I am amazed! The view from the GoPro was just ho-hum, but the images through the Sony setup were excellent. James has a great eye, and he reacts very quickly to the scene evolving in front of him. I love it.
I love how you just have the background sounds of walking through a city. It was so calming and so much better than the irritating stock music so many RUclipsrs use.
@@davidgfisher Do you expect a photography RUclips channel to continually be across all the many atrocities in the world? I mentioned it because it played a part in the scene I was photographing, I’d suggest placing your frustration towards the cause, not someone mentioning it.
There's nearly nothing I enjoy more than wandering round an interesting city with my camera with no other objective than taking photos, exploring and a decent meal! Thanks for the video.
That was a fun video. I love the point you made about everyone not taking the same photo and also mentioning that not every photo you took was a keeper. That's something that still gives me problems, expecting every shutter click to be a keeper. Thanks for the video, cheers!
Hi, great video, is it possible to see a few before and after editing of some of these photos? Im interested in the cropping youve needed to do as much as the shadows etc. thanks,
Great video James! Keep in mind that in Italy is illegal to take photos of recognizable people without a written consent, so be careful with the publications. It's not a problem if you keep the photos for yourself, without sharing them on the web/print/etc... Cheers!
Hi James, I live in Italy and spent a couple of years in Venice, so I was particularly fascinated by the way you managed to catch not just the touristy side of the city, but the everyday aspects of the people who actually live there, rather than just visit. You even passed my son's old primary school... quite a trip down memory lane!
Great stuff, you make street photography look effortless and easy. Something I've struggled to be comfortable with when dipping my toes in it in the past, but this looked pretty fun. Was nice to see the streets of Venice again.
Ive never been bothered about street until recently when i plucked up the courage to do some and i really enjoyed it. It was good to see you doing some and what great shots too, i loved the little dog with the ball. Would be great if you could do a street photography editing tutorial, your edits made the images really pop. Something i struggle with sadly. Great work James 👍👍👍
Well that was fun!! My wife is shouting from the sofa ... "that's what I miss the most about Scotland ... its proximity to Europe!" followed by ... "he's nice buy an Iceland print!" 😁
Loved the laid-back, relaxed feel of this video! Being able to listen just to the ambient noise of the city was really calming and immersed me in the video and photos, would love to see more like this!
Two years ago (before corona, obviously) I was able to shoot street photography almost without any problem, people were not picky at all. Nowadays, you get angry looks, yelling, fear, sometimes even threats for deletion or any other harm... Hopefully this will change. Lost quite a lot of interest in street photography, to be honest... Nice to see, James, that you are doing your job well. Keep up the good work! :)
Probably due to Corona restrictions and measures? While people got angry because of their rights being taken away or restricted heavily, they responded with fear and also rebellion against their governments. So every police officer, security guys and also photographers were seen as the "Orwell 1984" scenes, so only time will tell, when things will be more relaxed. Hopefully soon ;)
James I know this is going to cause controversy but I have hand held my Pentax DSLR cameras for up to 11 hours I like the way they feel in my hands and ergonomics of the cameras. Especially the camera grip in my hands. I prefer my Sigma 18-250 lens for street as it gives more flexibility to photograph the scene.
POV photo taking is really the best way for viewers to experience the photo taking alongside you, kudos to that! Here's a few observations 1) I could tell that with a 50mm, you get the benefit of shooting people from quite the distance away without infringing in their personal space. 2) But 50mm also means the background becomes somewhat compressed, meaning instead of a whole building, you only capture a crop of it in the background. 3) Shooting with a small aperture is great. Since the background is already compressed, trying to blur it away with a large aperture just removes the much needed context and weakens the photo usually. 4) Flares can be used artistically to enhance a photo.
I really do love your POV videos. Besides learning a lot it's somehow soothing! I'm always looking forward to watch your's and Nigel's videos on the weekend. Thanks for that!
Really enjoy when you shoot street. I think the 50mm in such tight spaces forces you to be creative, instead of just going for the wide "easy" shots. Maybe the tighter focal length mimics the narrow alleys and tight spots in the city...maybe, lol. Anywho, great video and shots!
wow, I really enjoyed this video, so relaxing to watch, and I love street photography, I feel need to go out and take some pictures! love how you see things
Hi James, I really enjoyed the video, a nice change of pace. I see what you mean about having a wider and narrower option, but you certainly got some interesting shots with the 50mm lens. Thanks for sharing.
Nice to see you shooting street again James. I picked up Sony 135mm GM recently, worried about it being too long, but have found it amazing, on my other body I have the Sony 20mm G, so a wider and longer setup
I have been to Venice a couple of times and loved it. You have produced an excellent video here that is interesting, informative and brings back great memories. Thanks James.
Great video, and weirdly taught me something I'd never thought of, Venice doesn't have cars, it's obvious now you say it, but I'd never considered it. Makes me really want to visit it now.
A lesser known fact is that the lagoon part of Venice - the postcard Venice where James was - accounts for only 1/4th or so of the total population of the city of Venice. The rest of the people are located mainland.
That's one of the things I love so much about photography, seeing everyone's perspectives. Sometimes we are all so similar and others we are all so different. Our unique perspectives with both a camera and our souls are what makes life so cool. Great video and pictures James!
I very much liked your street photos. I can't often say that to anyone often as street photography is not always my favorite. Nice job, beautiful place.
Great video. Venice looks absolutely beautiful!! My favourite part honestly?......saying thankyou in an"Italian" accent to the gentleman, enjoying the sun 🤣👌👌 Fantastic!
Haha! "price of coffee" Great shots! I need to visit Venice .. Just came back from Napoli and Pompeii, had a 28, 50 and 75mm MF primes. I also could have used a 24mm for those tight spaces. but sometimes I love to limit myself to just one or two primes. Makes you think more about composition and the creative process.
Totally forgot you liked a bit of Street Photography James, some great images there too, my mates going over to Venice soon. I was surprised you didn’t take a wider and faster lens with you, 50mm is great but for Street and also the Architecture I think the 24mm would be better.
it's kinda nice to see venice to empty. they are usually overrun with tourist but right now it looks like it's mostly natives going about their day. as for the photography, pretty good. i've been following this channel for a while and i don't recall any street photography vidz. i've been doing street for a long time and did it in venice years ago. this wasn't horrible. pretty good although, like nyc, i think venice is a cheatsheet for street haha. it's almost too easy to make things look good. good stuff.
This is one of my favorite videos. I really like street photography and you took some amazing shots. You should do more street photography videos. Thanks !
Such good work, love your eye! Having fell in love with the RXR1RII I can't wait until an R version of the the A7C with 26MP crop mode comes out, paired with the miniscule Samyang 45mm 1.8
I seriously love your photography. I think you have an amazing eye. You are definitely right in regards to every photographer is difference in shots and editing style. I absolutely adored some of the shots that you made here and I would love to see those available as prints in the future. I could have easily watched you wander and shoot for quite a while longer.
Thanks James, your best video yet I think. Loved the ease with the way you shot and so many great shots! Would like to see the cropping and post work too.
Hi James: As I sit in Canada, viewing this video brings back great memories of our two trips to Venice. Venice is my favourite city in the world and I simply loved walking around and getting lost in the city. Cheers, Keith
G'day from Australia! First time viewer, subbed off this video, really loved the walk around go pro format with shots peppered through vid. Great feel of how you go about your time and place of shooting. Venice is breathtaking, you got a nice clear morning to shoot, lovely stuff. Thanks for all that you do, and how you are doing it. Nice!
It never occurred to me how much having a person doing something mundane like reading a newspaper in a cityscape really brings it to life. Excellent. And I’m planning a trip to Italy and Venice so this is well timed. Do you find people are ok with you taking their pic? Do you ask first?
Great video. I really love these walkalong videos, you do them really well. Venice in the offseason has such a serene vibe in all its rundown majesty. Oh yeah and supporting Ukraine. 🇺🇦
@@davidgfisherThose are separatist regions backed by Russia, so at best they brought that misery to them. Not justifiable (not even going to argue those numbers) but those populations were used as pawns by narcissistic megalomaniac Putin. What's happening now is a whole another scale and obviously any sane person has to side with Ukraine. Europe is united against the Russian aggression. Of course James had to support a "stop the war" protest even if he's just there to shoot what he sees.
@@davidgfisher Yes, I'm aware of the Azov Battalion and they can go f*** themselves too. Naturally. This is my last post on the subject, I doubt James appreciates his comment section to be filled with arguments about the war.
Wonderful video James. I spent a sunny January day in Venice with my Lumix a couple of years ago doing just the same thing. It's the perfect place for street photography!
Very nice, like the change of pace and not only getting a chance to revisit Venice through your photos, but seeing you cover some new (at least new to me) ground with some street photography. Funny, when I got into photography during the 80's and traveling, everyone just called it 'photography.' Crazy. Love the variety, thanks.
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It's almost frustrating how good you are at finding great compositions/storytelling moments. I keep learning from you all the time!
This right here man 💯
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I am amazed! The view from the GoPro was just ho-hum, but the images through the Sony setup were excellent. James has a great eye, and he reacts very quickly to the scene evolving in front of him. I love it.
I love how you just have the background sounds of walking through a city. It was so calming and so much better than the irritating stock music so many RUclipsrs use.
Loved this James! the sounds as you walk around the streets just draws you in. Great shots as well.... Also - creative thinking for you print names ;)
Lol I thought the same with the print names 😂 But..... the images speak for themselves i suppose the name means very little.
@@davidgfisher hes not a war yt channel calm downnnnn😭
@@davidgfisher i understand but tbh the sad truth is most people are just bandwagoning on it
Thanks mate! I’m a creative soul 😂
@@davidgfisher Do you expect a photography RUclips channel to continually be across all the many atrocities in the world? I mentioned it because it played a part in the scene I was photographing, I’d suggest placing your frustration towards the cause, not someone mentioning it.
This was a really chill video, definitely liked having the ambient sounds of the city rather than an obnoxious soundtrack over the top. Great work!
This!
Aaaah. That's what making me love this video even more. Makes sense!
Goes to show you how much more observing and trying different perspectives are more impactful than gear and settings.
One of my all-time favorites. I could have watched an hour of this.
There's nearly nothing I enjoy more than wandering round an interesting city with my camera with no other objective than taking photos, exploring and a decent meal! Thanks for the video.
That is a recipe for a great day.
That was a fun video. I love the point you made about everyone not taking the same photo and also mentioning that not every photo you took was a keeper. That's something that still gives me problems, expecting every shutter click to be a keeper. Thanks for the video, cheers!
2:41 wowwwww the way shes enjoying that sun . i love that photo
Hi, great video, is it possible to see a few before and after editing of some of these photos? Im interested in the cropping youve needed to do as much as the shadows etc. thanks,
Great video James!
Keep in mind that in Italy is illegal to take photos of recognizable people without a written consent, so be careful with the publications. It's not a problem if you keep the photos for yourself, without sharing them on the web/print/etc...
Cheers!
Hi James, I live in Italy and spent a couple of years in Venice, so I was particularly fascinated by the way you managed to catch not just the touristy side of the city, but the everyday aspects of the people who actually live there, rather than just visit. You even passed my son's old primary school... quite a trip down memory lane!
Cool photos! I second Nigel’s observation that when you include the audio while wandering the streets, it really draws we viewers into the experience.
Great stuff, you make street photography look effortless and easy. Something I've struggled to be comfortable with when dipping my toes in it in the past, but this looked pretty fun. Was nice to see the streets of Venice again.
Great video James. Love the extraordinary shots of ordinary things👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Ive never been bothered about street until recently when i plucked up the courage to do some and i really enjoyed it. It was good to see you doing some and what great shots too, i loved the little dog with the ball. Would be great if you could do a street photography editing tutorial, your edits made the images really pop. Something i struggle with sadly. Great work James 👍👍👍
Great captures. Always enjoy the dialogue!
Of all photos you took there James, 9:33 is my favorite
You have captured some good photos of this lovely lady. Love the portraits.
The environmental sound is the perfect soundtrack to this video. Thank you for that! 🙏
Well that was fun!! My wife is shouting from the sofa ... "that's what I miss the most about Scotland ... its proximity to Europe!" followed by ... "he's nice buy an Iceland print!" 😁
Not the usual JP video, but great none the less. Some really nice shots there James.
More of this! 👍
Loved the laid-back, relaxed feel of this video! Being able to listen just to the ambient noise of the city was really calming and immersed me in the video and photos, would love to see more like this!
Two years ago (before corona, obviously) I was able to shoot street photography almost without any problem, people were not picky at all. Nowadays, you get angry looks, yelling, fear, sometimes even threats for deletion or any other harm... Hopefully this will change. Lost quite a lot of interest in street photography, to be honest... Nice to see, James, that you are doing your job well. Keep up the good work! :)
I get that a lot and fear for my life sometimes. Wonder why it's changed.
Probably due to Corona restrictions and measures? While people got angry because of their rights being taken away or restricted heavily, they responded with fear and also rebellion against their governments. So every police officer, security guys and also photographers were seen as the "Orwell 1984" scenes, so only time will tell, when things will be more relaxed. Hopefully soon ;)
Lovey to see you break out of your “usual” style, and got some great shots to boot.
James
I know this is going to cause controversy but I have hand held my Pentax DSLR cameras for up to 11 hours I like the way they feel in my hands and ergonomics of the cameras. Especially the camera grip in my hands. I prefer my Sigma 18-250 lens for street as it gives more flexibility to photograph the scene.
POV photo taking is really the best way for viewers to experience the photo taking alongside you, kudos to that! Here's a few observations
1) I could tell that with a 50mm, you get the benefit of shooting people from quite the distance away without infringing in their personal space.
2) But 50mm also means the background becomes somewhat compressed, meaning instead of a whole building, you only capture a crop of it in the background.
3) Shooting with a small aperture is great. Since the background is already compressed, trying to blur it away with a large aperture just removes the much needed context and weakens the photo usually.
4) Flares can be used artistically to enhance a photo.
I really do love your POV videos. Besides learning a lot it's somehow soothing! I'm always looking forward to watch your's and Nigel's videos on the weekend. Thanks for that!
James, your street photography is really good. You really should do more of this! Love it!
What a wonderful way to spend a few moments on a Saturday morning. Such fond memories. Thank you.
Really enjoy when you shoot street. I think the 50mm in such tight spaces forces you to be creative, instead of just going for the wide "easy" shots. Maybe the tighter focal length mimics the narrow alleys and tight spots in the city...maybe, lol. Anywho, great video and shots!
I admire how easily you take pictures of people. I always shy out somehow, which probably is stupid..
wow, I really enjoyed this video, so relaxing to watch, and I love street photography, I feel need to go out and take some pictures! love how you see things
I loved seeing all the parts of Venice that I remembered from various visits.
Thanks for that.
The bird shots were totally amazing--those and the gondolier sitting with his legs crossed.
Hi James, I really enjoyed the video, a nice change of pace. I see what you mean about having a wider and narrower option, but you certainly got some interesting shots with the 50mm lens. Thanks for sharing.
Nice to see you shooting street again James. I picked up Sony 135mm GM recently, worried about it being too long, but have found it amazing, on my other body I have the Sony 20mm G, so a wider and longer setup
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Loved it. Love your style. Come to NYC and host a photo walk, plz!!
Nice shots and lovely colors!
I agree with whatever Nigel says ….. and I love the person shadow shoots!
What a great mid-winter boost. THANK YOU.
Always very cool to see the buildings that I've seen paintings of. Cool.
Your photos are breathtaking. You have an amazing eye for seeing content with astonishingly beautiful colors. Thanks again.
Always love a james popsys content. It's a good serotonin if you may.
Loads of amazing pictures from this outing James - super inspiring!
I miss living near Livorno (Tirrenia). Thanks for the video, brought back some good memories.
Thank you James - the Photography RUclips channel that I love watching the most - simple as that 👏
Maan, what you just said in the 3:29 is so correct.
This video makes me homesick ...... sooooo beautiful
I have been to Venice a couple of times and loved it. You have produced an excellent video here that is interesting, informative and brings back great memories. Thanks James.
Great video, and weirdly taught me something I'd never thought of, Venice doesn't have cars, it's obvious now you say it, but I'd never considered it. Makes me really want to visit it now.
I had the same “moment” when the obvious no car revaluation was revealed! Haha
You'll also love Pontevedra in Spain.
A lesser known fact is that the lagoon part of Venice - the postcard Venice where James was - accounts for only 1/4th or so of the total population of the city of Venice. The rest of the people are located mainland.
@@soundscape26 And many residents are being pushed out of the lagoon area to the mainland by housing prices and conversion to vacation rentals.
@@Bill.Pearson Oh yes, I can imagine that, Airbnb's and similar services.
Great video James. Marvellous snippets in time and place, made all the more enjoyable by the “natural soundtrack”
Love the images, James. Some great compositions👍
I've been in Venice twice and although a beautiful place, great to see it without all the tourists, great canvas to start with, thanks.
Great idea with streetphotography. I love people who don't limit themselves to just their niche. Enjoyed watching this POV.
That's one of the things I love so much about photography, seeing everyone's perspectives. Sometimes we are all so similar and others we are all so different. Our unique perspectives with both a camera and our souls are what makes life so cool. Great video and pictures James!
I love this video James. I keep coming back to it for inspiration when im off out with my camera on very bright days.( not in Venice unfortunately).
Mate, you should do more street photography! Amazing shots!
God I love these, it's so inspirational seeing how you find your shots in places. Love it.
Great to see more of your street photography, hope to see more in the future!
I loved my time in Venice and I have travelled a lot around Italy. It is one big open air museum !
Greatly appreciate you showing us Italy from your POV James. Love the solar photography and the sun kissed pictures you mixed in. Just Lovely
Brings back memories, Thanks.
This was enjoyable. Thanks for taking us along for the walk around Venice.
I very much liked your street photos. I can't often say that to anyone often as street photography is not always my favorite. Nice job, beautiful place.
Every photo was amazing and I like how calm the city is with no cars. Really loved this one pov
Great video. Venice looks absolutely beautiful!!
My favourite part honestly?......saying thankyou in an"Italian" accent to the gentleman, enjoying the sun 🤣👌👌
Fantastic!
You should do more of this. Brilliant 👍
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Haha! "price of coffee" Great shots! I need to visit Venice .. Just came back from Napoli and Pompeii, had a 28, 50 and 75mm MF primes. I also could have used a 24mm for those tight spaces. but sometimes I love to limit myself to just one or two primes. Makes you think more about composition and the creative process.
Many great photos in this one. I admire your talent. ✌️❤️🇺🇦
Wow. Thank you, your videos are always fun, interactive and so educational!
Totally forgot you liked a bit of Street Photography James, some great images there too, my mates going over to Venice soon. I was surprised you didn’t take a wider and faster lens with you, 50mm is great but for Street and also the Architecture I think the 24mm would be better.
You got a few bangers, mate 😀 And I agree with Nigel, some clever thinking, which paid off well 🙂
Back to your roots with the street photography. The first video of yours I saw was you doing Street photography.....and ditching full frame!
My god, you had beautiful light on this particular morning! We don`t get light like this here in Seoul, South Korea :(
it's kinda nice to see venice to empty. they are usually overrun with tourist but right now it looks like it's mostly natives going about their day. as for the photography, pretty good. i've been following this channel for a while and i don't recall any street photography vidz. i've been doing street for a long time and did it in venice years ago. this wasn't horrible. pretty good although, like nyc, i think venice is a cheatsheet for street haha. it's almost too easy to make things look good. good stuff.
That was fantastic James. Particularly loved the canal images and the one with the blurred seagull. And the one with the dog.
I have that lens and love it for travel. My 24-70 is big and heavy, but this little lens is a gem.
This is one of my favorite videos. I really like street photography and you took some amazing shots. You should do more street photography videos. Thanks !
Such good work, love your eye! Having fell in love with the RXR1RII I can't wait until an R version of the the A7C with 26MP crop mode comes out, paired with the miniscule Samyang 45mm 1.8
I seriously love your photography. I think you have an amazing eye. You are definitely right in regards to every photographer is difference in shots and editing style. I absolutely adored some of the shots that you made here and I would love to see those available as prints in the future. I could have easily watched you wander and shoot for quite a while longer.
Ho James, I’m from Venice and it’s real fun to listen people speaking my own dialect 😂
Thanks James, your best video yet I think. Loved the ease with the way you shot and so many great shots! Would like to see the cropping and post work too.
Hi James: As I sit in Canada, viewing this video brings back great memories of our two trips to Venice. Venice is my favourite city in the world and I simply loved walking around and getting lost in the city. Cheers, Keith
Great video James! Such a nice street photography with beautiful colours and light!! Please do more videos like that!
Lol love the ‘nice’ in an Italian accent 😂
G'day from Australia! First time viewer, subbed off this video, really loved the walk around go pro format with shots peppered through vid. Great feel of how you go about your time and place of shooting. Venice is breathtaking, you got a nice clear morning to shoot, lovely stuff. Thanks for all that you do, and how you are doing it. Nice!
It never occurred to me how much having a person doing something mundane like reading a newspaper in a cityscape really brings it to life. Excellent. And I’m planning a trip to Italy and Venice so this is well timed. Do you find people are ok with you taking their pic? Do you ask first?
I really love your landscape photography but these Street photography shots are just brilliant!
some awesome barrel distortion at times. Rather liked the effect. Terrific pictures. Loved it.
Great video. I really love these walkalong videos, you do them really well. Venice in the offseason has such a serene vibe in all its rundown majesty.
Oh yeah and supporting Ukraine. 🇺🇦
@@davidgfisherThose are separatist regions backed by Russia, so at best they brought that misery to them. Not justifiable (not even going to argue those numbers) but those populations were used as pawns by narcissistic megalomaniac Putin.
What's happening now is a whole another scale and obviously any sane person has to side with Ukraine. Europe is united against the Russian aggression.
Of course James had to support a "stop the war" protest even if he's just there to shoot what he sees.
@@davidgfisher You picked your side, I picked mine.
Hope Putin's regime meets a painful demise.
@@davidgfisher Yes, I'm aware of the Azov Battalion and they can go f*** themselves too. Naturally.
This is my last post on the subject, I doubt James appreciates his comment section to be filled with arguments about the war.
Haha as you were mentioning your Sponsor my Alexa answered “ do you want to buy a Lexar memory card”. 😂😂😂
Nice photos.. Hopefully, I can be there one day.. Venice is so beautiful 😍😍
Wow James! You made that look easy. Nice images. Bravo!
Wonderful video James. I spent a sunny January day in Venice with my Lumix a couple of years ago doing just the same thing. It's the perfect place for street photography!
Lovely as usual :) btw i live in Venice, next time i can show you some of my personal hidden spots for photography
Very nice, like the change of pace and not only getting a chance to revisit Venice through your photos, but seeing you cover some new (at least new to me) ground with some street photography. Funny, when I got into photography during the 80's and traveling, everyone just called it 'photography.' Crazy. Love the variety, thanks.
Amazing photography. I love James's stayle!