How to photograph ICONIC locations - ICELAND in Winter

Everything has been shot to death - why bother going to shoot iconic locations? RUBBISH! - Iconic locations are usually beautiful, magnificent, awe-inspiring and unfortunately crowded. In this video I show how I managed to make some shots that I really love despite the crowds.
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[@tjmanou6422]

outstanding compositions as always. so tired of watching all the other landscape channels showing the same crap everybody else does with eve more cliche "secret" or "do this" videos. this channel is VERY underrated. thank you very much

[@Alister_Benn]

Thank you so very much. Yes, I think it's underrated too ;-)

[@andrewsimpson5436]

Photographers and tourists but photographers are just tourists. When you mentioned people I was waiting for and photographers too :-) Nice images too for a photographer/tourist/person though.

[@Alister_Benn]

Yes, yes, yes!! I get it! :-)

[@Masato938]

Dear Sir, thank you for these videos which I find instructive. I find many of your photos very well taken and far more creative than most photos one sees nowadays; I think the second photo in the library in the video (at 3:30) is excellent. Looking forward to more content. Yours,

[@MaciejMarkiewicz]

Beautiful images as usual! I would love to join you one of these days. Have a good light !

[@Alister_Benn]

That’d be awesome

[@bobbylimesmusic]

Love this mentality - really happy I came across your channel.

[@larryrudnick1519]

Indeed, a long lens has become much more important to my photography, for just this reason. I went on a workshop to Yosemite last year that really opened my eyes to this. Thanks for the reinforcement of this guideline.

[@GJuve1]

Thanks so much for these very helpful tips! I have a trip planned to Switzerland this summer and I know it will be very busy, so will definitely take your approach and mindset with me!

[@kristjang.arngrimsson7060]

Good idea. Unfortunately mass tourism has become a plague in Iceland, esp. on the south coast with all its tourist traps. There are so many, many other magnificent waterfalls to see in Iceland than just Skógarfoss and Seljalandsfoss. Actually strange how tourism seems to work, it is as if being a "tourist" involves an obligation to taking pictures of very specific, pre-determined objects.

[@pascalthiebaud]

Beautiful images, You know I'm not going to contradict you, My 70-200mm and sometimes 150-600 are my favorite lenses.

[@Alister_Benn]

Love you man... ❤️

[@kris_tin_photography9922]

You are totaly right, the longer lens really helps finding my own perspectives and expressions of either iconic or non popular places. Thanks for the inspiration again!

[@Alister_Benn]

Absolutely! Thank you so much too

[@nickshepherd8377]

Thanks Alister. Vg advice for obtaining expressive images and more importantly to keep happy and avoid frustration. I guess there weren’t so many people around photographing those mountainous waves!😊

[@Alister_Benn]

Absolutely! and thanks you so very much Nick. (No, I didn't see anyone else outside of my group shooting the waves!)

[@johndoe-nh9sh]

Very nice Alister. I was out there the same time as you but as you were with a group I didn't want to go over and say hello.

[@Alister_Benn]

Ah, shame, anytime, would have been great to say hi.

[@johndoe-nh9sh]

​@sivePhotographyCheers Alister. It was a productive trip, very enjoyable.

[@dronepilotcontractors4094]

Wow, great photos and attitude you hold in crowded locations! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@SimonWillig]

This is a modest approach that I respect and feel comfortable with myself. Thanks!

[@astridpreisz519]

Love your images! For me the longer lenses are almost always the ones that make me 'see' what matters to me. A wise guy once said: point your lens at the cool and leave out what isn't 😉.

[@Alister_Benn]

Thanks so very much Astrid...

[@badgerspaw]

Cheers I'm off to iceland again in 3 weeks, but to the North. I was going to take my 24 to 105, but now also 100 to 500.

[@lisarobertson7011]

you came back with some beautiful and unique photos - hope to get there one day on one of your workshops.

[@Alister_Benn]

I hope so too! yeah, I'd run this trip again. the scenery is stunning and it is totally possible to zone out the tourists.

[@tapanikurola680]

Great photos. These days I find myself liking the square aspect ratio more and more. There's just something about it...

[@Alister_Benn]

You and me both! 😂😂😂

[@markschenkman8942]

I always say, when everyone is looking right, look left. The iconic places are iconic for a reason, but they have been way over photographed. Might as well just buy the postcard. There is nothing wrong with photographing the iconic scene, you will get lots of likes on social media and it can keep the memory of the place fresh in your mind. The question is how do you do something different, something original that is your own? That is what makes a photograph special

[@uncle0eric]

Great timing! I'm off to Iceland 1 month from now!

[@Alister_Benn]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@esanford]

Very nice... Beautiful images. I had to use the same technique when I was in Antarctica in 2022.

[@Alister_Benn]

Yeah, I get that. Thanks so much for the kindness..

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