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NO !!! It takes a certain kind of poetic sensibility & NOT just finding ANY subject that just happens have the colour RED and pressing a button !!!

I thought you did a great of explaining Leiter's style and capturing similar photos. I look forward to watching more.

What kind of filter did you use on this camera?

The photo at 8:06 when the pedestrians sign is cropped out of the photo works. The depth is that of rear tire of the bike, on back to man in the back, with the tree on the right cropped out. In regard to the telephone booth shot, you would need to be much closer in to do that shot. 15:27 is a nice shot. 16:37 nice rule of odds, with the space on right. I like the columns -- makes people seem so small. Take care, and have fun, Loren

The risk of shooting at a shallow depth of field is losing the rest of the story. It is true, for effect, having only the subject in focus can work. It is sometimes best. I would not say most times better to shoot wide-open and ignore the background, as you may get home and then realize there was something very interesting, or important which is now gone forever. If you are sure that one area is all which counts, and want to throw-out the detail beyond, then yes indeed -- great choice. Be yourself in shooting style. The rule of odds is not something bad, nor all the other painter's tools, but never try to become someone else. Do your best, then try to up that to the next level in each shot you take. Over time you know the cameras limitations, as in how things look in the frame once developed - edited, and that stupid human error is easy to achieve. ;) Never do the same trick too many times, or at the least spread those images out, as in presenting them over a period of time to viewers. If you make a nice replica of a famous photo, you basically have something best done on by a Xerox machine. If you have something really fresh, but possibly the same theme, then yea, it might work. Just be yourself, only better, as the years roll by. Reinvent yourself, if need be! - Loren Schwiderski photography.

Man, that revived my PTSD. The same thing happened with all my slide film shot in Prague. Unfortunately, mine never reappeared 😓 No Christmas miracle for me

Thank you, I really enjoyed this... xxx

Excellent , well done!

Great presentation. I'm doing SL in my degree, I'm just wondering roughly what camera settings you would suggest?

Thank you gaston! I really enjoyed your shoots

Stop to imitate...😡

what a great video! And i wonder how you made the gopro footage look THIS fin good

This is *excellent* thanks

I really enjoyed this

good one looking for the next style from you -interesting thanks

That was very interesting. Thanks.

This is fun. Both knowledgeable and enjoyable. I'll try this challenge as well. Also, hope to see more of this kind of video 👍

Great video please do more

i reaaaaally liked the way you approched the topic. im so into SL right now. his work is so fairy memory ish. did you see the documentary by Tomas Leach? subscribed

I don't know if you always shoot film but my favourite camera for street photography is the Sony A7sii. This camera is not high res at only 12 megapixels but that makes it good for low light so the resulting images do not have nasty digital noise even in the shadows unless you take the ISO up very high. It also has image stabilisation so is good hand held and it can be bought quite cheap now because people think that high resolution is the be all end all.

I like the one at 18:06. It's not really Leiter looking but it's got a ton of interesting details. I have used longer lenses for street photography but I found that some images I took would have benefitted from less shallow depth of focus. It's sometimes worth adjusting, assuming you have enough light. A spectacular longer lens is the Nikkor ED 180mm f/2.8 AI-s. This one is quite fast for a 180mm so good enough for night work although it's quite big. I use often smaller ones so to be less obvious. I would also like the one you used in the video. I have a lot of older vintage lenses. All usable on mirrorless. I think some of these lenses get you a look closer to what you see with these older photographers. This is especially the case with the bokeh. Some of the older lenses have spectacular bokeh.

22 minuti passati in un lampo...... Grazie !!

that bubbles shot is special, as are a few others

Great work, I am going to hit the streets in 30 minutes and I feel energized now.

What a silly waste of time!!

I learned a lot of new ideas from this video, and what I've learned. about Saul Leiter. Thank you!

Truly loved this. Excited for the next episode!

I subscribed because you're a Glasgow street photographer. I think I maybe even spotted you around the St Enoch's subway a couple of weeks ago in sunny weather. I think generally Leiter just benefits from colour, out of focus and damp conditions, no wonder that Glasgow often doubles for New York in the 1950's in Hollywood movies. You could always try breathing on your lens to get that hazy colour bloom that most people see as a Leiter motif.

Great vídeo. For the reflections shots which aperture did you use?

Saul Leiter is my favourite photographer. I think some of your shots here get really close. Great work!

Nice video. Could you try to shoot like Helen Levitt?

fantastic video

Really good exercise! Nicely put together video too! Well done! Would love to see you try to take influence from painters in your photography. No one does that. ❤

I have a Canon Prima too and its my go to camera for traveling. Super easy to use, fits in my pocket and as given me really awesome photos so far

Great work! The break down of Saul Leiters style was interesting. Gonna give this one a shot myself and try to incorporate your list of Leiter's style elements.

I liked your video, and I had never heard of Saul Leiter. My problem is that in Germany, for instance, you can't just photograph people without their consent. Which makes street photography impossible as you want to capture moments that never occur again. Like those people on the bus in one of your photos. If you would exhibit those photos they might sue you, and this could be very costly. Is this so much different in Scotland?

Really interesting video

Don’t add that self critique after ever photo, my friend. Your photos look fine. I do think that Saul embraced his blacks a bit more. If you drop your shadows in edit some more, every one of those is a good photo. Thanks for putting the effort in this video, I enjoyed it a lot!

I like to hear the though process behind every photo, solid results!

I enjoyed this video. Very nice.

Very inspiring. Many thanks for your effort. Great work 👏🏼

This was great, Gaston! Great job with the storytelling here! Really awesome way of incorporating your process into the video! Bravo👌

haha, we live in the same city...

Dude... how TF you only have 121 subs??? We need to change it! Dope stuff btw :)

Subscribed!

Good work! And you managed to produce some great pics. Subbed.

Great work. Subscribed.

really, really nice video man! looking forward to seeing you try to recreate other photographers!

Nice channel. I subscribed. Would be great to see more videos focusing on compsition and how to take photos and not focusing so much on gear. Il y a déjà assez de chaines qui nourissent le phénomène du GAS. ;)

Nicely pulled together - interesting info. And good selection of his work. Good analysis - thanks