I’m NOT happy about this… photography’s BIGGEST headaches @Firstmanphotography

Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Here we discuss photography’s biggest headaches as we head to the Lake District with Mali Davies for an epic day of landscape photography in dramatic and moody conditions.

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0:00 Intro
1:00 Brutal Elements
3:12 Mali roasts Adam - Photography Roast
4:10 Toxic Photographers
7:35 Squarespace Ad read
9:40 Hail Storm!!
10:14 Mali's Biggest Annoyance
11:23 Social Media
13:03 Photo Gear Cycle

$I’m NOT happy about this… photography’s BIGGEST headaches Here we discuss photography’s biggest headaches as we head to the Lake District with Mali Davies for an epic day of landscape photography in dramatic and moody conditions. Become a Patron - https://geni.us/FirstManPatron Get a FREE trial with Squarespace and 10% off your first order by using the offer code FIRSTMAN - http://www.squarespace.com/firstman - Ad Follow Mali - https://www.youtube.com/@MaliDaviesPhotography Follow First Man Photography for the latest updates: The below gear maybe of interest to you. They are affiliate links which means if you follow the link and decide to make a purchase the company gives me a small fraction of the sale which helps me to keep making these videos for free. Photo Editing Adobe Lightroom CC and Photoshop - http://bit.ly/AdobeFirstMan Video Editing Adobe Premiere FREE Trial - http://bit.ly/PremPro1st Music - http://share.epidemicsound.com/firstman My Camera Gear Filters - https://geni.us/PolarProSummit Canon 5D Mark IV - http://geni.us/Canon5DMk4 Manfrotto 055 Carbon Tripod - http://geni.us/055Carbon Manfrotto BeFree Carbon Tripod - http://geni.us/Befree Canon 16-35mm F/4 - http://geni.us/Canon1635lens Tamron 24-70mm - http://geni.us/Tamron2470lens Canon 70-200mm - http://geni.us/Canon70200 Canon 400mm - http://geni.us/Canon400mm Canon 100mm L Macro - http://geni.us/CanonMacro My Full Gear List - http://bit.ly/FirstManGear #photography #inspiration #spon 0:00 Intro 1:00 Brutal Elements 3:12 Mali roasts Adam - Photography Roast 4:10 Toxic Photographers 7:35 Squarespace Ad read 9:40 Hail Storm!! 10:14 Malis Biggest Annoyance 11:23 Social Media 13:03 Photo Gear Cycle$

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