Thats useful, thanks. Especially the "if your area is boring for you, it doesnt mean that its boring for someone else". I live in a stalin-era buildings part of St.Petersburg and just thought thats a pretty enique experience in the world. Thank you for inspiration! Will go out in my neighborhood and shoot (:
@@ШарлиКуин Thank you so much for watching and commenting on my video. I really appreciate the support! Wow St. Petersburg is on my bucket list. It really looks amazing. I am jealous! Hope you get lots of photos you are happy with!
That’s such a great tip to look out for photos from someone who’s new to an area, like visitors! Somehow, I never thought of this, so thank you very much for this inspiration.
@bztn You are very welcome! Seoul gets fewer visits from foreigner photographers compared to Tokyo, but we do get some visitors. It is always very refreshing to see their work. It is very eye opening how they make my everyday mundane place look photogenic. Thank you so much for returning to watch my video and leaving me a comment. Have a great day!
@ my pleasure! I’ve been wanting to visit Seoul (and South Korea more widely) for a long time now, I hope I get to visit soon. I’ll think of my visitor’s perspective then and how it can potentially be interesting to locals.
@bztn Let me know if you do visit! Just avoid the very cold months haha it will be very interesting to see your perspective and what catches your eyes :)
Great advice, Alex. I think your advice really helps people. I think the wide angle distortion idea is really cool. Made me think of how the movie Fallen Angels was shot by cinematographer Christopher Doyle on a 9.8mm lens to make every seen feel very distant and yet stifling and close. Director Wong Kar-Wai would've appreciated your POV. I really like the book Uncommon Places from Stephen Shore. .. and I loved the "dull places" versus "dull moments" comment. That will influence my thoughts this coming week.
@@ChrisBrogan Thank you so much for your kind words Chris! Visually, Fallen Angels is one of my favorite movies. But I never knew the exact focal length used on it. That is very interesting. Makes me want to get a very ridiculously wide angle lens to try out! I will definitely look into Uncommon Places by Stephen Shore. Thank you for letting me know. Yes, the “dull moments” comment really stuck with me too and it was very refreshing to hear. Thank you so much for returning, always appreciate your input!
I live in a typical suburban hellscape in the United States. The major trouble I face is that it's not safe to approach these places on foot. The car centric planning makes it dangerous to be outside of a car, and the interesting places are very far apart from each other. If you take the car, you just go from one parking lot to another. All while potentially missing interesting places in between at 40+ miles per hour. The few other videos I've been able to find on TH-cam, and from my own experience, it all comes down to depending on somebody to decorate their front lawn... I've been exploring my city on bicycle lately but it hasn't been easy to find things to photograph.
@@gameshoes Wow, that really seems like a very challenging place to take photos. I am sorry to hear that. Sounds like if you were to have any chance at taking photos, it would be with a really long telephoto lens. But I can imagine even that is going to be very difficult to pull off in a not so safe areas. Maybe parking lots and front lawns can be a recurring subject in your photos. But good for you for not giving up and taking the bike to explore your surroundings. I really hope you can get some photos you are happy with. Thank you so much for your input. Did not expect such challenging environment and gave me something to think about.
@ while my street photography prospects are grim here, I do have hot air balloons (my primary subject; are there any hot air balloons in South Korea? I'm only aware of the pilot on Jeju island that sadly passed a few years ago) and good national parks within driving distance.
@@gameshoes That is relieving to hear. Sadly, it is really really rare to see hot air balloons in Korea. When I see one, I do take a photo of it because it is so rare. I Hope the constraints of your surroundings actually help build a great collection of photos.
The question is why you want to photograph a boring place in a photogenic way... why not photograph a boring place in a boring way and show that it is boring? There's no need to make everything look photogenic... Some good advice here! 👍
Whoa, this was deep! I am taking a note of this. But I also feel that many of us photographers want our photos to look great no matter what we photograph. When I am always exposed to the same surroundings, my photos might feel "boring" to myself. So, over the years, I have thought of ways to counter this, and wanted to share it with other photographers. Thank you so much for your input, and for taking the time to watch my video. Have a nice day!
Alex, I like your videos a lot better than most of Roman Fox's videos. Your videos have been a lot more helpful and I just like them better. I'm not trying to flatter you. I'm just telling you not to be too quick to try to change your approach because I think some people already like it.
Thank you so much for the support! I might get hints and get inspired from others, but I will keep what you said in mind and stay true to myself! This was refreshing! Thank you.
I personally don’t have hands on experience with the Nikon digital cameras. So I can’t recommend a specific lens. But I really love the 40-50mm full frame equivalent focal length. So I would recommend a 27mm or 35mm lens!
Lots of useful tips in one video. Thank you sir.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I appreciate you taking the time watch my video and commenting on it! have a nice day.
Love the tips. ❤
@@rdos8883 I’m glad you liked them. Thank you for watching!
Grt learning ❤
@@rickythapa9732 Thanks for watching!
Love your videos! Keep up the great work!
@@Khaostitanzero I’m happy you like them! Thank you so much for the support! I really appreciate it :)
@ I found your channel not too long ago and have been watching since. Really like your style and editing technique. Looking forward to more videos.
@ Thank you so much! I will keep making these videos. Hope to see you again next week!
@ I’ll be waiting Alex!
good tips! thx man
You are welcome :) Thank you for watching!
Thats useful, thanks. Especially the "if your area is boring for you, it doesnt mean that its boring for someone else". I live in a stalin-era buildings part of St.Petersburg and just thought thats a pretty enique experience in the world. Thank you for inspiration! Will go out in my neighborhood and shoot (:
@@ШарлиКуин Thank you so much for watching and commenting on my video. I really appreciate the support! Wow St. Petersburg is on my bucket list. It really looks amazing. I am jealous! Hope you get lots of photos you are happy with!
Great tips! Thank you 🙏
@@theronsan You are welcome! Thank you for watching! Really appreciate it!
That’s such a great tip to look out for photos from someone who’s new to an area, like visitors! Somehow, I never thought of this, so thank you very much for this inspiration.
@bztn You are very welcome! Seoul gets fewer visits from foreigner photographers compared to Tokyo, but we do get some visitors. It is always very refreshing to see their work. It is very eye opening how they make my everyday mundane place look photogenic. Thank you so much for returning to watch my video and leaving me a comment. Have a great day!
@ my pleasure! I’ve been wanting to visit Seoul (and South Korea more widely) for a long time now, I hope I get to visit soon. I’ll think of my visitor’s perspective then and how it can potentially be interesting to locals.
@bztn Let me know if you do visit! Just avoid the very cold months haha it will be very interesting to see your perspective and what catches your eyes :)
this was sooo helpful thank you :)
I am so happy that it helped! Thank you so much for tuning in Clara :)
Great advice, Alex. I think your advice really helps people. I think the wide angle distortion idea is really cool. Made me think of how the movie Fallen Angels was shot by cinematographer Christopher Doyle on a 9.8mm lens to make every seen feel very distant and yet stifling and close. Director Wong Kar-Wai would've appreciated your POV.
I really like the book Uncommon Places from Stephen Shore. .. and I loved the "dull places" versus "dull moments" comment. That will influence my thoughts this coming week.
@@ChrisBrogan Thank you so much for your kind words Chris! Visually, Fallen Angels is one of my favorite movies. But I never knew the exact focal length used on it. That is very interesting. Makes me want to get a very ridiculously wide angle lens to try out!
I will definitely look into Uncommon Places by Stephen Shore. Thank you for letting me know. Yes, the “dull moments” comment really stuck with me too and it was very refreshing to hear. Thank you so much for returning, always appreciate your input!
I live in a typical suburban hellscape in the United States. The major trouble I face is that it's not safe to approach these places on foot. The car centric planning makes it dangerous to be outside of a car, and the interesting places are very far apart from each other. If you take the car, you just go from one parking lot to another. All while potentially missing interesting places in between at 40+ miles per hour.
The few other videos I've been able to find on TH-cam, and from my own experience, it all comes down to depending on somebody to decorate their front lawn... I've been exploring my city on bicycle lately but it hasn't been easy to find things to photograph.
@@gameshoes Wow, that really seems like a very challenging place to take photos. I am sorry to hear that. Sounds like if you were to have any chance at taking photos, it would be with a really long telephoto lens. But I can imagine even that is going to be very difficult to pull off in a not so safe areas.
Maybe parking lots and front lawns can be a recurring subject in your photos. But good for you for not giving up and taking the bike to explore your surroundings. I really hope you can get some photos you are happy with. Thank you so much for your input. Did not expect such challenging environment and gave me something to think about.
@ while my street photography prospects are grim here, I do have hot air balloons (my primary subject; are there any hot air balloons in South Korea? I'm only aware of the pilot on Jeju island that sadly passed a few years ago) and good national parks within driving distance.
@@gameshoes That is relieving to hear.
Sadly, it is really really rare to see hot air balloons in Korea. When I see one, I do take a photo of it because it is so rare. I Hope the constraints of your surroundings actually help build a great collection of photos.
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The question is why you want to photograph a boring place in a photogenic way... why not photograph a boring place in a boring way and show that it is boring? There's no need to make everything look photogenic...
Some good advice here! 👍
Whoa, this was deep! I am taking a note of this. But I also feel that many of us photographers want our photos to look great no matter what we photograph. When I am always exposed to the same surroundings, my photos might feel "boring" to myself. So, over the years, I have thought of ways to counter this, and wanted to share it with other photographers. Thank you so much for your input, and for taking the time to watch my video. Have a nice day!
Alex, I like your videos a lot better than most of Roman Fox's videos. Your videos have been a lot more helpful and I just like them better. I'm not trying to flatter you. I'm just telling you not to be too quick to try to change your approach because I think some people already like it.
Thank you so much for the support! I might get hints and get inspired from others, but I will keep what you said in mind and stay true to myself! This was refreshing! Thank you.
Kindly advise which lens will be best suitable for street photography for nikon z50ii
I personally don’t have hands on experience with the Nikon digital cameras. So I can’t recommend a specific lens. But I really love the 40-50mm full frame equivalent focal length. So I would recommend a 27mm or 35mm lens!