If you want to be part of a small group of photographers all inspiring each other to become better, then the next Focus and Frame Cohort might be just the ticket for you. No egos, no gatekeeping, just a team in your corner helping you on your journey through photography. Next intake is open and the cohort starts w/c 12th August Click here for more info: www.thephotographiceye.info/focus-frame-cohort
It's a funny thing - 99% of YT videos obsess about camera perfromance, and I feel I have kit way ahead of Haas- so it's great to be reminded of the artistic vision which ultimately makes it work- so. thank you for that! x
I saw a video on a UA-cam photography channel here on UA-cam where the channel owner had on a guest showing his photographs. These were excellent photographs. At the end, they revealed they were taken on a cell phone camera.
There was a well known photographer who said that those folks who obsess over gear and don't focus on the craft of photography were, in his words, "gearographers".
I hate videos that lead off with clickbaity "You're Doing It Wrong" titles and intros. This one does that but immediately corrects by diving right into examples of good photography
This is a TRUE photography channel. No gear flexing, no over the top or overly energetic presentations. Just true photography and photographic art talk, aswell as chill and relaxing and informative presentation. Well done, mister! I love videos like this.
@@ThePhotographicEye Bizzaro Jared Polin = good thing ... better still you seem patient and judgement-withholding in your presentation and evaluation even of the elements that make good photography. Transportation and perspective shifting within the experience can be great, but my favorite part of seeing and attempting photography are the surprises you get...the "huh, that's funny" moments. No room for those surprises when you're pushing for some preconceived "right" way. Glad that your channel flows from the generalized concepts and not any specific method or rigid way of framing.
Alex, Oh how I LOVE your videos! I am a 62 year OLD man, help desk supervisor, and a photographer in my infancy. Regardless, when I see your videos and hear your voice, I am reminded that art is for everyone. I am assured the imagery that catches my (admittedly fleeting) attention as life rushes by is worthy sometimes of pulling over taking that picture. I hear your voice and I remember from my infancy, my mother, painting in oil and acrylic, capturing the beauty of the world around her. She often fought with my father, who seemed to have no understanding of the value of her art. He sometimes destroyed her work, leaving her crying on the floor. My only oppressor is myself. My memories of her early struggles, her paintings on the walls of her home, and your words, together, remind me that this hobby, this desire I have to take pictures, has value and is worth whatever effort is required to pursue. Thanks for great information you provide and the equally valuable inspiration you serve along with it.
"He sometimes destroyed her work" - that was a punch in the gut. Thanks for sharing your story - I wish you happy travels in your photographic journey!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...give the kids a camera, let them take some photos, and see the world from their perspective...never cease to intrigue me
There is definitely a difference between looking and actually seeing a composition. I'm a photographer and filmmaker and there is no greater feeling than when an image is revealed to me by just taking the time to "see."
As a Black-Star photojournalist based in Manhattan many many years ago, I had the pleasure to meet and even work beside Ernst. He was a wonderful person and inspiration.
Ernst Haas is another photographer whose images I see and makes me realise how much further there is to go for me in photography. His vision/composition is at a level I can never hope to reach.
I have known the work of Ernst Haas for about 50 years, but I seem to have forgotten the impact of his photographs. Thank you for bringing it back to mind.
Moved away from technical perfection recently and [re]found the joy of photography again. No more "the light is not right" or whatever. It is liberating and the results anything from "that what not what I envisioned" crap to the "...wow". Love this lesson and your in general artistic, mature and yet unpretentious approach to photography.
I had one of Ernst Haas' books here from the library. It was very inspiring. I do think that our cities are not as colorful as they were in Haas' time. Seems to me all the vehicles of today are shades of grey while in his time they were reds and yellows and oranges....
People can’t make a decision on color so they stick with the standards of black, white, silver and grey. Advertisement directs the consumer to purchase these colors as well… At one time I was a member of a car club, I posted my responses in various colors depending on my mood. One particular person didn’t like this and thus messaged me about my “technicolor words” further stating that he was a librarian and only delt in black and white. Pretty sad that his world was totally monochromatic.
In addition to introducing people to a wide variety of photographers, a huge important part of what you do via this channel is give people permission to go with their inclinations, to just "try it". True creativity is what can be tried within the constraints of the artform. Photography has many constraints built in, so giving people permission to work differently while facing those imposed fences is so often what people need to hear or have.
My father was a photographer and i used to carry his bag around for a bit of money . I started being interested in photography when i fell in love with Kubrick and cinematography. My father has now been gone for almost 10 years and what i have left from him is a deep passion for photography and a good ear for good jazz. I guess i become him uncousciounsly in order to better deal with his absence.
Thank you for this. A couple of years back I exchanged a Nikon D810 for a Z6 and even though most would have said it was with inferior gear, my photography soared. Every once in a while I get gear lust, and then a channel like this straightens me out, recenters my perspective, and redirects my focus. Again, thank you.
As an amateur photographer, I ever fall into the sense of worry or lost in gear obsession. By watching this video remainds me how important to dig into my feel about visual artistic around me and try to communicate it by my photos. Thank you so much . Love and respect !
I will give you one bit of advice if you want to make better photos. Go out, or in, with one camera and one lens, for at least a year, maybe forever. I might also tell you to Not shoot color images. in general, you will be distracted by the color. Simplify. Spend your valuable time looking at things closely and thoughtfully. Feel it.
I was a photography major in college. The beginning classes had three basic type of students - art/design majors, people in all sorts of other majors, and freshman photo majors. The instructor set a rule: one camera and one single-focal-length lens for the whole term. Because, first of all, it was about seeing. The technical aspects would come later. The photo majors with their cases of gear resisted, and they seldom created interesting, artistic photos. Meanwhile one of the best shooters in the class was an English major.
A great video. I think that people start out seeing images they want to photograph, then get distracted by the tactile use of a camera to achieve that image. An artist friend of mine recently bought a used mirrorless camera and 35mm lens, received some rudimentary instruction on its use and then proceeded to take some of the best fine art photos SOOC I’ve ever seen. When he photographs he doesn’t actually see the camera, like it’s not even there. What came first, the camera or the photograph.
I had read about Mr. Ernst Haas in a photography handbook. Absolutely loved that he was the one who showed the way with colour film and blur motion. And to think that Mr. Ernst Haas did ALL THAT WITHOUT one of the most important digital camera technology that we use today - preview; just goes to show that for him, the previews were in his mind! Truly an artist with a camera - EVERYTHING Beautifully captured. Thank you so much for this lovely video on him.
After 3 full long eye wrecking days of gear hunting, this video is a breath of fresh air and a reminder of the importance of photography. Thank you and happy holidays!
I love this channel so much, so the photography is not about how expensive the gear is. But how good your eye to see everything arround that can be a good things to photograph. And the host is definitely the master of photography.
the key is confidence with what you shot. i often capturing a blurry image,but my perception about a good image is what makes me think it's not a great photo because it's blurry. it's the boundaries /wall /limit that makes me afraid to explore. because sometimes, blurry images evoked emotion and that's the art of it. imperfection is makes it perfect i learn something new
Alex a big thank you for showing some work from the great Ernst Haas, a man ahead of his time, my inspiration. I admire the work of many photographers but Ernst Haas is number one. And I am with you on getting your mobile out and taking those crazy shots.
As a young photographer in the 1960's Ernst Haas's work was a revelation to me. When hearing about his use of the dye-transfer and other techniques I thought, well that is well out of my reach. But today as a retired old man computer software has opened some of his process up to us mortals. Seeing and using the camera is another thing. Thanks for this insightful channel.
It is the photographer only that creates the photo and how good it can be, the camera just records it; but the better the equipment, especially the lens, the better the photograph can be. So I agree with you completely.
I love Ernst Haas's photographs, both black & white and color, and I'm very glad that you're introducing people to his work. And your breakdown of elements that contribute to the success of his works is valuable. But I hope that people don't think, as too many people do, that one can make superb art by consciously assembling such elements. Haas said that the most important thing to him as a photographer was "the poetic element."
I have conflicting opinions , on one hand he created some great pictures and helped shape the industry , no doubt about that . but on the other hand some of his work strikes me as similar to what a amateur would take when trying panning for the first time . I cant help but feel that his name made his work palatable when it otherwise would have been deemed terrible , I also strongly feel if a skilled photographer starts using extremely blurred images they have run out of inspiration to search for that perfect shot. Edit : I feel I should clarify I'm no stranger to long exposures , multi flash photography, painting with light and light trail methods and realise blurred images can work incredibly well to create mystery or tell a story , but certain images of his had no story , context , texture or composition for that matter but was lapped up all the same.
@@richardwestwood1812thank God he wasn't looking for "the perfect shot" there is nothing more boring than this, he was looking for poetry and feeling that's why his images are immortal and of an artistic level far above the norm.
I just got an Ernst Haas book out of my library yesterday and pored over the pages in their nice cool AC building. It was wonderful to see, and even more so, when you realize that before Haas, most of the art world at large (at least in the US) saw color photography as the realm of advertising and not serious. Haas was the first that whatshisname at NYC MOMA said was the definition of WHY color photography was about the color as much as the subject. Loved your video. Very nice reinforcement of all I learned.
This was really an eye opening video. I never actually looked at pictures by other photographers in the way I did watching this video. But i must say that the ones shown here by Ernst Haas are really inspiring. I feel my eyes have been spoilt by social media too much, wanting to recreate those instagram-like photos. Today I learned that I should go look for life stories to shoot instead, focusing on what shapes, colours, and light can tell.
One of my favourite Photographers, these days people are more obsessed with gear than real photography and what it actually takes to make a photograph that makes you feel something. When I was learning in the 70's, light was the most important part for me, then form. Movement for me is as important, his Rodeo picture in mid air still gives me goosebumps. It's mostly techno babble these days especially on YT and nothing to do with actual photography. Thanks for the Video.
Before I discovered the channel, I was focusing on the wrong things. The result? My photos were technically correct, but they don't transmit too much, it's nothing there that shows mood, for instance except, maybe, by accident. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for opening my eyes!
This is a fantastic video you have put together, perhaps one of the best ever made on UA-cam on the topic of photography. Thanks for sharing this with your community and well done.
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 9 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,727 subs and > 1k hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
I'm pleased that "the algorithm" elected to offer this video to me. That's a bit of a surprise because usually it offers me crap. This is an excellent short lecture on the basics of photographic art. It is much appreciated and I think I'll come back to it a couple more times and make some notes. I'm reminded of something someone said recently... to the effect that one should be looking at more photographic reviews and less gear reviews because, as you say, it isn't the camera that makes the photograph; it's the photographer behind the camera. Thank you for this presentation. You earned my subscription.
This is very true! Very often it is the imperfection wich makes pictures outstanding. I never had an understanding for paintings, until I started to take photos. Then I started to understand composition and playing with colours light and so on. This brought me to museums and got me interesting in art. A big thank you for this video.
the example with the chef is brilliant. there are „chefs“ wo buy convienience food (prepared in a factory and put in a bag) and sell this in restaurants. some will go on with peopöe who will buy with AI, but the true art of creating a photograph by skill will remain. thank you for always sharing a different view to all us viewers. very inspiring
Alex, I love this episode. The photographs of Ernst Haas could have been taken with every camera that allows you to set shutter speed and aperture. And where are we today? Cameras with hundreds of functions and crazy resolution, but does that helo us to achieve the mastery of Ernst Haas? Not at all, it all depends on your own imagination and creativity.
Thank you for your ongoing virtual mentorship Alex. I continue to really appreciate your honest and philosophical approach. You add a perspective that is true to your words - unique. Standing out from the crowd.
Best thing i ever did for my photography was sell all of my gear. My photo "gear" now consists of an old small Ricoh GRII and my iphone. It is so liberating and you can focus on what truly matters in photography. I now ALWAYS have my camera with me.
Hi Alex, thank you very much for this great topic, the blurry photos that Ernst Haas took had meaning and told a story. I really feel for new photographers that are constantly told that you need a good camera to take great photos. All modern cameras now have great image quality, regardless of the brand. We should all look up to Ernst Haas and to keep watching your channel, which has great content and a great joy to watch. Thanks for sharing this video.
Oddly enough, I think I have taken so far the best photos at the beginning of my photo adventure when I knew nothing about composition, techniques etc. I just looked around, saw a frame I found interesting and tried to get a good photo of it without overthinking. Now after 6 years of amateur photography and gaining experience I'm less happy about my photos than at the beginning. Even when I compare my recent photos with photos from the past, I think the old ones without any experience were better.
Darn it, Alex, you have done it to me again! Every month, I pick some photo books to order. I just placed my monthly order today. And in my list of books suggested for me was a book called Ernst Haas: New York in Color 1952-1962. I skipped it. But now I’m getting ready to get my sleep for the night and watching your video where you present the wonder of his work. So I just added it to my order! Now I’m looking forward to seeing the world through his eyes! Thank you for also making the point that it’s not about gear. I come across so many photographers who are utterly convinced that the gear is what makes for a good or bad photo. They don’t like to hear that they are wrong. But they are wrong.
"To each their own" are wise words in photography. Myself, there are very few motion blur photo's that I will keep. I have discarded tens of thousands of them because I just don't like them. Great video Alex of the ability to see the elements of a photograph. Trying to keep all these points in mind when out in the world is a complex job. There are times when times allow and there are times when you must do now in order not to miss the moment.
Although almost everything changes in photography over time, there are a couple of constants to keep in mind. To be a great photographer, one must know (1) what to take a picture of, and (2) when to take the picture. Those two critical abilities can be learned and developed by, (1) taking lots of photos, and (2) spending quality time pouring over books of photographs by the great photographers - present, as well as past masters.
Ernst Haas' work resonates with me enormously.. I am working with ICM,, slow shutter, panning, intentional blur, keeping the literal. I would say, without knowing it before, someone coyuld say they see Has in my work, as it stood out for me as I watched this video. I wil continue taking images that stand out from the crowd. This video has made me realise that my work has a place. Cheers
I like to thank you. Thank you for your personal, warm and clear way of explaining. I’ve learned a lot from you and feel inspired to take pictures. My journey has just started. All the best. Cheers
It is that senses how one can appreciate the most simple and normal thing in life. These are place and area most people will not look at play attention to.
I already let go the hardware and connected with my ability to see the picture of my mind. The world will see my vision when I'm dead and praise me. So long world.
Exactly. What is have learned over the years about photography is that the important things about photography are the process, the print and the journey in-between -- the vision of the photographer the process and the subject. We apply our knowledge and technique in the production of our vision to create an image that celebrates the subject.
I agree but also don’t. Photography is quite multi-faceted and each one of us likes different parts of the process more than others. I personally love the “using the tool” part and for that there is nothing like Leica. It is a unique experience. I am speaking only for myself here. No, you don’t need one to get good shots. I get amazing shots on my Pentax K1000 which costed me less than 50€. But the Leica is something I can’t get enough of. It’s a tool that inspires me.
Impeccable timing, Alex, as on recommendation from a photographer friend I managed to get a copy of Haas's ground-breaking Creation book just four days ago. Absolutely awesome. You've summed up his genius beautifully.
Your channel is refreshing. After all these YT videos on which gear you should buy, it is so great to be brought back to the simple reality of art. And no need for the latest Sony released yesterday ( be worry a better one will be released next week) to enjoy taking and creating photographs. Thank you and please continue and I support your new project.
I am a professional painter, and I have taken amazing photos even with my cell phone. I make sure when I take a photo it has an artistic look otherwise I won't take the picture. I see many UA-camrs with high following and almost 97% of them take lousy pictures.
First and foremost, thank you so much for your content and your channel. I really love your content since quite often it pushes me to see my work from another angle or leave the paths I am used to and my comfort zone, which is great. I am in photography for more than 40 years now, but still eager to learn each and every day - and often your channel gives my some useful medicine to the "doing similar things for years"-desease. And then "the Ernst" - when I was starting to take photography seriously back in 1981/1981 (doing b/w's in the lab at school and so forth) there was a brilliant monthly magazine here in Germany named "GEO" - which was quite similar to NetGeo in terms of level of articles and photography. (Yes, I am awar that it still around but it has lost much of its quality and glamour). GEO back then was attracting many famous photographers and they were doing a "special edition" on photography, letting "the Ernst", still alive back then, having a longer article on the way he sees and percieves things. It was so brilliant for me that it gave me a butt-kick and I finally and completely "lost" my soul to photography. The picture I fell most in love was his famous "rose". A simple, red rose, but perfectly taken and in a way which I have never seen before, Over the next years I kept my admiration for his work but had to realise that his work became more and more forgotten and it was nearly impossible to get any of his books anywhere - in particular not in Germany. However, it seems that his work gets more back to the light in the last very few years and your brilliant video is one element to this. By the way, Haas got more and more abstract in his works over the years, which is great and I really love how you focused on these aspects. Thanks again for your work and dedication!
You brought it to the point. The content of your video should be at the beginning of each photography class, and from there it should continue. No one needs endless explanations about the gear - great photos have as little to do with the gear as great cooking with the knives in the kitchen. 🤐
When Hass taught in Yosemite along with Ansel, he had a student constantly talking out his Leica. Finally, Hass had enough and said Leica Schmeica. He knew it was mastering the craft that was important, not the tool. But you can't simply buy craft mastery by swiping a credit card, it takes work and for many, that is a 4 letter word. They prefer to believe the manufacturers non stop propaganda about how their latest and greatest will make art and the upside is that in a short time when the "photographers" realize it was a lie, there is more hardly used gear on the used market for a fraction of the cost new.
Embracing imperfections, or happy accidents... forgetting level and even composition... And finding that unique image, quite a journey! loved the video!
Wonderful video. Informative and inspirational, presented with real passion and enthusiasm. Thanks. I don't harbor fantasies of matching Haas, but the video did make me want to go out and take better, more evocative and lively photos.
Every time I watch your videos a sentence comes to my mind from the film times (I still shooting on film) and I unfortunelly can´t remember the author: "think more, shoot less" . I shouldn´t need validation but what you share with us validate the assumption I made too late in my life that I don´t need go to the latest release on equipment but provide your own main equipment, the brain, some improvement. Tank you so much, Alex! Regards from Brazil.
you can obtain fantastic images with any kind of camera, even the cheapest one if you use it in the right conditions but in fact with the best tools you maximise the chance to get the best images because you increase the right conditions spectrum.
If you want to be part of a small group of photographers all inspiring each other to become better, then the next Focus and Frame Cohort might be just the ticket for you.
No egos, no gatekeeping, just a team in your corner helping you on your journey through photography. Next intake is open and the cohort starts w/c 12th August
Click here for more info: www.thephotographiceye.info/focus-frame-cohort
It's a funny thing - 99% of YT videos obsess about camera perfromance, and I feel I have kit way ahead of Haas- so it's great to be reminded of the artistic vision which ultimately makes it work- so. thank you for that! x
Sure but Haas had Kodachrome and lived in the best time to be a color photographer. Ever.
I saw a video on a UA-cam photography channel here on UA-cam where the channel owner had on a guest showing his photographs. These were excellent photographs. At the end, they revealed they were taken on a cell phone camera.
Feckless thanks are so weak.
There was a well known photographer who said that those folks who obsess over gear and don't focus on the craft of photography were, in his words, "gearographers".
I hate videos that lead off with clickbaity "You're Doing It Wrong" titles and intros. This one does that but immediately corrects by diving right into examples of good photography
This is a TRUE photography channel. No gear flexing, no over the top or overly energetic presentations. Just true photography and photographic art talk, aswell as chill and relaxing and informative presentation. Well done, mister! I love videos like this.
Thanks so very much! That's made my day :D
Whereabouts are you watching from?
@@ThePhotographicEyeVery glad to hear that. From Europe. Romania more exactly.
@@sterlok2283oh hey I'm also watching from Romania
@@ThePhotographicEye Bizzaro Jared Polin = good thing ... better still you seem patient and judgement-withholding in your presentation and evaluation even of the elements that make good photography. Transportation and perspective shifting within the experience can be great, but my favorite part of seeing and attempting photography are the surprises you get...the "huh, that's funny" moments. No room for those surprises when you're pushing for some preconceived "right" way. Glad that your channel flows from the generalized concepts and not any specific method or rigid way of framing.
Alex, Oh how I LOVE your videos! I am a 62 year OLD man, help desk supervisor, and a photographer in my infancy. Regardless, when I see your videos and hear your voice, I am reminded that art is for everyone. I am assured the imagery that catches my (admittedly fleeting) attention as life rushes by is worthy sometimes of pulling over taking that picture. I hear your voice and I remember from my infancy, my mother, painting in oil and acrylic, capturing the beauty of the world around her. She often fought with my father, who seemed to have no understanding of the value of her art. He sometimes destroyed her work, leaving her crying on the floor. My only oppressor is myself. My memories of her early struggles, her paintings on the walls of her home, and your words, together, remind me that this hobby, this desire I have to take pictures, has value and is worth whatever effort is required to pursue. Thanks for great information you provide and the equally valuable inspiration you serve along with it.
"He sometimes destroyed her work" - that was a punch in the gut.
Thanks for sharing your story - I wish you happy travels in your photographic journey!
Hahaha i 'm helpdesk and love photography too! Sorry i couldn't help smilimg while reading your comment.
Man your mother is a true artist. You must be so proud of her.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...give the kids a camera, let them take some photos, and see the world from their perspective...never cease to intrigue me
There is definitely a difference between looking and actually seeing a composition. I'm a photographer and filmmaker and there is no greater feeling than when an image is revealed to me by just taking the time to "see."
As a Black-Star photojournalist based in Manhattan many many years ago, I had the pleasure to meet and even work beside Ernst. He was a wonderful person and inspiration.
Alex, I simply love watching your content. Like no other creator.
Ernst Haas is another photographer whose images I see and makes me realise how much further there is to go for me in photography. His vision/composition is at a level I can never hope to reach.
I have known the work of Ernst Haas for about 50 years, but I seem to have forgotten the impact of his photographs. Thank you for bringing it back to mind.
Shape, Form, Texture, colour, light, mood
This is the best advice on how to take good pictures that ive come across.
Thank you
Thanks for watching
Moved away from technical perfection recently and [re]found the joy of photography again. No more "the light is not right" or whatever. It is liberating and the results anything from "that what not what I envisioned" crap to the "...wow". Love this lesson and your in general artistic, mature and yet unpretentious approach to photography.
I had one of Ernst Haas' books here from the library. It was very inspiring. I do think that our cities are not as colorful as they were in Haas' time. Seems to me all the vehicles of today are shades of grey while in his time they were reds and yellows and oranges....
People can’t make a decision on color so they stick with the standards of black, white, silver and grey. Advertisement directs the consumer to purchase these colors as well…
At one time I was a member of a car club, I posted my responses in various colors depending on my mood. One particular person didn’t like this and thus messaged me about my “technicolor words” further stating that he was a librarian and only delt in black and white. Pretty sad that his world was totally monochromatic.
He shot on Kodachrome film. Which had its own color aesthetic.
Shapes also, everything is cube like cybertruck.
In addition to introducing people to a wide variety of photographers, a huge important part of what you do via this channel is give people permission to go with their inclinations, to just "try it". True creativity is what can be tried within the constraints of the artform. Photography has many constraints built in, so giving people permission to work differently while facing those imposed fences is so often what people need to hear or have.
My father was a photographer and i used to carry his bag around for a bit of money . I started being interested in photography when i fell in love with Kubrick and cinematography. My father has now been gone for almost 10 years and what i have left from him is a deep passion for photography and a good ear for good jazz. I guess i become him uncousciounsly in order to better deal with his absence.
Thank you for this. A couple of years back I exchanged a Nikon D810 for a Z6 and even though most would have said it was with inferior gear, my photography soared. Every once in a while I get gear lust, and then a channel like this straightens me out, recenters my perspective, and redirects my focus. Again, thank you.
Thanks for sharing!
As an amateur photographer, I ever fall into the sense of worry or lost in gear obsession. By watching this video remainds me how important to dig into my feel about visual artistic around me and try to communicate it by my photos. Thank you so much . Love and respect !
Thanks for watching.
I will give you one bit of advice if you want to make better photos. Go out, or in, with one camera and one lens, for at least a year, maybe forever. I might also tell you to Not shoot color images. in general, you will be distracted by the color. Simplify. Spend your valuable time looking at things closely and thoughtfully. Feel it.
I was a photography major in college. The beginning classes had three basic type of students - art/design majors, people in all sorts of other majors, and freshman photo majors. The instructor set a rule: one camera and one single-focal-length lens for the whole term. Because, first of all, it was about seeing. The technical aspects would come later. The photo majors with their cases of gear resisted, and they seldom created interesting, artistic photos. Meanwhile one of the best shooters in the class was an English major.
nice try for things that never happened
A great video. I think that people start out seeing images they want to photograph, then get distracted by the tactile use of a camera to achieve that image. An artist friend of mine recently bought a used mirrorless camera and 35mm lens, received some rudimentary instruction on its use and then proceeded to take some of the best fine art photos SOOC I’ve ever seen. When he photographs he doesn’t actually see the camera, like it’s not even there. What came first, the camera or the photograph.
I had read about Mr. Ernst Haas in a photography handbook. Absolutely loved that he was the one who showed the way with colour film and blur motion.
And to think that Mr. Ernst Haas did ALL THAT WITHOUT one of the most important digital camera technology that we use today - preview; just goes to show that for him, the previews were in his mind!
Truly an artist with a camera - EVERYTHING Beautifully captured.
Thank you so much for this lovely video on him.
Thanks for watching
After 3 full long eye wrecking days of gear hunting, this video is a breath of fresh air and a reminder of the importance of photography. Thank you and happy holidays!
I love this channel so much, so the photography is not about how expensive the gear is. But how good your eye to see everything arround that can be a good things to photograph. And the host is definitely the master of photography.
Thank you
100% agree to what you're saying. Photography is an ART, a story telling skill.
the key is confidence with what you shot.
i often capturing a blurry image,but my perception about a good image is what makes me think it's not a great photo because it's blurry.
it's the boundaries /wall /limit that makes me afraid to explore.
because sometimes, blurry images evoked emotion and that's the art of it. imperfection is makes it perfect
i learn something new
Alex a big thank you for showing some work from the great Ernst Haas, a man ahead of his time, my inspiration. I admire the work of many photographers but Ernst Haas is number one. And I am with you on getting your mobile out and taking those crazy shots.
Thank you for your insights and illustrations into nothing less than how to “see” for photography and beyond.
As a young photographer in the 1960's Ernst Haas's work was a revelation to me. When hearing about his use of the dye-transfer and other techniques I thought, well that is well out of my reach. But today as a retired old man computer software has opened some of his process up to us mortals. Seeing and using the camera is another thing. Thanks for this insightful channel.
Thanks for watching
It is the photographer only that creates the photo and how good it can be, the camera just records it; but the better the equipment, especially the lens, the better the photograph can be. So I agree with you completely.
Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation, thank you.
I love Ernst Haas's photographs, both black & white and color, and I'm very glad that you're introducing people to his work. And your breakdown of elements that contribute to the success of his works is valuable. But I hope that people don't think, as too many people do, that one can make superb art by consciously assembling such elements. Haas said that the most important thing to him as a photographer was "the poetic element."
I have conflicting opinions , on one hand he created some great pictures and helped shape the industry , no doubt about that . but on the other hand some of his work strikes me as similar to what a amateur would take when trying panning for the first time . I cant help but feel that his name made his work palatable when it otherwise would have been deemed terrible , I also strongly feel if a skilled photographer starts using extremely blurred images they have run out of inspiration to search for that perfect shot.
Edit : I feel I should clarify I'm no stranger to long exposures , multi flash photography, painting with light and light trail methods and realise blurred images can work incredibly well to create mystery or tell a story , but certain images of his had no story , context , texture or composition for that matter but was lapped up all the same.
@@richardwestwood1812thank God he wasn't looking for "the perfect shot" there is nothing more boring than this, he was looking for poetry and feeling that's why his images are immortal and of an artistic level far above the norm.
@@richardwestwood1812 you need Moriyama Daido in your life.
I absolutely love the blurred ones - they have a painted kind of texture to them
I just got an Ernst Haas book out of my library yesterday and pored over the pages in their nice cool AC building. It was wonderful to see, and even more so, when you realize that before Haas, most of the art world at large (at least in the US) saw color photography as the realm of advertising and not serious. Haas was the first that whatshisname at NYC MOMA said was the definition of WHY color photography was about the color as much as the subject.
Loved your video. Very nice reinforcement of all I learned.
This was really an eye opening video. I never actually looked at pictures by other photographers in the way I did watching this video. But i must say that the ones shown here by Ernst Haas are really inspiring. I feel my eyes have been spoilt by social media too much, wanting to recreate those instagram-like photos. Today I learned that I should go look for life stories to shoot instead, focusing on what shapes, colours, and light can tell.
One of my favourite Photographers, these days people are more obsessed with gear than real photography and what it actually takes to make a photograph that makes you feel something. When I was learning in the 70's, light was the most important part for me, then form. Movement for me is as important, his Rodeo picture in mid air still gives me goosebumps. It's mostly techno babble these days especially on YT and nothing to do with actual photography. Thanks for the Video.
Before I discovered the channel, I was focusing on the wrong things. The result? My photos were technically correct, but they don't transmit too much, it's nothing there that shows mood, for instance except, maybe, by accident. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for opening my eyes!
That’s awesome, thank you
This is a fantastic video you have put together, perhaps one of the best ever made on UA-cam on the topic of photography. Thanks for sharing this with your community and well done.
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 9 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,727 subs and > 1k hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Finally, the truth is out about competence composition it’s what you see and what you capture on the camera is the most important thing right on
I'm an amateur photographer, and I love how the video can talk about photography and no gear talk.
Thank you
I'm pleased that "the algorithm" elected to offer this video to me. That's a bit of a surprise because usually it offers me crap.
This is an excellent short lecture on the basics of photographic art. It is much appreciated and I think I'll come back to it a couple more times and make some notes.
I'm reminded of something someone said recently... to the effect that one should be looking at more photographic reviews and less gear reviews because, as you say, it isn't the camera that makes the photograph; it's the photographer behind the camera.
Thank you for this presentation. You earned my subscription.
Awesome, thank you for watching
This is very true! Very often it is the imperfection wich makes pictures outstanding. I never had an understanding for paintings, until I started to take photos. Then I started to understand composition and playing with colours light and so on. This brought me to museums and got me interesting in art. A big thank you for this video.
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Probably one of the most useful videos I ever saw on YT on any topic.
Great and strong sounds in light and shadows, can be heard even with deaf ear.
This video should be seen by all the people taking photos and primarely those using cell phones....Thank you sir !
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Unfortunately many of your other videos are too much of "sofa talking " with finally very poor concrete content. A pity because you know your subject!
the example with the chef is brilliant. there are „chefs“ wo buy convienience food (prepared in a factory and put in a bag) and sell this in restaurants. some will go on with peopöe who will buy with AI, but the true art of creating a photograph by skill will remain. thank you for always sharing a different view to all us viewers. very inspiring
Alex, I love this episode. The photographs of Ernst Haas could have been taken with every camera that allows you to set shutter speed and aperture. And where are we today? Cameras with hundreds of functions and crazy resolution, but does that helo us to achieve the mastery of Ernst Haas? Not at all, it all depends on your own imagination and creativity.
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90% imagination and creativity 10%( maybe) the tools that eventually can help you with your vision
Not at all, why not🤔🤔
You are so good at opening the creative boxes we didn’t know existed in us! Thank you
You are so welcome!
Wow, I fall in love more and more with photography. the more I learn and the more I see that the creative imagination is endless.
you have taken this art to next level... you r philosopher of photography....❤❤❤
Thank you for your ongoing virtual mentorship Alex. I continue to really appreciate your honest and philosophical approach. You add a perspective that is true to your words - unique. Standing out from the crowd.
My pleasure!
Best thing i ever did for my photography was sell all of my gear. My photo "gear" now consists of an old small Ricoh GRII and my iphone. It is so liberating and you can focus on what truly matters in photography. I now ALWAYS have my camera with me.
Hi Alex, thank you very much for this great topic, the blurry photos that Ernst Haas took had meaning and told a story. I really feel for new photographers that are constantly told that you need a good camera to take great photos. All modern cameras now have great image quality, regardless of the brand. We should all look up to Ernst Haas and to keep watching your channel, which has great content and a great joy to watch. Thanks for sharing this video.
Oddly enough, I think I have taken so far the best photos at the beginning of my photo adventure when I knew nothing about composition, techniques etc. I just looked around, saw a frame I found interesting and tried to get a good photo of it without overthinking. Now after 6 years of amateur photography and gaining experience I'm less happy about my photos than at the beginning. Even when I compare my recent photos with photos from the past, I think the old ones without any experience were better.
Also, wonderful music in the background! It complements the photographs so well. Your work is inspirational.
Thank you very much!
love your videos- very unique and thought provoking- thanks for what you do!
Darn it, Alex, you have done it to me again! Every month, I pick some photo books to order. I just placed my monthly order today. And in my list of books suggested for me was a book called Ernst Haas: New York in Color 1952-1962. I skipped it. But now I’m getting ready to get my sleep for the night and watching your video where you present the wonder of his work. So I just added it to my order! Now I’m looking forward to seeing the world through his eyes!
Thank you for also making the point that it’s not about gear. I come across so many photographers who are utterly convinced that the gear is what makes for a good or bad photo. They don’t like to hear that they are wrong. But they are wrong.
Im getting so happy from this, just be yourself!! Great Vid. Thanks ❤
Ernst Haas was a wonderful, wonderful photographer - without doubt one of the greats. If you need inspiration look at his work.
"To each their own" are wise words in photography. Myself, there are very few motion blur photo's that I will keep. I have discarded tens of thousands of them because I just don't like them. Great video Alex of the ability to see the elements of a photograph. Trying to keep all these points in mind when out in the world is a complex job. There are times when times allow and there are times when you must do now in order not to miss the moment.
Although almost everything changes in photography over time, there are a couple of constants to keep in mind. To be a great photographer, one must know (1) what to take a picture of, and (2) when to take the picture. Those two critical abilities can be learned and developed by, (1) taking lots of photos, and (2) spending quality time pouring over books of photographs by the great photographers - present, as well as past masters.
You're so right! If you want to photograph study art. This teaches you how to see.
Ernst Haas' work resonates with me enormously.. I am working with ICM,, slow shutter, panning, intentional blur, keeping the literal. I would say, without knowing it before, someone coyuld say they see Has in my work, as it stood out for me as I watched this video. I wil continue taking images that stand out from the crowd. This video has made me realise that my work has a place. Cheers
I like to thank you.
Thank you for your personal, warm and clear way of explaining. I’ve learned a lot from you and feel inspired to take pictures. My journey has just started.
All the best.
Cheers
This video is to be watched at least once in a photographer’s life time. Thank you so much ❤
You're so welcome!
"To SEE, or NOT to See, THAT is the question!" Thanks for this video AND the music!
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Ernst Haas is the master in my opinion
It is that senses how one can appreciate the most simple and normal thing in life. These are place and area most people will not look at play attention to.
I think these modern error of camera can be a great creative tool, or it is just some new vocabulary to the photographic language.
I already let go the hardware and connected with my ability to see the picture of my mind. The world will see my vision when I'm dead and praise me. So long world.
The beauty of photography is the realisation that you can make an interesting image from everything you see, if you do it right.
Finally, I found a video that talks about photography and not cameras and lenses.
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Exactly. What is have learned over the years about photography is that the important things about photography are the process, the print and the journey in-between -- the vision of the photographer the process and the subject. We apply our knowledge and technique in the production of our vision to create an image that celebrates the subject.
I agree but also don’t. Photography is quite multi-faceted and each one of us likes different parts of the process more than others. I personally love the “using the tool” part and for that there is nothing like Leica. It is a unique experience. I am speaking only for myself here. No, you don’t need one to get good shots. I get amazing shots on my Pentax K1000 which costed me less than 50€. But the Leica is something I can’t get enough of. It’s a tool that inspires me.
@@azzalos some feeling but with ny Hasselblad. the peace to take a picture. the time before you press the button. pure photographic porn 🤓
@@olivercornelisses1830 agreed, that’s another great experience. I never had a Hasselblad but did use a TLR which is somewhat similar.
@@azzalos yes you are right
Impeccable timing, Alex, as on recommendation from a photographer friend I managed to get a copy of Haas's ground-breaking Creation book just four days ago. Absolutely awesome. You've summed up his genius beautifully.
Your channel is refreshing. After all these YT videos on which gear you should buy, it is so great to be brought back to the simple reality of art. And no need for the latest Sony released yesterday ( be worry a better one will be released next week) to enjoy taking and creating photographs. Thank you and please continue and I support your new project.
Thank you very much for your inspiring precious advices. I'll bring them to my journey into photography, which I'm about to start.
Awesome
Wow what an inspirational video. I knew the name Ernst Haas but not how good his photography was.
This video is good for watching. I like it so much
I m a beginner. This encourages me, like no other video here on yt. Thank you very much.
This is a gem.
I am a professional painter, and I have taken amazing photos even with my cell phone. I make sure when I take a photo it has an artistic look otherwise I won't take the picture. I see many UA-camrs with high following and almost 97% of them take lousy pictures.
Great inspiration! Thanks so much 🙏🏼
The ideas you stimulate are exactly why I follow your channel!
Glad you like them!
First and foremost, thank you so much for your content and your channel. I really love your content since quite often it pushes me to see my work from another angle or leave the paths I am used to and my comfort zone, which is great. I am in photography for more than 40 years now, but still eager to learn each and every day - and often your channel gives my some useful medicine to the "doing similar things for years"-desease. And then "the Ernst" - when I was starting to take photography seriously back in 1981/1981 (doing b/w's in the lab at school and so forth) there was a brilliant monthly magazine here in Germany named "GEO" - which was quite similar to NetGeo in terms of level of articles and photography. (Yes, I am awar that it still around but it has lost much of its quality and glamour). GEO back then was attracting many famous photographers and they were doing a "special edition" on photography, letting "the Ernst", still alive back then, having a longer article on the way he sees and percieves things. It was so brilliant for me that it gave me a butt-kick and I finally and completely "lost" my soul to photography. The picture I fell most in love was his famous "rose". A simple, red rose, but perfectly taken and in a way which I have never seen before, Over the next years I kept my admiration for his work but had to realise that his work became more and more forgotten and it was nearly impossible to get any of his books anywhere - in particular not in Germany. However, it seems that his work gets more back to the light in the last very few years and your brilliant video is one element to this. By the way, Haas got more and more abstract in his works over the years, which is great and I really love how you focused on these aspects. Thanks again for your work and dedication!
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You brought it to the point. The content of your video should be at the beginning of each photography class, and from there it should continue.
No one needs endless explanations about the gear - great photos have as little to do with the gear as great cooking with the knives in the kitchen. 🤐
The photographic in this channel is on another level .
Thank you
When Hass taught in Yosemite along with Ansel, he had a student constantly talking out his Leica. Finally, Hass had enough and said Leica Schmeica. He knew it was mastering the craft that was important, not the tool. But you can't simply buy craft mastery by swiping a credit card, it takes work and for many, that is a 4 letter word. They prefer to believe the manufacturers non stop propaganda about how their latest and greatest will make art and the upside is that in a short time when the "photographers" realize it was a lie, there is more hardly used gear on the used market for a fraction of the cost new.
EXCELLENT video explaining the art involved
Thank you
Thanks for that. Ernst Haas has always been one of my favorites. He left us way to soon....
Embracing imperfections, or happy accidents... forgetting level and even composition... And finding that unique image, quite a journey! loved the video!
Thank you
Great insight or teachings rather! with a superlative choice of images !
Wonderful video. Informative and inspirational, presented with real passion and enthusiasm. Thanks. I don't harbor fantasies of matching Haas, but the video did make me want to go out and take better, more evocative and lively photos.
Every time I watch your videos a sentence comes to my mind from the film times (I still shooting on film) and I unfortunelly can´t remember the author: "think more, shoot less" . I shouldn´t need validation but what you share with us validate the assumption I made too late in my life that I don´t need go to the latest release on equipment but provide your own main equipment, the brain, some improvement. Tank you so much, Alex! Regards from Brazil.
Thank you.
Excellently explained! I especially like the photos of finding the beauty in the ordinary objects.
Wow! Thanks for sharing these amazing photographs ("light-writings")!
you can obtain fantastic images with any kind of camera, even the cheapest one if you use it in the right conditions but in fact with the best tools you maximise the chance to get the best images because you increase the right conditions spectrum.
A lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!
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Thank you for educating us. I learn from every one of your videos.
My pleasure!
As always, the best photography channel on YT
Wow, thanks!
Great Video, authentic and informative. Thank you.
Thanks Alex, great piece. Haas has always been one of my personal favorites.
If only we could all be like you....