Shoot Your Own Sunset Wall Art - Part 2

In Shoot Your Own Sunset Wall Art - Part 1 we did the research to find the right location, time of sunset, tides etc and found the positions to photograph from. Search our channel for "Shoot Your Own Sunset Wall Art" to find it.
You have to work pretty fast when capturing a sunset photo which has a structure in it because sunsets don't last long. Keep an eye on your exposure and use histograms to make sure the exposure is correct because your LCD will appear brighter than it is as light levels drop.
In this video we were very lucky to get the sunset we did because it turned cloudy mid afternoon. But the sun poked out under the clouds for a few minutes and it was spectacular.
Join me on the final stage of the shoot as i shoot images, then back in the office doing post production tweaks to the RAW file in Adobe Lightroom and finally enjoying the final printed image where it should be - hanging on the wall.
If you'd like to take your photography to the next level check out our other videos, downloadable e-courses, DVDs and workshops at www.photography...
Mike Browne

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Thank you. To answer your questions. 1) if by like this you mean lonely fre standing lighthouses I don't think there are. If anyone knows of one please comment. 2) If you have 8 meggapixels or more, the image is sharp and well exposed you can make prints at least 24 inches wide and they look fine. Most cameras have around 20MP these days so you can print double that size provided you haven't cropped the original

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Wow. thanks again seravy unicorn. To know I'm asnwering questions you didn't know you had is awesome and makes me all goosebumpy. Please keep sharing and help me become better rated.. MIKE :-)

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Hi. I can't say what exposure i use because it'll be different for every picture. Some sunrises / sunsets will be brighter or darker than others, and you may want to make them brighter or darker than they are according to how you want the image to look so you have to set it according to what you want. I don't use an ND but I do sometimes use a grad

[@PonteRyuurui]

this planet needs more people like Mike

[@TheBiggervern]

Great shot Mike ... I love your enthusiasm and the careful attention you pay to explaining the process in an understandable manner and easy going style. Many thanks.

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you. Hmm that's an almost unanswerable question. I'd take focal lengths from 10mm to 200mm, a polariser and maybe a couple of grad filters. Hope that helps...

[@waytoindia7882]

Hi Mike,no words are enough to thank you for such lovely inspirational tutorials..I am hooked on to your vidoes,watching them again and again..thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experience..

[@davejvickers]

I recognised the lighthouse, spent many weeks there in my youth!

[@samanthadevine5953]

I love your passion for what you are doing and how you talk us through your every thought process, change of mind and stick to your guns about what you like or don't like. I also love the way you don't charge about like you own the place. Thanks for doing these videos.

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you so much +Samantha Devine that's very kind of you. It's the thought process behind an image that makes it and that's why I made the 7 Building Blocks of Photography course to address this issue. No one else seems to have addressed it and it's soooo important. Please take a look if you're interested.. - MIKE www.photographycourses.biz/courses/7-building-blocks-of-photography

[@jellychin]

Hi Mike, great video. Been watching a few of your beginner videos, even tho I consider myself more advanced, I still learnt little nuggets from each. Keep up the good work.

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you jellychin I'm happy to help :-) Please help me make more videos by sharing them on forums etc with other photographers.

[@joshuarice85]

Your tutorials are amazing. I always learn a new tip or trick and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experiences with us. Keep the videos coming.

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you Joshua - please help me make more by sharing your favourites around with other photographers.. MIKE :-)

[@lynrankine7847]

Great sunset-my favourite thing to photograph. your enthusiasm is a joy to behold-reminds me of me!! Another great tutorial - I am recently new and now loyal follower and please keep on 'jigging'.

[@GlueFactoryBJJ]

Mike, please give some kudos to your "video production team" because they really do a great job putting all of this together. I wish I could do it half as well!

[@richardsherman3507]

Have been watching a ton of your vids now mike. Thanks for all the time and effort you put in. Much appreciated.

[@peterkay9050]

Thoroughly enjoyable video. I completely empathise having frozen my bits off waiting for the sun to do something stunning. I particularly loved and feel inspired by the way each change in your surroundings gave you another angle and perspective. Another excellent video. Thanks for this and all the other excellent and inspirational videos

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you Peter! Melissa pp Mike

[@aashishf14]

Just wanted to say: thank you SO much for all the hard work you put into all these lovely videos!

[@powerforward1955]

Stunning photos. Walking me through the process= priceless. Thanks for emphasizing the advantages and payoff of being methodical. I hope that lighthouse is still there when I visit the UK in the next two years followed by Tokyo-I will be traveling to enjoy & experience photography. Peace.

[@MikeBrowne]

Finger's crossed it is 😂😂😂

[@thunderfoot240]

This video(among so many others on this channel) is so inspiring. It really helps me put my photography into perspective and help me see where I want to go with it!

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you thunderfoot240 great to know it helped. Please help me make more videos by sharing them on forums etc with other photographers.

[@rowan3400]

I went to this lighthouse after watching this video, followed what you said and got (what I think) are amazing pictures!!! long trip from just outside London and back in one day though:)

[@MikeBrowne]

CONGRATULATIONS Rowan. That's 10/10 mate. Effort in = results out, so please for you. It was a gamble to go all that way and maybe have bad weather etc, but you did it anyway and were rewarded. Love it - MIKE :-)

[@maruchar7048]

Ok Mike, it´s done;) I´m watching ALL your videos and learning. Thanks again for your time teaching us.

[@johnblanke2653]

Really fun to watch it all come together!! And that Dance Step was absolutely superb!!🤣😎

[@Fabio4924]

This Video (like all of yours) is like a vacation on a lonely Island. You just are so sympathic and informative. Better than every stupid photography workshop. Thanks and dont stop doing this! Greets from austria

[@karlojones8507]

Mike, you are such a sweet man, thank you so much for making videos like this! Great help and I enjoy watching you getting excited about good shot. Please keep making these, great, great, great help!

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you +Karlo Jones If you like my vids you might find it easier to watch them on my site. There's over 270 and they are all searchable by category and subject. And if you'd be kind enough to share them with other photographers I'd really appreciate it because that helps me make more of them - MIKE www.photographycourses.biz/videos

[@karlojones8507]

Sure thing Mike, it's smallest thing I can do for you :)

[@loj3268]

Beautiful! I'm hooked on your videos, I'm learning sooooo much! I get just as excited too when I know I'm getting or got the "money" shot!

[@tonycomerford745]

Another amazing video. Your excitement is contagious. Keep up the great work

[@derreth]

Thanks Mike I love your videos they inspire me to go out and try what I've learnt from them.

[@MikeBrowne]

Yes - i always shoot RAW except when on holiday - or when using my phone.

[@maruchar7048]

Mike, thank you very much for these great tutorials. Keep the great job! Greetings from Argentina!

[@red2lucas]

Fantastic appreciation of the beauty and enthusiasm for photography. Loved the dance too.

[@MikeBrowne]

Thanks Chris - MIKE :-)

[@SamanHewage]

Watched 4 of your videos. Many Thanks for the tips. Enjoyed much as a beginner myself .

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Thank you Saman Hewage

[@user-he9cg6xb9o]

This has been one of the best videos I have seen in your series!! I enjoyed it thoroughly and I felt I was in there honestly.. When encountering a scenario like that, you have to enjoy photography 100% and I did just seeing you enjoying it:) That is one of the aspects that I enjoy about photography the most ...the adrenaline that I get myself through the process when I see a mental picture transformed in reality and the result is just awesome, like the picture you got.Thanks so much for conveying the joy that brings being a photographer.Gem:)

[@MikeBrowne]

Hey thanks Gem. I love the 'buzz' tto. It's so great when you put in a load 0of work researching the right location, how to make the camera capture the scene the way you want it to and then that little bit of luck when the light and weather plays ball too. Interestingly, I find the harder people try, the luckier they get... MIKE :-)

[@MikeBrowne]

Hi Dave. Are you asking about photographing the sun itself - or a sunset? Photographing the sun itself would be very specialist and I don't recommend trying it without doing research on how to do it and what kind of kit / level of filtering you'd need. I've shot hundreds of sunsets over the years and as far as I'm aware there aren't any. Camera will be fine and so long as no one tries to look directly at sun there shouldn't be a problem.

[@deadinteresting8905]

your excitement at the view really comes across, love how you took us through the process and what a fantastic result!! :D

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Thank you Rosalie, we are delighted to read your comment, please do share it too so we can make more - Melissa pp Mike

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Your tutorials are excellent and very well put together. I have learned so much through the way you explain things at a level the novice like myself can understand. Thank you for all the effort you put into your vids. Keep up the good work.

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[@wurlitzr]

Wayyy late seeing this vid was published over 3 years ago, but I just got my first dslr last month. I used to enjoy shooting sunsets when my family went on vacay when my kids were younger. After seeing this series I am planning on heading to the beach in July when my daughter & I will be closer to the west coast of Florida.

[@YashwanthMayasandra]

Thank you Mike for all of your tutorials !! You are awesome

[@GeraldThomasphotojunkie]

Absolutely stunning Mike! Well done! And thanks for sharing this experience with us.

[@addicknchips1]

Great video and beautiful final image. So true about your comments regarding planning. Nothing quite like seeing a sunset on holiday, running back to the apartment to get the tripod only to miss it.

[@MikeBrowne]

Yes, been there done that myself Jonathan Howes

[@benwoollard7891]

Really great video and, as always, clearly explained and with real enthusiasm. Great series of videos and they have taught me loads. Just need to get out there and practice! Thanks again.

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Thanks Ben. Please share them around so we can make more like them. And have fun practising - MIKE :-)

[@leaningtower73]

What a brilliant awesome teacher you are! Thanks a lot!!

[@eyematt1]

Cracking video! The ones that show the mistakes and problems and what to do about them are Golden Nuggets when learning. I play guitar as well as Photography and I tell people, they way to learn is to play a song from start to finish to make you more complete and the same goes for photography as you have excellently demonstrated. Would love to see how you got the print i.e. how you setup your supply chain. Happy new year you and your team(wife)

[@MikeBrowne]

If you're going to print an image it's best it doesn't fade so all my printing is either done by professional digital printer PW Digital in Poole UK who uses archival inks. Or by ProAm Imaging in Bradford UK who print onto photographic paper. Framing is a personal choice as to what you like and what works with the image in it.

[@aarondepaoli9700]

I think i was enjoying this shoot just as much as you!

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Thanks Mohit. It's what keeps us going :-)

[@cmdllb]

Aha! Found it. Brilliant. Truly inspirational, Mike. Thanks a million.

[@marcellovalle7112]

Thank you so much for these videos Mike! They are very useful and really motivating!

[@leesadler558]

Hi Mike; thank you so much for your tutorials, I really love them and you cover so many topics. You are by far the best photography teacher I've found on the web; thank you again. I have a question about posing subjects; I know you covered this a little bit in your lighting tutorial but I was hoping you could go into more detail, especially when posing couples. Or maybe even better, could you do a tutorial on a wedding? Thank you!

[@gmailnicolette]

Omg...funniest video ever! Love the dance :P Gorgeous photo. That's the most beautiful place I've ever seen. Where in the world do you live?

[@Oggiwara1]

Thanks a lot for this tutoriel, Mike! I love to take pictures while travel and reasently bought my first DSLR. Sunsets, beach and landscape is my favorite. So I hope I will get rid of the grainyness I had on my point and shoot camera when i shot sunsets on my next vacation. Because the sunsets is awesome in the mountains and rivers of Laos, and the beaches and islands of Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Thanks a lot!

[@jonathanvowles1762]

Mike, great videos! They really help the understanding. The explanations seem to make so much sense.

[@EA-58]

Always a pleasure to watch and learn.

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I absolutely love your videos. Thanks so much for posting them!

[@deepfriendhere]

Your videos are really awesome...i cant logout without leaving a comment....Gonna see all ur videos from now,,,

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you. At the distance I was away from the light house I only needed to focus on it at f16 and everything was sharp.

[@jasonelles6121]

I’m very much liking the way you come across, you make it all very exciting and you have my attention 100 %

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Thank Jason... MIKE

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Best learning tool, learning in a fun way....../ God Bless you...

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Thank you Dr. ShahZadah ... MIKE

[@TheLordSibley]

Thanks Mike & Jenny for another informative and entertaining video. Well worth a like and a subscribe. I'm quite new to digital photography so I'm looking forward to working my way through the rest of your video's.

[@dpk1385]

Fantastic. Ok, a question about focus points. In regards to the photo, did you choose and set the focus point on that subject exactly (lighthouse structure), or kind of utilise the 1/3 - 2/3 hyperfocal distance scenario? Thanks Mike.

[@ppr0n]

Love the video, and I love the entire channel, which I just recently discovered. Big thanks for all the great stuff there is to watch! :D Oh, and by the way. Where is this?

[@RedlineRossi]

Really glad you added the post processing stuff in there. I enjoy this just as much as taking the photgraphs themselves.... Well almost :) Couple of Questions if I may, Mike? 1) Are there any locations like this in Hampshire? I remember you are from this area somewhere. Lymington?? 2) How large can I blow-up my image? Taken with a Nikon D3200. I have a kit lens 18-55mm and hoping to get a 50mm any day now. Thanks for your time, and keep making these very helpful videos.

[@anorak211]

What a great video, your films are great fun and very useful for my photography, thanks

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Thanks +Glyn Heskins If you'd be kind enough to share the vids around with other photographers I'd really appreciate it because it'll help me make more of them - MIKE

[@Gregs_World]

I absolutely love your approach to shooting and teaching us about "the shot." One thing: why the 18-70mm lens? I know that you own far better glass. Why not use on of those "gold-ringed" nikkors to get that "Ikea-esque" result? Thanking you in advance.

[@213Phish]

Thank you for being an awesome teacher.

[@robertmyers4390]

Cheers Mike,,, love the enthusiasm,,,,, keep up the good work mate, thanks, Bob

[@MikeBrowne]

thank you robert! - Melissa pp Mike

[@mlopez7640]

I enjoy your watching your videos Mike. Did you shoot these photos in RAW?

[@tomcraigphotoart]

Great Videos Mike, can't wait to get down to Wales in the Better weather and put your Ideas into action, Obviously checking Tide Times, so i don't get caught out lol Tom

[@757flyerphil]

Great video. Love the whole start to finish thing. Would have been nice to see the editing as well tho. Thanks for your time.

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you. "When is it safe to look at the sun in the viewfinder?" It's never a great idea but there's no way around it if you're going to shoot before the sun goes behind the horizon. Just don't use a big full power zoom straight into it, and you could try wearing dark sunglasses whilst looking through the viewfinder. - Mike

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you. Yes - for me that fantastic feeling is what photography is all about and is why i'm not that interested in different makes of cameras and kit. It's the 'Money Shot' that counts not the camera used to get it... :-)

[@ianmcdonald9885]

Thanks for the video, I stumbled across one of you videos and have now watched quite a number of them. Ive been playing at photography for a few years now self taught from videos on KZbin but not really improved too much and lost a bit of confidence, your videos have helped me to try and get out there and keep photographing. I learned a lot about researching for best shot from this one and if I can get an image half as good as your one I'll be a very happy snapper thanks again

[@MikeBrowne]

ian McDonald, glad you like our videos, if you think you would want to go next level and think like a photographer, would love you to take a peek of our 7 building blocks course here www.photographycourses.biz/courses/7-blocks-free-sample - Melissa pp Mike

[@Passio7Jd]

This is awesome Mike, I've learnt so much! Looking forward into more videos!

[@TopGear543]

Fantastic video! I can't wait to get out there and take great photos on the next Sony Nex 7N. The Nex 7 replacement.

[@maqsoodkhan7451]

Mike Great work. Thanks a lot for such superb videos.

[@safeharbor7]

Much enjoyed... big thumbs up... Larry

Nice job, I want to be like you, you are my inspiration to make a photo and try always. Thank you for you videos and explain everything, I send greeting

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you. Yes I did and at 7.59 you can see me processing my chosen image.

[@jackieconnell7183]

mike ,that was fun and a joy to watch, i am going on a Caribbean cruise in three weeks time and i hope i will see lots of sunsets from the boat.you have great passion,for all yours shoots,and what i love about you mike is ,water or sand will not stop you,i agree you need to travel to ireland to get a pair of wellies and amazng shots lol btw any tips on shooting on a cruise?

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you jakkie. Have a great trip. No tips for you really. The same techniques of photography apply regardless of where or what you're photographing. If you're on a small boat that's bouncing about on the water, make sure your shutter speed is much faster than focal length you have on the lens to avoid camera shake. (EG. 50mm lens = min 150th shutter speed) Won't be an issue on big cruise ship though... MIKE

[@improvestepbystep]

Great pictures. I want to learn more about the printing process. Do you print on archival paper (and what paper) and frame it accordingly? What's your opinion about the importance of archival printing and framing? Thanks

[@sgwilsonmd]

Mike, I love your videos and feel I have really learned a lot watching them. But, can I suggest a piece of gear you should consider? Rubber boots, I believe you call them "Wellies" over there. Here in Maine, we have to deal with ice cold water a lot also. Thanks again for all the work you put out for us.

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you Steven Wilson - I'll get some :-) meanwhile please help me make more videos by haring them with other photographers on forums, Facebook, Flickr etc.

[@ooNap0oo]

fun to watch this and the picture turned out great

[@codica666]

What an incredibly beautiful place.

[@PaulHumphries68]

This video helped me create one of my fav shots to date...thanks Mike.

[@MikeBrowne]

Thank you - sometimes we have to suffer a bit for our art :-)

[@tsscnorthants]

Really enjoyed this two part video. Great job!

[@ilokanodaytoy1]

hey mike nice video,love your work!what exposure do use for sunrise?do you nd filter?thanks

[@Th3SolarWind]

Great tutorial as always,was wondering what size print and frame you used?

[@GeordieSox]

Awesome! Ya'v made me wanna gan doon the beach and get snappin

[@andrewcroft2570]

Stunning image, Mike.

[@MikeBrowne]

Thanks...

[@improvestepbystep]

Thanks Mike! Learning a lot from you!

[@jvazquez109]

Love the last picture with the water in the shot. What Tripod do you use? Looks super sturdy.

[@bang1432]

Well done Mike. Where did you focus in this case? I/3 in the scene??

[@MikeBrowne]

HI Adis Babovic thanks for the kind words, I will have Mike answer your question when he get's back from playing with his Bike- MELISSA :)

[@Korginger]

Mike, if you ever get the chance to do a shoot up here in Scotland be sure to visit the East Neuk of Fife - and give me a shout :) Love the videos and your enthusiasm for the art. Keep shooting!

[@MikeBrowne]

Thanks Michael Mullan - I'm working with someone to get something set up north of Aberdeen so keep an eye on my site and facebook.....