I like your attitude, there's no right or wrong answer, it's a personal choice. It's good to see someone else's thought process. I particularly appreciate your emphasis on separation of the feature you want to highlight. That one thought is easy to overlook when your view is the "whole world". Small details can be very interesting. Thanks for taking your time to share your thoughts. (I also like the other side of the river!)
I try to avoid any “one true way” approach to photography, it is such a creative endeavor that I feel like people should be free to explore and not be stuck with some sort of rules. I of course am happy to share my opinion on things, but not approach it as if my way is the right way, it is just one viewpoint. I agree that small details can be quite interesting! It has taken me quite sometime to start seeing them and even now, it takes some concentration and deliberate approach to find them! Can’t believe it took me so long to visit the other side of the river! Definitely my favorite side now! Thanks for watching!
I am glad you enjoyed the video! And yes, you should definitely visit Ohiopyle! I’ve enjoyed each of my visits there and was glad I got to spend a little more time there on this most recent trip!
Definitely interesting concept and discussion. I definitely find that I learn the most from my "bad" photos and I find that when I go back and look through raw photos from an older shoot, my opinion about which is better has changed and I wonder why I never edited this photo or that. Thanks for the video!
Glad you liked the video! And I agree, I think there is a lot to be learned from the "bad photos" if one takes the time to think about the bad ones, why is it bad, what didn't work, etc - all things you can change or look at differently in the field. I've had my tastes shift overtime as well. Another reason I hate to say there is a one true way, and more what is working now or what are my thought now! Thanks for watching!
Great video that gave me a lot to think about when I head out to photograph not only waterfalls but for any landscape photography. I like the idea of using a telephoto lens with longer reach to capture a different perspective. Guess I'll have to start bringing along my 70-200.
Excellent video. I always like these videos where the photographer explains their thinking process. Even thought I am very experienced, I have learned a lot from this type of video. Your video is excellent and everyone can learn from it. Looking around your image at 17:10, I would have minimized the rock at the bottom. But, you took more photos and made it more into the scene which immediately stood out as the better image. This is an example of what we can learn from this type of video. Excellent! And thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I am glad you liked the video - I haven't done many videos of this type, talking through my why I choose one photo versus another, but it was fun! And glad it was helpful! I think what really made the difference on that image around 17:10 was that with the first composition it left a viewer wondering was including that rock at the bottom intentional or could I just not find a composition that didn't include it. Whereas that next one it was much more obvious I wanted to the rock in the composition, so the tension around that went away. Thanks for watching and the comment!
Great video. I shoot at a similar location on the upper Potomac here in Northern Virginia. Like your thought process at each location. Very interesting!
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video! I haven't been to the Northern Virginia area much, but I do spend a good chunk of time in West Virginia near the Davis and Thomas area! Thanks for watching!
Great video Jeff! Simply my opinion, but the last two images I thought were the best out of the group. I really liked the angle and contrast of the rock on the image prior to the last one of the edited group. I to think the separation of water and rock brought the last image out. Curious did you get a new tattoo on your left arm (talk about getting of subject lol)? Have a good one my friend and nice images.
Thank you! I was quite pleased with several of those images towards the end - which if funny, since I was there for the big waterfall, but was happier with the smaller scenes! And yes, I did get a new tattoo, it is still in progress and has another session left on it, but she made a lot of progress on first session. It is a raven landing on a pile of old books - sort of a pictorial representation of my kids!
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I like your attitude, there's no right or wrong answer, it's a personal choice. It's good to see someone else's thought process. I particularly appreciate your emphasis on separation of the feature you want to highlight. That one thought is easy to overlook when your view is the "whole world". Small details can be very interesting. Thanks for taking your time to share your thoughts. (I also like the other side of the river!)
I try to avoid any “one true way” approach to photography, it is such a creative endeavor that I feel like people should be free to explore and not be stuck with some sort of rules. I of course am happy to share my opinion on things, but not approach it as if my way is the right way, it is just one viewpoint.
I agree that small details can be quite interesting! It has taken me quite sometime to start seeing them and even now, it takes some concentration and deliberate approach to find them!
Can’t believe it took me so long to visit the other side of the river! Definitely my favorite side now! Thanks for watching!
I’ll have to plan a trip to Ohiopyle State Park, hopefully this fall! Enjoyed your take on what makes it to the cutting room floor. 👍🏼👍🏼💜👍🏼👍🏼
I am glad you enjoyed the video! And yes, you should definitely visit Ohiopyle! I’ve enjoyed each of my visits there and was glad I got to spend a little more time there on this most recent trip!
Definitely interesting concept and discussion. I definitely find that I learn the most from my "bad" photos and I find that when I go back and look through raw photos from an older shoot, my opinion about which is better has changed and I wonder why I never edited this photo or that. Thanks for the video!
Glad you liked the video! And I agree, I think there is a lot to be learned from the "bad photos" if one takes the time to think about the bad ones, why is it bad, what didn't work, etc - all things you can change or look at differently in the field.
I've had my tastes shift overtime as well. Another reason I hate to say there is a one true way, and more what is working now or what are my thought now!
Thanks for watching!
Great video that gave me a lot to think about when I head out to photograph not only waterfalls but for any landscape photography. I like the idea of using a telephoto lens with longer reach to capture a different perspective. Guess I'll have to start bringing along my 70-200.
It took me awhile to “see scenes” with the longer lenses, but I’ve really come to enjoy the longer focal lengths. A 70-200 is a great way to start!
Excellent video. I always like these videos where the photographer explains their thinking process. Even thought I am very experienced, I have learned a lot from this type of video. Your video is excellent and everyone can learn from it.
Looking around your image at 17:10, I would have minimized the rock at the bottom. But, you took more photos and made it more into the scene which immediately stood out as the better image. This is an example of what we can learn from this type of video. Excellent! And thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I am glad you liked the video - I haven't done many videos of this type, talking through my why I choose one photo versus another, but it was fun! And glad it was helpful!
I think what really made the difference on that image around 17:10 was that with the first composition it left a viewer wondering was including that rock at the bottom intentional or could I just not find a composition that didn't include it. Whereas that next one it was much more obvious I wanted to the rock in the composition, so the tension around that went away.
Thanks for watching and the comment!
Great video. I shoot at a similar location on the upper Potomac here in Northern Virginia. Like your thought process at each location. Very interesting!
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video! I haven't been to the Northern Virginia area much, but I do spend a good chunk of time in West Virginia near the Davis and Thomas area! Thanks for watching!
Great video Jeff! Simply my opinion, but the last two images I thought were the best out of the group. I really liked the angle and contrast of the rock on the image prior to the last one of the edited group. I to think the separation of water and rock brought the last image out. Curious did you get a new tattoo on your left arm (talk about getting of subject lol)? Have a good one my friend and nice images.
Thank you! I was quite pleased with several of those images towards the end - which if funny, since I was there for the big waterfall, but was happier with the smaller scenes!
And yes, I did get a new tattoo, it is still in progress and has another session left on it, but she made a lot of progress on first session. It is a raven landing on a pile of old books - sort of a pictorial representation of my kids!