that!

They are stunning locations, but I have rarely seen images that capture the true beauty you experience when there in person. Yours are as close as I have seen to achieving that. Keep up the stunning work.

Dude, You have just bought a tear to my eye in the first min of this video, as you know i follow you on here and instagram and you really do inspire me to get out more ( anxiety sucks sometimes) and i've a trip to Skye in Oct with a friend and i can't wait.. Much love fella x

I enjoy to see your video and see how happy you are doing it, it moves me so thanks for that and the pictures are fantastic so keep up the good work.

Excellent images & vlog - love the comparison between sunny & stormy days....looking forward to seeing the next installment...

Some of your best work Henry...lovely video.

Simply inspiring, the photographs cannot be put into words❤️

true artistry! What a gift for you to share what you capture through the lens. I can hardly wait to visit the islands myself in the Fall

Awesome images! Loved the last one! Thanks!

Great vid mate... it’s certainly a beautiful part of the planet. Love all the images, but that last one is truely something special. Love it!

One of the best landscape photography videos I have seen. Seriously. Looking forward to the next episode.

Another fantastic video Henry. Such amazing passion and an a addictive hunger for your craft, this as all your videos gets a massive thumbs up 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 I always look forward to your video releases, thank you! Love love love the image @ 10.26 😁

I am glad you appreciated the Isles. I lived up there for years and its very hard to describe how stunning the wildness is. Its not just a cliff and a beach and a moor - there is a desolate untamed spirit about the place that makes you want to just sit down in silence and soak it all in. I just bought a Nikon z7 and am toying with the idea of going back up to Stornoway for a photo trip again soon!

Excellent video again Henry.Some of your best there imo.You looked moved to tears,such passion is infectious.Keep it up.

Most emotional stuff ive seen so far from you, you definitely get the feeling that this was a dream destination congrats and i hope you had a blast!!

I'm enjoying watching your photographic journey!

This is amazing, so happy for you Henry! Love the pix!

Wonderful seeing you so excited. You seem more enthusiastic about your photography since returning from Germany, and this trip topped the lot. Have never been there, but like many after watching this it's on the bucket list. Glad you got there Matey.

Love your poetik approach to both your work and to Nature ❤️

In these dark times what can i say, thanks mate you have cheered me up to see you so happy on your passion. Right i'm off out, i have the week off and in Germany you are allowed to get out on your own in these sad days. A Landscape Photographers dream, and i have your passion in my heart to keep me going. Keep it coming please.

Superb mate. Really enjoyed watching that! Images were stunning. Harris has been on my hit list for years. Dying to go asap after watching and viewing your images. Thanks for making 👍 Graham

we can feel your feelings Henry. Nice video all the best

Wow . You are one lucky guy . I hope you put your gear down at some point , sat and took it all in . The beauty of it all brought a tear to my eye . Your images are stunning and capture the island at it's best . Can't wait for your next vlog . See you Sunday.

Hello from Australia thanks four the videos and the photos are outstanding you keep finding places to make good photos good work😊

What stunning set of shots especially the first one on luskentyre beach, it was emotional for me as well, we live in a beautiful country, from John o' Groats to Penzance and thanks to you mate we get to see it in all its glory.

Henry, very nice video and images. Glad I found you. I related to your pilgrimage title because I too made a pilgrimage to the Outer Hebrides years ago. Coming over from the States, I was able to stay a little over a week and visited most of the islands. Was following a bit in the footsteps of Paul Strand (Tir A' Mhurain) if you're familiar with his work from many years ago. It was a great trip, (shot all on large format, btw) and watching your video brought back so many fond memories. (I loved riding on those ferry boats between the islands so thanks for that bit of footage) Now on to see the other episode(s) of your trip there.

He glad I followed you from the very start you just get better and better in what you do photographically with your genuine enthusiasm love these photos

What a great video Henry. I have never made it to the outer islands but watching your video definitely makes me want to be there. Difficult to pick a favourite photo from that set of stunning images. Keep up the good work.

Wow what a location ,great vlog henry and some truly stunning images 👍👍👍

Awesome Job, great photos! I love the moody shots!

Great shots, great place... and watching you enjoy yourself is what it's all about... and the bonus of the sound of the sea for the soundtrack :)

Great work Henry- I love the passion my friend and great content!!

Totally Awesome shoot Henry. Thanks for sharing. Truly a wall hanger.

I've been looking forward to this for a bit mate 👍👍👍 and I know I'll want to go now even before its fully watched 😉

So happy for you Henry! Looks like a beautiful place to go with a camera. I love the shot when you were right down on the sand. Stay safe on your travels!

Wonderful video! Great pics. Thanks. Looking forward to the next one.

Love the enthusiasm Henry, your producing some great images while sharing your adventures, Enjoy your photography enjoy your life my young friend.

Nice trip Henry! My absolute favourite by some margin is the last image at the first beach with the lovely sand colour as foreground and the natural leading lines. Nice colour contrast with the rock too. John

stunning images n beautiful light !!!!!!!

Amazing trip my brother! The photos are amazing 👍🏼

Awesome video and spectacular photos bud.

Some of your best pictures !

Love your enthusiasm. Beautiful place and pictures. well done Henry👍

Loved it!!!!

Loved the images from time: 13:20 & 19:49. The bad outings are always negated by having 1 good shoot! Well done!!

Sometimes it's an absolute pleasure to watch someone do what they love, made even more special by the love of your Scottish side. Outstanding

Awesome stuff Henry, cracking images in wonderful location.

Smashing video Henry. I also love it in the western isles. There is a fantastic spot on the Isle of Iona called the spouting cave where, if the conditions are right the waves can be thrown about 30 feet in the air! Spectacular. Looking forwards to Sunday.

Mate I’ve said it before but you’re videos are a true inspiration. Recently really getting into my photography and your videos make me wanna do more. I try and get up to Scotland twice a year, I was there last month and ended up on mull for a few days. I too got emotional when I was stood looking out to north and south uist from the north coast of Mull. It’s a special place. Keep up the great work mate, your class.

Henry , so glad you made it to Lewis and Harris. It's on my list next time I visit Scotland. Beautiful photos, loved the video.

Glad to see your excitement about being there. I'm from Missouri and my main focus on the isle was the abandoned houses and the Callinish Standing Stones. After being home I seen great landscape locations that I missed. The very northern tip for example. I would like to return someday.

Fantastic - thank you!!!! I find it baffling that anybody gives a marvellous, passionate and moving video like this a thumbs down...takes all sorts I suppose.

Incredible mate. Well done 👏👏👏👏

Wow that was fantastic. Straight into my saved videos. I only discovered you a week ago but I'm hooked. Your enthusiasm and passion shines through and is totally infectious. Especially in this film. I could see from your face and the way you spoke about it just how much this trip meant to you. I even got a bit emotional watching you on Luskentyre. My sort of photography. Brilliant work Henry. You're a star. Buzzing!

Great vlog and images Henry. I am looking forward to the next instalment. Kind regards - Rob

Another great video! Stay safe, Henry.

Keep it up man. Great job you make... There is a lot you can learn from those stories about photography, but it can also be concluded that you are talking from the soul to photography.

What a location 😍 Very enjoyable vlog Henry and I'm really pleased that you got to go. The wild weather is something that makes me want to visit... love it.

Epic big man, just epic. 👍🏼

Thank you Henry so much for this video. I had exactly the same feelings, when i was there last year. Its such a magical Place and especially Luskentyre Beach it was the best place i visited in my life. I continued down to Barra with my camera and just by myself...it changed everything. I will always go back. I think about this at least once a day.

My dream location too. Great video, thanks. One day I'll get there. Glad you could live your dream.

Great video and some cracking shots there Henry well done and keep them coming good luck with your exhibition when it comes round ...

I like all these shots... just beautiful.

Great photos Henry!! Memories of my road trip last year are flooding back

Nice one Henry, you are giving me goosebumps, and I am really jealous.👍👍 Tom

Tremendous!! Stunning shots too. Can only dream of being there now that I am self isolating!! really looking forward to your next vlog. Stay safe mate

Very enjoyable Henry, stunning shot from the beach, looking forward to the next episode.

This place is number 1 on my dream location list , and no doubt I will be feeling the same, thanks for sharing looking forward to the second episode of your trip. keep up the good work.

What a beautiful place thanks for sharing 👍🏻

Great stuff another cracking video

Wow what an awesome part of the world. Well jealous, can't wait for the next episode....!

Congrats on fulfilling your dream 👏 and the amazing images 😍

Great vídeo and also an amazing place

Some of my absolute facourite photos I've taken were on this island last year. Thank you for sharing this

Nicely done, Pilgrim! 👍

Excellent vlog Henry, dream to reality was well worth the wait. Cracking images again. And WOW you’re favourite gets a 👍.

Fantastic video. So nice to see you “buzzing”

I love your passion, great vlog as always.

I agree whole heartedly with many of my fellow subscribers here, your enthusiasm is palpable and you are an inspiration to us all. This is one of your best videos to date and you clearly show us what landscape photography is all about. There were several moments during this fabulous video where you were quite clearly close to tears and unable to express yourself. I'm sure know one would have criticised you if you had let your emotions fully show. These north western areas of the British isles are phenomenal places to visit and it is sometimes very hard to believe that you are standing somewhere you have always wanted to visit; it's a privilage. I spent a week in April with my wife in the Isles of Skye last year. What a beautiful place to be; I didn't want the holiday to end. One of the best experiences was sitting and waiting for the light at Neist point. Unlike your experience there on Luskentyre beech, there must have been 50 other photographers up there on the cliffs, each with their own unique perspective of the image they wanted to create; the atmosphere was electric. My wife has never really understood my love of landscape photography; "it's a bit of a faff isn't it' until that moment that is, when the sun kissed the earth and everything in the view finder changed. The cliffs glowed and 50 or more camera shutters were instantly and incessantly triggered. She gets it now. Cheers mate, keep up the fab photography work, you moved an old man to tears.

Walked the length of the Outer Hebrides last May with my Camera ... Luskentyre does stand out, but the light .. sunset sunrises and even during daytime .. combined with sky and sea colours .... Mind Blown

Stunning 😍

Well done, mate. So glad to see you living your dream. I'm having withdrawal as I've been on lockdown for a week now. No trips out with my camera. So keep the videos coming to keep up spirits.

you enjoy the crap out of it pal .took me a year to come back , ☺☺☺ . best year of my life . no internet no phone signals bliss

Fantastic video, amazing location I always feel a bit lost when I leave Scotland to come home 👍👍👍

Just found your videos and am binge watching from the Philippines. I used to live just outside tarbert on Harris. I miss that place so much. I used to make my living selling prints in the galleries up there. Stunning location. Hope you enjoyed it.

awesome stuff henry 👌