There is so much else that accounts for the success of your channel. Here's a list of things I appreciate about this channel and wish other UA-camrs also practiced: - Your videos are carefully planned. You get straight to the topic, the introduction moves fast, and you are always on point; you never ramble nor do you ever seem at a loss about what to say any any given moment or how to transition to the next topic, from beginning to end. This kind of planning communicates respect for the viewer's time. - You never talk down to your audience. The explanations you offer are always clear and easy to follow, but they never compromise on technical accuracy or conceptual depth. Whenever I watch your videos I feel that I'm being treated as an intelligent person by another intelligent person who happens to know more than I do; I never feel underestimated. Too many travel channels make this mistake: they offer shallow descriptions of places and cultures, betraying the assumption that viewers cannot digest anything better. - Your videos have an implicit ethic that I admire. Your discussion of photography as a human activity and of the nonhuman environments we photograph always comes from a place of open-mindedness and regard for values that I, at least, share. You manage to talk about photography as a highly demanding hobby that can nonetheless be noncompetitive, and where effort to excel must be limited by boundaries such as our respect for birds and our enjoyment of the activity itself. - Finally, the good humor and modesty!
I was going to write something like this. But the best I can do is "what he said". This, in a large nutshell, is why I subscribed. I'm a beginner with an old D3300 and a couple of lenses and mostly take the "out of every 100 photos I might get a good one" approach. Simon's getting me down to 1 in maybe 75! :D
“I feel like I’m being treated as an intelligent person by another intelligent person.” Could not agree more with this statement, or this assessment entirely! You summed this channel up perfectly!
Your success isn't a surprise. You are a gifted photographer. You see things in a different light...no pun intended. You are personable, you share your knowledge and your videos are excellent quality. Not everyone can put all that together.
One of the best takeaways from every video you have posted is your outro of “I know you can do it”. Making any sort of content takes a lot of work and can be very disheartening when no one sees it. All of your amazing teaching really adds to that cherry on top. Love your work and channel!
You forget something: Find out if you are talented in presenting - because you are! You are just fun to follow, very natural, and you have something to say through your skills in photography. Perfect match!
To me, the most important thing above all is to JUST BE YOU! Countless people fail on UA-cam because they feel they need to become a "character." Not only do people often pick up on that very quickly, but you can only be "someone else" for so long before it takes a very negative emotional toll on you.
Great advice, and I am happy to see you are satisfied. Being a UA-camr is very similar to running your own business. You should upload things people want to see, just like businessman should offer product/service that people need. And when the growth becomes real, you can consider hiring people to help you run your channel more efficiently. The most difficult part is starting and growing of course, but consistency and hard work (with a little bit of help from Fame- ster of course) will always pay off at the end.
Simon, the reasons this Montrealer watches your channel are your: *subject matter expertise *ability to say a lot in a concise and simple manner *assertive yet pleasant way of presenting Keep it up.👌👌👌
Your channel is my absolute favorite Simon! I truly appreciate your approach...simplistic, non-branded, advice, how to's and not to's...don't change a thing Sir!😎📸🤙🏼
Hi Simon, I have been following you for about a year. I love the fact that you are, like me, middle aged, you are a pro photographer and it show, I love the pacing of your content and the informative character. Great to see and we need more photographers like you on UA-cam.
And the careful planning does make a huge difference. While watching another photography channel- he explained the same thing 3 times over the course of 10 minutes. Didn't need that, wasted my time. Thanks again!
Simon: Maybe you could use shorts as visual aids to supplement your other education work? Side-by-side comparisons come to mind, maybe to show exposure differences, effects of editing differently, composition differences, etc...? Love your work by the way. I've learned a ton from you, much appreciated.
I have been following you since the first few video. I did not notice that you were not well known during that time to be honest but your style, voice, structure of contents are so professional and I learn a lot from your video as a beginner. I believe the formula of your success lies within the fact that it's you and who you are. You told us that you were just a retired employee but your work speak otherwise. This says a lot about how great you are and who influential you are to my learning. THANK YOU.
I have no desire to do a UA-cam channel, but I sure enjoyed this video and found it very interesting. I watched your two shorts, and I thought they were short, sweet and educational! Everything you do is very educational while being enjoyable to watch - keep up the great work!
I first got into photography almost 15 years ago. I lost interest in it for many years now. I want you to know that stumbling upon your channel gives me a spark of interest in photography again. Thank you good sir!
You got my subscription because you describe concepts accurately, very clearly, and simply. Though I'm already familiar with most of the concepts you describe, I feel safe forwarding your videos to friends who aren't familiar with some concept.
I've started my journey just two weeks ago using your videos HEAVILY as my main resource. You can see how much your time spent making these videos has helped my photography out the gate. I've made cartoons and done voice acting, but never this. And thanks to you, I already have my first gig under my belt!!! Thanks Simon!
Being a wonderful photographer won’t retain interest (leave that to IG) but you ARE in a class of 1 re your content and presentation. …..and also a canon user 😊 thank you Simon , it’s been invaluable; And free
As a viewer - not a content creator, I have my own strategy when it comes to giving thumbs up. After watching a video of my favorite UA-camr ( for example Simon d'Entremont ), I always give a thumbs up to mark which video I have already seen. If I've been busy over the last month and unfortunately haven't been able to watch last few videos, when the day of chill out will comes - one Saturday or Sunday I lay on the couch and watch the last few videos posted. Thanks to the thumbs up, I know which video I saw last ;)
Really enjoying your channel. A trip to Hawaii brought me back into photography. So I bought a Z6 and and went back into UA-cam photo videos, refresh a bit.. My go to was Fro knows photo, because I was following him over a decade ago. But then I ran into your channel when I was looking for some specifics, and you have indeed helped me to get back right into it! Now I will slowly keep discovering your channel!
I came across your channel not too long ago after purchasing a new camera, and I aboslutely love your easy to understand, nonjudgemental, facts only way of explaining and teaching. You've become my go to channel for learning about all things photography. Especially since you focus on wildlife which is what I like to photgraph. Congrats on your journey and hoping you hit that 500K and 1 mil soon!
There are so many really boring wildlife photographers on youtube who have never achieved anything and yet still manage to try and get people to watch their videos, you have done well. Your people will be proud of you.
I remember watching your first video. It was made like a documentary, but it was still intriguing and fun to watch. Congratulations on all your success and all the best in your future!
Great video Simon! Congratulations on your success, I have no doubt you'll hit the 1 million mark. I am an aspiring photographer and I came acrossed your channel by typing in "how to..." do something. Your explanations were very clear and easy to understand. I decided to browse through your other videos and literally found an answwer to just about every photography question I had. What really got me hooked is I asked you a question and you actually took the time to respond. Thats huge! You have helped me a great deal in my photography and I appreciate all that you do! I wish you continued success! Thank you!
I am not a UA-cam provider, but I just watched the whole video. Why? Because you are always interesting to watch and I always learn something. You are a great teacher!
Congrats, Simon! You grew a lot in just two years, but well deserved. Feels like yesterday when I started watching your videos. Looking forward to what will come next!
I don’t often add comments but congratulations on your results. It was well deserved! Great, informative videos. Thanks for sharing your ideas and experience.
You are my favorite UA-cam resource for photography info because the material you present is the most relevant, accessible and practical, but I also have to put a word in for your intro music. Listening to it while your photos roll just makes me feel good.
Congratulations Simon! More than anything I think it's your dedication and hard work. You put a lot into this channel, it's wonderful to see that pay off.
Going on other youtuber channels helps get additional viewers also. I saw you first on fototripper and have followed you since then. You present well, the material is appropriate, the time is appropriate, your photo work is superb and your educational content are excellent.
The success of your video channel is not due to chance or luck. You are focused, informative and personable. No filler, no dogma! ‘Quality’ and ‘Something to Say’ will always find an audience. Faith in your fans. And QUALITY in spades! So good! I look forward to congratulating you when you reach half a million subscribers. I know you can do it! 😊
Really really well done, Simon, and couldn't agree more. There are so many reasons that I follow you, including your expertise, your conversational style, the meaningful and practical information you share, and your ability to make technical topics easier to understand. But I think it's also your attitude - you are really having fun with this. So glad you took this path.
Congratulations on your award. Regardless of your tips the channel has grown because of the quality of your content and the clarity of your instructions. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
I'm not surprised you have been so successful. I will even watch your videos about things I feel reasonably competent in, and its worth it every time. When you have the chance to hear from someone who truly understands what they are talking about there is always something new to learn, or a new way to think about what you already know. You deserve all your success.
Simon, please don’t change, I know you won’t, keep telling others how to be better. Your enthusiasm makes us all want to emulate your successful photography, can’t see myself ever making a video though 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks Simon 👏👏👏
Lots of great tips, as always we learn something new with every new video. Great to just listen to all the tips. We all know you're working hard on it too Simon, so hats off to you.
The reason I like it, you’re not trying to be artistic or funny or anything else you just gives straight advice and your work is better than most of other people that are on this platform.
Well done Simon! I have been a keen photographer all my days from the Brownie 127 when i was a child to the Lumix 300/330 via SLRs and hot sticky dark rooms. With seriously degraded eyesight, I no longer take many photos but enjoy listening to your voice describing your pictures and methods. You have beautiful intonation. I think it was your Milky Way pictures that attracted me to my first click. Thank you. Apologies for typing errors.
Whenever I see someone posting awesome photos or videos, I don't know whether to be inspired or dejected. This video is easy to decide. He started 2 years ago and is already at this level. I started taking photography seriously about 10 years ago, taking 100,000s of pictures, reading books, and watching tons of videos. But I'm nowhere near this level. I can go out for a day and come home with 1000 shots, but only have about 5 or 6 that I think are worth showing. If I had to depend on this for a living, I'd have starved to death on street by now. And I haven't even gotten started in video yet, which I assume is a whole new skill set altogether. So this video is easily one of the most depressing videos I've seen on the subject.
@@simon_dentremont My apologies for misunderstanding the video. With all the photography videos out there, yours are one of the few that I always look for. Congratulations on your success, and keep up the good work.
I just recently found your channel and absolutely love it. Great, informative content. Congrats on all your success, you’ve done a great job and have earned it!
I started watching your channel about 6 months ago and I think your videos are really well made with a lot of info I can learn from. I did run across one of your older videos and while it was well made it seemed like you were talking to the camera vs now as it feels like you are talking to the viewer. You definitely look more comfortable making videos now. Congratulations on your growth and success.
If people stopped liking your educational videos, I wish there is always a way to share them somehow because I really learn from you as one of my best photographers and I even recommend your content for others
I totally agree with all your points to have a successful channel. Another point which I understand is not mentioned by youtubers is that you have to be likeable. If your content is exceptionally good you can get away with it but not often. I'm sure if I went hunting I could find hundreds of photographers who are knowledgeable with great content telling me how to be a better photographer but there will only be a few I will follow. If we all made EXACTLY the same video, some people will have more likes and followers than others and that's just how life is.
Simon, I am sure you won't read this. However, I've only recently joined your channel, but you have been a massive part of my journey on photography. Truth be told, I only bought my Bridge Camera because I broke my phone's camera. I have an extremely old Canon S5 IS. It is extremely limited in terms of capabilities, but it is more than enough for capturing the moments with my newborn daughter and my beautiful wife. It has been significantly harder to capture every single moment with this camera, and the original photos I took were less than stellar. So I went looking for a concise teacher and stumbled upon you. Whilst I know nature photography is different than the kind of photos I'm taking; you have taught me so many interesting fundamentals. And despite not being able to capture every moment. I think I've come to learn, it isn’t about EVERY moment captured. But about those very special moments that I do catch. These little pictures, while they don't need to be perfect or exceptionally beautiful, are all the better thanks to you. My daughter can look back at the moments I've saved in time thanks to you. My many thanks, and I'll continue to follow and watch your journey. And maybe one day I can order one of your beautiful landscape shots for a home in my future.
Having a great presentation style, being personable and your enthusiasm is also a good reason to stay and watch and that's certainly a reason I watch your videos. Keep the great videos coming Simon!
Thanks for this great video. My UA-cam channel has experienced very slow growth over the past 4 years. I work full time, have 2 young kids and am studying part time. Also very slowly growing my photography business as a side hustle. There are some tips in here that I am aware of already but you've summarised in a very relatable way. I teach people how to maintain and repair a specific type of motorcycle and I review motorcycle related gear and gadgets. I'm going back to the drawing board and will put an action plan in place guided by your advice. Thanks for your great videos.
Great video Simon! Amazing who you'll meet going in to the grocery store! Hopefully we'll bump into each other again while out shooting in the area. Keep up the great work and videos! Cheers!
I personally like pov style of channels in photography, so your first videos got my attention and you were new and seen you do some collabs with Gavin when he lived in the same area. I seen the switch from that style to more of a teaching style channel. That was a good move for you as you have a natural teaching style that I think newcomers to photography can understand and when they are having issues you have probably done a video on how to correct them and become better photographers. You are an amazing photographer and I just enjoys watching the content you produce, and you shoot Canon! :-) Congrats on your success and I hope to see you hit 1mil subs here soon, "I know you can do it!".
Your channel is the only bird photography channel (not that there are many) I follow closely. I have learned so much and it's always a pleasurable viewing experience. I hope your UA-cam journey continues to be successful and I am looking forward to learning more!
Congratulations! I have learned so much from you. My photography has improved immensely I learned that the camera body was not near as important as the lens . 😢And I went out and got myself a fantastic lens. It made all the difference in the world. Every time I’m out and about I mention your name to other photographers that I meet you are well known.
As.a photography newbie- your site has been the best because you show us examples of exactly what you mean while you are explaining. you actually get technical and explain just enough of the science that backs up the art. But then you also explain what looks good to the eye. So all of t hose aspects are what I hope you will keep up on your channel!! Thanks Simon!
I show up on your channel every week because the content is good. It's that simple.
I appreciate that!
There is so much else that accounts for the success of your channel. Here's a list of things I appreciate about this channel and wish other UA-camrs also practiced:
- Your videos are carefully planned. You get straight to the topic, the introduction moves fast, and you are always on point; you never ramble nor do you ever seem at a loss about what to say any any given moment or how to transition to the next topic, from beginning to end. This kind of planning communicates respect for the viewer's time.
- You never talk down to your audience. The explanations you offer are always clear and easy to follow, but they never compromise on technical accuracy or conceptual depth. Whenever I watch your videos I feel that I'm being treated as an intelligent person by another intelligent person who happens to know more than I do; I never feel underestimated. Too many travel channels make this mistake: they offer shallow descriptions of places and cultures, betraying the assumption that viewers cannot digest anything better.
- Your videos have an implicit ethic that I admire. Your discussion of photography as a human activity and of the nonhuman environments we photograph always comes from a place of open-mindedness and regard for values that I, at least, share. You manage to talk about photography as a highly demanding hobby that can nonetheless be noncompetitive, and where effort to excel must be limited by boundaries such as our respect for birds and our enjoyment of the activity itself.
- Finally, the good humor and modesty!
I could* not have said this better
Excellent comments - what you said exactly!
I was going to write something like this. But the best I can do is "what he said".
This, in a large nutshell, is why I subscribed. I'm a beginner with an old D3300 and a couple of lenses and mostly take the "out of every 100 photos I might get a good one" approach. Simon's getting me down to 1 in maybe 75! :D
“I feel like I’m being treated as an intelligent person by another intelligent person.” Could not agree more with this statement, or this assessment entirely! You summed this channel up perfectly!
Well spoken
I say Simon d'Entremont is the reason for Simon d'Entremont's success!
Your success isn't a surprise. You are a gifted photographer. You see things in a different light...no pun intended. You are personable, you share your knowledge and your videos are excellent quality. Not everyone can put all that together.
Gifted photographer and gifted explainer of topics.
One of the best takeaways from every video you have posted is your outro of “I know you can do it”. Making any sort of content takes a lot of work and can be very disheartening when no one sees it. All of your amazing teaching really adds to that cherry on top. Love your work and channel!
You forget something: Find out if you are talented in presenting - because you are! You are just fun to follow, very natural, and you have something to say through your skills in photography. Perfect match!
To me, the most important thing above all is to JUST BE YOU! Countless people fail on UA-cam because they feel they need to become a "character." Not only do people often pick up on that very quickly, but you can only be "someone else" for so long before it takes a very negative emotional toll on you.
Thanks for sharing all of this valuable knowledge Simon! Super helpful!
My pleasure!
Great advice, and I am happy to see you are satisfied. Being a UA-camr is very similar to running your own business. You should upload things people want to see, just like businessman should offer product/service that people need. And when the growth becomes real, you can consider hiring people to help you run your channel more efficiently. The most difficult part is starting and growing of course, but consistency and hard work (with a little bit of help from Fame- ster of course) will always pay off at the end.
Simon, the reasons this Montrealer watches your channel are your:
*subject matter expertise
*ability to say a lot in a concise and simple manner
*assertive yet pleasant way of presenting
Keep it up.👌👌👌
Wow, thanks!
You summed it up well, and the first two are rather hard to come by.
Very interesting. Keep on, Simon!
Way to go, Simon! Thanks again for great content, tips, and your win-win attitude.
My pleasure!
Congratulations Simon! You do such an amazing job of teaching all of us! Thank you!
My pleasure!
Your channel is my absolute favorite Simon! I truly appreciate your approach...simplistic, non-branded, advice, how to's and not to's...don't change a thing Sir!😎📸🤙🏼
Wow, thank you!
Always glued me to the end! Thanks for sharing your journey with us😊😊
You are so welcome!
Hi Simon, I have been following you for about a year. I love the fact that you are, like me, middle aged, you are a pro photographer and it show, I love the pacing of your content and the informative character. Great to see and we need more photographers like you on UA-cam.
Wow, thank you!
And the careful planning does make a huge difference. While watching another photography channel- he explained the same thing 3 times over the course of 10 minutes. Didn't need that, wasted my time. Thanks again!
Simon: Maybe you could use shorts as visual aids to supplement your other education work? Side-by-side comparisons come to mind, maybe to show exposure differences, effects of editing differently, composition differences, etc...? Love your work by the way. I've learned a ton from you, much appreciated.
I have been following you since the first few video. I did not notice that you were not well known during that time to be honest but your style, voice, structure of contents are so professional and I learn a lot from your video as a beginner. I believe the formula of your success lies within the fact that it's you and who you are. You told us that you were just a retired employee but your work speak otherwise. This says a lot about how great you are and who influential you are to my learning. THANK YOU.
I appreciate that!
Congratulations Simon, well deserved. Wishing you further success.
Many thanks!
As someone who started UA-cam, this video is absolute gold advice!
Brilliantly explained than most of the click-baity youtubers on this topic. Congratulations on your well deserved achievements 🎉
Much appreciated!
Thanks for sharing your experience in your UA-cam journey.
I have no desire to do a UA-cam channel, but I sure enjoyed this video and found it very interesting. I watched your two shorts, and I thought they were short, sweet and educational! Everything you do is very educational while being enjoyable to watch - keep up the great work!
I first got into photography almost 15 years ago. I lost interest in it for many years now. I want you to know that stumbling upon your channel gives me a spark of interest in photography again. Thank you good sir!
That is awesome!
You got my subscription because you describe concepts accurately, very clearly, and simply. Though I'm already familiar with most of the concepts you describe, I feel safe forwarding your videos to friends who aren't familiar with some concept.
I've started my journey just two weeks ago using your videos HEAVILY as my main resource. You can see how much your time spent making these videos has helped my photography out the gate. I've made cartoons and done voice acting, but never this. And thanks to you, I already have my first gig under my belt!!! Thanks Simon!
Welcome aboard!
Being a wonderful photographer won’t retain interest (leave that to IG) but you ARE in a class of 1 re your content and presentation. …..and also a canon user 😊 thank you Simon , it’s been invaluable; And free
As a viewer - not a content creator, I have my own strategy when it comes to giving thumbs up. After watching a video of my favorite UA-camr ( for example Simon d'Entremont ), I always give a thumbs up to mark which video I have already seen. If I've been busy over the last month and unfortunately haven't been able to watch last few videos, when the day of chill out will comes - one Saturday or Sunday I lay on the couch and watch the last few videos posted. Thanks to the thumbs up, I know which video I saw last ;)
Really enjoying your channel.
A trip to Hawaii brought me back into photography. So I bought a Z6 and and went back into UA-cam photo videos, refresh a bit..
My go to was Fro knows photo, because I was following him over a decade ago.
But then I ran into your channel when I was looking for some specifics, and you have indeed helped me to get back right into it!
Now I will slowly keep discovering your channel!
Great points Simon… you are so right that my education or review videos do much better that “here’s part of my day”…. Keep up the great work !!
I came across your channel not too long ago after purchasing a new camera, and I aboslutely love your easy to understand, nonjudgemental, facts only way of explaining and teaching. You've become my go to channel for learning about all things photography. Especially since you focus on wildlife which is what I like to photgraph. Congrats on your journey and hoping you hit that 500K and 1 mil soon!
There are so many really boring wildlife photographers on youtube who have never achieved anything and yet still manage to try and get people to watch their videos, you have done well. Your people will be proud of you.
Best camera channel. Thanks for the content
Wow, thanks!
Your videos helped me to up my production game for my own content, congratulations on your success you deserve it!
Great to hear!
You're inspirational! And you are one of a kind!
Congratulations 🥳🎉
You forgot to mention your talent as a teacher and you have a great personality.
And your "l know you can do it!" works very well.
Remember When you succeed it’s not Luck it’s laboring under correct knowledge💯
Mr. D'Entremomt, your videos are simply awesome!
Glad you like them!
I remember watching your first video. It was made like a documentary, but it was still intriguing and fun to watch. Congratulations on all your success and all the best in your future!
Wow, thank you!
Great video Simon! Congratulations on your success, I have no doubt you'll hit the 1 million mark. I am an aspiring photographer and I came acrossed your channel by typing in "how to..." do something. Your explanations were very clear and easy to understand. I decided to browse through your other videos and literally found an answwer to just about every photography question I had. What really got me hooked is I asked you a question and you actually took the time to respond. Thats huge! You have helped me a great deal in my photography and I appreciate all that you do! I wish you continued success! Thank you!
I am not a UA-cam provider, but I just watched the whole video. Why? Because you are always interesting to watch and I always learn something. You are a great teacher!
I appreciate that!
Congrats, Simon! You grew a lot in just two years, but well deserved.
Feels like yesterday when I started watching your videos. Looking forward to what will come next!
The short version... You are a good teacher.
I don’t often add comments but congratulations on your results. It was well deserved! Great, informative videos. Thanks for sharing your ideas and experience.
Thank you!
Congratulations Simon, you deserve the subs. Your channel is excellent.
This is a superb video, probably the best “how to” on how to do UA-cam I have ever seen. Congrats on your success, you have certainly earned it.
You are my favorite UA-cam resource for photography info because the material you present is the most relevant, accessible and practical, but I also have to put a word in for your intro music. Listening to it while your photos roll just makes me feel good.
Congratulations Simon! More than anything I think it's your dedication and hard work. You put a lot into this channel, it's wonderful to see that pay off.
This is outstanding. Thanks, Simon.
My pleasure!
Congratulations Simon! Love your videos. Keep them coming.
Going on other youtuber channels helps get additional viewers also. I saw you first on fototripper and have followed you since then. You present well, the material is appropriate, the time is appropriate, your photo work is superb and your educational content are excellent.
I appreciate that!
Every video has quality content that's useable by everybody.
Congratulations Simon! 450,000 subscribers is fantastic! You are on a roll...keep it going! You are an outstanding teacher with great content!
Thanks a million!
Well deserved recognition, Simon!
Your channel has really helped me; your videos are concise and clearly presented.
Great to hear!
The success of your video channel is not due to chance or luck. You are focused, informative and personable. No filler, no dogma! ‘Quality’ and ‘Something to Say’ will always find an audience. Faith in your fans. And QUALITY in spades! So good! I look forward to congratulating you when you reach half a million subscribers. I know you can do it! 😊
Thanks Doc!
Wow! Thanks for sharing all this information. Your videos never cease to amaze and inform.
Really really well done, Simon, and couldn't agree more. There are so many reasons that I follow you, including your expertise, your conversational style, the meaningful and practical information you share, and your ability to make technical topics easier to understand. But I think it's also your attitude - you are really having fun with this. So glad you took this path.
Many thanks!
Congratulations on your award. Regardless of your tips the channel has grown because of the quality of your content and the clarity of your instructions. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
I appreciate that!
Congratulations Simon, your videos are amazing. Everything is well deserved!
Dooo not lose the introo !! it is soo cool!!! oooh and "I know you can do it" it s a perfect formula!
I'm not surprised you have been so successful. I will even watch your videos about things I feel reasonably competent in, and its worth it every time. When you have the chance to hear from someone who truly understands what they are talking about there is always something new to learn, or a new way to think about what you already know. You deserve all your success.
COngratulations !!! Your work is super !!!
Thanks a lot!
Congrats!!!
I hope you are having same amount of fun in your 1000 UA-cam video too!!!
I hope so too!
Congratulations, Simon. I always enjoy watching your valuable channel.
Many thanks!
Simon, please don’t change, I know you won’t, keep telling others how to be better. Your enthusiasm makes us all want to emulate your successful photography, can’t see myself ever making a video though 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks Simon 👏👏👏
Lots of great tips, as always we learn something new with every new video.
Great to just listen to all the tips.
We all know you're working hard on it too Simon, so hats off to you.
The reason I like it, you’re not trying to be artistic or funny or anything else you just gives straight advice and your work is better than most of other people that are on this platform.
Interesting, I just recently discovered your channel. Who would have thought you had such a huge following.
Welcome aboard!
Congrats on 450k!
Well done Simon! I have been a keen photographer all my days from the Brownie 127 when i was a child to the Lumix 300/330 via SLRs and hot sticky dark rooms. With seriously degraded eyesight, I no longer take many photos but enjoy listening to your voice describing your pictures and methods. You have beautiful intonation. I think it was your Milky Way pictures that attracted me to my first click. Thank you. Apologies for typing errors.
Thanks for sharing
I can't believe it's only your 100th show. Congrats!!
Congratulations 🎉 i have learned so much from your videos and enjoy your channel, thank you 😊 and happy shooting.
450,000 subs in 100 videos?!? Thats just amazing! Thank you for all that you provide for us and very happy to finally see this video
Thank you very much!
I am binge watching this channel now... so good job man!!
Welcome aboard!
Among the best channels on youtube; you're success is very well deserved!
Whenever I see someone posting awesome photos or videos, I don't know whether to be inspired or dejected. This video is easy to decide. He started 2 years ago and is already at this level. I started taking photography seriously about 10 years ago, taking 100,000s of pictures, reading books, and watching tons of videos. But I'm nowhere near this level. I can go out for a day and come home with 1000 shots, but only have about 5 or 6 that I think are worth showing. If I had to depend on this for a living, I'd have starved to death on street by now. And I haven't even gotten started in video yet, which I assume is a whole new skill set altogether. So this video is easily one of the most depressing videos I've seen on the subject.
I only started UA-cam 2 years ago, but photography 10 years ago.
@@simon_dentremont My apologies for misunderstanding the video. With all the photography videos out there, yours are one of the few that I always look for. Congratulations on your success, and keep up the good work.
I just recently found your channel and absolutely love it. Great, informative content. Congrats on all your success, you’ve done a great job and have earned it!
Well deserved Simon. Your videos did really help me a lot.
I just found the perfect location to capture birds breath. First thing I did was look up your old video on that subject, this was just the other day.
I'm one of those subscribers that watch and appreciate every video but often forget to log in and like. You are one of my favorite creators.
Wow, thank you!
Your ability to teach in clear, concise, and engaging ways is what keeps bringing me back.
I started watching your channel about 6 months ago and I think your videos are really well made with a lot of info I can learn from. I did run across one of your older videos and while it was well made it seemed like you were talking to the camera vs now as it feels like you are talking to the viewer. You definitely look more comfortable making videos now. Congratulations on your growth and success.
If people stopped liking your educational videos, I wish there is always a way to share them somehow because I really learn from you as one of my best photographers and I even recommend your content for others
Have amazing passion and knowledge, not just for the subject but for making genuinely massively valuable content? Got it.
I totally agree with all your points to have a successful channel. Another point which I understand is not mentioned by youtubers is that you have to be likeable. If your content is exceptionally good you can get away with it but not often. I'm sure if I went hunting I could find hundreds of photographers who are knowledgeable with great content telling me how to be a better photographer but there will only be a few I will follow. If we all made EXACTLY the same video, some people will have more likes and followers than others and that's just how life is.
great video Simon and well done with your UA-cam journey
Thanks 👍
Simon, I am sure you won't read this. However, I've only recently joined your channel, but you have been a massive part of my journey on photography.
Truth be told, I only bought my Bridge Camera because I broke my phone's camera. I have an extremely old Canon S5 IS. It is extremely limited in terms of capabilities, but it is more than enough for capturing the moments with my newborn daughter and my beautiful wife.
It has been significantly harder to capture every single moment with this camera, and the original photos I took were less than stellar. So I went looking for a concise teacher and stumbled upon you. Whilst I know nature photography is different than the kind of photos I'm taking; you have taught me so many interesting fundamentals. And despite not being able to capture every moment. I think I've come to learn, it isn’t about EVERY moment captured. But about those very special moments that I do catch.
These little pictures, while they don't need to be perfect or exceptionally beautiful, are all the better thanks to you. My daughter can look back at the moments I've saved in time thanks to you. My many thanks, and I'll continue to follow and watch your journey. And maybe one day I can order one of your beautiful landscape shots for a home in my future.
Of course I read your comment! Thanks very much!
Great pieces of advice here love your channel
Congrats, Simon! So well deserved! It's always a pleasure to listen to you and learn.
Many thanks!
Thank you so much Simon for your transparency. This is a great motivation for me, you are a legend!
My pleasure!
Having a great presentation style, being personable and your enthusiasm is also a good reason to stay and watch and that's certainly a reason I watch your videos. Keep the great videos coming Simon!
I appreciate that!
Thanks for this great video. My UA-cam channel has experienced very slow growth over the past 4 years. I work full time, have 2 young kids and am studying part time. Also very slowly growing my photography business as a side hustle. There are some tips in here that I am aware of already but you've summarised in a very relatable way. I teach people how to maintain and repair a specific type of motorcycle and I review motorcycle related gear and gadgets. I'm going back to the drawing board and will put an action plan in place guided by your advice. Thanks for your great videos.
Great video Simon! Amazing who you'll meet going in to the grocery store! Hopefully we'll bump into each other again while out shooting in the area. Keep up the great work and videos! Cheers!
A pleasure to meet fans! I’m sure we will!
I personally like pov style of channels in photography, so your first videos got my attention and you were new and seen you do some collabs with Gavin when he lived in the same area. I seen the switch from that style to more of a teaching style channel. That was a good move for you as you have a natural teaching style that I think newcomers to photography can understand and when they are having issues you have probably done a video on how to correct them and become better photographers. You are an amazing photographer and I just enjoys watching the content you produce, and you shoot Canon! :-) Congrats on your success and I hope to see you hit 1mil subs here soon, "I know you can do it!".
Your channel is the only bird photography channel (not that there are many) I follow closely. I have learned so much and it's always a pleasurable viewing experience. I hope your UA-cam journey continues to be successful and I am looking forward to learning more!
Congratulations! I have learned so much from you. My photography has improved immensely I learned that the camera body was not near as important as the lens . 😢And I went out and got myself a fantastic lens. It made all the difference in the world. Every time I’m out and about I mention your name to other photographers that I meet you are well known.
Wow, thank you!
As.a photography newbie- your site has been the best because you show us examples of exactly what you mean while you are explaining. you actually get technical and explain just enough of the science that backs up the art. But then you also explain what looks good to the eye. So all of t hose aspects are what I hope you will keep up on your channel!! Thanks Simon!
Love you Simon, thank you!