Improve your 14-24mm photography - simple composition tips and tricks
I always struggled with a wide angle lens until I understood a few key tips. In this video I go through how I use a wide angle lens to get the best out of a scene and use the foreground effectively.
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I'm taking great comfort in the fact that both of you have uploaded videos since filming this, meaning you can't have been swept away...
@MadsPeterIversen
2 жыл бұрын
Still here 😅
@BartRos1980
2 жыл бұрын
Lol exactly
@paulcollingridge8387
2 жыл бұрын
But James.... Where were you? Mrs P can always cover your clothes in baby mess whilst you're away so you don't feel you've missed out on your return 😉
@nicerides9224
2 жыл бұрын
I was getting nervous just watching him standing so close to the edge on wet rocks. It's almost like extreme sports photography.
@user-du4sk1mg6u
2 жыл бұрын
我一直以为是一个人做完所有
I look like a teddy bear in all those clothes 🤣
@NigelDanson
2 жыл бұрын
🐻 🤗
@DavidTpitCabrera
2 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha
@brucedelorme5026
2 жыл бұрын
Mads, thank you for an amazing adventure and fantastic time. Both yiu and Nigel are awesome.
@erkko69
2 жыл бұрын
It hard plase to keep balanse isnt Peter. Midle of of the f*** waterfall.
@erkko69
2 жыл бұрын
You are good Peter
This Can't get further more detailed ,about the compo techniques, Learnt a lot , thank you
All photos are amazing, especially the last one with the sunburst!
Glorious video and shots. Your opening shot of the falls had me fearing for your life.
Thank you for staying safe and sharing your knowledge with us, while you take us on your journeys. Shooting iconic locations in unique ways, an important lesson I’ve learned from you.
I love that you have made every new video clip here so beautifully composed. They look like they were just randomly taken, but they are so good composed. Brilliant!
Once again Nigel, I want to thank you and Mads for the adventure of a lifetime. I learned so much and enjoyed every second. Great VLOG and teaching.
Appreciate your *Patience in Teaching* *Passion in Teaching* Thank you very much, Nigel
@NigelDanson
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
I think your study: take less photos, think more, realy have effekt My photography. I want to thanks you personality, Nigel. You are a good man.
OMG what a location, love your videos and your humility. Great stuff
I've lived in Germany for over 30 years now. We still import British tea bags. Can't beat them!
Always look forward to your videos each week. Its part of my Sunday routine now. Absolutely beautiful, can't wait to travel again. Got your calendar here in VT yesterday. Beautiful. Thanks for keeping me inspired.
Love the tips about shooting low on a smaller waterfall. Also shooting across or downstream, great ideas for composition. Thanks again for the wonderful video.
I can't wait to watch this 🙂 Shooting with extreme wide angle can be rewarding but also very challenging so I'm sure this video will give us a few ideas/help a bit!
Got my calendar today - Wow! Oh, such beautiful photos. I hung it in my front doorway to see every day - its a work of art to be enjoyed every day Nigel - thank you. J
Epic waterfalls - epic all round, great to see this magnificent landscape again & to see how you made the most of it for wide angle shooting. Cool rainbow, too. Thanks as always. Can't wait to get the new calendar up, not to wish the rest of 2021 away too quickly!
Nothing beats shooting a waterfall!
Excellent video, Nigel. You don’t miss a thing. Tech is workin’ just fine. Many others could learn a thing or two from your work. Keep it up!
great video and i love seeing 2 of my fav. photographers on YT working together, well done, take care and stay safe!
Wow, simply amazing! Water compositions are my absolute favourite images. Combined with a rainbow, there’s something so exciting and mystical about capturing ‘the decisive moment’ when a rainbow magically appears. Lovely images and video. Great to see you and Mads Peter Iversen on a video. Two for the price of one!
My heart was in my mouth watching Mads's video last week when he was perched on those rocks at the waterfall and seeing your video reaffirmed that feeling, however the image you got from here Nigel was beautiful as were the the other images you shared this week. Looked a great trip based on both your instagram updates
Another great video Nigel (and Mads too) Thank you so much for sharing your tips & experience
Love these kinds of videos where we see some of the process of finding comps. It’s interesting to compare what I would do at one of these locations vs. what you do. Amazing images too👏
Awesome footage. One of your best!
Outstanding images Nigel.
Amazed by the fantastic and exotic locations you shoot at...keep inspiring..huge fan of your work 🌹
Love the honesty notes in the images!
I just bought a 14-24 yesterday and now I see this! This is a sign! 🙏🏼 ♥ I have to go out and put it to work 😁
Three words to remember from that video "This is Epic!". And it actually is! I'm very much looking forward to going to the Faroes one day! Thanks for the tips as always 😊
Stunning location and images! Great tips too
That first shot at Fossa especially. Immense! 😍
Hi Glad your home safe. Personally, because of back problems, I can't think of going to such places anymore so a big tnanks of bring them to me!
Aww just fabulous drone footage of the Fossa
Received the calendar on Friday. Well done.
You videoing and talking through trying to find a composition was really really useful!
Yet another great video from a fantastic looking location.
great video. Thanks for the tips and recommendations
a big thank you for all these tips and for it's wonderful pictures
Nigel, I love to make waterfall images, there is always something new to learn - especially from you. Wife surprised me for my birthday with your calendar - how cool is that?!
This was a very interesting video. Definitely going to use the tips the next time I take photos with my wide angle lens. :) What I also like about your videos is that one doesn't have to be a professional photographer nor own tons and tons of lenses to use your tips. A camera and one lens can be enough. I picked up my calendar from the post office today. And it's absolutely gorgeous!
@NigelDanson
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks - and glad you enjoyed the video and the calendar
Stunning shots and good inspiration about wide angle shots!
Wow that was an amazing video. Thank you
Awesome video and photos what a location, will have to go on the wish list.
Really enjoyable video thank you. I need reminding to look before shooting. Your video makes me realise I’m doing shots with insufficient thought for how the wide angle can significantly improve the composition.
Awesome indeed
Another excellent video. Thank you.
Amazing as always!❤️
Hi Nigel, I saw your video on the 5 day deal and liked your style. Subscribed!
fantastic work by both of you.
My first thought was there has to be a safer location. Great video and info.
Tomi Partanen 40 sekuntia sitten 12:52 . Impessive. New Technology for studing photography. Im wery broud of you Nigel
Hope I can remember all those great tips next weekend on a photography workshop at Ricketts Glen (Pennsylvania in the US) which has 21 falls.
Just as in Mads' video, once you got on that rock next to the torrent, I lost track of what you saying while thinking about the tragedy so close. You and Mads comprise the "Dream Team" of landscape photography mentors.
You are so brave and tough man to hike these slopes!
I really liked the way you talked us through your thought process using the picture insert and pointing out the shapes and features. It's quite unusual to get those detailed insights from a photography educator, and it's so effective. Thank you! And also... thanks for adding yet another location to my "visit" bucket list 🤣
Should have turned this into a drinking game. Every time Nigel says “OH WOW” or “EPIC” take a shot!!
This is so fitting. I just bought my first wide angle lens!
@brodygamble6002
2 жыл бұрын
I did the same thing just today, couldn't have been better!
@lifewithoutborders1348
2 жыл бұрын
I bought 14-30 wide angle
Thanks for the great tips.
Thanks Nigel - another corker of a video!
Really nice Nigel 😊
Another great video of such an amazing place I definitely would love to come on a workshop here soon......:))
epic indeed. 📷
It doesn't get better than that!
I like that idea of using my phone for general composition.
Looks incredible there and great photos/tips. I had my daughter join to watch your video today, I think she was worried you were going to fall in, especially when you were doing what almost looked like a Yoga move balancing on that rock 🤣
Brilliant video. Looked really dodgy on them rocks but the image was brilliant. Loved the winding Road image too. 👌
Slow donwn,Adam teatch it too. I like you Apple thing too.
Wow an amazing waterfall and what a joy to have been there and experienced it. Love watching your videos.. Nigel do you ever visit Northumberland? Some lovely places to see.
Beautiful wonderland experience Nigel , love the 1st , the Sunset 🌅 sojourn one and horizontal 2nd last one;) haha sorry. The whole time i’m wondering about those sticky soles your wearing whilst your precariously dangling in JoY!
What a stunning location. That walk up to the waterfall looked a bit uneven but paid off from the images. Such a good idea to use your phone to look for a comoposition. I'll be definately keeping that in mind. My latest waterfall vlog is cack compared to this Nigel 😄 Epic is an understatement where you are! Ive mentioned safety in my previous videos as its shocking the amount of times Ive seen a photographer climbing trees, jumping over walls and falling into rivers to get the shot. Watching Mads at @6:17 was a bit nerve racking with the amount of that water around his tripod! 😬 The point you made about the dominant compostion with your phone is really useful and helpful. I'll be trying that out as Im forever moving and mooching around for a good composition. With water being that strong and powerful I would try and shoot at 1/4 of a second and try and work around there. If I shoot the exposure for too long it leaves no definition or detail in the water. The image was stunning and Im getting jealous 😄 Wow! them roads!! 😎 Looks like somewhere in Switzerland with the rocks mountains and the winding roads. The image was something I would probabaly look at and get over the other side of the wall. Great framing! Its a landscape that shouts picture perfect! I think wide angle always makes a subject look larger than what it is and gives you some scope for some really creative photography. I just stay well away from portraits with it. 😄 I love how you bring structure together and visualise that through your photography. With the third location I thought the landscape looked brilliant for a compostion with the water in the foreground and the background with the surrounding mountains but then again you would of probably missed the rainbow in landscape. Great video again Nigel. Really enjoyed watching this! Keep up the great work!
Nigel you and Mads must have mountain goat blood in you to climb some of the trails necessary for the first waterfall. I could just see myself falling off into oblivion. It really demonstrates the length to which you and other landscape photographers go through to get the epic images that you do. It makes me wish I was 10-15 years younger. I really enjoyed seeing the different images from this trip. Thanks for taking me to places I would have trouble getting to.
Amazing photos! Interesting how you mentioned a 13th of a second a couple times. That was the shutter speed I settled on over the summer taking photos of incoming waves at the ocean. Maybe it's a magic number for water? lol
Just an observation, though, not all Pros can be included, I expected to see Michael Shainblum's work with Lightening comps and Alwyn Wallace for Astro comps... As always, your content hits the spot, while sharing a very specific, utilitarian approach to using lenses to their best purposes. Thanks, for sharing your photo adventures, Nigel!
Nigel, great video and compositions. Particularly appreciated the new use of the phone as a PIP in your video. The change of camera angle from tripod to drone was particularly slick. Do you use a standalone microphone and recorder, as the sound is so clear?
That is an amazing Shot Of the waterfall Nigel. Good to see you did not float down the Norwegian Seas. Its funny as I just ordered the 12-24 and there was this video. What kind of dead cat is Mads using? I haven’t heard of waterproof microphones like that…
What I find interesting is that 2 different photographers will emphasize different aspects of the same scene. The key is finding a composition you think works for the scene. The tip of using a phone to preview a scene will make one take in the scene before grabbing the camera and shooting away. Slow down and observe before shooting.
It's little bit dangerous on the big waterfall. Only some small step left, and the force of water can you push down to waterfall. Hopefully, all passed OK, but be carreful please!! (500 liters of pushing water = 1/2 ton of force - 8x more as your weight). Thanks you for a very nice video!
@NigelDanson
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah - thanks. We were very aware and not as close as it looks to that
Mads doing the stunts , ‘cause safety first 😅😂
I tried at swallow falls Md . State park it turned out muddy but good 👍 it was it rained in Maryland the night before still good shots
Thanks - that was useful as I hardly use my 10-24mm because its too difficult to compose shots! Please can you get a tough case for your phone - I am nervously watching and waiting for it to drop and smash to pieces!
Liked this video a lot. I am preparing for a trip to the Scottisch Highlands next year and just wonder how much weight I should put in my backpack. Just thinking of 5,3kg vs. 7,5kg. How much weight do you carry normally when you are out the whole day?
Thank you again so much for all the great instruction again. And great compositions! Do you know if when we purchase the video instructions in the sale, if we get to keep the teachings for an unlimited amount of time or do we have a certain amount of time to have access to them to watch them in. I think it’s probably indefinitely, but just thought I would double check. I still can’t figure out how you switched back and forth between the drone and another camera while talking to the camera.
Thanks for your tips Nigel of how many steps your ND filters and do you use polarized?
Nigel, what mic do you use for the videos? It's amazing how good your voice sounds even with that epic waterfall around
You are in good shape.
Taking a photo from upstream, looking down stream, works really well; (as you say) the stream leads the eye into the frame. I'm going to try that next time. Do you normally send out emails advertising your workshops or is your website the best place to find out about them?
Awesome
Can you do a video on how you store, order and catalogue your photos on Lightroom.
Probably not a battleship. The last battleships in action were the 2 that Regan reactivated in the USA: USS New Jersey and USS Iowa. However, they are deactivated again. I suspect warship is what was meant. 😃 Not that it matters for this subject. I loved the video. Much as I would love to be the Faroes my acrophobia would not permit me to be the mountain goat. So, I have to live the experience through your and Mads eyes. Of course I also watched Adam Gibbs and Gavin Hardcastle there. Same height-fright thou.
For the picture taken at 10 minutes, was that focus stacked? It's gorgeous.
I am Sony user with huge investment for full set of landscape photography but if Nijon will back with Z9, definaltely will switch back to Nikon. I even do not like the shape of Z6/z7. We want mirrorless camera in dslr shape like Z9. I am a big fan of you and a Nikon boy.
@martharetallick204
2 жыл бұрын
And here's a 63-year-old Nikon gal. Got my first Nikon as a Christmas present back in 1976. I am looking forward to giving the Z9 a try. Shooting with the D850 now. Have barely scratched the surface of what it can do.
Brilliant video and photos Nigel! Can I ask where you focused and did you focus stack the first image of the big waterfall?
@NigelDanson
2 жыл бұрын
Didn’t focus stack and focused on the big waterfall
@luap1983
2 жыл бұрын
@@NigelDanson Thank you
After your statement about safety coming first I am glad you both survived, probably a trick of perspective but that big drop looked closer to you than I would have liked.
@NigelDanson
2 жыл бұрын
It was safe. Just didn’t look it. I don’t like being too close to the edge
Hi Nigel, I really don't like heights! I was really pleased when you talked about safety because that drone footage of a you a few feet from the edge had me cringing. Just looking at it on screen was what the football pundits call 'squeaky bum time'. OK I'm a wuz and I'm happy to own it.
Ooooh, that looks sketchy. But the image was worth it!! 👍🦘🇦🇺
A brief video about camera care my be helpful. You are always shooting in the damp weather.
You mentioned about some of the waterfalls being dominant in the shots you took later in the vlog, but what about the Fossa shot the foreground was nearly 2 thirds of the shot. Fossa surely was the main subject but it was diminished by a foreground you could have shot in Snowdonia.
A quick question do you ever use your z6ii for landscape? I currently have a A1 but just not keen on it.
Hi Nigel. I’m wondering if I buy the 5 Day Deal, will I have access to it forever, or is it a limited access only deal?