The Power of Originality in Photography
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- The Power of Originality in Photography //
I’ve just started watching Stranger Things series 3, and made me think about how nostalgia is often used to add emotive impact to contemporary art and media.
The trouble with nostalgia is that it’s selective in what it remembers and the response is subjective to the person experiencing it. In short, it’s not real. It’s merely a feeling - and one that will only resonate with the group of people for which those particular nostalgic triggers are relevant.
Stranger Things is good not because it relies on nostalgia, but because underneath, its narrative building blocks are solid. The characters have depth, the plot is engaging and the direction is captivating.
While it’s important to study the groundbreaking and iconic photographic work of the past, we won’t move forward by simply attempting to emulating a nostalgic aesthetic. We’ve already got Henri Cartier-Bresson , Vivian Maier, Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams. We don’t need them again.
Groundbreaking work from the past was groundbreaking because it broke ground. Because it was doing something new.
Photography that excites me these days is when I see something new. When I see approaches that I haven’t seen before. And I think this resonates with me so much because firstly, it expands my understanding of what photography can be secondly, it feels authentic.
Nostalgic style can be used to great effect to communicate a message, but style without substance creates work that fades from memory pretty quickly.
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*Does our penchant for nostalgia have a positive or negative effect on our photography? Both? Neither? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.*
thats what youtube should look like mate,best wishes for u in this worldly life and towards eternity!
Sorry to bother you jamie.. May i ask what fujifilm camera you were using in this video? They look brilliant didnt realise!
It made me stop and think when you talk about Nostalgia being subjective, I haven't really thought about it, but when you are shooting a project for someone say family portraits you can't use what feels nostalgic to you are personal self need to figure out what triggers that feeling in your clients... Or at least I think that's what you're saying. Nostalgia becomes a blunt instrument If you don't understand how to use it effectively for your primary audience. Thank you for sharing such an interesting thought oh, it really got me thinking about my own photography thank you.
Your work is simply the best man!
Style and substance as always Mr Windsor. I hope that if you teach a class here in the lower 48 of the United States that I will be able to attend. Best wishes to you
I get why you don't upload that often. Impressive how much thought you put into your content!
Quality > Quantity
This is more than often enough. It's actually useful to watch, rather than someone vomiting their thoughts 😄
It takes time to collect thoughts and express them in a organized, concise manner. Most of the best youtube channels (that I follow at least) do not post weekly, or even longer, but when they do post, it's almost always gold. The way YT works is not conducive to quality unless you're part of a team and doing it as a full time job -- which kind of goes against what UA-cam started out as in the first place and made it so interesting.
I love the presentation as well, can't help but think "jeez, just how much time did he spend learning and then coming up, and then making this video happen?" :D
Sebby McWester hard to produce this quality of content and come up with original video ideas like this constantly
I ALWAYS try to do something NEW, FRESH & UNIQUE when it comes to my photography. My main specialty is auto racing. Every time I see photos from track photographers, it's the SAME thing every year.
I even try to outdo myself each week & year to avoid being nostalgic with my previous work each week and year.
Finally someone saying how annoying it is to copy styles. Not just for nostalgia. But whenever I see someone copying another photographers style and trying to claim it as their own I’m like “we already have this dude with his voice telling his story. What are you adding to the conversation”. If you’re copying to challenge yourself and explore other styles that’s dope
"There's a vast difference between inspiration and imitation" Best quote
Thanks for the vid
Thanks Jamie. I think your work is very penetrating. Really high quality analyses. Very unique on youtube, not like most photography channels, that most of the time only do hidden reviews and ads, megapixels, sharpness etc.. thanks man for the breath of fresh air.
Jamie, your video edits, graphics and story telling is fantastic! And I am the perfect age for Stranger Things. I love it!
I absolutely love this video! In fact I do appreciate the time and detail you take to create your videos, being a 80’s baby nostalgia triggered! 👍🏻
Totally deserved mate, many of your videos have given me countless inspiration, the Black & White photography one in particular. Love the content you produce, please do continue.
Incredible amount of effort expended to create this awesome short film!! Very very impressive. Great content, too, not just flashy visuals. Congrats on the 200K by the way... I hadn’t even spotted that!!!
I was thinking, the other day, about what it is that makes those filters aesthetically pleasing. Why do desaturated photos look good, yet less realistic? I came to the conclusion that it harmonizes the picture by bringing the colours closer together. That is a total shot in the dark as I don't know the first thing about photography. But that might be another reason, beside nostalgia, why those retro filters are so popular.
I love how you edited this video! Incredible work as per usual :)
Man I love this channel. Insane quality, every single video
Hey, Jamie - just discovered your channel a couple of days ago and have watched a few now. Great work! Thank you very much. :D
It's kinda funny to see the image of this crossroad of a friend of mine in your video (Lucas Zimmerman @4:54) and i pass it everyday on my way to work (it's near Weimar, Germany). I just told him about this video and he really liked it. We used to study together at the Bauhaus-University and he really is a nice guy and also very talented. So, thanks for being awesome Jamie. Greetings from Weimar :)
Thanks for the quality content and your videos are simply great both visually and story wise. Even if I am 70 yo(not yet), hope there’s things to learn.
This was such a beautifully made video. The animation effects are fantastic and really sold the story you're telling here. What a gem of a youtube channel! Keep it up! See you at 1MIL soon!
Another one knocked out of the park! Love your vids! Really makes me want to up my After Effects game!
Your vids are positive and informative!! Thanks so much!
Thanks for inspiring to continue attempts at a couple of (very unique) photography projects which I've almost given up upon purely due to their technical complexity. Gotta keep trying to push the limits.
Thumbs-Up for your nostalgic analyses - & the reinforcement for individualism within our obsessions.. From long time FUJI-X shooter. AU.
some of the most on-point videos on YT
Fantastic post production on the video. GJ!
I am literally addicted to your content, Jamie. And also, I love your accent; I wish I could speak like that😂. Much love from Uganda 🇺🇬
Your videos are nuts... Thanks for the great content.
I like the reflexion you put on the content of the videos you make. I don't know any other channel that talks about the philosophy around photography.
Keep on the hard amazing job! You are rocking,
This release is a full meal. Time to digest... time to plan to ingest it again later.
Wow, great edit and video.
Inspired again.
Bloody loved this video. If only just the memories of windows 95 hahaha epic. Thanks for giving me more to think about x
As always stunning quality, just makes you want to watch and watch. Nevertheless it's the narration and information that keeps me coming back everyday. Very helpful for me as a new photographer, this video especially. Thank you!
Nostalgia is nothing like it used to be.
Congrats to 202K and hey, yes, couldn't agree more with your view on this topic!
*QUALITY OVER QUANTITY*
Great thoughts
Or maybe the 80’s had genuinely better architecture, music, film, and design than most of the modern age. Maybe people like analog things like film or 80’s musical instruments because they were more real and tangible than virtual 1’s and 0’s.
Also, it seems like you’re assuming that moral and artistic regression can’t happen, in other words, “history is on a constant upward climb”.
Hello. Would you be able to provide links for the reference artists pages please?
Hi. All images referenced are credited on screen.
awesome dude!
Top notch video
All these issues (and more) stem from cognitive biases.
Everyone should learn what they are, how to detect and avoid them when they impair rational thinking.
I wish Cognitive Psychology was taught in high school. Effectively, it would "inoculate" teens against manipulation techniques used in marketing and politics.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_bias
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
Anybody can tell me where the intro at the beginning originally comes from?
I made it in After Effects. Then it's the Windows 95 start-up (recreated by me)
@@jamiewindsor oh-thanks for the immediate answer! I thought I had seen something like it in an old movie, so I asked. Cheers
"Style without substance creates work that fades from memory pretty quickly"- Takeaway quote!
Man who picks up takeaway, takes quote away! (Never mind)
Groundbreaking work from the past was groundbreaking because it was new. It's not new anymore.
-not an exact quote but that's what I got.
‘English restraint’
talking to you 2019
Great video mate. Some really good points... and you're an After Effects ninja!
4:3 format.... I see what you did here
NoStAlGiA :P
Fizzer Ha. Yeah. Glad someone got it. Although I just watched it on my iPad and realised that iPads are 4:3. I totally didn’t notice that.
My favorite Ansel Adams quote: “There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
I dunno. I can think of a few worse things. Getting glass shards in your eye. Needles under your fingernails. Boy Bands (unless, as this video points out, you grew up with boy bands). Wasps. And even if you're talking just photography: Corrupted memory cards/damaged film. Broken lenses. A camera that fails. A "sharp image with a fuzzy concept" is still worlds better than no image at all. 85% of art is the ability to B.S. You can spin any garbage concept into Pure Genius of Artistic Vision (caps because drama) if you say the right things to the right people.
You know, Peter McKinnon brought me to photography and taught me the basics, Jared Polin taught me about gear and tech, Ted Forbes taught me about artists, but you're teaching me how to become one. Glad I found your channel 100k subs ago or so. Keep rockin', 300k are already in sight.
Don't forget Sean Tucker teaching techniques and keeping us all grounded.
@@Miketz And Kai teaching us what not to do.
@@somniator3205 LOL - indeed.
@Somniator this comment 👍🏽
Somniator and Erick Kim teaching us how to street!
Thank you for actually making this video in 4:3. Not enough people get that.
What's any good about that?
My screen is 5cm black from both sides cuz of that, and it's a big deal because it's pretty small :D
@@BARMAXAR Because 4:3 was the ratio of 1990s and 1980s TV.
Holy cow the edits are fantastic. How many days did this video take
Thanks. Way too long. About 3 weeks.
@@jamiewindsor Impressive work!
@@jamiewindsor I am so glad there are people like you out there to show the world different, thought through and important points of views in an artistic and technical background like this.
Huge congrats on the 200k Jamie, thoroughly deserved and another fantastic, thought provoking video! 🙂
Thanks, James. 👍
Jamie: "So how much effort should I put on my next video?"
Jamie's brain: *yes*
Your videos may not come so frequent anymore but the quality got way up ...worth the wait
Your channel is so amazing! It does not focus on gear, budgets and this kind of stuff. It rather shines a light on the those things, that make photography a form of art. Which is something, 99% of the channels on UA-cam seem to have forgotten. (Also your videos are always art as well. Very impressive!)
I love how much effort you put into this videos! You're an excellent storyteller and filmmaker! Thanks.
Jamie Windsor’s notification comes up, I click. Simple.
Fact. Drop everything.
Nice original comment 👍
@@MajorAddiction LoL, clearly Eric did not understand the whole point of the video. Luckily he does understand the one word that sums up himself.
I love your videos so much. The effort and attention to detail is breathtaking. They're just a pleasure to watch, and as an added bonus fascinating and educational too.
This is something we often think about (even though we work with food) that how do we document what exists without resorting to just nostalgia. This episode was very thoughtful and beautifully put together. Great, great work. Love from Calcutta.
Great as ever. Can't think of another UA-camr on photography subject who would put so much effort into their videos, as well as such insightful and researched content! Keep it up, thanks again!
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@@TheSICKandTheCRAZY
Content and thought wise - yes, another favourite of mine, but graphically these videos are still richer and more labour-intensive.
Thinking about your thoughts makes one a better photographer, no doubt. And some of these thought even effect one's life! Thank you very, very much!!!
Absolutely, yes.
Thanks for another excellent and engaging video, particularly for this teenager of the 80s and current Fujifilm shooter! For the nostalgia extremists: Make America Great Britain Again.
Your content is fresh, innovative and has a depth which visual arts deserve in spaces like you tube but don't often get. Great work man.
I feel like I've been called out by Jamie for some of the ways I approach photography but I'm glad I was
I feel you. I’m genuinely inspired by history, but this is great stuff to remember.
Beautifully covered topic dude, and congrats on 200k ✨
I've watched that intro 5 times now...
Wonder how many people are gonna dislike solely because the trump campaign slogan reference and not understand why it’s being used lol
Amazing video Jamie. As always
I did wonder if people might read my referencing of that campaign as a comment on Trump. I don’t think people would if it was something else. If I were to make a comment on how Coca-Cola was marketed, I doubt people would draw assumptions on whether I liked or disliked Coke.
I understand what you're trying to convey photographically, but I disagree on 2 general points:
1) I've found pretty much every era's popular music since probably 1940 or so enjoyable in some way or form, except for current day pop. I doubt that this could be ascribed to feelings of nostalgia, the music is just shit.
2) I don't agree that the 80's were as racist/sexist/phobic as you think it was. Victim mentality just weren't as popular back then.
"Sticks and stones" is what the kids were taught, not "look at me, I'm the biggest victim!"
Other than that, great video. Gave you a thumbs up.
Oh sweet nostalgia (Greek word: νοσταλγία (Nostalgia)): How true everything you say here. There are so many people caught in this not only in an artistic level but in a philosophical level of life it self. It makes you wander about the authenticity of everyone as oppose with the fake persona
Mesmerised by the detail in the nostalgic effects you used! That office assistant topped it!
Oh maaan you've done it again Jamie - such an amazing video, thank you! :)
I was Born in 2000 and I Love the 80s. I dont know what it is about the time but I just think everything was just better. I Love 80s music and cant hear modern rap or smth any minute without wanting to shut down the music instantly. And I think that especially modern communities are so desocialised. When I Listen to Stories from my parents who were born in East Germany, they say that everybody was much closer and deeper connected. I feel like thats why most people think everything in the past was better. Its about how relationships has changed in the last couple of years. Especially in a World were we are so digital and connected people seem to be more distant than any before. So thats why I think Nostalgia could be the solution for some of us who doesnt seem to fit in this time and It could Provide a completely new view on todays sociaties and ways of living.
The way you edit these videos, the script, the narrative, amazing man!
Love Your Work! ❤️
Newsflash: the 80s sucked. It was actually a time when classes turned against each other so that people with money could feel like it was ok to take and never give back.
So much style without substance
So much stuff without style
It's hard to recognize the real thing
It comes along once in a while
Great stuff Jamie. Keep up the truly amazing animation work!
Amazing content!
i completely disagree that we should avoid nostalgia, nostalgia rocks, and i am 37 yo
Jamie, whats about some content where you present your fuji film simulation settings?
Great video. I've been working on trying to duplicate "that film feel" in Lightroom myself; not because it fits with a particular style of work I do, but because it's a great way to learn what's really going on under the hood in a photo.
I love the choice of aspect ratio for this video as another nod to nostalgia. Well played.
You don't upload very often, but when you do, I smell the teen spirit!
Thank you so much for putting so much effort in your videos! You’re like a photography philosopher ! 😅🙏🏻
So well done
Mate, without feelings(like nostalgia), people would just be organic robots. So... like british people, basically.
PS One exception with the british is the nostalgia for their former evil empire based on slavery, drug trade, world wide invasions and political conspiracies meant to spread starvation and general misery. Yeah, the british fondly remember that one.
normie x someone’s salty
Thanks Jamie, enjoying your channel. I have been using a Lumix G3 for years (old, I know....) but my love of mirrorless has to be realistic as my wallet cannot handle anything newer. :)
I have been using vintage lenses on it and it really opened up photography for me, and made it affordable. And the nostalgic (and sometimes awesome) pictures these older lenses provide are great, and what is better is having to manually focus and adjust aperture. Gives one pause before just snapping away. Not for everyone I know, but I dig it.
It is not Nostalgia, before the 80's trend the past 2 years, it was the 70's and now the 90's are coming back. It is just that the world we live in is way too fast and people feel like recycling instead of creating new content. Great vid
I agree. However the 90s era already made a comeback around 2015-ish. Then it was the 70s and now it’s 80s and y2k eras that’s making a comeback (The retro futuristic vibe with bright colors).
Throughout history, trends of previous decades still came back through art and fashion, so it’s not just people of today being lazy because we live in a “fast world” Especially since the Industrial Revolution and later the spread of mass communication, every period has felt “fast” to those living in it. True, we may feel nostalgic of a time pre-social media and even pre-internet, but if global warming doesn’t destroy our planet and there are future generations that look back on our time, there will be aspects they too will find inspiration or nostalgia in.
Great video. Not sure I agree with you on Stranger Things being any good however. Lot's of shout-acting and plot holes. I think by this point, its surviving on nostalgia only. There is almost no subtlety or dynamics to the series - every scene feels like the volume is turned up full. Which in turn results in an exhausting and one dimensional story, where the conversations and feelings are all just shouted over one another.
But your video was great as always mate :)
BBC costume dramas are the same. Impeccable historical clothing, sets and hair, but it always looks and sounds like modern women playing their grandmothers. The past never felt like the past when it was being lived through, it was unremarkable and creased round the edges unlike the reverential homages to it in retrospect.
Jamie hits out the park again with another brilliant video! Jamie’s editing is incredible (style), but his subject and knowledge is out of this world (substance). That’s why he has 200K subscribers. Looking forward to seeing him hit a million!
As a Motion- and Graphics Designer myself it's always a pleasure to watch your videos. And yeah as an 80s kid also xD. Thank you for the work and effort you put into them.
I really love your videos because of the educational content.
2:50 THE REASON I SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR CHANEL. BRILLIANT PHILOSOPHY. I. LOVE. YOU. Keep up the amazing work.
Outstanding content on this channel. Creative, informative, attention to details. Always waiting for a new video to come out! One of the best if not the best photography channels here. Keep it up Jamie Windsor! Thank you
Thank you for a thought provokng video, also a master class in video editing and production.
I don't always agree with you, but your videos are always thought provoking. Thsi si rare on UA-cam. You deserve your success.
I sometimes find that the most educated creators tend to imitate, and the most ignorant tend to be bold in their artistic choices. They reinvent the wheel a lot, but sometimes they strike gold.
Oh, and I get it...you hate neon.
Just saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Talk about nostalgia.
Brilliant video. I can’t wait to be nostalgic about 80s nostalgia in 20 years.
Jamie you are so insanely good with making these videos. Wow man!!!
I swear your videos are put well and organized! I love it!
I become a better photographer with each of your videos. Also, damn that was a nostalgia trip 😂
And i love that 4:3 format. You really think your videos through. Beilliant.
Omg that startup sound 😥😁
Loved thisss... especially cause I love nostalgia. I love this 80s revival although it’s before my time. I use it a lot in my work right now, especially UA-cam videos. I just think the 80-90 pre Y2K time period was such a special time in music and movies. But I’ve known some pretentious photographers that feel the past is the standard baseline for measuring skill, or knowledge of those artists and what they’ve don’t needs to be replicated but I agree with your take so much more... break ground in a new way. With photography, everything hasn’t been done already... you could shoot something no one has ever shot before every single day. Awesome video!
"Groundbreaking work from the past was groundbreaking, because it broke ground..." Lyrics!… Gwaaanmyooot! :0)
I think that nostalgia in photography should remind us of what's developed in the past, sometimes offering the opportunity for parody or to create new iterations from it. The fact that our tools have changed so much _should_ help prevent us from mere regurgitation, but that's not a guarantee. Film is rather like QWERTY. They establish a standard of quality because of the characteristics of the medium, not because they are inherently better. Something of the sort also runs parallel with digital recordings v. analog.
But there is this slow transition from one taste and technique to another. Like HDR (oversaturated with haloes). Will HDR have a resurgence in the near future as a retro-look? I know photographers who still shoot HDR and haven't noticed that it's no longer cutting edge. As Tower of Power sang, "What is hip today tomorrow will be passé."