7 Days, 1 Mission - Sunrise Photography Challenge.
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
- 7 days, 1 mission to get up and photograph the sunrise. What can I make of the Winter early mornings? I practise photography at 7 different locations and challenge my ability to get up early every day for a week. How successful do you think I was? Let me know in the comment section!
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0:00 Intro
0:11 Day 1
2:15 Day 2
3:29 Day 3
5:02 Day 4
6:22 Day 5
7:09 Day 6
9:00 Day 7
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Great shot @ 8:02
Courtney thank you for inspiring me to try to get out of my comfort zone. Now I'm off to take some pictures of the night sky.
Just keep on plugging. You will make it.
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Stunning shots, well worth the effort.
You are so fun to watch. Your surroundinga are magnificent. I live in a very flat Miami, FL and I enjoy photography in the mountains, as opposed to our beautiful beaches. Go figure. 🙂
Enjoying your video content
your picture is so peaceful.!
I love your way of approaching photography, thank you
Hello! Everyday life of a photographer - day by day . Only forward . The best shots are always ahead😉
Bravo
Beautiful video. well done
I for one would like to see more images of the waterfront - with the buildings - I too prefer nature for nurture - but we have to expand our horizons some times to give us a new perspective on things we normally shoot. You shoot great images -but - even dull days can be a good thing, by switching to monochrome maybe - looking for angles and contrast :) Thanks for sharing your MORNING ADVENTURE -- those of us who wake up daily before 530 a:m appreciate your effort jejeje
Very nice !
I'm primarily a landscape/nature photographer but that warehouse area was fantastic, if you can't get a 100 good photos there you don't have the eye, and I know you do because your photos are really good. I'd rush down there tomorrow except I live in Australia 😁
BTW, I get up at 5AM most mornings, just a habit these days.
I'm also primarily a landscape and nature photographer. I would've had a field day in that warehouse area. (IMO, a lot of potential shots there would've lent themselves well to black and white photography.) If I could teleport myself from the US to there with my camera gear, I would. I hope Courtney has a go in that location at some point, if she hasn't already.
Looks beauty
I am a morning person. The problem in the warmer months is that the sun is getting up earlier in the morning then you have to wake up very early to be on location in time. Or you may try to sleep in your car.
You live in a nice hilly country. Sooner ot later you will have the perfect weather. In my flat country whenever the time I go out It won't have hills :)
I do struggle with the mornings. Currently doing my very own 7 day challenge and can totally relate to this. Just discovered your channel and think it’s great. Thanks
Dude…. I do this every day. I love it. Force yourself and you’ll soon find it’s more enjoyable.
I find early mornings enjoyable when I'm finally outside, but it's the peeling myself out of a comfy, warm bed that's the really tough part ha!
For landscape pictures, 70% luck, 20% technology, 10% Photoshop 😆😆😆Thank you for the video 🎥🎥😙😙
Thanks for watching! Definitely a lot of luck involved for the weather in landscape photography, but I give the photographer 100% effort for going out and trying! haha!
You are incredibly talented. I can't wait to see how your career continues to progress. You earned a new sub and you deserve many more.
I'm the same as you, I'm not a morning person. I've always been a night owl. That probably explains why I like astropics🔭🔭🔭📸📸🪐🪐🌌🌌
The view on day 5 was amazing with the colours and reflections and ships.
Courtney, your videos are just so well done. Keep up the good work. I’m sure many on You Tube enjoy your work; I certainly do. Cheers.
What you tell yourself is so important. I have learnt, the weather is not on my side. Damn fine challenge.
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Excellent video! I listen 1-2 video per week and it gave so much good ideas and motivation, Thanks for these videos and the humor touch you put into it. Also there is a lot of time and effort with all kind of small "context" point of view, small video cut, very well done !
You came away with some brilliant pictures. Well done.
Another great video adventure, I live by the coast and still struggle to find good comps. Loved your wide shots of the rock and sand in the light, looks like you got away just in time
Your awesome I enjoy you immensely Hello from Miami.
I get up early in the morning but I am not very energetic. Sunrise photos are so nice but capturing them in the summer means you have get up even earlier. With the changing of the seasons (autumn) it is possible to capture a golden hour like photo under a heavy canopy of changing leaves, especially if there are no clouds above. The Sun illuminates below the leaves a golden color or even sometimes a maroon/red depending on the type of trees.
Thanks Courtney for sharing your experience with great results from an interesting location... I used to be a morning person but as I got older I tend to be a night owl....I love hearing your comments & always look forward to more of your work....you have a great way of describing your thoughts and feelings.... cheers from Australia 😀❤️
Every once in a while I run into someone with a shockingly lovely face. Thank you.
I can soooo relate. I'm not a morning person either. I'm one of the rare and crazy kind of photographers who love midday light. Great video!
I love that first photo you took during the forest recharge!
Hi Courtney! You have a new subscriber..ME! 😊😊 I understand your struggles.. I've never been an early riser either. In fact it's only very recently that I've changed what I've been saying for years. For years I've be saying "I hate mornings!" It's not true at all so I've just changed it to "I don't hate mornings, I just hate how I FEEL in the morning!" By the way, I also feel your pain with regard to being short! I shoot from a mobility scooter, so seeing over walls and stuff is pretty much impossible. Plus the fact that I shoot with a Nikon D90 which has no flippy screen!
Even though that spot has been photographed 1000s of times….I have never viewed that spot and I’m so glad you photographed it 👍🏻.
Absolutely loved this video and the premise of it intrigues me! I’m a full-time artist so I sleep and awaken at any time and at many times of the day! My estimation is that it’ll take you about 3 months to 6 months to get used-to the idea of waking before the sun cracks the horizon each and every day. Thank you, take care and be safe out there….
For not being a morning person you captured some really nice images Courtney. My favorites were pastel moon and the image at 8:45. I'm not much of a sunrise shooter either but the things that make sunrise special are the lack of other people, stillness of the landscape, and the satisfaction you take away when you have a good morning shoot. Those things help push me out into the landscape when otherwise I'd rather stay in bed and sleep.
Very informative post thank you
It really helps me seeing the settings you use as some photographers don’t share 😮
Nice woodland shots!
Awesome video, really enjoyed watching it. Very inspiring, thank you for sharing!
Looks so amazing
First thing I thought when I read the title was the first thing you said 😁😁 but I'm a morning person and love that time of day
Oh and the Day 6 location, if you have the mist on the river at sunrise maybe try a longer focal length and just focus on that area to get a more individual image at that location? Backlit with some golden crepuscular rays...
As a lifelong night owl, I can occasionally get out with the sunrise but the best option (in the US at least) is heading to the west coast and pretending I'm a morning person with the extra 3-hour time difference.
Excellent video s. Keep up the good work
I've only recently picked up photography, and due to the heat we have had recently I head out before dawn to walk the dogs. I'm not a morning person but fell in love with the early starts. The light is beautiful, the dogs love the early smells and there are no people in usual busy spots. I swing on my camera bag each morning, and some days I don't take the camera out the bag at all, but others it stays hanging off my shoulder at all times. I have come to accept that it is not always possible to take the best shots every morning, especially as I go to the same location multiple times each week. But when the light hits just right or the sky turns brilliant shades of colour, it feels great grabbing some shots.
The downside of going out with dogs and a camera, is that the dogs get bored if I hang around one spot for too long, so no tripods or tweaking composition, just quick snaps and plenty of time fixing them in post.
a canoe trip along the river at first light is a serene experience and one that im happy to experience at any time of year, every bend in the river reveals a new vista and you barely have to paddle as that is quite often a very mellow river. another really beutiful video. (your style is really relaxing.(probs more for me than you 😄)
Admire your dedication . I am a morning person and most times find it easy to get up. Looked out the window at 5.30 this morning and it was cold with hard frost. Tempted to go back to bed but as I had woken my partner and she was coming with me today, that was not an option! Enjoyed the photos of the river which looked like Symonds Yat a beautiful place early morning. Never photographed there but have spent a lot of early morning visits fishing on the river. Great video.
That's lovely your partner goes with you so early in the morning, I think you've got less chance of talking yourself out of getting up when someone else is joining you ha. It was the view from Symonds Yat! A beautiful view for sure and a place I may visit a bit more often! Thanks for watching, Iain.
I was never a morning person, until I started dating my now wife. She always went to bed early and woke up super early and I just sort of adjusted over time. Now I go to bed about 10:30 and wake up at about 6 every day, whether I work or not.
I am right there with you Courtney, I am a night owl. I actually call myself a vampire!! lol My husband laughed and said, “Is she talking about you?” You are not alone with being allergic to mornings!! Kudos to you for your efforts to rise early!!
Don't be too hard on yourself. You carried out your plan and succeeded in what you set out to do. Maybe you didn't get anything mind-blowing in the way you hoped, but you did achieve something and, more importantly, learned something about yourself. Keep going, keep trying different things, and keep taking pictures.
Brilliant video Courtney. Just too many beautiful shots to pick a fav. Fantastic images. Can see a lot of effort went into this video especially with the getting up early. Well done. Thanks for sharing the day by day adventure 👍🙏 ps. I’m with you, my creativity tends to start flowing at 8pm 😂
Thank you for watching Adrian! My 5-6am start feels a bit easier compared to your 4am sunrises over there though 😂 I'm glad it's not just my productivity that kicks in during the evening! Hope you're having a great weekend. 👍
7 days are not enough to change someone to a early person but can be what they need to recognize that it's samething that can be done from time to time.
Haha, I can absolutely relate to your opening statement. Absolutely not a morning person and my productivity also requires several hours and coffees to kick in. 7 days wouldn't be enough to reprogram my brain. In my former life pre photography, 6am starts were the norm for about 15 years and I still hated life before lunchtime and 9 coffees. Awesome video and good job managing to do this for a full week. Your images were fantastic 🖖😁
Turns out 7 days wasn't enough for my brain either ha! Well not for 6am starts anyway. Funnily enough I had been on a coffee break before this little project and automatically reverted back to drinking it during this week. Definitely helped lmao! Thanks David, appreciate it!
Well done you I’m a morning person so not hard for me you managed to find some great locations and took some great shots well done and enjoyed your commentary too
I am quite envious of morning people haha but I hope to transform into one by the summer months. Thanks David!
Hey Courtney, loved the devil's chimney shot 👌🏾
I'm glad you like it! I think it could be a cracking shot with a bit more interesting sky behind! Definitely one to try again in the future. Thanks for watching 😄
@@CourtneyVictoria thought i'd see how the camera fell on this one 😂
@@zeno7022 Oh my goodness hahaha there always seems to be a camera falling. I swear I take care of my gear carefully ha!
I am a morning person. I just wish I was a camping person. :). Great video. Thank you!
I was never a morning person until I got old......now I get up hours before dawn.
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LOL you always crack me up with your quirky shenanigans😂😂 Awesome video & great story telling Courtney , love the way you edited this one! You also got some beautiful shots! Hope you managed to re-wire your brain and reduced your early morning aversion by at least 5%😀
I can't say I've seen that time of morning since the challenge ended 😂😂 looks as though I may need more than 7 days 😬 but there is something quite peaceful about that time of morning so I definitely appreciate it more. Thanks for watching Peter, glad you enjoyed my shenanigans 😂👍
What was the book that you read to rewrite your brain? I didn't see it in the comments.
Such a nice video!! And beautiful 풍경:)
Thank you! 😊 it's very different to Korea, I do miss it!
I really love all your locations, it makes me want to visit more the UK again, but I don't have driving license so I guess whenever I'll have the opportunity (darn covid!) I won't be able to visit all of those.
for me, most of my edits and "bright" ideas happen at night, so I'm not a morning person as well, but sometimes it's fun to wake up so early.
The are I live in is more leaning towards sunsets and less for sunrises, but I'll try to find some spots and maybe even try somewhat your challenge too.
(And ye I'm watching slowly now videos, had less time for that lately)
I go out and do a sunrise early , I go home or back to van/hotel and sleep for a bit after otherwise could I not function. Good video 👍
Your ballance of talking and b roll is spot on your speak so clear your education in making video has paid off. Love your channel, still fancy meeting up with you on a collaboration haha 😄
Wish you could use ND filter in 16 35mm . I love the lens . I own two of them . It's absolutely amazing. But 14 24mm is one of the most important part in landscape photography
Good luck
I dearly LOVE my Nikon 14-24 f2.8G! Until I got that lens, I was constantly disappointed with many of the wide angle shots I was trying for. From the first time I got out with it and 14-24 convinced me it was more than worth it's cost! I still love it, to this very day. If I could only have two lenses, the 14-24 would be one of them, and my Nikon 70-200 f2.8E FL would be the other! Thanks for the fun videos, Courtney! You have a quirky and fun sense of humor, and offer lots of excellent tips to photographers wanting to get out there, and get better photos! Cheers, and God Bless! - Doc Mark
I’ve recently found your channel and enjoying your videos and style. I particularly like the Gloucestershire focus as is my home too. Would love you to identify your locations rather than just say “this location” as it would be great to know where you’re trying. For example I recognise Symonds Yat, Gloucester Docks, probably FoD somewhere but would be great to learn about Gloucestershire locations I haven’t tried. Would give me some new ideas. Have you visited May Hill yet?
Been photographing for 6+ months now and not once have I gotten up early to take photos. I really love sleeping in. I get up early on weekdays to get to work but only up just in time to make it to work not late. I struggle with mornings.
That being said... this next week is my week off form work and I'm going to the Maine coast for 5 days and will be up for sunrise photos on the ocean. I will probably be fine on getting up early because I'm excited to see the ocean and photograph it. Fingers crossed on good weather.
I get up early every morning to go to work. Getting paid is inspirational.
Doing the same challenge in warmer days will be harder for you, because it means you need to get up even earlier 😂 anyway nice videos you got, hence subbed 🙌
Very surprised you did not like Gloucester Courtney.
Appreciate your excruciating early morning rising, as I choose a earlier time where I'm off to bed, thus wake up always to 5 Am-6 Am, albeit not necessarily heading out with my camera. I did recently purchase the newer iPhone 14 Pro, with it's ability to use RAW, so since getting it the dreary grey clouds just don't do most images justice, but will soon be giving it a go, of course often taking a similar shot with my D750. Thank you for your persistence, as I quite enjoyed the imagery along with your settings. There 'is' the odd time, I wonder why you chose a specific setting, so perhaps the odd time you might tell us the setting being used and why? Also, which editing software do you use most significantly? Have a great week!
Get tripod stolen in Gloucester docks, noo way😂😂
“Ever since I was young.” Yup, Courtney, you’re now so old 😂🤔🙄.
Hi one question for you what iss that red frame attached to your camera, love watching your video and the where you explain how the way through them
Such a beautiful place! Where is it ?
Super relatable, I used to always say I wasn't a morning person, but I've been able to get up at 3:00am for sunrises since I got serious about Landscape. Nice video, great concept and well put together, love the pacing. Definitely worth it, got some nice shots Pastel Moon was really nice, also liked 4:57 the one of the left with the path ... I'm a sucker for path shots 😂. As for 8:16 of that river I love the one on the right, well done placing the foreground like that - 8:45 is a really nice scene I can tell why it's popular!
I think I'll be aiming for the 3am starts when Summer rolls around, I hope I can manage it ha! Thanks for the feedback Rauri! Really appreciated. I decided to include the foreground at the river scene as I felt the sky was a little too vanilla in terms of light and colour, but also I was too short to position the camera and see what I was doing when excluding it ha! I needed a step stool. Thanks for watching!
@@CourtneyVictoria oh I can do ‘one’…but not every day 😂 respect for doing that. I’ll have a look if they have camping flat pack stools 😆
When i do early morning shoots, i just don't go to sleep
You use the same ring tone I did for 5AM wakeups - ugh, what a reminder. Seven in a row sounds impossible.
Did you also program going to sleep earlier?
Hi friend
Lovely video, but remember, sunrise is earlier in the summer months.
This place is beautiful, where is this?
"sunset project" = how to avoid early mornings lol
The struggle is real but gets easier as you get older. The problem with the warmer months in the UK is that sunrise comes pretty early. Are you building up to that? Good luck! 🍀👍 🥂
I hope it gets easier! 😅 Absolutely, I'm hoping to see a few summer sunrises so fingers crossed I can adapt to being more of a morning person! I was a little disappointed at the amount of cloudy mornings I had that week, but it was expected. Thanks you for watching! Hope you're having a great weekend. 🙏😄
@@CourtneyVictoria Snow covered and -7C here in Virginia. 😰
Courtney Victoria kindly let us know this location please??
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Wait till get old.
You are such a goddess.
You're cute like animation
Being a morning person does not make you successful! I pick all the evening clients!
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