Thank you so much for watching everyone, I've just released a new video for the members community, a deep dive into a photobook from my shelves, I've been releasing and creating exclusive videos and series for the channel members, if you want to check it out, you can do so right here: tinyurl.com/467mmasu Other recently released videos here on the channel are: Top 7 Must Watch Photography Documentaries ruclips.net/video/UIUl_VrM4XY/видео.htmlsi=DNO5GxAiXvqxjTeM Visually Stunning TV Series All Photographers Should Watch ruclips.net/video/cdvm8QHByHk/видео.htmlsi=1MUKJfi2McSBcDeZ
Has a professional photographer I’ve noticed that photographers usually will reference past photographers but never cinematographers. Last year I watched the film The Fablmans & how a young Steven Spielberg was lectured to by John Ford on how to shoot horizons. I followed the advice that Ford gave to Spielberg into my own photography & my images especially in which a horizon was paramount transformed the emotion of the scene. Since then I started watching films with such a critical eye & am attempting to write my first screenplay.
100%. And I feel like 9 times out of 10 the photographer that get referenced by photographers is Ansel Adams. My education is actually in film so I tend to shoot more like the cinematographers that I admire ..Peter Deming, John Alcott, Rodrigo Prieto, etc. Looking to the work of cinematographers (many of them started in photography to begin with) is a vastly underused resource for photographers.
@ Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa & Ansel Adams are the usual names that get mentioned & of-course they were great photographers. No doubt. But has a news & sports photographer I felt the photographers around me had stopped learning. They were very comfortable with their beat. I on the other hand was craving knowledge & besides paintings it was the cinema that I was drawn to simply becuase it forms an immense part of life from childhood. What I find particular interesting & intriguing is film editing. Has a former photo editor listing to the likes of Thelma Shoonmaker talking about jump cuts in films like Goodfellas & The Irishman was interesting becuase when you shoot in stills a narrative you are essentially using massive jump cuts to convey the story becuase the motion is non existent. It’s a journey.
I found myself resonating with the question of how seriously I take my work, the direction I want to pursue, and what I’m trying to express through it. This introspection has led me to slow down my image-making process and be relentlessly critical in my editing, always striving to perfect my craft. It’s reassuring to know I’m not alone in feeling this way. I used to think that taking oneself seriously in these matters was reserved for those who had already achieved great success. But how can I expect to improve, even if I never gain recognition, if I don’t take my own pursuit seriously?
“Joe Bob’s New Career” - THAT really caught my eye from the first scene. I could not bring myself to fast-forward past any of it. What a wonderful creation! From the video’s first few seconds, you had my attention because of the superlative lighting on your face. Your work is superb. Congrats on the achievement here.
I have only seen a handful of your videos… this was the most profound. Not because of Scorsese, but because of the general message. Good things take time.
Always appreciate your videos. I like the reference to grammar and how telling a story we have technical tools to help express it along with experience and our creativity. Really like the subtle background in your speaking shots and the clip selection during the intro credits.
You touch on a concept that is true with musicians as well as photographers. We all are a culmination of what we put in. And then with persistence create something new (at least to the masses). i.e Led Zeplin, Rollin Stones, Eric Clapton and the list goes on. Thankfully you are here to show us the great photo and film artist that have persisted over time to create their individual art.
Thanks for another nicely put together and polished mini-doc! Your videos are always so informative & entertaining, but more importantly inspiring and motivational. Keep it up!
I rewound that last point about five times. It was exactly what I needed to be reminded of today. Really appreciate you making these videos! Your work is great as I follow you on IG
I agree, cinematographers can show the way. They do have the advantage of being able to set up, to create the scene. But they can show what can be done and how to "see" a scene. Kubrick, too, another master of the image. Thanks for the video.
Really appreciate this video, thanks Tatiana! You didn’t ask but my favourite of his movies is one of his less popular - Cape Fear. DeNiro is just incredible in it!
Cape Fear is great, my personal favourite would be Raging Bull, I just think it’s a groundbreaking movie in many aspects mainly storytelling and editing for me of course. I appreciate many others but that would be my choice, ultimately! Thank you for watching!
Your videos always make me think. Thank you! Love it! - Being inspired by others is a double-edged sword. In one way, it can make you try things you didn't know were possible, but at the same time, it can also keep you from doing things because you might feel they were already done or the result is a mere copy. Early on in my career as a photographer, I was at Irving Penn's studio in NYC talking to his studio manager - a really wonderful person. When I asked him if he ever felt like taking pictures himself (because he might have been inspired by Irving), he responded, "There is no point really, I feel like every great picture has already been taken." I never forgot that conversation. Even if I don't agree, I can certainly feel how looking at others' work can be inspiring but also creatively blocking, depending on how one looks at it. I myself have experienced both sides: feeling inspired by a photographer, creating an image that resembles that style, only to then feel that it wasn't really me taking that picture. I strongly believe that inspiration should only be used to find and develop your own style. And the moment that happens, it feels absolutely wonderful, like unlocking the ability to finally understand your inner voice - your language that might have seemed foreign before - and suddenly you are capable of "expressing what YOU have to say" :)
Stunning video, Tatiana. You showed that photography and videogravity very close are. Also, you can use some of the techniques in both. And that is having a vision in photography and video is always the start of a project. Antoine.
I burst out laughing when you started showing the clips from Dances With Wolves! Scorsese was nominated for Best Director Oscar for Goodfellas but lost to Kevin Costner that year! 🤣
Thanks for reminding us about the man's genius. Also, another lesson from the Amex commercial is: take the work seriously but don't take yourself too seriously.
Wow! Outstanding video. So many good points and so much to interpret and apply to our own style of shooting and creating. Thank you for this video and your insight. Well done my friend! ✌️📷
The AMEX ad humorously showed as artists we need to our art seriously, whether amateur or professional, to create quality art. We need to be constantly reviewing our work with a critical eye to be better and we need to be experimenting and learning all the time.
Very nice work, Mrs Hopper! I just watched some interviews with Scorsese talking about how Fellini's movies influenced him early on (because I came across some of the Italian directors old cameras). If you have not made a video about Steve Schapiro yet, that could be a nice edition to your portfolio.
An excellent video. I had no idea how profound Martin Scorsese was about photography. I wonder which book about him you would recommend. The most recent seems to be 'Martin Scorsese - a retrospective', published in 2022, which I like the look of. It is always a joy to find new angles and experiences of photography and this is one of them. Many thanks
Thank you SO MUCH for the Scorsese ad for AMEX!!! This is... no WAS... brilliant writing, acting by Marty, directing. (who? Himself?) Laughed hard. But realizing that the time for such great commercials is gone forever now, makes me rather sad. Does anyone have the self irony of Scorsese here anymore? Happy for examples! Greets from Munich.
@TatianaHopper Idk what happened, but that comment was meant for the Stanley Kubrick video and got posted here 😅 Also if could you show case movies with amazing cinematography? Lighting, colors, and intentional object scenery. Think that would make another fire episode lol 🙂
Peace back. Really great. Lots of things to think through. I loved the pull quotes and all your thoughts. So much to chew on. I feel like I always want to watch you twice. Good for view stats, I guess. :)
A lot of food for thought in this video, I particularly appreciate Marty's words when it comes to visual literacy, I feel like its also what you do on your channel indeed and while I haven't been a long long time subscriber I have learned quite a lot over the past videos that I've watched. Appreciate your thoughts and the quality of the videos you make. Please keep it up!
Interesting subject you have chosen for this mini documentary you did here. Martin Scorsese's movie career is as varied as it is fascinating. From Boxcar Bertha (1972) to The Irishman (2019) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), he knows how to produce and capture a story from beginning to end. Silence for example is a visual fest from the first frame to it's last. Martin Scorsese had to work on such films as 'Shutter Island' (2010) in order his passion project Silence (2016). I fell asleep on The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 with good reason. As you said at 6:29, you have take yourself seriously in creating your photography, short films or full length movie. Sometimes, you had to work on some projects you don't care about in order work on your passion project. By the way, his short film The Audition (2015) was made on a budget of $70 million dollars, so he could on other movie projects.. Keep up the great work.
In this age of Instagram and RUclips and our daily bombardment with vigintillions (1 followed by 63 zeros) of photos and videos, is it THAT important that we take our hobbyist's photographs and videos so seriously? Why should I care what other people think?
Thank you so much for watching everyone, I've just released a new video for the members community, a deep dive into a photobook from my shelves, I've been releasing and creating exclusive videos and series for the channel members, if you want to check it out, you can do so right here: tinyurl.com/467mmasu
Other recently released videos here on the channel are:
Top 7 Must Watch Photography Documentaries
ruclips.net/video/UIUl_VrM4XY/видео.htmlsi=DNO5GxAiXvqxjTeM
Visually Stunning TV Series All Photographers Should Watch
ruclips.net/video/cdvm8QHByHk/видео.htmlsi=1MUKJfi2McSBcDeZ
Has a professional photographer I’ve noticed that photographers usually will reference past photographers but never cinematographers. Last year I watched the film The Fablmans & how a young Steven Spielberg was lectured to by John Ford on how to shoot horizons. I followed the advice that Ford gave to Spielberg into my own photography & my images especially in which a horizon was paramount transformed the emotion of the scene. Since then I started watching films with such a critical eye & am attempting to write my first screenplay.
Go film something. Anything. Then see what didn't work.
100%. And I feel like 9 times out of 10 the photographer that get referenced by photographers is Ansel Adams.
My education is actually in film so I tend to shoot more like the cinematographers that I admire ..Peter Deming, John Alcott, Rodrigo Prieto, etc.
Looking to the work of cinematographers (many of them started in photography to begin with) is a vastly underused resource for photographers.
@@sclogse1 I have started writing. I am reading Syd Fields’ book “How to Write a Screenplay”, which opens your mind if you are new to this.
@ Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa & Ansel Adams are the usual names that get mentioned & of-course they were great photographers. No doubt. But has a news & sports photographer I felt the photographers around me had stopped learning. They were very comfortable with their beat. I on the other hand was craving knowledge & besides paintings it was the cinema that I was drawn to simply becuase it forms an immense part of life from childhood. What I find particular interesting & intriguing is film editing. Has a former photo editor listing to the likes of Thelma Shoonmaker talking about jump cuts in films like Goodfellas & The Irishman was interesting becuase when you shoot in stills a narrative you are essentially using massive jump cuts to convey the story becuase the motion is non existent. It’s a journey.
You are one of the savviest voices for photography on RUclips. Keep it up. Thanks
Thank you so much, I appreciate your words!
Savvy is THE WORD for T.Hopper!
@@JHurrenPhotography 🤍
I found myself resonating with the question of how seriously I take my work, the direction I want to pursue, and what I’m trying to express through it. This introspection has led me to slow down my image-making process and be relentlessly critical in my editing, always striving to perfect my craft. It’s reassuring to know I’m not alone in feeling this way. I used to think that taking oneself seriously in these matters was reserved for those who had already achieved great success. But how can I expect to improve, even if I never gain recognition, if I don’t take my own pursuit seriously?
The point about persistence and patience is a great one, although sometimes it can feel like a painful process!
That commercial is golden!
That Amex commercial is something I never forgot and made me realize the things to keep in mind.
i've been a subscriber for a while and just wanted to say that I love your content and i always look forward to your videos.
“Joe Bob’s New Career” - THAT really caught my eye from the first scene. I could not bring myself to fast-forward past any of it. What a wonderful creation!
From the video’s first few seconds, you had my attention because of the superlative lighting on your face.
Your work is superb. Congrats on the achievement here.
Thank you! Joe Bob is a superb fella 😅 thanks so much for watching and for the very positive feedback!
I have only seen a handful of your videos… this was the most profound. Not because of Scorsese, but because of the general message. Good things take time.
100% good things take time to build. Thank you for watching, appreciate it!
Always appreciate your videos. I like the reference to grammar and how telling a story we have technical tools to help express it along with experience and our creativity. Really like the subtle background in your speaking shots and the clip selection during the intro credits.
You touch on a concept that is true with musicians as well as photographers. We all are a culmination of what we put in. And then with persistence create something new (at least to the masses). i.e Led Zeplin, Rollin Stones, Eric Clapton and the list goes on. Thankfully you are here to show us the great photo and film artist that have persisted over time to create their individual art.
This was really great! Looking forward to more of these videos.
Always good to hear anything Scorsese has to say!
Thanks for another nicely put together and polished mini-doc! Your videos are always so informative & entertaining, but more importantly inspiring and motivational. Keep it up!
Thank you so much Sebastian! Hope everything is going well with you and the project, looking forward to hear about it! Best, Tatiana :)
Keep up the good work. Thanks for your videos!!
Thank you so much!
Tatiana - what a great channel you are creating. Wonderful content every time... 😊
Thank you so much 🤝🏻
That commercial was hilarious. And it's absolutely how I critique my own family photos. 😂
Rumour is that Joe Bob is still looking for a new career
@@TatianaHopper 😅
I rewound that last point about five times. It was exactly what I needed to be reminded of today. Really appreciate you making these videos! Your work is great as I follow you on IG
I’m glad you did find it helpful, thank you for keeping up with my work!
I agree, cinematographers can show the way. They do have the advantage of being able to set up, to create the scene. But they can show what can be done and how to "see" a scene. Kubrick, too, another master of the image. Thanks for the video.
Thank you Zoltan, I think Kubrick might be next in this series actually! Cheers for watching
Very, very good video. Thank you
RS. Canada
Thank you!
Really appreciate this video, thanks Tatiana! You didn’t ask but my favourite of his movies is one of his less popular - Cape Fear. DeNiro is just incredible in it!
Cape Fear is great, my personal favourite would be Raging Bull, I just think it’s a groundbreaking movie in many aspects mainly storytelling and editing for me of course. I appreciate many others but that would be my choice, ultimately! Thank you for watching!
Another great video, thought provoking and inspirational! And I love your sponsor segments 😊. Thanks Tatiana!
Thank you Alan! I really appreciate it, glad you enjoy those segments 😅
Your videos always make me think. Thank you! Love it! - Being inspired by others is a double-edged sword. In one way, it can make you try things you didn't know were possible, but at the same time, it can also keep you from doing things because you might feel they were already done or the result is a mere copy.
Early on in my career as a photographer, I was at Irving Penn's studio in NYC talking to his studio manager - a really wonderful person. When I asked him if he ever felt like taking pictures himself (because he might have been inspired by Irving), he responded, "There is no point really, I feel like every great picture has already been taken." I never forgot that conversation.
Even if I don't agree, I can certainly feel how looking at others' work can be inspiring but also creatively blocking, depending on how one looks at it. I myself have experienced both sides: feeling inspired by a photographer, creating an image that resembles that style, only to then feel that it wasn't really me taking that picture.
I strongly believe that inspiration should only be used to find and develop your own style. And the moment that happens, it feels absolutely wonderful, like unlocking the ability to finally understand your inner voice - your language that might have seemed foreign before - and suddenly you are capable of "expressing what YOU have to say" :)
We thank you for ure efforts to give this out to us! Love to see quality info !
Thank you so much I appreciate it!
Stunning video, Tatiana.
You showed that photography and videogravity very close are.
Also, you can use some of the techniques in both.
And that is having a vision in photography and video is always the start of a project.
Antoine.
Yes, I believe they're very close and that we can learn a lot from filmmaking indeed. Thank you so much for watching!
What a wonderful video. So many ideas and inspiration, and a way to view your projects. Thank you Tatiana Hopper!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it and I’m very glad you liked it, best!
Great video!
I burst out laughing when you started showing the clips from Dances With Wolves! Scorsese was nominated for Best Director Oscar for Goodfellas but lost to Kevin Costner that year! 🤣
The irony of destiny 😂
Thanks for reminding us about the man's genius. Also, another lesson from the Amex commercial is: take the work seriously but don't take yourself too seriously.
Thank you so much!
Very meaningful channel. Your video will help depth of meaning to my photography. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Wow! Outstanding video. So many good points and so much to interpret and apply to our own style of shooting and creating. Thank you for this video and your insight. Well done my friend! ✌️📷
I´m so excited for your videos always. I know I will learn something new, for my soul. Thank you :)
Thank you so much Sandra!
The AMEX ad humorously showed as artists we need to our art seriously, whether amateur or professional, to create quality art. We need to be constantly reviewing our work with a critical eye to be better and we need to be experimenting and learning all the time.
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Bravo 👏🏼
A brilliant piece
Your amazing Tatiana 🥰
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Great video Tatiana!
Thank you so much!
Very nice work, Mrs Hopper! I just watched some interviews with Scorsese talking about how Fellini's movies influenced him early on (because I came across some of the Italian directors old cameras). If you have not made a video about Steve Schapiro yet, that could be a nice edition to your portfolio.
Thank you! Yes I read some comments he made on Fellini’s work I think it was on a criterion collection article or website. Cheers for watching!
Brilliant … and how about that new MPB short!! Thanks for guiding me towards a fresh perspective on my own photography. Keep up the good work. 📷🙂
Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate the feedback and I’m glad you liked the MPB short! :)
An excellent video. I had no idea how profound Martin Scorsese was about photography. I wonder which book about him you would recommend. The most recent seems to be 'Martin Scorsese - a retrospective', published in 2022, which I like the look of. It is always a joy to find new angles and experiences of photography and this is one of them. Many thanks
That’s the one I got and featured in the video Malcolm, I recommend it :)
@@TatianaHopper Many thanks
very well done, thank you
Thank you for watching!
Some of Martin Scorsese's advice pertains equally to any endeavor in life!
Agreed!
Now this is a man to learn from. Much better
Well done, THANKS!!!
Thank you! 🤝🏻
very good job!
Thank you SO MUCH for the Scorsese ad for AMEX!!! This is... no WAS... brilliant writing, acting by Marty, directing. (who? Himself?)
Laughed hard. But realizing that the time for such great commercials is gone forever now, makes me rather sad. Does anyone have the self irony of Scorsese here anymore? Happy for examples! Greets from Munich.
Would love if you did a segment on David Fincher if you haven't already. Keep up the great work! 🙂😘
Thanks so much! Just uploaded an episode on Stanley Kubrick! :)
@TatianaHopper Idk what happened, but that comment was meant for the Stanley Kubrick video and got posted here 😅 Also if could you show case movies with amazing cinematography? Lighting, colors, and intentional object scenery. Think that would make another fire episode lol 🙂
Great idea! Definitely that one on board!
Have you seen Bela Tarr's Satantango? Another must-see gem.
I have yes :)
"Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience." Benjamin Franklin
Wasn’t familiar with this quote! Thank you for sharing!
My dog loved the ad in the middle of this video, and now she’s demanding I load some film into her camera 😐🐶
Ahahah 😂
Thanks!
Thank you David!
Recently ran into a book about him and some photographs at a thrift store... maybe i should go back and get it 👀
Read Nightmare Alley.
Great information!
Thank you!
Beautiful video! These videos always makes me want to get out and just do things. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much, will do!
Hey Tatiana, What is that book you used for Martin Scorsese? Looks interesting. Thank you. :)
Should be in the description, if I forgot I think it’s titled “Martin Scorsese: a retrospective”. Thank you for watching!
im learnding
Very nicely done… Very worthwhile watching!
Thank you Dennis!
Another outstanding video!! Always look forward to your insight ❤❤❤
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! ✨
Peace back. Really great. Lots of things to think through. I loved the pull quotes and all your thoughts. So much to chew on. I feel like I always want to watch you twice. Good for view stats, I guess. :)
Thank you so much Chris, I appreciate your feedback and thanks as well for watching!
A lot of food for thought in this video, I particularly appreciate Marty's words when it comes to visual literacy, I feel like its also what you do on your channel indeed and while I haven't been a long long time subscriber I have learned quite a lot over the past videos that I've watched. Appreciate your thoughts and the quality of the videos you make. Please keep it up!
Yes that’s right, thank you so much for your very thoughtful comment and thank you for watching and supporting the channel!
Sometimes i just need one of your videos to calm down and remember there is still beauty in the world
Thank you, I’m glad they do, best!
Persistence, not 'persistency'
Persistency is an existing noun and applicable in this context. So yes it’s persistency.
Exactly to and about the point. Jim
Thanks Jim!
@@TatianaHopper 😁
Interesting subject you have chosen for this mini documentary you did here. Martin Scorsese's movie career is as varied as it is fascinating. From Boxcar Bertha (1972) to The Irishman (2019) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), he knows how to produce and capture a story from beginning to end. Silence for example is a visual fest from the first frame to it's last. Martin Scorsese had to work on such films as 'Shutter Island' (2010) in order his passion project Silence (2016). I fell asleep on The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 with good reason. As you said at 6:29, you have take yourself seriously in creating your photography, short films or full length movie. Sometimes, you had to work on some projects you don't care about in order work on your passion project. By the way, his short film The Audition (2015) was made on a budget of $70 million dollars, so he could on other movie projects.. Keep up the great work.
great video ...
Thank you so much!
The more virgin our eyes are the more we have to say - Orson Welles
Tatiana, have a look at Eugene Richards if you haven't already.
Will check it out!
...well, at one point in his life, he WAS going to be a priest, so....
In this age of Instagram and RUclips and our daily bombardment with vigintillions (1 followed by 63 zeros) of photos and videos, is it THAT important that we take our hobbyist's photographs and videos so seriously? Why should I care what other people think?
I make videos for a general audience, you don’t care then you can always skip 👍🏻 peace!
Hmm...how can I possibly put myself in the same league as Martin Scorcese? What would Martin do?
This video is sponsored by macpook bro.
Hasn’t made a good movie
Lots of superfluous talk here.
What is “serious”? Humor and looseness are wonderful.
Great video Tatiana 👍