Composition Concepts - Photographing Suilven 

Damn that blue hour shot at the end makes me slighly jealous.

For me, yours is the best pure photography channel on RU-vid. Just great photos and explanations without the need for gimmicks and pointless b-roll. Please keep letting us in on your hikes, Alex!

Forgot to say i also really liked the shot from the base of Sullivan, I'm not to bothered about the perspective you mentioned

Hey Alex found your channel by RU-vid recommendation and it is simply amazing. I like your simplicity in explaining the compositions and I'm certain that you're also an excellent group leader. Soon I'll be sharing some landscape photography channels around the world in my YT channel and blog and yours is on the list. thanks for sharing this content. Will let you know when I do. Congratulations

Suilven is a fantastic mountain and great views from the top. To get there just drive to Lochinver and there you are. It is not remote.

Another great video, Alex. I liked the final composition and think you had to look quite hard to see the perspective issues. I can't see you carrying the amount of gear that Joe Cornish takes but maybe a tilt-and-shift lens? I would suspect that the utility of a zoom would probably outweigh the advantages of a T&S. When I first saw an image of Suilven it was from the opposite end and it looked so spectacular, rather like a highland Changabang. Have you considered trying that side? My one visit to that area was spoilt by such low cloud that none of the peaks were visible. It's definitely on my bucket list as well as the big ones in Torridon.

Just coming to your Channel via your critique video on Nigel Danson's page. Loved your comments there on color, color grading, color clippings, editing shifts, etc.

Just learned about your RU-vid channel when you participated in a critique of 5 of Nigel Danson's photos. Sorry I didn't know of your channel earlier. This is a fabulous video. Subscribed. Look forward to viewing much more of your work.

Excellent video with a couple of very nice images, no doubt your clients would have been very happy with the way the weather turned out. Hopefully many more will subscribe to your channel as the landscape photography content that you put out is right up there. Thank you for sharing.

Great video, Alex. Looking forward to more of the same!

Lovely images Alex, esp 13:52. and the final ones. I appreciate the in depth discussion re composition. Hope to get out on a trip again with you soon !

Wonderful video, Alex. I’m new to your channel, via Adam Gibbs and his Drakensberg vlog where he notes your series on that remarkable location as inspiration for his trip. So glad he referenced you, as I’m thoroughly enjoying your content.

loved the walk around the water, with the compositional monologue, super interesting! Thanks.

I thought when you mentioned a reference point it immediately clicked with me as before you said it I thought the image including Col Mor was a good image, in terms of balance the light was all on the right, very interesting point that Alex. Watching you positioning your camera around the pond to get all the elements and breathing space around them was a takeaway for me, as just the right amount of water beneath the reflection and the rocks, the colour in the water did you use the CPL? The diagonal cloud also played into your hands I’m wondering does it make your portfolio Alex?

Hi Alex, I came to your channel via your recent excellent video with Joe Cornish.I have spent some time over the last week or so watching a good number of your videos, and I have enjoyed both the on location and the technical editing ones. In common with a number of those that have commented, you pull together a style of content that I find very satisfying - I enjoy the on location scenery (in all conditions), but what is particularly of interest is the thought process related to planning, intentionality, and responding to the environment and/or conditions. The insight around composition is excellent - especially seeing where I either agree or disagree! Getting to see you apply your editing process to one of the images you feature in a video would be an added bonus. Thanks for all your work and effort in putting these together, and best of luck in growing the channel further.

Hearing you say about the 1st time you had seen Suilven reminded me of the 1st time I saw it (I havent seen it in the flesh sadly) years ago. Someone had camped on the spot you camped at and had woken to an inversion all around with the sister peak poking out of the mist - it truly blew me away at the time.. and then having seen it from other angles over the years I have got fascinated with it. A great talk through on composition with some fabulous conditions although I must confess to not really caring about composition much as I genrally take what I see & like for it. Don't get me wrong I will try and work rules into an image but I never get really hung up on it. Looking at your finished image (which I really liked) and listening to you talk us through it I was wondering what ration you had shot in or did you crop to suit the composition? Got me also thinking about shooting it in a portrait orientation. Anyway, another good watch and I hope you carry on - ts always interesting and informative and you always have great landscapes in your videos. Btw.Spetember's calendar view is a rather differnt one from you - what amazing conditions they are from the Fisherfield. atb Al

Lovely image at the end... not sure any perspective correction is needed as there are no vertical straight lines in nature and there arent any in the shot either... did you have to tip your camera? How many focus points did you do for this ..3 ? Would love to camp in this region. Did the west coast in a camper about 8 years ago.. .would love to go back.

Hi Alex, lets say, this are the kind of videos,which inspires really strong. Great 👊all the best from Austria, Klaus

Interesting video Alex, enjoyed listening to your thoughts on composition. I'm also making slight adjustments to the framing out on location, it can be so difficult to tell what works best in that exact moment. The very last image at 18:53 is beautiful.

Fantastic video Alex - that first shot of the misty lochans is one of the best I've seen for a while! Thanks for posting!

Thanks. These composition videos are really interesting and helpful 👍🙂

Great images Alex, I loved the shots, especially the one from the summit of Sullivan. its been 30 years since I climbed Sullivan.

Alex, for me, your focus on the compositional aspects of photography definitely elevates your channel above others given that I'm reasonably comfortable with the mechanics of my camera and don't have a "gear" fetish. Of course, it also helps that you're able to access and share this spectacular scenery with us!

Hi Alex, I am sat here watching this now and a year ago to the day I was also wild camping there but the conditions were not a good as you got, I did enjoy the experience all the same, a purely magical landscape 😊👍

I love the combination of a hiking trip vlog + discussing compositions on camera and in retrospective. Looking forward for the Drakensberg adventure ;)

Another fantastic vlog, amazing light and scenery with great technical guidance, thank you for sharing 🙌

Great video! I really enjoy and learn a lot from your content that focuses on composition tips.

Top class Alex, love that image

Looking forward to this! I’ve only seen Suilven for one day and love it to bits

Lovely stuff Alex