I can't get over how great of a story teller your are. Your photos are always inspiring but the way you weave them into visual story telling and cinematography blows me away
You and your channel are going from strength to strength, Faizal. I could not enjoy your videos more. The combination of creativity, outstanding imagery and education is unbeatable. Thank you .
I know a lot of people who will never share the photos which did not work out. But you did, which makes me think that you really believe the message is more important than the messenger. I have been watching your videos for a long time now, and I'm so glad that I found your channel. Stay honest, stay brave. Wish you the best!
I just love everything about your TH-cam channel. Your videography, your calming voice, your storytelling, your beatiful pictures! The low key, none stressfull approach and the mood you set. It’s soo calmiing and enjoyable, it’s a bit like ASMR to your soul 😊 You could make videos about anything really, it’s your storytelling, it’s a gift 🙏🏻
Great story telling. Talking about “bad light,” just look at how many car commercials are being made under bad light (night, cloudy days, rain). This is some great motivation, Faizal.
So delighted to have found your channel. I’ve just gone down a rabbit hole on your videos. Great body of work. The pigeon shots are phenom and such a great example of you using the technique! Thanks for sharing your talents with the world
Hello Faizal, your video caught my attention. It was "shooting in bad light," which seems like all we have of late here in Minnesota. I am very inspired by your black and white ICM photos, and one of my favorites is the street pigeons. ICM gives the image a fine art feel; its unique and different and makes use of bad light. You have inspired me to give this a try. Best wishes
Great video and very cool photos! I live on a city thats have a good light, but its a really boring place, so i use this tecniques quite often. Thanks for your videos!
We have been blessed by another incredible video. Faizal you have done it again man. Your videos are inspiring and I hope you never stop pushing out incredible content.
Well done Faizal. As others said, you have a way of blending videography and stills that makes for an excellent story. It is clear that you spend a lot of time and energy on your YT videos. It shows. Thank you.
wow i really needed this for inspiration. Ihave been wanting to play with motion blur. I always resort to panning shots of cars which I enjoy but this opens up so many more possiblities. Great video Faizal!
beautifully made video! German photographer Siegfried Hansen is one of the people I look up too when I feel uninspired because he shoots in any condition and just focuses on great composition
Thank you so inspiring me to start photographing outside my comfort zone. I have Rubins book as well. It is a great book. I agree with you to recommend it.
Amazing video and well said, experimenting/ breaking the sameness is key for creatives to practice. My friend and I went to NYC on Halloween night and I used flash to photograph my subjects and it turned out better than I expected.
Wow i just found your channel and it's like food for my soul. Also, clicked on your "best light for video" link and literally laughed out loud 😂 you feel like a kindred spirit.
The Creative Act is a must read book for any creative Pierson. It gives strength to be creative, explains what it is and celebrates it, in a way that it makes you feel truly empowered to be yourself. Incredible book.
This is exactly the technique that drew me out of my photographic rut. Experimenting with ICM - intentional camera movement. Applying it to street photography, as well as shoreline landscapes and trees. Well done here.
actually enjoying your content the most when its about photography, no matter the topic. your calm and reflected way of storytelling is very a very good contrast to the daily busy life we are living. thank you for the valuable contribution.
just remember that when the light is in these conditions, it gives you even exposure which is really useful for getting images like gary winogrand, where the focus is on the moment, and not on the color/shadow
I'm currently reading this book and just found your channel. The book is great and easy to apply towards photography. This video is very nice work as well!
Brilliant video! Thanks you for sharing your photographic voyage with us. Weather here in MA is always a mixed bag. Summer 2023 has been hot and rainy!. Always great content!
Another amazing atmospheric video. Noticed the Chinatown motif goes through many of your videos. Head to Shanghai if you have a chance, it's a perfect city for street photography!=)
A strenght of overcast light is that it's super even. I've found it's great for making reds and greens pop in particular. Or, like you might see in your own black and white stuff on here, it makes for shadowy monochrome.
Overcast and cloudy days are actually my preferred days to shoot because the sky is dramatic in backgrounds and the light is incredibly even and soft, like the sky is a giant soft box.
I’ve been recently super into motion blur! Liked it so much I got an VND to utilize in full sun and allows me to quickly swap from slow shutter to a faster one . A lot of fun 🤘🏼
Faizal, you're reading my mind right now, as weather is shifting (here in the UK) and I've done less photography as a result. Maybe time to change up Fuji film-sims, too? That's my focus right now to keep me outside. Thanks for the video.
I work at Center Plaza in downtown Boston, so I'm very familiar with the scene at 3:32. :) I'm hoping someday I'll cross paths with you. I've been in a creative rut, wanting to bring playfulness into my photography, so this video was inspiring. I've also let the weather keep me and my X-E4 indoors; maybe I'll use it as an excuse to buy an X-T5 for its weather sealing. ;)
man Urth makes me feel so good about my photography, i feel like their stuff is professional quality without the professional price. Plus a big point on buying them is ive already had 15 trees planted in my name, not a lot but it feels like it helps
Thank you for this video Faizal, as a Londoner I often find myself very demotivated by the grey weather, and this video lifted my spirits. I have 1 question - did the IBIS of the X-T5 have an impact on the intentional camera movement photos such as the pidgeons at 12:11 ? Did you switch off the IBIS or did it not make a difference?
Someone once told me that as long as you can see, you can make a photo. And, there's no such thing as "bad" light. What matters is that the light is right for what the moment means to and feels for you.
A lot of videos about ICM or shooting in bad conditions have been appearing on my feed lately, this was the best of them by far. I've been going through a rut lately and not only because of lighting conditions. Ive moved to the countryside (i used to live in Montmartre, Paris) and its been difficult to motivate myself to go out. Ive been giving myself too much pressure to do what Im used to doing and looking for the same types of scenes. Maybe its time to go hunting with exercices in mind and not just to fill my portfolio. I might just find something new to get me out there again. Cheers mate 🍻
I’m living in Boston at the moment for about 6 weeks and have gotten to shoot a ton in the city, so it’s really cool to recognize all the locations here and see how you capture them. I feel like I am definitely too light-dependent at the moment, and dropping the shutter speed is something I always forget about, but such a great way to change things up. Definitely need to remember that for future grey days! Haha
Beautiful work ✨ Very inspiring. How have you managed to get such film like colours on your Sony sLog footage? Ciniprint 16 / Dehancer / Resolve? Love the KD 500T vibes. Thank you 😊
I have been finding that the same conditions do not inspire me either. You Faizal have shown me the way to get out there and experiment more. I'm certainly going to give motion photography a try. It's something I have never really done. Thank you for inspiring me with your latest video.🙂
You should try incorporating flash into your intentional camera movement images to freeze the subject (keeps them sharp), and then move the camera in the direction you want the blur or light trails, I love using this technique with flash, especially on days like the one in your video 😊
@@FaizalWestcott oh cool! I'm going to look up that video you did then on using flash. I did this technique with bands and dancers to try and capture energy of the performance (having stage lights in background definitely helps with cool light trails) and I would use something like ND8 filter so I could do exposures of at least 1 second. It might be cool to try this technique at night or during blue hour, or on rainy days where the pavement and stuff is reflective. I love your videos, I find them calming and beautiful; all the best!
Great video. I've been working on ICM and blurring motion for a few weeks now. Thanks to my new camera (OM-5), I now have the option of Live ND and really good IBIS. It makes for interesting photos in "bad" light, such as indoors where a flash is not possible or outdoor street scenes.
finally getting around to this video and I can't lie man, this made me tear up a bit. I've been in a rut myself and this was a perfect reminder to experiment and reduce expectations - that's where the magic happens.
I can't get over how great of a story teller your are. Your photos are always inspiring but the way you weave them into visual story telling and cinematography blows me away
thank you so much 🥲
completely agree !
I agree!
You and your channel are going from strength to strength, Faizal. I could not enjoy your videos more. The combination of creativity, outstanding imagery and education is unbeatable. Thank you .
❤️
I know a lot of people who will never share the photos which did not work out. But you did, which makes me think that you really believe the message is more important than the messenger. I have been watching your videos for a long time now, and I'm so glad that I found your channel. Stay honest, stay brave. Wish you the best!
I just love everything about your TH-cam channel. Your videography, your calming voice, your storytelling, your beatiful pictures! The low key, none stressfull approach and the mood you set. It’s soo calmiing and enjoyable, it’s a bit like ASMR to your soul 😊 You could make videos about anything really, it’s your storytelling, it’s a gift 🙏🏻
Thank you!! :)
Hell yeah Faizal! You’ve blended the world of cinematography with street photography so beautifully (again). Always love to see what you create!
Thank you man!
Great story telling.
Talking about “bad light,” just look at how many car commercials are being made under bad light (night, cloudy days, rain). This is some great motivation, Faizal.
Another great inspiring video!
The first pigeon photo is awesome ❤👌👍🔝📸
I've watched this video may be 4 or 5 times already. Thanks for making YT a nice place where the art actually matters. Cheers from Chile!
So delighted to have found your channel. I’ve just gone down a rabbit hole on your videos. Great body of work. The pigeon shots are phenom and such a great example of you using the technique! Thanks for sharing your talents with the world
Another amazing video…THANK YOU!. I love shooting in the rain and the snow. Whatever the weekend weather brings…Thank you again!
Fantastic way to show how your work is done. The video is just great, calm, peaceful and so interesting! Love to watch them.
I love this video! Thanks for the footages, photos, thoughts and music! Bravo!
thank you so much!
Hello Faizal, your video caught my attention. It was "shooting in bad light," which seems like all we have of late here in Minnesota. I am very inspired by your black and white ICM photos, and one of my favorites is the street pigeons. ICM gives the image a fine art feel; its unique and different and makes use of bad light. You have inspired me to give this a try. Best wishes
Great video. Struggling with the same thing and this certainly gave me some motivation to go out and experiment with different techniques. Thanks!
Great video and very cool photos! I live on a city thats have a good light, but its a really boring place, so i use this tecniques quite often. Thanks for your videos!
We have been blessed by another incredible video.
Faizal you have done it again man.
Your videos are inspiring and I hope you never stop pushing out incredible content.
thank you ❤️
Well done Faizal. As others said, you have a way of blending videography and stills that makes for an excellent story. It is clear that you spend a lot of time and energy on your YT videos. It shows. Thank you.
wow i really needed this for inspiration. Ihave been wanting to play with motion blur. I always resort to panning shots of cars which I enjoy but this opens up so many more possiblities. Great video Faizal!
beautifully made video!
German photographer Siegfried Hansen is one of the people I look up too when I feel uninspired because he shoots in any condition and just focuses on great composition
clicked for the Chinatown alley. enjoyed many pastries there while taking a break from shooting
see you out there!
Thank you so inspiring me to start photographing outside my comfort zone. I have Rubins book as well. It is a great book. I agree with you to recommend it.
Amazing video and well said, experimenting/ breaking the sameness is key for creatives to practice. My friend and I went to NYC on Halloween night and I used flash to photograph my subjects and it turned out better than I expected.
Wow! You have absolutely inspired me to start my photography/videography journey. Love the videos
Danke!
This is one of my fav channels on youtube!
I love this video. Something most of us struggle with for sure. I love the ideas about motion blur!
Wow i just found your channel and it's like food for my soul. Also, clicked on your "best light for video" link and literally laughed out loud 😂 you feel like a kindred spirit.
This is an excellent, entertaining tutorial that demonstrates the techniques without being pedantic. Great job. 😊
The Creative Act is a must read book for any creative Pierson. It gives strength to be creative, explains what it is and celebrates it, in a way that it makes you feel truly empowered to be yourself. Incredible book.
Rainy weather and jazz make for great photography IMO. Also, all my filters are URTH - nice sponsor! 👍🏼
I don't have that camera!
@@FaizalWestcott it was a limited model 😂
This is exactly the technique that drew me out of my photographic rut. Experimenting with ICM - intentional camera movement. Applying it to street photography, as well as shoreline landscapes and trees. Well done here.
That's awesome! It is such a fun experimental technique to use
actually enjoying your content the most when its about photography, no matter the topic. your calm and reflected way of storytelling is very a very good contrast to the daily busy life we are living. thank you for the valuable contribution.
I appreciate that!
just remember that when the light is in these conditions, it gives you even exposure which is really useful for getting images like gary winogrand, where the focus is on the moment, and not on the color/shadow
I'm currently reading this book and just found your channel. The book is great and easy to apply towards photography. This video is very nice work as well!
Found your channel some weeks ago. I love everything you have and are currently putting out there, just wanted to share my thanks.
thank you for watching
eyy nice to see Urth reaching out. I've had filters from them since they used to call themselves Gobe,, nice local Aussie brand :)
Every time i watch a video from you i get inspired to do something new!
these are imperfect yet marvelous
OVERCAST..... or gray scale seems to fit my work very well. thanks for all your work.
Another brilliant video, can't wait to try some motion blur shooting too - some of these shots were beautiful.
This video made me feel things. Rubin's book is incredible and helped me really understand myself better.
Brilliant video! Thanks you for sharing your photographic voyage with us. Weather here in MA is always a mixed bag. Summer 2023 has been hot and rainy!. Always great content!
This summer in Boston might be one of the worst in a long time!
Great topic! Rick Rubin's book is a great tool box.
Another amazing atmospheric video. Noticed the Chinatown motif goes through many of your videos. Head to Shanghai if you have a chance, it's a perfect city for street photography!=)
Wow...I should try that ..thank you for sharing Faizal
A strenght of overcast light is that it's super even. I've found it's great for making reds and greens pop in particular. Or, like you might see in your own black and white stuff on here, it makes for shadowy monochrome.
Overcast and cloudy days are actually my preferred days to shoot because the sky is dramatic in backgrounds and the light is incredibly even and soft, like the sky is a giant soft box.
Yes! I really think color can pop nicely, too.
I’ve been recently super into motion blur! Liked it so much I got an VND to utilize in full sun and allows me to quickly swap from slow shutter to a faster one . A lot of fun 🤘🏼
Love your stuff man. i hope to bump into you someday in Boston while on a photo walk! I usually do Cambridge after work.
Faizal, you're reading my mind right now, as weather is shifting (here in the UK) and I've done less photography as a result. Maybe time to change up Fuji film-sims, too? That's my focus right now to keep me outside. Thanks for the video.
What an episode, man! Loving the exercise!
thank you!
"When life gives you lemons, make a youtube video"
this is one of the best contemporary qoutes of any genre...
I work at Center Plaza in downtown Boston, so I'm very familiar with the scene at 3:32. :) I'm hoping someday I'll cross paths with you. I've been in a creative rut, wanting to bring playfulness into my photography, so this video was inspiring. I've also let the weather keep me and my X-E4 indoors; maybe I'll use it as an excuse to buy an X-T5 for its weather sealing. ;)
I like some of the pictures a lot, and the video shots were mostly pretty cool, despite the weather.
Inspirational, makes me want to get out there whatever the light. Thank you.
I could not enjoy your videos more. thanks you for the great story teller😍
Great ideas for photo techniques to try again, but even better ideas on how to enjoy photoraphy by going into new or under-explored environments.
every video is like a piece of art👏
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An usual day for photography 🙂 Greetings from the UK
this video is a breath of fresh air, thank you
Such a good video, one of best and so inspiring✌✌
Thanks Faizal.
This body of work is mind-blowing
Great video, hope that I will remember how creative you can be on "not so nice" days. Will try it in NYC later this year
Awesome video !!! You’re so inspiring ! Thanks man
man Urth makes me feel so good about my photography, i feel like their stuff is professional quality without the professional price. Plus a big point on buying them is ive already had 15 trees planted in my name, not a lot but it feels like it helps
love all what you did, especially in this video 👍👍
From Southern California. Envy for your rain, but makes me want to find what keeps me from using my camera. Another intelligent and classy video.
4:20 What B&W film simulation do you use?
Thank you for this video Faizal, as a Londoner I often find myself very demotivated by the grey weather, and this video lifted my spirits. I have 1 question - did the IBIS of the X-T5 have an impact on the intentional camera movement photos such as the pidgeons at 12:11 ? Did you switch off the IBIS or did it not make a difference?
Someone once told me that as long as you can see, you can make a photo. And, there's no such thing as "bad" light. What matters is that the light is right for what the moment means to and feels for you.
A lot of videos about ICM or shooting in bad conditions have been appearing on my feed lately, this was the best of them by far. I've been going through a rut lately and not only because of lighting conditions. Ive moved to the countryside (i used to live in Montmartre, Paris) and its been difficult to motivate myself to go out. Ive been giving myself too much pressure to do what Im used to doing and looking for the same types of scenes. Maybe its time to go hunting with exercices in mind and not just to fill my portfolio. I might just find something new to get me out there again. Cheers mate 🍻
I'm so glad you found the video inspiring 😌
Nice video! Which is the black bag you are wearing in it? I love it.
Thank you for this and the book recommendation!
I’m living in Boston at the moment for about 6 weeks and have gotten to shoot a ton in the city, so it’s really cool to recognize all the locations here and see how you capture them. I feel like I am definitely too light-dependent at the moment, and dropping the shutter speed is something I always forget about, but such a great way to change things up. Definitely need to remember that for future grey days! Haha
Beautiful work ✨ Very inspiring.
How have you managed to get such film like colours on your Sony sLog footage? Ciniprint 16 / Dehancer / Resolve? Love the KD 500T vibes.
Thank you 😊
Just wanted to say that I enjoy your art very much. Stay inspired bro.
Thank you so much 😀
I have been finding that the same conditions do not inspire me either. You Faizal have shown me the way to get out there and experiment more. I'm certainly going to give motion photography a try. It's something I have never really done. Thank you for inspiring me with your latest video.🙂
That first pigeon picture is so dope. I’ll pay for that. Lmk if I can buy it.
Great video, great thoughts! Thanks a lot
Hi man nice video ..how do you please turn on that tracking focus ? .)
You should try incorporating flash into your intentional camera movement images to freeze the subject (keeps them sharp), and then move the camera in the direction you want the blur or light trails, I love using this technique with flash, especially on days like the one in your video 😊
I actually did a flash video last year! It was so difficult for me. Your comment reminds me I should give it another go!
@@FaizalWestcott oh cool! I'm going to look up that video you did then on using flash. I did this technique with bands and dancers to try and capture energy of the performance (having stage lights in background definitely helps with cool light trails) and I would use something like ND8 filter so I could do exposures of at least 1 second. It might be cool to try this technique at night or during blue hour, or on rainy days where the pavement and stuff is reflective. I love your videos, I find them calming and beautiful; all the best!
As always captivating, beautifully throughout video ❤
This was inspiring! Thank you!
Funnily enough, I love the rain and low light for photography.. I just have the cold and getting wet!
Our battles are different my friend!
Great video. I've been working on ICM and blurring motion for a few weeks now. Thanks to my new camera (OM-5), I now have the option of Live ND and really good IBIS. It makes for interesting photos in "bad" light, such as indoors where a flash is not possible or outdoor street scenes.
I love everything about this video
As a film girly I live overcast or cloudy days. For me its seems to elevate my compositions, because I’m not chasing the light.
Great video, very relatable. Loved the pigeon shots too
woaw... so inspiring and soothing
for most photographers bad light is bright sunny lol. but gotta love it in street photogrsaphy
finally getting around to this video and I can't lie man, this made me tear up a bit. I've been in a rut myself and this was a perfect reminder to experiment and reduce expectations - that's where the magic happens.
Your videos always give me the chills! haha! Great work buddy! I'm going out there to try the same now!
this is gold.. thanks for this content Sir
That book is amazing. I'm glad you found it helpful :)
thank YOU Reggie!
I love this video. So inspirational.
This is a great video!!
Cant wait for the next rainy day. Which off course is right around the corner here in germany😂
Thank you for the inspiration! Do you have the IBIS disabled when you move the camera during the shutter is open?
Love that one ... thanks
Once again great video!! Btw, what Arc’teryx jacket are you wearing?