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This made me think of the work of Yukio Namba. His only subject, as far as I know, is Korakuen Garden in Okayama. The most impressive image is of an island in that garden. It's captured in morning fog and there is a tree with red leaves. The thing is: the tree is that red only a couple of days a year. He had to wait about 20 years to have that fog while the tree coloured red, to be able to make that image.
Im crying right now! 2 mins into the video, I paused to do the activity of simply observing the room, appreciating light and seeing how opening & closing my curtains/blinds completely changes the shadow. Or seeing how shifting an object changed the shape of the shadow! We take advantage of this but this is fantastic. I don’t just SEE the shadow, I FELT the shadow. This video is priceless, i’m only 3:32secs in.
This is actually how I started photography. Some people admire how "why they didn't see that" and I appreciate them very much. Those little walks looking, and appreciating the mundane things makes my heart so full. I wish people see more than just looking. Well, I am ought to learn more and I'm excited!
Watching this video, I realized that photographers see our world more beautiful than other people. I am an amateur photographer and I have noticed many times that I find something that looks wonderful on photograph and maybe hundreds of people who pass by do not notice it.
@@ThePhotographicEye Yes, that's wonderful. I am a bus driver, and even when I drive many times I see a wonderful scene or composition that would look wonderful in a photo, I just want to stop the bus and take photos, but then the passengers would probably lynch me 😊
Photography can be more than just taking beautiful photos (which is ok if that’s what you like). It can also be a way of exploration of the world around us whether it’s strolling down the street, hiking in nature, or hanging around the house. Great suggestions. Thank you.🙏
During the pandemic I started photographing objects around the house and it was amazing thinking about how to light these pieces ...I am primarily a portrait and dance photographer...this was so out of my realm but I believe I grew as a image maker. I am now back to printing my images which is prohibitively expensive but it just isnt enough to post on social media for likes.
This past week I started taking photos of shadows and must say I’m pretty entertained by the project. I’m not sure anyone else will be as impressed as I am!
Thank you Alex. I watched this yesterday and today I sat on the beach at the point where a fast flowing brook joins the sea. The sun was playing on the water as it cascaded over rocks. I took frame after frame using every way I knew. I was there about 2 hours and it was magical. Someone spoke to me and I jumped out of my skin as I was so engrossed. Thank you so much for your inspiration.❤👍 I would never have done this before.
Seeing the world fresh everyday again is something I believe I've gotten pretty good at, however... translating it to digital film... all of a sudden I'm all left hands and thumbs 😊
4 years of art school and over $120,000 and this was the single, most valuable lesson I got from my photo classes and some dude is giving it away for free on youtube! I love it. Keep making videos.
This is basically my photography style. I almost never shoot "grand scenes". I find a comfort in the small thing I walk by everyday. I just had a gallery sell a print of mine, it was of the street outside the gallery after a thunderstorm at night. They loved it because they work during the day and have never seen that street "after hours" I love these videos, and I've pointed out othe photographers to it. Keep these videos coming.
Totally agree! This should be the number one skill in your ‘toolbox’ as a photographer. Another advantage is that you tend to remember certain situations a lot better than taking a photo right away. Thanks for sharing! 😊
Learning how to draw is a brilliant way to really see the world around us. I was amazed after completing a drawing course how well I was able to observe everything around me. It was transformative … seeing things that I had never seen before even though they had been right in front of me for ages! Great video … thanks. PS: Can’t wait for my back ordered Fujifilm X100V to arrive at my local camera shop!!
My wife's photographic sense was very good. Not all of her pictures were great but often she would see that really cool picture just waiting to be recorded. She did not like the technical side of a camera... but she would see the potential. Sometimes she would prompt me to "take a picture of that."
Beautifully articulated. We can develop our eye for photography...on everyday things without picking camera...i could suddenly start seeing things in a unique way
I think there could have been nothing more ordinary and undistinguished than the narrow rain-soaked walk leading up to a dark building that Bill Brandt photographed in 1937. But he managed to create a dark contrasty image, full of mood and a bit of foreboding that has turned out to be one of his most iconic. I think he saw what most people didn't.
@@ThePhotographicEye it’s called “a snicket”, a word that leaves Americans scratching their heads. I think it still exists and is located in Halifax…I’m saying that like I have some idea where Halifax is.
"Youi can observe a lot by just watching." - Hall of Fame baseball player Yogi Berra was as famous for his malaprops as for his hitting; but many, like this one, held hidden gems of wisdom that we can all learn from. P.S. -- thanks for sharing more of your own work in your videos. They show what most of us all know: that you practice what you preach.
What a great video Alex. In the couple of months since I ran across your channel, your instruction and pep talks have become very high on my list favorite channels. You are, until now unbeknownst to you, transforming me from a mere wannabe to rank amateur. I thank you for all of your efforts. With any meteorological luck, in 3-4 months, my vegetable garden will become a target rich environment for still life shots while the subjects are still alive.
Hello from Vancouver BC. Came across your channel and have to say, I like your philosophy towards being an artist in this dugutal realm. I've always looked at photography as a way to express. Laying out snaps and scanning with the naked eye is a must!! Young photographers have rarely felt the excitement of going to the shop to pick up their expressionism so to speak, or text actually. I appreciate your reinforcement and your energy about photography. Took a picture of a fork the other day, glad I found the tine! Paul
I missed your video release but this is fantastic. Love to read from photographers who feel reawakened to pick up their cameras. BTW, I lived in beautiful Edinburgh at the end of the 90's to early 00's and hardly took a single photo. Mad!
I have been enjoying your channel for quite sometime. What I enjoy is the ideas you present - a sort of "wake up and think about your craft!" That, and you don't talk about gear. Thank you.
Hi Alex Thanks for another great video. I too love this style of photography. I've been photographing the view from my bedroom window for about 2 years now and it never looks the same twice. The individual pictures may not be anything special, but when you put them together you start to get something else entirely.
Thanks for this… I am going to TRY to FORCE myself to stop ignoring or filtering out the day to day as I rush about without connecting what I am looking at to what I can see !!
Another great video, Alex - thank you! Love seeing more of your own work, too. One of the things that excites me the most about photography is the opportunity to make the familiar and the ordinary seem fresh and unusual.
Whoa, thank you so very much for your inspiring lecture. I just recently unpacked my old photo gear and went out "shooting", I hadn't done any photography in years due to being busy. You know. Again, thank you for motivating and inspiring us slugs. Greetings from Dallas, Texas.
This is exactly how I do it! Just recently really started to look, I now sit somewhere for a minute and really focus on everything.. my media sells very well because of this but I never really knew it was a specialized thing until now .. great video for sure
This is so bizarre! Ive come across William Egglestons name a few times today. It turns out that my husbands friend who is a scientist and music composer has given him a piece to record as a tribute to this photographer! Im a photographer that has been shooting dance for the past few years and I love looking at the work of so many other artists.Thank you for your insights and inspiration. Im glad I found you ...Jan in NYC
This is what I wanted, a Photographic Eye (no pun intended). I've been struggle with trying to get out of landscape trap for a while now. Unfortunately shooting objects/subject for an abstract meaning is not so easy, but I'm not giving up though. Thank you so much for this video.😁👍
very influential , have got bored with my photography, i always do the mundane. Always looking in my local area. I am a street photographer. will now revisit with new eyes. ty so much. I have never planned an image. i know I will see something when out walking. I did and do a personal project once a month. Me last one was taking rubbish (garbage) images, ie photos of rubbish! It worked out well. I give myself a personal project once a month. I am a hobbyist and love birds of prey as my daughter is a falconer. But my real love is urban. regards Mick
Such a fantastic video. Profound and resonant far beyond photography. I think this is at the heart of a creative and positive interpretation of the world around us. Thank you so much for this - genuinely inspirational and quite possibly the most important photographic advice I've ever had.
The other morning during my drive to work, there were a dozen Geese on a building rooftop. The low morning sun cast their shadow on the wall of the opposite building wall. They were so still I first thought it was a painting. The cell phone was my only choice for camera but it was such a unique odd scene. Always have your eyes up! Really enjoy your videos. They all make me think about improving my photography.
Hello ! I have discovered this channel just today,and I need to tell that the content of videos is really to the point,very helpful tips,and made me get back on my photography path,so I wanted say,big thanks ! And cheers from Poland !
Shooting on film has really helped me look for images to capture. I am really slow with the process because I only have so many attempts and each click costs money. It's been a fun learning process!
Brilliant absolutely brilliant. You expressed/explained something I started to experience (my best photo is of few pots and pans on the stove) but till now it was a feeling. It was something unknown and I couldnt “place” it. Thank you so much
What a brilliant photography video. Thank you. You've inspired me. (Also, I think, a great lesson in life. We miss so much by not being "present" and in our increasing "busy-ness". Now is the only moment we can actually guarantee. Yet we often miss it in our regret about yesterday and/or our concern for tomorrow.)
Fantastic food for thought! Actually, the pandemic helped me to take another step on that journey (where there is still a long way to go): before that, I mainly used the camera during travels, preferably at places that I had not seen before. I still like it, but the challenge of trying to make my - boring? - place look interesting is really worth it! Your channel is probably the most inspirational I have seen so far on RUclips, because it goes beyond the obvious. Pun intended ...
Thanks Alex for the reminder to pay attention as we go through life as photographers. I loved your examples, and this got me to pause today and take a photo at my work with my iPhone (and make my first post to Instagram). Only cellphone edits for now, but it brings back the joy of capturing photographs from my perspective.
It's kind of helpful hearing this one while culling images from earlier today. I stopped to take a photo of some stacked empty cups someone left on a park bench earlier, just thinking "Huh that looks interesting." I haven't gotten to that photo while searching yet, but I get the feeling I'll like it more now.
Some of my family pictures are macro shots of the trichomes oh my houseplants when I'm watering, the way they glisten in the light, especially my carnivorous plants.
💯correct Alex. I live in Edinburgh and take it all for granted. Would love to take images of Edinburgh but without the postcard tag. I know it's their. This vid has giving me the kick up the a## to find it.
This concept was covered, differently, over 30 years ago in Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZAMM) with reguard to a class of students asked to write about their home town. Some of the students didn't know where to start. So it was suggested to pick a street, for some this was still too big so pick a building.... then pick a single brick and start there. Describe it and see where it leads. It is a case of altering your perspective. The thing is this is the part of the art of photography that can't be taught. Techniques can be taught but you need the eye and imagination to see the possibilities. That it is difficult to teach unless you have the pre-disposition [talent] for it.
You have no idea how much this is needed to be said. Like, sunset on a beach are pretty but there are billions of them on the internet. We really don't need much more unless it's specifically speaks to you for yourself. I think that if you are trying to add to the community, this is the direction you should be going. High contrast crazy lighting in the fog is pretty but if it's all you do and all you see then it's not going to be unique anymore
Very good advice. I myself have good days and bad days. On a good day I manage to get three creative photos in a row. Without thinking, they are simply just there to be had. On a bad day I spend hours and hours staring at a couple of subjects from umpteen different angles. The day after, I delete everything. Maybe it is more important to learn to recognize your mediocre photos than to concentrate on recognizing the really good ones. 😊
The one image like that to me that really stuck with me was an image of dirt under a bridge that was under construction. The focus was on the dirt and there was a good bit of bokeh and in the back where construction workers on platforms and stuff with tools. I believe it was in black and white. That one for some reason the contrast of the ground and those little rocks and the sort of framing of the bridge and then sort of the interesting stuff going on in the background yet still not a overly detailed picture was just really amazing to me and I loved it it was in a gallery in a school in Tennessee if anyone might recognize where it was
Thank you very much! I started this way. In between on my journey, i think I got a bit diverted in trying out something new but that's actually quite what everyone else is doing. I'll head back to my way. Thank you 🙂
The comment about don't go with other photographers should be extended to friends, spouse, well, anyone. My wife knows I like to take my time looking for photos. It's really fun if I can take my time. Sometimes I find a great photo, often I don't. I suppose it's like fishing, you have to cast a lot of line to get a good fish.
I agree! I've noticed that I take a lot of pictures that are similar to some you've shown here, but I dismiss them as boring and promptly delete them. It's nice to see someone who's been doing this longer than I have, photographing ordinary things in an interesting way. Maybe I should quit dismissing mine so quickly. 😊
Thank you for this Video, and the amazing fotographs in it. it is so inspiring. I‘m starting again for the 3. or 4. time since having made that amazing picture with the - even then old -little camera from My mother! I will never forget that Moment when the pictures arrived and that ONE with the vivid colors and deepness of scene sprang at me… ☺️ Now i am reliving that magic when taking My sophisticated modern digital camera with me every day and doing - what i call experimental fotographing - on the way, often in the little Park, taking pictures of the forever changing nature…. Today ist was that Little yellow Transparent Flower…
Thanks for sharing... brilliant ideas & advice....a great video that all potential or existing photographers should watch & take note... cheers from Australia 😀
Sorry for the reference but I remembered when my Chief Scout told us about an exercise described by Baden-Powell in Scouting for Boys where an agent received a very curious training: a basket of stones was showed to him and after a closer observation he was asked to described all the stones that were there. He proposed to do the same exercise and was very interesting and funny. I don´t know how much it really helped me but photograph surely aided me to be more curious and make a better observation of my surrondings. Thank you for another amazing video. Regards from Brazil.
We had similar things in Scouts in South Africa. One was 'sand stories' where you had to try and recreate a scene from the marks left in the sand by foot prints, dragging objects etc.
Hi Alex… à channel like yours, which is talking about creativity and the art of photography itself, is greatly needed. And not using background music gives way more depth to your own voice…
I just found your channel and it has quickly become a source of inspiration. I'm from Memphis and know Eggleston slightly. He's crazy like Jerry Lee Lewis. Dangerous to be around. It's hard to escape the gravitational pull around his work. Maybe that's a good thing. I was getting some weird looks yesterday, taking a picture of the cracked paint in the crosswalk in front of the liquor store. lol.
I just have found your channel and I am very glad I did! The way you speak about photography really resonates with me. And it is really inspiring for me because you deal with the essences of photography instead of its surface. Thank you very much for sharing your experience and knowledge this way!
“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time." T.S. Eliot
Again a wonderfull and great episode. I noticed that I save far more from your “tutorials” to look again in the future than from Amy other RUclipsr. Many thanks Alex.
Its so great to hear some interesting viewpoints. It would be even more great if you just start a series where you can explain some of the photographs of simple daily objects/the places we usually dont look at with photographic eye. You could explain What is the interesting part of any photo? what kind of msg its giving out? why a particular photo intrigued you? etc. Anyway, Thank you for your videos..these videos put a hand on a newbie photographer and tells him/her: its okay, you are growing...see!!
Agree on the motivation to take pictures of the mundane simple things surrounding us but I find these kind of image will mostly fall in the graphic/design type of lines and light/shadow effects. Hardly you can build up a story. This of course if you want to. If chosen to remain in the first category I wrote about then you don't need to move from your desk... Almost...
I love your vision and I love your communication skills ....and I love to take photographs. I will certainly continue to view your videos and I am sure to learn even more from them, BUT.... how do you actually make money from all of this or are you just telling me how to enjoy my passion?
5:00 I know this feeling. I live in the very center of Cracow, and I pass by centuries old buildings just to buy toilet paper and I cannot force myself to use this part of the city for photoshoot :/
I've been doing this for a few years now, im an admin for our local photography group we will go out on photo walks and take photos of every day things.
Something else I wanna mention is that I oftentimes see great emotional photo opportunities that I don't take because the emotions are horrible. Not like gore or something, just ugly landscapes, and modern industrial buildings in big empty fields with ugly grass. It sounds pretty. It is not. But it is a VERY powerful feeling. But one I do not have the heart to endure in order to take the pics. Makes me feel dirty.
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This made me think of the work of Yukio Namba. His only subject, as far as I know, is Korakuen Garden in Okayama. The most impressive image is of an island in that garden. It's captured in morning fog and there is a tree with red leaves. The thing is: the tree is that red only a couple of days a year. He had to wait about 20 years to have that fog while the tree coloured red, to be able to make that image.
That's total dedication isn't it! Thanks for sharing the knowledge
It's a wonderful garden, one I hope to visit some day.
xxx
He should've spray painted the tree.
thats why we love photoshop
Im crying right now! 2 mins into the video, I paused to do the activity of simply observing the room, appreciating light and seeing how opening & closing my curtains/blinds completely changes the shadow. Or seeing how shifting an object changed the shape of the shadow! We take advantage of this but this is fantastic. I don’t just SEE the shadow, I FELT the shadow. This video is priceless, i’m only 3:32secs in.
awesome thank you.
I do this every day. I’m always fascinated by angles, light, shadow, and patterns.
This is actually how I started photography. Some people admire how "why they didn't see that" and I appreciate them very much. Those little walks looking, and appreciating the mundane things makes my heart so full. I wish people see more than just looking. Well, I am ought to learn more and I'm excited!
Watching this video, I realized that photographers see our world more beautiful than other people.
I am an amateur photographer and I have noticed many times that I find something that looks wonderful on photograph and maybe hundreds of people who pass by do not notice it.
Excellent to hear! Yes, that ability to see something others don't is so special.
@@ThePhotographicEye Yes, that's wonderful. I am a bus driver, and even when I drive many times I see a wonderful scene or composition that would look wonderful in a photo, I just want to stop the bus and take photos, but then the passengers would probably lynch me 😊
Photography can be more than just taking beautiful photos (which is ok if that’s what you like). It can also be a way of exploration of the world around us whether it’s strolling down the street, hiking in nature, or hanging around the house. Great suggestions. Thank you.🙏
During the pandemic I started photographing objects around the house and it was amazing thinking about how to light these pieces ...I am primarily a portrait and dance photographer...this was so out of my realm but I believe I grew as a
image maker. I am now back to printing my images which is prohibitively expensive but it just isnt enough to post on social media for likes.
I ADORE your conversational style.
This past week I started taking photos of shadows and must say I’m pretty entertained by the project. I’m not sure anyone else will be as impressed as I am!
Thank you Alex. I watched this yesterday and today I sat on the beach at the point where a fast flowing brook joins the sea. The sun was playing on the water as it cascaded over rocks. I took frame after frame using every way I knew. I was there about 2 hours and it was magical. Someone spoke to me and I jumped out of my skin as I was so engrossed. Thank you so much for your inspiration.❤👍 I would never have done this before.
Seeing the world fresh everyday again is something I believe I've gotten pretty good at, however... translating it to digital film... all of a sudden I'm all left hands and thumbs 😊
One of the most important videos on RUclips about photography.
Great advice! Especially the "un-bury your head from your phone part and look around" part!!!
4 years of art school and over $120,000 and this was the single, most valuable lesson I got from my photo classes and some dude is giving it away for free on youtube! I love it. Keep making videos.
This is basically my photography style. I almost never shoot "grand scenes". I find a comfort in the small thing I walk by everyday. I just had a gallery sell a print of mine, it was of the street outside the gallery after a thunderstorm at night. They loved it because they work during the day and have never seen that street "after hours"
I love these videos, and I've pointed out othe photographers to it. Keep these videos coming.
Totally agree! This should be the number one skill in your ‘toolbox’ as a photographer. Another advantage is that you tend to remember certain situations a lot better than taking a photo right away. Thanks for sharing! 😊
Putting mindfulness back into photography.
Learning how to draw is a brilliant way to really see the world around us. I was amazed after completing a drawing course how well I was able to observe everything around me. It was transformative … seeing things that I had never seen before even though they had been right in front of me for ages! Great video … thanks. PS: Can’t wait for my back ordered Fujifilm X100V to arrive at my local camera shop!!
You really remember what you take the time to draw in a way that you don’t remember photographing it too.
It gave me enough motivation to not ignore ordinary things. Love from Pakistan.
I have to keep coming back to this video - it's the one piece of advice that all students of Art (any art) should listen to.
I call this - The Beauty of Everyday Things. It is everywhere, you just have to look.
My wife's photographic sense was very good. Not all of her pictures were great but often she would see that really cool picture just waiting to be recorded. She did not like the technical side of a camera... but she would see the potential. Sometimes she would prompt me to "take a picture of that."
Beautifully articulated. We can develop our eye for photography...on everyday things without picking camera...i could suddenly start seeing things in a unique way
Thanks for watching
I think there could have been nothing more ordinary and undistinguished than the narrow rain-soaked walk leading up to a dark building that Bill Brandt photographed in 1937. But he managed to create a dark contrasty image, full of mood and a bit of foreboding that has turned out to be one of his most iconic. I think he saw what most people didn't.
Yes, I love that photo - something about a snick, or a wynd - totally forget right now!
@@ThePhotographicEye it’s called “a snicket”, a word that leaves Americans scratching their heads. I think it still exists and is located in Halifax…I’m saying that like I have some idea where Halifax is.
"Youi can observe a lot by just watching." - Hall of Fame baseball player Yogi Berra was as famous for his malaprops as for his hitting; but many, like this one, held hidden gems of wisdom that we can all learn from. P.S. -- thanks for sharing more of your own work in your videos. They show what most of us all know: that you practice what you preach.
What a great video Alex. In the couple of months since I ran across your channel, your instruction and pep talks have become very high on my list favorite channels. You are, until now unbeknownst to you, transforming me from a mere wannabe to rank amateur. I thank you for all of your efforts. With any meteorological luck, in 3-4 months, my vegetable garden will become a target rich environment for still life shots while the subjects are still alive.
Hello from Vancouver BC. Came across your channel and have to say, I like your philosophy towards being an artist in this dugutal realm. I've always looked at photography as a way to express. Laying out snaps and scanning with the naked eye is a must!! Young photographers have rarely felt the excitement of going to the shop to pick up their expressionism so to speak, or text actually. I appreciate your reinforcement and your energy about photography. Took a picture of a fork the other day, glad I found the tine!
Paul
Hi 👋🏻 thanks for watching
I missed your video release but this is fantastic. Love to read from photographers who feel reawakened to pick up their cameras. BTW, I lived in beautiful Edinburgh at the end of the 90's to early 00's and hardly took a single photo. Mad!
The college experience is a very hard feeling to recreate, but these videos make me feel like I’m a student again, attending lectures in photo school.
I have been enjoying your channel for quite sometime. What I enjoy is the ideas you present - a sort of "wake up and think about your craft!" That, and you don't talk about gear. Thank you.
One of your best yet, Alex. Your “learning to see”advice is some of the more useful I’ve heard.
Hi Alex
Thanks for another great video. I too love this style of photography. I've been photographing the view from my bedroom window for about 2 years now and it never looks the same twice. The individual pictures may not be anything special, but when you put them together you start to get something else entirely.
This is knowledge that people pay to learn and your giving it here for free. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Thanks for this… I am going to TRY to FORCE myself to stop ignoring or filtering out the day to day as I rush about without connecting what I am looking at to what I can see !!
Another great video, Alex - thank you! Love seeing more of your own work, too. One of the things that excites me the most about photography is the opportunity to make the familiar and the ordinary seem fresh and unusual.
Whoa, thank you so very much for your inspiring lecture. I just recently unpacked my old photo gear and went out "shooting", I hadn't done any photography in years due to being busy. You know.
Again, thank you for motivating and inspiring us slugs.
Greetings from Dallas, Texas.
Yes even a trash (garbage) or rusty junk can be a beautiful subject of photography. There is beauty in everything. 🤩
Taking your advice, I’ve taken magnificent photos from my eye view and angels that I’m personally proud of. Thank you for being a superb teacher.
This is exactly how I do it! Just recently really started to look, I now sit somewhere for a minute and really focus on everything.. my media sells very well because of this but I never really knew it was a specialized thing until now .. great video for sure
Just enjoyed watching this video.. it's the process I am going through right now.. it's so rewarding ❤️ .. the pictures speak quietly
This goes back to what somebody said that you don't have to live in the most exciting place in the world to get a great photo.
This is so bizarre! Ive come across William Egglestons name a few times today. It turns out that my husbands friend who is a scientist and music composer has given him a piece to record as a tribute to this photographer! Im a photographer that has been shooting dance for the past few years and I love looking at the work of so many other artists.Thank you for your insights and inspiration. Im glad I found you ...Jan in NYC
Thanks for watching
This is what I wanted, a Photographic Eye (no pun intended). I've been struggle with trying to get out of landscape trap for a while now. Unfortunately shooting objects/subject for an abstract meaning is not so easy, but I'm not giving up though. Thank you so much for this video.😁👍
Thank you for watching
very influential , have got bored with my photography, i always do the mundane. Always looking in my local area. I am a street photographer. will now revisit with new eyes. ty so much. I have never planned an image. i know I will see something when out walking. I did and do a personal project once a month. Me last one was taking rubbish (garbage) images, ie photos of rubbish! It worked out well. I give myself a personal project once a month. I am a hobbyist and love birds of prey as my daughter is a falconer. But my real love is urban. regards Mick
I don’t remember the last time I liked a video so much. Thanks for this!
Thank you, I dont have work at present and find myself struggling creativly. Just inspired me to take some macros of shells I have upstairs.
Such a fantastic video. Profound and resonant far beyond photography. I think this is at the heart of a creative and positive interpretation of the world around us. Thank you so much for this - genuinely inspirational and quite possibly the most important photographic advice I've ever had.
The other morning during my drive to work, there were a dozen Geese on a building rooftop. The low morning sun cast their shadow on the wall of the opposite building wall. They were so still I first thought it was a painting. The cell phone was my only choice for camera but it was such a unique odd scene. Always have your eyes up! Really enjoy your videos. They all make me think about improving my photography.
Such humble advice. I always get inspired after your videos
Hello ! I have discovered this channel just today,and I need to tell that the content of videos is really to the point,very helpful tips,and made me get back on my photography path,so I wanted say,big thanks ! And cheers from Poland !
Shooting on film has really helped me look for images to capture. I am really slow with the process because I only have so many attempts and each click costs money. It's been a fun learning process!
Slowing down is a whole process in itself.
Brilliant absolutely brilliant. You expressed/explained something I started to experience (my best photo is of few pots and pans on the stove) but till now it was a feeling. It was something unknown and I couldnt “place” it. Thank you so much
What a brilliant photography video. Thank you. You've inspired me.
(Also, I think, a great lesson in life. We miss so much by not being "present" and in our increasing "busy-ness". Now is the only moment we can actually guarantee. Yet we often miss it in our regret about yesterday and/or our concern for tomorrow.)
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@@bonjen1 Thank you 🙏 I appreciate this. 😍
Fantastic food for thought! Actually, the pandemic helped me to take another step on that journey (where there is still a long way to go): before that, I mainly used the camera during travels, preferably at places that I had not seen before. I still like it, but the challenge of trying to make my - boring? - place look interesting is really worth it! Your channel is probably the most inspirational I have seen so far on RUclips, because it goes beyond the obvious. Pun intended ...
This is exactly what I've been needing! If you want to work on developing a course I love the way you present!
Thank you
Thanks Alex for the reminder to pay attention as we go through life as photographers. I loved your examples, and this got me to pause today and take a photo at my work with my iPhone (and make my first post to Instagram). Only cellphone edits for now, but it brings back the joy of capturing photographs from my perspective.
Glad it was helpful!
I can’t wait to watch this tutorial. I learn so much from you. Thank you.
Great to hear Char! Thank you so much.
It's kind of helpful hearing this one while culling images from earlier today. I stopped to take a photo of some stacked empty cups someone left on a park bench earlier, just thinking "Huh that looks interesting." I haven't gotten to that photo while searching yet, but I get the feeling I'll like it more now.
Some of my family pictures are macro shots of the trichomes oh my houseplants when I'm watering, the way they glisten in the light, especially my carnivorous plants.
💯correct Alex. I live in Edinburgh and take it all for granted. Would love to take images of Edinburgh but without the postcard tag. I know it's their. This vid has giving me the kick up the a## to find it.
Well done Alex, wow made so simple.Better than spending all that time on Instagram,RUclips, this has been a great lesson
This concept was covered, differently, over 30 years ago in Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZAMM) with reguard to a class of students asked to write about their home town. Some of the students didn't know where to start. So it was suggested to pick a street, for some this was still too big so pick a building.... then pick a single brick and start there. Describe it and see where it leads. It is a case of altering your perspective. The thing is this is the part of the art of photography that can't be taught. Techniques can be taught but you need the eye and imagination to see the possibilities. That it is difficult to teach unless you have the pre-disposition [talent] for it.
You have no idea how much this is needed to be said. Like, sunset on a beach are pretty but there are billions of them on the internet. We really don't need much more unless it's specifically speaks to you for yourself. I think that if you are trying to add to the community, this is the direction you should be going. High contrast crazy lighting in the fog is pretty but if it's all you do and all you see then it's not going to be unique anymore
Very good advice. I myself have good days and bad days. On a good day I manage to get three creative photos in a row. Without thinking, they are simply just there to be had. On a bad day I spend hours and hours staring at a couple of subjects from umpteen different angles. The day after, I delete everything. Maybe it is more important to learn to recognize your mediocre photos than to concentrate on recognizing the really good ones. 😊
It definitely helps to have little children around. They didn't yet develop this filter.
I am very touched by this video, one of the best I have ever seen about this topic. Thanks Alex
So very true. The “art of observation.”
The one image like that to me that really stuck with me was an image of dirt under a bridge that was under construction. The focus was on the dirt and there was a good bit of bokeh and in the back where construction workers on platforms and stuff with tools. I believe it was in black and white. That one for some reason the contrast of the ground and those little rocks and the sort of framing of the bridge and then sort of the interesting stuff going on in the background yet still not a overly detailed picture was just really amazing to me and I loved it it was in a gallery in a school in Tennessee if anyone might recognize where it was
Thank you very much! I started this way. In between on my journey, i think I got a bit diverted in trying out something new but that's actually quite what everyone else is doing. I'll head back to my way. Thank you 🙂
The comment about don't go with other photographers should be extended to friends, spouse, well, anyone. My wife knows I like to take my time looking for photos. It's really fun if I can take my time. Sometimes I find a great photo, often I don't. I suppose it's like fishing, you have to cast a lot of line to get a good fish.
Thanks. really helpful. I'm also enjoying seeing more of your work featured in the videos.
Glad you like them Ray!
I agree! I've noticed that I take a lot of pictures that are similar to some you've shown here, but I dismiss them as boring and promptly delete them. It's nice to see someone who's been doing this longer than I have, photographing ordinary things in an interesting way. Maybe I should quit dismissing mine so quickly. 😊
Thank you for this Video, and the amazing fotographs in it. it is so inspiring. I‘m starting again for the 3. or 4. time since having made that amazing picture with the - even then old -little camera from My mother! I will never forget that Moment when the pictures arrived and that ONE with the vivid colors and deepness of scene sprang at me… ☺️ Now i am reliving that magic when taking My sophisticated modern digital camera with me every day and doing - what i call experimental fotographing - on the way, often in the little Park, taking pictures of the forever changing nature…. Today ist was that Little yellow Transparent Flower…
Thanks for sharing... brilliant ideas & advice....a great video that all potential or existing photographers should watch & take note... cheers from Australia 😀
Sorry for the reference but I remembered when my Chief Scout told us about an exercise described by Baden-Powell in Scouting for Boys where an agent received a very curious training: a basket of stones was showed to him and after a closer observation he was asked to described all the stones that were there. He proposed to do the same exercise and was very interesting and funny. I don´t know how much it really helped me but photograph surely aided me to be more curious and make a better observation of my surrondings. Thank you for another amazing video. Regards from Brazil.
We had similar things in Scouts in South Africa. One was 'sand stories' where you had to try and recreate a scene from the marks left in the sand by foot prints, dragging objects etc.
Hi Alex… à channel like yours, which is talking about creativity and the art of photography itself, is greatly needed. And not using background music gives way more depth to your own voice…
I just found your channel and it has quickly become a source of inspiration. I'm from Memphis and know Eggleston slightly. He's crazy like Jerry Lee Lewis. Dangerous to be around. It's hard to escape the gravitational pull around his work. Maybe that's a good thing. I was getting some weird looks yesterday, taking a picture of the cracked paint in the crosswalk in front of the liquor store. lol.
That is how i fell into scale figure photography and modelismo e..é
I just have found your channel and I am very glad I did! The way you speak about photography really resonates with me. And it is really inspiring for me because you deal with the essences of photography instead of its surface. Thank you very much for sharing your experience and knowledge this way!
Thank you for watching.
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time." T.S. Eliot
You never disappoint us Alex. Thank you so much.
Again a wonderfull and great episode. I noticed that I save far more from your “tutorials” to look again in the future than from Amy other RUclipsr. Many thanks Alex.
Thank you for the inspiration that I've been looking for.
Its so great to hear some interesting viewpoints. It would be even more great if you just start a series where you can explain some of the photographs of simple daily objects/the places we usually dont look at with photographic eye.
You could explain What is the interesting part of any photo? what kind of msg its giving out? why a particular photo intrigued you? etc.
Anyway, Thank you for your videos..these videos put a hand on a newbie photographer and tells him/her: its okay, you are growing...see!!
Thank you for your feedback
Agree on the motivation to take pictures of the mundane simple things surrounding us but I find these kind of image will mostly fall in the graphic/design type of lines and light/shadow effects. Hardly you can build up a story. This of course if you want to. If chosen to remain in the first category I wrote about then you don't need to move from your desk... Almost...
Great video Alex this has given me a lot to think about.
That’s awesome
Thank you Alex for this video. There is so much to learn, and I greatley enjoy the photo examples you use. I love your personall work too!
A geat inspirating and motivating video. Thanks!
I love your vision and I love your communication skills ....and I love to take photographs. I will certainly continue to view your videos and I am sure to learn even more from them, BUT.... how do you actually make money from all of this or are you just telling me how to enjoy my passion?
I figured you were South Africa from the first video I saw. Now I'm positive. xD. Enjoying your lessons. Thank u
Inspiring words
Thanks for the confidence boost
Cheers!
I paused this vid and got a good shot I have never noticed before👍👍
In the words of Whitnail, "matter." Yes, great movie!
Things I see everyday I take for granted: my cats. I hear you. I'll take more photos of them!
I hope to study on your inspirational course, always learning ❤️
A good, timely reminder, thanks 👍🏻
5:00 I know this feeling. I live in the very center of Cracow, and I pass by centuries old buildings just to buy toilet paper and I cannot force myself to use this part of the city for photoshoot :/
Thank you for giving me a whole new perspective
I've been doing this for a few years now, im an admin for our local photography group we will go out on photo walks and take photos of every day things.
Something else I wanna mention is that I oftentimes see great emotional photo opportunities that I don't take because the emotions are horrible. Not like gore or something, just ugly landscapes, and modern industrial buildings in big empty fields with ugly grass. It sounds pretty. It is not. But it is a VERY powerful feeling. But one I do not have the heart to endure in order to take the pics. Makes me feel dirty.