Apologies for my lack of interaction of late. This week has been a busy one and now I am flying to Iceland for 10 days. The result is neglect here in the comments section x x x
Excellent. I am desperate to go to Iceland. I started learning the language about a year ago as it is probably the closest living language to an old Scottish/Norse language called Norn, which is sadly now a dead language. I wanted to speak something as closely related to it as possible. :)
Hello Thomas, you are my hero and inspire in so many ways to better than I am and to just get out there. For the more we do the better we are and the better we become. I am and always have been very pleased with your continued success.
Possibly the best and most understandable advice for landscape photographers. Hats Off Thomas you always bang on about it but it's true. Keep it simple. My own mantra doing landscapes take a picture as soon as you arrive no faffing with filters and always look over your shoulder, the light rarely stays on the one side.. Best hobby in the world and it doesn't need a fortune...Dougie
I'm a semi pro landscape shooter Tom, and that was I'd have to say the best straight forward advice I've seen in such a short video, clear - precise - and most of all TRUE! can't fault any of that. Keep it up.
Top notch ! ... I can understand the van purchase.... probably gives you another 2 hours kip, and enables you to enjoy your coffee rather than rushing it.... hats off man !
I give you a lot of credit, Thomas!! I find it much easier for me to shoot birds or insects mostly, because landscapes can be rewarding, but also very taxing on your time and requires soooo much patience. Not to mention it’s so hard to keep a marriage when you have to be out at all those tougher times of day for so much time. I am definitely working on all of these things though and trying to develop more patience!!
Great video, but I think if you enjoy nature and landscape you should also invest in gear for yourself, some good hiking boots and jacket, a tent if you are into camping, and all off that gear will be used for years if you take care of it as you do your photo gear. Again, great video, thanks for sharing some of your insight!
Absolutely loved this Thomas.... clear and concise with no waffle. You truly are an inspiration. Excellent advise that I shall utilise. You truly are an inspiration... thank you
could not agree more about getting out early and late, the best photo I have ever taken was due to be up at 4am watching single puff of cloud about 400 meters above my head. Was waiting for the sun to hit it and when it did it was amazing. image would be classes as amateur but could not be happier with it. love your channel always gives me the inspiration to get up and get out.
Spot on about lenses v bodies. As you say most cameras on the market exceed the capabilities of many of us photographers so it adds to the old saying that the most important bit of gear is the six inches behind the view finder. So go out and practice and the rest is more likely to follow.
Now that was simple and straight to the point agree with it all. The most important is like you said getting out and working with the best light as possible.
So much great information condensed into an 18-minute video. I'm embarrassed to admit that I've watched hundreds of RUclips videos on photography, and this one brief tutorial contains a lot of the same information but in a fraction of the time. Great stuff!
Just seen this video and it's fantastic. Unlike like a lot of photographers and bloggers, it's good to see someone who is enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge and expertise. From personal experience, too many creative professionals like to stay inside an elite collective bubble and sneer at us amateurs. So thank you and keep posting these amazing blogs. Maybe in a future lifetime I can get to about one percent of your ability.
Thomas, I have a tip for you about your phone charge cable in your van. Use zip ties wedged between the gaps in plastics to either permanently attach the cable to the dash or for temp solution create a "P" facing the windshield and route your cable around it. Thanks for all the great videos.
I’ve been very interested in photography for years now but only recently started to really study it. I just completed my first college course and have been watching tutorials daily. It’s safe to say I’m hooked but nobody has been more of an inspiration than Thomas Heaton has.
Thanks Tom. I'm not a full time dedicated landscape photographer but your information and advice will certainly help during situations when out and about in nature
One thing I would add about gear. While you should get Pro Lenses, save money by going for the F4 Lens (you don't need F2.8 for landscape and it will save your back because you don't have such heavy lenses), also you can get away with the Non Image Stabilized lenses (if you shoot on a tripod all the time) - but I can be useful to have IS for Sketch images or other types of photography.
tolga1cool sure if you want the F2.8 for other types of photography you should buy the F2.8. The video and comment were specifically focused on landscape photography. Not sure how much people will use that focal length for Astro anyway. You generally want a wide, fast lens (I use a 12mm F2.8) or a telescope that you can connect to your camera (and then all the software to track galaxies as the earth rotates). There is a channel called Backyard Astro that covers that if you are interested in that type of thing.
I found your videos today and love it man. Finally someone who saying truth about photography and what is really important thing. You really inspire me. Greetings from Czech rep.
Thank you for those really honest tips. I especially think the tip of saving money by buying second hand is the best tip. What good is all the expensive gear if you can't photograph different locations, plus you get to enjoy visiting a different place.
It's hotter than Hades here in Missouri today. 95F, with 65% humidity. But', amazing clouds all around today. I have captured at least 10 really big Pano's around 100MB captured in RAW. Sunrise and sunset have been really boring. Maybe tonight will be different. love your tuts and your images bring tears to this old disabled Veteran eyes. Keep making vids.
thank you so much for sharing, I really I appreciate that. as always you keep pushing me and reminding me to realise my dream alive and try my best to live the way I love to live .
Great stuff as always. You and your channel are both very inspiring. You're actually one of the main reasons behind me starting up my own channel. Thank you.
finaly - you can't imagine how long I have been waiting for a video of this kind. Thx for sharing your experience with us. It like a video - behind the scenes. I appreciate your will to let us get better photos. Nature - sunset - sunrise - my tent you all need to be aware, you will be visited or be used :D
Having watched all your videos to date since i started landscape photography earlier this year this is by FAR the most informative video you have done, you were on it! BOOM that's how you do a landscape photography video, concise, to the point, no fuss, no messing just perfect :-)
A boot camp in landscape photography! So much brilliant information and advice in under 18 minutes with images and footage to back up your points! Fantastic!
Thomas, I've been a fan for quite a while but rarely comment. Seems a lot of my thoughts have already been shared. I love all your videos and all your hard work but it's your personality that makes these. I follow your videos mostly to enjoy the journey you take to get to the photo. But for me, this is your most educational video as far as landscape photography 101. I knew most of these but not all. Thank you. I'm sure you'll have some trolls because some people have nothing better to do - but I for one am a fan. Cheers!
Dew point temperature is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated. When dew point is the same as the air temperature expect to get wet with either rain or mist or fog. Hope this helps. Keep up the good work!
Great words... your video is perfect and nailed it on the head. Buy used and 2nd hand.... and use your saved cash for traveling. I’ve watch many videos on this same subject..... and I gotta say that is thee “Best” advice I’ve heard. I live in Brooklyn, NY and I travel at least a few times out of my year. Bravo to you again for this video.... thanks friend.
As a beginner and a loyal watcher I really like this one, but I have to go deeper into exposure and dynamic range and things like that. Have a good stay in Iceland Thomas!
I really appreciate this video. There is so much so much "Landscape tutorials" in RUclips which tell you to blend 291 images in Photoshop using this super advanced technique to blend layers with this and that special secret Photoshop techniques and they all lack that one thing: let nature do the work for you. And that is all you need, as you said. You don't need super Photoshop skills to get great photographs, you just need to be there. Offcourse you need SOME basic understanding of your camera, but like you said, best photographs you have taken (as I have also) is like "I just took it". Really really good video!! It has everything you need to know! And it it so good to see how much you enjoy photography, it truly shows when you speak ^^
Thomas, thank you for this video. I've watched so many tutorials on landscape photography and you're the first that agrees with my stance of, "Leave the photo alone." Don't deceive the viewer of your photo. Part of photography is transporting people to the location of your shoot. Show them exactly what you saw while you were framing that shot.
Steven Wetherill I agree, theres a thousand and one things I'd rather be doing than sitting in front of Photoshop. I try to leave my photos alone as much as possible. Trying to get things right in camera and learning from your mistakes will help much more than editing in PS in my opinion.
Very helpful tutorial. I am trying to take my photography to the next level where it becomes a little less luck and a little more intuition and you mentioned a few things (weather apps) that will make that just a little easier. Thank you.
The best landscape photography video ever. Thank you Thomas because I am learning a lot from you. You inspire me a lot in my work, I really hope one day to have the possibility to partecipate to a your photograph workshop. RB from Italy
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Apologies for my lack of interaction of late. This week has been a busy one and now I am flying to Iceland for 10 days. The result is neglect here in the comments section x x x
I feel so neglected... but the videos make up for that for sure!!
We forgive you.
Already looking forward to an upcoming video on Iceland 🇮🇸
Hey, Thomas! Could you check your website's inbox?
Excellent. I am desperate to go to Iceland. I started learning the language about a year ago as it is probably the closest living language to an old Scottish/Norse language called Norn, which is sadly now a dead language. I wanted to speak something as closely related to it as possible. :)
Thomas, do you realize what you've just done? This is the ultimate tutorial.
Nibes000 Agree. Super simple, but these are the things that count in landscape photography, nothing more.
The perfect summary of landscape photography.
There's not even a single video that can stand up to the standards of this one. Perfect advice.
Your appeal is born from your genuineness and earnestness. Always inspired by your videos.
15.43 ... the most inspirational mini speech I've heard. Truly wanted to just get out the door and explore
Some gems of advice here! A lot of these things we have heard before but surprising how quickly we forget!
Hello Thomas, you are my hero and inspire in so many ways to better than I am and to just get out there. For the more we do the better we are and the better we become. I am and always have been very pleased with your continued success.
Possibly the best and most understandable advice for landscape photographers. Hats Off Thomas you always bang on about it but it's true. Keep it simple.
My own mantra doing landscapes take a picture as soon as you arrive no faffing with filters and always look over your shoulder, the light rarely stays on the one side..
Best hobby in the world and it doesn't need a fortune...Dougie
I'm a semi pro landscape shooter Tom, and that was I'd have to say the best straight forward advice I've seen in such a short video, clear - precise - and most of all TRUE! can't fault any of that. Keep it up.
All the basics covered. Enjoy your Iceland trip Tom.
You date your camera, you marry your lenses... Great commentary on the importance of buying quality glass.
Top notch ! ... I can understand the van purchase.... probably gives you another 2 hours kip, and enables you to enjoy your coffee rather than rushing it.... hats off man !
I give you a lot of credit, Thomas!! I find it much easier for me to shoot birds or insects mostly, because landscapes can be rewarding, but also very taxing on your time and requires soooo much patience. Not to mention it’s so hard to keep a marriage when you have to be out at all those tougher times of day for so much time. I am definitely working on all of these things though and trying to develop more patience!!
Legit advices. I did a lot of landscape photography and everything Thomas says here checks.
Great video, but I think if you enjoy nature and landscape you should also invest in gear for yourself, some good hiking boots and jacket, a tent if you are into camping, and all off that gear will be used for years if you take care of it as you do your photo gear. Again, great video, thanks for sharing some of your insight!
Absolutely loved this Thomas.... clear and concise with no waffle. You truly are an inspiration. Excellent advise that I shall utilise. You truly are an inspiration... thank you
Liked and added to favourites. I'll rewatch this for months. Thanks man. Glad to see your channel and profession really taking off.
could not agree more about getting out early and late, the best photo I have ever taken was due to be up at 4am watching single puff of cloud about 400 meters above my head. Was waiting for the sun to hit it and when it did it was amazing. image would be classes as amateur but could not be happier with it. love your channel always gives me the inspiration to get up and get out.
Would give you thousands of likes for that advice and knowledge. Thanks Thomas!
Thank you very much Thomas! you just motivatet me so much! I would not be where I am now without your motivation! thank you very very much!
You are fantastic thomas. You're definitivly a source of inspiration for everybody here. Thanks for all these explanations.
Honest, sensible and practical. Love the tips
Your most helpful video yet. Now I have to watch it again and take notes
Spot on about lenses v bodies. As you say most cameras on the market exceed the capabilities of many of us photographers so it adds to the old saying that the most important bit of gear is the six inches behind the view finder. So go out and practice and the rest is more likely to follow.
One of the best "down to earth" and practical videos on landscape photography i watched! Great content!
Now that was simple and straight to the point agree with it all. The most important is like you said getting out and working with the best light as possible.
So much great information condensed into an 18-minute video. I'm embarrassed to admit that I've watched hundreds of RUclips videos on photography, and this one brief tutorial contains a lot of the same information but in a fraction of the time. Great stuff!
Completely agree, your suggestion are really valid and you made it simple.
A VIDEO FULL OF WISDOM. WELL DONE.
Just seen this video and it's fantastic. Unlike like a lot of photographers and bloggers, it's good to see someone who is enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge and expertise. From personal experience, too many creative professionals like to stay inside an elite collective bubble and sneer at us amateurs. So thank you and keep posting these amazing blogs. Maybe in a future lifetime I can get to about one percent of your ability.
Thank you Thomas, you're always the best!
Thomas, I have a tip for you about your phone charge cable in your van. Use zip ties wedged between the gaps in plastics to either permanently attach the cable to the dash or for temp solution create a "P" facing the windshield and route your cable around it. Thanks for all the great videos.
The more I listen from you the more amaze get from your knowledge.
Thank you so much for sharing your professional life with us.
Brilliant. Added to my favourites and I'll watch it over and over.
In other words - same as all your videos.
Thanks.
I’ve been very interested in photography for years now but only recently started to really study it. I just completed my first college course and have been watching tutorials daily. It’s safe to say I’m hooked but nobody has been more of an inspiration than Thomas Heaton has.
Look up Nigel Danson
HueTubeR thanks for the suggestion. I’ll be sure to look him up.
I think because he adds such a calming presence to his work. Morten Hilmer is similar in his style.
Apocalypse487 yes and his passion is so apparent - I love when people are very enthusiastic about their work. It rubs off on me.
Thanks Tom. I'm not a full time dedicated landscape photographer but your information and advice will certainly help during situations when out and about in nature
I'm glad you made this video. I often feel bad when I spend 1-2 days figuring out a location just doesn't work.
One thing I would add about gear. While you should get Pro Lenses, save money by going for the F4 Lens (you don't need F2.8 for landscape and it will save your back because you don't have such heavy lenses), also you can get away with the Non Image Stabilized lenses (if you shoot on a tripod all the time) - but I can be useful to have IS for Sketch images or other types of photography.
Agreed.
Only true if you don't care for astro. If you do you have to get at least a 2.8
Yep, compare the price of a 70-200 F2.8 Stab with the 70-200 F4 Non-Stab, it speak for itself.
tolga1cool sure if you want the F2.8 for other types of photography you should buy the F2.8. The video and comment were specifically focused on landscape photography. Not sure how much people will use that focal length for Astro anyway. You generally want a wide, fast lens (I use a 12mm F2.8) or a telescope that you can connect to your camera (and then all the software to track galaxies as the earth rotates). There is a channel called Backyard Astro that covers that if you are interested in that type of thing.
Dean Oh yeah, i was referring to Starscapes and astro focused landscapes. For that you obviously won't need a 70-200 2.8
This is one of the best landscape tutorial videos I've watched, thankyou 👍👍
Thank you, Thomas - A gift of a video for a newbie like me.
Super stoked that you're including how-to videos. Excited to get the best out of my 5d4.
Thanks Thomas, your suggestions are always helpful and spot on.
This is one of your best and most informative videos to date. Very inspiring. Thanks.
I found your videos today and love it man. Finally someone who saying truth about photography and what is really important thing. You really inspire me. Greetings from Czech rep.
Thank you Tom. Inspired to go book train ticket for a photography trip.
Thanks for making me feel better about the fact that I only buy refurbished gear. It suits me just fine for my purposes as a stock photographer.
Very simple video and so much info on it. Really represents the PRO photographer u are.
What a class informative video. Your ability to keep things as simple as possible is right up there.
Really interesting insight into how you plan and take photos as well as gear advice. One of the best tutorial videos I've watched! Thanks!
Thank you for those really honest tips. I especially think the tip of saving money by buying second hand is the best tip. What good is all the expensive gear if you can't photograph different locations, plus you get to enjoy visiting a different place.
It's hotter than Hades here in Missouri today. 95F, with 65% humidity. But', amazing clouds all around today. I have captured at least 10 really big Pano's around 100MB captured in RAW. Sunrise and sunset have been really boring. Maybe tonight will be different.
love your tuts and your images bring tears to this old disabled Veteran eyes. Keep making vids.
thank you so much for sharing, I really I appreciate that. as always you keep pushing me and reminding me to realise my dream alive and try my best to live the way I love to live .
This has got to be the most accurate, honest video about landscape photography I’ve seen.
Time to go out and camp this holiday for photos
The greatest advice. Get out there and shoot what you have.
Many thanks Thomas..After watching this I'm grabbing my gear and heading out to photograph something.
Something I learned from what you said about composition: learn to know what to throw out of my image, learn to sacrifice
This is not a landscape photography tutorial, it's a photography tutorial on it's own, and one of the best !
Nice tips. Always good to have the basics reinforced.
what a concise "brain-dump" of information on landscape - thanks mate.
Great stuff as always. You and your channel are both very inspiring. You're actually one of the main reasons behind me starting up my own channel. Thank you.
Wise words. I've only got a 1300D but I love getting out there with it.
finaly - you can't imagine how long I have been waiting for a video of this kind. Thx for sharing your experience with us. It like a video - behind the scenes. I appreciate your will to let us get better photos. Nature - sunset - sunrise - my tent you all need to be aware, you will be visited or be used :D
Having watched all your videos to date since i started landscape photography earlier this year this is by FAR the most informative video you have done, you were on it! BOOM that's how you do a landscape photography video, concise, to the point, no fuss, no messing just perfect :-)
You are really good in inspier people to get out with there camera's. Thanks for that !!
Good vlog and plenty of reminders that you can easily forget. Keep it going Thomas
i really love your videos, your way to tell the stories or tell you way to see the photography, inspire me
thank you very much
Excellent tutorial! Really appreciate all your expertise and willingness to share!
Excellent vídeo. Excellent tutorial. Excellent work. Thank you Thomas.
Thank you very much. You make this look so simple.
Thanks for all the good advice, simple and easy to follow . You never know might bump into you on the beach one morning 😬
A boot camp in landscape photography! So much brilliant information and advice in under 18 minutes with images and footage to back up your points! Fantastic!
This tutorial is simple, straight to the point and the best I've watched on yt.
Thomas, I've been a fan for quite a while but rarely comment. Seems a lot of my thoughts have already been shared. I love all your videos and all your hard work but it's your personality that makes these. I follow your videos mostly to enjoy the journey you take to get to the photo. But for me, this is your most educational video as far as landscape photography 101. I knew most of these but not all. Thank you. I'm sure you'll have some trolls because some people have nothing better to do - but I for one am a fan. Cheers!
Thank you for this essentials of landscape photography. Spot on.
One of the most enjoyable videos I have seen for a while! Thanks for the insights Thomas.
Holy shit that lighthouse shot with rain in the back, epic af
Great tips. Great reminder of some bits, and I learned a few more. Thank you.
This is the only landscape photography tutorial you ACTUALLY need!!
Thank u. Love the simplicity it's just getting out there and finding the photograph. Wish i had the time to do it more often. #lifegetsintheway
Dew point temperature is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated. When dew point is the same as the air temperature expect to get wet with either rain or mist or fog. Hope this helps. Keep up the good work!
This is actually the best tutorial. Thx For sharing
Thomas the weather man! Awesome!
Great video as always! You keep inspire my photography and wanting to get up early to enjoy a good walk and some pics!
Well done!!!! I really like your work and teaching style. Thank you for doing what you do and how you do it.
I really enjoyed this video. It is awesome to share your knowledge. It's like learning how to cook from the actual chef.
Great words... your video is perfect and nailed it on the head. Buy used and 2nd hand.... and use your saved cash for traveling. I’ve watch many videos on this same subject..... and I gotta say that is thee “Best” advice I’ve heard. I live in Brooklyn, NY and I travel at least a few times out of my year. Bravo to you again for this video.... thanks friend.
Another inspiring video...simply flowing all the experience....loved it
This is the absolute best landscape photography video for intermediate-level shooters. Amazing!
As a beginner and a loyal watcher I really like this one, but I have to go deeper into exposure and dynamic range and things like that. Have a good stay in Iceland Thomas!
I really appreciate this video. There is so much so much "Landscape tutorials" in RUclips which tell you to blend 291 images in Photoshop using this super advanced technique to blend layers with this and that special secret Photoshop techniques and they all lack that one thing: let nature do the work for you. And that is all you need, as you said. You don't need super Photoshop skills to get great photographs, you just need to be there. Offcourse you need SOME basic understanding of your camera, but like you said, best photographs you have taken (as I have also) is like "I just took it". Really really good video!! It has everything you need to know! And it it so good to see how much you enjoy photography, it truly shows when you speak ^^
Thomas, thank you for this video. I've watched so many tutorials on landscape photography and you're the first that agrees with my stance of, "Leave the photo alone." Don't deceive the viewer of your photo. Part of photography is transporting people to the location of your shoot. Show them exactly what you saw while you were framing that shot.
Steven Wetherill I agree, theres a thousand and one things I'd rather be doing than sitting in front of Photoshop. I try to leave my photos alone as much as possible. Trying to get things right in camera and learning from your mistakes will help much more than editing in PS in my opinion.
Yet again another great video! Very informative! Can safely say your videos have greatly improved my photography! Your videos are inspirational!
Good balance from your inspirational content. Thank you.
Fantastic video Thomas. The websites and apps you listed are going to be a great help. Keep up the good work.
Very helpful tutorial. I am trying to take my photography to the next level where it becomes a little less luck and a little more intuition and you mentioned a few things (weather apps) that will make that just a little easier. Thank you.
Brillant video Tom that I will save for future reference. I have learned so much from this and your other work.
The best landscape photography video ever. Thank you Thomas because I am learning a lot from you. You inspire me a lot in my work, I really hope one day to have the possibility to partecipate to a your photograph workshop.
RB from Italy
Excellent distillation of advice based on your long involvement with this art form Tom👍