I am currently in Iceland, I filmed this Landscape Photography Q&A just before I left. This is a great way for me to interact with my beautiful audience and create a piece of content that is managable in just a couple of hours 🙂 I hope you can take something away from this video x x
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Good Q & A.
Hi Thomas, I would like to say you are a bit wrong with the advice you gave @Jay Vindoes as I see it he should get an education, as it is hard without one, i know – but why couldn't that be in photography? You can chase your dreams and still put some safety there for you with education. I think parents worry about their children's failure with their own believed shortcomings (not that they have any) and that's why they say to do something that will be safe. though what is a safe career? I am not saying do photography or leave school but i would say keep dreaming take every opportunity to shoot and work hard both with shooting and school especially while your young and you have so much free time. As success in any field takes hard work.
I love watching your videos. They are inspiring and helpful.
Found you from reddit and loved seeing you grow great Q&A!
Damn – fantastic response to that kid that wants to go professional. Loved how reasonable your response was.
Informative, succinct, and good content. You may have felt pushed fir time Thomas but I liked this video. More of this format please – it doesn't detract from your style at all. Less is more.
your dog just stole the show, what breed? perhaps he should be in a couple of your shots!
hey man nice video… what mountain bike do you have?
You became successful because you are genuine and passionate. You filled a niche in the market with content that isn't focused on gear and basics, but rather focuses on the art of landscape photography. I hope to someday attend one of your workshops!
You are modest and honest—two appealing traits. (And I loved seeing your dog!)
"Monty!!!!" =)=)
Nice video.
Nice T-shirt too.
Greetings from Chile
As usual, an informative and interesting video. I'm sure you could create several revenue streams just through marketing your voice by the way….
I have two wonderful Maine Coon Cats hang out with me when I'm editing in the office.
Thomas, I appreciate your honesty and encouraging followers and those who wish to be photographers to do their due diligence, don't give up the dream, but maintain realistic planning in the meantime. Safe travels and continued success!
How about retaking your first landscape photo with all your knowledge you collected? Would be a nice side project 😉
Good honest career advice – good point about all the ones that did not make it (I keep my daytime job for now…👌)
Hi Thomas,when you get a chance in your busy lifestyle can you please do a landscape settings on the Mkiv camera,i just upgraded from the mk11 and find it a bit overwhelming, i can't find any good you tubers that cover this issue, cheers.
So refreshing to see a good honest Northern guy turning it all on its head!
I am interested in your opinion about adding elements to landscape photos in post. I have a night sky image that was supposed to include the Milky Way Galactic Center. Alas, due to the angles and elevations dictated by the terrain I ended up with a lovely composition that featured a rock masonry observation tower from the 1930s and a star field but no Milky Way (didn't rise far enough above the horizon). It's a great image but the sky needed an element of interest. I added a meteor trail which did the trick but is that ethical?
To the young person looking to break into landscape photography, you can gain experience and practice by getting a job like the one I had as a tourist photographer at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. While the pay wasn't great & it could get boring shooting photos of passengers about to board the ferry, I gained experience with a pro camera & in my downtime, had sweeping vistas around me that I could photograph until my heart's content.
That was the best interpretation of the Squarespace sponsor spiel ever!
you have 262.000 subscribers, If every subscrber asked one member of there family to subscribe, over night you would have 524.000. Is that nut's
Do you think in 3 years time, you will still be making a living doing this on youtube
Enjoyable and informative.
Yes! I bought the same T-shirt in Chile! 😂
Monty is awesome! What a sweet dog!
This video started off so well, then the "background" music started. It seems to be a trend today for YouTubers to play background music so loud that it competes with the presenter's voice. Very difficult to hear you sometimes. Anyway, thanks for the work you do.
I prefer this format over the podcast format. Too many podcasts just have too much dead time. With a Q&A like you have done here, the questions (and I assume some idea of the answers) are known and pre-planned, so no dead time scrolling through screens and picking out something real time. This was an excellent Q&A session, in my opinion, with no wasted (viewer) time. Thanks
That was some good advice you gave to that young guy who wanted to be a landscape photographer after school. I hope he listens to you and his parents.
Shoot a Broad or shoot abroad?
Saw Dog, gave like.
We had a dog called Monty :–) great post again! Thanks for your good advice and tips!
Can't wait for the calendar and to support you for all the fun you bring 🙂
My suggestion for @jayvindoes
Pursue your passion first, the money always comes after you follow your passion. You need money to survive but focus on your craft and your dream.
I would advise getting a job with national park service, travel company, cruise liner, etc. Anything that can put you closer to your passion is what I would advise as a source of income. Eventually the money will come in from your passion and you can dive fully into your passion.
Do you have any plan to visit India ? I can help you , assist you and learn from you !!!
Thank you for showing us your Q&A have yourself a safe trip look forward to see in the video
Not crazy about the background music.
Thomas how much will calender cost ,by for now
Great video,as has been said very open and honest, Big chuck up for you Thomas, your work is great too.
Another great watch. Have a good time in Iceland.