How to Prepare and Photograph in National Parks, with Chris Nicholson

[@BillFerris]

Chris Nicholson, this is the second of your B&H sponsored presentations I've watched. Both ended much too soon. Your work is outstanding and I could listen to you talk about photographing in national parks for hours. The next time your travels bring you west to Arizona and Grand Canyon, please include me among those you reach out to for suggestions on good locations and times to photograph the Big Ditch.

[@bradenmichaelreel7873]

One of the best presentations I have ever watched. I love national parks and am interested in photographing them. This was a very informative video and had amazing tips for photographing parks. I am currently exploring all the midwest parks of the U.S. and am learning photography tips every day. I plan to become a park ranger and part-time photographer in the near future. Thank you, B&H and Chris Nicholson for the fantastic video.

[@BandH]

Thank you for watching and for your kind words.

[@BandH]

+Matt B&H can not speak for the presenter but we can give you the contact link: www.photographingnationalparks.com/contact/

[@quebecer4605]

Always enjoy Chris Nicholson video's! Thank you B&H!

[@McNair1952]

Thanks for that. It was just in time for my 5 week holiday in west coast USA starting in September.

[@old4004]

Thank you, B&H for these wonderful presentations.

[@MattCookOregon]

sick video. are these all shot with a fullframe or crop mostly?

[@meikamartin953]

Some very useful information. Thanks!

[@Rammykazemi]

amazing video but is there a reason why you never visited a Canadian national park? some very unique and outstanding landscape in the west!

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

Very Informative .

[@alexbeaton7136]

awesome

[@entubatumahumasu4132]

could it be that i have already seen this? are you re-uploading your videos?

[@BandH]

Entubatu Mahumasu It’s a newer version of his older video

[@alexandre..9343]

I never heard him say anything about wild animals... Get off the road.. He's never run into a black bear coming towards him just around the corner of a trail? Never heard wolf or coyote packs hunting, their howls and yelps getting closer and closer? Never heard a mountain lion or a bobcat tracking him while hiking at dusk? Never had a close call with a snake he only noticed at the last minute? Never woken up at dawn to a brown bear trying to get into his food stash 10 feet from his tent? I havent been to any national parks, just state parks, but i've had a few memorable moments i'm wont to hike alone in the wild, especially at dawn or dusk when the predators are most active... Is it just me? Are the wild animals in yellowstone docile?

[@geraldrowles3529]

First, there is a real credibility issue when Chris states that he found no references to Taggart Lake in his research on The Grand Tetons. For just one example, in the Chimani reference source (he endorses) for The Tetons, Taggart Lake is highlighted under Hiking Trails along with scenic photos. Further, his statement that a park ranger suggested Taggart lake as a kind of quiet spot is not credible given that it is one of the most visited sites by tourists, given the ever overflowing parking at the trailhead and the regular ferry trips offered by the park service to access the shorter access trail. Second, it's time that featured speakers such as Chris address the serious issues of overcrowding at most national parks, instead of contributing to the problem in self-service. This issue has become so significant that, for example, Yellowstone is seriously contemplating a reservation system to control the numbers of visitors in the park. It is conceivable that The Tetons will follow suit if this agenda is implemented - as it must be at some point. Having just returned from a tour of northwest Wyoming at a time that is typically the lower point in the tourist season (late Sept. 2017), I found that at 8am nearly every parking area in Yellowstone was full to the brim. And at the famed Oxbow-on-the-Snake-River turnout between Yellowstone and the Teton's vehicles lined the roadway apron on both approaches to the jam-packed parking area. I counted nearly 50 people with cameras standing 'snugly' shoulder to shoulder in order to take the same snapshot. It should also be noted that the distance between the iconic spots can be 25 -35 miles traveling at a speed limit of 45mph through rows of relatively featureless conifers. In a word, despite its majestic sites, I found the visit to Yellowstone to be Tedious at best. And while at Jenny Lake I met a couple from Tennessee that told me that despite their proximity they won't even visit their own Great Smoky Mountains National Park due to the crowding there.

[@DebCamPhoto]

I know this video is 5 years old, but just came across it. Was enjoying it until he talks about Cades Cove in GSMNP and shows pictures of trees he took in 2003 and then says they are now dead. Not true! I am in CC a couple of times a week and those trees are still there in 2020. Although I understand the point he was trying to make, I am very familiar with the trees in his photos. Might not be a big deal to some, but if his facts are wrong about this, what else is he wrong about. hmmm

[@scbunn]

tip to B&H video editors. Show the presenter for 30 seconds.. then the slides for the remainder of the presentation.

[@robertbohnaker9898]

Well yes I understand. But with the current administration jacking up park admission fees; is the federal taking of public land really in the interests of you and me ? And wanting to allow mining and drilling on those lands ? Houston, we have a problem ?