You'll Never Photograph Water in the Same Way Again!

[@janneroz-photographyonabudget]

Thank you for another great video. I often watch your videos with subtitles as I'm all but deaf. However, I have a new deep hearing aid. I have basically heard your voice, properly, for the first time! Your voice is lovely. I'll never watch your videos in the same way again!! 😀Let alone photograph water in the same way again!

[@kimgrantphotography]

This is so beautiful! How lovely that you can now hear clearly. Glad you enjoyed the video

[@jonmansfield1164]

🤣😂🤣😂😂

[@garypursley4735]

I really enjoy your program!

[@stephengreen6283]

Love the image at 11.30. I must try this focusing on the surface of the water idea. I've never thought of doing it. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Brilliant Stephen! Enjoy 🙂

[@markgoostree6334]

I agree with you. I liked several of the shots ,but .... that was the one that stuck with me as well.

[@cgescape]

so underated.. i came here for photography in the woods.. i've not seen a photographer who has such confidence in speaking on camera! you should do a documentary

[@martinoberstein8431]

Extremely beautiful pictures, I like these abstract colourful patterns very much. Thank you very much for sharing!

[@briansture4353]

Kim, that walk on the beach you did a few years back when you opened your eyes wide and saw nature in the raw. Just one day, now look at how it changed your life and has inspired many others to look and see.

[@kimgrantphotography]

What a beautiful comment Brain! Thank you. We are all evolving 😊

[@jerryeisner1]

Bravo Kim!!!! The moving water shots are masterpieces and the twig in the water is a Museum Quality as well!!!!!!!

[@kimgrantphotography]

Wow what a compliment! Thank you Jerry!

[@jerryeisner1]

@@kimgrantphotography Kim you Definitely Deserve the compliment!! Keep up the marvelously well thought out and very well produced videos. Most people may not realize all the work that goes on, behind the scenes, to make videos so rich in creative content like yours!!🌅🙏

[@keithratcliffe5576]

I liked the variety of approaches in this video, it reinforces the reactive element in photographing water. This is dynamic photography rather than static.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Glad you enjoyed it Keith

[@dhavalr775]

your thought process is as clear as water :) thanks for sharing this video..

[@PhotogAbby]

Great set of images, Kim!

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Abby 😊

[@alexgimagery]

It's amazing with water it seems like any shutter speed can do wonders, and result in very different feels. Your photo of yourself leaning over the water, the first one, has remarkable texture, and almost gives you like a scaly bug skin.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the images. Changing settings and thinking outside the box is such a fun thing to try out

[@daniellegrandpa]

Great as always Kim, thanks for taking the time and sharing your knowledge to help and inspire us.

[@kimgrantphotography]

You're welcome 🙂

[@naturephotographychallenge]

I do love beautiful colourful abstracts in water. So pretty!

[@kimgrantphotography]

It certainly is 😀

[@KJ-md2wj]

ISO doesn't let more light in to the camera - only the exposure length does. ISO is merely a signal amplification number.

[@j.r.bohnenblust1084]

Very creative and inspiring! Thank you.

[@johncarnahan4067]

Thank you Kim for sharing your video beautiful photos very creative and artistic its a brilliant idea enjoyed the video

[@walker2837]

Very nice. You have inspired me to pick up my camera again after several years away from it. Thanks for this.

[@shlomoeshet8525]

I like your creativity in general and the idea of manually focusing on the water ripples instead of on the reflections. Great 👏👏

[@canturgan]

I find that photographing water is more pleasing when the sun is directly overhead.

[@paulbenson3441]

Hi Kim, what a beautiful subject for the first challenge. I love photographing reflections. Nice one Kim

[@kimgrantphotography]

Glad you're enjoying it Paul

[@lattesweden]

Thank you for a very refreshing video!

[@Kim_Miller]

Here's a couple of suggestions for people to try out on this theme. Find a pond with standing water, not a flowing creek. Get a long narrow stick and bounce it onto the water two or three times a second. Regular waves will propagate out from the bouncing and give an extra layer of texture to pics taken of reflections. Second thing is to get two sticks and hold them at ninety degrees to each other and do the bounce with both. This will give cross hatching waves that will interfere with each other for even more layering. Vary the angle between them and experiment.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Brilliant suggestion Kim - thank you 😃

[@joncothranphotography9375]

Great challenge! Thanks so much!

[@WendyM1965]

Your images are so beautiful. Who would guess you could get so much out of photographing water. Great inspirational video.

[@christianpetersen1782]

Coincidentally while out photographing another project of mine this morning, I found a pond in a small wood only 10mins drive from home and I’ve lived here 27yrs! I stopped to take in the ambiance and look closely for activity in the water, but alas there was none. I plan to keep visiting just in case it changes over the next 12 months. Thanks for your video. You’ve found a picturesque tranquil spot there.

[@marycarron5118]

I regularly go to my local park early in the morning. It's my time for myself and my photography yet recently it has been becoming stale and I'm feeling 'what's left to shoot?' Your video shows me that if I stay in one area and begin to look and see there are countless images to be found. This has been so inspiring, I can't wait to get out again and try something new. Thanks Kim.

[@kimgrantphotography]

It's so beautiful to read this Mary! Enjoy!

[@kb0cow]

Nice idea, great photos,thank you

[@lisasimpson9343]

Loved the images Kim. We don't have much water around here but I got a few last week after some surprising rain.

[@treyfoerster6468]

Glad you're giving us a challenge. Gives me a reason to get out and do something different than my normal routine. You're the best!

[@kimgrantphotography]

Enjoy Trey 😀

[@canturgan]

You could have taken multiple exposures at low ISO and high shutter speed, they will be underexposed but you can then stack the exposures to build the exposures.

[@kurtisgrant4083]

Hello Kim, I'm a new subscriber to your channel, I am enjoying your creative point of view. You have a refreshing outlook on photography that is infectious in its simplicity to look at things in a different way.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Kurtis! So lovely to have you here. Welcome!

[@jp.dhondt]

Again great inspiring video Kim, I get out myself this morning to take some pictures with water. But I don't now how it is in Scotland but in Belgium (Antwerp region) due the dry weeks we had (almost no rain since June) much of the small lakes, and waterways are very low. But we do our best and find some nice places 😉

[@kimgrantphotography]

It has been a dry summer. All the best in finding some water to capture 🙂

[@robertleem5643]

Superb video, will put some of these techniques to the test when we visit Wales in 2 weeks time

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Robert! Brilliant! Enjoy your trip to Wales

[@robertleem5643]

@@kimgrantphotography Many thanks for your reply. I have sent you some water photos. Hope you like

[@D0209962]

Interesting video which has inspired me to try something different. I especially liked the shot at 11:21 on the video.

[@robertdavis1255]

Thanks Kim for sharing your experience with great comments & results.... amazing location to try different ways of using focus & aperture etc...... great learning video as I find water has a calming effect & allows time to experiment with photography... cheers from Australia 😀❤️

[@scrptwic]

Kim I was in Bakersfield California last month I was there and a lake was half full and a number of Egrets were there as well as a fisherman fishing I photographed both in fact the fisherman posed for me . I returned this last weekend and barely any water was left the lake the Egrets were all huddled together in the last remaining water. IT WAS SO SHOCKING SEEING FIRST HAND THE EFFECTS OF THE DRAUGHT. I photographed the Egrets with a few pictures and quickly left.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Wow that is some change! Just shows how quickly the world around us can change.

[@DrGreenthumbPhd]

Personally, things get pretty blurry when I'm under the effects of the draught.

[@scrptwic]

@@DrGreenthumbPhd What a difference a few months can make California had a record snow pack this winter the rivers are st flood stage sadly the Egrets have not returned as I recently photographed the lake full of water again minus any wildlife

[@JohnHPettigrewFujishooter67]

I may have to lookout some of my older images for this challenge, I often photography water, but I have not been out lately,so I may have to rely on an older image, Thanks as always for the inspiration

[@cinejera]

I'll be going to film and shoot in Scotland this month. I absolutely adore Scotland and may actually move there at some point! Thanks for a great video, I'll be teaching photography while in the Oban area :)

[@kimgrantphotography]

Brilliant! Have a great time when you are here

[@windyngw]

hi just to say thank you now I look at the water in a new way through the lens love your work some lovely thing to try out many thank Neill

[@kimgrantphotography]

This is lovely to read Neil ☺️

[@spidersj12]

If you find that when using high ISO settings, there are very good options out there to do noise reduction / removal in post-processing. I have two options I routinely use.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Yes it's amazing what you can do in post! Thankfully the Nikon Z cameras work very well with high ISO values too so noise isn't as big of an issue as other models ☺️ I'm just aware some entry level DSLRs struggle at such high levels

[@davidskinner274]

Hi Kim. I have just watched Lisa Frost's latest video. If you don't know of her, she lives in QLD and loves landscape photography and she shares a similar mindset to yourself with the love of the natural environment and how it is c alming for the mind. I have also mentioened you to her. I think you two would really get on. Cheers

[@timrosenburgh9485]

Interesting video Kim, I sometimes like to take shots of the reflections in the water too. You captured some really nice image's as usual.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Tim! Reflections are great to play about with

[@davidskinner274]

I wil have a go at water surface focus, cheers, Kim

[@kimgrantphotography]

Enjoy David 🙂

[@RoyJenkinsPacker]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and images. Selfie, bit scary. 😲

[@kimgrantphotography]

😂 I loved the selfies

[@briansture4353]

@@kimgrantphotography There is a saying, Kim. To love the world you must love yourself first.

[@jimsmith556]

Some of your images remind me of stained glass. Nicely seen Kim! Beautiful video!

[@dradmin792]

11:25 very beautiful photo! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you!

[@andybusard6694]

I thought your shot at 11:30 looked like stained glass!

[@kimgrantphotography]

Love stained glass! Thank you ☺️

[@JosefMaier-so2vs]

very useful video !!

[@paulkirk5760]

Some inspiring ideas and great images!

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Paul

[@fredsmith2299]

It's really art ....

[@neilcole3406]

Interesting stuff Kim!

[@jamesurzykowski4918]

They were all very good pictures but I especially liked the square format!

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you James

[@dougkolb3706]

Always great landscape content and ideas on your channel. Any thoughts on doing a late evening shoot using off camera speed lights to highlight a landscape image or maybe a "Photo Challenge" using speed lights for landscape.

[@domipro123]

At 3:45 I see a little box on top of the camera...what is it?

[@kimgrantphotography]

That's my wireless microphone 🎤

[@robthornley8188]

Another great and inspiring video. I found your videos extremely thought provoking and instructional and it has changed my approach to my own photography significantly. Waiving your camera over rocks and a river really scared me though!! A well known professional photographer once told me that his top tip was to ensure that your camera is attached to you at all times. Statistically, you will drop the camera at some point! Looking forward to your next video and many thanks.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you for the very kind words Rob. Yes - been there done that, although every time I 'drop' my camera, it's me knocking over my tripod. I therefore feel safer with hand holding 😅

[@Nich0tep]

For a 16min video (from a learner viewpoint), there is- in particular to do with shooting all manual- a lot of information.. might even call it intenso!

[@kimgrantphotography]

Yes a lot of info. Very unusual for me! I didn't shoot these images in manual. I shot everything in apeture priority mode. It was just manual focus I used for the final few images.

[@marximus4]

I liked the images from 11:25 to 12:00. They reminded me of stained glass.

[@ravikanagasabey285]

Thank you

[@neilcole3406]

My god the diversity of photography is amazing ! Don’t think l will ever say l have nothing to shoot again!

[@kimgrantphotography]

Yay!!

[@richardpriebe4183]

Thanks for the challenge Kim - I'm going to have to give this a go. Not sure at all what I'll come up with, since I don't feel that I have the eye of a "real" artist. I've always struggled trying to step beyond the obvious. I also live in a part of the US where open water is not something that's particularly common, so my options are fairly limited. But I like the idea, and I can always use a new incentive to get out and try. (also I don't Instagram, so I may never show my photos for your viewing... have wait and see how it goes)

[@kimgrantphotography]

Do enjoy Richard. Maybe this challenge will help you seen new things. Please feel free to email me any images you take

[@barryfollows7144]

Great vlog Kim very inspiring 👍

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Barry

[@ggrant1120]

Anyone know which remote system is being used?

[@kimgrantphotography]

For the audio? Wireless Rode mic

[@7352tommy]

Hi. Kim. What lens were you using. Beautiful images.

[@kimgrantphotography]

A changed between my 24-200mm and my 24-70mm. Both Nikon Z lenses

[@karenlodwidge2676]

Amazing and inspiring video, can I ask which lens you used?

[@kimgrantphotography]

A changed between my 24-200mm and 24-70mm both Nikon Z lenses

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

Good job.

[@cjk1943]

Great video

[@trig6712]

thank you, Interesting

[@havalinachiel7694]

thx

[@rnspowell]

I must be blind but I haven't found this page, but I'll keep looking.

[@kimgrantphotography]

What page are you looking for Raymond?

[@lensman5762]

Some beautiful photographs and some great advice regarding trying to stay local, Kim. I said it in one my previous posts that I loved the new direction that you are taking. It is no longer viable for people like myself on modest incomes to fill the car up and travel two or three hundred miles to a ' photogeneic ' location, often full of other photographers pitching for the same photos. I have actually been practicing staying local since the onset of the pandemic. If I make just one comment, and I hope that you don't think I am being pedantic, is that increasing the digital iso does not either make your camera more sensitive nor will it allow more light to reach the sensor. The sensitivity of all sensors used in modern digital cameras is in fact a fixed value called the Quantum Efficiency of the sensor, it is is wavelength specific, and can not be altered. The digital iso, has very little in common with the good old film ASA either, and is only a measure of the gain of the onboard amplifiers inline with the camera sensor to amplify the output of the sensor before it enters the ADC ( analogue digital converter, yes your digital camera actually has an analogue sensor ) . This is primarily, the reason that upping the digital iso also ups the noise and reduces the dynamic range. I learned all these donkeys years ago when I migrated from terrestrial photography to long exposure deep space imaging and had to relearn all the technical stuff. Hope this information proves of some use. Keep well and safe.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you for your kind words and for explaining this. Much appreciated ☺️

[@photojackleroy2434]

great vedeo

[@tommatthews3545]

Turning off Auto-Focus for a day will be my next challenge!

[@kimgrantphotography]

Enjoy Tom 🙂

[@robertoambrosi9876]

❤️

[@FemaleCelebrityQuotes]

The water tells none of its secrets

[@ondowan]

good video, very informative, but the constant overexposure really becomes annoying.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Funny you should say this. I usually get told I underexposure my images 😅 Glad you liked the video!

[@salilsahani2721]

:)