No video :(

Long Exposures: Why I don't bother...

Подписаться 280 тыс.

Просмотров 69 тыс.

50% 1

Long exposures and outdoor photography go hand-in-hand, although not for me, I don't really like them. In this video I ramble around one of the world's most famous waterfalls - Skogafoss in Iceland - to explain why.
Also a huge thank you to Lumix for sponsoring this video. I love their equipment and you can find it all here: www.panasonic....
Instagram: / jamespopsys
Prints: www.jamespopsys...
---
If you would like a print of any photo that appears in one of my videos, please email hello@jamespopsys.com with a screenshot of the image you would like, and the size you would like (A4 = £25 or A3 = £40). These prints are signed but not numbered. Thanks for your support :)
Thank you :)
---
Music from Artlist. Get an extra 2 months free: bit.ly/2KpXQFY
---
These are affiliate links, it costs you nothing to use them but I get a small percentage from Amazon when you buy something, so thanks! :-)
Gear:
Panasonic G9: geni.us/g9body
Panasonic 12-35 2.8 II: geni.us/panason...
Panasonic 35-100 2.8 II: geni.us/Pana35100
Panasonic G80/G85: geni.us/PanaG85
Shotgun Mic: geni.us/RodeVMPro
Big Tripod: geni.us/VelbonS...
Red camera strap: geni.us/PeakStrap
Capture: geni.us/PDcapture
Backpack: geni.us/PeakEve...
Little Tripod: geni.us/Gorilla...
Video/selfie tripod: geni.us/MiniMan...
Notebook: geni.us/Moleski...
Anker Charger: geni.us/ankerph...
Bose headphones: geni.us/boseinear
Cleaning blower: geni.us/cleanin...
Panasonic 20mm: geni.us/Pana20
UV, Polariser, ND8, N81000 combo (46mm): geni.us/Gobekit
ND kit (58mm): geni.us/GobeNDKit
Schott polariser and UV (58mm): geni.us/GobeSchott
DJI Mavic Air: geni.us/DJIMavi...
Lav Mic: geni.us/LavMic
Recorder: geni.us/ZoomRec...
Polar Pro filters: geni.us/PolarPr...
Memory card wallet: geni.us/sdcardw...
Messenger Bag (Sandstone): geni.us/thinkta...
Gnarbox: geni.us/lXAy
Suitcase: geni.us/Calumet...
Mic stand: geni.us/Amazonb...
Laptop: geni.us/MbookPro
Monitor: geni.us/Dell2515H
Hard Drives: geni.us/WDDrives
Tablet: geni.us/WacomIn...
Video Lights: geni.us/VideoLi...
Small video Light: geni.us/SmallLight
Flash: geni.us/Flashes
Tiny Softbox: geni.us/Minisof...
Transceivers: geni.us/Cactus

Опубликовано:

5 сен 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 418

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Windy! Also I didn't realise just how loud that waterfall is in the background while I'm blabbering on. Sorry about that :)

@picswithjoel7191 5 лет назад

Congrats on the sponsorship!

@jonasreiher 5 лет назад

Hi James, will there be a James Popsys calendar for 2019? I absolutely loved the last one!

@cigman2000 5 лет назад

I loved the sound of the waterfall in the background. I found it quite relaxing! Congrats on the Lumix deal!

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Thanks so much mate, there won't I'm afraid but there will be a book :)

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

haha!

@johnanddawn2918 5 лет назад

At last someone who prefers non long exposure shots of water.

5 лет назад

I hate how fake it looks.

@johnshiever2998 5 лет назад

I always wonder why there is not some warning on the long exposure waterfall shots that states that Acme chemical had a major processing problem at there upstream plant. It takes more skill to capture the real movement/power of the water.

@ricotrout13 5 лет назад

long exposures have their place, there are also happy mediums between a silky long exposure and a choppy capture with a fast shutter.

@HarryBradbury 5 лет назад

Agree and disagree. Depends on the water; with a powerful water source such as the waterfall in your video above, I agree, the long exposure looked odd. However on some of the little peaceful streams (especially in the Brecon Beacons), a long exposure works perfectly to enhance the quiet, dreamy effect that you get when you're actually there. All about judging the scene I suppose!

@Fourpads 5 лет назад

totally agree, if its a good waterfall that interesting when caught sharp then great but I always smooth out the sea if its not showing any great waves as I find it more interesting. Cant just tar it all with one brush.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Definitely mate!

@alexanderhetzel8271 5 лет назад

I agree. It is a nice tool, but it needs to fit the rest of the image, and should not be an automatic reflex when seeing moving water or clouds.

@Matrees11 5 лет назад

Completely Agree - It's not for all situations, but it's still an important technique to utilize in the right cases.

@ExquisiteTopHat 3 года назад

if it already looks peacful, take the shot normally to make it look peaceful. If it already looks rough, take the shot normally to make it look rough. Dont try and make calm seem hectic and hectic seem calm...it looks unnatural

@AndrewPowerTower 5 лет назад

Congrats on your new sponsor! I picked up a Lumix G85 in September because of your very serious review :-)

@WhiteWulfe 5 лет назад

His review of that camera was LEGENDARY! ...I also picked up one because of it, although that was last year.

@SpyderLEE 5 лет назад

Me too 😁, I’d like the g9 now though but I’m far too poor

@AlexMcDougallPhotography 5 лет назад

Yes I got the g80 in may and love it.

@edwardleonardy 5 лет назад

Got my G85 after watching his review too! Apparently I'm not the only one 😂

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Haha, great to hear mate :)

@GadgetJohn 5 лет назад

3:52 AT LAST - Thank you soooo much James, why should everyone have to follow everyone else's photo styles is beyond me and the single pet hate I have is long exposure, your eyes don't see milky waterfalls or milky shorelines, so why would you want to take a photo like that is beyond me. Sometimes you just want to take a photo to remember the scene, in the exact detail that drove you to spend the time to take that photo, the beauty of the scene, without blurring it or spoiling it. 👌🏻

@benharris3949 5 лет назад

Congrats on the sponsorship, that’s a great partnership. Sometimes I like stopping the motion of the water and capturing the drama, but if the light is soft and it’s already an ethereal scene, I feel like a longer exposure adds to what my mind is already experiencing.

@jamespeirce2582 5 лет назад

Congratulations on the Lumix sponsorship! Can’t think of a better match than to be sponsored by a company behind equipment you’re already using and fond of! Very interesting video topic, too. I think you’ve made a great point regarding a powerful waterfall and how that element is completely lost with a long exposure. Conversely, reflecting on your point, I think it can add something to a calm stream or as a technique to obtain more reflection in a lake. I like the idea of asking myself, before taking the photo, if a given amount of blur from shutter speed will add to or detract from the story. Also great point on how in excess it very quickly identifies a photograph as a product of photography technique and how that may influence the viewer’s experience.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Nice James, I'm all for it when it's carefully considered like you're saying! :)

@johnmcfarland2055 5 лет назад

Couldn't agree more about long exposures with water. I've seen so many other channels where they get all excited about crashing waves for a seascape image, then use filters, ending up with the sea looking like an ice rink!! Congrats on the sponsorship with Lumix.

@zipp4everyone263 5 лет назад

About blurring the water, or lack there of, i couldnt agree more. I love it when you get that ice like view of the moment. Where the stream of water stops and you're left with a crystal clear piece of glass and you can see everything in perfect detail.

@RememberTheTrees 3 года назад

I totally agree, about long exposures of waterfalls. It takes the life out of the scene a bit, something about it softens a scene that should usually be quite powerful. Which can work artistically for some people, but for me, most of my photographs are about me trying to capture a memory. My memory of that waterfall is never going to be a lifeless white blur.

@douglydiate7575 5 лет назад

Congrats on the sponsorship and it totally agree about the long exposure point. You just showed us an awesome landscape at the end there with the waterfall and snow covered mountains and then took a portrait crop of it. I was waiting for the full landscape shot.

@whafrog 5 лет назад

I don't think there's really a point to argue about here, long and short exposures have their uses to "bring you into" a scene, and neither exclusively makes you feel like you're "looking at a photo". Photography is all "selective lying" anyway :) Frozen water reveals power, that droplets spring higher and further than we expect, the individual sparks of light create interesting patterns. Blurred water conveys peace, but also reveals patterns in the motion of the mass of water, the general trends of the stream. If you want closest to what the eye sees, it's probably around 1/25th second. But the brain also registers both individual moments that can only be captured in the 1/250th second range, and also the general trends that require 1/2 second or less to reveal in a photo. The trick is really to decide which shutter speed conveys the mood of the place you're in, or the story you're trying to tell, and I do think many people end up falling into a habit of assuming they have to do one or the other.

@stevewturnbull 5 лет назад

Yes. Yes. And yes. So relieved to hear a pro photographer finally having the balls to publicly question long exposures of water. Such a cliché and spot on about distraction etc.

@elise3455 4 года назад

I think most already understand that it depends on the circumstances..

@visualsciencelabkirktuck3834 5 лет назад

Just got to Reykjavik early this morning. Already having a wonderful time leading a photo tour. We all love your videos!!!!!

@samulvisuals 5 лет назад

My thoughts exactly! Sometimes we get caught up in how we ‘think’ something is meant to be done we forget how we ‘want’ it to be done. Another great video man!

@maggiedormer1208 5 лет назад

Many congrats on your Lumix sponsorship. It was your enthusiasm for the G9 that persuaded me to upgrade from the GX8. Still learning the knobs and dials but will get there!

@jonpg1jsf118 5 лет назад

Well done with your Panasonic alliance. About time you have been recognised for the true ‘ambassador’ you have been for their system.

@seanmangan2769 4 года назад

Your videos are educational and entertaining. I appreciate the education but I love the entertainment!

@angellacanfora 5 лет назад

I'm SOO over the creamy waterfalls! I'd much rather see some detail. So happy to hear you give voice to my sentiments.

@patnellm 5 лет назад

The fact you focus so much on the imagination of the audience has gave me a new life of inspiration. You have completely change/given me a new outlook on long exposure photography. Thank you. Keep up the great content 👍🏽

@alanwyatt9238 5 лет назад

Your video blogs are incisive and entertaining. You bring photography down to where it should be as a tool for the masses, keep up the good work. As an aside, I use an F-Stop Rucksack to haul my camera gear around as I can also get enough outdoor gear in to make an overnight of it, when required.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Ahh nice Alan, I'm looking for a bag for that job exactly so that's interesting :)

@geraldmonger1921 5 лет назад

WOW! I thought I was the only one who was bored of long exposures with water. They are great the first time you see them but for me that was back in the 70s. Long live personal preference.

@Britton0932 4 года назад

Congrats on your Lumix sponsorship. This was the first of your videos that I’ve watched. You are entertaining without going on and on about the title of the video. I like it. I’m down for more. Thanks for not asking me to subscribe. I will do that now

@ExpectoPatronum538 5 лет назад

What I love about this guy is he spends more time taking pictures than talking about gear. Awesome videos. Thanks for sharing them with us!

@Jazzmaster1992 4 года назад

Saw this video not too long ago, got reminded of it when somebody insisted I use long exposure to blur the water in a photograph I took. I thought the texture of the water was perfectly fine and interesting, and making it "smooth" wouldn't have added anything. I do use "long exposure" often as a tool often to achieve the *correct* exposure and maintain higher image quality, with better noise levels and dynamic range , but not necessarily just to achieve a blurry effect. Sometimes I do, but not always.

@philipgowdy 5 лет назад

Thats wonderful news regarding Panasonic..well deserved I recon..Looking forward to so much more from you, keep up your "real" unique style.

@ml16R32 5 лет назад

I think an exposure time of 0.5-2" is generally more than enough to get the movement of the water, but still show some of the 'chopiness(?)' of the water. I try and limit that to my maximum exposure time for water these days. An Olympus body could have done a few seconds handheld for the northern lights. My old EM-1 did a 2" exposure in Iceland for a waterfall in very low light and it came out great. I've seen up to 4" for northern lights handheld! Great videos as always, James. Really enjoying watching another m4/3 shooter/vlogger. Keep up the good work.

@markboweringphotography4408 5 лет назад

Its so nice to find someone who is a champion for Lumix. I love their cameras. As always another great vlog.

@williamgardner2739 3 года назад

i agree with you james when i shoot a photo i like to see everything the way my eyes see them not something that is part in focus and part out of focus on the picture

@adamg.manning6088 5 лет назад

Congratulations on the LUMIX Sponsorship. Very well deserved.

@aliciabel9465 5 лет назад

Congratulations on your new sponsorship 🙌🏻 much deserved !!

@wavetrex 5 лет назад

Can I like this video 10 times ? You're so right about the non-blurring of stuff... that's exactly how I like to do pics, to freeze time and tell the story of that particular moment !

@jes1111yta 5 лет назад

I like the blurred waterfall for exactly the reason you like the frozen one - it shows the motion of the water! The frozen version is the one that "looks like a photo" to me. Just goes to show... horses for courses and all that ;-)

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Definitely mate, all personal preference!

@peterk15 4 года назад

I disagree, it makes water looks like milk. Cheap effect.

@peterk15 4 года назад

@Cicada 3301 Why do you want to see my pictures? How is this relevant to this discussion?

@zoehatton5444 5 лет назад

Completely with you on blurred water. Hope you enjoyed the biscuits! Loving the videos. Greenland and Iceland added to the bucket list.

@willprice7475 5 лет назад

Love that photo of the waterfall with the mountain in the background. Great shot!

@andrewjditton 5 лет назад

Thank you for vocalising what I've thought all along about those long exposure water shots. Top vid as ever Mr P!

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Thanks buddy!

@theosolberg 4 года назад

Peter Forsgård's tip directed me to your channel. Now I am not a landscape photographer (although I will often take a camera on a walk, just in case I come across something that will make a nice shot), but the reasons you give why you don't bother about long exposures, are very similar to why I don't bother about about a lot of post processing that a lot of colleague concert photographers do nowadays. I want to tell a story about the artists and make the viewers feel they are actually witnessing that moment in the concert. You talk sense to me.

@jamesmcconnell3237 5 лет назад

Congratulations on the Lumix sponsorship James! You'll no doubt do them proud. I bought my G9 partially because of your reviews.

@DirkJanFotografie 5 лет назад

Glad to hear I’m not the only person who hates going through a lot of trouble to try and take a decent photo at a busy location with too many cameras around. And that I’m not the only person forgetting some important preparation steps for what I’ve planned. Loving your videos and style!

@MonstersSeeMeToo 3 года назад

I really like that transition you did at 6:48. That's dope, I'm gonna steal that one lol.

@lakephotography4454 5 лет назад

New Zealand looks awesome!

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

haha!

@geoffreyhenson3098 5 лет назад

Agreed about long exposures on waterfalls. Where I use long exposure is on flat water to enhance any reflections like a castle moat for example. Enjoy your videos btw 👍

@HuFilms 5 лет назад

Nice one James, I totally agree. To me it represents the cheesy side of photography, Like when someone makes a full photo black and white and reintroduces colour in the reflection of a puddle or petals on a flower. In regards to water, sometimes when filming, I'll use a fast shutter to capture the water mid air etc, looks so cool.

@HarvyDangerFilms 5 лет назад

LUMIX is definitely the perfect partner for your channel. I am a bit biased as I am a GH5 user since the day it came out. But, congrats all the same!

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Thanks mate, I'm over the moon to be working with them :)

@stevesvids 5 лет назад

I remember as a kid seeing lit waterfall pictures in a Chinese Takeaway... the water was blurry like the long exposure shots ... so all I can think of when I see a long exposure waterfall is Sweet n Sour Pork Balls. 😀🤣🤣🤗 hence I don't bother with long exposure either. Happy Days fella.. so good Lumix is on side. Well done 😊

@BrianK04 5 лет назад

If the keys wern't in the ignition then yea, that beep is really weird on the door. If the keys were in the ignition, then car beeps when door is open so you don't leave the keys in the ignition as you're exiting.

@toddysurcharge771 5 лет назад

I think the best technique for moving water is to either go insane and, while having the camera in shutter priority, max out the shutter speed (fastest your camera can do) OR do the typical slower shutter speed with a filter. I think doing anything in between can be a bit boring and snapshotty. One of my favorite photos I took was of a waterfall in the Smoky Mountains that I took at 1/8000 shutter speed. The water looks crazy powerful.

@Brock_in_the_North 5 лет назад

It's nice to hear your views on long exposure. I disagree however because I love long exposure BUT I think there is a way to get both sides of the argument together. I find it nice to blur the water but only slightly. There's a fine line between blurred and still but it is possible to blur the water but in such a way that you still retain the dramatic feel of the image without making it too smooth. If that makes sense. Can't think of a way to put it. More often than not my long exposures are silky smooth but now and again i get a shot that's not blurred enough but looks incredible. Anyway great video and your images were fantastic :)

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Nice points mate! All personal preference, that's what makes it interesting :)

@simonbracewell 5 лет назад

Arca Swiss bracket for the tripod James. One system reduces the amount of stuff you need to carry. I have a couple of cheap brackets/plates from amazon so both cameras clip into the same peak design capture clip and/or both my tripods without having to worry which works with which :-)

@gopokesgopokes6625 5 лет назад

Have been searching for a pro that agrees with me on this. Subscribed. Huge pet peeve of mine that when someone finds water they say “step one, make it blurry!” I want to see the water!

@X4Wien 5 лет назад

I usually dont comment on videos, but I really wanted to say, that I love your videos! You are genuine, nice, informative, funny and inspiring and you to convert all that perfectly in your videos! Keep up the good work and thanks!! - Also, great point against long exposure on water!

@gillyb44 5 лет назад

i agree too about exposures being to long on moving water, I detest that cottonwool look, that so many aspire too.I find 1-2 secs is better. Thanks for the waffle always good to hear, brightens my day. tour hand held shots look great. I use an Olympus EM1ii and can handhold no problems. Gives you a lot more flexibility too.

@CWReace 5 лет назад

I'm a 100% with you. I like water to look like water, not smoke or milk. Some amount of blur can emphasize the motion, but total blurring usually does nothing for me.

@GillmanStudio 5 лет назад

Very Much agree. Dynamics in river/waterfall images are important. Silky water is perhaps too common now and the key point is they do all look the same, more so than most 'types' of image.

@edwardsp32782 5 лет назад

For want of an Arca Swiss tripod head! I like the long exposure thing on small and thin waterfalls, but on the big ones like that, capturing the energy in the water makes it a whole lot more interesting than a silky long exposure.

@lylestavast7652 5 лет назад

good differentiation explanation...

@PaulMiguelPhotography 5 лет назад

Hi James. Really enjoy watching your videos. I’ve been lucky enough to visit Iceland a few times myself so I know exactly what you mean about the tourists! All the best.

@florianraw 5 лет назад

Really happy for you for Panasonic Partnership. Hope it will helps to keep bringing us great content... and really agree about long exposure and its "some professional Technic applied" . As interesting as always, thanks for enternaining and "teaching" us through your vlogs... Are you waiting with excitation the pana-leica 10-25 F1.7?

@lindadee2053 5 лет назад

I don't do long exposures myself, but I like to look at some of the images when others do it. Long exposures of car headlights I don't care for at all, but waterfalls are often visually pleasing.

@MovingTargetOne 5 лет назад

I think there is a place for long exposure, the softness added can really compliment more defined objects like jagged rocks etc

@MarkMcNeill22 5 лет назад

brilliant vlog james

@PavlosPapageorgiou 4 года назад

Agree. I tend to blur the water slightly like 1/8 so it looks natural.

@jeffbrislane5782 5 лет назад

Freeze or blur with water all comes down to the mood you are going for i guess. A waterfall in flood would look a bit silly with smooth peaceful streaky water but a small tarn or lake would be the opposite

@GingerPhotographer 5 лет назад

Nice Video - congratulations on the new sponsor - If you have a Arca Swiss compatible tripod then the Peak Design plate is Arca Swiss compatible. Mine is.. With regards to water, people can over do the long exposure but I think something like a 1 second exposure still shows movement and looks more pleasing to the eye.

@Simtar123 4 года назад

I agree. Want to see those details 😊👍

@pauljenkins2501 5 лет назад

I totally agree with you about long exposure water shots.

@henkpeter1755 5 лет назад

Thanks to Kirk Tuck - who mentions you in his last blog - I finally found a sane landscape photographer that does not use density filters religiously. I wholeheartedly agree with your view on long exposures. It's a hype like the David Hamilton filter in the film era.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

😂Awesome! :)

@panamafred1 3 года назад

I'm taking you at your word that you went back to the hotel and did some editing. Personally, I would have taken a siesta (siesta sounds better than nap). By the way, I watch your videos all the way through. Congrats on snagging Lumix as a sponsor. Perfect!

@MrMoonpie001 5 лет назад

Have fun James, I like the idea of realism in your shooting not so much the blur. My concern in post is always with lighting, cropping, contrast and sharpening. Someone once said the eye sees what the camera does not. I try to mimic what the eye might had seen. I try to remember the mood when I shoot. Moonpie

@aguadoia 5 лет назад

I believe long exposures are great way for new photographers (just like me) to learn the triangle and how to use light and filters. Once you get comfortable with it, it’s more than ok to move on since this kind pf shots are way overused and provide very little differentiation from other photographers

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Good point! :)

@sidb5754 5 лет назад

I've seen people talk about "How photos are supposed to be taken" and you can tell they've no clue what photography really is. 😕 Great video as always James!

@c.augustin 5 лет назад

Well, let's see - movies used to use (and still do, afaik) 24 frames per second (give or take), and this is fast enough to let us see a continuous motion (give or take). So - should then not be around 1/20th of a second the shutter speed that gives us the most natural impression of moving water in a still picture? Just musing (and I'm sure it differs for everyone, but it should resemble what our eyes are capable of seeing "in a moment's time").

@musatalin 5 лет назад

James, happy I came across your channel, subscribed.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Thanks :)

@raizen82 5 лет назад

that's awesome! congrats on the lumix partnership

@GiuseppeMilo 5 лет назад

My peak design clip fits the manfrotto plate. I’m pretty sure that’s compatible.

@allansisson355 5 лет назад

Congratulations on the sponsor,being Lumix that's a big deal. I remember images of water in the past, I remember them, because I liked them.

@WhosPhotoTube 5 лет назад

I like a slight blur on flowing water that shows motion, not a fan of very long exposure of flowing water, James is right of course. So many people in Iceland nowadays.

@AdventuresOutHere 5 лет назад

Congrats on the sponsorship. Seems like the perfect partnership, very natural and something you already love.

@Adam-ob9xl 5 лет назад

Really agree with your points mate. Not really a fan of any long exposure, I like to take pictures that remind me/ show other people a story/landscape. I like to try to make someone think they are there. A blur its trying to be too "arty" rather than showing the beauty the thing you are taking the photo of!

@PHM00 5 лет назад

Tell Panasonic I purchased a G9 because of you going on and on and on and on about how much you love yours, now I have to figure out how to use it!!

@longbord1 5 лет назад

Good points man. Totally feel what you're saying.

@trembichmovingmoments8778 5 лет назад

Great video as always 🙂 and congrats on the Lumix sponsorship! I would not have said no to that either 😉 Speaking of Lumix: with my G81 and the 12-60mm f3.5 to 5.6 I'm able to get blurred waterfalls handheld since the dual IS is so good. And while I like that with waterfalls I get your point about long exposures. I'm certainly not a fan of taking long exposures of everything like many landscape and travel photographers do. Cheers from Germany 🙂

@carlculpepperimages 5 лет назад

Congrats on the Lumix sponsorship!

@jeremypentsil6390 5 лет назад

Congratulations on the partnership!!!

@MichaelTapel 5 лет назад

James, the beeping is for you to not forget your car keys in the ignition, nothing with the door being open or not..

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

I think so mate, haha - I'm a muppet!

@jsimes1 5 лет назад

I always thought I was strange for not liking long exposures. And now I've had that suspicion confirmed since you and I are on the same page! :-) But seriously I like details in the clouds and in the water! Really the only time I think I might like the long exposure is where a glassy reflection in water is required.

@billybown1397 5 лет назад

I totally agree with your water long exposure point James. I was wondering if you had thought of importing some sheep for your vlogs up north? I reckon a few people miss the sheep angle in your pics and vids. Are you heading over to Gulfoss and Geyser for some shots? Great places mate. Plus there's a big Nanook of the north statue at Geyser. I'd luv to hear your thought's standing near that. Keep up the great work James.

@fotografi4fun 2 года назад

I do agree about that blury waterfall. It´s better to freeze the action 😊

@nore8141 4 года назад

I like tripods but there is a place and time for them. As for Iceland can’t wait to get back there. It’s a photographers canvas with dramatic scenery. Thanks for the video.

@saldun70 5 лет назад

Agree 100% Silky water always looks amateurish and overworked to me. Slowish shutter is nice; bit of motion blur but mostly sharp. Dynamism! Great channel btw.

@JoshSmith93 5 лет назад

Alpkit jacket. Yes lad. Nailed the Iceland description too hahaha

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

haha, thanks mate :)

@winc06 5 лет назад

Just a point of photo history from an old guy. The miserable looking blurred long exposure water was a product of slow lenses and slow film in in old high status medium format cameras. For some strange reason 35 mm film users decided that their pictures could look as "good" as medium format if they blurred the water too. It became a thing. A defect was elevated to a cliché. I hate it.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Interesting, that makes a lot of sense!

@fenlandwildlifeclips 4 года назад

I completely agree. I think long exposures could be good for Sunsets but not for water. It’s so annoying that I can’t post photos here for comparison.

@AndyGreenWildlife 5 лет назад

Yep, tend to agree. Feel the same about clouds. I love the shape of clouds and often they’re just blown out by long exposure.

@AndyGreenWildlife 5 лет назад

Oh, awesome work getting the LUMIX deal 👌🏼

@AbdulKoroma1 5 лет назад

Huge congrats on that partnership with lumix!!

@DavidButcher007 5 лет назад

Tony has a video has a solution for not carrying the little tool for the 'not so quick' release plate, replace it with a D ring, see "$6 tripod upgrade will save your butt" .

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

I like that! Never thought of just buying that separately! Genius! :)

@michaellaurent7371 5 лет назад

Congrats on your new partnership! Well deserved. That thing with long expo waterfalls and everything is definitely not good for photography. Well done on becoming well known and still keeping your own style.

@differentview4836 5 лет назад

Loved the video! And congrats on your sponsorship! :)

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Thanks mate :)

@Biosynchro 5 лет назад

In general I agree. I think that something like 1/25 sec is much nicer than 1sec. You could take a bunch of frames in a row at 1/25 and if your client prefers something longer you can always merge some of the frames. But if you took nothing but 1" exposures, you couldn't extract a shorter exposure from those.

@somebodyoutthere 5 лет назад

I thought I've been all alone. I don't like foggy water on the beach as well, and there are just so much, too much, overwhelming, numbers of long exposure shots of sunsets at the beach, that I'm actually getting tired (if not sick) of seeing those colors with foggy sea water. Long exposure clouds too (mostly they got too weird), though I admit some (few) long exposure clouds could give a strong atmospheric image under certain circumstances and in certain location, which in itself is pretty rare to find.