Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
It is no secret that woodland photography is challenging, I fail more often than not. But over the course of the last few months I have been working on improving my woodland composition and in this video I share the things I have picked up and learned that have helped me improve.
Woodlands are chaotic and jumbled and it is difficult to capture an image that doesn't come across that way, but our eyes have a way of singling out points of interest, and by examining those in more detail it is possible to limit the clutter and come away with cleaner compositions that are closer to what you first saw and wanted to capture.
There are expert woodland photographers out there, and I'm not one of them, so if you want to explore this subject in more detail take a look at these videos below, and feel free to recommend any others in the comments :-)
Simon Baxter
youtube.com/watch?v=qNkht08ou30
youtube.com/watch?v=bgmEhdWMJV4&t=2s
Lee Acaster (on Wex Photo)
youtube.com/watch?v=gABq1ETsrjA
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Check me out in Instagram - instagram.com/daviddixonphotography
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Gear used
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Main kit
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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
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Music
Push Me by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: twinmusicom.org
It is no secret that woodland photography is challenging, I fail more often than not. But over the course of the last few months I have been working on improving my woodland composition and in this video I share the things I have picked up and learned that have helped me improve.
Woodlands are chaotic and jumbled and it is difficult to capture an image that doesn't come across that way, but our eyes have a way of singling out points of interest, and by examining those in more detail it is possible to limit the clutter and come away with cleaner compositions that are closer to what you first saw and wanted to capture.
There are expert woodland photographers out there, and I'm not one of them, so if you want to explore this subject in more detail take a look at these videos below, and feel free to recommend any others in the comments :-)
Simon Baxter
youtube.com/watch?v=qNkht08ou30
youtube.com/watch?v=bgmEhdWMJV4&t=2s
Lee Acaster (on Wex Photo)
youtube.com/watch?v=gABq1ETsrjA
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Check me out in Instagram - instagram.com/daviddixonphotography
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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
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Music
Push Me by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: twinmusicom.org
