The Rule of "Does it Look Cool"

[@BrendanvanSon]

What's one "tourist" spot you avoided for years but then ended up LOVING as a photographer? For me, it was Venice.

[@quirkypurple]

I visited Chania after watching one of your vids there in Crete. Fell in love with the place. Greece, in general, was one places I didn't originally really feel the want to go, and I thought Crete might be a touristy place. It's got many tourist but nice tourist and nice, safe atmosphere. And the place wasn't spoiled by rampant over-commercialisation for tourists. It retained some charm, some authenticity. So, I'll always remember this channel for that introduction. It was a great holiday. Brought the drone and there were massive waves breaking in Chania. Saw a local fighter jet, just a nice place to photograph and be in. Greek people, food and culture is so nice, going to visit more islands. Love it.

[@pablogonzalez8304]

Aren't all tourist spots good to make pictures of especially if you may not visit it again. One place I wish I had more of a photographic bug would have been Djibouti back in 94 because chances are I will never go back there but you know what they say never say never

[@harveytrop1637]

Golden Palace in Bangkok; if you wander a bit off the main tourist routes, there's some great statuary and temple views.

[@CornishMotorcycleDiaries]

Capetown

[@andyblessett1282]

@@harveytrop1637 Been there, done that....you're not wrong 👌

[@harveytrop1637]

A great quote from Ansel Adams, "Ask yourself: Does this subject move me to feel, think, and dream?"

[@vcasqu]

That smaller beach you are at in min 3:30 is exactly where I spend my summer vacations. When you get calm see, is like paradise. I kid you not.

[@spiffokeen]

I appreciate the way you tell us what you’re trying to do before you do it. You have such an honest approach and I love it. I also love this: “I guess I shouldn’t judge a book by the fact that it’s a tourist destination” -BVS

[@BrendanvanSon]

Haha, it's needs to be a meme. Lol

[@sharronferreira6420]

Love both photos!

[@JohnHPettigrewFujishooter67]

You are gonna have some nice prints for your gallery. Thanks for sharing.

[@BrendanvanSon]

Thanks John, appreciate it

[@sharronferreira6420]

That tool cabinet is a great idea! Hubbie has been wanting to get one, so might just buy him one for Christmas, before he makes the space he wants to put it in, and then say I’ll “use it” in the mean time haha 😆

[@BrendanvanSon]

Hahaha, genius

[@kevwarrilow45]

That last shot is a winner Brendan - very nice :)

[@BrendanvanSon]

Thanks Kev!

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

I just went on Google Earth and you have photo opportunities galore around Praia da Luz! To the east you have Rocha Negra (Black Rock), a lava flow outcropping. There's a viewpoint from the road above, and you can shoot from the surrounding beach (in low tide, I presume). Man, if I ever get to Lagos... Also, invest in a remote shutter cable. Pressing the button even lightly invites camera shake that will blur your image.

[@theresarice7289]

I have the red version of that toolbox with another piece on top that I use as my bead box. It's great

[@JohnHPettigrewFujishooter67]

Just started watching, the Landy looks cool for sure!

[@bradzaruba9686]

This was just a "fun" video with some lovely shots. I really liked the last one.

[@phynx2006]

I feel those people on the surfboards were hoping for a miracle, the sea looked a little calm🏄‍♂️, beautiful shoreline though. Can't wait until the day we can travel again 👍👍✈

[@BrendanvanSon]

Haha the sea was super chilled. But on those floaty beginners surf all you need is a little push.

[@snapshot_texas]

Amazing video and images as always look forward to seeing how that tool box turns out when done please show what you ended up with.

[@patrickschmidt6593]

Hey Brandon, next time you visit Luz turn to the right as you are looking at the sea and follow the road. Soon you will enter a dusty path along the cliffs. You will find some really awesome cliffs, which are really photogenic along the way.

[@BrendanvanSon]

Thanks for the tip! Will try it at some point.

[@AlexMcKean]

That’s a really perspective to have. It’s so important to love the image before going into too much depth of other composition rules. Great video Brendan!

[@hugoparente1908]

I love Praia da Luz. Pick a low tide and go left by the glifs.

[@joshuaschwalbe2962]

I love seascape photography for excactly the reason you pointed out as well, you never really know what you'll get. I think you got some great shots with some nice dynamic. And man, I admire you walking around in a T-Shirt! Getting cold in Germany...

[@pauloviegas7957]

I visited Lagos for a couple of shots not so long ago and i ran by your (future) shop. Hope to visit you there soon!

[@BrendanvanSon]

Hope to see you there!

[@Boros777]

As you said: theres often a reason touristy places are touristy - if you can get them without the tourist masses they can be quite stunning, imho...

[@PedroKin]

that's where sunrises come into play the best :D

[@briestockwell5402]

Cool that you went to that popular location anyway!!

[@markrapien]

Love this "rule"! Taking an image doesn't really cost all that much since everyone typically has 32+ GB SD cards now so plenty of space and if you get home and it doesn't look as cool as you thought no harm but you will rarely get the opportunity to recreate the image.

[@Melissa_939]

Yes these pics def looked cool! As a Dutchie, I've got rocky coast envy

[@CopperStateAerialPhotography]

Hey Brendan, Great video. I've kind of always shot all my stuff with this thinking. I don't so much worry about all the settings, just make sure the shot looks good to my eye with both my drone videos and stills.

[@scotty4418]

Enjoyed the episode BvS, cool images and loved the drone footage. Great news about the studio and look forward to seeing more of it soon in future videos

[@BrendanvanSon]

Should be vlogging about the new studio in about a week!

[@tjsinva]

Actually got a notification for this in Windows. Simultaneous tweets work too. Rock on!

[@BrendanvanSon]

Nice!

[@derbagger22]

I was in Acadia National Park last week. I missed my first sunset because I was late getting up there. The next two sunsets had heavy clouds. My first sunrise I missed because my car's battery died, the next I missed the best possible shot because the summit parking was overfilled and the last morning was rainy. The rest of the time, I just didn't try to plan but just went looking for great shots. Got a bunch that just look cool... In general, I try not to plan too much.

[@michaelventarola7100]

Great photography. Love your pictures. Have you ever thought about showing how you post processed the images you take in these videos?

[@BrendanvanSon]

Yup. I've done it a couple times actually. But I don't do all that much to the images do it gets a bit boring haha

[@michaelventarola7100]

@@BrendanvanSon thanks. Your pictures are so nice. I wish mine could be more like yours. Thanks

[@rickponcheri1366]

You talked about the rule of does it look cool and mentioned that the leading lines may run the wrong way. Do you ever take these images with advertising in mind; that is the leading lines could point to negative space where an product or add would be placed? This may make the images attractive to advertisers.

[@mikeroche8544]

2:20 min look behind you, get a photo of that awesome cloud!!

[@vcasqu]

By the way, have you visited Burgau? 6kms away from Praia da Luz. Beautiful!!!

[@BrendanvanSon]

It's on my list for this coming week actually!

[@infrarouge75]

Hello. Could you tell me where 'r you find the bleu tool box plesead? I'm looking for one like this

[@BrendanvanSon]

I honestly don't even know what brand it is. I got it at a local hardware store.

[@tucameireles8841]

Nice! It's really good when we can do things in our time, right? Btw, do not forget me! hahaha

[@EricVelascoTrochez]

Thanks for the vid Brendan. Always looking forward to view what’s next in your adventures. Looks like a great place to visit. Maybe someday I’ll be able to go to Portugal to visit your studio. 👍🏼 as far as the place I avoided was Venice Ca. Very touristy. @velaphotoz

[@BrendanvanSon]

Venice is cool, too though! I love it.

[@graemedarling2852]

Rules are for breaking = creativity :) If your bound by rules......

[@TaavP]

5s in the video and iI have 1 question. where did you buy that toolbox? Store or online?

[@pablogonzalez8304]

not Home depot

[@BrendanvanSon]

At the store!

[@TaavP]

Which one? Something like Leroy merlin? I'm thinking about buying one of those for the studio stuff too

[@nigelwest3430]

Will you be upgrading to the R5 ?

[@BrendanvanSon]

Probably not. I'm broke, haha

[@michaelglass8546]

What tripod are you using in this ? Obviously 3 legged thing just curious which one thanks!

[@pablogonzalez8304]

didn't look like Tommy boy

[@BrendanvanSon]

That's Bucky!

[@michaelglass8546]

@@BrendanvanSon thanks!

[@simonwilliams2109]

just as well you patched up the soft top on the truck!!! :-)

[@sofotographic]

That's why they call it a beginner's drone dude

[@revoland]

We can compete whos car's dashboard is dustier :D

[@AndrewWaltonPhotography]

I was thinking the same thing...

[@BrendanvanSon]

Haha. I think I'll win every time.

[@byoregon1]

For a sunset at a “tourist spot”, that place looked pretty empty. Guess the tourism industry hasn’t much recovered, huh?

[@BrendanvanSon]

It's just off season. And, it's all a very "British" beach. Most of the Brits are home.

[@blkhoury4]

The title of this video seems dangerously close to brand infringement. 🤣

[@BrendanvanSon]

Haha. I'll put the lawyers on alert.

[@roberttangen3508]

Many times the reason a place is popular is because it has something beautiful or very interesting. Rarely do places become popular because they are butt ugly