Woodland Photography | Working on Composition 

That first photo with the cliff... Just wow. Absolutely beautiful. Just love it. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely video Henry. I just wander around, soaking in the woodland and its wildlife until a scene makes itself apparent. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t!

Glad to see you do more and more woodland photography. It is a kind of photography that seems a bit more rare on youtube, yet a lot harder to execute. I am lately also doing a ton of it myself, and its always fun to see someone else's approach to such a difficult subject.

Awesome work Henry ,a beautiful image as always, glad you got the first aid kit ⛑👍

Loved all the images Henry. The contrast bright & dark for balance , pukka

That first image is magic Henry. Very calming. Three (tree??) thumbs up!

Another superb video Henry. Love both photos and I enjoyed your thoughts and description about your experience and the process. I love photography and love learning more about the art and the skills required and about how best to work with the strengths and limitations of a particular camera, but central to my enjoyment of photography (and life!) is that I don't see myself as a photographer. What I mean by that is that I don't go out with the purpose of taking photos but rather take my camera with me to capture and record some of the experiences I enjoy. Perhaps the most obvious example of this is wedding photography. A wedding photographer obviously goes to a wedding with the intention and aim of taking photos, whereas when I go to a wedding I go to witness and celebrate the occasion with my friends. I usually take lots of photos to capture the moments, and I want the photos to be as good as possible without detracting from my principal reason for being there. Similarly, for all the other scenarios when I take photos ... I go for walks and cycles by the river, in the mountains, by the coast, in the forrest, and while I'm there there will be views and moments, feelings and experiences that I want to capture with my camera if I can. But I don't go out principally to take photos. That's what works for me ... it means I never come back frustrated that I didn't get a particular photo I was hoping to get or depressed that the weather or lighting wasn't what I needed for my photography goal that day. That's why I love your videos so much ... you manage to convey an enthusiasm for your surroundings and a desire to not only capture it in a photo but to simply enjoy and appreciate being in the environment you are in. That has come across very clearly in your recent woodland videos and it's that enthusiasm that I appreciate as much as your tips about composition, etc. Thanks. 🙂

Well captured images Henry, its like you say woodland photography is all about taking images that catch your eye. I find plenty that catches my eye in woodland. photographers tend to make to much fuss about finding images in woodland. stay safe and well.

2 lovely images, just great.👍

Nice photo mate number one photo quality 📸📸📸

Love your enthusiasm,,,,& nice pics!

Very nice photos Henry. Well done

Really good to see how you approach this and understand your thought process. Woodlands can seem chaotic places to try to find a composition. Great to see the red beast. 😔

Henry, keep exploring woodland photography. It's probably the most challenging genre of landscape photography. Your enthusiasm is contagious.

Love your energy and enthusiasm it confirms my own emotions and approach. I'll be heading back to a spot in the morning for the third time. I know the shot is there, the third time might be the charm or I might stumble across the real shot on my hike in.

Lovely stuff . These woodland vids are very calming . Nice balance to those shots , well composed , It's hard to envisage a good shot in dense woodland but you make it look easy, well done.

fantastic photography really really nice congratulations

Good to see you're enjoying some shinrin-yoku! Best advice for woodland photography is as Simon Baxter says, "don't look for trees!"

Honestly, I was never interested in woodland photography, and to be perfectly blunt, was missing your mountain work. However, I'm the first to hold my hand up when I've made a mistake...after this last video i thought why not give it a go. Today I had one of the best photography days I can remember. I researched a local wood and 15 minutes later I was snapping away. Thanks for the the videos Henry, can't wait to get back to the woods!!

Brilliant video again mate. 👍

Two beautiful images Henry, you take such care and attention with your compositions. It's amazing to see woodland (and the wonky gate at Yealand manor (!) I have known all my life on film, I think the whole area of the highest quality and it's rewarding you for the effort you put into it. Keep up the great work, thanks for the mention, Simon

Chills...I don't know how you do it, but I literally get chills watching your work and how you assemble the finished shot. The drone pull out overviews are an amazing feeling and give us so much perspective. Another great experience!

Thanks, Henry, for sharing the beautiful freshness of your woodlands.

I want to share an old trick we used back in the days of film photography. When you shoot slide film/color negative and had them processed they returned them mounted on slide holders. In essence it was each color negative mounted on a frame. We would use that negative size frame to compose a picture without using your camera. We would walk around with this tiny frame composing everything that caught our interest. Make yourself one and try it.

Great video Henry. I have always been inspired by woodland photography but have never been able to find a composition in the chaos. As you said, its maybe something I need to slow down with and keep trying. Great vlog as always mate.

Thanks for a very nice video and I like how you are explaining what you are doing because I think that woodland photography is not so easy to do and I liked the second picture best.

Great video, explanation and shots! I suck at woodland photography but am trying to improve.

That second composition is my favourite,,, soft, woodland setting. Nice, Henry..

Love the first picture, stunning! Woodland photography can be tricky, but it's absolutely worth it.. Just right now I'm kind of avoiding my local woodland because of the midges, I'm getting eaten alive there at the moment..

My issue is getting away from people. I am uncomfortable filming in front of folks. I couldn't do city or street photography lol. My comfort zone while doing landscape photography videos is somewhere deep in a landscape away from humans. Not easy to do. Great content as always friend.

i could happily wander around there for days,such a beautiful place.beautiful pictures as always Henry,thank you once again for stirring a passion deep inside with your beautiful photography.thank you,thank you.

Just love your detailed explanation of your composition thoughts .... it's so useful to me .... and what a great woodland you have found here ... cheers Paul

Quality H. Great use of light. Stay safe and well, thanks for sharing.

Wow!! You are really getting good at this. Cheers and thanks for the encouragement.

This time I am really jealous of you (well, more than usual). Where I live we have lots of similar woodlands but I usually walk around like an headless chicken and very rarely find a composition. In addition, these two are simply incredible, congratulations.

Really liked the thought process on both compositions. 2 great images. Cheers Henry

Another great video Henry, very informative and motivational.

Yet another great vlog, 2 beautiful images, the second image is my fav,good job Henry 👍👍

This is defiantly something I need to brush up on. thanks for the tip's and ideas, another great watch. Thank you

Am enjoying your woodland videos, am doing similar in the woods near my home in north Derbyshire...exploring woodland with a camera seems to be a very calming and life affirming experience .... 👍🌈😎

Nice informative video Henry, I like both of the images, the first one being my favourite but having said that the second one has nice texture in the greens. Cheers for the vlog.

Really enjoying your woodland work Henry. I must get out there myself, second image was great.

Henry, I think your woodland fotos are brilliant. Is it possible to see how you handle some of them in Lightroom.

Nice. Love your forests there... Just walked in my nearby forest again over 2 weeks, and it's suddenly A JUNGLE... Definitely going in tomorrow, regardless of the conditions to capture those jurassic ferns and all that green second hand sunlight ;) Create every day, ey!

your photos are amazing👏👏👏👌

Fantastic vlog Henry I'm really getting into woodland photography at the moment myself and love your tips and explanations. Fantastic images as well mate.

Quality as always - Cheers Henry - T 🙂

Love your Images and your Videos! Thanks for Sharing and the Tips! Really anjoying It! No # review this day?🙁😂

Great video Henry...can I ask if in future videos you give mention to what camera & lens you are using...as I am learning from your presentations...great work ..thanks.

Great video Henry, I'm loving the woodland journey you are currently working on. I actually mentioned you in my last video about the frustrations we feel when doing woodland photography. I am also really loving the woodland at the minute, I feel so calm when I'm walking around amongst the trees... It's like a natures therapy. You should come visit Northumberland some time and I can show you some spots, I think you would like it here. Keep up the great content you are an inspiration to many mate, you definitely inspire me to get out

Awesome images again Henry, you have a good eye for composition, because the first composition fits to a Fibonacci Spiral quite perfectly from what i can see (i use it a lot in my own photography) starting bottom left and ending bang on the tree back center, cracking video.

Thanks for sharing this. I found your thoughts on woodland, or we call “forest” here :), composition. I struggle with this. There’s “so much!”. I like clean shots, with a simple aesthetic, and I’m challenged to find that in the forests in my area. But your talk here has me thinking more about it.

15:16 I hope you had spare batteries with you. 😅

is that a carving on the boulder top right early on ? also, check out the work of Paul Caponigro for his wonderful woodland work

This was an excellent vid for me, we have a lot of these rock formations in Wisconsin and good to see how you handled the challenge.

hello what lens did you take it with? very beautiful photos .... thank you for the reply

Nice one Henry. As a result of these last few videos I’ve been exploring my own local woodland and I am determined to have a go and try to capture it. Hopefully I will get something good enough to post on the #10mileradiius site. 🤞

Dont you think it is hard to find composition in the woodland? I really struggle when i am in the woodlands here in Denmark.. I have it like this, you need to find order in the chaos...