Landscape Photography - Searching for Locations 

Please enjoy every second with that lovely dog. I lost one of mine on Monday, Rocket, a Cocker Spaniel and we are absolutely devastated.......all we have of him now is our memories. We still have his brother who sadly has kidney disease so we are restricted in what we can do but they both loved the Highlands so much. This makes me want to get back with the camera but I don't think I could just now. Love those doggy friends like they love you...

If there's water then two things are guaranteed - Meg will go in it and she'll shake off next to your gear :-D. I best get cracking with my episodes from there! Great trip!

Can you try some astrophotography with some landscape? I think that would be interesting to see your take on it.

2:06 - What a great cut. Good job.

Thomas, that transition at 2:09 was so perfect! haha

Meg seems a wonderful companion & complements your stories

Simon's dog is having a wonderful time.

Beautiful countryside! Exploring is always a good portion of the fun. Thanks for the tour.

Simon's dog is so cheerful and adventurous and loves life so much and is having so much fun :) one of the happiest dog, constantly travels with Simon. Nice to see.

Great photo, and great to see your wee foot legged friend, and thanks for sharing.

Your selection of background music is always top-notch. It goes amazingly well with the landscape-mood you present. Makes me come back and visit your videos again and again. Thank you for all you share!

Thank you for sharing. Beautiful country. You two make a great team.

As soon as I saw Meg running around in the background, I thought..."hmmm, Thomas may not like that." :) . But, of course, you can't be mad at Meg!

Oh my God ,, can you see how he talked about her and she barked wow!! such beautiful connection , your content is LIT dude ..

Thanks for posting this video! This is my frustration when I get to a new location. My excitement turns to frustration as I search out vantage points. Each of my trips end with me making a vow to come back to get it right next time. I'm glad I'm not alone with the challenge of finding the shot.

Thomas, nice discussion of your planning and scouting. When I look at your final composition my eye follows those fine lines (probably glacial striations) through the rock outcrop, to island and distant mountain. The striations are very subtle, however, there are so many lines it carries the eye through the frame. The transverse lines (jointing in the rock) make for a nice contrast or distraction. Thanks, I always learn something new when I watch your videos.

Beautiful final image Thomas. I like that you went B&W.

Nicely done Thomas, nice to see some of the lesser known Scotland.

Great video as always and great tips! But I loved the transition of getting in the car and closing the door to driving on the road! Absolutely seamless!

Great to see you out with Simon Baxter & Meg. Enjoy Scotland!!

Looks like Meg had a wonderful day exploring and splashing in the water. Your photo was stunning.

Meg loves to be a star. I think the scouting trip may have been more fun for you three then the future workshop ;-)

Gorgeous photo! Thanks for sharing the process.

Today, very happy! I an interesting adventure's Meg. Love it😍😍👌👍Thank!

Howdy. The foreground weaves to the right into the background. The geological lines do what they want.

Ha! Great to see you and Simon Baxter out scoutin' in NW Scotland! Lovely image, assisted by Meg! Always enjoy your videos, Tom, and of course, the great memories of those days last February in the Lake District. Thanks for the great post. Cheers-Bob.

what beautiful country this is!

Excellent as ever. Thanks.

It's always a good day when you're out in nature and scouting new locations adds too the fun. Meg is a star! She should have her own channel and Monty can guest star. Enjoyed it, thanks.

Very easily could be the happiest dog on earth.

Your videos constantly inspire me to want to get out and shoot.

Nice photo and I love Meg.

Great content....but Meg! She definitely added that extra boost your videos need! I vote for more Monty!

What a nice dog. If there was a youtube channel for that dog, I would subscribe.

Woaaah! Looks like I'll have to go to scotland. That place doesn't look like any pictures I've seen of scotland. I better do some scouting while I'm there :P Thanks Thomas, looks awesome. I love ur perspective on all of this. And meg is just beautiful hahah

Thanks for the video Thomas...nice image! .I have to one day practice that focus stacking.....big fan of Meg!

More of my favourite locations! You will come home with some great shots indeed...if the weather plays ball. Nice video Tom. Good luck with the workshop

Really great foreground interest with the lines in that image Thomas. Scouting your location is certainly key. Always great to see Simon and Meg make an appearance. Cheers.

Great trio! 😃

The tree at the end of the video was lovely! I with we could have seen a photo of it as well!

Great job my friend!

You are literally the Brian Cox of photography. The resemblance is uncanny!

Great video . Lovely to see Simon and Meg having fun x

Now my favorite of your videos. Thanks for sharing.

This was such a valuable and enjoyable video thank you very much. I smiled and laught a lot and learnd some new things about scouting :)

I was expecting a good image, but that's top notch. Much more of the foreground in the image than I was expecting, but works beautifully.

Oh that last Tree has great potential! Looks to me like a true Heaton Tree ;-P

Superb image that you focus stacked, Thomas, and the eight second exposure gave a lovely effect. Thank you for going through your settings and why you chose them. So useful.

Fantastic video Thomas!

Thanks Tom. Enjoyed today's adventure. Meg was an interesting assistant.

Great video. Part of the joy of landscape photography is looking for and finding things you want to photograph. I bet Meg had as much fun as you guys. Nice image too 👍🏻

Hi Thomas, subscribed without watching this vid, left for later coz I'm bit busy, but I have seen couple of other ones and I'm impressed of your work. Thanks for doing it. Regards

Great detail in the rocks Thomas and hopefully wont be too long till we hear about the workshop with you and Simon next year.

Hey Thomas!! Just wanted to say your the best inspiration for landscape photography!! Its everything I love and your channel gives me everything I need! Please dont stop what you're doing :)

Beautiful place Tom. Photo. Lovely. I went for a walk last time I was up in N.W Highlands and it's wonderful. It's on th A82 at spean bridge. Opposite corriview lodges. There is also a commando memorial to visit just up the road. It's very interesting and worth a photo or 2.

Very nice

Superb landscape and videography! I was also happy to see a wide-angle shot again, although it somehow didn't quite excite me as much. Maybe it was even a bit too much foreground for my taste and I'd probably have liked it better in color as well (even if there was little). I am amazed, however, at the diversity of the landscape! Never knew Scotland was as varied as that. 0:10 and 0:14 would already have been nice enough landscapes/perspectives for me to take a photo :)

Great video, as usual. Greetings from Brazil.

Great video from you two, but I'm afraid Meg stole the show..

3 cheers for Meg :) Great Video with some great insight = Love it

Great video, thanks for the ideas. I am planning on scouting a new place in the morning, perfect timing.

Watching from the Philippines. 🇵🇭 I really love how you make your video Thomas! Hope to improve my video and story-telling skill like yours. Till next episode! :D

Awesome video Thomas! I love Meg she was all about the video and having a good time!

One of your best videos for me mate, well done. You seem a lot happier these days too... dont look so stressed - keep up the great work.

Love this and following your travels.

wonderful to join you on your journey. Almost takes us to a meditation state being with you on these walks! After you dropped in your 6-stop filter, do you still focus stack? If so, then you have to refocus each time without the filter, don't you? If you didn't focus stack, then where did you focus & how bad was the softness in the foreground (or mountain)?

Nice job Thomas! You usually use telephoto lens so when you use a wide angle like this time, I will be excited to see the results! BTW you had the ultimate solution for finding photogenic sites: explore by foot. Thank you!

New tripod? I switched to Benro for my primary as well. Maybe I was seeing things.

Drive from Ullapool to Bonar bridge via The Craigs and I'd be stunned if you can't find an abundance of stunning places

Production quality going WAY UP!

Awesome Location. awesome video. Your videos are becoming great to greater every week. Thanks for the inspiration.

Thomas, you should come in Romania once, we have beautiful places here

I spend a good amount of time scouting locations & its so worth it...

Great video as always Thomas, the exploration is sometimes even more enjoyable than the photos to me!

Another awesome vlog and great advice!! 3 shot photo stack. Love to see how that comes out and maybe the edit as well. Cheers Jase

Ya did it again Tom, a quality video and a great photo, love your content!

“Right now it’s the middle of the day, it’s no good for photography”..... Thomas, you have truly been and will continue to be a landscape photography inspiration to me (I definitely recommend you in my blogs and presentations as well :) ) but I’ll be honest, that statement I have to disagree with. I’ve seen many beautiful shots come from the middle of the day. In fact, there are times I prefer those types of shots with vibrant blue skies, milky white clouds and the radiant green grass. They compliment each other beautifully which only makes a superb composition that much better! To make a general statement like that may lead newer photographers to think the only time of day they should shoot is sunrise or sunset. It’s funny that this came up because just the other day I was thinking to myself how I’d really like to see you do some outings that are more mid-day based. Maybe this will help :) - sincerely, one of your biggest fans!!

such a happy puppers.

Thanks for inspire me

This is one of the first videos I've watched full screen on my new 27" IMac. :-) I really like that you are showing this side of photography - searching for subjects, crossing some off the list, and thoroughly enjoying your time outdoors. All that hard work really pays off in the long run.

I always have a tough time bridging the gap between what looks to my eyes vs. what looks best in camera- the two are often quite different.

Great video men and their best friend at work in harmony with mother nature ;)

0:51... looks wildly familiar :-)

Found out recently that you're going to be here in Virginia for Nature Visions, looking forward to meeting you and seeing your presentation.

Great video! Two of my favorite photographers. Thank you for inspiring as always. 💖

Enjoyed the video as always Thomas :) I couldn't agree more about getting your boots dirty and taking it all in on foot. However, there's a lot to be said for watching videos, reading books/magazines (especially the FotoVue series of books, and videos by Mads Peter Iversen) when scouting for locations. As a domestic appliance engineer, living in Kent. It's hard finding the time to get out (especially to the best locations, which tend to be North/West). So it's not easy finding time to put my boots on :( Also, I have a question. Do you ever send the drone out across and lake/across a valley etc. in order to see if there's a descent view from the other side, instead of walking for another half hour?

Maybe it's just me but "Simon and I", not "me and Simon." Love your work..!!

I love Meg! Haha

Awesome video as always and love the photo very dramatic

Meg star of the vlog again lol, well you have certainly cut down on the beautiful Thomas only 4 in this vlog normally you manage to average 6 in a lot of vlogs. Love the b&w shot though.

Awesome doggie!

Could you make a video about focus stacking? From in the field to the edited image? That would be amazing!! I do not really get how to do it and how to edit those kind of images :(

Wow, I've actually been up that path at the end lol, hope you spotted the fossils in the rocks.

Seriously 38 thumbs down? Can some of the thumbs downers let us know why you do that? Genuinely interested.

It's another great video Thomas and I enjoy your passion through the distance. Not much else to say other than I am very looking forward to your many adventures to come. PS: A minor thing, don't want to sound too harsh and I know there's no bad intention from your side, but it would be nicer, if you don't name yourself first, ie "Me and Simon ...". As said, no offence, just a tip - much love!

And I thank you for uploading! You are a nice person : - ) /90's emoticon hell yeah/

Great video, i really enjoy the way you put these together. I am a huge fan of you photography and look forward to your 2019 Calendar.

Great video although disappointing that Meg had to point out to you that the rock would look better wet and help make the picture. Enlightening, entertaining and informative as always, thanks for posting.

Love your work and videos

What was wrong or what didn’t you like with the first location? From the video it looked nice.