Really ignorant question from a beginner here... Is there any advantage to shooting in mono, when you could shoot normally and make it mono in PS or LR later?

@NigelDanson

3 жыл бұрын

Good question!. The advantage is that you will get to visualise the scene and shooting in mono when in RAW keeps the colour data that you then use in LR to process.

@blue_ranger

3 жыл бұрын

@@NigelDanson Ah, Ok. That makes sense now. Thanks for replying, Nigel. I appreciate it.

@wullieg7269

3 жыл бұрын

Love how you make it look yellow filtered, not orange,not red,my first would be red n pola...have you thought?,I left my I.r. filters at home!,Dang!..

@thekev506

3 жыл бұрын

I'm my (limited!) experience, what makes a great B&W photo isn't necessarily what makes a great colour photo, so by restricting yourself it'll make you look for what makes the image work with the settings you're using.

@jkmoore1120

3 жыл бұрын

It takes colors out of the equation. I've often looked at scenes with great color but then looked in B&W and they just weren't all that good.

It’s all circles, photography started out with B/W only. Now with a simple change of settings we have the choice to use it again. As for the walls, history of dry stone walls dates back some 3500 years. Mostly in the uplands of the UK, to mark out boarders, fields and control sheep. There are numerous websites that are dedicated to the subject. Thanks for sharing an amazing part of the country Nigel. Truly stunning scenery.

Thank you Nigel, your 'one thought' reminder was exactly what I needed at the moment. Also appreciated that you stopped shooting and simply enjoyed the beauty around you. Your work is greatly appreciated.

Excellent Nigel. Thank you. That pano B+W towards the end was amazing.

Nigel - This may be my favorite of your excellent content on KZread. Indeed B&W as a way to view directly in-camera and great for you to commit to B&W for these images as a way to improve your already excellent photography. Also, your filming is next level lately. Thanks for the inspiration.

Great video this week. Really enjoying them 😀. Thank you Nigel.

Oh so good Nigel. Thanks for bringing us along. Lots of learning!

Bloody brilliant!

NICE! Great tips, nice dialogue at a gentle pace, no screaming and puffed up commentary like many other vids. Your drone aerials add to the videos too. Kudos! Cheers from Montréal.

Really enjoyed this Nigel. I found it because this year I'm determined to focus on b&w landscape photography and I'm going to be in that area in November. Thanks for inspiring me!

Nice relaxing video for a Sunday with a coffee. Love that vista in B&W with the dark foreground and sunlit mountain.

Great to see you embracing B&W photography Nigel. I find that the simplistic images like your last shot with the moon and those lovely clouds have a timeless quality that will endure long after the appeal of the over-saturated, mega-vista landscapes has faded.

Absolutely breathtaking. Watched it back-to-back, standing in front of the large screen the whole time. Brilliant!!

Another fantastic video, full of great advice - thanks Nigel!

Beautiful landscape ....the walls are amazing. Thanks for the perspective in black and white.

Brilliant! I love the idea of setting the monochrome target. It does force you to think in a completely different way. Thank you Nigel.

Super video. I love shooting landscapes in B&W. Thank you for more inspiration.

Incredibly great views! Thanks for the video Nigel👌🏼

That was wonderful to watch. Beautiful shots as always

Any only you to enjoy the view! Thank you again for great information and scenery.

Enjoyed the B&W images. The split image showing exactly what you were seeing in the viewfinder was very helpful. (ie. height of camera and angle of view). Thanks

I love how in this one you showed video from the photo’s perspective of you setting up the shot and looking at horizontal and vertical, and stepping left or right to get the path at the best angle for the shot. That was very helpful. Please talk through some more shots that way with the video. Very helpful!

I can incorporate these insights in my streetphotography video’s as well! Thank you 🙏

Love your videos Nigel. Everything you do is so simple to follow. You're fast becoming my favorite landscape photographer :-))

Looks like endless opportunities for the landscape photographer. Good insight. Rock on!

Thanks Nigel! Your content has helped my photography improve.

Stunning photos Nigel, keep up the good work.

Great video and great challenges. I like the transition of colour video to the B&W part. It was easy to see visually what you were explaining. Amazing place!

Excellent, Nigel! I also try to think in b&w when I see beautiful textures! I think it’s more simple to compose.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Really liked this week's vlog, you got some great black and white images 👍

Over the last year been drawn to Black and White more and moving in a different direction with my photography. That's why I love it, as there no boundaries, just opportunities to try something different

Great b+w photography, Nigel, I enjoy it.

Thanks for the conversation and the pointers.

Beautiful images! Love the quote by Peter Adams. Thank you 🙏

Outstanding presentation and photography. Really needed this on Sunday morning.

Amazing, I loved all of them.

Another great episode. Thank you for sharing.

You showed us how B&W has it’s place in the photography world. Great job on the photos.

Very nice and inspiring video, Nigel! Snowdonia looks amazing. Thank you!

I had one of my cameras converted to infrared bnw. I've gotten so used to shooting bnw that I instinctively look for textures, leading lines, contrast, patterns - as you mentioned - that are ideal for bnw.

Thank you for taking such beautiful place ! I love the shots in monochrome!

An interesting video, Nigel, thanks. In the latter 90s I worked in Telford for some months. I should have photographed Snowdonia more, very beautiful landscape.

Great video this week and what a stunning location. I have always struggled with Black and White in the Landscapes. This really helped. 👍

You make me feel in love with photography 🌹thank you very much

Great nature,love the photos! Tomorow is myday in mountains😀!

Thoroughly enjoyed that thanks some great tips👌✌️

Another excellent video, Nigel! Thank you! I’m hoping to pick up my first macro lens next week after having borrowed one from a friend, so I plan on focusing on macro photography!

Stunning.... As a local guy also to these areas, I always see things totally different when I watch your vids, hopefully one day I will see this beautiful countryside half as good as you do, well done 👍

Great reminder that practicing photography skills is like any other skill....focus deeply on one thing at a time. I've been coming to this realization as a photographer in the last couple of weeks, even though I've done it elsewhere (music, skiing...)! I'll also definitely be using that great Mozart quote. Hard to argue with that level of genius.

Good theme and presentation. My first 35mm camera was bought in 1967 and B&W was much more affordable than color. After getting back into semi-serious photography a couple of years ago I think I subconsciously see in B&W. I feel a composition basis is simply line and light. That can make a good photo, then you can drive yourself mad with the other things to make a great photo.

Nigel, superinspiring approach, and wonderful images. I especially liked the ending - very human point, kudos! :)

Some gorgeous images. Thank you 👍🏻

The entire video is a piece of art 🖼 😍

Brilliant Nigel

What one thing will I practice when out next? Monochrome of course! This video is so inspiring, the landscape so spectacular and, not least, the video editing between the hand-held, the tripod and the drone is superb. As you said last week, there's nothing better than being in the mountains on your own. Cheers from DownUnder. 😊

fantastic images & vid... very good info, thanks so much! 🙏🏼

Your track as background music are amazing

Lovely stuff

Very inspiring!

Never having visited the UK, I really enjoyed this fantastic video. Thanks for sharing!!!!

amazing... shocking storytelling Nigel😳 it is always a pleasure spending times with you and your experiences. Photography as a chance to “live”, properly :)

Fabulous stuff Nigel! Great shots and a great video. The Doom style first person shooter explanation showing composition is really effective. Wonderful stuff!!!! Also good to hear the catch phrase and hear you talking to your drone again😀 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@NigelDanson

3 жыл бұрын

Doom! That was a great network game

A very nicely produced film - and it is always good advice to concentrate on a single aspect of style or imagery when out on a trip, but sometimes harder to maintain and avoid the temptation of reverting back to standard practice - especially with such stunning vistas - but you are correct in saying that there is more learning in this approach and it can be beneficial to progressing skills in the long run.

I find it really hard to see in b&w when I photograph landscapes, but that last pano was really beautiful with all those layers!

I enjoy shooting in the B/W mode and save as RAW files. I get the b/w on the screen but wait until later to see what the image looks like in color on my monitor. A little bit of both worlds. Excellent video with some interesting and thoughtful points, thanks.

Amazing work like usual. :)

Very nice Nigel beautiful as always with you. There are so many times, I get excited about what I'm about to shoot, I forget to take a step back and really take in the vistas...like you said put camera away and look at these areas and vistas and enjoy them. Thanks Again Nigel

Literally came to your channel, torn between the b/w and color renderings of some photos. Timely upload! Thanks from Delaware

You always find the capture no matter where the location is and that's a skill that can't be taught. For someone who has access to the best landscapes/locations in the world it's so nice to see that little old Snowdonia still get's you exited. I loved all the images in this vlog but the iPhone composition of the wall and style was inspirational. 💯% on🔝 photographer 📸✔

@NigelDanson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel - appreciate that

Brilliant

I'm new to photography but I'm having a blast and your channel without a doubt has been the most helpful. You've really helped me understand how to use some of the editing tools tools, inspire me and provide great things to consider. Plus, I just enjoy how you explain things. In one of your previous videos you stated that you don't understand why more people aren't "clicking the Bell." It looks like your setting up your content as designated "For Children". This is preventing people from getting enabling the Bell notifications. I don't know why but when content is setup for children some features are disabled. Your content is safe for kids but not really made for kids like Disney or something. When I click on the Bell it informs me that the feature is not allowed because your content is created for children. Thanks and I hope this helps!

Many thanks, Nigel .... I really enjoyed this video. As a result of early settlement of Australia by peoples from the British Isles, there are stone walls everywhere .... great for photography :)

As you mentioned dry-stone-walling to keep sheep from straying reminded me of a bit of trivia most people probably don't know about. Until the beginning of the twentieth century farmers used a rhyming counting system to keep track of the numbers of sheep they had, which was particualrly important in the days when flocks were moved between fells for grazing, or before and after shearing, and is thought to go back to the middle ages, although based on an ancient Celtic counting system. There were different dialect variations, mostly in Cumbria and Yorkshire, but also Cornish, and there was also a Welsh variant. The Swaledale version was the subject of a famous, and poignant, song by Jake Thakray in his usual witty and dead-pan manner. The words are in groups of five Yan (1), tan (2), tether (3), mether (4), pip (5); azer (6), sezar (7), akker (8), conter (9), dick (10); yanadick (11), tanadick (12), tetheradick (13), metheradick (14), bumfit (15); yanabum (16), tanabum (17), tetherabum (18), metherabum (19), jigget (20) The farmer would place a stone on the ground or put a mark on his crook for each count of twenty (jigget) then start again.

If we're talking B&W landscapes in the modern era there's one name that springs to mind: Thomas Joshua Cooper

Fantastic views. I must admit black and white does look great sometimes. Thanks for the video. That climb made me out of breath.

Love that whole range - GlyderAu, Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach are all awesome. I was there three weeks ago. Your shot over to Tryfan looked spectacular. I am assuming you got up to Y Foel Goch or Gallt yr Ogof from Garth. Love the field videos, Nigel. This is why we watch you and this film is of real quality. What is difficult to articulate, and would be especially welcome, is why you are there and what emotion and feelings you take with you and develop whilst in the field. Pushing towards this end of photography would certainly help me to develop these elements into my work. Keep going!! :)

Lovely video, nice commentary. Than you.

Really dug the direction/editing in this video.

Could never see the interest in shooting in black and white when I have a perfectly good camera that shoots colour, going to give it a go, thanks Nigel

This landscape is so Braveheart. hahahaha Amazing content. Thank you for sharing knowledge.

For me, B&W is where I go when I feel I’ve “missed” a shot but really want to rescuer it. For some reason B&w is more forgiving. 🌸

@graciousness15

3 жыл бұрын

wow you just eead my mind

I spent a tonne of money on cameras and lenses that render colour amazingly. Then I shoot mostly in black and white. I love it.

@SamSpeed90

3 жыл бұрын

You did well, since your black and white photography benefits from the high end equipment. (better microcontrast means better black and white photos)

It’s nice to be allowed to walk about and experience the world. Where I live all the land is private with no trespassing signs.

"Sometimes it is better to be in nature and savour the moment."

I have to practice focus, my eye sight isn’t what it used to be and I have cheap lenses so I have to be very careful to get it right or I have a soft image. I love Snowdonia and thanks for sharing your visit with us.

@gashead2

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately a D90 doesn’t have that unless I have missed it! if it does I then I need to read the manual!

1:07 standing in the most beautiful landscape "... hoping to get some shots" 😉

@NigelDanson

3 жыл бұрын

ha ha - it is quite spectacular.

@korffyboy91

3 жыл бұрын

Really magnificent scenery and great video as per usual

@band1tt

3 жыл бұрын

It can be ever so beautiful standing there but can be a hell to get a good photo of it :)

Awesome

I will be practicing how to use the X-T1 that I just bought! The moon shot is amazing, calendar 2022? Can’t believe we’re on the 8th page of 2020 already.

@NigelDanson

3 жыл бұрын

No - it seems 2020 is surreal

Wonderful scenery as always. Just don't forget to take a picture of the Milky Way which would be absolutely wonderful.

My goal today was to shot Black & white and shades of gray, got about 350 shot of flowers, boats and the coastline we will see what happens in Lightroom, Thanks Nigel for the goal and mine was shot mid morning

I've been thinking my next camera ought to be the new M Monchrom. This only confirmed the idea. Thanks for the inspiration.

@gabewebyt

3 жыл бұрын

Do check out the DPReview TV review of the M -- they point out because the image is being captured raw in B&W, there's no way do things like darken (what was originally) the blue tones -- a kind of adjustment that is really powerful IMO.

Thanks I really enjoyed that and a great viewpoint of Tryfan up there

James Popsys and Nigel Danson in Snowdonia in the same weekend? Awesome!

@NigelDanson

3 жыл бұрын

Was he? He was hiding from me

Nice shoots end Nice video

Still struggling to get out to do anything other than checking out locations within an hour or two of home - so my one thing is 'scouting'. Don't have a van and don't feel confident to stay away from home. This week's government U-turn has knocked the confidence back a few pegs. Had a great day out on Exmoor and visited some amazing ancient woodland, now tagged for a return visit in Autumn. Stay safe Nigel.

I must say I´m impressed how you edit and cut your film from vlogging camera and drone. It looks like you have a hole camera team behind you. I guess it must be a lot of work doing these vlogs.

@NigelDanson

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yep it is quite hectic! Ha ha

As ALWAYS, an inspiring (and motivating) video, plus all the amazing images. I'm curious: what technology(ies) do you use to record your live view on your camera? And thanks for all the help!

Really nice video

Amazing to get out in the camper van. We haven’t been out in ours for what feels like a long time. Looks quiet/empty compared to what I’ve seen on news reports.

@NigelDanson

3 жыл бұрын

It was fairly quiet to be honest but I was there midweek.

What a wonderfull area to be - I definitely have to go there sometime myself! As for B&W: I never go out with the intention to shoot in B&W - it Just happens in postprocess. Maybe I should....

@NigelDanson

3 жыл бұрын

Try it 👍🏼