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In this video I’m back in North Wales in the Blaenau Ffestiniog area, to explore and photograph some new subjects, including an incredible abandoned slate quarry, shooting 4×5 film with the Horseman 45FA. I create some of my favourite images yet and also reflect on one important lesson I was reminded of.
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38 Comments
Yup, I push through "trails" too, LoL
19:53, 20:04 mind blown 👍👍
At this point in the video, 13:43, I'm curious as to how you're going to deal with the flat sky. I like light conditions like this but I don't know how to deal with a flat sky without excluding it altogether. Impatiently waiting for more of this video.
Hey Kyle! How are you? Is there any chance you can try the new Hasselblad X2D100c for the next video? I believe it will suit your style very well! As a fashion photographer and GFX100 user , I am curious to hear your thoughts!
Love your channel! Cheers!
I'm enjoying these videos where you walk us through your process, thoughts and then we get to see how the photos turned out. Love the images you got in this outing! Thanks for sharing!
Your ramble through the Rhododendron's was so reminiscent of childhood holidays following my fathers intepretation of a OS map
Beautiful work Kyle. Your videos make me feel so relaxed.
I was at that same location jin 2020 just after the first lock-down to shoot a footwear campaign. I love the derelict houses and the slate-festooned landscape. Unfortunately we spent too long shooting and it got dark very quickly – we lost our way back to the car and ended up on the edge of an escarpment huddled behind a rock at 2am in the morning! Luckily our eyes adjusted to the dark and we spotted a route back down to safety. A big lesson learnt, felt so stupid afterwards. Never mess with mother nature.
Hi Kyle, I believe we walked past each other in Cwmorthin so it's a great coincidence that this video popped up on my feed!
man quit making wales look so good, its not like that 🙂
This may be off point, but I'm curious how many extra miles do you log on your trips as you set up your video camera for B roll and go back and retrieve it. I'm impressed enough with you trekking with the camera gear on your back.
What an awesome video. I'm glad you included the bit where you went down the wrong path and did the outro before you'd taken the final shot. Had me laughing after a tough day of work!
Nice work Kyle.
Incredible subject matter.
You are such an inspiring artist. Thank you, Kyle!
Hello Kyle, I have a question about hanging the backpack at the tripod at 14:36. Shouldn't put your bag on the ground and use a strap to draw up the tripod hook ? Not sure how it works to keep stabilize the camera when your bag was shaking in windy conditions.
Beautiful work Kyle, I can also see an angle in the 'Slate City' work from a human geography perspective; how we reshape landscapes in the name of progress and eventually move on when shifts in global prices no longer require those resources.
hi there, great set up is that a horseman 45FA or 45HD? I have a Horseman 45FA but I've been looking for an angled viewfinder like yours, which one is that? Could you point me in the right direction?!
Where is this place. Would love to go there sometime.
Incredible images Kyle; really looking forward to "Slate City" as a whole finished project!
Wish it was easier to get out there without a car, looks nice!
The video colors are soo good. I'm getting 4×5 curious again. Could you briefly compare the horseman to the intrepid? Its almost dobule the price before lenses..
Few things
– Condensation
– Overactive developer, causing uneven development
– Uneven development itself, wrong agitation
– Poured in developer too slow
Such a beautiful video Kyle, very excited to see more of this series.
I love that you kept that encounter with the hiker in the video and explaining that you were just talking to the camera. It seems more commonplace now to have strangers recording themselves but its always a funny interaction when you try to explain it.
I studied abroad in Wales, and love the country. Snowdonia is still on my wish list, and hope to travel there soon. Thanks for sharing your travels and photography!
You're like the Bob Ross of film photography
My father took me hiking there when he had leave from the army it's a very special place for a lot of people I'd love to shoot it one day
Wow another great video! Love the story telling – thank you for sharing. I hope you publish this project 😊
Really enjoy watching your adventures!
My favourite was the zoomed in view of the 2 buildings with tye truck bed.
As a photographer, I’m interested to know why wouldn’t you shoot a faster shutter speed and more open aperture to combat the wind? Especially over a large vista, surely the difference between f8 and f32 would not affect the sharpness across the frame that much?
the frame the gentleman going up the hill with the arrow of where you went had me chuckling! Great work as always. very fun video.
I continue to appreciate you sharing things that don’t always follow the script. You give me courage to try.
I want to photograph a lone forgotten weathered barn in central Washington state. It’s going to be an eight hour commitment from Seattle for one subject. It might be great or it might suck.
But you have shown that if you don’t make the trip, hike through the mud, put the film in the camera and take the photograph you won’t know.
As always thanks for sharing your time in making the video. Really enjoyed your photographs. Enjoy your holidays!
Very much looking forward to seeing where Slate City goes. Those Pentax nighttime shots are awesome – and that final 4×5 shot is just gorgeous. The fact the slate pieces are almost the exact same size as the houses/even larger really makes it for me. Fantastic production quality too!
Slate city. Love it.
Love these Kyle, really make me want to get out and explore more of the wonderful landscapes that the UK has to offer
"this is not a trail" i got a good laugh from that
Beautiful stuff as always Kyle, can I ask: what brand is your hat?