I love how well your joy of photography come across. Finally a RUclips who’s more photography oriented and less gear oriented. Extremely inspiring. Keep up the good work! Cheers from Norway 🇳🇴
@@BARMAXAR Well.. I know he talks about gear too, but he does not come across as gear obsessed like some other photography RUclipsrs. It's not always about the latest and greatest. At least, that's my impression.
Saturday afternoon, the whole world watches the royal funeral but I'm watching something even more British: James walking at Snowdonia giving photo tips.
Yes James, it's a setting I've been using when I'm in auto-ISO for situations when the light is changing. It's fantastic and really helps you control the camera without doing much.
High top hiking boots are your answer for hiking in bogs. Gaiters don't keep the water out if you step in a deeper hole or puddle. And, the high top boots, when tied properly, will protect your ankles. But as usual another interesting and fun video. Take care and be safe out there....
I very much enjoyed the last part, where you took a photo and then critiqued it in real time, adjusted your position and settings, and took the photo again, walking us through it the whole time. That really was insightful, thank you
I have been to Snowdonia once, in 1984! Eek! I love your explanations. They help me to learn. The color gradind especially, since I dont know a lot of the tools to use, may be of great benefit later on. Keep smiling James, and keep us laughing! Will definitely keep watching. Cheers!
There have been a few things that have improved my photography during this year but the most important one has been getting James 's presets. Seriously, the original free ones were amazing (high key punch being my all time fav) but the last ones are also worth every cent. I admit that I am very bad at editing pictures and they might not be so' eye opening' for people who is already expert but I just wanted to give kudos to James Popsys for releasing such an amazing work to the public.
Great video. It would be good to see more videos about color theory and how it is used in both pre and post processing to evoke emotion. Thanks for all the videos which are always well thought out
Thank you, James. My tripod got knocked over yesterday in a freak accident with my a7RIII and 100-400mm lens on it and they got destroyed. I needed your video to cheer me up today.
Just realized GH5 has this aswell! no need to feel sad! Never used it stupidly enough and now realized I have been missing out on many sharp pics. Thanks again for another great pointer James!
Got the coffee already and the biscuit, great upload time James. While watching I’ve just had an idea, I would love if you could do a what’s in my bag as I see that you use that f stop bag now and also maybe a new office tour? Keep it up and stay safe.
First, I enjoy your videos very much! I am newish to photography and have been focused on the aurora this winter. Now that spring is actually coming the skies don’t get very dark, and soon wont at all. I’m re-learning what little I did learn last fall. Can you please help me understand how to get sharp photos with such low shutter speed? It was my understanding that anything below 1\80 would be a bit blurry due to hand shake. I have a nice tripod but I’d rather not have to lug it around while on the move to find and capture beautiful things.
The reason why this is my favourite photography channel is not just the great photography content, but also the random philosophical ramblings like "When does a pond become a lake?". Hope your feet have dried by now!
Love the video, and recommendations! Been so hard for me to shoot lately but I know I’m going to have a decent amount of time coming up!! Gonna definitely try the minimum shutter speed thing.
What a playground you have now, my dream. Had a quick trip to the Ogwen valley and the glyderau the other week amazing. Hope to see you in the mountains regular .💪
Hi James! Great as always! I discovered this crazy setting on my camera! The M setting!!! It's very versatile! 🤣 On another note, on my bucket list is to visit every NP in GB. You folks have some amazing ones! Cheers!
Thanks James - good tips, as always. Do you ever lock your focus off by going to manual focus and check with peaking too? Low ISO and reasonable shutter speed in low light - the joy of full frame right there!
Awesome video as usual. You use the same exposure setting method that I do. Aperture priority, auto ISO, and minimum shutter speed. I’ve got my s5 also set up to have a custom button dedicated to the minimum shutter speed setting. Makes everything fast yet I don’t sacrifice any creative control.
After you moved to your most recent abode you have worked with your studio background. In today's video, mostly dark wall but some light wall with a hint of a map, you did the best - by far - since moving!
Snowshoes are great, especially if you plan to walk a fair bit in boggy areas. Less tiring than wellies for a long walk and more durable than waterproof socks but you have to carry them when not needed.
Mr. Heaton was up your way recently. The two of you together in one video, would be as hilarious as would be educational. Good to see you are well, sir.
Discovered the same a few months back on my Sony A7 iii. Even when I’m shooting sports now I leave in Aperture priority with min shutter speed which is something I never used to do. Min shutter with auto iso was my biggest lightbulb moment when moving from my a6000.
Interesting coincidence with you posting this just after Matt Kloskowski posted a video on how his approach to noise reduction and sharpening has changed as he is moving more from landscapes to wildlife photography. As with your use of hand holding he using wider apertures and high iso setting more frequently and is finding a clear advantage to moving beyonf the noise reduction and sharpening facilities offered by Lightroom and Photoshop. Matt was using the Topaz utilities but I have found similar benefits from using the noise reduction routines in DXO Photolab with my wilddlife images taken with my G9 sometimes at high iso and slow shutter speeds.
Awesome video as always James. Question for you, how do you add borders to your pictures? As a beginner I'm finding it hard getting my pictures to fit social media, especially Instagram. You have obviously worked around this with your borders as apposed to cropping. Can you do a tutorial on this please? Thanks!
Indeed he did a video about it :) you can also use apps like Snapseed (it's free) to add white borders. It's easy and quick to use. Do it on my own photos !
Got excited for the tip, then realised my Canon 500D and 5D2 are too old to have that setting... I'll stick to manual mode and auto ISO, then! I still love the video though, great footage and tips.
So have just returned from a day shooting wild life where I’ve some blurred results and thinking I needed to keep my shutter speed above 1600 using a 200-600 lens to keep pics sharp! LOL. I shoot manual always control the shutter and aperture and let the iso vary with a max iso set. On another topic I thought I’d give square space ago. I found it very hard to set up would be happy if you did a video, to show how. Where is the templates to give an overview of say 3-4 pics in a line but be able to select one and have it then go to full screen? I did a full screen only view but it was landscape only so it cropped my portrait shoots. And then when you come to wan to publish your web site to see how it looks before deciding if you have to subscribe the you have to fork up and subscribe. Didn’t notice any buttons to send an email or have an online chat for their famous 24/7 support. Have to say I won’t be recommending to any one.
I love that feature on my canon camera, its called "auto minimum shutter speed" - you can set a manual one, but i prefer to bias the auto function with +1 - it changes automatically according to the focal lengh and with my bias its a bit above... But i might lower it now that my R6 has IBIS.
Most of my buddies and I don't use waterproof boots. Water comes over the top of the boots, and the waterproofing keeps the water in the boots. Non-waterproof boots can be surprisingly hard to find.
Fuji has the minimum shutter too, and it's so good, I just leave it in P mode. It's pretty flawless. I'm quite scared about buying Canon cameras because I know I would have to manually set everything like a peasant again. The auto settings on Canon want to choose the tightest apertures, lowest iso, and slowest shutter. Broad daylight it like iso 100, f22, 1/2
Can you please do a comparison between M4/3 and frull frame regarding minimum shutter speed? Can you shoot at much lower values with your G9? I can easily go down to 1/10 with my Z6 so that should also be possible with your S5 and kit lens (when there's no storm or earthquake). Also don't like tripods, especially when hiking. And 1/10 or 1/8 is very important for running water.
Nice vid. Liked the peek into your blue hour color grading at the end. I’ve found color wheels very useful and beneficial to my workflow. Thanks again for sharing your evening hike.
I use min shutter speed as well on my G9 in aperture priority. I was somewhat annoyed by the G85 (from which I upgraded to the G9) not having this option.
I slipped and fell on the other side of the valley coming down from Pen Yr Ole Wen and broke my leg and ankle, so it can happen. Luckily the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue were able to get me down and trf to hospital.
@@thegrayyernaut 100% agree. I love my a6000. The only thing I would want to improve on it is the water resistance really. But you slap some good quality glass on there, know how your settings work together and you’ve got yourself a damn good setup.
Wow, that transition at 0:50 - so dynamic. I was wondering, why aren't you shooting wide open when it's dark? Even the latest Panny/Sigma lenses are softer whilst wide open? By the way, the G90 continues being ignored by its parents.
silicone spray waterproofing all up the boot, pull the tongue out and coat thoroughly. two coats. kiwi, coleman, any brand works. you wont regret it. maybe taller boots?
A pond becomes a lake, when you realize you have a problem walking around it... A pond, no problem 15-20 minutes, and you are around. A lake.... takes hours if possible.
When does a pond becomes a lake? - ..... Also when does 'mist' become 'cloud' 🙄 Really nifty onscreen 'level' line... I've never noticed that before on your camera 👍
According to you, to get sharp photos all you need to do is set mom shutter speed and auto ISO. Great. No need to focus anymore. To get sharp photos you learn where to focus followed by basic camera settings.
I try to dable in the color grading tab. But either, I am too clumbsy, for using it proplery (which might be the case) or it is not that useful on my images. I am usualy for a quite natural colors.
My lazy brain can understand faster/slower shutter speed, but I get confused outside of those descriptors 🙃 minimum is the slowest shutter speed you're willing to use right?
Generally, a pond will support rooted plants across its span, while a lake is too deep for photosynthesis beyond the top layer. In other words, too deep for sun light to penetrate to its deepest bottom. Not a scientific definition, but close enough.
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I love how well your joy of photography come across. Finally a RUclips who’s more photography oriented and less gear oriented. Extremely inspiring. Keep up the good work!
Cheers from Norway 🇳🇴
Yeaaah...talking about gear.....some vids may not be for you here :D
@@BARMAXAR Well.. I know he talks about gear too, but he does not come across as gear obsessed like some other photography RUclipsrs. It's not always about the latest and greatest. At least, that's my impression.
Wales truly is a stunner!
Saturday afternoon, the whole world watches the royal funeral but I'm watching something even more British: James walking at Snowdonia giving photo tips.
I've got James on the computer and Philip on the tv.
Who gives a toss about the royal funeral !!!
@@philipandreicuk5356 Lots of people. They are entitled to their own opinion, just as you are.
Rest assured, the "whole world" is NOT watching the funeral.
@@miljomupp Each to their own. I haven't watched it either but it doesn't mean we have to be negative towards fellow human beings.
Down to earth humble guy! And funny!
Thanks so much :)
Yes James, it's a setting I've been using when I'm in auto-ISO for situations when the light is changing. It's fantastic and really helps you control the camera without doing much.
Now that you mentioned it, I would like to see a video about the things you do not like about your job.
I would second this video idea
High top hiking boots are your answer for hiking in bogs. Gaiters don't keep the water out if you step in a deeper hole or puddle. And, the high top boots, when tied properly, will protect your ankles. But as usual another interesting and fun video. Take care and be safe out there....
I very much enjoyed the last part, where you took a photo and then critiqued it in real time, adjusted your position and settings, and took the photo again, walking us through it the whole time. That really was insightful, thank you
you are 1000% my favourite photography youtuber
A new video from James always improves the day haha
I have been to Snowdonia once, in 1984! Eek! I love your explanations. They help me to learn. The color gradind especially, since I dont know a lot of the tools to use, may be of great benefit later on. Keep smiling James, and keep us laughing! Will definitely keep watching. Cheers!
There have been a few things that have improved my photography during this year but the most important one has been getting James 's presets. Seriously, the original free ones were amazing (high key punch being my all time fav) but the last ones are also worth every cent. I admit that I am very bad at editing pictures and they might not be so' eye opening' for people who is already expert but I just wanted to give kudos to James Popsys for releasing such an amazing work to the public.
Thanks so much mate - that's great to hear :)
@@JamesPopsysPhoto 🙏
Seems you’re getting closer to Manual with auto ISO James. It’s the way forward. 😉
Coming to the dark side😂
Great video. It would be good to see more videos about color theory and how it is used in both pre and post processing to evoke emotion. Thanks for all the videos which are always well thought out
Thank you, James. My tripod got knocked over yesterday in a freak accident with my a7RIII and 100-400mm lens on it and they got destroyed. I needed your video to cheer me up today.
My a7s3 fell off my car with my rs2 gimbal and luckily only the gimbal was fully destroyed. Sucks.
Fabulous location, fun and informative video. Fantastic, thanks James!
Just realized GH5 has this aswell! no need to feel sad! Never used it stupidly enough and now realized I have been missing out on many sharp pics. Thanks again for another great pointer James!
Got the coffee already and the biscuit, great upload time James. While watching I’ve just had an idea, I would love if you could do a what’s in my bag as I see that you use that f stop bag now and also maybe a new office tour? Keep it up and stay safe.
Sounds like a plan :)
One super handy tool on the grading panel is the luminosity slider under the low/mid/hightones. Even if you don’t add any colour
First, I enjoy your videos very much! I am newish to photography and have been focused on the aurora this winter. Now that spring is actually coming the skies don’t get very dark, and soon wont at all. I’m re-learning what little I did learn last fall. Can you please help me understand how to get sharp photos with such low shutter speed? It was my understanding that anything below 1\80 would be a bit blurry due to hand shake. I have a nice tripod but I’d rather not have to lug it around while on the move to find and capture beautiful things.
I’d love to take photos like that! It made me laugh when you said you didn’t think they were particularly good 😂.
Really interesting video. Thanks :)
The reason why this is my favourite photography channel is not just the great photography content, but also the random philosophical ramblings like "When does a pond become a lake?". Hope your feet have dried by now!
Love the video, and recommendations! Been so hard for me to shoot lately but I know I’m going to have a decent amount of time coming up!! Gonna definitely try the minimum shutter speed thing.
What a playground you have now, my dream. Had a quick trip to the Ogwen valley and the glyderau the other week amazing. Hope to see you in the mountains regular .💪
Been using lightroom and didnt even know the color grading was a thing on it. Thanks for informing me on this. Love your channel.
Minimum shutter speed! Thanks for the tip James! G9 shooter here and that's a really handy feature to know!
Such a great landscape, gonna have to come soon. Like the new angle in the office too 😉
Hi James! Great as always! I discovered this crazy setting on my camera! The M setting!!! It's very versatile! 🤣 On another note, on my bucket list is to visit every NP in GB. You folks have some amazing ones! Cheers!
:D
Thanks James - good tips, as always. Do you ever lock your focus off by going to manual focus and check with peaking too? Low ISO and reasonable shutter speed in low light - the joy of full frame right there!
Cheers Tom! I've got back button focus set to lock and unlock at a press - been doing that a while now and really like it - especially for video :)
Awesome video as usual. You use the same exposure setting method that I do. Aperture priority, auto ISO, and minimum shutter speed. I’ve got my s5 also set up to have a custom button dedicated to the minimum shutter speed setting. Makes everything fast yet I don’t sacrifice any creative control.
After you moved to your most recent abode you have worked with your studio background. In today's video, mostly dark wall but some light wall with a hint of a map, you did the best - by far - since moving!
Snowshoes are great, especially if you plan to walk a fair bit in boggy areas. Less tiring than wellies for a long walk and more durable than waterproof socks but you have to carry them when not needed.
Mr. Heaton was up your way recently. The two of you together in one video, would be as hilarious as would be educational. Good to see you are well, sir.
As for wet feet, we always put bags over them before our boots. Water may soak the boot, but it will save you from cold soggy feet.
Keep up the great videos !!!!
Discovered the same a few months back on my Sony A7 iii. Even when I’m shooting sports now I leave in Aperture priority with min shutter speed which is something I never used to do. Min shutter with auto iso was my biggest lightbulb moment when moving from my a6000.
I'm also using Auto ISO with my G9... it's nice being able to adjust your settings to give you the look you want, knowing the exposure will be ideal.
Thanks james excellent as always, I find colour grading in golden hour works well with the orange colours
Lovely drone footage at the beginning.
Love the Snowdonia videos
Interesting coincidence with you posting this just after Matt Kloskowski posted a video on how his approach to noise reduction and sharpening has changed as he is moving more from landscapes to wildlife photography. As with your use of hand holding he using wider apertures and high iso setting more frequently and is finding a clear advantage to moving beyonf the noise reduction and sharpening facilities offered by Lightroom and Photoshop. Matt was using the Topaz utilities but I have found similar benefits from using the noise reduction routines in DXO Photolab with my wilddlife images taken with my G9 sometimes at high iso and slow shutter speeds.
Your (studio) background seems to be coming sorted out; love that massive map! :-)
How are you feeling about moving to Wales so far?
Awesome video as always James. Question for you, how do you add borders to your pictures? As a beginner I'm finding it hard getting my pictures to fit social media, especially Instagram. You have obviously worked around this with your borders as apposed to cropping. Can you do a tutorial on this please? Thanks!
He's actually done one already :-) ruclips.net/video/NAo-BSTV3Sc/видео.html
Indeed he did a video about it :) you can also use apps like Snapseed (it's free) to add white borders. It's easy and quick to use. Do it on my own photos !
@@OwenRalph thank you!
Waterbodies that are regarded as lakes are 99 acres or more, there ya go James mush, one of life's mysteries put to bed
I don't know exactly about English, but in German the difference lies in having a natural outflow or not ("moving water").
Good god I love the Panasonic menus.... Sitting here with an A7 iii after taking the leap from a G9... :S
Ironically I hated the gh5 but love the a7s3.
In Newfoundland, its all called ponds, no matter how big they are. In Ontario , water is called Lakes , no mater how small they are!
Actually there are 21 'lakes' in Newfoundland and Labrador. Everything else? Ponds. And yes, size is irrelevant.
I'm convinced you're the brother of Ethan Smale from Car Throttle.
"Does what it says on the tin" BS free zone! Nice one James and I get to see the mountains of North Wales without having to travel 200 miles.
Nice video of a very nice surrounding. Also love your subliminal message at 10:42 😜
Been watching your videos for a while now, for once I’m relatively early
New Subscriber btw loving your stuff so far. Thank you x
Rab - my grannie loves Rab
Got excited for the tip, then realised my Canon 500D and 5D2 are too old to have that setting... I'll stick to manual mode and auto ISO, then!
I still love the video though, great footage and tips.
So have just returned from a day shooting wild life where I’ve some blurred results and thinking I needed to keep my shutter speed above 1600 using a 200-600 lens to keep pics sharp! LOL. I shoot manual always control the shutter and aperture and let the iso vary with a max iso set. On another topic I thought I’d give square space ago. I found it very hard to set up would be happy if you did a video, to show how. Where is the templates to give an overview of say 3-4 pics in a line but be able to select one and have it then go to full screen? I did a full screen only view but it was landscape only so it cropped my portrait shoots. And then when you come to wan to publish your web site to see how it looks before deciding if you have to subscribe the you have to fork up and subscribe. Didn’t notice any buttons to send an email or have an online chat for their famous 24/7 support. Have to say I won’t be recommending to any one.
I love that feature on my canon camera, its called "auto minimum shutter speed" - you can set a manual one, but i prefer to bias the auto function with +1 - it changes automatically according to the focal lengh and with my bias its a bit above... But i might lower it now that my R6 has IBIS.
Most of my buddies and I don't use waterproof boots. Water comes over the top of the boots, and the waterproofing keeps the water in the boots. Non-waterproof boots can be surprisingly hard to find.
It was nice of you to show your tripod's shadow... ;)
Walking wellies with a vibram sole.....that is what I have started to wear for such terrain. I can't think of anything worse than wet and cold feet🥶
Fuji has the minimum shutter too, and it's so good, I just leave it in P mode. It's pretty flawless. I'm quite scared about buying Canon cameras because I know I would have to manually set everything like a peasant again. The auto settings on Canon want to choose the tightest apertures, lowest iso, and slowest shutter. Broad daylight it like iso 100, f22, 1/2
Can you please do a comparison between M4/3 and frull frame regarding minimum shutter speed? Can you shoot at much lower values with your G9?
I can easily go down to 1/10 with my Z6 so that should also be possible with your S5 and kit lens (when there's no storm or earthquake).
Also don't like tripods, especially when hiking. And 1/10 or 1/8 is very important for running water.
Nice vid. Liked the peek into your blue hour color grading at the end. I’ve found color wheels very useful and beneficial to my workflow.
Thanks again for sharing your evening hike.
Awesome to hear, and thanks for watching :)
I use min shutter speed as well on my G9 in aperture priority. I was somewhat annoyed by the G85 (from which I upgraded to the G9) not having this option.
I slipped and fell on the other side of the valley coming down from Pen Yr Ole Wen and broke my leg and ankle, so it can happen. Luckily the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue were able to get me down and trf to hospital.
I slipped on a wet grass slope near the Ogwen cottage. 10 years on my left knee is wrecked.
Me: Excited about this new tip so my photos won't suck.
James: It's minimum shutter speed.
Me: *cries in a6000.
A6000 is a beast xD If I ever moved over to Sony I would buy that camera and used the spare money to buy some good Sigma lenses.
5D Mark II here... I really need to get up to date for all these nifty features
@@VictorVonVulfgang I use an X-T1, and it's pretty crap in terms of AF. So if AF is the main problem with thr A6000, I think I can handle it xD
@@thegrayyernaut 100% agree. I love my a6000. The only thing I would want to improve on it is the water resistance really. But you slap some good quality glass on there, know how your settings work together and you’ve got yourself a damn good setup.
Yep. Minimum shutter speed is something that has been of the forefront of my shoots recently.
Hi James, have you tried waterproof socks for inside your boots? they work well for me.
Wow, that transition at 0:50 - so dynamic. I was wondering, why aren't you shooting wide open when it's dark? Even the latest Panny/Sigma lenses are softer whilst wide open? By the way, the G90 continues being ignored by its parents.
Yeah I'm just in the habit of stopping down whenever possible in case I miss focus and to avoid vignetting etc :)
@@JamesPopsysPhoto Oh right, that makes sense, cheers!
What Camera bag and strap system do you use man? Does your camera fit on your shoulder strap?
I Love it! I hope I can somehow in the future do what I love and that makes me money :D
silicone spray waterproofing all up the boot, pull the tongue out and coat thoroughly. two coats. kiwi, coleman, any brand works. you wont regret it. maybe taller boots?
Wellies!!
So that's a use for color grading! - Elaine
A pond becomes a lake, when you realize you have a problem walking around it... A pond, no problem 15-20 minutes, and you are around. A lake.... takes hours if possible.
What export settings do you use?
When does a pond become a lake? When does mist become cloud? When do boots become wellies?
When did I become old?
@@twotone3070 😂😂😂😂🙏🏼
Out of curiosity, I have tried to find this location for over a year does anyone know where it is? Haha also very informative video
Just sat down with a brew, perfect timing 👍🏻
When does a pond becomes a lake? - ..... Also when does 'mist' become 'cloud' 🙄 Really nifty onscreen 'level' line... I've never noticed that before on your camera 👍
According to you, to get sharp photos all you need to do is set mom shutter speed and auto ISO. Great. No need to focus anymore. To get sharp photos you learn where to focus followed by basic camera settings.
I try to dable in the color grading tab. But either, I am too clumbsy, for using it proplery (which might be the case) or it is not that useful on my images. I am usualy for a quite natural colors.
Yeah it's a rarity for me too, especially outside of blue hour :)
I was telling my wife that I hope you weren't referring to focus peaking because we don't have it on our cameras.
I'm glad it wasn't. 🤣
Get a pair of MuckBoots hiking wellies
8x10 with Provia 😀
My lazy brain can understand faster/slower shutter speed, but I get confused outside of those descriptors 🙃 minimum is the slowest shutter speed you're willing to use right?
Correct
@@MrJed_s Thanks!
Yeah fine here, still a bit too cold.
Hope you as well.
Subliminal message at 10.43? 😅
KNEE HIGH WATERPROOF SOCKS !!! Now THERE is a Go Fund Me Idea !!
why not get wellies?
Wanted to let you know that RUclips muted all notifications from your channel, probably have done it to other subscribers also...
A sub title for these videos could be: A Good Walk.
Do, why do so many landscape photographers brag about wet feet when they wont wear water proof footwear?
Shopping bags around your feet will keep them dry in a pinch!
Anyone clock the screen grab of the editing timeline at 10:42
Epic views
Generally, a pond will support rooted plants across its span, while a lake is too deep for photosynthesis beyond the top layer. In other words, too deep for sun light to penetrate to its deepest bottom. Not a scientific definition, but close enough.
Get a water proof socks. Best buy...
i know youre not a fan of tripods, but itll solve any dilema.. so why not?
Well damn, what a View from there... very jealous
Few things worse than wet feet when you’re out and about.
Do you live to say “shrouded in mist” and “whence I came?”