Street Photography taught me this…
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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This week I talk about one of the differences between landscape photography and street photography (sometimes), and what it has taught me about the value of photos. I also fail at an old location again...
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Nice to see you in Vero as well!
@@travelwithlenses Yes! Let's get everyone on Vero and off Instagram!
Just made a vero myself!
oh yay, very nice to see that you're on Vero as well! See you there / @grainandfern
Maybe you say "DGI" because you pinned it.
DJI is the clear winner for those walking shots. Sound is surprisingly good too.
I agree. 👍
So do I Bill
Agreed, just for the stabilization. Sound isn't bad at all.
Yeah, the image isn’t as good but so much smoother. Audio was fine
Agreed... better stabilization and the sound remains good.
self-critique and how you can laugh at yourself retrospectively - huge bonus to your clips, always a pleasure to watch!
I prefer the DJI for the walking shots. If you’re ever going to be stuck at home, just make a James reacts to himself video. That part was hilarious 😂
totally agree 💯
Defo should do more of that.
Great idea. There’s that and then him just sprinkling them in every few vids. Nothing to crazy. Just enough for a laugh as the example in this vid is evidence of.
The pocket 2 is great. I’ve used it on my bike rides over rough terrain and it copes really well.
Pocket 2 quality is okay-ish while the sound is surprisingly well. Like it over the Sony for walking shots because it‘s so much smoother.
The second camera is far better for handholding, I thought the a7 was uncomfortable to watch. The Pocket 2's audio quality is really very good considering it's just the built in mic. Also I love the idea of going back to street photography in the Summer.
Absolutely love the “from the studio” inserts 😀 👍 And yes, the DJI footage is easier to watch, if occasionally a little dark.
Loved this video! Loved the cutting back and forth, great humour and great insights
DJI Pocket is great. Personally, I would only use it for handheld videos and a tripod for videos with the big camera. The downside is only one card slot, so no real-time backup. The image is good enough in good lighting.
What a great video..I love the way you cut in on yourself with the comments about what you thought about what youd said..Very funny indeed. STUNNING photos in this one. Really nice to watch..might refill the coffee and watch it again..Regards from New Zealand. Andrew.
The ‘responding while editing’ part was genius 🤣
The second camera is much smoother, the quality and sound is good. Love the photo of the little house with the blue roof, hope it’s available in your store soon😊
James, will you be joining Vero? Seems there's a huge jump of photographers heading there.
this was a good one James, the bit where you had your head in your hands was comedy gold. love it.
I have to say, I absolutely LOVE your 'street' photos even though I don't really agree with the gripe that so many outdoor/landscape photographers seem to have about summer conditions and photography... but yeah if we get to see more street photos that's great!
Street photography, like you said, is so much more than the 'in your face' style. Lights, shapes, colour, subjects etc. and you can go about it in a similar way to you do now: finding a location and keep returning in different conditions, or perhaps more random (not to undermine the alternative in any way). I'm a street photographer, but love your travel/landscape stuff (and your personality), so would definitely welcome so more street style videos in the future. Plus, it can be so lightweight: one camera, one lens, no tripod!
It was a treat to see your photo of Castle Stalker. I was just in the UK on holiday and took what I thought was a nice pano of it. Beautiful spot. Went back with my drone just in case...
The back and forth in the studio was amazing 😂. I definitely prefer the DJI pocket to the Sony A7 for the walking shots. The Sony was way too jittery. Yes, the quality of the DJI wasn’t quite as good but it still looked good, the sound was good and the smoothness was miles better. I love your street photography stuff as well as your outdoors photography so seeing more of that would be cool. As you say, it is probably a bit more suited to summer light as well 👍
Actually very interesting your thoughts on shooting buildings flat or at an angle - fantastic photos too! I'm also really drawn to man made objects in nature. It immediately adds context and inspires curiosity - at least in for me.
I agree! I'd love to hear more about his thought process like this.
I am so glad I landed on your channel. Not only do I enjoy your beautiful content, I also enjoy you! You are charming and real and most important, educational. Thank you and much respect.
I have followed you since the very beginning. Seems no matter what you take a picture of, it has that special spark. The video you made about 10,000 hours. I know you reached that a long time ago. Your love for photography can be seen in every photo. Diversity can be a good thing. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, the second camera is better. Thank you.
Three things: the DJI handheld was a much better than the awful Sony attempt; I love how your brought the context of street photography into this video - and a little saddened by the pains of perfect landscape projects; and lastly - any comments on Vero? I like thats it’s fresh but there is so much dissension.
Love the Spring, my favorite season. Everything are just sooo positve.
The DJI pocket keeps tempting me, as I want a portable walking cam, but its lack of weather sealing worries me in Wales 😅
And I sympathise - summer has been pretty terrible for my photography too. The heat haze has been kicking in like 20 mins after the sun rises. I've also lost track of a few local paths because the ferns have gone that crazy 🥲
As soon as I saw you started the video I knew where you were on your way up from Crafnant car park and heading for Lyn Geirionydd. I was thinking of your previous scouting mission when we went through to the lake. Have done this walk many times but was glad to have a lot of the grandchildren with us to push us back up over the hills to Llyn Crafnant. Your videos have taken on much more meaning to me since you moved as it is my old hunting ground of nearly 50 years. Thanks
02:11 Whichever tool get’s the job done the best, isn’t it. Thank you for this video.😊
Love that transition at 5:04
As you said, not quite as good sound, not quite as good image, but the stability kills the competition. "You probably not noticed", oh, definitely. I will take the stable shot over the slightly degraded quality, because unless you had pointed it out, I would probably never have noticed or thought about it. You can, however, attach a lav mike using the wireless microphone thingamajig for the Pocket 2, which would at least improve that bit.
But yes, stability.
Just recently started following the photography community on Twitter. Can’t believe how sick I am of looking at amazing photos of mountains and lakes, Northern lights and mountains and lakes, snowy mountains and lakes. I just feel spammed every time I open my feed. Nice to be able to get to these places and take pictures. But I’m disabled and can barely walk. If I can park somewhere and find a shot within 20 meters of the car, I’m happy. But right now, I can’t look at another landscape. Love your work.
Love the cut backs and self-commentary! Absolutely hilarious 🤣
DJI over the Sony all the time James! Really loved that first scene. Nice work!
Much smoother wit the second setup !
Stabilisation a relief on the DJI. Happy to suffer minor reduction in picture quality to avoid the jitters headache.
This gallery of buildings was quite exhilarating to look at! I would be glad to see more street photography from you. It’s funny, I quit street photography since I found the masses of pictures I shot pretty exhausting and decided to do less and more deliberate urban landscape shots instead; curious about your experiences.
It was good to hear your strategies on shooting buildings for different light. Your building portraits are amazing. Cannot fault them.
Editor James cut in's made me spit my coffee... haha and Editor Jim's discussion about Jame's views on light and shadow as a huge part of his art is great!
Not sure if it was a rhetorical question, but you asked if you should do more Street/City/Urban photography. I enjoyed your Venice and Tuscany videos earlier this year (other influences include Matt Irwin and Hugh Brownstone YT channels), so my answer is Yes please!
Another great video, thanks James! The parts with your future 20/20 vision editing self disagreeing with your in the fields photographer self are priceless. More of this please.
Priceless cuts to you back home regarding the barn and light 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Lovely comedy timing mate. Well done! And welcome back to street. Probably. 😬
We are always so judgey of ourselves, huh. I love your summer capture. The lit up hill adds depth to me, it doesn't draw your eye away. It's nice to have a bump of light! It's summertime after all! 💙📸
Definitely noticed image quality drop off going to dji pocket but a lot less jittery and sound is just fine.
Second camera option much better as far as I am concerned. A lot less jittery! Sound quality is good.
Hahah I loved the part when you kept cutting back to yourself in the studio :') had me dying.
The back and forth about the lighting conditions had me cracking up, man. So good haha…
Agree with others about the DJI being better for walking shots. Come to Durham for the Miners Gala and the Brass Festival in July each year - great for street photography...
4:53 the chromatic aberration on them trees pulled my attention more than the hill in the BG.
You are the David Brent of photography, One of my favourite channels, only discovered you recently
Preferred the "DGI" footage James - stability is key :) Also just say you are going to do Urban Photography in the summer, covers everything and anything ;)
DJI stabilization is great, and the audio is not bad either. I really enjoyed the editing in this video, and you splicing in your comments after reviewing each photo/video clip worked well.
Dji is indeed the clear winner, the slight loss on picture quality and sound is way worth it for the steady image that you get. Definitely a good buy!
I look forward to your take on street photography. I do prefer the old Saturday morning (EST) release time.
Agree totally, I get lost sometimes in the editing, I slowly fall into the picture and when I’m finished I think the image is much better than it really is. When I look at it again the next day, I think, oh, well it’s ok.
I always love your choice of photo subjects. Well done! You created my favorite images of Antarctica.
I liked the jump cuts to you commenting on the light. Got a giggle.
Great video as per usual, also the DJI is great for the walking bits. Kinda funky? But better for sure than the Sony.
The discussion about the distracting background was top notch comedy.
DJI much better
worse quality but the microphone is good and is pretty stable!
As always very entertaining James. DJI for me, what an amazing bit of kit it is too. And I agree on your philosophy in split second images being better sometimes than the ones you work hard for. I find that all the time.
Heads up! I had a "Lexar Professional" gold-label 1000x 128 GB card UHS-II card that cracked when I was unloading it from my Canon 6D. UHS-II SD cards are quite thin on the pin end and one of the corners of the pin end is where it cracked. Even though the pins are all intact, I stopped using the card immediately. When I contacted Lexar about the warranty and described the issue, they informed me that they do not cover "physical damage" to their cards. I was somewhat astonished as it was an expensive card (at the time), I had only used the card a few times, and I had not done anything at all to abuse the card -- I simply had been inserting in into my camera and my card reader, as I have been doing with every card I had ever owned since the early 2000s. I was an all-Lexar man up to that point, but that changed my mind about them. I still have the card, all shiny and new looking, with that cracked corner fin, and keep it as a reminder that Lexar disappointingly does not necessarily stand behind their card warranties.
G’day mate…Gavin Hardcastle (fototipper) uses the pocket 2 to great advantage, I dare say and “expert” with it ! Keep using it 👍🏼
Always enjoy your videos, James!
I greatly enjoy your videos. I too am inclined to take shots of structures and how the light plays upon them coupled with different compositions, whether it is a landscape photo or a street photo. Your sense of humor is a precious bonus for all of us that follow your videos. Just yesterday I watched another photographer mention Vero as an alternative to Instagram. Maybe after you have tried it out for awhile you could give us a review. Hang in there. Fall will be here soon.
That opening shot of the view with that gorgeous sky and reflections is perfect. The dgi pocket 2 walking shots are better, great sound from it too.
I tend to switch to street in the summer. Much as I enjoy landscape it’s such hard work on summer days.
I like this setup. It looks and sound nice. Very pleasing. 🙂
Night & Day difference in favor of the DGI. The picture quality and sound are just fine. But the comparison also goes to show that one of the benefits of a Sony camera is that it obliges you to buy and use other cameras.
Love the interjections, lol! And DJI is better for the walking vlog shots. All your images are gorgeous, James! 👏
Great video with lots of information to help me. Yeah, the DJI was surprisingly good and so is the audio. So, I’m not the only one who leaves the car door open for photos!! Good to know!
For walk & talk videos, nothing beats an action cam. I still use my Hero 8 for vlogging despite owning several Canons, which I use for pieces to camera mounted on a tripod. The A7 IV was crap for vlogging, as you've already seen.
hey James, there is an option in adobe premiere called "warp stabilizer" for stabilizing videos, if you add it like %3 percent or even less, that jittery might have gone. my lens have optic image stabilizer and I hate tripods just like you but ois usually not enough and im using that option in post production all the time
True but i think it crops in.... and you know the quality of croping in....
@@ravenman7876 yes it crops a little bit, thats why only a little like %3 is enough. Also Sony cameras have good resolution, a little cropping wont hurt. UA-cam already compressing a lot
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Some action Dougal shots (w Andrew Ditton) could be a stress reliever if ever needed. I'm trying some goofy humor and seriousness. Love your professionalism👍and talk of composition (as I've survived many semesters in design studio).
you can definitely tell the Dif from the jittery footage and yeah most def need a mic for the DJI cam
I believe the technical term for the vlogging camera is the DJI Spasmo.
Pocket 2 is excellent for walking shots and if you're worried about audio, DJI has a wireless mic for the Pocket 2 that is quite good and even comes with a magnetic deadcat
The DJI is streets ahead of the Sony. With the cottage it is incredible how a scene can change so much with the seasons. Perhaps a side on shot with the large tree as a sort of background would work.
Second option, sounds great
I came to the same conclusion, so this summer I’ve been doing street photography in Oxford. It’s been an enjoyable experience.
Hi Darren.
I did some street photography on Oxford a couple of weeks ago. I couldn’t see any videos on your channel.
Do you post?
DJI for the walking shots, hands down the better take of those two. I was surprised to hear it was the built-in microphone, also.
Glad to hear you're going to dedicate some more time to street photography anyways!
Also... you have a nice watch collection it seems 😂
Once stood on that very spot at Crafnant and landed a 5lb Rainbow Trout to a round of applause from the hikers. I think the human element really adds to understanding scale in mountainous areas. I took a shot of Tryfan this week from Llyn Idwal and it looks a bit like a mole hill. Maybe a subject for the future, how to bring out scale other than having a person or dog to support this aim.
Since you asked, I prefer to watch the walking shots with the DJI camera, it's more stable and the quality is pretty good for a walking shot, it doesn't need to be the best camera all the time.
Awesome video by the way!
I feel audio was fine for walking shots with the DJI, keep it around James ;)
I'm finding it hard to want to go take pictures in the summer. But I do prefer dried plants for some reason.
I like the half photo. I'm not sure if it's the light or just the orangeness that makes the background distracting. It probably wouldn't hurt to darken and green it a tinge. Also, I would say that I find the 'keep out' sign more of an eye draw. Might be more subtle in a richer green like the ferns or a slate blue like the roof?
I much prefer the smooth image of the pocket and the audio is decent too
I like the DJI. I’m not noticing a huge difference in audio quality, I’m not bothered by the difference in video quality, and the smoothness is a big plus.
Stunning opening photo, well worth the dash from the car.
Stability much improved with second systems and sound at least as good.
I feel like branching out with Photography is great to force you to think in different ways.
That's why photography is great. if you get bored with what you're shooting, there are many different types of photography
I would say, that your approach to street photography is similar to mine. I love tha scene that presents itself rather than the specific person.
Sound is great on the DJI. I returned mine because the setup took too long haha
I love your insights, they are so down to earth and honest :) 👍🏻
Coming from Southern California I spent the whole month of June in Europe. There were people everywhere so I included people in most of my pictures. If the 4,000 + pictures I took people were in most of the pictures and I had zero problems with people in the pictures and them me taking them.
Phew I thought you were trolling us about that photo being great. Glad you added that funny edit. I agree moody background would look great.
The second set up is preferred, nothing wrong with picture, or sound
You absolutely can notice. The Sony is jittery as hell. Sounded a bit better for whatever reason but the Sony was rude. I for one would love to see your take on street photography. [Ben Stiller face]: "Do it"
Love the video! Your videos always chill me out :) and definitely DJI for the video and even the audio is great, I find in my street photography that people love the photos that I think are terrible, the ones I think are amazing don't get as much attention 😅
I agree with your thoughts on how the audience perceive any given photo. The overwhelming majority of people won't give a damn if you woke up at 4AM and waited 2 hours for the sunrise or for the fog to appear or even if you scouted that location some months prior. They want to feel something when watching the photo, how you get there is irrelevant.
What I would do with a blank sky like that is to add a vignette to the sky to help add some depth and guide the viewer's eye. Or replace the sky with one from my own collection, but that only works well sometimes and not everybody is ok with doing so.
The DJI action is pretty good. I have a DJI OSMO II and it has a wireless mic setup, and really good for walking vlogs.
Great video!!😂 loved it!