Discovering Landscape Photography Opportunities locally

[@mortenthorpe]

Super important contrast to most other KZbin photographers’ videos - you need not travel to exotic locations to take some awesome photos- capturing what you know the way you see it, is the art.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Well to be fair I do travel to some awesome locations around the world and have filmed my experiences.

[@thedman113]

Quite easy to say though when one lives on Vancouver Island. :)

[@peterebel7899]

Great letting us participate at your patient process bringing light and composition together. And: Even Adam Gibbs is doing some experiments with different comps/crops out of one scenery.

[@GYS11]

Hi Adam, I know this is an older video but I find your videos really peaceful and soothing. The photos in this video are stunning and the sage green of the moss and trees in the background really highlights the orange of the main subjects. It was inspiring to see you find a little spot and not really know where you were going to shoot as this is generally how I do it and thought I must be doing it wrong as I've only been at it for 18 months. I agree - the light is the most important thing.

[@williamcharlesworth4617]

Adam, your video has awakened my enthusiasm. Living in the forested area of Pennsylvania, we have many such opportunities as you do, but am not a great fan of the bitter cold and wet cloudy weather we have had for the majority of our winter. So, your video and the excellent discussion on your composition awakened that desire within to go out and look around for a good pic. I loved your pictures and the options . Bill.

[@klaus.bernhard]

What a sensitive composition 👍. For me, the no.1 is is best, Five the stomp a change. There‘s so much to learn from this, Chapeau to the Master 🤛😉 All the best Klaus

[@QuietLightPhoto]

To be fair I found watching the Instagrammers to be quite fascinating. These guys brought a changing tent and a pile of clothing props including the typical Instagram floppy sun hats. These young women must have been freezing out in the frosty morning air with tank tops and floppy hats. Ah to be young again, perhaps if I was the same age might be playing my music out loud and goofing around with good friends. It's all good, fun in Vancouver Island.

[@drewturnbull1]

Great images again Adam. Yes, don't you just love the folks that show up with no regard for others by sharing their music and even better, light up a smoke to pollute the fresh mountain air.

[@slowlyrusting4044]

Yup, I absolutely hate that s#!*

[@MLC48]

OMG! Yes! I hike all that way to get to some fresh air and nature and someone lights up a cigarette or pot joint. I have to figure out some way to get over it so that it doesn't ruin my outing.

[@richardwood6121]

@@brianbarwick583 9mm? Seriously wide angle lens!

[@IamUke]

I love my GFX 50S. Seeing your raw captures gives me warm landscape fuzzies. I'm thrilled that you are using the 50R-- Watching you work is priceless and seeing what the GFX is capable of gives me hope that one day I can steal your trophy like His Lordness did...

[@freetibet1000]

Great to see how you work with your photography on your own home turfs Adam! Back here in my own Swedish environment I sometimes think back on the days when I lived on Salt Spring Island, next to Vancouver Island. Especially I would love to come back and visit the fantastic Arbutus forests that I experienced on the western side of Mt Tuam on the island! Don’t get me wrong, I just love the nordic environment I’m in right now too, but when some of those lovely Arbutus trees showed up in todays video from you I couldn’t help my self but starting to fantasize about going back one day for a second visit. I also have fond memories of the lovely hummingbirds buzzing around my cabin up on the high rocks locking out over the archipelago to the south. Quite often we also had Bald eagles circling on the rising warm winds high in the sky. On clear days I could see all the way down to Mt Rainer beyond the Olympic mountains (state Washington) in the south, from the cabin too. The Canadian west coast really is a magical place in so many ways! I would love for you Adam to come over here one day and experience the nordic landscape of Scandinavia! It would be a privilege to show you around the more rugged wilderness of the north! Thank you for all the great work you do for the nature photography community Adam!

[@hermilioquintana9178]

Definitely with the precense of light the composition is so much better , thank you Adam.

[@davebryer6133]

All the shots were nice but for me, the very first one was the winner, I so loved the colors, beautiful.

[@michaelholt1]

Really nice images Adam. For me, I love this type of photography more than the numerous epic scenes we so often see.

[@charliepackard5418]

As a tree lover I am eternally grateful for a Fuji contact that mentioned your vlog work some time ago. So much of our learning comes from repetition which you practise gently and give plenty of examples. I am glad you returned to this scene and re-shot so successfully. You definitely nailed the solution with the dead grey stump at your 2nd attempt by placing it closer to the arbutus and it now balances so well with the grey bark of the distant snag. Totally agree with your expectancy of light and composition success. AT the very BEST, and LOCAL mine is 10% !! I never get bored with the challenge of light/weather variety and occasional success :-)

[@haroldmassey5966]

Amazing what the light does to change the picture on those trees on Little Mountain. Thanks Adam.

[@grahamjones2759]

Quiet light. Quiet nature. Your videos make a wonderful change from so much of the frenetic nonsense that populates KZbin. Thanks for taking the time to create and publish these very informative videos.

[@Tapshanov]

I love the way you are composing your images. Rarely you will find a photographer on youtube that actually is devoting to the image they are taking while filming.

[@williammiller7328]

Another very enjoyable video Adam. I really love the way you capture woodland images!

[@IslandFilmMaker]

I've been up there a few times! Interesting composition you choose since the valley wasn't as interesting. Light was your friend on this morning. The image quality out of that camera is spectacular. Thx for sharing Adam 🍻

[@MattSchulze]

I don't mind the gray stump because it lends color balance to the image. The gray is repeated in the trunk of the dead snag in the distance and the alternating red and gray tree trunks look quite pleasing. Nicely done, Adam.

[@timetodestination9538]

I totally agree with Adam. Light is truly the most important factor and composition comes second.

[@Duade]

Fantastic video, loved the vertical comp with light, so good. Goes to show how with some skill you can fine tune compositions to work. That dead snag on the left was very distracting to my eye so it was great to see you identify that and exclude it. 👍

[@tjcuneo]

Always enjoy your videos and appreciate you taking the viewer through your thought processes regarding each image. Your emphasis on light and simplifying the composition has been a helpful reminder to slow down in order to make memorable images. Thanks.

[@michael_eugster]

thank you adam for sharing your knowhow in your videos. you have a great way of explaining. could listen to you for hours.

[@mauriziomigliozzi]

The raw files out of the Fuji are just spectacular

[@sethbourget680]

It took me a couple videos to warm up to your channel but for some time now it's one of my favorites. Thanks for the work you put into these videos.

[@debrareither4682]

Such beautiful scenery! Thank you for sharing paradise

[@reidnorthrup2688]

Another good video Adam. I really like the first photo you showed. Really emphasizes the importance of post processing to finish the photo. One CC - I'd erase the little leaf at the top left corner.

[@andrewherbert9938]

Cracking images there Adam , think I prefer the vertical comp but they are all lovely , you found a really great subject and it was great to see how you worked the composition

[@dominiclester3232]

So good, thank you! I actually preferred the day one composition. As a mainly Nikon shooter I hate to admit that your shots on the 50R screen already look amazing.

[@garyholman8634]

Really interesting watch Adam. You live in a wonderful location. Lovely photo and the light hitting the tree makes such a difference. All about the light, as they say. Great video!.

[@jlr3636]

I’m enjoying your video, having a cup of morning coffee and watching about six Anna’s hummingbirds playing in the light rain. Things are good. Really appreciate your walkthrough on your composition, in the past I was all about the grand view and missed the world in the foreground. Love the light.

[@JohnPaul-ii]

What a brilliant spot for photography you have there Adam. Have a similar site near me that overlooks the tops of the pine forests, so special when the fog is in the trees. Looking forward to seeing more from this place. Thanks for sharing your work with us.

[@adamsmith6594]

Light is so important. Clearly displayed in your work. Just beautiful Adam. Thank you for sharing.

[@shanefiddle]

Once again, such great in-depth detail in the process of creating a good composition and how to hone our craft. ALSO! You give me such hope for our profession/passion in light of climate change, proving that the best photography need not destroy the earth to make truly excellent art. Thank you for your videos, they give hope to a future generation.

[@erichbojarzin369]

It’s been said that a good photo is 90% light and 10% composition. Love your work, cheers.

[@kendallkyle585]

Always enjoy your thoughtful videos!

[@lennartphotography]

Nice shots, really like the vertical comp, lovely light. 👏👏👏

[@vincentlerie2911]

Fantastic images especially the pano. I really like the contrast between the reddish branches and the gray ones yet they lived in harmony. From a technical point it would be nice to know where you place your focal point. Very much looking forward to the next video.

[@Bimmly]

Another inspirational video, If nothing else does, the difference between the two images @15:00 one before and one with the light, show what you say about the impact light makes on an image.... awesome x x

[@chrisroot7182]

Climb up to a grand vista and shoot a tree! That's why we love you Adam! Loved these shots especially the simplified vertical comps. Great job leading us thru your thought process. Cheers!

[@tonydalnodar8479]

Really loved the second day composition. I also find your persistence to keep going back to a location until you have satisfied your vision inspiring. Thanks

[@sandergrefte33]

I absolutely love the vertical composition and framing! It also shows how important it is to learn from your own photo’s and then go back to further optimize your composition.

[@DivisionStreetDrums]

Love the video Adam, awesome photos. Thank You

[@paulkirk5760]

Super video and some great shots! Looks like a really nice spot.

[@ThomasPetzwinkler]

Fantastic piece Adam! I've been touting the importance for years of shooting locally. I do it often on my own YT channel. I think so many people see people like yourself and say they can't possibly shoot that well because they can't possibly go to places like you go and it's simply not true. It's all in the work and time put in to learn to see and to create with what you have. Thanks again for a great video!

[@EnterSpacebar]

The RAW files already look like near-finished images.. incredible!

[@nickbristol3457]

Adam, Always so enjoyable watching these. I liked how you worked the different compositions of this one location and came away with some wonderful images. Close to home is always nice when you can do it.

[@anne-marielittenberg8950]

I love what you say here about shooting local for many reasons. I worry about the destruction that happens when everyone migrates to the same location to capture a scene. I worry about the carbon footprint involved in getting there. When I have been to famous locations, I hate that I am there with throngs of others. I appreciate the chance to see others’ work from their local environs because it shows me something new. I am not really interested in looking at photos of famous places that I have already seen a hundred times on social media, etc. But show me something intimate, local, new. This year I have thought a lot about the California wild flowers from last year, where social media posts about them brought thousands of people, trampled flora, stressed trails, and traffic jams with running car engines.

[@jhnfrrguto]

Thank you for all the instructions and wisdom on photography. Such good advice, it really helps. 🙂

[@richcower]

great message, beautiful photos. thank you.

[@rolandrickphotography]

16:11, awesome, how you can use that 32-64 up to f/22 without any diffraction. Fujinon lenses truly nail it. XF are already good, but that GFX system even tops it. Considering it’s even no prime but a zoom lens doubles the wow 🤩

[@QuietLightPhoto]

there is diffraction but not significant enough to worry about

[@lindahenderson2113]

Thank you, Adam. You have inspired me to take advantage of the beautiful arboretum 2 miles from my house. I find all kinds of excuses to not go and lug my pack and gear. Thanks again for taking us on your adventures.

[@jamesmarko1787]

Beautiful shots Adam.

[@jeppemichaeljensen2684]

Brilliant video. Really looking forward to my trip to Vancouver Island. Thanks

[@rebeccamoore4177]

Beautiful. You’re teaching so much. And I agree about noise. Why go somewhere to enjoy nature and not listen to the birds and rustling branches?

[@edwinshank7865]

Once again Adam, you have the amazing ability to find great images of what some would consider (myself included) rather mundane subjects, trees. It’s your eye for good composition along with always amazing light that impresses me the most on your channel. I learn more with every video you post. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us. I will strive to apply what you’ve shared on my next outing. Cheers!

[@derekolsen999]

Wonderful stuff as per usual Mr G

[@Randyfhutchison]

Well done. So many times we think it's all about far away places, when they're in our own backyard. I live in North Idaho close to many beautiful areas.

[@mr_xzzy]

Shooting local is super important, but man being in the US midwest makes it a colossal challenge. Super jealous of your opportunities in/around Vancouver!

[@Hirsutechin]

Working the composition, and I like the more selective second version of the snag framed by the arbutus trees. Cheers, Adam!

[@mikemitchell3889]

Adam, While I always look forward to photo safaris to more distant environs, the local opportunities have provided some tasty and repeatable opportunities. I, too get a bit anxious when I realize I have just driven 900 miles and wonder, upon departure,, "What did I miss?" "They're not photographers, they're instagrammers." - what a grand comment! IMHO -- The second (vertical iteration of the tree/snag) is very, very nice. The grey stump in the original shot was, to me, hemorrhoidal in its irritation factor. The pano is also quite nice All told, excellent job working the location. Thank-You, Mike

[@MrMB2652]

I watch all your vlogs, this one stood out a little, the discussion on composition was really valuable. Thanks.

[@paulafontanini5719]

HA! They're not photographers, they're Instagramers!! :) I really enjoy these kind of videos shot in local areas. I for one can't travel to some of these far-away places with epic scenery so I just don't get as inspired compared with this type of landscape photography. Thanks Adam for the insight into your process . ..as always, great video!

[@derekcampbell4413]

Excellent video. Very nice image.

[@Mackfrenzie]

Super inspiring as always, Adam! Loved how you simplified the original composition with the vertical shot. For me, that one was my fav.

[@rolandrickphotography]

2:40, I love it, how the morning light flattens the scene on the reds and whites in the big huge antenna 🥰 - 😂😂😂

[@stevenbridge]

Thanks Adam for another interesting video. I had been wondering when you would get up to Little Mountain. It's one of my favorite places to revisit. Might see you up there next time.

[@WheresCooley]

The Osmo looks great. Don't be afraid to use it more often!

[@dominiclester3232]

Osmo also put the sound in the centre, unlike the initial camera!

[@boscomac2434]

I appreciate your insights to composition and light. I think they will help me improve my photography. Keep up the good work... cheers 👍

[@hifienthusiast8768]

"Nobody knows I'm here, and it would be a week or two before they found me." Been there done that! Great video and love the close shot on the Fuji.

[@davemenard5089]

It may seem crazy but I liked how the scene was rendered on the back of the camera at 5:55 . Softer , lighter , a whisper of light , seems to be just about right to me.

[@LisaFrostPhoto]

Oh I’m with you on the people coming out to nature and making a racket...does my head in to go camping and end up with someone nearby with their “doof doof” music! It’s right up there with my love of posers getting in the way at beautiful spots whilst they pay no attention to anyone or anything around them...including the view! Anyway, a lovely collection of photos once again Adam. I can’t go past the wonderful light and frost in the background you had the first day...stunning!

[@tompetersphotography]

Great vlog Adam, really nice to see your workflow and thought process with that scene👍🏻 that resolution of them files look very Impressive

[@thelonghaul5214]

the light makes this shot. no question in my mind.

[@paulus0109]

I liked the pano, perheps the most. Thnx for another good vlog Adam.

[@jimrookphotos]

Adam, in your first photo, I don't believe the stump cut off with a saw detracts at all. You can't tell in the photo how it was cut or broken and secondly, the area it fills would be pretty void without it and thus make the composition unbalanced. All in all, very beautiful as was the results of the next day.

[@janm2473]

So calm and relaxing. Beautiful. Thank you, Adam.

[@mikefrith1590]

Thanks so much for another local episode! Have to admit it left me feeling ‘grumpy’. I have gone up Little Mountain a number of times and come away with the big pano but all my Arbutus compositions were tossers. Look forward to going back taking advantage of your thoughts. Cheers.

[@bigairphotoandfilm]

Great work Adam- really cool video

[@wallybeep]

As always, great images. We've been having the same blue skies in Tacoma these last few days, hummingbirds included. Perhaps, not ideal for photography, but after our long, dark seasin, a day or so respite is OK here to hint at light finally at the end of Winter's NW tunnel. Marvelous light, Adam. As always, the compositions are spot on. This time I seem to prefer the splayed out, reaching nature of the trees in the pano this time a tad more. Another great video. Thanks for starting my day.

[@andreasschaefer8613]

Hey Adam! Love what you make and what I'm learning from you, all very inspirationg! Thank you and please Keep on going! Greetings from Bremen, Germany Andreas

[@RickMentore]

Got that, its light then composition! Cool, that you know the names of the different trees.

[@barryj1956]

Another great video, you need a "stalker" to keep an eye on you if you are worried about not being found for a "week or two". Have you ever used the electronic shutter on your Fuji when using the slower shutter speeds to minimize any shutter shock?

[@karlthefirst8690]

This is a great lesson, Adam, and so well-illustrated, thank you. Great to see you right back out there after the F4 madness!

[@mattniven6380]

Nice one, thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@jeff8289]

What a lovely way to bring on the day. Thank you! I really love the way you go about explaining what you are trying to express. Beautiful.

[@mikebroesel]

Your new camera is popping the subject out a little more, the image is little more 3D. Nice!

[@GrandWalkingTours]

another great video man , well done

[@WildLightLandscapes]

Great video mate, Those arbutus trees are just beautiful I love all my local areas they are the ones you can keep going back to over and over until you get the perfect conditions and light. They are also really close to the kettle for a good cup of tea lol😂👍✌

[@QuietLightPhoto]

precisely, FYI Ive run out of Scottish Blend, now into the Yorkshire blend again.

[@WildLightLandscapes]

@@QuietLightPhoto Lol will get some more in the post 🤣

[@michealpociecha8351]

Great stuff as usual. I’m with you on the music. Nature’s sounds are so much better. Thanks for your videos.

[@Leffe49]

Love those trees, with their glowing colours. I think you nailed all of your shots Adam, with the light you asked for. Great photos as usual. Those trees, I wish we had here in my neighbourhood ;)

[@gurunath1710]

Beautiful shots. Loved the pano. How lovely it would have looked if you had a bird on that stub of branch. Regarding the blog, does the audio start off left biased?

[@19Photographer76]

The light on your first morning was the best IMO.

[@RussWeymouthPhotography]

Great photos, really liked the panoramas which give a feel of the viewpoint. Just about to go and shoot locally myself, when the 40mph winds ease off!

[@fisherkingbat]

Adam, Thanks I enjoyed this video. I enjoy watching you and the other f4 guys. I was interested to see how small of apertures you used on some of these shots: f20, f22, with longer exposure times. I see a lot of videos where you guys mention that lenses tend to be at their sharpest at f8, f11 and i notice many of the landscape shots taken, when the info is given, are often in the f8 - f11 range..

[@QuietLightPhoto]

I shoot at f22 quite often. It will cause diffraction but not enough to ruin an image. I did a video about it about a year ago, here kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ-mgIWGhJaLmsU

[@fisherkingbat]

@@QuietLightPhoto Nice, I'll check it out, thanks!

[@Creativecavemanagain]

Great video and a great location for locals. inspiring to see so much available within my "local" area. no excuses now. thanks a lot. ;)

[@pattymattes7124]

You have amazing images. I love the one where the little snag in the back was isolated. I understand what you mean about the music. There are some people who feel the need to broadcast a concert to everyone against their will so to speak. Makes me wonder if we forced them to listen to something they don't like how they would feel? Anyway, thank you for taking us to Little Mountain. The views look spectacular.

[@stevemeier7876]

great stuff as always...

[@Ramage7070]

Awesome location and shots, I have been going to the same spot in Golden Ears park to try and get that perfect light for about a year and just has not happened for me yet but a "bad" day taking photos is a great day.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

took me 15 yrs to get good light in golden ears lol

[@ellyelzinga01]

I love the first image you took for this video, it's beautiful!