I was out on the Downs yesterday in the snow, shooting with my Pinhole and Holga. Thanks for the motivation Ari, I wouldn't be out there without that. And thanks for playing one of my favourite tunes in the soundtrack.
Agreed! Hard work and experimentation in photography is what I do as well, and primarily for me. I don't need to have others approval, just my own! Wonderful video!
You are probably so right Ari. When watching this I suddenly remembered a quot from Ingemar Stenmark (a pretty famous Swedish alpin skier) ”Jag vet ingenting om tur. Bara att ju mer jag tränar desto mer tur har jag”. Roughly translated " => "I don't know anything about luck, other than the more I practice the luckier I get"... He sad this to a journalist that asked him after wining a race, if there was luck involved.
"I'm up all night to get lucky", sang Daft Punk. I don't think they had analogue photography in mind, but the principle has wide relevance, as you demonstrate here. I particularly liked the images from your second outing - a very tranquil feel. It amazes me that your country in general, and your hands in particular, continue to function in such cold weather - bravo!
Agreed - bad weather makes for more interesting photos. It goes along with the "more effort" points you're making. Your photos look great, and it's nice to see your town. Thanks Ari!
@ no! You didn’t, you gave motivation! To salve a problem you must first realize there is a problem. That problem is my motivation, I can talk myself out of going out because of any excuse.
Thank you for all your information. It's always direct, concise and useful. As far as water or snow entering the Hassy chimney, the same is true for the Rollei, with or without the leather case or with the Yashica or the Mamiya. They were not impervious to water like current Olympus or Pentax cameras.
True. But if you walk around in the rain looking for a photo opportunity with a camera in your hands, that leather jacket really protects it. Hasselblad has not one :-)
I regard luck in photography as I see of photograph taken by me which I like. And photography is the only form oart in which you can make something beautiful without talen and effort only by luck. I love that. It feels like a present. Beatiful photographs in this video. I love them.
Good episode. Talent also needs to be worked on (usually), it's not automatic. It needs to be found and sometimes it requires hard work and luck. Luck can be worked on by grasping opportunities and keeping your eyes open (leaving the house also helps).
Beautiful images but I really enjoyed the view from GoPro of the trees and the lake. What a beautiful landscape. I was out this morning photographing wildlife in the cold drizzly rain and the light was so beautifully soft and magical.
I think you're 100% correct! Love the downtown shots in winter. Especially liked the look of the Santa 1000 - there's got to be other ways to get the aesthetic without that particular film, but I'm sure I don't know it other than digital post processing. Great video - thank you!
---for me is my philosophy !just live" . There are enough oportunities for getting better. But there ist a important thing: it's to be completely in the moment, you are.
As always, an uplifting Video. I try to shoot every day and sometimes I do! But because of physical limitations, I do much of my work photographing "precious" things I have in my home. Cold weather is hard on me, so I envy your being able to go out in the rain and snow to get those wonderful photographs you make. You've got Talent, Desire, Grit, & Ability!
"10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration" is a quote attributed to Thomas Edison. I'd add that talent is relative and that it's pointless comparing one's work with that of someone else. There will always be someone with more natural ability and plenty with less. You certainly have talent.
I have this theory based on years of experience. Talent plus hard work Plus contacts. Without contacts based on family, nepotism or cronyism, education, setious wealth or selling a pretty young body ; you won't ever have a pot to piss in financially.
Interesting talk and pictures as always. It might be worth having a look at chimney viewfinder for your Hasselblad 500c for these wet and snowy days. These have some magnification, but I think you can see the whole screen - it's a long-time since I used one. These have an eyesight diopter adjustment as well, which is quite useful. There might even be some third party versions around these days.
I know what you're talking about. I actually own two, but I hate using them. I have eyeglasses and do not like to shoot at eye level. But you have a point in that they'd protect the ground glass better.
Great video Ari, and it gave me the inspiration to go shoot tonight and tomorrow morning. We are getting a few inches of the white stuff soon as well. Have not brought my Mamiya out in the snow yet so it should be fun!
Shout out to Kamerastore and to Ari 'Mr Motivator' Jaaksi. I hope one day soon we will get the Santa film back for obvious reasons as well as I love the look.
Agreed with all you said and yeah - get the camera out into the wild and shoot!! They will def require a little TLC afterwards but that's part of the pleasure (or perhaps "work" ?) but I've been taking my gear w/me everywhere and into all kinds of weather/conditions. . rainy days, on the ski slopes, at the seashore with fog/salt spray . . and havent had any problems. The issue of "luck" is interesting as we move into a modern era. The rapid-fire approach to digital photography where a dozen or two dozen frames are fired off in rapid succession - with all but one or two retained as "keepers" feels a tad bit more reliant on "luck" than "skill" - but that's just a personal opinion. And in addition to our photography interests, we appear to share a common appreciation for the much of the same music, Ari. Your selections are frequently at the top of my personal play list - today was no different. Love the historical back stories, e.g., re Santa 1000 today. Thank you so much!!!!
Thanks thanks. Yeah, rapid-shooting digital photography has hardly anything to do with the kind of photography we do. What it lacks is the appreciation of a unique moment in time.
Nice video as always Ari. We rarely get that snow in Athens, Greece but the last 2 times it happened, I got out with my Nikonos II. A great camera for rough weather. Not medium format quality, but a lot of fun and no worries...
I think that maybe you can, if you are driven and determined, possibly improve your chances of being “lucky”, but 100%, you have to love the process. The “work” helps you hone your skills, so that you’re ready if Rick Rubin ever shows up. In the meantime, you have fun, and know more tonight than you did this morning. 🙏
Reminds me to pull out one of my Nikon L35AW (I have meanwhile two because a inherit one from my parents). Not sue if they still work. The L35AW is an analog underwater compact camera (up to 3m) which works also above water. Best for bad weather and you need just to dry it before opening for film exchange. On your Ilford 3200, never used on, just the Kodak TMX3200 or Neopan 1600: From my experience with those films I pushed them in 2/3 stops higher than exposing it - made me more happy and I have the feeling your night pictures would also. Will try similar with Fomapan 400 where many reports that it is more a ISO 320. Plan was/is shoot with ISO 500 and develop with +1 ==ISO 800. Need to develop first batch still. So far I have used from Foma only Fomapan 100.
That is a good idea: an underwater camera!!!! Should be well protected. I agree that pushing that much would need more development time than mathematically suggested :-)
I have one, but I do not like using it at all. Unfortunately. I wear eyeglasses and love chimney focusing. Also, I love the fact that the camera gets a bit lower. Better angle.
Hi , I really like your videos and your work . How many cameras do you have beacause I have more or less 120 and friends and family think I have gone crazy. Cheers.
Great video - as a digital shooter there’s a lot there for me to think about. I’m busy reading Rick Rubin’s book at the moment but there’s too much for me to take in at one reading, and being old, my SSD is almost full, so how much I’ll retain is anyone’s guess. Perhaps I’ll think about the nature of luck for a day or two instead 🤔. Anyway, thanks for the video.
You should read it, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed! It is all about being creative and the creative process - and there is an awful lot in it! I think I’ll be reading it two or three times and then using it as a regular reference. Going by your videos I think you’ll chime with a lot of what Rick has to say. Go for it!😄👍
I would strongly suggest that the average shooter should concentrate either on taking photographs or on shooting videos though, rather than attempting to do both - because, as the old proverb goes - ‘if you try to chase two hares, you won’t catch either’. Regarding your focusing screen, however, I’ve actually washed one in WARM soapy water and then thoroughly rinsed it and it came up like new (it wasn’t a Hasselblad Screen though but a Nikon one).
@ I wasn’t so much referring to you as some of the new batch of UA-camrs who are wannabe photographers as well … I guess they’re trying to follow the money.
@ I guess it applies to most things such as reading a book while also having an eye on the TV. I certainly recognise within myself when I’m out taking pictures, that I become so engrossed by looking through the camera, with composition and in what I’m doing, that I kind of become oblivious to the rest of the world around me and I’d say this is a good thing for my photography.
"Luck" isn't something that happens by chance. Luck is something you make, not find. You have to cultivate your connections because who you know trumps what you know. All the talent and hard work is meaningless unless the right people see it all. So, cultivate who you know.
That’s some dedication! The night shots were my favorite. Great job as always.
Thank you, thank you.
I was out on the Downs yesterday in the snow, shooting with my Pinhole and Holga. Thanks for the motivation Ari, I wouldn't be out there without that. And thanks for playing one of my favourite tunes in the soundtrack.
My pleasure. Awesome if i can inspire :-)=
Agreed! Hard work and experimentation in photography is what I do as well, and primarily for me. I don't need to have others approval, just my own! Wonderful video!
Excellent. That's what i feel, too!
Talent you can have but enyoing hard work is the way to go. Great work you make.
And enjoying it eventually shows in your results, I believe!
You don’t give yourself enough credit, you are very talented. Maybe acquired talent through your hard work, but still talented.
Oh thank you. Much appreciated even though not necessarily accurate :-)
You are probably so right Ari. When watching this I suddenly remembered a quot from Ingemar Stenmark (a pretty famous Swedish alpin skier) ”Jag vet ingenting om tur. Bara att ju mer jag tränar desto mer tur har jag”. Roughly translated " => "I don't know anything about luck, other than the more I practice the luckier I get"... He sad this to a journalist that asked him after wining a race, if there was luck involved.
That is very well said.
"I'm up all night to get lucky", sang Daft Punk. I don't think they had analogue photography in mind, but the principle has wide relevance, as you demonstrate here. I particularly liked the images from your second outing - a very tranquil feel. It amazes me that your country in general, and your hands in particular, continue to function in such cold weather - bravo!
Absolutely. I actually thought of playing that song at the background 😊. Yeah, we don’t skip school or close airports for weather….
It’s been snowing all night, lovely, so I’ll go out and shoot this morning.
Awesome!! Enjoy the ride!
Agreed - bad weather makes for more interesting photos. It goes along with the "more effort" points you're making. Your photos look great, and it's nice to see your town. Thanks Ari!
Thanks for watching!! It's been a good winter already by now :-)
Yes, I don’t get out there enough! Haha I liked the way the Ilford 3200 looked pushed! Thank you for the pep talk!!!
:-). Was not my intention to make you feel guilty!
@ no! You didn’t, you gave motivation! To salve a problem you must first realize there is a problem. That problem is my motivation, I can talk myself out of going out because of any excuse.
Thank you for all your information. It's always direct, concise and useful. As far as water or snow entering the Hassy chimney, the same is true for the Rollei, with or without the leather case or with the Yashica or the Mamiya. They were not impervious to water like current Olympus or Pentax cameras.
True. But if you walk around in the rain looking for a photo opportunity with a camera in your hands, that leather jacket really protects it. Hasselblad has not one :-)
I regard luck in photography as I see of photograph taken by me which I like. And photography is the only form oart in which you can make something beautiful without talen and effort only by luck. I love that. It feels like a present. Beatiful photographs in this video. I love them.
That certainly is a way to look at it. Not everything needs to be goal-oriented!
Good episode.
Talent also needs to be worked on (usually), it's not automatic. It needs to be found and sometimes it requires hard work and luck. Luck can be worked on by grasping opportunities and keeping your eyes open (leaving the house also helps).
Kiitos kiitos. Yeah, you are absolutely right: luck can be assisted!!
I enjoy the hard work. It usually pays off. Cheers and all the best in 2025!
I also believe that only through hard work one starts to value and cherish things.
Beautiful images but I really enjoyed the view from GoPro of the trees and the lake. What a beautiful landscape. I was out this morning photographing wildlife in the cold drizzly rain and the light was so beautifully soft and magical.
It really is this time of the year that creates awesome photos :-)
I think you're 100% correct! Love the downtown shots in winter. Especially liked the look of the Santa 1000 - there's got to be other ways to get the aesthetic without that particular film, but I'm sure I don't know it other than digital post processing. Great video - thank you!
You get close to the same look with Bergger Pancro & Rodinal!!
---for me is my philosophy !just live" . There are enough oportunities for getting better. But there ist a important thing: it's to be completely in the moment, you are.
True. In the moment is where all it happens!
As always, an uplifting Video. I try to shoot every day and sometimes I do! But because of physical limitations, I do much of my work photographing "precious" things I have in my home. Cold weather is hard on me, so I envy your being able to go out in the rain and snow to get those wonderful photographs you make. You've got Talent, Desire, Grit, & Ability!
Thanks, thanks, and thanks for watching! I'm lucky I can still go out into the weather!!
I had an old coach used to tell me that the harder you work, the luckier you tend to get.
That is the truth. I totally agree. And the opposite is also true.
"10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration" is a quote attributed to Thomas Edison. I'd add that talent is relative and that it's pointless comparing one's work with that of someone else. There will always be someone with more natural ability and plenty with less. You certainly have talent.
I agree totally that comparison makes no sense. It kills creativity.
I have this theory based on years of experience. Talent plus hard work Plus contacts.
Without contacts based on family, nepotism or cronyism, education, setious wealth or selling a pretty young body ; you won't ever have a pot to piss in financially.
Spot on!
Interesting talk and pictures as always. It might be worth having a look at chimney viewfinder for your Hasselblad 500c for these wet and snowy days. These have some magnification, but I think you can see the whole screen - it's a long-time since I used one. These have an eyesight diopter adjustment as well, which is quite useful. There might even be some third party versions around these days.
I know what you're talking about. I actually own two, but I hate using them. I have eyeglasses and do not like to shoot at eye level. But you have a point in that they'd protect the ground glass better.
Great video Ari, and it gave me the inspiration to go shoot tonight and tomorrow morning. We are getting a few inches of the white stuff soon as well. Have not brought my Mamiya out in the snow yet so it should be fun!
Go for it! Snow is such an excellent thing to photograph!
Shout out to Kamerastore and to Ari 'Mr Motivator' Jaaksi.
I hope one day soon we will get the Santa film back for obvious reasons as well as I love the look.
I agree. I really like the film.
Agreed with all you said and yeah - get the camera out into the wild and shoot!! They will def require a little TLC afterwards but that's part of the pleasure (or perhaps "work" ?) but I've been taking my gear w/me everywhere and into all kinds of weather/conditions. . rainy days, on the ski slopes, at the seashore with fog/salt spray . . and havent had any problems. The issue of "luck" is interesting as we move into a modern era. The rapid-fire approach to digital photography where a dozen or two dozen frames are fired off in rapid succession - with all but one or two retained as "keepers" feels a tad bit more reliant on "luck" than "skill" - but that's just a personal opinion. And in addition to our photography interests, we appear to share a common appreciation for the much of the same music, Ari. Your selections are frequently at the top of my personal play list - today was no different. Love the historical back stories, e.g., re Santa 1000 today. Thank you so much!!!!
Thanks thanks. Yeah, rapid-shooting digital photography has hardly anything to do with the kind of photography we do. What it lacks is the appreciation of a unique moment in time.
Nice video as always Ari. We rarely get that snow in Athens, Greece but the last 2 times it happened, I got out with my Nikonos II. A great camera for rough weather. Not medium format quality, but a lot of fun and no worries...
That's awesome! And Nikonos sounds very Hellenic doesn’t it 😊
😂 never thought of that! maybe! depends on the ears and who's saying it! have a great day Ari!
I think that maybe you can, if you are driven and determined, possibly improve your chances of being “lucky”, but 100%, you have to love the process. The “work” helps you hone your skills, so that you’re ready if Rick Rubin ever shows up. In the meantime, you have fun, and know more tonight than you did this morning. 🙏
Excellent summary. Just what I wanted to say but it took me much longer. 😊
Reminds me to pull out one of my Nikon L35AW (I have meanwhile two because a inherit one from my parents). Not sue if they still work.
The L35AW is an analog underwater compact camera (up to 3m) which works also above water. Best for bad weather and you need just to dry it before opening for film exchange.
On your Ilford 3200, never used on, just the Kodak TMX3200 or Neopan 1600: From my experience with those films I pushed them in 2/3 stops higher than exposing it - made me more happy and I have the feeling your night pictures would also.
Will try similar with Fomapan 400 where many reports that it is more a ISO 320. Plan was/is shoot with ISO 500 and develop with +1 ==ISO 800. Need to develop first batch still. So far I have used from Foma only Fomapan 100.
That is a good idea: an underwater camera!!!! Should be well protected.
I agree that pushing that much would need more development time than mathematically suggested :-)
I think a Hasselblad PM finder would solve the problem of getting your Hasselblad 500CM ground glass wet. I have the PM45 for mine which works great.
I have one, but I do not like using it at all. Unfortunately. I wear eyeglasses and love chimney focusing. Also, I love the fact that the camera gets a bit lower. Better angle.
@@ShootOnFilm I'm opposite of you. I don’t like the waist level finder. I prefer the PM45 as I find it easier for me to use. Love today’s video!
I know that if I had a nice marimekko shirt I would feel lucky and probably more talented....🤔😎 ...thanks a usualor the upload .....
Ha!! It's not a Marimekko, but I get your point! Shirts make a man! :-)
Hi , I really like your videos and your work . How many cameras do you have beacause I have more or less 120 and friends and family think I have gone crazy. Cheers.
I have not counted myself, but I feel 120 is a decent start. Keep on progressing :-)
Great video - as a digital shooter there’s a lot there for me to think about. I’m busy reading Rick Rubin’s book at the moment but there’s too much for me to take in at one reading, and being old, my SSD is almost full, so how much I’ll retain is anyone’s guess. Perhaps I’ll think about the nature of luck for a day or two instead 🤔. Anyway, thanks for the video.
Thanks, thanks. I have not read his book yet. Is it good? Rick is my hero and I would not like to ruin his image by reading a mediocre book :-)
You should read it, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed! It is all about being creative and the creative process - and there is an awful lot in it! I think I’ll be reading it two or three times and then using it as a regular reference. Going by your videos I think you’ll chime with a lot of what Rick has to say. Go for it!😄👍
Standing in the middle of the main street to take a photograph in the UK will get you a bed in hospital - snow or no snow!!🤣🤣
Ha haa!! But I’m used to this - I even got a jaywalking ticket in Palo Alto, CA
I would strongly suggest that the average shooter should concentrate either on taking photographs or on shooting videos though, rather than attempting to do both - because, as the old proverb goes - ‘if you try to chase two hares, you won’t catch either’. Regarding your focusing screen, however, I’ve actually washed one in WARM soapy water and then thoroughly rinsed it and it came up like new (it wasn’t a Hasselblad Screen though but a Nikon one).
Thanks for the tip -- which hare you'd suggest for me :-)
@ I wasn’t so much referring to you as some of the new batch of UA-camrs who are wannabe photographers as well … I guess they’re trying to follow the money.
@@nigellee7892 :-) But I indeed struggle with the same. I think shooting videos takes focus from my photography, so there is a valid point here.
@ I guess it applies to most things such as reading a book while also having an eye on the TV. I certainly recognise within myself when I’m out taking pictures, that I become so engrossed by looking through the camera, with composition and in what I’m doing, that I kind of become oblivious to the rest of the world around me and I’d say this is a good thing for my photography.
"Luck" isn't something that happens by chance. Luck is something you make, not find. You have to cultivate your connections because who you know trumps what you know. All the talent and hard work is meaningless unless the right people see it all. So, cultivate who you know.
An excellent advise. That is so spot on!!