I'm so thankful for digital photography in that we can shoot to our hearts content and practice our craft without the added expense of film. Also, something that I learned as a hunter and solidified as a hiker/camper is that any time in the woods is a great time to be in the woods. I'm a novis photographer and I am truly enjoying every moment of it.

I experimented with a few things but honestly I’d ditch the jetboil and just take a food flask with something homemade in. I got a decent Thermos one and as long as you pre warm it gets at least 8-10 hours and still red hot. Actually works out lighter overall too.

@johnlavin-ford8372

2 жыл бұрын

With you there Paul.

It is good advice. Just been on a family holiday to the new forest. Had this realisation there myself as well

I just want you to know that I enjoy your work and appreciate your photography. Right now I'm on the treadmill with my headphones on you on my Android phone and also on the big screen and I've managed to sync the audio up. My wife is upstairs working and I don't want to disturb her but the racket of my treadmill won't let me enjoy you at full volume thanks for all the trudging around take care. Oh yes and you as the British say cheers.

Great vlog Henry, 2 beautiful images,very inspirational as always ,calendar ordered looking forward to that 👍👍

you are a hard worker Henry and have my admiration

I've just bought that exact ball head, I love it. I normally find the best tree in the forest is the oldest tree.

Great video Henry and great to see the woodland photography going from strength to strength.

Woodlands are all beautiful. If there is a shortcoming, its in our ability to make sense of the natural chaos presented to us. Its our inability to interpret the language of nature. Good photography Henry.

Love your enthusiasm and it rubs off on my own work. Thanks for doing what you do

Beautiful images! 😍 Nice video!

Thanks for the encouragement. It is a process and yes out doing photography is awesome.

Woodlands in the UK are stunning, I really struggle in Queensland to find a nice woodland with trees like you have there. Down south and in Tasmania, NZ, I find it easier to find what I'm looking for, but here at home it's bloody hard, lots of stringy barks, ironbarks, gum trees, blackbutts, blood woods (just realised how weird Aussie tree names are), love finding a large fig tree. Good tip on trying your best to get the shot 'right' in camera - I need to focus more on this. Second image was my favourite 🤩

You're such a cheerful person.

Fantastic vlog Henry both your images are beautiful a real joy to watch.

Boil in the bag all day long!

Brilliant mate. Great images 👌

Ainsley Harriet couscous pouches, 50p ish in the supermarket, boil the water and then let the couscous soak. So good! Then just add meat, fish, whatever you like.

Hey Henry, I too have rekindled my passion for photography because of your work (along with other young guys such as Simon Baxter Thomas Heaton and more recently a very engaging Scottish photographer called Kim Grant) The common denominator is passion enthusiasm and as always a very generous willingness to share. I love your style and have told my mates about your klinsmann moment in Shropshire! Keep it up mate.

@Biscuit761YT

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I came across Kim after seeing one of Henry's vlogs, a good little photographer.

@grahamallen3941

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been following, Simon, Thomas and Kim for over about 2 years now and I love all their work. Love your photos to Henry. I’m close to Sherwood Forest and they have some great old oak trees. The only one that is spoilt is the Major Oak and it’s so old it’s held up by huge posts. Keep up the good work. Graham.

Hi Henry - just had a week in the Lake District and because of weather concentrated my efforts in woodland. Two that I think you might have some fun in are Coombs Wood (just north of Laxonby in the Eden Valley) and Borrowdale on the woodland walk from Ashness Bridge to Watendlath. I caught both when the woodland floor had interest with the ferns just about turning. The Borrowdale walk was probably the most exciting with mostly oaks and birch and loads of moss-covered boulders - and very few visitors which is saying something the week leading up to bank holiday!

5:14 Partridge/Grouse running in the background...

top notch as always Henry,those trees are just gorgeous,and the rusty coloured fern in the second one was beautiful,thank you Henry,thoroughly enjoyed that.

Whilst you weren't enthused about the colours in the second image, I thought compositionally the scene looked great and would definitely be one to consider for a revisit in different conditions and nice shout out to Gary Gough, love his work too

Love your videos. I have recently upgraded my tripod to a manfrotto 109 carbon fibre and I'm looking for a decent ball head to put on it but can't decide what to go for. I use a sonyA7 with a 24 to 70 lens, could you recommend any

Top draw as always Henry, calendar ordered too, one for Germany. Love this channel. 👍🏼💪🏼

Excellent stuff as usual Henry, your vlogs always inspire me to go out and shoot!! Loved your second shot in particular, I’m quite ‘into’ the soft focus woodland scenes at the moment, yours seemed to have that ‘orton’ effect straight out of camera. Keep it up, Mint!!!

great video Henry

Great location & enjoyed your comments regarding woodlands...cheers..

The ‘Look What I Found’ range of meals in a bag are great, about £2-3 each and can be warmed up in the jetboil. You can also fold up a piece of kitchen roll and place on top of your oily tuna, light the kitchen roll and it warms your tuna up 👍 if you keep the resealable bags from yours trail meals, you can make up your own recipes too...

Batchelors Supernoodles!! Used 'em all the time when canoeing.

some wonderful colors I really like congratulations

I'd recommend the Wayfayrer meals. I went through a load of different types before I went to Iceland last year.. I found the dried ones where you add water into the bag to be quite bland and a bit plasticky ... the Wayfayrer ones aren't dried and they do some cracking meals. You just get your water boiling in your jetboil and stick the bag in the boiling water (sealed for 7 mins) job done. The all day breakfast is cracking! The meaballs and pasta and Pasta Bolognese were pretty much identical. The chilli was nice but I didn't rate the chicken curry. If you look on Amazon you can sort of bulk buy them (I just bought 12 All day breakfasts packs for 40 quid, so £3.33 each)... Go outdoors sell them as well.... I've got the same jetboil as you and one pack fits in ok... one tip, if you want more flavour take some ketchup or tabasco with you to put in :)

Hey Henry....Very much appreciate your energetic vocals to get motivated. In the context of advice for forest photography...Once Simon Baxter said to look for trees in forest

Hi Henry. Thanks for passing on the woodland advice - the thing I'm dropping by to mention is that 'find a nice woodland' is (or should be) an intro into what actually constitutes a 'nice woodland'. In other words, what was missing from the narrative was a break down of the component parts that can go together make a 'nice woodland' and then, on the flip side, the attributes of 'unsuitable woodland'. For sure, there's a subjective slant but there are also various objective points that can be made to help viewers in their own woodland searching. I'm thinking perhaps the former has an attractive understory and/or grasses / mossy rocks and so forth, with interesting veteran trees and openings between them to more easily facilitate compositions, . None of this is criticism, just a friendly mention that getting properly under the skin of the 'find a nice woodland' advice and laying it out piece by piece, would bump the instructional element of the episode by a useful margin. Hope you and yours are fine and well and thanks again for what is a great and entertaining channel.

Hey Henry, I just found you through your "mate" Ian...it's great to find undiscovered talent. The thing about art is it's wonderfully subjective. We all see differently. I happen to like your 2nd image even more than the 1st...(framing, color pallette, orton effect, and intangibles) you may want to do a quick survey...it'll be interesting and increase your engagement even more. I look forward to catching up on your other vids, and following you on your journey...

Hi Henry, woodland photography is never as easy at it looks, we have Macclesfield Forest 30 minutes away from where I live, I always think am I missing images that you guys would see in an instant!! I’ll keep looking!

That last picture is great!! It makes so much sense indeed, go to a beautiful woodland if you want to take good pictures.. The real nice ones are further away for me though, so the less nice one will have to do most of the time.. 🙈

Henry the cheap noodles are ok, boil the water then drop them it 2 min later soft noodles or the one i use a lot is the naked rice, you can get a small mug and de-pack the rice into a bag so less to carry home..

Much prefer the 2nd shot...liked the contrast between the light silver birch and the dark oak.

Lovely pictures

I'm an arborist and I've often dabbled with the idea of taking my GFX camera into the canopy of the tree to see what I can get.

When I was in the Army in Alaska one of the guys in our unit I camped with would take along Minute Rice and a few spices. He would take different main courses from the MREs and mix with the rice over a single burner stove like yours. It was amazing what a tasty meal a handful of minute rice with some of the ham & chicken loaf broken up in it and a few spices could make in just a few minutes. Also handy trick for field exercises, especially in winter. If you or anyone you know has a dehydrator you can dehydrate almost anything. A big bag of frozen veggies compact down a lot when dehydrated. You can even dehydrate things like chili or spaghetti. Take along a baggie or such of your mix and a bit of water on the boil and your premix and you have a quick, but tasty meal.

Henry, what brand and model of bracket are you using on your camera?

tin of baked bean.... you can steam or boil them in the Jet Boil.... then some bread to soak in.... tin of all day breakfast........ loads of stuff you can use... but remember to squash the can after, pop in a bag and bring home.... no weight to it.

Like your attitude and outlook, from Crestline California.

Good vlog , your last image was spot on , nice one.

Best foods I always take backpacking that are cheap...Mug Shots and Ainsley's instant couscous. I always doctor them up ahead of time. Add some Dairy Lea to the mac and cheese mug shot and it is REALLY good. I tend to steer clear of the ramen type ones as they aren't so filling or tasty...two packs is too much food for me but probably about good for you. Fresh pasta often only takes 3 minutes of boiling and just take a small tub of sauce to add in.

I would suggest pre-boiling your rice. Divvy it out into portions and bring X number of portions needed. A little more work at home; less work out in the field.

The place you were shooting in is beautiful. The spread of moss and trees give such a great scene. Also, you captured a rabbit running across your video at T5:13. Looks to be a great place for nature shooting too.

I use ration packs from ebay with my jet boil, or I use boil in the bag. Basically a chemical reaction boils the water in the bag. Definitely a more compact way of cooking on the move. I've used both in the forces obviously for different reasons

Hi Henry. Try the rice with an instant soup mix, but add less water than you normally would for soup. You can still add tuna or corned beef or something for extra. Great vid as always.

@rudesilva6590

3 жыл бұрын

Raman noodles are also a good base (the packets never liked the flavoring they come with) vs rice if you need a options (the soup mix is a great pointer :-)..)

Nice woodland images, Henry. I am subscribed to Gary's channel it is "top drawer"! Try this for your meal... instant rice, a bouillon cube/powder, and a dash of your favorite seasonings/herbs prepared in a freezer quality resealable bag. Add the suggested amount of hot water for the amount of rice and let steep, usually for 5 minutes. Add a tin of your choice of meat and you have a meal similar to what you were trying to do with Uncle Ben's microwave rice. The key is the heavier freezer bags for the hot water. All the best, Gordon

So love your instructive videos Henry. I love doing woodland photos in the Autumn/Winter here around Dartmoor. I would love to do a calender of my photos but I see so many company's advertising there services that it's hard to choose. Any suggestions? Regards Steve Bloom.

Hi Henry, great video as always! Been really inspired by you, that mr Heaton, Baxter, and Gough to re kindle my teenage hobby of photography. Actually heading to Keswick for 4 nights on Sunday, hoping to explore the local area with my d7100. First time in the area and have used your previous videos and will definately check out some of your recommended "top 5" Really enjoy watching your journey with your passion and enthusiasm, wish you all the best, and should we ever meet on a hillside somewhere, beer, coffee, uncle bens is on me!

@richardstyles1925

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Henry, as it happens we did meet in the Ashness bridge car park briefly on the 9th, I was parked next to the "Red Beast" you were just finishing a one to one workshop. Didn't get to buy you that pint, so I'll buy you a virtual one on your support page on the website. P.S All the "Ferns" you talk about are indeed bracken! Although from the same family, they are indeed a different genus, it's the bracken that forms off a single stem and turns reddish/brown at this time of year. Ferns grow in a clump with their fronds starting virtually at ground level. Not a criticism at all, you've helped me so much with my photography, thought I could help you with your plants. Keep up the great work, it's awesome.

Henry, you should try photos in Sherwood Forest, there are so many different types of tree, old oaks, silver birch, firs etc. Might be worth a visit. All the best Graham

I fully understand what he meant by 'nice', but I would humbly suggest that what you need to 'see' is not simply nice, but 'characterful'. Character is an expression of the soul, It is what makes the soul interesting, for good or bad. Nice, to me, is simply the presentation of the personality, which can often be quite bland. All forests are nice, and all forests have their aspects of character hidden inside them somewhere. The satisfaction for a photographer of forests, is to find the character peeking through the personality, and to capture it in the fleeting moment of light play.

Not particular about jet boil but, maybe you can consider those trail mix nuts? And maybe pair it with tea or coffee.

Henry great channel i like your easy approach to how you explain and talk about your landscape photography. My passion in photography iscompletely different from yours .I shoot motorsport travel around the Uk to all the circuits .However because of Covid this has not happened. So i am trying my hand at Landscape i found ypur videos so interesting and inspiring. So i have been out once already and planning my next outing . Just got to get out with my camera .Big thank you .

Hi I just got my first camera it is a canon SL2 I got the kit lens 11-55 I think, and I bought a 50mm. I am looking at getting a longer lens 50-200 or a 70-300mm do you have a book that you can suggest for beginners? I do so videos and I leave the camera in AV and when I shot a picture or 2 I just use auto for now. Great videos I will keep watching.

@HenryTurnerphoto

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Doug thanks a lot. You can download my ebook here: www.henryturnerphotography.co.uk/ebook-on-composition/composition-the-art-of-seeing-landscape-photography-ebook. It’s been really well received!

Woodland shots are so hard. Unless there's a nice path or stream or some lovely lighting I just end up with pictures of trees.

Hiya Henry, I just realised that you r beard and arm waving at the start reminded me of a TV personality of a few years ago, Google a chap called David Bellamy. Great vlog as usual, and your preaching to the concerted vis Gary Gough, did a workshop with him in January, what you see is what you get, great bloke.

@slippyu1

3 жыл бұрын

David Bellamy died only this year 😔

Hello Henry hope you're well. With both photos I would have settled for the trees on the right. The first one the tree had an interesting form, the second I'd have taken it in portrait format not forgetting the ferns, great splash of colour.. Please go and do some autumnal stuff. Just catching up on your blogs, I have been engaged with Scottish ospreys in recent weeks! Got some catching up to do. BTW thanks for the calenders, they've arrived safely 👍

Cook your own meals then cryovac them into portions, drop into boil water 5 mins later you are good to go. Great vlogg champ.

Your first photograph is lovely - maybe print on a nice rag paper. Keep doing what you are doing. Eats: perhaps Chomps grass fed beef sticks if available in the UK.

"Founally" (verb) to finally have found an item. Henry Turner.

Food: i personally prefer oatmeal when begining a woodland adventure. Woodland: i appreciate the great video and advice. I've personally found there are hidden gems 💎 in my local woodland that change with the seasons, giving me a lot of photo safari opportunities before needing to find another site. Thanks for your work! Much appreciated!

I think I might be blind but cannot find a link to the Gary Gough video you mentioned. £5.50 for a dehydrated meal? Imagine the steak you could have for that:) I use a Trangia stove and burn meths, it cooks everything. Nothing like onions, mushrooms and a few sausages to warm the cockles of my heart:)

Hi Henry have you thought about military combat rations the American and British one's are pretty good and full of calories which for you would be good they are designed for boil in a bag plus you can get them quite cheap on ebay. Love your videos by the way

3:22 "It's definitely been a bit of a plantation, at some stage…" The Forestry Commission (Forestry England, now) have had a programme of restoring 'Plantation on Ancient Woodland Sites', or PAWS. Maybe, it's one of those?

Cooking tip: I start with Top Ramen (at least that's what it is called here in the colonies) and I add various dehydrated veggies and possibly some canned meats. Tip ; drain the can of meat and pack in a sealable baggie. The key is to reduce weight. Loose the Jetboil (too much weight) and get a MSR Pocket Rocket and a titanium pot. Bon Appetit.

Hi 👋 Have you ever done portraits in the woodlands? My boyfriend want to do his photo shoot, fits well with his personality. Any thoughts how to do so? What great advice so simple to keep in mind. Amazing video. I enjoy about this type of photography while looking at this stunning nature too. Great video 😊

Did everyone else see the bunny on the rhs at 5'12" in?

@slippyu1

3 жыл бұрын

yup..... saw the rabbit 😉

@endowpictures22

3 жыл бұрын

No

@elke1317

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

that's something I really struggle with woodland photograhy

Get yourself a rice cooker about 20 quid in Argos. Pre-cook 2 cups of rice and pack in lunch box. Reheat on location with tuna or meat of choice ..Much better value and flavor than that U'Bens packets - Love the videos keep up the great work

Your advice and thoughts on photographing woodlands is useful and inspiring. Makes me think about my own ventures into the woods. However, I am intrigued by the great clarity and rich colors and good sound quality of your video. May I ask what camera set up and mic you are using? I’m trying to find a solution to my own videos, and would be interested in your kit.

@HenryTurnerphoto

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks a lot. I'm using a Canon M50 and a Rode VideoMicro, you'll be able to see all my gear on my website. Cheers!

Hi henry, do not throw that tuna spring water away drink it i do its lovely . Another enjoyable video.

Do people call you to do assignments Henry or do you go out and photograph your subjects on your own. Keep those videos coming...

Where the green and brown ferns were should have tried low...the ferns would have looked neat skimming over the tops. Different perspective. Eye view just over the tops.

It's funny because I literally just finished watching Gary's video where he said that exact quote your video is about. 😁 By the way you mentioned that you're going to link to his channel in the video but I don't see it in your video description maybe I'm overlooking it.

@HenryTurnerphoto

3 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks for that, I'll put it into the description, my bad

Investigate cozy cooking with freezer bags and insulated “cozy”. Pack dry ingredients in a freezer bag, add boiling water from your stove, slip into an insulated cozy, and wait. Use packaged tuna or salmon not canned. Eat in bag- no fuss no muss!

If you mix potato, carrot and rice can be very tasty heheh

First time I've seen anyone using the 55_300 DX lens, I use mine all the time on my D800E think it's great, have you found a sweet spot on it? I tend to use f8 all the time

@HenryTurnerphoto

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet spot for me would be f/8 or f/9. I love it!!

Might seem an odd question but I was wondering what bag you use mate? I’m only just properly getting into my photography and I can’t seem to find one that I like! It’s difficult to get a sense of them looking on the internet. I haven’t got much kit, just my camera, tripod and 2 lenses. Looking for something that fits my camera stuff and maybe a few bits of clothes and my sandwiches 😂love your videos as always mate, your passion and enthusiasm is brilliant. Top lad!!!

@c.a.pearson5463

3 жыл бұрын

I realize you didn’t ask me, but I thought I’d try to help. On his website he shows his bag being the Mindshift Backlight 26L. 👍🏻 www.henryturnerphotography.co.uk/my-gear

@HenryTurnerphoto

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that!!

You should get yourself some flameless ration heaters, less to carry

Hey Henry. You look like Ragnar loth brook of the Vikings tv show. Keep the beard mate. Don't know if they have cup a soup back home but that would work out great with your hot water.

I'd go for a tin of beans and sausages or do some couscous with tuna. Maybe make a pre-made scrambled egg mix, butter, eggs, salt, pepper then just heat that with some bread.

Great video mate! Your backpack in this video is it your osprey pack?

@HenryTurnerphoto

3 жыл бұрын

Not in this video mate - this is the Mindshift Backlight 26L

@luap1983

3 жыл бұрын

Henry Turner brilliant thanks for the reply! Keep up the good work!!👍👍

Thank you, your video has been a real help and inspiration. Thanks so much. What lens, please? (Tunbridge Wells Kent)

@normski4ash

3 жыл бұрын

Click the "Show More" button. wide angle Tokina AT-X PRO 11-16mm F2.8 DXII Lens. Long lens Nikon 20050 AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-200 mm VR II Lens for Camera.

Use LunchEase or similar…heat your own food without gas…

You cook in the wood?😍😍😍

@HenryTurnerphoto

3 жыл бұрын

Sure Do!

Better of getting the boil in the bag meals, you can buy military Rations packs from fleabay for not much money, over 4000 calories per back, three meals and beverages.

Indeed the defenition of Ancient Woodland is confusing. ".....Plantations on ancient woodland sites which are ancient woods that have been felled and replanted with non-native species. Typically, these are conifers, but it can also include broadleaved planting such as non-native beech, red oak, and sweet chestnut. Although damaged, they all still have the complex soil of ancient woodland, and all are considered to contain remnants of the woodland specialist species which occurred before." from www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/habitats/ancient-woodland/ Oliver Rackham's books cover this in depth.

The 2nd image you weren’t so sure of, I thought it was wonderful. The rusty color in the foreground was a great element to the overall image.

With woodland photography it is hard to see the trees because of all trees so to speak 😊

Was that a small dinosaur running from the right to left at around 5:15?

@christopherhume8896

3 жыл бұрын

Partridge or grouse, hard to tell on my screen which one exactly.

I think your woodland would be classed as a 'plantation on ancient woodland site'. These are ancient woodlands that have been felled and re-planted with non-native species.

No help here, I'm far more likely to have a chainsaw with me than a Jetboil. 🙃

Just throw noodles and tuna in jetboil and eat from there. Simple and easy.

The first picture i don't really like it. Its not my style.