Master the Chaos: #1 Tip for Stunning Woodland Photography

[@robertgall92]

Wishing you many happy returns, Adam. In fairness, you don't look a day over 59.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@26jmcjames]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Adam hope you guys had a good time.

[@joannwilson8263]

I appreciate the ‘talking through’ your composition on the second shot. When you shifted ur camera left and we saw the drawing of the eye in a different direction, it gives us more knowledge of your image choices. I love when you do that, I learn more!

[@bettinabauch6688]

Happy birthday, Adam. All the best wishes 😊

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you! 😃

[@TAdams-hx9lk]

Helpful to see "masters" practicing their craft in challenging locations, not just impressive dynamic scenes. Inspiring...thanks. HB 60!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you very much!

[@lennartphotography]

Happy Birthday Adam🎉🎂, really well done with the compositions. 👌

[@QuietLightPhoto]

cheers!

[@JPHPhotographs]

The final images were really lovely and nicely balanced. The bracken were a stunning addition to the images and provided a nice visual offset for the perception of depth in the image. Very nice blog submission as is usual. Cheers to you and Paul as you head to the 'old country'!😊

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks, Paul! I appreciate the feedback.

[@andreasployl5817]

Happy Birthday, Sir! Thank you very much for another great, inspiring video. I love your videos, watching you searching for and finding a composition, explaining it and giving so many good advice. As I also struggle sometimes with the chaos in woodland-photografie, I can learn a lot from your wonderful, well composed images. I also like that you show the raw files first and thereafter the final edits. Great work! All the best for you and your work, and kind greetings from Austria.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really glad to hear that my videos are helping you navigate the chaos of woodland photography. Keep experimenting and capturing those beautiful moments!

[@lynnecliffe3056]

Arch you glad that you spent time with the sweeping of the forest making others green with envy.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Wa wa wa 👍🏼

[@kennygo8300]

Happy Birthday, Adam!

[@MrJak427]

Happy birthday Adam 👍🏼

[@DennisBater]

Happy Birthday!

[@gjp2930]

Happy birthday, Adam Gibbs! 🍻🌹

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you!

[@IanBrowne-x6n]

That was a great video ! Showing how we 'should' approach outdoor photography --- thinking slow and steady --- less clicking more thought . Great advice to follow Adam. I always like the light up your way , so different from most parts of Australia

[@pthomas36]

Happy Birthday Adam. Nice to see you back around my area again. All the best for your next ten laps around the sun.

[@antonoat]

Good one guys! Happy birthday Adam, welcome to the 60s club, I'm 61 this year, feels like I only left school four ago, lol. My favourite image from this series is the pano with the curving branches left and right with the dancing figure in-between ! It is a very tricky subject but plants and trees can be great fun and very rewarding if one finds something special. Keep going and keep inspiring, cheers from the UK.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@altrujillo3566]

Happy Birthday, Adam!! Wishing you many more!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks so much!

[@luzr6613]

Thank you, and the algorithm that bought you to my notebook, very much. This is exactly what i need this summer as i ease away from my diet of coastal and industrial photography - something to help me make sense of my own outrageous backyard! Lkd&Subd. Best wishes from a cabin in a swamp in a rainforest in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Cheers.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Great to hear!

[@vlaney21]

First of all, Happy Birthday! Really loved watching and learning your process to make good photos out of the chaos. Well done!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@robertbrown5052]

Well happy birthday (sorry it’s late) Adam. I’m 10 years ahead of you and no walker or wheelchair yet (a couple titanium knees perhaps- but that makes ya bullet proof, eh?) - and the chaos is fantastic!!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks , Robert

[@jacsbill1981]

Thank you for the detail in the composition tips. Woodland is something I find tricky. Great images.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Very welcome

[@Speedbird447]

That opening frame is so well composed! Wish you many happy returns!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the opening frame. Your support means a lot!

[@robertvaningen]

Happy birthday Adam.

[@brianmckeever5280]

Happy birthday young man!

[@juanitakelly3082]

That rich moss is a feast for the eyes for sure! Happy Birthday!!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

cheers!

[@tjskinny]

Great video! Thank you for sharing how to create images from chaos! I have a similar location that captures my attention all the time I know there is a photograph there but so much chaos! I will see what I can do now. Thank you Adam!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks for watching!

[@georg1299]

Thank you for sharing this and many other great videos! They are again very good compositions! I wish you good health, happyness and many more years of photography in nature!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I truly appreciate your support and wish you the best in all your endeavors too!

[@AmorLucisPhotography]

It's always the greatest challenge in woodland photography - finding order in the chaos. I struggle. And Happy Birthday, Adam! ! Hope you had plenty of ice cream and cake, because there are no calories in desserts on birthdays. Little known fact.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@martinoberstein8431]

Thank you ever so much for this one, Adam. Much to learn about woodland-photography, in deed. Beautiful pictures! I think the chaos is structured by the geometric pattern and by the harmonizing colours as well - paintings by nature…

[@byrnechapman8710]

Happy Birthday!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@thomas-bear-hecht]

I never really was successful managing, let alone mastering the chaos of woodlands. Maybe when I‘m 60 myself? Happy belated birthday, good Sir! And thank you for walking us through your approach.

[@Raykenn1]

Enjoyed your video thanks for posting 👍

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks 👍

[@gfh2300]

Happy Birthday 🎉

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@MrPedalpaddle]

Thanks for this! My regular ramble is Pacific Spirit Park in Vancouver, where I’ve been trying to tame the chaos for many years, while enjoying the vine maples & back lit lichen

[@ravenfallsphotography6254]

As someone who lives in the Cascade foothills outside Seattle, I find it fascinating comparing your woodland videos to those of photographic KZbinrs in Europe and the British Isles. Putting it bluntly, our forests are so different from theirs. They have mainly deciduous forests with little undergrowth other than grasses; our fir canopies lead to heavy undergrowth of ferns and shrubs, making ours much more chaotic.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

I agree!

[@davemacdonald3804]

Chaos indeed Adam! Wonderful compositions yoy discovered. I haven't had the years you've had at Golden Ears. Only 5 or 6 for me. I've rarely come away with anything much. But your vlog has inspired me to return and keep trying. Thank you for that! 👍😁

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Yep it is a very difficult place to photograph that’s for sure

[@jlid1]

Happy Happy Birthday Adam!! 60 isn't old at all. I can say that because I'm 65..lol. Great video as always. I'm always envious of the locations you get to shoot. Nothing like that here in MId-America. Thanks for putting these videos together, Cheers mate!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

You bet! Thanks!

[@esanford]

Really great! I have been working on forest chaos for quite a while. It sharpens your ability to "see". Happy birthday, wait until you get way past 60 like me.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

U can hardly wait 😂

[@jamespanter4060]

Have 50 years of photography,and still learning.Thanks Adam.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Cheers!

[@SingleTrack66]

Great video

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@ericthiessen1994]

"Not something I'd hang on my wall, but it's about practicing my craft." Words of wisdom. I find if I don't get grade A light/comps, I keep the camera away. Meanwhile, missing out on the art of engaging in photography. Thanks Adam!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

You bet!

[@abhilashd220]

I was there last week and good to know that I am not the only one struggled! Your close up of the logs is really good. What an amazing place!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Yes it was!

[@jennifercrouse]

It is so helpful to see real life examples of how you find lines and shapes in the messiness of our forest. Happy birthday! 🎂

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Cheers!

[@nickbristol3457]

Quite enjoyed this, Adam. I have shot alot in the Wisconsin River Bottoms and the chaos is very challenging. Your thoughts here really hit home for me. Thanks!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Glad to hear, thanks Nick!

[@shengyetang7220]

Happy Birthday Adam🎂

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@NortonDudeque]

Great tips and ideas for composition in busy forests. Thanks

[@QuietLightPhoto]

You bet!

[@mr_xzzy]

That second image (the first pano) is the best one in the video to my eye. I would have tried real hard to keep the full arc of that top branch in frame so it's interesting to see that it wasn't necessary to maintain the feel of an arch.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Glad you liked it!

[@KaseFiltersGlobal]

Happy Birthday.Wish you good wealthy good healthy always.thanks for your approbation for our kase filters and Thanks very much for your shows .it's been really good harvest to learn from you.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you!

[@LandscapesDronescapes]

Good video guys and happy big 60 Adam :)

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks 👍

[@Calmrecordings]

Great walk-through. I find myself leaning heavily on post, shooting in Australian temperature and alpine forests, and was thinking you might give some processing tips. I'm glad you didn't. Without realising it, I think a lot of my favourites also have some of those common elements you discuss. Perhaps I'd do well to be a bit more mindful in the field!

[@brianbeattyphotography]

Nice seeing you out with the 45-100 and 20-35. No better lens duo in existence IMO

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Absolutely! The 45-100 and 20-35 combo really brings out the best in every shot. It's hard to beat that versatility!

[@andybamforth]

Oh to be 60 again happy birthday Adam. Lovely panos.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@stevebueckert9202]

Great video Adam! Be sure to check out the woodlands of nearby Rolly Lake Provincial Park next time you are in that area!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@rickpetersonphotography]

Happy 60th!! 🎉

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@billwinward9324]

Belated birthday greetings, youngster 👍

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks so much

[@klassenrick87]

Cheers from Okanagan valley British Columbia 🇨🇦 ☕️

[@EduardoMSNeves]

Happy birthday! Great video as usual!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you!

[@Kenccal]

Happy birthday Adam! Watching from Southeast Alaska where a lot of sceneries from this video looks similar here. Thanks for this informative video.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@FrankRiemenschneiderFotografie]

Happy birthday Adam! One year closer to wearing velcro boots again! 🥳

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Can't wait!

[@michaelmckeag960]

At 2:25 the oracle offers the secret to discovering order in the chaos of a woodland scene. Language fills the world with categories and labels, not easy to see past. My takeaway from the workshop with you and Alister last spring was landscape photography as a spiritual practice is not a far fetched notion.

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

Very nice 👍🙂

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you 👍

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

@@QuietLightPhoto 🙂👍

[@darrelltheriault5793]

Belated Happy Birthday Adam. Nice to see you’re still able to get images out of the Fuji GFX. ;) Seems some KZbinrs consider the Hasselblad Earth Explorer as the necessary piece of kit. Thanks for another great video and please, please, please keep it about photography and not about elitist gear.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks! I’ll try 😉

[@NortonDudeque]

Feliz aniversário (Happy Birthday)!

[@three-cats-photography]

Happy birthday!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@RayneCollects]

I really could have used this video a week ago when I was out on the Island. hahaha

[@QuietLightPhoto]

you'll just have to come back ;-)

[@RayneCollects]

@@QuietLightPhoto absolutely! It was so gorgeous!

[@magnus67111]

appreciates complex compositions in the forest. As a photographer, you have to work to find order in the mess. Developing for photographic vision

[@falconxvid]

I am a newbie in photography but is there any reason for shutting at F16, I know how depth of field works but why not opening up to f8

[@QuietLightPhoto]

f/8, f/11, f/16 at the distance I was from the subject with that focal length would have no noticeable effect. The only problem with stopping all the way down is diffraction. It was at f/16 because that aperture is what I have always used to get the depth I want. It might not be the greatest, but it works for me. I would open up a bit if it was windy to increase the shutter speed. I wouldn't worry so much about settings; I would concentrate on composition unless, of course, there is a specific effect that you're after that is settings dependent.

[@falconxvid]

@@QuietLightPhoto Thank you very much, I do appreciate your feedback since I am trying to understand as much as I can on aperture and depth of field, love your composition for sure

[@jan_phi_lip]

Happy belated birthday 🥳 what tripod is it that you are using?

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks! I believe its the FLM CP30-M3 II Tripod

[@jonathanwu9079]

Hi Adam, Thanks for the video, very helpful. The CPL 3 filter, does the 3 stands for 3 stop reduction? Also, Happy 60th birthday!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Im not sure what the CPL3 stands for

[@blivieriphoto]

Mossy green trees!! 😊 Great video Adam

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks, Barb!

[@jan-martinulvag1962]

7:58 why f16?

[@QuietLightPhoto]

why not!

[@jan-martinulvag1962]

@@QuietLightPhoto Less chaos on f 4

[@jlward953]

The link to buy your prints is broken. You want to get on that!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks for that I'll have to fix it

[@ShootingAndReloading]

Happy belated birthday :)

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you!!

[@ChrisMustermann]

I often wondered why it is often a problem to judge a composition in the field. Sometimes I have the problem that I am very disappointed in front of the computer screen, because the photographs looked better on the back of my camera. Maybe this is something other photographers can relate to … at least I hope this doesn’t mean I am a bad photographer 😅

[@QuietLightPhoto]

It's completely normal to feel that way! The difference in how we perceive our photos on the camera screen versus a larger display can be surprising. Remember, every photographer goes through this, and it’s all part of the learning process!

[@ronboe6325]

For a young whippersnapper; you did OK. I suppose it helps to hang out with even younger photographers. :poke:

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Definitely!

[@lordjim9744]

👍🎂👏

[@alex-chicago-80]

Do you carry any weapons or animal deterrents when you're out there in nature? I've always wondered how these photographers go out there in the wilderness.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Bear spray occasionally.

[@jan-martinulvag1962]

Nature is never chaos. People looking at nature might be chaos. I would just take lots of photos handheld and be guided by emotions rather than thinking and then go through the pictures later and let emotions guide me again to make choices what to keep on a memory stick as the best photos. When I photograph there is a trap I can fall into and that is to act to the golden ratio rather than the scene. A good photo leans more to the content than to the golden ratio. Some people end up photographing the golden ratio and not the scene. In poetry and music its the same. The Beatles broke a lot of rules. If I spend a day in a place like that I would take hundreds of photos and find a lot. Do some abstract paintings. It will make you realize more.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

I never take hundreds of photos. I'd rather shoot a scene with intent than relying on chance. Each to their own I guess. thanks for your insight

[@jan-martinulvag1962]

@@QuietLightPhoto Paul McCartney did not compose Yesterday on intent. He actually thought he had heard it and that it was somebody else's song. So he asked a lot of people what the song was and if they had heard it. Same thing happens when you paint. You create without perception. To transcend is to forget your body , ego and language. Climbers call it to be in the zone. In the zone the climbers don't do mistakes and nothing happens by chance.

[@SingleTrack66]

Right. Ok

[@mere_mort4l]

Please don’t get a Hasselblad!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

No worries I already got one😂🤣

[@denisesavage2382]

Happy 0 birthday for a couple of weeks ago.

[@loricanton7969]

60 ! your a teenager

[@FLMUSACanada]

Happy Birthday, Adam!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!!

[@1clarkf]

Happy Birthday Adam!

[@dillank3240]

Happy birthday Adam!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!