I Almost Gave Up Hope! Landscape Photography in the REDWOODS

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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[lphilpot]

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

[fototripper]

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

[photomaker]

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

[chrisbastow]

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. 👌👌👌

[sramabadran]

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!

[JakeWalksAmerica]

I've done photography in the Redwoods. It was difficult for me the first couple of times I visited too, but I was able to start finding compositions after my third time the. It's a fun area to photo. Really enjoyed your shots at 9:53 and 8:38.

[adamgibbs]

Brilliant, Michael! really stellar work.

[stvsnchz]

I really like how you talk through the shot and focus on the composition and am honest with the process when it works or doesn’t work. Keep up the cool content!

[kevinleblanc]

Thanks for this video. I've experienced the same feelings of excitement for a certain location I visit often, only to be disappointed when importing my photos into lightroom. Your words really resonated with me. The point is to get out as much as possible and enjoy the journey, treating each outing as an opportunity to get closer to nature. Getting the occasional "great shot" is just icing on the cake.

[owenfetherston]

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!

[stevenkriemadis]

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

[ts]

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

[Michal_Kosakowski]

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!

[cowboy]

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.

[diogocarvalho]

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

[brucechien]

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

[Joe-hsgf]

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

[LukeWillard]

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

[derobi]

Very nice video. Wife and I just visited Muir Woods and I had a really hard time capturing the redwoods. This gives some ideas for the next time.

[serenaleahy-higgins]

i just had to pause it at 5:16 and just admire it. Im JUST getting into photography but being able to photograph stuff like this is definitely a dream