Photography Inspired by Movies

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Woodland photography has always been about more than taking photos - it's world full of atmosphere and mystery that I love to be part of and become lost within. I'm fascinated when I watch films/movies such as Lord of the Rings with their enchanted forests and mythical beings. I thought it would be fun to head to my local woodland and take some photographs that remind of the Ents in Tolkien's fantasy world, Middle-earth.
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@VoGusProspecting 5 жыл бұрын

I almost fell asleep during this, not because it was boring, not because it was dull but because it was so relaxing! Thank you

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

😛 Thank you

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

No jokes about me looking like Gollum please ;-P EDIT: I forgot the links to the JPG images..... Skinbark: baxter.photos/youtube/2019-05-05/skinbark.jpg Wandlimb: baxter.photos/youtube/2019-05-05/wandlimb.jpg Quickbeam: baxter.photos/youtube/2019-05-05/quickbeam.jpg Treebeard: baxter.photos/youtube/2019-05-05/treebeard.jpg Unamed: baxter.photos/youtube/2019-05-05/unamed.jpg Megscape: baxter.photos/youtube/2019-05-05/megscape.jpg

@AmbientWanderer 5 жыл бұрын

LOL :D

@jesse113553 5 жыл бұрын

My preciousssses! 😏

@JohnPaul-ii 5 жыл бұрын

The power of a morning fog in any forested area is wonderful, the ability to remove distance and distractions. Results in images we set out to capture, and always happy when we do.

@SpartanReserve870 3 жыл бұрын

That was great at the end when you walked into the video version of your photography.

@paulcomptonpdphotography 5 жыл бұрын

This has given me a new way to look at the woodland. It would be a dream to see and process the trees the way you do. This video gave me a little neck shiver wicked

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Paul. Much appreciated :)

@markmuller3086 5 жыл бұрын

Wandlimb is so stunning. What a story with that long view of the path leading to light. Thanks for this inspiring video.

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Mark!

@NigelDanson 5 жыл бұрын

Stunning video Simon. The cinematography was first class and the drone shots amazing. Loved that final woodland image.

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Nigel. The final one? The one with Meg in? ;)

@NigelDanson 5 жыл бұрын

Simon Baxter actually one before the megscape 👍

@artpressley6270 5 жыл бұрын

Richard III loved this land, thanks for showing me.

@LoriMorrisPaintings 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite things about watching Lord of the Rings is the natural beauty, the moss, the walking trees, the elvish kingdom and architecture. I'm pretty sensitive to violence so I find the monsters and the fighting a little scary but the scenery is so worth being inspired by. I am grateful to find your channel through Sean Tucker and the video you were in on his channel. I am grateful I can watch your footage minus the scary monsters. :) You have another subscriber...thanks for what you do. Have you ever heard of Arbutus Trees? They are amazing and look like natural sculptures as they grow sideways and twist and turn and they grow here on the Westcoast of Canada and I am in love with them. They are what I love to paint most.

@LyndseyMacPherson 3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous work. I love that you talk about constraints. Part of me craves constraints as a creative. They help me focus rather than succumb to the chaos in my internal landscape.

@janroos7518 Жыл бұрын

absolutely love this theme! And this version of "treebeard" is my favorite...

@josephpeppard561 5 жыл бұрын

Simon, I cannot express enough in words how much I admire you as a photographer and videographer. You my friend are an artist. Thanks for another excellent video.

@jamesattenborough2597 3 жыл бұрын

I was telling my sister in law about this video so a good time to rewatch it myself. Lovely stuff

@SimonBaxterPhotography 3 жыл бұрын

Pleased you've enjoyed it, James. Thank you!

@jamesjohnston6765 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent theme and images Simon. Using one's imagination in a forest like that is a great source of inspiration.

@pgcknaphill1892 5 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the bilberry that forms that rich carpet... we have nothing like that in Surrey

@rolfbecker3812 4 жыл бұрын

I really do like this stunning video. Thanks a lot for that, Simon!

@SimonBaxterPhotography 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Rolf!

@Hirsutechin 5 жыл бұрын

You must have been through that location umpteen times, because I don't know how you do it otherwise. "Wandlimb" is a subtly lit delight.

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks! I like to frequent my local spots :)

@NigelHarperPhoto 5 жыл бұрын

Great evocative video Simon and the Hans Zimmer like music works well too! Like you, movies have always inspired my photography, particularly in my wedding photography using motion blur etc and dramatic lighting etc. For woodland/forests I’d recommend ‘The Revenant’ (one of my all time favourite films) for its stunning cinematography and atmospheric visual effects. Brilliant from a sonic point of view too! Cheers Nigel

@cow77cow 4 жыл бұрын

We watched many years ago the Prometheus movie. I saw Isle of Skye in the beginning of the film. Few months later we went to skye and I took my best photos there. Sorry for my English.

@neilcole3406 5 жыл бұрын

That’s one happy dog!!!

@speterlewis 5 жыл бұрын

You're wonderful post-processing skills are evident because...we can't see them. All we see is stunning. Bringing out the character of shots like this, without drawing any attention to how you've done it, is the mark of true genius. Well done!

@fijiimages 5 жыл бұрын

I wasn't feeling too great this morning, then I watched this. Now have a great positive mood for the day and further inspiration. Thank you Simon.

@kevinfrench9896 5 жыл бұрын

Top quality vlog along with some superb images.

@yveshetu8026 5 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video. Your dog deserves an oscar.

@brentjones571 5 жыл бұрын

I just love your thought process with the character of each tree , just beautiful

@krisweyers6248 5 жыл бұрын

Just love your videos! They are so poetic! And a calming inspiration!!

@pamrosina 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful, you're dog also makes me happy. He truly loves the outdoors. ❤

@andrewherbert9938 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video Simon , love the idea and the images were stunning

@SethPay 5 жыл бұрын

Haha Simon this is exactly my mindset when going out to shoot. Being an LOTR nerd and fantasy enthusiast in general, I’m always trying to find something cinematic and fantastical within the natural landscape. Now I just need to improve my photography 😉😆 Great video mate!

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Seth :)

@dbj1113 5 жыл бұрын

so peaceful watching this particular video,thanks simon.love how the mist and diffused light,highlights the spider webs in the brush and lower bushes too.

@willsharber 5 жыл бұрын

Easily my favorite video of yours. The works of Tolkien have played a huge role in my life so I loved this. That woodland really does look quite enchanted and mysterious. Really hoping you do a box set with these!

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, William :-)

@robertslater2542 5 жыл бұрын

Pure video delight! Superb production from beginning to end, with some truly atmospheric images. Great work Simon :)

@Bazzo61 5 жыл бұрын

That's made my Sunday evening - a new video from Simon Baxter! Thank you for sharing such a magical place. Beautiful atmosphere captured in those shots.

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated, Barry :-)

@jowb575 5 жыл бұрын

Really lovely filming and photographs! What a great idea to get inspiration from movies. A very magical location. Meg looks like such a happy companion.

@mikecooke4796 5 жыл бұрын

Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon is an example of stunning landscape photography.

@nickbristol3457 5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done Simon. I enjoyed this alot!! I love this kind of photography and especially the way you look at it. Thank you!

@aramarsh 5 жыл бұрын

Quality vlog Simon, really enjoyed watching, well done.

@JCarlos.unknown 5 жыл бұрын

It makes sense: the movie LOTR and your woodland photography. Nice one. Your trees really seem to show human feelings.

@Leffe49 5 жыл бұрын

Great atmosphere, with lovely Images in the woodlands that morning Simon!

@martinagiusstreetphotography 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent vlog and work. Loved every single vlog and learned as well. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.

@AllRedLFC 5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your fine tuned presentation. You perfectly match your own personality, choice of video scenes, music and the ents themselfs! Very relaxing to watch.

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated, Patric :-)

@1978BenF 5 жыл бұрын

Stunning photos, as always. Great video!

@Arcticfox7 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Thank you for editing and sharing. I know it's a lot of work. Subscribed!!

@JobberE69 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid Simon, and very inspirational. Loved the second & third Ents, also great drone clips! :-)

@johnpotter4394 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely relaxing and thought provoking video Simon thank you.

@jillianhorsley5985 5 жыл бұрын

Tree's are my " Thing", i have taken lots of character shots and some Tree's look as if they could up-root and walk. Great video Simon.

@AndyAstbury 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Simon - no other words really

@goldenstardust 5 жыл бұрын

Love all about this: music, birdsong, mist, moss, Meg & great story! So relaxing to watch. Thank you, Simon.

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you :-)

@sornberg 5 жыл бұрын

I love the quiet light and mood of these photos. You captured it very well. I also get a kick out of Meg traipsing through the forest. Photos of her are great as well. Nice music to accompany the mood.

@tomdullage1531 5 жыл бұрын

We definitely recognised those trees! A reminder of a lovely couple of days, thanks Simon. The Ents are my favourite characters from the films.

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Tom. A bit greener than when you were here.

@TheMoodyPhotographer 5 жыл бұрын

And I'm inspired by you 😊✌🏻👍🏻, finally online, will watch it directly.

@giselesmith7795 5 жыл бұрын

Many times walking in the woods, I have seen "human" attributes in the trees. It's nice to let your imagination go from time to time. Lovely images. Thank you for sharing.

@stephenrowson4828 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work. As always very inspiring!

@rogerfromthemoors 5 жыл бұрын

You would be a great ambassador for planting more trees in the UK. :) Love your work!

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Meg's Grove is always open to more trees :P treesforlife.org.uk/plant-trees/grove/8298/ Many thanks!

@rogerfromthemoors 5 жыл бұрын

@@SimonBaxterPhotography Done!

@thepokemonchannel7797 5 жыл бұрын

I love Simon 's attitude and his way of interaction 😇😇

@cinejeff 5 жыл бұрын

Great photos/ videos....i just love it

@davidnassur7202 5 жыл бұрын

I had such good Gollum comment prepared LOL! That last shot is stunning!

@bobwollenberg9160 5 жыл бұрын

You might be interested in a book called "The Overstory" about the way that trees communicate with one another...

@DaveWilkinson5 5 жыл бұрын

Stunning video Simon, great cinematography.

@charlesjjones 5 жыл бұрын

Gday Simon, another great vid! A very cool idea and your execution was properly tip top. Can I be so bold as to offer a suggestion for a vid, can you walk through your planning process for a shoot? Including things like: how you do your map study (on google maps or a paper map), how you plan your transport, weather forecasting, chasing the light with TPE/photo pills etc

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Charles. Thanks for your suggestion too :)

@wendynewing8834 5 жыл бұрын

Pure magic. Lovely work.

@randallbourne2717 3 жыл бұрын

Sean Tucker sent me here. Excellent work!

@danfry909 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. I really do need to make my photography more purposeful. Fantastic soundtrack too here.

@wylie_photo 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, really calming to watch. Keep thinking how great it would be if you did a tree video with Michael Kenna, who is also a man of trees. On another note, I hope that Meg’s Grove is coming along well!

@WayneRobertsonPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Great work on both the video and images Simon, well done 👍🏻

@tompetersphotography 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video made, backed up with some fantastic images

@jennifersayers8041 5 жыл бұрын

Stunning Simon, I feel really emotional watching this video, the music, the trees you've captured and the misty conditions, it's so peaceful. Just stunning, thank you for sharing and it's good to see you again ☺️ you looked like you were in your element here and rightly so.

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!

@KathyDuncan9 2 жыл бұрын

So happy to have discovered you today.

@RafaVera_gisrave 5 жыл бұрын

Woooowwww! super, super, super, super stunning video! :-)

@Sunrazor 5 жыл бұрын

Magic. And as always it helps with my anxiety and my own motivation in getting out there and photograph. "First man photography" is also nice but you Simon are my favorite. Always smile when I get that notification of you releasing a new video. All the best and keep shooting. 😊

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

That's very kind! Thank you!

@peterfryters3565 5 жыл бұрын

Great tolkiens analogies and pics. Hope we see more videos soon...

@autumnoak1 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! I haven't watched any of these videos for a bit, but this was amazing. Music and drone shots really pull you in. Truly a delight. Looking forward to more

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much :-)

@emilehusson6052 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a wonderful video, Simon. We have precious little fog in our part of the world - perhaps two or three times in a year in the locations where we want it - and it's fun to see someone who is able to not only take advantage of it, but also turn it into a focused exercise.

@IanElson28 5 жыл бұрын

I'm fortunate enough to live very near to where Tolkien and his wife stayed whilst training on Cannock Chase in WW1. Teddersley park, and large areas of Cannock Chase haave some very old trees, which it;s reported were an inspiration for Ents.

@markattardo 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, were you saying something? I was lost in your woods. Absolutely beautiful area! Your video footage was enough to get my imagination going. Great idea for inspiration too. Loved your images. Thanks for the trip!

@GhostTheory 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, a brilliant video.

@AmbientWanderer 5 жыл бұрын

Simon Baxter Your vidoes are like meditation. soft, relaxing, & enchanting . My personal fave shot was 'Wandlimb'

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks. I like that one too :-)

@Treydmusicmedia 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful idea! Nice trees! Great music! do it again!!

@1303real 5 жыл бұрын

Beautyfull shots!

@hermilioquintana9178 5 жыл бұрын

Simon, fantastic footage. Not much else to say. Thank you and keep those videos comimg.

@davidrippin9222 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic stuff Simon - really inspirational, and of course very beautiful images (that goes without saying!). I rewatched 'House of Flying Daggers' the other day, having not seen it since it was first released in 2004. Do you know it? Amazing cinematography in some really beautiful forests. Think there's definitely some woodland-inspiration to be taken from that! Thanks for sharing your work.

@richardsmith8115 5 жыл бұрын

Cracking idea. Might try that myself in my local woodland.

@dianasanner8141 5 жыл бұрын

Love the images and it is so motivating ...

@eiricnj7664 5 жыл бұрын

Great cinematography, great music, great images and great storytelling. Overall great video, thoroughly enjoyed it!

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much :-)

@chamikajperera5987 5 жыл бұрын

Man Loved this episode, Really fresh.

@GreenhornPhototaker 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful idea Simon!

@carlreid4161 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Simon Came over to your channel from Nigel D’s suggestion. Lovely mellow vlog and the Ent theme was very inspirational, how’s about watching Braveheart for North York’s moors inspiration, the heather on those moors would be similar to the ones in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and the colours would invoke images of William Wallace and his war paint

@SimonBaxterPhotography 5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Carl. It's been a few years since I watched that so I'll watch it again :)

@TejaPamganamamula 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, Simon Baxter of the Woodland Realm. Fangorn is exactly what I think of when I see the wind shaking the leaves of a forest and woodland photography. LOTR is certainly one of the most inspirational cinematic experiences for photographers.

@Victoride1 5 жыл бұрын

movie for inspiration: the horse whisperer I watched it like 20 years ago and still cannot forget the gorgeous landscape shots

@terryclair2914 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always very inspirational to me personally as well as a amateur landscape photographer.

@geotaco 5 жыл бұрын

Those trees are Precious.

@MiaogisTeas 5 жыл бұрын

🤺

@travelphoto909 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That was very interesting.

@mikegindling4236 5 жыл бұрын

I think all your videos have value, and inspires.

@ChrisHunt4497 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for such a brilliant video and a great source of inspiration for me. I have been looking at the artwork of Roger Dean and his album covers for inspiration. Although very fantasy style, I think there is something there to build on.

@christopherhubbard9677 5 жыл бұрын

Your post-processing work is stunning 😲

@kieranlehane 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video Simon!!

@jimt9479 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome !

@ve9vox1 5 жыл бұрын

As always great video ....

@malcolmbawn9773 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely vlog Simon, that place is transformed in the mist. I still reckon that old tree loch side we visited on the last morning up in Wester Ross is a very good Ent character, if you catch him in the right conditions one day I've already named him Oakenshore the Ent guardian of the shore.