Seventeen minutes already over and it feels way too short :D it's not only about the pictures, it's more about the journey, the calmness of nature, what you share with us is pure and wonderful! Thank you!
Thank you, Simon. I could have made the edit longer, but sometimes I get sick of hearing my own voice ramble on for so long 🙂 I really appreciate your comment though 👍
Thomas, one of the most important photography lessons I've learned is you saying (more than once) how a great view doesn't equate to a great photo. I used to always take the grand view photo and be surprised when it didn't resonate with me later. Now it's easier to sit back, enjoy the time, and any photos are a bonus more so than a requirement for a successful day outside.
It's a good piece of advice and it took me a long time to realise it. Equally, something that is innocuous and seemingly boring, can make a great photo 👍
But if you don’t take it you will never know, the camera captures the image slightly different to the eye. My theory for what it is worth is that you can always delete it but you can never take it tomorrow from home especially now with digital.
After years of backpacking, mainly in the Highlands, I had only recently found out the benefits of walking poles. They should have been first on the list of gear to take from the very first trip. The amount of strain they take from your legs is significant (particularly uphill/downhill), but when you come to crossing dodgy streams and rivers, being quadrupedal instead of bipedal is a joy to behold. Just my two pennies worth!
Same, and the number of trips, stumbles and falls they helped avoid first time out, so worth it... and for crossing that slightly too wide stream, almost use them to vault over lol
this is what a camping should be.. many camper do camp for survival, outdoor activity, bbq, etc... but for this guy, he camp for the scenery.. and we love it more than anything
Reminiscent of the early years, a nice hike, wild camp and capturing images. Still a magic formula Thomas and looked like it was a good trip for the soul too
Ahhhh... yet another calm and relaxing journey. Thanks for taking us along; and glad you're a man after my own heart not resisting the call of the plunge pool.
I have been trying to turn my fiance onto my passion and she joined me in watching some of your videos and since then she has been asking me about photography and has started researching camera's she may be interested in to start out with. Thank you for sharing your passion and being an inspiration to me and now my future wife. I have been a pro fo years but took a 10 year break and now I'm back and have someone to share my passion with!
Love the impromptu skinny dipping . . . Fab how you highlight the importance of just enjoying the journey . . . and in the end you got some banging shots . . . Top Job Mr H.
Thomas…..I’m a long time viewer of your channel and just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your content. You have a genuine self-deprecating style that I find very appealing. You show your successes and failures which keeps it real. Keep up the great work and look forward to seeing more.
Thomas, please continue to "keep it real" as you mentioned. Amateur photographers like me need to see and know those who do this for a living may also struggle for compositions that are somewhat meaningful, struggle with gear, and can at times make a general hash of things. Thanks for your honesty. It's one of the things that positively distinguishes your channel from many others.
Always look forward to and enjoy your videos Tom with this one being no exception. Don’t always comment but rest assured I never miss them. Love the infrared image.
love your mindset and positivity in your videos, Thomas. You are killing it with your quality content, so enjoyable to watch!! Infrared photos are stunning, appreciate you sharing with us 😁
always so inspiring. I'm actually building a guitar inspired by you and Jono Dry for the great guitar buildoff. I've actually gotten into photography too. The infrared images you've been exploring I find really fascinating. Thanks for what you do.
Whoa! You're building a guitar? That sounds awesome (no pun intended). I'm not sure how I could have inspired such an endeavour, but I wish you all the best with it! What a cool thing to do.
What you say in the beginning should probably resonate with many photographers. Most awe-inspiring places are awe-inspiring because of the whole experience or their size, neither of which can always yield good photos....
I always love your camping videos, they are so well produced and it's always so calming and relaxing. I'm so envious of you bro, thank you for sharing your amazing adventures with us. ♥️
Thomas, you have started a new trend on RU-vid with the infrared camera conversion. At least one other landscape photographer is going to do it, and I feel confident others will follow.
Unbelievable little trip mate! I feel your pain for the pressure of the video and all but totally don’t let it affect the experience! Great video matey
Have you ever considered doing astrophotography when you're out wild camping? I don't live somewhere like that, but it looks like it would be an awesome opportunity while you're out there at night
Your videos always bring a smile to my face and a sense of peace to my spirit. Nature is the best medicine for a troubled spirit. The most recent US mass shooting happened close to my village. My heart has been broken by the little boy who lost both parents and the little boy who lost his ability to walk. This was a shot in the arm. Thank you Thomas.
Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. Events like that always make day to day problems, such as cows in my campsite, seem so incredibly insignificant. Thanks for your comment.
Last Summer I wild camped up on Throstlehow Crag (right where you pitched). I found the view of Scar Lathing and that river bend a great foreground looking up at the Scafell range.
there's a lot of content online that claims to be aspirational but is vapid. seeing you camping in a tiny tent on a deserted range of hills to get some photos is properly *inspirational*. commitment to the art.
As a wilderness photographer, I totally get the title of this video. Nine times out of ten, I don't get "that" shot (the awe-inspiring portfolio shot), but every backpacking trip still feels unbelievable. Incidently, I just received your book in the mail. Took awhile (I'm in Colorado), but now that I have it I am really enjoyng your images and writing. Thanks for being such an inspiration!
I love these videos Thomas! It’s like we’re invited to come with to a practice, a training session, the work behind the scenes that keeps the photographer’s mind in shape between the epic portfolio shots. Without these moments, the epic, portfolio shots would be harder to come by. Would be harder to spot, and harder to capture. These are the necessary betweeners! I shut my eyes at the end too . . . . . .hahahaha.
Agree with what you were saying about things looking lovely to the eye but just not photo worthy. Great video mate. Lovely location, bit of a fave of mine too. Just subbed, not sure why it's taken until now! 🤔
camping and photography, two of my favourite hobbies. Nice to combine the two and lovely to look through the lens regardless if we get a brilliant photo or not. Great video :)
It was this sort of adventure that got me hooked on your channel, I am too old for these kinds of trips now, but enjoy watching others take to the hills. You are right, the journey is as important, or maybe more important than the image. Looking at your location, it might have made a good site for a Milky way image with the clear skies
Hey Thomas! Just wanted to let you know, i have to save your video for sunday because i know it will be too good and i will want more and if i watch it now i will have to wait 7 days for a new one. Just so you know if you notice you have 1 view less than usual lol. I have hit the like button so i did my part. Cheers!
Hi Tom new subscriber here! Can’t believe I’ve just posted a video I shot a couple of weeks ago mentioning this VERY thing about a great view doesn’t always make a great photograph!! My wife always drives me mad by saying oo that looks pretty you SHOULD photograph it 🤦♂️ - and I stand there arguing with her that there just ISN’T a composition! I’m a Pro photographer and just starting out on this RU-vid malarky, I love camping so just starting to get out there and make more landscape videos for my new channel. Great video as always (must take you ages!)
Come on Thomas, don't you want to be a cowboy and sleep with the cattle👍🤠 If nothing else the infrared images are definitely interesting👀 looked like a fun camping getaway👍😎👍 sorry I meant photography getaway 📷
For several years now I have wanted an infrared camera. A recent lack of enthusiasm and your videos have inspired me to pull the trigger. Not wanting to convert one of my current cameras or spend a ton of money I found a nice old G11 online. It should be arriving this afternoon. I’ll spend some time testing it then if alls well off it goes to get converted. Now I’m looking forward to the rest of the summer.
I was just thinking with you out there away from light pollution, have you given some thought to trying some long exposure night photography? It would have to be amazing out there with the stars, etc, I would think? Maybe give it a try, I'd love to see video with some of those shots!! Have a great day, CC
I know you don't do much astrophotography, but have you thought about using the infrared camera for that? You could get some interesting Milky Way images. Maybe an exposure blend so you could expose for the hills just before sundown and another just as it's dark enough to show the Milky Way, both in infrared.
We Surprisingly came across a herd of cows (in a torrential downpour and thick mist) at the top of Dore Head Screes below Yewbarrow. You expect sheep but not cows at that elevation.
cool, the infrared take on that view. yes empathy vibes re: nice views yet tricky photography. much feel that with the surrounding landscapes here! one does one's best, but ah we can't all be Turner💡! fun dip. fun wild camp. thank you. 🌟🌟🌟
I think there were two compositions that could have been made in the evening. First, I would have been sorely tempted to do a focus-stacked image with the curving stream, as the main subject, complimenting the mountains in the background. Second, it might be interesting to try the IR camera late evening after sundown. The rocks of the cliffs facing south and west glow in the dark as they give off the heat they have absorbed during the day. Loved the surprise ending, LOL!
Another great Vid. I'll be honestly though since buying a Leica D-lux 7 I wouldn't dream of lugging several cameras on hikes anymore. Its so damn good and does pretty much everything you need for beautiful landscape photography.
Jetboil hack Thomas. turn the jetboil sleeve upside down. the handle wont be in the way of the lid then. It also is better to pour water from it with the handle slightly longer down, and also firmer against the top part. =) Totally feel your pain on the photo not quite coming. it's like the mote beautiful view the harder there is to find something to frame right. and then, you sit down to relax and ut suddenly comes.
I think you missed out on an opportunity during your camp set up at the 6:50 mark in the video with that valley and the sunlight on the top of that distant hill. That could have been epic
So, a smattering of early snow in that gorgeous black and white shot, I have to say that i am surprised that it appeared this early in the year. Okay, Okay, Okay, yes I know its IR and that makes the images look different but it does so look as though its a winter scene, wispy clouds against that cold clear sky, patches of snow on those mountains and a glorious carpet of snow in the foreground, if I wasn't aware that the camera was IR I could easily have taken that for a winter scene. Damn fine video Mr Heaton, damn fine indeed.
It’s not all about the photography, just being out in nature with no one within 20 clicks cleanses the mind at times 😉 nice images though, an interesting sky or a bit of mist would have made all the difference but we can’t have everything can we.
