The poem analogy really clicked for me. Incredibly profound. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and beautiful photos as always, Andrew, and congratulations on the hair!! Can't wait to see it.
My friend has all of his dental work and root canal carried out in Istanbul and loves the service. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. Good luck with your transplant and looking forward to seeing the results
27 yrs since I was in Istanbul while backpacking for a couple of months through Greece & Turkey. It was an exciting place, worlds apart from my Australian home, had amazing experiences, felt a little like an alien with few tourists in the mid 90s but also felt welcomed by most. Quite different to my grandfather who was part of the Australian Infantry Force attack on the Turks at Gallipoli in 1915 🙄
I just got back from a 2+ week trip to Europe yesterday and I shot a lot with the X100V and GRIII. Since taking your course I've tried to avoid the snapshot heavy shooting that I used to do many years ago on trips, almost like I was cataloging things for an archive. I approached it from a street/docu photographer perspective, with my family appearing in the shots only if it made sense at the time. We already have a separate ritual we do where all 4 of us get in a phone selfie once a day in front of some landmark - those pics are fun just for us to look back at, and part of what's great is that there's a limited number of them. Additionally, as my kids have gotten older, I want them to have the ability to eventually manage their visual presence on social media without there being a bunch of photos of mine out there already. There are the trip photos I'll post for the world to see and the ones only my family will likely ever see. I've also made it a practice the last couple of years to not edit or post-process any photos while on the trip. I shoot like my family did on vacation in the 90's with film. Even once I'm home, I will usually wait a week or even more before I start looking at and editing the collection, to disconnect from the trip itself a bit more. I've found that makes me a tougher editor on my own work, as I'm less emotionally attached to it when my mind has already started to go fuzzy on the circumstances around each image.
Nice. Your approach in treating it like film is exactly how I do it also. It totally helped to seperate being an editor from being a photographer in the moment
@christophergriffith5504 how was your experience with each of those cameras respectively? I’ve had the x100v for several years at this point and it’s been wonderful, but I’m quite curious about the Ricohs. I’ve been doing a lot of research on the Ricoh GR III and IIIx and still can’t get a real grasp of how it compares in the real world to using the Fuji.
I have a feeling that you have been using a lot of the Classic Neg film simulation in your edit. It's my favorite. Plus you had many very interesting shots during you. That was inspiring. Thanks
So good to see your video after a long time (i might have missed your recent uploads if any) You are the reason, I bought the Fuji XT2 and some killer prime lenses. Thank you!
I want to echo what’s already been said in these comments. You’re great at this kind of street photography. I’d love to see more in the future! Thanks for your content, Andrew. God bless!
Love Turkey, but with Erdoğan still in power, I don't see going back anytime soon. Still, some amazing images of an amazing country, glad to see you back.
Andrew, have you ever made photo books? I would legitimately be interested in books by you. Even a small, simple something of Istanbul photos, or your American West photos.
Thanks Andy. I have been working on one forever. It's been on the back burner as my health has not been good. But seeing some signs of improvements as we head into 2024!
Great video and story. Good luck on the transplant. Must be a costly procedure but if that makes one happy then why not. Life's too short. Although i chose to spend my spare cash on photo gears and a good hair shaver to help solve my hair problem. Hassle shaving once a week though but it helped me to care less about hair since. 😅
About 3k in Istanbul as opposed to 10k in the states. :) And yes, I spend my money on gear too. At least, until I became a full time content creator and can no longer afford anything, ironically. ;)
Good stuff. I always learn and walk away with something of value from your content. This came at the perfect time. I’m going on a trip to Dubai, then the Maldives. So walking around the streets of Dubai followed by hanging out at the beach. I’m all over the place on what I should bring. I always want to travel light, but get tempted on bringing a bunch of lenses. My initial plan is GR iii and GR iiix, and the XT5 w/ 70-300. Feedback welcome …
Don’t weigh yourself down with too many lenses or gear. You’ll find that you won’t use it. That’s my experience of more than 30 yrs travel and many others say the same. Keep it simple and enjoy the moment, enjoy the journey without worrying about gear choice or weight. Gear just gets in the way. On a family last summer to Tasmania (scenic outdoors trip main,y) I took the XF 70-300 and found I would not have used it except when I started looking for a scene I could use a long lens. Depends if you think there will be suitable subject matter for a long lens. I just got annoyed I was lugging around extra weight for no reason. On the other hand, if you leave it behind, for sure you’ll see a scene or two you wish you really had the Tele zoom!
Andrew I have been following you for more than 6 years, you need to drop some weight! I LOST 11 kg from thia february to may.. and I am feelibg great now
100%. When I did my world trip I spent way too much time with the XF50f2 and ended up with only details. The only shots that had any context at all were my landscapes of distant volcanoes in Indonesia. Japan was all single building look ups with no context for where they were in the skyline. I blame fujifilm a little bit though because my 18f2 stopped auto focusing month 2 for no reason so I lost my only wide. I have since then stayed wide for as many shots as possible. Trying to stuff in all the context that really encapsulates a place, once I feel like I've got that down I can grab some details.
"18mm f2 stopped autofocusing" - sounds like a great opportinunity to trust the focus peaking and shoot in manual focus unless the focus ring also stopped working.
"You're not trying to create a logbook, you're trying to create a poem" . Wow, just....... wow. This is the best creative advice I've heard.
The poem analogy really clicked for me. Incredibly profound. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and beautiful photos as always, Andrew, and congratulations on the hair!! Can't wait to see it.
Thanks!
You should do more photography like this. You're quite good at it.
My friend has all of his dental work and root canal carried out in Istanbul and loves the service. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. Good luck with your transplant and looking forward to seeing the results
27 yrs since I was in Istanbul while backpacking for a couple of months through Greece & Turkey. It was an exciting place, worlds apart from my Australian home, had amazing experiences, felt a little like an alien with few tourists in the mid 90s but also felt welcomed by most. Quite different to my grandfather who was part of the Australian Infantry Force attack on the Turks at Gallipoli in 1915 🙄
I just got back from a 2+ week trip to Europe yesterday and I shot a lot with the X100V and GRIII. Since taking your course I've tried to avoid the snapshot heavy shooting that I used to do many years ago on trips, almost like I was cataloging things for an archive. I approached it from a street/docu photographer perspective, with my family appearing in the shots only if it made sense at the time. We already have a separate ritual we do where all 4 of us get in a phone selfie once a day in front of some landmark - those pics are fun just for us to look back at, and part of what's great is that there's a limited number of them. Additionally, as my kids have gotten older, I want them to have the ability to eventually manage their visual presence on social media without there being a bunch of photos of mine out there already. There are the trip photos I'll post for the world to see and the ones only my family will likely ever see.
I've also made it a practice the last couple of years to not edit or post-process any photos while on the trip. I shoot like my family did on vacation in the 90's with film. Even once I'm home, I will usually wait a week or even more before I start looking at and editing the collection, to disconnect from the trip itself a bit more. I've found that makes me a tougher editor on my own work, as I'm less emotionally attached to it when my mind has already started to go fuzzy on the circumstances around each image.
Nice. Your approach in treating it like film is exactly how I do it also. It totally helped to seperate being an editor from being a photographer in the moment
@christophergriffith5504 how was your experience with each of those cameras respectively? I’ve had the x100v for several years at this point and it’s been wonderful, but I’m quite curious about the Ricohs. I’ve been doing a lot of research on the Ricoh GR III and IIIx and still can’t get a real grasp of how it compares in the real world to using the Fuji.
I have a feeling that you have been using a lot of the Classic Neg film simulation in your edit.
It's my favorite.
Plus you had many very interesting shots during you. That was inspiring. Thanks
So good to see your video after a long time (i might have missed your recent uploads if any) You are the reason, I bought the Fuji XT2 and some killer prime lenses. Thank you!
I want to echo what’s already been said in these comments. You’re great at this kind of street photography. I’d love to see more in the future! Thanks for your content, Andrew. God bless!
Another great video! I love the two ladies in black printed attire! I agree most landmark/travel photos aren't look worthy.
Great stuff!!! Andrew goes international and gets a new look too! Rock on!
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great photos and advice. thx.
Love Turkey, but with Erdoğan still in power, I don't see going back anytime soon. Still, some amazing images of an amazing country, glad to see you back.
I was there during the night of the election.
Andrew, have you ever made photo books? I would legitimately be interested in books by you. Even a small, simple something of Istanbul photos, or your American West photos.
Thanks Andy. I have been working on one forever. It's been on the back burner as my health has not been good. But seeing some signs of improvements as we head into 2024!
It's easy to forget that places like Istanbul are real places and not just funny words in funny songs.
Ain't that the truth
This video is incredible ✌️
Thanks!
6:41 love this photo
Thanks!
Great video and story. Good luck on the transplant. Must be a costly procedure but if that makes one happy then why not. Life's too short. Although i chose to spend my spare cash on photo gears and a good hair shaver to help solve my hair problem. Hassle shaving once a week though but it helped me to care less about hair since. 😅
About 3k in Istanbul as opposed to 10k in the states. :) And yes, I spend my money on gear too. At least, until I became a full time content creator and can no longer afford anything, ironically. ;)
Incredible shot of the dude about to snarf down... Whatever that is.
Haha. Thanks. Yeah I love that one
welcome to turkey...
Honest question, how are the pain and swelling after the process? I heard there could be several days.
You can watch my other video for all the gritty details, but there was pain and swelling, definitely.
Good stuff. I always learn and walk away with something of value from your content. This came at the perfect time. I’m going on a trip to Dubai, then the Maldives. So walking around the streets of Dubai followed by hanging out at the beach. I’m all over the place on what I should bring. I always want to travel light, but get tempted on bringing a bunch of lenses. My initial plan is GR iii and GR iiix, and the XT5 w/ 70-300. Feedback welcome …
Don’t weigh yourself down with too many lenses or gear. You’ll find that you won’t use it. That’s my experience of more than 30 yrs travel and many others say the same. Keep it simple and enjoy the moment, enjoy the journey without worrying about gear choice or weight. Gear just gets in the way.
On a family last summer to Tasmania (scenic outdoors trip main,y) I took the XF 70-300 and found I would not have used it except when I started looking for a scene I could use a long lens. Depends if you think there will be suitable subject matter for a long lens. I just got annoyed I was lugging around extra weight for no reason. On the other hand, if you leave it behind, for sure you’ll see a scene or two you wish you really had the Tele zoom!
Andrew I have been following you for more than 6 years, you need to drop some weight! I LOST 11 kg from thia february to may.. and I am feelibg great now
Thanks for staying with me for so long
Did you have to crop in post for the pano shots? X100v does not have that built in native does it?
100%. When I did my world trip I spent way too much time with the XF50f2 and ended up with only details. The only shots that had any context at all were my landscapes of distant volcanoes in Indonesia. Japan was all single building look ups with no context for where they were in the skyline.
I blame fujifilm a little bit though because my 18f2 stopped auto focusing month 2 for no reason so I lost my only wide.
I have since then stayed wide for as many shots as possible. Trying to stuff in all the context that really encapsulates a place, once I feel like I've got that down I can grab some details.
"18mm f2 stopped autofocusing" - sounds like a great opportinunity to trust the focus peaking and shoot in manual focus unless the focus ring also stopped working.
@@amateurphotographer1096 oh yeah, no the linear focus ring triggered the same crash as AF. If I touched it I had to pop the battery out.
Great video and story, a big thank you Andrew!
Idk what it is but pictures from the x100v just don’t look good to me
X100V has the Xpan crop ?!
No. I just do that after the fact. Wish it had it in camera.
does it hurt during or after?
Yeah. The local anesthesia hurts. And the donor area itches and hurts a bit for a couple weeks after.
What saved my hair was never wearing hats
And genetics perhaps?
Just shave it man.
Honestly your pictures are not good..but thanks for sharing
In my experience, photographers who feel the need to degrade others' work, struggle with their own.
Worst take I've read all day! Get your eyes checked, man.
Some comments 🤷♂️😂😂😂.
I think the pics are really good and interesting video - poetry analogy is really good.
@@delbert850 Thanks. I don't claim they are award winning or anything. But not bad for a single day of photography, while on pain killers. :)
I strongly disagree with that!
So in the future no more hats in the talking head segments? :P
Jk glad for you
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