Church In The Sea, Anglesey. Photography Workflow

[@garys639]

I bow before the Maestro. To follow your workflow was a privilege, thanks so much for your effort. Watching after midnight tonight after a night shoot in Brisbane,shall dream of mighty vistas from mountain tops and misty shores. Cheers Good Sir.

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks as always Gary, for your support - you know I really appreciate it 😀👍

[@timscanlanphotography]

Hi David. Lovely to see you back at this superb location. I've never felt as though I've done the place justice whenever I've visited, but I'll keep going back ! You made an excellent point about processing - it's definitely personal taste and isn't about what you should and shouldn't do. Your final image is outstanding - love it ! Really enjoyed the video David. Many thanks for sharing.

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks as always Tim, for your support - you know I really appreciate it 😀👍

[@arthurrmcphee4885]

Always a pleasure to watch you go through your methodology and post production. Thanks for sharing.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks so much for tuning in Arthur 😀👍

[@irishrose89775]

Thank you for a great video that shows some of your processing thoughts. I really is quite helpful and I appreciate the information immensly.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks so much for watching, Caitlin, I really appreciate it and your very generous feedback 😊👍

[@georgefrench1907]

Very helpful. I just returned to the States after a two-week, three-generation family vacation in Scotland and northern Wales. Thanks to your inspiration we dedicated a full day to a drive up the west coast of lovely Anglesey, with its great views of Snowdonia in the south and its unspoiled villages and impressive lighthouse at South Stack further up the coast. (We were obliged to skip Rhosnigr, where every parking space was occupied.) Many thanks for the photo and travel tips, David.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot George, it's good to hear that my stuff is helpful - really glad you had a great visit! One of my great motivations for doing this channel is to share my love for the area and to know that people from so far away enjoyed a visit is really special - thanks a million for letting me know 😀👍

[@StuartChapman193]

Just found you page really well presented lots of information, will be on Anglesey in May.

[@DGriffGallery]

Really hope you enjoy some good conditions. I always feel it's really disappointing when people come to visit and get presented with terrible weather. But if the weather and light is good it is a magical place 😊👍

[@rambling_rambler]

Good to see your process from initial thought on location, on how you would like the final image, all the way through to how you edit the image to your original vision.

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Garry, much appreciated 😀👍

[@sanclewphotographic]

What a superb video, informative and precise in post processing and what a beautiful image created with the merest of alteration, no over saturation or over processing, just as is seen, I have to go back here sometime, I only have one image of this view and it simply does not compare with yours, we parked at Aberfraw excuse spelling, and waliked the three miles along the beautiful coastline, but not being familiar with the area I mistimed the tide time, one again for the future, regards.Colin.

[@DGriffGallery]

Ah a pity about the conditions for photography, but hopefully a good consolation of a great walk along one of my favourite and I'd argue best bits of varied coastline in the world - one of the reasons I only live about 5 mins from there 😀👍

[@bobmcdonald4834]

Super video. Really helpful and enjoyable. Thank you!

[@DGriffGallery]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊👍

[@dennish.2212]

Great video David. You already know I love the processing methods more than the journey. Thanks sir.

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Dennis - I'm enjoying your work too 😀👍

[@tomsumner6210]

Thanks Dave that was outstanding I will have to get the grey matter working and practice those adjustments for myself.

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks for watching, Tom, and taking the time to drop me a line. So glad this was helpful 😊👍🏻

[@lucyphress7776]

Dear David, thank you for giving such an interesting insight into your workflow.

[@DGriffGallery]

You're very welcome and I really appreciate you watching 😀👍

[@martincutrone5816]

Well done. Appreciate the review of your technique of editing. You have just enough detail to be complete, without making the episode too long. I've been a LR editor, now working some in PS, and can see that being adept in both programs, on the same image can yield a good result in less time. Thanks.

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Martin, many thanks for watching and taking the time to leave such generous feedback - I really appreciate it 😀👍

[@Michaelcolliermedia]

Great vlog. I love this place

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a million for watching and taking the time to get in touch 😊👍

[@Red35Photography]

Nice to see your workflow! BTW, love Anglesey, I need to come and visit some days!

[@DGriffGallery]

Would be great to hook up 😊👍🏻

[@tonyb2760]

It's always interesting to see others editing processes and techniques. Thanks for sharing

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks Tony 😀👍

[@janm2473]

Just beautiful, David. Thoroughly enjoyed this video. An image perfect for a calendar. Wink Wink... Cheers from Canada.

[@DGriffGallery]

Hahaha I still don't think I'll be doing a calendar though 😀👍

[@ferguscooper]

Really interesting to see your work flow. There are many ways to achieve the end product. Great vlog again David. This is a venue I visited from the Republic of Ireland last Summer. Glad I got there then because it will be while yet before we can return. Great shot also BTW.

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Fergus, many thanks for watching and taking the time to get in touch. Having seen the location for yourself, you'll have an idea of how challenging a place it can be, especially at low tide it's almost pointless. But being able to pick and choose when I go that does help and people have been asking me for such a long time to do a complete workflow video. Really appreciate your very generous feedback. And I really hope we'll all be in a position to visit each other's locations before too much longer. I had a trip to the Republic pencilled in for later this year, and it might still happen since I'm so handy for the ferry! 😊👍

[@ferguscooper]

@@DGriffGallery Thanks for getting back to me David. Yes, I thought that it would be an easy location to shoot and it didn't help that I was shooting it at 10.30am on a bright summers morning but it is such a unique location you have to go there. A challenge is what keeps the whole thing interesting.

[@MikeChesworthPhotography]

Enjoyed this. It’s always good to see other photographers workflows to pick up a few tips. I took some hints from the graduated filter you put on the image that I’ll try on my images. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Mike 😊👍🏻

[@Anthony_Fogarty_Aviation]

Great vlog, need to get up to the church in the sea soon! Awesome location and so many different compositions.

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks for watching - I really appreciate it 😀👍

[@desgardner7169]

That was a really good video, from start to finish, well done, I could not take my eyes off it untill you said thank you for watching, and again of cause something that we take for granted off you is a super picture to start with, we can see a pattern now with your picture taking and that is getting it right first time in camera! and then of course you have all the time in the world to finish it off at home at home.... Thank you..

[@DGriffGallery]

Thank you so much Des. This channel takes quite a bit of work, but such kind feedback does make it all worth it 😀👍

[@JamesRBurnsVLOG]

Interesting to see how you make the magic David. Principles are basically the same but there is a lot of difference in how I process. Great idea for vlog these every now n then. I maybe tempted to do the same. Nice work David👍👍

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks James - yeah I'd been asked more and more about processing and now I can just any future questions towards this one and get back out into the hills! 😀👍

[@garystone6583]

A very intuitive and interesting vlog on your post prossess David, I'm just getting my head around lightroom and photoshop but getting there slowly.

[@DGriffGallery]

Gary, yes it's well worth making the effort to become familiar with what you can achieve in postprocessing, it's definitely the making of many a good image! 😊👍

[@MaliDaviesPhotography]

Haha proper made me laugh the opening graphic! What you like!... Wonderful & Brilliant David 👌 unique and very well put together and delivered! At best, excellence!

[@DGriffGallery]

Lol cheers mate - one vlog only - back to regular logo from now on 😀👍

[@bcegerton]

Great vlog David, beautiful photos. I’ve saved it to try and get some idea on PS/LR for Whalen I do eventually get them

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Brian - glad it might be a bit helpful - in my next one I'm doing and Ask Me Anything which covers sharpening in detail so you might find that handy too 😀👍

[@bcegerton]

D Griff Gallery Thanks, I’ll keep an eye out for it

[@MrShelby48]

Very interesting the way you post-process pictures. Love it.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks so much Fredy - Oh and I haven't forgotten your question about how long i take on these vlogs - it will in an upcoming Q&A 😀👍

[@mikekay6288]

Thanks again, especially for the post processing workflow. Your tutorial taught me to be more thoughtful and adaptive depending on the development needed. I have tended to select 'Auto' in the Development module and use Gradient just to change the sky. I will aim to be more aware of what will improve my image on screen. Mike in Oz

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Mike, I'm sure you'll find you can achieve more pleasing results with just a little additional work in post! 😀👍

[@kevinmarshall7604]

Nice video David, interesting to see your thoughts processing.

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks for watching Kevin - I really appreciate it 😀👍

[@philmarsh5593]

Interesting to see the PP you do and why. Helps me form my own ideas. Good vid, cheers!

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks Phil, really appreciate you watching and taking the time to let me know you enjoy my stuff! 😀👍

[@MJSPhotographyUK]

Great vlog David and thanks for insight to your processing.

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Martin, you're very welcome and thanks for tuning in 😀👍

[@Alan-DPhotos]

Great vlog as always David. I can never get to that spot at the right times for anything. The best I have is part of the bench in mono lol :-D

[@DGriffGallery]

It's a really tough location - people underestimate it. I struggle despite I can be there in 5 mins after looking out my window! 😀👍

[@ColinMuir]

That was very good - thank you

[@DGriffGallery]

You are very welcome Colin and I really appreciate you watching 😀👍

[@tompetersphotography]

Lovely images mate.....really enjoyed the calming video👍🏻

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers mate - willing to bet you had nothing to learn from it though! 😀👍

[@tompetersphotography]

D Griff Gallery ha always learning mate. Really interesting to see your thought process

[@jeffogden6060]

Hey David, I've been so busy lately that I have a backlog of YT videos to catch up on! This is a great vlog for me. I really like to see the entire process from start to finish and maybe I am one of the only people who has watched all of your post processing tutorials.😊 I understand why you don't include them much anymore, but I do find them quite helpful. We all have our own workflow and I am constantly looking for ways to make it better and I think you have shared some useful tips here. Quite a pleasing final image as well. Cheers, Jeff

[@davidcwilliams4941]

Hello David, A few months ago you gave me advice re Lr & Ps. I did go for them. I'm finding it hard getting in to both Lr & Ps so I found the post processing item very welcome and I would like to see more please. Many thanks. David, Rhosgadfan.

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi again David, hope you're well. I'm not really the guy to help you out with specific LR / YT videos because I prefer to be out taking pictures and that's the main topic of my channel - but I do understand it can be frustrating trying to work out how to effectively use a couple of high grade professional applications. Perhaps I could recommend a You Tube channel where I'm pretty confident you'd learn a good deal, and having looked through his catalogue I'm confident it would be very relevant to landscape photography, that's : Matt Kloskowski (kzbin.info/door/I7970DmH2qghMizHwlXMLQ) and alternative approach, which I would certainly use if I were looking to learn a new skill is to simply search You Tube eg. "Basic Lightroom landscape processing" then sort by date so you're looking at content made in, say, the last couple of years ie.using a recent version. As long they're taking about landscapes you'll be sure to learn more detail about the manner in which I use it. Hope this is helpful. 😀👍

[@RobOutenPhotography]

Very interesting vlog David. Apologies for the late view of this but I've been putting in the hours processing all of my recent content!! What I found very interesting is the amount of control you have over the image, both in the field and in post. You have a great talent in explaining your process in a way that's easily understood (for idiots like me🤣). Thanks for sharing Mate and take care.

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Rob, don’t be silly, there is nothing says you have to watch it right away I’m just happy you tune in at all! Really glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful😊👍🏻

[@jamescarro771]

Very interesting to watch as always

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot James glad you’re enjoying my stuff 😊👍🏻

[@IanSmissenPhotography]

H Davd, another great video - beautifully shot and explained. I like both but actually prefer the second image but I'm a sucker for magentas and blues after sunset :-) Cheers, Ian

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot Ian! I am too, that's why it sneaked in 😀👍

[@JamieOverland]

Really interesting watch. I love to see how others process their images, as you say its very subjective. The end result was a beautiful image 👍

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot Jamie, appreciate you tuning in. 😀👍

[@AndyBeattieUK]

Good video David, I was surprised you did the sharpening in PS instead of LR. I include the sharpening in my presets and adjust slightly as needed with each image 👍

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi mate, I used to use LR sharpening, and then tried UnSharp Mask and High Pass filter in PS. But I like the subtlety of Frequency Separation and the ability to control it precisely and mask and adjust it regionally. In LR you're limited to the entire image albeit with the affected edges defined. 😀👍

[@GaryNormanPhoto]

Really interesting to watch your process mate. I never sharpen my images in Photoshop but maybe it's something that I should look into...

[@DGriffGallery]

I used it across the whole image in this one, but in many cases I only sharpen certain areas so I mask a lot - also on a high contrast horizon line, I'll often mask the line out on the sharpen layer out so I don't get halos 😀👍

[@philipculbertson55]

I enjoyed the combination of on location and processing and the image was very nice. I am interested in your comment about sharpening using frequency separation in Photoshop. I have only sharpened my images in Lightroom and generally that seems to work but I am intrigued now that I may be missing an opportunity. Can you briefly explain a bit more about the difference made by sharpening with PS versus LR?

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Philip - many thanks for tuning in, I'll cover the sharpening question in a Q&A video soon if that's OK 😀👍

[@philipculbertson55]

@@DGriffGallery That would be great. Thanks.

[@homesickphotographycomau4107]

don't be silly everyone been looking at you post processing there not willing to tell they are. by like them... great stuff old son. your for a beautiful place in the would.. i think i first feel in love with it from the the James bond move skyfall.. when he drive home.. to the family home. the hole part of that movie was stunning. where was that set? do you know Mr Griff

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Harry, I think the Skyfall scene you’re thinking of was filmed in Scotland, but I can’t be sure. My part of the world is quite some way from there, but still pretty special to me 😊👍🏻

[@Theytoldmetodoit1]

I went there for the first time Good Friday. Took me over 5 hours to drive there (and then another 5 hours to get back) It is hard to photograph it correctly....my bad photography, and I failed to get anything good, no matter how I tried. I need to go again because it is a beautiful place.

[@DGriffGallery]

Really sorry you had a hard time, but I'm glad you enjoyed the location itself. It really is a challenging location, and if you're not blessed with the best conditions you shouldn't be hard on yourself about struggling there. I live about 5 mins away and I still often come away empty handed despite being able to see what's going on out of my window! 😀👍

[@Theytoldmetodoit1]

@@DGriffGallery I will definitely be back there. I need to explore North Wales more. At the end of the day I experienced a new place and that was still amazing to me. You know what depressed me about the whole thing, knowing that I live in a grey dull and uninspiring town not far from London, when all I want is to be surrounded by mountains, lakes and beautiful coastal regions. Just being at St Cwyfan's church and the area, was a therapy to me and for that moment, even while taking photos I knew where not anything spectacular, I was feeling happy, relaxed and stressed free.

[@01920487442]

Greetings David, great video, very clearly explained. Thank you for sharing you expertise; I have a question, you say you used two grads, one above & one below. Why did you choose to do it that way as opposed to one being inverted?

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi, and thanks ever so much for watching. Now that's a good question. What I was trying to do was to bring down the highlight areas at the top of the frame and a similar highlighted area of reflected harsh sunlight in the water at the bottom of the frame. So I needed 2 grads (one of which would be upside down) so that the central strip of the frame was unaffected. Reversing a grad would create a really hard transition and not achieve what I was after. This probably isn't the best explanation you've ever heard but it's really all I can do in hindsight. I guess I should've shown you more detail in the video itself. Sorry about that 😊👍

[@BrianHorsey]

Really interesting, David. While I have used some Nik (especially dynamic contrast) I haven’t done so for a while so perhaps a revisit is due. When/If you print do you do so from PS or another program? I see you don’t have the Print tab visible in LR. Thanks for the insight to your processing.

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Brian - no I don't even own a printer. I get them done to order if necessary, but it's not that often someone wants one!! 😀👍

[@SimonBurnCreative]

Very nicely explained thought process when taking the shot, and very interesting to watch your processing workflow too. One thing I was trying to figure out while you were talking on the beach, was your camera movement. It feels like you had someone filming you, but I'm sure you didn't. So I'm guessing you moved the footage around digitally to create the tracking effect? It really works well, a nice subtle detail on what was already "at best, aa superb production."

[@DGriffGallery]

Osmo Pocket tracks what you tell it to, so you can move around. I love it 😊👍🏻

[@SimonBurnCreative]

@@DGriffGallery Ah, forgot you had that little contraption. The image quality is amazing, thought it was a "proper camera".

[@rhiwderinraytube]

Many thanks for that David ! NIK collection is great when you take time to understand it (AnthonyMorganti.com does great video lessons on this and Lightroom and Photoshop) I will have a look at Frequency Separation now !

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks so much for tuning in again Ray 😀👍

[@TonyNeat]

. . . at best, superb 😉

[@DGriffGallery]

Ah big Tony - thanks a lot for tuning in mate! from big Dave!!! 😀👍

[@TonyNeat]

I just wet myself laughing (almost, it was a close call) at that comment Big @@DGriffGallery 😂

[@LarsKiel]

👍

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks 😀👍

[@howardallen5390]

I liked the way that you used two grads. Most KZbin photographers are recommending not to use grads at all, or any other filters, except for polarizers and big stoppers (obviously in appropriate conditions), because of loss of image quality and it’s possible to replicate the effect of grads in post. I’m guessing that you don’t agree with that point of view?

[@DGriffGallery]

Hello Howard, yes it's fair to say that if I can cut corners by using filters in the field I tend to do so. In this instance it would have been perfectly feasible to have blended exposures in post-processing since there was no action in the short which needed capturing. But to be honest, I was probably being a bit lazy! Of course, there are times when you really do need a filter because there is something which can only be captured in a single exposure and you need to balance highlights and shadows. I really don't ascribe to the argument that filters are inherently a bad idea. There are many a world-class image taken using filters, and I have won competitions using them and therefore my opinion is driven by my experience! 😊👍

[@howardallen5390]

@@DGriffGallery Thanks

[@thevalleywalker]

Firstly, an observation. Your hair is getting to be longer than that hippy Day, what's going on there , lol. Anyway, the video/vlog. As ever you are putting a tweak on your presentations/content and keeping the viewer interested, like it. As others have indicated it#s always interesting to see other people's processing and although I didn't learn anything new from what you did it did reaffirm some of the things I look at when processing. I must admit I have no set workflow (unlike yourself) and tend to pick one that looks like it can be worked on to give me a good representation of the shoot. I have not spent enough time shooting with the Panasonic G9 but going forward I think a workflow would benefit me - I need to be more rigid in that. Right onto your images. From the selections you showed us there was a time I would have gone straight to work on the darker one but these days I am finding that less contrast and applying it myself is a much more usual way to approach it. I liked the image you showed at the end and it showed your skill as a photographer who understands how to get the best out of the hazy light you had on location. In the processing section you alluded to dodging & burning in your workflow - very Adam Gibbs - esque then.. it's a processing I use myself, but not to any skill level that the ex pat uses it though :)

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Alan - i would have used the darker one back in Nikon days, but the noise would have been a problem on this one with M4/3 😀👍

[@Wealthishealth89]

Why not f11?

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Joel - that's because I use a micro 4/3 system and that's the sharpest aperture on the lens I use, an M.Zuiko 12-100mm Pro. And at f/5.6 I have plenty of depth of field so no need to stop down to f/8.0 😀👍

[@Wealthishealth89]

D Griff Gallery I own the same thing David. I shoot on the Panasonic G9 and I own the 12-100 lens. I find that f11 closes in tight and sharp. I guess, maybe I should try 5.6 for once. I only use on my bird photography or wildlife.