I’m 61, take my old camera with me probably all the time. I happened upon your channel and I thank you for your content. I at times get criticised bc I take photos of sand, dirt, items on the ground nature or not. So many things I see differently others find funny 🤷🏽‍♀️ Regardless, your content is great and I appreciate you 🙏🏽

When your music is almost as good as your photography... all the feels Kim. Well done.

Glad you became more "grounded" in your photography, Kim. The connection is not just visual when you really take time to look at where you are. It is healing. Great images!

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

I have just come across this video and instantly recognised your location here. I have spent many summers on this beach and you have reminded me, that I have taken some gorgeous sunset photos here in the past. I used to be right into going out with the camera, however not so much anymore and I'm at the stage of giving up with it. But I must say, seeing this scenery again and your interesting take on something so simple, has given me some inspiration. I would just like to say, thank you for this! 🙂👌

I usually hate when people post edit too much but the way you use it, is truly lovely. You have given me a boost of inspiration, a boost of support I desperately needed.

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

I love how you find beautiful images where others find nothing. You got some great stuff! Thanks for posting.

Hi Kim, New to your channel & I must say it's a lovely change to the normal photo blogger channels, you discuss how you feel at the time of your video, detailing how sometimes it's ok to be less than enthusiastic as well as being super excited, this is a true reflection of our mental health just now. I have been an avid amateur photographer since purchasing my first SLR camera back in 1981 then moving to medium format then back to SLR before joining the digital age with my DSLR. which created a new found love of photography, no longer worrying about only having 36 exposure film or slides with my SLR or 10 or 8 shots with medium format roll films. Keep up the good work Kim with true to life vlogs. Kindest regards Phil.

Focus stacking is something I’m definitely trying more too…that shot was awesome! 📸😎

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jason!

That focus stacked low angle tripod image is awesome !! Gonna have to try that myself 😊

Thanks for this Kim, it's good to be reminded that there is no such thing as a failed shot, just another opportunity to learn something, had really fallen out of love with photography until recently by forgetting that and being so harsh with my images that it wasn't fun anymore

What a beautiful landscape!! And your images are stunning. Thank you for sharing your images and your in the field flow.

Liked! Wonderful presentation. I especially appreciate how you worked with a beach, without using clouds or permanent terrain features, to be so very creative. Here on the upper Gulf Coast, of Texas, where flat coastal plain meets sandy and muddy beaches, there are no significant dunes, no tall trees, no rocks, and a minimal tidal range, but you have shown how to creative something so significant, with such simple, low terrain features. Thanks!

Thanks for this video, and excellent pictures!

This completely changed my thoughts about clear blue sky photography. Most people prefer to have a cloudy sky when taking pictures, and I was one of them. I will experiment more. Thank you

Another super video, Kim, with a valuable message to get out whatever the weather. I had similar experience yesterday going out into the Lakes under a clear blue sky - I didn’t see anyone else with a camera, probably because a clear sky doesn’t typically lend itself to dramatic or moody landscapes. It made me focus on what was there, though, and I ended up with a few images I’m really happy and which are a little different from the norm!

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear this Martin. There's always opportunities, no matter what the weather. Sounds like you had a lovely day out 😊

Angel voiced Kim comes back with another great video. I must admit, even though my stuff (mostly) is weather sealed I find that I am very cautious when the weather is less than perfect. I really must be more inclined to get out there when the weather is more inclement . Thank you for all your videos, they're brilliant.

Your focus stacked images are stunning! Thanks for taking me along!

Beautiful I love the different sand textures..great ideas to try next time thank you Kim

Fantastic images as usual , Kim. Thank you for sharing your focus stacking technique.

Lovely to hear you comment on looking deeper. Such mindful skill to experience the world and make photographs

I love that focus stacking technique. It seems so obvious and so much easier than the faff of doing in the camera

Loved it Kim, thanks for taking us along.

Awesome images and video Kim. I'm with you, you can always find something to shoot. Thank you for taking us along.

I haven't done a lot of macro photography, but focus stacking is definitely useful for that. I never thought of extending it's use to landscape photography, usually relying on a small aperture to keep everything in focus.

Most people think of a cloudless sky to be a perfect sky, but not photographers! I much prefer living in Scotland with clouds making every shot different, to a featureless blue void.

@jimcoon

Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your comment about clouds. I visited Scotland (I live in Oregon, US) when I was 18 years old. I am now 70. My great grandfather was born in the small town of New Deer. It rained buckets every day for the 2 weeks I was in your beautiful country - and I loved every day I was there. I remember the rock walls that served as pasture boundaries. I was mesmerized by the miles and miles of rock walls. Best to you and yours! Jim in Oregon

@MrGjcannon

Жыл бұрын

Hello Jim Glad you enjoyed visiting Scotland. We call the rock walls 'drystane dykes'. Unfortunately, they're gradually dusappearing as farmers put fences up by them and don't repair falls, which must be a pretty labour intensive task.

@roygraham8150

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! I live in Midlothian.

@griffith500tvr

Жыл бұрын

You don't have to live in place where the weather is miserable to have clouds

@dadautube

Жыл бұрын

well said ... "a featureless blue" sky is 'perfect' only when we want a totally clear blue sky in our image for whatever the reason ... otherwise, half-cloudy skies with that ever changing light and shadows, although making it a little too hard for getting the right exposure at times, it allows for a lot more different and beautiful shots actually ... timelapse videos also work great only under half-cloudy skies, especially when they are moving a little faster than normal ...

A wonderful informative video Kim, I love how you see beauty in the simplest forms nature throws up and use your creativity to capture some great shots, I felt like I was there watching the sunset with you. Thanks!

Love how you do, spek and feel, great person. Love from Switzerland.

Hi Kim, wow such beautiful light , what a stunning evening! Love the images! ( & especially the focus stacked blended image 🙌 ) Loving the orange glow! X

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Hi Debbie and thank you very much! It was such a beautiful evening indeed

Capturing the light off of those mini-sand-formations was genius. The pictures turned out great. - The technique of focus-stacking for the sunset composite image was for me, a learning experience. Thanks.

Absolutely love the focus stacked image ❤

Beautiful images Kim especially the abstract work. Many thanks

Perfect to wake up to on a Sunday morning...........😎

Some amazing shots! Beautiful day and adventure

Great video Kim really like thefocus stacked image and the abstracts at the end of your day 👍

And yet another amazing video. Thank you Kim.

Fantastic landscape!!

Beautiful capture 📸

Thanks for sharing your focus stacking technique and the wonderful results. Your photographic session was full of fantastic images. Great work!

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words Michael. Glad you enjoyed it 😀

Another awesome video and beautiful images Kim!!

Enjoyed the video as usual Kim. You captured some really nice image's as usual. The image that you photo stacked was brilliant. Look forward to the next one. Take care.

Great video and inspiring as always. The images were brilliant. I'm going to give focus stacking a try for sure now ❤

Nice! The small field of stones behind you looks like a fine subject too : )

Good morning Kim, starting out my sunday is always better with your video. Your tips and ideas are always helpful and add to my knowledge of photography. There is no limit to what one can do or learn in the outdoors, it literally changes by the second, we are only limited by our imagination. I said it before, my "peace" is in the outdoors. Your a joy to watch, have a blessed week.

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Wishing you a blessed week too :)

Love the focus stacked sunset, I’ll have to give that method a try

First time visiting your channel, subscribed. Like this type photography finding beautiful shapes and form and isolating them from the grand landscape. A tilt and shift lens (using tilt) its perfect for this sort of flat plane photography where everything needs to be in focus. Getting back into photography after a 7 year hiatus due to family issues. This sort of video is very encouraging.

Great advice Kim and some that should inspire to go out, just because you should. On the focus stacking I watched a macro photographer take 80 plus images using stacking the auto feature. Subject was a flower and blimey it was sharp. 👌🏼

Simply wonderful! Such a great opportunity to practice grounding out there. Thanks for bringing us along. I am going to be looking for a camera that will do the in body focus stacking. I should be upgrading soon. I look forward to seeing you again next Sunday.

One of your best, Kim!

Absolutely stunning images, love your videos

Kim Great tips and thank you for sharing

Very impressive. Amazing photos!! Well done!

soo nice, and relaxing too watch, well done !

Great images and also very good commentary. And I for one truly love your Scottish accent!!!

I recently moved to using a compact digital camera and one thing I like about it vs. interchangeable lens camera is the wide depth of field, which is great for landscape pictures.

Beautiful Work, Thanks for your Time !!

Thank you, enjoyed hearing about your describing your thoughts about what you were seeing. Beautiful shots.

Sehr inspirierend. Wunderschön.

Excellent video, Kim. Thanks for the suggestions.

Thanks for your content on this video and for the inspiration given!

You live in a beautiful place, Kim. Just to be there must be so therapeutic. I really love your images. I haven't done any focus stacking but I must give it a try. Always something new to learn.

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

It is so beautiful Mary! I can't wait to move back here full time. Thank you very much. Do enjoy trying out focus stacking

Stunning images and food for thought for me especially regarding lighting, thank you :) X

Great pictures, Kim. It's always interesting to see photographers on their journey. Abstract photography can yield stunning results. Enjoy your photography, I know I do. Cheers and subscribed.

Amazing video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Hello from Canada, great shots. I'm definitely going to try the focus stacking , the results are stunning. Have a awesome day !

I love footprints in the sand as long as some of them are mine! yes that's a wonderful part of the world where you are enjoy every minute of it.....Thank you for taking us there!

Great video! As a timelapse photogorapher, clear skies are always a pain, good to see you making good use of them though.

Fantastic! Keep it up! You help inspire!!!

Excellent video!! Never thought about what you just accomplished. I live in Montana, USA so we have no beaches. However I think I might be able apply this on some rivers. Beautiful shots that you ended up with!!

I have been a commercial photographer for 47 years. I have learned to have one tripod that I only use in sandy/dirty type locations. Sand gets into everything dealing with the tripod legs. It is just about impossible to get the sand out. I also have one tripod that I use for everything else on location and one heavy tripod I use in the studio.

Seriously inspired! Will revisit soon🤗

Beautiful images and great information. Thank you.

Thanks for a great video Kim, it looks a beautiful location with those woods you walked through to get there. I wasn't expecting you to say the focus stacking was the thing you wished had done more of. I like the story of the footprint I had a similar experience and have posted on the community page 🙂👍

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Brian! There's been so many situations in the past that I haven't done focus stacking and ended up with images I wasn't completely satisfied with. There's so many cases where I'm glad I didn't use it too but it's great to be open to it now and have the choice depending on what emotion and feelings I want to portray in the images 😊

Thank you, Kim. Such wonderful images, and you explained your thoughts for the compositions so well, including where the compositions didn't work for you, which is just as helpful for someone like me. In a happy coincidence, I head for the coast in a few weeks, so I'll see how I go with the lessons you delivered.

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy your trip to the coast ☺️

Stunning photography, thanks for sharing your tips! I also love abstract photos, I think beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. :). Cheers

Brilliant images Kim.

Very nice Kim, I going to try more of the focus stacking my self. Thanks for the great ideas.

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeffrey! Enjoy!

The certainly was stunning….focus stacking is something I often think about after I get home…..dang why didn’t I stack this. Thank you for reminding me to experiment more!😊

Kim I haven't watched in ages due to the fact I had emergency surgery on my spine I can't get out with my camera which gets me down 😢 my favourite was the focus stacked sunset it was absolutely stunning, this tutorial gave me an uplift thank you keep up the great work ❤👌

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear this May. Wishing you well and a speedy recovery. Sincerely hope you're able to get out with your camera again in the near future ❤️

Great job Kim.

Just discovered your channel and subscribed for more videos. Great job, stunning beach images and beautiful music!! Thank you

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tom and welcome

Thank you, Kim. You got me inspired to do some focus stacking too by the sea.

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant Kerstin! Enjoy!

A beautiful video, your fantastic story telling voice … ☺️

Thank you, I like your attitude to photography.

Your videos are amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful images

with focus stacking your expensive dslr/mirrorless now finally produces smartphone level output!

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.

Outstanding video … thank you!

WOW that was an amazing photograph!

Great photographic philosophy in your closing. Maybe a video on your photo stacking post processing technique. Keep up the great work!

Awesome!

Nicely done!

Thanks Kim. DId some very similar shots down on the Solway coast recently. Lovely images. Subscribed.

awesome again. focus stacking rules. cheers

Really enjoyed this video. I’m definitely going to give focus stacking a try, your resulting image was just stunning Thanks again for sharing Andy

@kimgrantphotography

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Andy! Enjoy trying out Fuchs stacking 😊

You are inspiring me to improve!

Beautiful video, often we look for something spectacular to shoot, and yet there are patterns and other things all around us.

Great vid, really enjoyed.

To me your best image was the one you manually focus stacked, using the creek leading to the sea with the sunset sun reflection. Awesome. Yes, in body camera focus stacking is a wonderful thing.

This is beautiful.