Setting GOALS for INSPIRATION

In this video, I travel to Hornby Island on the East Coast of Vancouver Island. I talk about some of the things that I look for when making images and talk about setting yourself some goals to help inspire. On this trip, I followed a theme and photographed several compositions into a small body of work. Squarespace - squarespace.com for a free trial and squarespace.co... for -10% off your first purchase.
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[@tracyrobertson565]

I am so ashamed of myself. Days went by before I noticed a quiet light video.

[@guykerr8111]

I can see losing oneself in the B&W pics you showed. Absolutely mesmerizing.....

[@RedMapleCanada]

Gorgeous Hornby Island, love the Gulf Islands! Greetings from the Lower Mainland! 😍👍

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Hello there!

[@rickhanger8225]

Your “B&W eyes” were working very well indeed. The mini-portfolio was exemplary.

[@furbs9999]

I really appreciate you showing that you sometimes struggle like the rest of us, Adam. It looks to me, like you were just feeling rusty at the start.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Just a bit

[@DaveKingMusic]

Good to see the van is working again!

[@felicityrostron9406]

Great to see you back out. Beautiful black and white shots

[@denisesavage2382]

Those last few images were quite stunning.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks!

[@wildbillgreen]

Uncle Adam back on the road❤❤❤❤

[@gordonbrunner9429]

..good to see van up and running

[@juanitakelly3082]

Beautiful beaches! Monochrome worked great for most of these for sure.

[@ytubechannel997]

Awesome textures in your photos.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@krimke881]

goes to show. the last hours are the best, when you're out there :)

[@DavesEpicPhoneShots]

Lovely shots! I especially liked the ones starting a 14:20 and 14:28🤩 👍

[@laisnebruno8372]

You have found again you inspiration on the second day your black and white série is so nice 👍

[@CalebWeston_dubland]

Love the photos from the Island. So great to see you out in the field again. Though I do appreciate your in-studio videos as well. I know it’s hard to create video content on a weekly basis.

[@Professor_Internet_PhD]

The black and white conversion made a big difference. Lovely shapes and patterns in those rocks.

[@medusacorrosion]

I found the texture images to be highly inspiring 😊

[@fotomap5865]

One of your best locations yet 👍

[@gord_tomlin]

Beautiful shots and a next-level location! Thanks!

[@larrysalaets7088]

Nice to see you out again! Some of the images look like they're from another world. Very nice, indeed!

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Many thanks!

[@erichstocker8358]

Always amazes me how little you post-process. What you do enhances the photo but the processing is realistic. I love that you show the raw and then the processed shot.

[@haroldmee8222]

Great work Adam 😊the black and white looks fantastic mate.Harry👍

[@davidskinner274]

Nice shots, 3 that go together as a triptych could be good too.

[@gregroberts875]

Great photos Adam!! Thanks for sharing

[@1_Tim]

Beautiful photos! Always inspired by your process of seeing and composing

[@QuietLightPhoto]

So glad!

[@andyblessett1282]

Nice to see you out and about again buddy. Those images were wonderful.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks 👍

[@anja5758]

that set of images starting from 17:30 is amazing. I love those shots of details.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you very much!

[@sergueilarionov632]

Not sure b&w looks better here with may be one exception. Great video. Thanks

[@medusacorrosion]

Beautiful Adam 😊 the monochromes are awesome

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks 👍

[@thinkvlog_4life503]

Every Video That You Put Out Always Amazes Me, So Relaxing, So Informative And Always Making Me Want To Go Out To Shoot Some Landscape.. Thanks Adam (Uncle Grumpy)

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Cheers!

[@clausborner1705]

I think the detail shots are gaining not a lot by being converted in b/w. The minimal and smooth colours are adding so much to these lovely intimate scenes.

[@RewDowns]

You're an amazing artist, excellent work! I loved the little series of B&W shots.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thank you very much!

[@andrewsimpson5436]

Good to see you back out with the camera and the series of portraits of Tiffany at the end work well!

[@stevechilvers1322]

Another informative video Adam, with some great photos. I too like the b&w conversions. Keep up the good work.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Many thanks!

[@seth.graham]

Those b&w detail shots are superb. The banded one @19:21 is so dang neat. And the last one with the two rocks, the lines are great. Nice seeing some b&w conversions, don't see it from you too often. The contrast got pushed a bit further than I usually feel is "ok" so maybe next time I'll try that out.

[@ricknicholson5894]

Tide charts are a free download on your phone. Get with the program.

[@TAdams-hx9lk]

So it just didn't matter to him...that's the best program you can get. S'all good.

[@MrTwogiantscoops]

Great to see you out in the camper. You’ve proved that if the subject and composition are good you can work with all types of light. Excellent images Adam

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks 👍

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

Great video and set of images!

[@JanicevD]

loved the collection of black and white textures and patterns. stunning!

[@stevesomers7366]

Adam, a great showing for getting back into the field. That is a really intriguing and challenging place to shoot. I recognize the challenges and think you really pulled out some very interesting work. Nicely done!

[@PhotoTrekr]

One of the reasons that I'm an amateur is that I'm not willing to wait for the best light. I try to get the best photo I can wherever I am whenever I happen to be there. If I was a professional, I would wait for the best light to get the best shot. I've always admired anyone who does that.

[@michaeltillman886]

What's up Adam? Glad to see you back out in the field once again. I know it feels good. I love the second shot you did in black-n-white. I think it brings out the texture in a shot more so than color. Anyway, great shot.

[@DavidSwarthout]

Excellent, Adam. Vancouver Island is such an interesting place to be photographing. Those rocks are quite photogenic! I'm glad to see that you're getting out in the field again.

[@RobNotANumber]

Haven't Had a day without rain of some level since January. super unusual; so hoping for an improvement

[@banditalley9592]

So nice to see you out and about again! I've missed the little adventures!

[@spidersj12]

It's good to take and keep photos that you think at the time or in retrospect that aren't that great to train yourself and perhaps others on what's not great about the composition, lighting or other aspects of it to help improve your photography or others.

[@georgemason2472]

Thanks for the video with lots of images as well as the explanation of your composition. Always love that you show your raw images with the processed image. Also that they are tastefully processed!

[@mickeystine3100]

very nice photos. 👍👍👍

[@johnpunnett1426]

Shame you didn't get the light or tide conditions you'd hoped for - looks like you could make many, many visits to that location discovering new compositions. Nice video.

[@thomasphillips5850]

HOORAH, glad to see you back in the field Adam. Great video, I know I have said it before love the square formats. That goes back to my Hassey days. Am waiting impatiently for the book. Glad to see you back . Thanks as always.

[@albertotafuro6112]

I like it how you explain each shot.....fantastic lesson Adam thanks!!

[@blivieriphoto]

Great video Adam! Really enjoyed that. Funny, you said the same I did (running around like a chicken with head cut off) when I was there, at that one spot with the tafoni 😂. I was sooo frustrated! It was nice that you were able to go back again with different light. Really loved that one at 9:00. Those patterns were really nice. 👍 I know you said you were all about the black and white on this trip, but those shots after the supposed 'sunset', I wonder what they'd look like in color, with a little ambient blue-hour light? Anyway, just a thought. Beautiful either way. Fantastic video! Glad you were able to dust off the old cobwebs and get out again. Thanks so much for taking us along. 😊

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Always a pleasure

[@samarthdev4470]

HI Adam, I am regular watcher of your channel. I have not commented in while, compostion at around 10min in ot the video composition is reallly nice especially with the moon and swrily rock formations. You might want to look into that. Have good day!

[@billwinward9324]

Not sure whether I prefer the mono at 19:37 or the original. Both beautiful images but then they all were.

[@AliasJimWirth]

You have some really fine images featured in this video. The abstracts stand out this time, for me, because those are the types I am trying so hard to find and capture at this time. Thank you, Adam, for this inspiring video.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Many thanks!

[@privatebydesign1808]

Adam, the collection of shells is an octopuses garden, a place where an octopus eats and leaves the shells. If you look closely at the shells at least half of them have a small circular hole that the octopus makes to suck out the shellfish from inside.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Thanks for that

[@GeologyDude]

I'm interested in these videos, regarding how to do video content oriented to my channel. However, I use photogrammetry, which hates water and sky. Lots of compromises, in photogrammetry, but when it works, it is wonderful. Thx for sharing

[@brianaikens7282]

Great video, great images. B&W certainly suits the rock formations. Hornby is a wonderful place to capture subjects like these. Looking forward to more of your field work now that the dry season has ended.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Many thanks!

[@chriscard6544]

Great shot 8:40 to me

[@user-gk5gk5ov7s]

Magical! Being from the prairies in Alberta, everything you photograph is incredibly beautiful 😁

[@michaeltillman886]

As I was saying before. I'm really glad to see you out and about. Even though I think your editing videos are great. Seeing you out moving around is great also. So until the next one; Peace, my friend!

[@peterebel7899]

Oh, Hornby Island! This Island was part in one of my most challenging sailing trips - but I never shot a single exposure on this island. What a pity!

[@brianlemke6017]

We’ve had our home in Qualicum for 25 years but I’ve never made it over to Hornby; even though I can see Tribune Bay and the area where you were photographing from our patio. There are just so many great spots on the island(s). Adam, I really do think it’s time for you to cave and get the Tacoma - with a pop-up camper. The Delica is looking pretty tired. PS I drove hwy 40 yesterday through Kananaskis and the Highwood Pass. The larches are incredible; you’ve only got a week or so toget over here and photograph them. Cheers.

[@RickMentore]

What Extraordinary compositions!

[@JanicevD]

also, that one at 9:10. :)

[@SD_Alias]

Very beautiful. I love such detail shot of interesting structures. Some of the b&w could do with a bit of tone plus in the quarter tones I think. They seem a bit harsh that way. But that is a matter of taste Very beautiful…

[@brianbeattyphotography]

The image at 7:11 looks cool, and agree that the foreground is the most interesting part. I wonder how it would've looked if the camera was basically on the ground looking up. Might have made it look like a scene out of Goblin Valley SP? Really like the B&W images!

[@lphilpot01]

Those sand / rock / beach pattern shots are really nice. My weird mind and eye see desiccated skulls in many of the small boulders! Personally, I think they'd look great as a tinted monochrome - Black and white, but with just a slight cast of some color to add more life. I felt when each raw preview faded to the final mono image a bit was lost as the (admittedly subdued) color went away. But again that's just my personal approach and who am I to comment? LOL

[@paullavin5449]

I’m not sure about those b/w images and actually preferred them in colour. I do understand that you were trying to increase the contrast because the light wasn’t great.

[@AjBProductions]

Looks like great place to visit. How did you get down to the waterfront? Looks like there is private land there.

[@QuietLightPhoto]

It is, but there is public access to the rocks

[@AjBProductions]

@@QuietLightPhoto Thank you for replying. I’m here now. Is the access from the marina or before it?

[@QuietLightPhoto]

@@AjBProductions you can access from the marina at low tide or drive up the road for several hundred meters and you'll see a post box on the drive, drive in there until you come across a small parking area

[@AjBProductions]

@@QuietLightPhoto Thank you Adam. That is what I thought but currently it’s high tide so I will wait till the morning. Thanks again for your helpful response. Cheers. Andre

[@grosema]

Just wondering if you sold the GFX 100. I was glad I got to trade mine in for that Price I told you and I got the New GFX 100-2 and what a Difference I am finding ...Just Love this new 100-2

[@QuietLightPhoto]

So what do you like about the new camera over the previous models?

[@grosema]

@@QuietLightPhoto Mainly its the focusing that is Fantastic its my only camera and I like to do everything with it like Birding, Sports, Rodeo's , Dirt Bikes what ever comes in front of me and Now I can do it all with Confidence. I also have a Nikon Mount Sigma 60-600 lens I use in 35mm mode and It is Focusing 90 % better than with the GFX 100

[@composedlight6850]

Just a question --- do you not fly your Drone to make the sweeping films that you once did ?

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Couple of reasons. Carrying the drone with all of my gear is a bit much. Second, most of the areas are restricted in that they are parks and since I am putting these videos out in public some folk just love to call you out so I don't bother as much. Its unfortunate as the drone does add a lot of value to the videos.

[@rodd1000]

Hi Adam, what wellies are you rockin, here and can you recommend them? Thanks

[@QuietLightPhoto]

These www.muckbootcompany.ca/muck-chore-tall-xpresscool-mens-17-inch-waterproo/CHCT900.html pretty good so far not as comfy as my last Muck Boots but better grip with the Vibram soles

[@rodd1000]

@@QuietLightPhoto Brilliant, need something better to fend off the ticks, found three in my Merrill boots tonight, from up in the Peak District. Do you find they’re comfy enough for a full day out? Cheers mate

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Well, they are pretty comfy but not really made for hiking, as they get very hot and sweaty if you tromp around a lot. The last pair I did hike out of a lodge in the Rockies, 27km, but ended up wearing them out. So yes comfy to wear al day, keep you dry but not great for hiking. @@rodd1000

[@BillyVerden]

Hmm.. it seems both You and Gavin have been in a bit of a slump photographically since you guys broke up.. lol.. but good you got out and gave it a try..

[@QuietLightPhoto]

Hey Gavin moved not me. Not really a slump, just a break. I can only do so much photography.