SUMMARY
Photographer William Patino's candid video documents a landscape photography excursion into a forest with minimal planning. He explores the scene, works with a 16-35mm lens, and makes compositional decisions, finding a particularly compelling totara tree. Despite discovering interesting elements and engaging deeply with the process, Patino ultimately reviews his raw files weeks later and finds no images worth keeping. The video emphasizes that the value of a shoot can lie in the experience and the enjoyment of the creative process itself, rather than solely in producing a final, keeper image.
TAKEAWAYS
Landscape photography shoots don't always result in keeper images.
William Patino's video shows a real-world shoot with no final keepers.
The experience and process of shooting can be valuable, even without a perfect final photograph.
Enjoying the time spent in the field contributes to long-term photographic practice.