I love your comparison to a landscape painter: I use that exact comparison all the time when someone asks me why I work my images. You know, "Did it really look like that?" It's my interpretation of what I remember, based on the data contained in the image.
Enjoyed the entire video but beginning at around 27:15 really enjoyed your discussion about art and photography. I have an art background but have also been using cameras since I was very young (early 60s..a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, lol). I would suggest to others that they look at the work of photographers from the 50s to the 70s. Even during those years before digital photography there was a lot of ‘manipulation’. Art has no limitations except the ones you put on yourself. Love your work. What an absolutely beautiful area you’ve chosen to live and photograph. All the best mate.
I love your attitude to photography... and life! You may not have been born a Kiwi but I think your heart might have been. Thanks for this great authentic video
Hi William... I follow several different landscape photographers here on RUclips, including you of course. You're all outstanding photographers, but I must say there's something special about your approach and resulting photos that I find particularly inspiring. It's almost like your photography is a sort of spiritual practice... mastering the technical aspects so that you can let go and capture the magic of the moment. I hope to do that myself one day... working on it . Looking forward to the photo book!
Hello! Thank you very much for your answers and for your attention to the audience! A very useful format that helps you share experiences and become closer to people on both sides of the screen. Good luck in your upcoming adventures and many many new beautiful photos! I’m really looking forward to new videos, I watch each of them with great pleasure! 😊
Hi Will & hello from Oz, thanks mate this video is so good Will, it's always so enlightening to hear & see your methods/theories etc. I'm in my Twighlight years now, I've always owned a camera & recently changed all my Canon stuff to the OM-1 system, the weight difference/advantage has been a huge help to me, along with your videos I am now enjoying photography again & take the camera everywhere I take the car. My dream now is to be able pick compositions as you do but as I've mentioned to others, you have a gods gift to do so but it gives me a challenge I'm enjoying. Please keep them coming Will, stay safe mate & cheers from Oz.
Thank you so much for your answers to my questions, I very much appreciate it! Your work is so inspirational and the videos and courses so well explained, I will definitely go through some of them again before my upcoming OZ-trip. Looking forward to your next courses and videos, and thanks again for sharing your knowledge and being an inspiration to so many of us!
Excellent presentation! I'm not getting rid of my "dorky" Lucky 🤞strap and trading it for a boot lace strap though... I really like the way it feels on my neck even though I typically hold the camera and don't actually put all that much weight on my neck. Also, like a rifle sling, it can be used to help steady the camera... so 😝 Again, thanks for sharing! 🫶
Many thanks William, really enjoyed the question/ answer video. Would like to see a critique session where members could pay for feedback? That’s if it could be done
Well said on all points especially about art and photography, too many people get hung up on rules , who's rules are they ? Geting out is the best, i have found the last couple of years , ive been set free without a tripod 😊 ooh a book ill be looking out for that, landscapes from my home country 😊
Mate - I 've pulled the laptop for a serious reply. Firstly THANK YOU very much for answering my question, particularly the first one about: is photo blending cheating or not? I was initially thinking that it may have been a little bit contentious but you answered it superbly, with well balanced insight and maturity and brilliant indepth thought. You kinda made my day vs. the shyyyte week ive been having... wifes... nuff said. Anyway, just from that one answer, one day, when i have enough funds, I cant wait to do a workshop with you and as soon as your book comes out Im gonna buy a copy for sure! You suggested in your awesome answer that you have to define your own boundaries as a photographer, etc and I completley agree. To me photography is an art form where you capture a nano second in time, and not multiple nano seconds combined into the one image. But YES, each to their own indeed. Admitedly I get around my philosophy by taking many shots and selecting the best one when I get home, eg I use filters in seascapes and it's all about getting the right flow/steak of the water. Anyway I could go on for ever, but you are a very busy man, so THANK YOU once again, you are an inspiration.
Occasionally you will show a B&W landscape image. Would like to see a video where you take an original color image and then edit to a stunning monochrome suitable for framing. Enjoy all of your videos, each and every one.
When you say you shoot to protect the highlights, what settings in general are you using to do that? Is the histogram stacked on the right? Is that what's called expose to the right? Do you use evaluative metering? So if exposing for highlights do you move camera to meter for the bright sky and then recompose before taking the shot?
The histogram reads the entire frame and the metering mode is irrelevant. Just monitor the histogram and stop letting in more light once the highlights start to clip. Shadows are then lifted in post. Settings will vary for every scenario. Just monitor the histogram and let that determine where you stop with your exposure. Generally it will be shutter speed doing the work, as there iso is set for noise/dynamic range and the fstop for depth of field. Hope that helps!
Really enjoying this - I only saw your post asking for questions about an hour ago 🙄🤦♂️... Here's what I wrote over there as I am about halfway through this video and the amount of inspiration you've given me is ridiculous so I think the comment applies to this video too 🙏😁....here's what I wrote (I think 🤔🤣) Instead of a question (🙄🤦♂️🤣)... Thank you for the continued inspiration and sharing of knowledge 🙏📸💚 Back to the video 😁🙏
I didn't know about the Q&A in advance, but I'm glad someone asked about natural risks / dangers. I was curious if the joke (? 🙂) "everything in Oz wants to kill you" applies to NZ as well. Ever have a desire to shoot the US desert SW type environments? E.g., Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, etc.?
Hey William, I have a question about photography. In the field, when I try to add a flower or another foreground, it often happens to me that I think I have a good balance between foreground, center and background on the small screen, but then later on the PC I realize that I have a lot of the foreground and the center and background suffer. Do you have any tips on the best angle for photographing a foreground such as a flower from a short distance?
You need to really keep it in mind when in the field. Make sure you’re not putting the horizon too high. Tricky to remember when it’s a great foreground haha
@@WilliamPatinoPhotography Thanks bro, but this is hard when in a forrest scene to with trees or a waterfall to say what the horizon line is. Maybe a good video for the future? :)
Yesterday I purchased and downloaded the Adaptive Presets Landscape Edition. I cannot install them in Camera Raw. I try ti to install them and I am told they have already been installed. But, they are not showing up. They are in my downloads folder but not in Camera Raw. There are no presets in Camera Raw with WP. So, what do I do?? I need help.
Hey mate thanks for that. We will sort it out. Try selecting ‘show partially compatible presets’ in the preset menu. Otherwise just email my support team and they’ll take care of it for you :) support@williampatinophotography.com
I love your comparison to a landscape painter: I use that exact comparison all the time when someone asks me why I work my images. You know, "Did it really look like that?" It's my interpretation of what I remember, based on the data contained in the image.
Enjoyed the entire video but beginning at around 27:15 really enjoyed your discussion about art and photography. I have an art background but have also been using cameras since I was very young (early 60s..a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, lol). I would suggest to others that they look at the work of photographers from the 50s to the 70s. Even during those years before digital photography there was a lot of ‘manipulation’. Art has no limitations except the ones you put on yourself. Love your work. What an absolutely beautiful area you’ve chosen to live and photograph. All the best mate.
Thanks for the support and thoughtful comment David 🙏🏻
I love your attitude to photography... and life! You may not have been born a Kiwi but I think your heart might have been. Thanks for this great authentic video
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Great news to hear of a book coming out. A definate add to my small collection of photographers who's work I admire
Thanks so much 🙏🏻
Good session fella, you are turning into a true mainlander. Deffo looking forward to the photobook.
Hi William... I follow several different landscape photographers here on RUclips, including you of course. You're all outstanding photographers, but I must say there's something special about your approach and resulting photos that I find particularly inspiring. It's almost like your photography is a sort of spiritual practice... mastering the technical aspects so that you can let go and capture the magic of the moment. I hope to do that myself one day... working on it . Looking forward to the photo book!
That really means a lot, thank you so much 🙏🏻
Hello! Thank you very much for your answers and for your attention to the audience! A very useful format that helps you share experiences and become closer to people on both sides of the screen. Good luck in your upcoming adventures and many many new beautiful photos! I’m really looking forward to new videos, I watch each of them with great pleasure! 😊
Thanks for your questions and ongoing support, it means a lot! 💚☺️🙏🏻
Hi Will & hello from Oz, thanks mate this video is so good Will, it's always so enlightening to hear & see your methods/theories etc.
I'm in my Twighlight years now, I've always owned a camera & recently changed all my Canon stuff to the OM-1 system, the weight difference/advantage has been a huge help to me, along with your videos I am now enjoying photography again & take the camera everywhere I take the car.
My dream now is to be able pick compositions as you do but as I've mentioned to others, you have a gods gift to do so but it gives me a challenge I'm enjoying.
Please keep them coming Will, stay safe mate & cheers from Oz.
Thanks mate! Glad you’re enjoying photography again along with my channel. It means a lot ☺️🙏🏻
William Patino photobook! Heck yeah
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Thank you so much for your answers to my questions, I very much appreciate it! Your work is so inspirational and the videos and courses so well explained, I will definitely go through some of them again before my upcoming OZ-trip. Looking forward to your next courses and videos, and thanks again for sharing your knowledge and being an inspiration to so many of us!
Thank you so much for that! Appreciate it ☺️🙏🏻
Thankyou Will, this was great….hope you do more of these…🙏❤️
Cheers Sara :)
Thanks for sharing and answering such a wide range of questions Will, some good ones in there 🤙🏼
My pleasure mate thank you
i'd love to see you do some photos in the blue mountains!
Very thoughtful dialog, thanks! Looking forward to your book, it’s long overdue. ✌️
Thanks so much mate !
Thank you this was so good. Your videos are so engaging and I always come away with something new. Thanks
Amazing, thank you so much :)
Excellent presentation! I'm not getting rid of my "dorky" Lucky 🤞strap and trading it for a boot lace strap though... I really like the way it feels on my neck even though I typically hold the camera and don't actually put all that much weight on my neck. Also, like a rifle sling, it can be used to help steady the camera... so 😝 Again, thanks for sharing! 🫶
Haha, nothing personal against the strap users! Cheers mate 🙏🏻❤️
Many thanks William, really enjoyed the question/ answer video. Would like to see a critique session where members could pay for feedback? That’s if it could be done
Well said on all points especially about art and photography, too many people get hung up on rules , who's rules are they ? Geting out is the best, i have found the last couple of years , ive been set free without a tripod 😊 ooh a book ill be looking out for that, landscapes from my home country 😊
Thanks so much Christine 🙏🏻☺️
Mate - I 've pulled the laptop for a serious reply. Firstly THANK YOU very much for answering my question, particularly the first one about: is photo blending cheating or not? I was initially thinking that it may have been a little bit contentious but you answered it superbly, with well balanced insight and maturity and brilliant indepth thought. You kinda made my day vs. the shyyyte week ive been having... wifes... nuff said. Anyway, just from that one answer, one day, when i have enough funds, I cant wait to do a workshop with you and as soon as your book comes out Im gonna buy a copy for sure! You suggested in your awesome answer that you have to define your own boundaries as a photographer, etc and I completley agree. To me photography is an art form where you capture a nano second in time, and not multiple nano seconds combined into the one image. But YES, each to their own indeed. Admitedly I get around my philosophy by taking many shots and selecting the best one when I get home, eg I use filters in seascapes and it's all about getting the right flow/steak of the water. Anyway I could go on for ever, but you are a very busy man, so THANK YOU once again, you are an inspiration.
Thanks again mate 🙏🏻
Occasionally you will show a B&W landscape image. Would like to see a video where you take an original color image and then edit to a stunning monochrome suitable for framing. Enjoy all of your videos, each and every one.
Thanks you. Here’s one
ruclips.net/video/cvI6S_7xW8c/видео.html but more to come for sure ☺️🙏🏻
When you say you shoot to protect the highlights, what settings in general are you using to do that? Is the histogram stacked on the right? Is that what's called expose to the right? Do you use evaluative metering? So if exposing for highlights do you move camera to meter for the bright sky and then recompose before taking the shot?
The histogram reads the entire frame and the metering mode is irrelevant. Just monitor the histogram and stop letting in more light once the highlights start to clip. Shadows are then lifted in post. Settings will vary for every scenario. Just monitor the histogram and let that determine where you stop with your exposure. Generally it will be shutter speed doing the work, as there iso is set for noise/dynamic range and the fstop for depth of field. Hope that helps!
Really enjoying this - I only saw your post asking for questions about an hour ago 🙄🤦♂️...
Here's what I wrote over there as I am about halfway through this video and the amount of inspiration you've given me is ridiculous so I think the comment applies to this video too 🙏😁....here's what I wrote (I think 🤔🤣)
Instead of a question (🙄🤦♂️🤣)...
Thank you for the continued inspiration and sharing of knowledge 🙏📸💚
Back to the video 😁🙏
That means so much mate. Thank you 🙏🏻☺️
I didn't know about the Q&A in advance, but I'm glad someone asked about natural risks / dangers. I was curious if the joke (? 🙂) "everything in Oz wants to kill you" applies to NZ as well. Ever have a desire to shoot the US desert SW type environments? E.g., Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, etc.?
Maybe someday :)
Thanks
No worries 🙏🏻
Nice work Will.
Thanks legend
Nice video
Thanks mate
Thank you
You're welcome mate thank you
Hey William, I have a question about photography.
In the field, when I try to add a flower or another foreground, it often happens to me that I think I have a good balance between foreground, center and background on the small screen, but then later on the PC I realize that I have a lot of the foreground and the center and background suffer. Do you have any tips on the best angle for photographing a foreground such as a flower from a short distance?
You need to really keep it in mind when in the field. Make sure you’re not putting the horizon too high. Tricky to remember when it’s a great foreground haha
@@WilliamPatinoPhotography Thanks bro, but this is hard when in a forrest scene to with trees or a waterfall to say what the horizon line is. Maybe a good video for the future? :)
Yesterday I purchased and downloaded the Adaptive Presets Landscape Edition. I cannot install them in Camera Raw. I try ti to install them and I am told they have already been installed.
But, they are not showing up. They are in my downloads folder but not in Camera Raw. There are no presets in Camera Raw with WP.
So, what do I do?? I need help.
Hey mate thanks for that. We will sort it out. Try selecting ‘show partially compatible presets’ in the preset menu. Otherwise just email my support team and they’ll take care of it for you :) support@williampatinophotography.com
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Where do you live ?
Editing looks so complicated maybe one day ill get good at it
Check out todays post :)
Thanks for the insights here legend 🙌🙌
Thanks mate 🙏🏻👊🏻