Landscape Photography in Death Valley

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Landscape Photography in Death Valley | With Thomas Heaton

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Death Valley is often referred to as the hottest place on Earth, so when we sent Thomas Heaton to California’s famous salt pans, he experienced torrential rain on the first day…
Thankfully, the weather soon cleared up! During his stay, Thomas searches for a compelling subject on the salt pans, uses focus stacking to produce crisp focus throughout an image and climbs around 5,000ft above the valley to shoot a once-in-a-lifetime panorama.
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@indianwinter 6 жыл бұрын

WEX please keep supporting T.Heaton.He's one of my Favorites.Keep it up Thomas

@sotiriostzanetakos2910 6 жыл бұрын

Mark Leary I agree. He’s my favorite.

@JohnHaswellPhotography 6 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt Thomas Heaton is a massive influence on both my video and photography. Always inspiring to watch

@kevindickinson3600 6 жыл бұрын

Any video with Thomas Heaton is a winner!

@dreamcatcher3622 6 жыл бұрын

Stunning video - Thomas Heaton is one of the most engaging landscape photographers in the business.

@geoffburlinson4932 6 жыл бұрын

Thank You Wex for sponsoring Thomas Heaton.Brilliant Thomas. . . . . . Absolutely Brilliant.

@greglong2784 6 жыл бұрын

What a great opportunity to be in Death Valley with the rain. Totally different experience then normal. Enjoy your videos.

@goldenstardust 6 жыл бұрын

That tip regarding the left and right hands is pure gold!

@RichardFrenchPhotography 6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Heaton is by far my favourite landscape photographer 📷 he just makes me want to get out there and find them images.

@max7164 6 жыл бұрын

It's also so great to see what a great bunch of positive people Tom's fans are in the comments! Thanks Wex for supporting Tom!

@paulcomptonpdphotography 6 жыл бұрын

WEX picked a top man to cover landscape photography you are a master of a high class. Love both the salt images really nice wall hanging pieces like the one you did on your channel

@TimKirkPhotos 6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Heaton does such an amazing job of creating and telling the story - creating the drama. All photographers attempt to tell a story - either through photos, videos or both - but only a small percentage have the creative gift to weave this experience into something to pull at the viewer's emotions and inner drive.

@KennethGjesdal 6 жыл бұрын

The Panorama start and finish tip was great. That will make things so much easier in post :-)

@debbiewhatt7489 6 жыл бұрын

Thomas is such a great ambassador for landscape photography - keeps it real, explains fully without being patronising, and gets brilliant results. Have subscribed to ensure don't miss his further vlogs. Thanks Wex for sponsoring his trip, and hopefully you'll send him on more.

@ZaberAnsaryOfficial 6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Heaton is one of the Best.

@johnlocke7097 6 жыл бұрын

Yet another little jem Thanks Wex for sending him.

@brianconnollyphotos 6 жыл бұрын

What a dramatic panorama and trust Thomas to get the rain and then that amazing cloud inversion in the one trip! Thank you WEX for making this possible

@christopherpetro6716 6 жыл бұрын

A magnificent video, highly informative, and Thom just crushes not only the photography but also the personality for the video.

@rogersmith4308 6 жыл бұрын

well done Wex, enjoy all of Heaton's work, photos and vlogs

@scotty4418 6 жыл бұрын

Wex, such a great decision commissioning Thomas to undertake this assigment. Quite simply one of the best photographers on KZfaq and delivers such amazing images whilst capturing the imagination

@max7164 6 жыл бұрын

Tom is such a good storyteller. That's what makes is videos so engaging. That cloud inversion shot is amazing!

@chrisplewa 6 жыл бұрын

Subscribed so that you keep supporting Thomas Heaton.

@RickMentore 6 жыл бұрын

Yea, nice to meet his agent!

@storysupport 6 жыл бұрын

Cool. I found Wex because of Thomas. I’m going to write him and suggest that he change the folder in between panoramic sets. That way each one will be in its own folder and still be viewed in Lightroom all the same as needed. I just put my “change folder” setting in my quick menu for and easy 3-click change. 👍🏿

@draxe9121 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you Wex for sponsoring Thom's trip.

@myoung48281 5 жыл бұрын

How many of us have shot from that exact spot, I know I have, thanks, brings back memories.

@bradzaruba9686 6 жыл бұрын

Tom never fails to inform and inspire. Thanks to Wex for noticing this.

@Leffe49 6 жыл бұрын

Great video with 2 lovely Images.

@rasc-travel 6 жыл бұрын

I like the simple hint on how you separate the series of images, taken for one panorama. It is so simple and effective, that i almost feel embarrassed, for not thinking about it myself.

@kustrat 6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Heaton is one of the best story tellers even when he is alone in the midst of ..... almost nothing.

@WilliamAlvarez86 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Thomas is a professional.

@robertblesse5108 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic-Tom is the best, you're lucky to have him, keep it up!

@dereknash3638 6 жыл бұрын

Another great Thomas Heaton video, as a follower of his own KZfaq channel, I expected nothing less.

@nb7524 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thank you Wex for choosing Thomas. The video was very interesting and the pictures from Thomas are as always truly beautiful.

@XeoWolf 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent choice of a photographer to send on this project. Thank you. And thanks, Thomas, for the Pano beginning/end tip!

@andyjamesmciver 6 жыл бұрын

Genius tip for panoramas Tom, the left hand right hand thing... brilliant!!

@martinbuttrick 6 жыл бұрын

Another great Thomas Heaton video thanks for supporting him Wex

@deona267 4 жыл бұрын

Great video can't wait to go and take photos.

@robertaltic3395 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Thomas, I love DV also. So lucky you were to see the inversion. I take lots of panos and have always used my left hand to start and stop the series, using my right with the remote button. Your idea of using the left to start and right to end makes great sense. I will adopt the method and thank you each time I shoot a pano!!! Thanks for another wonderful video and appreciation to Wex for sponsoring the trip. Good shooting...Bob

@robertwhitemoto 6 жыл бұрын

Tom is amazing!

@johnnymossville 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, that hexagon salt flat image is stunning.

@Jdlucas44 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thomas, yet another stunning video...absolutely gorgeous!

@allansisson355 6 жыл бұрын

The textures and the tone gourgeous, images. Havent tried a panoramic knew to take several, you've mentioned that with images before. Thanks for mentioning the use of your hands. I would've been lost. That panoramic, just amazing.

@PaulSmith-zs5je 6 жыл бұрын

Subscribed to support more great photographers like Thomas

@GeorgeLoch 6 жыл бұрын

Great wisdom shared in this. I love the mix of conceptual and practical ideas. Thanks, Wex and Thomas!

@ricktelesrp 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Bring more from Thomas! Love it!

@BrianPex 5 жыл бұрын

That hand trick over lens is a good idea and one that helped a while back. Kinda like the clap board for filming. Ha ha. I always have said it would be great to be able to easily comment on images with voice to text for the comment field. Ha ha. Perhaps they can do that someday rather than the awkward typing in. Sometimes we forget our thoughts while out shooting and forget them back at the computer. :-)

@bradharberts8063 6 жыл бұрын

you need to bring some of that rain to New Mexico! Thanks for celebrating the minimalist perspective.

@kreygscott 6 жыл бұрын

Subscribed. Absolutely fantastic video Thomas. Thanks for sharing and thank you Wex for making this possible 👍🏆

@tomeyles1670 6 жыл бұрын

Well done Wex for supporting Tom. Another great vlog from Tom. Great tips on the "pano-hands" lol. I normally use lens cloth each side for a black out.

@garwim2k 6 жыл бұрын

Great tip about marking the pano sequences with hand shots, I'm going to use that one for sure.

@paulbell9957 6 жыл бұрын

Superb video Tom, as always. Been looking forward to this for a while now 👍

@tomass7952 6 жыл бұрын

Another superb video from Mr. Heaton!

@andykeeble1 6 жыл бұрын

Any journal featuring Tom is a must watch and this is no different. Despite the awful weather he succeeds in making beautiful images that most of us would never see. His enthusiasm is infectious and he is a fantastic ambassador for both WEX and landscape photography in general.

@JohnjrtChicago 6 жыл бұрын

Nice location / job Mr Heaton. Thank you @Wex on the choice of Mr Heaton. #Wex

@BenKapurPhotography 6 жыл бұрын

The best in the business! 👍 amazing as always Thomas!

@dangernba 6 жыл бұрын

What a great video! It's a gorgeous mix of tutorial and storytelling. Pretty amazing shots, as usual.

@Chrismzeller 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas! I'm heading there myself in a few weeks. I'm hoping to capture that classic image myself (minus the rain hopefully) and I appreciate the tutorial.

@charlenenagel7962 6 жыл бұрын

Wonder video! And great tip about bracketing your panorama with hands! I will definitely be trying that! Keep up the great work!

@anildamodaran 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you Wex and Thomas!

@zigatretjak75 6 жыл бұрын

Striking indeed!

@lombardy3274 6 жыл бұрын

Using your hand to mark the start and end of a panoramic; great tip, thanks!

@voyad5866 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video and great tips from a Pro!! Loved it!

@EvilNeedle90 6 жыл бұрын

WOW, that panoramic tip with using your hands to show the end is GENIUS! Why haven't I thought about that!?

@EvilNeedle90 6 жыл бұрын

Paul Barnard me too! I just got back from Iceland where I shot so many panoramic images and trying to find where to start/finish was really time comsuming

@jacksonmacd 6 жыл бұрын

I use front and back of left hand using my thumb as a pointer

@CraigskinnerphotographyUk 6 жыл бұрын

Such a relaxing video this one, feels like you took your time a little more than usual 👍🏻

@gavinjmcgrath6983 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Tom! Hugely instructive. Cheers!

@johnhoughton7794 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Thomas looking forward to the next.

@Paul9 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, looking forward to more like this. 👍

@wesleyreeder4146 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Love Tom's work.

@terrywbreedlove 6 жыл бұрын

Just left Death Valley a couple days ago. Decided not to visit the race track because it rained and I thought maybe the Playa would be super soft and I would leave foot prints. Drove to Canyon de Chelly and wow such an amazing place. Do yourself a favor and check it out. I am in Monument Valley right now waiting for the sun to rise.

@mike.chesworth 6 жыл бұрын

Great video and I loved the tip about using your hands to mark the panorama. 👍

@MadsPeterIversen 6 жыл бұрын

excellent video! Such rare and beautiful conditions you had Tom!

@dallasguillermo5680 3 жыл бұрын

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@reyray9256 3 жыл бұрын

@Dallas Guillermo Instablaster ;)

@dallasguillermo5680 3 жыл бұрын

@Rey Ray thanks so much for your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm trying it out now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@dallasguillermo5680 3 жыл бұрын

@Rey Ray it did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy:D Thanks so much you saved my ass!

@reyray9256 3 жыл бұрын

@Dallas Guillermo no problem :D

@BigPhilipUK 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom my wife and I went in May a few years ago and, like you, we thought we’d taken UK weather with us as it was torrential, so bad that they were using snow ploughs to clear mud from the roads. It cleared mid afternoon and I got up at 4am next day for sunrise at Zabriskie Point, the cars temperature gauge was reading 104°F which in centigrade is bloody hot!

@KONAMAN100 6 жыл бұрын

Very good. I was expecting shooting 120 degs but this is great also. I learnt things.

@eddiedeane7769 6 жыл бұрын

Well done Wex well done Thomas another great video

@PaulMcilwaine 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video - throughly enjoyed following your trip Thomas

@robinhill9439 6 жыл бұрын

Lovely video Thomas, keep up the good work.

@patdavey7187 6 жыл бұрын

Great work Thomas, keep it up!

@MatchRoad 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning

@jbairdexp 6 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this. :-) Great story with some wonderful photographs.

@ilovethismightyfineplace 6 жыл бұрын

In case anyone is wondering, the two locations he shot were Badwater Basin and Dante’s View.

@Snowcatnz2 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. It's great to see a master at work. You should send him off to the Dolomites with Mad Peter Iversen, now that would be an awesome combination of probably the two best landscape photographers out there at the moment.!!

@NicholasEJones 6 жыл бұрын

Great vlog Wex and Heaton!!

@bobincdas 6 жыл бұрын

Thomas brought rain to one of the driest places on planet earth !! *LMAO*

@SwissplWatches 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, thank you.

@gordonnorman8259 6 жыл бұрын

Another delightful landscape video, Thomas.... but one thing that surprised me was your feeling compelled to use focus stacking for those wide angle closeups of the salt hexagons vs. shooting with focus at hyperfocal distance, which for my FF sensor, and 16mm lens at f/11 should yield everything from 1.5 ft to infinity in focus. Do you other factors for that that decision? Thanks

@tobiasmoeckel 6 жыл бұрын

PURE GOLD

@jacobanteau6020 6 жыл бұрын

"ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS"

@erikdewilde7404 6 жыл бұрын

Top video and pictures! greetings from Dubai. Erik

@SimonJenkinsjinxsi 6 жыл бұрын

thanks Wex, Like TH videos.

@MegaDwilkinson 6 жыл бұрын

great video - really enjoy the approach

@lisakayakstoo 2 жыл бұрын

Thomas - my first trip to DV is coming up in 4 weeks. I've lived in CA for 30 years, and will be leaving in 1, so this is a bucket list item for me. How did you zero in on where you'd go?

@therealpoka 6 жыл бұрын

This vid made me really want to get out of my usual photographic "hot spot" circle

@paulmoss4199 6 жыл бұрын

If you enjoyed this, then follow Thomas's channel for more.

@kieranlehane 6 жыл бұрын

YESSS! Thomas Heaton :)

@ericpmoss 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. Now they need to send you on the John Muir Trail. It will change your photographic life.

@matthieupasquier9594 6 жыл бұрын

Great tips thank you

@UFGator1972 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice video! I just want to make a point about lighting, unless you are a professional photographer trying to sell your images there is no real reason to stop taking pictures because of the quality of the light. Most of us travel to a specific place, usually only once, with the idea of bringing back awesome pictures of those unbelievable places. I rather use filters and editing software to try to "fix" the images rather than to come home empty handed because the light was not perfect. At least that is my opinion.

@John-may-who 6 жыл бұрын

I swear Thomas, I watch a lot of your videos and every time you're in the rain you look like Chris Martin in Coldplay's Yellow music video

@Silverginger 6 жыл бұрын

Ha,yes I thought that too. Thomas should do a slow-mo walking sequence talk-to-camera for the full effect :-)

@jacopotassinari 6 жыл бұрын

great videro... btw, why don' you use a tilt-shift lens? I suppose it could be a nice solution for landscape photography (it's just an idea...)

@HayleyBailey881 6 жыл бұрын

About time ❤️

@bovrilsarnie 6 жыл бұрын

The hand at the start and end is a good idea, however if you are importing these into Lightroom you can stack pictures based on capture time, if you taking each shot closer together by time, you can add this as an import filter and it would automatically stack them in Lightroom. Eg each picture in a panorama is taken approx 5sec apart. You would not normally start a second / next panorama seconds apart from the last, when you import you tell Lightroom to stack all pictures that were taken say upto 10sec apart, it will then include all You panos stacked together......