Stop Taking BAD Photos (This helped me)

[@helenoliver7006]

I like them all but #3 a little bit more. I like the position of the arch and the stretch of rock it's part of.

[@DanaPushie]

Ian, this is a perfect example of one reason why I enjoy your videos so much. For me, your approach makes a clear distinction between making and taking photographs. Being intentional (acting from having goals and standards) as opposed to reactive (unintentional decision-making) is my biggest struggle. There are times when a landscape just overloads my thinking and your videos are such a great example of remaining purposeful. Thanks for sharing your talent and experience. 🙏

[@soundazzle]

As an American with lots of Welsh blood, I love to see these beautiful images and videos. Thanks for sharing!

[@ian_worth]

You are very welcome, thanks for watching 👍

[@boblab8097]

I vote for #3, but all are quite nice

[@valeriehoffman8180]

Drone shot-#3 is my preference. More eye-catching and colorful. Great images throughout the video!

[@davidskinner274]

Put the 3 in a triptych... Job done!

[@ian_worth]

good idea 👍

[@mariamullin4031]

No 3 is my favourite, great tips Ian , love the shell one too

[@Сергей-щ6ш7э]

No 2 is my favourite,

[@leep26]

That 1st tip of zooming into a photo! ❤

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@baysidevillage70main]

Thanks!

[@michaeljenner1795]

I like #3 the best with the sunlight on the cliff and the water showing through the arch. I'm enjoying the video. Thank you so much. Good tips.

[@lphilpot01]

My strategy for avoiding the initial "beauty overload" you mentioned is to visit only boring local places. LOL I think I'm safe!! 😀 More on-topic another cause of soft images I've run into is when shooting across a landscape with varying air temperatures. For example, shooting something (maybe a woodland / trees) on the other side of a sandy beach on a warm day. The sand will be warm and radiate heat into the lower atmosphere, causing turbulence to soften the image.

[@ian_worth]

Thank you Len 👍

[@oneeyedphotographer]

I would look for ways to incorporate that diffraction ino my photography. Rain can be a challenge, I tried to shoot through a few km of light rain with a very narrow lens, my first (and so far only) attempt at that did not go well.

[@dronepilotcontractors4094]

I like #3 with the green of the grass for a splash of color. Thank God you had your drone and more important than getting the shot was not risking a fall!

[@ian_worth]

So true, safety first my friend 👍

[@granddadmark7639]

#2 and final cliff shot 📸👍

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@wednesdaythroughthelens830]

The shell is a cracker! 👏👏and great sound work given you are on a windy coast/beach.

[@Mike-su4qr]

My pick is the second image. I like the angle and the structures more balanced, imho

[@randyschwager2515]

I view 6-8 photography videos per day and this is the best instructional video I’ve seen in quite some time! Very well done and filled with great suggestions! I preferred image #3. Thanks for taking me along!

[@kencawley3121]

Great tips. Sadly, your first example shot could have been one of mine from the Northern California coast a year ago. I love the tip of shooting wide and then zooming in on screen to look for compositions.

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@jamesbarnes3063]

Ian you are a man of great common sense and a good photographer. thanks for the tips and happy new year

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍 Happy new year

[@dennismurray703]

Brilliant video to start off the new year. Loved the shell image at 13:08, with your use of the light so spot on. The cliff face at 14:56 was another favourite. Great tip on the use of shadows in images.

[@ian_worth]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@billingalls1940]

Tough choice between #2 and #3, but I go with #2. How great to carry along a drone. Congratulations on picking out the shell with all the other wonderful stuff around on that beach.

[@davidlevine3288]

Ian I always enjoy watching your videos. I really like your suggestion to take the wide shot and then zoom in to find the gems.

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@hungaryspring]

Photography #3 is my favorite…better light on the cliff face.

[@ickebins6948]

I've got not the problem with to much sharpness but with to much saturation even in the raws (shooting Fuji). So most of the time I have to tone down the images to look "more natural" :)

[@nerdyandy3101]

Unusually smart & precious tips make these presentations a new way of exploring photography. Great stuff !

[@williamhemelberg]

I love number two!

[@marina-Steve]

#2 is the best

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@frednorman1]

Drone shot #3 of the stone arch is my favorite

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@luisfigueroa3300]

Another fine tutorial. I really like they way you put it together. I don’t get out to shoot as much as I would like to. This was one great refresher for me. As the saying goes, if you don’t use it you’ll loose it. Thanks!

[@willyonamountain]

I've been heavy into landscape photography for a few years and I STILL make the "trying to include too much" mistake. Then you look at the photo later and think- hmm that's a nice photo of nothing in particular 😅

[@ian_worth]

I still do it myself as well 😂

[@peterosborne9802]

Guilty 😅

[@ciprianpopica]

Sounds familiar 🤣

[@WatsonPhoto24]

Ian, your videos are always inspiring 😊 thanks

[@ian_worth]

Glad you like them!

[@juanitakelly3082]

Good tips and reminders! It helps to see them being applied in the field.

[@ian_worth]

Glad it was helpful! 👍🙏

[@hanahoeo7073]

Once again stunning locations. Great tips thanks.

[@ian_worth]

Awesome, Thank you 👍

[@kevinbull6597]

A great video to start off the new year.

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@jacqueslauzon]

Image #1 for me and thank you for your tips on photography. Happy New Year to you!

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍 Happy New Year

[@alozborne]

For the rock arch series, I like the second photo best. Thanks for the useful tips! I'm new to photography as - although I have taken hundreds of cell phone photos while hiking, backpacking, and motorcycling - I haven't invested in a proper digital camera until now (bought myself a Panasonic Lumix G85 after much research). It's a bit overwhelming, but YT channels like yours are a great resource for learning about photography 🙂 One of the biggest changes to my photographic process is the need for post production of my photos using software other than what's on my phone. I'm realizing that I'm going to have to invest in Adobe's "Photography plan" (LR + PS) if I want to do a proper job of crafting my photos.

[@ian_worth]

Thank you and good luck with your photography 👍

[@sailingcalmedbythesea7495]

Number 3 for me!

[@Dr.Mark.Marzinzik]

Ian, thanks again for all the tips! From the arc photos I like most #3. And you have made very beautiful video shots, too. I wonder, if at some time short video clips might be more „beautiful“ than photographs 😉.

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@robertgrenader858]

#3, without a doubt. I shoot with an XT-5 and bracket just about everything +- 2 stops.

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@robkar623]

Number 3 of the arch for me

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@PaulBreeding-i7y]

i love number 2

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@ccoopify]

I say 2 is fav with 3 close

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@irutgers]

Thank you for these excellent tips I really enjoy. Happy New Year’s!

[@ian_worth]

You are so welcome! Happy new year

[@granthorner]

Nice drone shots Ian ❤, what drone are you using?

[@alstamarisphotography2797]

Hi Ian, i like picture nr.2. Great video again about see and thinking about the conditions of the light and how to study the composition before taking the picture. Less is more i think if you see more, think more and enjoy more from each location. Happy new year to you and keep up the good work! Greetings Frank ( Alstamarisphotography) from Belgium 😉

[@ian_worth]

Thank you Frank 👍 Happy new year

[@ifell3]

Brilliant content. I think #2 and well done for retrieving the drone aha

[@ian_worth]

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes it was probably a little too windy for the drone, but hopefully worth it 👍

[@ifell3]

@@ian_worth 100%

[@vzshadow1]

Nice video. If I may, roughly at what part of the UK was this video recorded?

[@valerievaleriem1769]

Image 3 for me as well.

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@the4rsofrc83]

All 3! :)

[@kphotographyonline4537]

Great tips!

[@davidpatterson6623]

#3 is my preferred photo

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@walterhall9682]

What do you think of a picture that was taken in 1983 or 35 mm Minolta camera that my wife looks like she could walk right out of the picture

[@BlueserStream]

#3, cheers great video

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@mahoutie]

Image 3 for me.

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@simonlewis7224]

Image 2 for me

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@RichardBrigzy]

Hi Ian, I am thinking of adding a drone to my photography work, could you tell me the drone you chose, are you happy with the quality of it's still images? (good topic for a video I think your followers like me would be very interested) Cheers Richard

[@jimspc07]

Your shot at 14.58 looks like a lava flow gobbling up the beach and going on into the water.

[@Suhailkhan53]

Lovely video ❤😊

[@chrismassa5891]

with your fuiji camera, do you shoot raw and jpeg? do you use a recipe? if just raw are your settings Zero’d out. I was thinking of making a RAW recipe on custom button

[@ian_worth]

Thanks, yes Raw plus jpeg. 👍

[@DonDickinson-o9o]

I always get extreme vertigo when watching photographers get too close to the edge of a cliff. Of the drone shots, #3 interested me because of the angle and the balance.

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍👍

[@johnturnerphotography]

#3 great vlog 👌👍

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@ianbaker3678]

Image 3

[@ian_worth]

Cheers buddy 👍

[@GeorgeENorkus]

Several of your suggestions are just plain common sense and things I have been doing for many years. It's wonderful that you are bringing this out for those who have not been around a camera as long as some of us. As for your photos of the arch, I prefer number 3 best even though the green on the upper left tends to draw my eye away from the arch somewhat.

[@ian_worth]

Thank you 👍

[@johnmclean7852]

Some advice given to me a long time ago is not to get hung up in the math, it’s using the wrong side of the brain. Don’t think about the F-stop as a number but as open or close. Exposure as long or short…. Only photographers look for the setting, viewers look at the image.

[@NeonRon]

3.

[@militarymodellerpaul5932]

Number 2

[@elliscofield9756]

1

[@petrub27]

without bad photos, you can't appreciate the good ones. i will take even more bad photos now

[@ian_worth]

Me too 😂