You have, at a young age, a great insight into the world and it’s ways. And you tell your stories in a beautiful way. I will be following you. For the photography part. And for listening to your story telling….
My Wabi Sabi is my old Japanese film camera and BW film. I couldn't simply do it with digital. When I hear "lack and imperfection" it's film fro me. Digital would instantly put me into a paralysis of choice with all of the reach and fancy options it provides. Great video, thank you!
It is the "beuty" of understanding the videp written narrative amongst the imperfection while remembering that perfection is unknown in evanescent beings as ourselves.
This video certainly had a very useful message. But, more than that , it was a true work of art. Beautiful and mournful. Verrrry artistically done. A breath of fresh air. Keep going. Thank you.
Being a perfectionist I tend to pixel peep. I recently bought an affordable manual 50 mm f0.95 lens out of curiosity as to what kind of images I might achieve with it. I must say, as it’s optically far from perfect (vignetting, soft or blurry edges and corners, distortions, time consuming focusing), it has a special charm. It actually has me appreciating the imperfections, as they lets the images come alive, so to speak. I encourage you to try it out, it’s rewarding, as it slows you down to appreciate more the scene, boosts creativity and offers new perspectives.
This video resonates with me. Here in New Jersey one will find many abandoned structures. The rapid “progress” of “development” makes these structures stand out in my photography in light of the fact they will soon be history. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent. Humble and interesting words, no demonstration of any kind. Wabi-Sabi attitude goes straight to the point. I learned something i wish to practice now. Thank you. Nice photos by the way.
I loved everything about this video, the music brought me back to life again. Thank you so much for these beautiful less than ten minutes that contained so much love. Subscribed
Thank you for this video. I really like your perspective on the wabi sabi approach to life and photography. Greetings from Romania. I’ve been two times in Japan already and i am an admirer of your culture and country.
Just discovered your channel. Love it. Your videos and pictures are very elegant. You have such a good taste and it's clear you can see beyond what it's happening in front of you, you are also kind of feeling it. This is much more about feeling than just technical tips. I often say this about dancing too. There is people who just learn the steps and they do it really well, but there are dancers who also feel the choreography and music inside and that's something you can tell when you see. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am going to be so happy to see you grow here on RUclips.
As a young graphic designer I was greatly attracted to aspects of some Japanese design. Those qualities were wabi, sabi and shibui… ideas not easily translated to English and applicable to many aspects of the quality and values of our life. Thank you for the reminder!
Beautiful approach to such a meaningful Zen tradition, in the midst of the high-tech, post processed current state of art. Greatly appreciated for your effort in blending those concepts, specially considering the deep connection one can find to portrait photography. Thx a lot
Toshiki, do you think is possible to find a common ground between Kintsugi and photography? If not as a compositional bonding of the concepts, maybe as a philosophical approach to the art of shooting…🧐 Really eager to hear about your insight on it. Have a great day!
I’m a new follower. I really love your captures and the philosophy that goes with it. I’m glad I found your channel. Keep up your wonderful art and mind.
Just returned from Japan ... still coping with not havin Japan wabi sabi around. But at least now I know what I need and what I want to show for the world. The flow of life in its imperfect ways. Thank you so much for this video! ❤
I like your video. This is exactly what I thought about when I first began shooting photography. When digital cameras came out I was so happy, because there were too many things I wanted to photograph. It was very expensive to shoot on film. Digital was quick, and the developing was quicker. I have been into photography since I was 8 years old. I'm 57 years old now. I have been in love with this form of art for many years. Your information is very important. Thank you for your video. I even shot photos with a $5.00 dollar camera once. Cameras don't have to be expensive.i've shot on cheap film too. I've tried many things. I just enjoy the image. I enjoy photography.
Many thanks Toshiki, I've listened to quite a few videos on Wabi-Sabi, yours stands out. I really enjoyed your explanation and your take on the subject. Really love your work. Am sure I'll enjoy the next video. Take care.
I’m very happy you brought this topic up. When I first stumble upon one of your videos, that was the day I mentioned about wabi sabi and how it influences my photography. You’re absolutely correct, we all experience wabi sabi different in our own ways. This is the reason I did subscribe, because I also don’t have to prove anything to anyone. We just want to be out there not only taking photos, but also to live this imperfect world with our imperfect selves. Once again, I may not make any sense to some of you, but in any day and whatever time you’ll feel wabi sabi yourself.
Yes, I believe that seeing beauty is mostly a state of mind. Embracing this philosophy should make life much more interesting in all its aspects. Maybe us, photographers, are we Wabi Sabi searchers whithout knowing. Did William Eggleston knew that ? Thank you all lot for sharing this. It's the most interesting video I've seen for a long time. I subscribe, of course !
When everyone around the world quotes 'Wabi Sabi' more confidently and liberally than stockbrokers quote Warren Buffet, this young man (more familiar than most with the ways of Japanese culture and phylosophy) says, "What is Wabi Sabi.....hmmmm...I dont know". Humility, not confidence, is the great precursur to both learning and teaching. Thank you for reminding me this, Yukawa San.
"Everything is imperfect, everything is fading. That's why it's worth shooting." As part of my photographic journey, I've always been drawn to that which is old, fading, falling down, rusting away, and such. I've not been able to put words to it except to say that these types of things attract me. Thank you for the phrase, it fits so well. Thank you as well for the video.
Toshiki this was another video I liked as much as the other I watched the other night. I want you to know that I am in the middle of trying something new for winter and you have made me rethink everything (great and a lot of money spent already) lol. These 2 videos have made me rethink so much about how Japanese Philosophy can help in the new genre journey I am taking due to losing the ability to use my hands in the slightest cold temperatures causing pain, and here I am living in Northern Canada, but both Jasper and Banff being only 4 hours South of west I would never pass up. If you have any suggestions on what I may look for or to read about Japanese Philosophy for Photography I would really be thankful for pointing me in the right direction. Again thanks for the response from you on the last video and for both videos I have seen and to start watching others on your channel and well back to watching both as soon as I send this to you. Sorry for writing long books but I have to say you have opened my eyes and now see what my senses can bring to making Photos .
Thank you for your great video! I feel so lucky to have this show up in my feed. Ive been studying philosophy and I shoot too. How cool to blend to amazing subjects together!
Thank you for your video! I’m really happy that I found your channel at this point of my photographic journey. I’ve started photography (and videography) some years ago during Covid-19. I heritaged my fathers old camera and got carried away. I’ve always wanted to do photography but before that it wasn’t possible. I’m also searching my connection to my japanese side (I’m hafu) in the aesthetics of Performing and visual Arts. I have done Contemporary Circus before so much of my topics are from that world. I hope to see much more content from you! It’s really refreshing and intriguing style you make your content that is really welcomed to this hasty world
your channel remind me Ian Wong, the dude from DigitalRev who also used to make content gearing towards photography philosophy, even with similar vibes lol. sadly he stopped posting a few years ago, so I guess you're filling the gap nicely. keep the photo philosophy vids comin'.
Thank you for this video in which you try to explain Wabi Sabi. I think it's more of a concept... (And I should to shoot more in Wabi-Sabi again)....., Wabi-Sabi is a aesthetic concept that discovers beauty within imperfection, transience, and humility. It highlights the beauty that arises from embracing imperfection and the natural fleetingness of things. Wabi-Sabi values simplicity, rusticity, and irregularity, appreciating the beauty in objects that are old, weathered, or incomplete.
Hi. Thrilled to stumble across your channel. It is refreshing to see a young man with such clear thinking, tackling the undoubtedly difficult terrain bridging Japanese philosophy and photography. I love your thinking and honest storytelling. Keep up the good work 👍 🙏
Life would have been more joyful if i had applied "Wabi-Sabi" concept 20 years back during turmoil in the pursuit of phd education. However minimalism comes naturally through my self conscience.....appreciate Zen Buddhism and its impact on Japanese thought processes and culture.
Having been a keen photographer for 50 of my almost 63 years, I can say in all honesty that I got out of the habit of even trying to create perfection early. When digital arrived, the novelty of being able to see a representation of what I'd taken on the back of the camera started me "chimping". However, doing that drains your batteries and, if you're able to rely on a histogram in the viewfinder to aid exposure and, importantly, learn to "embrace the suck" of many shots not being 100% perfect, it takes so much stress out of the process. I recently attended the Daido Moriyama retro at The Photographer's Gallery in London and that reinforced the "ari, bure, boke" philosophy I read about many years ago. There are times when it's important to get the photograph as technically correct as possible but I believe that "delivered is better than perfect" on most occasions when it comes to street and documentary photography.
Yes, your video has been very helpful to me and I thank you for making it for all of us. Sometimes one has the intuition of an idea but when one finds it presented with greater clarity and depth by another person, a circle closes and, then, we can see beyond. Thank you.
Great perspective Toshiki. Its refreshing to hear someone suggesting not to buy new gear and embrace differences- instead of a list of should or should nots. keep making these! Looking forward to the next one
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Absolutely love this. A beautiful combination of history, philosophy, and photography. This is amazing.
"everything is fading..." captures how I feel when I take a photo. It won't be the same the next time I see it or photography it.
You have, at a young age, a great insight into the world and it’s ways. And you tell your stories in a beautiful way. I will be following you. For the photography part. And for listening to your story telling….
Thank you for this. You've just inspired me to do a project with this mindset. Great work. Keep it up!
My Wabi Sabi is my old Japanese film camera and BW film. I couldn't simply do it with digital. When I hear "lack and imperfection" it's film fro me. Digital would instantly put me into a paralysis of choice with all of the reach and fancy options it provides. Great video, thank you!
If photography had a sensei, Yukawa-san would be the first on the list!
It is the "beuty" of understanding the videp written narrative amongst the imperfection while remembering that perfection is unknown in evanescent beings as ourselves.
I really enjoyed your way of explaining the philosophical matter into something more tangible.
Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
More to come！
This video certainly had a very useful message. But, more than that , it was a true work of art. Beautiful and mournful. Verrrry artistically done. A breath of fresh air. Keep going. Thank you.
Being a perfectionist I tend to pixel peep. I recently bought an affordable manual 50 mm f0.95 lens out of curiosity as to what kind of images I might achieve with it. I must say, as it’s optically far from perfect (vignetting, soft or blurry edges and corners, distortions, time consuming focusing), it has a special charm. It actually has me appreciating the imperfections, as they lets the images come alive, so to speak. I encourage you to try it out, it’s rewarding, as it slows you down to appreciate more the scene, boosts creativity and offers new perspectives.
This video resonates with me. Here in New Jersey one will find many abandoned structures. The rapid “progress” of “development” makes these structures stand out in my photography in light of the fact they will soon be history. Thanks for sharing!
Welcome!
Excellent. Humble and interesting words, no demonstration of any kind. Wabi-Sabi attitude goes straight to the point. I learned something i wish to practice now. Thank you.
Nice photos by the way.
Another gem of a lesson. Brilliant. Your videos always make me stop and reflect. And take notes. Thank you 🙏🏽
Always!
I loved everything about this video, the music brought me back to life again. Thank you so much for these beautiful less than ten minutes that contained so much love. Subscribed
Thanks!
Thank you for this video. I really like your perspective on the wabi sabi approach to life and photography. Greetings from Romania. I’ve been two times in Japan already and i am an admirer of your culture and country.
Thank you Toshiki, again, for making this video, and inspiring us to take a look to things in a different way!
Just discovered your channel. Love it. Your videos and pictures are very elegant. You have such a good taste and it's clear you can see beyond what it's happening in front of you, you are also kind of feeling it. This is much more about feeling than just technical tips. I often say this about dancing too. There is people who just learn the steps and they do it really well, but there are dancers who also feel the choreography and music inside and that's something you can tell when you see. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am going to be so happy to see you grow here on RUclips.
As a young graphic designer I was greatly attracted to aspects of some Japanese design. Those qualities were wabi, sabi and shibui… ideas not easily translated to English and applicable to many aspects of the quality and values of our life. Thank you for the reminder!
Thank you ！
Beautiful approach to such a meaningful Zen tradition, in the midst of the high-tech, post processed current state of art.
Greatly appreciated for your effort in blending those concepts, specially considering the deep connection one can find to portrait photography. Thx a lot
Toshiki, do you think is possible to find a common ground between Kintsugi and photography?
If not as a compositional bonding of the concepts, maybe as a philosophical approach to the art of shooting…🧐
Really eager to hear about your insight on it.
Have a great day!
Very excellent videos you make. Thank you for sharing your thoughtfulness. I look forward to your next lesson for light and for life.
Thank you!!
"especiarry, naturarry" ;) interesting explanation on your philosophy. thanks.
I’m a new follower. I really love your captures and the philosophy that goes with it. I’m glad I found your channel. Keep up your wonderful art and mind.
Just returned from Japan ... still coping with not havin Japan wabi sabi around. But at least now I know what I need and what I want to show for the world. The flow of life in its imperfect ways. Thank you so much for this video! ❤
So glad you enjoyed it!
Love really these type of videos, always eye opening to learn more about Japanese background and culture. Thank you for sharing❤️ありがとう
Thanks!
I like your video. This is exactly what I thought about when I first began shooting photography. When digital cameras came out I was so happy, because there were too many things I wanted to photograph. It was very expensive to shoot on film. Digital was quick, and the developing was quicker. I have been into photography since I was 8 years old. I'm 57 years old now. I have been in love with this form of art for many years. Your information is very important. Thank you for your video. I even shot photos with a $5.00 dollar camera once. Cameras don't have to be expensive.i've shot on cheap film too. I've tried many things. I just enjoy the image. I enjoy photography.
Many thanks Toshiki, I've listened to quite a few videos on Wabi-Sabi, yours stands out. I really enjoyed your explanation and your take on the subject. Really love your work. Am sure I'll enjoy the next video. Take care.
So glad!
More videos like this! Beautifully done
This was the best introduction of wabi-sabi I have ever heard. I will use your ideas in my next haiku workshop. Domo arigato gozaimasu.
I’m very happy you brought this topic up. When I first stumble upon one of your videos, that was the day I mentioned about wabi sabi and how it influences my photography. You’re absolutely correct, we all experience wabi sabi different in our own ways. This is the reason I did subscribe, because I also don’t have to prove anything to anyone. We just want to be out there not only taking photos, but also to live this imperfect world with our imperfect selves. Once again, I may not make any sense to some of you, but in any day and whatever time you’ll feel wabi sabi yourself.
Yes, I believe that seeing beauty is mostly a state of mind. Embracing this philosophy should make life much more interesting in all its aspects. Maybe us, photographers, are we Wabi Sabi searchers whithout knowing. Did William Eggleston knew that ? Thank you all lot for sharing this. It's the most interesting video I've seen for a long time. I subscribe, of course !
I enjoy your lessons and your interpretations. It is very interesting to me since I wasn't taught much about Eastern Culture in school.
Nice video Toshiki, the 78 was an interesting choice at the beginning of the video, well done.
What a discovery this channel! Love the editing, music and Japanese everything. Subscribed!
Thanks!!
I do understand myself better. Thank you for this video.
When everyone around the world quotes 'Wabi Sabi' more confidently and liberally than stockbrokers quote Warren Buffet, this young man (more familiar than most with the ways of Japanese culture and phylosophy) says, "What is Wabi Sabi.....hmmmm...I dont know".
Humility, not confidence, is the great precursur to both learning and teaching. Thank you for reminding me this, Yukawa San.
I was unsure how to describe my photographic interest, I did not have an English term but now I have a Japanese term, thank you.
Wow. I’m blown away by this video and your perspectives on photography. Thanks so much for this work.
Hi Toshiki. Great video. I like this philosophy and the way you link it to photography. Wabi-Sabi !
Interesting! I will start trying to find the beauty in imperfect things. I did really like that tea cup :)
Absolutely love video. Toshiki, I an seeing at this time from Myanmar. I like your street video and learn it. There's very cool in Japan.
More nuggest of wisdom. Keep up with your amazing content!
"Everything is imperfect, everything is fading. That's why it's worth shooting." As part of my photographic journey, I've always been drawn to that which is old, fading, falling down, rusting away, and such. I've not been able to put words to it except to say that these types of things attract me. Thank you for the phrase, it fits so well. Thank you as well for the video.
Thanks！
Bravo Toshiki. Brilliant piece 🙏
Anyone who wants to expand their mind must, even just once, visit Japan and engage with the people there. It will enrich your life...
Yo Toshiki... im glad i found your channel a few days ago.. incredible good content!! love it! continue with that and this will blow up, im sure!
I had an opinion similar to yours, it's great that there is a word for this. Your video made me feel really peaceful and maybe even awed.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful video and message to photographers
Once again you both inspire and educate me - thank you immensely, Yukawa San!
Another fantastic video. Thanks again.
こんにちは、イギリスで写真家をしている中国人です。今日、偶然あなたのチャンネルを見つけまして、すごく面白いと思って、かなり刺激を受けました。言葉で正確に感じたことを表現するのは難しいけれど、とにかく感謝の気持ちをお伝えしたくて、ありがとうございました。
Toshiki this was another video I liked as much as the other I watched the other night. I want you to know that I am in the middle of trying something new for winter and you have made me rethink everything (great and a lot of money spent already) lol. These 2 videos have made me rethink so much about how Japanese Philosophy can help in the new genre journey I am taking due to losing the ability to use my hands in the slightest cold temperatures causing pain, and here I am living in Northern Canada, but both Jasper and Banff being only 4 hours South of west I would never pass up. If you have any suggestions on what I may look for or to read about Japanese Philosophy for Photography I would really be thankful for pointing me in the right direction. Again thanks for the response from you on the last video and for both videos I have seen and to start watching others on your channel and well back to watching both as soon as I send this to you. Sorry for writing long books but I have to say you have opened my eyes and now see what my senses can bring to making Photos .
Excellent and enjoyable video which is beautiful in itself and motivational- thanks and I’m loving your videos.
Great video dude! It reminds me of my favourite RUclips film maker, a Swedish fly fisherman called Rolf Nylinder. Thanks for the inspiration!
Such a nice piece of content, that is. Super enjoyable
A Photography teacher once told my class, " It is not the camera, it is the Photographer that makes the photo" Thank you for this video.
Thank you for your great video! I feel so lucky to have this show up in my feed. Ive been studying philosophy and I shoot too. How cool to blend to amazing subjects together!
Thank you for your video! I’m really happy that I found your channel at this point of my photographic journey. I’ve started photography (and videography) some years ago during Covid-19. I heritaged my fathers old camera and got carried away. I’ve always wanted to do photography but before that it wasn’t possible. I’m also searching my connection to my japanese side (I’m hafu) in the aesthetics of Performing and visual Arts. I have done Contemporary Circus before so much of my topics are from that world. I hope to see much more content from you! It’s really refreshing and intriguing style you make your content that is really welcomed to this hasty world
Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed.
I'll make more!
An excellent video, thanks for sharing.
your channel remind me Ian Wong, the dude from DigitalRev who also used to make content gearing towards photography philosophy, even with similar vibes lol. sadly he stopped posting a few years ago, so I guess you're filling the gap nicely. keep the photo philosophy vids comin'.
Thank you, Toshiki, for showing the beauty of accepting things as they are, imperfect though they might seem.
I really like your mindset and your videos are boosting me to keep going. Thanks mate. Keep up the good work 🙌🏻💪🏻
Amazing translation thank you for this.
Yes, very helpful. Thank you
Thank you for this video in which you try to explain Wabi Sabi. I think it's more of a concept... (And I should to shoot more in Wabi-Sabi again)....., Wabi-Sabi is a aesthetic concept that discovers beauty within imperfection, transience, and humility. It highlights the beauty that arises from embracing imperfection and the natural fleetingness of things. Wabi-Sabi values simplicity, rusticity, and irregularity, appreciating the beauty in objects that are old, weathered, or incomplete.
J'aime beaucoup tes vidéos ❤ les thèmes et l'apport de ta culture nous enrichissent. J'aime voir la ville de Montréal aussi.
Thank you for this delightful video. I will have some dedicated wabisabi camera days from now on to train my wabisabi senses.
Wonderful!
Perfect... Thank you for teaching me this.
Thanks, wonderful video. Liked and subscribed 👍
Definitely grooving, thank you for sharing this excellent lesson
Welcome!
Brilliant and beautiful! You're a genius
Beautiful. So beautiful to watch and listen and contemplate. Thank you very much, you have contributed to my eyes.
Wow, thank you!
Another wonderful video. Thank you
im so inspired by ur video! it looks so simple but we need an effort to get it! thanks
Hi. Thrilled to stumble across your channel. It is refreshing to see a young man with such clear thinking, tackling the undoubtedly difficult terrain bridging Japanese philosophy and photography.
I love your thinking and honest storytelling.
Keep up the good work 👍 🙏
"There is no should or shouldn't in photography." - love this
This video is very helpful to me at this time. Doumo arigatou!
Love your prospective on this subject . I am going to try and use this frame of thought in my photography
So glad!
Thank you for doing such a great video.
Fast becoming my favorite channel!❤
Thanks!
Very nice Toshiki that was very good to watch and learn and think.
A resonant chord struck
The sun slips and moon flies
A shutter snaps like the twig of that moment
Wonderful! So happy this popped up in my feed.
Thank you for Japanese insights 👏
Life would have been more joyful if i had applied "Wabi-Sabi" concept 20 years back during turmoil in the pursuit of phd education. However minimalism comes naturally through my self conscience.....appreciate Zen Buddhism and its impact on Japanese thought processes and culture.
Having been a keen photographer for 50 of my almost 63 years, I can say in all honesty that I got out of the habit of even trying to create perfection early. When digital arrived, the novelty of being able to see a representation of what I'd taken on the back of the camera started me "chimping". However, doing that drains your batteries and, if you're able to rely on a histogram in the viewfinder to aid exposure and, importantly, learn to "embrace the suck" of many shots not being 100% perfect, it takes so much stress out of the process. I recently attended the Daido Moriyama retro at The Photographer's Gallery in London and that reinforced the "ari, bure, boke" philosophy I read about many years ago. There are times when it's important to get the photograph as technically correct as possible but I believe that "delivered is better than perfect" on most occasions when it comes to street and documentary photography.
Yes, your video has been very helpful to me and I thank you for making it for all of us. Sometimes one has the intuition of an idea but when one finds it presented with greater clarity and depth by another person, a circle closes and, then, we can see beyond. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
More to come！
This is beautiful dude! Thank you for sharing ✨
Thanks!
The video I needed to see today.
Toshiki, you opened a door for me and I’m going through it. Thank you, I’ve subscribed 🙏🇦🇺
So glad! Thank you!
@@ToshikiYukawaphoto I think that perhaps this is why I’m shooting black and white almost exclusively as I used to with my Pentax/Kodak Tri-X combo…✌️
I Just loved this vídeo. Thank
you so much.
Konnichiwa Toshiki! I like your explanations a lot and i see the effort you put in. Go on, i like to learn more about your traditions. Marc
Thanks!
Thank you for the profound video. You helped me identify my underlying affinity for the imperfect. I learn much from you.
Thankyou for such depth in the meanings behind the words .. the individual word and the meanings combined and translated in your voice !
Wow, thank you
love the video keep uploading please
Great perspective Toshiki. Its refreshing to hear someone suggesting not to buy new gear and embrace differences- instead of a list of should or should nots. keep making these! Looking forward to the next one
Glad you enjoyed it! More to come!
Toshiki is so good at dealing with such an intimate subject. Thanks for sharing with us. keep on posting such great content!!
Thanks! I'll do!
Toshiki is a luvly spirit!
Thanks!
Appreciate this imperfect world, and take photos. ❤️
Enlightening. Thank you. Subscribed.
Welcome aboard!
Wonderful video. Thank you so much.
Thank you too!