Quite frankly... These still bug specially not getting low enough. I often find my self focusing to much on the focus of the image, that I miss the edge stuff... I end up cropping, but loose too much of the in age... Great video.. Oh an BTW.. Continuing our edge distraction conversation... What was that crumpled peice of paper? What's it on purpose 🤔🤔🤔
Not paying enough attention to edges. But, as far as keeping horizons straight, everybody even remotely serious about landscape should get a bubble level. They sell for a few dollars and are invaluable.
It's encouraging to know that I'm not alone in making some of these mistakes. While Mark is talking about some of these mistakes I can think of specific photos of mine that I've done it. Also it's good for me to remember that you can still love a photo even if it isn't perfect.
Your best idea here is photographing from a portrait orientation! Many of my pics would have been much improved had I changed the orientation. Many thanks!
Surprisingly these are the exact mistakes I make these days! Thank you Mark, never realised those are mistakes and can affect the whole composition! 🙏🏽
The portrait mode tip reminded me of something I have started doing which is panoramas using the camera in portrait mode. So five to six shots in portrait mode overlapping at least 1/3 and you will have all the flexibility to crop and keep edges clean.
I had a tip from a pro uk photographer regarding portrait & landscape orientation. If you have a scene with lots of horizontals then turn your camera in portrait orientation which creates an oposite. Then you have a much more powerful image.
Love your videos, Mark...but I actually laughed when you suggested we "go back and look at some of our earlier photography to feel encouraged"; if anything, my earlier photography only depresses me because I don't feel like I'm going ANYWHERE with it. (I know I am, but dang, it's hard to see it most of the time!) Your videos have been such a help and an encouragement to me, and as always, I appreciate the time you invest in the rest of us. Thanks again, Mark!
Hello Mark. I recently discovered your channel and I would like to commend you for your photography journey following your departure from the corporate world. Anyone can see how much you are enjoying your new career and success. Well done! And thank you for your tutorials. You are an inspiration for many of us.
Agreed with going back thru your old work. Learning and maturing is always an interesting thing to be able to see. I love your perspectives. Glad I found you!!!
Hi Mark, I'm so glad I found you on you tube. I'm a landscape artist. I'm currently enjoying pastels. However, I've always been interested in photography and have captured many great images . All your tips correlate directly to painting landscapes scenes! That's why I'm so glad I found you. My question is how do you go about selling your photographs?? I'm not a professional photographer so I don't have a clue. ...(I know...clueless ) thanks, Cindy
I so agree ....everyone else shoots eye level. Getting lower gives you that “bug” view. Getting lower is so cool ...thanks for the tips. Love the video. I also don’t think we have to be obsessed with 3rds rule either. You made a an interesting point about watermarks. People with big massive watermarks are crazy - it really ruins the pic for me.
Really helpful thoughts here. I think just leaving the main thing in the centre was my biggest mistake until I started trying to be more organised in my thinking. Keep up the great work Mark!
Last year I started getting lower on my photos, though I don't always remember to do it and I'm often with my family who doesn't have the patience to wait for me to get everything out and compose a photo so I just take it while walking. But I have seen getting low definitely helps! And I hadn't thought about the edges before. I'm going to go look at a bunch of recent photos I liked to see what my edges are like! Great video, thanks!!
Thanks for the tips, I'm one of those who still doesn't know what style I like the most, so, I made mistakes on a bunch of pictures, I started at mid 2017 so, one of my biggest at landscape photography was that in those beginner pictures i constantly had the crooked horizon, my god, so many, I didn’t consider it that at all, the good thing is that most of them I can correct them in Post now, but depends on the picture, lots of them I can't even fix without "losing" the composition, so now I pay really attention to the horizon. Great videos Mark, love the way you teach and explain everything, any advice to someone that doesn’t know what style likes the most, I always loved portraits and landscapes, Portraits because when I was like 12 years old (29 years ago) my father let me use is Olympus OM-G - Film of course - and cause I took good pictures at home at family parties to my family relatives I got the taste for that, and I love Landscapes because nature is beautiful and I live in São Miguel - Azores - Portugal ( islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. my Business IG @memoriae.photo - IG from the islands IG: @visitazores (sorry the long comment :)
I struggle with the eye level problem to for the same reasons, an old neck/upper back injury. I've noticed it in a lot of my recent photos that so much of it is at eye level and I realized it was because it's easier and less painful for me to do it that way. I've been trying to find ways to adjust. Prior to my injuries I'd have no issues with getting low to the ground or any other level.
I do only mistakes. All kind of mistakes. I personally thanks to you for sharing a wonderful experience of mistakes. Especially in bridge image, after cropping, the image looks much more pleasing to view. Shadows are becoming Nice natural leading lines. Great.
Really really great video this week Mark! Takes some stones to put up early photos and criticize them to the world. I do go through old photos quite often really. And I embarrass myself when I look at them, especially after I remember I put them on social media. I think one of my biggest mistakes would be having busy edges. It's not something I ever really seem to pay attention to. Also, I seem to sometimes forget to actually frame a subject.. I end up capturing the subject but the photo is chaotic because I didn't frame it well. Appreciate another great video my friend! See you next week!
Yeah, busy edges are the one that still gets me from time to time, some scenes it's easy to clean up the edges, but others I wrestle with forever trying to keep a clean frame. Appreciate ya Erick!
Absolutely love your old pictures. I was suprised to see the Arthur Ravenel Bridge in SC! I had just edited my own from a recent trip. Absolutely beautiful shot. Mine was taken from the docs seen below. I wish I had found a spot further out as you had.
OMG. I have 14 images in my living room TWELVE...12....are Landscape Orientation!!!! Definitely going to try more Portrait orientation...your sand/water/sky horizontal to vertical was a very powerful example. Thank you
I mustve miss this video. I came across some of my older photos I took and you are SO right, I could see the mistakes I was doing back then and how my photos have been changing for the better since then. I have to credit you for a lot of ideas and tips that I've learnt and which is making me tune up my landscape photography :) So once again a HUGE thank you SO much for your time and all your tips and ideas on capturing better photos Mark 👍 Much appreciated 😃
it can also make you feel worse as you realise just how "bad" your stuff was. I recently went back ten years and was horrified at a lot of stuff I considered "ok". But you are also right that it helps put things in perspective and shows how you are developing and getting better, which is what you want....
Helpful video Mark. I'd like to see you offer a critique class where students could sit with you and you provide guidance on their photographs. On site photography with someone like you clearly is fun. Thinking of something different.
Very helpfull video about compositions... In the past I also didn't look at busy edges, but the last few years I always try to have enough room on the edges, also for straightening crooked buildings etc. That room also should be present after straightening (the upright function) objects. so I try to leave as much room as possible.... too much room can be cropped, but too little room cannot be repaired.... The photographing-at-eye-level I try to avoid too, but my bad knee sometimes prevents me from going more to the ground....but thank God there are flippy LCD screens which are a big help in that....
Always good to be reminded of composition tips. I often cringe when looking at images I took 5-10 years ago. I often say to myself : what was I thinking, or actually what was I NOT thinking about! Thank goodness for the crop tool saving some!
Great learnings Mark! Thank you so much for being this humble and wonderful teacher. These are very thoughtful composition lessons. Keeping this like a checklist for myself..... Sincere thanks, yet again.... Cheers
Hi Mark. Thank you for sharing your experience. I am new to proper photography, and I am trying to learn how to better compose and take good pictures in general. I also find myself in those situations where I try to cut the items off the composition, (1) they are not so pleasing to the eye to be part of the picture, and (2) choice of lens -- I usually have my 24-70 attached to my camera, but sometimes, I wish my lens was a 14 or 16mm. This happens when I cannot move back or move up from where I am taking the photo to include other parts of the composition, hence I just focus more on the subject. Doing those things always leave me with a not so positive feeling about the composition.
Great video Mark. These are great tips to look for. I know I'm very guilty of most of my photos being at eye-level. However, one thing I always check when editing is my horizon...LOL. Thanks again!!
Looking through old photos is always interesting. I have slides that I scanned back in 1998 that are hilariously bad. I'm just glad I thought to back them up in the cloud as well as a second HDD.
This is just purely an observation and not intended to offend. Something I noticed is how often you refer to not remembering where/how/who/when you learned something....that only you learned something. A clear indication of how we learn today. We gain a little nugget of information and run off with it. Compared to 30 years ago, the essence that surrounded the learning experience from a mentor/friend is that it created more threads/connections in our lives.
My number one mistake : abandoning my iMac to move to my MBP! The number of little details I missed on the 15 in screen compared to 27 in iMac is embarrassing. Since I don’t travel with any computer, I really don’t need the MacBook. My preference now is an iPad for travelling and the iMac for serious post processing.
Antony David, I agree! I have my MBP collecting dust while enjoying the the big screen of the iMac. I also use an iPad for traveling along with LR mobile, a much lighter traveling set up. Thanks Mark for the great, well done videos!
Thanks Mark will look into the points made over my mini trip. Btw way tried the blue light other day and I really think it will be a larger part of my shots in moving forward thanks
@@MarkDenneyPhoto You're welcome. By the way ... I was watching yours videos from 2 years ago, and ... what a change.. Bro! ;-). Better now. Keep on pushing!!
Mark, I am absolutely loving your videos man! Teaching me a ton of stuff! Thank you so much! You are making me stoked to get started taking landscape photos of my own! If I can capture some shots that look even half as good as yours on my travels, I will be so happy. Excited to binge-watch the rest of your vids.
Thank you for these videos Mark, just going down the rabbit hole with photography and your story is very inspirational. I've just gotten started on your massive trove of excellent looking content and I am very grateful that you have shared this incredible real world experience you have to offer.
Similar experiences. I changed out my screen into a grid pattern in rule of thirds which stops me and makes me think about composition firstly and avoiding shotgun shots where POI is in the middle of shot. If carefully positioned sometimes those extraneous items on the edge can help frame shot and lead viewers eye to the POI. I like your tutes a lot. Thank you
I look back at my photos only in a locked room with blacked out windows, underneath covers on the laptop...I thought these were good?? It is a very good learning tool when you can tell what you should have done differently.
Good video! Sometimes I don't share an image for a couple of month's, and in that time im taking other images. Though I then look back and see progression and think hmmm, I won't share that now lol
This is a lovely video Mark. Thank you for it. I find youtube has become way to much aimed at gaming the algorithm and camera reviews. Your channel is one of the few exceptions.
Great video Mark! Great T-shirt too. Now I understand the back issues (from an old paratrooper). I cringe every time I dig into the old folders, but maybe it’s time to learn some more lessons. Thanks for sharing Mark!
All nice tips but a suggestion on "border patrolling": you can often clone out distractions (see Scott Davenport's "Removing Distractions" videos for examples).
Martin Turner Thanks Martin! Yep, I use the close stamp in PS more than I care to admit but if I can avoid them in camera I usually try to as it’s just less work in post, but sometimes you just can’t get around it - clone stamp to the rescue😀
Awesome video, always looking for ways to improve my composition. One thing to check with your horizons is that your Macbook as all 4 rubber feet - if you are missing the two on one side it can mess with your head :) Have to say Mark, some of those early photos were still stunning. Cheers
Really enjoyed your self-critique for some reason I always have more willingness to listen to people when they are saying this is what (I) do, did ,as opposed to this is what you should do. On a side note about composition probably because I am old but I kept staring at that sony walkman I used to haul to the gym back in the 90's!lol.
Great video just wanted to stop by and thank you especially for the tip on clean edges - didn't realise I was doing this but making cleaning up my edges my challenge for this weekend. Good stuff!
A lot of those edge problems could be fixed with cropping or cloning. But as you say, bet to avoid them on location. You could fix some of your old photos though.
Mark, you always seem to hit areas with which I need help. Composition has always been my biggest challenge. My most frequent mistake is leaving remnants of objects close to the edges. When I do notice in camera that I could have a problem with how much to include, I soot it a bit wider and then make a more considered opinion in post-process crop.
Lately, it has been not leaving enough room to crop. Trying to make an 8X10 portrait, and when I crop afterwards, the stuff I wanted when I composed the shot on the edge of the frames, go missing or get chopped in half
What’s the most frequent compositional mistake that plagues you?
Quite frankly... These still bug specially not getting low enough. I often find my self focusing to much on the focus of the image, that I miss the edge stuff... I end up cropping, but loose too much of the in age...
Great video.. Oh an BTW.. Continuing our edge distraction conversation... What was that crumpled peice of paper? What's it on purpose 🤔🤔🤔
Not paying enough attention to edges. But, as far as keeping horizons straight, everybody even remotely serious about landscape should get a bubble level. They sell for a few dollars and are invaluable.
the horizon for sure
@@KaReEdCa Thanks Carlos! Super glad to hear you enjoyed this weeks episode!
@@haimtoeg I agree! Gotta keep those horizons perfectly straight!
It's encouraging to know that I'm not alone in making some of these mistakes. While Mark is talking about some of these mistakes I can think of specific photos of mine that I've done it. Also it's good for me to remember that you can still love a photo even if it isn't perfect.
Your best idea here is photographing from a portrait orientation! Many of my pics would have been much improved had I changed the orientation. Many thanks!
walt Durling Glad the video was helpful Walt!
Hi, what a fantastic video. Keep up the good work! I look forward to your next video.
Surprisingly these are the exact mistakes I make these days! Thank you Mark, never realised those are mistakes and can affect the whole composition! 🙏🏽
Ragesh Nair Great to hear the video was helpful!
Great advice,thank you. Rigidly centralising a subject can also be bad compositionally, unless symmetry is the intention.
AntPDC Thanks so much!
Another good video, Mark. Lots of food for thought on shooting in portrait and watching those edges. Thanks!
D R Smith Many thanks for watching👍
You are one of the rare photographers that is honest and critics their own images. This video helped me a lot. Thanks
The portrait mode tip reminded me of something I have started doing which is panoramas using the camera in portrait mode. So five to six shots in portrait mode overlapping at least 1/3 and you will have all the flexibility to crop and keep edges clean.
Yes! I shoot all my panos in a portrait orientation!
I have learned a crazy amount of info from watching your videos, only one thing that I would suggest, could you possibly do two videos a week? ;)
Jeffery Hudson Glad to hear the videos are helpful Jeffery! I’m not sure if two videos per week are in the cards anytime soon😀
I had a tip from a pro uk photographer regarding portrait & landscape orientation. If you have a scene with lots of horizontals then turn your camera in portrait orientation which creates an oposite. Then you have a much more powerful image.
Good for you reminding that there is no landscape format. Vertical and horizontal are equally valid.
Love your videos, Mark...but I actually laughed when you suggested we "go back and look at some of our earlier photography to feel encouraged"; if anything, my earlier photography only depresses me because I don't feel like I'm going ANYWHERE with it. (I know I am, but dang, it's hard to see it most of the time!) Your videos have been such a help and an encouragement to me, and as always, I appreciate the time you invest in the rest of us. Thanks again, Mark!
I made ALL those mistakes over about the same time frame as you! Self criticism is how we learn. Many thanks for these reminders.
1spitfirepilot Yep! 100% agree with ya👍
Hello Mark. I recently discovered your channel and I would like to commend you for your photography journey following your departure from the corporate world. Anyone can see how much you are enjoying your new career and success. Well done! And thank you for your tutorials. You are an inspiration for many of us.
Jorge Thanks so much Jorge - very kind of you to say!
Perfectly agree, i always start to shoot at all the level, from the ground to where i can reach on high
Thanks a lot dear Mark, it's always amazing to hear from the experts
Glad to do it friend!
Great pearls of wisdom Mr. Denny. In pursuit of avoiding busy edges, I am guilty of a lot a sliver skies.
Erik Swenson Haha! “Sliver Skies” - I like that!
Thanks for the tips. I do look at past photos. Sometimes I think those are good and sometimes I think not so good.
Awesome video as usual, Mark! Your videos are so pleasant to watch. Thank you for that.
Mike Araujo Glad to do it Mike! Great to hear your enjoying the channel👍
Agreed with going back thru your old work. Learning and maturing is always an interesting thing to be able to see. I love your perspectives. Glad I found you!!!
Thank you for a great video Mark. Really appreciate the lessons and really admire your humility.
LOL. I actually liked your initial batch of "high & wide shots and preferred them over the succeeding examples you shot closer to the ground.
Great advice. I like the tip on the edges. Ive found that to be the case is some of my photos as well and it doesnt look right.
drum4life42 Thanks so much!
Hi Mark, I'm so glad I found you on you tube. I'm a landscape artist. I'm currently enjoying pastels. However, I've always been interested in photography and have captured many great images . All your tips correlate directly to painting landscapes scenes! That's why I'm so glad I found you. My question is how do you go about selling your photographs?? I'm not a professional photographer so I don't have a clue. ...(I know...clueless ) thanks, Cindy
cindy meares Hi Cindy! I’m so glad you found me as well😀 I sell all my prints via my website.
thank you so much, i dont usually leave comment in youtube, but yours are simple and informative. gotta thanks you properly
min min I’m glad you did - thank you!
Great discussion and examples. Busy edges is my biggest problem lately, as I also try to follow the mantra of "get closer"... :)
whafrog It’s certainly something that still trips me up at times as well.
I so agree ....everyone else shoots eye level. Getting lower gives you that “bug” view. Getting lower is so cool ...thanks for the tips. Love the video. I also don’t think we have to be obsessed with 3rds rule either. You made a an interesting point about watermarks. People with big massive watermarks are crazy - it really ruins the pic for me.
Nev Van Clarke Thanks Nev! Appreciate ya watching this week’s episode!
Really helpful thoughts here. I think just leaving the main thing in the centre was my biggest mistake until I started trying to be more organised in my thinking. Keep up the great work Mark!
Richard Newland Many Thanks Richard! Always appreciate you watching!
Last year I started getting lower on my photos, though I don't always remember to do it and I'm often with my family who doesn't have the patience to wait for me to get everything out and compose a photo so I just take it while walking. But I have seen getting low definitely helps! And I hadn't thought about the edges before. I'm going to go look at a bunch of recent photos I liked to see what my edges are like! Great video, thanks!!
Richard Uchytil Thabks Richard! Great to know you enjoyed the video!
Thanks for the tips, I'm one of those who still doesn't know what style I like the most, so, I made mistakes on a bunch of pictures, I started at mid 2017 so, one of my biggest at landscape photography was that in those beginner pictures i constantly had the crooked horizon, my god, so many, I didn’t consider it that at all, the good thing is that most of them I can correct them in Post now, but depends on the picture, lots of them I can't even fix without "losing" the composition, so now I pay really attention to the horizon. Great videos Mark, love the way you teach and explain everything, any advice to someone that doesn’t know what style likes the most, I always loved portraits and landscapes, Portraits because when I was like 12 years old (29 years ago) my father let me use is Olympus OM-G - Film of course - and cause I took good pictures at home at family parties to my family relatives I got the taste for that, and I love Landscapes because nature is beautiful and I live in São Miguel - Azores - Portugal ( islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. my Business IG @memoriae.photo - IG from the islands IG: @visitazores (sorry the long comment :)
I struggle with the eye level problem to for the same reasons, an old neck/upper back injury. I've noticed it in a lot of my recent photos that so much of it is at eye level and I realized it was because it's easier and less painful for me to do it that way. I've been trying to find ways to adjust. Prior to my injuries I'd have no issues with getting low to the ground or any other level.
I do only mistakes. All kind of mistakes. I personally thanks to you for sharing a wonderful experience of mistakes.
Especially in bridge image, after cropping, the image looks much more pleasing to view. Shadows are becoming Nice natural leading lines. Great.
Ravi Chandran Many Thanks - great to hear you enjoyed it!
Really really great video this week Mark! Takes some stones to put up early photos and criticize them to the world.
I do go through old photos quite often really. And I embarrass myself when I look at them, especially after I remember I put them on social media. I think one of my biggest mistakes would be having busy edges. It's not something I ever really seem to pay attention to. Also, I seem to sometimes forget to actually frame a subject.. I end up capturing the subject but the photo is chaotic because I didn't frame it well.
Appreciate another great video my friend! See you next week!
Yeah, busy edges are the one that still gets me from time to time, some scenes it's easy to clean up the edges, but others I wrestle with forever trying to keep a clean frame. Appreciate ya Erick!
Absolutely love your old pictures. I was suprised to see the Arthur Ravenel Bridge in SC! I had just edited my own from a recent trip. Absolutely beautiful shot. Mine was taken from the docs seen below. I wish I had found a spot further out as you had.
Nicholas Haile Thanks so much! That’s on of my favorite south east bridges👍
OMG. I have 14 images in my living room TWELVE...12....are Landscape Orientation!!!! Definitely going to try more Portrait orientation...your sand/water/sky horizontal to vertical was a very powerful example. Thank you
Rae Webb Thanks for checking out the video Rae - happy to hear it was helpful!
Great video! I have to be sure to get lower and also start using the portrait perspective more in my landscape images!
I mustve miss this video. I came across some of my older photos I took and you are SO right, I could see the mistakes I was doing back then and how my photos have been changing for the better since then. I have to credit you for a lot of ideas and tips that I've learnt and which is making me tune up my landscape photography :) So once again a HUGE thank you SO much for your time and all your tips and ideas on capturing better photos Mark 👍 Much appreciated 😃
it can also make you feel worse as you realise just how "bad" your stuff was. I recently went back ten years and was horrified at a lot of stuff I considered "ok". But you are also right that it helps put things in perspective and shows how you are developing and getting better, which is what you want....
nudibanches Yep! Some photos from the past can definitely make your stomach turn but it’s all part of the process I suppose👍
Thank you for all your insights. It helps re-evaluate ones manner of taking photos! Looking forward to more of your videos.
Agapito Rene Conchu Glad to do it and thank YOU for watching it👍
Very helpful! I need to go back and look at some of my old photos again. Thanks for the tips!
Glad to do it Eric! It's such a worthwhile exercise!
Helpful video Mark. I'd like to see you offer a critique class where students could sit with you and you provide guidance on their photographs. On site photography with someone like you clearly is fun. Thinking of something different.
Thanks so much Dean! I actually offer something very similar to that: markdenneyphotography.com/1-post-processing-session
Omg 😱. I really liked your old photos
Very helpfull video about compositions... In the past I also didn't look at busy edges, but the last few years I always try to have enough room on the edges, also for straightening crooked buildings etc. That room also should be present after straightening (the upright function) objects. so I try to leave as much room as possible.... too much room can be cropped, but too little room cannot be repaired.... The photographing-at-eye-level I try to avoid too, but my bad knee sometimes prevents me from going more to the ground....but thank God there are flippy LCD screens which are a big help in that....
Maurice Meerten / Erop Uit! ahhh yes - the floppy screen is crucial for those of us that are a bit banged up👍
Always good to be reminded of composition tips. I often cringe when looking at images I took 5-10 years ago. I often say to myself : what was I thinking, or actually what was I NOT thinking about! Thank goodness for the crop tool saving some!
Yes! The crop tool!
Great learnings Mark! Thank you so much for being this humble and wonderful teacher. These are very thoughtful composition lessons. Keeping this like a checklist for myself..... Sincere thanks, yet again.... Cheers
Thanks so much!
Again a great video Mark. It is always good to go back and look at old images to see what progress you have made. I had a good laugh at some of mine
Many thanks Jan! Yep, it can be great for a chuckle sometimes:)
Excellent description of mistakes to avoid. Great communicator.
Roy Sheets Thanks so much Roy!
Hi Mark. Thank you for sharing your experience. I am new to proper photography, and I am trying to learn how to better compose and take good pictures in general. I also find myself in those situations where I try to cut the items off the composition, (1) they are not so pleasing to the eye to be part of the picture, and (2) choice of lens -- I usually have my 24-70 attached to my camera, but sometimes, I wish my lens was a 14 or 16mm. This happens when I cannot move back or move up from where I am taking the photo to include other parts of the composition, hence I just focus more on the subject. Doing those things always leave me with a not so positive feeling about the composition.
Glad to do it Luisito! I appreciate you watching with weeks episode!
Wonderful video Mark. Appreciate your honesty. If I could add to your list of three, I probably would say that I over edited my earlier images.
naveen chakravarthy Ahhh Yes! I think we’ve all been there for sure👍
Great video Mark. These are great tips to look for. I know I'm very guilty of most of my photos being at eye-level. However, one thing I always check when editing is my horizon...LOL. Thanks again!!
Teresa May Many thanks for watching Teresa!
Looking through old photos is always interesting. I have slides that I scanned back in 1998 that are hilariously bad. I'm just glad I thought to back them up in the cloud as well as a second HDD.
Indeed! They're like little time capsules!
Thank you for the helpful tips. I have been told to work more on composition and it does help seeing your examples
Suki Okido My pleasure Suki!
This is just purely an observation and not intended to offend. Something I noticed is how often you refer to not remembering where/how/who/when you learned something....that only you learned something. A clear indication of how we learn today. We gain a little nugget of information and run off with it. Compared to 30 years ago, the essence that surrounded the learning experience from a mentor/friend is that it created more threads/connections in our lives.
I feel your pain. Bad back here, and yes, it limits me considerably. Thanks .... love your vids, and pick up something with most.
LA smyth Thanks so much! It’s great to hear the videos are helpful!
Helpful video,thank you,Mark !
Nedyalko Ketev Glad to hear it!
Thank you so much Mark. one of your best videos so far.
amin motamedi Oh wow!!! Really appreciate that👍
My number one mistake : abandoning my iMac to move to my MBP! The number of little details I missed on the 15 in screen compared to 27 in iMac is embarrassing. Since I don’t travel with any computer, I really don’t need the MacBook. My preference now is an iPad for travelling and the iMac for serious post processing.
Antony David I know what you mean! I love the performance of my MBP but sure do miss the screen of the iMac!
Antony David, I agree! I have my MBP collecting dust while enjoying the the big screen of the iMac. I also use an iPad for traveling along with LR mobile, a much lighter traveling set up. Thanks Mark for the great, well done videos!
You could always plug your Macbook into a monitor
Thanks Mark will look into the points made over my mini trip. Btw way tried the blue light other day and I really think it will be a larger part of my shots in moving forward thanks
Robert Nelson Awesome to hear Robert! I’m glad you stopped by to let me know!
Like a amateur photographer, glad to see that I’m over all these kind of things, what it means that I’m on the right way!
Thanx Mark!
Thanks for watching Sergio!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto You're welcome. By the way ... I was watching yours videos from 2 years ago, and ... what a change.. Bro! ;-). Better now. Keep on pushing!!
Another terrific video. Thanks Mark. Do you print your own prints? I apologize if you've already addressed this topic in another video. Thanks, Dave
Many thanks Dave! Yes I print my images on a Canon PRO-1000.
Superb material as usual. Practical and well presented. Thx
John Couvaras Much appreciated John!
Mark, I am absolutely loving your videos man! Teaching me a ton of stuff! Thank you so much! You are making me stoked to get started taking landscape photos of my own! If I can capture some shots that look even half as good as yours on my travels, I will be so happy. Excited to binge-watch the rest of your vids.
Cody Montgomery Thanks so much Cody! Pumped to hear the channel is helping ya👍
Great video Mark. Such simple traits to work on. Keep up the good work.
Wes Baynham Thanks Wes!
Yeah, tell me about it. You should see some of my early event photography horrible photos. But still, I do enjoy having a look at them to remind me.
FreeQuest Yep - always good to see where you started!
Thank you for these videos Mark, just going down the rabbit hole with photography and your story is very inspirational. I've just gotten started on your massive trove of excellent looking content and I am very grateful that you have shared this incredible real world experience you have to offer.
Alex Royster Glad to do it Alex! Many thanks for checking out the videos!
Great video, I went back and saw a lot of busy edges in my photos. Keep up the good work!
Much appreciated - thank you!
Similar experiences. I changed out my screen into a grid pattern in rule of thirds which stops me and makes me think about composition firstly and avoiding shotgun shots where POI is in the middle of shot. If carefully positioned sometimes those extraneous items on the edge can help frame shot and lead viewers eye to the POI. I like your tutes a lot. Thank you
Thanks Michael! Great to hear the videos are helpful!
Thanks for the tips. Im going to go through some of my old work this weekend.
Eric Lash Glad to do it Eric👍
I look back at my photos only in a locked room with blacked out windows, underneath covers on the laptop...I thought these were good?? It is a very good learning tool when you can tell what you should have done differently.
dads2vette Hahah! True-true-true!!
This helps a lot, I have portraits I am very proud of but I am atrocious at landscapes
Very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your personal experiences. Hoping to see more.
Bill Xie Great to hear - thanks Bill!
Good video! Sometimes I don't share an image for a couple of month's, and in that time im taking other images. Though I then look back and see progression and think hmmm, I won't share that now lol
Dale Martin Haha! I just went through that last month!
This is a lovely video Mark. Thank you for it. I find youtube has become way to much aimed at gaming the algorithm and camera reviews. Your channel is one of the few exceptions.
Bart Ros Thank ya Bart! Really appreciate that!
Rightly pointed out!! Same thing is happening to me.
I think it's fairly common!
Great content as always, Mark! Thanks!
Spyros Pandis Many Thanks!!
Great video Mark! Great T-shirt too. Now I understand the back issues (from an old paratrooper). I cringe every time I dig into the old folders, but maybe it’s time to learn some more lessons. Thanks for sharing Mark!
Much appreciated Ryan! I saw the shirt online a few weeks ago and just had to have it - great movie!
All nice tips but a suggestion on "border patrolling": you can often clone out distractions (see Scott Davenport's "Removing Distractions" videos for examples).
Martin Turner Thanks Martin! Yep, I use the close stamp in PS more than I care to admit but if I can avoid them in camera I usually try to as it’s just less work in post, but sometimes you just can’t get around it - clone stamp to the rescue😀
Great tips and examples. No better teacher than experience so I can't wait to go out and put these tips to work.
Many thanks! I agree - nothing beat experience!
Probably trying to cram too much into the scene and not eliminating or simplifying, but im working on it ;) nice vlog Mark!!
Joseph Cole Thanks Joseph! Appreciate you watching this week’s episode👍
Awesome video, always looking for ways to improve my composition. One thing to check with your horizons is that your Macbook as all 4 rubber feet - if you are missing the two on one side it can mess with your head :) Have to say Mark, some of those early photos were still stunning. Cheers
John Pouw Many Thanks John! Really appreciate it👍
Really enjoyed your self-critique for some reason I always have more willingness to listen to people when they are saying this is what (I) do, did ,as opposed to this is what you should do.
On a side note about composition probably because I am old but I kept staring at that sony walkman I used to haul to the gym back in the 90's!lol.
Acraftman Glad to hear it! Loved the Walkman - the original iPod.
Always a pleasure watching your vids. So much to learn. Thank you.
Thanks so much!
Great video! I have learned so much from your video. Keep up the good work 👍
hognis Great to hear - really appreciate you watching!
Good tips with great examples to show what you mean. I subscribed.
Paul met Debbie Many thanks for watching & subscribing🙏
Excellent teacher, very generous with his very valuable knowledge and experience
Great video just wanted to stop by and thank you especially for the tip on clean edges - didn't realise I was doing this but making cleaning up my edges my challenge for this weekend. Good stuff!
Thanks so much! Great to heat the video was helpful!
Great advice for me to follow for sure as I move into more landscapes. Thx
Pace Clyncke Glad to do it Pace! Thank YOU for watching it👍
Thanks bud. Good stuff.
Hypnotik Photography Many thanks!
Thanks Mark, great tutorial.
Collin Anderson Thanks Collin!
A lot of those edge problems could be fixed with cropping or cloning. But as you say, bet to avoid them on location. You could fix some of your old photos though.
Excellent advice again. Thanks for sharing your mistakes.
Jane Andrew Glad you think so Jane🙏
Always informative.Hope to see more regarding composition mistakes
Thank ya friend!
Mark, you always seem to hit areas with which I need help. Composition has always been my biggest challenge. My most frequent mistake is leaving remnants of objects close to the edges. When I do notice in camera that I could have a problem with how much to include, I soot it a bit wider and then make a more considered opinion in post-process crop.
Same here Mark! I'm much better with edge control than I was in the past but I still fall short from time to time.
Very good Mark. Thanks mate
Jim Demetriou Thank ya Jim!
Great Tips!!! Def. guilty of these in my work, I like your style Mark. Keep up the great content!!!!
Solstice Photoworks Thanks so much!
Mark, Great tips! Thanks.
Great to hear - thank you!
Great and honest work. I find myself in it a lot. Thank you for helping to get better photos
Lately, it has been not leaving enough room to crop. Trying to make an 8X10 portrait, and when I crop afterwards, the stuff I wanted when I composed the shot on the edge of the frames, go missing or get chopped in half
Yes, that happens to me as well from time to time.
Amazing advice! Thank you Mark!