The Most Controversial Thing in Street Photography.
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I love that you share videos experimenting with different ways of shooting photography even if the end result is that it wasn’t for you. This is what all photographers can do to explore their creativity and may be introduced to something they never expected or they may just reinforce that that wasn’t their style or for them. Thank you for sharing!!
Glad to see you pushed yourself to this. The results are amazing. The final level would be doing this in England 😂
*in Germany. There you go
One big thing that I noticed was when you were shooting in the afternoon daylight was that the flash made it look like you were shooting at night. The camera underexposed everything in the background due to the flash and that made for a very interesting look.
I was having my dinner while I was watching this, and it was very relaxing.
Nothing better than waking up to Faizal vid to watch while you eat breakfast 🐐🔥
Nice 👍🏼 job
This jazz music on the background reminded me of "Jazz inpressions of Japan" album (1964) by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. Could a perfect soundtrack for the next video with photos from Tokyo!
My favourite of Dave Brubeck is Take Five. 🙂😎👍
Comes to Japan once, starts pimping out on accessories like glasses and rings 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀❤️
LMAO
lmao was that takashii at 5:21 ? Interesting stance he's got there
when you got to do an interview but have a yoga session at 9
It was raining heavily this weekend and I went out and shot flash during the day. It was a perfect day to test out flash street photography cause every time I took a photo everyone thought it was lightning
Another fantastic video mate, great work!
Not something I'd do, but I think the huge crowd would make it somewhat easier for me. I'd feel more like I could do something weird and people would just think "oh well" and move on. But I'm far more comfortable with Faizal's style of not making people the main focus of interest.
Depending on the scenario, sometimes people feel like they are celebrities when getting flashed on, in the subject's mind, there's also a sense of a moment being captured when it goes off.
I would feel so awkward snapping flash pics of random ppls faces in public
Then dont.
man this raised my heart rate just watching it lmao - I rly struggle with interactions on the street, especially at night (autism / boring trauma stuff), so the idea of adding a flash to my repertoire is v frightening! Was great seeing you wrestle with it and get a little more comfortable with the idea & techniques. I haven't had the opportunity to hang out with any other photographers, street or otherwise really, so this kind of video & your thoughtful, compassionate approach is v valuable to me
How do you get a blur background while the subject is sharp ? Low aperture？Besides， it' s really brave to flash people in such distance and the work is fantastic.
You made me want to try this! I need to find a flash for my XT5 and try this! Also I hope I can make it to the gallery reception on the 25th and say hi to you and everyone else, y’all are amazing!
An interesting topic to explore and experiment with. I enjoyed your comments with the other photographer and street flash photography seems OK in the right environment/setting. Although it is not a genre that interests me, I enjoy seeing image others make. Thanks for the video.
Love to see someone take on the challenge and share the results and experience, good and bad.
Also I love that you featured someone like Andrew, he's fantastic and his outlook on using flash and integrating with the environment to enhance the situation and the subject is really healthy. Its friendly to the subject and easier on the photographer. Also his movement and rhythm in the street is fantastic. Great technique and interaction with people.
I understand why Bruce Gilden is highly regarded and some of his images are fantastic and of course highly influential in this area of photography but I find the relationship with the subject in SOME of his work to be problematic, and I say that as a street photographer. Andrew feels really fresh and fun and respectful. The way Bruce often violates space and surprises people intentionally is just not something I respect and feels so unnecessary especially when you see the calm flow and movement that Andrew exhibits.
that shake shack is solid, nice choice
Nice vid. Great to see you push yourself. Looking forward to more Japan content.
I haven't done that much photography, but I have a Ricoh GR2 and I love taking pictures of friends with the flash. Granted I only take pictures of friends and usually at parties, but most of my favorite pictures are from those situations. As soon as Ricoh brings back an internal flash I'll throw all my money at it
Amazing video, also you should totally try to use flash again, your shots were amazing! Really nice to see this type of content on YT
I am too scared to take my Ricoh Gr3 out in the rain, you're a menace!
You can be proud of the pics you took. Really captured the bustling atmosphere of Shibuya.
How did you edit the B+W ones? Was this a preset on the GR or through lightroom?
one of the best video!!!
Damn you are such a talented photographer! I really enjoy your creativity and your willingness to experiment, it's inspiring even if you might feel like the style of photography does not suit you! I loved the results you got🙌
Confirming my belief that they shouldn’t have removed the built-in flash from the GR
This video is wonderful. Despite the opinion on flash, this was fun to watch and gain perspective.
so cool video!! I love it
Love this video
Thanks for sharing your experiment with us, even if you found that this approach is not for you. That’s part of the fun of learning photography. I will say, though, the photos you took in Shibuya at night are straight up bangers.
Ive started using my gr3x with the q20 flash to document punk shows and man its a damn power house.
Dope photos!
The last few images end of this video, are the best you ever took.
I've resisted flash photography forever..... i suppose it has its place. Great video and discussion point. 🙂
An opportunity to apply an ethical principle - the golden rule. Would I be comfortable if someone came up to me and flashed a light into my face? Certainly not. And so I couldn't do that to others.
@5:20 Takashi san !!
0:44 Who took this picture ? Ok just found out later in the video. Banger shot wow
So this flash actually works on auto ttl?
wow this is interesting. now i have to think of a place here in the PH to do this haha
Hmm 🧐 I wonder what’s photography is most interesting anymore ‘ It’s Up to the artist or is it just gear ⚙️ 😅
I feel like ordering a shakeshack in Japan is almost a war crime 😆😆😆 The pictures turned out awesome. I think I might drop dead on the spot, from pure anxiety, if I ever used flash for street stuff.
Now when they see us on the streets all they wanna do is take a pic and I'm like okkkk
I love the look it gives but i just couldn't do it myself.
Instructions unclear. I flashed people on the streets and now I'm in jail 😮
As someone who's into streetwear and fashion photography, the flash has lived on my camera since day one. The dramatic, paparazzi look is something that really compliments the subject matter in my photos. Doing this on complete strangers though takes some balls for sure.
I don't see taking photos of people in public (when they are not aware of it) as disrespectful unless you're purposefully trying to make fun of them or make them look bad. There's a fine line with that sometimes but I don't think it's a line that you need to worry about Faizal. That's not who you are.
28:43 yowza!😶🌫
Finally a story about photos in Japan 📸
I am somewhere over there
Is PE20.
Tokyo 😍😍😍
Most people go through life never changing. Most people actually find ways to never have to feel uncomfortable. I think being comfortable all the time is a truly dangerous way to live because it can foster a lot of the ignorances and fears that instigate uglier parts of human nature. That's why it brings me SO much joy to see another artist going outside of their comfort zone and communicating the awkward, fumbling nature of a new creative experience. This sort of creative discomfort is what I think leads to the best, most interesting work... and, I believe, makes for a more fascinating and humbling creative life. Thanks to you, and Alex, for reminding me of that.
unnecessary gilden shot. i haven't started using flash in my street photography but when i do i'm going to let it fly.
These are great, to be honest your usual style is not really my cup of tea but this just shows you're capable of great conventional work and choose your own style, sort of like the great impressionist painters. nice to see you get out of your comfort zone!
I think Alex is my new favorite photographer, his street portraits are so unique and full of life.
i just notice, you speak vocal fry
I thought I was early
god music, visual orgasm, great content.
I think, flash photography was important 50 years ago when the maximum ISO was 200. Nowadays there is just no reason for that; colors are flat, the background is dark, and all photos with a flash look like point-and-shoot 10$ Kodak from the 80s. But as a challenge, why not, I appreciate this :)
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"People are happy that you flashed them" 💀
tbh I don't think I could *ever* be convinced that firing a flash in someone's face on the street is anything but obnoxious and rude, no matter how famous you are for doing it (Gilden and Cohen were already mentioned in the comments). Even for normal street shots, street photographers lie to themselves constantly with the rhetoric of "it's public property/it's legal/you can delete them if they ask, etc." to convince themselves that they aren't literally shoving a camera in somebody's face and taking a photo. It's such an invasion of someone's personal space no matter what lol. I'm always partial to environment/wide/anonymous shots on the street for that reason, they aren't as obnoxious. Maybe that "out of my comfort zone" feeling Faizal said he had when trying this is an appropriate reaction. Maybe we're not supposed to overcome that feeling.
That example I gave of "if they ask you to delete it, you can delete it" is also just super flawed, since a timid person who absolutely does not appreciate having their photo taken wouldn't even be able to confront the photographer. I'm a big introvert and pretty shy, which is why I love taking wider shots because they are less personal, and less likely to make my social anxiety spike when I would otherwise be invading someone else's space with a closer shot. I... don't really have a point here, I just wanted to vent.
I agree, only street photography style that I can't get behind at all
Agreed.
its lame af, but how is it any different than tiktokers walking up to you and asking random questions and then not blurring your face out when you ignore them? Technology has some unintended consequences, and one of those is a lack of privacy.
@@vincetangerine5254 I think the less said about "tiktokers" the better.
@@vincetangerine5254 that is also disrespectful af. Neither are illegal (and shouldn't be imo) but doesn't make it tasteful
I understand using flash in the context of an event, but street flash photography without permission can go right in the BIN and you will never change my mind that its disrespectful, rude and intrusive of ones personal space. Going up to someone and taking a shot of someone with a flash is intimidating and disorienting. Youre not breaking any laws, but youre breaking a social contract, so people will hate you for it. Photography in Japan is a goldmine, japanese people are timid and respectful but lately, tourists have been taking advantage of that and have become feral...
You're angry because you're scared. Flash photography gives you the insane ability to walk around and capture anything no matter the lighting. You're not going to get far if you choose to discard that ability (and miss shots) in the name of a "social contract".
@@nickbell5025 Apologies for the long winded response. It's great that you have the balls to shoot everything and not miss shots, but there should be at least some level of respect that comes with shooting on the street. A few of the unspoken rules that most of us can agree on is to not intimidate and make others feel lesser than. The people you take photos of don't know who you are or what you're going to do with the photos, most just want to go about their day unbothered. Having someone just walk by and have their face flashed isn't what I call pleasant. There's some level of respect and ethics to it whether anyone likes to ignore it or not.
There's a few reasons why tourists have been banned in certain parts of Gion in Kyoto - and one of them being photographers. There was no respect from them - blocking geishas just to get a photo and ruining it for others. I understand that's an extreme, but point still stands that using flash on the street is still invasive, rude and disrespectful. You'll often see tourists in Japan treat the country like an amusement park - photographers using flash because they know how unconfrontational the Japanese are. You don't see many photographers do this in their own country just because of how it's perceived - but they have the biggest balls when they're in Japan though.
For us average weekend street photographers like myself, we all want good photos sure, but at who's expense? I certainly don't want to risk offending anyone by using flash on the street. There's also a risk of blinding/disorienting the person briefly when you use it aswell. To you, you may have gotten a cool shot but to the person that you're taking a photo of, you've just flashed a bright LED light in their face and walked off - it isn't a pleasant feeling. There's so many other ways to shoot beautiful photos without being obnoxious with the flash (gear or settings). The photography community in my area is so small that the last thing I would want is for us to be looked down on because some drongo decided to agressively use flash, and that has happened.
Talking to subjects before and posing them for the camera it's not street photography per se. Also. Documentary photography is not street photography.
You are so wise. Please teach me everything you know 😂😂😂
Is it controversial because people are afraid to use it?
this alex guy is wild insecure. how many times you going to say " it's not about taking advantage of anyone?" clearly he feels on some level that he is which is why he is so overly focused on that.
Is beeing insecure a problem?
watching this cringe dude walk up and use flash to someone in a car just reminded me about how lame it is to use flash in general. If you're gonna take crappy one off shots that have no artistic purpose. When Gilden did it at least it was for a purpose. He needed a light source and the anxiety and tension of NYC and other places he visited were enhanced by the use of flash, especially since he chose interesting "characters". But who could objectively say theres any merit in blasting a random dude looking out a car window.
It can be done in the sake of reportage, for example. As here
But Cohen btw was making even more nonsense photos, actually. Just for a style or the process, who knows
Faizal Slander will not be tolerated 😡
@@Xisbrezatsgzormd yeah cohen doesn't come across well at all with his style, some of his pictures are interesting, but I don't think any of them are worth the disrespect he showed to his subjects while taking them
@@tupovn where did I say "faizal"
Cohen had some interesting compositions because of the 24mm lens and B&W look/cut off faces and limps gave an eerie feel to his town. I do think he also looks like a goofball in action, but there is a lot more merit than just walking around with a leica and roleplaying artist.@@CianMcsweeneyBut ya I think with Cohen it seems he gets away with it because he was the "first" to do this head cut off/only limps/half of the body showing kind of photos. They only work when they are together as a body of work. However, as a single shot they are pretty "wtf" as well.
Omg, did you really give a "trigger" warning? Here's a video, but you might not want to watch the video? Dude. Nobody watching a street photography video, which is specifically a big city thing, is afraid of watching videos of crowds. 🙄 I really do love your videos but sack up Faizal.
Why did this make you so mad? 😂