Taking Portraits of Strangers (feat. Gabrielle Motola)
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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In this video I sit down with Gabrielle Motola to hear how she goes about approaching strangers to take their portraits. This was all captured during her summer 2019 roadtrip around Scotland to create images with local people and collect their stories.
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Kid: Can I be in your video
Ummm, you're already in it😄😄
That last scene with the kids was precious ❤️
Absolutely! I was drawn into the photo with the kids coming back up the stairs and to see the shot with them lined up - so natural - almost feel their emotions.
The ending gave me such a big smile, it's silly :D
agreed, fantastic.
Yes the ending was so beautiful. The music the videography. Watching this kind of human interaction keeps me excited about street photography.
If they got to watch this film, they surely learned one thing or another which you normally don't come in contact with until years later. Very valuable.
Sean, the ‘like’ button is so very inadequate.
That's why they added the 'Join' button.
There has been nothing more profound in my improvement in mental health than taking candid photos of people I see. I talk with them and take their portrait and am proving to myself this world is amazing and I am a part of that 🥺
The difference between people who "want to do" and those who "do do" is not confidence or lack of fear, it's simply the willingness to acknowledge your fear and do it anyway. Such a great insight for us who "want to do".
As others have said, your videos are so beautifully produced in ways that enhance the underlying story.
When I was afraid of driving in traffic, this is what my instructor told me. I never heard of that before and it instantly made impact on me. Now I can effortlessly drive in our Indian city roads where it can get bit hectic most of the times
“Each frame is a brushstroke bringing me closer to the final picture.” Wow.
Sean this may be the video that has touched me the deepest. Wonderful story. Wonderful portraits. Beautifully filmed. The end with the kids... teared up.
I think so too.
Ya, I teared up too!
I feel the exact same way
Me too - an unexpected, emotional scene. What a superb video
indeed & soaked in positive energy.
That was incredbile. Those 25 minutes flew by in no time
25 minutes ... ? wait .... it was what ...
Yep, you said you were looking forward to putting this one together and I can see why. A lot of Gabrielle's words resonated with me and other parts were thought-provoking as someone who spends a lot of time disconnected from people but connected with the world in a different way. I loved the bit at the end - the pure innocence and joy of youth :-) Great work, matey.
Thanks mate:)
I also felt that way. Photographing strangers or the moment of asking people to take a photo of them, is really something which forms you as a photographer. And in most cases, it's something that both sides can enjoy by sharing stories, which are beyond the picture. And this last seen with the boys is just plain beautiful, "breaking" the wall of Sean's invisibility troughout the video :D
For me the most essential thing is connecting with the ”subject”, one way or the other... and people are very different. Its all about how you approach.
Sean, please do me a favor: imagine a 35 years old guy standing up from his living room couch and giving you a big, heartwarming round of applause. Yes, I'm doing it! Thank you for sharing this things with us. You deserve all the best!
That's lovely. Thanks mate:)
The boys jumping into the water was SO BEAUTIFUL! My favourite part.
I met Gabrielle about 2 hours ago whilst out with my dog Stella, what an amazing thought provoking lady, I really hope I meet her again, my mind is now buzzing with emotion, Thank you so much for asking to take our portraits Gabrielle
Beautifully made video Sean, Gabrielle is so interesting and an amazing photographer, loved how you put the subtitles for the Scottish accent 😆and the lads at the end were so great.
The Scottish accent is a little more like how people speak in Western Norway.
It was more because they weren’t mic-ed:)
Sean Tucker ahhh yes I see, although my granda was from Scotland and I wish he came with subtitles, same with my other granda who was Cumbrian, like listening to another language sometimes. Love strong accents.
Could listen (to learn) from Gabrielle all day!
I just read something online the other day, in which we Americans were criticized for being "too friendly" and "too pushy"; talking to strangers too readily when we travel, especially in the UK and Europe. Ms. Motola single-handedly gives the lie to that with her authenticity, openness, honesty, and most of all her humility in the act of connecting to other people and participating, however briefly, in their lives. Thank you, Sean, for sharing this, and thank you Gabrielle Motola, for who you are, and for what you do.
I'm speechless. Tears rolling down my cheek. Gabrielle is the real deal. Thank you, Sean, for getting out of her way, letting her be, so we could be the beneficiaries of her insight and wisdom. Priceless.
This is one of the best videos I have ever watched about photography, totally inspirational. Gabrielle talks about the same social anxieties I have and how she overcomes them. Makes me want to go out and photograph humans and break that anxiety I have about approaching people. I am an introvert and I find this type of photography really challenging yet it is my favourite type of photography. Thank you Sean for creating this, sharing it with the world and I hope you keep doing more of these.
Agreed that is very challenging. Many times I see an interesting person and a nice frame, but i don't have the courage to ask for a shot.
She speaks confidently. Thanks to Sean’s goodwill & discretion. What an encounter!
Talking to strangers? I was taken aback. 23:00 the highlight of the video making everyone smile. Sean, your videos always come with great tunes matching with the contents. ...and realised I watch this segment again and again. Gabrielle's photos are great, but the segment of the kids you took is also great... I keep updating my comment... the last segment is so touching... with the music. The kids and Sean... Sean mumbling... (I can't believe there are people put thumbs down on this one).
Thanks so much my friend:) Glad you enjoyed it
Engaging, thought provoking, dynamic. You inspire.
Photography is one of the most fascinating ways to meditate/be in the "now".
Thank you. RUclips at it's best. Brave to step back and allow Gabrielle to speak without hearing your questions. A pleasure to watch.
Thanks mate. It's a pretty standard documentary trope to allow the subject to speak and leave the questions out of the edit... but thanks:)
"I think for the most part the world is a much kinder place than we're told it is" - I love that.
As a patriotic Scot I am proud of my country and her people. You captured the essence of what makes us who we are. I loved it. Thank you Gabrielle and Sean for bringing our stories to the world. You have inspired me to go out and discover my country. Those wee boys at the end jumping into freezing water, just crazy wee Scottish ba*&?s. Wha's like us? Damn few and they're aw deid. Thank you
Your videos are sheer masterpieces! And the ending was beautiful!
Her flow is so natural
I could never have imagined that a "photography tutorial" video could make me feel so much and move me the way this video did. This might be my present bias speaking, but I think this is one of the finest videos I have watched on RUclips ever.
Absolutely beautiful. The whole thing, just absolutely beautiful.
I adore this. I did not to expect to wind up in tears at the end. Beautiful. Thank you.
This Soundtrack just pushed it! :D
awesome fitting after the deep and quite introduction of the scene...
same
This was great, Sean. And she described riding a motorcycle SO perfectly. It has a calming and centering effect for all those reasons. That was beautiful.
This is a brilliant, useful, meaningful and very moving video. Thank you.
Sean Tucker advocates need to dig in more videos like this one. This is a beautifully and emotionally crafted piece.
Thanks my friend.
Amazing watching Gabrielle work and talk to us. She is so present and radiates the joy of being in the world making photos. ... And then, the people who are the "subjects" break through the wall around Sean and draw us in to their world [23:10 or so]. This is what it is to be human. ... Thank you.
That cover photo is absolutely beautiful
The most inspiring, charming portrait of this most fascinating woman. I started to follow her on Instagram as a result of hearing her describe her personal life's journey. Thank you, Sean, for introducing her.
A simply beautiful documentary. Beautiful.
Fabulous work.
Not sure why I am tearing up but I am. You are a genius Sean. Thank you for this.
I am speechless! This is probably the best video about photography I've ever watched. I had a big smile and tears in my eyes by the end of it. Those boys and the poetry in all of it.. Gabrielle's words struck a chord.
Thank you so much for talking about anxiety and depression and sharing such insightful thoughts and invaluable experience.
How Gabrielle talks about how being outside and taking photos, connecting with people and moving are cures to depression and anxiety is so powerful and true.
I am only at the start of my career but the truth of her words really moved me deeply. It makes me feel less alone, knowing she struggles with similar fears and I feel braver, ready to go outside and try harder. Thank you!
In times of the internet which is fastest place on the world, your chanell force people to sit, calm down for 10-20min and listen.
I love all about this movie. Everything.
Wonderfully produced and great story telling. A real anti-dote to all the GAS on RUclips. Well done Sean, and I continue to admire your work. Do keep it up.
You videos sometimes move me to tears but tears of happy realisation that I’m nit on my own feeling the way I do.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😌
Sean/Gabrielle that was such a brilliant, warm and inspiring documentary; thank you.
Wow her comment on anxiety and depression, how being behind the screen amplifies that….but being outside makes that melt away. So spot on. I took the day off, with the intention of shooting, but when I woke up, my mind was telling me to stay in. Waste the day in bed, or playing videogames. I’m happy I forced myself outside, because I had an amazing day of walking around, shooting and having small conversations with people.
Absolutely loved this! Gabrielle's view on photography is something I need to take closer to heart and that ending scene with the boys has made me laugh. Really nicely done! 😊👌🏻
Cheers buddy:)
A photographic education in narrative format. Truly enjoyable video.
You don't understand how much I need this right now. This is exactly the struggle I'm grappling with at the moment. Thanks as always
that ending with the boys taking a dive was sensational, the music just brings out the emotions
Your videos are always a joy to watch! Extremely well produced and with no silly filler.
Thanks for sharing Gabrielle with all of us, Sean.
Love the way she talks about her experience on a motorcycle. Really well put. Felt the same way when I had my bike. You experience things so differently. You're not cut off. Miss it.
Gosh... I discovered your channel close to a year ago. I have always liked to think that in all your school years you will always remember those teachers that have made magic in you, that have touched a special interest you had and made it bigger and more important. They made you feel a click onto those. They have inspired you to be better, to enjoy your passions in a different level. In my whole life I can count those with one hand, I wish they were more, but it is, what it is. Now you have joined that precious list! You work is not only evocative, precise, beautifully filmed and inspiring, it touched my soul and I am pretty sure it has touched a lot of souls as well. I cannot thank you more for sharing this kind of content and media, it's just plain marvelous... Thank you, thank you! You make me want to be better and live more!
That means a lot. Thanks my friend.
What a brilliant portrait of a wonderful person and photographer. I wanted to say „yes, yes‘ all the time. Very empowering Sean.
What a joyous ending - inspiring video. Thanks Sean and Gabrielle.
great video as usual. my kind of interview, nothing rushed just her thoughts, and the way she interacts with people is brilliant.
I’ve only recently discovered your channel, but I have made up for that lost time by catching up with many of your absolutely beautifully filmed and edited videos. To my chagrin, this is the first time I think I’ve actually commented. I often find your words thought provoking, more than occasionally inspirational, and there are frequent moments when something you say or a visual moment in one of your videos will inexplicably bring a tear to my eye. I particularly loved this whole video, and Gabrielle Motola‘s story, but there was just something about that last section when you filmed the boys jumping in the sea that literally had tears streaming down my face. You’d think that being a 61 year old man I’d have learned to have more emotional control, but as I get older I seem to get even more emotional! Awesome beautiful work, as always, in every possible respect.
Thanks my friend. That means a lot.
Words are inadequate to describe my emotional response to this video. This is truly beautiful on every level. Thank you!
I cried. Every photographer needs to see this.
i don't know man. in tears. really touching photos at the end and that music. too good
This is the real Christmas in July. Gabrielle, one of my favorite portrait photographers - whose work is clearly considered, and is accompanied by meaningful thoughts and excerpts every time - on the channel of the kindest youtube photography teacher.
Beautifully produced, and very inspiring. Thanks Gabrielle for helping me get some courage, and reframe how I feel about approaching people on the street.
Thanks my friend. I appreciate that:)
What a masterfull short documentary. I loved this. Gabrielle is so wise and insightfull. Very well done!
Another brilliant video! I think it's not right to call these .. just videos but more of insights or thoughts or something more. It gives a person something to think about. I started photographing people on the streets in my area when I began photographing. But over the period I gave that up and got busy shooting food & weddings. Portraits have always been therapeutic! This video is nails what it's like to go out there and take photos of random strangers. Gabrielle is a gem of a person. Such a simple, nice way to talking to people and getting photographs. The last part where the kids surround you and start jumping and just being happy made me smile. It felt genuine. Thanks for sharing this and the photos in the end. Cheers mate. I'm go through my old hdd's to search and take out portraits I did and soon get back on the road photographing people.
A subject of increasing interest to me, so this couldn't have come at a better time. Excellent Sean 🙂
I absolutely loved this. I started watching it because I have a 'project' to photograph a stranger next week. By the end of the video I was smiling with a warm feeling inside. Just amazing.
It's nice that the gear stuff only showed in the end, because portrait of strangers is not about the gear, but all the contact she talked about.
Great video man...
Love Gabrielle's philosophies on life and people.
Really enjoyed meeting you down at the sea front in North Berwick!👍
Great to meet you guys too! Thanks for giving us such an awesome ending!
What a wonderful person, so talented, so eloquent. Another inspirational video Sean. Thank you both.
I really enjoy watching this video. It's genuine and honest. The ending parts with the boys jumping to the lake is really breaking-free.
By the way, love the color platte! Thank you for producing such a great content!
A View to the World the kids were jumping into the North Sea. Very hardy these boys.
Arthur Hughes Ah, I see. Thank you.
Pushed myself to do this after seeing some videos from Jamie Windsor and Pablo Strong to improve my confidence and portraits and now I'm a professional portrait photographer, it's not easy to do but those days wandering around Dublin with my 5d and 50mm were some of the happiest memories I've ever had taking photos. From all the work I've done, the only award I've ever won was from one of those portraits and that proved to me that this was such an important thing to do.
Amazing documentary. You had me glued to my seat and entertained immensely. Picking up my camera today to go shoot. Thanks for this inspiration.
Beautifully filmed and produced, from the heart .
Another inspiring piece Sean. Really appreciate your hard work!
Once again you set the bar so high for content, perspective and narrative. Can't get enough.
Thanks so much. Appreciate that
One of my Favorite videos On RUclips of the year. Thank you for that. 🙏🏼😊
Yet again you've given us another portrait full of empathy and love. The work you do behind the camera is every bit as insightful as the work your subject captures. In fact, I think this is your unique strength. You are fascinated by, and respect, the creative process and you have the skills and intuition to reveal them to a wider audience. Your humanity leaks through. Bravo.
Thanks Jeremy:)
such an amazing video! she's lovely and i feel like i learned lots from her. your channel might just be the best photography one out there sean! thanks for sharing
A very inspiring video. Gabrielle is very natural approaching people and her photos are simply amazing, they capture the emotions of that moment very accurately!
Thanks Sean for this brilliant interview. Gabrielle Motola is an inspiring and wonderful human person. Your work should be on television.
Sean, Your stories don't fade. This one still shine 2 years later. They all shine. I always come back to some of your great stories. I don't know what you are going through in your life, but your stories reach us across the ocean to inspire us, our lives, and our imaginations. I just want you to know that. Cheers.
Sean and Gabrielle, you saved my day with your video, especially with the last 2 minutes ! Thank's a lot and keep on!
This is real soul food, Sean. I could go on babbling and extolling this or that virtue of your episode, but it wouldn't add anything. Makes me want to do more people photography, which, being an introvert, I habitually shy away from. The emotions when you view those photos and the footage are unlike anything I experience when I look at my own photos.
Great video, great subject , and the last minute or so with the lads diving was superb, what great images came from that. 10/10
That genuinely made me happy.
One of the most beautiful and inspiring videos I have ever watched here on youtube. Thank you so much for this Sean, this has inspired me to move out of my comfort zone and start taking portraits again.
The end of this video made me cry. I love your channel. Thank you for your awesome videos and inspiration.
Wow, beautiful video, incredible talent you guys have... made me cry at the end... in a good way.
What an incredible movie!! Gabrielle gets close to people, but you got close to her. She is so open and real. Just starting to explore her work. And you: there are vloggers that just BS to get hits; there are those that are interesting and talk about themselves most of the time; and there is you who showcases other people! You are at your own level Sean, thanks so much for making/sharing!!!
Thanks my friend.
I felt every word she said! Thank you Sean for making this video. :)
So many points that she touched on that really hit me. Don't just shoot have a conversation, and the world is not evil like we are so often told people in general are kind hearted. Makes me want to leave the solitude of the landscape and try a new adventure.
Dude these videos are like Netflix quality s#it! Almost spiritual.
Such a fantastic human being
Awesome Sean and Gabrielle, I really enjoyed this... gave me goose bumps. Thank you 🙏
This just might be the best thing I've ever seen on youtube. Thanks, Sean and Gabrielle.
That's what Photography is all about, well made video, i didn't want it to end!
I've just saw this video and that really touched me. The final part with the shots, the music... so nice. Congrats.
Great vid as always buddy. Best image was the group shot of the kids.. a great shot and a treasure for each of them to have.... time will change everything but that image will always be.
I wasn't going to watch this episode because I didn't think the subject matter was really for me. However, I just watched it and how inspiring is Gabrielle and her work. Excellent story and well told. The outcome for me - there are lessons to be learned, as well as inspiration to be found, in so many places that you might not expect.
Superbe video Sean. I think you've just inspired me to shoot portraits of strangers. Keep up the great work.
Them kids will look back on those photos oneday and wish they could go back to that time. :) Very nice!
This is amazing Sean. Thank you for providing this incredible inspiration
Very personal and honest and hugely helpful. MORE OF THESE VIDEOS PLEASE