Andy, which course did you take? Out of curiosity how much photography experience did you have before taking the course? My wife gives me a nervous laugh because Nigel has 3-4 classes I want to sign up for. Lol she is worried I’ll sign up for all of them.
@@lastpreatorian418 Hi sorry for the delay. I have been to the Faroes and Iceland. Both superb places, great instruction and a lot of fun. Also done the Mastrerclass. You won’t go wrong with any of it!!
What I have learned today, from the video but also outside shooting in -10 Celsius is, stop chasing the shot. I was moving around between three different compositions and getting frustrated with the shots as well as super frozen. So is it better to compose and wait or run around shooting different compositions. I need to focus on being patient. Thanks Nigel for the insight, you are right the sky can make all the difference, but you need to wait for the right conditions and then execute. Great video.
Excellent tips as always Nigel, we cannot control the sky but this helps us work a composition based on what we have and make the best creative decisions. Great stuff as always, especially by showing and explaining with examples 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great video! These tips are phenomenal. Even though sometimes I pay proper attention to my sky, more often I'd say it just sort of...happens. Having these tools to start becoming more intentional about skies in compositions is awesome.
A brilliant topic with some great tips. The sky is an element that fascinates me, it’s ever changing and makes me appreciate how amazing this world is. It somehow connects you and draws you in. Some beautiful examples of how to make your photos come alive.
One of the things you do differently then many others, is you point out your mistakes, which is key in learning. Know where not to go, and you will end up where you should go. Thanks again.. I might add that when you have the right sky, an ultra wide (e.g. 14mm) shot can dramatically change the shot. I sometime find myself going back and forth from the viewfinder to reality to figure out why it looks so amazing on camera. ;-)
I stumbled onto your videos and love them, and coming from California, I love your Giants hat as well ;-) Your suggestions/tips on composition are pretty much exactly what I learned (and had forgotten) from my college photography class 40 years ago. Thank you for the great tips and I look forward to watching more.
I love this video! As I’m obsessed, literally ;-), with well cropped or included sky and clouds, this was awesome to see all the necessary tips in one place :-)
You are right Nigel…I have been much more conscious of the sky after reviewing many photographs I have taken - only to be disappointed in the sky. So now I pay great attention to how the sky impacts on the overall image. Its become an important part of my landscape compositions to ensure I have the best possible image to work with on my return home. Thank you again for these wonderful RUclipss - most encouraging and helpful…warm regards Karen
Great Video Nigel, I recently had a bit to deal with a sky in one of my photos from Death Valley. I actually sent it in for our Masterclass review you are doing. Had a bit of conflicting thoughts on how to deal with the sky. I liked it and so I decided to leave it and darken sections of it to keep the viewer within the scene. hopefully it worked. Anyway, great info as always. Cheers
Great video and perfectly timed amidst the sky replacement trend that seems to be appearing everywhere! This video showcases and reinforces exactly why you don't need, and in my opinion shouldn't, sky replace. Be in the moment, be patient and experience nature. However, this is just my opinion. Thankyou for another Sunday morning video whilst I chill with my coffee
Great points there Ben. Connecting with our surroundings is so important to me, and the sky at that moment is integral to it all - sky replacement cannot deliver that joy of the moment.
I guess that's the difference between hobby photography and commercial. Sky replacement has it's place in fast turnaround commercial stuff, but if your reason for landscape is the great outdoors, then savouring the moment is what it's all about.
The topic didn’t really catch me in the first place, but I now have to thank you for some thoughts that I will definitely consider sometimes. Very good examples you have!
Good tip. But I think the opposite is true too. Some people include the sky where there really isn't anything interesting in it (like a cloudless or overcast sky). My general rule is that if the sky doesn't add anything to the photo, I try to eliminate it as much as possible, but include a little bit of it (maybe 1/4 of the frame if there's nothing interesting, just so there is a horizon line somewhere in the frame). If the sky is interesting, but the foreground is boring, then it's the opposite. If they both are interesting, then I think about which one is a stronger element and include more of that in the frame (over the other).
Another great video Nigel - thanks. I find it really helpful to see shots that don’t work quite as well alongside those that do as it really help the understanding of why things work
Nailed it as usual. I've come back from hiking with hundreds of photos, and the ones that are the most disappointing are where I've failed to give elements room to breath.
I often battle with the sky in my compositions... I suppose patience is the key really as my battles are most often fought in post when in all reality i haven't taken time to consider the impact a certain element is having in the whole composition... I suppose the hot take here for me would be that a landscape image is not just a image of the land but the entire composition, this will aid me in looking at my compositions differently... Be mindful and take peace in the process i guess! Temper my eagerness for the next composition. Glad to hear i am not alone in having that burning desire to move shoot move! Great video once again Nigel, i really do look forward to your weekly release on youtube as a weekly highlight. I have learned so much already, thank you.
Great tips Nigel. I really appreciate your effort to create original educational content, which it musn't be so easy, given the amount of landscape photography channels out there.
Another well thought out instructional video. Thank you Nigel for your continued inspiration! Speaking of distracting elements though, your lighting on this new desk is a bit cold, and a bit harsh. Maybe a warmer temp or softer light would be more inviting into your studio? Keep up the incredible work!
This was really helpful Nigel! I often think of sky and land as two separate subjects so this was great to try and pull me away from that line of thinking to try and join them up more often, thanks 😄
Its interesting when you say patience ,wait for the next cloud....I'm often in the mood of -Is there a better angel/spot/ than where I'm currently standing. its not often the top of the hill that is spot, so to say. Its difficult to top take time and stand still. But as you do its starting to fall in place. you learn what to do next, but still, patience...
Great video, great advice. I've always tried to use the sky as a big part of images, when it's interesting. I'll think more about the composition after watching this. Thanks.
My RUclips is two weeks in arrears, so I missed the webinar. I have clubhouse installed, but it looks like you need to be invited to join? Great tips. I will give them a go when I can move away from hand held shots on walks.
Will join this evening. Recently purchased my Kase filter kit (very grateful for the discount code) and they are awesome. Great quality and most importantly really easy to use compared to the Lee filter set up I had 👍🏼
I'm glad you included that photo of Stonehenge from Mads. He is rather brilliant in his perspective. I routinely follow 3 landscape photographers who have given me great inspiration: you, Mads, and Christian Irmler. All provide inspiration, technique, and just great videos. Please continue with your always useful and often brilliant videos.
Great watch on a Sunday morning with my coffee, always love watching your vids with some fantastic imagery and great tips. Sometimes it's hard to remember everything when you are out in the field and confronted with changing light and have to react quickly, but I think I might remember your voice guiding me next time! Thanks so much! 👍
Thanks Nigel. I have a new desk also! Really great tips about the sky. I am struggling with it at the moment so trying to be aware of this in my captures.
I love big skies, they do add to an image whether it be drama (as some of your examples) or a sense of calm. Excellent tips in this great video Nigel - maybe this needs adding to your course :-) Thank you for your continuing hard work on our education.
Totally agree. Been saying for a while that it's as much skyscape photography as it is landscape photography - but today in the North West of England - it's been greyscape!
Thank you, Nigel! This will definitely help me when I’m going through landscape photos I’ve recorded but haven’t been through in awhile to help me for future ones. My dad though, he gets impatient a lot of the time I’m in the field so in those cases I’ve had to shoot more sort of against my will and go with the first gut feeling without thinking about looking around the whole scene. 😅 I appreciate your video analysis and how you show the unsuccessful as much as the good ones! See you on Clubhouse!
Nigel, I found your account recently and I love it. Thanks for what you do. I've learned so much. I've heard you mention "telling a story" in photos--can you do (or have you done) a video about what exactly that means? I'm having difficulty translating it into action in my own photos.
Living in East Anglia where it is so flat I think it is something landscape photographers in this region learn very early on that the sky is very important. when we then travel to mountainous landscapes its normal and natural to look at what the sky is doing
Really interesting video and I think everyone will have some dodgy sky compositions about, I know I have. Cropping can help but as you say patience also has a role to play and often I find I rush things too much. By the way I looked at the clubhouse app you mentioned and it doesn’t seem to be fully up and running at the moment and seems to suggest you have to be invited. Will look again in a little while.
Another great video which makes so much sense Nigel . I keep meaning to ask if the Wainwright guides behind you are an image or the books themselves . Love it Thanks Dave
Hi Nigel, thank you for good video. Can I challenge little bit? I agree you have to bring the eye and remove distractions, and here it is the but... what are distractions? Those you consider distractions or those that I consider distractions or maybe he/she. Example, cloud vs rocks you were mentioning clouds and I was distracted by the rocks (just an example)
Really enjoying your vlogs and since late summer I've been learning how to photograph trees, so thanks for all your help. I'll be clicked into the webinar this evening but your plug for Clubhouse didn't work out. They say they are not open to new members just now and will email when they are. Perhaps you could give them a nudge. Cheers, Wayne
Personally I think it works for little phone screens and instagram but once you get up to big wall prints it looks like garbage and would ruin a reputation.
Great insights as usual .. I was wondering if you have covered doing focus stacking and exposure blending at the same time in any video before.. if not; I would love to learn how to do this from you ( How to shoot and how to edit especially using lightroom) .. As always thank you so much for your great videos and sharing your experience 😉😉
What we leave in and leave out, should we remove anything which doesn’t add to the image? Careful thought to how the shape of the overall image is complimentary to the content of the image it’s also very important. Sounds obvious! Ps loving the desk, would be good to see a bit more of it! Cheers
The first old photo, I quite like it. Why, because it shows a piece of nature in the raw. It bugs me when a photog dismisses his photo when many may likely like it.
It’s definitely me😀 . Thanks for an excellent video Nigel. So helpful as usual!
Phew 😅 thanks for the thumbnail Andy!
Andy, which course did you take? Out of curiosity how much photography experience did you have before taking the course?
My wife gives me a nervous laugh because Nigel has 3-4 classes I want to sign up for. Lol she is worried I’ll sign up for all of them.
@@lastpreatorian418 Hi sorry for the delay. I have been to the Faroes and Iceland. Both superb places, great instruction and a lot of fun. Also done the Mastrerclass. You won’t go wrong with any of it!!
What I have learned today, from the video but also outside shooting in -10 Celsius is, stop chasing the shot. I was moving around between three different compositions and getting frustrated with the shots as well as super frozen. So is it better to compose and wait or run around shooting different compositions. I need to focus on being patient. Thanks Nigel for the insight, you are right the sky can make all the difference, but you need to wait for the right conditions and then execute. Great video.
I so agree,love the sky in my landscapes!
Excellent tips as always Nigel, we cannot control the sky but this helps us work a composition based on what we have and make the best creative decisions. Great stuff as always, especially by showing and explaining with examples 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you for helping us create better photos, Nigel. Vistas is an amazing book, and yes, the care in the packaging was much appreciated!
Great video! These tips are phenomenal. Even though sometimes I pay proper attention to my sky, more often I'd say it just sort of...happens. Having these tools to start becoming more intentional about skies in compositions is awesome.
A brilliant topic with some great tips. The sky is an element that fascinates me, it’s ever changing and makes me appreciate how amazing this world is. It somehow connects you and draws you in. Some beautiful examples of how to make your photos come alive.
One of the things you do differently then many others, is you point out your mistakes, which is key in learning. Know where not to go, and you will end up where you should go. Thanks again.. I might add that when you have the right sky, an ultra wide (e.g. 14mm) shot can dramatically change the shot. I sometime find myself going back and forth from the viewfinder to reality to figure out why it looks so amazing on camera. ;-)
Thanks Dave
Excellent Video! I personally love capturing a nice dramatic sky in my shots.
Wow, what an amazing and helpful tutorial. Thank you for such amazing insights, that I don’t think I’ve heard elsewhere.
Nothing as dull as blue open skies .
Thanks Nigel, very informative video touching on plenty of gotchas. Gotta love the new logo...it doesn't get better than this!
Thanks for this detailed essay about the sky.
I stumbled onto your videos and love them, and coming from California, I love your Giants hat as well ;-) Your suggestions/tips on composition are pretty much exactly what I learned (and had forgotten) from my college photography class 40 years ago. Thank you for the great tips and I look forward to watching more.
I love this video! As I’m obsessed, literally ;-), with well cropped or included sky and clouds, this was awesome to see all the necessary tips in one place :-)
You are right Nigel…I have been much more conscious of the sky after reviewing many photographs I have taken - only to be disappointed in the sky. So now I pay great attention to how the sky impacts on the overall image. Its become an important part of my landscape compositions to ensure I have the best possible image to work with on my return home. Thank you again for these wonderful RUclipss - most encouraging and helpful…warm regards Karen
Very helpful like the way you composed your shots with the sky
Thanks for those great tips Nigel, the sky is something I forget about, but I will in future take more notice of the sky!
Excellent video and Wirth watching several times
Great tips about sky from Skye. Sorry I missed the show with photo online (also from Skye). I'll catch the replay.
The Monty Python sketch - "How to Recognize Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away" - The Larch ... immediately jumped into my head
That is a good sketch 🤣
Thanks again for the helpful tips.
Great Video Nigel, I recently had a bit to deal with a sky in one of my photos from Death Valley. I actually sent it in for our Masterclass review you are doing. Had a bit of conflicting thoughts on how to deal with the sky. I liked it and so I decided to leave it and darken sections of it to keep the viewer within the scene. hopefully it worked. Anyway, great info as always. Cheers
Great video and perfectly timed amidst the sky replacement trend that seems to be appearing everywhere! This video showcases and reinforces exactly why you don't need, and in my opinion shouldn't, sky replace. Be in the moment, be patient and experience nature.
However, this is just my opinion.
Thankyou for another Sunday morning video whilst I chill with my coffee
Great points there Ben. Connecting with our surroundings is so important to me, and the sky at that moment is integral to it all - sky replacement cannot deliver that joy of the moment.
I guess that's the difference between hobby photography and commercial. Sky replacement has it's place in fast turnaround commercial stuff, but if your reason for landscape is the great outdoors, then savouring the moment is what it's all about.
Great video full of helpful info. Thanks.
No, it's me ... definitively it's me ... I'm sure ... I'm almost sure ... I'll hope ... I wish ... but some day it's me ... Nigel, chapeau !!!
Great video as always Nigel.
Fantastic shots and great video.
I do love a good sky in photos and using a good sky reflected in water, I like the opposing negative space idea .
Thank you for consolidating the ethereal subject of shooting sky and clouds for us.
The topic didn’t really catch me in the first place, but I now have to thank you for some thoughts that I will definitely consider sometimes. Very good examples you have!
Thanks for the tips and great advice cheers!
Good tip. But I think the opposite is true too. Some people include the sky where there really isn't anything interesting in it (like a cloudless or overcast sky). My general rule is that if the sky doesn't add anything to the photo, I try to eliminate it as much as possible, but include a little bit of it (maybe 1/4 of the frame if there's nothing interesting, just so there is a horizon line somewhere in the frame). If the sky is interesting, but the foreground is boring, then it's the opposite. If they both are interesting, then I think about which one is a stronger element and include more of that in the frame (over the other).
Another great video Nigel - thanks. I find it really helpful to see shots that don’t work quite as well alongside those that do as it really help the understanding of why things work
Great tips, thanks for sharing.
Nailed it as usual. I've come back from hiking with hundreds of photos, and the ones that are the most disappointing are where I've failed to give elements room to breath.
Again your tips are always helpful. Trick is to remember all your good advice when I'm out shooting.
Talk about sky is very Good idea
Thanks Nigel, I really enjoy your videos and always learn something.
I often battle with the sky in my compositions... I suppose patience is the key really as my battles are most often fought in post when in all reality i haven't taken time to consider the impact a certain element is having in the whole composition... I suppose the hot take here for me would be that a landscape image is not just a image of the land but the entire composition, this will aid me in looking at my compositions differently... Be mindful and take peace in the process i guess! Temper my eagerness for the next composition. Glad to hear i am not alone in having that burning desire to move shoot move! Great video once again Nigel, i really do look forward to your weekly release on youtube as a weekly highlight. I have learned so much already, thank you.
Great vlog Nigel 📸👌👍🏻
Hi, thanks for a very valuable info on sky and it's impact on landscape photography. As you rightly mentioned we take it for granted.
Great tips Nigel. I really appreciate your effort to create original educational content, which it musn't be so easy, given the amount of landscape photography channels out there.
Another well thought out instructional video. Thank you Nigel for your continued inspiration! Speaking of distracting elements though, your lighting on this new desk is a bit cold, and a bit harsh. Maybe a warmer temp or softer light would be more inviting into your studio? Keep up the incredible work!
Thank you great tips.
This was really helpful Nigel! I often think of sky and land as two separate subjects so this was great to try and pull me away from that line of thinking to try and join them up more often, thanks 😄
Thanks for a really nice video and some very useful tips. And Clubhouse is ok, just the d... waiting list to join.
Its interesting when you say patience ,wait for the next cloud....I'm often in the mood of -Is there a better angel/spot/ than where I'm currently standing. its not often the top of the hill that is spot, so to say.
Its difficult to top take time and stand still. But as you do its starting to fall in place. you learn what to do next, but still, patience...
Great video, I hear your advices from A to Z not only for landscape photos, you're such a great inspiration
For years I was just including the sky 1/3 of my compositions and then I watched this video 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great video, great advice. I've always tried to use the sky as a big part of images, when it's interesting. I'll think more about the composition after watching this. Thanks.
My RUclips is two weeks in arrears, so I missed the webinar. I have clubhouse installed, but it looks like you need to be invited to join? Great tips. I will give them a go when I can move away from hand held shots on walks.
Will join this evening. Recently purchased my Kase filter kit (very grateful for the discount code) and they are awesome. Great quality and most importantly really easy to use compared to the Lee filter set up I had 👍🏼
I'm glad you included that photo of Stonehenge from Mads. He is rather brilliant in his perspective. I routinely follow 3 landscape photographers who have given me great inspiration: you, Mads, and Christian Irmler. All provide inspiration, technique, and just great videos. Please continue with your always useful and often brilliant videos.
Nigel Great composition tips well worth remembering when going out to shoot. Many thanks for the insight. Richard
Great watch on a Sunday morning with my coffee, always love watching your vids with some fantastic imagery and great tips. Sometimes it's hard to remember everything when you are out in the field and confronted with changing light and have to react quickly, but I think I might remember your voice guiding me next time! Thanks so much! 👍
Recently started watching your videos. Down to earth, exceptional and inspiring. Really appreciate the tips and practical demonstrations. Subscribed!
Thanks!
Really helpful tips Nigel, as always. Amazing photos!
That’s a darn good vlog especially because it is addressed rarely but carries quite some gravitas
Thanks Nigel. I have a new desk also! Really great tips about the sky. I am struggling with it at the moment so trying to be aware of this in my captures.
Great video Nigel. Thanks for reminder that the sky can make a great image (particularly up here in Scotland where we get lots of clouds 😉)
Thanks Nigel for some interesting ideas Never considered before.
I love big skies, they do add to an image whether it be drama (as some of your examples) or a sense of calm. Excellent tips in this great video Nigel - maybe this needs adding to your course :-) Thank you for your continuing hard work on our education.
Great video Nigel the sky is always a "Marmite" subject ! I hope the webinar went well ! all the best Pat.
Totally agree. Been saying for a while that it's as much skyscape photography as it is landscape photography - but today in the North West of England - it's been greyscape!
Thank you, Nigel! This will definitely help me when I’m going through landscape photos I’ve recorded but haven’t been through in awhile to help me for future ones. My dad though, he gets impatient a lot of the time I’m in the field so in those cases I’ve had to shoot more sort of against my will and go with the first gut feeling without thinking about looking around the whole scene. 😅 I appreciate your video analysis and how you show the unsuccessful as much as the good ones! See you on Clubhouse!
Thanks - lots to think about. I must try 3 minute exposures of the sky
Nigel, I found your account recently and I love it. Thanks for what you do. I've learned so much. I've heard you mention "telling a story" in photos--can you do (or have you done) a video about what exactly that means? I'm having difficulty translating it into action in my own photos.
Cool! I tend to pay too much attention to the sky and not enough attention to the landscape. Thanks!
Good video. Thanks.
That is so enlightening, definitely something for me to work on, thank you.
Living in East Anglia where it is so flat I think it is something landscape photographers in this region learn very early on that the sky is very important. when we then travel to mountainous landscapes its normal and natural to look at what the sky is doing
Many great photos and tips to contemplate over.
Thanks! Another great video with beautiful tips.
I love this place, you are sitting today in this video. Akind of wood office👍 Inspires me always.
Nice video. Trust that were all sky at the moment and not this damn sky replacement thing. Looking very nice.
Er yes
Really interesting video and I think everyone will have some dodgy sky compositions about, I know I have. Cropping can help but as you say patience also has a role to play and often I find I rush things too much. By the way I looked at the clubhouse app you mentioned and it doesn’t seem to be fully up and running at the moment and seems to suggest you have to be invited. Will look again in a little while.
Great video Nigel. Some really good tips there. 👍
I’ll watch you on Photography Online. That channel is becoming one of my faves for photography. Great to see you there.
It isn’t there - it is on kase uK channel
@@NigelDanson Oh. I miss understood you. I also noticed that you were not there.🙂
Maybe in future 🤔
Hi Nigel,
Thanks for a very informative video!
Another great video which makes so much sense Nigel . I keep meaning to ask if the Wainwright guides behind you are an image or the books themselves . Love it
Thanks
Dave
They are the books
killer images as always man!
10:59 Really stunning image.
Hi Nigel, thank you for good video.
Can I challenge little bit? I agree you have to bring the eye and remove distractions, and here it is the but... what are distractions? Those you consider distractions or those that I consider distractions or maybe he/she.
Example, cloud vs rocks you were mentioning clouds and I was distracted by the rocks (just an example)
Thanks these were some great tips ☺️❤️
Great video on using the sky in your images.
I'm afraid that I sometimes include too much sky in my photos though... ;)
Hi from ship under quarantine... thanks to covid... watching your videos to keep from going crazy!!! Thanks!!!
Oh no! Hope things work out
interesting..... thanks for sharing.
Really enjoying your vlogs and since late summer I've been learning how to photograph trees, so thanks for all your help. I'll be clicked into the webinar this evening but your plug for Clubhouse didn't work out. They say they are not open to new members just now and will email when they are. Perhaps you could give them a nudge. Cheers, Wayne
Excellent points to remember. How do you feel about “sky replacement”?
Personally I think it works for little phone screens and instagram but once you get up to big wall prints it looks like garbage and would ruin a reputation.
Great insights as usual .. I was wondering if you have covered doing focus stacking and exposure blending at the same time in any video before.. if not; I would love to learn how to do this from you ( How to shoot and how to edit especially using lightroom) .. As always thank you so much for your great videos and sharing your experience 😉😉
Definitely agree the sky is a really important part of the composition.
I would sign up to Clubhouse but is not accepting signups apparently !
good information. Will be looking forward to webinar....wouldn't it be nice for a Kase adapter for a lens shade? Great filters!
What we leave in and leave out, should we remove anything which doesn’t add to the image? Careful thought to how the shape of the overall image is complimentary to the content of the image it’s also very important. Sounds obvious! Ps loving the desk, would be good to see a bit more of it! Cheers
I'd say a dramatic sky can make up for a weak foreground, but it doesn't always work the other way around. So sky is key for me.
Nice !
I was in Elgol in 2016 and I am so frustrated now, that I didn't began to shoot Raw with my camera... Time to go there again, hopefully soon.
Nigel what kind of fine art photography paper was this print on ?... great stuff as usual
The first old photo, I quite like it. Why, because it shows a piece of nature in the raw. It bugs me when a photog dismisses his photo when many may likely like it.