The CREATIVE and TECHNICAL side of landscape photography - free tutorial

[@aaronmaloney8]

3:20 protect the camera at all costs 💯

[@rhodesia1578]

A true master at his profession .. nice work Will 👌🏻👏👏.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

💙❤️💙

[@PMCN53]

Enjoying the journey with you Will. Love your editing techniques & how you can capture the 3-4 frames not using a tripod. :)

[@leannecullen8317]

Excellent! Man I needed to have seen this before I went exploring up Cascade to that waterfall. Great to see the work process for the focus stack and the blending of the water. Thanks for sharing.

[@jaxrcexplorer]

OMG! Really... I got goosebumps the moment you arrived... 00:10:08 no words... i love what you do... 🫶

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Cheers mate!

[@johnthomasdoyle1964]

Another beautiful image and well explained tutorial. Thanks William.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Many thanks!

[@denisesavage2382]

Gonna go bush bashing, weather's coming in great, and leave the telephoto behind . . . . .gees Will! And then, crikey!!! A spot to just take in and soak up.

[@kyethompson5334]

Even though it looked wet, cold and miserable it is an incredibly beautiful place. I got a lot of value from watching your editing as I had never used the adjustment brush think I will be now.I like how you explain and demonstrate information makes it easy to understand . I am going over the learning videos I got a time ago.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thank you 🙏🏻💚

[@galacticnemesis366]

I take inspiration from these and apply most of the techniques in my processing all the time now. Thanks for the great content mate. 👍

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks so much mate 🙏🏻

[@Eliass-]

Gotta appreciate that hes showing How its all done in the field rather than just sitting home and talking about where to position yourself etc.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@1_Tim]

Thanks for this video. You work hard for your shots. I had been wondering how you focus stacked with hand held. Great tips on the soft edges in a photo and your techniques for the alignment.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

thanks so much mate

[@anilthomasamayappadam]

Nice one👍🎉

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks again !

[@AshleeMadden-Jacobi]

Felt like I was right there with you! Thank you for taking us along on such an adventure. Also, your edit at the end was well worth the watch. I have never had focus stacks and/or blending explained to me in such a clear and concise way. What a relief! Also, it was GREAT to see that you managed this shot without a tripod. I carry mine on all hikes and the weight really gets to me, so to know that it's not absolutely necessary brings such a relief. Thanks again!

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks a lot for the support of the channel. Yeah no tripod for me 😅 cheers!

[@timmcneillyphotography]

Nice mate, love that reminder to take the time to really enjoy the moment before rushing to get the camera out and then not actually see things properly 👌

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks brother 🙏🏻👊🏻

[@shupingyin8082]

love the perspective warp which i don't use often.

[@chriswright6381]

Now that's a proper bushbash! Nice explainer on the focus stack and exposure blend workflow. Many thanks!

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks mate!

[@karolinarussell3383]

Some great editing tips, thanks Will! And thank you for the encouragement to take my camera into rainy, boggy and wet environments. I still worry about this so much 😅

[@CarolineOrdHume]

Hi Will, I absolutely love your longer adventure to location videos and always wish I can go back to NZ when I watch them. Your videos are very entertaining and funny while still including loads of tips, keep them coming. I did wonder if you would get lost once you were in the bush. Including a bit of bird sounds was good too, it adds to the experience and I would suggest more of those natural sounds, NZ bird song is unique :-). Great tutorial on the processing! All the work you put in to production is very much appreciated

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

That means a lot. Thanks for taking the time 🙏🏻

[@shupingyin8082]

the place is amazing.

[@andymuirhead8092]

Thanks mate. That was great.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks mate

[@robbertjurrien7550]

Love it!!! It is not al about "the shot" it is the journey what makes landscape photography so great. Thank you!

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@gregmartin1615]

Another fantastic video with such a generous sharing of your knowledge. Thank you Will!

[@harrisnjalil]

Loved all that "Bush Bashing" or as we call it Bushwhacking. Amazing waterfall mate! Definitely a privilege being there but you earned it. Question for you though, how do you avoid ticks, considering how thick is the bush and deer has been around?

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Haha, thanks mate. Thankfully no ticks or leeches down this way :)

[@klausschumacher8673]

At last, I learnt how to cope with swaying grasses in the foregroundand at the same time focus stack - I spent a lot of time on this and gave up, eventually. Next time, it will work. A thousand thanks !

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

My pleasure. Thank you for viewing :)

[@kencabeen7786]

Noice! Great edit of a beautiful shot. Thanks William.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks mate :)

[@COShea-iw6ii]

Great content. Thank you.

[@brinx07]

Great video mate. Really enjoyed the journey out and the post processing.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks mate 👊🏻

[@jarekjayjay6183]

That's what I'm talking about, I open a beer and watch

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Haha perfect

[@chrissylviaparkin5720]

Loved this adventure! It was great to be along and then to see 'the reveal' ! What a gem of a place. Really enjoyed the search for the perfect scene and also the tutorial following. Brilliant all round.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks for the kind comment and support ☺️🙏🏻

[@graehamkennedy5643]

Thanks as always. Great video and excellent tutorial. It is very generous of you to share your talent.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks Graeham!

[@stuartbell3666]

Awesome vlog and knowledge share Will, cheers mate and keep up the great work👍

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks legend!

[@robgerety]

Terrific. Glad I landed on your channel. Sub'd. I hope those streams didn't swell before you walked out. 🙂

[@colinstalker]

Wow, now that was an adventure! Great vlog William. I loved the final edit tutorial. 👌 Thank you for taking us to a place many will never see 😊

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks mate!

[@debbieharry-clarke2918]

G'day from across the ditch. Thoroughly enjoyed that video, I'm about to travel to Tasmania, so I will be trying some of your techniques whilst down there. Look forward to your next video

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Brilliant. I’m from Wollongong originally. All the best in Tas and thanks for supporting the channel 🙏🏻

[@davidmaltby2065]

What a wonderful journey to capture an absolutely stunning image

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thank you David.

[@tmeeten3195]

Magical adventure as always - thanks for the editing workflow afterwards too. You explain it in such clean and easy terms without having to ctrl Z lots or change your mind during the workflow and throw us learners off the path!!! Thanks very much

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Haha, thanks a lot!

[@ianbraithwaite9563]

Hi, Will great adventure and well worth the effort for a great result, thanks for taking us along with you!

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thank you Ian 🙏🏻

[@joanhuggett5164]

You are such good fun, William. So glad you can scrub bash like this and take us to magical places. Wonderful footage; your cameraman is a gem. The focus stacking in the tutorial was amazing. Way over my head but was fascinated by the process and outcome.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thank you Joan!! It means a lot.

[@valeriehoffman8180]

Loved this video-the scenery, the behind the scenes, your thoughts as you traveled and then began setting up the shot. And I really love how you love nature. It's a joy to watch your videos. You are an excellent teacher. Appreciate you

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

That means a lot, thank you Valerie ☺️🙏🏻

[@tomhansen3182]

Quite an adventure Will. Thanks for taking us along.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Cheers Tom!

[@SonjaBella]

Thanks for sharing Will, as always! Great behind the scenes footage taking us on your journey to this amazing location and making the workflow easy to follow!

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

My pleasure! Thanks Sonja :)

[@marychaseflynn]

It's always a pleasure watching these tutorials Will, I was holding my breath on some of those trails and thinking how does he do it! Seriously, your work is an art and I'm honored to learn the process behind it.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

That means a lot, thank you !

[@teeeenyfifi]

Love watching the editing process, it’s like watching actual magic happen 🤩

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Cheers Fi!

[@simonkemp2175]

Awesome video, super informative and engaging :-)

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks a lot :)

[@warrenlloyd7532]

Another great video mate. I only know a few Photoshop basics so it was good to see what rasterise means and how to make use of the transform tool.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you mate.

[@keenanfitzharris7758]

Great video all around! Love the more technical tutorial of focus stacking and exposure blending. Thanks for sharing!

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thank you!

[@diekritischestimme]

Hey Will, great video and tutorial, I learned quite a lot, but I was wondering about your process of using the transform tool in the end. I found this transforming to be very destructive for details, I only use it in panoramic shots (which have higher resolution anyway and more details), if I have to. (Same goes for correcting the horizon line, better to get that right in camera!). My solution to this is to capture a little bit more than I need and then I can always crop in without losing the composition I wanted to have. I know on ultrawide-angle this can be challenging, and in this example, would further complicate the process, but you could just take two vertical shots of this scenery, blend them together and then crop out as much as you want to get the perfect composition again! PS: I also do not trust the auto alignment, because of ghosting issues, in this image I would have blended the images together myself, with a layer mask and simply do the transition on the mossy rock lines which are between the ferns and the water. I found this to be a very good method, if there is such an area without much texture anyway (same goes for let's say: Foreground shot, then water in the middle and more landscape at the end. Usually I just blend in those areas where there is not much texture anyway - and if you look at the photo merge from photoshop you will often see that the programme is actually doing the same taking the easiest part to patch two files together!)

[@simongreig5644]

Loved the whole thing and learnt so much about staking. Even though my editing is not up to that level, I intend to stack the shots so the day I can edit correctly, I'll have the shots to work with. Who knows, it might be the very reason to push to knowledge to a new level. Thank you.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thank you mate. That sounds like a great idea. Cheers :)

[@PaulHarveyAustralia]

THAT'S COMMITMENT : ) Good stuff

[@johnchambers6272]

Great shot Will, definitely earned. Have experienced the same in Fiordland a number of times where it can take upwards of an hour to get 300 - 400 metres ahead. Frustrating but very rewarding when you do break through to a beautiful spot. The editing was a clear and concise work flow for one of the more trying shots out in the field. Hadn't heard anyone teaching the open/closed curtains before when it comes to revealing layers. Well done all round. Your videos just keep getting better.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Very kind John, thank you so much.

[@DanielMurrayPhotography]

But seriously, my entire KZbin feed is full of thumbnails of people looking really shocked, it's quite concerning. 😂😂 Great vid mate, I love watching a good explore.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

😮😮😮😮😮‼️ 🤣Thanks a lot mate 🙏🏻

[@ronstinson7605]

Awesome video!!!

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks!

[@jarsok245]

As usual, very good material :-) pozdrawiam Jarek

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Cheers ☺️🙏🏻

[@monstennn]

Hey William, thanks for your video. Not sure if you've considered this but you're on Indigenous land so those waterfalls definitely have names and more than a few people have seen them. I get what you're trying to say - these areas are remote and free from development and, at face value, the impact of colonisation. There is no such thing as the "wilderness" - it's all Indigenous land. Keep up the good work.

[@stevemckenzie4731]

Thanks for sharing mate.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks a lot mate

[@reneepatino7804]

So good ❤

[@rosssayer6524]

Just really appreciate getting to come along on your adventures into the wilderness and following the way you review the location before capturing the images. Thanks very much William, one quick question- do you put out a tutorial on how to do that process with blending in photoshop?? Quite happy to purchase if you do ?? Thank you.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks so much Ross! Here’s a tutorial with some focus stacking and processing of images in Photoshop www.williampatinophotography.com/focus-stacking-masterclass-sale

[@Keith_003]

Great episode. One of your best. Good adventure, and demonstrating the whole process from capture to process is very educational.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks so much!

[@DaveBerthiaume]

Hello from Minnesota, William. I love your images, and am continually amazed how you can get tack-sharp images handheld at slower shutter speeds. How much of that is your ability to steady the camera vs the built-in image stabilization?

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Not really possible without the ibis. So it’s a combo of steady hands and the tech. Thanks a lot mate 🙏🏻

[@dzengiztafa510]

Only just discovered your video's. They are super good. around the 15:00 minute mark, you talk about focus stacking the image while the ferns are actually moving. I've been having difficulty in focus stacking things with moving plants or other subjects. Photoshop really has a problem in stacking the images & has difficulty aligning the images before the stack. Any tips on how you go about this in post?

[@dzengiztafa510]

Hehe I should have waited before the end of the video 🙂 Good material!

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks mate! Yeah it’s not ideal. Need to get those frames at a faster shutter and in quick succession so there’s minimal movement.

[@TheycallmeWade]

You need the 28-200 tamron mate haha. if your here tamron get in touch

[@Fred.C.]

Great video as always Will! Which shutter speed did you use on the focus stack shots to avoid the ferns get blurry?

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks Fred. From memory, around 1/80. Cheers !

[@yazansabri]

💯💯👌

[@windleman1]

Wow...how wonderful to be able to find such a beautiful place. Great story and lesson. One question, i use the Sony 24-105mm on A7riii which is fixed f4. I know you use a fixed f 2.8. If i shoot image at say f11 is there any difference between both lenses at f11? Just interested from hand holding perspective, hope my question makes sense.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thank you. Nope, no difference in depth of field. One lens might be slightly sharper due to the glass but that’s all. F/11 on a cropped sensor or medium format will be slightly different though.

[@mikegosheron1679]

@@WilliamPatinoPhotography So is that also true for all you hand holding techniques you outline? Would you be able to achieve the same results with an F4 lens vs F2.8 or would you need to increase shutter speeds /ISO because less light?

[@guykerr8111]

I am a bit confused re: editing. I understand white reveals and black conceals in PS. Are you in fact hiding the waterfall in the top image and letting the underneath one come through as it is now hidden on layer above? Informative. Thanks.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

That’s correct, I’m revealing the one below. The black revealed.

[@andyv6127]

excellent! How long did it take to get in and out?

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Thanks. Only about 45-60 mins.

[@andyv6127]

Looked like you were on a 2 day safari.

[@jd.1184]

What kinds of pants and boots are those, that you use to wade thru the bogs? Are they just called waders?

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

Just waders. Commonly used by fisherman.

[@jd.1184]

@@WilliamPatinoPhotography Thanks mate!

[@timshields8720]

I haven't watched yet will do today. In the meantime I'm surprised you photo stack considering your last superb editing tips vlog where you wanted a 'natural eye' to view the image. I'm a one ONLY shot kinda guy and think its more natural to have some things in the foreground/background a little out of focus therefore directing the eye as to where it should be going. To me stacking multiple images ontop of each other is indeed extreme photo manipulation but nearly EVERY vlogger does it. Sigh. Thoughts?

[@TheycallmeWade]

A lot of people do it. It’s just another technique i guess. No one is right or wrong as it’s an artistic impression of a location/subject with many variations of how to direct an eye all resulting in manipulation

[@timshields8720]

@@TheycallmeWade my point is that it goes against the grain as to what he was highlighting in his last editing video - which was a breath of fresh air due to it NOT following along with the MASSES. Just saying and yes I know alot of people do it... as will 'alot of people be doing AI soon'.

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

In the real world, when I look at something, it’s sharp and in focus. I want that same effect in my images. Look at the mountain and it’s sharp, look at the ferns and they’re sharp, etc. if I printed something 60 inches and the entire foreground was soft, it would drive me crazy and be a huge distraction. Ultimately it’s all subjective. You do what best works for you mate :)

[@timshields8720]

@@WilliamPatinoPhotography yeah trust me I will but its a shame that this kinda flies in the face of your last editing philosophy which really resignated because it was unique vs. EVERYTHING being perfect. Gotta produce those 'instey bangers' I guess 👍

[@CarolineOrdHume]

@@WilliamPatinoPhotography I love your sharp ferns :-)

[@bergis65]

I’m sorry but this is not a positive comment - but it’s not negative about the content. I couldn’t watch this for more than a few minutes, the reason being the sound. I don’t care that the sound of the video itself isn’t very good, it is after all outside, so a lot of things can happen, the thing I don’t like is the background music - I find it very annoying. I’ve noticed this in other videos by you, and I don’t really understand why that ‘elevator music’ is necessary. Sorry for this :)

[@WilliamPatinoPhotography]

All good. Just slipped through on the editing process, with it being too loud. Having no music at all is an interesting psychological thing, where it can almost feel too slow and lack emotion. Obviously it’s subjective and there’s always time and place for no music. Cheers.

[@alexmcmurtrieSits]

Incredible video. Ty