Good free advice there Nick, what I don't understand is why people are sticking a thumbs down on this, its only 3 of them, but still, I cant understand why they give a thumbs down, when you are giving them your time to make this and the free advice... great images in this video, 1:40 is not far from me.
I'm just going to play this video everytime someone asks me if my photos have been edited. I Really enjoy your content, and definitely aspire and relate to your style and attitude of shooting, they are all truly beautiful images. Thanks!!!
Excellent points Nick! One of the things that I have had to force myself to do when I start post-processing is to SLOW DOWN! Instead of burning through the post-processing so you can get that image posted to your gallery or to social media...slow down; take the time to ask yourself "what does this image need, to really pop? To make the image convey the actual time it was created, to the viewer?" When you slow down and ask yourself these questions, you start the process of taking artistic control and allowing yourself to take creative license to YOUR images. Great content Nick! Keep up the excellent work.
Its 11.30pm, I've just watched this short vlog, blown away both by the images, and the explanation of your thought process. When you get your audience to 'stop and think', then you have truly succeeded with your message. That's where I am right now. Congrats.
You were the first photographer I followed on youtube (after I bought my first camera). You taught me so much! And to this day, after following a lot of other photographers, I still like your style the most. And this video sums up the reasons for that. I still can't believe you have "only" around 100.000 subscribers. You deserve far more than that! Anyway, just wanted to leave a big "Thank you!" :)
I think the problem is not the lack of mood and emotions in pictures. It's quite the opposite actually: ppl always go 200% with emotions and mood in their landscape pictures. In fact you are more likely to see in your feeds a decent landscape ruined in post processing than a decent one that lacks emotion or mood. 1:30 this edit reminds me of those very cheep post processing with selective de-saturation that you often see in social media, not as extreme and blatant luckily, but still.. Let just add that I sincerely respect your work and knowledge and I enjoy you as educator, so please don't take the above in a negative way...
Quality summary of the entire topic, you managed to do in 3 minutes what I've been making videos about for the whole year :-) Looking forward to our chat Tuesday.
Wow! What an information packed three minutes. Fortunately I am sheltering in a place where I can pull up some old images and experiment with your suggestions. Thanks
Absolutely agree with you, Nick! And thank you for pointing our attention to the connection between the mood and color/general brightness of the photo. Those are subtleties in which the mastering is hiding. Thanks! 👍
Great comments on getting to the final image. I always think there are 3 photos in the one I present. The one I take with my camera. Of those, the one (often of many) that I select for processing. And the one that I offer for viewing by others.
Excellent points, in my work I only focused on luminance and saturation, I never thought of white balance, I can think about few of my pictures that can actually look better with colder tones a bit more saturated blues.
That great! The perfect booster shot to remind me where I should be looking at to improve my post processing. Saturation, Color, Luminance. Thanks Nick!
Great message Nick! You nailed this one. Those images in this video are just fantastic. This will help me going forward to something that I was unconsciously doing but didn’t realize. Thank you Nick!
Thanks for sharing. Since I start following Your channel, I have absorbed as much as possible about how the color interact with the viewer. Still struggling with luminosity, but I have picked up several of Your tip, and slowly trying to put them to use in my post-processing. Still a long way to go, but I do thing I'm learning something new in each video you share. Have a question for You, maybe You answer this in a Q&A , but I fell of that wagon. Have been wondering about something regarding focus-stacking and bad lights. It may be stuff for a little video for all I know. So her goes... I have a subject and a composition that have very bad light. I need to bracked the exposure to be sure to get both the shadow and the highlights right. At the same time I need to focus- stack to get the images sharp all the way. Where do I start?
Excellent explanation for mood and how to get it Nick. I still have a question though. How do you see drama versus mood. I often see those confused as well. To me, drama and mood are not the same. I would love to hear an explanation for drama if you see it as different.
That was interesting. Wouldn’t have thought that the bluer tones were thought of as sad per say. I always thought of them as cold 🥶. As in the frosty morning light may have a slightly bluer tone than the warm orange colours of a sunrise or sunset. Still interesting. Thanks for sharing again Nick. Staying home staying safe in Australia.
Beautiful images and music. Agree on the big part of post processing. Adding some Orton effet adds a bit too for the making of an image. But the best being controlling the light and bracketing and composing perfectly while outside shooting.
I think all those images just took me on an emotional roller coaster! Seriously though, as a beginner I think I need to be really thinking about what I’m trying to convey with my images rather than just creating a “pretty” picture. Thanks for the video! Also, not sure if people have similar thoughts but I find myself wondering if I am progressing and have been thinking that it would be super interesting to see some of your “bad” shots and why they didn’t work for you. I am finding that most of mine aren’t working for me at this point😂😬
Couldn’t agree more, the struggle as you well know is overdoing it. An image can get away from you pretty fast if your not careful, like yourself and Mr. Forsatti masters of your craft. Knowing how to manipulate those sliders is something worth sharing, luckily you have tutorials to purchase so go buy some tutorials people!!!!
Good points, thanks for the video but emotions (particularly reflected in colors) are always a personal matter. As an example, studies have show that the color blue typically emits positive feelings in people where you feel blues convey a sad feeling. I suppose it depends on the content of the image.
Nick, how often do you print your darker, moody photographs? While I've spent countless hours learning the moody processing described and I can get them looking great (I think anyway haha) on screen, they are way too dark and lacking detail when printed. Simply brightening the image and moving a few other sliders around prior to printing (as I do for most of my other photos) just doesn't work because that moody contrast gets lost. If you are printing these, any advice?
The darker mood has to to be relative to the medium for sure. For darker images,, I still have to open them up when I print them because as you said, they end up too dark if you dont. I try to really protect that left side of the histogram on dark images I plan to print, because while I want it dark, I also want people to see the details. .. a curves layer where I am lifting the left up a few notches really helps
@@NickPage Thanks Nick; I think thats a great point that protecting that left side of the histogram throughout processing if you know you may want to print it is important. Definitely something I'll be more diligent about going forward
You mention processing is 50% of the image so I’d be interested in the time aspect as well. As an average, how long do you spend on each image? I’ve been scoffed at numerous times for spending more than 30 minutes on an image let alone hours, which I often do.
@@NickPage Thank you very much ! I will have one more question down the road on a different topic. Will have to review a previous video from you. TYVM. Pete
I think some of us would appreciate an actual demonstration. A live edit if you like, with a particular focus on mood rather than the other stuff like deleting unwanted elements etc.
I hate all your pictures! - says me, with my arms crossed tight and with a major pouty face. That´s because the quality of your images is so much better than mine... Guess, I gotta keep practising. ( I hope the irony of me hating the pics comes across, just in case someone doesn´t get it).
mike pruett - doesn’t matter how good you shoot, Photoshop and Lightroom will make it better. If you are into photography, the two programs are a must.
Good free advice there Nick, what I don't understand is why people are sticking a thumbs down on this, its only 3 of them, but still, I cant understand why they give a thumbs down, when you are giving them your time to make this and the free advice... great images in this video, 1:40 is not far from me.
Nice one Nick. Short and to the point. Fabulous pics. Time for a glass of milk. I'm in a milky moooooood.
Your photos are SO good! You should be proud!
The "Mood" in your work is what drew me to dig into your images, and is still one of the best things I love about your work!
I'm just going to play this video everytime someone asks me if my photos have been edited. I Really enjoy your content, and definitely aspire and relate to your style and attitude of shooting, they are all truly beautiful images. Thanks!!!
Excellent points Nick! One of the things that I have had to force myself to do when I start post-processing is to SLOW DOWN! Instead of burning through the post-processing so you can get that image posted to your gallery or to social media...slow down; take the time to ask yourself "what does this image need, to really pop? To make the image convey the actual time it was created, to the viewer?"
When you slow down and ask yourself these questions, you start the process of taking artistic control and allowing yourself to take creative license to YOUR images.
Great content Nick! Keep up the excellent work.
Its 11.30pm, I've just watched this short vlog, blown away both by the images, and the explanation of your thought process. When you get your audience to 'stop and think', then you have truly succeeded with your message. That's where I am right now. Congrats.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video! In less than 3 minutes great advice on how to inject mood in images! Love it!
Thank you for sharing the stunning photos. Great video!
You were the first photographer I followed on youtube (after I bought my first camera). You taught me so much! And to this day, after following a lot of other photographers, I still like your style the most. And this video sums up the reasons for that.
I still can't believe you have "only" around 100.000 subscribers. You deserve far more than that!
Anyway, just wanted to leave a big "Thank you!" :)
Short but very sweet sir. You have an amazing portfolio. Wish I had the chances to visit them places.
Excellent! Thanks for another wonderful video!
I think the problem is not the lack of mood and emotions in pictures. It's quite the opposite actually: ppl always go 200% with emotions and mood in their landscape pictures.
In fact you are more likely to see in your feeds a decent landscape ruined in post processing than a decent one that lacks emotion or mood.
1:30 this edit reminds me of those very cheep post processing with selective de-saturation that you often see in social media, not as extreme and blatant luckily, but still..
Let just add that I sincerely respect your work and knowledge and I enjoy you as educator, so please don't take the above in a negative way...
Hello Nick, your pictures are absolutely amazing! Thank you very much for this video. Best wishes for a fulfilling new year!!
Thanks for the tips! I enjoy those tutorial videos, keep them coming!
Another compact gem, Nick Page. As always it's good to hear you put your processing intention next to strong examples.
Quality summary of the entire topic, you managed to do in 3 minutes what I've been making videos about for the whole year :-) Looking forward to our chat Tuesday.
Looking forward to it as well!
Wow! What an information packed three minutes. Fortunately I am sheltering in a place where I can pull up some old images and experiment with your suggestions. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Wow more of this please
A short but sweet video well done👌👌👌
Very knowledgeable video as always and the images..!! God! that windmills in a storm image is legendary..!! Wow!
Many thanks!
Well said Nick! I've always known the photography is in the camera and the magic is in the software. You live this principle!
Loving these short tutorial like videos. Great job Nick, keep this stuff up!
Best explanation on the subject out there...
Absolutely agree with you, Nick! And thank you for pointing our attention to the connection between the mood and color/general brightness of the photo. Those are subtleties in which the mastering is hiding. Thanks! 👍
Awesome topic Nick. I love your discussions around the art of photography.
Have you seen your buddy Heaton's videos lately. Pretty scruffy lad. He's starting to look like one of the Beatles! lol
luved that simple explanation......great work Nick
Nick, another great video. I could not agree more appreciate your teaching us by being informative!
Very good Video, Great Images. Makes me want to go out and do some shooting.
Superb video creativity and slick editing, Nick. Concise and compelling - and the audio is exceptional! Well done, my friend.
Great insight. Thanks for really laying out the mechanics that help to sway one's emotions.
Thanks for always keeping us motivated Nick. Love the photos...
Ive never been able to instantly think of what im feeling from any other artist but you
Thank you for this video 🙏. So inspiring 🤗
Such incredible photos Nick!
Great narrative and advice all wrapped up in sublime images ..
Great comments on getting to the final image. I always think there are 3 photos in the one I present. The one I take with my camera. Of those, the one (often of many) that I select for processing. And the one that I offer for viewing by others.
Excellent points, in my work I only focused on luminance and saturation, I never thought of white balance, I can think about few of my pictures that can actually look better with colder tones a bit more saturated blues.
Some stunning images there
Excellent tip on how to set the mood in the image without achieving the overprocessed look. I love the ominous mood at Smith Rocks.
That great! The perfect booster shot to remind me where I should be looking at to improve my post processing. Saturation, Color, Luminance. Thanks Nick!
Great explanation and examples of this concept!
Thanks, good thoughts to use when processing.
Nick that was brilliant: Thank you very much: Those photos spoke to the soul, you just blew me away:
Great video and awesome photos ! 20 more days of lockdown ... 😩
Another great video Nick.
Excellent Nick. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and beautiful work with us.
Nicely said Nick. Cheers from LA.
Great message Nick! You nailed this one. Those images in this video are just fantastic. This will help me going forward to something that I was unconsciously doing but didn’t realize. Thank you Nick!
Thanks for sharing. Since I start following Your channel, I have absorbed as much as possible about how the color interact with the viewer. Still struggling with luminosity, but I have picked up several of Your tip, and slowly trying to put them to use in my post-processing. Still a long way to go, but I do thing I'm learning something new in each video you share.
Have a question for You, maybe You answer this in a Q&A , but I fell of that wagon.
Have been wondering about something regarding focus-stacking and bad lights. It may be stuff for a little video for all I know. So her goes...
I have a subject and a composition that have very bad light. I need to bracked the exposure to be sure to get both the shadow and the highlights right. At the same time I need to focus- stack to get the images sharp all the way.
Where do I start?
nice - I like the short video straight to the point - Lesson learned - thks...
Beautiful pics!
Another great video, thanks
This was awesome data and so true!
Great presentation, Nick. Next video: the importance of minor vs. major keys in background music to import mood to RUclips videos.
Great comment :-)
Awesome video Nick these images are amazing, also I am learning a lot from your premium tutorials right now in quarantine.
Excellent explanation for mood and how to get it Nick. I still have a question though. How do you see drama versus mood. I often see those confused as well. To me, drama and mood are not the same. I would love to hear an explanation for drama if you see it as different.
Bright sunny skies are boring. Nice photos 👍
Thanks 👍
Vital info Nick, thanks.
That was interesting. Wouldn’t have thought that the bluer tones were thought of as sad per say. I always thought of them as cold 🥶. As in the frosty morning light may have a slightly bluer tone than the warm orange colours of a sunrise or sunset. Still interesting.
Thanks for sharing again Nick.
Staying home staying safe in Australia.
Thanks for these. I learn more about photography from your videos than all others combined.
Thank you. Good vid and I agree ☝️
Hi Nick , that was perfect
Beautiful images and music. Agree on the big part of post processing. Adding some Orton effet adds a bit too for the making of an image. But the best being controlling the light and bracketing and composing perfectly while outside shooting.
1:18 Amazing!
Great video. Thank you.
I think all those images just took me on an emotional roller coaster! Seriously though, as a beginner I think I need to be really thinking about what I’m trying to convey with my images rather than just creating a “pretty” picture. Thanks for the video! Also, not sure if people have similar thoughts but I find myself wondering if I am progressing and have been thinking that it would be super interesting to see some of your “bad” shots and why they didn’t work for you. I am finding that most of mine aren’t working for me at this point😂😬
That VO quality is wicked Moody bro. Mixed with the music this is Intense :) Great tips regarding warm/cold and colour saturation.
Very good pictures
Awesome video Nick! please make a editing tutorial for blue dark post processing like photo in this seascape photo🙏 ( 1:00 on video )
excelent video, Nick!
Good stuff!!!!!!!!!!
Your editing is SO beautiful!
Cool! Great explanation!
Awesome video 😀
Couldn’t agree more, the struggle as you well know is overdoing it. An image can get away from you pretty fast if your not careful, like yourself and Mr. Forsatti masters of your craft. Knowing how to manipulate those sliders is something worth sharing, luckily you have tutorials to purchase so go buy some tutorials people!!!!
Good one Nick!
Brilliant video. The video itself is very "moody"
Good points, thanks for the video but emotions (particularly reflected in colors) are always a personal matter. As an example, studies have show that the color blue typically emits positive feelings in people where you feel blues convey a sad feeling. I suppose it depends on the content of the image.
Nick, how often do you print your darker, moody photographs? While I've spent countless hours learning the moody processing described and I can get them looking great (I think anyway haha) on screen, they are way too dark and lacking detail when printed. Simply brightening the image and moving a few other sliders around prior to printing (as I do for most of my other photos) just doesn't work because that moody contrast gets lost. If you are printing these, any advice?
The darker mood has to to be relative to the medium for sure. For darker images,, I still have to open them up when I print them because as you said, they end up too dark if you dont. I try to really protect that left side of the histogram on dark images I plan to print, because while I want it dark, I also want people to see the details. .. a curves layer where I am lifting the left up a few notches really helps
@@NickPage Thanks Nick; I think thats a great point that protecting that left side of the histogram throughout processing if you know you may want to print it is important. Definitely something I'll be more diligent about going forward
Well, that got right to the point.
What do you use for noise reduction? Topaz or just photoshop?
Thanks! 👍🏻
very well said mate
How do you balance the overall mood with the "rule" of having warm to cool transitions?
That’s a great question! I guess that comes down to the whims of the moment when processing
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you take some sick ass pictures man
You mention processing is 50% of the image so I’d be interested in the time aspect as well. As an average, how long do you spend on each image?
I’ve been scoffed at numerous times for spending more than 30 minutes on an image let alone hours, which I often do.
you are just ❤️
Are you using the kelvin to help with moods ? TYVM
Yes absolutely
@@NickPage Thank you very much ! I will have one more question down the road on a different topic. Will have to review a previous video from you. TYVM. Pete
I think some of us would appreciate an actual demonstration. A live edit if you like, with a particular focus on mood rather than the other stuff like deleting unwanted elements etc.
Inspired by Enrico Fossati 👌
Excellent video without b-roll and a talking head.
I'm in the Mood now. But, I'm locked in my house....what the hell.
Nick I have sent you an email regarding the Masking tutorial you have !!! Pls feel free to fi d some time to reply!!
cant spell mood without doom
Pithy and to the point.
What does pithy mean?
@@arbez101 The spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.
I hate all your pictures! - says me, with my arms crossed tight and with a major pouty face. That´s because the quality of your images is so much better than mine... Guess, I gotta keep practising. ( I hope the irony of me hating the pics comes across, just in case someone doesn´t get it).
and if ur like me and dont have any program u have to shoot better i guess
mike pruett - doesn’t matter how good you shoot, Photoshop and Lightroom will make it better. If you are into photography, the two programs are a must.
for the cost of two latte's a month, you can have the tools you need.
@@NickPage hi nick ty so whats a good one to start with and how much
ive been shooting since 84 and havent paid attn to post editing
mike pruett never too late to get started!
Great video Nick. Explained the concept exceptionally well. Cheers.