Thanks for sharing your new strategy. That sounds super nice and we really need more photography content. There is already more than enough gear talk everywhere.
This is a good thing. We are all different people now than we were four or five years ago. We’ve all been through quite a lot since then. You sharing relevant information in a calm gentlemanly manner once a week is much better than rapid-fire fluff content. You seem happier now.
Excellent video as always Peter!. Always look forward to them for your photography instructional/informative videos. I'm sure that most of your followers have a different assortment of gear & there are many videos of brand x being better than brand y or z. Your photography videos have been a great benefit to my hobby & I occasionally rewatch them, to pick up pointers I miss in the first pass. Looking forward to the next video.
Thanks Peter, great video. Yes, i have stopped watching "gear review" channels. Your series on "Story of an Image" is really good - keep it going 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you.
Hi Peter. First of all I find that your Global Photo-project a genius initiative. I look forward to see the book, but have already seen the photos in the galleries, and the diversity is very inspiring. Your link to your new Squarespace lead me to an invitation to create a website first at Squarespace then a different website builder. I had to try via a google search to find your site. I managed but as I am not into street photography myself I don’t think I can give you much 😢 feedback per se. I liked looking at your photos - I think you have a great eye for catching interesting situations , people and objects. I think the right thing on any RUclips channels is that the creator does what he/she feels is the right thing, and not hunt the algorithm. I like people explaining their experience with gear, gear that they use for real and not something a manufacturer has shipped with the hope to gain a positive review video - which in most cases is what happens! I look forward to follow your choises.
Peter, what you said makes complete sense. If this is what works best for you, for sure you must go with this approach. I won't be able to comment on difference in your photography, but I 100% have experienced myself how analyzing a subject especially to explain to someone gives me new ideas as well.
Gracias Peter. Te seguía cuando hablabas de Olympus, dejé de seguirte cuando terminaste con Olympus pero ahora después de este video y los últimos sobre fotografía callejera que me gustaron mucho vuelvo a ser un seguidor tuyo incondicional. Un saludo.
Hi Peter I really enjoy your videos and your teachings of photography. I like when you tell your experiences with your cameras, such as the Ricoh on street photo and so on. But generally I agree with you that the photographic parts are more interesting (regardless of camera brand and type). I think one video a week is good. Then we all have time to see it, and also you have time to create it. For me live publishing is not necessary when one can comment and get answers after publishing. I really like your assignments and photo book projects. Very cool. Like all of your presentations. Have a good weekend.
I found your channel a few years ago searching for Olympus gear tutorials. As my knowledge of operating my camera has improved, your transition away from “gear” and to “photography “ has matched my own growth and interests. Keep up the good work, I look forward to following you for a long time. Thank you for all the knowledge you have shared.
One YT video a week fine by me content rather than quantity for me! There are plenty out there covering gear. Thanks Peter I’m new to street photography therefore your proposal for your channel suits me fine.Thank you.
I started watching your channel because of content quality, most episodes about photography and not gear reviews. Less quantity makes sense. Your photos, your street tips are great.
Peter, I 500% welcome your focus on photographer and less of gear. I like your videos in general and how you approach subjects, and quite frankly GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) has set back my photography so I have been trying to "detox" in the last 2 years with slow but slow progress success. I am trying to focus now on getting excited with photos I take. Like I did when I used solidly a Pentax Q for 1 year without looking at anything else.
One video per week is fine and personally I am not interested in live streams. As for gear reviews, they only matter to me if they illustrate out some new innovative tech, especially if it's about something obscure. The street photo videos are excellent, thanks for those. And the world-wide photo book idea was fantastic.
I found your channel because I was looking for tutorials for my Olympus and once I saw another content creator saying that tutorial videos are a long term investment ( the ones focused on a certain camera) because always there will be a person buying that camera second hand ( or getting it as a gift) and they would want to watch a video tutorial about their camera
I have thought about content about my professional shoots. Most them are video work nowadays. The problem with those are that in most cases I am an one man band. I try to concentrate 1005 on the client work and making content about it at the same time is hard. I will think about this.
I really like the newer transition, and I follow you from Olympus days I don't recall any of the photos that you shared in those days when reviewing products, but now the newer photos you show us explaining the thoughts behind it, they just stays in my mind:)
Hi Peter: I always enjoy your videos. I like seeing your perspectives and style in your Photography. It's really good for me to see other Countries and varied scenery. Your heads up on Firmware Updates are always motivational. I liked seeing you with the 150 to 400 . LOL Firetruck I was thinking I was worried about someone running into you there. I have been wondering about my future in Photography. My entire volume of work was accidently deleted from our computer. It took a few days to restore if from our backup, this worked flawlessly on its own very time consuming. We have external drives for backup that I store in a car trunk while we are away on a long (10 week) trip. I absolutely agree about low quality images in gear reviews, toys, model birds and such. Thanks Peter.
Dear Peter, I am with you form the very early times, I always really appreciated your contributions, but it was last few years more about gear and not photography as you mentioned. I am glad that you are changing direction, will sign everyhitng what you says, because have same experience about loosing myself to the slavery of gear and forgot to enjoy photografy itself. Last few months spending time only with few primes and feeling reborned. Re-subscribed and looking forward to your next videos, you are doing great work!
I like your plan to concentrate more on photography than gear. Lots of people are doing gear reviews. And honestly all cameras sold today are excellent. Tips and how images are made and the thinking/philosophy that went into them are far more valuable. I went through my RUclips subscription list earlier this year and culled out most of the ones that had given me little more than gear videos for the previous six months.
Hi Peter, I am glad that you are a top photographer who talks about photography (composition-light-reflections-b&w photography - etc.). Talking about photo material should be limited. It is the photo that you make that speaks, and not the photo material. Great work Peter.
I watch your videos because I love seeing how you photograph Helsinki, and how you display and discuss the photos you've taken. It's beautiful! Gear videos are always more popular in every creative industry. My music gear videos have hundreds of times more views than any other type of video. People want to buy things and they look at videos of the stuff they might be interested in buying. It's just consumer research. RUclipsrs tend to make these videos because this is where the money is. They get on that treadmill, want to make an easy career out of it, become dependent on the income, and can never stop. It's my opinion that no one should become dependent on Google or corporate sponsorships for their income - they are fickle beasts, and a creator's artwork suffers for it. So I think you have the right idea to treat RUclips like a passion project that you use for the love of photography and community engagement while bolstering projects and revenue streams that are not directly tied to RUclips. Anyway, I'll continue watching your videos probably no matter what you decide to do. You seem like a cool dude!
I am happy that you made a decision that supports your journey and we still get amazing opportunities to learn that supports our journey😉. Thanks so much for the time you spend creating the content for us here💚📸💚.
I like the street photography videos and have learnt from them. I am enjoying the genre more and more and always take a discrete camera with me. Anything that shows techniques is great. I also enjoyed the global photo project and will enter again next year.
Read your note about changes you are making. I think that is a GREAT idea. Couldn't agree more that constant discussions about gear is toxic. Thank you for your work.
Thanks Peter…all make sense to me. As for new gear reviews I tend to avoid them now, with a few exceptions and often prefer written ones. Do enjoy ones who look at some older cameras. Live streams I enjoy the parts you noted, builds a nice sense of community for those who watch, but suspect the effort is high as you noted. One thing I do enjoy is when a live stream is a more a collaboration with a few others like minded folks. So perhaps you and a guest or two every so often…but of course that makes it more effort too 😊.
I fully agree with you it's not the gear but the person using the gear that make pictures great. We need to spend more time using and understanding the gear instead of getting more new gear.
I fully support how you want to reposition your YT channel. This should always take second precedence to your own career. I don't tend to view the live streams simply because I cannot plan my life around live streaming, and only watch them if I can and only occasionally. As a long time follower of your channel, you are doing something very valuable to me and improving my photographic skills. Gear doesn't matter and I don't tend to watch them much. As for your videos, one thing that I find very useful is if you can take us through what is in your mind when you are composing a shot, how you set up your camera settings and how you edit the photo to produce a result that you had envisioned in your mind. I find that very useful, the thought process all the way to the final result. Thank you once again for your channel! Great stuff.
I just visited Helsinki and found it a great place for street photography. My focus tended towards travel images but there is great potential for other photos. The trams are amazing. They look like something from the1950s. Combined with the modern, recent (art deco/art nouveau) and older makes for some amazing opportunities.
@@ForsgardPeter I got a few that I really like. And a lot of experimental ones that have given me some ideas for future photos and have taught me quite a bit. Also a lot of bad ones! They have taught me a lot too.
I found you about 3 months ago and subscribe due to the artistic content of your channel. Your ‘eye’ for composition is by far the most important aspect to me as is your quietly spoken but reassuring tone. Kit reviews to act as a buying guide is important but not too difficult to find. Frankly finding decent considered artistic appreciation and not conveyer belt imagery is to cherished. You are one to be cherished. Cheers.
Hey Peter, just want to say that you are doing the right thing. I just have not much interest in reviewing gear and yes, they are fun to use new gear but test images aren't real photographs. I probably take the same amount of time standing on the street doing the same thing but rather than testing, I would like to use my time to properly think and execute a photograph that means something. Well said. I am still waiting for our collab when you come back to London or me come to Helsinki hahah
It is a rocky road to make content about photography. Most viewers like camera reviews more than photography content. My new content has made me photograph a lot more images that I like to photograph. No more test images! I might attend the Photography Show next year. It will be in London-the same place we met in 2020, or was it 2019? Anyway, it has been too long. As you said, you can always come to Helsinki.
One video a week is good for me. As I mentioned in other videos, I really like how your channel has going lately. Less gear, more photography. I know that usually the "content creators" earn money by referring purchases and so on, but at least myself, I don't follow those who focus on that. For the live videos, I usually don't have time to watch them "live", so I don't mind if there are less of them. Keep doing this great job!
Peter, I'd pretty much stopped viewing your channel when you moved away from Olympus/OMS. I'd also never looked at your photos outside of your videos, but your new website has me in awe! I loved everything I saw there! Your composition, especially the energy of the lines you bring into your images is just wonderful. Then there is the juxtaposition of people or objects, the echoing of elements in some images - wow - I would absolutely love to hear the story behind every one of the photos on your web site. There are far too many gear reviews on RUclips, and I know my photography would benefit greatly by listening to you talk about your photography and how you visualize the images you produce. Oh - once a week will be fine. Thank you.
Welcome back. Thank you for your nice comments about my images. There would be a lot to talk about, but not sure it would get that much inmterest. Maybe I do a video per gallery. We have to see if that is something I will do.
@@ForsgardPeter I encourage you to try to incorporate more of your photos in future videos. Maybe not so much the back story of an image than to use a given image to demonstrate some photographic elements or principles you are discussing in a video. More like, "why this works", than "how it got made"? I, for one, know I have much I can learn from someone who creates the images you do.
Quality over quantity, which is one of the (many) reasons why you're highly respected, both as a photographer and a reviewer. Personally I'm always interested in why a certain lens and/or composition is selected; one is never too old to learn IMHO. Livestreams are not that important unless for very special occasions, but that's just me. You're doing a great job!
Thanks for sharing your website. The proof in the pudding is always how good the end results are. Having those photos presented to others keeps you at the top of the game, with a desire to do more, and sort through one's photos for the best images and how they were achieved. The next time going out, you think while photographing of what it takes to get it right, while keeping in mind what can go wrong. Most improved award, might just be the best of them all. " It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head " Henri Cartier-Bresson. Thus it is not the gear. Peter, your shots are great and improving, and that is much better than all the RUclips videos around world showing photo walks where the images are that of nothing, then claiming to instruct others on how to do street photography. I have viewed a thousand of those it seems. Your approach to all this has been different. You got the technical skills, then applied them to street works, while getting the feel of the street. You feel the street and become one with it. The best gear in the world cannot make you feel. The best technical photo of quality might be useless without heart and soul, with a story of nothing at all. Too many F1.4 photos on the street which are pretty, precise, yet boring as hell. The great photo of nothing. People are beautiful, and special in this world. It needs to be photographed. - Loren Schwiderski, street photography
I have only watched the last few videos, which I like because you cover stuff that I did during my degree course, which is different to everyone else. You present it in an interesting good quality format, which interests me enough to watch the videos, throw in some lens obsession every now and again to feed the addicts amongst us, but keep up the good work. One thing though, only a part of my course covered photos you just happen upon. Stuff does also involve studios, lighting, making stuff out of junk or just some kind of creating for the camera. No one seems to do that on RUclips, everyone expects to just capture something great documentary style, which is only a small part of the thing.
That is true that there are not that many studio photography realted stuff on RUclips or I have not come across those channels. Thank you for your comment. As you say documentary is only a small part of photography.
I think RUclips in general is a good place to find photography videos in general, however gear videos are so overdone. One channel does a video on a new camera, then every other RUclips photography channel is doing the same content. It gets so old and in my opinion every time I see a negative review on a product, I find myself getting that product to see for myself and in most cases, I find their review of the product wrong. My prime example is the Panasonic S9. I remember when the S9 was announced then every major RUclips photography influencer being invited to Japan for the event. Then tons of REACTION videos to the S9. Who cares, really. Biggest complaints I heard about the Panasonic S9 from the big gear review channels on RUclips are the lack of EVF and no active hot shoe for flash. So I picked up the S9 to see what all these RUclips photography influencers were talking about. Again I found the camera to be amazing on the go as a street photography camera. I take all photography gear RUclips channel opinions with a grain of salt. However, the only way to fix this, are RUclips viewers to stop visiting these channels and I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
When I saw the specs of the S9, I immediately thought it could be a great camera for street photography. I have not tested it and most likely won't since I do not need a new camera. I think Panasonic is into something with the S9.
Creo que se trata de que hagas los vídeos que te gusten. Te descubrí cuando hacias vídeos de Olympus y te sigo desde entonces. Nos Gustà como trabajas, es tu sello personal
Sounds good to me! Gear reviews are overrated...it's the photographer that counts. I am heading to Japan for 32 days in 2 weeks and I am not picking up any gear (unless something breaks) this trip because I don't need to...
Having to produce two videos a week does put you under pressure to find the subject's week after week that are informative and entertaining. A good decision I think.
Its totally ok to do weekly videos if it makes you feel less stressed. I like podcast as a concept so if you can and want to create such things, I would totally watch pre-recoreded podcasts instead of live streams. I won't buy coffee but I'll try to watch your videos.
@@ForsgardPeter exactly. Interviews. Opions on latest hot topics and whatnots. You can even records edutainment pods llike how to shoot on studio or whatever. Just like Adorama does. But perhaps I am getting ahead of time. Vai miten sitä sanotaan. Pods can be recorded beforehand and publish when time fits.
New website looks good and I can see quite a different focus on there to the kind of images on the channel back in the day. I have no interest in Live streams I tend to find them boring and too long to wade through to find the content in the title. One video a week sounds good!
Live streams are not important, videos once a week are good and photographic centred videos are better as they help photographers develop. Software workflow ones are also interseting,. I would like to see how you use Lightroom and DxO PhotoLab as a plugin for your workflow in a video.
I haven't really watch Live Streams myself that much lately. I have the same reason as you, most of them are too long. I do understand that some like to hang out and ask questions and for some creators it is a great way to share knowledge etc. It can also be entertaining at the same time. As I said it is not something I like to watch that much. Maybe an interview of a photographer could be better?
One of the reasons I enjoy your channel is because you concentrate on photography rather than gear. Keep doing what you’re doing!
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your new strategy. That sounds super nice and we really need more photography content. There is already more than enough gear talk everywhere.
This is a good thing. We are all different people now than we were four or five years ago. We’ve all been through quite a lot since then. You sharing relevant information in a calm gentlemanly manner once a week is much better than rapid-fire fluff content. You seem happier now.
Thank you very much.
Excellent video as always Peter!. Always look forward to them for your photography instructional/informative videos. I'm sure that most of your followers have a different assortment of gear & there are many videos of brand x being better than brand y or z. Your photography videos have been a great benefit to my hobby & I occasionally rewatch them, to pick up pointers I miss in the first pass. Looking forward to the next video.
Many thanks!
Thanks Peter, great video. Yes, i have stopped watching "gear review" channels.
Your series on "Story of an Image" is really good - keep it going 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you.
Cool, thanks!
One video a week is good. You do it well, you present different angle of view. Thank you
Thank you very much!
Hi Peter. First of all I find that your Global Photo-project a genius initiative. I look forward to see the book, but have already seen the photos in the galleries, and the diversity is very inspiring. Your link to your new Squarespace lead me to an invitation to create a website first at Squarespace then a different website builder. I had to try via a google search to find your site. I managed but as I am not into street photography myself I don’t think I can give you much 😢 feedback per se. I liked looking at your photos - I think you have a great eye for catching interesting situations , people and objects. I think the right thing on any RUclips channels is that the creator does what he/she feels is the right thing, and not hunt the algorithm. I like people explaining their experience with gear, gear that they use for real and not something a manufacturer has shipped with the hope to gain a positive review video - which in most cases is what happens! I look forward to follow your choises.
Thanks for your comment!
Quality over quantity every time
I think 1 per week is good for the reasons given. I enjoy your videos, no faffing about , no fill in chat. Great.
Peter, what you said makes complete sense. If this is what works best for you, for sure you must go with this approach. I won't be able to comment on difference in your photography, but I 100% have experienced myself how analyzing a subject especially to explain to someone gives me new ideas as well.
Excellent approach 👍 Quality never goes out of style!
Thanks.
Gracias Peter. Te seguía cuando hablabas de Olympus, dejé de seguirte cuando terminaste con Olympus pero ahora después de este video y los últimos sobre fotografía callejera que me gustaron mucho vuelvo a ser un seguidor tuyo incondicional. Un saludo.
Definitely photography over gear, Peter. And most photographers I watch on RUclips do one video a week, so that's good for me. Quality over quantity.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Peter
I really enjoy your videos and your teachings of photography. I like when you tell your experiences with your cameras, such as the Ricoh on street photo and so on. But generally I agree with you that the photographic parts are more interesting (regardless of camera brand and type). I think one video a week is good. Then we all have time to see it, and also you have time to create it. For me live publishing is not necessary when one can comment and get answers after publishing. I really like your assignments and photo book projects. Very cool. Like all of your presentations. Have a good weekend.
Thank for the feedback and opinion. You too, have a great weekend!
I found your channel a few years ago searching for Olympus gear tutorials. As my knowledge of operating my camera has improved, your transition away from “gear” and to “photography “ has matched my own growth and interests. Keep up the good work, I look forward to following you for a long time. Thank you for all the knowledge you have shared.
Great to hear! Thanks.
One YT video a week fine by me content rather than quantity for me! There are plenty out there covering gear. Thanks Peter I’m new to street photography therefore your proposal for your channel suits me fine.Thank you.
I started watching your channel because of content quality, most episodes about photography and not gear reviews. Less quantity makes sense. Your photos, your street tips are great.
Wow, thanks!
Peter, I 500% welcome your focus on photographer and less of gear. I like your videos in general and how you approach subjects, and quite frankly GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) has set back my photography so I have been trying to "detox" in the last 2 years with slow but slow progress success.
I am trying to focus now on getting excited with photos I take. Like I did when I used solidly a Pentax Q for 1 year without looking at anything else.
Thanks. Narrowing down will make you concentrate more on the photograph itself.
One video per week is fine and personally I am not interested in live streams. As for gear reviews, they only matter to me if they illustrate out some new innovative tech, especially if it's about something obscure. The street photo videos are excellent, thanks for those. And the world-wide photo book idea was fantastic.
Thanks.
I found your channel because I was looking for tutorials for my Olympus and once I saw another content creator saying that tutorial videos are a long term investment ( the ones focused on a certain camera) because always there will be a person buying that camera second hand ( or getting it as a gift) and they would want to watch a video tutorial about their camera
I enjoy your conversational approach and would be interested to see more of your professional work on the channel. Thanks for the quality content
I have thought about content about my professional shoots. Most them are video work nowadays. The problem with those are that in most cases I am an one man band. I try to concentrate 1005 on the client work and making content about it at the same time is hard. I will think about this.
I really like the newer transition, and I follow you from Olympus days I don't recall any of the photos that you shared in those days when reviewing products, but now the newer photos you show us explaining the thoughts behind it, they just stays in my mind:)
Thanks. Yes those were test shots in most cases. The state mind was the gear and not the photographs.
Hi Peter: I always enjoy your videos. I like seeing your perspectives and style in your Photography. It's really good for me to see other Countries and varied scenery. Your heads up on Firmware Updates are always motivational. I liked seeing you with the 150 to 400 . LOL Firetruck I was thinking I was worried about someone running into you there. I have been wondering about my future in Photography. My entire volume of work was accidently deleted from our computer. It took a few days to restore if from our backup, this worked flawlessly on its own very time consuming. We have external drives for backup that I store in a car trunk while we are away on a long (10 week) trip. I absolutely agree about low quality images in gear reviews, toys, model birds and such. Thanks Peter.
Thanks for sharing. I am glad you were able to recover your work.
Dear Peter, I am with you form the very early times, I always really appreciated your contributions, but it was last few years more about gear and not photography as you mentioned. I am glad that you are changing direction, will sign everyhitng what you says, because have same experience about loosing myself to the slavery of gear and forgot to enjoy photografy itself. Last few months spending time only with few primes and feeling reborned. Re-subscribed and looking forward to your next videos, you are doing great work!
Welcome back ansd I hope you find my new videos useful.
I like your plan to concentrate more on photography than gear. Lots of people are doing gear reviews. And honestly all cameras sold today are excellent. Tips and how images are made and the thinking/philosophy that went into them are far more valuable. I went through my RUclips subscription list earlier this year and culled out most of the ones that had given me little more than gear videos for the previous six months.
Thanks, will do!
Hi Peter, I am glad that you are a top photographer who talks about photography (composition-light-reflections-b&w photography - etc.). Talking about photo material should be limited. It is the photo that you make that speaks, and not the photo material. Great work Peter.
Many thanks!
I watch your videos because I love seeing how you photograph Helsinki, and how you display and discuss the photos you've taken. It's beautiful!
Gear videos are always more popular in every creative industry. My music gear videos have hundreds of times more views than any other type of video. People want to buy things and they look at videos of the stuff they might be interested in buying. It's just consumer research. RUclipsrs tend to make these videos because this is where the money is. They get on that treadmill, want to make an easy career out of it, become dependent on the income, and can never stop. It's my opinion that no one should become dependent on Google or corporate sponsorships for their income - they are fickle beasts, and a creator's artwork suffers for it. So I think you have the right idea to treat RUclips like a passion project that you use for the love of photography and community engagement while bolstering projects and revenue streams that are not directly tied to RUclips.
Anyway, I'll continue watching your videos probably no matter what you decide to do. You seem like a cool dude!
Well said.
Love your photography-centered videos and your new site! Well done as usual!
Thanks so much!
...one essential video a week about photograph technics is exactely right to me IMHO...
I am happy that you made a decision that supports your journey and we still get amazing opportunities to learn that supports our journey😉. Thanks so much for the time you spend creating the content for us here💚📸💚.
Thank you so much!
I think it's great that you're going to focus on the art more than on the gear. I look forward to seeing your new videos whenever you make them.
I like the street photography videos and have learnt from them. I am enjoying the genre more and more and always take a discrete camera with me. Anything that shows techniques is great. I also enjoyed the global photo project and will enter again next year.
Thanks. Great to hear!
Read your note about changes you are making. I think that is a GREAT idea. Couldn't agree more that constant discussions about gear is toxic. Thank you for your work.
Another vote for quality! Your well structured and delivered content is how I found you.
Thanks!
You get better, there is a development.
Thanks Peter…all make sense to me. As for new gear reviews I tend to avoid them now, with a few exceptions and often prefer written ones. Do enjoy ones who look at some older cameras. Live streams I enjoy the parts you noted, builds a nice sense of community for those who watch, but suspect the effort is high as you noted. One thing I do enjoy is when a live stream is a more a collaboration with a few others like minded folks. So perhaps you and a guest or two every so often…but of course that makes it more effort too 😊.
I might do a podcast where I interview fellow photographers.
I fully agree with you it's not the gear but the person using the gear that make pictures great. We need to spend more time using and understanding the gear instead of getting more new gear.
Well said.
I fully support how you want to reposition your YT channel. This should always take second precedence to your own career. I don't tend to view the live streams simply because I cannot plan my life around live streaming, and only watch them if I can and only occasionally. As a long time follower of your channel, you are doing something very valuable to me and improving my photographic skills. Gear doesn't matter and I don't tend to watch them much. As for your videos, one thing that I find very useful is if you can take us through what is in your mind when you are composing a shot, how you set up your camera settings and how you edit the photo to produce a result that you had envisioned in your mind. I find that very useful, the thought process all the way to the final result. Thank you once again for your channel! Great stuff.
Thank you so much for the comment. I am so happy that I have been able to help you.
I just visited Helsinki and found it a great place for street photography. My focus tended towards travel images but there is great potential for other photos. The trams are amazing. They look like something from the1950s. Combined with the modern, recent (art deco/art nouveau) and older makes for some amazing opportunities.
There are still a few older trams. I also like those. I hope ypu enjoyed Helsinki and got a few keepers.
@@ForsgardPeter I got a few that I really like. And a lot of experimental ones that have given me some ideas for future photos and have taught me quite a bit. Also a lot of bad ones! They have taught me a lot too.
I found you about 3 months ago and subscribe due to the artistic content of your channel. Your ‘eye’ for composition is by far the most important aspect to me as is your quietly spoken but reassuring tone. Kit reviews to act as a buying guide is important but not too difficult to find. Frankly finding decent considered artistic appreciation and not conveyer belt imagery is to cherished. You are one to be cherished.
Cheers.
Thank you very much.
Hey Peter, just want to say that you are doing the right thing. I just have not much interest in reviewing gear and yes, they are fun to use new gear but test images aren't real photographs. I probably take the same amount of time standing on the street doing the same thing but rather than testing, I would like to use my time to properly think and execute a photograph that means something. Well said. I am still waiting for our collab when you come back to London or me come to Helsinki hahah
It is a rocky road to make content about photography. Most viewers like camera reviews more than photography content. My new content has made me photograph a lot more images that I like to photograph. No more test images!
I might attend the Photography Show next year. It will be in London-the same place we met in 2020, or was it 2019? Anyway, it has been too long. As you said, you can always come to Helsinki.
@@ForsgardPeter I couldn't disagree more. I just made a video about your video hahaha.. will tag you.
Cool! Video about a video is a meta-video? Looking forward watching it!
One video a week is good for me. As I mentioned in other videos, I really like how your channel has going lately. Less gear, more photography. I know that usually the "content creators" earn money by referring purchases and so on, but at least myself, I don't follow those who focus on that. For the live videos, I usually don't have time to watch them "live", so I don't mind if there are less of them. Keep doing this great job!
Thanks.
I think your photography is noticeably better than 4years ago. Keep up the good work! I love my EM1MK3!!
Wow, thanks!
Peter, I'd pretty much stopped viewing your channel when you moved away from Olympus/OMS. I'd also never looked at your photos outside of your videos, but your new website has me in awe! I loved everything I saw there! Your composition, especially the energy of the lines you bring into your images is just wonderful. Then there is the juxtaposition of people or objects, the echoing of elements in some images - wow - I would absolutely love to hear the story behind every one of the photos on your web site. There are far too many gear reviews on RUclips, and I know my photography would benefit greatly by listening to you talk about your photography and how you visualize the images you produce. Oh - once a week will be fine. Thank you.
Welcome back. Thank you for your nice comments about my images. There would be a lot to talk about, but not sure it would get that much inmterest. Maybe I do a video per gallery. We have to see if that is something I will do.
@@ForsgardPeter I encourage you to try to incorporate more of your photos in future videos. Maybe not so much the back story of an image than to use a given image to demonstrate some photographic elements or principles you are discussing in a video. More like, "why this works", than "how it got made"? I, for one, know I have much I can learn from someone who creates the images you do.
Good idea. Thanks.
You got me back into photography Peter, great channel thank you for your hard work 🙏
Thank you for letting me know. That is the best reward that I can get. I am so happy that I could help.
I like the image breakdown. Gear is ok but I'm more interested in how you use focal length over specific lenses.
Once a week is a good thing. Your reasoning is sound. Also, i really like your new website!
I appreciate that! Thanks!
Yes. 👍
Sounds fine peter, yes I agree. you seem happier doing what you are doing. Nice work. carry on!
Thank you.
Quality over quantity, which is one of the (many) reasons why you're highly respected, both as a photographer and a reviewer. Personally I'm always interested in why a certain lens and/or composition is selected; one is never too old to learn IMHO. Livestreams are not that important unless for very special occasions, but that's just me. You're doing a great job!
Thank you for your kind words.
LOVE YOUR CHANEL
Thank you.
i enjoy yout channel.thanks for all the info. I owne an OM 5, Son, Lumix , Canon and I get good ideas from you. Once a month is good mate!
Thanks for sharing your website. The proof in the pudding is always how good the end results are. Having those photos presented to others keeps you at the top of the game, with a desire to do more, and sort through one's photos for the best images and how they were achieved. The next time going out, you think while photographing of what it takes to get it right, while keeping in mind what can go wrong. Most improved award, might just be the best of them all. " It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head " Henri Cartier-Bresson. Thus it is not the gear. Peter, your shots are great and improving, and that is much better than all the RUclips videos around world showing photo walks where the images are that of nothing, then claiming to instruct others on how to do street photography. I have viewed a thousand of those it seems. Your approach to all this has been different. You got the technical skills, then applied them to street works, while getting the feel of the street. You feel the street and become one with it. The best gear in the world cannot make you feel. The best technical photo of quality might be useless without heart and soul, with a story of nothing at all. Too many F1.4 photos on the street which are pretty, precise, yet boring as hell. The great photo of nothing. People are beautiful, and special in this world. It needs to be photographed. - Loren Schwiderski, street photography
Thank you so much for your kind words.
I have only watched the last few videos, which I like because you cover stuff that I did during my degree course, which is different to everyone else. You present it in an interesting good quality format, which interests me enough to watch the videos, throw in some lens obsession every now and again to feed the addicts amongst us, but keep up the good work. One thing though, only a part of my course covered photos you just happen upon. Stuff does also involve studios, lighting, making stuff out of junk or just some kind of creating for the camera. No one seems to do that on RUclips, everyone expects to just capture something great documentary style, which is only a small part of the thing.
That is true that there are not that many studio photography realted stuff on RUclips or I have not come across those channels. Thank you for your comment. As you say documentary is only a small part of photography.
I think RUclips in general is a good place to find photography videos in general, however gear videos are so overdone. One channel does a video on a new camera, then every other RUclips photography channel is doing the same content.
It gets so old and in my opinion every time I see a negative review on a product, I find myself getting that product to see for myself and in most cases, I find their review of the product wrong.
My prime example is the Panasonic S9. I remember when the S9 was announced then every major RUclips photography influencer being invited to Japan for the event. Then tons of REACTION videos to the S9. Who cares, really.
Biggest complaints I heard about the Panasonic S9 from the big gear review channels on RUclips are the lack of EVF and no active hot shoe for flash.
So I picked up the S9 to see what all these RUclips photography influencers were talking about. Again I found the camera to be amazing on the go as a street photography camera.
I take all photography gear RUclips channel opinions with a grain of salt. However, the only way to fix this, are RUclips viewers to stop visiting these channels and I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
When I saw the specs of the S9, I immediately thought it could be a great camera for street photography. I have not tested it and most likely won't since I do not need a new camera. I think Panasonic is into something with the S9.
@@ForsgardPeter I believe you are correct Peter.
Once a week is totally OK. BTW, I like the typography in your videos, and I agree with your view on photography.
Thank you very much.
Creo que se trata de que hagas los vídeos que te gusten. Te descubrí cuando hacias vídeos de Olympus y te sigo desde entonces. Nos Gustà como trabajas, es tu sello personal
Sounds good to me! Gear reviews are overrated...it's the photographer that counts. I am heading to Japan for 32 days in 2 weeks and I am not picking up any gear (unless something breaks) this trip because I don't need to...
How about discussing your "favourite picture of the week"?
I have made a set of videos about the Story of an Image. I will continue that if I get images that are good enough... It is hard.
No or little gear and lots of photos is the way to go. There are plenty of gear videos out there! And I like your images!
Thanks! 👍
Having to produce two videos a week does put you under pressure to find the subject's week after week that are informative and entertaining. A good decision I think.
Its totally ok to do weekly videos if it makes you feel less stressed. I like podcast as a concept so if you can and want to create such things, I would totally watch pre-recoreded podcasts instead of live streams. I won't buy coffee but I'll try to watch your videos.
Podcast is something I have thought about, now that RUclips has a separate podcast feature. Interviews could something.
@@ForsgardPeter exactly. Interviews. Opions on latest hot topics and whatnots. You can even records edutainment pods llike how to shoot on studio or whatever. Just like Adorama does. But perhaps I am getting ahead of time. Vai miten sitä sanotaan. Pods can be recorded beforehand and publish when time fits.
Keep the quality. Quantity is irrelevant
That is my plan. I do my best to keep up the quality.
It would be interesting to know, how you got onto the tarmac ✈️ unnoticed 😊
It is a closed airport.
New website looks good and I can see quite a different focus on there to the kind of images on the channel back in the day. I have no interest in Live streams I tend to find them boring and too long to wade through to find the content in the title. One video a week sounds good!
Unfortunately I did make too many test shots back when reviewing gear.
I have a blog. I only post when I have something to say. Just make content when you have something to say, not because you're chasing likes or clicks.
Good point.
Live streams are not important, videos once a week are good and photographic centred videos are better as they help photographers develop. Software workflow ones are also interseting,. I would like to see how you use Lightroom and DxO PhotoLab as a plugin for your workflow in a video.
I will think about a video about my workflow with Photolab 8 and Lightroom Classic.
Mikä laki Suomessa kieltää kahvin ostamisen toiselle? 😊
Kyllä kahvin saa ostaa, mutta en voi sitä pyytää/kehottaa ostamaan RUclips videolla. Tuo laki on todella erikoinen sillä voin sitä pyytää kadulla.
No live streams pls.!
Live stream must be 30m or less. Can't do long ones.
I haven't really watch Live Streams myself that much lately. I have the same reason as you, most of them are too long. I do understand that some like to hang out and ask questions and for some creators it is a great way to share knowledge etc. It can also be entertaining at the same time. As I said it is not something I like to watch that much. Maybe an interview of a photographer could be better?
@@ForsgardPeter Roman Fox (youtube) has tried the walkabout with different photographers & I believe the success has exceeded his expectations.