You’re NOT a Lazy Photographer, but This Should Be Avoided!
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In this week’s episode, we discuss being a lazy photographer and a trap that should be avoided. It's easy to fall into a routine or a certain way of doing things, but if you're not careful, it can suffocate your creativity and progression in photography. I've been heavily into landscape photography for the past 9 years, but 7 of those years were spent entrenched in this trap. And, I firmly believe that if had known what was happening back then, I would have easily been able to correct this and progress much quicker. I hope you enjoy this week's video and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark
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🌟QUICK QUESTION: Where are you at in your photographic journey? 1-2 Years, 3-4 Years, 5-6 Years, or 7 Years +?
10+ years D50, D700 and now Z6. You sir are an inspiration and I appreciate the accessibility to quality information your channel offers. I feel like my skills have plateaued at various times but in the last 2 years I have shown the most improvement!
Started 10+ years ago but unfortunately through life events, it took a backseat and I rarely photographed anything the past 8 years or so. Just picked it back up again a few months back and I'm more invested than ever. So glad I am back into it.
3-4 years and still learning.
off/on most of my adult life as a hobby but the last 1-2 years I've been taking it a bit more serious. Went on my first workshop in Colorado 2 months ago and am planning a workshop in the Dolomites next October. Hoping for a workshop in North Carolina! Great video with some good ideas to consider and incorporate. Thanks
year 20
I started in February 2022. So I've been shooting almost every day for 9 mo now. I wanna make it a living
I started 2 years ago, 1 year seriously doing photography and trying to get better.
“…as long as you have a camera in hand..”. So true! I’m just getting back to photography after about a 15-20 year break and feel like I’ve forgotten everything. I started with film and did make the switch to digital when my camera equipment was stolen but never got back to the experiments I did when I shot film. I’m looking forward to getting to know my current camera better and getting back out with planned shoots!
Over fifty years ago I was a professional event photographer. I put the camera down for several decades, but once I retired, I began with mirrorless. I too enjoy landscape photography and I generally try to create photo essays which I post on my blog. One of my most favorite type of pictures include serendipity, i.e. a section of drainpipe with a graffiti smiley face surrounded by a flowering weed. Thanks for all your inspiration.
3-4 years - you are the first landscape photographer I started learning from on RUclips. Thank you for all your work.
My real journey started about 3-4 years ago after taking so-so snapshots for >40 years. This thought-provoking video parallels your recent keynote at Out of Oregon. Thanks for both!
Hi Mark, been taking pix since about 1958 when my dad taught me B&W darkroom work when I was 8. Was a yearbook photog in high school, with a rig consisting of a Kodak Retina 35mm folding camera with an outboard rangefinder in the flash shoe and a tiny light meter in a second flash shoe I epoxied on top of the rangefinder.
Bought a Canon FT SLR in 1968 as I graduated high school and used that through college with an 85mm f/1.8 lens. Taught myself color printing in the seventies when home paper and chemistry became available, but put down my camera in the late 1990s as my young daughter hated being photographed. Took up landscape (waterscape?) photography around 2003 as I became engaged to a painter after my wife died (and my daughter decided she wanted me to find her a new mom). Shifted to digital SLRs shortly after, as it gave me control of the whole process.
Just went mirrorless this summer with the R7 and I'm in love again. After decades of my DSLRs getting bigger and heavier with each upgrade, I'm now in a rig that's actually smaller than my old film SLR while many times as capable, and with controls that I can customize to make it feel like my old FT. (Fortunately, my artist wife is delighted with her photographer protege.)
And yes, I've found myself shooting new kinds of things. While I had gotten focused on water surfaces after finding folks liked that kind of picture, I'm now shooting anything that comes in front of me, even experimenting with birds in flight!
7 years as a hobby landscape and night sky photographer. I have a few photos that are worthy of hanging on the wall. I love the craft but need to step up my game. That's why I'm watching your videos.
I am at the stage of getting brave enough to realize and explore photographs that make me happy; also to realize that it is the process of photography and not just the photograph that I love about photography. Oh, I am well beyond 7+ years, but I didn't really start taking photos for myself until I retired from working full-time. I have found that my photographic journey has changed over the years; it's not that I missed the target, but that that target keeps moving. Really there is no target, just following your heart.
I purchased a used box camera at a thrift store 59 years ago when I was eight. I have been photographing every since. I am a sports and news photographer. I started watching your channel because I am nearing retirement age and am looking at expanding my photographic horizons. For example, we only use photoshop at work and not lightroom because the corporation does not want to pay for hard drives to store the images and catalog on for lightroom. I also started looking at several different photographers feeds to see if I would ever want to start my own photography channel. Appreciate your straight forward approach to teaching.
in these times, where there's just arguments on platforms, it's so peaceful and nice to be on this one
I got into photography 27 years ago in college, took classes at SCAD and have been pretty much obsessed with it since. Once I got into digital in 2006 there was no turning back. One might wonder why I watch anything photography related on YT, but I am always open to learning something, and there are always things to add to your skills.
Same for me. The journey never stops.
Mark, I have been taking photos for over 52 years. But only with a DSLR for about 8 years. I started out with a 135 Minolta and now I shoot with a Nikon D500. Traveling to interesting places makes all the difference in my wildlife and landscape photography.
Hi Mark... My first "real" camera was 47 years ago. I take photos to capture my travels, and events in my family. I have always enjoyed macro photography, wildlife, travel, landscape genres.
Been a hobbiest for 8 years on top of being a full time school bus driver.
I do mostly landscape and nature but dabble in different styles here n there.
Always learning new things it seems watching channels like yours so thank you!
7+ years and I am doing something similar to what you’re talking about……stepping out of my comfort zone and into what I call my “experimentation” zone - playing with ICM and creating abstracts - which is something I’ve never done and also the “intimate” landscape……rather than the grand scene finding those special details. I’m finding I had “writers block” so to speak with my photography and I wasn’t even feeling much inspiration to go out and shoot. These new techniques are offering me the inspiration that I was missing. Thx again for a great video!
3-4 years and have been following you almost from the beginning 🙏🏻
38 years with a Pentex K1000 film camera with 70-210 lens and 500mm and X2 multi… But keeping up with new equipment… You folks help with all this info! Thank you!!!
I've been at it for 4 years now. I started with birds and landscapes, then found I love waterfalls. Here in southern Minnesota we've had two years of drought and dry waterfalls, so I've really enjoyed chasing aurora borealis and doing star trails. I still do my majority of photos with wildlife, which is great because the deer rut is on right now, and bald eagle season will kick off in January here. Like you, I've gotten away from the grand wide landscapes and do much more with the 100-400. One of my favorite autumn photos this year was of across this large valley where a road cut through the trees. It was taken at 600mm and probably at least 2 miles away.
20 years on an off with varying intensity, well over a 1000 days of shooting street or abstract or weddings or professional marketing stuff and generally whatever I find appealing. You, James Popsys, and Jamie Windsor are my goto channels on the conceptual side of landscape and adventure photography and The Fro and the Nortrhups for gear. You managed to put together a very nice vibe for your channel and I regularly get recommended something that I'm interested in hearing about. Keep up the good work and have fun doing it!
I’ve been doing photography since 1968 when I was in the army. Did all types of photography but finally settled in on portraits and street photography. I’ve been a constant student learning in techniques and will continue to do so. Love your travels through work.
10+ years in Landscape. I, too, have done a variety of things, ICM, XTra Wide with a GoPro, unique Bokeh with a Helios Lens, and if I see a mountain top, I’m getting out my Nikkor200-500 lens 😊. I really enjoyed this video as I felt it affirmed my style….thank you
Hi Mark! I'm 67, & I live in the Brecon Beacons National Park, South Wales, UK. I have enjoyed photography since in my early 20's - so pre digital - and have been "seriously" into digital for about 10 or so years now. Your video is so timely for me as I am exactly at your subject. I've bought a long telephoto in the last week and am struggling with getting good results, but working on it. I am subscribed to your channel as I find your style, and manner extremely enjoyable and informative. There are so many fantastic nuggets in your videos that really help me (and I'm sure others) to improve my photography and style. Thank you so much for doing them and sharing your knowledge and experience, it is very much appreciated. Keep up the excellent work!
Returning to photography after 20 years as a military photojournalist - 1977-1997. When I left the service digital was just coming into reality. I returned to photography in about 2012 with the Nikon V-1. Today, I am finally feeling comfortable, learning digital was a great experience especially with the online educational pieces. Thanks for helping me along.
5 years, just really starting to fine tune interests and skills. Thanks for you contribution to my journey.
About 5 or 6 years in and I've gradually become obsessed with bird photography. I do find now and then that taking landscapes or macro or night photos is mentally refreshing. I'm just about to have a meet up with a group of photographers I don't yet know to plan a group outing and I'm looking forward to hearing other perspectives on the scenes we end up shooting.
I really enjoyed this video, and your attitude in general. Thanks for the channel.
I re-started 6 months ago. I had a DSLR from 2010-2012 but was only using auto mode. Now shoot in manual and have learnt a lot through your vids!
Hey Mark, I guess I'm sitting about 33 years in. I fell in love with photography in the summer of '89 when I saw photos appear in the darkroom. I often still feel like a beginner and know that as much as I'm learning and growing, I still have a long ways to go. I have a broad range of experience, but that doesn't always equate expertise, so I'm still working on that.
I am a amateur photographer involved in various types from product, portrait, event and nature and landscape photography for the last 50+ years. Film processing, printing and digital processing using Lightroom and Photoshop. Now I just take a couple cameras when I go out. Film photography has taken a back seat as film processing providers are few and far away and I cannot develop in our condominium Association ( septic systems) I enjoy your videos so keep them coming!
1-2 years into this journey as a hobby. Started with a repairable Canon T2i that just needed about 20 minutes of attention with a screwdriver and began snapping shots: pets, wildlife, landscapes, and some I guess would be considered abstract. I basically take pictures of what I like to see, entirely for myself. Your videos about lens choices, composition, editing and storytelling have been extremely helpful to me. I came away from a recent Yellowstone trip with a few lucky shots, a few successful landscape images and 1-2 that others have told me look like they belong in an art show.
The 3 months I was in the Western US this summer cumulated my fourth year. Previously I would shoot landscapes OR wildlife. It quickly dawned on me I had 1-2 million photos of bison and a bunch of VISTAS. DUH. This all works better together so I began to look for wildlife "in context." My percentage of keepers was much higher, wild-angle and telephoto. Also, I was much more particular about light. I think this all was a major improvement in my work.
Had a entry level camera for years but didn't get serious until April 2022 on a trip to Ireland when I saw the possibilities of landscape photography. Updated my gear and started going out as much as possible. Attended workshop in Yosemite last week (worthless) so booked another for Death Valley in December.
Your videos on creating a storyboard and finding a scene within a scene inspired me to spend more time with a telephoto lens. This fall I rented a nice 70-200 to take to the mountains and I had such a good time with it!
Although you said it was a project just for yourself, I would absolutely love to see more of your Land Divided project. Those that you showed in this video are fantastic! I am 5-6 yrs in my photography journey and enjoy each and every one of your videos. I always learn something new from you.
I'm currently 8 months into my photography. I bought a Sony a7iii. The first lens I bought for my camera to use along side the kit lens, a 28-70mm, was the Tamron 70-300mm telephoto. I'm happy I did, I use it a lot. In these 8 Months I've taken over 4000 photos. I'm one who likes to shoot a lot and pick through them afterward for the ones I really want to edit and post to my various social medias and occasionally get a few printed. I absolutely love photography and see myself doing this for a long time. Thanks for the videos and the tips you've given.
I about a year and a half in now. Yours and others channels have definitely helped me hit the ground running and improve quickly. I enjoy the knowledge that there is always more to learn.
Hi Mark, I’m 17 and I bought my first camera (a 1970s SLR) a bit more than a year ago. I shoot 95% of my portfolio worthy images on film. I currently own four lenses, all primes, a 20mm, a 24mm, a 50mm, and 200mm. The 200 and the 24 are my favorite of the bunch; the 200 in particular is so much fun.
I am a come back to photography I did a lot, mostly family and landscape, at the early stages of Canon EOS 650, but professional life got in the way and I am now coming back and re-learning every thing, including post processing, so the last 4 months have been exciting, frustrating but all rewarding, thank you for the videos.
I’m in my second year and I will try every type and genre of photography I can. Doing so has made me look at things completely differently and it has expanded my creativity. Sometimes things work and sometimes they fail but unless you give them a go you will never know. The beauty of photography I believe is that it doesn’t cost anything to make mistakes, it’s what you learn from making them and putting them right that matters. When you get things right it is so rewarding. There is too much going on around us to religiously stick to one type of photography, give anything a try when the opportunity arises is my motto 😉
About 6 months off Auto mode and immersed in online classes and videos on composition, techniques, etc. Thanks for the informative video.
Mark, I have been back into Landscape photography now for about 5 years. Keep snapping!
Good point[s] ... but keep in mind that there are degrees of "uncomfortable" that may be at minimum counterproductive. While a replacement word doesn't immediately occur to me, I'd suggest that an alternative be found.
I'm at the 3 -4 year mark. I absolutely love this VLOG! Great points, great informational ideas. I do not intend in going pro. I do what I do for therapy and for my kids and grandkids to show them we have an amazing beautiful world. That it's not always chaos and ugly out there
I have only been serious about landscape photography for the last 3 to 4 months in terms of equipment and composition. I do it as a stress reliever and a way to break from the daily grind without any monetary incentives or reimbursement. Prior to this I was a Pro amateur iPhone user 10+ years, like most everyone else.
I thoroughly enjoy your channel with your helpful advice and tips and most importantly helping me to improve my passion for landscape photography. Keep up the awesome work.
Dude.
Your enthusiasm for growth is so contagious. I needed this, thank you so much!
Thank ya Debborah!
I’m 2 years into photography, I started with canon rebel T7 and recently I got the fuji XT-4. I’m still a little all over the place still learning the new camera but I’m slowly getting better thanks to your amazing videos I’m trying all the tips you give 👍. Thank you thank you 🙏
1-2 years here. Absolutely agree with self development comments, the most growth happens when we sit in discomfort rather than run from it. Finding the story that inspires in the glass rather than filling the frame - so true. Awesome video Mark, so glad I found your channel.
Hi Mark ... Gordon NEEDHAM here. You asked us to comment as to where we are at in our Photography Journey. For me, (Ive just turned 70) ... I've just passed my 1st year. My big challenge is the Dynamic Range vs Focus Stacking to try get the complete landscape scene in Focus. My 2nd problem I was having was cropping in too close. I recently watched a video on capturing more foreground, and leading lines and using the mountains and sunsets as the background and not the Main Hero of the Photo. I hope this is what you were looking for?
I have been involved in photography since around '93, gosh that's almost 30 years. I have never truly gone professional. I consider myself a super hobbyist. My problem is I have too many interest, like landscape, streetphotography, macro, portrait, wildlife, and so on... I agree with you about getting out of your comfort zone... it is much easer to do these days with digital photography. Right now one of my pet projects is the 50mm, I have been told by several people how the "nifty fifty" is boring to shoot with, my goal is to see if that is true... or if I can really find interesting things to shoot with the 50. Love your stuff and I always look for little nuggets you might find. I love the community of photographers that are willing to share their findings.
Year one completed. Loving it and can't stop there is so much to learn.
I have played around with it for many years but nothing serious. I have been alot more focused the last month and hope it continues through the winter.
1-2 years, been going to community college in Scotland, UK. Decided to do this in my 40s for a total change in career prospects. Its a challenge and things haven't clicked (so to speak) as fast as I would like them too, need to take more pictures!
Excellent video Mark! 30+ years with landscape and some wildlife, but just the last 13 working more or less full time at it. I enjoy your videos very much.
I began my photography journey way back in middle school and continued through my early 20’s. Life happened and I put my camera down. Almost 2 years ago, at age 56, I received my first digital camera and have been working to improve weekly. I enjoy landscape photography and after watching this video I will be exploring other genres as well. Thanks for sharing your wisdom each week!
Got a camera in 2016. Never really started trying to learn composition and how to work a camera until 2018. I feel like it hasn’t been until last year or so where I started taking photos I’m consistently happy with.
I’ve always been interested in photography but was always intimidated by the gear, cost, and the editing side in particular. I finally but the bullet back in May and I’m all in. Would love to do it full time someday
Shooting multiple genres I don't always change lenses especially when set up with a long lens, picked an area apart with a 600mm while birding, the light becomes the major player and I honestly think telephoto and super telephoto lenses could see a lot more use in landscape photography.
Brand new! Still figuring out what all the buttons and dials do...
Professor Denny, you nailed it again! Great insight.
Excellent video Mark. I’ve been photographing landscapes for about 12 years. The problem I had at first was I was working 60+ hours a week. Now that I’ve retired, I’ve been trying to get out more. I’m transitioning from the ‘grand landscapes’ to more intimate landscapes. My biggest problem is seeing the small shots in the large!
Great video. I’ve been into photography since I was perhaps 10 years old. So that would be 40 years of photographic experience behind the shutter now. Digital changed everything. From how we process images, make prints and all the magical things that we can do with photoshop that were never possible in the film days. Digital changed a great number of things but not the core concepts and techniques that one needs to make a great photograph. Keep making your wonderful videos, my wife who is not a photographer enjoys your videos as do I and is always amazed at all the things that get taken into consideration when taking the image. She frequently nudges me and asks, “did you know about that”, frequently the answer is yes. But she’s always amazed by the videos please keep up the great work
About sesven years, Mark! This may be the most worthwhile video ever - instead of focusing on a particular POV or technique, this shows that at any given moment or where we are in our development we have the opportunity to come up with a great creative image, so encouraging ~ Thanks!
I was a ‘photographer’ in high school 30+ years ago and only picked the camera back up again 2 years ago. Boy has digital changed the genre, I was used to rolling my own film (mostly b & w) and developing and printing my own images. Every image was precious then, but today “they’re just pixels”!!
A great vid and that's why I come here. I'm getting to be an old guy and don't do the fancy tech stuff that I barely learned anyway. Just the basics these days. But the challenge of getting a good shot, be it landscape or some minimalist thing is still there. I think your post is so on the money.
I’m not a pro, I’m a rail enthusiast and I do lots of railway photography. I mainly use modest wide angle lenses as they fit in 3/4 photos of trains and station photos. Hearing you mention using a telephoto lenses on landscape photography made me think of some train photos taken with a telephoto lens. The train looks bunched up and is never something I’ve tried but they look good in a distance shot with the afternoon sun.
My photography journey is 2 years in and am loving it. Always look forward to your videos Mark especiallly light room editing tips.
5 years in (started with a pocket camera). This year picked up a 17-40 f/4 and then a 16-35 f/2.8. Yes, I was obsessed with wide angle lens for most of the summer. Finally, I got some sense back in my head and now my go-to lens is the 24-105 f/4. I do like using the 16-35 f/2.8 at 35mm for macro shots. the f/4 isn't the same (not as good) as f/2.8 for background blurriness. I shoot mainly in forest areas, no mountains.
Started photography for the Yearbook and Newspaper in High School and have been at it ever since, that was 44 years ago.
Hello Mark..I love photography. It’s been a hobby for over 30 years.
Sadly though having a full time job and career all those years, hasn’t allowed much time for photography.
But now that I’m getting older and have more time. I’m dedicating more time to my photography.
It’s exciting and it’s also exactly why I watch your channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I have been doing photography for many decades, primarily in film. There was an unfortunate hiatus for about 10 years but have now jumped into the digital age in the last 1-2 years. I thought it would be like riding a bike and I would pick things up quickly, but that has not been the case. It has been more like starting from scratch. I agree that challenging oneself with new types of photography is great. I have recently tried doing some cityscape shots and each time I go out I learn something new about our local city and about my relationship with my camera. Really enjoy your videos in all aspects. Your tutelage has helped me immensely. Thanks.
After many years of travel photography with an SLR, I became more serious about photography when I switched to digital twenty years ago and learned post-processing skills. Now I do “local photography” - gardens, woodlands, wetlands, wildlife and an occasional automobile meet-up. This takes me from macro to telephoto. Thanks for the good ideas on more ways to expand!
Thanks Mark, just what I needed to hear right now. I was being very disappointed with myself but now I believe I’ll get out and just shoot things and think of them differently
Crossing 1 year. Just upgraded to a canon 90D from an old rebel XTI! Love your videos and advice.
Thanks for a thought provoking video Mark; it’s over seven years ago now that I first started doing landscape photography seriously.
Mark, love your channel. Started photography in the 80's Minolta film camera shooting my children sports, family events, vacations and landscape. My equipment was stolen when digital cameras started to hit the scene. Knew film was on the way out and digital was the new technology but not advanced enough to my liking so gave up photography until the Nikon D70 arrived. I love many subjects to shoot, from travel, landscape in USA national parks, grandchildren, sports and abstract. Hardly an expert photographer just trying to get better every time I shoot. Still make plenty of mistakes. That is what I love about photography it seems like your always learning be it a new camera or new software.....preservation of memories.
Totally agree Mark, have just started using my telephoto more (actually the lens I use for bird photography) to explore more compressed and localised compositions. I have bought and sold so many wide angle lenses over the years because I rarely felt I could get an image I was happy with as opposed to the standard 24-120mm and telephoto. You will enjoy the macro lens, it opens up many opportunities for exploration, the hardest thing is remembering to 'think tiny' not just 'think close up'. Enjoy. John Pouw NZ (PS coming up 4 years for me)
I am at the 2-3 year mark with photography. Been following you for 1 and half years. The advice you and others have given have a been really helpful during my journey at least
Hi Mark. I recovered my interest in photography 12 years ago while recovering from cancer, discovering a love of close ups of the abstract images in the bark of Australian indigenous trees. Really appreciated this video. I’m actually more into close ups of nature than I am of wide angle landscapes along with ICM and impressionist type photography. But I still get a lot out if your videos. I was intrigued by your divided landscape images. They reminded me of a concept called the “edge effect”. There’s a podcast on the topic on the Hidden Brain podcast which you might appreciate.
Photographed while studying architecture in Europe the early 80s. Loved my Pentax manual camera. Did not shoot hardly at all in the 90s. Missed it. Picked up a Sony NEX 3, when it was released, and upgraded to an a6000 and a few more when it was released. Given my real work schedule was 10 hours per day most days, my picture taking was limited to off hours while traveling and on weekends. Fortunately, my job was engineering 3D graphics and imaging systems. In fact, I am largely responsible for graphics hardware on cell phones, and got to work with the likes of Sony and Adobe on their projects. Retired and my wife bought me an A7RIV a couple years ago. Since then you’d be lucky to pry the camera out of my hands (she probably regrets that purchase, but I love her for it). While having a way more than average understanding of the technology, I finally get to exercise the other half of my brain. Thank you for your videos, they have been very inspirational and informative. If I had to put a number on it, I’d rate my experience is 4 years.
2 years! been following you for a while Mark! thanks for these great videos.
I have considered "outdoor" photography my singular hobby since high school. For me that would be 56 year. It has been the last 5 years that I have devoted considerable time, effort, and money to take my landscape photography to a higher level. I agree with and parallel your experience with trying to capture the grand landscape. I have had some mixed success but have much more to learn. I have also experimented with macro-ish photography in the past but worry that it gets too esoteric. I have always struggled taking "abstract" photographs as I feel I lack a fundimental grounding in abstract art. I continue to enjoy and learn from your video and be inspired by your suggestion to move beyond ones comfort zone. Thank you.
I had cheap film cameras over the years for general purpose photos like birthday parties, events and such. I bought a little digital pocket camera about 12 years ago for vacation pics and for pics of the kids. I didn't really get into photography until 5 years ago when I acquired my first DSLR. I'm on my 3rd body now. The first lens I bought was a Canon nifty fifty because it was cheap and everyone says that you should get one. I rarely use my Canon because I shoot with a Nikon now. I have a wide angle lens for both but I also have a 24-70, a 70-200, a 20mm, and a 105 macro. I'm waiting on the new 200-600 to come out. Lenses are tools just like the camera itself is. Pick the right focal length for the situation. Be creative and try different things. If you ever get bored or feel burned out with landscape, try macro. It's similar to landscape and portrait photography (especially with insects). And it's something you can do inside of the weather is bad.
It's been 5 years for me. i-phone to Canon powershot, then Sony and currently Alpha 1 with 4 lenses. Ship photography is my main area of interest, they were the subject that drew me to begin learning more about the art of photography
I'm in my 6th year as a passionate hobbyist photographer. Started off with all macro, then grand landscapes and now it has morphed into a combination of intimate scenes, abstracts and good old fashioned grand landscapes! There was one night at Out of Oregon when the sky and foreground was so amazing I never took my wide angle lens off and then another night when I challenged myself to only use my telephoto lens the whole night. Very much enjoyed learning from you and Eric Bennett in Oregon!
I've had fun with cameras ever since I could remember but only actually recently gotten into it about 3 years ago, now I'm going for a degree in photography as well.
I started in photography 25 years ago. Had my own portrait/school portraits-yearbook/ and wedding photography business for about 7 years in the middle before moving to Germany. Now, it is just a hobby.
Your journey parallels mine quite closely! Great advice!
Thank you for the videos Mark, new subscriber and have been catching up with your older content. Photography has been a hobby for, good grief, 60 years. First pictures for high school in the late 50’s. Still have my first SLR, a Minolta SR1. It went with me to Korea in 1962, and off and on until the DSLR came along. Shoot local sport car tracks, landscapes, macro, birds. Master of none however. Mirrorless now, and BW film with a 70’s film SLR.
I am just starting out, and trying to learn as much as possible.
This was a great discussion point from you Mark. I still struggle with the composition when I have a wide lens on, so thank you for this.
Hey Mark, interesting video that makes one rethink what makes our eyes dance? I have been behind a lens for over 50 years and I still catch myself getting in a rut. When I get stagnant I adventure into a different style of photography. In the last couple of years I went from landscapes to birding to surfers and recently covering live bands. All very different styles with different equipment and lighting situations to figure out. About a decade ago I realized zoom lens have made me a bit "lazy" and I found my compositional eye was lacking. Now I will go out a few times a month with only a fixed 24mm or 50mm and walk the town or beach and create images. This keeps my eyes and mind fresh and reminds me of a quote from Ansel Adams, “You don't take a photograph, you make it.” Thanks for all the great presentations!
I was wondering when you'd mention Sarah Marino, LOL! You're singing her song 🙂. Where am I in my photographic journey? 10 years of mostly casual attention to it, and one year (since Out of Chicago Botanic in 2021) of being committed and serious. My trajectory has been the opposite of yours, Mark - I started with macro, added small scenes, ICM, and abstract, expanded from nature to architecture (I'm now just as happy photoing in downtown Chicago as I am in a dahlia trial garden) and have done almost no grand landscape photography. My stretch WAY out of my comfort zone is coming in January when I'm going to a Death Valley landscape photography workshop led by TJ Thorne and Alex Noriega. I'm really excited about it and curious to see what evolves from it. Love your landscape divided images! Thanks for an inspiring message and reminder to keep challenging ourselves.
I’m in the 1-2 year range. Thank you for your inspiring videos!
Great video. I’ve been interested in photography since I was very young but it it was always in the background with other things in my life. I’ve been retired for 10 years and I’ve spent a lot more time shooting and learning since then. I also found that shooting the more intimate landscape images is more satisfying than the grand view. I think one reason is that it has become much more difficult to find locations that haven’t been shot to death and thus it is more difficult to create a new image. With the advent of social media and good quality cell phone cameras we are literally bombarded. You are certainly in good company- I attended a seminar by Art Wolfe on shooting small scale abstracts and immediately recognized the value of it. Thanks for all of your videos- I find them helpful and engaging.
Love the ideas and experience. As a new photographer I have tried to dabble in many different types and I've been surprised how much I've learned just by trying new things.
I am 2-3 years into getting into the nuts and bolts of photography. It started as a Covid project and has grown.
I'm one to two years in. I don't restrict myself to one type of photography. Usually i want to capture textures, colors, and things not normally scene or noticed but still natural so i like macro, telephoto, and long exposure photography. But i also do lots of landscapes and flowers. It's requires switching lenses a lot but i think It's worth it.
I am 1-2 years into my photography hobby and, as you say, I am still on the steep bit of the learning curve. I have found RUclips a fantastic source of information and your channel was, I think, one of the first one or two that I followed. I have just purchased a new camera, moving from an APSC DSLR to a full-frame mirrorless and I spend a lot of time 24-70mm - so yet to get to the telephoto bit.
As a landscape photographer just a little under 3 now, but been photographing live music for many years. It was thanks to the pandemic that I finally found the time and energy to go out and shoot the outdoors and it helped my mental health hugely