Take PRO-LEVEL Hiking Photos with These SIMPLE Tricks!
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Great tips. "Make a photograph, don’t take a photograph" is probably the best tip I ever had. Love the picture at 3 minutes and well done for getting a 14mm shot from a 24-200mm lens. 😊
I have many times lugged a tripod out and not used it, I use it for moving water with filters or low light but the rest of the time I am mostly hand held, then I wonder why I lugged the damn thing around in the first place.
Ha! Pea soup don’t you just love it! Was up Yr Wyddfa 2 weeks ago in pea soup and high winds which then turned into heavy rain with high winds, with a stupid heavy tripod. I’m also on the hunt for a much lighter tripod that can take my camera. Love your videos Henry.
Always a good video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the tip Henry, I use a tripod for my night photography, but not when out walking
Very good advice!
i cant seem to get away from the wide lens. I find it hard to see the image in the distance with a telephoto
Henery, Regarding Golden Hours, they are great and offer very unique photo opportunities; but, like you I have found there is always a good image available if you look and are creative. Plus, midday offers a different set of conditions that you do not get at the Golden hours… I will take them all. Like you said, images are everywhere, but artistic photograph comes down to good compositional technique, purpose and the photographer’s eye. Remember, a good photo is one that the photographer likes! The creator is really the only standard…. The rest of us come along for the ride. As always, keep snapping! Loving your work and content…
Great tips Henry…I enjoy my 18-270mm Tamron lens on my D7100 for general landscape photography…I don’t use a tripod very often… cheers from Australia 🦘🦘😊
Normally I find tripods a pain. However; on the north shore of Lake Superior, in the winter, at dawn – I’ll use one. Because sometimes the wind is a big problem – besides the usual reasons, it can cause me to shiver – which is not ideal for steady holding. I also own too many tripods. 😛
Great video as usual Henry!! As for the tripod, I don’t know if I would be comfortable without it. I think it depends on where you are. Here in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, there are so many waterfalls and cascades that I would kick myself if I didn’t bring one and that be the day that I see a really great composition that required a tripod.
Like you though, I recently had to purchase a lighter tripod. I had been carrying a very bulky Manfrotto tripod that wouldn’t even fit on my backpack. My arms were exhausted after every hike.
Anyway, thanks for the tips. I will definitely try to always remember the "Making" not "Taking" a photograph. That is a Mic Drop tip 🎤.
I agree with your last tip, tripods are not needed unless you really want to go for a longer exposure or nighttime photography. Or things like lightning. I am even doubting if I take my tripod to Austria when we go there in a few weeks. But I might take it even though I almost never use it, cause you never know 😂
are you day hiking or are you pitching a tent and spending the night at these locations?
Do you take filters and ND Grads with you when hiking?
Hey Henry! Serious question for you (and maybe a video idea):
When you go hiking in the mountains, scouting a location or something like that, how do you orient yourself to return, especially after sunset? Do you have some kind of GPS watch or do you follow open maps blindly?
Thanks for you videos! you rock!!
Cheers!
I never bother with tripods unless i’m taking night shots or waterfall pics, just use a higher iso you can’t tell the difference anyway. I’m a regular walker and i never use a tripod, unnecessary weight. It’s mostly professional photographers that use tripods. My camera (Nikon D780) is exceptionally good in low light.
Double comment, but I learned real quick that there are 2 types of beauty in nature: there’s beauty you have to be there to experience, and beauty you can capture with a camera. They are different things: both amazing, but still different things.
The faster you can learn to tell the difference, the easier it will get to take good photos, because you won’t be chasing that beauty the camera can’t capture!
Caution for hiking in the dark: be aware of what predators are in your area. I’m in North America, and we have mountain lions and cougars that will attack people hiking in the dark, or even people hiking in small groups or alone.
I haven’t chosen not to hike because of this, but I will shy away from hiking on my own at night because I do not want to be alone with a wild animal in the dark.
How can you make a 14mm Picture with an 24-200 ? It seems you added the wrong lens to your first picture 😀
Oh man that last tip is awesome especially coming from you when you first started out. You would use it all the time. I love the fact that you have grown past the need for it. I used to use it all the time and have found that the only time I want to pull it out is around water. The actual need for the tripod is so much less if you have a good camera that is great at higher ISO’s.
3:58 hmmmm….reminds me of a certain photo tripper
Catching up Henry!! Hope your keeping well !!
I always take a decent travel tripod, not least because I do a fair amount of IR photography but also because my camera doesn’t have image stabilisation. Talking of kit though, that bag suggests you’re carrying quite a lot. I’ve stripped back to one camera, one lens and a few filters, with the camera often clipped to the backpacks strap unless it’s raining v heavily. I’m more interested in a bag that lets me take first aid, food, clothing for layering up/down. Thoughts?
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I think you can be far more reactive without faffing around with a tripod and missing that epic brief moment of good light.
hope you dont mind my asking but what back pack are you using?
Thanks!
Great tips, energy and self introduction on this one. Feels like a good candidate for a pinned video on your profile page!
I wish I weren’t paranoid about going out in the rain. Fear of damaging my camera, even though it is weather sealed to some extent (Canon R6 ii).
I’ve travelled a fair bit, both in the UK and abroad, but I’ve never been to the Lake District. Really ought to put it on my bucket list.
Really enjoyed that one Henry
Your energy is awesome! First video on your channel I’ve seen, definitely earned a new sub. Man, I need to backpack the lake district!
I own a tripod. I hardly ever *use* it, but I own one. Trust the expensive VR engineering in your camera – you’d be surprised at just how much you can do hand held. I was glad to have a monopod along when I went to Yellowstone as it came in handy for photographing wild-life at the longer distances, but I prefer being as mobile as possible.
Thanks, as always, for the content. This home buying/moving slog is keeping me from going out to "play," but I’m hoping to hit the trails in my new location and do some woodland shooting as soon as I get settled.
Out!
Good video. I use my heavy tripod for long exposures and night imaging (including astrophotography) only.
When I started out I used to take it everywhere, but at almost 3kg it becomes a pain to carry with you.
I now take a monopod on all hikes. I can use it as a walking pole when walking and to stabilise the camera if needed. Can also be used as a heavy-duty selfie stick if I so desire.
Perhaps using the Met Office Mountain Weather Forecast would be a good tip too? 😉😁
Awesome video. I love all of the shots you take and it is amazing how you really pull in the foreground and entice the viewer into paying attention to the little things as well as the vast epic views.
Nice vid thanks! Subbed.
Gorgeous countryside, simple tips and tricks! What more can Henry provide? Just wish I was there (with my new OM5) instead of freezing southern AUS! Enjoyable video, Henry!🇦🇺 Just signed up for your newsletter. Thought it about time!
Great vid as always and excellent tips. The vid reminded me of my only visit, so far, to Wales very recently, went up Snowdon with my wife on the train, she has mobility issues, and it was glorious. I was sitting wrong side for photos so elected to walk back down, had sort of planned that anyway. Had the right gear so no problem there, but the weather closed in and it was like your video for the whole way down. Never got any photos and all I wanted to do was go to the pub when I got back down. More frustratingly, I could hardly walk the rest of the trip, so the old scouting motto definitely applies, be prepared, you can tell I was never a boy scout 🤔🤣🤣 As for tripods, rarely take one if I’m walking anywhere, less is more, the lighter the load the easier the walk.
I had the pleasure to see the grand canyon years ago when I had a film camera and looking over the amazing landscape I found it difficult to capture the landscape that was before me. I took so many rools of film but could not do it justice, now that I have a wide variety of digital cameras and lens I would love to go back one more time.
A common mistake beginners make (not helped by manufacturer marketing) is that you need a wide angle lens to capture "big views". In fact they just shrink big views and you lose all sense of scale. Wide angle lenses are good for landscape for exactly the reason in your first tip – they accentuate foregrounds and skies. If you want to capture a "big view", use a longer lens and make a pano!
Love your final, bonus tip. Unfortunately, at my age of 66, it would be stupid to hike in the dark…
I’ve noticed every time Ian Worth uploads a video, you also upload one a couple of hours later, do you have to wait for him to get off the computer so you can upload yours lol
Thanks so much for the tips. I’m just about to go out with my camera in Scotland 😊 I’m always scared to get my camera out in the rain but you seem to get yours out. Do you have any advice on how wet you let your camera get before you put it away?
Liked that short time lapse and the peak in the clouds 👍
I find that some of my best photography hikes is when I do not take my camera. With that thought, I don’t have to worry about a tripod.
Here’s a tip for you. Don’t forget the bug repellent like I recently did. I hiked up to a mountain lake I’d never been to before here in Colorado. The flies were horrendous. Absolutely the worst I’ve ever seen. While moving it actually wasn’t too bad but I was literally covered in flies whenever I stopped. I did get a few photos but I didn’t get to explore nearly like I wanted as the flies were literally unbearable. Now I know what a fresh cow pie feels like.
Very educational and entertaining as well. Love the video.
The tripod conundrum, do you-don’t you. It is absolutely as you said Henry, the individuals choice. I have certainly lessoned my tripod use. Long hike = no tripod (use IBIS). Short walk = tripod (possibly). A tripod automatically slows me down when at a location. So if I’m shooting something specific, no time constraints eg a waterfall, then I’ll always take my tripod. Great tips, makes me want to get out into the mountains again!
Always enjoy your adventures, and your photos are beautiful. You Henry are a hiking beast. So what percentage of Wainrights have you completed? Alway enjoy