One of my favorite shots was a test image just to see how the foreground tree would frame a subject in the distance. The whole image is slightly out of focus. It's a vibe; I love the picture. A few things I do/don't do that I'm "wrong" about: - Image review off: I'll see my photos later. - F rule of thirds. - I also intentionally cut subjects off. It's especially cool if I find two subjects and can cut both off on both edges of the frame. - I do not, and never will, lens correct. The lens--good or bad--has its own character, it distorts how it distorts. You still know what the photo is. It's fine.
I love your channel because it focuses on the actual creativity part. Like so much out there is about making the "perfect" photo, but most look so samey
I got into adapting older manual focus lenses onto my modern mirrorless camera and that's been a fun way to remove the ability to have "technical perfection" in a photo. One of my favorite photos ended up being a portrait of a model using a cheap knockoff lens where the aperture was stuck at f2.8. The softness and somewhat incorrect color rendering matched with her moody expression made it truly stand out.
ive realised to be happy with every photo i come back home with. nature photography taught me a lot in that context, with staying calm, patient and to just be grateful for being able to see all the beauty of this moment. everyone is forcing to keep rules in mind, all the things that are determining if the photo is good or bad, but at the end of the day does it really matter?
Oh, I love this point about finding something interesting to explore from bad photo. How many good things came to live by mistake? Congrats on 20k subs, well deserved sir!
I just got done going through my bin of prints and it was a lot of "why didn't i like this picture?" Or remembering being disappointed by what I think I took a picture of and not liking the print. But now realizing that not only is the picture good, but it just needs a bit of editing. I didn't know that at the time. So I'm excited (and also very not excited) to scan negatives and give some of these pictures a second chance.
1 of my favorite photos from a trip to Italy was accidentally out of focus which has me trying to replicate the same look. Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.
Enjoyed this and agree with everything you say. Social media pushes perfection, perfect lives, perfect bodies, perfect appearances, and even perfect photography. Humans are not perfect, and the world we live in is not perfect. Its why i love subjective documentary photography, it examines the human conditions through its imperfections
Aside from the awesome content of your videos which I find considered and insightful, yours is the only channel where I watch the ads because they're entertaining and seemlessly integrated! Bringing that creative flair to the mundane obligation to advertise haha! Good job
A bad photo has nothing to do with anything except ONE thing....Intention. If it's not the photographers intention, then it's bad. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Yeah, feel. Memories come from feelings, so make people curious and if the like chasing, do everything the easy way, instant gratification crowd pass on by then jolly good stuff. Good content 🍻
Methinks you are onto something but still missing a key aspect: the reason these "bad" photos are interesting is 1) They make you ask questions and draw you in, 2) They are not like friggin google street view or a generic 'wallpaper' of flickr. Also, a lot of what makes a photo interesting is the 'story' - that's why photos by youtubers who make videos about how they made them seem 'better'. Going on a tangent here, but I think photos make a better story when they are grouped in a collection/zine/whatever
you wanna know what my most favorite photo ive taken from my first year of photography is? its a photo of the place where my porch meets the wall of my house, nd its got a blueish gray palette to it. what's fun about it is most of the people ive showed it to think its the ocean on a foggy day, and I love that trickery. Unfortunately its on my families very old possibly virused computer and I don't have the password so it is now lost which makes me sad
You are not entirely correct yet you are not wrong. Good photo doesn’t mean it will be technically correct. Yes, technically correct photos are often good photos, but if we are talking art, then it doesn’t really go in those frames. Good photo is the one who tells story. It doesn’t need to be deep or something amazing, it just needs to connect with the person viewing it.
Thank you for interesting vids! Especially that one about microfilms, it was really inspiring for me. Picked up camera and started shooting right after it Nice tattoo btw |-/
This idea has been making the rounds on UA-cam photography sites lately and all of them are silly clickbait too. It only took you 8 seconds to pretty much contradict yourself: "bad photos can be better than good photos"........which would make them good photos, right? You give criteria for a "good" photo (sharpness, composition, exposure, etc) as if they were ever actually some kind of rule and then knock them down like a straw man . Ansel Adams said "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept" back in, well, before most of us were born. Alfred Steiglitz took pictures of isolated clouds back before color film was invented. So there is nothing new about breaking the 'rules' in order to make a good photo. And besides, you just made up more rules of your own and then told us not to follow anyone's rules. If I'm not supposed to follow anyone's rules I absolutely should take a picture of dirt, put a white border on it and call it 'bad' which by your logic would then make it good? A good photo is a good photo. A bad photo is a bad photo. It would be a lot more useful to learn (and teach) which is which rather than simply torturing the meaning of the words 'good' and 'bad'. But semantic gymnastics are easier and probably get more 'clicks'.
"it's not clickbait" I regret to inform you that saying it's not clickbait, doesn't make it not clickbait. Look we get it, gotta put food on the table, etc. Oh and also I think on youtube anyway it's the majority opinion that the quality of a photo is related to but ultimately not only driven by or even necessarily dependent on it's technical quality. IME all of the people who seriously believe that spend all their time at gear mettups anyway.
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bad photos are infinitely better than boring ones
One of my favorite shots was a test image just to see how the foreground
tree would frame a subject in the distance. The whole image is slightly out
of focus. It's a vibe; I love the picture.
A few things I do/don't do that I'm "wrong" about:
- Image review off: I'll see my photos later.
- F rule of thirds.
- I also intentionally cut subjects off. It's especially cool if I find two
subjects and can cut both off on both edges of the frame.
- I do not, and never will, lens correct. The lens--good or bad--has its own
character, it distorts how it distorts. You still know what the photo is. It's fine.
step 1: learn the rules
step 2: break the rules
I only comeback to this channel to remember I need to hydrate myself, the awesome content its just a bonus.
I love your channel because it focuses on the actual creativity part. Like so much out there is about making the "perfect" photo, but most look so samey
I got into adapting older manual focus lenses onto my modern mirrorless camera and that's been a fun way to remove the ability to have "technical perfection" in a photo. One of my favorite photos ended up being a portrait of a model using a cheap knockoff lens where the aperture was stuck at f2.8. The softness and somewhat incorrect color rendering matched with her moody expression made it truly stand out.
ive realised to be happy with every photo i come back home with. nature photography taught me a lot in that context, with staying calm, patient and to just be grateful for being able to see all the beauty of this moment. everyone is forcing to keep rules in mind, all the things that are determining if the photo is good or bad, but at the end of the day does it really matter?
Oh, I love this point about finding something interesting to explore from bad photo. How many good things came to live by mistake?
Congrats on 20k subs, well deserved sir!
Thank you so much!!
I just got done going through my bin of prints and it was a lot of "why didn't i like this picture?" Or remembering being disappointed by what I think I took a picture of and not liking the print. But now realizing that not only is the picture good, but it just needs a bit of editing. I didn't know that at the time. So I'm excited (and also very not excited) to scan negatives and give some of these pictures a second chance.
fine art = Fart
1 of my favorite photos from a trip to Italy was accidentally out of focus which has me trying to replicate the same look. Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.
Enjoyed this and agree with everything you say. Social media pushes perfection, perfect lives, perfect bodies, perfect appearances, and even perfect photography. Humans are not perfect, and the world we live in is not perfect. Its why i love subjective documentary photography, it examines the human conditions through its imperfections
Been waiting for someone to say this, great video!
Appreciate it!
Aside from the awesome content of your videos which I find considered and insightful, yours is the only channel where I watch the ads because they're entertaining and seemlessly integrated! Bringing that creative flair to the mundane obligation to advertise haha! Good job
Thank you!!! I try my best to make it fun to watch, it means a lot that you don't mind them - sponsors are putting food on the table for me :)
A bad photo has nothing to do with anything except ONE thing....Intention.
If it's not the photographers intention, then it's bad. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Yeah, feel. Memories come from feelings, so make people curious and if the like chasing, do everything the easy way, instant gratification crowd pass on by then jolly good stuff. Good content 🍻
Methinks you are onto something but still missing a key aspect: the reason these "bad" photos are interesting is 1) They make you ask questions and draw you in, 2) They are not like friggin google street view or a generic 'wallpaper' of flickr. Also, a lot of what makes a photo interesting is the 'story' - that's why photos by youtubers who make videos about how they made them seem 'better'. Going on a tangent here, but I think photos make a better story when they are grouped in a collection/zine/whatever
Picasso "I pic these paintures as I see them"
The thumbnail on this is so lovely.
Thank you :)
you wanna know what my most favorite photo ive taken from my first year of photography is? its a photo of the place where my porch meets the wall of my house, nd its got a blueish gray palette to it. what's fun about it is most of the people ive showed it to think its the ocean on a foggy day, and I love that trickery. Unfortunately its on my families very old possibly virused computer and I don't have the password so it is now lost which makes me sad
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You are not entirely correct yet you are not wrong. Good photo doesn’t mean it will be technically correct. Yes, technically correct photos are often good photos, but if we are talking art, then it doesn’t really go in those frames. Good photo is the one who tells story. It doesn’t need to be deep or something amazing, it just needs to connect with the person viewing it.
Thank you for interesting vids! Especially that one about microfilms, it was really inspiring for me. Picked up camera and started shooting right after it
Nice tattoo btw |-/
Thank you!
I’m always on the look for my next Instagram banger! If I get any less than 7 likes how will I validate myself to keep going?!?
Wonderful - thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yeah man. You get a few things right in a few of your videos.
Yes.
I like this, thanks
Oh, right, time for water
Thank you too!
Congrats on 20k subs! You honestly deserve them all and more!
I'm a little envious tho, I hope one day I'll get to that point too.
Thank you!!!
You stole that from Stevie Wonder on SNL
Would have been funny if you've shot this video slightly out of focus, with the wrong WB and unconventional composition.
was tempted ngl
This idea has been making the rounds on UA-cam photography sites lately and all of them are silly clickbait too. It only took you 8 seconds to pretty much contradict yourself: "bad photos can be better than good photos"........which would make them good photos, right?
You give criteria for a "good" photo (sharpness, composition, exposure, etc) as if they were ever actually some kind of rule and then knock them down like a straw man . Ansel Adams said "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept" back in, well, before most of us were born. Alfred Steiglitz took pictures of isolated clouds back before color film was invented. So there is nothing new about breaking the 'rules' in order to make a good photo. And besides, you just made up more rules of your own and then told us not to follow anyone's rules. If I'm not supposed to follow anyone's rules I absolutely should take a picture of dirt, put a white border on it and call it 'bad' which by your logic would then make it good?
A good photo is a good photo. A bad photo is a bad photo. It would be a lot more useful to learn (and teach) which is which rather than simply torturing the meaning of the words 'good' and 'bad'.
But semantic gymnastics are easier and probably get more 'clicks'.
"it's not clickbait" I regret to inform you that saying it's not clickbait, doesn't make it not clickbait. Look we get it, gotta put food on the table, etc. Oh and also I think on youtube anyway it's the majority opinion that the quality of a photo is related to but ultimately not only driven by or even necessarily dependent on it's technical quality. IME all of the people who seriously believe that spend all their time at gear mettups anyway.