I feel the discrepancy in popularity between your arctic video and your desk video comes down to relatability. Most photographers don't have the time or means to travel to all these wonderful places. While it's fun to watch these videos and living vicariously through them, people might look more for videos that help them make better photos where they live and where they don't have to rely on grand vistas to take good photos.
Congrats James , and Emily of course, Noah is perfect. Spot on message though, sometimes it is the opportunistic photo that required no effort whatsoever that turns out to be fabby.
Awwwww . . . . James your new little boy is just gorgeous. I don't miss the sleepless nights, the chucking up, the messy nappies and the screams of tantrums. Enjoy it all though!!!! And take those moments to enjoy the outdoors with the camera. They'll help you survive this parenting gig. (Speaking from experience . . . . )
All the best to Emily! Noah: Good luck with this special Dad...train him well!! James: Fantastic video - yet again. I for sure would give a like to 'emergency postings' as well; so please support Emily, when she needs you more than your followers do!
Congratulations. Treasure the time when he is small because all too soon he really will be as tall as you and taking better photos - as my daughter now demonstrates :(
Great advice as usual and so true. I was sitting in my kayak on a quiet, glassy lake the other evening and probably took one of the best photos I've ever taken and it was 1 mile from my home and took absolutely no effort. Your baby boy is beautiful, congrats to you and Emily!
Congrats on the baby! I'm a new dad myself, he's 7 months old now, so not as new as yourself. It's great! Wait until you see that little one grow and change. Sure did take a hit on my photography time but it's worth it. I did start learning portrait work though. Super nice to have great pictures as the baby grows
Honestly the only portrait work I find interesting and would do is memories from events as the kid grows up. But don’t forget to put the camera down. It is believed we don’t remember much when we focus on taking pictures.
Massive congratulations to you all. Fabulous news. ‘Oh yeah and the video was alright’. Stay happy and well. And from a dad of 4, sleep at every opportunity!
Congratulations! Very cool. Photography isn't about effort on one picture, it's about taking 100,000 photos and looking at 1,000,000 so you can "see" a photo and take it in an instant. That's when it gets to be really fun to do...
The great american photographer Ansel Adams is credited with saying something along the lines of 'a photo isn't made good, purely on the basis of how difficult it was to take', so you're in good company 🙂 Congratulations on becoming a dad. I became a grandad around the time your son was born, also a little boy!
I noticed that with photos I took on a trip to Rome several years ago. I hiked all over the city getting pictures of the usual touristy spots, like The Vatican, Trevi Fountain, and the Colosseum, but one of my favorite photos was taken off the balcony of my AirBnB one morning while I was drinking my coffee. For the longest time I wouldn’t accept that this was a really good photograph because of how effortless it was to take.
I feel that I was so lucky to be able to buy my first camera and find this channel when you have just become a father. It's a privilege to see your journey as a Dad and learn on the way about photography and on how to be a Dad. Congrats to you both 😊😊😊
Bit late catching this video so happy 1st birthday Noah! When you get a bit older, listen to your Dad, he talks a lot of sense as well as taking good photographs.
100% can relate. One off my pictures others like the most is one I am not proud of at all. I literally stood on a metal piece that said. Stand here for photo spot.
Congratulations to the both of you. A beautiful little boy. Your blog made some good points. Ultimately it’s about the finished product not the time, effort or the equipment. Have fun and enjoy the moment(s). Just like raising children!
Congratulations to you and Emily on the birth of Noah. Watch carefully; in the blink of an eye, you'll have a teenager. Then, you'll be glad you took all the pictures of when he was so young. Great fun ahead for all of you.
A big congratulations on the birth of your adorable son. There is nothing more wonderful in life than our children. Great video as usual with lovely images. That makes total sense and has to be remembered so as not to feel disheartened if some images don't receive the same acclaim as others.
I think the effort of this „effortless photos“ you had your camera in reach or with you and the constant awareness seeking for a spontaneous shot and then instantly capture a moment before it is gone. Therefore I highly value those photos too.
Congratulations, James and Emily! Our twins were born at the end of July, and their NICU journey is the entirety of my SD card contents at the moment. Enjoy every moment!
Congratulations 'dad'... hope all are well.... enjoyed your comments on value of pics taken....I first took photos in 1951 with my little box film camera & although none of the pics would win a competition, they are very valuable to me ...they are all B & W but they tell a story ...I am still only a hobbyist but just love taking pics now with my D500... cheers 😀
Isn’t that value also capturing those moments that can never happen again. Those precious moments of a new life are like a sunrise or sunset. Constantly changing, bringing lots of the unexpected and often messy. Yet awe inspiring!
Thank you for a look at the newest Popsys! "...covered by a substance that use to be inside the baby." So funny! As for effort vs. payback, never thought of photography the way you describe. I consider every "keeper" shot as lucky. Technique, equipment, experience, opportunity, etc., but still mainly luck. Maybe I don't feel I control as many variables. Glad you got out and found time to make a video, very enjoyable!
First off, excellent video! Really puts a good perspective on things even outside of photography. But not importantly, how cute is that freaking baby!! Holy cow man he is so cute!! Congratulations on becoming a dad! It’s an amazing feeling!
Congratulations Dad!!!... also I just spent a week in the Canadian Rockies... (i live near them) and had a mixed bag of light and weather.. and mixed luck taking good photo's due to the conditions. .. which drove home to me the fact that it's the whole experience..... the photography is the reason i go. but it's the whole experience.. being outside.. being present and aware of the scenery, the light, and how that relates to the photographic problem...
Congrats on being a dad! With respect to the presumed ease of effort of taking photos of your baby boy, I would, disagree that there's not effort in it. Look at the immense amount of effort, circumstance and time it took for you to live all the moments of your life that lead to you meeting Emily, and all the effort, time and circumstances that lead you up to getting married and finally making that baby... now that's a monumental amount of effort, though I know you will say the reward enormously outweighs the effort.
Congratulations on the baby to you and your wife. they are actually wonderful at that age because they usually stay where you put them. At about 12-13yrs of age they all seem to catch an illness and it is called an opinion. Guaranteed to wreck your life but they grow out of it at about 35yrs of age. Beautiful baby and awesome shots.
What I appreciate about you and your channel is how differently you approach landscape photography compared to most of the other landscape youtubers. They have so many rules and expectations, and often will be in the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen and they’ll only take one shot because the “conditions” weren’t just so. Or they “couldn’t find a composition”. So off the tripod the camera goes and my camera’s soul mourns for all the lost shots. But not you. You go out, handheld, and try everything no matter the conditions and you always get a keeper shot. I love it.
I think this is true of all artistic pursuits (and probably a lot of other things). I find the poems I write, sometimes it’s a massive battle to make them work. It takes hours of going over the same two lines over and over again and sometimes it’s worth the effort but often it’s just fine or still sub par. Other times whole poems pop into your head while you’re walking the dog and you just need to jot them down. It’s good practice to power through the former, but exactly as you say, the latter are objectively more valuable.
this 1000%. A lot of the time simple is better. I feel that there are more "for you" photos than there are "for them" videos. It's fun to shoot for yourself because of authenticity. Or something like that, I just here for that bueatimus bb. 👏👁👄👁👏👏👏👏
Congratulations on becoming a father! I was speaking to my wife this evening about you. She is an avid Hallmark channel viewer. Snowdonia sounds like one of the fictional locations of a royal prince that falls in love with an american woman as she has come across the world to watch his children. She laughed in agreement! The country side you are covering is beautiful. Thank you again for sharing!
Too cute. Congratulations to you both. Absolutely agree with your point. I sweated all over London last week getting street and architecture shots but my biggest hitter on Flickr was one I took of a wet window at home after a shower of rain. ;-)
The sunk cost fallacy is a very real thing. "I spent x amount of money and waited for days in y location after travelling/hiking z miles" is used to justify a lot of images. I've had to develop a lot of discipline around the idea that part of photography, at least for me, is knowing that I might go out for hours, days or weeks at a time to a different location and come back with zero photos I actually enjoy. The most humbling experience was probably when I went to Finland a few years ago and pretty much didn't take a single photo I truly liked. That, and I had to really sit with myself, question my own ability and just carry on. It is what it is.
Conrats to Emily and you. As to photos and effort, consider the total experience of getting the shot and the "value" of the challenge and reward(s) to being there to push the shutter. You can sell the photo but getting the shot is yours forever.
Time is the most valuable resource we need to put in. It doesn't matter where you consume it, on your sofa with your newborn baby, or in the mountains trying to climb above the clouds.
"Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans," Same for any art form photography included, so seize the small moments that happen every day and make the most of what's around you, thats the great thing about a camera isn't it, it enables you to do just that, wherever you are, and whomever you are..
I was blessed with a grandson last week. I said something similar to my son. "What a life beimg a baby, you eat, sleep, poop, and have a couple of servants". Enjoy being a dad!
It's easy to see how happy you are holding that little angel. Congratulations James and Emily. Beautiful little boy! God bless you all. Oh, and that 2nd shot of the mountains, the darker one looks amazing! So moody and dramatic. Makes me want move home to the mountains. 😁 See ya!
Awww he is so beautiful 😍😍 enjoy time when he is a tiny nugget the time goes so fast with a blink of an eye he is a toddler and before you know it off to school he goes. Sidenote hope mama is doing well ❤️
Very few photographers talk about the taboo subject of tripod use to enable pizza consumption… so hats off to you.
And congrats on your new baby.
"All the t-shirts that I own, apart from this one, are currently covered in a substance that used to be inside the baby." Priceless!
Congratulations James and Emily! Despite being “useless”, Noah is adorable! Thank you for sharing a moment with him with us.
Maybe he should have named the kid "Tripod".
Congrats to you all!
I have 4 of those useless breathing, breeding things ... Males 🤨
Big congratulations on becoming a dad! 👏
Also, beautiful photos and a very important theme to keep in mind :)
Thanks so much Mads :)
I feel the discrepancy in popularity between your arctic video and your desk video comes down to relatability. Most photographers don't have the time or means to travel to all these wonderful places. While it's fun to watch these videos and living vicariously through them, people might look more for videos that help them make better photos where they live and where they don't have to rely on grand vistas to take good photos.
Agreed. Greenland is fun. but that desk is kinda neat.
I noticed it with other youtubers too. The heavily produced videos don’t get as much views as the one in casual sitting.
Aw bless, so good to see the little one at the end! Happy fatherhood James, there is nothing else like it or as rewarding! 😊
Congrats James , and Emily of course, Noah is perfect. Spot on message though, sometimes it is the opportunistic photo that required no effort whatsoever that turns out to be fabby.
Awwwww . . . . James your new little boy is just gorgeous. I don't miss the sleepless nights, the chucking up, the messy nappies and the screams of tantrums. Enjoy it all though!!!! And take those moments to enjoy the outdoors with the camera. They'll help you survive this parenting gig. (Speaking from experience . . . . )
All the best to Emily!
Noah: Good luck with this special Dad...train him well!!
James: Fantastic video - yet again. I for sure would give a like to 'emergency postings' as well; so please support Emily, when she needs you more than your followers do!
Congratulations. Treasure the time when he is small because all too soon he really will be as tall as you and taking better photos - as my daughter now demonstrates :(
When my first daughter was born I felt blessed, proud and insignificant all at the same time. Congratulations!!!
Great advice as usual and so true. I was sitting in my kayak on a quiet, glassy lake the other evening and probably took one of the best photos I've ever taken and it was 1 mile from my home and took absolutely no effort.
Your baby boy is beautiful, congrats to you and Emily!
Congratulations to you and Emily on the safe arrival of Noah, he’s very cute 😊
Congrats on the baby! I'm a new dad myself, he's 7 months old now, so not as new as yourself. It's great! Wait until you see that little one grow and change. Sure did take a hit on my photography time but it's worth it. I did start learning portrait work though. Super nice to have great pictures as the baby grows
Honestly the only portrait work I find interesting and would do is memories from events as the kid grows up. But don’t forget to put the camera down. It is believed we don’t remember much when we focus on taking pictures.
Massive congratulations to you all. Fabulous news. ‘Oh yeah and the video was alright’. Stay happy and well. And from a dad of 4, sleep at every opportunity!
Congratulations! Very cool. Photography isn't about effort on one picture, it's about taking 100,000 photos and looking at 1,000,000 so you can "see" a photo and take it in an instant. That's when it gets to be really fun to do...
The great american photographer Ansel Adams is credited with saying something along the lines of 'a photo isn't made good, purely on the basis of how difficult it was to take', so you're in good company 🙂 Congratulations on becoming a dad. I became a grandad around the time your son was born, also a little boy!
I noticed that with photos I took on a trip to Rome several years ago. I hiked all over the city getting pictures of the usual touristy spots, like The Vatican, Trevi Fountain, and the Colosseum, but one of my favorite photos was taken off the balcony of my AirBnB one morning while I was drinking my coffee. For the longest time I wouldn’t accept that this was a really good photograph because of how effortless it was to take.
Big smile here. Soak it up James. These are great times for the three of you.
I feel that I was so lucky to be able to buy my first camera and find this channel when you have just become a father. It's a privilege to see your journey as a Dad and learn on the way about photography and on how to be a Dad. Congrats to you both 😊😊😊
Bit late catching this video so happy 1st birthday Noah! When you get a bit older, listen to your Dad, he talks a lot of sense as well as taking good photographs.
One day he'll say, "you used THAT camera, it's so old fashioned!" Congrats to you both.
Congratulations on becoming a dad best feeling in the world and good luck to you all
I think it's so cool that your kid will grow up and can watch these videos of his dad. It will mean a lot to him. I know it would to me :).
So sweet you're a father! Congrats to you and family.
100% can relate. One off my pictures others like the most is one I am not proud of at all. I literally stood on a metal piece that said. Stand here for photo spot.
Congratulations James….welcome to the new centre of your universe! Let the fun begin!
Congratulations to the both of you. A beautiful little boy. Your blog made some good points. Ultimately it’s about the finished product not the time, effort or the equipment. Have fun and enjoy the moment(s). Just like raising children!
Congratulations to you and Emily on the birth of Noah. Watch carefully; in the blink of an eye, you'll have a teenager. Then, you'll be glad you took all the pictures of when he was so young. Great fun ahead for all of you.
A big congratulations on the birth of your adorable son. There is nothing more wonderful in life than our children. Great video as usual with lovely images. That makes total sense and has to be remembered so as not to feel disheartened if some images don't receive the same acclaim as others.
I think the effort of this „effortless photos“ you had your camera in reach or with you and the constant awareness seeking for a spontaneous shot and then instantly capture a moment before it is gone.
Therefore I highly value those photos too.
Congratulations, James and Emily! Our twins were born at the end of July, and their NICU journey is the entirety of my SD card contents at the moment. Enjoy every moment!
Thanks to the UA-cam algorithm, just found this channel. Such high quality. Wonderful.
Congratulations 'dad'... hope all are well.... enjoyed your comments on value of pics taken....I first took photos in 1951 with my little box film camera & although none of the pics would win a competition, they are very valuable to me ...they are all B & W but they tell a story ...I am still only a hobbyist but just love taking pics now with my D500... cheers 😀
Congrats James and Emily, enjoy this special time together as a family!
You look like a happy dad. That's wonderful!
Isn’t that value also capturing those moments that can never happen again. Those precious moments of a new life are like a sunrise or sunset. Constantly changing, bringing lots of the unexpected and often messy. Yet awe inspiring!
Yes, they will be very treasured photos of Noah. He's very much a mini James!! Enjoyed the video, lots of food for thought!
What a GORGEOUS little boy. And all that hair! Congratulations to you both.
congrats to you both! hope Emily is feeling healthy and happy!
Thank you for a look at the newest Popsys! "...covered by a substance that use to be inside the baby." So funny! As for effort vs. payback, never thought of photography the way you describe. I consider every "keeper" shot as lucky. Technique, equipment, experience, opportunity, etc., but still mainly luck. Maybe I don't feel I control as many variables. Glad you got out and found time to make a video, very enjoyable!
Congratulations on the arrival of the baby! Keep up the good work.
Ohhhh, congratulations to you & Emily on little Master Noah's arrival, James!
The wait is over, now you can visit places with no signal again :)
Congrats to the newborn! 👶🏼
Such a cutie … congrats to you both! So yes, when you don't fancy tripods, there's now a little twopod waiting to be tested out …
Congratulations to you and Emily on the new addition to your family bless you all
First off, excellent video! Really puts a good perspective on things even outside of photography. But not importantly, how cute is that freaking baby!! Holy cow man he is so cute!! Congratulations on becoming a dad! It’s an amazing feeling!
Congratulations Dad!!!... also I just spent a week in the Canadian Rockies... (i live near them) and had a mixed bag of light and weather.. and mixed luck taking good photo's due to the conditions. .. which drove home to me the fact that it's the whole experience..... the photography is the reason i go. but it's the whole experience.. being outside.. being present and aware of the scenery, the light, and how that relates to the photographic problem...
Congrats on being a dad! With respect to the presumed ease of effort of taking photos of your baby boy, I would, disagree that there's not effort in it. Look at the immense amount of effort, circumstance and time it took for you to live all the moments of your life that lead to you meeting Emily, and all the effort, time and circumstances that lead you up to getting married and finally making that baby... now that's a monumental amount of effort, though I know you will say the reward enormously outweighs the effort.
Congratulations to you both. Looking forward to all the baby snaps.
Congratulations on the birth of your son. Don't blink, they grow up much too quickly.
Congratulations Emily and James on the arrival of baby Noah, all the best wishes
Congratulations on the baby to you and your wife. they are actually wonderful at that age because they usually stay where you put them. At about 12-13yrs of age they all seem to catch an illness and it is called an opinion. Guaranteed to wreck your life but they grow out of it at about 35yrs of age. Beautiful baby and awesome shots.
What I appreciate about you and your channel is how differently you approach landscape photography compared to most of the other landscape youtubers. They have so many rules and expectations, and often will be in the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen and they’ll only take one shot because the “conditions” weren’t just so. Or they “couldn’t find a composition”. So off the tripod the camera goes and my camera’s soul mourns for all the lost shots. But not you. You go out, handheld, and try everything no matter the conditions and you always get a keeper shot. I love it.
I think this is true of all artistic pursuits (and probably a lot of other things).
I find the poems I write, sometimes it’s a massive battle to make them work. It takes hours of going over the same two lines over and over again and sometimes it’s worth the effort but often it’s just fine or still sub par.
Other times whole poems pop into your head while you’re walking the dog and you just need to jot them down.
It’s good practice to power through the former, but exactly as you say, the latter are objectively more valuable.
You look so proud with Noah. Congrats to your new family!
So cute! Love the mountains, but that little boy is adorable, congratulations to you both!!
Congrats and a Mazel Tov (congrats in Hebrew) on your new baby. He will be a real joy in your life. Best wishes to Mom. Remember, sleep is overrated.
You look happier than I've seen you in a long time. Congrats!!!!!!
Noah .you have a great mom and dad enjoy the time with your.....thank you for sharing your thoughts.
this 1000%. A lot of the time simple is better. I feel that there are more "for you" photos than there are "for them" videos. It's fun to shoot for yourself because of authenticity. Or something like that, I just here for that bueatimus bb. 👏👁👄👁👏👏👏👏
That was so nice bringing the baby out. Congratulations!
Great video, genuinely hadn't thought of some of your points in this video really well made and put together
Congratulations James and Emily. Enjoy your baby, he'll be 13 be for you know it...
Congratulations to you and Emily. Lovely of you to let us meet Noah. Thanks for another great video.
Congratulations on becoming a father! I was speaking to my wife this evening about you. She is an avid Hallmark channel viewer. Snowdonia sounds like one of the fictional locations of a royal prince that falls in love with an american woman as she has come across the world to watch his children. She laughed in agreement! The country side you are covering is beautiful. Thank you again for sharing!
Too cute. Congratulations to you both. Absolutely agree with your point. I sweated all over London last week getting street and architecture shots but my biggest hitter on Flickr was one I took of a wet window at home after a shower of rain. ;-)
The sunk cost fallacy is a very real thing. "I spent x amount of money and waited for days in y location after travelling/hiking z miles" is used to justify a lot of images. I've had to develop a lot of discipline around the idea that part of photography, at least for me, is knowing that I might go out for hours, days or weeks at a time to a different location and come back with zero photos I actually enjoy. The most humbling experience was probably when I went to Finland a few years ago and pretty much didn't take a single photo I truly liked. That, and I had to really sit with myself, question my own ability and just carry on. It is what it is.
Conrats to Emily and you. As to photos and effort, consider the total experience of getting the shot and the "value" of the challenge and reward(s) to being there to push the shutter. You can sell the photo but getting the shot is yours forever.
Time is the most valuable resource we need to put in. It doesn't matter where you consume it, on your sofa with your newborn baby, or in the mountains trying to climb above the clouds.
Congrats brother what a Blessing! May God Bless your family always!
Congratulations James and Emily! I understand your point but I should say that your video from Greenland is one of my favorite youtube videos ever.
Congratulations Daddy Popsys! 🥳🍼
CONGRATZ to the baby!!! And very good point with the effort!
"Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans," Same for any art form photography included, so seize the small moments that happen every day and make the most of what's around you, thats the great thing about a camera isn't it, it enables you to do just that, wherever you are, and whomever you are..
I was blessed with a grandson last week. I said something similar to my son. "What a life beimg a baby, you eat, sleep, poop, and have a couple of servants". Enjoy being a dad!
Congrats on the new baby. Thanks for the video!
Wonderful news on your little boy looking forward to seeing you up a mountain with your little man strapped to your back
Yay baby! Congrats and if your experience is like mine was, sleep when you can, and maybe even in shifts.
Congratulations to your son 🙏🏼💕 so sweet!
Congratulations and all the very best for yourself and family!
Congratulations to you & Emily ! All the Best !!
Congratulations James& Emily. Very happy news for you. Think of future years teaching Noah photography. He’s gorgeous
Congratulations, I missed last week's video I had no idea that Emily finally had the baby. I wish you and Emily all the best love from Texas
It's easy to see how happy you are holding that little angel. Congratulations James and Emily. Beautiful little boy! God bless you all. Oh, and that 2nd shot of the mountains, the darker one looks amazing! So moody and dramatic. Makes me want move home to the mountains. 😁 See ya!
Awww he is so beautiful 😍😍 enjoy time when he is a tiny nugget the time goes so fast with a blink of an eye he is a toddler and before you know it off to school he goes. Sidenote hope mama is doing well ❤️
Congratulations James!! There's nothing better
Congratulations on becoming a dad! Warm wishes to your family
Congratulations Emily and James! 😄👍 Noah is definitely your best ‘production’ yet! Very Best Wishes.
Oh, the video was very helpful too.
Congratulations to your whole little family!
Omg 😍😍😍😍😍 the best episode so far! Thank you! And of course congratulations, he's a cutie!
Jazzed new dad with first new baby, so cool.
Welcome to the world little Noah! May God bless you with love and comfort each and every day
So glad I stuck around to the end - I'm filling-up - too cute - what a perfect mini-me (you) you have there
Congratulations to you both on the new baby.
Congrats James!
I totally agree and i used to be quite frustrated but that's what it is..
“CONGRATULATIONS” James, and not forgetting Emily is it (apologies for my awful memory) especially for doing all the hard work
Congratulations! And welcome to the world, Noah.
Great video buddy. Congrats on the birth of the little man too! Glad you’re all happy and healthy! 🖤✌🏻
Congratulations!
Thank you for the Video and WELCOME NOAH!