I really miss the SNOW | Photographing the WINTER landscape

[@adamsmith6594]

With someone who could choose anywhere to go and pic a composition you show us that we should keep going back and pushing ourselves to look, and look again at a familiar local place to keep learning. Meaning that even if you think you have nowhere left to go, that the same location can continously yield beautiful compositions. Its a craft which is disappearing fast from modern photograohy. What this should teach many who follow you is that even you continously push yourself to look repeatedly at the same place rather than rush about snapping everything. I mean you could have easily gone somewhere else but no, look again and again at refining what you see. Brilliant Adam. Wish we had snow. Instead we are being lashed to death by torrential rain, and gales. Your vlog was welcome respite. Thank you for sharing.

[@gordroberts53]

Little Mountain in the snow! Today I learned (again) to reduce the field of view when conditions don't hide the clutter that may overwhelm the wide vista shot. I'm a slow learner I know, thanks for the reminder. Beautiful images, all. Thanks for sharing!

[@erkko69]

Wonderful, I finally got some great pictures in the mail !!! It took 18 days for the mail to arrive. Thank you so much for packing the pictures well !!! Now I get to study pictures. I was surprised at how they look like the paintings. Matte paper is of high quality! Thank you!

[@Leffe49]

Liked those 2 shots starting at 13:50 with the Arbutus trees. 👌

[@terrygoyan]

I think I like the earlier, non snow, photos of the madrone trees. The red color really makes them pop and the Doug fir in the background tends to blend in with the madrone in the snow version of the photo. They are beautiful trees! Gavin went out into the snow to photograph waterfalls. That looked really cold. Thanks for your wonderful videos Adam. I enjoy your talking us through your approach to composing them!

[@MaliDaviesPhotography]

How little mountain has changed with snow, working it baby! 😆👍 wow 8:42 right on the top! Those trees 👌 jees man what a place, and shots, I was hoping you’d step back and get the shot wide but you nailed it! As always, really enjoyed. 14:05 18:09 my fav shots 19:33, a square crop of this with just the foreground twisting tree but maybe too abstract. Belting Adam 👍

[@jimowens8105]

Thanks Adam, always a pleasure and encouragement to seek out new compositions and see things in a new way.

[@DarrenKnightPhoto]

Hi Adam, Those trees are just beautiful and coupled with the snow make them look incredible. Beautiful contrasts. I hope you’re well matey 👍

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Cheers, Darren! all is well on the other side of the pond ;-)

[@justinmeaden6281]

Great video as normal, you are so lucky to have that lovely area so close to home, no such luck here in east London! The photo you printed off at the end of the video is gorgeous, lovely composition and tones through the image 👏👏

[@keithreed2731]

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Daido Moriyama. Trauma. I had Covid last March and am a long hauler with complications. Thanks for all you do and Thomas and Gavin to name a few. The pleasure of beauty is beyond technique. Another stray dog;-)

[@kolokolkvass1728]

I find winter to be the hardest to cooperate with my comp search efforts. Nice work, sir.

[@Highdepthfilms]

Great Video Adam and thanks for sharing. If any of you are wondering about the Shimoda {Adam kinda segwayed into the discussion of his camera, Lol) It is a great bag. I have the 70X series, same as Adams. I just got back from Death Valley a couple of weeks ago and hiked for miles with it. I am really happy I went with the 70X rather than the 50X. There is plenty of room for all of my Kit of 4 lens etc, etc. The top will fit your Jacket, Rain Gear and lunch/ dinner.

[@paulsahota1773]

Nice shots Adam. I’m glad to here you still love your D850.

[@mikebroesel]

I love the last picture. Very nice.

[@alanatwood7995]

Famous last words..."I couldnt get it out of my head....". Love your explanations of each composition and really enjoy the way you explain your thought processes. I guess those famous words have tended to haunt me from time to time, and even when I return from shooting Im always second guessing myself. Ill download my shots and immediately realize I could have gotten slightly better shots if I had only done this. Great job!

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

We never get sick of your locations, Adam. I've lately loathed winter & snow because I'm old. But with a snowier-than-usual winter, I've made myself go out in the snow. And ... I like it! I'm getting a few stunners. I guess winter photography doesn't suck as much as I thought.

[@indianwinter]

Just finished watching your video from Mt Seymour from 3 years ago. Seen it before, just nice to go back and check out some the videos from the past.

[@shanefiddle]

Yay! Love the films you make at this place.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

I love your images. And your hair. I'm growing my own fro out because why the hell not. 😉👍🏾

[@RussWeymouthPhotography]

We're all growing 🔐 hair in the UK 🧔

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Precisely! I have a full head of hair so why not celebrate it, lol

[@danielspenner3683]

@@RussWeymouthPhotography except Simon Baxter!😂

[@trevorcrossley3054]

Another beautiful shot and KZbin video, thanks Adam as it gives be me better understanding to photograph the Snow Gums of Mount Kosciuszko NSW, that I have tried before with those stunning wood colours but not with total success to capture the true beauty of the tree.

[@juanarroyo5324]

beautiful images Adam !!! GOD BLESS !!

[@nickshepherd8377]

Love the penultimate image...beautiful shapes and balance to the image with the warm bark of the tree contrasting with the snow. Enjoyable video as always. Thank you.

[@KellyPettit]

Doesn't matter where you go, Adam. You always find the perfect composition and make everything look so beautiful. It's not about living on Van Isle as some seem to think. It's how you capture the image. Another great vlog.

[@peteberkery9652]

Your photography is always top notch ! Impressed all the time that you share the good but also let us see that there are things we can learn, even if you are off a percent or two. (Good and the bad) If you will.

[@furbs9999]

Thanks Adam, I think its important and great that you include the shots that dont quite work as well as the ones that do, and the thoughts behind both. Great vid.

[@johnburgess2243]

Your videos, style and vision are so good. Your calm presence is just perfect. I look forward to your videos every week.

[@wildeone1636]

We all need a little mountain close to home. 🙂

[@SafoCZ]

I've got one. It is an old abandoned open mining site for sand. My favourite pine trees are growing there. It is two kilometres from my home, on a top of a hill. Perhaps I should call it Little Mountain :-). I love the place.

[@Bazzo61]

Totally agree with John, we never get sick of your locations Adam. What does sicken me though is the grafity on the rocks. Ignoring that, a beautiful video. There is a certain thoughtfuness and atmosphere that goes into your videos that I really enjoy. You manage to capture the mood of the location so well.

[@nigeldodd5904]

I am learning so much from you - thank you.

[@JuanRojas956]

Beautiful video! Earlier today I went out to photograph in my local wood area but struggled to find a composition. Your videos are great motivation and coming back home to find this video made me feel inspired once again

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Great to hear!

[@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941]

Wonderful images! Thanks for sharing!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks for visiting

[@swissheartydogs]

Thank you for sharing your ongoing Way, with tip-toe, bends, crouchs, snowy come-backs, woody thoughts, greeny grey (rarely blue) steps & Wave (well received your prints, waiting for frame shop)…

[@Macman608]

What a great surprise to see a video from you on a Friday. Throughly enjoyed it.

[@seth.graham]

Nothing better than being outside in fresh snow. Stuck at a desk job I've had to watch a lot of this winter blow by through a window, but when I do get a chance to be out it's been great. Hard to photograph but it's lovely to witness. Your third shot is my favorite you put in the video.. love the trees all bending away from each other.

[@davemenard5089]

At 16:00 dead center frame on XT-4 there appears a vertical pano with the ground brush pulling the eye up to the set of trees, the 2 corners balanced with sky/snow. Remove that one clump of leaves top left. Probably impossible to get the camera position with needed lens perspective but it’s fun to pick out compositions from a wide view. That ending shot is beautiful.

[@Falkenroth1]

Definitely the one you had printed at the last was the best picture to me. Nice work

[@paulus0109]

Thnx for taking me through the composition Adam. So learn-full. Beautiful images there.

[@markdixon9826]

Aaaaarbutus! What’s not to like? Best tree to touch - almost metal in its texture and cool to the touch. Great work Adam 👍👍

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Well done!

[@FelixJorgenfelt]

This video gave me a few ideas on compositions that I'm going to try at one of my favorite local locations. Always interesting to watch your videos and hear your thoughts on composition and landscape photography in general.

[@lawrencepallant]

I appreciate seeing your thought process for composing and placing elements within the scene. Thank you.

[@jonantonhaugum8936]

Rally appreciate how you explain your thinking and strategies when composing photos

[@phdman2014]

Compositions and seasons bring William Shakespeare's "All The World's A Stage" to mind. While I do love the contrast a good snowfall brings, I really loved the moss laden landscape in the first photo.

[@josephcampisi5401]

Beautiful stuff Adam. I was able to get out this past Saturday and finally photograph Kubota Japanese Garden in Seattle with snow after many years of waiting for the right conditions. You have to jump right on it when this happens because it never lasts long!

[@garykuiken6191]

Snows all right but not 7 months of it Adam. Spring would be welcome any time now. Stay safe.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Slight over exaggeration unless you live in the prairies? If that's the case, I'm sorry I can't help you ;-)

[@lylestavast7652]

always calming and beautiful images.... thx.

[@viaconqueso]

I love watching you work. It’s snowy and overcast where I live and it feels like I’m in the field with you...minus those neat trees. I see that in your neck of the woods, the most beautiful trees are also a magnet for kids with knives...sigh.

[@nevillewatkins4997]

That final image is a beauty Adam. Funny thing about snow. It makes your subject look almost as if it were drawn. I like the effect.

[@tonygreenwoodN10]

Such studied and considered compositions and framing - yet the GFX100 gives you such generous latitude in post to crop - what a great combination! Really great images - thank you!

[@599miata]

👌👌👌 Adam.

[@wendynewing8834]

This is beautiful. Adam goes to Narnia! These snowscenes are gorgeous.

[@brianbeattyphotography]

Love shooting in the snow! It was great taking a road trip back to the east coast in December for some winter weather. Great video!

[@tompetersphotography]

great vlog matey, such a beautiful spot I love that you return to that area! them trees are stunning I would be there all the time lol. Glad to see you getting on with the big Fuji, plenty of detail to play with

[@erkko69]

Superhero of the forest, mr. Adam! Thanks again for the great tutorial video! Your work is of great value Keep it going!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

My pleasure!

[@DarrenJSpoonley]

Once again this video is sponsored by awesomeness !!! Loved it and damn you are lucky to have that on your doorstep

[@QuietLightPhoto]

I am indeed, cheers, Darren!

[@PaulthomsonphotographyUk]

Wow you finally got some awesome looking snow mate looking forward to the video and the images man😀👍✌

[@rickedgar]

Great video as always and to make the day even better I received your signed print today- it doesn’t get much better than that (print is amazing by the way).

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Great to hear! thanks, Rick!

[@antonoat]

What a chilled film, literally, lol. Beautiful images Adam.

[@hopoutside]

i've got the GFX100 as well; one of my fav aspects of the setup is the tilt adapter for shooting low. thanks for putting this vid together!

[@michaelmckeag960]

If I’m not even sure which lens I want to use I start off with the FoV pill in PhotoPills on my phone before opening the bag. With lens selection made I proceed as you demonstrate. Thanks for calling attention to the next step of handheld through viewfinder composition search; such a temptation to jump ahead to the next step and become a tripod prisoner. We had a fresh fall of snow yesterday afternoon and overnight, with fog this morning.

[@Bimmly]

Another cracking video Adam, I love the presentation style like you're talking to a mate whose with you.. loads of valuable tips and help.. Really love the image @18:00 :-)

[@MrRastler]

So nice filmed Adam!

[@scothowe539]

Got my print of the bonsai tree on Fairy Lake last week. It’s beautiful!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Great! thank you, Scot!

[@brianmckeever5280]

I'm loath to make a suggestion due to the spectacular quality of your work, but I saw an arbutus tree in the background as you walked through the woods. It had a twisted trunk and loose bark and I could not help wondering if you've considered doing vertical panos? I've seen 16x9, 1x1 and even 5x7, but never a 9x16. Anyway, love your work. Thanks!

[@billjohnstonjr.1037]

I come for the photography, of course, but I must say that the music is very well chosen.

[@sergenicolas3571]

Tout en harmonie, perfect 👍

[@haenzelv6287]

Hi Adam, great pictures again. If only I was blessed with such beautiful sceneries in my back yard....One question. If you find the background to busy and distracting, why not use a shallower depth of field? I wonder how the picture on 14:08 would look like with a blurred background..

[@orphanuprising]

Cheers, Ooncle Groompeh.

[@blivieriphoto]

I miss the snow sometimes too. Two February's ago I had to fly back home to WI for a quick one day up and back. That morning it was -10 F (-23 C) at 10am. Brrrr... 🥶 (I found a new bit of vocabulary that morning 😂) Can anyone really get sick of Little Mountain? (no, they cannot) On your first comp, I too liked the green mossy trees rather than the snowy one. Maybe if you did a black and white conversion?, might be different. But yeah looks like you had a little fog in that one. I really liked that manzanita tree at the end. Actually I liked both of the manzanita shots best out of all of them. Glad you got to play in the snow. Thanks for the video Adam! 🌳

[@PhotoTrekr]

Great job as always. While most of country is covered in snow, the mountains where I live didn't get any snow. I'm hoping for one more snowfall before winter is over.

[@EdwardKilner]

It’s nice to see the same scene in multiple seasons. Most of us wouldn’t have the chance to see it once. Great job as usual. Huge bag to take on a hilly place in winter - I’m sure you are careful but a buddy might be safer.

[@jimowens8105]

Adam, I really appreciate the beautiful work with the snow and the contrast with the Arbutus. You have a keen eye and artistic point of view. You touched briefly on the Shimoda pack and I was wondering if you could expand on that from a mountaineering / backpacking perspective. I would rather know about comfort for carrying on extended backwoods trips from someone who has "been there, and done that" than a gear reviewer. The problem is always... do we get a true backpack from Osprey, Gregory et. al and wedge camera gear into it, (much more comfortable and designed for carrying on trail. OR, get a camera backpack ( a camera bag with shoulder straps) and endure the pain?

[@QuietLightPhoto]

I find the Shimoda packs to be very comfortable. They're very much like the top end mountaineering packs except built for photography in mind. Much of the design features come from feedback from the people that use them so they do listen to their customers. I use both the 70 and 50L versions and haven't had any issues or complaints. Price might be a factor for some as the prices on camera packs tend to be higher.

[@jimowens8105]

@@QuietLightPhoto I like to carry my tripod head down in the side pouch. Since we are using the same geared head, will it fit in the side pouch of the Shimoda X-50L?

[@ckh4953]

You wouldn’t expect someone living in Canada to miss snow - but that’s Vancouver Island. Have you ever tried using Fujifilm‘s Classic Chrome in snow? I like the way it controls the dominant blue tones. Greets from Switzerland.

[@arronstrutt8851]

Perfect Adam!

[@claudiujipa]

My print arrived. Amazing. Will tag you on Insta Adam. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Awesome thank you!

[@abman3996]

Great video, thanks for sharing! I can only say that such sad music is repeated so many times - it seemed to me it creates a too sad mood for a not too sad video :)))

[@QuietLightPhoto]

What can I say I love sad music

[@sophietucker1255]

I've somewhat given up on going to the same spot over and over again thinking that the scene will have somehow improved. Now I go farther up the trail or to a totally different spot. There are so many different scenes out there that there is no reason to waste time on a scene that isn't going to improve. Now that being said I will go back if I have a different idea or technique to try that might work at that spot

[@geotaco]

Nice Adam. Did you try a black and white on the first composition? Might give a different look.

[@lowdesertpunk]

I absolutely love snow but I think the first composition worked better without snow because of the colour contrast between orange trees and the green mosses. Great shots nonetheless. Side note: this was the second time youtube interrupted a squarespace pitch with ads (the other time was on another photographer's channel). Kind of funny.

[@1961Duane314]

Come to Iowa. We have plenty and past 2 weeks below zero everyday. So ready for spring lol.

[@scothowe539]

Yep!

[@karenrobinson3805]

Thank you - helpful as perusal..

[@QuietLightPhoto]

You bet!

[@davebenson1504]

On the initial comp I tried a 1:1 look on the left side of the image only??? and the 'wishbone' arbutus trees at the 8:23 mark looked gorgeous as you walked past them... glad you went back to the manzanita shrub... I was thinking perhaps there was an intimate landscape possibility there

[@lisabradley9288]

Beautiful images Adam, great to see you back out in the field and braving the cold 🥶. Keep up with the good work. At least your not stupid like that Gavin Hardcastle going into frozen water, I wonder if his Sony battery frozen with him 🤣

[@SomeonewithaSony]

I ❤️ U NIP!

[@simonbaigrie2485]

18:15 Very similiar to the Australian alpine landscape.

[@amaimani]

Grreat work Adam.. stunning photos and welcome to GFX100 world. Have you thought to do some closeup/macro shots of the snow on branches or leaves, sort of like macro landscape?

[@ayriniemi1154]

A vancouver island rarity.

[@jimtrull683]

Adam I always enjoy your videos and I appreciate you talking us through your shots. I have pre-ordered the Fuji GFX 100S and am trying to decide on lenses. I plan to get the 32-64 and probably the 100-200 which I see you list on your page. I was wondering why you have the 45-100 as well as it overlaps the 32-64 quite a bit. Thanks for your vlogs and your thoughts on this.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

It's the only zoom lens that Fuji has that covers the range between 64mm and 100mm. It is a brilliant lens. Most used for me is the 32-64mm followed by the 45-100mm. GFX 100s great choice!

[@michaelmckeag960]

“Susan Sontag said somewhere something like any technology that slows us down in our writing rather than speeding us up is the one we ought to use.” Ross Gay - The Book of Delights

[@rickbrowne519]

Only my opinion, but I prefer the snow-covered scene to the one that's just green and mossy (not that there's anything wrong with the earlier image). I just love the covering of snow on the trees.

[@mortenthorpe]

I think that with snow, also because I’ve been out shooting in the woods with snow as well recently, the name of the game is simplicity... a lot of snow and preferable one item of contrast as the subject in the scene. Anything else just becomes too busy...

[@jamesoliver6625]

Adam I enjoy your eye and skill> However, you can keep the snow in BC. The stuff you sent us down here in Texas this week messed my whole week up. Never-the-less, keep shooting. What is your prime camera now that Heaton has your Fuji?...oh....Never mind. I wonder if the first image would have worked for you better is you had narrowed the DOF so the backgound blurred just a bit. I worked for me no matter.

[@TheScottab]

Just wondering Adam, are the barber shops shut down where you live? Or are you going for a new look? Love the videos, stay warm.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

My new look, tattoos are next and more piercings, just trying to fit in ;-)

[@Tbonyandsteak]

New Camera? You sold one I have heard in the tupe ;)

[@philipculbertson55]

I had no idea there were one-star miscreants on Vancouver Island until I saw the spray painted graffiti on the rock. I thought they were all down here in the Southern US. Those people should be staked out to the area, given a toothbrush and not be allowed to leave until all traces of the paint were removed.

[@slowlyrusting4044]

Don't get me started on the stupid moronic idiots who carve their initials on the trees 🤬🤬🤬

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thats nothing! at the bottom of the cliff volunteers hauled of 4 tonnes of garbage that was dumped over the cliff.

[@rodbotic]

Did you get more than 2 days in the snow? here in Vancouver it was melted by Sunday.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

We had Monday as well

[@peterebel7899]

So nice trees close to home :-) Our trees in the woods are boring unattractive.

[@ianhamer4294]

I liked these images Adam but not as much as the moss covered shots. Really loved your interview with Mali Davies.

[@evertking1]

What printer do you use Adam?

[@QuietLightPhoto]

An old Epson 7880

[@darrinyo-mamakimble7002]

You said in previous videos this was in Vancouver… In this video it said on the island There’s a little look out in Parksville But I’m thinking that isn’t it would you be so kind as to clarify.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Little Mountain, Parksville

[@darrinyo-mamakimble7002]

@@QuietLightPhoto Great, thanks Mr. I’ll go check that out next week. I’m Coming back next week from Rocky Mountain house You’ll be a little jealous to know that I’m going to go through Sask river crossing spend one night camping and get some hopefully epic mountain shots around Abraham and the valley up the road. I am not intentionally breaking Covid rules my life has been like this for years.