I find your philosophy of photography totally refreshing. For a long time, I tried to become a 'better' photographer. I think I only succeeded in becoming a more expert recorder of photographic images. I have achieved some very pleasing images but they are not creations in the way that you create images. You have given me a new perspective on photography. Thank you.
So many people seem to chase absolute perfection, this I feel leads to so many images that really look all the same. Imperfections give character....Ludwig was right...
Yes. Perfection is usually a distraction from what matters the most, which is the image we are making. Perhaps because it's the hardest question we need to answer: "why? and what?". Of course there's a place for technically perfect images, too.
Totally agree. Shooting wide open or nearly wide open also adds the bonus of higher shutter speeds. Thus allowing handheld photography even in darker situations. Great video, great job, keep going my friend.
It's interesting to hear your thoughts and your approach on this topic. Regardless of your reasons, your process works for you as demonstrated by your wonderful images.
Thank you for watching, Terry! At the end of the day, it's about making the images you want to make. Those are the ones that should dictate the process, and not the other way around.
I’ve always loved the impressionist paintings, so I prefer to use the word impression rather than imperfection. I use Lensbaby lenses, which give me an impression of the scene instantly. Add fog and that makes it even better. I also do infrared, so even more impressions with my photography. I haven’t done ‘proper’ photography for a long time ! 😜
I've always wanted to use a Lensbaby! One day, one day. And I agree about the fog and infrared. I have a little camera converted to infrared and like to use it every once in a while. It opens a whole new world. Still haven't gotten results I love from it, I need to keep using it to find a way to create with it. Cheers to "unproper" photography! 😁
Finally someone with a similar style of photography to me (though I don’t do black and white very often :P). I feel like the term “subject photography” fits pretty well with what we do.
Hi, Eirik! I like it! Sometimes, I find it very hard to define my photography. I don't like to call it "fine art", it sounds rather pompous to me... I definitely prefer subject photography.
I like to capture the landscape with my photography but I also like to experiment, for example I captured some very abstract images when some low misty cloud wrapped itself across distant Mountains in the Scottish Highlands - shapes, textures and patterns formed the compositions.
Absolutely, we don't have to stick to just one style. Experimentation is really important in photography, we can't forget to have some fun! Those abstracts sound lovely.
I’ve noticed with street photography, it’s very popular to shoot with a Fujifilm and 18mm lens. Very wide perspective and everything from around 1m to infinity is in focus. My 40mm on my FF camera doesn’t have that same dof so I need to zone focus and aim to keep subjects within the limited zone. Much harder to hit the focus zone and often making mistakes can lead to some interesting results.
Yes, the tripod adds distinction !! Lols … I find many of your images visually poetic and at times evocative. Most refreshing to the mind and spirit. Bless
I really appreciate your efforts. You have been able to cover the range of photograph. From the reality of a "slice of life" photograph, max resoltion, perfect exposure and post processing and the "art of the photography."
Great video... on my Canon R6 with 50mm f1.8 lens - I often hit the 1/8000 max shutter speed limit!!! Have tried ISO 50 - but this just blows out bright highlights to easily! I love shooting street at f1.8 - but in bright light, need 1/16,000 or 1/32,000 shutter speeds. On my Fuji xt3 - it does these speeds - Sony a7iv and Canon R6 don't!!! Do people fit ND filters to get around this issue? thanks
I recently acquired the Otus 28 & 84 from Ziess to shoot at maximum aperture ( not for people). Great to here your philosophy on this subject. I’m loving your channel. "Visual Poetry " right?
As Ansel Adams said...'sharpness is a bourgeois concept'. I've long since given up on any interest in what manufacturers and many photographers obsess about these days - resolution and sharpness. It's why I began with vintage lenses on digital bodies and then transitioned back to film. It's so ironic that You Tubers with sizeable followings keep buying in the latest 'top performing' kit and then edit for a 'painterly' look that does away with that outright blistering detail capture. Then there are the shots that suck in every scrap of resolution and sharpness and boost it further in post production. These images are so far beyond what is natural to the eye they are painful to look at. Weirdly unnatural. Of course, this is the world according to me and it's fine if I'm in a club of one and everyone else likes what I avoid. Make images that please and speak to you and step off the social media merry-go-round that tries at every turn to engender the belief that you should chase 'likes' and 'followers'.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Steven! You are absolutely right, you should focus on your art, and create what you see. Unfortunately, it's all so easy to fall in the trap of having to do what others are doing, especially when we are just getting started. It's over time that you realize most of the things that work for others don't apply to your work.
Well said! Always looking forward to another video. I know in your videos you sometimes switch lenses for your needs. Perhaps sometime, you could dedicate a video taken solely with an 85mm f1.4, 35mm f1.4 or 21mm f1.4, etc.
It’s not for everyone, and not for every image, but it has its place and value. Choosing that approach, then knowing how to pursue it and getting the results you want is what’s important.
It is a way to do it, I like it that way :) But you are right, sharpness, and all the other technical aspects of photography, are often used as a distraction.
Very good advice or comments on how you shoot. See way to many vlogs striving for perfection. Sharpness is one of them. The human eye does not see everything sharp and neither should photographs be that way either in my opinion. I too find the tripod more of a hinderance than a help in most situations. Those who use it all the time are losing out on the freedom we have without it. Yeah those ticks are annoying as I have had my share of them here too. Take care and thanks...
I feel like "perfection", or striving for perfection, is a bit of a distraction from what matters the most: the image. It is definitely easier to talk about how to focus properly, about the choice of aperture and shutter speed, and all the technical details, than talking about why we are photographing that scene. I totally agree about the tripod :) I'm kind of stuck because I need one to record myself, but I still like the freedom of movement I get when I'm composing the image.
Exactly. Most of what we see is not sharp. Even when viewing the sharpest photo on earth, our eyes have to dance around like our eyes are a spotlight lens, in order to eventually view it all.
I agree with, in regards to the tripod, however, I think it depends on what you feel you need to do realize your vision. If you want more freedom then yes the tripod can be a hindrance. If you feel like you tend to move too fast and need something that will make you slow down and be more methodical and feel that slowing down would allow you to create the images you want to create then a tripod will be really beneficial for that.
I saw you use a Chinese faux vintage 35mm lens. I recently acquired a helios lens and have fallen in love with vintage style wide open lenses. Can you be more specific about what lens you use? I'd love to find one.
Hi, Alex! I don't use any Chinese vintage 35mm lens. I have the Samyang 35mm f/1.4, and the 2.8 version, but that's about it. The lens in the thumbnail of this video is a Minolta Rokkor-X 58mm f/1.4. I don't really use that lens, but it came very handy for the thumbnail because I can manipulate the aperture while it's not attached to a camera :)
Wow, this is the exactly opposite of Mads Peter Iversen, he does all this bracketing and extracts so much detail with his amazing skills in Photoshop, but after your lecture I see I don't need to learn all that stuff after all! By the way, the new Tamron 28-75 has got amazing corners wide open, while loosing a little sharpness at f8. My old Tamron has got a huge dust inside, have no idea how it got there, but after shooting in the fog yesterday I must admit it gives a "flare" more often than I like. So don't know what to do about that?
He does that in order to get the images he wants, they are just different styles. Neither of them are right, or wrong, you do whatever you want with your photography :) But I do feel like sometimes we get stuck in technical details, when the important question we need to answer is "why" and "what". The "how" will always be secondary. About the dust, I'm not sure. Those flares sound annoying. Maybe you can send it somewhere to have it open and cleaned?
@@aows Thanks for pointing out that "why" and "what" is primary, and "how" is secondary! I'll contact JapanPhoto to see if there's some guarantee? If not, whit the version two of the 28-75 mm, I'm afraid the value of this lens now is so low that I cannot justify the money an opening and cleaning will cost. But I might ask them for a price. Probably I'll try to find a used 24-105 mm f4, I see there are some of them for sale even in this small country.
I like the way your mind works. Sharp, clinical photography is like refined white sugar; while evocative photography is like honey. Btw, you can dust yourself with tick and flea powder. It works well.
Shooting wide open with vintage lenses gives you some characters that would be impossible (or very hard) to replicate in post-processing. It's unlikely I can replicate the unique softness and 'glow' of my almost 80 years old WWII era lens :) If I'm shooting for myself, I'll always embrace the imperfection and just have fun. It's a bit different if I was hired by the client, which often demands a 'perfect' image with high sharpness corner-to-corner. Btw, I found your channel from another youtube photography channel and really like how you focus on the photography aspect instead of gears :) Also, greeting from Indonesia :D
I must disagree about lenses! One did you notice that some lenses cause grain on film? Don't laugh. Test! Diffraction, shoot at f16 22 and make prints 20x25/30cm. Well? How bad or none! Sharpness is also contrast. Using Rodinal after a long period, grain yes but so sharp and detailed. Lovely tonal range. Seeing photos/images so easy. You have to carry a camera. Even the phone that outshines my fancy gear! Great ideas and keeping contacts, a big positive thing. Bravo.
By the way, did you see "Gauguin: Symbolism's Problem Child (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective" ? You must see that! It seems that to become a famous artist there are two main ingredients: 1) You must live an absolutely insane life. 2) Your art cannot be understood before after your death.
I haven't, but I'll check it out. Well, becoming a "famous artist" shouldn't be the goal, but I do agree that in order to become one you have to be a little insane and stand out somehow.
This was a great video. I believe we are kindred spirits as I hate lugging around a tripod for my landscape work as well. I call myself a Landscape Street Photographer :).
Firstly, thank you for sharing. I love your photography style, these b&w photos are very intersting, and I followde your instagram for a long time. And the 1:1 format, I do not know how to explain, I mean , I feel very good , I am very enjoyed with your photography! Thanks again.
Very true, one of many advantages of shooting square :) Very rarely, I make the occasional panorama, so in that case they matter a bit more, but still, nothing to be concerned about.
Every scene is an optical illusion. The illusion is that you are seeing the scene. Keep looking. The dynamic will change. It will now be known that the scene is seeing you. Now ... take the picture.
Wow, 6 minutes to say you shoot wide open for style, maybe I missed something. Anyway, I tend to shot wide open for landscapes too, not all only about 30%, usually to get more light though... it is definitely a balance... I mean, you said at one point the real reason was that you like the images wide open is softer imagines, one could also active a similar effect with longer exposure and motion blur in which case your using motion to get the effect instead 🤔... you could also achieve something similar with iso I suspect but not sure how, maybe set to 25 or 50... iso now is just an on sensor preamplifier I think... anyway, post processing is also an option... the art, imho, is knowing the right time, place and settings for any shot and every shot is different... I can't imagine limiting myself to totally wide open anywhere... what if you are in the Sahara desert?
That's true, I could have done a video with just that one sentence, but I thought that sharing what that style is about and what I'm trying to achieve with it was also interesting. I thought I was being concise and to the point 😅 Anyway, of course, I don't shoot wide open *all the time*, don't take the title literally, but most of the time. As I said in the video, this is just one of the many things I do to achieve the style I want, among them motion blur, which I use rarely but I do. Lastly, wide open doesn't mean extremely fast apertures - I have f/4 lenses, so shooting at f/4 is shooting wide open. But, if you happen to be in the Sahara (or anywhere where it's sunny) well, you could just use an ND filter. I have a few for that reason, and they also contribute to the character of the image.
@@aows I got you... my annoyance isn't with you, there is just so much click bait and people making videos in a futile attempt to make money when youtube takes the most... finding really useful information has started to become a real challenge...
@@aows Minolta AFZ 35mm f2.8. Just developed a roll of Tmax 400 and looking good so far but will scan the negs and make a quick video later. Wishing you well
@@davecarrera thanks and back to you. Good luck with those negatives, I'm sure they'll be awesome. I've subscribed so I'll keep an eye out for that video :)
“Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.” - HCB That said, shooting everything wide open is TERRIBLE advice to other photographers. I understand your approach being your approach. And everyone owns their own approach. Nobody else. Which means everyone needs to find their own approach. For that, it helps if growing photographers looking for their approach can master the craft of photography before they find a way to express themselves through the art of photography. And shooting everything wide open prevents photographers from getting there. One doesn't master the craft if one only shoots wide open. Instagram and Flickr are full of MEANINGLESS photographs of BORING objects through out of focus, portraits with the tip of an eye lash in focus and everything else out of focus - the result of "noobs" buying into the bokeh and full frame hype rather than learning the craft of photography first.
Hi! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, T.W. Well, this wasn't supposed to be advice, I said at the end that this is just my way to do photography because it's the way to make the images I want to make. There's nothing wrong with sharp images, with technically flawless photographs. I just wanted to share my perspective and maybe give people "permission" to break some conventions and rules that might not serve their goals. True, you can find a lot of boring and meaningless images out there, in and out of focus, blurry and sharp, with shallow and infinite depth of field. That's because the technique doesn't matter if we don't know why we photograph, and what we want to make. As for the order in which someone should learn, I don't know. Everyone should carve their own path, it doesn't really matter how they do it. I think we can do everything at the same time, too. Thanks for your comment!
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I find your philosophy of photography totally refreshing. For a long time, I tried to become a 'better' photographer. I think I only succeeded in becoming a more expert recorder of photographic images. I have achieved some very pleasing images but they are not creations in the way that you create images. You have given me a new perspective on photography. Thank you.
So many people seem to chase absolute perfection, this I feel leads to so many images that really look all the same. Imperfections give character....Ludwig was right...
Yes. Perfection is usually a distraction from what matters the most, which is the image we are making. Perhaps because it's the hardest question we need to answer: "why? and what?". Of course there's a place for technically perfect images, too.
Totally agree. Shooting wide open or nearly wide open also adds the bonus of higher shutter speeds. Thus allowing handheld photography even in darker situations. Great video, great job, keep going my friend.
Thank you, Luca! Yes, that's a nice added bonus :)
It's interesting to hear your thoughts and your approach on this topic. Regardless of your reasons, your process works for you as demonstrated by your wonderful images.
Thank you for watching, Terry! At the end of the day, it's about making the images you want to make. Those are the ones that should dictate the process, and not the other way around.
I’ve always loved the impressionist paintings, so I prefer to use the word impression rather than imperfection.
I use Lensbaby lenses, which give me an impression of the scene instantly.
Add fog and that makes it even better.
I also do infrared, so even more impressions with my photography.
I haven’t done ‘proper’ photography for a long time ! 😜
I've always wanted to use a Lensbaby! One day, one day. And I agree about the fog and infrared. I have a little camera converted to infrared and like to use it every once in a while. It opens a whole new world. Still haven't gotten results I love from it, I need to keep using it to find a way to create with it. Cheers to "unproper" photography! 😁
I absolutely love your videos, and your philosophy. 👍🇦🇺🦘
Thank you for the kind words, Peter!
Can't agree more! I personally hate focus stacking, I think it creates a flat looking image with no depth.
Finally someone with a similar style of photography to me (though I don’t do black and white very often :P). I feel like the term “subject photography” fits pretty well with what we do.
Hi, Eirik! I like it! Sometimes, I find it very hard to define my photography. I don't like to call it "fine art", it sounds rather pompous to me... I definitely prefer subject photography.
Nice! I hate ticks too. I go to great lengths to avoid them…and still get a shot.
Haha, be careful! Those little things are very sneaky.
I like to capture the landscape with my photography but I also like to experiment, for example I captured some very abstract images when some low misty cloud wrapped itself across distant Mountains in the Scottish Highlands - shapes, textures and patterns formed the compositions.
Absolutely, we don't have to stick to just one style. Experimentation is really important in photography, we can't forget to have some fun! Those abstracts sound lovely.
I’ve noticed with street photography, it’s very popular to shoot with a Fujifilm and 18mm lens. Very wide perspective and everything from around 1m to infinity is in focus. My 40mm on my FF camera doesn’t have that same dof so I need to zone focus and aim to keep subjects within the limited zone. Much harder to hit the focus zone and often making mistakes can lead to some interesting results.
Yes, the tripod adds distinction !! Lols … I find many of your images visually poetic and at times evocative. Most refreshing to the mind and spirit. Bless
Distinction, right! 😁 Thank you so much for watching and your kind words.
I really appreciate your efforts. You have been able to cover the range of photograph. From the reality of a "slice of life" photograph, max resoltion, perfect exposure and post processing and the "art of the photography."
Thank you, Peter!
Excelente los conceptos de tu estilo de fotografiar, muy parecido a la manera que yo tengo de abordar la fotografía . Saludos
Muchas gracias!
Great video... on my Canon R6 with 50mm f1.8 lens - I often hit the 1/8000 max shutter speed limit!!! Have tried ISO 50 - but this just blows out bright highlights to easily! I love shooting street at f1.8 - but in bright light, need 1/16,000 or 1/32,000 shutter speeds. On my Fuji xt3 - it does these speeds - Sony a7iv and Canon R6 don't!!! Do people fit ND filters to get around this issue? thanks
I recently acquired the Otus 28 & 84 from Ziess to shoot at maximum aperture ( not for people). Great to here your philosophy on this subject. I’m loving your channel. "Visual Poetry " right?
That's the goal :) Thank you so much for watching, those two look like they are beautiful lenses. Enjoy :)
As Ansel Adams said...'sharpness is a bourgeois concept'. I've long since given up on any interest in what manufacturers and many photographers obsess about these days - resolution and sharpness. It's why I began with vintage lenses on digital bodies and then transitioned back to film. It's so ironic that You Tubers with sizeable followings keep buying in the latest 'top performing' kit and then edit for a 'painterly' look that does away with that outright blistering detail capture. Then there are the shots that suck in every scrap of resolution and sharpness and boost it further in post production. These images are so far beyond what is natural to the eye they are painful to look at. Weirdly unnatural. Of course, this is the world according to me and it's fine if I'm in a club of one and everyone else likes what I avoid. Make images that please and speak to you and step off the social media merry-go-round that tries at every turn to engender the belief that you should chase 'likes' and 'followers'.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Steven! You are absolutely right, you should focus on your art, and create what you see. Unfortunately, it's all so easy to fall in the trap of having to do what others are doing, especially when we are just getting started. It's over time that you realize most of the things that work for others don't apply to your work.
the quote is from Henri Cartier-Bresson...
I love my old Nikkor SC AUTO 1.4 50MM at full aperture. Never use a tripod or a flash.
I use it on my Nikon FE, but mostly on my F2a.
Nice! It looks like a beautiful lens.
Excellent video and some very interesting points. Thanks.
Thank you, Thomas!
Well said! Always looking forward to another video. I know in your videos you sometimes switch lenses for your needs. Perhaps sometime, you could dedicate a video taken solely with an 85mm f1.4, 35mm f1.4 or 21mm f1.4, etc.
Thanks, Peter! Yes, definitely, I should and will make a video where I stick to just one lens.
Well said. We want to make mages that are suggestive rather than descriptive. Sharpness is a distraction. Mood........................
It’s not for everyone, and not for every image, but it has its place and value. Choosing that approach, then knowing how to pursue it and getting the results you want is what’s important.
It is a way to do it, I like it that way :) But you are right, sharpness, and all the other technical aspects of photography, are often used as a distraction.
That's the key, knowing the "why" and the "what" of your photography. The "how" comes after you've figured it out.
i just love your channel man.
Thank you so much! Appreciate it.
Brilliant! Thank You!
Thank you!
Very good advice or comments on how you shoot. See way to many vlogs striving for perfection. Sharpness is one of them. The human eye does not see everything sharp and neither should photographs be that way either in my opinion. I too find the tripod more of a hinderance than a help in most situations. Those who use it all the time are losing out on the freedom we have without it. Yeah those ticks are annoying as I have had my share of them here too. Take care and thanks...
I feel like "perfection", or striving for perfection, is a bit of a distraction from what matters the most: the image. It is definitely easier to talk about how to focus properly, about the choice of aperture and shutter speed, and all the technical details, than talking about why we are photographing that scene. I totally agree about the tripod :) I'm kind of stuck because I need one to record myself, but I still like the freedom of movement I get when I'm composing the image.
Exactly.
Most of what we see is not sharp. Even when viewing the sharpest photo on earth, our eyes have to dance around like our eyes are a spotlight lens, in order to eventually view it all.
I agree with, in regards to the tripod, however, I think it depends on what you feel you need to do realize your vision. If you want more freedom then yes the tripod can be a hindrance. If you feel like you tend to move too fast and need something that will make you slow down and be more methodical and feel that slowing down would allow you to create the images you want to create then a tripod will be really beneficial for that.
Nice video, Adrian! I also like the softer look. Not all forms of photography need to be 100% sharp. That's why a lot of us still shoot film :)
Absolutely! I love shooting film, I just wish it wasn't so damn expensive 😁
I saw you use a Chinese faux vintage 35mm lens. I recently acquired a helios lens and have fallen in love with vintage style wide open lenses. Can you be more specific about what lens you use? I'd love to find one.
Hi, Alex! I don't use any Chinese vintage 35mm lens. I have the Samyang 35mm f/1.4, and the 2.8 version, but that's about it. The lens in the thumbnail of this video is a Minolta Rokkor-X 58mm f/1.4. I don't really use that lens, but it came very handy for the thumbnail because I can manipulate the aperture while it's not attached to a camera :)
I appreciate this video. Definitely thought provoking.
Thank you, Berry!
Wow, this is the exactly opposite of Mads Peter Iversen, he does all this bracketing and extracts so much detail with his amazing skills in Photoshop, but after your lecture I see I don't need to learn all that stuff after all!
By the way, the new Tamron 28-75 has got amazing corners wide open, while loosing a little sharpness at f8. My old Tamron has got a huge dust inside, have no idea how it got there, but after shooting in the fog yesterday I must admit it gives a "flare" more often than I like. So don't know what to do about that?
He does that in order to get the images he wants, they are just different styles. Neither of them are right, or wrong, you do whatever you want with your photography :) But I do feel like sometimes we get stuck in technical details, when the important question we need to answer is "why" and "what". The "how" will always be secondary.
About the dust, I'm not sure. Those flares sound annoying. Maybe you can send it somewhere to have it open and cleaned?
@@aows Thanks for pointing out that "why" and "what" is primary, and "how" is secondary!
I'll contact JapanPhoto to see if there's some guarantee? If not, whit the version two of the 28-75 mm, I'm afraid the value of this lens now is so low that I cannot justify the money an opening and cleaning will cost. But I might ask them for a price. Probably I'll try to find a used 24-105 mm f4, I see there are some of them for sale even in this small country.
So much on point here 👍👍
Thanks!
Muy bueno... lo veré varias veces
Good thoughts. Different but certainly worth doing. RS. Canada
Thanks, Richard!
I like the way your mind works. Sharp, clinical photography is like refined white sugar; while evocative photography is like honey.
Btw, you can dust yourself with tick and flea powder. It works well.
Thanks, Terry! I'll try the powder, I really hate seeing them crawling on my clothes.
Shooting wide open with vintage lenses gives you some characters that would be impossible (or very hard) to replicate in post-processing. It's unlikely I can replicate the unique softness and 'glow' of my almost 80 years old WWII era lens :)
If I'm shooting for myself, I'll always embrace the imperfection and just have fun. It's a bit different if I was hired by the client, which often demands a 'perfect' image with high sharpness corner-to-corner.
Btw, I found your channel from another youtube photography channel and really like how you focus on the photography aspect instead of gears :)
Also, greeting from Indonesia :D
Excellent! 👏👏
Thank you! Cheers!
I must disagree about lenses! One did you notice that some lenses cause grain on film? Don't laugh. Test! Diffraction, shoot at f16 22 and make prints 20x25/30cm. Well? How bad or none! Sharpness is also contrast. Using Rodinal after a long period, grain yes but so sharp and detailed. Lovely tonal range. Seeing photos/images so easy. You have to carry a camera. Even the phone that outshines my fancy gear! Great ideas and keeping contacts, a big positive thing. Bravo.
By the way, did you see "Gauguin: Symbolism's Problem Child (Waldemar Januszczak Documentary) | Perspective" ?
You must see that! It seems that to become a famous artist there are two main ingredients:
1) You must live an absolutely insane life.
2) Your art cannot be understood before after your death.
I haven't, but I'll check it out. Well, becoming a "famous artist" shouldn't be the goal, but I do agree that in order to become one you have to be a little insane and stand out somehow.
This was a great video. I believe we are kindred spirits as I hate lugging around a tripod for my landscape work as well. I call myself a Landscape Street Photographer :).
Firstly, thank you for sharing. I love your photography style, these b&w photos are very intersting, and I followde your instagram for a long time. And the 1:1 format, I do not know how to explain, I mean , I feel very good , I am very enjoyed with your photography! Thanks again.
Thank you so much for watching the video, for following along, and for the very kind words!
@@aows See you next video!!!
Well said sir 👌🏽
You shoot it as you see it, that's good and it's up to you!
That said the corners are irrelevant with you displaying everything 1x1 :-)
Very true, one of many advantages of shooting square :) Very rarely, I make the occasional panorama, so in that case they matter a bit more, but still, nothing to be concerned about.
Also, when shooting wide open I feel the colors are "better" - they feel different to me. Of course, not really helping for you :)
No, haha, but I know what you mean :)
Ya
Every scene is an optical illusion. The illusion is that you are seeing the scene. Keep looking. The dynamic will change. It will now be known that the scene is seeing you. Now ... take the picture.
that was goood !
Thank you, Mats!
Wow, 6 minutes to say you shoot wide open for style, maybe I missed something. Anyway, I tend to shot wide open for landscapes too, not all only about 30%, usually to get more light though... it is definitely a balance... I mean, you said at one point the real reason was that you like the images wide open is softer imagines, one could also active a similar effect with longer exposure and motion blur in which case your using motion to get the effect instead 🤔... you could also achieve something similar with iso I suspect but not sure how, maybe set to 25 or 50... iso now is just an on sensor preamplifier I think... anyway, post processing is also an option... the art, imho, is knowing the right time, place and settings for any shot and every shot is different... I can't imagine limiting myself to totally wide open anywhere... what if you are in the Sahara desert?
That's true, I could have done a video with just that one sentence, but I thought that sharing what that style is about and what I'm trying to achieve with it was also interesting. I thought I was being concise and to the point 😅 Anyway, of course, I don't shoot wide open *all the time*, don't take the title literally, but most of the time. As I said in the video, this is just one of the many things I do to achieve the style I want, among them motion blur, which I use rarely but I do. Lastly, wide open doesn't mean extremely fast apertures - I have f/4 lenses, so shooting at f/4 is shooting wide open. But, if you happen to be in the Sahara (or anywhere where it's sunny) well, you could just use an ND filter. I have a few for that reason, and they also contribute to the character of the image.
@@aows I got you... my annoyance isn't with you, there is just so much click bait and people making videos in a futile attempt to make money when youtube takes the most... finding really useful information has started to become a real challenge...
I have no choice but shoot wide open with my point and shoot film camera , 35mm 2.8 all the way :-)
Haha, nice! Which one?
@@aows Minolta AFZ 35mm f2.8. Just developed a roll of Tmax 400 and looking good so far but will scan the negs and make a quick video later. Wishing you well
@@davecarrera thanks and back to you. Good luck with those negatives, I'm sure they'll be awesome. I've subscribed so I'll keep an eye out for that video :)
@@aows early signs look good but will see once I scan them. Thank you for the sub it is very much apricated. :)
Gracias por aportar, algo nuevo siempre, al mundo del arte.. Un saludo.
Muchas gracias, Andrés!
But that's a 2.8-5.6 lens. Not that wide. Anyway, good job
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Use a monopod instead of a tripod.
I've thought about it! But I've had plenty of accidents with 3 legged things, I can only assume I'd be terrible with a 1 leg approach.
“Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.” - HCB
That said, shooting everything wide open is TERRIBLE advice to other photographers.
I understand your approach being your approach. And everyone owns their own approach. Nobody else. Which means everyone needs to find their own approach. For that, it helps if growing photographers looking for their approach can master the craft of photography before they find a way to express themselves through the art of photography. And shooting everything wide open prevents photographers from getting there. One doesn't master the craft if one only shoots wide open.
Instagram and Flickr are full of MEANINGLESS photographs of BORING objects through out of focus, portraits with the tip of an eye lash in focus and everything else out of focus - the result of "noobs" buying into the bokeh and full frame hype rather than learning the craft of photography first.
Hi! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, T.W.
Well, this wasn't supposed to be advice, I said at the end that this is just my way to do photography because it's the way to make the images I want to make. There's nothing wrong with sharp images, with technically flawless photographs. I just wanted to share my perspective and maybe give people "permission" to break some conventions and rules that might not serve their goals.
True, you can find a lot of boring and meaningless images out there, in and out of focus, blurry and sharp, with shallow and infinite depth of field. That's because the technique doesn't matter if we don't know why we photograph, and what we want to make.
As for the order in which someone should learn, I don't know. Everyone should carve their own path, it doesn't really matter how they do it. I think we can do everything at the same time, too.
Thanks for your comment!