Landscape Photography in the World's Most Boring Location

The biggest complaint with landscape photography is that some people do not have access to dramatic, photogenic locations. It's a fair point, but I don't think it should hold you back. Today I set myself a photography challenge: The Boring 10 Miles. I have to cover 10 miles in the most boring landscape on earth and make 10 images. It won't be easy and not all images will be good, but it's about what I learn and the challenge of seeing my local area in a new way.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 & 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨
Bed By The Sea - Gunnar Johnsén
Dismantle - Peter Sandberg
Green Hills - Sebastian Forslund
It'll Be Alright (Instrumental Version) - Cody Francis
Paradigm Shift - Gavin Luke
Recordor - Joseph AlescT
he Echo of You - At The End Of Times, Nothing

#LandscapePhotography #10BoringMiles

[ThomasHeatonPhoto]

If you're unsure, look for the 'tick' next to my name.

[drpepper]

When I took a photography class back in the 1980's we had a project to find the shape of the letters of the alphabet in outdoor objects. Only rule was you couldn't take a picture of a letter, like in a sign. For example, in a parking garage the stairs on the outside were in a "Z" shape. The project is desgined for you to see deeper into normal things. Great video.

[gauvwx]

"World's most boring location"
He surely hasn't seen my neighborhood

[DontWorry-Bhappy]

Every time i see those bike by shots i just imagine him setting it up then going behind the camera 20 ft so he can ride past it, then he stops again and goes back to get his camera

[zimmejoc]

“An idiot on a bicycle, taking crap photos” yup describes me perfectly. I have thousands of crap photos from my adventures that come nowhere near capturing the splendor of what I see on my rides, but I likes my crap photos anyway.

[PaulHarveyAustralia]

"There is nothing worse than a man in the woods talking to his camera" .... LOL .. Mr Heaton, honestly, this video was so so inspiring. I presume most of your subscribers live in "un-interesting" areas, so this video is simply the perfect catalyst to get out there and be creative, no matter where. Loved it

[PrimalOutdoors]

I really enjoyed that, I thought all the images were interesting but I have to say the last was my favorite, I love an old building. I also found it interesting that you didn’t use a tripod. I definitely think Tripods have there place but I find it a bit freeing to hand hold. Thanks for the inspiration.

Jason

[Syy]

Fantastic video! Also, totally agree that the faux-oil painting picture is incredible.

That, and the amount of b-roll in this was insane. Lord knows I would've gotten bored of the whole rigmarole long before you did.

[andreasstein]

I feel like someone on YouTube finally gave an answer to a very important question for many hobby shooters. Thanks Thomas!!!

[thebkstank]

Mad respect for placing your camera down, riding past, hopping off, picking it up, placing it down, riding past. The B roll love.

[raunak.u]

I could see the TH POV in every image and that "painting in the woods" was just jaw-dropping. 🙌🏻
This was refreshing to watch.

[manny_k]

I always thought making your images black and white was corny, but after seeing how he used the black and white effect I’m dying to go outside and try it out for myself. What an eye opener!

[FakeNews_Ignored]

Thomas returning back to basics, and from looks of it, he is enjoying it.

[CodeRedCody]

Living on the Canadian prairies this video hits home for me. I've been doing photography for a little over a year now and it can be quite challenging to take good photos

[kevinhugo]

This was one of the best, most inspiring videos you've done. I think that it's easy to lose the creative element with landscape photography and fall into the trap of just visiting well known locations to reproduce images that have been captured by others. This should act as a reminder to everyone that photography should be a creative pursuit. Hope you do more like this!

[alistairbeavis]

As someone living in East Anglia, I share the same feelings about the wide flat-ish countryside. When you travel to a destination for photography, you are looking for that outstanding image to justify your travel, but if you are exploring by bike or on foot, you find images on the journey.
I've explored quite a lot of the local area recently thanks to lockdown and now is the time to explore the wider area.
Great inspiration Thomas.

[TheAndyMaan]

Fair play Thomas, I've been waiting for a photographer to challenge themselves to shoot a boring location, you are the only person I've seen actually do it.

I will have to challenge my creativity more when shooting locally, I do shoot a lot locally but often find myself very uninspired compared to when I go off to the national parks.

Thanks for the inspiration 👍

[giovannisiano]

This is a very good exercise for anybody who is into visual art! I am not really taking photos nowadays but I am painting...well, not much different at the end. The complaints for not having brilliant ideas to paint or beautiful landscapes to take pictures of...it is something we have in our "lazy" minds.

[shenaluke]

i am so glad you did this video. I am glad that you got to see what us (Normal) photographers have to face because we can't travel for those
exquisite landscapes. I wish that I could see you do more videos of this nature.

[kelliesharpe]

I'm fortunate enough to have been born, raised, and I've lived my life in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. I'm a wildlife and landscape photographer and I love taking pictures of anything from sunrises, flowers, bears, or bugs....literally anything. I have so many beautiful things just out my back door that it is quite overwhelming at times. That being said, since all these things are so obviously beautiful I think it takes away from my need to be overly created and you just made me super jealous of how creative you are.
Well done...I don't get jealous often