I've been here since the beginning - At 14 you were the reason I got into photography, specifically landscape photography. Glad to say I'm still at it, and still waiting for all your uploads
Tom this was great. I don’t remember which of your early videos was the first one I saw, but I do remember that it was the video that introduced me to RUclips and I’ve followed you ever since, including into the 617 Club! Keep up the good work and keep on inspiring!
Same here! I found his channel in 2015. made a huge difference in my photograpy life eventhough I do it as a hobby. one of my photographs was selected as the best in a week of a photography group in Sri Lanka. You were a huge inspiration to me. But with the busy life, I was unable to continue my photograpy. So sold my 5D mk 3 and now taking few photos here and there with my 15 pro. Please keep doing your great works. You are a great role model. ❤❤
Ten years ago when I was 72 I was still going strong and chasing birds in the wildlife management areas, making lots of prints for sale, traveling to different areas to camp. Now, ten years and three strokes and a bad fall later I've slowed down... a lot. It's kind of disappointing not being able to get out and walk around The Pond for wildlife photographs or drive to some of my favorite wildlife places and inns and restaurants. But realizing I'm lucky to even be here and have my loving wife of 63 years still with me after her two bouts with cancer, I'm happy to make the most of what I can still do. And my pictures are still winning awards occasionally in the local galleries. Life is good and I'm thankful. I don't think I've been with you from the beginning but I don't think I've missed one of your videos since I discovered your channel several years ago.
I'm really sorry to hear about you and your wife, but on the same hand, your message is uplifting. It's always important to practice gratitude and appreciation what you do have. Thanks a lot for commenting.
I rarely comment on videos, but 8 years ago I was in a very dark place when I discovered your channel. I ended up watching every single upload you had back then in the span of a week & I started to go on more walks & photograph things to distract my mind. After all these years, I’m still watching & I’m in a much better place now. Your channel definitely had a part in that which is something I’ll always be grateful for. Thank you.
You were the first photography channel I found here. Way before I even got into photography proper. Been watching since around 2017. One of the best in the game. Here’s to another 10.
Yes Tom, I can honestly say I was there. I was 70 then and came across your channel by chance and I’m still watching you today. You are by far the most interesting and enthusiastic photographer for me. I remember seeing you in person at Gary Gough’s studio when he invited you to give a talk some years ago now. Keep presenting as you do and I wish you continued success in your chosen profession and I hope to god I will still be supporting you in another 10 years. My best regards…Richard Farrar.
Personality, photography aside, personality is the reason I return time and again. Of course I wouldn't return if the photography was rubbish, who would. So congratulations on ten years of sharing interesting, informative and fun content... looking forward to more to come 🎉
the video that made me subscribe was “the boring ten miles” and it’s still one of the most inspiring videos i have ever watched, it’s still on my “list” of reasons i got serious about landscape photography
Five and a half years ago I started a RUclips because of you and a few others. I want to thank you for the inspiration since I credit my videos as saving my life. Through recording and editing, I realized I liked myself and wanted to be my friend. Depression had been a struggle up until then, and it hasn’t been a struggle since. So, thank you for the inspiration.
Hace 9 años que te sigo y al principio era por que me encantaba tu forma de ver la fotografía, pero ya después de un tiempo decidí seguirte por que me encantaba verte crecer cada año y quería ver como una persona como tu sin una estrategia de marketing puede convertirse en algo tan grande como eres a día de hoy...mírate ahora donde estas....me alegro mucho por ti. Sigue asi, eres una gran persona y un gran fotógrafo.
Hi Tom, I'm a photographer of politics, conflicts, etc. in my country, almost always stressed. Your videos relax me and I hope to one day make the trips you make to take beautiful landscape photographs like you do. Greetings from Bolivia.
Probably the best thing you‘ve done is losing this ear-ring 🤣 Jokes aside. I watch your videos for at least 5 years now. And I said it to my wife a few minutes ago: Your videos are giving me the motivation to go out and shoot. You force so much creativity in me. Thank you for doing what you are doing and can‘t wait for the next 10+ years
Well, I wasn’t here from the beginning. In fact, I didn’t give RUclips a second thought until maybe 2 years ago, but then I somehow stumbled onto one of Nigel’s videos, and then one of yours, and I was amazed at the quality and degree to which I became engaged. And now I always look forward to Wednesdays to see what new treat you’ve uploaded for us. So cheers and thanks and congrats on ten years of success and enjoying the good life.
I was there from the beginning and, even though I don't photograph as much as I used to, I still watch your videos, because you were a part of the journey since. It was and it is a good journey.... Here's to another 10!
Bring on the next 10 years and thank you for sharing your adventures with us your channel is probably the only channel that I have watched since 2015 that I still watch today so thank you
10 more years you never know where it will take you, I’m based in New Zealand and have been firing off my cameras since I was 17 now I’m 43 and love it just as much as I did back then now body aches and tiredness is more apparent now 🤣 but you do it because you love it
I joined your adventure 7 years ago when I was immediately drawn in by your calm manner and simplicity of the videos. Thank you so much for all the great content and impressions ❤
I remember the first video! I was a fledgling of a wildlife photographer back then having just started working on my own videos and first jobs, I can't quite believe how the time has flown! From one Tom to another, awesome stuff!
I don't know how many years ago I came across the first video of yours I saw "The UGLY side of Landscape Photography" I have watched most upload since. You have been my greatest inspiration in the way I make my own videos.
Haven’t been here from the start, but have watched your videos every Wednesday for the past 5 years when I got my first camera. A friend send me your channel saying he thought I would appreciate your outlook on photography, and the way we experience and portray the journey of making photos. Truly was the best recommendation I’ve ever gotten. Feels like you’ve become an old friend and mentor over these years, and I thank you for all the work you put in for all of us.
I'm not sure I was there in the first month or two, but I've been watching more or less since the start, and still going strong. I was one of the ones that you inspired to start a RUclips, but I gave that up years ago at this point.. not quite sure why.. But I'm always happy to watch your videos, buy your books (when money allows), and preorder your calendars. Thanks for the YEARS of entertainment and explorations: from Nepal to the lake district, and from that Q&A video you did in some Mediterranean climate, to that era where you discovered telephoto lenses JUST MIGHT be better at landscape photography than super wide lenses. I hope this art and channel forever bring you joy. Cheers, Thomas 🎉
So fun to watch! I hope you are still doing this in 10 years and at 75 now, I hope I’m still here watching you! I enjoy your work each and every week! Thanks for taking me along!
Ha, 10 years already?! Over the years I've watched them all. Your channel was 100% the reason I started my own photography journey. After years of daytime landscapes I've moved to dedicated astro (I remember your one astro vlog haha) and even started my own YT channel 2,5 years ago! But you bet you were the original inspiration. Still watching every new adventure 👌.
I've also been watching you from the start and loved the entire journey so far. It's funny to say without us you may not be doing it as a job, because without you there wouldn't 1000's more inspired people out there picking up a camera and discovering their new hobby. Thank you.
I'm not quite an OG, but I think I found your channel about 9 years ago. But yours is one of the few channels I'm still watching and enjoying after all these years. Congratulations on your success.
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant. I am not a photographer, in fact i have very little or no experience with a camera. I have been here from the beginning, and watch your videos on a regular basis, and although i don't feel i would ever get out with a camera i love the journey of each video, in fact, your van build influenced me to build my van and start my own Utube channel. Now just 6k deep it is the foundation to my five month tour next year. Your quality of videos are my aspire every time. Thank you soooooo much
I came across your channel about 7 years ago. I was so impressed and inspired I went back to the beginning and binge watched all of them 😊 Still one of my favourite RUclipsr
Yes, I've been there with you 10 years ago. I can't believe time is flying so fast. I will see you Tom in the next 10 years, maybe one day we will pass each other somewhere on the paths. Take care mate, take care 😊
Been here since the beginning and still look forward to your escapades - let’s face it, mostly they are lol. It’s great to travel with you around the world and see things we wouldn’t normally. Keep the videos coming Tom and keep putting a smile on people’s faces. Your channel IS much more than the photography and that’s what makes it stand out above the rest.
OG here, the start of your channel coincided with the start of my landscape photography journey and has always provided lots of inspiration. Here’s to many more videos! Thank you!
This was a nice reminder that time flies. I have been tuning in almost every week since around 2015 - at that time in university, looking to buy a DSLR as my only camera at that time was an old Nokia phone. I've loved all of your overnight camps on top of mountains, because for me it combines the rewarding feeling of climbing up a mountain as well as the tranquillity of those sunsets and sunrises. Sometimes I think that I bought the DSLR just to be outside more and be there for those precious moments. You have helped me to find one of my true life passions. Last but not least I've learned a lot from you, for example I'm always on the lookout for pictures looking away from the sunset/sunrise as well as searching for the intimate details if the light does not show up. And one more thing. You've introduced me to the beauty of the landscapes, that your country has to offer and I am longing for the day to finally see it with my own eyes. Thank you for everything.
Hi Thomas, I'm usually too shy to comment, and I never thought it would be specifically relevant, but I am one of those 'few' (maybe not so few from seeing some of the other comments) that can say I have genuinely seen every single video that you have ever released on this channel. I had one of your first 10 videos recommended to me, I went back and watched the others, and have been subscribed ever since (29 September 2015, according to an online tool I found). It's honestly made me a bit emotional watching this video, not only because I still clearly remember the original one (which is the one that made me decide to subscribe), but also because it hit me that it's been pretty much a decade since that time in my life and despite everything that's changed with me, the regular Heaton videos have just become such a mainstay on my feed that I never would have imagined I've actually been regularly watching for that long. It's been amazing to see your channel progress and although, as you say, the main format hasn't really fundamentally changed, I think the growth in you as a photographer has been plain to see and is truly inspirational. What really sticks out to me is the honesty of your videos, you show the mistakes and the disappointment and are frank about what you can learn and take away from it, and not just the times where it all goes right that make me say 'oh wow' out loud when the image is revealed. Subscriptions to other photography channels have come and gone but yours is the only one that's stuck because for my money, this is the best channel for actual photography on RUclips. Cheers for everything you do, and I hope that I can make the same comment again in another 10 years!
I started watching your videos in early 2017. You were the first photography channel I ever followed, or rather, my first and favorite landscape photographer. I can honestly say that if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have such a deep passion for landscape photography today in 2024. For at least the past seven years, watching your videos every week has been an important and much-anticipated part of my life. I would watch your videos while having dinner after work, and then spend my weekends doing some landscape photography of my own. To be honest, my English isn’t very good, but watching you travel through the world’s breathtaking sceneries has made me feel as if I’ve been experiencing them alongside you for the past seven years. From 2022 to early 2024 was the darkest period in my journey as a landscape photographer. For various reasons, I even thought about giving up photography entirely. But when I reopened your videos and walked with you through the beautiful Lake District or chased snow leopards in Mongolia’s icy wilderness, it was your videos that pulled me out of the darkness and inspired me to make the bold decision to start my own RUclips channel. I have to say, this video deeply moved me. Although I wasn’t one of the viewers who discovered you back in 2014, I’ve seen that first video where your journey began, and it has stayed with me ever since. I’m sorry for writing so much, but words simply can’t express how much I want to say. I just want to tell you I’m so happy to hear you say at the end of the video that you’ll continue creating youtube video. To me, you are the best landscape photographer and RUclipsr!
Ive been following since 35k subs back in 2015 or so. In 2021, I made a trip to the Lake District (from the States) because of this channel. My wife and I were the only Americans there and had a great time.
Hope 10 years from now you continue to show us your beautiful photography and great videos, you are an amazing inspiration for a lot of photographers around
Hi Thomas. Thanks for the videos and memories. I started to watch your channel since your 5ft episode. Remember I wanted to go for a camping with my 3years old son and looked into RUclips for any inspiration, and due to some reason it was your video. My son is teen now, and landscape photography became my best habit. Habit based on your videos, I believe there are many of us who's love to landscape photography been inspired by your works. Thank you for that.
Hi Thomas, I remember seeing the original video as if it were yesterday, it totally drew me in and I have been a constant fan and follower ever since. It's great to see the original image is better than the current one because I shoot with older gear. Congratulations on 10 years of top quality videos and creativity long may it continue, Derek
Congratulations. You have been an inspiration for me as a creator and I am looking at RUclips being my full-time job in about 2 years from now thanks to watching you.
Fun comparison between then and now. The wind was INSANE in the now video. Jim has these very gloves. They are the best! "Crackin image" - Jim & Michelle
I’ve been with you for the long haul! 10 years! THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH IT! I’m turning 62 and plan to retire from my Pilot career and become a full time photographer in 2025. I hope to see you on location sometime! Cheers!
Actually found this a bit emotional. I started watching your channel a long time ago, must have been about 10 years ago when I was going through some really rough times. It gave me some peace and allowed me to see a bit of the wider world. Thank you.
I’ve been following along since the very beginning! I was just starting to get into photography in early 2015 and I stumbled upon your channel. I binged the few videos you had at the time and was hooked. You were the only one showing what landscape photography was all about, the highs, the lows, and what it actually takes to make a good image. Most of the time, the general viewer of a strong landscape photograph doesn’t have an appreciation for what the photographer did to capture it. You showed what it took to really make the best photographs, along with your constant message of enjoying the process and just being outside. I have used that as my inspiration ever since to guide my own photographic journey and I hope I inspire others to get out and find their own magic in nature. I don’t think I’ve missed one of your videos since. Thanks a lot, Tom. You are appreciated.
Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary. It is so well deserved that you have had the success you have had. I can't say I started watching on your first video. I can't even say when I started. I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning. But I have been watching for years and still enjoy them and look forward to the posting of each one. God bless you as you continue to live your dream.
I can't remember what was the first video of yours I saw. It wasn't video #1 because I started watching 7 or 8 years ago, but I do remember I found that video to be the most delightful photography video I'd ever seen with the scenery, music, format, and your tutorial information as I was learning how to do better photography (still am but I don't get out as much any more). You've done an outstanding job building this channel with your video style, so here's to another 10 years!
I´ve been watching you since a few years now and matured like you did as a human and as a photographer. I struggled a bit when you did the typical ultra wide angle shoots then I came back and what can I say I´ve just watched ~15 vids in a row and still enjoy your approach. I mostly enjoy your filmphotography adventures and your van build. That´s 2 main things my mind floats around most of the time ;) cheers mate.
Been here from the earliest days- cant say for sure the first video, but I have been here enjoying the ride and the adventure and the photos for ten years. Congrats on the milestone!
I joined your following when you had less than 10,000 followers. I can't remember how many exactly, but I think I was somewhere around the low 7,000's. I still remember the first video too. I am glad you haven't strayed far from your formula that has kept me all these years.
You were my very first RUclips Channel. I watch you riding your bike around taking photos of local landscapes. I had just come back from Borneo, caught an unidentified virus (never identified), lost hearing in one ear, heart and lung damage, couldn't get off the lounge for exhaustion. My son showed me RUclips to keep me entertained and I picked your thumbnail. Over the next few weeks I watched all your episodes and to this day, every Thursday I watch from Australia. In fact, you inspired me to start my own Channel, Sharyn's Shenanigans. My photography isn't as technical or as good as yours, so I mix it up with a bit of a travel blog but in the end, you're the reason my family have to watch me every Friday night! I'm sure they'd thank you for that if they ever met you, lol. Keep up the great work and cheers to many more years.
Just roaming through RUclips 10 years ago i found the Heaton and my photography restarted for me learnt so much, and love the content and filming style, thank you.
It was that video 10 years ago that caused me to fall back in love with shooting, and here I sit now back in a slump until now. Thanks for being awesome!
What I'm impressed by also is how you have saved and catalogued your original footage from 10 years ago. Now that is amazing! Been following your work for many years and met you in Vegas in 2020 with the F4 group. Where will we be in another ten years?? Crazy to think about that!
Not missed one Tom, we've been with you since the beginning and will definitely be with you for the next 10. We'll done matey, great vid as always. Tony and Claire👍💙❤️📷
Been watching since 2016 when I first got into photography and I’ve learned a lot from watching you and continue to get encouraged to just get out with the camera! Still look forward to your videos every week. Favorite RUclipsr by far. Congrats to 10 years and keep up the good work!!
Thanks for this video Tom. As a fledgling RUclipsr of about a year it was really encouraging to see some of your early outtakes! I’ve been watching your videos for about 4 years, and they inspired me to start my own channel (on a different subject!). This means I don’t have so much time for photography these days but I continue to watch your videos partly to see how it’s done and partly because I just enjoy them!
What a great reminder. I started out on landscape photography a few years ago and your name and channel came up and you were a great inspiration to me. You have just inspired me again and I am now re-inspired to get out more again. Thank you.
I never comment on RUclips vids tbh but I watched that video 10 years ago (which I can’t actually believe) and you were a massive inspiration for me getting into/learning about photography and also helped me with my university dissertation answering some questions for it! I got a 1st class BA Hons degree and now am a photographer (full time) so congratulations on 10 years and thank you for your inspiration. Rick
Congratulations on a decade of your channel! Your videos have definitely had a positive impact on my photography over many years. Heres to another decade!
Great story Mr. Heaton! I myself have just begun...a little later in life and having a lot of fun. Ten years is a nice anniversary for you. A great opportunity to look back and reflect. Congratulations!
Thank you Tom! You're like a sixth member of the family - even my wife asks how you're doing because she's so used to hearing your voice once a week. I can't remember when I found you but it's been at least 6 or 7 years. You're the first photography channel I started watching here and a lot have come and gone while you've remained. Congratulations on 10 years and THANK YOU!
I haven't been with you from the beginning, but I haven't missed a single video since I discovered you; including buying the F4 Road Trip series to support all of you guys, I loved it by the way. As a brand new, right out of the box RUclipsr, this video was an inspiration, Thomas. I have been very close to throwing in the towel many times since starting my channel, but this... this gave me a fresh perspective. It's about the journey... it's about the journey.
I don't even do landscape, I mostly practice street, but your videos click with me and you're the only one I subscribe to so far. Regards from Indonesia.
A sponsor I can vouch for too! I love the Vallerrett too. Great gear. I wasn’t here at the start but close. I remember watching you with my at the time 1 year old, he’s now 10. He loved to watch you even then.
Wow Tom, that was a quick ten years ! Saw your original video back in 2014 and been watching ever since. Enjoy your passion and insight, enjoyed seeing the different cameras and vehicles (still remember your close call with the campervan in the snow!) and learnt so much along the way. Now also enjoying the 617 club. Well done and here's to the next 10 years!
I've been following you for almost all ten of those years. I found your channel on episode 9 - I think you were out here in California shooting the Alabama Hills. It's primarily YOUR fault that I did a build on a mini van and have started traveling the world with my camera. Thank you for all of your inspiration! Keep the videos coming! They are much appreciated. Here's to the next ten years! :)
Thanks Thomas. Been enjoying your videos for a number of years now, but not ten. Quite brave of you to reflect this way, and although your production value is greatly improved now, for you to have continued in the same basic vane, while finding interesting things to say, and continuing to inspire us with great images is quite something. Take pride in your body of work and keep going.....please.
I was here! I don't know why but I'll still remember of that day when I said《God this is exactly what I'm looking for》 You inspired me so much since your first video and still today I continue to enjoy every videos you share... from France 🇫🇷 Bonne continuation 😁
Hey Tom! Ive not been around since 2014 but just want to say thanks for the sharing your journey......youve inspired A LOT of folks through the years, myself included. Thanks for the very hard work you put into your channel!! Cheers to the next 10
Thomas, thank you for all you have done for the landscape photography community. I've been with you since close to the beginning. I am also grateful to have met you in person some years back when you spoke at Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions conference at George Mason University. I am especially grateful to have had a one-on-one portfolio review with you. You have served as inspiration to me as I transition to being a full-time photographic artist. Thank you!
Bloody hell Tom! ..... I saw your first video and joined your channel on the 24 Nov 2014. Can't believe it was ten years ago but here we still are doing what we were doing then, taking images, having fun, enjoying the landscape. Many thanks to you for allowing us all the privilege of watching your progress, the ups and downs, amazing trips, fantastic images, awful images and everything in-between. Good luck for the next ten years.
10 years ago I was stationed at Fort Irwin, CA, and you were the reason I got into photography. Since then I've traveled to 37 countries to iclude the Lake District in England. Thank you for being an Inspiration.
Well, I knew I had been around for a long time, but wasn't sure I had been here from the start, however, checking back, I had already liked your first video, so I am guessing I watched it when it came out. Well done for keeping us all inspired for so many years.
So happy for you. You've inspired many. Maybe most wont look back with a similar story as you, but someone has to make it. I'm envious of your success. Keep up the hard work!
I was living back home in Venezuela, it was 2017 and I was about to go on a trip to mount roraima, so I wanted to learn some tricks to get better photos of the landscapes. I discovered your channel and remember watching your first video specifically. Turns out I got the best advice I would ever get from a British dude whom I didn’t know: just go out there and enjoy. I have enjoyed it ever since and I always think of you when I’m out there shooting. Cheers on ten years man!!! You are truly an inspiration!!
A huge fan! But admittedly not here since the start. I came later. Great seeing some of the OGs commenting! You have been a huge inspiration, and it was your “My New Camera & How it Will Make me Better” video that kicked off my film photography journey, and a later purchase of my own vintage Hasselblad 500 CM. I am slowly trying my hand at making videos on my RUclips channel and seeing your first one from 10 years ago is so relatable! Making videos is challenging, and you make it look easy. Looking forward to seeing what your next 10 years brings. Cheers
I remember wanting to get a new phone about 7 years ago, just because of the camera, and start learning photography on RUclips, I found your channel and I´ve been here since then, your work is super relaxing, I really enjoy watching it, even if it´s only you in a room talking about whatever hahah you´ve inspired me to take better photos and maybe even start a channel myself! Thank you Thom! Keep it up!
Please keep doing this, you've inspired so many ppl to go out and taking photographs. Finding your channel on youtube is one of the best things that have happend.
One of the originals, like you, I was inspired by David Noton's Full Frame book. and your Lake District videos took me, and continue, to take me back to one of my most loved placed in the world. Thanks for all your sharing and long may you continue to enjoy it.
I’ve been here since the beginning. I stumbled across your first video by chance looking for shooting locations in the lakes and I’ve not missed one since. Thanks for all the effort over the years, it’s been educational and entertaining.
Hi Thomas, i can't honestly say ive watched your first video (not with my RUclips account at least), but i started watching your videos 9 years ago for certain. The thing i like the most, is your honesty. So keep sharing your highs and lows as long as you enjoy it, and I'll be here waiting... watching.. haha 😉 Cheers and all the best wishes from the Netherlands ✌️
I'm pretty sure that my wife and I have been watching you from the start. We may not have seen this one on the day it came out but we certainly had seen it, possibly a couple of times before today. There were very few landscape photography channels back then but oh my, how things have changed. Hope to see many more videos from you, especially ones like this where you are closer to home and working with what nature has given you. To me, it's more relatable than the travel ones.
10 years ago I had received some headphones for Christmas and was testing them out going through RUclips videos when I found your first video. You inspired me then and still do now to go and do landscape photography. Not able to do it as a job unfortunately but a great hobby all the same and the tips and techniques I’ve picked up from you along the way had been great. Thank you!
I can't believe that I have been watching you on youtube for that long - we've both aged during the years, but still enjoying life - that's the main thing, Tom! Lovely film format.
I've been here since the beginning - At 14 you were the reason I got into photography, specifically landscape photography. Glad to say I'm still at it, and still waiting for all your uploads
Same here! Tom's stories and compositions made me want to try landscape photography.
That's awesome. Thanks, Jack. You're a legend!!
Tom this was great. I don’t remember which of your early videos was the first one I saw, but I do remember that it was the video that introduced me to RUclips and I’ve followed you ever since, including into the 617 Club! Keep up the good work and keep on inspiring!
This comment alone is worth all of the hard work you put in Tom
Same here! I found his channel in 2015. made a huge difference in my photograpy life eventhough I do it as a hobby. one of my photographs was selected as the best in a week of a photography group in Sri Lanka. You were a huge inspiration to me. But with the busy life, I was unable to continue my photograpy. So sold my 5D mk 3 and now taking few photos here and there with my 15 pro. Please keep doing your great works. You are a great role model. ❤❤
Ten years ago when I was 72 I was still going strong and chasing birds in the wildlife management areas, making lots of prints for sale, traveling to different areas to camp. Now, ten years and three strokes and a bad fall later I've slowed down... a lot. It's kind of disappointing not being able to get out and walk around The Pond for wildlife photographs or drive to some of my favorite wildlife places and inns and restaurants. But realizing I'm lucky to even be here and have my loving wife of 63 years still with me after her two bouts with cancer, I'm happy to make the most of what I can still do. And my pictures are still winning awards occasionally in the local galleries. Life is good and I'm thankful. I don't think I've been with you from the beginning but I don't think I've missed one of your videos since I discovered your channel several years ago.
I'm really sorry to hear about you and your wife, but on the same hand, your message is uplifting. It's always important to practice gratitude and appreciation what you do have. Thanks a lot for commenting.
I rarely comment on videos, but 8 years ago I was in a very dark place when I discovered your channel. I ended up watching every single upload you had back then in the span of a week & I started to go on more walks & photograph things to distract my mind. After all these years, I’m still watching & I’m in a much better place now. Your channel definitely had a part in that which is something I’ll always be grateful for. Thank you.
You were the first photography channel I found here. Way before I even got into photography proper. Been watching since around 2017. One of the best in the game. Here’s to another 10.
You're too kind 👍
And As I Said To TOM... Also THANK YOU ROMAN!!!! Been Following Your Channel Since YOUR DAY ONE.
Yes Tom, I can honestly say I was there. I was 70 then and came across your channel by chance and I’m still watching you today. You are by far the most interesting and enthusiastic photographer for me. I remember seeing you in person at Gary Gough’s studio when he invited you to give a talk some years ago now. Keep presenting as you do and I wish you continued success in your chosen profession and I hope to god I will still be supporting you in another 10 years. My best regards…Richard Farrar.
Personality, photography aside, personality is the reason I return time and again. Of course I wouldn't return if the photography was rubbish, who would. So congratulations on ten years of sharing interesting, informative and fun content... looking forward to more to come 🎉
10 years of watching you every week, 10 years of time well spent. Thanks for all you do for photography.
10 years of "Absolutly Stunnin'" images and video.
the video that made me subscribe was “the boring ten miles” and it’s still one of the most inspiring videos i have ever watched, it’s still on my “list” of reasons i got serious about landscape photography
Five and a half years ago I started a RUclips because of you and a few others. I want to thank you for the inspiration since I credit my videos as saving my life. Through recording and editing, I realized I liked myself and wanted to be my friend. Depression had been a struggle up until then, and it hasn’t been a struggle since. So, thank you for the inspiration.
Hace 9 años que te sigo y al principio era por que me encantaba tu forma de ver la fotografía, pero ya después de un tiempo decidí seguirte por que me encantaba verte crecer cada año y quería ver como una persona como tu sin una estrategia de marketing puede convertirse en algo tan grande como eres a día de hoy...mírate ahora donde estas....me alegro mucho por ti. Sigue asi, eres una gran persona y un gran fotógrafo.
Hi Tom, I'm a photographer of politics, conflicts, etc. in my country, almost always stressed. Your videos relax me and I hope to one day make the trips you make to take beautiful landscape photographs like you do. Greetings from Bolivia.
Probably the best thing you‘ve done is losing this ear-ring 🤣
Jokes aside. I watch your videos for at least 5 years now. And I said it to my wife a few minutes ago: Your videos are giving me the motivation to go out and shoot. You force so much creativity in me. Thank you for doing what you are doing and can‘t wait for the next 10+ years
Well, I wasn’t here from the beginning. In fact, I didn’t give RUclips a second thought until maybe 2 years ago, but then I somehow stumbled onto one of Nigel’s videos, and then one of yours, and I was amazed at the quality and degree to which I became engaged. And now I always look forward to Wednesdays to see what new treat you’ve uploaded for us. So cheers and thanks and congrats on ten years of success and enjoying the good life.
I was there from the beginning and, even though I don't photograph as much as I used to, I still watch your videos, because you were a part of the journey since. It was and it is a good journey.... Here's to another 10!
Bring on the next 10 years and thank you for sharing your adventures with us your channel is probably the only channel that I have watched since 2015 that I still watch today so thank you
Deal!
10 more years would be awesome .
10 more years you never know where it will take you, I’m based in New Zealand and have been firing off my cameras since I was 17 now I’m 43 and love it just as much as I did back then now body aches and tiredness is more apparent now 🤣 but you do it because you love it
I joined your adventure 7 years ago when I was immediately drawn in by your calm manner and simplicity of the videos. Thank you so much for all the great content and impressions ❤
I remember the first video! I was a fledgling of a wildlife photographer back then having just started working on my own videos and first jobs, I can't quite believe how the time has flown! From one Tom to another, awesome stuff!
Been watching your vids since 2017. Your Himalayan vids specifically inspired me to go there. Climbed there in 2023 & 2024. 🫡
I don't know how many years ago I came across the first video of yours I saw "The UGLY side of Landscape Photography" I have watched most upload since. You have been my greatest inspiration in the way I make my own videos.
Haven’t been here from the start, but have watched your videos every Wednesday for the past 5 years when I got my first camera. A friend send me your channel saying he thought I would appreciate your outlook on photography, and the way we experience and portray the journey of making photos. Truly was the best recommendation I’ve ever gotten. Feels like you’ve become an old friend and mentor over these years, and I thank you for all the work you put in for all of us.
That's awesome. Be sure to pass my thanks on to your friend.
I'm not sure I was there in the first month or two, but I've been watching more or less since the start, and still going strong.
I was one of the ones that you inspired to start a RUclips, but I gave that up years ago at this point.. not quite sure why..
But I'm always happy to watch your videos, buy your books (when money allows), and preorder your calendars. Thanks for the YEARS of entertainment and explorations: from Nepal to the lake district, and from that Q&A video you did in some Mediterranean climate, to that era where you discovered telephoto lenses JUST MIGHT be better at landscape photography than super wide lenses.
I hope this art and channel forever bring you joy. Cheers, Thomas 🎉
So fun to watch! I hope you are still doing this in 10 years and at 75 now, I hope I’m still here watching you! I enjoy your work each and every week! Thanks for taking me along!
I hope so too! Youll be 85 and going strong 💪🏻
Ha, 10 years already?! Over the years I've watched them all. Your channel was 100% the reason I started my own photography journey. After years of daytime landscapes I've moved to dedicated astro (I remember your one astro vlog haha) and even started my own YT channel 2,5 years ago! But you bet you were the original inspiration. Still watching every new adventure 👌.
I've also been watching you from the start and loved the entire journey so far. It's funny to say without us you may not be doing it as a job, because without you there wouldn't 1000's more inspired people out there picking up a camera and discovering their new hobby. Thank you.
Haven't been watching from the beginning but have been here for a 3-4 years. Love the videos and all the amazing photos. Thanks!
I'm not quite an OG, but I think I found your channel about 9 years ago. But yours is one of the few channels I'm still watching and enjoying after all these years. Congratulations on your success.
Wow, thank you, and i would definitely count you as an OG.
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant. I am not a photographer, in fact i have very little or no experience with a camera. I have been here from the beginning, and watch your videos on a regular basis, and although i don't feel i would ever get out with a camera i love the journey of each video, in fact, your van build influenced me to build my van and start my own Utube channel. Now just 6k deep it is the foundation to my five month tour next year. Your quality of videos are my aspire every time. Thank you soooooo much
I came across your channel about 7 years ago. I was so impressed and inspired I went back to the beginning and binge watched all of them 😊 Still one of my favourite RUclipsr
Yes, I've been there with you 10 years ago. I can't believe time is flying so fast. I will see you Tom in the next 10 years, maybe one day we will pass each other somewhere on the paths. Take care mate, take care 😊
Congrats Pal ! Lots of change including being now able to vlog in front of others ( kinda :-) ) I was one of the OG’s 💪
I have been watching you since the beginning. You are my landscape photographer to watch. Always happen and probably always will be
I have been watching from the start. I wish you all the best for the next 10 years Keep your chin up. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Thank you so much!
Been here since the beginning and still look forward to your escapades - let’s face it, mostly they are lol. It’s great to travel with you around the world and see things we wouldn’t normally. Keep the videos coming Tom and keep putting a smile on people’s faces. Your channel IS much more than the photography and that’s what makes it stand out above the rest.
OG here, the start of your channel coincided with the start of my landscape photography journey and has always provided lots of inspiration. Here’s to many more videos! Thank you!
This was a nice reminder that time flies. I have been tuning in almost every week since around 2015 - at that time in university, looking to buy a DSLR as my only camera at that time was an old Nokia phone. I've loved all of your overnight camps on top of mountains, because for me it combines the rewarding feeling of climbing up a mountain as well as the tranquillity of those sunsets and sunrises. Sometimes I think that I bought the DSLR just to be outside more and be there for those precious moments. You have helped me to find one of my true life passions.
Last but not least I've learned a lot from you, for example I'm always on the lookout for pictures looking away from the sunset/sunrise as well as searching for the intimate details if the light does not show up.
And one more thing. You've introduced me to the beauty of the landscapes, that your country has to offer and I am longing for the day to finally see it with my own eyes.
Thank you for everything.
Hi Thomas,
I'm usually too shy to comment, and I never thought it would be specifically relevant, but I am one of those 'few' (maybe not so few from seeing some of the other comments) that can say I have genuinely seen every single video that you have ever released on this channel. I had one of your first 10 videos recommended to me, I went back and watched the others, and have been subscribed ever since (29 September 2015, according to an online tool I found).
It's honestly made me a bit emotional watching this video, not only because I still clearly remember the original one (which is the one that made me decide to subscribe), but also because it hit me that it's been pretty much a decade since that time in my life and despite everything that's changed with me, the regular Heaton videos have just become such a mainstay on my feed that I never would have imagined I've actually been regularly watching for that long.
It's been amazing to see your channel progress and although, as you say, the main format hasn't really fundamentally changed, I think the growth in you as a photographer has been plain to see and is truly inspirational. What really sticks out to me is the honesty of your videos, you show the mistakes and the disappointment and are frank about what you can learn and take away from it, and not just the times where it all goes right that make me say 'oh wow' out loud when the image is revealed. Subscriptions to other photography channels have come and gone but yours is the only one that's stuck because for my money, this is the best channel for actual photography on RUclips.
Cheers for everything you do, and I hope that I can make the same comment again in another 10 years!
I started watching your videos in early 2017. You were the first photography channel I ever followed, or rather, my first and favorite landscape photographer. I can honestly say that if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have such a deep passion for landscape photography today in 2024. For at least the past seven years, watching your videos every week has been an important and much-anticipated part of my life. I would watch your videos while having dinner after work, and then spend my weekends doing some landscape photography of my own.
To be honest, my English isn’t very good, but watching you travel through the world’s breathtaking sceneries has made me feel as if I’ve been experiencing them alongside you for the past seven years. From 2022 to early 2024 was the darkest period in my journey as a landscape photographer. For various reasons, I even thought about giving up photography entirely. But when I reopened your videos and walked with you through the beautiful Lake District or chased snow leopards in Mongolia’s icy wilderness, it was your videos that pulled me out of the darkness and inspired me to make the bold decision to start my own RUclips channel.
I have to say, this video deeply moved me. Although I wasn’t one of the viewers who discovered you back in 2014, I’ve seen that first video where your journey began, and it has stayed with me ever since. I’m sorry for writing so much, but words simply can’t express how much I want to say. I just want to tell you I’m so happy to hear you say at the end of the video that you’ll continue creating youtube video. To me, you are the best landscape photographer and RUclipsr!
Ive been following since 35k subs back in 2015 or so. In 2021, I made a trip to the Lake District (from the States) because of this channel. My wife and I were the only Americans there and had a great time.
Hope 10 years from now you continue to show us your beautiful photography and great videos, you are an amazing inspiration for a lot of photographers around
Hi Thomas. Thanks for the videos and memories. I started to watch your channel since your 5ft episode. Remember I wanted to go for a camping with my 3years old son and looked into RUclips for any inspiration, and due to some reason it was your video. My son is teen now, and landscape photography became my best habit. Habit based on your videos, I believe there are many of us who's love to landscape photography been inspired by your works. Thank you for that.
Hi Thomas, I remember seeing the original video as if it were yesterday, it totally drew me in and I have been a constant fan and follower ever since. It's great to see the original image is better than the current one because I shoot with older gear. Congratulations on 10 years of top quality videos and creativity long may it continue, Derek
Congratulations. You have been an inspiration for me as a creator and I am looking at RUclips being my full-time job in about 2 years from now thanks to watching you.
Fun comparison between then and now. The wind was INSANE in the now video. Jim has these very gloves. They are the best! "Crackin image" - Jim & Michelle
I’ve been with you for the long haul! 10 years! THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH IT! I’m turning 62 and plan to retire from my Pilot career and become a full time photographer in 2025. I hope to see you on location sometime! Cheers!
I have been here since the start. I haven’t seen every video between the first one and this one but I haven’t missed many.
Jason
I don't remember when I started watching, it must have been around 2016, and then I never stopped. And I hope to have another 10 years ahead ...
My first was
UK coast,
Some rocks and puddles,
Unsatisfactory light,
An S bend,
Some kind of Castle / ruin on a hill.
You never forget your first!
Actually found this a bit emotional. I started watching your channel a long time ago, must have been about 10 years ago when I was going through some really rough times. It gave me some peace and allowed me to see a bit of the wider world. Thank you.
I’ve been following along since the very beginning! I was just starting to get into photography in early 2015 and I stumbled upon your channel. I binged the few videos you had at the time and was hooked. You were the only one showing what landscape photography was all about, the highs, the lows, and what it actually takes to make a good image. Most of the time, the general viewer of a strong landscape photograph doesn’t have an appreciation for what the photographer did to capture it. You showed what it took to really make the best photographs, along with your constant message of enjoying the process and just being outside. I have used that as my inspiration ever since to guide my own photographic journey and I hope I inspire others to get out and find their own magic in nature. I don’t think I’ve missed one of your videos since. Thanks a lot, Tom. You are appreciated.
Ten years ago I caught your channel, I think on your second or third video and have watched every single one since then. It’s been a good time.
Congratulations on your 10 year anniversary. It is so well deserved that you have had the success you have had. I can't say I started watching on your first video. I can't even say when I started. I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning. But I have been watching for years and still enjoy them and look forward to the posting of each one. God bless you as you continue to live your dream.
I can't remember what was the first video of yours I saw. It wasn't video #1 because I started watching 7 or 8 years ago, but I do remember I found that video to be the most delightful photography video I'd ever seen with the scenery, music, format, and your tutorial information as I was learning how to do better photography (still am but I don't get out as much any more). You've done an outstanding job building this channel with your video style, so here's to another 10 years!
I´ve been watching you since a few years now and matured like you did as a human and as a photographer. I struggled a bit when you did the typical ultra wide angle shoots then I came back and what can I say I´ve just watched ~15 vids in a row and still enjoy your approach. I mostly enjoy your filmphotography adventures and your van build. That´s 2 main things my mind floats around most of the time ;) cheers mate.
Been here from the earliest days- cant say for sure the first video, but I have been here enjoying the ride and the adventure and the photos for ten years. Congrats on the milestone!
I joined your following when you had less than 10,000 followers. I can't remember how many exactly, but I think I was somewhere around the low 7,000's. I still remember the first video too. I am glad you haven't strayed far from your formula that has kept me all these years.
You were my very first RUclips Channel. I watch you riding your bike around taking photos of local landscapes. I had just come back from Borneo, caught an unidentified virus (never identified), lost hearing in one ear, heart and lung damage, couldn't get off the lounge for exhaustion. My son showed me RUclips to keep me entertained and I picked your thumbnail. Over the next few weeks I watched all your episodes and to this day, every Thursday I watch from Australia. In fact, you inspired me to start my own Channel, Sharyn's Shenanigans. My photography isn't as technical or as good as yours, so I mix it up with a bit of a travel blog but in the end, you're the reason my family have to watch me every Friday night! I'm sure they'd thank you for that if they ever met you, lol. Keep up the great work and cheers to many more years.
Just roaming through RUclips 10 years ago i found the Heaton and my photography restarted for me learnt so much, and love the content and filming style, thank you.
It was that video 10 years ago that caused me to fall back in love with shooting, and here I sit now back in a slump until now. Thanks for being awesome!
What I'm impressed by also is how you have saved and catalogued your original footage from 10 years ago. Now that is amazing! Been following your work for many years and met you in Vegas in 2020 with the F4 group. Where will we be in another ten years?? Crazy to think about that!
Not missed one Tom, we've been with you since the beginning and will definitely be with you for the next 10. We'll done matey, great vid as always. Tony and Claire👍💙❤️📷
Been watching since 2016 when I first got into photography and I’ve learned a lot from watching you and continue to get encouraged to just get out with the camera! Still look forward to your videos every week. Favorite RUclipsr by far. Congrats to 10 years and keep up the good work!!
Thanks for this video Tom. As a fledgling RUclipsr of about a year it was really encouraging to see some of your early outtakes! I’ve been watching your videos for about 4 years, and they inspired me to start my own channel (on a different subject!). This means I don’t have so much time for photography these days but I continue to watch your videos partly to see how it’s done and partly because I just enjoy them!
What a great reminder. I started out on landscape photography a few years ago and your name and channel came up and you were a great inspiration to me. You have just inspired me again and I am now re-inspired to get out more again. Thank you.
I've been following you a long time. As long as you keep making videos, I'll keep watching them. Thanks for all your hard work.
I never comment on RUclips vids tbh but I watched that video 10 years ago (which I can’t actually believe) and you were a massive inspiration for me getting into/learning about photography and also helped me with my university dissertation answering some questions for it! I got a 1st class BA Hons degree and now am a photographer (full time) so congratulations on 10 years and thank you for your inspiration. Rick
Congratulations on a decade of your channel!
Your videos have definitely had a positive impact on my photography over many years.
Heres to another decade!
Great story Mr. Heaton! I myself have just begun...a little later in life and having a lot of fun. Ten years is a nice anniversary for you. A great opportunity to look back and reflect. Congratulations!
And 5 years on and I still come back for your every video for my favorite hobby ..
Thank you Tom! You're like a sixth member of the family - even my wife asks how you're doing because she's so used to hearing your voice once a week. I can't remember when I found you but it's been at least 6 or 7 years. You're the first photography channel I started watching here and a lot have come and gone while you've remained. Congratulations on 10 years and THANK YOU!
I haven't been with you from the beginning, but I haven't missed a single video since I discovered you; including buying the F4 Road Trip series to support all of you guys, I loved it by the way.
As a brand new, right out of the box RUclipsr, this video was an inspiration, Thomas. I have been very close to throwing in the towel many times since starting my channel, but this... this gave me a fresh perspective. It's about the journey... it's about the journey.
Good job Thomas, here is to the next 10 years. To infinity and beyond...
I don't even do landscape, I mostly practice street, but your videos click with me and you're the only one I subscribe to so far. Regards from Indonesia.
I checked: I watched it! Have to admit I like your old, more vibrant, edit better. Thx and keep going
A sponsor I can vouch for too! I love the Vallerrett too. Great gear.
I wasn’t here at the start but close. I remember watching you with my at the time 1 year old, he’s now 10. He loved to watch you even then.
Wow Tom, that was a quick ten years ! Saw your original video back in 2014 and been watching ever since. Enjoy your passion and insight, enjoyed seeing the different cameras and vehicles (still remember your close call with the campervan in the snow!) and learnt so much along the way. Now also enjoying the 617 club. Well done and here's to the next 10 years!
I've missed "absolutely stunnin'" and it's nice to hear it again!
I've been following you for almost all ten of those years. I found your channel on episode 9 - I think you were out here in California shooting the Alabama Hills. It's primarily YOUR fault that I did a build on a mini van and have started traveling the world with my camera. Thank you for all of your inspiration! Keep the videos coming! They are much appreciated. Here's to the next ten years! :)
Thanks Thomas. Been enjoying your videos for a number of years now, but not ten. Quite brave of you to reflect this way, and although your production value is greatly improved now, for you to have continued in the same basic vane, while finding interesting things to say, and continuing to inspire us with great images is quite something. Take pride in your body of work and keep going.....please.
Soon is shining today 🌞
I was here! I don't know why but I'll still remember of that day when I said《God this is exactly what I'm looking for》
You inspired me so much since your first video and still today I continue to enjoy every videos you share... from France 🇫🇷
Bonne continuation 😁
Hey Tom! Ive not been around since 2014 but just want to say thanks for the sharing your journey......youve inspired A LOT of folks through the years, myself included. Thanks for the very hard work you put into your channel!! Cheers to the next 10
Thomas, thank you for all you have done for the landscape photography community. I've been with you since close to the beginning. I am also grateful to have met you in person some years back when you spoke at Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions conference at George Mason University. I am especially grateful to have had a one-on-one portfolio review with you. You have served as inspiration to me as I transition to being a full-time photographic artist. Thank you!
Bloody hell Tom! ..... I saw your first video and joined your channel on the 24 Nov 2014. Can't believe it was ten years ago but here we still are doing what we were doing then, taking images, having fun, enjoying the landscape. Many thanks to you for allowing us all the privilege of watching your progress, the ups and downs, amazing trips, fantastic images, awful images and everything in-between. Good luck for the next ten years.
10 years ago I was stationed at Fort Irwin, CA, and you were the reason I got into photography. Since then I've traveled to 37 countries to iclude the Lake District in England. Thank you for being an Inspiration.
Well, I knew I had been around for a long time, but wasn't sure I had been here from the start, however, checking back, I had already liked your first video, so I am guessing I watched it when it came out. Well done for keeping us all inspired for so many years.
So happy for you. You've inspired many. Maybe most wont look back with a similar story as you, but someone has to make it. I'm envious of your success. Keep up the hard work!
I have been with you for the past 7 years and you have inspired me about landscape photography.
I was living back home in Venezuela, it was 2017 and I was about to go on a trip to mount roraima, so I wanted to learn some tricks to get better photos of the landscapes. I discovered your channel and remember watching your first video specifically. Turns out I got the best advice I would ever get from a British dude whom I didn’t know: just go out there and enjoy. I have enjoyed it ever since and I always think of you when I’m out there shooting. Cheers on ten years man!!! You are truly an inspiration!!
been watching for almost 5 years and I hope you know you have been a massive inspiration to me through my journey into landscape photography Thom!
A huge fan! But admittedly not here since the start. I came later. Great seeing some of the OGs commenting! You have been a huge inspiration, and it was your “My New Camera & How it Will Make me Better” video that kicked off my film photography journey, and a later purchase of my own vintage Hasselblad 500 CM. I am slowly trying my hand at making videos on my RUclips channel and seeing your first one from 10 years ago is so relatable! Making videos is challenging, and you make it look easy. Looking forward to seeing what your next 10 years brings. Cheers
I remember wanting to get a new phone about 7 years ago, just because of the camera, and start learning photography on RUclips, I found your channel and I´ve been here since then, your work is super relaxing, I really enjoy watching it, even if it´s only you in a room talking about whatever hahah you´ve inspired me to take better photos and maybe even start a channel myself! Thank you Thom! Keep it up!
Please keep doing this, you've inspired so many ppl to go out and taking photographs. Finding your channel on youtube is one of the best things that have happend.
One of the originals, like you, I was inspired by David Noton's Full Frame book. and your Lake District videos took me, and continue, to take me back to one of my most loved placed in the world. Thanks for all your sharing and long may you continue to enjoy it.
I’ve been here since the beginning. I stumbled across your first video by chance looking for shooting locations in the lakes and I’ve not missed one since. Thanks for all the effort over the years, it’s been educational and entertaining.
Hi Thomas, i can't honestly say ive watched your first video (not with my RUclips account at least), but i started watching your videos 9 years ago for certain. The thing i like the most, is your honesty. So keep sharing your highs and lows as long as you enjoy it, and I'll be here waiting... watching.. haha 😉 Cheers and all the best wishes from the Netherlands ✌️
I'm pretty sure that my wife and I have been watching you from the start. We may not have seen this one on the day it came out but we certainly had seen it, possibly a couple of times before today. There were very few landscape photography channels back then but oh my, how things have changed. Hope to see many more videos from you, especially ones like this where you are closer to home and working with what nature has given you. To me, it's more relatable than the travel ones.
Dude 01:50 the walking away and then back split scene. Classic. Well played mate. Great throw back and edit overall. 👏
10 years ago I had received some headphones for Christmas and was testing them out going through RUclips videos when I found your first video. You inspired me then and still do now to go and do landscape photography. Not able to do it as a job unfortunately but a great hobby all the same and the tips and techniques I’ve picked up from you along the way had been great. Thank you!
I can't believe that I have been watching you on youtube for that long - we've both aged during the years, but still enjoying life - that's the main thing, Tom! Lovely film format.