Street Photography as Therapy?
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2021
- At a time when mental health issues have affected many of our lives, this video explores ways in which street photography can help people cope with stress, anxiety and depression.
_____________
Links in the video:
Sean Tucker's excellent channel: / seantuckermerge
Prof. Denise Park's research: www.universityherald.com/arti...
My street photography bookstore: streetsnappers.com/street-pho...
______________________
I'm the Founder and Course Leader at StreetSnappers, an organisation which provides street photography workshops and courses in London and across the UK, Venice, Lisbon, Prague and Paris. Whilst I'm an Official Fujifilm X-Photographer (ambassador), this channel is for everyone, irrespective of what sort of gear you use - including film users!
Please subscribe to receive news of new videos about street photography. You'll find tips & techniques, gear reviews, critique sessions, information about locations for street photography and lots of news, insights, ideas and developments from the world of street photography.
Workshops website: www.streetsnappers.com
Subscribe to my street photography newsletter: streetsnappers.com/street-pho...
Follow me on Instagram: / streetsnappers
Personal work: www.brianduckett.com
Buy my street photography books: streetsnappers.com/street-pho...
Fujifilm X: fujifilm-x.com/global/
The gear I use: www.amazon.co.uk/shop/streets...
Street photographers from all over the world unite!
I am from Russia and watch this channel with great pleasure.
After a painful divorce, street photography has helped me keep living and having fun.
I don't even think about her now, except that I just left her my camera. But I bought a Fuji x100 which is a great camera!
So I can honestly say that street photography changes life for the better.
Is a great way to deal with negative feelings and pain.
Good on you my bratko
One of few serious channels on RUclips. No click bating, No gimmicky pitches, no bullshit. Thank you and congratulations!
I started photography as a way to deal with the lost of our 3yo son. I was struggling to find joy. Street Photography forces me to go out and look for beautiful things in life, learn to appreciate mundane things we see in life.
As a full time healthcare provider, street photography has been an essential element in keeping me within my chosen profession. Thank you for a spot on video!
Thanks very much for the feedback, Daryl :-)
Adding my voice to those for whom street photography has been invaluable in mitigating depression and anxiety. Job insecurity and (non-covid) family health issues have dominated much of my past year and my daily walk around my small town with my camera, looking for my "picture of the day" has been - and is - a moment of escape, of serenity and gratification. Thanks for recognizing and articulating this, and generally for all your excellent content that keeps me stimulated and helps me grow as a photographer!
Great to hear that and thanks so much for the feedback.
I have been doing street photography for 3 years and its always been my sole therapy everytime my mental health issue kick in. a slow walk and observe people. Regards from Bali!
Thanks Ary - I’m glad it works for you. Greetings from London!
I know that for me personally, photo walks are very beneficial to my mental health. I spent 2020 walking the streets of my small town with my camera, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. It was wonderful for my mental and physical health, and really improved my photography, as I had to find things other than people on the empty streets. I've recently begun doing street portraits, and am enjoying getting over the awkwardness I initially feel, and connecting with someone to make a nice portrait.
Being in the zone is like heaven to me.
I suffer from depression and the street immediately brings me back to normal also other activities i do.
Thanks a million for the video and have a snappy new year.
The stresses of trying to get the Instagram algorithm right part...that hit home for me. Always stressing about the things I can't control, and don't even necessarily need to care about.
So totally agree. Came upon this realization about 10 years ago. The anticipation and practice of being in the Street for no other reason than being in the street is quite calming for me. I often include a cocktail and nice lunch.
“Cocktail and nice lunch” - that’s an approach I could get used to!!
@@StreetSnappers always works for me
Thanks Brian for another inspiring video! You made my day 😊📸
My pleasure - thanks for watching! :-)
Thank you, I thought I was the only one. Street Photography takes me out of the part of my mind that my C-PTSD lives in. And when I get into the groove it's like a runner's high.
I agree about the runner’s high - very similar feeling I guess.
Thank you for doing this video. I just started shooting street photography again this year after losing a pet that was very special to me. I was in a seriously down space and needed to be out of my house. I have found this to be great therapy. Thank you again from Las Vegas, USA.
Thanks for your feedback - and greetings from London!
I truly, deeply love street photography and there's no better place to do it than New York! The streets are filled with life and freeing! I can't wait to get my new camera!
An escape that wears out the emotional pains over time.
Yes indeed :-)
Thank you, Brian! That was a very helpful and timely video! I am both a psychologist and a photographer and I can relate to everything you said, from both personal and professional standpoints. I remember a time a few years ago when I was hiking in Alaska and I was at a place called the Russian River where grizzlies go to feed on Salmon. I was focusing my camera intently on a gull sitting on a rock in the middle of the churning river. The gull looked so peaceful in spite of its proximity to the rapid flow of the water (there’s a metaphor for us all in there), and I was waiting for it to spread its wings for a photo (It was a very non-compliant model, stubborn even) As I waited on the bird, I suddenly noticed a wave of peace washing over me. It was distinct and powerful, almost a “peak experience” type of feeling. I attributed my change in mood to the “in the moment” nature of the experience, but it was probably a combination of factors. Anyway, I will take your advice to heart and hit the streets more often! :) Thank you again and please keep up the great work!
Thanks so much for the feedback, Ethan - great story - and it’s good to have the validation of a professional :-)
You don’t need my validation, Brian. You know what you’re talking about! :) I’m looking forward to your next video.
I would add a caveat that be careful that you don’t take any photos of people that might end up in a confrontation if you are already feeling anxious, depressed etc.
Very good point and I completely agree.
What A Great Video
Well Me My Self Having Depression And Anxiety Since 8 Years And I Do Street Photography Since Around 7 Years
Well Photography Has Saved Me And Until Now I Am Fighting My Depression And Anxiety By Giving My Soul To Street Photography
Carrying The Camera And Going Out On The Streets Helps Me To Forget And It Kicks Out The Bad Thoughts In My Mind
It Clears My Mind And Brings Me Peace
I Will Keep Doing Street Photography Until The Last Day oF My Life
Street Photography Is My Passion And My Savior
Thank You For This Video
And Pls Keep Doing Us Good Videos About Street Photography
Thanks very much for the feedback, Tamer. I’m pleased that street photography is helping you :-)
THANK YOU! After 4 decades of shooting mainly empty streets - in recent 2 years I am diving deep in classic Street (people included! -) Photography
I think photography is not only good for the mind, although for the soul, it's helps when you needed most,
Thanks for this video
Thank you for republishing this episode with better sound quality! 🙏🏻👌🏻
Haha - my pleasure, Dagmar :-)
Street photography has always been a therapy. Especially now I'm living my dream. I got a proper gear, the ability to work remotely and wander around the streets of the sea coastline in my country. Its very emotional experience especially when do it alone but I can't imagine myself doing else right now. Greetings from sunny town of Ahtopol, Bulgaria :)
Thanks Dice, and greetings from London!
I appreciate this very much. I suffer from PTSD and street photography has been a great coping skill since 2018. Due to Covid I no longer work in the heart of downtown Chicago, but every Saturday or Sunday I will pick an area and make a day trip of it. There is so much more I could say. I will end with this. It is effective, sublime, and I hope others find peace and presence from watching your video and getting out there with their camera in hand.
Throughout my childhood, I have been bullied all the time, particularly when studying in boarding school where I had dispute with teachers and classmates, no solutions at all after I failed to please them, so I decided to be a day student and thinking of a hobby that I don't need to stay in group or even having friends, which is photography, I did that on A Level and scored pretty well, with no restrictions from boarding house, I can travel freely and taking pictures around cities then obtain extra knowledge like architecture, culture and even local friends, so outcome of photography isn't just pictures, but alot more than that and I have been doing it for over 10 years, from high school, university and now a father
It’s interesting to hear how photography can be so profound in people’s lives. I’m glad it’s working for you :-)
Absolutely true.I've been struggling with depression for over 12yrs now. When i'm in my dark places when i'm out with friends i with them but i'm not so to speak.I feel really bad even with best mates. But out on the streets in big crowds i dont feel it at all. May be cos your alway in the zone of looking for things to shoot.Yes i have a wonder wife and 2 amazing children who all know when i'm quite and dont feel like talking they just leave me be. What i've found out now is to ride with the feelings not fighting them. But i feel that i produce better more darker b&w images. So although i really hate these feelings i sometimes embrace it. But just cos this works for me doesn't mean it will for others.But i' m so greatful for street photography to help me through these times. Plus channels like yours and others help a lot too.
Brian -- thanks so much for this. Really appreciate the effort. -Brian
Good intel and great advice. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
The first video was perfect, but I appreciate you taking your time to make another.
Great points here - During the last 12-18 months having photography as a hobby has helped me no end. Be it walking around locally or getting 'lost' in London in between the lock downs. Something to 'focus' on and get lost in... channels such as yours, Mr Tuckers etc for tips and general pointers have been of great interest and value, it has definitely helped to keep me happier and feeling more creative through all this, long may it continue!.
Thanks very much for the feedback, Niall. I’m glad you’re enjoying your shooting. :-)
Superb and very pertinent video Brian, one of your best, thank you!
I relate to this video. I’m a disabled veteran that suffered horribly from combat related ptsd. To make the story short, photography has been of great help. It help me cope and overcome the horrible memories of combat. I wasn’t even able to focus on anything. Photography took and continue to take me to my happy place, it makes me focus, think, create, relax, and being productive. I feel free, different and my daughters say I look different went I’m taking photos, yes it makes me happy.
thanks for the video. It comes to me at a critical time when I needed that inspiration to move forward
Thanks for the feedback and best of luck wi5 your street shooting :-)
This is a really affirming video! I myself have been trying to link personal mental wellbeing with photography and this says everything I needed to hear. Thank you!
Thanks Brian. My role was made redundant in March and turned to my analogue photography as my outlet. No stress, no mind fogs our cloudy judgements. Took a step back, grabbed by my F-1 and went for it. Thanks so much.
Excellent video. I always enjoy your videos. You are definitely on a different level to most photographers. Thanks
Words of wisdom. Great content.
Excellent!! Thank you also for the links.
Can't thank you enough for this video. Thanks so much.
Absolutely correct. I have regular bouts of depression, and use going out and about with my cameras as therapy. I do love doing street, but also find nature/landscape photography a good way to overcome depression. Mind you, it helps to see the signs early and act then, rather than waiting until I don't want to get up from the bed/couch... Cheers from Australia.
Good on ya Greg I too use it as therapy.
Thanks for the feedback, Greg. It looks like you've had a particularly tough time in Australia - I hope there's light at the end of the tunnel.
Great video and great RUclips channel - worth every second.
I do jiu jitsu and street photography as a therapy for my mental health. Who would’ve thought these two bizarre hobbies would be so beneficial for mental health…
Very different pursuits but I’m glad they work for you :-)
Thank you for this video! Very helpful.
This was amazing! Thank you so much for all you do.
My pleasure - thanks for your support :-)
Great message here. Thank you!
I use street photography to improve my mental health.
I am a retired psychiatric RN with 30 year’s experience. As you suggest, going outside is therapeutic. Only for the most depressed, the use of antidepressants is necessary and useful. There are studies that conclude talk therapy is as effective as medication. Can’t get out of bed? Sleep for 12-18 hours a day? Medication sounds like the way to go.
In Alcoholic’s Anonymous there is a program saying that is used in the general population without attribution. “Fake it til you make it.” I have suggested to my patients and do this myself. Think about what depressed people do and don’t do it. Isolate? Get out of your house.
My street photography gets me out of the house.Many therapists suggest doing exercise to ward off depression. I hate exercise. I relate it to pain. I for one avoid pain when possible. On the other hand, I can take a body and two lenses and walk about for hours. Alex Webb quote about 99.8%. I realize most of my images are rubbish. So what? When I go out the door I have a purpose. Make interesting images. Make interesting images for me. I get out of the house. I get some exercise that without having a camera would not be interesting. When the sun comes out in Seattle, as it rarely does during the winter, I receive the benefit of naturally produced melatonin. I am on the prowl. Looking for things of interest to photograph. I may have a goal of finding things that are blue or looking for dogs. My focus is external. When I am on the street I am not thinking how depressed I am. When I’m not focused on being depressed I am not depressed.
Other benefits. Exercise. Looking for beauty or creating beauty (in my eye which others are free to object to) makes me happy. Our brains tend to be monolithic. If we are feeling happy it is hard to feel depressed. A teaching from the Law of Attraction is to keep our vibration as high as possible. How do we do this? We do the things we enjoy. I walk the street. If you bowl go to a bowling alley and roll some frames. Cook if you enjoy it. Read. Watch a movie. Anything you do that you enjoy will lift your vibration and you will feel better.
I generally walk the street with a camera. Sometimes I leave the house without a camera. When I see something of interest I use my invisible camera that I carry with me everywhere. The memory isn’t very good but I don’t have the problem of adding something to a hard drive.
For me, street photography is my antidepressant. The fact that my images aren’t very good is irrelevant. It is getting out of the house. It is getting exercise. It is having the sun or rain on my face that feels so good. It is the sense that I am creating art. I can’t draw. I can’t paint. I can’t throw clay. My writing needs a lot of work. I can use the lighting triangle and focus my attention on something of interest. Good enough. It doesn’t need to be photography. Doing anything that feels good to you will help minimize or cure depression. Don’t tell the pharmaceutical companies this,
.
Mask On Nurse Martin (Ret)
I resonate with this particular matter, i feel peace and at ease whenever I take my camera and hit the road, there is something about holding that camera and focusing and something then releasing that shutter, and there are times tiptoeing and sneaking around with my camera gives me a thrill like am in an adventure.
Relaxing and inspiring content!
Thanks for the videos, they are very useful and inspiring.
Only one thought, because I'm from both worlds (fotografic and psicology) I wanted to add some things to what you have said.
Art in general always has been therapeutic, before psicology or the concept of therapy existed. Because it has to do with expressing whatever you need, to let it out or to move it, make it something else. This is very important because many times illness has to doo with being stuck.
So I defer a bit with what you have said about taking happy pictures because it's limiting the great thing about art.
Thanks for your comments - I’m always happy to hear from people who can add more to the conversation :-)
I agree entirely. Dealing with pain and other emotions we need to face rather than avoid and in this endeavour photography can help to wade thru the pain...
Thank you for this! I really needed this as motivation. I enjoy street photography and this video has given me a new prospective on something I really love. Thank you again for links.
Thanks for the feedback Gus. Good luck with your street photography :-)
Great content Brian. Not only does street photography bring benefits to your state of mind but sports photography too. You got to stay focus sometimes for hours to shoot a 1/2000 sec moment. It is simply another time scale that calms you down - plus you gain a giant load of positive emotion that each athlete carries with him.
Great point, David! I've never tried it but I can see the potential benefits :-)
Great as always Brian!!
Thanks so much, Bahaa!
This is really great advice. I've found doing this is a kind of therapy and can make you feel more positive.
Thanks James! :-)
Thanks Brian, great advice as usual. I have copied the link to the Street Photography books you posted. I'm totally hooked!
What a great video.. Touched on a subject that deals with a personal reservation to move forward with projects.. I needed to see this video.. Thank you so much sir
Fantastic. Thanks
My pleasure - thanks for watching! :-)
Thanks for all the effort, I find your videos very inspiring. Greetings from the Baltic Sea
Start a darkroom ! Creating things (it doesn't have to be great every time) in a yellow - green light with the wind howling round the house and some smooth music on is downright therapeutic !
Street photography has a full visuality by token of its sociological content that arguable is not as evident in a landscape image. The search for a 'hysterical sublime' (Jameson) through its hyper semantic content possibly acts as an antidepressant, but maybe not so for forms of mania. To make sense of a plethora of images over time a cogent methodology of categories is significant. It grounds those hysterical moments into forms of life.
Thanks for your comments :-)
Thank you, greetings from Venezuela 🙋🏽♀️🇻🇪!
My pleasure - and hello fro London!
Great video! Thanks for taking the time to put all this together and present it. Well done. (I have the book “Humans of New York”) 👍😉
Thank you so much for making this video. Tunbridge Wells Kent.
My pleasure, Marcelo - glad you liked it :-)
Street for me in a remote part of northwest Thailand is unpaved street photography, walking through rice fields and forests around my home. Ten months of self imposed quarantine and with only my Zorki and HP5, I found morning walks great therapy.
Just be aware that people who appear in potential images may be more sensitive because of the very depression you may be overcoming. Be polite. Ask them how they are going. Explain yourself and bring them into the story with conversation. It will help them and you. All human beings need to communicate for well being. Respect others and don’t forget others when you are in your own zone.
Thanks Geoffrey - that’s a very valid point.
Thank you for the wonderful video 👍
Thank you - it's my pleasure :-)
This video is exactly what I needed to see and hear. I find release from the daily grind if I can get out for an hour or two every week. Now I find myself analyzing scenes even when I don't have the camera on me. My challenge is to make my new world suburban utopia seem interesting via a camera lens, if only to me.
That’s good to hear, Jeff. Best of luck with your street photography:-)
Well I can totally resonate with this. I have a stressful job and street for me is just about switching off. Yes I’d like a couple of keepers but it really is about switching off to all the pressures of normal life and every time it’s just wonderful. I just wish I could get out more with my camera. Great video.
Thanks very much for the feedback, Bradley!
Great video, thanks!
Thanks Paul, my pleasure :-)
Thanks for this. This is exactly what I needed right now. I am about to get my camera out and start soon
My pleasure, Ross. Make hay while the sun shines!
Great tips and nice images from Lisbon, my personal playground! ;)
Lucky you! Lisbon is my favourite city. I’ve had to cancel 2 workshops there this year due to COVID but I hope to be back in May and September 2022!
When I go to do street photography, I tend to notice nothing but benefits. For one, I am not thinking about work or relationship issues but am in the moment of capturing the moments in time. Also, as a bonus, I tend to make 20,000 steps which is great health benefit.
Cheers for another great video! I can personally vouch for the therapeutic nature of street photography, having had a stressful and busy year along with pandemic and the lockdowns, I had forgotten how it was like to go out (and perhaps even just be in public?). Having gotten a camera recently allowed me to use it as a tool to tiptoe out again, even have some great interactions with people I would have never thought of approaching. Days where I dont get any good photos, usually end well anyways since I would have gotten a nice long walk around the city I live in.
Great comment, Ahmed - thanks for your feedback :-)
Thanks for talking to this aspect of photography - I couldn’t agree more. My approach is to carry with me a small digital point and shoot camera and look for beauty in the world as I go about my day….when I see it, I acknowledge it and capture that moment for myself. I could use my phone, but making a conscious decision to carry a small camera states intent, so I always look for beauty …… what you look for you get more of. Best way to reframe a day beset by anxiety and depression I know. Why a small camera? They are cheap, no worries if dropped, liberating, can be carried in a pocket and images are fine enough for my purposes….
A very interesting video and that personally I coincide with many things that are discussed here, in my experience, photography has become a way to fully enjoy the present time, to absorb all that wealth of sounds, smells, Images, moments, make you feel alive, in a certain way it is a kind of Mindfulness, when I am photographing I forget everything and focus on now, thank you for sharing this video and all the material you have on your channel, receive a cordial greeting from Spain and I'll be waiting for the next video! Have a great day.
Thanks so much for your feedback, Joel, and greetings from sunny London! :-)
Film photography is extremely addictive.
And also expensive, in money terms as well as efforts. For the amount I spent of film rolls in 6 months, I could've bought a 35mm 1.4 prime for my Fuji X.
Thanks Brian 😊 I find street photography a wonderful form of therapy but I’m also very interested in how your state of mind at the time of photographing influences the image you produce and the subject you are drawn to - analysing my own pictures I can see an obvious connection. I’ve turned down opportunities to take photos because I felt I was in bad form and wouldn’t be able to get decent images but I know that really what I should do is just get out there and Just bloody do it! 😁 Thank you
Thanks Emma - great points! I do think your state of mind influences how and what you shoot. If you’re feeling good you’ll gravitate towards the happier, brighter scenes and vice versa.
I was very much interested in this RUclips issue.
You are quit right and it helped me a lot during the pandemic.
Lovely thoughts… thanks
Thanks Syed :-)
Awesome video thanks for sharing your thoughts. I been hooked on street photography for decades via film then digital now a mixture of both. I work as a newspaper photographer also videography these days it’s busy can be stressful always involving people pictures so on my free time I like to get away with the camera a shoot landscapes anyway last week I decided it’s time I put some of my street images together in a blurb book so while sorting through images on my channel and on my Mac something hit me like a kick in the spuds my landscapes although nice enough and enjoyable they literally mean nothing where as street pictures I’ve shot made me smile I’ve caught something that won’t ever happen again the street images are my happy place. I’ll continue to shoot landscapes but I’ll devote more time to street work. Thanks for the inspiration appreciate it 📷📷
Great story, thanks for commenting Paul. I first got interested in street photography through working as a press photographer and I found it a great ‘outlet’. Good luck with your book!
@@StreetSnappers mate newspapers have taught me so much having to get a result in all weathers lighting awkward people etc etc love it to bits. Ahhhhh the book at this stage is more of a personal thing I’m pretty limited in the old wall space dept 🚐 so want to get my stuff off the channel and into print seems like a good compromise. I’ve got street stuff from England aussie NZ HK Fiji etc etc but some of my faves are from my local wee city of Napier in NZ such a cool place to shoot. Loving the channel too Brian some cracking content. Regards Paul
Thank you! Greetings from Croatia:)
Thanks Matko, and best wishes from London!
tbh I've been fascinated by street photography for quite some time, but I never seen it as an anti-anxiety drug. Quite the opposite, shooting pictures on the streets always made me superanxious, it feels like everyone is looking at you and thinking "why the hell he's taking photos here". Sometimes you get into arguments with security guards, which is quite nasty and humiliating too. It feels good when you return back home tho, and even better when you happen to get a nice pic.
I guess we’re all slightly different in how anxiety manifests itself. But do remember that security guards have now power and can’t force you to do anything. I hope that sort of thing doesn’t put you off street shooting :-)
@@StreetSnappers thanks for advice and thanks for such a great channel
Nice thoughts.....I do believe street photography allows a person a bit of 'peace'.... very much a therapeutic approach for the very reasons you say. I was listening recently to the Olympics and interviewing a 'rock climber' (new Olympic sport), and they stated the same. The act of immersing yourself into a cognitive/physical endeavor forces a person to leave the world behind and only 'now' is important. So many endeavors will allow a person to do this with street photo one of them. I do agree though.....film, film....more film. The more analog you are, the more you pull away from looking at your the back of the camera! ... Although, even with film, other than the developing process, I still use the computer as my darkroom, but hey, the time out in the streets, alone with my camera for hours, is well a counter balance. And yes by all means, if you can.....go out daily.
Great comments - thanks very much for your feedback :-)
Great advice, as always, in re-discovering the basics. No doubt, your peers who shot landscapes (e.g. Benn, Mumford, Gibbs) would argue the same points. That's one reason I like to mix the two (street/landscape) up as activities. Thanks, once again, for your guidance.
You should really consider starting a podcast
I know I’d definitely listen to it
Thanks Dagem! I’ve thought about it and will think seriously about it next year. I hope you’re enjoying my channel!
I don’t admit to suffering from a mental health issue. Don’t think I have one but the reality of being locked up working as I age and as time passes is not exactly a big up either
Net result has been I have found things from looping back 36 or so years and restarting an interest in photography…
The photos and creation aspects are great (obviously)
The motivation to actually go out and do something as a background activity (yes I know but it is not the end of the world if I do it and don’t get more than a decent one or two)
The Now aspect is a lesson more wide than this but is correct
The distractions … sod em
It has been. Breath of fresh air for a guy who isn’t always closed in anyway, it has given us motivation to seek things out that we’ve seen many times, but see them again and see other things around them
For me, what I get is not in my control, I just see what I see and take the photo.
The street thing isn’t my defining thing, just that I see what I take in a rural place and around of what you see … tat, characters, old stuff etc
Overall, there are a hell of a lot of worse ways to spend time
I’d add, if you can, pick the best you made, clear some wall space, print them and sit with them. At that point, you really did make that
Love your videos. When are you having your next Q&A? I’m hoping you can answer my question on how to best use a fisheye lens in Street Photography?
Be creative....there is no law/rule.... don't allow someone to tell you how to use it but experiment with it
I don’t really use one for street photography but the reply below is spot-on. Just experiment, have fun and see what works for you!
Always good Brian - can't see the links you mentioned that you would post???
Click "SHOW MORE" in the intro section to see the links. But I tried to subscribe to the newsletter and the button does not seem to work. Entered my info, clicked the button, and nothing happened.
@@tomdressel5713 I realise that. They weren't there when I posted it. But, thanks.
The photos you take at this time is a reflection of the state of your mind - -- could this be true?
Great point and I think you’re right. If I’m feeling happy then I’m more likely to find positive, upbeat scenes - and vice versa.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks!
Agree
Thanks :-)
Hi Brian, I came across your channel recently and have greatly enjoyed your advice/training. I have a question about the use of street photos for commercial use. How does one approach people to sign in a model release form (paper or electronic) because it requires so much personal information, including their address and date of birth? Then you need a witness as well. It is a very involved process. Would you happen to have any thoughts or advice about it? Thanks again for all the work you put into making such inspiring videos.
Hervorragend !
Thanks!
Certainly getting out with my camera is beneficial. However, a note of caution if including people in your street photography. Everyone has been under prolonged and unusual stresses. Some may be easy to trigger & they may react badly to getting their photo taken by a stranger. So think before you shoot. I’ve made the decision to use a DSLR when shooting so people can see that they’re not included in my images. Further, I will only photograph groups and/or unidentifiable images of people., no close ups. Others need their mental health breaks too.
I think taking landscapes or photos of nature would be even better for your mental health than street photography. There's always the risk of people objecting to your street photography.
Perhaps, but not always so easy for townspeople to get away one hour into or so into nature every day
@@erikwestberg5348 Most towns have parks/gardens for people to enjoy/chill out in.
It’s great to see everyone agreeing, put a smile on my face. I’ve given a like to every comment . now to get my camera 📷 I’m all revved up😃😂
Cheers Steve - good luck with your street photography!
Much better!..but I enjoyed the original….😘🌈📸
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Arco :-)
Where can I get a Fuji X coffee mug??? !!!
My Fuji cameras are my antidepressants.
I don't think they're on sale Jim - but I'll try to find out for you :-)
If you have plenty of hobbies you will not have any mental health problems.
Yes, good point!
Dunno about other things but it doesn't cure age related presbyopia 🤣
It sucks big time trying to take photos wearing reading glasses 🤮
And don't get me started on sunny weather😎🥸🤬
Not good 4 ur mental health