The SIMPLE Formula I use for PHOTOGRAPHY SUCCESS

[@BrettAndBear]

I'm very new to photography, picked up my first camera six weeks ago, and I'm finding your videos invaluable. I'm regularly watching them, taking notes and then putting it into practice the next time I'm out taking photos. The videos are clearly explained, well put together and enjoyable to watch. As a beginner, I've never feel lost nor do I feel like there was anything that I don't understand. Sincerely, thank you.

[@jean-marcducommun8185]

Nigel, you’r not only an awesome photographer and educator but on the way to become an equally good movie maker! It’s a joy to see your videos.

[@JohnPaul-ii]

Always in awe of the builders of all those free stone walls. They do feature in so many of your photos Nigel. Thanks for sharing again. Stay safe 🇦🇺

[@robertwhitemoto]

Beautiful location Nigel! Glad to see you feeling better, out and about.

[@anthonyplancherel8274]

Excellent video as always...starting working through the backlog...missed these!

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Handy reminders all. Thank you.

[@Fessoid]

SuperB relaxing video (especially master B-rolls) ! Even SP advertssing looks natural and non-destructive. Thanks, Nigel, keep going.

[@NigelDanson]

Many thanks!

[@brandonmjohnsonphotography]

That's something I really need to work on. Thank you so much for your video! Timing and being patient for the shot is what I need to work on. I'm one of those that just try to shoot as many shots as I can.

[@petemellows]

It’s great to see that your back is getting better!

[@psfphotography]

Glad to see you are doing so well you are doing after your surgery last year.

[@JvHB97]

I really enjoy your videos and it makes me think more instead of just taking the picture.

[@joelrollins2841]

As alwats, very instructive & inspiring. I’m so impressed with how you’re able to hike the hills with a camera pack following your surgeries which, in itself, is inspirational. Great vid, Nigel. Thx.

[@stevennolte2714]

Hi Nigel, as a big fan of you and your work I just want to say that in addition to your excellent weekly content the cooperation with Rick has brought your videos def. to the next level, wow! Keep up the good work Rick!

[@top10films30]

Great video. "Timing" = patience. Patience is one of the things I don't have enough of and I need to learn/adjust to if I'm to improve. Thanks Nigel, excellent tutorials, very helpful.

[@EdwardMartinsPhotography]

Timing is usually related to the light. My best shots happen when I go back many times to shoot the same subjects in different conditions or when the conditions are right/optimal. Very rarely am in the right place at the right time. Of course the more you go out the more likely that is to happen! 🙂 F8 and be there...

[@justnoted2995]

Nigel, I liked the light in that last scene when you were leaving... no bright light, but lovely

[@petemellows]

There’s a wonderful conversation between @alexnail and Joe Cornish delving deep into the light. Worth a watch after this one.

[@scottcaldwell7480]

Hello Nigel. Appreciate you sharing your expertise. Thank you for sharing in such a understandable and down to earth way. Cheers from Indiana.

[@TheRaymonddube]

Great work! Like your channel a lot. I agree with one of your last comment that timing is highly debatable. Nothing wrong with patience and waiting for perfect timing, but it's also good to simply work with what you have. On a different note: Was this entirely shot in Dales Nat. Park? Really gorgeous. I would love to travel in that part of the world one of these...

[@1WillyK]

I have a comp that I've shot for two years in a row now and both times I feel like I've missed the timing. Sometimes I get impatient to move on and both times I've moved on too soon. This year I'm not missing it. On another note, I made a comment on another photographers channel that even though I've never been there it seems like I know the Lake District well as there are several photographers I follow who all call the area home. The funny thing is that as soon as I saw you standing next to that wall I KNEW exactly where you were. Your composition just confirmed it. Someday I'm going to have to go there to shoot it in person. Thanks for another great video.

[@jimbruton9482]

Nigel I really enjoy your videos and am really looking forward to you next one on printing! I appreciated your comparisons of the same composition at different times of the year. It really demonstrates the value of your formula.

[@SteveZodiac777]

Great shots & advice from a beautiful location - thanks for sharing!

[@susanmeyer8885]

Great photos, and they illustrate the tips so well. Timing is always my challenge!

[@dianneturner4874]

Thank you very informative. It is so interesting to see the changes in the landscapes at different times of the year. Always enjoy your videos!

[@olivierg9951]

Timing element 👌👌👌 Reminder that even in quiet and peaceful landscapes, there are some moving elements.

[@spidersj12]

I doubt I will have, and have no plans to have a career as a landscape photographer. I just take photos of things that I think are cool in the moment, it's a hobby. I have no concerns if anyone other than myself will enjoy what I capture and I don't share my photos, but I do appreciate various KZbinr professional landscape photographers works and presentations of their viewpoints. I have learned a great deal for several years of consuming content such as this.

[@rlau68]

Thanks Nigel! Great work 👍

[@Tedwill-home]

Helpful as always Nigel! Thank you.

[@yoavberestizhevsky]

Nigel, How much do you actually use the bulb mode when you take your photos?

[@petevonschondorf4609]

timing is everything, wonder how far you go? I worked in the construction industry and kept a diary every day, weather, progress, etc. and that continued into my fishing hobby. Its interesting looking back on 30+ years of diaries, how the weather repeats itself, almost to the day/week. Yes, now and then we get hiccups, for example at the house we normally get 120 inches of snow. This year 9-inches. Wondering if you keep a diary of weather and time for your photographs?

[@eorsjr]

Thank you for the tips, Nigel! I will pay even more attention to these things, hopefully there will be a noticeable improvement when I look over my catalog at the end of the year. Also, this week’s video was especially well shot!

[@gregdarroch1946]

Great to see you able to move freely and climb over walls again. An enjoyable video as usual.

[@robertnelson3179]

Thank you for this one great tips to try out.

[@keithsimpson8676]

Some very useful tips Nigel and well presented.

[@chrisridge9659]

Anorther informative helpful video. Love seeing the english country side still miss it after all these years. The light is so differnt to here in Aus (Melb). Always learning from your videos and makes me consider the images I am taking ( even though often not landscape) can still apply . Thank you again and so great to see you wandering the English countryside.:)

[@litterussianmouse]

how do you protect photos on Square Space? are they compressed when being uploaded? Thank You for all the wonderfull videos.

[@maxhoecker]

Great stuff, man! I’m learning so much from you.

[@Reason-fg4ik]

Great video Nigel! I give most of my thought to timing. Sometimes I'll go find the location and composition I want then, spend the rest of the day in that location waiting for the lighting,clouds etc to be just right to enhance the rest of the image. It's almost always worth it, even when I don't get the exact image I'm hoping for.

[@richardpesce5325]

Great lesson Nigel. Once again you hit it out of the parK!

[@scotty4418]

I use a similar acronym in my approach when I discuss my work Nigel, so I enjoyed listening to your thoughts on the 4 areas you discussed. Hope your journey to Harris is going ok for you and I am sure it will be worth it and look forward to seeing what's to come from your time up there

[@ianbleasby]

Really enjoyed the video Nigel. I particularly liked the 3 pictures all taken in the same location, but during the different seasons. Really interested to hear how you managed to get the pictures in what appears to be exactly the same spot. I presume that you placed your tripod in roughly the same position, but then use Lightroom or Photoshop to get it exact. I’d love to know how you got it so precise?

[@scarcesense6449]

Timing is by far my biggest problem. My photography is more of a hiking log than an attempt to do it professionally. When you have to be 25km away by the end of the day, you just don't have the luxury of being in the right spot at the right time. I remember thinking one time I should've started my holiday 6 hours earlier and ignored normal bed/meal times. My photos would've been much better. 😆

[@frederickmcdonald6636]

Nice video as usual and the ideas of instruction are wonderful - thank you for them. I wanted to add that I watched you walking on the icy steps and stones and kept thinking that if you fell that you'd injure your back so here's my idea.... BUY SOME ICE KLEATS FOR YOUR BOOTS!!!! Then I'll feel better when I watch you walking and you most likely won't slip and fall....

[@Kristjan_N]

I got my first DSLR a month ago, never had a real desire to learn befor ethat, and I just have to say - how you explain things is super easy and helpful to understand! Maybe in ten years I can get photos similar to what you can do today :)

[@BrightonSurfCam]

You’ve come to the right channel!

[@PhotoPete]

As far as I can see you would have had a 1km walk from the photo location to the road down a very steep slope in the dusk/dark. This must happen regularly around sunset photos. How do you ensure personal safety under these conditions? Thanks

[@jamesss1953]

Very nice scenery and good drone use. Advice useful as never to old to learn. I notice you don't seem to use a Len's hood on your NIKON in some of your shots ? Any reason ...

[@NigelDanson]

Probably forgot it

[@Reiyel3000]

It would be interesting to use a good polarizing filter for those landscapes.

[@michaelmcmullin2093]

Loved the video and the 4 tips. I did note your comment on a number of occasions about not liking the blue sky. Are you an advocate of using sky replacement software in such cases where everything is perfect in the picture but no drama in the sky?

[@annaheya2109]

Useful tips Light Subject Composition Timing and X for?

[@M31glow]

I hope you don't take it for granted that you live in the most beautiful place for landscape photography... those stonewalls and hills/mountains are amazing.

[@NigelDanson]

I don’t! 😀

[@paololarocca7684]

great framework which probably applies to most other genres of photography too...

[@KL2qYZTJVmZCn]

Blue skies are great for black and white photography. The harsh shadows increase contrast and the sky can be crushed to contrast with the sun on the peaks. Let’s see some more black and white photography, Nigel! 😃

[@KL2qYZTJVmZCn]

Like you could have used a telephoto lens and isolated the snowy peaks and shot a black and white pano that showed the ruggedness of the mountains against the sky. Could have been a keeper! 😎 My point is that blue skies are actually awesome opportunities. More predictable conditions that allow one to spend more time in the field choosing a composition rather than chasing fleeting light 🙃

[@EdwardMartinsPhotography]

@@KL2qYZTJVmZCn Other than sunrise or sunset light, I'm shooting black and white.

[@KristinkaSkl]

Somehow this video looks different from your usual. Good different 👏

[@randygerber1565]

Greetings from British Columbia

[@kenharnish5778]

Nigel, why did you not shoot the image where you were standing? Looked like it would have made a good shot.

[@mere_mort4l]

Unrelated question, does anyone know how old this wall is and what purpose it served when it was built? I see lots of walls in UK landscape photography videos

[@Peter_Reed_Photography]

I'm guessing it's to do with farming sheep.

[@stormbox]

The original walls in the Langdales are over a thousand years old, built by Vikings to protect the cultivated land from grazing animals on the upland fells. They were expanded in medieval times to mark boundaries, protect woodland, and enclose sheep.

[@joerobbins9120]

Hi Nigel thank you for another great video, my question is, where is this wall located?, is it a famous wall or just a long land divider? thank you

[@philippecarpentier801]

Bonjour Joe, je pense qu'il s'agit Très probablement du célèbre "Mur Adrien", construit par les troupe de la Légion Romaine . Salut à vous !

[@darrencallaway4090]

It's behind side pike in the langdales . Head up from the langdales towards blea tarn on the narrow single track road and its on your left

[@ARTEGO70]

Very beautiful places! I actually felt this frosty air and the approach of spring in this sun and melted snow. It can be seen that you continue to reflect on your photos and thus give a good example for others ! I will probably ask a stupid question , why are there these stone fences and who made them ? :)))

[@stormbox]

In this area, the Langdales, they were first built by Vikings to stop animals encroaching from the upland fell onto the cultivated land.

[@ARTEGO70]

​@@stormbox Thanks! Very interesting !

[@Joseph-iu6ip]

I got exhausted just thinking about some guy gathering and stacking all those rocks along that hill.

[@seanaugust]

I see you get your music from epidemic sound, but I'm curious as to who this musician you chose is. She has a great voice.

[@AdamMatthewsPhotography]

I feel like the simple formula is missing "Move to the UK, preferably somewhere in the north" 😂 But seriously, another wonderful and helpful video!

[@keithsimpson8676]

Where was the location Nigel?

[@gcsScotland]

I reckon Side Pike Langdale.

[@darrencallaway4090]

Yep side pike in the langdales

[@erichstocker8358]

Nice video. Bit unusual for you to shoot without a tripod?

[@treyfoerster6468]

Blue sky, why don't you ever mention sky replacement?

[@geofreyopenda6761]

Here for the adventure and L's

[@alonzohollingsworth7712]

Do you fly your own drone?

[@DobromirManchev]

When you arrive 5 mins after the video is posted but can't say anything meaningful because it takes 16 mins to watch it :D

[@solidusseal]

0:38 ... I live in the wrong country ...

[@Ariocarpus2000]

This is THE methodology to SCLT your images ;-). No Copyright, you can re-use it ;-)

[@rlfisher]

5. An Apple.

[@NigelDanson]

How could I forget that!!!

[@LGS_Inc]

Good video, but too long. I started to fall a sleep.

[@davidmascone3411]

Stop getting lost. Don't you have a GPS tracker? Basic piece of equipment.

[@jonmorgan-parker4209]

My question is how long do you manage to walk through your back pain? I’m crippled with mine and I take morphine plus other medication! I would love to know how you do it? 🙏 sent with respect 🫡