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

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The Unpublished Collection 4

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no photograph should just be left to die a slow death on a hard drive so every now and again I like to gather up those unpublished photographs and bring them into the light.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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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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Nikon Z8 SmallRig L-Bracket and Cage Review

If you're still using the plate that came with your tripod to mount your Nikon Z8 then you are missing out on the benefits of an L-bracket or a video cage.  In this video, I look at two products from SmallRig that are custom designed for the Z8, their L-bracket (3942) and their video cage kit (3941).  Which one should you buy for your Nikon Z8?

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The Landscape Photography Workshop - On My Bookshelf

In their updated edition of The Landscape Photography Workshop, two of the UKs leading landscape photographers, Ross Hoddinott and Mark Bauer, are aiming to teach you everything you need to know to take amazing landscape photographs.  Have they succeeded?

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Landscape Photography with Nikon Z8 - A Dartmoor 5 Minute Photo Adventure

Join me on my latest 5 Minute Photo Adventure video as I take out the Nikon Z8 for its first landscape photography shoot.  Would the excitement of using the Nikon Z8 to photograph Bowerman's Nose on Dartmoor outweigh the pain of a 03:30 alarm call?

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