I think most street photographers go out with good intentions. Then they find people are simply not that interesting. So they’re frustrated and take meaningless shots of people looking at their phones. Which has the dual effect of invading privacy while not accomplishing anything. And tbh film photographers are the most guilty of this
More photographers need to hear this, and often. It is too easy to buy a camera and start booking weddings because they get a lot of likes on FB or followers on IG.
when i told my buddy part time photographer only a few percent of my hundreds of photos from a particular trip end up good to great he just said i was a bad photographer
Well I mean it also depends on the genre. When Mary Ellen Mark shot some of her medium formats projects she had almost 100% of keepers. The reason was there was a several minutes of preparation and she only have a one take for each scene.
Most of my street images aren’t very good. Typically, only 2-5% of my images are satisfactory. Out of those how many are good? Not enough. The same with my ICM images. Thank God I don’t use film! I’m fucked. Not because I want to be a famous street photographer. I know, at best, I’m just an OK snapper. I don’t share my images. Many times I delete my images from the memory card before storing them to make room for new images. I have given up hope of creating enough good images to post on the web or print a zine. Many images I see on RUclips aren’t interesting to me. Not that they aren’t very good. It may be I’d never create an image like the one posted. I do street photography for exercise and fun. Good enough reasons for me. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)
@@aboutphotography Almost certainly imho, but will you still enjoy the process of photography? For me that's all that matters because I think every other positive you can take from any creative process flows naturally from your enjoyment of it.
"People overestimate their own talent." Apparently, Martin Parr, whose work I have never found remotely interesting (outside some early BnW), suffers from this delusion, exacerbated by the fact that a number of photographers in his generation also find his work worthy of something or other.
Ok, but his work is terrible. Literally a badly lit, dead center composed teacup showing while he talks about unique vision. Piggy cupcakes. MARVELOUS VISION.
I think most street photographers go out with good intentions. Then they find people are simply not that interesting. So they’re frustrated and take meaningless shots of people looking at their phones. Which has the dual effect of invading privacy while not accomplishing anything. And tbh film photographers are the most guilty of this
Nice short, just the essential message: power full
Thank you for watching 🙂 glad you liked it 🙂
1:20 By Jove!
1:43 "We are not worthy! We are not worthy!"
Tough love from Martin. He can be a real downer while meting out the advice.
Yeah, that's right!
More photographers need to hear this, and often. It is too easy to buy a camera and start booking weddings because they get a lot of likes on FB or followers on IG.
when i told my buddy part time photographer only a few percent of my hundreds of photos from a particular trip end up good to great he just said i was a bad photographer
Don t listen to him!
Well I mean it also depends on the genre. When Mary Ellen Mark shot some of her medium formats projects she had almost 100% of keepers. The reason was there was a several minutes of preparation and she only have a one take for each scene.
Bruhhhhh 😂 lol this video
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Most of my street images aren’t very good. Typically, only 2-5% of my images are satisfactory. Out of those how many are good? Not enough. The same with my ICM images. Thank God I don’t use film!
I’m fucked. Not because I want to be a famous street photographer. I know, at best, I’m just an OK snapper. I don’t share my images. Many times I delete my images from the memory card before storing them to make room for new images. I have given up hope of creating enough good images to post on the web or print a zine. Many images I see on RUclips aren’t interesting to me. Not that they aren’t very good. It may be I’d never create an image like the one posted. I do street photography for exercise and fun. Good enough reasons for me.
Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)
about the film - I always wonder if it (using the film) would make me more deliberate with what I shoot and therefore a better photographer.
@@aboutphotography Almost certainly imho, but will you still enjoy the process of photography? For me that's all that matters because I think every other positive you can take from any creative process flows naturally from your enjoyment of it.
I prefer Parr’s early black and white work. So I don’t think your colour work is that good mate 😂 joking aside great message here.
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"People overestimate their own talent." Apparently, Martin Parr, whose work I have never found remotely interesting (outside some early BnW), suffers from this delusion, exacerbated by the fact that a number of photographers in his generation also find his work worthy of something or other.
Ok, but his work is terrible. Literally a badly lit, dead center composed teacup showing while he talks about unique vision. Piggy cupcakes. MARVELOUS VISION.