Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
In this video I discuss mental health and how landscape photography helped me recover from my own struggles.
The day this video is released coincides with Time-to-change.org's #timetotalk campaign which aims to encourage everyone to talk about mental health wherever they are and work towards breaking down the barriers and changing the way we think and act about mental health problems.
** You can follow the hashtag #timetotalk, and visit their website here
time-to-change.org.uk **
Being outdoors and in nature has been proven to be good for your mental wellbeing as well as the obvious physical benefits that go with it, and I learned that by taking my camera out with me it slowed down my racing thoughts and helped me recover from a very low point.
At a time in my life when so many stressful events happened all at once I bottled up too much emotion without talking to anyone about the way I felt which was detrimental to my own mental health - after some time I headed out walking and took my camera with me. I started a YouTube Channel and began recovering and moving on to a much better place.
If this is your first time here, consider subscribing to my channel to see more of my photography trips and philosophy towards capturing landscape images.
Look after yourselves.
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Check me out in Instagram - instagram.com/daviddixonphotography
I'm on Twitter now too! -
twitter.com/dixondavidphoto
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Gear used
If you go on to buy any of the below kit on Amazon it will support me in making more videos for you :-)
Main kit
Camera amzn.to/2q9Z3r4
Long lens amzn.to/2plU46Z
Wide lens amzn.to/2p7jdDW
Prime lens amzn.to/2p7hgHk
Memory card - fast enough for landscapes and never failed! amzn.to/2tkgTft
Spare batteries - way cheaper than official Canon ones and do a decent job amzn.to/2sm8B2g
Other kit
Backpack amzn.to/2p7kr20
Cable release - cheap as chips and faultless essential bit of kit amzn.to/2p7mpPR
Filter holder amzn.to/2oA8ZwU
10stop filter amzn.to/2plM1XM
ND grad set amzn.to/2plXMxm
Tripod
Tripod head - ball head, solid, so easy to use! amzn.to/2oPmxkt
Tripod amzn.to/2ozVZre
Filming
Filmed with amzn.to/2tGdq7c (f1.4 for beautiful cinematic footage, and does 4k!)
To keep the frame rate consistent a variable ND filter is invaluable! amzn.to/2xpun8L
...stuck to my Lumix using: amzn.to/2z9sYHU
Lavlier mic amzn.to/2p7tM9W
Drone! amzn.to/2plTnu7
In this video I discuss mental health and how landscape photography helped me recover from my own struggles.
The day this video is released coincides with Time-to-change.org's #timetotalk campaign which aims to encourage everyone to talk about mental health wherever they are and work towards breaking down the barriers and changing the way we think and act about mental health problems.
** You can follow the hashtag #timetotalk, and visit their website here
time-to-change.org.uk **
Being outdoors and in nature has been proven to be good for your mental wellbeing as well as the obvious physical benefits that go with it, and I learned that by taking my camera out with me it slowed down my racing thoughts and helped me recover from a very low point.
At a time in my life when so many stressful events happened all at once I bottled up too much emotion without talking to anyone about the way I felt which was detrimental to my own mental health - after some time I headed out walking and took my camera with me. I started a YouTube Channel and began recovering and moving on to a much better place.
If this is your first time here, consider subscribing to my channel to see more of my photography trips and philosophy towards capturing landscape images.
Look after yourselves.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check me out in Instagram - instagram.com/daviddixonphotography
I'm on Twitter now too! -
twitter.com/dixondavidphoto
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gear used
If you go on to buy any of the below kit on Amazon it will support me in making more videos for you :-)
Main kit
Camera amzn.to/2q9Z3r4
Long lens amzn.to/2plU46Z
Wide lens amzn.to/2p7jdDW
Prime lens amzn.to/2p7hgHk
Memory card - fast enough for landscapes and never failed! amzn.to/2tkgTft
Spare batteries - way cheaper than official Canon ones and do a decent job amzn.to/2sm8B2g
Other kit
Backpack amzn.to/2p7kr20
Cable release - cheap as chips and faultless essential bit of kit amzn.to/2p7mpPR
Filter holder amzn.to/2oA8ZwU
10stop filter amzn.to/2plM1XM
ND grad set amzn.to/2plXMxm
Tripod
Tripod head - ball head, solid, so easy to use! amzn.to/2oPmxkt
Tripod amzn.to/2ozVZre
Filming
Filmed with amzn.to/2tGdq7c (f1.4 for beautiful cinematic footage, and does 4k!)
To keep the frame rate consistent a variable ND filter is invaluable! amzn.to/2xpun8L
...stuck to my Lumix using: amzn.to/2z9sYHU
Lavlier mic amzn.to/2p7tM9W
Drone! amzn.to/2plTnu7
