I Almost Gave Up Hope! Landscape Photography in the REDWOODS

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I Almost Gave Up Hope! Landscape Photography in the REDWOODS

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It's easy to get discouraged in Landscape photography when you visit a location over and over, but you can't seem to get an image. On this journey, we capture the Coastal Redwoods, a location I have struggled to get an image of for 10 years.
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@louisburley1597 Жыл бұрын

I keep saying this, but it's a damn shame this channel is sub 100k or even sub 1 million. No bullshit about gear, just "let's go for a hike and take some pics" with ASMR voice over. Keep up the great work. I love this channel.

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the kind words, I love making these videos. Perhaps I could grow this channel very quickly if I did weekly videos, but I would really have to degrade the quality. Thanks for your support!

@MarkDenneyPhoto Жыл бұрын

Man this was an insanely good video and the images resulting from it were 🤯!!

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark, hope you are doing well man :)

@lphilpot01 Жыл бұрын

I guess in addition to all the other necessary components, landscape photography is like real estate: Location, location, location. What a location!

@chrisbastow7737 Жыл бұрын

Wow Michael! I just love your photos and videos! They are truly inspirational I had the good fortune of driving from San Fran all the way to Olympic National Park! It was the trip of a lifetime for someone who loves adventure! One of the absolute highlights was The Redwoods! I did a 6 hr hike during covid and saw only 2 people the entire time! All I could hear were the birds in the sky, my own footsteps and my own heart beat! It was Epic beyond words! It’s an astonishing part of the world! Thanks again for the video and photos. 👌👌👌

@Michal_Kosakowski 4 ай бұрын

Man, I only just discovered your chanel. After watching a few videos, I gotta admit, you're my favourite YT photographer at the moment. Great photos and videography too, nice balance of technical and artistic approach, and very fitting choice of music to match the mood and the tone of your voice. Well done dude. Keep up the great work!

@owenfetherston6906 Жыл бұрын

Every video you make is like a mini-masterpiece I swear! The cinematography, the compositions, and the storytelling make it so much more immersive than most of the content out there. Nicely done on the shots too! Stoked you were able to get some cool photos after all of these years!

@adamgibbs3218 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant, Michael! really stellar work.

@mikipixi Жыл бұрын

Magnific work and beatiful photos. Congratulations from Extremadura in Spain. Thank's for this trip. I really felt there. I have loved redwoods since I was a child. You have a new follover.

@ChrisPattonPhotography Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video Michael, really liked your images and the video really captured the mood of the misty forest 👍

@danielg3202 Жыл бұрын

Quality immersive videos and the pace and music are so peacefull!

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

thank you so much!

@derkarhu5079 Жыл бұрын

That "way cooler when I was there" is a bit like the mental "weight" of a lion when you're on safari, snap!! Wow! Get it home, and the lion is almost microscopic; -) similar thing, where emotion amps up the image...but, hey, you did some really nice work, for being prepared for a 'nothing' outing!

@TAdams-hx9lk Ай бұрын

Your honesty made me laugh in recognition. Somehow, it's affirming to know someone of your photographic caliber has similar challenges and frustrations. Your work is so inspiring and a personal presence to match. Thanks so much!

@MichaelShainblum Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad my situation here was relatable. We can’t win every time haha!

@photomaker4502 11 ай бұрын

Mr. Shainblum, you inspire me to keep going out to take photos.

@ts76751 Жыл бұрын

the quality of this week's video is top notch. Very nice and thank you

@bruceonthelo0se Жыл бұрын

your videos are always highlights for the weekend. relaxing and inspirational.

@sajjadal-lawati3133 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing ...3 best things in this video , photography , video , and your commentary... i enjoyed watching it

@amaitra Жыл бұрын

Awesome as always! You don't need the "leave your comment below" - the quality of the work speaks for itself all the time!

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Amit I really appreciate it! Haha I know, I know just trying to play a little bit of this KZfaq game ;)

@amaitra Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelShainblum yup I know - we all know too - that is why so many of us (at least me) try to leave some comment. Even if it is what I had for breakfast ;-)

@Levashanks Жыл бұрын

What a treat Michael thank you.

@billbaker4970 Жыл бұрын

I think this was the trip Michael. Great shots love them all.

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Bill!

@macsprotte1436 Жыл бұрын

Breathtakingly beautiful pictures!

@anthonyross-fallon9624 9 күн бұрын

Hi what say really resonates with me my wood is called Great Wood in Quantock Hills Somerset England I have visited many times quite busy and cluttered lots distractions! But will return! Great video wonderfull scenery and photos best wishes Anthony😊

@stevenkriemadis1998 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for inspiring me to go out and shoot today. Brilliant video.

@ScottymanPhoto Жыл бұрын

Several great compositions! Thanks for sharing!

@simonmiles1972 Жыл бұрын

Well worth the wait.stunning work.

@rolandgroschke3567 Жыл бұрын

Danke!

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the support Roland!

@CalMukumoto Жыл бұрын

Great video, Michael. It was great to meet on Memorial Day weekend. Thoroughly enjoyed talking with you as we walked on the Damnation Creek trail. Your beautiful photos make me want to use the Sony kit and shoot on the Tripod.

@oregongreen1403 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed your philosophy to not give up. Thank you. I live in Northern Nevada and am surrounded by the endless skies and sage brush seas. I live here surrounded by beauty and struggle to capture that beauty that I see to share with everyone else. I have be shooting this area for 20 years and still struggle to get that shot.

@brucedelorme5026 3 ай бұрын

Always enjoy Michael!!! Great work! Have been to the Redwoods once for photography amd I aswell struggled a bit. Headed back there in June 2024 and so excited. The beauty of that location is almost overwhelming

@lieslwalshphotography Жыл бұрын

Your work is inspiring!!

@cowboy6591 Жыл бұрын

Photographers are like musicians, We're are own worse critics. I see so much beauty in your still shots you have no idea. Sometimes mother nature reminds us just how small we are compared to her. We would have to be 100 foot tall giants with 2 ton cameras to get the big picture of the beauty of the Redwoods. Your video quality is 110% too. Good work man.

@ianiles6430 Жыл бұрын

Some lovely woodland shots. By the looks of things, there are compositions to be had all around.

@MrEnglishgolfer Жыл бұрын

Those top-down drone shots were excellent!

@aaronmaloney8 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful red wood forest

@black-and-light Жыл бұрын

Stunning Footage! Absolutely beautiful

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@deenugent473 2 ай бұрын

I love how the fog just gives you a mysterious mood.

@HurleyDeanSandpoint 2 ай бұрын

Yep! I am the same way. I visit beautiful places in the Pacific Northwest. Glacier National Park is one of them. I have taken some nice photos, but it seems I am not quite happy with them. Thank you. Very nice video. Your photographs are beautiful.

@danielalvarado7294 Ай бұрын

Dude I’m so pumped! I’m taking a trip to crescent city in two weeks and although it’s a family vacation I have planned lots of time for photography and this series on the redwoods is perfect timing! Can’t wait to get out there myself and do the same! Great video!

@hilarywhite0 Жыл бұрын

Great video, Your first shot is fantastic! Such atmosphere!

@diogocarvalho6247 Жыл бұрын

Your work just makes me have goose bumps. I normally get those when I’m overwhelmed with amazing imagery. Well done.

@Joe-hs8gf Жыл бұрын

Aaaaaand now I want to go to the Redwoods and take some pictures. Those were amazing photos!

@cxs240 Жыл бұрын

hi Michael, Like your the pictures and videos as always. It is so encouraged!

@navwelchh Жыл бұрын

Love the compositions! Great images! Thanks for shooting them.. Definitely inspired to go try n try n try!

@neo___79 Жыл бұрын

I was in the red woods in april... such a wonderful place🙏🏼...great Photos

@Loretta-pl6km Жыл бұрын

Hi Michael, I found your channel through Nigel Dansen's video where you critiqued his photos....that was so good! But, wow, this video has really inspried me. I live in Eureka, California at the Redwood Coast and have never found a redwood composition that I loved. I drive to Oregon a lot, as my son lives there, and it is almost always foggy up near Crescent City. So....thank you, I am going to drive up this weekend and walk through the redwoods to see if I can find a shot...or two.

@Akazrel00 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael for these videos. You are a big inspiration for me ! Keep going your video are beautiful

@AdrenalinePitStop Жыл бұрын

What an amazing location, them trees look huge. Nice images buddy

@maureenickrath8414 Жыл бұрын

My first visit and I loved what you presented. Thanks

@richritter Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael for the inspiration! After watching this, I'm going out and going to find the things you taught. I am hoping for good winds as I am going to photograph the waves splashing one of my favorite lighthouses in Port Washington, Wi. Thanks buddy!

@filipeondas6727 Жыл бұрын

Always spectacular !!!

@honorab6220 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I love "Sea to Summit."

@manlio1152 Жыл бұрын

Excellent !!! Saludos desde Mar del Plata. Argentina

@vonteddunageswararao3201 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful landscape photography. Really magnificent work done by you Michael.

@doxfie. Жыл бұрын

1:04 no never buddy its always spot on

@cmichaelhaugh8517 Жыл бұрын

Great photos in an enviable place to be!

@kangsterizer Жыл бұрын

well, your favorite is my favorite. great shoot - different enough from usual yet really interesting. neat!

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you liked that one as well!

@fototripper Жыл бұрын

The drone frame at 15:01 almost looks like the mountain line at Yosemite. Great shot.

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

Glad you dig it man, thanks!

@annamoon023 Жыл бұрын

Great video, Michael! 👏🏻

@armin_ramezanzad Жыл бұрын

Incredible video and photographs. Well done

@michaelgoulding4425 Жыл бұрын

Great video and amazing images Michael, cheers

@sonholee5769 Жыл бұрын

Great images. I've seen others go to the redwoods and struggle for images too!

@Osmone_Everony Жыл бұрын

I have tried this countless times as well until I found the reason why I was never satisfied. As with your photos there are just two dominant colors, green and brown, brown and white/grey or green and white/grey. This gives an image a melancholic or even depressive mood. Then it dawned to me. There needs to be something that stands out. This could either be a colorful flower (or a field of flowers) or golden sun beams in the haze (just two examples).

@nelehoremans2546 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael for again an inspiring video!

@SYNCOMicrophones Жыл бұрын

WOW how beautiful!

@MrDeano41 Жыл бұрын

Stunning shots 👍

@PULAUBALIDEWATA Жыл бұрын

Nice video thanks for sharing very beautiful

@cdavey7654 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I enjoy your videos and photos!

@karenwalter5784 Жыл бұрын

Loved this video for many reasons. Phenomenal photography, of course, but interesting to hear how long you had been going to see the Redwoods without taking any photos. The images you took are amazing and the fog adds so much beauty, layers, mystery and mood to each one of them. The photo “From Sea to Summit” caught my eye first on VERO and I had to really look at it to figure out what was going on. The colors and patterns are stunning! What a phenomenal image!! Thank you for all you teach and share!

@jenniferkichinko9125 Жыл бұрын

I loved this one soooo much, Michael! So many relatable things you said. It made me want to go through my redwoods photos all over again! And that last photo of the beach and water…just incredible.

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Jennifer. So glad you enjoyed the video and the images!

@Manosgarf Жыл бұрын

Awesome vlog! Good thing you didn't give up! :)

@smaruzzi Жыл бұрын

Loved it. Many thanks, Stefano

@Freddy_v Жыл бұрын

Amazing my friend.

@smkunder1 24 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed this! I keep thinking I need to change up my photography genre from wildlife to woodland and landscape. Just have to make the commitment.

@TonyHogrefe 6 ай бұрын

Sturgeon Bay, Michigan. One of my favorite places to me, but photographically, I've come up short, 100% of the time.

@johnjacob7287 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing 👍🏽

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

thanks!

@McCammon728 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work. ❤

@tilikumtim5562 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful photos as always. Your vlogs never fail to inspire!

@jordimesa Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this inspiring content Michael!

@timnightingale4325 Жыл бұрын

I liked all the shots taken on the wide angle lens. I have an oak and beech wood near me in the UK is beautiful but have yet to nail a shot there.

@ASHfilms22 3 ай бұрын

gonna try landscape photography! thank you for the inspiration, inspired me alot!

@dawnlb83 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video as always.

@SthrnShutterbug Жыл бұрын

The Hoh Rainforest .... shot my first frame there in 1978... and in all these years, ive never felt i could capture the feeling i get walking through that landscape...

@DavidTpitCabrera Жыл бұрын

Amazing shots, congrats!

@sramabadran 11 ай бұрын

I struggle with forests. The dappled sunlight on undergrowth of fern and moss, the sense of calm but foreboding as you stare of into a seemingly never ending landscape of vertical boles along a curving landscape, the fog or mist that sometimes rolls thru. I can never get it right. Thanks for this video!

@LukeWillard Жыл бұрын

Already got soo excited once I went into the video!!

@IanSmithFotografi Жыл бұрын

You got some lovely images there Michael… I have forests that don’t seem to deliver and then suddenly some fog and light appear that reveal what I’m looking for

@svetlanagrobman3476 Жыл бұрын

I sure have that place. It's a creek by the Missouri River bluffs that looks great, but I have never been able to convey that feeling in my photography 😥.

@chrisnowellphotography Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video and imagery

@1962guitarman Жыл бұрын

Just great....

@deanpratley125 3 ай бұрын

Wow the fog really made the image way better. I can’t wait to get down to Vancouver Island this year about August or as the locals call it “Foggest”. 😂 Although I want to get to Oregon as well. Some of the ocean and sea stacks are so beautiful.

@LandscapeFotografi Жыл бұрын

really the photos are so interesting, the photo composition is so cool and the location is the right location to produce a work that is so special, I am a subscriber to your channel, brother, I come from an Indonesian country. regards 📸📸📸

@Sebtentrion Жыл бұрын

What kind of magician are you ? Your pictures are incredibles !

@MichaelShainblum Жыл бұрын

Hahaha thanks so much, I really appreciate it!

@janewillis2421 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful images especially with the fog...so ethereal 🌿

@bryanashford5118 Жыл бұрын

another great video amazing photography and composition cant wait for the next adventure tnx for sharing

@frankoley6826 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the inspiration!

@tnwoodland Жыл бұрын

I have been to the Mammoth Lakes area twice now. It is gorgeous and yet I always come back with crap photos. Everywhere I look there is beauty but when I get home and look at the photos, they're bummer time... I feel you

@DarrenJSpoonley Жыл бұрын

This was so good pal !! Those trees are incredible and the fog really sets them off even more ! Perhaps what’s missing is a human element for scale ? Beautiful shots thruout

@LailaKristinSkauge Жыл бұрын

Interesting and inspiring video. Love the first shot you made with the wideangle lens!

@robertfreeman6644 Жыл бұрын

I live minutes from a trail packed with tall maples and oaks, 5 waterfalls, and Lake Superior, and I have very few pics I like - as they don’t did the experience justice. Thank you for the video, I won’t give up!

@susanreneebright6804 Жыл бұрын

Taking a pause in my day, thank you for your beautiful images 🌲❤

@GinoBarasa Жыл бұрын

So many things in this video are dead on. I just visited Charleston for the first time. My friends asked me if I thought I'd get some amazing shots, and my reply was, "Maybe. I hope so, but this is my first time there, so really, it's a scouting trip. I'll take notes and in future trips I'll know where to go in Charleston and at what time, etc." Proper expectations go a long way, at least for me.