Going down to Albany next weekend for some dusk and dawn shoots and will be very happy if I get any shots half as good as yours, Andrew. Very encouraging and inspirational.
Thanks Dianne for making such an observation, I'm always looking at ways to improve the video side of things, hoping to enhance the quality. I'm loving the drone footage as well. It's probably my favourite part of editing the video...I could watch it for hours. Hopefully I'm not over doing it ;-)
Thanks very much, I always enjoy receiving your comments. Glad you enjoy the drone footage, it adds a nice perspective to the videos to help tell the story, cheers! :)
I do enjoy your videos Andrew. You live in such a beautiful part of the world it must be a joy to go out and shoot. Excellent images as always mate, keep me coming 😊
Andrew, thanks for the effort you put into your videos which I only came across after we had returned to the UK after this year’s visit to our son not too far from you in Kingsley. In particular your seascape videos have shown me a whole new way of looking at the beaches, which I had found particularly frustrating to photograph. I’m also going through the videos trying to pin point the locations in preparation for next January’s visit which will include a week near Albany. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Brian, it must be interesting to see some of these place on RUclips that you'll be so familiar with. Your right, Kingsley is not very far away at all...pretty much next suburb across. Landscape photography in Perth can be challenging, don't get me wrong, we have some beautiful locations, but I'll be the first to admit that the conditions can made it hard work. The beaches particularly can be difficult in summer with the wind and seaweed. I glad the videos have helped you look the location differently. I have created a playlist just of the places around Albany that might be helpful. ruclips.net/video/IbzyVK5WrzA/видео.html Thanks so much for your comment!
Hi Andrew, thanks for the reply and the play list. ‘Recognise’ is more appropriate than ‘so familiar with’ at the moment as the family has been in Perth less than three years but as long as we can fit on a plane we’ll be coming back. My beach photography frustration was in trying to capture the huge expanse of the beaches and turquoise water which is so different to the scenery here. An entirely different frustration has been remembering, once I went to plot the locations of the water falls you visited, that we left all the maps and guide books in Kingsley as it seemed pointless carrying them backwards and forwards each time. Thank goodness for Google Maps!
Mate this video, in its entirety is brilliant. The shots stunning. I don't usually comment about things such as this but how anyone could thumbs down this is a mystery to me. Keep up the amazing work Andrew
Hey Paul, that's for watching mate and I appreciate the comment. I must admit I'm a little confused as well with the thumbs down but I figure it's not everyone's 'cup of tea'. It's a shame they don't provide any feedback so I can improve or address the aspect to dislike. Thanks for your support buddy!
fantastic videos ...one can watch it again and again to gain some knowledge on photography and composition , can you do some on B&W and HDR, and it would be nice if you show some prints after you have post process the image
Another excellent vlog Andy. That location looks superb, certainly one that deserves more visits, you made some beautiful images too mate. Take care and ignore the thumbs down, there’s no pleasing some people is there!🤔🍀👌
Hello Andrew, I am very enthusiastic about your landscape photos and videos. I changed from Nikon D750 to Fuji X-T2, because the Nikon equipment was too heavy for me. I would be very interested if you use the X-T2 for landscape shootings and how you will editing the photos in Lightroom. I would be very happy to see a video about this soon. Thanks from Germany, Marco
Hi Andrew, I just found your channel and love the videos. I appreciate all the hard work you put into providing this content. I value most the way you walk through your thought process for deciding composition, very insightful. As someone just getting start with landscape photography one bit of information that I'd love to see included in our videos is your focus point and maybe why you choose a certain focus point. If that is too beginner-ish I understand. Keep up the great work.
I am now living overseas. It is great to see the WA coastal scenery! Does the combining a polarizer and ND filter have an enhancing effect. I was surprised you used the polarizer before the sun had risen.
Thank you Marcel, glad I can share some of the familiar WA coast with you. The circular polariser not only cuts down the glare but also enhances some of the colours. The ND filter darkens the sky so I can have a longer exposure and as a result capture more detail in the shadows like the rocks in the foreground, it effectively balances out the image. The polariser doesn't deal with direct light all that well, but it's very good at dealing with reflected light, both off the clouds - enhancing the colour, and off the water - cutting the glare. I use the polariser on most shots (just not at night).
Thanks Andrew. I was recently back and was doing some sunset photography on Shoalwater Bay with the circular polarizer in place. I continued to use it until there was virtually no light with interesting effect. In the past, I did not use it enough
Great to hear you're experimenting with the polariser, it really is a very useful filter. The more you use it the more you'll become familiar with the effect it can have on your images. Remember with circular polarisers you can adjust the amount of polarisation it has (by turning the polariser). You won't always want the polariser at full effect.
Thank you very much, I use the Lee Filter system with Lee filters, Lee mount and Lee 105mm landscape polariser. I go into more detail about my gear in this video ruclips.net/video/sSYTYeedTzs/видео.html if you want to check it out!
Thanks Rob, this is a tough question. It depends on so many factors like what you plan on doing with it. I'm of the thinking that you should always get the best camera you can for your money. If I assume you want to shoot landscape images, I'd look at getting a D800 (or D810) secondhand, they are brilliant cameras. If you wait for Nikon to release the upgrade, there will be heaps of D810 on the market. Then adding a lens (again second hand) you likely wouldn't need to go much wider than 20mm. If you are just starting out, even the kit lenses are great and there a usually plenty of them going cheap second hand as well. Alternatively the Nikon D610 is fantastic (don't get the D600). Another option would be to go with Fuji (like the X-T1 or X-T2). Hope that helps, best of luck!
Gorgeous photos, Andrew! I've always been hesitant to use the grad when the horizon is uneven, especially when there's a massive mid-ground element in the scene (like the one in your photo). Questions on using the hard grad: Where do you place the grad line? Do you place your grad line really low to cover all mid-ground elements? If so, if some parts get too dark, do you just lighten those areas in post-production? Or you just bracket and blend later on?
Thanks Glenn, the line of the hard grad just touched the top of the rocks in the mid ground and really didn't effect the light of the rocks much at all. I lifted the exposure across all of the rocks anyway in Lightroom anyway and didn't notice any significant darkening where the filter was over the rocks, hope that helps! :)
Greetings Andrew! Could You please tell, what that's song in this video! Thanks a lot! And GREAT thanks for your tutorial on landscape photo. I learned much from You! Greetings from Odessa, Ukraine )
Great shots Andrew. Curious to know if you considered using a small or big stopper to get some more movement? Also, digging the drone content - is it difficult to manoeuvre?
Thank you! I did consider it, however I wanted a 0.5 to 1 second shutter to capture just slight movement in the water, any longer and it would have blurred the water too much and made it look like soup. Also an exposure of that length kept the clouds nice and crisp. I realise I should have explained that in the video...I'll try and remember to do that in the future. Loving the drone, love flying it and I also enjoy the footage I can get from it. It's very easy to fly, you just need to know a little about what you should and shouldn't do with it (common sense stuff really). I'm still learning how to get the most out of it, thanks for sharing your feedback, I'm glad you're enjoying the drone footage as well.
Thanks Andrew. I personally think the big stopper long exposure effect can be overdone so I can appreciate that you had a vision in mind and captured that. I was tossing up between a drone or filters but I know I'll get more use out of the latter. In the meantime I'll have to live vicariously through your drone shots :)
Another great vlog Andrew. I particularly enjoyed the surf and wave images at the beginning. What lens combination were you using and was a polariser used also? What do you recommend as a good shutter speed to capture the wave detail and movement you captured in those images?
Thanks Bruce, I was experimenting with a different style for the video footage. Testing out some new gear. It was a lot of fun, I'll try an do more of it soon! I shot the waves images my 70-200mm with the 2x teleconverter (which makes the lens equivalent to 140-400mm), with no polariser. Depending on the style of image I'm after for the waves I'l vary my shutter speed. If I want to capture crisp action then I'll try for a shutter speed close to 1/1000 sec. If I'm after a more painterly style, I'll shoot at 1/3 sec, but this is usually trying to capture reflections off the water. So here I was going for a faster shutter speed, 1/400 (late in the evening) up to 1/8000 (during the stronger harsher light, earlier in the afternoon).
Yes, it's a good platform, check it out, the approval in 500px depends on your visibility...so number of follower which are not hard to gain for a person who have a youtube channel.
Hi Andrew,is there a need for a 24-70 mm lens in landscape photography if you have a 24-105mm.I understand the 24-70mm is a quick 2.8 and would that be beneficial in landscapes? nice shots btw :),cheers.
That's a pity Pat, I like to share a little of the story about where the location is. I try to limit the intro to 1 to 2 mins and throw in some drone footage to get you through!
Good work Andrew with lovely B&W image. The drone work is adding so much more interest to you videos so well done mate - looking forward to your next shoot - keep up the good work and thanks for posting.
Thank you David, the drone has been to best purchase. I just didn't release how much fun it was going to be to fly and the footage the Mavic captures is amazing. Editing the drone parts of the video is one of my favourite parts of this project. Still learning heaps though, I just have to keep reminding myself not to over do it! :)
Just wonderful my friend.. You do a very good job.. Keep posting I just love to watch.. Take care and shoot on my friend..
Thanks so much for your kind words mate. I appreciate your support! :)
Another great video! I loved the opening sequence of the waves at Gracetown. Quite the nice surf break.
Thanks James, it was a lot of fun to shoot and capture footage so I might look at doing it again!
Top drawer stuff. Always love your pics.
Thanks very much!
Going down to Albany next weekend for some dusk and dawn shoots and will be very happy if I get any shots half as good as yours, Andrew. Very encouraging and inspirational.
Awesome Rob, thanks very much, hope to weather is kind to you mate.
your vlogs are going from strength to strength......love the drone footage of the vineyards......keep up the great work.....
Thanks Dianne for making such an observation, I'm always looking at ways to improve the video side of things, hoping to enhance the quality. I'm loving the drone footage as well. It's probably my favourite part of editing the video...I could watch it for hours. Hopefully I'm not over doing it ;-)
impressive wave images and nice location. Enjoyed it!
Thanks Steve, glad you liked this! :)
great location andrew - been over 5 years since i visited Margaret River - reminds me i need to get back there
Thanks Martin, yeah love Margaret River, we are so lucky to have such a beautiful region on our door step!
thank you for sharing Andrew. It was a stunning location you went to. Gorgeous photos. thumbs up 😊🖒
Lovely images as usual, very much appreciated. Andrew (UK).
Thanks very much Andrew, appreciate your kind words.
Another great video with some really beautiful images Andrew. Keep up the great work! Cheers from Asheville, NC.
Thanks Jay, working on the next one already! :)
Terrific Video Andrew, very inspirational.
Thank you David, that's great feedback to receive, thank you!
Another great vid. Thank you
Thanks very much Graham! :)
Loved this blog - the best one yet!
Thanks so much Chloe, that's very kind of you! :)
Really good mate. Enjoy seeing your work come alive
Thanks very much for your kind feedback! :)
A great location and some beautiful shots. The drone content you added recently has also really made a great addition. Thanks for posting.
Thanks very much, I always enjoy receiving your comments. Glad you enjoy the drone footage, it adds a nice perspective to the videos to help tell the story, cheers! :)
Great images, Andrew. The surf shots at the beginning are beautiful; thanks for taking the trouble to share it all.
Thanks Christopher, taking the surf shots were a lot of fun and so was capturing the footage. I might do a little more of that in future vlogs.
As always Great video and wonderful images Andrew - great work!
Cheers Tomas, thanks for your comment!
Great video, enjoy continue to give setting and thoughts behind composition, it helps.
Cheers Steve, glad the videos are helpful. I'll continue to share my approach.
Great shots Andrew
Thank you shaun! :)
great video andrew
Thank you Mohd! :)
Another great video Andrew. And great images!
Thanks very much for your kind words!
Hi Andrew. Just a quick one to say that I have just been watching your videos and I am so glad I found your page. Love your work buddy... Cheers
Hey, thanks Peter. Welcome to my channel mate and thanks for subscribing! :)
Beautiful. I wait you take a picture with xt2 .👍
Haha, I'm working on it!
I do enjoy your videos Andrew. You live in such a beautiful part of the world it must be a joy to go out and shoot. Excellent images as always mate, keep me coming 😊
Thanks Paul, always love recounting your comment mate. Glad you enjoyed this one!
Awesome video, loved the images especially the one with the wave exploding over the rock, great stuff.
Cheers mate, I love capturing the power of the ocean and we have some great coastline down south with some big waves.
Great again!
Thank you Hu!
Great stuff Andrew, enjoy watching your films. Atb
Thanks for that Ray, appreciate your support mate!
Well done as always
Thanks so much Tim! :)
Nice one Andrew. This is one location I haven't properly shot yet. You have inspired me to do so!
Thanks for that, it definitely worth a visit. Depending on the conditions, we can get some pretty cool images!
Nice video and nice shots! I sold my Nikon D7200 and got me a D800, can`t wait!
Great video, thanks for sharing
Thanks very much Simon, I appreciate your comment! :)
Andrew, thanks for the effort you put into your videos which I only came across after we had returned to the UK after this year’s visit to our son not too far from you in Kingsley. In particular your seascape videos have shown me a whole new way of looking at the beaches, which I had found particularly frustrating to photograph. I’m also going through the videos trying to pin point the locations in preparation for next January’s visit which will include a week near Albany. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Brian, it must be interesting to see some of these place on RUclips that you'll be so familiar with. Your right, Kingsley is not very far away at all...pretty much next suburb across. Landscape photography in Perth can be challenging, don't get me wrong, we have some beautiful locations, but I'll be the first to admit that the conditions can made it hard work. The beaches particularly can be difficult in summer with the wind and seaweed. I glad the videos have helped you look the location differently. I have created a playlist just of the places around Albany that might be helpful. ruclips.net/video/IbzyVK5WrzA/видео.html Thanks so much for your comment!
Hi Andrew, thanks for the reply and the play list. ‘Recognise’ is more appropriate than ‘so familiar with’ at the moment as the family has been in Perth less than three years but as long as we can fit on a plane we’ll be coming back. My beach photography frustration was in trying to capture the huge expanse of the beaches and turquoise water which is so different to the scenery here. An entirely different frustration has been remembering, once I went to plot the locations of the water falls you visited, that we left all the maps and guide books in Kingsley as it seemed pointless carrying them backwards and forwards each time. Thank goodness for Google Maps!
Great images Andrew, they remind me of paintings by Philip G. Shumaker, from his book "painting the Sea".
An interesting observation John, I'm going to check out this book, you have me intrigued! :)
Please do Andrew, there are a few used copies on the web. just like your images, Philip's painting inspire me to go get images of the Sea.
Mate this video, in its entirety is brilliant. The shots stunning. I don't usually comment about things such as this but how anyone could thumbs down this is a mystery to me. Keep up the amazing work Andrew
Hey Paul, that's for watching mate and I appreciate the comment. I must admit I'm a little confused as well with the thumbs down but I figure it's not everyone's 'cup of tea'. It's a shame they don't provide any feedback so I can improve or address the aspect to dislike. Thanks for your support buddy!
fantastic videos ...one can watch it again and again to gain some knowledge on photography and composition , can you do some on B&W and HDR, and it would be nice if you show some prints after you have post process the image
Another excellent vlog Andy. That location looks superb, certainly one that deserves more visits, you made some beautiful images too mate.
Take care and ignore the thumbs down, there’s no pleasing some people is there!🤔🍀👌
+Andy Keeble Hey cheers Andy, the thumbs down don't worry me really. I figure if I don't get a thumbs down I must be doing something wrong! :)
Andrew Marr haha, that’s exactly my view on it too mate!😎
Hello Andrew,
I am very enthusiastic about your landscape photos and videos. I changed from Nikon D750 to Fuji X-T2, because the Nikon equipment was too heavy for me. I would be very interested if you use the X-T2 for landscape shootings and how you will editing the photos in Lightroom. I would be very happy to see a video about this soon.
Thanks from Germany,
Marco
Hi Andrew, I just found your channel and love the videos. I appreciate all the hard work you put into providing this content. I value most the way you walk through your thought process for deciding composition, very insightful. As someone just getting start with landscape photography one bit of information that I'd love to see included in our videos is your focus point and maybe why you choose a certain focus point. If that is too beginner-ish I understand. Keep up the great work.
Inspiring again Andrew, going to have to catch up with you one of these days for a chat ,
cheers and keep it coming mate
Thanks Rick, yeah If I'm down your way I'll let you know, cheers! :)
Did you switch ball heads? Which one is that? Great vid Andy
Good spotting Jeremy, and I got a new Tripod as well. It's the Induro CLT 204 with the Induro BHL2s Ball Head, cheers mate!
I am now living overseas. It is great to see the WA coastal scenery! Does the combining a polarizer and ND filter have an enhancing effect. I was surprised you used the polarizer before the sun had risen.
Thank you Marcel, glad I can share some of the familiar WA coast with you. The circular polariser not only cuts down the glare but also enhances some of the colours. The ND filter darkens the sky so I can have a longer exposure and as a result capture more detail in the shadows like the rocks in the foreground, it effectively balances out the image. The polariser doesn't deal with direct light all that well, but it's very good at dealing with reflected light, both off the clouds - enhancing the colour, and off the water - cutting the glare. I use the polariser on most shots (just not at night).
Thanks Andrew. I was recently back and was doing some sunset photography on Shoalwater Bay with the circular polarizer in place. I continued to use it until there was virtually no light with interesting effect. In the past, I did not use it enough
Great to hear you're experimenting with the polariser, it really is a very useful filter. The more you use it the more you'll become familiar with the effect it can have on your images. Remember with circular polarisers you can adjust the amount of polarisation it has (by turning the polariser). You won't always want the polariser at full effect.
Thanks Andrew I agree . Adjusting the polarizer is something I always have to remember to remember
Super
Thank you!
Great video. Great shots. Could you please tell me which filter you used along with the polarizer ?
Thank you very much, I use the Lee Filter system with Lee filters, Lee mount and Lee 105mm landscape polariser. I go into more detail about my gear in this video ruclips.net/video/sSYTYeedTzs/видео.html if you want to check it out!
Awesome video, keep it up! If you would need to buy a new camera for around 2k which one would it be and why? :)
Thanks Rob, this is a tough question. It depends on so many factors like what you plan on doing with it. I'm of the thinking that you should always get the best camera you can for your money. If I assume you want to shoot landscape images, I'd look at getting a D800 (or D810) secondhand, they are brilliant cameras. If you wait for Nikon to release the upgrade, there will be heaps of D810 on the market. Then adding a lens (again second hand) you likely wouldn't need to go much wider than 20mm. If you are just starting out, even the kit lenses are great and there a usually plenty of them going cheap second hand as well. Alternatively the Nikon D610 is fantastic (don't get the D600). Another option would be to go with Fuji (like the X-T1 or X-T2). Hope that helps, best of luck!
Gorgeous photos, Andrew!
I've always been hesitant to use the grad when the horizon is uneven, especially when there's a massive mid-ground element in the scene (like the one in your photo). Questions on using the hard grad: Where do you place the grad line? Do you place your grad line really low to cover all mid-ground elements? If so, if some parts get too dark, do you just lighten those areas in post-production? Or you just bracket and blend later on?
Thanks Glenn, the line of the hard grad just touched the top of the rocks in the mid ground and really didn't effect the light of the rocks much at all. I lifted the exposure across all of the rocks anyway in Lightroom anyway and didn't notice any significant darkening where the filter was over the rocks, hope that helps! :)
Thanks a lot for the tip, Andrew. Really love your channel as I'm learning a lot. :) Thanks again!
No worries Glenn, thanks for your support mate!
bravo
Thanks so much Ree! :)
Greetings Andrew! Could You please tell, what that's song in this video! Thanks a lot! And GREAT thanks for your tutorial on landscape photo. I learned much from You! Greetings from Odessa, Ukraine )
Great shots Andrew. Curious to know if you considered using a small or big stopper to get some more movement? Also, digging the drone content - is it difficult to manoeuvre?
Thank you! I did consider it, however I wanted a 0.5 to 1 second shutter to capture just slight movement in the water, any longer and it would have blurred the water too much and made it look like soup. Also an exposure of that length kept the clouds nice and crisp. I realise I should have explained that in the video...I'll try and remember to do that in the future. Loving the drone, love flying it and I also enjoy the footage I can get from it. It's very easy to fly, you just need to know a little about what you should and shouldn't do with it (common sense stuff really). I'm still learning how to get the most out of it, thanks for sharing your feedback, I'm glad you're enjoying the drone footage as well.
Thanks Andrew. I personally think the big stopper long exposure effect can be overdone so I can appreciate that you had a vision in mind and captured that. I was tossing up between a drone or filters but I know I'll get more use out of the latter. In the meantime I'll have to live vicariously through your drone shots :)
Another great vlog Andrew. I particularly enjoyed the surf and wave images at the beginning. What lens combination were you using and was a polariser used also? What do you recommend as a good shutter speed to capture the wave detail and movement you captured in those images?
Thanks Bruce, I was experimenting with a different style for the video footage. Testing out some new gear. It was a lot of fun, I'll try an do more of it soon! I shot the waves images my 70-200mm with the 2x teleconverter (which makes the lens equivalent to 140-400mm), with no polariser. Depending on the style of image I'm after for the waves I'l vary my shutter speed. If I want to capture crisp action then I'll try for a shutter speed close to 1/1000 sec. If I'm after a more painterly style, I'll shoot at 1/3 sec, but this is usually trying to capture reflections off the water. So here I was going for a faster shutter speed, 1/400 (late in the evening) up to 1/8000 (during the stronger harsher light, earlier in the afternoon).
Congratulations for your video Andrew, especially for Toodyay i love it...don't you have an account on 500px?
Thanks Raffaele, I've never used my 500px account, do you recommend the platform?
Yes, it's a good platform, check it out, the approval in 500px depends on your visibility...so number of follower which are not hard to gain for a person who have a youtube channel.
as a pro photographer who is based in busselton canal rocks is one of my fav place to do shoots at.
Great video Andrew, loved the intro.
Hey thanks Steve, it was a lot of fun trying out a slightly different style. I might do something similar of future videos.
Hi Andrew,is there a need for a 24-70 mm lens in landscape photography if you have a 24-105mm.I understand the 24-70mm is a quick 2.8 and would that be beneficial in landscapes? nice shots btw :),cheers.
Nice! Still shooting with a D800?
Wow! What images. Are you shooting in manual or aperture priority? Please excuse the dumb question.
I've noticed that you use the 24-70mm a lot in your landscapes. You find it better than a 16-70mm ?
Hey! Is it a bad idea to buy the d800 used for 500 dollars with a shutter count of 101.000?
That sounds like a pretty good deal, I sold my D800 for about $1000, about 2 years ago!
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Great video 👍. Very nice shots. Wish I could do the same.
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Sorry I'm a bit impatient so I couldn't watch the video due to all the intro videos. Looks like it would have been good.
That's a pity Pat, I like to share a little of the story about where the location is. I try to limit the intro to 1 to 2 mins and throw in some drone footage to get you through!
Good work Andrew with lovely B&W image. The drone work is adding so much more interest to you videos so well done mate - looking forward to your next shoot - keep up the good work and thanks for posting.
Thank you David, the drone has been to best purchase. I just didn't release how much fun it was going to be to fly and the footage the Mavic captures is amazing. Editing the drone parts of the video is one of my favourite parts of this project. Still learning heaps though, I just have to keep reminding myself not to over do it! :)