Again I'm on one of my flying visits to Aberdeen this weekend. With no time to scope out some wildlife we head to a local Aberdeenshire landscape location to take some simple minimalist images. However the weather has other ideas and our visit to Rattray provides some impressive waves. Find out if we find that simple serenity in todays video.
Hauntingly Beautiful - Infrared Image Processing Secrets Revealed
In this video, I'll be showing you how to process infrared images to produce ghostly results that will intrigue and capture your viewer's attention. Processing infrared images is a great way to create hauntingly beautiful ghostly images that will fascinate your viewer. I'll walk you through the steps required to produce these effects easily and effectively, using simple and easy to follow techniques. Have a look and see for yourself how easy it is to produce hauntingly beautiful ghostly images using infrared images!
Landscape Photography Finding your own Images
In this video I headed out to a popular location in Aberdeenshire, the Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve with the intention of photographing many of the well photographed locations located here. To be honest the weather conditions and heavy rain and snow over the previous weeks did not give me any encouragement for producing any stunning images. As it turned out the images from these locations where just OK. However we didn't really care as after making a wrong turn and taking a secluded path we came upon some real magic, hardly ever photographed. The moral of the story get off that well worn track, explore and adventure and you may find that hidden gem just around the next corner!
Landscape Photography Lumsdale Valley near Matlock
At long last an opportunity to get out and do some landscape photography. This week I went out again with a couple of vintage lenses attached to my Sony A7r3 as well as a brand new Viltrox 24mm f1.8. This valley with its mix of waterfalls and old mill building cut into a deep valley just seemed made for trying to create a fantasy style image. The torrent of water being pushed over the falls and inaccessibility of most of the mill buildings really makes my life difficult but I know that when this happens you just have to make something out of what the photography gods have given you. Do I get any sort of fantasy image? Watch to find out.
Wyming Brook Landscape and Wildlife Photography
This week I meet up with fellow Nottinghamshire photographer and Youtuber Scott Walker of Walks on the Wild Side for a day of photography at Wyming Brook. This is a location I have always wanted to visit but never managed to get there. Being so close to our home county we decided to pop across the border and explore the place together while splitting up to come back with our own individual takes on the same location. Take a look at what I came up with as I explain some of my techniques for waterfall and fast flowing water photography.
Sony A7r3 Vintage Lens Landscape Photography
After picking up a Sony A7riii to use alongside my Sony A6400 I decide to take the camera out into the Derbyshire Peak district with a number of vintage lenses that I had previously used with my Sony A6400 before getting a dedicated landscape lens. The lenses are the Pentax SMC 50mm F1.2 the Pentax-A 28-80mm Zoom and the Pentax SMC 135mm F3.5. With windy changeable weather I take a look how the lenses perform to decide if they will perform well enough until I can get a dedicated landscape photography lens.