Discovering Dartmoor - All 5 Episodes Now Available

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A few years ago, I asked myself the questions, “What do I know about Dartmoor? What makes this place so unique?”.

When I couldn’t answer those questions, I made a commitment to myself to not only see more of Dartmoor, but to learn more about it.

And from that commitment, Discovering Dartmoor was born, a 5 part video series where I explore and photograph 24 of Dartmoor's finest locations and speak to some of Dartmoor's most passionate ambassadors so I could find out for myself what makes Dartmoor so special.

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Nikon Z8 Pixel Shift Shooting for Landscape Photography

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180 Megapixel raw files and reduced noise are all claims of Nikon’s Pixel Shift Shooting feature, but is it useful to the landscape photographer?  In this video I show you how to shoot with Pixel Shift (on location) and how to merge the files in post-processing.  I'll also look at the results to see if this is a feature that is useful to landscape photographers.

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How to Showcase Your Prints with Spring Back Binders

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Looking for a way to make your prints stand out?  In this video I'll tell you how you can take your prints and present them in a way that will give them a WOW factor!  I'll show you how I prepare my landscape photographs for print and then insert them into a Fotospeed Spring Back Binders.  The result is the perfect way to showcase your photographs and make anyone looking at them go "WOW!".

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Photographing Scotland's Most EPIC Landscapes - The Isles of Harris and Lewis

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What if I told you there was a photography location that has everything?  Somewhere that will inspire your creativity, provide you with a sense of calm, but also excite you with a rich variety of subjects to photograph.  And all this in on a small Scottish Island.  Welcome to The Outer Hebrides!

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On My Bookshelf - Explore & Discover The Outer and Inner Hebrides

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The Scottish Hebrides is a photographer’s paradise but with so much to see and to photograph, it can be hard to know where to start.  Explore & Discover The Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides by Christoper Swan and published by fotoVUE aims to transform your time in the area from random chaos to an efficient voyage of discovery and exploration. 

In this special on-location edition of On My Bookshelf, I put Explore & Discover The Outer Hebrides to a real-world test to see if it can get me to a new location so I capture a photograph of the Isle of Harris.

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The Unpublished Collection 4

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While I’m Away…

It’s rare that I get to completely immerse myself in my landscape photography. Even more rare that I’ll be doing this for two weeks! Heaven! Well, at least I hope it will be heaven, and given that I’m photographing the Outer Hebrides I’m sure it will be.

But while I’m away I thought I’d take some time to publish some photographs that have never seen the light of day. It’s not that these are poor photographs, it’s just that I never got around to publishing them anywhere. Sometimes I just go out and take photographs with no intention of writing a blog post or producing an associated video.

However, no photograph should just be left to die a slow death on a hard drive so every now and again I like to gather up those unpublished photographs and bring them into the light. The eight photographs below cover a 12 month period and three different counties. Enjoy!

Creating an 8K Landscape Photography Video with a Pergear CFexpress Type B Card

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What's the point of publishing one of my landscape photography videos in 8K?  Well, I got the idea when @Pergear asked me to try out their updated 2023 Prime CF-Express Type B Memory Card.  I thought the best way to put a card like that through its paces would be to shoot an entire video in 8k.  And if I shoot it in in 8K, why not publish it in 8K!

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Nikon Z8 (Firmware 2.0) - PRO Settings for Landscape Photography - FREE Download

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What are the best settings on a Nikon Z8 for landscape photography?  In this video take you through the settings that I would immediately apply to any Nikon Z8 that I was going to capture landscape photographs with.  I've also included some new settings that are available with Firmware 2.0.

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Photographing and Printing Dartmoor with Fotospeed Gloss and Lustre 310 Papers

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I love printing my photographs as much as I love capturing them!  Join me in this video as I head out to Dartmoor to capture a new landscape photograph and then head home to print it on the new Fotospeed PF Gloss and Lustre 310 papers!

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On My Bookshelf - The Great Wilderness by Alex Nail

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In this episode of On My Bookshelf I look at @alexnails latest self-published book, The Great Wilderness.  This luxury hardback photography book covers one of Scotland's most remote regions and features images captured over a 4-year period from the Letterewe, Fisherfield and Dundonnell mountain areas.

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Just Enjoying My Landscape Photography

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Sometimes it's OK to just enjoy the experience of taking landscape photographs. Not every photo needs to win awards or have a deeper meaning. Photography can also be about having fun, admiring the view, or taking joy in the simple act of pressing the shutter button.  

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Did the Nikon Z8 Kill My Landscape Photography?

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I bought a Nikon Z8 then I stopped taking landscape photographs.  But why?  In this video I head to Dartmoor to capture some dramatic landscape photographs and I'll tell you why you haven't seen me online recently.

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Photographing a Snowy Dartmoor with the NEW Vallerret Skadi Gloves

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Landscape photography, a new pair of thermal gloves, Dartmoor, snow, and my Nikon Z7.  What's not to love.  So, join me in my latest video as I photograph a snowy Dartmoor and tell you all about my new @Vallerret Skadi Zipper Mitt LRS Gloves.

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Photographing the Night Sky by Alyn Wallace - On My Bookshelf

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Photographing the night sky is difficult and requires specialised equipment.  Right?  Wrong!  In Photographing the Night Sky, Alyn Wallace has written an encyclopaedia of everything you need to know to learn and develop your skills as a night sky photographer.  Can Alyn make the capture of night sky images something all photographers can do?

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