Seascapes Techniques, Aberffraw, Anglesey

[@BrianHorsey]

I think you’re on to a winner with the tutorial format, David. I’d like to see a post processing vlog. Cheers

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Brian, hopefully get that one out around the end of the week ...

[@JamieOverland]

Another vote for a follow up post production video from me Dave - splendid work!

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers mate - trying to work out how to avoid it just being 2 hours of sifting through exposures!!!

[@garys639]

Your audience says "yes please Sir,show us your workflow"...you looked happy as a clam even if you weren't half way to heaven...Greetings Sir from your biggest fan in Aus.

[@DGriffGallery]

Ah Gary, thank you so much, as always, for your brilliant support. I really appreciate it. Hoping to get the follow-up video out as soon as possible 😊👍

[@OuterSpacesWales]

Would like to see how it's done in post. Thank you! 👍

[@DGriffGallery]

No problem - happy to oblige. I'll hopefully have it sorted out in the next few days.

[@manuelsjr]

Me too! Thank you!

[@tomhughes5873]

This is an excellent opportunity to utilize the Olympus "pro capture" feature in your camera. It is an excellent method to capture the exact moment in a series of photos. Try it, you will like it! The episode was excellent. Now I have to find some rocks on our sandy beaches here in Florida.

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Tom - that's a really good point. And as it happens that's what I was doing. But I'm conscious that many of my viewers aren'y Olympus users so I decided just to call it a "fast burst mode". The capture of 14 "previous" frames and immense burst speed is really big help though, and part of the reason I had so much to sift through in post!!

[@jeffogden6060]

Oldest trick in the book--tease the viewer by promising future content! Well done as always David. What a great way to pivot from a cancelled wild camp to a local tutorial shoot. You did a beautiful job explaining your techniques and the rationale for using them. I have been spending a fair bit of time on the bay here lately myself and I am constantly amazed at the "invisible" sea spray that accumulates on my lens/filter and clothes! I quite like the final square crop image posted here. I love that hourglass shape of the triangles in that shot. Really looking forward to the post processing video. One last compliment, there are a select few YT vloggers who edit videos to the perfect length--plenty of great content, never too long, and always leave the viewer wanting more. Not sure if it is a goal of yours, but you have certainly mastered that technique. Cheers, Jeff

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Jeff - or ... I ran out of stuff after 10 mins!! Lol. And as for the click-baity tease, it was an after-thought in my sign-off waffle - but judging by the comments looks like a winner! :)

[@RickMentore]

Enjoyed every second of it! ,,,,,,, And this was on a so called "bad day," all of those images would be portfolio worthy for me! My favorit image was the one at 10:30.

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Rick, really glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment.

[@barbiq7873]

Can't believe I've been out on days like this and come back with nothing. Really interesting to hear your technique and look forward to the post video. Thanks

[@DGriffGallery]

Thank you so much for watching, I really appreciate it. I've been quite taken aback at how many people seem to want to see the follow-up so I'll be getting that sorted out soon as I can 😊👍

[@bestpix100]

Thanks so much for making the effort with this one, I love the "stir crazy" comment, we have two and a half weeks of winter left here in South Australia and the weather has been at best unpredictable... like the UK. Thanks again and all the best.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks for making contact to let me know you enjoyed it, much appreciated.

[@LynneLuxonJonesphotography]

Not sure what I enjoyed more.....a seascape vlog from you ....or hearing the bikes blasting round Ty Croes circuit ❤ Sorry David , maybe should've explained myself better . Bikes were my 1st love & why I got into photography. I've developed a passion for seascapes ...so your vlog combines the evocative noise that stirs my memories with my current passion . I doubt it was intentional but I thank you anyway 👍 Your knowledge of the area shines through allowing you to capture some wonderful images as always 😊👍

[@BrianHorsey]

It’s the vlog for me

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Lynne, it was about as loud as I've ever heard the bikes there; the wind was coming straight across the track and they were having a series of sprint races! Luckily I was able to mostly wait between takes and I was worried it would be a bit too intrusive. They can rather disturb the peace there - I've heard many a tripper moaning about them. But of course there is another 170 or so miles of coast round here without a track next door! :)

[@DarrenJSpoonley]

Looks like we will be seeing you at your new setup Real soon :-) looking forward David

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot Darren, and I've even got myself a better quality boom microphone so hopefully I'll be able to do quite a bit more studio stuff without too much mucking about getting set up 😊👍

[@DarrenJSpoonley]

@@DGriffGallery ohh sounds nice.. what did you get ?

[@DGriffGallery]

Darren J Spoonley Photography it’s a CCKO. Great value and does the job. (Cheap Chinese Knockoff!!) 😂👍🏻

[@dennish.2212]

Hello David. You already know I'll be watching your tutorials. Your very first shot was stunning. I enjoyed the vlog, as usual. Look forwrd to the next one. Cheers

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Dennis, thanks so much for tuning in, as always - much appreciated mate.

[@GaryNormanPhoto]

Interesting technique mate, I'd love to see a follow up video :-)

[@DGriffGallery]

Looks like a couple of hours of sifting through exposures will be coming up!! Add a bit of Mrs G doing ASMR and it'll be a great insomnia loop!! :)

[@edwardrussell5413]

Nice thanks, - The Goat strikes again to make the best of what is there at the time. :-)

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a million, Albert. So glad you enjoyed this.

[@GarrickGillettePhotography]

Looking forward to the post process vlog! Thanks David

[@DGriffGallery]

Thank you for watching Garrick, as I write this reply I've literally just finished recording the follow-up so hopefully that will be up soon 😊👍

[@tonyb2760]

Splendid video sir. Loved that music as well. Thanks for sharing

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks Tony - yeah I was quite pleased with how the music worked out on this one :)

[@tompetersphotography]

Brilliant vlog mate, very clever shooting! I have never attempted to shoot so many shots for an exposure blend!

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers mate, I'd have much preferred to have better condition so I was really looking to find something to do with what I had. But hopefully the follow-up will make it relatively interesting. 😊👍

[@mikekay6288]

Thanks for , once again, sharing your skills; love to see the post processing of your multi bursts. Mike in Oz

[@DGriffGallery]

You are very welcome Mike and I really appreciate you watching.

[@LeePelling]

Nice tips, would also like to see your post workflow

[@riggs621]

Excellent vlog Dave you've upped your game here, real in depth tutorial I look forward to many more

[@DGriffGallery]

Thank you so much for watching, and taking the time to let me know you enjoyed it. Hope I can keep my standards up!! :)

[@timscanlanphotography]

Hi David. Well done for making the best of the conditions ! Looks like the weather won't be getting much better anytime soon so this is timely advice. It would nice to see your workflow for theses images please. Thanks for sharing David.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot Tim, very good of you to take the time to let me know you enjoyed it! Workflow video hopefully coming up soon.

[@reneholtslag2297]

Hello David!! I enjoyed your video very much! and I wait to see your blending workflow. Greetings from Holland.

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks Rene, really appreciate you tuning in and taking the time to make contact!​

[@kenpowell3558]

Hi Dave thanks for this vlog just what I needed after having a new hip put in today please show your workflow

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Ken, many thanks for watching - hope you're soon well on the mend.

[@MrCarlpenny]

Always looking to improve my PP David, I have a real weakness in blending layers layers in photoshop, even starting with how to move them from LR, a bit confused of the best way, smart object or layers?? Then the best way to save from PS, there may be tons of vlogs out there but your calm and positive manor would really help my own personal development, I love the way you talk through your compositions on location, sharing what you don't like and do like within the scene, great work and always love tuning in, your full of golden nugget info producing gorgeous images worthy of print :-)

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers mate - much appreciated and only too happy to be as helpful as poss. I'll certainly be covering layers and moving between applications in the follow-up so hopefully that'll be useful :)

[@The21Governor]

Very informative, love to see your post work please

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks so much Mike, really appreciate you watching and your generous feedback!

[@michaelmclean4791]

Still got some great shots David. Love to see how you deal with the multiple exposures.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot Michael. If I'm honest I'd class it as a practice session, but of course, any trip out with a camera is a good one!! Hopefully I'll have the post processing video sorted out and published later in the week :)

[@TimberGeek]

I'd love to see a how to video. Work is fascinating, I could watch it all day. ;-7

[@DGriffGallery]

Ha ha, me too! Follow up video coming very soon. 😊👍

[@rasesh4u]

Great content and amazing images. Greetings from British Columbia, Canada

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Rasesh, really glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment - now yours is a part of the world I hope to visit and photograph one day. 😊👍

[@Noealz]

those rocks look mighty pointy

[@DGriffGallery]

Yes, not ideal for sitting on!

[@johnsparkes8963]

Fantastic watch with fantastic images David. Thankyou for sharing.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks for making contact to let me know you enjoyed it John, much appreciated.

[@pauladavies5585]

Very interesting. Would like to see how it's done please. One of my favourite places...Aberffraw.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks for making contact to let me know you enjoyed it Paula, much appreciated. I often hear how much people like this part of the world. It's not what you'd call "spectacular", but the estuary and along the coast is never disappointing for me.

[@yasminestarr6402]

Hi David!! I enjoyed very much! I wait to see your post work!! 👍🏼 thank you very much for let me see your country!

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Yasmine - thanks a lot for your generous feedback!

[@Red35Photography]

Wonderful video. I do love where you live, so beautiful. I am hoping to plan a trip down towards the end of year and a bit of a heads up ;) But that's hoping I don't get tied down to work.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot Jimmy, I really appreciate your support as always. And if we did happen to hang out together in the mountains, that would be absolutely brilliant. By the way, I may be down in London this coming week and I'll almost certainly pop my 17mm 1.8 on to try and grab an hour on the streets 😊👍

[@garystone6583]

Hi Dave Another great video. Something for me to mull over as I'll be on holiday soon at Westwood Ho and it has what looks like a great coastline to try get some good images, This video will help me out a lot. Thank you,

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Gary, really glad you enjoyed it. Hope you have a great holiday!

[@stevebrooks6144]

Great stuff David, a post processing video would be really useful

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot Steve - I did do a processing follow-up in video #106. 😊👍

[@TheNonsenseAdventures]

Really enjoyable, that music was so melodic. Very good point about wiping the filters between shots, I always forget.

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi mate, yeah I've lost count of the number of times I've come home with what I thought was a great image only to find it's been completely murdered by sea spray. And there's me preaching to the unconverted!!😊👍

[@TheNonsenseAdventures]

@@DGriffGallery so true. Done that lots myself.

[@alangauld6079]

Nice video, seascapes aren't something I shoot much but useful advice none the less. And given the light, some nice photos too. Although I thought the vignette slider was getting a bit of a heavy workout!

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks a lot Alan.Your comment about the vignette slider is very interesting, You're quite right in one respect and I've addressed in some detail in my next video 😊👍

[@billholden3046]

Another informative well presented video. I would be interested in seeing your blending workflow.

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks Bill, really good to hear my stuff is helpful!

[@oldgrumpyjim5003]

Yeh smashing as always and would be interesting to see how to blend them in post. Weather is tricky just now but norm for us up here in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Jim, thanks so much for tuning in - much appreciated. Looks like we're all done with summer for this year!

[@oldgrumpyjim5003]

D Griff Gallery roll on autumn 🍂

[@malajusted1]

Excellent as always.

[@DGriffGallery]

Thank you ever so much for watching and your very generous support 😊👍

[@stevebowden4868]

would love to see how you do it in post David fantastic vlog

[@DGriffGallery]

Thanks Steve - hopefully get the post-processing one done by the end of the week.

[@trevorfentiman5283]

Great instructional one this time in your nice warm easy way and yes would love to see the pot proses

[@DGriffGallery]

Cheers Trevor, really glad you enjoyed it.

[@alanthompson3851]

Very interesting on a bad weather day. Would be very interested in how you combine these bursts of images.

[@DGriffGallery]

Many thanks Alan, appreciate you tuning in!

[@marktaylor9579]

Cracking video David. I'm with you as I also prefer the post wave strike "run off" type of image. Have you thought of wearing contact lenses, I do and don't have to keep wiping my glasses as well as the filters & lenses! It would be really interesting to see your post process blending of the images too please.

[@DGriffGallery]

Hi Mark, I wore them for 30 odd years. But about 5 years ago went back to glasses because even with them in and 20-20 distance vision I was starting to have to muck about with reading / computer glasses! So I figured if I had to use glasses anyway might as well dump the lenses. On the plus side, I'm so short sighted I can focus really close up so when I peer at my camera without specs, I can see really clearly what's on the screen!

[@philipculbertson55]

I would love to see the post. I've stumbled through it in Photoshop a few times but results were not great. I too am trying to blend water albeit whitewater in a river rather than ocean.

[@DGriffGallery]

Sorry to be slow replying Philip - remiss of me, but hopefully you've already seen the follow up! 😊👍

[@rokacsapda]

Would like to see how it's done in post too

[@DGriffGallery]

No worries Norbert - judging by how many people have asked, I guess I have no choice but to get the extra video made as soon as possible! :)

[@tobyjugg6202]

Very interesting technically - the only thing that "bothers" me is the idea of having 800 shots !!! Surely you are more than good enough to get the shot you want from 3 or 4 shots. Seems to me that cameras like the one you are now using just takes all the control, so you are then left with just a sifting role - getting from 800 to a final image seems a whole lot of wasted time really, you could be out and about wild camping instead :) I too live on Anglesey, and I just love getting out whatever the weather BUT my aim before I go is to take maybe 10 shots on a "normal" DSLR as a maximum - I guess thats why I will always be an amateur. Lovely to see my backyard tho, including coves I have not yet visited.

[@DGriffGallery]

Well I sort of agree with you, and I plucked the figure of 800 out of the air, in the end it was probably only about 200 or 300. Nevertheless, it’s very much about having enough to work with and in pro capture mode the camera catches up to 60 frames a second, so even a few clicks of the shutter button will fire off a lot of shot. But it’s really not that difficult in post because each batch of shots can be stacked and when you find a batch which may have something interesting there the only ones you need to look at so it’s really easy to discard frames very quickly. To be honest, if that wasn’t the case I wouldn’t do it either!! 😊👍🏻

[@tobyjugg6202]

@@DGriffGallery lol "ONLY 200-300 lol - you have a fine sense of humour :) - My eyes would not allow me to look at 200-300 on a screen - 15 is more than enough for me.