Tips and Techniques for Creating Memorable Landscape Photographs with Michael Melford

Learn how to take your landscape photography from great to breathtaking from National Geographic Photographer Michael Melford. Michael has made a career of capturing the incredible landscapes and vistas of the world. Although his assignments for National Geographic have taken him to almost every continent - his favorites have been photographing in the U.S. where he covered 14 National Parks for a major feature story, Places We Must Save. He'll share his tips composition, gaining a fresh perspective on destinations well documents, and successfully shooting landscapes in challenging weather.
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[@Needacreate]

An extremely gifted photographer with a great sense of humour. So much fun viewing and listening to him.

[@peskypossum58]

This is a man who loves his work and loves nature. It shows in his glorious photos. Love all his presentations.

[@rayfenio6396]

One of the best lectures on shooting landscapes-- Bravo Michael.

[@gregwarson3483]

Great; nice to hear some foundational comments on the history of photography. Thanks

[@old4004]

I enjoy every presentation by Michael Melford........this one was no exception.

[@naturemarveled9876]

Thanks B&H for making these kind of talks available online. Many of us can't travel to NY so our only chance to improve our photography is through your KZbin site. Mr. Melford was just wonderful to hear and learn from. I picked up a lot of useful information, so thanks a lot.

[@xXAssTasticXx]

after a bit of a drought,b+h is pumping it out lately,love it!!!thanks a lot!!!

[@quebecer4605]

Thank you B&H! I always enjoy Michael Melford's talks. One of my favorite photographers.

[@ericgeorge5483]

WOW....This gentleman's work is fantastic!

[@danielling792]

Beautiful images presented by a humble photographer with great sense of humor. Can you tell me where and when you teach at Lindblad Tours ? I might be interested to shoot with you !

[@pastormaldonator9687]

A true master class about photography... thank you very much.

[@prabhat3107]

Thank you B&H for sharing such Wonderfull and inspirational talks by the Masters of our time.

[@greta4560]

He is my favorite photographer too!!!(am a bit prejudiced, he is my brother)

[@VS-ns8wr]

Such a pleasure to watch this...great natural approach to photography.

[@RenePfluger]

Just a Great Talk about Photography

[@jordiventura7970]

Thanks Michel for your seminar, every time i have the opportunity to watch one of your talks, I learn something about photography or as a human being. Regards from Barcelona! (Catalonia)

[@joecerda630]

very inspirational...and informative...thank you sir!

[@sakuraninja9073]

Laughed out loud couple of times. Great video. I enjoyed it when Michael presented photos from the same set but different timings. “Landscape photos are about lights”.

[@tw9535]

Beautiful, inspiring photos and an excellent speaker. Fantastic video!

[@Jopizdol]

Awesome lecture, relay nice and honest talk on landscape / nature photography! Thank you for this!

[@chrismartindale2139]

Great talk. … I have been to Death Valley once. Everyone told me to go to Zabriskie Point at sunset. I got there about 45 mins before sunset, drug the 4x5 up the hill and set up. The parking lot was totally empty until about 10 minuets before sunset. At that point about six cars showed up. Soon after, at least a dozen photographers charged the hill, set up and started firing off in machinegun mode. At that point I realized that I was photographing 90 degs. north from the little army. I got the two exposures I wanted and began to put away the camera. Twenty minutes after sunset the army had retreated down the hill and sped away in their cars leaving me thinking that I was either doing something wrong or I was a genius.

[@teknikel]

I was at the parking lot at Grand Teton for sunset. I got there an hour before sunset. No one there. It was 8°F. Half hour later, 8 or 9 cars have shown up. Sun is just over the peaks. Everyone clicking and snapping. I haven't even gotten out of the car. Once the sun has disappeared behind the mountain, all but 2 other cars remain. I finally get out and set up. The most gorgeous color shows up on this one cloud that is on the sky hanging over the mountain tops. Snap! After watching this today, I figure I've been doing things the right way (even though there is more than one right way.)

[@LongDistanceViewing]

I loved the simplicity and honesty of this video. I learned a lot. Thank you!

[@leslielanderkin8996]

Your images are so inspirational. I am excited to get out with my camera after watching this. Thank you. Leslie

[@IDVDalot]

Beautiful seminar!

[@TheAnaheim85]

thanks for the video! Mr. Melford is such a nice guy! Great stuff!

[@ronsmith1804]

I loved this lecture...and have watched the others on You tube...I was wondering what setup he used attached to the weather balloon, and what trigger system.

[@EvgeniyNikonenko]

Very possitive man! And great story.

[@nirajkantsinha]

thanks B & H for having Michael great talk :)

[@kamehameha4658]

I am pretty hyped to go on a vacation while watching this. I have to ask my boss for a vacation and shoot landscape. I am a landscape shooter but not as good as these.damn

[@EdwardFielding]

Dye transfer is still available from a few people. I went to a lecture in Lebanon, NH from a guy still doing dye transfer prints.

[@imolaakpann4832]

Nice photographic knowledge. Makes me what to get out there and take photo's. Nice one!

[@albatooltive]

I've problem in 50mm 1.8 lens. The apreture index in the lens is on 22, and when I want to change it to 1.8 the camera and lens never work.

[@AndrewSmietanski]

It's really interesting some of the photos he used as examples of bad images where some of my favorites

[@squirreljoust]

Really good video. Full of inspiration and advice!

[@AlanVillasenor]

Loved every minute of this video, thank you Michael!

[@Strikeshotz]

Thanks for sharing you awesome indeed!

[@atephoto]

Excellent and interesting, thanks.

[@davideduardog.cetina2382]

Superb!!! Thanks

[@markharris5771]

David Muench lists Henri Cartier-Bresson as one of his greatest influences, and not Ansel Adams. He does obviously say Adams had some influence but not as much as Cartier-Bresson. I love Mr Melford's humility when he is so incredibly talented and personally, not forgetting art is very subjective, I prefer his morning river shot over Adams's. I'm not sure if I've just blasphemed and I'm now going to be sent to the photographer's hell where all photos are edited on an iPhone. As for staying next to the car, like many many other photographers I have very limited mobility and I never venture more than 10metres from either my car or mobility scooter and there are many shots you can get if you look at the world slightly differently. I really like listening to Michael Milford talk, he is almost as good an orator as he is photographer.

[@katarzynapracuch5050]

excellent lecture, thank you so much!

[@bfgstl1]

Great talk. Thanks

[@CliffyBRD2008]

Inspired!

[@amenlu]

Lovely :) thank you very much por posting this.

[@alfredsa-onoy3287]

Amazing talk!

[@JoJo-fe3hu]

Thank you so much!

[@ChameleonzDream]

i would love a learning video with settings as well

[@whitecut]

Thank you.

[@mhammer977]

Thanks!!

[@TheGreensticker]

Thank you

[@echarters]

Ansel was a good technical fotog. He is a recommended read on all fundamentals. The old writer, of 35 mm and before are better to read about the basics.. you have to know your technicals..

[@ChameleonzDream]

Acadia as in Acadia national park maine?

[@BandH]

Hi Amanda Indingo, Acadia National Park in Maine. Correct! Thanks for watching

[@toddysurcharge771]

Ansel Adams was a pioneer but I love Cecil Beaton's work best (though I know landscape vs portraits is apples to oranges).

[@MatthewSaville]

"My first thought is always of light" - Galen Rowell

[@adsarode]

Wow

[@yousefghasemi4303]

Please adding subtitle

[@echarters]

The luminance of the moon. On 35 mm's this is 1/60th of a second at F5.6 BION. Why? It is pure reflected light of the sun. Every jr, fotog should know this.

[@JAKEAWAKEOFFICIAL]

I think half dome was most famous AA image to the general public.

[@nomadr1349]

This first Ansel Adams moon photo is a really bad snapshot...

[@NarekAvetisyan]

"Death Valley is a great place to go." - Michael Melford lol

[@rounak301]

Composition rules where made to understand an image & not to remember them & follow every time when you Photograph It Should come naturally Rather than memorising it every time

[@echarters]

"I don't think about composition when I shoot.." ok.. what does he think about? They may not be conscious analytical thoughts, like typing is not about hunting characters on a keyboard.. if it is you aren't typing, but in retrospect he has to know what drives his method..

[@HeavensEchoUWEC]

He said this in the lecture...

[@montage2726]

Using Photoshop is like lying. Some photographers lie a lot and other photographers lie a little. Great Photographers don’t lie at all. Thanks for posting.

[@Snowcatnz2]

How is photoshop lying? All it is is the equivalent of Ansel Adams darkroom. ALL RAW images need processing they're not called Digital NEGATIVES for nothing!!

[@adriennecaldwelldogtraining]

I went to school for 4 years for digital media. The refreshing thing about landscape and wildlife photography is that it takes me away from all that to what is real. The last thing I want to do is "fake it." I'm tempted to shoot everything with my iphone and no photoshop! Lol.

[@ginogalimberti2847]

This is one of the many hollow and dogmatic phrases in photography, which on closer examination turn out to be nonsensical. EACH photo is already manipulated per se. But the decision to make a picture of a motive is already a manipulation! Why do you make a picture of exactly this motive, and not one of the the other motive next to it? Worst of all is the manipulation with the selected image section! Depending on the selected image section, the meaning of a motif can change to exactly the opposite, even if only a few cm is moved! And so on and on! So stop threshing phrases and make good and impressive pictures!

[@PnTNecrosis]

I really hope this is satire.

[@beatsByZlaja]

Sometimes the truth is sufficient, but sometimes we want to tell a story. The truth is "I walked through the park" But the story is "I rambled freely through the park that misty fall morning. As the sound of waking birds emanated from the haze, I couldn't help but feel grateful for the gift of free time in the woods." Photoshop is a tool that sometimes helps us tell a story, set a mood that we may not have captured with the camera, for whatever reason.

[@StephenMilner]

Wow, I love your work, what an awesome video. It will be awesome if you mulled over my channel to see if you are fond of any of my videos. Keep up the excellent work! I look forward to your next video.

[@taylornuness]

Very excessive editing !!! Artificial ! ! !

[@vicwithav]

I felt like this talk could've been edited to under 5-10 mins. There's just a lot of irrelevant banter instead of actual "Tips and Techniques".

[@lammatt]

a seminar about "Tips and Techniques" and then he starts with " I dont think of composition, it is my second nature" geez can you people invite someone who actually are willing to give advice...

[@MonoahMono]

matt lam I think you're looking for technical advice which I don't think is the purpose of this seminar, my takeaway was look at your CONTENT, LIGHT and COMPOSITION to improve your photography...