Landscape Photography On Your Doorstep

[@michaelrobbins5574]

I’ve followed you for a while now and I though I subscribe to a few video channels I enjoy yours the most, I think it’s because we’re closer to the same age and I can relate more and you do more of a soft, low key type of video instead of those loud watch how good I am as I travel to a exotic location that I could never afford to go to and shoot with a 6,000 dollar camera that a sponsor gives me that I will never be able to afford type of video. Thanks for keeping it simple and fun.

[@dryce2346]

'No excuses then' - thanks a bunch I need my excuses. I nurture my excuses. Brilliant vid.

[@alanthompson3851]

Who needs to go to Hokkaido for their snowy tree landscapes, it’s on your doorstep! Great video Craig, I am a great believer in knowing your local area and going out when the weather conditions and lighting are to your liking.

[@martinstokes5596]

Cheers Craig, inspired me to look closer to home and not ignore what I see every day..thanks

[@ninacleven7889]

Loved your ideas. One thing I greatly admire in Great Britain is the access you have to private property, here in the US almost all private property is posted to keep people out.

[@alanbrunelle1546]

Brilliant video Craig - the biggest hurdle some times when thinking about shooting nearby is the inability to see the uniqueness of the scenery due to familiarity. It’s always good to look at scenes with no prejudices. Thanks for sharing your artistry and ingenuity.

[@aledinchina1498]

I really miss that friendly "morning" of going for a walk in England. Another great, inspiring, vlog. Thanks.

[@wiffer64]

Proves you don't need to travel far. About to go and find my local lonely tree. Great video!

[@janeandrew2636]

Excellent video, Craig. You've shown that there are photos to be had everywhere. Illness prevents me for tackling Kinder Scout or Mam Tor but, as you show, there are opportunities to be had closer to home. Inspiring!

[@ReinholdFriedrichAuer]

Thanks Craig. Great lesson for those like me, who thinks getting good landscape needs only attractive places. I will now go around looking for my local places. Thanks for open my eyes.

[@mikelazz]

Great job! You really nailed it. Take action, get out and shoot, and make some brilliant photos - no excuses.

[@SuperStevie1967]

Great video, I like the way you say "it's not a glamerous location" I also know where this is, I have spent many a lazy day sitting under the tree in location 2, you could be anywhere if the conditions are right, it's nice to see our local area shown like this.

[@erichstocker4173]

Loved this video. Your photos of the trees and fields were great. Importantly it was an inspiration to go find my own local patch rather than waiting to go somewhere to take photos. Keep up the great work.

[@jayv-in1860]

I generally like all your photos

[@ceaabe]

Thank you very much for this video, it's great! Many people don't see what great possibilities they have next to them. Fields, crops, trees and nature can deliver incredible shots as well. Your shots are very well done and pieces of art. Wish I could take photos like you.

[@JohnHaswellPhotography]

Really enjoyed that one. The first two shots of the tree in the snow were my favourites

[@steveoprey7969]

The most enjoyable photography videos on YT, I've watched them all now so you need to increase your output Craig ... no pressure of course lol

[@e6Vlogs]

Stephen R ‘cough’ e6 Subscription ‘cough’!

[@StephenBoyd21]

Hi Craig, as a photographer who is trying to improve their skills on almost no budget, this video was an absolute delight. Sadly my lone tree is now surrounded by building site so I guess that I will need to go and find another.

[@GlenDomulevicz]

Good approach to photography, something worthwhile.

[@danev1969]

Thanks for the motivation. I will show your video to our local 200-member photography club. We live in a retirement community in Arizona and many of our members don't realize how much they have to work with within walking distance. It's all about perspective and framing.

[@philmann7733]

I like that you didn't didn't say that the ability to travel is helpful to making interesting I mages but demonstrated that it is possible to do so without, even when not living in the Lake District or Snowdonia. Some of the images you showed were truly impressive.

[@simonpaterson84]

Stunning images! Every one of them are excellent. I think there is something special about taking pictures closer to home as not everyone knows where the location is as opposed to somewhere well known. Very inspiring. Great video

[@casperghst42]

Very cool tree, makes me a bit envious.

[@JoshBenBernales]

Love the shots of the lone trees. I've been trying to locate lone trees in my area with no luck so far, I just love the simplicity.

[@roblawson4882]

I live in Northamptonshire so I'm not blessed with mountains but your video proves you don't need all of that to take good photos.

[@MargatePete6137]

Thanks Craig, the grass is always greener on the other side, but is it? You have motivated me to get out more often. All the best........Peter.

[@jbairdexp]

Quality stuff as always and a great demonstration of how to utilise the local landscape to create a range of interesting photos. :-)

[@julioestebanperezescudero6246]

Brilliant! Thanks for pointing to simple things seen with a different eye. 👍👍👍

[@jamesclark1152]

Another Excellent video Craig, thanks for sharing this with your now growing number of devoted followers like myself.

[@jimhamilton8775]

Great video Craig proving there are images around your home, Just look for them.

[@ThePosiview]

That first lone tree was super, as was the resulting photographs. Enjoyed this and useful idea. Cheers.

[@ViktorGabyshev]

Great video! Thanks for inspiration!

[@obroadieswimmer]

I really enjoy your videos Craig and I'm always happy when a new one drops in. The pano with the tree on the right was my fave here but there were many more that caused me to express a 'wow' or more. :)

[@almalott4936]

Great video making the most out your local landscape something we can all do

[@cjmartin69]

Great one I've been trying to do more of this myself. I live within 10 minute walk to some outstanding views and a 10 minute drive in a couple of directions to many other views. With a 2 year old at home and work and life I don't get as much time to go out taking photos as I want so when I get some time to go I try and visit these local areas to practice and find good compositions. I also find taking pictures of my 2 year old is quite a great way to practice with movement and autofocus. He moves so much I think I could shoot any sporting event!

[@andrewfrost8866]

Stunning tree images (I just love ‘em).

[@ValentinosLoucaides]

Excellent work!

[@Davidd8655]

Brilliant photography and hilarious moments - great watching as always Craig :-)

[@jongrall]

Great stuff, Craig! You did a fantastic job of making the most of your local landscape, and it really shows the power of revisiting a location over and over in different conditions, and how that can turn a mediocre scene into something special. I'm also looking for my local Michael Kenna tree here in NJ, USA. However, my area is a bit more built up, so it's likely I'd have to travel more like 30mins to find a similar open field or any lone trees. Our local parks are unfortunately not much to look at, and crammed with manmade stuff (dog playground, human playground, pull-up bars, baseball field, flagpoles, tennis courts, etc.), which makes trying to do landscape photography there a little daft. We do however have a pretty famous Iris garden, which is spectacular for about 2 weeks a year for Macro photography.

[@ChrisSmith-gf3ge]

Another great video Craig, some lovely images.

[@WilliamLesourd]

Great vlog post as always. One must say that From December to March, unless there are some extreme weather conditions like snow and frost, this is not the right season to shoot landscapes under our latitude especially on a drab day like this one. But I see your point.

[@stephenreed7769]

Good stuff Craig👍 Sometimes we can dig for diamonds in our own back yard!

[@SiWootton]

Brilliant watch as usual. I was expecting a wee bald chap to be running in front of you for some reason during that first walk. I'm similar to you in that I have a local tree or two, sometimes lucky with local poppy fields and really lucky to have a lovely waterfall all withing 5 minutes drive. Your video has made me think that I am not visiting them anywhere near enough though so thanks for the inspiration and well done on another quality production.

[@yujinlandscapephotography.7787]

Great shot and very beautiful images. Thank for your sharing video. Craig.

[@emceedee01376]

Thats me well and truly told! I'm far too quick to bemoan the boring, flat Fenland landscape! Great tips as ever Craig. Great images too.

[@royhall415]

great job you have done craig

[@chrisnowellphotography]

I like it. I’ve got some stunning countryside landscape near me. I to have explored and got some great stuff in the right light

[@titouyou1]

You're too modest, but kindly encouraging, nice of you.

[@grahamscarbro5500]

Great video Craig , i needed that inspiration !! and made me re-think my location - thanks

[@dominiccrabtree]

Hi As always a simple message on taking better photos that have something wothwhile about them Thanks Dominic.

[@timseward19]

thumbs way up for this one, just wonderful

[@garypentecost833]

Inspirational as usual ,thanks Craig

[@RalphGoldsmith]

Excellent video, Too often we dismiss the opportunities of the home patch and therefore miss out on the chance to get something different. Some lovely images you have from yours

[@El-Tel63-Terry.]

Inspirational stuff, great photography, great channel 👍🏻📸

[@SteveZodiac777]

inspirational!

[@stephanieleggatt8902]

Great video and lovely pics, I live in the country so now get out and shoot my best, thanks for sharing your inspiring work.

[@stevebrown164]

Great - very inspirational. I am heading out on foot tomorrow. We had a competition category at my Camera Club last year that dictated that the photograph had to be taken within the confines of the market square in our town. It was quite surprising to find that the number of entries for this category was as high as for any other category, proving that photography can be done anywhere. More surprising was the variety of images form an area that is barely 100m x 100m. Enjoying the Vlogs

[@kenhenley7599]

How motivational and inspirational. Thank you.

[@paultaylorphotography9499]

Quality work Craig cheers paul

[@Tony-cm3qj]

Love your video

[@waindalton8575]

Regards. That's a good video. Thank you for it. I now feel encouraged to use my local patch to better effect.

[@christoombes7875]

Great video and images, thanks for sharing 👍

[@1205juergen]

Awesome pictures ....

[@TaxiRED]

Bloody hell Craig... Your local patch is my local patch.. location 2 is on the "Ginny Run" and i have photographed that tree also.. And now i know where your location one is now and i shall be photographing that now too... I just can't believe i've been subscribed ages and you live less the a quarter of a mile from me.. WOW.

[@jeetts59]

Interesting, entertaining and educational as always.

[@thevalleywalker]

Treemendous vlog - sorry, couldn't resist :) Great images as always. Fab idea for a project.

[@AlergicToSnow]

Great images. Very inspirational

[@dslmaxe]

Great and important lesson! Inspiring!

[@ilofoten441]

Brilliant!!! The way you find subject is amazing, thank you for sharing!!

[@tonyb2760]

Nice work. I need to get out more. Thanks for sharing

[@MrCochise71]

Fantastic! The music from Benny Hill...that shows how old I am. 😋

[@bobwollenberg9160]

thanks. Made me think of where my local patches are.

[@lukas7672]

This is an great idea! More of this please.

[@leond123]

Feels like I've been photographing my doorstep for years. Gets mentally tiring after a while. Thanks for the reminder that's there's a lot more left.

[@StiffUpperLens]

Great video and something I massively need to do myself. Really enjoying the good honest content

[@samsargdong1135]

Hi,thanks for your video.Very nice pics.Bye!

[@steveoutdoors5964]

Great video. I'm new to photography just got myself a dslr in November. On one of my first trips out "on my local patch" one of my favourite shots is of a lone tree in a field a was passing through. I captured it as the sun was setting. I will be photographing this tree a lot as you have as its a great subject to practice with. Arab Steve

[@Sharpy011]

Very inspiring video Craig! Determined to look more locally and find a location for seasonal shots. Great channel ! 👍

[@gavinjmcgrath6983]

Thanks for this: encouraging and instructional!

[@kevmoiz1718]

Hi Craig, the only iandscape from my doorstep is the garage and bins! informative vids,great.

[@kenny75photography2]

Keeping it close and real, Craig. ;) Enjoyed this one especially the sped up Benny Hill sequences.

[@TheDerisavi]

Thank you, it was very motivative

[@Molybdan42]

Everything is better with the Benny Hill Theme :) Nice Video Craig

[@klb430]

Inspiring! I live in central US surrounded by corn and soybean fields and can get a bit bummed when I see amazing photos from places I can't travel to. You have changed my attitude! EDIT: I just noticed your Rt 66 video so you may have been near where I live if you travelled through Illinois!

[@charliethebubbles]

Well done, proves there is no excuse for not taking some sort of landscape. For my sins I live in Crewe, I have a tree I use often. Its opposite a housing estate and next to a busy road. But it is in a field, and on a bit of a slope, so no excuse. Another well informed vlog, and I loved the Benny Hill theme in the first journey.

[@MiguelACoronaDM]

Great video Craig. I'm lucky to have two local "patches" here in NY that provide a diversity of landscape to practice techniques (many of which I learn here!) - both within 10 mins away. No excuses is right.

[@MrFreakwent]

There are always possibilities, and I must mention you pick great backing music on all your Vlogs .

[@angelathomas2117]

Loved this it has given me some good ideas :-)

[@graemerandles]

Ha Michael Kenna tree your to much great work as ever

[@1spitfirepilot]

Great vlog idea.

[@michaelcary9467]

Over the past three years I've become a huge believer in shooting local and while I don't have any place with in a 10 minute walk I do have about five different locations/areas within a 15-20 minute drive, one of which I visited over 26 times in 2017. Additionally I've found that by using clouds as a key element of my compositions that I'm able shoot the same or similar point of views but get very different result/images simply based on the shape and position of the clouds relative to the other elements in the scene.

[@Ces1um]

Love the channel. Keep the great content coming!

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Cool video. I really like the sentiment and the key idea you're trying to convey here. I do think a lot of photographers fail to see whats right on their doorstep. I've subbed your channel. I've just started a photography channel myself. If you have a moment i'd really appreciate feedback from you as you're clearly pretty experienced at this. All the best

[@KGi4]

I love it. You vblogs are so simple so wise. Its truly inspirational for everyone just to grab camera and go explore your local areas. And honestly your photos are much better than overated T.H. : )

[@waindalton8575]

GyDRyUs You shouldn't say such things concerning TH. But now that you did, I agree!

[@jemaluang1]

Very inspiring ! We tend to slag off when we don’t travel, and no one can afford to travel 365 days. Thank you

[@kevinmarshall7604]

Treemendous, sorry about the pun, great shots and inspiration to get out there and have a go

[@aevans8216]

Great shots loved the iPhone pictures(goes to show it’s all about the photographer not the camera)

[@michalstojan4894]

So... I am going to start searching :D

[@andanotherthing6687]

Lol. Benny hill esq b roll. Always lots of opportunity locally. Great way to train the eye and practice the techniques. Travellin would be wonderful, just impractical witha day job and british mountains , wilds and seascapes all a good two hours or more from the center of england. I have forests, farms, lakes, trails and everythink else. On my doorstep if only just look. Lesson learned.

[@antoniolancho3245]

Hola, me ha gustado mucho este vídeo. Demuestra las infinitas posibilidades que tiene una sola localización.