Gavin, your ability to teach, and make it comedic at the same time puts you in a class of your own!! Thanks for all the work you put into these and never mind those trolls. They are the same ones who think Fleetwood Mac is another burger at McDonalds. Keep up the good work and look forward to your content in 2020!
I came for the landscape photography and stayed for the comedy. I've watched about 3 or 4 of your vids now and this is the best one yet. It's good to see photography shown in a light hearted way but still with quality content.
Watching this old video is like watching an old WWE match. You knew it was fixed then, and you know it's fixed now, yet it's still entertaining. Fun fact: so-called Spanish moss is an epiphyte. Not a moss at all, but a flowering plant that's lost its roots and relies on the the tree to give it a roost and the rain and atmospheric moisture for water.
I love Amanda, she reminds me so much of my wife. Funny after watching a few episodes of you together I came to the conclusion that you are indeed married, believe me at 67 and married over 40+ years I can tell when two people really care about each other. But I do love the "act" it totally brightens up my day.
I love a woman on a mission to get what she wants.... great photos, that is. Love seeing Amanda back looking to improve her skills. Love you images Gavin and giving a shout out to your blessed little trolls.
As a fellow Vancouver Island resident, thank you for showing me these places that I don't need a plane ticket to go to :D If only it stopped raining...
Hmmm. the man who goes hiking in flipflops is saying the woman in shorts and ballet shoes is dressed inappropriately for a shoot!!...anyone else see the irony here?? Cracked me up...well done you two I'm amazed there were not more out-takes/bloopers :-)
Brilliant! Inspiring and so so funny. Well done both of you, great work and talent. Oops... I nearly forgot to mention the photography - Breath taking!
OMG! When I heard Bene Gesserit witch voice, I spewed my Cheerios all over my screen. I’ll be sending you a bill for the cleaning service! Nice image blends.
One of a kind vids, Gavin! Looks to me that you will have no problem keeping the horizon straight... On a photographic note, it would be great the next time you and your peers get together to put a vid together on where you think photography is going in the next decade.
Great video Gavin. Really funny!! As a thank you for making all of us laugh so much this past year and all your hard work bringing us all those great videos, I’ve decided to send you a gift. Something you don’t get in Canada, but something that’s everywhere over here. A parcel filled to the brim of Cadbury’s Twirls. Just send me the coordinates and they will be winging their way across the Atlantic very soon. All free. You could even give Adam a bar if you like. It can’t be easy carrying 2 cameras and 2 tripods, filming your great skits with Adam and Co as well as trying to get great images. Have a great Christmas and we will all look forward to many more great videos in 2020.
Sure this is the first I’ve seen of this guy..... this cracked me up and I’m now a subscriber. On top of which there’s also the stunning images, bonus. 🙂
Best advice of how to make a living from nature photography ever: Sell your time and knowledge and presence to other people. With high risks to own physical and mental health - being turned into an object of pleasure (which is an easy to understand risk for Gavin, being the hottie that he is). Film everything - in hope that in the worst-case scenario someone will find the memory card years later and understand what may have happened and maybe even locate the body. And if one manages to do survive - of course one put the video up and monetize it on youtube. Thus making up to several dollars while earning the right to call oneself a truly professional photographer - helped with fine images of course. This is obviously why most of us define ourselves as amateurs. The risks involved in being a profession call-boy...(no I meant photographic mentor - I am as poor at editing text that I am at editing photos) is simply a risk few is brave enough to take upon themselves. And not just all that. These brave professionals upload their images for us all to point out what catastrophic failures they are. Openly receiving further scars on their souls. No wonder that over years, nature photographers grow more and more reclusive. Wandering around in woods, up hills and along coastlines while wearing hats with "grumpy" written in large unfriendly letters on it. Some, in fact, find shelter in a camouflage tent so well blended into the background that even wildlife becomes unaware of their existence. People do not really appreciate enough the sacrifices these few brave professionals make. (Did I tell that I did get inspired by a previous video from Gavin - trying to overlay the spray and water-drops from a short exposure on top of a long exposure? It would have looked better if I printed out both images on a fax-machine, cut out the details from the short exposure that I wanted and taped those parts on top of the long-exposure print with almost (but not completely) transparent tape. Had Gavin or anyone else seen it, he would instantly have asked his friend for a hat and walked into the distance while pondering what better and more rewarding job he could get to earn up to many dollars a day. (Keeping the balls in an IKEA kid's ball-binge neatly sorted by colour without interrupting the children would probably be more rewarding and successful). This, I hope, illustrates how much I admire true professionals and their struggles. I promise to never attend a workshop again. I simply do not want to expose Gavin to having to unzip his sleeping bag and comfort a middle-aged Scandinavian man for feeling sad about the lack of any artistic quality in my images (things I know true professional nature photographers are obliged to do to comfort failed amateurs in return for up to several dollars a day - until they of course simply wander into the distance and becomes part of the myth of the Sasquatch - footprints in snow being the only proof of their reclusive existence). So here I am feeling slightly inspired. Promising to not apply for any workshop (also due to being slightly worried where my body would be found if that stalker see me in Gavin's sleeping bag for a much-needed pep-talk and comfort), while I head over to watch that blending tutorial. It will not do much help for the third chapter of the autobiography I will write called "My journey to one good photography: a lesson of failing to scale a steep infinite icy slope wearing very slippery pub-shoes", but I will keep marching on with absolutely no progress. Thank you for the inspiration and the joys of watching the struggles of a true professional.
I wish I could give you a million thumbs ups. I really enjoy the way you describe your shots. You pull me into the photo and it makes me feel as if I was there. I hope in the future that you put out a photo book with your descriptions and writing to accompany your photography. I would buy that in a heart beat! If you ever decide to do that, I would love to help design it with you. Cheers!
Thanks Curtis. I'm currently working on the idea but the pricing seems like a dead end. The cost of printing anywhere in North America is often more then people are willing to pay, let alone adding a profit margin and then shipping.
"Look at my pants", paaaaahhh ha ha! Brilliant. You can help me with my photoshop skills...... Bunny boiler right there!. Theme starting to develop here, Gavin! Fabulous video :)
I really love the humor you put on all of your videos. I have watched several and you are an amazing photographer, thank you so much for all the wonderful info and all those tips on how to do better composition and great photos.. Next you in Las Vegas I will take you to photograph the oldest tree 🌲 in Nevada..
Well Gavin, I really think you should consider making Amanda a permanent resident on your channel, she adds a great deal to the content. 50K viewers here you come! Well done the two of you! Thanks for sharing!
The stump is brilliant and beautiful, but my focus goes way beyond. At the stumps 9 o'clock in behind the limbs and brush is an object of some sort. I thought at first is was a car. After I spotted the only time I admired the stump is when he called my attention back to it. I always enjoy your videos.
Awesome shots, just so beautiful. Will download for my backgrounds BTW my stalker asked God for a date with me in 1974. 3yrs later dated, 5yrs later married. 38yrs later still married. Give up, you cards been marked.
Gavin! Great to see ya back 👍🏼 Nice tip of the cap to all those top notch photographers out there who critique the photos you share with us. Great to see they really help you advance your work, haha... those f#*kers 😂. Social media really emboldens people who would otherwise keep their mouths shut I suppose... when really, they should just keep their opinions to themselves. Glad you don’t take it to heart, and even happier you point it out! Makes for some hardy chuckles during your vlogs.
Lucky bugger to share the bed with that 3 legged hunk of a tripod. And congratulations on the MOST JUICY PHOTOGRAPHER 2019! Serious note fantastic images as usual! 😀
The tree stump is like a loveable alien with a character all it's own. As is Amanda ; please don't take offence, but know all of this is down to the crazy man's production
Very funny video for sure with some good tips thrown in. Love Amanda for sure and would like to see more of her. That said I can see why you get a little uptight around her, you know probably in the back of the mind something along the line of "No Uncle Grumpy would get jealous", just keep in mind he has the lovely Karen, seems like the lovely Amanda could be a great partner and she could even help insure you don't have to fall asleep holding a tripod! Thanks for the new post and please tell Amanda great job also.
Great video, really enjoy watching & learning the how to’s. Still not sure about blending different photo exposures. I noticed one thing on the top of the tree stomp you were photographing. Did u know it’s called “Resurrection Fern” since if it doesn’t get rain is Shrivels up but when it gets wet again it comes back to life
