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?
I'm enchanted by your black and white photographs and as I'm very inquisitive about creative photographs of esteemed photographers as to how this or that was or wasn't made, like the portrait of the woman from a very close range of about ten feet and the image has a telling surprise of a wonderful street shot and I want to know the people out of the region of focus have watermark depiction around their figures, I know you have noticed them but I'm inquisitive that how did you manage them to be possibly there, kind of interesting though slightly distracting adding a sense of not ignoring them against the the great relief of the flattering woman face which the viewers must come back over and over again and that's where the picture succeeded! The pigeon in a rippled pool of puddle is the best to me and I want to see more of your work to be seen!
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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 🇦🇺
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.
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.
Thanks a lot for this format, really apreciate your open and authentic comments. Would love if you took a little more time talking about your artistic and technical decisions… all the best!
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
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!
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
****Beautiful work!**** I almost didn't watch when I saw you were reviewing your own work. Why do I need to spend 10 minutes looking at someone chatting about their average work? I'm very critical and have spent decades looking at the masters. so my (quite realistic from past experience) hopes were limited. **What a truly pleasant surprise.** Will follow for more.
Thanks from The Netherlands, Alan. Really enjoy your videos. As a beginner photographer, I would love to hear more about your view on editing, but also tips for film photography would be great. Loving it all actually, now I’ve come to think about it. :) Great stuff, thanks again! 🙏
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!
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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.
funny, educational, entertaining - I like it!
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
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 🙏🏼
You are really an inspiring to me, thanks for all the experience that you share. Greetings from Mexico
Loved it. Thanks for the insight...
Alex did a perfect job !!! Thx
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?
Thanks Alan. Nice works.
Thank you. Learning a lot.
Great video-so informative. And of course, your work is gorgeous!
This is wonderful stuff, thanks.
Greetings from Finland. Your channel is an absolute GEM! Thank you Alan!
Great shots, thanks for sharing
We need more and more of these videos. Thanks Alan!
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
Great images, fascinating detail and inspirational too. What's not to like?!
Just love this!
Love this, Alan - looking forward to more 10 for 10s!
🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thanks for sharing, great!
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
Loving these 10/10.
Thank you Alan.
Please do more of these❤
Loved this. More please Alan!
some good photos
I'm enchanted by your black and white photographs and as I'm very inquisitive about creative photographs of esteemed photographers as to how this or that was or wasn't made, like the portrait of the woman from a very close range of about ten feet and the image has a telling surprise of a wonderful street shot and I want to know the people out of the region of focus have watermark depiction around their figures, I know you have noticed them but I'm inquisitive that how did you manage them to be possibly there, kind of interesting though slightly distracting adding a sense of not ignoring them against the the great relief of the flattering woman face which the viewers must come back over and over again and that's where the picture succeeded!
The pigeon in a rippled pool of puddle is the best to me and I want to see more of your work to be seen!
I really enjoined this type of series. Can't wait for next series.
Very interesting and even more useful
This is great, Alan! Really looking forward to the next ones in this series. Cheers.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Your pictures are excellent but the three dogs picture is outstanding.
Great job Alan! Awesome photos and video!
thanks for talking us through the photos and give us helpful tips
I bought your book. A great piece of work! Greetings from Switzerland.
You are indeed the HCB of the 21st century. Stunning photos.
The self-portrait image actually becomes a lot more interesting knowing the context! Love these though great work and explanation :)
Glad you enjoyed
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!!!
Excellent! Love these. Longer ones would be great too. Thank you for sharing
Great pictures.
Keep up the great work!
Love your work
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.
Deep dive in your photos would be great! Thank you.
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.
Excellent Alan! Thanks for doing these. Very inspiring and informative! Bravo!
Great work! Thank you for sharing it on RUclips.
much appreciated
Great info on how you shot these images. Would love similar videos explaining how you edited the source images to get to final versions.
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.
Amazing!
Great video (and book). Would love to see you process some of these from images from out of camera through to final print.
Very nice Alan. I really like the extensive explanation including technical settings. Keep on going! 🎉
Many thanks Alan for your generosity in sharing your experiences. And your expertise!
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 🇦🇺
What a perfect "work shop"!! Thanks a lot!
Great that there is not the usual waffle some feel the need for. Concise and very interesting, thank you!
You should be proud of these. Thanks for sharing the inside information.
Fantastic compositions and imagination. Love your stuff ❤📷👍
Thanks for doing this! The extended discussion format would be great too.
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.
Great video and superb photographs! Thank you very much.
The shadow on nine is trippy. It looks otherworldly and like a demon or something.
Brilliant work Alan, love the 10 for 10.
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
Terrific idea.
Thanks a lot for this format, really apreciate your open and authentic comments. Would love if you took a little more time talking about your artistic and technical decisions… all the best!
Magic stuff Alan. More please.
Thanks for letting us see through your creativity windows!
This was great! I loved the pic of the dogs (it made me giggle).
Loved the format, thank you very much for sharing !
More please!!
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
Superb video. Excellent explanation of the shots. Can’t wait for another one like this from the Master
Excellent !!!
Wonderful! Love the idea of 5 for 10.
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!
Alex at the end sounds South African. The way he said ‘how’s it going?’ Loved the video as always. Such an incredible inspiration
I love the conversation style about your photos. What do you do to get yourself out of the house and into the photo-taking mood?
Thank you 🙏🏼
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.
you and Sean Tucker, my favourite upload notifications 😂😂 😉
😄🙌🏼
Great stuff. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing ✨👌🏼
That was really enjoyable Alan 👍😀thank you 🙏
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
Always look forward to your videos Alan!
****Beautiful work!****
I almost didn't watch when I saw you were reviewing your own work. Why do I need to spend 10 minutes looking at someone chatting about their average work? I'm very critical and have spent decades looking at the masters. so my (quite realistic from past experience) hopes were limited. **What a truly pleasant surprise.** Will follow for more.
I particularly appreciate the comments about preparation and anticipation. Good video!
I'd love you to talk about the one with Koray on the stairs. think its around London bridge. He's in sillouette, and is a lovely shot.
Another great Video, and of course great photos.
Great stuff Alan, thanks for your generosity. Inspiration for taking my M11M around Europe next year.
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.
Enjoyed that Alan excellent work .......
Cheers Alan, look forward to the next group of 10.
Thanks from The Netherlands, Alan. Really enjoy your videos. As a beginner photographer, I would love to hear more about your view on editing, but also tips for film photography would be great. Loving it all actually, now I’ve come to think about it. :) Great stuff, thanks again! 🙏
Thank you! All you have mentioned shall be addressed soon
@@alan_schaller looking forward to it. Thank you!
Very nice Alan. I enjoyed that.......mmm....must try those techniques
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!
Please do more of these Alan.
Wonderful
lovely shots, lovely vid - so glad i grabbed the book!
Great video! It’d be great to see the shot info on screen (aperture, etc).