My top Recommended Gear for Photographing Seascapes 

Thank you for sharing Nick! 🙏

Great info Nick! Thank you again!

Good video thank you Nick. Hope your back is feeling much much better.

Good to see you back!

Loved to boot dryer idea. Most definitely will add that to my arsenal. Those Kim wipes will be added too! Thanks for the tips, Nick!

Awesome video Nick! I can see how these items would make ocean photography that much more enjoyable. I’m going to be looking into the filter system for sure. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!!

Most excellent Sir. These are fantastic tips.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us🙂

I use at least three of the items he suggested. Great video, extremely informative.

Hey Nick, great ideas! The boundary socks are a brilliant suggestion. I've been researching waterproof hunting boots for when I'm photographing water fowl. These look like a better solution. Hope your back recovers. Take care!

I really do need to invest in a good filter set, thanks for sharing Nick.

Started using the Sony BT shutter remote and love it. No more trying to anticipate that 2-5 second timer and instead just fire away, at will, with the remote. Love it.

Awesome Nick. I have a pair of waterproof socks that have Merino wool on the inside that keep me dry and warm. Also that Bluetooth remote is a game changer for me. Love using that.

Just great bunch of common sense solutions that I didn’t know about thank you.

Great video! Just ordered the socks, spikes, wipes, remote and boot dryer! Looking forward to working with you at Out of Oregon. Definitely agree with the comments below about coffee. Always bring a pour over kit and an amazing thermos.

Also like Hot Hands hand warmers for colder days tucked in to gloves & boots.

Sony's remote control is great and I have kase filters for over a year and a half now and am very happy with them so I strongly recommend these filters. Okay, they are a bit more expensive, but in my eyes they are absolutely the best filters on the market And nice to see you're on your way back. ❤️

Great information to have thanks again. Now let's hope somebody drops out of your workshop next year so I can join haha

Those socks and boots dryer are awesome.

Thanks Nick 👍

Thanks for the gear tips, Nick. We are heading to Nova Scotia in a few weeks and can put some of these tips to good use.

Great video thanks for sharing

You are the Man!

Thanks, this is timely, I’m registered for a workshop on the Oregon Coast next month and have a new shopping list, which will include new footwear, Muckboots will stay home. Have been using RRS spikes for a long time, best option for almost all surfaces (except polished floors).

Bought the NRS boundary socks based on your recommendation awhile back. Just got back from shooting waterfalls in Pennsylvania and I cannot say enough great things about the boundary socks. Kept my feet warm and most importantly, dry. Thanks, Nick!

You couldn't be more right about the LONG spikes!

Good tips 👍

100% on the Boundary Socks!

I like your videos a lot and I have an idea that might get a lot of views. Can you please make a video for landscape lenses on a budget? I’m not talking about super cheap stuff but less than $2,000 per lens.

That is exactly what happened to me on 15mm....now I know this fix - thanks Nick. Sent you an email via your web site.

Thank you so much for explaining how to use boundary socks! I bought the ones with shoe/souls built in, but never use them. They're clumsy and hard to change in/out of in the field. Sock and shoe suggestion is priceless. Will be checking out the interchangeable souls.

Three things..1. Your free YT content has been an inspiration for years. Thank you. 2. I’ve been meaning for years to buy those water socks. 3. No shower cap in your bag for seascapes or waterscapes?

Thanks so much for your gear tips, Nick. I’ll be spending 10 days around Brookings and exploring the Winchuk and Chetco soon. Your Kimtech wipes link is for the tissue box option. You also showed individual packets. These would make the most sense for me when I’m out in adverse conditions. Can you point me to a link for the drying wipes you used in packets?

Great video and recos! Thank you Nick. Love the Kase filters, but a bit too $$ for me.

Hey man. Great video. Hope you don't mind me saying that your posture in this video tells me that you are/were in quite a bit of back pain. Keep the videos coming. I'll be sure to get a pair of the Korker wading boots.

On the footwear point i have Reef Shoes which are really light and drain really quickly. I use in conjunction with Sharkskin socks though they don't have the tight seal around the calf. The set up is warm

Wow that boot dryer is a game changer! I will have to find one....and find a place for it in my bags 😳

FYI for sensor cleaning, many mfrs want you to actually turn off the camera, and for some models this is preferred (those that don't have a shutter that comes down when a lens is removed). But for the most part, I would just turn off the camera versus going into a sensor cleaning mode. Nikons will lock the IBIS motors when the camera is off, but I've heard that Canon R cameras do not so perhaps for Canon you should leave it on and go into the cleaning mode.

Just bought the boot dryer for my wellies, works great. I found the stability better, when the boots are on the machine, if the calf section is rolled back on itself to make the boot shorter overall. Thank you for the recommendation. Does Adam Gibbs know about this?

Just bought the Sony remote using your link. 👍🏼

Really interesting and helpful video. Is it possible for you to add to your gear list the compact holder you had your Kase filters in, in the video?

Nick, what filter case are you using for your “case” filters? That looks like just what I need to ditch the heavy leather case that came with my filters. Love your work. Love your videos. Love your photo style. Keep it up and feel better.

Fototripper told me its No Problem to shoot with sensordust ... Nick i Love your Videos.. Wish you the best for your Back and your Family

Thanks Nick, I'm from Israel quit warm country the only missing one is the Filter case, can you mention it !!

I have to agree that graduated ND filters are perhaps a thing of the past especially with the photo processing technology we have. Now, if you're not doing post processing perhaps and just using OOC JPEGs, then maybe use one since you won't be processing your images through a RAW processor, but if you are going to, then it's wise to NOT use at the time of capture them because you can create the effect later in processing, and it's the one time I would say that I tell people you're better off doing graduated ND filter effects (to balance out exposure) in post rather than in camera, because if you do it in camera (as mentioned) it's burned into the image and very hard or impossible to remove later. Easy to add in post processing, hard to remove if you do it in camera and don't like it. You might also be able to ge away with a graduated ND filter (although I wouldn't do it anyway) is if the horizon line is completely flat and you don't have anything that passes through the horizon line... then MAYBE, but I'd still probably not use one and just do two or more exposures and blend.

I also use Kase filters. Just wondering where you got the storage pouch you use. Thanks in advance! Enjoy your videos too!!

Thank you for the info. What sensor swabs do you recommend?

Thanks for the ideas. Nick, I bought the Kase filter set a few years back and love them. One question, my circular polarizer does not rotate. All my previous CPs rotated allowing me to see the filter darken the scene, this one does not. Are mine defective or is this a new way of doing polarization?

Nick, great content as always! One question - do you, or how do you use a lens hood with the Kase filter adapter? I use freewell and that's the only bug I can see in the system. TIA.

I know this os not a filter video but I'll take my chances and ask the community. I would love tp use circular filters but my wide lens (a tokina 16-28 2.8) cant get filters in the front. Ive bought the eos adapter with filtwrs but i dont feel comfortable with that solution. What do yo recomend? Shall i sell both and get a filter friendly lens? Get an f4? Im all ears

Nice !.. Thank you for the awesome video and tips. Yet, I'm surprised you dont have any soft/hard grade ND in your set and feel so reluctant with NDs. I understand your view on NDs but at the same time the use of ND filter is so awesome for playing with long exposures and all the water effects it can bring that bracketing won't give. There grads can be useful sometime there to even the sky in combination with a regular ND and is more flexible than adding a CPL instead. This is also why I would tend to prefer the squares in some cases, all inconveniences aside (fingerprints, delicate handling, yes, they're more pain), since magnetic or screw-in are way more convenient and often one 10 Stop ND is all we need for a lot of fun long exposure effects. But I still like the squares, first because there are different size sets according to your camera (you should see the miniature yet awesome NISI ND kit sets for the Ricoh GR and GR II, they'll work on that, but also on my Fuji X70 and will also fit all the Fuji X100 serie with the cheap 42mm filter adapter), and then because the advantages of the squares are that you can usually also put 2 or 3 on the filter mount, allowing for fun combinations (That you also can with Mgtic and screw-in too), but moreover it allows to properly position any soft or hard grad filter one would use in combination with other plain NDs, which you can't with circulars. Another money consideration is price /usefulness ratio VS circulars screw-in, if one would think of going that route. Circulars screw-in usually fit one lens diameter and that's it. You could use reducers etc. to adapt but it's a pain and more stuff, where, although usually way pricier for a good quality large square set, it will have the advantage to fit on most lens you have, disregarding of your lens filter thread size, but you indicate that your magnetic fit all your lenses, it seems nice, and I'll have to look into it. Altogether, an expensive filter set is not a light decision, and if one intend to play with many lenses and filters, it might be another consideration to take into account. Time should really be spent on comparing what fits best for one's needs, and with all filters, stay away from the ones that will give your pictures a strong color cast, they're often the cheap ones, although there are exceptions.

I noticed you had a soft pouch for your Kase filters, where did you get it? My filter set only came with a rigid leather case. Good info. Hope your back is feeling better.

Dear Nick! Thank you for your videos - you make it great! Always waiting for new ones)) Unfortunately, I can't try Kase filters in my country - I'll have to order them from China. But in this regard, I had one difficulty. I can't check if there will be vignetting on Sony FE16-35 f2.8GM if I’ll buy filters with a diameter 82 mm? For example, if I want to put on 2 filters at once(ND+CPL). I want to know your opinion - may be it's better to buy 95mm Kase filter kit?

Hey Nick! I actually took the same exact boot drier on my trip to Iceland. I didn't use it a lot, but the two times that I did, it sure made a huge difference. Great idea to go with a micro fiber large towel and not just a small cloth for shooting waves, or waterfalls. I've also been using the Kimtech wipes since I saw another of your gear videos from a couple of years ago. The only doubt that I have is about the spikes. My tripod is a ProMediaGear which already comes with spikes, but they are probably half the size or less than the ones you showed here.... so what would you do? anyway, thank you once again. I'd love to bump into you someday...

Photo gear is great, as are the recommendations, but what about those lovely looking drums in the background? Is there a video on them anywhere?

Which sensor swabs do you recommend? And how hard is it to clean the sensor? Never done it and don't want to wreck it! 😱

Hey Nick, what filter pouch are you using? I also use Kase Wolverine but I find the case a little large. Great video as always.

Maybe you could put a bayonet mount on the boot dryer and use it to dry the humidity out of your camera!! LOL Great tips.

Does that waterproof sock + sneaker combo work for winter seascapes when it's really cold or do you still use warm boots in those situations?

Great stuff. Do you have a link for the small pack of wipes?

Hey Nick, can u elaborate a bit on how u use the socks and mud boots combos together. So from what I can tell, u slip on the NRS socks over regular socks and then u wear mud boots under. I presume u keep another pair of shoes handy which u wear after you are done with photography? Also, do u roll up the pants? Or do u let those get drenched. Still trying to figure out the best way to do this. When I was in SF last time, I rolled up my pants and shot bare feet. Couple of hours later my feet were numb :(

Should your Kase filter size be one size larger than your lens to avoid filter vignettes?

I use the Kase filters too but I don't like the carrying case that came with mine. Yours looks much more portable. What kind is it?

The boundary socks don't seem to come in normal shoe sizes, rather large and X-large. Do you have any advice on which size for a man with size 11 feet.

Kimtech wipes n the UK they are £131 for single box

Does the protective round pouch that the filters go in come with the Kase filters???

I bought the Kase filters but have to return it as it vignettes at 16 mm. Do you buy bigger than the lens size and then use step down rings?

Great video, Nick. Clarification, the NRA boundary socks...You wear a liner under them and boots or sneakers on top??

Still annoys me that I cant get those boundary socks in Europe. Guess I will have to be on the lookout when I am coming over to the US again in December.

Great ideas but you have forgotten about the most important accessory for photography on the Oregon coast, that would be a thermos of hot coffee.

Individual Kimtech wipes. I have searched for individual wipes and cannot find these. Do you have a link? Thanks

I ordered the filter pouch. I don't see you you get the single Kimtech wipes that are a little thicker.

why do you need a 6-stop circular polarizer when you already have both of them separately? Just stack them. Am I missing something?

How much does that boot dryer weigh? It seems like it’s light plastic, but obviously that’s a rough guess from watching a video.

Dry Guy!!!!!

Sorry about you losing your workshops. Hope your back feels better and you can get back to living normally.

Based on my experience, I think I need something that will dry WAY more than my boots. lol.

And, not all motels/hotels have hair dryers

I wouldn't recommend drying gortex boots on that machine

you're not in Acadia are you?

The box of 280 is 17 bucks