This Should Have Been Great. It Wasn't.

[@fnvtyjkusg]

Looks very cold, I hope you had the Heaton!

[@spacemonkey200]

🤦‍♂️

[@eclecticjon1019]

😂😂😂

[@richardbroom4324]

😂

[@AlergicToSnow]

Dad joke

[@LandscapesDronescapes]

😂😂😂😂

[@LauraF4848]

That was really nice of you to help out that young lady. The photo of her in the water will make a great album cover!

[@rooman715]

It is the consistent story telling of the adventure alongside the photographs that keeps me watching week after week. Sometimes we get a bit of a whinge, and the honesty reminds us we all have tough days. Sometimes like the recent hoarfrost we get top notch photography in magical conditions. This week we get falling tripods and a crazy store about an ice bathing musician. Thanks for brining us along and sharing the journey. Additionally, it may not be a masterpiece, but the quarry shot does have the the charcoal pencil vibe; I like it.

[@randyschwager84]

That photo of the musician in the water ROCKS! Most local musicians struggle to get good images for promotion and they can’t afford to pay a photographer! You are a good man for helping! And it saved your Vlog!!!!! LOL THANKS FOR TAKING ME ALONG!

[@johnlocke7097]

I laughed when the tripod fell over and the tailgate stayed up.

[@melvilib]

Thats why he needs so many tripods :-)

[@rmetzger7368]

Thomas, once again a great video. And to help a damsel in distress! I've learned from you that it's about the hike, the journey, that pics at times appear. Earlier in the week I was hiking, camera in the bag, and walked into a bull moose. Slowly backed up, got to a point where I could dig out my camera, took a couple pics, then bolted for the Jeep. Your advice worked!!! We'll keep watching over your shoulder from the Rocky Mountains, here in Montana, USA. Stay warm Thomas! (Curious how your conversation with the Mrs. went...)

[@timlarge7420]

Always good to see a challenge undertaken I think you well considering, so much than the rest of us woulf of done. So fortunate to meet Solfyr and take a few photos with her. She does my kind on music, been listening to traditional Nordic folk for a good few years. .. .

[@juanitakelly3082]

I love the more mellow attitude you have developed over the years that makes your story creating more fun to watch! Explaining how snow is not always a winter wonderland for images was very helpful. You got a nice, lucky twist at the end for sure which reminded me of Sarah Lyndsay's yellow dress series.

[@Snowshoeingisfun]

Hello from snowy remote northwest Canada! We've got hoar frost, beautiful light and vast kilometers of rugged landscapes that have never been photographed. One day I hope you'll visit.

[@TDtog2112]

Nice to see that you had your multi purpose tripod with you. Tailgate prop and snow clearer all in one 😂😂. One in a million chance of meeting the young lady and well done to you for helping her out 👏👏👏

[@BriManeely]

What a legend, Thom. Also man.. you didn't speak too highly of it, but I LOVE the quarry image. My girlfriend walked through the living room the moment it popped on screen and she even let out a "WOAH!" upon seeing it. It's pretty captivating, man. Great work.

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Yeah, well I know exactly how that conversation would go down in my house!

[@ecot29]

The "cracked ice" with the Nordic musician was fanamanal! Make sure she sends you the album cover!

[@peterfritzphoto]

I LOVE the photo of the Nordic singer in the lake!! You should have also taken a shot of the scene after she exited. So cool!!

[@kevinburke6446]

Yes, everyday is a journey. The whole video was so relatable on how a lost shooting day can take a twist! The frozen lake shot and her water shot each tell a story… as a good shot should. Keep taking me on your journey. Cheers.

[@edwardw.1974]

Enjoying coffee and enjoying one's life, this is a true photographer.

[@herx2429]

Another awesome video Tom & that shot of the Nordic warrior was perfect 👌 well done mate. I efn love your work! 👏👏👏

[@timfarmer5535]

The struggle is real. LOL Creative use of a tripod on the tail gate. At least you started off with a good cup of coffee. Thank you for posting the before and after processing images. I think that will help a lot of people understand that processing is important and part of make great photos.

[@GavinVella]

Well that took a turn in a direction I wasn’t expecting 😂😂😂 Good luck explaining that one to the Wife! Praying for you! 😂

[@brentjones571]

It's very difficult with shooting in the snow but it made up at the end 😊, great images tom and nice to help out .

[@M31glow]

That first video clip of the path, when you are walking down the path, would have made a great photo. Great post

[@PaulMSmith]

Man, that looks so cozy. Sleeping in a remote spot with no people in a warm van. There is nothing as liberating in the world as car/van camping. Great video. Thats a pretty cool thing to come across another creative about there and make some magic in the moment.

[@itsabodh]

Yeah it’s majestic experience until you need to poop

[@TheLDunn1]

Hi Tom, if you see this, you mentioned in the video that you would leave links to the Norwegian folk singer, but I can’t see any links in the notes, I guess this is just an over sight. Still a nice video, even if the photo opportunities were a bit thin on the ground. I think it’s helpful showing this side to what you do, that not every outing rewards with a bounty, but there’s still a story to tell there.

[@NGC1433]

You have to look harder, I guess...

[@raymondecyrenne5661]

Great image and great story. I love your work!

[@gregboyce360]

My experience with winter in Canada as well. I do appreciate the effort you put into your videos, for example the drone shots.

[@hjones451]

I wasn't guaranteed great photos last week - my lens suffered at minus 6 - dead now! Carried on with the 200mm until apparent hypothermia kicked in. Nice image of your home (I mean van) covered in snow, Thomas!

[@ianbarnes1406]

Amazing drone B roll!!!

[@nightscapejournals]

Another great video, Thomas. I wasn’t expecting to find a new Nordic folk artist through your channel today, but I have to say that Sølfyr makes some hauntingly beautiful music - good find!

[@gerryroncolato8895]

Whether or not the album cover works for her, I laughed for a couple minutes straight at the mix of the image and your narrative. Gotta love a dry sense of humor!! Tough conditions for your day out. Had a similar experience a few days back here in the US. Thanks for sharing a little reality with us!!

[@peterrichardson4439]

Living and working in Finland i just love the winters here and getting the most beautiful snowy landscapes. The girl looked very Finnish to me and i also love to cold dip. Nice picture

[@rushl.workman7138]

Great photo in the water!!

[@ericzirk8422]

Your folk singer must be Estonian, judging by her webpage domain “ee”. Now it makes sense that she’d take a dip on a cold winter’s day. I live in Latvian.

[@jonathanhotopf1823]

So glad you’ve upped your coffee game, looks good.

[@LittleTalksWithMyles]

I have some explaining to do to my wife...'-best line ever! The overall theme of the video though... takes me back to something you mentioned in one of your earlier videos that really resonated with me. It's not always about the image, but the journey. Even if it wasn't exactly pleasant or perfect, it still looked amazing. By the way, that photo of her in the water was absolutely spot on!

[@itsjustfilip]

Well, try explaining that to Mrs. Heaton 😂 Stumbling upon a woman in the middle of nowhere, in almost a blizzard, and she decides to go for a dip right there and while we’re at it, might as well chance a photoshoot 😅 I’d have hard time elaborating myself 😅

[@benmax97]

Nice picture withe the wall and contrast

[@fotogfitzfoto412]

1) Take a snow shovel to clear around the van (per Nick Page). 2) Clear the snow off the tailgate and above the doors at the outset.

[@jari3231]

I think you forgot to put the link of the musician in the description :)

[@gimenosaiz]

solfyr_official

[@gary.kenyon]

A great watch. What a day you had.

[@TheMusicLabComposer]

Don’t get much snow where I am from, so it’s nice to see you out there in it.

[@yveserismann2135]

How magical... What beautiful encounters and wonderful stories! And all this with a Z8! Thanks to you throughout my follow-up of your youtube channel I acquired a Z8! My Z8 that I love more than any other device! Thank you! Kind regards from Switzerland

[@WJMPhotography]

Very jealous of your conditions as we are now about 6 months without any measurable precipitation here in Southern California. At least the winds and fires seemed to have died down. Thanks for sharing your Winter with us!

[@scotty4418]

In the end a productive day Tom. Loved the quarry image and also the story to finish off your day.

[@swirly_magnolia]

Very cool story Tom❤

[@chrisburnard5157]

Thank you Thomas, great content.

[@DouglasHarvell]

Such an awesome experience great job

[@maxencelemoine4190]

I haven't seen any snowflake in my area for about 4 years... Maybe one day I will have a snow-covered landscape !

[@alexven92]

I'm jealous of her album cover because that looks freaking amazing

[@paulhambly1193]

It’s interesting Thomas how we look at photo opportunities Living here in Australia very little snow so looking at your video we just go WOW and you look at it saying nothing here 😮

[@riverrockwood]

Great story! And - you need a snow brush :>) Just a Canadian suggestion .... !

[@MichoCoban]

had exactly the same creative problem . a sene that should have looked fabulous in the frost/snow this week was a complete bust.

[@Roar.]

Love the Laurel & Hardy style acting in the beginning. 😂

[@millymucci]

sorry for bummed out photography time. but that unexpected thing..something of meaning there, mark the words of this ol’ bird, here. may many blessings verily chuck it down upon your path thomas, ...like a very hard snowstorm. 📷🎼

[@gregcaird936]

The tailgate won't stay up because of the ladder. A simple fix: 15mm plastic pipe cut to the correct length will hold it up. When not in use slide it up the strut. Had one on my delica for years. HTH

[@PMCN53]

A great episode Tom, shooting a Nordic girl in Icy water must have been interesting indeed ...... Hope your wife likes the images LOL!!

[@paulrogers6517]

I had a similar experience in Cathedral Cave back in 2020, a girl came in and started singing Sami folk songs. Maybe it was her? I also got asked to photograph a very pretty girl at Lake Bled, that took some explaining 🙂

[@MattSchulze]

Good luck, I hope it went well, with your wife I mean.

[@brianmckeever5280]

Certainly a change of pace from images of sheep in the snow ;-) Safe travels!

[@philparker97]

The photo of her in the frozen tarn looks great for an album cover.

[@andyblessett1951]

😆🤣Good luck with that one buddy 😂😂 I'm sure your good wife will understand......as long as you don't print, frame and put the image on the wall hahaha

[@PhotoTrekr]

I love snow in the winter. But, we only get a couple every year where I live.

[@Professor_Internet_PhD]

That quarry shot is ace.

[@AndrewWilliams-vg5lg]

"Because, well, you know me" I love that you know we know you 😂

[@hamsterneckliving]

12:15 beautiful and slightly reminds me of an Ansel Adams

[@alandargie9358]

Good use for a tripod at 2:00!!

[@andrewroland]

The image of the quarry turned out well. Very much a charcoal or hard pencil drawing.

[@laurelb8372]

Giggling thinking about your wife’s reaction to your story. Good shots though in challenging conditions

[@Chromatomic]

Not always photo worthy but I certainly won't regret getting out in fresh snow.

[@liveinaweorg]

What a great twist to your day.

[@BrasicOne]

Tom…legend!😂

[@romiemiller7876]

Kinda like the weather here Monday. Report said high of 40 and no precipitation. Got heavy snow for a few hours. Go figure.

[@MV-lr5jv]

Love a good video in the van. Also, I really appreciate the entire mental aspect of this kind of photography!

[@selzzaW]

Not the direction I expected this video to go!

[@robertspeicher5047]

I enjoy the silence. The world, muffled.

[@KenHicksJr]

Get a van, park by the river, talk a woman into freezing water, take pictures of her, get her to come back to the van to get warm. This is a good channel.

[@andyblessett1951]

Poor tail-gate... mine's the same hahaha!.... (when I go to Tesco!!), haha. I love these vids of yours but when you're my age, Angina says, "Don't be daft", your hands can't cope with this!.. Just having fun here Tom. Love everything you do, top man!

[@pauljervis]

What’s your coffee grinder?

[@melvilib]

Having accidently brought a packet of beans, I would like to know as well. Want something for my travels. Small (for 1 mug) coffee press recomendations as well, please

[@jonathanhotopf1823]

Too fast a cut for me to see what Thomas is using. I would recommend an Aergrind by Knock (a Scottish company), used one myself for about 5 years daily.

[@Peter_Reed_Photography]

​@@jonathanhotopf1823 £150 (including VAT) for a manual coffee grinder! Forgive me, but that's insane for what it is.

[@markhyde1970]

Some you win , some you lose. But it was good to see you smiling at the end and i enjoyed the harshness of the quarry photo. (I didn't want to say 'the hard photo". Sounds wrong)

[@Mattyy_94]

I totally feel you, the same happened to me when there was finally some snow here in the Netherlands. Before you know it's all one big mess. Last week I was in the French Alps and even there it's not certain you get good conditions one moment the snow is falling creating a beautiful layer of fresh snow and the next moment it starts to rain ruining it. At least it's good to be outside and experience disappointment sometimes 😅

[@michaelwallwork7482]

😂 that's an amazing story 👏

[@DS-cf1zc]

Thats album cover is a nice image - if you turn up with a nice shiner on the next one we will know how that conversation went when you got home. 🤣

[@silent_safaris]

Great video, Thomas

[@ScottishVanTrips]

you should definitely replace those rear struts, with a new van ;)

[@stevethompson8154]

The most beautiful snow flakes form when it is - 10 or -2 Celsius.

[@JohnTomasella]

I was really hoping you were going to have the crisp snow and the blurry snow side by side.

[@rvboondocker2559]

I’ve spent more than 6 decades in Michigan and Wisconsin and I can tell you that the snow is almost always spectacularly beautiful but rarely photogenic.

[@spacemonkey200]

Good luck Thomas ! 😂

[@marvymagoo7011]

Way to peel out of that first carpark at 1.5x😂. Unassuming rev head at heart.

[@johnhardwick1966]

Love the hat, Tom where did you get it? And how much?

[@scottishtornado1889]

Well that's the last we see of Mr Heaton after he tells his wife how his day went. 🤣

[@RobMatthews21]

Love the van did you convert it?

[@SociotechnicalSystems]

How do you protect your camera from the humidity? We had similar conditions a couple of weeks ago in Brussels, I went out early to shoot and my camera was dead for 3 days after that. Everything got wet due to condensation, even being outside.

[@nvcn86]

why don't you have thermal window covers...?

[@MichalOlender]

Thomas' wife watching the video be like 👀

[@atalaykaracaorenli7698]

Karadeniz etkisi

[@MrThunderMonky]

Id have felt so bad for my wife not cause she wouldnt have wanted me to take her photos, but because shes the portrait/boudoir photographer in the family. I just like cars and mountains LOL

[@JXS63J]

That looseness at 2:05. A porsche sunshield did that to me and I traded the car (for another one). As to your "adventure" at the end, 85mm - 105mm lens (35mm format) flatters anyone. But I'm sure you know this. Good post, despite your own thoughts.

[@kronkite1530]

And not F:11 !!!

[@TaroDirected]

Hi Thomas ! Love your videos ! One tip , if you are using affiliate links , mention the honey scam and tell your viewers to deinstall it , if they do , otherwise you‘ll lose money ! Thanks for your lovely content ! You’re one of the reasons i started with my yt channel :) Greetings from Vienna !

[@MordorJRRT]

When you fix your rear hatch struts and you don't have the clamp tool any more 🙂

[@rayspencer5025]

I tried to give her a listen, but she is on Instagram.