Landscape Photography Workflow. This is my workflow

In this video, I demonstrate my Landscape Photography workflow and Panoramas.
Shot entirely at Glencoe. A couple of weeks ago I had just finished a 2 week trip up North to Glencoe and then onto Assynt. On my return back to Yorkshire I had a spare day so I headed back to Glencoe just to spend my last night in Scotland. The weather and light were so good the following day I just had to stick around and take more pictures. I mean, why wouldn't you!
Off the cuff, as is often the case with me I thought I would share with you my Landscape Photography Workflow. I've also included my Landscape Photography workflow when shooting Panoramas.
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Gary

[@andy1753]

I love Glen Etive I get covered in mud every time I go there. Your an inspiration Gary keep them coming.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Andy xx

[@FabrizioZago]

Very nice black and white and the pano at the end is beautiful! Totally agree with what you say about the nodal point, is not always a must.

[@allandavies1187]

Hello Gary and thanks you are a very good teacher. I always love your no nonsense straightforward approach with good sound advice. I imagine that your workshops are a hoot!

[@Ramblingdads]

Some cracking shots there!! 🏔🏔🎥🎞🎬📷📸👌🏻👏🏻

[@GaryGough]

Cheers James 👍👍

[@vincentspratling365]

Hi Gray. Marvellous shots and love pano

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Vicent 👍👍

[@wendynewing8834]

What a delightful video. Excellent advice and such a beautiful image. Thank you.

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Wendy 👍👍

[@Luigi13]

Definitely agree that the nodal point or sliders don't have a great effect for a distant panorama photography. Nice place and image Gary. By the way it is a great fun when you have a company of a good friend.

[@GaryGough]

Thanks again Gino. A friend along with you is great. Safety, another pair of eyes and also for a laugh too.

[@G0FUW]

Gary, Simon Booth did a great vlog showing when you DO need a nodal rail for panos - best demo I have ever seen. Like you, I have never needed one due to the distance to the subject and I LOVE panos - even used to stick 35mm prints together in the day! I bet that weather on the way home lifted your spirits! Great spot and some great execution. Thanks for sharing.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Steve. The weather was a welcome indeed :)

[@andybrown8909]

Superb Gary. Glencoe is my favourite place on planet earth. I really need to get back there soon. 😊

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Andy 👍👍

[@Kevin_YouTube]

That is a great video. Shows that photography is fun. I can’t understand how people can give a thumbs down. ...... and you get a great image at midday! Love it. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@GaryGough]

All images get thumb downs, it's just the KZbin way. You learn to swich off from them. There is 14 on this video SO FAR 😁😁

[@chriss2761]

That pano shot is stunning Gary another great video 👍

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Chris 👍👍

[@richardmoult9781]

Great video Gary and wonderful images as always

[@westenbergerstephan5955]

Very nice and thanks for the quick workflow intro!

[@danielodonoghue3529]

Great vlog today! I loved both the monochrome and colour shot...very evocative!

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Dan 👍👍

[@rodscherich9973]

Great tutorial Gary ! I enjoyed the adventure.

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Rod

[@steveschnetzler5471]

Amazing, not a ripple and great clouds in the sky. Great day, great photos.

[@johnsparkes8963]

Very interesting vlog Gary with great tips and information and also spot on images. Thank you for sharing.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers John

[@perambulatingmike]

Excellent video and fabulous images!

[@steveg4iwr]

It’s a rule we learned when I started in photography in the mid 60’s. nice one Gaz.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Steve :)

[@gordonmelrose57]

Beautiful panos Gary, and so well explained. Good to see you got some calm weather at last!!

[@GaryGough]

Calm weather at long last :) Cheers Gordon

[@johnmcsporran3090]

Great shots Gary - always look forward to your vlogs. There is now a few feet of snow in Glen Coe and Glen Etive with blizzards over the last 3 days and the weather is a wee bit nippy. Getting down the Glen Etive road without a 4x4 is a challenge. I think the mountain was Stob Dubh, with both the Boochles in the far distance, since it looks like you were at Druimachoish.

[@GaryGough]

I bet it'll be brilliant for photography atm. I'm not entirely sure where I was exactly. I'll take your word on it :)

[@FredWilbury]

I am so jealous Gary ...... what a shot .....

[@paulgreen758]

Pretty sure i can follow you work flow if i slow this excellent video down, but i dont think ill ever create images like this, il give it a go for sure, you are very good indeed, and thank you for helping us mortals

[@neilcalder3675]

Love watching your videos, just wish I had the eye for landscape photography.

[@JandKWildTube]

Gary very breath taking images loved the Vlog

[@GaryGough]

Thank you

[@grahamhgraham]

Lovely conditions that day. Decided to stay at my photo gallery and kicked myself when I look at traffic cams in Glencoe!. Anyway, lovely images and that's Stob Dubh at 12min 30sec Gary. Watched your Assynt videos and felt a sense of deep jealousy cos of the fabulous light last week. Looking forward to your next jolly across Scotland.

[@ianclark2722]

Hi Gary another great watch with some brilliant images I really liked the B&W shots and the Panos are outstanding and coupled with some great advice and info, by the way Gazza is right on that one, I don,t say I use it all the time but I am aware of it and use it now and again (don,t know whether it,s agood idea to tell him that though he might start getting big headed) looking forward to the next one all the best to all Ian

[@GaryGough]

lol it's a good guide Ian 👍👍

[@johnpunnett1426]

Bootiful... good to see the two Gary's interacting...

[@michellehiggs60]

Nice chilled vlog. Love it amazing photos as well. 👍🏼

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Michelle 👍👍

[@valpayne2963]

Beautiful image Gary. I can see that at an airport on one of those huge displays on the walkway. Or as a whole wall in a home. Great video with some very useful advice, thank you.

[@GaryGough]

Thank you Val. I certainly got very lucky with the conditions

[@jimcooke5590]

brilliant gary, loved the final pano shot and well explained throughout

[@GaryGough]

Thank you Jim xx

[@57sapke]

Awesome images 👍

[@GaryGough]

Cheers

[@stevewynveen1311]

Always love your videos...entertaining and informative.

[@adambennett2840]

Fabulous images Gary, you really lucked out with the weather, makes me want to revisit.

[@tonyutting6508]

Lovely shot Gary. I have been to Glencoe about twenty times and never seen anything but rain and mist. Going through it again on the way to Skye this summer. Fingers crossed.

[@ronaldcorvus4181]

F11 rule one of the first things I learned (from my father) about photography in the early sixties and sure it stil works.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Ronald 👍👍

[@lueyd6267]

Beautiful images. Love that you showed on the earlier picture in B&W dodge and burning techniques. Since I don't do pano's very much it was great to see how you accomplish it. Glad you took the time to make this video. Sunny 16 rule was drummed into my head by father starting as soon as I picked up his camera :)

[@Cumbriahandyman]

As ever, great shots...

[@GaryGough]

Cheers John. Some great pictures coming your way 👍👍

[@AndyBeattieUK]

That's the Sunny 16 rule we were taught for decades for film photography, they even printed it on the side of film packaging for years. The basics are very simple... f16 for sunny days, f11 for partial cloud, f8 for cloudy, f5.6 for overcast and f4 for sunrise and sunset. The less light from the sun, the more you open your aperture. Google Sunny 16 rule 👍

[@maggyfish]

Another great video Still my favourite KZbin channel 😀

[@GaryGough]

The cheque is in the post, cheers Shaun xx

[@ScoTreVan]

Nice one Gary, made me feel as if I were there, great pano,,, thanks for the laugh also

[@ironian24]

lovely vlog Gary nice one.

[@traceybartlam5940]

Stunning photo! Loved the f11 tip, I am going to try it as I’m a beginner and tend to use AV most of the time. Really enjoyed the relaxed video, what a location 👍

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Tracey

[@jimhamilton8775]

Again stunning work Gary. I believe I have heard of the sunny 16 rule.

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Jim 👍👍

[@susanfirth2279]

Lovely image Gary. I've heard about the Sunny 16 Rule - F16 shutter speed should be equal to the ISO. Nice to see some sunshine from across the pond instead of the bad weather you've been having.

[@GaryGough]

Just a good guide. Cheers Susan 👍👍

[@Biscuit761YT]

Gary, Bill here from the Glencoe trip, that first one was glorious, will have to get back to get some sunshine shots.

[@GaryGough]

Hi Bill, see the place doesn look brilliant in the right conditions :) Hope you're well

[@stevenmuncy491]

because? . . . why wouldn't you? Words of experience. Never waste a trip. Great video.

[@GaryGough]

lol cheers Steven 👍👍

[@craigmaisfield3247]

Brilliant mate great image..

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Craig

[@kenrees8726]

Stunning

[@brianlaunchbury4491]

F11 trick probably applies to full frame only. I use m 4/3 and rarely use anything beyond f8. In Scotland in about 5 weeks, I hope my back and the weather hold out for the week. A lovely set of images.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Brian. Hope you have a great trip 👍👍

[@davidpearce2981]

Gaz what a legend, don’t think I’ll use his top tip though. Great pictures Gary

[@GaryGough]

lol I know what you mean David :) 👍👍

[@aquarioamico6604]

I was wondering when you would mention the pano :-) As always, instructive and a pleasure to watch. Thanks, Gary.

[@GaryGough]

Thanks 👍👍

[@dcallan812]

Great content, Thank you.👍👍

[@GaryGough]

Thank you 👍👍

[@andybanks3416]

Great video Gary

[@TaxiRED]

Wow, great shots again.. love it.

[@markburton3306]

In the film days I always used F8 at 1/125. Job done

[@GaryGough]

lol It's a great guide but I wouldn't trust it today. Mind you we have histograms these days :)

[@billbaker9623]

Great images Gary. "Sunny 16" in the days of film was the "save you bacon" setting when you were on location and the light meter crapped out. With some practice you can learn to extrapolate exposures for the beach, snow or cloudy days. It will never be as good as a light meter, but it can get you close enough in a pinch especially in these days of digital imaging and the "shenanigans" that are possible in the digital darkroom. Cheers.

[@GaryGough]

Agree Bill. It's a great guide. Thank heavens for histograms and live views these days :)

[@antonoat]

Seems I'm first, always great to see another video from you Gary, cheers. PS amazes me some folks want to trek to the other side of the planet when we have Scotland! Incidentally it was originally known as the "The sunny 16 rule" lol. Manual is and always was the choice for those who want to take control, remember to turn off auto iso if you use it, when shooting landscapes or you'll never have complete control!

[@a1pestservice]

Glen Etive, my local fishing spot. Being a Scotsman I laugh at how you pronounce Etive,lol. Thanks for the great video, and the tip on the noodle point, or whatever you call it. I just bought a slider, and now found out I have wasted my money. AAaaaaaaa. In 4 months time, you will need you midge net in Glencoe.

[@paulhudson5464]

Just do some panos that include close-up foreground elements - they can look great and you won't have wasted your money

[@GaryGough]

Try as Paul said, use it with something close to the camera and then try it without. And yes, you'll find you've wasted your money. Shoot indoor architecture for instance then you'll 100% need to use your slider. Try it :)

[@a1pestservice]

@@GaryGough Many Thanks

[@a1pestservice]

@@paulhudson5464 Thank you.

[@stevew3012]

Another great vlog, loving the laid back approach and the pano at the end, wow, stunning 👍👍👍 That f11 rule is very similar to the "Sunny 16" rule explained by Bryan Petersen in one of his videos for Adorama TV on KZbin, he tests it out by shooting an image with lots of snow and bright blue sky, and it worked quite well.

[@GaryGough]

It's a good guide indeed :) Cheers Steve 👍👍

[@stevew3012]

@@GaryGough With 'guide' being the operative word 😉 A good starting point 👍

[@vacanechaser]

The sunny F/11 rule is old school stuff. They used it during the film days on bright sunny day. LOL. Truth, it works! Old School

[@GaryGough]

It's a good guide. They didn't have the benefit of histograms in those days though! Cheers Jesse

[@vacanechaser]

@@GaryGough absolutely. ive been shooting for 20 years now. you'd think id be better by now!! lol.. keep up the great work!

[@brianwillert2833]

Great images Gary! Have you ever thought about using back button focusing, instead of putting your camera into manual focus every time you do a panorama shoot?

[@GaryGough]

I'm not a fan of BBF I have a strange grip and it doesn't sit well with my daily workings. Cheers Brian

[@slannne]

Awesome

[@alnwill]

Great vlog, Gary! I find that with my EOS 7DII I need to push the histogram to the right & it works well, but with my EOS-R I keep some space to the right as it recovers the dark areas far better than the bright areas. I also much prefer using full manual mode. I recently tried using manual mode with auto ISO and got some great results (I do a lot of birds -in -flight), but got some equally abysmal results, so I'll be sticking to full manual in future. Loved the Glencoe shot -you did a great job editing the b&w, but I do prefer the colour version.

[@MarkPurmal]

Nice, you got lucky with the weather.

[@nigelbramley4188]

Entertaining as ever Mr Gough. The way you demystify techniques and simply put the onus on Imagery is a cut above.

[@paulcomptonpdphotography]

Nice and chilled I am glad you mentioned the reason why your panos work this time Haha. Can I ask what geared head is that I have a Benro one I have not used yet.

[@LeePelling]

Some great images in there for a pretty much unplanned vlog, i noice you said when you focused your first image that you switch the lens to manual to stop it from hunting on subsequent images, have you never tried back button focus separating the meter from the shutter, i switched a few years ago and dont regret it at all , makes so much more sense for a host of reasons.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Lee. I'm not a fan of BBF I have a strange grip and it doesn't sit well with my daily working.

[@patrickguilfoyle8884]

Nice images

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Patrick

[@SteveP_2426]

Lovely images, hope I get something similar in May when I'm up there. If you set up Back Button focus you don't need to worry about the autofocus hunting every time you press the shutter & whilst I use manual settings for panos and things like waterfalls and low light situations to be honest Apperture priority seems perfectly fine for most landscapes with the odd timer priority shot for when you have wind and want to freeze something like leaves or a boat.

[@GaryGough]

If it works for you then that's all you have to worry about. I'm not a fan of BBF

[@SteveLaMotteoc]

Hi Gary, don't mean to be hard on you but your friends tip is one of the industries most helpful. What your friend forgot to tell you, is you use it when you are using a camera with no meter, like a vintage camera, a film camera and it is mainly used in black and white film photography. I have been following you for awhile and really enjoy your videos and the nerds. Hope this helps so you are not to hard on your friend LOL Does he have a channel?

[@gerryboyd178]

I notice in a lot of your videos that you tend to put a timer delay of a couple of seconds on to an exposure to avoid vibration. Do you ever use a remote shutter release? another bit of gear I suppose but I find it handy. Stunning panorama, reminds of stomping up hills around that area (when we could!)

[@GaryGough]

Hi Gerry, I do use a cabled release sometimes. The 2 second delay is usually goood enough though. If timing is important, like photographing waves for instance then I would always use a cable release.

[@nader974]

Lovely

[@terryoreilly5642]

Hi Gary. Nice vid mate and well explained over the pano. I watched your video regarding how to take a pano and found it amazing info as i would not of thought of taking 1 in portrait orientation. But now think it is the best way. So take no notice attall over them people saying your doing it wrong. People are always quick to critisize. 1 last thing, what is the model of your manfrotto tripod head please. I am interested in 1. Thank you. IS IT THE (Manfrotto MHXPRO-3WG XPRO Geared 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head up to 4 kg?)

[@GaryGough]

Don't worry they were duly ignored :) I talked about the head on this video. There is a link to it in the description too kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ3El3yQoresoKs

[@martinagiusstreetphotography]

Hey Gary, if you start using back focus you will not need to set the lens to manual focus. I am sure you know this. I work as a photojournalist and it works wonders when you get the hang of it.

[@iaincphotography6051]

Makes perfect sense, the info off the back of film! It looks like your down Glen Etive still, so it is not any part of the Buchaille Etive Mor, there are two peaks to the Mor, one is called Stob Na Broige and the pointy one that everyone photographs is actually called Stob Dearge. Behind those two are two more peaks called collectively the Buchaille Etive Beag, Stob Dubh and Stob Coire Raineach. So Gary if you photograph the pointy one on the left as you go up Glen Etive to the main road, it is called Stob Dearg.

[@tjcuneo]

Enjoyed the video and making of a landscape pano. I have found that using "back button" focus on my camera reduces the number of steps to insure that the camera stays in focus. I was surprised you didn't use that technique.

[@Cumbriahandyman]

I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT SUNNY f11, EVER...

[@GaryGough]

:) Take anything that man with a opinch of salt 😊😉😁

[@Cumbriahandyman]

@@GaryGough That clip had me in stitches, so funny. Unforgettable...

[@blairlindsay3742]

Great relaxed Vlog Gary !! Can you please tell me what tripod head you are using ?? I Love how easy it is to adjust camera angles.

[@GaryGough]

It's a fantastic bit of kit. I talked about the head on this video. There is a link to it in the description too kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ3El3yQoresoKs

[@blairlindsay3742]

@@GaryGough Thanks Gary !! I must have missed that video, I will have a look now. Cheers

[@blackwingvisuals5017]

It works !

[@paulrodgers8241]

Hi Gary that is a great photo 👍. Is it better switching AF off when talking a photo or use back button focus ?

[@GaryGough]

I'd recommend setting your camera focus modes to constant when using BBF (Aiservo/AFC) I'm not a fan of BBF. Lots of people are though

[@muhammadesawy9256]

Very amazing photos as always but if you can explain more about histogram and how to get the best of it in landscape photography!

[@GaryGough]

Will do, cheers 👍👍

[@jimhood1202]

Very nice. Its a beautiful place and you did it proud. One question though, wouldn't setting your camera up for back button focus be a time saver for you?

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Jim. I'm not a fan of BBF I have a strange grip and it doesn't sit well with my daily working.

[@markjutsum6187]

Fab image, noticed you focused last after all the filter twiddling etc. And also quoted “ return to live view” before each shot- why? Is it to do with activating mirror lock up? C Thanks MJ

[@GaryGough]

Returned to live view because at the time it was displaying the image I had just shot. Back to live view so I could see the live composition. Hope that makes sense :)

[@obryobry]

Well ... I like your more relaxed videos mate :-)

[@nickyfoulkes8476]

I heard the rule as "the sunny 16 " but like you Gary I shoot in manual on my Fuji so irrelevent.Good light in the middle of the day with no wind in Uk at the moment, lucky Bu.....er......

[@GaryGough]

lol Very lucky Nicky :)

[@jimdog5565]

Don't know if you'll see this comment now Gary but...when talking about the histogram and exposing via your meter, what metering method have you got your camera meter set on ? - i.e. spot, centre weighted etc ? - Thanks Gary. Great vids too :)

[@tonymckeage1028]

Garry, The F11 rule rocks... why should it change constant light source. I remember Dad giving me his old 120 roll film camera, totally manual and he put 3 settings Sunny, cloudy and heavy cloud..... we should teach the f11 rule to all beginners

[@johnspencer1146]

It was the sunny 16 rule that I was taught, just the same as f11 rule but it was f16 which also works fine. Ideal to know just in case your light metre goes down.

[@stevengangwisch1792]

Yeah I've always known it as the sunny 16 rule

[@clasijuls1]

please guys come to south africa ,and give us a workshop ...please !!

[@nikoskoutsouros8269]

I would love to see the PS editing in your first photo, step by step :)

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

I've heard of the F/11 rule before but I never follow it. For landscapes I shoot manually in live view; granted, I use my base ISO and F/8 - F/11 whenever possible unless poor light or high wind make a fast shutter speed difficult. I rarely use grads anymore; I'd rather exposure stack.

[@vproven]

The first image is overexposed. Go back to the light meter. Lol. Just kidding. Love your work and glad to see you are still using a vintage camera. Oh, the Sunny 16 Rule has been around forever and then some. 🤓

[@TimberGeek]

That f/11 tip is just sunny 16 adjusted slightly to protect the highlights I didn't know you had to push a button to return to live view after each shot on a Canon, for a moment there I couldn't figure out that extra motion in your pano shooting sequence.

[@GaryGough]

You don't have to push a button I was just speeding the process up. After taking a shot the image was being displayed on the live view. After a 5 seconds or so the image view would have switched back to live view again. Hope this makes sense :)

[@TimberGeek]

@@GaryGough Oh, right. I forget about that. I've got my auto image display turned off.

[@nelya9100]

Добрый день Гэри! Не могли бы вы дать ссылку на голову ,которая у вас на штативе? Спасибо! С удовольствием смотрю ваши видео, очень нравится.

[@GaryGough]

Привет Неля, да конечно ... amzn.to/2NpniBN Это отличный комплект. Ваше здоровье

[@chrismagnus7705]

Why do so many get hung up on fully extended tripod centre columns?

[@GaryGough]

Hi Chris. I have no idea, why? has sombody said something?

[@chrismagnus7705]

@@GaryGough: If you look at Gaz's tripod he has the centre column fully extended. I thought I'd mention it before some anorak of a pixel peeper slagged him off. Lovely pics by the way.

[@eurocharger]

Gary, what is the name of that Manfrotto tripod mount you used for the pano shot please?

[@GaryGough]

I talked about the head on this video. There is a link to it in the description too kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ3El3yQoresoKs

[@vicky197805]

It is called sunny 16 rule

[@andymiles5156]

Glad you got some good light Gary and lovely reflections, the sun has just come out in Suffolk. I remember the sunny f16 rule (it’s the same as the f11 rule) from way back with the John Hedgecoe books. For anyone interested this summarises it nicely cdn.photographylife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Sunny-16-Rule-Exposure-Chart.jpg

[@GaryGough]

It's a decent guide Andy 👍👍

[@arkansastraveler7698]

I was told f16 back in the 70's.

[@GaryGough]

Yeah it's a great guide indeed :)