I used to be a photojournalist and have had the same problem for years. Now that part of my life is over I come to believe it was anxiety and stress that caused it. If this doesn’t happen with landscape photography then this might confirm the experience.
Haha great story. Once, in Finland, I desperately needed to shower. I was in a small town in the middle of nowhere and found a sports field with 2 shower rooms. Open shower rooms, with no curtains, much like a prison. One room was men & women. I can't read Finish. I had no way of translating. I took a gamble and it was the fastest shower I've ever taken in my life! I'm sure to this day that I was one school bus away from a Finish jail cell.
Love the Story. I'm a Commercial Real Estate photographer in Burbank. I fight the problem almost every time I go out. L.A. is the worst for finding public bathrooms and it's turned into a source of anxiety for me especially in those early morning hours. I keep a camping toilet in the back of my car so that when I'm out I know I always have an emergency back-up plan. Just having it there eases my nerves so it's not an issue most of the time. Knowing it's there helps me keep my cool. But it has been used. Know that you're not the only one out there. Love your videos, keep it coming.
FYI PhotoKlassik International has been renamed Silvergrain Classics same excellent magazine, my darkroom in Botswana was featured in it last year ,. Wonderful people involved in the production of it.
I worked in Irvine as a pharmacy technician in the 90’s and those IV stands bring back a lot of memories. I mixed medications and also had to deliver these meds, along with these same IV stands and pumps that deliver the meds. Many of our patients suffered from AIDS and it was always so sad when I was called to pick up the IV stand and pump, because I inevitability that the patient had passed. You are so right that all of these physical things meant something to somebody at some point in time.
Great video. All I have of the semi-abandoned office space where I used to work is a quick shot taken on my cell (not smart) phone years ago. A huge, empty room that used to have the microfiche, news librarians, researchers, archivists ... and photo prints going back decades. Most had been digitized, some not so much. Architecture exteriors ... Yeah I know that world, too. For several years I assisted. We'd drive to a location, usually pulling a rented, 50ft. towable manlift. We'd drag it around on site all day, chasing the sun (as you do), cursing the clouds (as you do) and then finally set up for the dusk shot. We used from 4 to 12 1000w lights on stands, a rats nest of extension cords that sometimes got too hot to touch, generator(s) that didn't always run ... and the occasional participation of someone who might let us in to turn on (or re-turn on) lights, open the shades and so on. And the cars. Oh, who do you think got the job of politely asking cars not to park near the front of the building, all day long? Oh the stories ... crazy times. The client ( a roofing materials company ) got full frame, high-res images at a time when pretty much no one else was delivering them except from ground level. Today they've accepted drone images. So I'm out. Better yet, for all concerned, so is the 50ft. towable manlift.
Know all too well about the bathroom episode. I learned NEVER take a trip if you're on a "high-fiber" diet without planning WAY ahead!! Thanks for the great video and distraction!
Is it too much to ask of you to make a video everyday for the next month or two to get us through this? Yeah? Honestly, man, there's not a RUclipsr I'd rather watch right now than you. Thank you for this content. Thanks for providing a disconnect from the stress that is the world right now. Your videos are so chill, so comforting, so entertaining. I love hanging out with you.
@@nickcarverphoto No problem, man! Joking aside, don't ever feel pressure to produce. We understand "life" takes priority. That being said, production value be damned! Haha. Simply sitting in front of the camera and having a chat as if we're all just hanging out is amazingly therapeutic. Years ago, I came for the photo content, but I ended up staying for Nick Carver. The most important element to this channel is just that. You! Thanks again, Nick!
Haha that was a nice "shit" panic story ..: D It reminds me of a similar episode that happened to me. I had a time when I didn't respond so well to certain random food intake (could never figure out what kind). Once, I was about to visit a friend in a well-known ski resort in Sweden called Åre. It is a fairly long journey of about 380 miles. I decided to stop about halfway to have lunch at a hamburger joint. I finished the burger and I quickly get on my way. I'm entering I drive along the country road and suddenly I feel a rapidly increasing pain in my stomach. I then immediately grasp what is going on and I begin to fanatically search for a place where I can stop and take a dump to relieve the pain. But in this part, its only forest after forest and no direct commercial development where I can stop and borrow a toilet. I now have so much stomach pain that I lean back as much as I can in the seat and stretch my leg against the firewall screaming in agony. This is while I try to drive the car to find somewhere to park. Finally, I find a side road where I can stop. Frantically I search the car for some kind of paper that I can use but the only thing I can find is a golf catalogue with all the Swedish golf courses. I get out of the car and stumble over to the passenger side to open the door so I can get a hold on it while leaning back with pulled pants. Now I can't hold it any longer and spraying the ground like a professional car paint worker on steroids. I guess everyone in a 1-mile radius heard my roar. But what an incredible feeling of relief that came afterwards. No pain, no sweating and I didn't shit myself in the car ... Now it just was the small matter of deciding which golf course I thought was the shittiest that I didn't wanna visit so I could use that page to wipe my bottom and go on my merry way.
Great story. I don’t think I could have held that in for so long. It’s when I feel like my insides just fell off a cliff. It’s then I know it’s now or never. Imagine soiling your pants. There’s no way back from that. I remember my photographer friend who had a wedding and travelled about 80 miles to the hotel where he was staying overnight so he could get ready at a reasonable hour, not have to worry about traffic on the day. So the morning of the wedding he got out his suit, laid it on the bed and realised he’d only packed the suit jacket, shirt and tie. No pants. Now bare in mind that he had travelled up to the hotel in Bermuda shorts, t-shirt and flip flops. So he ended up photographing the wedding in his shirt, jacket, Bermuda shorts and flip flops. He ditched the tie and decided that wearing his shoes would just be ridiculous. He was the talk of that wedding for a long time. And no, it wasn’t me. I just turned up to the wrong St Mary’s Church one time.That is a whole other story!!
Good story! I had a gastronomical attack of similar magnitude while photographing in Times Square at 5 in the morning. Nothing open but a donut shop 2 blocks away about 200 square feet in size with a virtual closet for a bathroom. Made it just in time. Just one problem: no toilet paper. That was a fun morning.
You’re kinda of a beacon for normalness, if that word exists in the English language, in these times and ages. That someone young actually keeps on shooting on film amazes me. And enchants me. I learned photography in the early 80’s in an art school in Brussels Belgium named « le 75 » and obviously that was all on film. There surely is something organic shooting on film and gettin your hands in chemistry, looking at the negatives out of the rinsing water, wondering if it’s even in focus! The exposure time is only a fraction of a second, to a few seconds, but you keep on reminding us that making pictures actually takes hours, days and sometimes weeks to get it right. A lesson of resilience, patience, craftsmanship, training the eyes to see, and by that I mean really see, what there is. Keep on enchanting us. We badly need it.
Glad to know I’m not the only one that has thought about offices that way. Any time I drive by an office park or building I always think about the engineers and workers who built them, not knowing the life changing conversation that will be held within them. Hiring, promotions, firings, etc.
So this is so funny because I honestly was looking very hard for someone that had the same issue and I have and never found anyone, until today. Every freaking time I have to travel and catch a flight at like 6am, I have to go half an hour earlier as any normal person does so that I have time to deal with my body punishing me for waking up so early. The exact same thing: “you have one hour to comply and return to bed other wise you’re screwed”. Dude, I’m so happy you’re the same way (I really am), because it makes me a normal person again. So, thank you! 😂
Haha! You are not alone! Dang man I’m glad it’s not just me. I do the same thing - wake up 30 minutes earlier so it’ll kick in before I have to actually do anything important.
I have a suprisingly similar story! Thanks for sharing the photos and the tale of woe. Looking forward to more videos just wish the circumstances were better.
Wow! This is not short of content. It's an explosion of creativity. I loved, absolutely loved, the picture of the parking lot signs. We don't have the tradition here of the reserved parking lot, but I get it. It has pin-sharp focus photographically and sociologically. I laughed out loud at some of your comments. And; given that we (in the UK) have just been locked down for the forseable future here: a laugh is worth a lot. Thank you for the inspiration. Stay safe.
Thanks for the extra content! Distractions are definitely nice. I will say I find myself thinking back to all your early morning shoots and am amazed at your sacrifice and left wondering what was left in the wake of some of those shoots...
Absolutely love that reserved parking photo! Those warm dirt colours really pop. Also enjoyed the story 😂. Ps in Australia getting the shits is an expression that means getting angry/upset
Nick, great story! Here in May, 2023, we can see some of the absurdity of that time. Very few YT videos made me laugh, but yours did. Keep up the good work!!
I only want to thank you for your videos and your photography... I don't even shoot film (in fact, I'm just beginning at photography), but please mantain your videos as long as possible! You are VERY entertaining, very funny, and also a great teacher! Thank you!
I have the exact same thing with the rumblies in the tumbly in the morning if I get up to early like that! Same thing if I get too few hours of sleep in but still wake up at a decent hour. Your story really cracked me up, thanks for that, take care!
I sympathise with your explosive issue. As an archaeologist (and a vegetarian), when that happens to me, I'm often out in the woods with no recourse but to find a tree to lean against or hope for a handy tree that's fallen over to sit upon. I can't tell you how many times I've wandered out of the woods without shirtsleeves or socks as I've been caught short without a square to spare. I never go into the woods without Pepto Bismol anymore and it's saved me on more than one occasion.
I been there. I used to own a Private Investigator business. One day I had an early morning surveillance and decided to stop to get breakfast at Jack in the Box. So I'm sitting on the surveillance waiting on my target to make a move and suddenly I get that pain in my gut. Now the problem was my client had paid for one day of surveillance. So do I tough it out and do the job, or do I leave and waste my clients money. Fortunately (or maybe not, depending on your view) some random crazy dude was causing a disturbance which resulted in the police shutting down the road. I got to leave and go take care of business and the client bought another day of surveillance. So it all worked out.
It happens to everyone! Once, I accidentally walked into a ladies room. It took a few moments for the pink ceramic tiles and lack of urinals to register in my brain. Luckily, no one was there!
Not normally one for Amens but, Amen to staying sane. Thanks, Nick, for your contribution to our collective sanity. Difficult times for photographers, and many, many others out there, so I wish you all the best in weathering the storm. I enjoy the On Location videos but I think now is the time to stay at home and work on Behind the Glass With a Glass content. Stay safe, stay sane, stay well.
A heartfelt thank you from Amsterdam for the great video’s and generous sharing of your work. We look forward to the upcoming video’s, know they are particularly effective in times like these! Matt & Margot
I've been there brother. I've found the best thing to do is actually get up even earlier have the coffee and get it all out before going to the location. There is a public restroom app that may be helpful as well. Other option is to get a composting toilet for your truck.
I was thinking the same. We would go directly to Borrego Springs if we could, but it is not a good place to get hurt or sick. We had a mishap there before, and the closest hospital was in Brawley. We ended up driving 2.5 hours home instead. It was a twisted ankle, so not life-threatening, but it showed us how limited the services are down there. No x-ray machines, etc. But the key reason to stay put is not to open the door to infecting others. Due to the sneaky latency of the virus, who’s to say that I am not hosting it or you are not hosting it? Anyway, keep doing what you’re doing. It’s greatly appreciated. I only watch to see your technique and perspective and compositions. I am not a photographer and most of what you do is completely over my head, but I totally appreciate your talent and that you are sharing it with strangers like me! Thanks.
Yeah that's a good point. And especially with hospitals spread thin right now. Plus, turns out everyone is going camping and going to the beach. I hear the beaches here in OC and the inland deserts have been crowded. Everyone's trying to "social distance" in the same places!
Nick Carver Most people have this idea that bad things can’t happen to them...until it happens to them and then they try to lay the blame on others. I’m seeing a lot of Instagrams from Mammoth, Joshua Tree and other small communities saying, “Please don’t come here and strain our resources.” And they should close the beaches.
I know gear is just gear, but I love when you use/show the Mamiya 645 and the images you’ve shot with it. That’s the only film camera I have/use and it’s a good friend of mine.
Hi Nick. I'm passing the time finally, getting back into your Adobe® Lightroom® Online Course I subscribed to a few months ago. i didn't have the time to get through all the sections...until now! I'm not wasting my time. Taking what I've learned and going back and re-editing some older photos. Thanks!
When I lived in OC and traveled out to Indio to visit friends I always stopped at the McDonalds that is off the 91 at the Madison offramp. For me, by then, I'm desperate to do #1. McDonalds usually open at 5am. Of course I always get a coffee and then you probably what I need to do in another hour. So then I stop at the Rest Area on the 10. The view is terrific and I just sit watch the Sun light up the mountains and I finish the coffee.
Nick, Thanks for this. Your work is always so polished and it all seems to come together so easily for you (except when theres a swarm of bee's). it great to see you are not always 100% sure an angle will work and that you work a scene. I actually got double the time out of this by simple going back and pausing on each image and taking the time to study each one. Keep safe.
I just found a box of old 35mm exposed film I shot many years ago. I have no idea what is on them 11 rolls of C41 and three rolls of E6. Got bored so went upstairs digging through the storage and found them. I will send them all off to the Darkroom for developing post haste. Excited to see what is on them.
Wow... that really set me off... I've had to pause it at 21.23 cos I ned the loo now.. which involves scooting back down the garden from my office to the house... got to stop typing now.... back again. You know how your body starts to relax as you get near the loo, the closer you get the more urgent... what you really don't want are false alarms like your toilet-less lobby. (Woods are so much more forgiving. Private, and with any luck, lots of moss.) Love your channel. More distractions please. If you could manage about 5 hours of content a day that would be great. Thanks.
Also, I once spoke about analog photography being something like archeology. It occurred to me that films, providing that they have been properly processed and stored, will be there intact several centuries from now. Which you can not say about the zero’s and one’s of a numeric file that no one will know how to read perhaps even 50 years from now.
If you're worried about videos like this not being high enough quality on or on brand enough, don't be. Excellent image reviews and excellent story as well. I've shared a number of "shitty" on and off the job poop stories with other photographers and love hearing them always. Please continue making videos like this while you can during the 'uncertain times' that lie ahead of us, they're important and serve and important form of distraction and entertainment we so sorely need
Kyle McDougall we still have them in Germany. You need to swipe your ID to verify your age. In the early 2000s when i was a teenager they had no authentication and the legal smoking age was 16.
Haha thank you for this early morning story :-) about the "stay sane" - its impossible to stay more exact. I have no TV at home and don't listen to the news radio when I'm driving to or from my office. The general news I always will know from my co-workers or friends or family during our conversations, all the rest is just speculations and the cheap guesses of the numerous news observers. And they know nothing but talking a lot cos it's their work - every stupid word is money time.
… and I thought that was just a UK phenomenon, they have converted the news show to a soap with the mantra 'I have nothing to add but I am going to add it anyway'
@@geoffdwyer4577 its always the same here in Israel. Every small heating in our confrontation with one of the neighborhood countries around or another votes for the government or now with the Covid-19. They just know to convert these events to their endless soap parties with 0 information. the most sad fact that many ppl still use to watch this.
Really enjoy the subject matter you choose for you imagery. While you are on the subject of Aussie characteristics, I noticed from here in the U.K. that you don’t seem compelled to wear one of the curios reversed caps at every opportunity, especially while indoors. Well done !!
Reminds me of doing the butt cheek clench & waddle at the end of a hike in Costa Rica. I was so relieved when I got back to the visitor's center and got to a bathroom. But the fun wasn't over. This was the weirdest bathroom. It was basically a closet with just a toilet, no sink, and barely enough room to turn around. I'm a big guy and by ass and gut just about hit the walls as I turned to sit. And the toilet was LOW. I mean, the seat must have been only 7 or 8 inches off the ground. I was hitting my forehead on the TP roll as I was heaving out my ass. And HUMID! No circulation in that box and the sweat was pouring off of me. My shirt was drenched after. I looked like I had stepped out of the shower. When the ass heaves finally ended and I finished up and went outside, I was totally exhausted not to mention dehydrated. My poor family must have waited 20 minutes or more I always knew RUclips comments could be a shit show, just never figured it would be so literal.
You, sir, are Orange County’s finest, with Sidecar Doughnuts a distant second. Seriously now, love your channel. I’ve learned so much about photography from you. Keep up the great work, and perhaps consider carrying a travel potty.
Ha ha! I’m just listening to the bathroom part! I had a similar situation on the boat to Catalina, the day after Thanksgiving last year. They SHOULD NOT have run the boat that day. There was a major post-storm swell. Everyone was throwing up. I lasted about 20 mins. watching everyone being sick, but then I had to get up to use the bathroom. When I went in, the stall doors were all slamming against each other and everything was rocking like crazy and making a huge racket. Trying to sit was impossible, but I was coping, and wouldn’t you know, it was right then that I finally threw up. I found my way to the sink and was thinking of my fellow “we took the wrong boat on the wrong day” losers and attempted to clean up the floor with paper towels when my phone just jettisoned out of my pocket and into the toilet which I hadn’t flushed yet. Such a nightmare. I got a new phone out of it, but I lost all of my photos since they weren’t saved to the Cloud.
Amazing story, and as always fascinating to hear your thoughts on your images. You're probably the photographer I know who resonates the most with me in the way you philosophize about your art. Watching your videos has helped me open my eyes while affirming an approach to photography I thought I was alone in having. On that note, I would urge you to consider still doing some on location shoots. I know that the news makes this seem like the end of the world, but it really is not. To be clear: It's really serious, and people are and will continue to die. There are also wildly varying numbers being spread on the internet. I have personally found practising cardiologist and youtuber Rohin Francis with the channel "Medlife Crisis" to be my best access to updated sources from the scientific community and guidelines for how to deal with it all. One of his main takeaways is that realistic optimism is key. Do everything you can to minimize your contributions to the spread of the virus, but stay positive while doing so. Even if 2 million people were to die in the US, which seems to be the current worst case if the spread were to be left completely unchecked, it would not destroy all of society. There would not be a material reason for widespread looting, though panic can certainly become a strong factor as we've seen with the TP. I totally understand if you want to spend your time with loved ones. However it sounds to me like you're mainly doing it out of fear, and I do not believe it is warranted to that degree. As long as you stay away from people you're fine.
I've actually seen one of those cigarette vending machines in New Orleans. Also, I've also had a similar horror story episode when I woke up early one day, was fine for an hour or so, but then started to feel really sick, like I was about to faint or throw up. Turns out I just really needed to use the washroom. Thanks for making us all feel a little comfortable being more TMI on a public platform among strangers haha.
Yeah, they still have cigarette machines in many of the bars down here...and if they don't you just have to usually ask the bar tenders and most of the bars will sell you smokes, kinda on the sly.
TangyOrange last night I developed some rolls of black and white and my film changing bag’s zipper broke. Caught it early and only lost half a roll. Bummer nonetheless! My first C-41 is coming up too! I’m not sure if I should wait until I have 8 rolls and do them all at once. What developer are you trying?
You better not screw this up Nicola, we'll be watching you! I just finished watching Justin Barbour's 10 part series, on youtube 68 days across Newfoundland, man and dog. I highly recommend it, cheers.
HI, great video, thanks for sharing. I'm in the UK where in a 14 day self isolation. Your videos help a lot. My advice to all is PLEASE STAY AT HOME. keep 2m (4.5ft) distance apart apart from each other. DO NOT GOT OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE UNLESS YOU HAVE TOO. Keep safe. look forward to future vids.
I do recall sitting in a church , waiting to photograph a wedding and thinking. OMG, I’m either going to vomit or shit my pants, or maybe even both. Luckily I held on until we got to the reception. Note to self. Never accept a guy’s night out on a Friday night before a wedding day and never ever have 5 toquilla slammers. I could write a book about my escapades as a wedding photographer. That’s why I’m now a landscape photographer and if I ever need to dump my load, well, I’ve got many places I can do it in.
What a nightmare. I would’nt be able to contain myself as long as you did. I’m exactly the same if I get up early and have had many experiences like your describe for the last 20 years or so. It’s the exact reason I bought a campervan and a porta poti.
Thanks Nick thumbs up another good video and you are right about being inside it gets really boring I was thinking about shooting some film inside maybe a still life or something using the window light. Thanks again for the video Kevin Flynn Monterey
Thanks for that, Nick. Much enjoyed the story, a feature of the only RUclips channel that surprises us with adventures of the human alimentary tract. The photos? Liked those too. A lot. Would like to see big prints I could muse over.
Watching a great new video from the Master, with my big bowl of oatmeal.. I'll take my chances :D. Great content in these hard times!! We your fans really appreciate this!
I love to hear of your travel adventures! I have a similar (thought perhaps not as severe) condition with early morning "cut short" situations that always seem to come on about 1 or 2 hours after getting up early for a sunrise shoot! It's always very perplexing! I'll look forward to your more freqeunt episodes even if you do have to take some production short cuts. No worries from me :-)
You need to carry a 5 gallon bucket and a roll of TP in the car. It has saved me plenty of times when I was at a location and needed to "go". You can always get to the back of a building or even open the door on your car and use it real fast. Dump it somewhere later, but you wont crap your pants. WASH YOUR HANDS TOO !!!!
Also photos don't have to be amazing, or have a wow factor necessarily, they do reflect a story that is being told presently and that most of us are living with. The photos with the I.V stands for example remind me of the bodies that will be piling up because of our lack of preparedness. The lines (folds) in the background layered with I.V stands present the chaos that can and will unfold to us in the upcoming future. Looking forward to your future uploads.
What the heck!! I don’t get diarrhea but it’s borderline diarrhea especially after caffeine very early in the morning and I’ve accidentally gone into the ladies room too. LOL
I used to be a photojournalist and have had the same problem for years. Now that part of my life is over I come to believe it was anxiety and stress that caused it. If this doesn’t happen with landscape photography then this might confirm the experience.
Haha great story. Once, in Finland, I desperately needed to shower. I was in a small town in the middle of nowhere and found a sports field with 2 shower rooms. Open shower rooms, with no curtains, much like a prison. One room was men & women. I can't read Finish. I had no way of translating. I took a gamble and it was the fastest shower I've ever taken in my life! I'm sure to this day that I was one school bus away from a Finish jail cell.
😂 life happens.. 🤷♂️
Hum? So how do you know what a prison shower is like? Just asking.
The police here would propably just laugh if you explaned what had happened and wished you a good day.
Love the Story. I'm a Commercial Real Estate photographer in Burbank. I fight the problem almost every time I go out. L.A. is the worst for finding public bathrooms and it's turned into a source of anxiety for me especially in those early morning hours. I keep a camping toilet in the back of my car so that when I'm out I know I always have an emergency back-up plan. Just having it there eases my nerves so it's not an issue most of the time. Knowing it's there helps me keep my cool. But it has been used. Know that you're not the only one out there. Love your videos, keep it coming.
Dude I can't tell you how comforting it is to hear this. Bathroom anxiety is real. I thought it was just me.
FYI PhotoKlassik International has been renamed Silvergrain Classics same excellent magazine, my darkroom in Botswana was featured in it last year ,. Wonderful people involved in the production of it.
I worked in Irvine as a pharmacy technician in the 90’s and those IV stands bring back a lot of memories. I mixed medications and also had to deliver these meds, along with these same IV stands and pumps that deliver the meds. Many of our patients suffered from AIDS and it was always so sad when I was called to pick up the IV stand and pump, because I inevitability that the patient had passed. You are so right that all of these physical things meant something to somebody at some point in time.
Great video. All I have of the semi-abandoned office space where I used to work is a quick shot taken on my cell (not smart) phone years ago. A huge, empty room that used to have the microfiche, news librarians, researchers, archivists ... and photo prints going back decades. Most had been digitized, some not so much.
Architecture exteriors ... Yeah I know that world, too. For several years I assisted. We'd drive to a location, usually pulling a rented, 50ft. towable manlift. We'd drag it around on site all day, chasing the sun (as you do), cursing the clouds (as you do) and then finally set up for the dusk shot. We used from 4 to 12 1000w lights on stands, a rats nest of extension cords that sometimes got too hot to touch, generator(s) that didn't always run ... and the occasional participation of someone who might let us in to turn on (or re-turn on) lights, open the shades and so on.
And the cars. Oh, who do you think got the job of politely asking cars not to park near the front of the building, all day long?
Oh the stories ... crazy times. The client ( a roofing materials company ) got full frame, high-res images at a time when pretty much no one else was delivering them except from ground level. Today they've accepted drone images. So I'm out. Better yet, for all concerned, so is the 50ft. towable manlift.
Know all too well about the bathroom episode. I learned NEVER take a trip if you're on a "high-fiber" diet without planning WAY ahead!! Thanks for the great video and distraction!
Is it too much to ask of you to make a video everyday for the next month or two to get us through this? Yeah? Honestly, man, there's not a RUclipsr I'd rather watch right now than you. Thank you for this content. Thanks for providing a disconnect from the stress that is the world right now. Your videos are so chill, so comforting, so entertaining. I love hanging out with you.
Thanks a lot for the kind words, man. Really means a lot. Believe me, if I could just put out videos for a living, I probably would.
@@nickcarverphoto No problem, man! Joking aside, don't ever feel pressure to produce. We understand "life" takes priority. That being said, production value be damned! Haha. Simply sitting in front of the camera and having a chat as if we're all just hanging out is amazingly therapeutic. Years ago, I came for the photo content, but I ended up staying for Nick Carver. The most important element to this channel is just that. You! Thanks again, Nick!
Haha that was a nice "shit" panic story ..: D It reminds me of a similar episode that happened to me. I had a time when I didn't respond so well to certain random food intake (could never figure out what kind). Once, I was about to visit a friend in a well-known ski resort in Sweden called Åre. It is a fairly long journey of about 380 miles. I decided to stop about halfway to have lunch at a hamburger joint. I finished the burger and I quickly get on my way. I'm entering
I drive along the country road and suddenly I feel a rapidly increasing pain in my stomach. I then immediately grasp what is going on and I begin to fanatically search for a place where I can stop and take a dump to relieve the pain. But in this part, its only forest after forest and no direct commercial development where I can stop and borrow a toilet. I now have so much stomach pain that I lean back as much as I can in the seat and stretch my leg against the firewall screaming in agony. This is while I try to drive the car to find somewhere to park.
Finally, I find a side road where I can stop. Frantically I search the car for some kind of paper that I can use but the only thing I can find is a golf catalogue with all the Swedish golf courses. I get out of the car and stumble over to the passenger side to open the door so I can get a hold on it while leaning back with pulled pants. Now I can't hold it any longer and spraying the ground like a professional car paint worker on steroids. I guess everyone in a 1-mile radius heard my roar. But what an incredible feeling of relief that came afterwards. No pain, no sweating and I didn't shit myself in the car ...
Now it just was the small matter of deciding which golf course I thought was the shittiest that I didn't wanna visit so I could use that page to wipe my bottom and go on my merry way.
Hahahaha oh man. That's brutal.
LOL that was hysterical!!
Great story. I don’t think I could have held that in for so long. It’s when I feel like my insides just fell off a cliff. It’s then I know it’s now or never. Imagine soiling your pants. There’s no way back from that. I remember my photographer friend who had a wedding and travelled about 80 miles to the hotel where he was staying overnight so he could get ready at a reasonable hour, not have to worry about traffic on the day. So the morning of the wedding he got out his suit, laid it on the bed and realised he’d only packed the suit jacket, shirt and tie. No pants. Now bare in mind that he had travelled up to the hotel in Bermuda shorts, t-shirt and flip flops. So he ended up photographing the wedding in his shirt, jacket, Bermuda shorts and flip flops. He ditched the tie and decided that wearing his shoes would just be ridiculous. He was the talk of that wedding for a long time. And no, it wasn’t me. I just turned up to the wrong St Mary’s Church one time.That is a whole other story!!
Good story! I had a gastronomical attack of similar magnitude while photographing in Times Square at 5 in the morning. Nothing open but a donut shop 2 blocks away about 200 square feet in size with a virtual closet for a bathroom. Made it just in time. Just one problem: no toilet paper. That was a fun morning.
You’re kinda of a beacon for normalness, if that word exists in the English language, in these times and ages. That someone young actually keeps on shooting on film amazes me. And enchants me. I learned photography in the early 80’s in an art school in Brussels Belgium named « le 75 » and obviously that was all on film. There surely is something organic shooting on film and gettin your hands in chemistry, looking at the negatives out of the rinsing water, wondering if it’s even in focus! The exposure time is only a fraction of a second, to a few seconds, but you keep on reminding us that making pictures actually takes hours, days and sometimes weeks to get it right. A lesson of resilience, patience, craftsmanship, training the eyes to see, and by that I mean really see, what there is. Keep on enchanting us. We badly need it.
Glad to know I’m not the only one that has thought about offices that way. Any time I drive by an office park or building I always think about the engineers and workers who built them, not knowing the life changing conversation that will be held within them. Hiring, promotions, firings, etc.
Stay home Nick! Thanks for the PhotoKlassik link, looking forward to checking that out. And thank you for all you do!
Thank you, Sile!
So this is so funny because I honestly was looking very hard for someone that had the same issue and I have and never found anyone, until today. Every freaking time I have to travel and catch a flight at like 6am, I have to go half an hour earlier as any normal person does so that I have time to deal with my body punishing me for waking up so early. The exact same thing: “you have one hour to comply and return to bed other wise you’re screwed”. Dude, I’m so happy you’re the same way (I really am), because it makes me a normal person again. So, thank you! 😂
Haha! You are not alone! Dang man I’m glad it’s not just me. I do the same thing - wake up 30 minutes earlier so it’ll kick in before I have to actually do anything important.
Nick, you make my day :-) :-) :-) I know that feelings. Stay safe and looking forward for new life stories :-)
Thank you, my friend!
Amazing images of the abandoned building and medical equipment. Very eerie. I've been through your story before. Stay safe and be well.
I'm not gonna lie. As soon as I saw California go into lockdown, my first thought was I hope Nick Carver gets after some new videos.
I have a suprisingly similar story! Thanks for sharing the photos and the tale of woe. Looking forward to more videos just wish the circumstances were better.
Wow! This is not short of content. It's an explosion of creativity. I loved, absolutely loved, the picture of the parking lot signs. We don't have the tradition here of the reserved parking lot, but I get it. It has pin-sharp focus photographically and sociologically. I laughed out loud at some of your comments. And; given that we (in the UK) have just been locked down for the forseable future here: a laugh is worth a lot. Thank you for the inspiration. Stay safe.
There were a couple of explosions in this video... And thank you for the kind words! I hope your lock down doesn't last too long.
Thanks for the extra content! Distractions are definitely nice. I will say I find myself thinking back to all your early morning shoots and am amazed at your sacrifice and left wondering what was left in the wake of some of those shoots...
Absolutely love that reserved parking photo! Those warm dirt colours really pop. Also enjoyed the story 😂. Ps in Australia getting the shits is an expression that means getting angry/upset
Hah! That's a damn good piece of trivia. Love some of those Australian sayings.
That was hilarious, I’m glad I’m not the only one that felt that emergency before.
I love your work and be well
Nick, great story! Here in May, 2023, we can see some of the absurdity of that time. Very few YT videos made me laugh, but yours did. Keep up the good work!!
I only want to thank you for your videos and your photography... I don't even shoot film (in fact, I'm just beginning at photography), but please mantain your videos as long as possible! You are VERY entertaining, very funny, and also a great teacher! Thank you!
I have the exact same thing with the rumblies in the tumbly in the morning if I get up to early like that! Same thing if I get too few hours of sleep in but still wake up at a decent hour. Your story really cracked me up, thanks for that, take care!
I sympathise with your explosive issue. As an archaeologist (and a vegetarian), when that happens to me, I'm often out in the woods with no recourse but to find a tree to lean against or hope for a handy tree that's fallen over to sit upon. I can't tell you how many times I've wandered out of the woods without shirtsleeves or socks as I've been caught short without a square to spare. I never go into the woods without Pepto Bismol anymore and it's saved me on more than one occasion.
Oh man. That's the worst - no place to go and no TP. Yeah Pepto is a live-saver.
Love your work, love your "eye", and.... I love your stories. Thanks for the diversion and the laugh ! Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you, sir!
I been there. I used to own a Private Investigator business. One day I had an early morning surveillance and decided to stop to get breakfast at Jack in the Box. So I'm sitting on the surveillance waiting on my target to make a move and suddenly I get that pain in my gut. Now the problem was my client had paid for one day of surveillance. So do I tough it out and do the job, or do I leave and waste my clients money. Fortunately (or maybe not, depending on your view) some random crazy dude was causing a disturbance which resulted in the police shutting down the road. I got to leave and go take care of business and the client bought another day of surveillance. So it all worked out.
It happens to everyone! Once, I accidentally walked into a ladies room. It took a few moments for the pink ceramic tiles and lack of urinals to register in my brain. Luckily, no one was there!
Not normally one for Amens but, Amen to staying sane. Thanks, Nick, for your contribution to our collective sanity. Difficult times for photographers, and many, many others out there, so I wish you all the best in weathering the storm.
I enjoy the On Location videos but I think now is the time to stay at home and work on Behind the Glass With a Glass content. Stay safe, stay sane, stay well.
A heartfelt thank you from Amsterdam for the great video’s and generous sharing of your work. We look forward to the upcoming video’s, know they are particularly effective in times like these!
Matt & Margot
Thank you, both! Wishing you the best over there across the Atlantic.
I've been there brother. I've found the best thing to do is actually get up even earlier have the coffee and get it all out before going to the location. There is a public restroom app that may be helpful as well. Other option is to get a composting toilet for your truck.
I was thinking the same. We would go directly to Borrego Springs if we could, but it is not a good place to get hurt or sick. We had a mishap there before, and the closest hospital was in Brawley. We ended up driving 2.5 hours home instead. It was a twisted ankle, so not life-threatening, but it showed us how limited the services are down there. No x-ray machines, etc. But the key reason to stay put is not to open the door to infecting others. Due to the sneaky latency of the virus, who’s to say that I am not hosting it or you are not hosting it? Anyway, keep doing what you’re doing. It’s greatly appreciated. I only watch to see your technique and perspective and compositions. I am not a photographer and most of what you do is completely over my head, but I totally appreciate your talent and that you are sharing it with strangers like me! Thanks.
Yeah that's a good point. And especially with hospitals spread thin right now. Plus, turns out everyone is going camping and going to the beach. I hear the beaches here in OC and the inland deserts have been crowded. Everyone's trying to "social distance" in the same places!
Nick Carver Most people have this idea that bad things can’t happen to them...until it happens to them and then they try to lay the blame on others. I’m seeing a lot of Instagrams from Mammoth, Joshua Tree and other small communities saying, “Please don’t come here and strain our resources.” And they should close the beaches.
I know gear is just gear, but I love when you use/show the Mamiya 645 and the images you’ve shot with it. That’s the only film camera I have/use and it’s a good friend of mine.
Dude, you love us to share such tales. Thanks for the work you do for us, and good luck in these strange days.
You're some kind of super hero for being able to hold it that long
That's one of my few skills. Once held it for 5 days. Probably really not healthy, though...
@@nickcarverphoto LOL
Hi Nick. I'm passing the time finally, getting back into your Adobe® Lightroom® Online Course I subscribed to a few months ago. i didn't have the time to get through all the sections...until now! I'm not wasting my time. Taking what I've learned and going back and re-editing some older photos. Thanks!
Always happy for more of your videos. Thank you!!
When I lived in OC and traveled out to Indio to visit friends I always stopped at the McDonalds that is off the 91 at the Madison offramp. For me, by then, I'm desperate to do #1. McDonalds usually open at 5am. Of course I always get a coffee and then you probably what I need to do in another hour. So then I stop at the Rest Area on the 10. The view is terrific and I just sit watch the Sun light up the mountains and I finish the coffee.
Nick, Thanks for this. Your work is always so polished and it all seems to come together so easily for you (except when theres a swarm of bee's). it great to see you are not always 100% sure an angle will work and that you work a scene. I actually got double the time out of this by simple going back and pausing on each image and taking the time to study each one. Keep safe.
I just found a box of old 35mm exposed film I shot many years ago. I have no idea what is on them 11 rolls of C41 and three rolls of E6. Got bored so went upstairs digging through the storage and found them. I will send them all off to the Darkroom for developing post haste. Excited to see what is on them.
Good stuff 😀
Thank you for sharing.
Dead inside? How did you photograph my soul?
Note to self: Never go shoot with Nick early in the morning...
I love story time with Popa Nick. Tell us more stories Popa Nick, please, please?
Wow... that really set me off... I've had to pause it at 21.23 cos I ned the loo now.. which involves scooting back down the garden from my office to the house... got to stop typing now.... back again. You know how your body starts to relax as you get near the loo, the closer you get the more urgent... what you really don't want are false alarms like your toilet-less lobby. (Woods are so much more forgiving. Private, and with any luck, lots of moss.) Love your channel. More distractions please. If you could manage about 5 hours of content a day that would be great. Thanks.
Also, I once spoke about analog photography being something like archeology. It occurred to me that films, providing that they have been properly processed and stored, will be there intact several centuries from now. Which you can not say about the zero’s and one’s of a numeric file that no one will know how to read perhaps even 50 years from now.
If you're worried about videos like this not being high enough quality on or on brand enough, don't be. Excellent image reviews and excellent story as well. I've shared a number of "shitty" on and off the job poop stories with other photographers and love hearing them always. Please continue making videos like this while you can during the 'uncertain times' that lie ahead of us, they're important and serve and important form of distraction and entertainment we so sorely need
Much needed thank you Nick!
Thanks, Nick for the support. Stay safe out there!
You too, my friend.
Thank you for the distractions. Keep them coming. The magazine is interesting.
this magazine is printed 40 minutes from my home in germany. thank you for the inspiration, looking forward to this
Man, I remember those cigarette vending machines! What a throwback. Love the IV stand image as well. Looking forward to future on-location vids!
Kyle McDougall we still have them in Germany. You need to swipe your ID to verify your age. In the early 2000s when i was a teenager they had no authentication and the legal smoking age was 16.
I'm here for the personality! The amazing photos are just a very very nice plus
Thank you, my friend!
Thank you very much for your videos.
Stay safe.
Haha thank you for this early morning story :-) about the "stay sane" - its impossible to stay more exact. I have no TV at home and don't listen to the news radio when I'm driving to or from my office. The general news I always will know from my co-workers or friends or family during our conversations, all the rest is just speculations and the cheap guesses of the numerous news observers. And they know nothing but talking a lot cos it's their work - every stupid word is money time.
… and I thought that was just a UK phenomenon, they have converted the news show to a soap with the mantra 'I have nothing to add but I am going to add it anyway'
@@geoffdwyer4577 its always the same here in Israel. Every small heating in our confrontation with one of the neighborhood countries around or another votes for the government or now with the Covid-19. They just know to convert these events to their endless soap parties with 0 information. the most sad fact that many ppl still use to watch this.
Love those shots!! Thanks for being there man. Such a pleasure watching your videos!!
Thank you!
Really enjoy the subject matter you choose for you imagery.
While you are on the subject of Aussie characteristics, I noticed from here in the U.K. that you don’t seem compelled to wear one of the curios reversed caps at every opportunity, especially while indoors.
Well done !!
And that's exactly why I hate early morning flights. Oh, and I particularly loved the second door photo and the reserved parking signs - killer.
Reminds me of doing the butt cheek clench & waddle at the end of a hike in Costa Rica. I was so relieved when I got back to the visitor's center and got to a bathroom. But the fun wasn't over. This was the weirdest bathroom. It was basically a closet with just a toilet, no sink, and barely enough room to turn around. I'm a big guy and by ass and gut just about hit the walls as I turned to sit. And the toilet was LOW. I mean, the seat must have been only 7 or 8 inches off the ground. I was hitting my forehead on the TP roll as I was heaving out my ass. And HUMID! No circulation in that box and the sweat was pouring off of me. My shirt was drenched after. I looked like I had stepped out of the shower. When the ass heaves finally ended and I finished up and went outside, I was totally exhausted not to mention dehydrated. My poor family must have waited 20 minutes or more
I always knew RUclips comments could be a shit show, just never figured it would be so literal.
No way Nick! You have the same stomach as me. I feel your story all the way down to my... well stomach!! Early mornings rumbling is such a pain.
You, sir, are Orange County’s finest, with Sidecar Doughnuts a distant second. Seriously now, love your channel. I’ve learned so much about photography from you. Keep up the great work, and perhaps consider carrying a travel potty.
Ha ha! I’m just listening to the bathroom part! I had a similar situation on the boat to Catalina, the day after Thanksgiving last year. They SHOULD NOT have run the boat that day. There was a major post-storm swell. Everyone was throwing up. I lasted about 20 mins. watching everyone being sick, but then I had to get up to use the bathroom. When I went in, the stall doors were all slamming against each other and everything was rocking like crazy and making a huge racket. Trying to sit was impossible, but I was coping, and wouldn’t you know, it was right then that I finally threw up. I found my way to the sink and was thinking of my fellow “we took the wrong boat on the wrong day” losers and attempted to clean up the floor with paper towels when my phone just jettisoned out of my pocket and into the toilet which I hadn’t flushed yet. Such a nightmare. I got a new phone out of it, but I lost all of my photos since they weren’t saved to the Cloud.
Holy hell that sounds like the worst day ever! Seasickness is terrible.
Usually I’m ok on the water, but in the words of George Costanza, “the sea was angry that day, my friends” 🙂
Always super interesting, cheers from Italy!
got my camera with me and a nice big steaming bowl of oatmeal... ooooh Nick Carver put out another video!
You’re creazy stories are fantastic. It seems to be there in this panic situation! Thanks bro! Really a funny, for me , moment!
Amazing story, and as always fascinating to hear your thoughts on your images. You're probably the photographer I know who resonates the most with me in the way you philosophize about your art. Watching your videos has helped me open my eyes while affirming an approach to photography I thought I was alone in having.
On that note, I would urge you to consider still doing some on location shoots. I know that the news makes this seem like the end of the world, but it really is not. To be clear: It's really serious, and people are and will continue to die. There are also wildly varying numbers being spread on the internet. I have personally found practising cardiologist and youtuber Rohin Francis with the channel "Medlife Crisis" to be my best access to updated sources from the scientific community and guidelines for how to deal with it all. One of his main takeaways is that realistic optimism is key. Do everything you can to minimize your contributions to the spread of the virus, but stay positive while doing so.
Even if 2 million people were to die in the US, which seems to be the current worst case if the spread were to be left completely unchecked, it would not destroy all of society. There would not be a material reason for widespread looting, though panic can certainly become a strong factor as we've seen with the TP. I totally understand if you want to spend your time with loved ones. However it sounds to me like you're mainly doing it out of fear, and I do not believe it is warranted to that degree. As long as you stay away from people you're fine.
I've actually seen one of those cigarette vending machines in New Orleans. Also, I've also had a similar horror story episode when I woke up early one day, was fine for an hour or so, but then started to feel really sick, like I was about to faint or throw up. Turns out I just really needed to use the washroom. Thanks for making us all feel a little comfortable being more TMI on a public platform among strangers haha.
Yeah, they still have cigarette machines in many of the bars down here...and if they don't you just have to usually ask the bar tenders and most of the bars will sell you smokes, kinda on the sly.
I just found your channel, and I’m loving it! Keep the distractions coming! 🙏
Thanks for the distraction and your videos, Nick!
Just developed my first C-41 roll! Scanning now!
TangyOrange nice! Wish I developed my own film right about now...
TangyOrange last night I developed some rolls of black and white and my film changing bag’s zipper broke. Caught it early and only lost half a roll. Bummer nonetheless! My first C-41 is coming up too! I’m not sure if I should wait until I have 8 rolls and do them all at once. What developer are you trying?
Oh man... Whine listening to your story I started feeling very ill in my stomach and had to run to the bathroom myself 😂 Photos are great!!!
I've been doing nothing else but binge watching your videos for the last week, thank you
Thank you for watching!
You better not screw this up Nicola, we'll be watching you!
I just finished watching Justin Barbour's 10 part series, on youtube 68 days across Newfoundland, man and dog.
I highly recommend it, cheers.
I NEED a print of those signs!
More diptic/triptic/multitic or other creative photo ideas like the last one, loved the result!
that story cracked me up haha
HI, great video, thanks for sharing. I'm in the UK where in a 14 day self isolation. Your videos help a lot. My advice to all is PLEASE STAY AT HOME. keep 2m (4.5ft) distance apart apart from each other. DO NOT GOT OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE UNLESS YOU HAVE TOO. Keep safe. look forward to future vids.
I do recall sitting in a church , waiting to photograph a wedding and thinking. OMG, I’m either going to vomit or shit my pants, or maybe even both. Luckily I held on until we got to the reception. Note to self. Never accept a guy’s night out on a Friday night before a wedding day and never ever have 5 toquilla slammers. I could write a book about my escapades as a wedding photographer. That’s why I’m now a landscape photographer and if I ever need to dump my load, well, I’ve got many places I can do it in.
Days are happy when Nick releases a video.
Thank you, my friend
What a nightmare. I would’nt be able to contain myself as long as you did. I’m exactly the same if I get up early and have had many experiences like your describe for the last 20 years or so. It’s the exact reason I bought a campervan and a porta poti.
LOL I loved the bathroom story. Love your channel.
Thanks for your videos from Europe! (especially in these times...)
Thanks for watching!
A breath of fresh air served up with a chill pill. Thanks. Do you ever do any studio work? Ideas
Thanks! I don't do much studio work. I'm no expert when it comes to studio lighting. That's an art form all on its own.
I like the grass coming out off the cigarette machine.
We can totally handle a drop in production quality with more videos in return!
Thanks Nick thumbs up another good video and you are right about being inside it gets really boring I was thinking about shooting some film inside maybe a still life or something using the window light. Thanks again for the video Kevin Flynn Monterey
Now's the time to do it! Creativity doesn't have to die with this isolation.
Thanks for that, Nick. Much enjoyed the story, a feature of the only RUclips channel that surprises us with adventures of the human alimentary tract. The photos? Liked those too. A lot. Would like to see big prints I could muse over.
Watching a great new video from the Master, with my big bowl of oatmeal.. I'll take my chances :D. Great content in these hard times!! We your fans really appreciate this!
Good distraction video, thanks for that. Love your humor! Story at the end, all I can say is... been there, done that.
Thank you, my friend!
I love to hear of your travel adventures! I have a similar (thought perhaps not as severe) condition with early morning "cut short" situations that always seem to come on about 1 or 2 hours after getting up early for a sunrise shoot! It's always very perplexing! I'll look forward to your more freqeunt episodes even if you do have to take some production short cuts. No worries from me :-)
Awesome story!! Would like to say I've never been there but sadly I have 😬.
Thank you for sharing your story :D
You need to carry a 5 gallon bucket and a roll of TP in the car. It has saved me plenty of times when I was at a location and needed to "go". You can always get to the back of a building or even open the door on your car and use it real fast. Dump it somewhere later, but you wont crap your pants.
WASH YOUR HANDS TOO !!!!
Thank you for your videos - they help a lot. Stay healthy
Thanks for watching, my friend. You too.
Simon and Jase!!! Love all for adventure there such legends!!. Keep up the content Nick.!
Hell yeah!
Also photos don't have to be amazing, or have a wow factor necessarily, they do reflect a story that is being told presently and that most of us are living with. The photos with the I.V stands for example remind me of the bodies that will be piling up because of our lack of preparedness. The lines (folds) in the background layered with I.V stands present the chaos that can and will unfold to us in the upcoming future. Looking forward to your future uploads.
That was one helluva story, Nick. Very graphic :) Must have been a bad situation indeed!
♥Nick Carver
What the heck!! I don’t get diarrhea but it’s borderline diarrhea especially after caffeine very early in the morning and I’ve accidentally gone into the ladies room too. LOL
You have a good heart Nick.. oh. and a good eye!