I retired six years ago and decided to dive into photography. About 5 years ago, I attended a photography conference where you were the keynote speaker. You encouraged the audience to start channels and that stuck with me. So in 2020 I started a channel and it's given me a real purpose. It's definitely helped my photography, for the exact reasons you stated. Thanks!
Doing this switch in your head from photo to video shoot is I think what makes your videos so enjoyable to watch. I often have my mind blown watching all the b-rolls you do. Walking away, walking towards, parking your car, driving away. I'm astonished by how much you focus on that and I would never have the patience to do all that. When I'm thinking that all those times you have to walk back, or stop your car and get out to get camera, I just can't grab my head around it how much additional work this is. I think this makes your trips at least twice longer (if not more) than they could be if it would be just photo shoot. But in the end I think that is the very important reason, why your videos are so enjoyable.
Congratulations Thomas! One thing I think you forgot to mention is the need for a supportive family. I don't think the average person realizes how much time and effort is involved in editing these wonderful videos!
9:56... C'mon, Thomas. You ARE world famous. We love you. Your work is beautiful and you give so much of yourself to the channel. Admirable. Please keep it coming.
Like you say Thomas, the RU-vid viewers are the older generation. I am just coming up to my 64th birthday and I believe I have been following you from the start and before when you were on Flickr. Way back then you gave me advice on where to park up for the night at Glen Etive and I loved the fact that you were so willing to share the information. I do also understand now why so often the details of precisely where a view is located is best kept to yourself. I don’t share myself if i think that all the individual wants is to bag a shot and then go. When it is someone who understands nature and landscapes, are passionate about it and caring, only then will I share. But this is about you, and your birthday on RU-vid. If I had to choose a favourite video it was the one when you parked up and took us along with you, blind folded, to the shore. This showed just what a wonderful poet you are with the most amazing ability to find the right words to describe the beauty around you, where others are so often lost for words. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 🎉
Effort, quality, honesty, humour and humility. You bring all these to RU-vid in abundance Thomas and others should really take note. You only get out what you put in and I hope your excellent advice resonates and helps to encourage others to commit and grow their own offering.
Been here since the Canon 5D Mk2 days. I think it takes a special person to want to do RU-vid and very much appreciate what you do! I know it takes more effort than people think. Personally, I have never connected with video creation... But I am happy enough having a job and having photography as a hobby!
I started my channel around five years ago. I literally have 177 subscribers and that's it so far. I keep thinking it'll take off one day. I try not to get obsessed with getting more subscribers although it would be nice. My video's are ok I have posted around 68 video's including shorts. Few are not even related to photography. I would like to think some of the photos I've posted are genuinely awesome shots. Bottom line I enjoy doing youtube and I do it more for myself than anything. I have invested a lot of money in gear and hope to eventually travel and post more youtube videos. Thanks for the insight into the good the bad and the ugly.
Stick at it mate enjoy what you do if others agree the subs will come I’m 7 years in and only this last 12 months have I seen a decent bit of growth by my standards at least. I’ll go give ya a sub
I feel that! I have also been at it for a few years and still only a few hundred subs. I have decided to do the videos I want to watch myself. I can't adapt to fit some algorithm. That would take away the fun for me.
@@paultaylorphotography9499 thanks, man 🙂 I see my own content almost like a diary for myself sometimes, a way to get a quick recap of what I've done 🙂
I started my channel at 49...after years of telling myself to do it. I just passed my first 1K subscribers, 60K views, 84 videos and I'm hoping that maybe this year I get monetized (even if I only make literally $1 I'd be thrilled!). I started YT to learn how to make videos, and well, fell down the rabbit hole. Another insightful vid. 📷😎
I passed the 1k mid last year since then have added 1300 extra subs mind blowing growth after 6 years of bugger all so stay with it I’ll add one for ya
haha yeah mate it's a grind, then ya see some channels blow up for no good reason, it's frustrating, but end of the day it keeps us outta mischief jhaha@@JasonLorette
I’m not a photographer but your videos and calendars have inspired me to get out there!! I start my family channel for exactly that, and now I have multiple adventures I can look back on as my kids grow up. Everest Base Camp, snorkelling in the Maldives to my son losing his first front tooth. All because I found a landscape photographer that shared his adventures. Thank you for all that you do, you have help this father make some memories with his kids worth remembering!! Stay safe From an Australian Dad
Australian dad, I am only now figuring out how to filter and see these Thanks, so thank you for the donation. I genuinely appreciate it. Sorry for my late reply! Thank you for your thoughtful message, I am sorry it took me so long to see. Hope you get this reply.
I’ve been doing it 2 years now, man it’s tough making videos and talking to camera, while trying to figure out thumbnails and titles etc. you inspired me to start making YT videos, after I started watching you, it only took me about 4 years to start my own channel lol. Thanks for 10 years worth of content.
Timely advice, for me personally, as I recently launched my own channel. It does take a real effort to shift to a video producer from photographer. I’m still feeling my way as to what might work, but you’re 100% about being true to yourself. People spot a fake a mile away. Thanks Thomas. Incidentally, I came to your channel during your dip. You may not have noticed, but it looked like you were struggling with your photography. It was your style and personality that kept me coming back. And now, you’re back and better than ever!
You failed to point out that RU-vid is not for those on a budget. Many of the photography "stars" we see on here are wealthy individuals who had very successful careers before embarking on RU-vid. No point in pretending otherwise. Your success seems to be genuine, like your content and personality, which keeps me coming back. Congrats on 10 years!
I started a RU-vid channel about a year ago. My channel is not about photography, it is about finding yourself in retirement. I started it because I was into photography. I loved using my camera. And I love tech. It is not easy to get the channel going. One has to commit to doing a video almost every week. Which I have not done. Since my income does not depend on it I have not worried about it. But it is fun to do. I love your channel and watch every video you put out. Don’t ever stop!
I think it was primarily both yourself and Nigel Danson that inspired me to start my channel - glad to see you're still enthusiastic about it about 10 years. I wish I could say the same about video/photography becoming second nature - I still find it hard to do my best photography when making videos. I wouldn't change it though - like you said it opens up a huge and engaged audience and that's worth a lot. Keep up the good work. 🙂
I'm here since the beginning of your channel. Thanks for all your effort and inspiration for all those years, hope I can keep watching for the next 10-20 years and hopefully meet you in a landscape in the world. Cheers Tom
Been coming back for 7 years Thomas as you were the first photographer I discovered on RU-vid and you were the person who lit the fire and made my passion for photography burn and I will be forever grateful for that moment. Will be in Birmingham next week at the photography show and hopefully get the chance to say hello to you again as I had the opportunity to meet your briefly at the Digital Splash all those years ago
Thanks Thomas, and greetings from Colorado! I started my RU-vid Channel a few years ago. I can attest to how hard it is! I have so much respect for your consistency and professional production. I took a break from making videos for a few months while I focused on building my website, and writing for different platforms. During that time I continued to see some slow growth on my channel. I've been doing shorts as a way to stay active on the platform without the time investment for longer, story-based videos. After watching this inspirational video, I am eager to get back to making longer videos again. BTW, I still pull out your "Landscape Photography On Location Vol 1" book regularly. Love what you do, so keep it up!
Really enjoyed this. I’m at about 18 months in and went from completely unknown in photography to slowly growing my name on social media. I’ve only just hit 850 subscribers but most of that happened in the last 12 months. It’s a slow, steady growth. Watching this reassured me that it’s going perfectly fine
Wow....what a testament. Whether you know it or not you are a great entertainer. You are very informative and funny. Thanks for what you do and your willingness to share. I truly look forward to my weekly "Thomas Time". God be with you and yours.
I think this may be your most meaningful video, for me, that you have done. Thank you. When we were instructors together back years ago in Moab, and we rode up to the LaSalle Mountains with Ryan Smith, I thought to myself I really need to do videos to be more relevant. As I started doing more videos, I felt my photography did suffer, and I started losing the joy of what I was doing landscapes for to be begin with. I rarely do videos now, but my enjoyment of what I am doing is back to where it should be. Thank you for you informative honesty! Cheers.
Great advice Thomas, I've been toying with the idea of a RU-vid channel for years, but have zero video or editing knowledge! I think I have an interesting niche that viewers would engage with, but don't know how to produce a video. Maybe I should just take the plunge. One reason I continue to watch your videos (besides the excellent photography) is your personality, even on the days where everything is against you. Keep up the good work of inspiring others...
Thank you Thomas. That was an inspirational video. I’ve been plugging away at my own photography for 4 years now. Watching your channel was a big motivator for me in learning how to “fly” a DSLR and ultimately starting my channel. My takeaway from your video today is giving my viewers value. I love my little community of followers and you’ve spurred my on to keep making content for them. Kudos to you 🙏
Thomas, I remeber when I first found your channel when you were first starting out. You and your videos inspired me to get out more frequently and shoot more often! Eventually I too started a channel and have slowly been getting more comfortable with making videos and trying to explain things. Thank you for what you do, and continue to do! Cheers my friend! Congrats on 10 years, and here is to many more!
Well Tom, I can still remember coming accros your very first video over nine years ago, I think two weeks after you uploaded it. I remember thinking that it was a bit on the steady side and needed a little bit of refinement at the time. However there was something at the back of my mind telling me to keep watching as you had something a little bit different than a lot of others around that time. Obviously I did keep watching and it didn't take long for you to develop you own style and produce some very interesting and well made videos. I have to agree with you that you need commitment to produce constantly interesting content and that is probably why most of the good photography RU-vidrs do it full time, it must be very hard to commit the time required whilst holding down a full time job or full time business at the same time. Keep up the good work, I like many others look forward to your videos each week. I know you are always looking for different areas to visit, especially areas that don't seem to have been visited by photography RU-vidrs before, may I recommend the the Rhinog Mountains area in central Snowdonia, I'm sure you will easily find plenty of park ups around the many back roads.
A lot of the tips hit home with me. Having a small photography channel myself, I experienced a lot of the same stuff already. Being consistent with weekly uploads has eluded me so far. I make videos when I can and when I feel it’s worth it. Resulting in a very slow growth to the channel 🫣. Thanks for sharing your genuine perspective ✌🏻
The voice of EXPERIENCE is so much better that an ALGORITHM! I have been following you for nearly the whole 10 years!! Congratulations on a continued success in the career. Quality, interesting subjects and reality have always impressed me. I'm 70yo in Australia and I too am a enthusiastic Landscape photographer. I always look forward to your weekly VLOGS, and sad when you can't get one out now an then. Out of all the RU-vid photographers, I admire yours most of all. You also introduced me to Nick Carver (LOVE HIS STYLE) of communication and engagement ! Not so much his subject content but the way he keeps true to his passion! I wish you even greater success in the next TEN YEARS! ....... Till next week...CHEERS TH
This video was awesome mate, better then a lot of these so called “grow your RU-vid” or “the secrets to RU-vid” and what they put out. Actual useful information in under 20 minutes that aren’t behind a paywall or telling us everything we already know. And the newsletter is awesome. Been a subscriber since around 2019 (from a previous channel I had) Great work mate😊
When I discovered your channel, 5 or 6 years ago I started watching all your videos from the beginning because there was a peacefulness coming from them. You hiking to a spot and setting up your tent, and of course taking pictures. And since then I am hooked. I never miss an upload no matter what the subject is ! Thank you for your awesome content and for making me want to go in the field and take pictures... maybe now I am going to start a channel too ! You are so inspirational !
What I like about your channel, and others is the talking you do throughout the video when you are on location. I watched some the other day, they were doing the same shoot in Spain as yourself. I didn't finish any of them because all they did was take photos and added the talking after the shoot in the comfort of their hotel room. For me it wasn't real. Keep up your excellent work.
Yep.. is true. I keep looking on demographics on my other channel related to amateur radio and most of my audience is 60+ and I kind of like it because they are wise people and always leave smart comments that help me improve. When it comes to photography, it's been an year since I keep saying I will start making video on my channel since I know it will also make me go out a lot more. I kept postponing that thinking "maybe is a little late". So this video was more like a kick in the back to move forward and actually start making some videos. Thanks so much for this. P.S. To make you feel better in the bad days.. I think I'm watching you for the past 6 years simply because you also show those $hit days too when things don't work out well. So the videos always make me feel like we are out for a chat somewhere.
From personal experience, the amount of work you put into your in the field videos is so impressive. It really is a complete juggling act to think of everything for the video as well as focusing (excuse the pun) on the photography. When I decided to start my own RU-vid channel, I had zero experience with video. I hadn't even watched any RU-vid videos at that point. I just knew I loved landscape photography, searched for landscape photography on RU-vid, and watched my first Thomas Heaton video...and every video since then.
Thomas, you put out one of the most sincere, honest videos I've seen in such a long time... I've been on RU-vid for 6 years... 8 years older than you... you have a passion that truly shows... thank you and wishing you all the best
Thomas, your channel was the first photography channel which my wife and I discovered, back when you had first started it. (probably your first year) We were immediately hooked and never miss an episode to this day. We follow a few other photography channels too now but we're very stingy when it comes to subscribing to anything. I think I speak for both of us when I say that yours is still our favourite. Cheers, from Canada.
Honestly I’ve tried to film tester videos in the past with an aim of getting the skills and vibe together for a channel if my own, and always struggled. But your advice about distinguishing between a photo or video shoot is so useful, you’re so right!! Thank you
Really inspirational video, thanks Thomas! I set up my channel about 4 weeks ago and I'm really enjoying creating and publishing videos that share my story and (hopefully) give some value, entertainment, and information to viewers. I'm still trying to find my feet on RU-vid but it's a fun process. I especially like your tip about approaching days out at video shoots rather than photo shoots - I think I could definitely benefit from that mindset shift! Someone on Reddit recommended your channel, and I'm glad I found it and have subscribed!
Thanks for the video! I have been producing RU-vid videos for over two years, and have found much of your advice to be spot on. I too have found that slow steady growth is the way to go. Although at only 211 subscribers, I have found it rewarding to just be passionate, and knowing the difference between a video shoot and photoshoot. Thanks again! Come visit Northern Michigan, you will not be disappointed. 😊 Cheers!
Congratulations on 10 years and kudos for maintaining such high standards. Speaking as someone with a fledgling channel, some timely and sage advice here.
Thanks for this inspiring video Thomas, I've personally really been struggling with the idea of committing to my YT channel. I like the idea of it, but have always been confused as to how to approach the process, how to come up with the content to make (Aside from me just randomly yacking into a mic). I do like the idea you spoke of around making the commitment to produce SOME kind of content. I really appreciate this video, it has given me some inspiration to sit down and come up with 5 ideas of things I'd like to make a video about. Thanks again Thomas
Thomas I have been along for the ride for probably 6-7 years. You were one of the first YT landscape photographers that I came across. I do marvel at all the work that you put into making these videos. I think about how much time you take for us to feel part of your journey each week. At this point I don’t plan to start my own channel but who knows what the future has in store. I can relate to the emotions you go through each and every week when you pour your heart and soul into a video and it just doesn’t work. It takes a lot of courage to stick to your original mission for the channel when you see a dip in your numbers. I do appreciate the variety of your topics, it holds my interest and keeps me coming back. I just admire all the work that goes into making your channel a success, I tip my hat to you for your work ethic and passion that comes through in your channel.
I've been watching your channel Tom for the past 5 years and let me tell you that you your videos have 100% percent inspired me to firstly get into landscape photography and then to start vlogging my photography adventures and record them to look back on. I'm also loving the direction you've taken your channel, the travel photography and the campervan photography trips. As a fairly new YTer it's great to hear your thoughts, good and bad, about growing a channel, it's a very demanding job and it can be a difficult balance trying to get the photography and videography right every time.
I find it interesting that several of the elite photographers I follow are publishing introspective videos now about their RU-vid experience. Some have announced a pullback of content and effort. I completely understand why. I did start a channel as well, but for various reasons including health, have let it slip recently. I enjoy putting out information that might be helpful, and have virtually met some wonderful people in return, but RU-vid is and always will be just another interesting pastime for me. I have to say, though, Tom, that the production value of your content is second to none. I can image how much effort it takes. That you have a realistic expectation of what you get in return makes it all the more better.
Fab video Thomas. Some really great points. As someone with a tiny channel it can be tough when you make a video you think is good and hardly anyone watches, but as you say you have to keep plugging away. Well done and thanks👍👍🙏
Ah, been a follower since january 2019, and oh man, your videos have kept me inspired and helped me in many a difficult time. The way you take us along your trips and share your creative process has always been refreshing and inspiring. Keep on with that amazing work man! Thank you for what you do. Truly.
Such a great video man, I’m about a year and a bit into my YT journey (street photography channel) and all the advice in this video is gold. Can be so so hard not to take things personally but will just keep plugging away and see where it goes - have been watching your channel since you started it, keep up the great work 🙏🏻
So it must be almost 10 years now, since I watched you for the first time in a video near Sprinkling Tarn. And I still keep coming back, because you always have a good story to tell: Whether you are out and about.... or just with a microphone in the studio! Thank you for all the stories, tips and good times!
Been watching you from the early days Thomas and you've been a big inspiration. Top tips in this one - particularly about the switch from photo to video. Thank-you :)
G'day Thomas, great video, you actually inspired me to start my channel a number of years ago and I thank you for that. I totally agree with everything you have said, and I feel so fortunate to have such a wonderful community of fellow photographers to share this passion with. Keep up the great work and thanks for inspiring us all. Cheers, Duade
Your video actually did not discourage me from starting. For several years I have considered doing a YT channel. I start watching the "RU-vid Experts" talking about starting a channel and I get discouraged. It does not mean I will ever get it done. I still have trouble finding the time.
Big congrats on (almost) 10 years, Thomas! I've always been keen to watch your videos since I discovered your channel in 2016. It's honestly one of my favourite photography channels. Thank you for all these inspiring videos over the years. I've learnt a lot from them! As always, this is a great video with handy tips - not sure if I'll ever get in front of the camera... I hate listening to my own voice and talking to a camera in front of other people would be way out of my comfort zone 😅
Fellow RU-vidr, Landscape Photographer and new Mother! If I can do it with a child in tow, anyone can! You inspired me and now I can inspire others, congrats on almost 10 years.
Ive been a fan and loyal viewer of yours since 2017. Wouldnt think to miss an episode. I guess I'm one of those strange people who are eternally grateful for folks like you who put out this kind of valuable content on a regular basis. Thank you for being consistently present and always trying to add value to our RU-vid enjoyment. 😊
I believe I'm currently in the learning-to-drive-phase. I notice it's geting easier for me to come home with enough content for B-Roll, enough material to get a video out of. But I can very much relate to what you said about noticing the images suffer. I'm very much occupied with recording the right bits and pieces and more often than i'd like am distracted from taking the photographs. I hope practise makes perfect and one day I won't be a threat to traffic anymore. Figuratively speaking. We all know good weather conditions render us all incompetent just keeping the eyes on the road. That being said: you're probably my biggest influence in all of this and thinking back...I can't tell which one was the first video of yours I watched but it was pretty early on I believe. And I haven't missed one video since. Please keep doing what you do.
And then the obvious component of Heaton Success over the last decade: You have a Natural Talent for storytelling, a rare quality in any medium/platform. Your hard work is evident in the production values which hold my attention even when the subject is not about landscape photography - such as this piece. Best of all your stories are produced for me, as if I'm your only subscriber. Competition for my time is fierce and you are a tenacious competitor.
Thank you for this and I know that I will not be thinking of a RU-vid channel but really enjoy yours. Photography is for me, fun, an escape, an interest and my hobby. As always, an interesting update and giving both sides of the coin. 👍👏
I have just started my own photography RU-vid channel this year and your point on the difference between a video shoot and a photo shoot is huge! Such a good way to look at it and get it right in your head first. Congratulations on 10 years, I absolutely love your videos, some of the best on RU-vid 👊
Like a lot of things in life, if you luv it and do it enough you become good at it. Being watching for the 10yrs and will keep watching Tom if you keep the channel going.🎉
Thanks for the video. As a mental professional, may I suggest that you talk about those negative feelings with someone. I'm not suggesting therapy but a confidant or friend. Those feelings and thoughts are going to come out in some manner, could be through something like high blood pressure or even anxiety. It's a good idea to deal with them when you have control. I hope to start my channel soon. I have made some videos, but often the photographs from the days' shoot don't work out or the video lacks cohesion, it just doesn't match up with the excursion I'm on. I very much enjoy your videos you are great at pacing them and you definitely add value to my photography and entertain me as well. Can't wait to see what next weeks' adventure is.
I started my channel after the instagram reach plummeted. it's been a ton of fun connecting with new people and learning an entirely new storytelling skillset. congrats on 10 years, looking forward to another stellar 10! your show continues to be the benchmark for landscape photography excellence on YT
Congratulations Tom on the milestone 🥂 this was the best RU-vid advice video hands down and just what I needed to stop making excuses and not making the time. Very inspiring bud thank you for making this video, keep chipping away.
Thomas just keep doing what you doing, I love your channel and most important your integrity. I am a 58 years old man and you inspire me more than any other person🙏
Great advice Thomas and congrats on 10 years! As a fellow photographer, I really enjoy watching your videos, seeing your creativity, and how you inspire me. This message really hits home with me, as I am truly trying to grow my audience as a photographer (and continuously get better as a photographer). Thank you.
Although my channel was quite successful a few years ago with Gavin Hoey not many people see my videos now as I think they are probably quite boring. I applaude you with the community you have created and coming up with ideas for videos.
This is one the most honest and helpful things I’ve seen on RU-vid. Many thanks for sharing and inspiring 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 ps love your channel, entertaining, informative, inspiring. Keep going, love it ❤
Thank you for this informative video and also for your equally informative weekly newsletter. I started following you years ago when your channel was recommended in an issue of Outdoor Photography magazine here in the UK. I can't remember when that was, but I did go back and watch your earlier videos as a result as well as watching all your new uploads.
Great work Thomas. As always, honest and valuable. And timely for me - I started, then chickened out. But wanting to return to posting content. Just find the whole "talking to a camera" (especially in public outside) really hard. But hopefully soon. Thanks man.
Thomas, I've been following you since your very first videos. I have witnessed the progress of your journey and I feel the same urge to watch your every new video. Because you have been the sole inspiration for me to go on with my photography and start a RU-vid channel. I can't upload content very frequently but I enjoy doing it. Thank you very much, and keep up the good work mate.
I watched your videos for a long time! Been landscape photographer myself! Started RU-vid channel because some part of me wanted to have all this adventures like you do! I really enjoy your positivity, storytelling and photography of course! Never Stop! 😊
Tom, the timing of this couldn’t have been better for me. I just recently committed to weekly uploads for a year, and you’ve long been one of my favorite channels. Hearing this down to earth encouragement and advice from you was incredible. Seriously, thank you!
Hey Thomas, I am watching your videos since approximately 8 years, so I witnessed quite some parts of your youtube journey. I remember the hard time you went through in 2021, back then I wrote supportive comments in the hopes that you continue what you are doing. Somehow magically you always hit the nail on the head when it comes to topics I go through at the moment. Its the same with this video. I was 2 weeks in Iceland, and my girlfriend asked me to display my work, as many people tell me I do great work. But I always have the feeling that I would need to do stuff that I dont enjoy doing. I dont like shooting videos. Even less Tiktoks, where you get loads of short term attention. I have an Instagram page, where I put some of my sports photography, but once I did a "fun" video, and it got many thousand views and my follower count tripled, but because I didnt follow up, lost them again. Long story short, thank you for your video, and showing what it means and what to invest when doing a youtube channel. It is not for me I think, but I am very happy that it is yours. :) cheers from Austria!
Speaking of variation: I started watching your channel I think it was in the lockdown? When you had a series about building your van. Loved those videos, and I still enjoy your channel, and photography, a lot.
Great mixture of advice and reflection Thomas. I normally skip this style of video because it's the usual fluffy nonsense that adds nothing particularly useful, lacks introspection, and just mirrors basic generic nonsense. But, given it's from you and the fact that you are consistently reflective and introspective I opted to give it a watch anyhow. Sure enough, really great insights and very useful context that delivers a lot of value. A piece I'm instantly inclined to pass on to friends who have talked about or considered the youtube side of things and video creation. Great work as always and thank you for - as you said - delivering content that actually passed value to the audience and not just SEO clickbait.
Thanks for the tips. They are super helpful and great reminders. Your channel is inspiring and I've learned so much from your videos. We started a RU-vid channel four years ago and have experienced the ups and downs as well. Our channel "crashed" for no obvious reason too. My mantra became, "It's not personal", but we looked long and hard at why we were willing to invest so much of our time, money for gear, and energy into creating videos about our van life travels and capturing the beauty of the amazing places we go. After a few weeks off, I realized that I can't not make videos. It brings me/us so much joy. So, instead of quitting, I invested in a Canon R6 with an awesome lens and set out to make even better videos. We aren't a photography channel, but we use photography to add a little extra spice to our story. This year we're placing more emphasis on going to places where we can explore photography. Learning photography is keeping us inspired and motivated and hopefully keeping it fresh for our viewers. Cheers and thanks ~Kristina from Colorado
I just sent two lenses to MPB and it was a doddle. The package arrived yesterday and I'm just waiting to hear back, hopefully they are happy with my description. Really enjoyed your video, Thomas. You have a knack of sowing seeds of inspiration.
Thanks a lot Thomas. I'm 60 years old and I started my photography channel 2 years ago, with a lot of doubts because of my age, but I did it anyway. Just to try it out at first, out of curiosity, and now I feel very happy with it, because video has enriched my photos and my motivation. I'm a wildlife and woodland photographer since 25 years, and I like to share my experience. The hardest part is feeling comfortable in front of the camera, but I work very hard at it. 😆
Hands down my favorite channel on RU-vid. Thank you Thomas for keeping inspiring the community 👏 would be also interesting on how you view the value of Instagram for photography these days, as well as your take on platforms like 500px, flicker etc.
Thomas, this is an interesting video. Having seen all of your videos from the beginning (and enjoyed them) you have pretty much accomplished your goals, congratulations!
Thank you for this input....I have considered starting a RU-vid photography channel. I am considered a well known landscape photographer on the area of Calderdale and many have said why am I not doing something with my passion...Well, time to make a change!
Congrats on 10 years Thomas. Your landscape photography has been an inspiration to me and your the way you approach photography and present your videos made me want to start recording and editing my own landscape work. Cheers to more!
Of all the videos I’ve watched on how to have a successful RU-vid channel, this is by far the best one to date! Figures it would be a Landscape Photographer 👊😄 I’ve watched your progression over the years, and have immensely enjoyed your content, especially your passion about photography! Thomas, thank you very much for sharing.
Great video Thomas and awesome to get your insight as you are an inspiration to RU-vidrs like myself 🙏 A couple of things I've found since starting a channel are the number of 'roles/skills' needed beyond photography required and the amount of time needed to produce a video 😊 You make some very valid points (especially having to focus on video first when on location). Keep up the great work as I think, for me, photography is about being on location and that's what I enjoy about your channel (dare I say you are a role model in this field 🙏)
