Interview with America's Premier Leica Specialist Dan Tamarkin 📸🔴
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- @TamarkinCameraChicago stands as one of the world's largest privately owned Leica dealerships, boasting over 50 years of unrivaled expertise. Join us for an exclusive interview with Dan Tamarkin and delve into the remarkable story behind this second-generation Leica powerhouse! 📸🔴
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So much fun - thank you for including me in this exciting and meaningful project !!
Thank you so much Dan!! Always a pleasure working with you 😊💖
Dan, you had some amazingly beautiful hair! Thanks for sharing.
Dan's the best! 😊
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@@quintonmckimm hahahaha sure did !
Dan is a remarkable man and a dear friend deep in my inner circle. If I was in trouble, he'd be one of the first to come to my aid. Likewise, he has an ARMY of friends who would do the same for him, whether he knows that or not. All of this has nothing to do with Leica, but everything to do with him as a human. As for Leica, one would be hard pressed to find a dealer who would care for them personally as Dan always does. Great video, you captured him well!
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Thank you for tuning in! I had my first interaction with Dan because I was looking into Leicavits. I emailed him with a bunch of questions, fully expecting him to not respond. I'll be honest, having been in the Leica world for awhile, a lot of users/dealers can be a bit snobbish, especially to someone like me. However, to my surprise, Dan responded answering all my questions, and even provided additional resources for me to look into. He was so passionate and knowledgeable, also warm and friendly. As you saw in the video, I ended up visiting him and Susan with my boyfriend Kevin and we all had a great time. I appreciate him on so many levels. For the fun/goofy/friendly person that he is, and the passion he exudes in what he does. It makes me go, I want what he has! Like you said, this has nothing to do with Leica, but everything to do with him as a human 😊💖
Nice going both of you!! loved the interview!!
Thank you so much!
Love Dan’s passion, I try to see him each time I am in Chicago. He always treats me as if I was his number one customer.
Me too! Dan's awesome! 😊
What a fabulous interview! And therewithin, every reason why I consider Dan such a treasured friend and invaluable Leica resource... Dan's the real deal - genuine, honest and always entertaining. Thank you for posting! Cheers!
Thank you so much for tuning in!! Dan is such a great guy - I wish the whole world knows about him!! 😁
Very insightful. And it's true: do what you enjoy doing. Then you will succeed.
Thank you!! And yes! I'm trying to do the same!! 😊
I dealt with Stan a long time ago but honestly Dan has taken things to the next level , and he is a remarkable person . Thanks for helping him shine
I so agree!! Thank you so much for tuning in!! 😊
Dan is great!! so much knwledge and so much joy!! thank you for this video.
Thank you so much for tuning in! 😊
Really enjoyed this episode. I gotta visit Tamarin the next time I'm in Chi-town.
Thank you for tuning in! You definitely gotta visit Tamarkin the next time you are in the Windy City!! The store itself is fascinating to check out, but Dan is also a wonderful person. Other than the new & used Leica stuff in the store, there's also a museum with some of the rarest things like... a Leica sugar cube 😆😂
Enjoyed the enriching interview and listening to the history of Tamarkin Camera. Visited and attended auctions at their NYC establishment quite a few times while living in DC back in the late 80's and always impressed with the impeccable customer service and friendliness.
Oh wow that's so awesome!! The original Tamarkin Camera! I've only had the chance to attend their auctions online. One of these days I'll make it out to the live auction. Thanks for tuning in! 😊
Fantastic interview of an incredible man! The family photos you included are wonderful too! Love it!
Thanks for tuning in! I also loved the family photos! I couldn't help but giggle and smile when I went through them 🥰 Especially the one of baby Dan holding a camera!!
Met Dan last year at the LSI meeting in Wetzlar. Nice fellow with lots of energy.
I don't think Dan was at Wetzlar, but I think he was at the NJ meet. He's awesome! Thanks for tuning in! 😊
@@NoctiGirl Pretty sure he was there。 He was interested in the pre-auction items there
Interesting... 😮 Cuz I was there at Wetzlar as well and he specifically told me he couldn't make it... hmm 🤔
I’ve met Dan on several occasions but I didn’t know his background. Thanks for sharing his story with us.
Thanks for tuning in! I'm glad that I was the lucky one who got to share his story with the world 😊
@dan you nailed it when you described your definition of the American Dream.
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Dan is da man.....
I so agree!! 😊
Thanks for posting. I have visited Tamarkin a couple of times. Always a nice experience. Enjoyed them and looking forward to visiting again (I am from out of state).
That's so awesome! Thanks for tuning in! 😊
Excellent video!
Thanks for tuning in!!
Great interview, great guy
Thank you so much!
thank you Barry!♥
Great interview, does anyone know how Eric Bohman is these days? He is in one of the early photos in the video of when Eric worked with Stan Tamarkin at the store in NYC. Eric used to be program manager for the Leica Historical Society back in those days. Great fellow. I will always remember Stan Tamarkin coming to the LHSA meetings back in those days and bringing some interesting Leica equipment to view. And I did not know Dan Black was also your uncle! I remember him at the LHSA swap meets as well.
Wow that's so awesome!! Thanks for sharing these details! 😊
Hi Scott, thank you for the kind words! Dan Black was a family friend; my uncle was Ronnie Reis, a big-time collector who introduced my father to Leica! Eric was my Leica-mentor. Alas, he passed away a few years back.. he was a gem! thanks for watching and for being a part of the family Leica history!
Maybe next time some different intro music 😮
Hahaha was it too intense for you? 😆
In addition to getting straight A’s and not doing drugs how about Don’t Stand On Your Leica.
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Hello Charlice. Are you familiar with another Photography UA-camr who has a channel called 'Paulie B'?; his is the Photography channel I have most enjoyed viewing; he approaches street-photographers while they're out taking photos in NYC, during which he interviews them. There's one episode where he meets and interviews a street-photographer who uses a large-format analog camera for Street-Photography 😂, I highly recommend that channel for you.
One of the topics of discussion on UA-cam photography channels is how digital photography has rendered the younger generation who have only ever known digital cameras lazy and undisciplined shooters in that they are trigger-happy and shoot indiscriminately thus end up with hundreds of photos by the end of a few hours of shooting. Because of my foundation in analog photography, it taught me to be very disciplined and discerning when it comes to pressing the shutter-release because a roll of 35mm film has limited amount of exposures, in my case it was 24 exposures because it was easier to load onto the spool inside the light sealed bag which were small. Whereas those who have only ever known digital photography they have the freedom to shoot indiscriminately as memory cards can hold thousands of RAW images; plus they can also afford to make as many mistakes as they want because they can delete and re-shoot. Whereas those who learned the craft from analog cameras, they had to get the exposure right due to limited exposures on a roll of film. Which brings me to another topic which is related to this topic, ie the major technological advances with digital cameras more specifically their in-built light-meters, they are so much more sophisticated than the basic Centre-Weighted meters that are to be found in the old manual-focus SLRs, considering how primitive they were compared to what's inside a Nikon Z9. Using old manual-focus SLRs required the photographer to manually measure the light falling on their subject, whereas contemporary digital cameras have light-meters that do all the calculations for you. Because I learned analog photography, I had to learn how to calculate the correct exposure to get the desired effect I wanted, this involved me using the 'Zone System', it is a scientific method of calculating exposure to achieve a desired effect. This system was devised by a group of American photographers who called themselves 'The f64 Group', they were based in L.A, this was about 80 years ago. Among them was a prominent photographer namely Ansel Adams. I eventually after struggling learned how to employ the Zone System in my photography, this knowledge and craft has sadly disappeared because the sophistication of digital photography means that one can hit and hope by making a dozen or so exposures at different aperture and shutter-speed settings and one of them will turn out to be the right one. Considering all the above points, I am proud of the grounding and discipline that analog photography instilled in me; hence why I don't suffer from the problem of indiscriminately firing off the shutter-release, even though the option is available to me with a digital camera, I still remain disciplined. Back in the days when I used to go out with my film SLR, there were times when I returned home with maybe 5 exposures, while many of my contemporaries would shoot a roll of 36 in a matter of hours.
Thanks for sharing! I'll definitely look into Paulie B. I've actually not heard of him.
I was analog trained as well. Though I shoot a lot more medium format than 35mm, and I only get about 8 - 12 exposures per roll. So I definitely understand and agree with the idea of being disciplined because sometimes out of those 8 - 12 exposures, maybe there's only 1 shot that works.
@@NoctiGirl You might want to consider interviewing seasoned amateur photographers on your channel where you follow them while they're out shooting, it doesn't have to be a regular feature. For me personally the most boring type of photography is conventional landscape photography with rolling hills or mountains and a body of water like a lake etc. I prefer unconventional landscape photography; I once took a photo which I class as being a unconventional landscape photo of a enclosed tubular shaped pedestrian subway passage below street level connecting two London subway lines, it's walls and floor are fully tiled, but the walls are unusual in a sense that they are usually covered in commercial advertising posters, but this one had bare tiled walls, this subway pasage is almost shaped like the letter 'S' so with a 24mm Wide-Angle lens you get swirling lines starting in the foreground; I shot it in B&W. I don't expect you to reply to this, bye.
I hear ya! I'm actually pretty bad at landscape photography lol. I'm more of a portrait photographer and have always struggled with photographing landscape! Like you mentioned, taking interesting landscape photographs require real skills. I'm definitely looking into collaborating with more professional photographers and documenting their process! I learned a ton on this shoot with Leica Ambassador Milan Swolfs:
ua-cam.com/video/XWfH_a6K4oM/v-deo.html
It's always so fascinating watching someone else directing and shooting!