I hope you find these tips useful! I purposely wanted to keep this one theoretical and not a guide specifically on "how to take better images" as I know in the long run, it'll help you more 🤘 Let me know what tips you've done to maintain your motivation and inspiration 👇
Amazing tips! I had a massive down recenty, I wasn't happy with my pictures and it took me too long in lightroom to achieve a look I was ok with. I made the switch to from Sony to Fujifilm a month ago and purchased the X-T2. The aesthetic, the user experience and most importantly the amazing film simulations really made me enjoy photography like never before. I now mostly use Jpegs and I couldn't be happier. Your videos on film simulations and shooting strictly jpegs were a massive help in making the switch and enjoying photography and even improving by concentrating on compostion and light rather than having to think about how long it will take me to edit the pictures. To add to all that, shooting with the film simulations and achieving the look I want straight away also boosted my self confidence and helped me reassure myself that putting the camera down won't happen anytime soon. Much love from Germany Joe!
Thanks for sharing, Timal! I absolutely love reading these types of comments and feel them very deeply. What may not be so obvious is that the JPEG series last summer got me out of a massive hole. I was so down about everything and most days I had little to no energy to do anything really. The whole thing actually happened by accident, but I think that’s what was so special about it. It caught me by surprise and inspired me in areas I wasn’t previously looking. Happy to see you’ve found your rhythm and welcome to the Fuji club. I love hearing all the stories of those who’ve joined after some of my videos haha!🤘
That's the thing with Fuji that everyone loves and talks about. The files looks so organic and full of life right of the bath that you just focus on improving your composition, perception of light and color, etc (enjoying the shooting experience as a whole) I'm a Sony user and their jpegs are not that great aesthetically; raws have plenty of information but still needs lots of work for them to not look too digital and overall they just lack the soul Fuji has.
Love these tips! I was feeling pretty unmotivated at the end of last year. I decided to use January and challenge myself to make a photo everyday. No other rules but having a bit of self pressure got me to make more images, think differently each day, I find things to make photos of.
This was very refreshing to see! And very helpful for me. Photography is my hobby and I've been doing it for the last 4 years, but the pandemic and probably other reasons halt my enthusiasm for street photography, which was the thing I did the most. However, more recently I choose to focus more on my family and small trips, even to restaurants, to take more images. The only thing I've been struggling is with sharing. I used to enjoy Instagram a lot but the focus there is clearly on reels and while that might be a tool to create more, I'm not interested in that. I would add that printing or making photo albums might be another way of sharing your photos. Great video, Joe.
This was definitely helpful! I felt unmotivated during the last 2 years and the fact that I wasn't into all of my Canon gear anymore, didn't help (but it took me quite a while to realize that). Switching all of my gear to Fujifilm was the best decision I could have made regarding my creative process, and nowadays I pick up my camera every day and find myself shooting a lot of everything and not just seeing my camera as a work tool.
Great video! Re: the Instagram followers, I created a second account to focus on my photography and to follow those who inspire me exclusively, while my original account remain more eclectic and broad,
Something that helped me a lot was starting to shoot film instead of only digital. I see things from a different perspective now and I'm much more intentional when shooting digital.
Yes, gear matters when it inspires you to go out and use it. I got into legacy lenses a while back which forced me to think about how to get the best from their little quirks.
last summer I was so motivated taking photos, I shot every moment I saw something that could become a great photo. This summer I am not motivated at all. it's frustrating because I love taking photos. It's an amazing hobby. What does take the motivation away is instagram and hashtags. I love sharing my photos on insta but it's the constant stress when it comes to hashtags, what the right ones to use for this and that photo. Sure I'm probably overthinking it and use more energy on that part than what's necessary. I am following so many amazing photographers on insta.
Missed these nuggets of wisdom from you. Thanks for these reminders, Joe! Hope we all see each other in Japan! Maybe it’s the motivation we all need. 😂
@@joeallam i’m also looking out for that! Let’s hope the govt finally gives into the pressure. Any sense of when they’d open for the rest of us is very much welcome! Fingers crossed, man. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
I love walking around this canal, great video Joe, hello Elly, great ideas for getting out there and enjoying life, this coming weekend rain, good cant wait bring it on, go out in the rain and capture shots others wont.
Swap from a strap on the nek to the cufflink from PD, makes me go with the camera on the hand what makes me take more photos so more chances of a good photo and that makes me enjoy more and go more out camera in hand.
Camera in hand. Always. I’ve been saying it for years and still surprises me when I see photographers put their cameras away whilst exploring. Glad you’ve found your setup! I enjoy a wrist strap from time to time, but usually in the warmer months when things are drier and less faff out and about.
Goods points, and the Instagram stuff really resonates with me. I created a second account, where I only follow other photographers or videographers that inspire me, and it’s been a massive help.
This video was a great reminder:) I really appreciate your honesty with slumps and fluctuating motivation--knowing even my favorite photographers have ups and downs has been a massive encouragement for me over the years! So thank you:)
Hey Joe, great vids as always, some really good tips for people on this one. I too love Chase and those old vids were some of the stuff that really inspired me too, his new stuff though has such value when you can absorb it and take time to think it over for yourself but for sure it’s all about always mixing up our inspirations - it’s also important to note that our aspirations change and so we should be looking for as much diversity in inspiration as possible! Awesome stuff dude!
Cheers! I still follow Chase on all social media and love his podcast, but I still have such a craving for the old style haha. In many ways, it’s what drives me to make certain videos, as they’re exactly the types of things I’m looking to watch. He really was the OG RUclips photography channel all those years ago, heh!
HI Joe, great video once again. From a person point of view my main love is landscape photography however over the last year and a half to two years I have felt it become a chore so to speak. My other main photography love is street or urban area like yourself but due to living in Scotland mixed with travel restrictions it's not really something I was able to indulge in. However over the last three months I have managed to book a cheap flight and go to London for a couple of days purely to do photography and it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.This has also helped majorly with my mental health to just immerse myself in something I love. Now looking forward to four trips I have booked (Barcelona, Ljubljana, Budapest and Vienna) in order to do some street photography and in the hope my love for landscape photography will resurface.
Good tips Joe. The pandemic has cause me to lose motivation the past 2 years. But now things are opening back up and winter is drawing to a close so feeling more inspired to get out again.
You are so true about utilizing Instagram as a way to share your art and work! I've also unfollowed friends on Instagram and instead followed people who inspire me to create art and of course you, Joe, is included on my following list ☺
Great tips in this one, Joe, and a few things I'm going to be trying out myself. I'm currently in my usual unmotivated winter funk... Looking forward to less snow and some milder temps!
I feel ya! Winter can have such an emotional capture on us in so many ways. The routine nature of expecting it is sometimes the hardest aspect as well. Counting down the days until the clocks change… 😏
Thanks for sharing these thoughts! Funny I have definitely been disliking my always have to tweak things when I used to be able to simply slap on a preset. Tastes change and I sometimes not like my old edits as much. Loving the videos every week! Keep it up for our inspiration’s sake 📸
I’m new to your channel. Saw you with Thomas Heaton. Thanks for the tips. I particularly struggle with my tripod. Like James Popsy I really hate them. But I feel should use one. Silly really as my camera is very good hand held at slow shutter speeds. I know there are times when I may need to use my tripod but I could mostly manage without it. I liked the tip about lenses as well. Quite relevant for me. Thanks again.
Hey Joe (and Elly!) This was such a timely piece. It really spoke to the current state of things around my passion for photography. Having the travel rug yanked from under all of us so suddenly has deflated my creative output, photographically speaking. I appreciate the thoughts you shared with us here. Take care. -Steve
Cheers Steve! Definitely hoping we can all upholster a new travel rug with nonslip grips underneath-I’ve no idea where I’m going with this, but I feel ya, ha! Still feeling positive on 2022’s trajectory 👊
Thank you for this video Joe. Like many, it's been lethargic fir myself over the covid period. Even when heading out with a camera it became difficult to even know what to take photos of - or even how to take photos of what I'm seeing.
Thanks! It’s actually a scarf from UniQlo - it’s only a neck “tube” but it keeps me warmer than anything else I’ve ever used without getting in the way. It’s absolutely their best heat tech product by far!
Great tips. I recently got out of a funk by switching to shooting more film, i guess I'm just in a phase where digital doesn't excite me as much as it did. It will probably pass, but right now I'm really enjoying myself (when circumstances permit that is).
That’s a great insight! I can imagine picking up digital again after so long may feel equally as liberating. Then you’ll have a system to bounce back and forth and keep moving forward. I know what you mean about some older images, but I find a lot of that is situational, with events in the image, the lighting and how you felt at the time. It’s mostly an emotional connection to something you captured. I can almost guarantee with the same scenario but new skills, you’d take better images ✌️
@@joeallam yeah that makes a lot of sense - they're certainly nostalgic in a way. I was also very attached to the first Olympus E-P cameras i was using back then!
Thanks a lot! I get really frustrated once I am back at the computer, sitting in front of LR, and have to develop the pictures... It feels overwhelming. In consequence, I have now 5-7k (not sure anymore) of undeveloped pictures to go through. Not wanting to add more to this pile makes me stop taking pictures...
If you feel the need to process in LR every shot that you take, maybe there is something wrong about how you shoot, settings, exposure etc ..? Maybe you need to evaluate your setings?
I hear ya! One way I’ve gotten past this particular struggle is to browse through in thumbnail view with large thumbnails (about 4-6 in a row) and then only click through to the ones that catch your eye. Give them a star rating if it’s something you could genuinely edit and process, then carry on looking through the images. Once at the end, view by your rated images only, then flag/pick only the photos you definitely want to process. Once you start processing, you’ll have a much more manageable number to get through and if you get tired of them, the others are still rated and ready for you to one day return to. Good luck with it! I’ve actually got a video about how I choose which images to edit. It should be helpful now, even though it’s a couple of years old ruclips.net/video/8tuWW6__ZRE/видео.html
@@paulmoss4199 You are absolutely right. Unfortunately, it is not that simple. :-) Usually, the keepers don't need a lot of processing. However, the process of going through the pile of pictures to get to the good ones is leading me to avoid doing that task at all. Does that make sense?
Thanks! Appreciate your comment a lot. For sure I will give it a try! Maybe also „restarting“ my instagram account and posting regularly, can give the whole process more purpose. Cheers from Heidelberg!
Hi joe..I’m a young photographer and although I don’t have a gear yet I’ve been showing with my mobile phone and so far it’s been helping buh it doesn’t encourage me to get out and shoot anymore And the reason i don’t have a camera yet is cus of the price of camera over here in Nigeria I’ve been following you for years now and thought who better to ask for help than the person I look up to photography wise So pls can you help me in purchase my first ever camera It would really mean a lot to me .🙏🏽
I think location is everything right? Protecting yourself from obviously places. But I think the monopod helps joe can’t be less than a meter away from the camera I think?
Cheers! Yeah, I’m only ever at arms reach away from the camera and always aware of my surroundings. In many ways, this setup actually allows me to be more aware, as I can face any direction rather than only being inward to a windowsill or similar.
It's hard to know what your issue is but there are two possible solution that have worked for me (though with different camera and lens) 1: you may not be attaching the lens properly. Make sure you hear it click in place. 2: the metal contacts on the camera and the lens may need cleaning. Use a cotton bud (q-tip) lightly dampened with rubbing alcohol to clean the contacts. Make sure the alcohol completely evaporates before reattaching the lens. If the AF is still not working then I'm not sure what the problem is and you may have to contact Fuji repair service.
Absolutely! I’ve done that many times in the last few years and then quietly returned when I’m ready for it. Balance is key to all the forces that pull us ✌️
I love photography so much, but I do crave some constructive feedback. I get some likes but no discussion and way too many adverts and dancing idiots or animals which I’m just not interested in … the alternative is the dreaded camera club and having tried that, I won’t be doing that any time again soon …
My huge tip to you. Don't use music, don't talk till the music is gone and never use fadeout music while you are talking. Your 5 first words are impossible to hear clearly 😬 I actually got a pocket camera for my street walks. The real camera is used for nature and wildlife 💪 and moon shots. Pocket for milky-way shots. We are having a big storm the night to Saturday, so I'm going out with the pocket camera 😊 the big camera is horrible in strong winds 😅
Gear isn't everything.. except it is. If you don't like it you'll probably won't use it. You are much more likely to ride a bicycle to work if you like it a lot! And if it is an old piece of trash then you probably will take the car keys.
I hope you find these tips useful! I purposely wanted to keep this one theoretical and not a guide specifically on "how to take better images" as I know in the long run, it'll help you more 🤘 Let me know what tips you've done to maintain your motivation and inspiration 👇
Amazing tips! I had a massive down recenty, I wasn't happy with my pictures and it took me too long in lightroom to achieve a look I was ok with. I made the switch to from Sony to Fujifilm a month ago and purchased the X-T2. The aesthetic, the user experience and most importantly the amazing film simulations really made me enjoy photography like never before. I now mostly use Jpegs and I couldn't be happier. Your videos on film simulations and shooting strictly jpegs were a massive help in making the switch and enjoying photography and even improving by concentrating on compostion and light rather than having to think about how long it will take me to edit the pictures. To add to all that, shooting with the film simulations and achieving the look I want straight away also boosted my self confidence and helped me reassure myself that putting the camera down won't happen anytime soon. Much love from Germany Joe!
Thanks for sharing, Timal! I absolutely love reading these types of comments and feel them very deeply. What may not be so obvious is that the JPEG series last summer got me out of a massive hole. I was so down about everything and most days I had little to no energy to do anything really. The whole thing actually happened by accident, but I think that’s what was so special about it. It caught me by surprise and inspired me in areas I wasn’t previously looking.
Happy to see you’ve found your rhythm and welcome to the Fuji club. I love hearing all the stories of those who’ve joined after some of my videos haha!🤘
That's the thing with Fuji that everyone loves and talks about. The files looks so organic and full of life right of the bath that you just focus on improving your composition, perception of light and color, etc (enjoying the shooting experience as a whole) I'm a Sony user and their jpegs are not that great aesthetically; raws have plenty of information but still needs lots of work for them to not look too digital and overall they just lack the soul Fuji has.
Love these tips! I was feeling pretty unmotivated at the end of last year. I decided to use January and challenge myself to make a photo everyday. No other rules but having a bit of self pressure got me to make more images, think differently each day, I find things to make photos of.
This was very refreshing to see! And very helpful for me. Photography is my hobby and I've been doing it for the last 4 years, but the pandemic and probably other reasons halt my enthusiasm for street photography, which was the thing I did the most. However, more recently I choose to focus more on my family and small trips, even to restaurants, to take more images. The only thing I've been struggling is with sharing. I used to enjoy Instagram a lot but the focus there is clearly on reels and while that might be a tool to create more, I'm not interested in that. I would add that printing or making photo albums might be another way of sharing your photos. Great video, Joe.
This was definitely helpful! I felt unmotivated during the last 2 years and the fact that I wasn't into all of my Canon gear anymore, didn't help (but it took me quite a while to realize that). Switching all of my gear to Fujifilm was the best decision I could have made regarding my creative process, and nowadays I pick up my camera every day and find myself shooting a lot of everything and not just seeing my camera as a work tool.
Great video! Re: the Instagram followers, I created a second account to focus on my photography and to follow those who inspire me exclusively, while my original account remain more eclectic and broad,
Something that helped me a lot was starting to shoot film instead of only digital. I see things from a different perspective now and I'm much more intentional when shooting digital.
Yes, gear matters when it inspires you to go out and use it. I got into legacy lenses a while back which forced me to think about how to get the best from their little quirks.
last summer I was so motivated taking photos, I shot every moment I saw something that could become a great photo. This summer I am not motivated at all. it's frustrating because I love taking photos. It's an amazing hobby.
What does take the motivation away is instagram and hashtags. I love sharing my photos on insta but it's the constant stress when it comes to hashtags, what the right ones to use for this and that photo. Sure I'm probably overthinking it and use more energy on that part than what's necessary.
I am following so many amazing photographers on insta.
Missed these nuggets of wisdom from you. Thanks for these reminders, Joe! Hope we all see each other in Japan! Maybe it’s the motivation we all need. 😂
Oh man, we’re really at the point of desperation for getting to Japan. Hoping tomorrows announcement finally reveals a bit of a roadmap for things 🤞
@@joeallam i’m also looking out for that! Let’s hope the govt finally gives into the pressure. Any sense of when they’d open for the rest of us is very much welcome! Fingers crossed, man. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Thank you Joe awesome video, as always. Love seeing the various backgrounds that you change up on your videos. 📹
I love walking around this canal, great video Joe, hello Elly, great ideas for getting out there and enjoying life, this coming weekend rain,
good cant wait bring it on, go out in the rain and capture shots others wont.
Thank you for these tips Joe! Came in the perfect timing for me, see you next Wednesday! 😊
This video is very helpful man, thanks for making this video 😊
Swap from a strap on the nek to the cufflink from PD, makes me go with the camera on the hand what makes me take more photos so more chances of a good photo and that makes me enjoy more and go more out camera in hand.
Camera in hand. Always. I’ve been saying it for years and still surprises me when I see photographers put their cameras away whilst exploring. Glad you’ve found your setup! I enjoy a wrist strap from time to time, but usually in the warmer months when things are drier and less faff out and about.
Goods points, and the Instagram stuff really resonates with me. I created a second account, where I only follow other photographers or videographers that inspire me, and it’s been a massive help.
This video was a great reminder:) I really appreciate your honesty with slumps and fluctuating motivation--knowing even my favorite photographers have ups and downs has been a massive encouragement for me over the years! So thank you:)
Love great tips Joe. It's great video as always really good tips. 👍
Hey Joe, great vids as always, some really good tips for people on this one. I too love Chase and those old vids were some of the stuff that really inspired me too, his new stuff though has such value when you can absorb it and take time to think it over for yourself but for sure it’s all about always mixing up our inspirations - it’s also important to note that our aspirations change and so we should be looking for as much diversity in inspiration as possible! Awesome stuff dude!
Cheers! I still follow Chase on all social media and love his podcast, but I still have such a craving for the old style haha. In many ways, it’s what drives me to make certain videos, as they’re exactly the types of things I’m looking to watch. He really was the OG RUclips photography channel all those years ago, heh!
Fantastic tips and advice, Joe!
HI Joe, great video once again. From a person point of view my main love is landscape photography however over the last year and a half to two years I have felt it become a chore so to speak. My other main photography love is street or urban area like yourself but due to living in Scotland mixed with travel restrictions it's not really something I was able to indulge in. However over the last three months I have managed to book a cheap flight and go to London for a couple of days purely to do photography and it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.This has also helped majorly with my mental health to just immerse myself in something I love. Now looking forward to four trips I have booked (Barcelona, Ljubljana, Budapest and Vienna) in order to do some street photography and in the hope my love for landscape photography will resurface.
Good tips Joe. The pandemic has cause me to lose motivation the past 2 years. But now things are opening back up and winter is drawing to a close so feeling more inspired to get out again.
You are so true about utilizing Instagram as a way to share your art and work! I've also unfollowed friends on Instagram and instead followed people who inspire me to create art and of course you, Joe, is included on my following list ☺
Controversial, but it’s honestly so powerful if you’re a photographer. Cheers for the support!
Great tips in this one, Joe, and a few things I'm going to be trying out myself. I'm currently in my usual unmotivated winter funk... Looking forward to less snow and some milder temps!
I feel ya! Winter can have such an emotional capture on us in so many ways. The routine nature of expecting it is sometimes the hardest aspect as well. Counting down the days until the clocks change… 😏
@@joeallam yes! Evenings are starting to get brighter!
Thanks for sharing these thoughts! Funny I have definitely been disliking my always have to tweak things when I used to be able to simply slap on a preset. Tastes change and I sometimes not like my old edits as much. Loving the videos every week! Keep it up for our inspiration’s sake 📸
I’m new to your channel. Saw you with Thomas Heaton. Thanks for the tips. I particularly struggle with my tripod. Like James Popsy I really hate them. But I feel should use one. Silly really as my camera is very good hand held at slow shutter speeds. I know there are times when I may need to use my tripod but I could mostly manage without it. I liked the tip about lenses as well. Quite relevant for me. Thanks again.
thanks tips Joe.
Hey Joe (and Elly!) This was such a timely piece. It really spoke to the current state of things around my passion for photography. Having the travel rug yanked from under all of us so suddenly has deflated my creative output, photographically speaking. I appreciate the thoughts you shared with us here. Take care. -Steve
Cheers Steve! Definitely hoping we can all upholster a new travel rug with nonslip grips underneath-I’ve no idea where I’m going with this, but I feel ya, ha!
Still feeling positive on 2022’s trajectory 👊
Thank you for this video Joe. Like many, it's been lethargic fir myself over the covid period. Even when heading out with a camera it became difficult to even know what to take photos of - or even how to take photos of what I'm seeing.
Great hoodie / collar on the hoodie.
Thanks! It’s actually a scarf from UniQlo - it’s only a neck “tube” but it keeps me warmer than anything else I’ve ever used without getting in the way. It’s absolutely their best heat tech product by far!
Completely “naked” lol, you made my day Joe. Thank you
Just making sure those at the back are listening… 😏
Thank you!
Great tips. I recently got out of a funk by switching to shooting more film, i guess I'm just in a phase where digital doesn't excite me as much as it did. It will probably pass, but right now I'm really enjoying myself (when circumstances permit that is).
Funnily looking back doesn't always have the desired effect for me - i really like the images i took back in 2011 😅
That’s a great insight! I can imagine picking up digital again after so long may feel equally as liberating. Then you’ll have a system to bounce back and forth and keep moving forward. I know what you mean about some older images, but I find a lot of that is situational, with events in the image, the lighting and how you felt at the time. It’s mostly an emotional connection to something you captured. I can almost guarantee with the same scenario but new skills, you’d take better images ✌️
@@joeallam yeah that makes a lot of sense - they're certainly nostalgic in a way. I was also very attached to the first Olympus E-P cameras i was using back then!
09:06 Dab!
Thank you Joe.
On point! 👍🥂
Thanks a lot! I get really frustrated once I am back at the computer, sitting in front of LR, and have to develop the pictures... It feels overwhelming. In consequence, I have now 5-7k (not sure anymore) of undeveloped pictures to go through. Not wanting to add more to this pile makes me stop taking pictures...
If you feel the need to process in LR every shot that you take, maybe there is something wrong about how you shoot, settings, exposure etc ..? Maybe you need to evaluate your setings?
I hear ya! One way I’ve gotten past this particular struggle is to browse through in thumbnail view with large thumbnails (about 4-6 in a row) and then only click through to the ones that catch your eye. Give them a star rating if it’s something you could genuinely edit and process, then carry on looking through the images. Once at the end, view by your rated images only, then flag/pick only the photos you definitely want to process. Once you start processing, you’ll have a much more manageable number to get through and if you get tired of them, the others are still rated and ready for you to one day return to.
Good luck with it! I’ve actually got a video about how I choose which images to edit. It should be helpful now, even though it’s a couple of years old ruclips.net/video/8tuWW6__ZRE/видео.html
@@paulmoss4199 You are absolutely right. Unfortunately, it is not that simple. :-) Usually, the keepers don't need a lot of processing. However, the process of going through the pile of pictures to get to the good ones is leading me to avoid doing that task at all. Does that make sense?
Thanks! Appreciate your comment a lot. For sure I will give it a try!
Maybe also „restarting“ my instagram account and posting regularly, can give the whole process more purpose.
Cheers from Heidelberg!
Hi joe..I’m a young photographer and although I don’t have a gear yet I’ve been showing with my mobile phone and so far it’s been helping buh it doesn’t encourage me to get out and shoot anymore
And the reason i don’t have a camera yet is cus of the price of camera over here in Nigeria
I’ve been following you for years now and thought who better to ask for help than the person I look up to photography wise
So pls can you help me in purchase my first ever camera
It would really mean a lot to me .🙏🏽
cool this "new format": fixed facecam (as you talked about in the previous video). I can't do that > I'm too afraid to get my camera stolen
I think location is everything right? Protecting yourself from obviously places. But I think the monopod helps joe can’t be less than a meter away from the camera I think?
Cheers! Yeah, I’m only ever at arms reach away from the camera and always aware of my surroundings. In many ways, this setup actually allows me to be more aware, as I can face any direction rather than only being inward to a windowsill or similar.
I am having issues with auto focus of my #Fujifilm XT100 with 15-45 mm lens. What could be the potential reasons or problem?
It's hard to know what your issue is but there are two possible solution that have worked for me (though with different camera and lens)
1: you may not be attaching the lens properly. Make sure you hear it click in place.
2: the metal contacts on the camera and the lens may need cleaning. Use a cotton bud (q-tip) lightly dampened with rubbing alcohol to clean the contacts. Make sure the alcohol completely evaporates before reattaching the lens.
If the AF is still not working then I'm not sure what the problem is and you may have to contact Fuji repair service.
@@amalieemmynoether992 thanks for your response!
I hope you find your motivation!! 😁
Cheers! The last two years were tough, but definitely on an upward trend the last few months, which is why I’m sharing the tips I’ve compiled 🙌
Cheeky dab at the end.
Giving social media a break will help you reset and get back on your feet
Absolutely! I’ve done that many times in the last few years and then quietly returned when I’m ready for it. Balance is key to all the forces that pull us ✌️
@@joeallam Amen to that ! Hope to see you traveling again. Hope to see you back in Penang in the near future 👊🏼
ok, there were some strange animal sounds here. Where were you shooting?
Another Tip: create a second instagram account where you only follow creators
I love photography so much, but I do crave some constructive feedback. I get some likes but no discussion and way too many adverts and dancing idiots or animals which I’m just not interested in … the alternative is the dreaded camera club and having tried that, I won’t be doing that any time again soon …
My huge tip to you. Don't use music, don't talk till the music is gone and never use fadeout music while you are talking. Your 5 first words are impossible to hear clearly 😬
I actually got a pocket camera for my street walks. The real camera is used for nature and wildlife 💪 and moon shots. Pocket for milky-way shots.
We are having a big storm the night to Saturday, so I'm going out with the pocket camera 😊 the big camera is horrible in strong winds 😅
Gear isn't everything.. except it is. If you don't like it you'll probably won't use it. You are much more likely to ride a bicycle to work if you like it a lot! And if it is an old piece of trash then you probably will take the car keys.