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Since i found your channel now i understand that to take a great photo is not with expensive gear, rather it depend on who is using the camera. I really want to buy camera but i don't have money, so now i use what i have. I'm just using my phone's camera and i'm happy with the result because i know what i want to shoot. The challenge of no zoom capability and bad performance at low light with phone camera give me the courage to overcome it and take the subject at different angle.
John Szarkowski has written that "the photographer's goal is simple in principle and seemingly modest in ambition: it is to find a place and moment from which some interesting aspect of the world can be converted into a photograph that will be both clear and lively." Such pictures do not happen every day. Your words of encouragement may, perhaps, help find them a little more frequently.
I started recently focusing on challenging myself by doing night street photography…now I’m absolutely in love with it! The darkness used to bother me in photos “its to dark you can’t see anything” but it made me think about light and shapes and more focus on the why and the feeling that they bring.
So many videos/sites I’ve seen offering ‘advice’ on how to create less boring photos simply say stuff like ‘experiment more’ or ‘be more creative’, nothing with any substance. Glad this channel exists with actual advice with substance and meaning.
Thank you for this and your entire channel. I gave up photography decades ago due to job pressures and that I no longer could get that one shot that makes up for hours of walking, slogging, and waiting. You are the reason I am getting back into this.
Love your style. No mealy-mouthed qualification of the message you're communicating. Straight to the point and only the point, with no waffle. Wonderful!
As always, great video. You are a great teacher. I have been a professional underwater for 20 years,I always love watching your videos, there is always something there to remind me how to photograph the world. I always take away something. I want to never stop learning. The market I work in is saturated, so you inspire me to keep at it and look at the it differently. This is without a doubt one of the the best photography channels on RUclips. Congratulations on the Lexar sponsorship. I am glad that there is a Square Space alternative. I am really tired of their adds hammering RUclips every day for years. I know advertising needs to happen in order to survive, but their adds were a bit too dominating. I am glad other brands are supporting your great work. You deserve it.
Your talks are very thought provoking, and they are delivered in a calm intelligent style that is very appealing. Thank you for not playing loud innapropriate music!
There are photographers who work hard to produce the best photos possible to be appreciated by those who view them. Then there are photographers like me who are recording their journeys whether other people are admiring their photos or not. It's just part of our lives that we got a desire to do and enjoy. I have a respect for all photographers but any photographer who tries to tell me what I should or shouldn't do is a bit disrespectful in my opinion. If I ask another photographer for advice or take the time to listen to photographers like you who shares your experiences and opinions, that's my doing and I respect myself for seeking your experience and opinions and you for taking the time to produce videos like this one.
Your channel is Inspiring And we are oh so lucky to have you at the bottom of the garden...or is it over the fence....keep on keeping us refuelled with the good stuff.....!!
I'm sure you know who Anton Corbijn pictured in this photo. Thanks always for watching - Check out the video on composition next to get even more ideas to help your photos stand out ruclips.net/video/IiCbNLGwMnc/видео.html
Pretty pointed criticism of Carol Highsmith there. I don't know a lot about photography. Perhaps she deserved it, and one shouldn't pull punches about a photo if it just isn't working. It does rather strike me as a snapshot to my comparatively unpracticed eye.
I've said just that about the likes of the Golden Gate Bridge or the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower has been photographed to death. Someone, though, took a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower from within a residential neighborhood and that was a striking photo, seeing it how people who live in Paris might, just peaking between a gap in residential low rises. Similarly, I recently saw a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge with the towers peaking through a bank of fog from above. The lighting on the top of the fog bank was exquisite and that it was a low fog that didn't entirely cover the bridge towers included was what made the photo.
Some of the most significant photographers and artists ever never got the recognition they deserved. Art is subjective and if you're in it for the likes; don't bother, be in it for yourself don't try to be a people pleaser.! There are many reasons why someone would say they dislike your work usually because they feel threatened or want to destroy what they don't understand and can't do themselves. If you have to ask your friends or wife what they think you're not ready to stand up and be counted, Just like what you do, be humble and get on with it.!
Thanks. I really appreciate your videos. I consider them a master class. I started applying your advices in my photos and I've noticed I've improved and people tell me the same. Thanks a lot 👍🏼
As always Alex, great video. I have practiced all your advice and experience from all your previous videos and the results are awesome! Thank you. ( Sydney Australia)
Well Done Alex, I just received my IR 850 nm filter and will be going out shortly. This is another step in the Photographic Eye of creativity. Enjoy your vacation !
Just a note to all. You must have a "Full Spectrum" camera in order to use IR filters. Most camera's have a light blocking "IR" filter installed at the factory. Sorry to say that the basic Canon camera I have is not Full Spectrum so I just wasted 120. dollars on this IR filter. I'll keep it just in case I upgrade.
your videos are great, but hard to apply all the concepts with birding photography! :) Any ideas on that subject? Thank you so much , best regards from Uruguay.
Here is another one as addition to this video about changing your photos to be more exciting: Some years ago I had a GF with a pug, loved that dog to dead, and we often went to the dunes and beach to walk and throw a ball for de dog to fetch . In the dunes she (the dog) was so close by but didn't see the ball and I thought she shortsighted but when I laid down on my belly and watch the world from her perspective and couldn't see the ball either. So next time I took my camera, lay on my belly and start shooting the world the way she (dog) looked at it. Steams became rivers, pebbles became boulders, mushrooms became beach umbrellas, people became giants and with a wide ope prime lens I could manipulated that effect even more with a shallow depth of field. My message, view the world around you from a different perspective (angle of view)
Photographers will use the phrase ‘working the scene’ which simply means looking at the scene from different positions and definitely not always standing up and taking photos at your eye level. Try low and higher shots too.
Well since I have some miles on my mileage counter (like Anton) and I am born and raised Dutch/Amsterdam I am the one who should know that it is Kate Bush ! And yes, as a Dutchman and amateur Photographer, I am very proud of Anton being one of us not only as Photographer but also as film maker !!! And I do hope you all can see the difference in Photography of Anton's photos of celebrities and the rest of them out there.
I realized recently, my photos gotten boring because I have exhausted the things to photograph and the ways to present them given the amount of time, effort, and brain power I am readily willing to give to the process. In short, I became lazy. It may very well be the end of the road for me. I don’t know how to beat this.
How many times have you seen someone say "Add a vignette to draw attention to the subject"? Also, when is the last time you saw a photo on Instagram or Facebook that didn't have a vignette added? Digital creativity means doing whatever everyone else is doing in Photoshop...
For me it’s not good thinking about imaginary people liking my photos or not when I’m in the process of taking them. For me the same goes for the concept of “the viewer’s eye” which has me thinking about how an imaginary person might eventually view my photo and it does seem to limit my creativity. When I think like that I have the feeling I’m making a photo for someone else, not me.
*LAST CHANCE*
"Learning To See", a course built to give you to tools to take your photos from average to awesome is being removed from sale permanently on 31st December 2022.
Start seeing (and creating) better photographs today for just $35.
*Click here --> **tpe.teachable.com/p/learning-to-see*
Since i found your channel now i understand that to take a great photo is not with expensive gear, rather it depend on who is using the camera. I really want to buy camera but i don't have money, so now i use what i have. I'm just using my phone's camera and i'm happy with the result because i know what i want to shoot. The challenge of no zoom capability and bad performance at low light with phone camera give me the courage to overcome it and take the subject at different angle.
John Szarkowski has written that "the photographer's goal is simple in principle and seemingly modest in ambition: it is to find a place and moment from which some interesting aspect of the world can be converted into a photograph that will be both clear and lively." Such pictures do not happen every day. Your words of encouragement may, perhaps, help find them a little more frequently.
I started recently focusing on challenging myself by doing night street photography…now I’m absolutely in love with it! The darkness used to bother me in photos “its to dark you can’t see anything” but it made me think about light and shapes and more focus on the why and the feeling that they bring.
So many videos/sites I’ve seen offering ‘advice’ on how to create less boring photos simply say stuff like ‘experiment more’ or ‘be more creative’, nothing with any substance. Glad this channel exists with actual advice with substance and meaning.
Thank you for this and your entire channel. I gave up photography decades ago due to job pressures and that I no longer could get that one shot that makes up for hours of walking, slogging, and waiting. You are the reason I am getting back into this.
That’s awesome. Thank you for watching
Love your style. No mealy-mouthed qualification of the message you're communicating. Straight to the point and only the point, with no waffle. Wonderful!
Agree and no irritating loud music intro.
@@joetrent4753 Roger that!
As always, great video. You are a great teacher. I have been a professional underwater for 20 years,I always love watching your videos, there is always something there to remind me how to photograph the world. I always take away something. I want to never stop learning. The market I work in is saturated, so you inspire me to keep at it and look at the it differently. This is without a doubt one of the the best photography channels on RUclips.
Congratulations on the Lexar sponsorship. I am glad that there is a Square Space alternative. I am really tired of their adds hammering RUclips every day for years. I know advertising needs to happen in order to survive, but their adds were a bit too dominating. I am glad other brands are supporting your great work. You deserve it.
Great points, and one of the best uses of 'saturated' to describe the market for underwater photography. Brilliant!
Your talks are very thought provoking, and they are delivered in a calm intelligent style that is very appealing. Thank you for not playing loud innapropriate music!
There are photographers who work hard to produce the best photos possible to be appreciated by those who view them. Then there are photographers like me who are recording their journeys whether other people are admiring their photos or not. It's just part of our lives that we got a desire to do and enjoy. I have a respect for all photographers but any photographer who tries to tell me what I should or shouldn't do is a bit disrespectful in my opinion. If I ask another photographer for advice or take the time to listen to photographers like you who shares your experiences and opinions, that's my doing and I respect myself for seeking your experience and opinions and you for taking the time to produce videos like this one.
Your channel is Inspiring
And we are oh so lucky to have you at the bottom of the garden...or is it over the fence....keep on keeping us refuelled with the good stuff.....!!
Thank you for watching
This idea of not being boring is valuable. Thank you.
Good on Lexar for supporting your content. I will support them by choosing them for my next SD card purchases.
I find your channel inspiring. Thanks for bringing meaningful content.
Just the right message I needed at this right time in my photography Alex. Thanks brother. 🙏
Always interesting and thought provoking content. Kudos from the Maritimes Canada
Another wonderful thoughtful examination of photography - big shout out from your 'Java Jiver' California friends
I'm sure you know who Anton Corbijn pictured in this photo.
Thanks always for watching -
Check out the video on composition next to get even more ideas to help your photos stand out
ruclips.net/video/IiCbNLGwMnc/видео.html
Pretty pointed criticism of Carol Highsmith there. I don't know a lot about photography. Perhaps she deserved it, and one shouldn't pull punches about a photo if it just isn't working. It does rather strike me as a snapshot to my comparatively unpracticed eye.
I've said just that about the likes of the Golden Gate Bridge or the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower has been photographed to death. Someone, though, took a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower from within a residential neighborhood and that was a striking photo, seeing it how people who live in Paris might, just peaking between a gap in residential low rises.
Similarly, I recently saw a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge with the towers peaking through a bank of fog from above. The lighting on the top of the fog bank was exquisite and that it was a low fog that didn't entirely cover the bridge towers included was what made the photo.
Making people think is a gift 👏. Thanks 👍
Excellent video. Love those McCurry pics
Some of the most significant photographers and artists ever never got the recognition they deserved. Art is subjective and if you're in it for the likes; don't bother, be in it for yourself don't try to be a people pleaser.! There are many reasons why someone would say they dislike your work usually because they feel threatened or want to destroy what they don't understand and can't do themselves. If you have to ask your friends or wife what they think you're not ready to stand up and be counted, Just like what you do, be humble and get on with it.!
At 8:42 that's our lake. So often went up there. :)
Again a very good, and interesting video of yours. And do enjoy your Holiday.
Thanks. I really appreciate your videos. I consider them a master class. I started applying your advices in my photos and I've noticed I've improved and people tell me the same. Thanks a lot 👍🏼
Thanks for taking the time to do this video. A great video.
Thank you for another brilliant video Alex. Really enjoyed listening to you on Photography Daily podcast this week too. 👍👍👍👍
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Fantastic video, very inspiring.
Thank you. All the best. 👍📷😎
As always Alex, great video. I have practiced all your advice and experience from all your previous videos and the results are awesome! Thank you. ( Sydney Australia)
Well Done Alex, I just received my IR 850 nm filter and will be going out shortly. This is another step in the Photographic Eye of creativity. Enjoy your vacation !
Just a note to all. You must have a "Full Spectrum" camera in order to use IR filters. Most camera's have a light blocking "IR" filter installed at the factory. Sorry to say that the basic Canon camera I have is not Full Spectrum so I just wasted 120. dollars on this IR filter. I'll keep it just in case I upgrade.
First time this early. Great content as always.
Zillion thanks for this video. I've learnt a lot from you Alex..
Thanks for a great video, which ironically I needed to " Reset" my photography.
Great video! Just FYI your audio desyncs from around 4:20 - 4:35 it seems.
Thank you for this. Rage against the cliché. (and it’s hard).
I haven't even watched it yet, but I have to say - that's one hell of a hook! 😁
your videos are great, but hard to apply all the concepts with birding photography! :) Any ideas on that subject? Thank you so much , best regards from Uruguay.
Here is another one as addition to this video about changing your photos to be more exciting:
Some years ago I had a GF with a pug, loved that dog to dead, and we often went to the dunes and beach to walk and throw a ball for de dog to fetch .
In the dunes she (the dog) was so close by but didn't see the ball and I thought she shortsighted but when I laid down on my belly and watch the world from her perspective and couldn't see the ball either.
So next time I took my camera, lay on my belly and start shooting the world the way she (dog) looked at it.
Steams became rivers, pebbles became boulders, mushrooms became beach umbrellas, people became giants and with a wide ope prime lens I could manipulated that effect even more with a shallow depth of field.
My message, view the world around you from a different perspective (angle of view)
Photographers will use the phrase ‘working the scene’ which simply means looking at the scene from different positions and definitely not always standing up and taking photos at your eye level. Try low and higher shots too.
interesting
Gr8 inspiring vid thnx
Well since I have some miles on my mileage counter (like Anton) and I am born and raised Dutch/Amsterdam I am the one who should know that it is Kate Bush !
And yes, as a Dutchman and amateur Photographer, I am very proud of Anton being one of us not only as Photographer but also as film maker !!!
And I do hope you all can see the difference in Photography of Anton's photos of celebrities and the rest of them out there.
Some friends of mine at photoschool got to spend an afternoon with Anton when he was in SA with Depeche Mode.
@@ThePhotographicEye He is King
I really love your channel. I wonder could you do something on how to create interesting selfies please.
A question out of the blue are you aware of photographers ancient or modern who specialised in Canal subjects.....
Thank you
Phil.....
Agree with everything you said, but have to add; I think I would notice any photograph of Kate Bush.
I realized recently, my photos gotten boring because I have exhausted the things to photograph and the ways to present them given the amount of time, effort, and brain power I am readily willing to give to the process. In short, I became lazy. It may very well be the end of the road for me. I don’t know how to beat this.
How many times have you seen someone say "Add a vignette to draw attention to the subject"? Also, when is the last time you saw a photo on Instagram or Facebook that didn't have a vignette added? Digital creativity means doing whatever everyone else is doing in Photoshop...
For me it’s not good thinking about imaginary people liking my photos or not when I’m in the process of taking them. For me the same goes for the concept of “the viewer’s eye” which has me thinking about how an imaginary person might eventually view my photo and it does seem to limit my creativity. When I think like that I have the feeling I’m making a photo for someone else, not me.
Great information I needed 🚀 never quite your dream to be the best. Great mind Sir 🎡
@stathatospanos