Hearing your comments about your photographs is not only helpful from a technical point of view, but it’s always good to hear about setting up, happy accidents and chance images.
@@alan_schaller Some photographers (and often with good reason) are tight lipped about where they take a photo at. You don't seem to mind telling where you took yours.
@@alan_schaller I like that you don't mystify the process. One doesn't hear pseudo-intellectual nonsense from you like happens with some photographers.
@@alan_schaller As someone who's been in farming myself, although as an employee not an owner, the hardest challenge for farmers is government. Particularly my state government. One family here moved their entire herd from my state (formerly theirs as well, obs) and the same people with the same herd went from struggling to get by to thriving.
Thanks Alan for your authentic and straightforward nature. Could you share your thought process for image editing? Specifically, how do you choose between a high-contrast image and one with a softer grainy scale?
Thank you for sharing all these back stories which are more than photography. We can understand why the lady in front of the crack wall looks so sad, why the lovely band of dogs are so focus, etc. Great images!!!
Love your work, Alan, and I love how you approach it. You're my newest inspiration for B&W street photography. I've actually been shooting monochrome since I started out in the 1970s not only because I like the look, but also because I'm severely colorblind.
Great format. It is fascinating to know what photographers were thinking of when they take pics. And the pics are both good and varied. And excellently brief and succinct.
Like always I am enjoying your photography and videos, they are very refreshing and humorous compared to the other channels. You are one of my most favourite “urban” photographers for a very long time already. Keep on doing your great work Alan. Greetings from The Netherlands.
As someone who loves videos on photography, some of my favs are "The Photographic Eye", Sean Tucker, Tatiana Hooper and Jamie Windsor. And now your channel. Wonderfully interesting and entertaining videos and great photos too. I hope you continue with your channel. Thanks!
2:05, 3:41, 8:05 are outstanding & 7:00 is excellent woof-woof! pic too. Luck favors the prepared, saying comes to mind, when once given opportunity, one has seconds to use the skills which can make or break a shot. I take it you also have some patience to wait at a location for a proper moment. It seems I never could do that. A few minutes of waiting seems an eternity, after which I'm gone. At my age, maybe I am thinking in dog years. 🤓 Thank you very much for your sharing of great talent with us. Sincerely, Loren Schwiderski.
Even as a simple hobbyist street photographer, it can be wonderfully emotional looing back over the good and bad shots I took during a year. That's because I can remember all those moments. Something about trying to achieve something with each phot grafts those times into the memory. For a while anyway. The fact that it's often when I'm cleansing my computer's memory of all but the good shots makes it more poignant, so sometimes I'll save even scrappy bad ones to preserve the memories.
Hi Alan ....I love the new blogs so over a lot of other blogs especially landscape and product reviews. Yours are fresh with a sense of humour and technical techniques. The biggest hate is people pushing like & and subscribing every 5 seconds, very annoying & and off-putting. Well, done Sean from Australia 🇦🇺
So glad YT suggested your video, and was a sub from the get go. Thanks for sharing your thoughts behind the photos, it gives the shots context and helps me to train my mind's eye to see like you...thumbs up!
Brilliant set of photos Alan. I particularly liked your photo of the woman studying the tube map and your pigeon shot . I too like photographing pigeons in black and white .I was chuffed to learn today that I had come 2nd in the Amateur Photographer of the Year Competition, Wildlife category with a shot of pigeons perched on a glass shelter of a train station in Glasgow. I have your book and was fascinated to learn that the cover shot was taken with a 90mm lens, I presumed you were using a wide angle. I am a great admirer of your photos and I also enjoy taking people shots on the London Underground. I understand how you expose for highlights and the shadows become totally black without any detail but I don't understand how many of your tube subjects look as though they are caught in a spotlight. Can you explain this or is this a trade secret !!? Many thanks
I'm starting a 6 month (or more, depends how it goes) project of shooting exclusively in black and white as a way of studying light and going back to basics, and your videos and work has been inspiring to say the least. It's always fascinating getting a glimpse into the mind of a brilliant photographer and how they approach their craft.
Deep dives would also be great! Keep up the amazing content! P.S. listening to Candella podcast from start to finish at the moment too. All great stuff!
Thank you Alan for Sharing these great works and sharing Tips , we as a fan and viewers will try not to replicate them 😂because at the end we can’t beat you the way you make photographs ❤
I noticed in one of your other videos that you hold your camera in various positions, sometimes looking thru viewfinder, sometimes holding it away and at angles, rather freely. Simple but something I haven't been doing so thanks for the demonstration on fluid shooting angles. Brilliant
Thank for this video. I would like to see an full editing of some photographs. I am curious to see how you get these crushed blacks.
Hearing your comments about your photographs is not only helpful from a technical point of view, but it’s always good to hear about setting up, happy accidents and chance images.
Glad to hear it 😊
@@alan_schaller How do you know that woman is a lady? Are you personally acquainted with her?
@@alan_schaller Some photographers (and often with good reason) are tight lipped about where they take a photo at. You don't seem to mind telling where you took yours.
@@alan_schaller I like that you don't mystify the process. One doesn't hear pseudo-intellectual nonsense from you like happens with some photographers.
@@alan_schaller As someone who's been in farming myself, although as an employee not an owner, the hardest challenge for farmers is government. Particularly my state government. One family here moved their entire herd from my state (formerly theirs as well, obs) and the same people with the same herd went from struggling to get by to thriving.
I love the photo taken through the back window of a bus. It's like two different rainy scenes melded together into one image.
yes, its a great photo. I have some similar on my channel
I really enjoined this type of series. Can't wait for next series.
Alan is def kinda photography idol for me. Love every single picture you take! Best photographer of the new era
Yes, I totally agree wtih you. I have also been doing a lot of black and white photography in London. You can take a look at some of my videos
Thanks Alan for your authentic and straightforward nature. Could you share your thought process for image editing? Specifically, how do you choose between a high-contrast image and one with a softer grainy scale?
Getting a rundown of how you captured these photos is SO helpful to the community. I wish you all the youtube success you can handle :)
Much appreciated 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing all these back stories which are more than photography. We can understand why the lady in front of the crack wall looks so sad, why the lovely band of dogs are so focus, etc. Great images!!!
Great images, fascinating detail and inspirational too. What's not to like?!
Greetings from Finland. Your channel is an absolute GEM! Thank you Alan!
We need more and more of these videos. Thanks Alan!
Love this, Alan - looking forward to more 10 for 10s!
🙏🏼🙏🏼
I bought your book. A great piece of work! Greetings from Switzerland.
Great info on how you shot these images. Would love similar videos explaining how you edited the source images to get to final versions.
Great video (and book). Would love to see you process some of these from images from out of camera through to final print.
thanks for talking us through the photos and give us helpful tips
This is great, Alan! Really looking forward to the next ones in this series. 📸
Thank you, we have filmed a couple more already so they’ll be out soon
Great shots, thanks for sharing
Great that there is not the usual waffle some feel the need for. Concise and very interesting, thank you!
This is great, Alan! Really looking forward to the next ones in this series. Cheers.
Thank you 🙏🏼
You are indeed the HCB of the 21st century. Stunning photos.
Thank you Alan.. Enjoyed the chat about photo's...
Love your work, Alan, and I love how you approach it. You're my newest inspiration for B&W street photography. I've actually been shooting monochrome since I started out in the 1970s not only because I like the look, but also because I'm severely colorblind.
Great format. It is fascinating to know what photographers were thinking of when they take pics. And the pics are both good and varied. And excellently brief and succinct.
Like always I am enjoying your photography and videos, they are very refreshing and humorous compared to the other channels.
You are one of my most favourite “urban” photographers for a very long time already.
Keep on doing your great work Alan.
Greetings from The Netherlands.
Very interesting and even more useful
Alex at the end sounds South African. The way he said ‘how’s it going?’ Loved the video as always. Such an incredible inspiration
lovely shots, lovely vid - so glad i grabbed the book!
You are really an inspiring to me, thanks for all the experience that you share. Greetings from Mexico
The self-portrait image actually becomes a lot more interesting knowing the context! Love these though great work and explanation :)
Glad you enjoyed
Loved this. More please Alan!
some good photos
As someone who loves videos on photography, some of my favs are "The Photographic Eye", Sean Tucker, Tatiana Hooper and Jamie Windsor. And now your channel. Wonderfully interesting and entertaining videos and great photos too. I hope you continue with your channel. Thanks!
Your pictures are excellent but the three dogs picture is outstanding.
Thanks for letting us see through your creativity windows!
Watched it again, perfect again too.
Great job Alan! Awesome photos and video!
Please do more of these Alan.
Excellent! Love these. Longer ones would be great too. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for doing this! The extended discussion format would be great too.
funny, educational, entertaining - I like it!
You should be proud of these. Thanks for sharing the inside information.
2:05, 3:41, 8:05 are outstanding & 7:00 is excellent woof-woof! pic too. Luck favors the prepared, saying comes to mind, when once given opportunity, one has seconds to use the skills which can make or break a shot. I take it you also have some patience to wait at a location for a proper moment. It seems I never could do that. A few minutes of waiting seems an eternity, after which I'm gone. At my age, maybe I am thinking in dog years. 🤓 Thank you very much for your sharing of great talent with us. Sincerely, Loren Schwiderski.
Great video and superb photographs! Thank you very much.
Fantastic compositions and imagination. Love your stuff ❤📷👍
What a perfect "work shop"!! Thanks a lot!
Even as a simple hobbyist street photographer, it can be wonderfully emotional looing back over the good and bad shots I took during a year. That's because I can remember all those moments. Something about trying to achieve something with each phot grafts those times into the memory. For a while anyway.
The fact that it's often when I'm cleansing my computer's memory of all but the good shots makes it more poignant, so sometimes I'll save even scrappy bad ones to preserve the memories.
Very nice Alan. I really like the extensive explanation including technical settings. Keep on going! 🎉
Thanks Alan. Nice works.
I particularly appreciate the comments about preparation and anticipation. Good video!
Great stuff Alan, thanks for your generosity. Inspiration for taking my M11M around Europe next year.
Terrific idea.
Great shots my favorites were the one in Lisbon, it is so dramatic and the one from the bus window as it is very artistic and draws you in.
Thanks for being generous with your art.
Alex did a perfect job !!! Thx
This was great! I loved the pic of the dogs (it made me giggle).
Wonderful! Love the idea of 5 for 10.
Loved it. Thanks for the insight...
Superb video. Excellent explanation of the shots. Can’t wait for another one like this from the Master
Hi Alan ....I love the new blogs so over a lot of other blogs especially landscape and product reviews. Yours are fresh with a sense of humour and technical techniques. The biggest hate is people pushing like & and subscribing every 5 seconds, very annoying & and off-putting. Well, done Sean from Australia 🇦🇺
Please do more of these❤
Great video-so informative. And of course, your work is gorgeous!
Brilliant work Alan, love the 10 for 10.
That was really enjoyable Alan 👍😀thank you 🙏
Very nice Alan. I enjoyed that.......mmm....must try those techniques
Excellent Alan! Thanks for doing these. Very inspiring and informative! Bravo!
Great work! Thank you for sharing it on RUclips.
much appreciated
This is wonderful stuff, thanks.
Great! Thanks a lot 🙏🏻
I’ll get my M 246 next week. I can’t wait.🤩
This video is really inspiring. Knowing how your pictures are born and done is a really great help to think when I do my pictures. Thanks.
Magic stuff Alan. More please.
Thanks Alan! Great video
Thank you! Nice work! Bought Metropolis the other day. Ist so good und inspiring! Keep on going Alan. Greetings from Frankfurt, Germany.
Many thanks Alan for your generosity in sharing your experiences. And your expertise!
I would love some deep dives. This series is very interesting and informative!
Yes loved this video. Thanks
So glad YT suggested your video, and was a sub from the get go. Thanks for sharing your thoughts behind the photos, it gives the shots context and helps me to train my mind's eye to see like you...thumbs up!
Brilliant set of photos Alan. I particularly liked your photo of the woman studying the tube map and your pigeon shot . I too like photographing pigeons in black and white .I was chuffed to learn today that I had come 2nd in the Amateur Photographer of the Year Competition, Wildlife category with a shot of pigeons perched on a glass shelter of a train station in Glasgow. I have your book and was fascinated to learn that the cover shot was taken with a 90mm lens, I presumed you were using a wide angle. I am a great admirer of your photos and I also enjoy taking people shots on the London Underground. I understand how you expose for highlights and the shadows become totally black without any detail but I don't understand how many of your tube subjects look as though they are caught in a spotlight. Can you explain this or is this a trade secret !!? Many thanks
I'm starting a 6 month (or more, depends how it goes) project of shooting exclusively in black and white as a way of studying light and going back to basics, and your videos and work has been inspiring to say the least. It's always fascinating getting a glimpse into the mind of a brilliant photographer and how they approach their craft.
I’ve been shooting predominantly in black & white for the past 2-3 months, deeply inspired by Alan’s work!! I’m really loving it
All the very best for your monochrome adventure
Have fun with it! 🙏🏼
me too i just started 2 weeks ago to refresh my mind again
Enjoyed that Alan excellent work .......
Another great Video, and of course great photos.
Great videos with plenty of charm and useful information for an amateur photographer like me. Greetings from Colombia South America.
Akways happy and thankful to see you explaining. We definitely need some exif data on some shots
Deep dives would also be great! Keep up the amazing content!
P.S. listening to Candella podcast from start to finish at the moment too. All great stuff!
Deep dive in your photos would be great! Thank you.
Thank you for this video.
I enjoyed hearing the stories behind the images. It is very helpful.
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Cheers Alan, look forward to the next group of 10.
Thanks for sharing, great!
Great stuff. Thank you.
Always look forward to your videos Alan!
Thank you. Learning a lot.
Usually I'm swearing at the RUclips gods but look! they brought you to my feed yay!
Thank you for this - and thank you in particular for sharing the focal lengths 😌
🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you Alan.
Thank you Alan for Sharing these great works and sharing Tips , we as a fan and viewers will try not to replicate them 😂because at the end we can’t beat you the way you make photographs ❤
Great concept! Would love to hear more about your images!
Outstanding! I'm really enjoying your videos.
I noticed in one of your other videos that you hold your camera in various positions, sometimes looking thru viewfinder, sometimes holding it away and at angles, rather freely. Simple but something I haven't been doing so thanks for the demonstration on fluid shooting angles. Brilliant
I love this kind of format!
you and Sean Tucker, my favourite upload notifications 😂😂 😉
😄🙌🏼
Big fan here ! Much love from Germany 🇩🇪📸🫶🏼
Thanks very much 😊