Already got the book and I can highly recommend it (although that twat Gavin never signed mine) …. Beautiful images and story’s throughout. Proud to have it with my Heaton, and Wallace collection
@fototripper the last time I was there was during the autumn season in the hopes of a colour boost. Unfortunately I was a tad late and the leaf litter was just too much to get a reasonable shot out of it
There are two benefits I've discovered being a middle aged alleged adult: 1) Chocolate for breakfast is okay and 2) It's okay to buy the lens you want.
Dear Mr Hardcastle, I have a 3 month old. When he’s being fussy, we watch your videos (not too much tv time) but he stops crying and starts smiling. We love your work. Thanks for all you do!
I see you smartly included a bird book in there Gav. Seeing the number of your team that gave me a follow recently, I’d say they’re a decently large crowd, and you’d better give them a regular dose of feathers!
Watching the scenes of forests is always restful and energetic for me. Roots of the trees are more beautiful than trees themselves. I love trees too, I worked eighteen years of my life photographing trees. I call this project “The Passion Of Trees”. “To me, each tree, like a human being, has a tale to tell, When a tree dies, a whole story is interrupted.” Thank you for sharing your beautiful videos. Ali
Coffee & Chocolate are the ideal start to a day, quickly followed by a plop and a read of Chasing Awe !! :) looks like a spot we will see more of in future times , great shots Pal !!
Another super video Gavin and Amanda. Loved the skit about chocolate bar, Cadbury's is the greatest. Thank you for making the videos so fun and educational at the same time.
Superb! Tripods. Yes I have one. It's no a Frodo (Manfrotto) but it's sturdy and has a quick release bracket. BUT for days when I just don't want the bulk of it I have a bean bag thing (with tripod screw) and it's really handy. I always keep it in my camera bag 👍
"Coffee and a plop". The essential start to any early morning landscape shoot. Nothing worse than the turtle touching the cloth just as the light is perfect.
The picture of the wood nymph you captured at 23.16 is a good one as well. Anyway thanks for sharing the tips Gavin, always good to know what it is that makes the photos just that little bit more interesting.
"coffee and a plop" and "ohhhh that's going to itch when it dries" Thanks so much you two for helping me fill my adage vault! oh and the photography stuff too....
I greatly enjoy your videos in the educational aspect because you have taught time so much, see an old dog can learn new tricks, even one scratching on 70. And the other reason is the Ying to your Yang, Amanda makes it so much fun because you too play off of each other so magnificently. God Bless both of you and keep on shooting those beautiful photos. ;)
The answer is: depends on. Handheld highres shot with my Olympus is no problem. But there is more than just the gear, and this is what you show us in your Videos. The walk to the comp, finding the comp in the viewfinder, just being outside and enjoying the day! Thanks Amanda and Gavin👍
Lying in bed in our caravan with the headphones on watching the video at 0630 this morning when Amanda announces “that’ll itch when it dries” I think I woke up ½ the campground with the laugh I let out! 😂😂 love your work.
Great point on shooting wide. I use a 14mm lens for wide landscapes and, if I want the edge subjects in frame tend to take the shot a little wider allowing for alignment corrections post edit. Works a treat and with the high res sensors you will not lose any detail and capture all you want to in the frame. 🙂
Nice Gavin and Amanda, love a bit of fog. I also love flying the drone first thing in the morning with the fog. Send it up and check out the sunrise above the fog. It's tremendous. Amanda will burp with excitement.
This topic was so timely. I just did a camping trip to Bodega Bay and the only thing I forgot was my tripod which I was so bummed about. I was able to get some shots but it limited what I wanted to take, especially astro. I feel as though my handhelds weren't as sharp but I might just be picky, I def do miss my tripod when I don't have it. It's also a great way to slow down and enjoy the scene.
Towards the end your main camera was on a tripod while the screen was being filmed by another camera… on a tripod. The whole setup was recorded by a third camera, which was being held very steady, perhaps on ANOTHER tripod? The answer to the question is therefore NO, you don‘t need a tripod, you need THREE😛
That chocolate discussion reminded me of conversations with my wife...if I will east an individual chocolate in one go whereas my wife would eat in in 2 or 3 bites and then complain how I'm uncouth! I'll try to remember the 'in or out' tutorial, makes sense so thanks Gavin.
Gavin. You've provided me with hours of entertainment and I wanted to give you a far too small token of my appreciation for all the effort you put in to sharing your skills with us. You were one of the inspirations to start my own RUclips channel which will hopefully grow someday. Anyway just wanted to say thanks and encourage you to keep up the good work. Oh and if your ever headed to the Buffalo/Niagara region and would like some pointers to photography honey holes give me a shout I'd be more than happy to share.
you two crack me up tested postive with covid today had a massive headache and sore throat all day driving a bus around for 12 hours came home and there you where on youtube so sat back and had a great laugh with you two thanks for making me feel better and love the photo good work keep them coming
As always Gavin excellent vlog and very educational in your magic Yorkshireman technique lol. Hope your braced for the Hurricane coming your way..! Stay safe.😉👍👍👍👍
Charlie Waite has a saying the goes something like, Attend and Intend: Attend to every element in the scene and let each one be intended, excluded or accepted to be there.
I startled my office mates when I suddenly started laughing out loud at "oh, this is going to itch when it dries"! I'm dying laughing and I can't explain 🤣
Once again, you have given me something to think about and try the next time I'm trying to shoot a photo with a wider angle lens in a forest with so much chaos. It can be so frustrating dealing with the trees or limbs that want to sneak into the corners of the frame.
Hi Gavin and Amanda. Like the show. Seems like years ago that Amanda had a camera and hiking. Would be great to see again. Stitching and handheld is a good start.Add a Fuji then no competition.
really the photos are so interesting, the photo composition is so cool and the location is the right location to produce a work that is so special, I am a subscriber to your channel, brother, I come from an Indonesian country. regards📸📸📸
Dairy Milk chocolate dipped in coffee. The best!! I haven’t eaten chocolate in nearly 2 years. I miss chocolate, but coffee, I could never give that up.
Great video Gavin and Amanda, sorry have not been watching as much as I should as I have been sucked into the crazy goings on in the world :( Time to get back into what I enjoy watching and doing :) Thanks again, keep them coming
Odd that you don’t want to share the location but you come to my neck of the woods talking about Lower Lewis River Falls and now I need a reservation to park there. 😊
I do most of my photography hand held as most of my cameras have IBIS, but there are times when photographing landscapes that I need to keep my aperture at F8 or higher and a low ISO, To be able to get a sharp photo in lower light a tripod is a necessary tool.
I did think the first image would be the handheld one because the plants etc in the absolute foreground was blurry, but that was the only clue I thought I had, and even then I was _not_ sure at all.
So… Amanda doesn’t drink anymore and she’s got the cravings for the chocolate 🍫 😏 congratulations guys!! If you thought you lost sleep now!! Wait till………. 😅
Absolutely love that final shot. Stunning. With regard to handholding: I do (did) often handhold but was often disappointed with the sharpness, especially as I have got older. It is OK for you whippersnappers but when you start getting on a bit, it becomes a tad more difficult to hold it steady and it seems to have got worse since I bought the Nikon D850.
oh my god that was so funny, tears were streaming, i do love trees that cling to rocks and stuff, that one was a beauty, i thought it looked like a dinosaur,
Another smashing video Gavin, I did love that waterfall but the trees were super too. Great colours and those roots over the rocks were quite amazing. I really liked our original composition because to me it wasn’t like a cat, although I could see where you got that from, but to me it looked like a gorilla pounding through the jungle. Well done, and I did have a wee suspicion from last week and now this week that Amanda may well be buying some wool to knit some baby clothes ? 😁👍
I like photography and this video, however my favourite part was "you can always have chocolate for breakfast" (at 7.35). Maybe my priorities are wrong.
Order My Book, it's BobbyDazzla www.fototripper.com/chasing-awe-landscape-photography-book-gavin-hardcastle/
Already got the book and I can highly recommend it (although that twat Gavin never signed mine) …. Beautiful images and story’s throughout. Proud to have it with my Heaton, and Wallace collection
@@brianbrooking496 I'll sign it in person one day. Just be sire to carry it with you at all times to be ready.
@@fototripper next time your in Norway…. 👍 let me know!
@fototripper the last time I was there was during the autumn season in the hopes of a colour boost. Unfortunately I was a tad late and the leaf litter was just too much to get a reasonable shot out of it
Hey Gavin, Hope the towers held out through the storm. Thought of you two as soon as I knew Fiona was crossing over the Island
There are two benefits I've discovered being a middle aged alleged adult: 1) Chocolate for breakfast is okay and 2) It's okay to buy the lens you want.
"That's going to itch when it dries..." hysterical! You are both crazy as cats but adorable as fuzzy caterpillars....❤❤
Dear Mr Hardcastle,
I have a 3 month old. When he’s being fussy, we watch your videos (not too much tv time) but he stops crying and starts smiling. We love your work. Thanks for all you do!
I see you smartly included a bird book in there Gav. Seeing the number of your team that gave me a follow recently, I’d say they’re a decently large crowd, and you’d better give them a regular dose of feathers!
Sounds kinky!
Shainblum posts, you post, it’s like Christmas! 😍
" Ohhhh...that's going to itch when it dries" The best line EVER!
"That'll itch when it dries"...
I literally slid off my seat laughing!
😀 😍 🤩
Me too
Love your videos mate. The addition of your wife is fantastic. I love the way you interact with each other. She is great and funny.
Watching the scenes of forests is always restful and energetic for me.
Roots of the trees are more beautiful than trees themselves.
I love trees too, I worked eighteen years of my life photographing trees. I call this project “The Passion Of Trees”.
“To me, each tree, like a human being, has a tale to tell, When a tree dies, a whole story is interrupted.”
Thank you for sharing your beautiful videos.
Ali
What a lovely forest! LOVE those trees!
When I'm waiting for the perfect sunset light I'm well happy I have brought that heavy tripod 😀
More clues on Amanda 🎉congratulations…..
A coffee and a ‘plop’. … my morning routine….bliss!….🎉❤😂
Coffee & Chocolate are the ideal start to a day, quickly followed by a plop and a read of Chasing Awe !! :) looks like a spot we will see more of in future times , great shots Pal !!
That's gonna itch when it dries! I laughed so hard at that I had to pause the video because I couldn't hear it!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Another super video Gavin and Amanda. Loved the skit about chocolate bar, Cadbury's is the greatest. Thank you for making the videos so fun and educational at the same time.
Great video Gavin! I really love the humor that you add to the photo landscape community! you even make uncle grumpy funny lol!
Superb!
Tripods. Yes I have one. It's no a Frodo (Manfrotto) but it's sturdy and has a quick release bracket. BUT for days when I just don't want the bulk of it I have a bean bag thing (with tripod screw) and it's really handy. I always keep it in my camera bag 👍
Amanda is the perfect companion - her growl scares off all the other nuisance campers! I secretly envy your life.
I think the secrets out 😃
Thanks Gavin. Really enjoyed that. More on the church!!
"Coffee and a plop". The essential start to any early morning landscape shoot. Nothing worse than the turtle touching the cloth just as the light is perfect.
The picture of the wood nymph you captured at 23.16 is a good one as well. Anyway thanks for sharing the tips Gavin, always good to know what it is that makes the photos just that little bit more interesting.
"coffee and a plop" and "ohhhh that's going to itch when it dries" Thanks so much you two for helping me fill my adage vault! oh and the photography stuff too....
Her expressions are pure gold.
I greatly enjoy your videos in the educational aspect because you have taught time so much, see an old dog can learn new tricks, even one scratching on 70. And the other reason is the Ying to your Yang, Amanda makes it so much fun because you too play off of each other so magnificently. God Bless both of you and keep on shooting those beautiful photos. ;)
The answer is: depends on. Handheld highres shot with my Olympus is no problem. But there is more than just the gear, and this is what you show us in your Videos. The walk to the comp, finding the comp in the viewfinder, just being outside and enjoying the day! Thanks Amanda and Gavin👍
Lying in bed in our caravan with the headphones on watching the video at 0630 this morning when Amanda announces “that’ll itch when it dries” I think I woke up ½ the campground with the laugh I let out! 😂😂 love your work.
hahahah classic!
Great point on shooting wide. I use a 14mm lens for wide landscapes and, if I want the edge subjects in frame tend to take the shot a little wider allowing for alignment corrections post edit. Works a treat and with the high res sensors you will not lose any detail and capture all you want to in the frame. 🙂
Love your videos when you describe your thought process
'either in or out'... yes totally agree. Another lovely location and very nice captures again
Well, you're in the right place for forests. I'm also pleased to see that Amanda is studying her ornithology.
Nice Gavin and Amanda, love a bit of fog. I also love flying the drone first thing in the morning with the fog. Send it up and check out the sunrise above the fog. It's tremendous. Amanda will burp with excitement.
Nice spot dude, that waterfall is stunning. That forest is going to look amazing with fall colors!😎📸
This topic was so timely. I just did a camping trip to Bodega Bay and the only thing I forgot was my tripod which I was so bummed about. I was able to get some shots but it limited what I wanted to take, especially astro. I feel as though my handhelds weren't as sharp but I might just be picky, I def do miss my tripod when I don't have it. It's also a great way to slow down and enjoy the scene.
Oh man, chocolate and coffee! The best! I don't have it for breakfast but about an hour after breakfast.
Morning coffee , chocolate and great photography. Couldn’t get any better. Thanks for another great video guys.
Could Amanda not carry a smoke machine to give it some Hammer House of Horror treatment 😄
This tree reminds me of the creatures from the movie Arrival. Very entertaining video Gavin. Loved the images.
I thought that ending deserved a kiss...especially with the great background!! Thanks so much for the tutorial!
Classic Hardcastle edutainment. Loved it!! Cheers to handheld!
Those panos were killer man!
Cheers mate ;)
Thank you for teaching about the composition in the forest, Gavin. It was really helpful. 😊
Towards the end your main camera was on a tripod while the screen was being filmed by another camera… on a tripod. The whole setup was recorded by a third camera, which was being held very steady, perhaps on ANOTHER tripod? The answer to the question is therefore NO, you don‘t need a tripod, you need THREE😛
That chocolate discussion reminded me of conversations with my wife...if I will east an individual chocolate in one go whereas my wife would eat in in 2 or 3 bites and then complain how I'm uncouth! I'll try to remember the 'in or out' tutorial, makes sense so thanks Gavin.
Absolutely....tripods are the best!...I mean let's face it, that's the reason you were so enchanted by your last subject!😉..cheers!
Gobble….best word ever lol. Loved that tree on the rock. Looked like a giant monsters hand reaching down from above to grab it.
The bed time story had me absolutely dying.
This channel fucking rules
The 2 tree images are amazing Gavin, like something reaching down to grab the rock from the sky. Really well done!
Gavin. You've provided me with hours of entertainment and I wanted to give you a far too small token of my appreciation for all the effort you put in to sharing your skills with us. You were one of the inspirations to start my own RUclips channel which will hopefully grow someday. Anyway just wanted to say thanks and encourage you to keep up the good work. Oh and if your ever headed to the Buffalo/Niagara region and would like some pointers to photography honey holes give me a shout I'd be more than happy to share.
Thanks muchly.
you two crack me up tested postive with covid today had a massive headache and sore throat all day driving a bus around for 12 hours came home and there you where on youtube so sat back and had a great laugh with you two thanks for making me feel better and love the photo good work keep them coming
Lots of Vit D and iodine supplements for thee but that might just be a conspiracy theory.
I know where that it. It's Leadbeatters Reservoir in Macclesfield.
I love the twin trees at the 18 minute mark. I like how you toned down the color. The grays make it look almost black and white
As always Gavin excellent vlog and very educational in your magic Yorkshireman technique lol. Hope your braced for the Hurricane coming your way..! Stay safe.😉👍👍👍👍
Charlie Waite has a saying the goes something like, Attend and Intend: Attend to every element in the scene and let each one be intended, excluded or accepted to be there.
Brilliant, funny and that gnarled tree was amazing📷👍🏼
The Brenizer Method. Makes for really awesome wide portraits or landscapes with single subjects like these trees.
I startled my office mates when I suddenly started laughing out loud at "oh, this is going to itch when it dries"! I'm dying laughing and I can't explain 🤣
oh but you must explain!
"...a face like an evicted puffin"?? Amanda gets the best lines!
Great video Gavin… love the way you teach and use comedy to make your videos fun. Thanks for sharing!
Once again, you have given me something to think about and try the next time I'm trying to shoot a photo with a wider angle lens in a forest with so much chaos. It can be so frustrating dealing with the trees or limbs that want to sneak into the corners of the frame.
Those were some amazingly useful tips! Thanks so much!
Sometimes, It really is the journey and not just the destination. Cracking video matey
True ! You can do 360 or just "go down below" - to the bushy bush as nature photographers used to say.
Great entertaining video. Your advice on composition is always welcome; learned a lot. Thanks a lot.
Ooooh, that pano got me going. Delish
Now you've got me interested in forest photography. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi Gavin and Amanda. Like the show. Seems like years ago that Amanda had a camera and hiking. Would be great to see again. Stitching and handheld is a good start.Add a Fuji then no competition.
really the photos are so interesting, the photo composition is so cool and the location is the right location to produce a work that is so special, I am a subscriber to your channel, brother, I come from an Indonesian country. regards📸📸📸
Great video and beautiful setting. It’s inspired me to get out to the ancient woodland near me (Yorkshire!) Keep up the good work!
Dairy Milk chocolate dipped in coffee. The best!! I haven’t eaten chocolate in nearly 2 years. I miss chocolate, but coffee, I could never give that up.
Stay safe you guys! Storm heading your way.❤
Really love the handled image, stunning location Gavin, thanks for sharing
Thanks!
Great video Gavin and Amanda, sorry have not been watching as much as I should as I have been sucked into the crazy goings on in the world :(
Time to get back into what I enjoy watching and doing :)
Thanks again, keep them coming
Great video Gavin and Amanda very interesting and informative and i guessed right to which image was handheld, thank you Davy
Be safe this weekend!!
Great vid Gavin-that tree is truly phenomenal, and you’ve captured it wonderfully!
Odd that you don’t want to share the location but you come to my neck of the woods talking about Lower Lewis River Falls and now I need a reservation to park there. 😊
That cats been out of the bag for years.
Fantastic image Gavin, the amazing background just “pops”👍🏻
Blew beer out of my nose at the 11 minute blackout!!!!
My work here is done.
Wow, these tree shots are absolutely gorgeous!
Brilliant !
"That's going to itch when it dries"!..... 😫
Another great video......
hope you guys safe and sound after the nasty weather,,
I do most of my photography hand held as most of my cameras have IBIS, but there are times when photographing landscapes that I need to keep my aperture at F8 or higher and a low ISO, To be able to get a sharp photo in lower light a tripod is a necessary tool.
I did think the first image would be the handheld one because the plants etc in the absolute foreground was blurry, but that was the only clue I thought I had, and even then I was _not_ sure at all.
"That's gonna itch when it dries!" LMFAO
Amanda‘s new catch phrase😂
So… Amanda doesn’t drink anymore and she’s got the cravings for the chocolate 🍫 😏 congratulations guys!! If you thought you lost sleep now!! Wait till………. 😅
Love the pano!
Just checkin in on you two after the hurricane; hope you are safe and well!
Absolutely love that final shot. Stunning. With regard to handholding: I do (did) often handhold but was often disappointed with the sharpness, especially as I have got older. It is OK for you whippersnappers but when you start getting on a bit, it becomes a tad more difficult to hold it steady and it seems to have got worse since I bought the Nikon D850.
Oh no, I feel new wrinkles coming on. Gavin, you always make me laugh but Amanda? Girl, you crack me up! 😂
Stunning photography, and 10/10 entertainment again, thank you.
oh my god that was so funny, tears were streaming, i do love trees that cling to rocks and stuff, that one was a beauty, i thought it looked like a dinosaur,
I'm lovin' the music.
Another smashing video Gavin, I did love that waterfall but the trees were super too. Great colours and those roots over the rocks were quite amazing. I really liked our original composition because to me it wasn’t like a cat, although I could see where you got that from, but to me it looked like a gorilla pounding through the jungle. Well done, and I did have a wee suspicion from last week and now this week that Amanda may well be buying some wool to knit some baby clothes ? 😁👍
I like photography and this video, however my favourite part was "you can always have chocolate for breakfast" (at 7.35). Maybe my priorities are wrong.
Dude I am laughing my ass off your wife is absolutely hilarious 😂🤣🤣😆