Photographing Death Valley with Michael Shainblum

[@afsincelik]

Great images. 2:37 is awesome! And 6:33 scene is great.

[@byoregon1]

Man, Nick, that shot at 2:37 is one of the best dunes shots I’ve ever seen. Nice job.

[@peterguardiolaph]

Amazing chapter!!!!well done..epic photos..congrats

[@tessm9775]

What a fortunate day to be in Death Valley!! Clouds are not always present, it is soooo dry there. Beautiful shots!!

[@fototripper]

Well sheeeeeeyyyiiiiit you didn't tell me you were shooting with 'The Blum'. Wish I'd been able to make it down there for that. I see you're using my lens again ;)

[@MichaelShainblum]

Lets all meet up man, I have been loving all your videos!

[@fototripper]

Tell me when and where @@MichaelShainblum I'll be there :)

[@kreygscott]

I'd love to come along too, then I could pick at everyone's brain. This would undoubtedly be like a photoinfomine rush of 2019. :) @@fototripper

[@forrestproductions]

The first image of the dune peak in the background (8:58) is indeed epic. Beautiful line and pattern and light. The wind appeared to be blowing at an 8 according to the "beard-o-meter" scale.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

DV was along with Yosemite the highlight of my US tour! Absolutely loved that park! :D Your photos were stunning! That first one (in the series in the end) was drooling!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Brilliant, Nick! what a productive day, excellent!

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

WOW! What a great evening.

[@bobcat6653]

Very nice....nice....thanks for sharing!

[@RussellMcCollom]

Awesome shots Nick

[@allandavies1187]

Hello Nick, No worries about your images which I thought were spectacular. I have never seen a sky like that before - Epic!

[@GavinDavidson]

Cool vid and excellent photos. ✅💥

[@malgosiak123]

Second time is a charm:D You are not only a great photographer , but a normal guy who admits its mistakes with a smile on his face. Pure and simple. I like that a lot ! I just watched Michael's video and now I am watching yours. And as I said : two of you are a great team. Humble, intelligent and very artistic .A great pleasure for us to watch you both. Thank you for sharing .

[@MichaelShainblum]

Awesome shots Nick, that day was an absolute blast. Admittedly I have no gotten a chance to process my images or video yet. Its super impressive how quick you were able to put all this together. Hopefully we can shoot again sometime man!

[@TonyNeat]

Michael Shainblum As a fan of both of you I’d be more than happy to see more of you together. Hurry up and get your version of events out 😉

[@MichaelShainblum]

@@TonyNeat Hahaha thanks man, I am trying. Not so good at editing these vlogs in a timely fashion. Nick is the master, its hard for me to find audio clips where I do not sound like a rambling fool. :P

[@TonyNeat]

@@MichaelShainblum I fully appreciate the labour involved. I couldn't do it myself, I'm too easily distracted (and my machine needs more RAM 😆) Looking forward to your vlog you 'rambling fool' 😉

[@NickPage]

@@MichaelShainblum if you think I am the master... you should hang out with Thomas heaton... he posts his videos while he is till hiking back to this van! lol

[@killianaldo4087]

Instablaster

[@veronica0406]

Beautiful photos!

[@richardwagner3317]

Awesome location, great photos!

[@g0ne_dark]

Hey! I’m pretty sure I know [of] you guys from spaces. I’m in DV now. About to head out to go shoot now… you guys are incredible.

[@R.Hogarth]

I was in Death Valley just a couple weeks earlier and we got rained out. Roughly 6 months worth of rain fell in about 24 hours. Entire sections of the park including the road into Badwater Basin were closed due to mudslides.

[@AlexBerger]

The light in those shots....utterly stunning. Brilliant captures!

[@andychattaway5620]

Awesome Nick 👍

[@janm2473]

Wow! Amazing compositions, Nick. Thanks a lot...

[@stefancondik]

very nice pics Nick :)

[@robinmartin1356]

I know I’m late viewing this video, lol, but I miss you and your content. Hope all is well an hope to see you again soon.

[@ThePosiview]

05:35 is bloody AWESOME. Cheers.

[@jnbsigma]

Love this! Great photos, of course, and then there's that epic horizontal beard!

[@gregorsnell]

Nice grade man. Footage looks like straight out of a Western Flick. That image at 2:36 is next level. Looks like a wave. Rest insights into finding a composition 👍

[@shupingyin8082]

Awesome vid.

[@robertfleckenstein5031]

Has anyone ever said Michael looks like a young Ansel Adams, kind-of ?. The walk-in from the "Stove Pipe Wells" road is a little shorter but I bet the East side, the shorter dunes, are the more photogenic. Really nice "flicks" Nick, considering you having to deal with the wind. Can't wait to see your flower pic's.

[@maileooo]

Great video! And amazing pictures! What season have you been there?

[@robertwhitemoto]

Beautiful Shots Nick... thanks for adding yet another site to my photography bucket list!

[@DanielVeazey]

Awesome shots and video. Also a hilarious Freudian slip at 7:51

[@metagore]

Wow, Nick, those conditions were amazing... I think my heart raced a bit. I'm so happy for you. And as always, excellent job on capturing it. And even more so, thank you for sharing it with us.

[@Robqwerty-u3g]

cheers Nick, started following Michael Shainblum

[@nevadaxtube]

You're a lucky man, Nick. I just got back from Death Valley and unfortunately the conditions were poor. Nothing but flat light under cloudy skies. So sad. I guess luck plays an important role in getting epic shots. I love the shot of the big dune "volcano" in the center of the frame. Well done. I am so envious of those conditions. Maybe next time!

[@jcbouden]

Thanks again for your awesome dodge and burning tutorial Nick!

[@NickPage]

Glad your liking them!

[@OliverWheeldon]

Stunning shots and amazing video, can't believe the dynamic range of your video really sharing the beauty you were witnessing! Mad props to your mic too, can't believe how clear it was!

[@FedericoChieli]

Beautiful images as always!

[@luizarroyo988]

Great video Nick! And what epic conditions! Those clouds were amazing!

[@ErinSotoPhotography]

The light in the sand dune shots is so incredible I could cry. I could also cry because where I live, I have to drive 300-500 miles just to view a hill. #midwestproblems

[@dougonlocation3310]

hello Nick, I've been following you for a will now, we work in different worlds but I do enjoy your videos when I have the time. I just pull a few things off your gear list, Thanks for the recommendation.

[@meloandres71]

Death Valley is one of my favorite parks. You got some great pictures! Love It!

[@MaliDaviesPhotography]

So much awesomeness ness! Conditions even Egyptians would be jealous of! Wonderful to see two super talented guys in a place like this! Pure entertainment cockers 👍

[@nathanksimpson]

Epic Nick Page beard action!

[@nickdailey9889]

You’re crazy man. The dodging and burning in those wide angle shots are phenomenal. It looks great

[@ErinSotoPhotography]

Agreed.

[@damonfinlay6519]

That first dune image is amazing, the sand blowing off the edge is the icing on the cake 👌👍

[@00_Ryan_00]

Great stuff Nick. The one time i was in Mesquite Dunes, it was just as windy. I did bring a white twin sized sheet with me, (from my son's bed), and wrapped it around myself and camera bag to change lenses. The sheet compresses down nicely to easily fit in my bag. Worked like a charm. Of course, if you have two camera bodies, you most likely won't need to do this.

[@miked2836]

Great video Nick - any chance you will do a video of how you post-processed these images?

[@ShimodaDesigns]

Loved everything about this! Thanks for sharing this. 👍

[@wesleyreeder4146]

Great video Nick! Love those shots. I'm pretty sure I was in the valley that day too. (A little south of y'all). Amazing Conditions!

[@mikemitchell3889]

Nick, The images you pulled out of that environment are amazing! I believe Gavin may be miffed that he was "left out..." Thank-You, Mike

[@jansmith65]

Amazing shots

[@dutchufo4real72]

Amazing Nick I love your channel, name is Ray (Floatwithme) a Dutch composer and soundtrack composer for films. Stunned by your films, and keep up that amazing and creative work. Cheers Ray

[@bmackVR]

Great Video Nick! Loving the extreme crosswind beard look!

[@sarkarpappu]

These are some stunning images and really great light you had. I wonder why you didn't try putting your frined in a distant sand dune or on some edge of those dunes to give the landscape a scale. I guess he was as busy taking shots himself as you. LOL. Inspiring videos Nick, keep going.

[@PMCN53]

WOW!

[@martincutrone5816]

Great video and images. You made the best of awesome conditions. Without asking locations, are some of the dune fields reasonably accessible from the car, with a reasonable walk?

[@NickPage]

For sure... if you’re willing to walk a mile or two

[@martincutrone5816]

@@NickPage Sure am! Thanks

[@PachariAdventures]

Going to be in Death Valley for the first time next month. Hopefully will be able to get a photograph or two!

[@chevyvantravel9735]

love the Sahara music !!!!!

[@chevyvantravel9735]

planning a t rip to that area and wondering what dunes are these? i have seen 5 dunes areas so far. thanks !

[@terrylong8465]

Even your "non-how to" videos are good how to videos. I spent 22 years in the Army and when I retired Death Valley NP was the first place I went to for my very first REAL vacation. I've been back there many times and plan to do more in the future. The last time I was there I was out shooting the "mud cracks" and a workshop of nine photographers marched directly across the patterns I was composing and ruining the shot by leaving their footprints and broken mud. Not to worry though because I scouted the area earlier and had several other compositions to choose from without traces of footprints and the such.

[@paulus0109]

Nice vlog nick.thnx

[@TheEquineImage]

epic!

[@Doornum42]

Hi... Your nightscape photography is excellent. Can I ask you something? Is it possible to sell prints either online or locally?

[@hyoh-wu]

Nick you are an inspiration. We are learning so much about composition and framing a shot. Did you get a chance to go through Titus canyon when you were there? Or Rhyolite? Thanks for all your hardwork.

[@michaelsharpe8398]

What time of the year was this that you had your shoot! Tell me more about your workshop please.

[@stevematadobra6117]

lots of PP and dodging and burning....nice images. thank you!

[@aquariuslady777]

Epic

[@jowb575]

Is the blowing sand a problem with your lens as you zoom in and out? Do you have to do any special cleaning after a shoot like that? Very beautiful images!

[@BrianPex]

It figures the day or two before I got there you had these conditions. Lol

[@davidellinsworth22]

Jeez, that last image in particular was off the scale

[@francoisbouchart4050]

How do you protect and care for your gear in these sandy, windy conditions?

[@scottbowen6514]

What is that Shimada backpack you carry?

[@xolracke]

That music is pretty interesting, can you share the music on this video?. Thanks!.

[@Noealz]

I'm pretty sad that I never got to visit death valley in my time in the states

[@UFGator1972]

I never use a UV filter when shooting, not even to protect my lens, but knowing how blowing sand feels when it hits my face I was wondering if you guys used any type of filter when shooting under such harsh conditions.

[@andrescifuentes5212]

Got the same exact question

[@euskadi55]

Great video, excellent photos. Quick question, what video editing software do you use?

[@NickPage]

I use Premier Pro

[@JosephTMyers]

Saw it yesterday😂 I think you also uploaded it early! Can't complain, you can upload DV data all day long! You'd think by now there would be a work around for lens changing in inclemental conditions (ie DV windstorms) like changing lens' in dust/sand proof containers realtime while out shooting. Love your dedication!

[@waldemarhilt3574]

nice video! how was the weather like degree wise? Seemed pretty cold! ^^

[@rockysharwell5878]

Which dunes were these?

[@killer120070507]

How do you set up for shots like these with sand blowing all over? putting the bag on the ground is gonna result in sand, the blowing sand will get in your bag, on your camera, in your camera, if you change lenses :(

[@nashexplorer5000]

Hi Nick o think I have watched this video early today 3 am here in Lethbridge AB Canada. I think you re upload this video again for the second time, why?

[@NickPage]

I chopped the tail end of the video off on the first version I actually uploaded the wrong file and had to redo it

[@nashexplorer5000]

Nick Page oh I see I continue watching it and it was good,. Those images are fantastic 👍🏻

[@cindyannohara]

I know this is an older video but can you remember what month this was taken?

[@TomGrubbe]

The shot at 9:09 is the winner.

[@motorsavage3835]

savage!

[@jeremybuscay]

Awesome shots man! Does the adventure continue after DV or back home?

[@NickPage]

Back home :)

[@jimbean532]

Awesome dune images! Was there a month before you. No wind, so dunes were all tracked up. And the outhouses were still gross, thanks to Trump's gov't shutdown. But got love DV!

[@mainline464]

Awesome shots