Hey Thom it's so weird. I keep calling you but it just rings and rings. Must have called while you were driving, yes that must be it.

The slow rhythm of your videos is so enjoyable compared to all the fast-pace content that is flooding KZfaq, instagram and tiktok now. You take your time so we take our time to really be absorbed by your stories and your awesome photographs. It’s as human and down to earth as it can be. cheers from France

It’s reassuring to know other people also have days like this 😂

I love when you share your screw-ups with us! I know how often I have done something like this, or far worse, and felt defeated that I could make a mistake that would cost me the images I was hoping to get. It actually helps to know that someone with your extreme level of talent and expertise is still as human as me and we can all have our stumbles! Love the image, love the adventure, love the humanity you bring to every shared experience! Please keep sharing!

Your recent big budget travel videos have been very cool, but I really missed these road trips in the van with your unique behind-the-scenes perspective.

We're always happy to help you on all your adventures Thomas, and can't wait to be your weather companion on the next!

24 minutes to watch just one image... Still, I enjoyed it, because you are real. You do not pretend. Thanks a lot for your work.

I know you felt the trip was a bust and you seemed very disappointed in yourself. But I think you allowed us a glimpse into a situation all of us have found ourselves in both in photography or our lives in general. The fact that you pushed on and still came out with a very very usable shot shows how your experience took over in the face of stress. I mean the tree frames the sun well, you really pulled up some details in the shadows of the hills, and the outer branches contrast nicely with the sky. Not a fail from where I'm standing. Great job making a win out of it!!!

Love a traditional Heaton video!

Did Gavin want to know how he could chase your awe? Only you could turn around a 'gavastrophy' haha. ( he probably only wanted to boast about the Hassa he's borrowed!). Keep up the great work Mr 'H', we all admire the work you do.

That’s really true, whenever I go out to shoot the landscape it always turns out to be an adventure. Even in my darkest moods. And it’s your videos teaching me that over the past 5 five years. So, thank you soo much for that!

Wednesdays are always a good day - with mr heaton

As soon as you made “that face” I knew it was Gavin… 😂😂😂hilarious!!!

Easy mistake to make with the guidebook, though both are lovely locations. Plus another reason to go to the Dales over the Lakes at this time of year is that the number of visitors makes it feel like a theme park. As to the morning session, no joy in the morning but you did get to scout it, so at least now you have a flavour of the area. Gavin's going to have a field day with this I expect.

You could always block all calls from the Crustcastle… Glad to see you out and about again, it’s been really interesting weather recently. 😎

Excellent update and we all have days like that. A few years ago, back in the 35mm days, I was out with someone and only did he discover that the film failed some days after. More updates please. 👍👏

It’s a perfect example of photography. Spending hours and days walking and not bagging any shots whatsoever but if you went out and captured millions of perfect shots it would end up passionless so it’s all part of photography. The main part is the experience yo

Yay Toms back no more gear videos. Love these videos mate keep em coming. Cheers

I share the sentiment of many. It is great to see when things don't go your way. There is still no better place to be than out doing what you love. Thanks Thomas for giving us a glimpse of your world. Also, I dig the shot of the tree at the last light of the evening.

Looked like a beautiful day. It's great to see you out and about again!

Great to see you not promoting Nikon. Great Camera system, love mine. Keep up with your adventure. You have become a great photographer, one worth watching. Poor Gavin, he's that kind of friend. One that you really enjoy, in small bites. He is high energy!

Thanks for sharing. The sound of the rain in the van while making tea is my ASMR.

Thank you for your encouraging words, Thomas. It helps to know how to set expectations to hear you explain your perspective... much appreciated.

Nice video tom it is refreshing to see that we dont always get the photos we hope for.we can always learn from our mistakes and it is nice to see a professional admiting to the kind of mistakes we all make.thanks for the excellent content as ever Regards David

Awesome Video! I do love to see that I am not the only one struggeling with conditions and to less knowlegde about the area. Always fun watching you! Best wishes!

Nice storytelling as always and good to share and see that not every trip works.

To say that you made the best of the situation is an understatement - what a gorgeous shot! 👍

Saving this episode for tonight after work. Thomas goes well with a glass of bourbon🥃

Always enjoy your videos wherever you shoot. Images look great.

Great footage Tom! All the best

Fantastic video and that one image is really magic. A very inspiring closing statement! 😀 cheers!

Great video. Your patience and efforts to make these interesting and informative vlogs are m7ch appreciated. Thank you.

Worth every step and frustration to find that lone tree at sunset. A stunning composition with gorgeous light on the foreground and edge of the branches Tom.

It happens, Thomas! Best to make the most of it anyway 😀 Thanks for sharing your journey!

Welcome back Thomas👍👍

Great presentation of your experience! In spite of your frustration, I loved the sunset image! Great light can make up for many things! Thanks for taking me along!

Stormchasing is awesome. I would enjoy myself a lot there with those thunderstorms. The skies where awesome past few days. I love it when it's stormy

Great video. You cant win without losing clearly. Awesome scenery to.

Another great video. It's not just landscape photographers that have to deal with issues, even street photography has it's ups and downs and unsuccessful trips

Good video as usual - thank you for sharing

I've been following this channel for sometime, and I realized I've never asked this question: on location, how do you deal with color balance? As you evaluate the changing temperature of the light, vegetation in various shades of green, refracting rain drops light, sky and clouds -- how do you do it? Is it a question of getting it right as you are shooting (somehow!), or fixing it in post. Love your work AND the cinematography which is heaps better than just a short time ago. The camera POV puts us right "in the middle" of your story. Thanks!

I love that you didn't edit out your mistake. I think Gavin had a hand in the rain as well.

I love it. I don't know how many times i've screwed up something and was really upset about myself or the weather or whatever - and it's great to see, i'm not alone. Also the comments made me laugh out loud, it's very refreshing.

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?! 😃Great stuff again, Tom!!

Glad to see you back out having adventures- I think we all like that best!

Thanks Tom, What a great video. I was going to say that your error of the previous night was a blessing in disguise but you beat me to it. Despite the rush, you ended up with a gem of a photograph, beautifully processed with real empathy for the scene. Up until about two years ago, every time I went out, I was always determined to come back with something and more often than not, set myself up for disappointment. Now I often go out with no particular plan and zero expectations and I always come away fulfilled, even if I haven't taken my camera out of the bag, or have photographed a total dud, or a few total duds. I never come home disappointed and always return grateful for a few hours of walking and engaging with nature. Sometimes, the only plan I have maybe just a location, or some part of a location, but then when I get there, depending on conditions and/or my mood, I don't always stick to the script. It's usually on occasions like this that I happen on something I had not expected and am rewarded, but not always. It happens to me often enough to make me keep going out with the camera, but maybe no more than one in every five outings. It's enough for me. To that end, I want to thank you for highlighting the work of Simon Booth two years ago. His work has inspired me to slow down and not just look for the big vistas and epic fire skies, but to look for and observe smaller things that I might normally have not noticed and walked straight past. It's been nice to see you do more from the Yorkshire Dales. I've not really seen the dales since 1980 and then it was on a bike and not stopping for landscape photography, so I need to get back there sometime on a visit back to England. It seems to me that so many photographers overlook the Dales and are drawn straight to the Lake District. I can understand why, but it seems like there is much to be found, or refound in the Dales. I think Dartmoor, with its granite lichen-covered tors, also offers a good relief from the green of summer.

We've all done it Tom..... but you were only a 10 mins drive away from where you parked up 🙂 Also when your next at Southerscales check out Great Douk Cave signposted on your left as you head onto Southerscales, only a 10 min walk 🙂

The many joys of landscape photography Pal !! That Hardcastle fella owes you a few beers for messing up your direction skills :-) Great use of the 360 in the van too Pal 👏

Beautiful place to be and beautiful shots. Love the man van.

Love your style of content creation. It's always refreshing...even when it's gear talk. However, these outing stories are the bee's knees for me. Cheers!

One thing you did get right was the colour of your camera bag👍 I’ve been in that area, left my camera bag and worked my way along a pavement with tripod and camera “comping”, then looked back wondering where my mid grey camera bag might be…….🙄 took a fair bit of searching.

I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who screws the pooch. Thanks for sharing this with us. What counts is the journey and the lessons learned along the way.

Unlucky buddy, nice to see you out and about again

Loved the one image you did make!

Thank you for the video!

As soon as I saw where you'd parked, just above ingleton, I knew you'd blown Southerscales 😂 You're right, it's a much better location in winter and really suits quite grimy conditions too, a really good black and white location.

At the beginning of the video, i thought , yep travelled that road before. usually i stop at ingleton and take a walk around the falls (always quite fun when you hear the sirens sounds and the earth shudders shortly afterwards, as the Quarry is next door). i was a little further over from where you were just about a month back, love the yorkshire dales

Lol@the Porsche....but it's entitled to half the road Tommy...😂😂...great vid 😁

A lovely image. Also, yay for no gear talk!

I was editing my recent photos from Southerscales when I had a break to watch your video! Perfect timing and sorry, very amusing! It's a nature reserve because of the rare plants that grow in the cracks of the limestone pavement. Most of the pavement is chaotic but I was lucky to find a small section on the northern edge that is flat, fairly clear and beautifully patterned. Impressed by the way you planned for the weather and sunset, I still simply turn up and go hunting for compositions - need to try harder!

I always get a photo. I am on the lookout for a landscape, wildlife or macro shot. I never was a one genre shooter.

I have paused the presentation, at 24:10, to say that your accidental/incidental image, hurriedly shot, is most lovely. Serendipity.

Thanks for this one Tom - gonna be showing this to my partner who can't understand that I can head off somewhere, be gone all day and come back with nothing to edit .......😏

I loved that picture with the tree, I thought it looked great. And has for the wrong location well I have no sense of direction at all, so I would have been no help, thank you much for sharing.

Great adventure, out in bad weather in the van. Spot on

Considering some of the monumental mistakes I've made in photography, I'm starting to feel more normal now!

It’s amazing how much you can do with so little time. And that’s a single exposure too. Nailed it 🎉

I absolutely love your videos, I'm not a photographer but would love to get into it ( landscape) as you do, your videos are so laid back and relaxing to watch. I'll start with my phone (pixel 6) and purchase myself a camera, keep up the good work and I'll keep watching

Too funny. Watching your KZfaq video & your phone rings and who’s face do I see Gavin Hardcastle, one of my favorite photographer.

Dam I laughed when Gavin called and you said you lost your appetite. The image of the tree was great, Gavin would be proud 🤣🤣👍😎 you know what would have made your trip perfect. ...... is a can of Bear Spray in your left front shoulder strap👍👍🤗

great video - love this music which makes me thing of real adventures :D

Very “real life” experience that we’ve all experienced. At least it ended with one great image. Thanks for taking me along!

I like seeing you stuff-up now and again and an insight into the real side of being a landscape photographer! It’s never plain sailing in real life and to see you rushing around as the light was about to go felt very familiar to me 😂😅😂

Thomas, thanks for sharing also your not so good experiences with us. ❤😊

Poor Gavin. He gets some stick. I don't remember seeing him turn up at completely the wrong location in any of his videos though 😉

The final image turned out to be great so i would call this a happy end with a successful result.

Tom you did well considering, still a decent image you got from white scars with the sunset, love it!… you were right to stay put!

Woot! Woot! You did it! Wonderful!

I like how I can always guess who's calling you without looking.

Super cool photo, definitely pulled it off in the hype of the moment. Well done

I was intrigued of Thomas Heaton's channel ever since He switch to Nikon. Can't help but to check this channels update.

Great Video, sometimes the weather just doesn't cooperate! we have had weeks and weeks of that sort of weather in the southern hemisphere, such is global warming! thanks for sharing

I love that shot!

Despite the rush, it's a spectacular shot!

You came back with one very good image. That is successful in my book.

Green, green, green, green, green... are you sure you're not in Louisiana? LOL Oh yeah, rain too! 🙂 Great video.

Great video, may have messed up but still come away with a decent photo.

Good work brother

16:45- luxury picture, Mads and Gavin have something to teach from you. 😀

I totally sympathise, it seems like every trip I’ve done in the last three months has promised much but the light has been rubbish. At least I have a few great sites to revisit! BTW that is one humungous backpack! It looks like you should be doing the PCT, not a 15min hike in Yorkshire….

What a shame, that is so typical of landscape photography. How many times have I been panicking, trying to set my tripod up before the light disappears.

Flippin' heck, as you're fond of saying...don't denigrate the one shot you got! I personally think that's one of the best of yours I've seen. Not minimalist, but superbly balanced and with superb color.

When Gavin calls you know it's gonna be interesting xD

I don't know Thomas. I feel like mistakes like this are actually more fun. You ended up somewhere completely different than you expected. You got a shot and and tomorrow, you will go to the right place. I think it was all worth it!

damn man ! that was a beautiful shot ! Nevertheless I love the spirit of your video and was a great watch.

All good 👍 Your video here is a day similar to mine the other day while out photographing a waterfall,needless to say it was a rough day😅 Cheers from okanagan valley, british columbia 🇨🇦

That's just the way it is, some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you. I really did like the one image that you created, though. It was worth the trip. But one of the most hilarious parts of this video what seeing you hang up on Gavin.... again. 🤣 I knew who it was going to be when I heard the ringtone. I think he is here in the U.S. now photographing waterfalls in upper New York state. When you pulled into your "parkup" and I saw that camper I thought about Gavin and Amanda. But they have a nicer camper than that. Anyway, it was a nice roadtrip. Hope you weren't too disappointed.

Since I am new to photography I have not gone thru your experience just yet but, as an avid mountain biker though, I suffered many times of the same mistake which in those cases cost me hours of climbing the wrong trail. However perseverance and tools, in my case a GPS and the use of tools like Hiking/MTB project, GAIA and others, on my phone and GPS have allowed me to get lost less often. Every experience is successful, even the ones we think went wrong or not according to plan, you've got a great picture which had you followed the initial plan wouldn't have, so I would personally call it a win, great story.

Oh Tom…….I just knew you weren’t at Souther Scales, which is one of my favourite locations in this part of the Dales! You would have been spoilt for choice there, with areas of very eroded pavements and one particular area where the clints are absolutely massive and like actual pavements. Lots of lovely trees as well. Just check that wonderful guidebook more carefully next time and you’ll be spoilt for choice. Still enjoyed the video, however. Kathleen

You can't keep away Thomas but we understand why - the Yorkshire Dales is the best area 😉That is a challenging photography location - we agree, we've tried taking photographs there too 😬Still lots of locations to explore though! 📸