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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- This was a long 17 mile, 90+ degree (32+ Celsius), 40K Step day on Wednesday, July 12.
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Here's my IG: / paulie.b
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Shout out to the photographers that I ran into on this day:
Reuben: / reuben_radding
Dma: / dmitrydenyak
Alvin: / fallenyouths
Nick: / nicholasmichaluk
Grant: / grantgulla
Cisco: / cisconyc
Shout out to Jon for filming and editing this video:
/ the.jonfernandez
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Gear used:
For Video:
Canon R6 (shrsl.com/4603a)
Canon RF 24-70 (shrsl.com/4603f)
For Audio
DJI Mic (amzn.to/43JJojV)
For Stills:
Leica M6 (shrsl.com/45wfx)
Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH (shrsl.com/4603k)
Film:
Kodak Portra 800 (amzn.to/3DEXEQd)
Kodak Ultramax 400 (amzn.to/3Yc2cXQ)
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#streetphotography #filmphotography #nyc
I love it when Reuben appears like Gandalf and drops wisdom.
I'm in a rut too. Waited a week for the sun to come out, went out today, 0 shots, 2 confrontations, slipped on some moss and fell. Watching these videos makes me feel better, thanks for the content Paulie.
damn bro 😂 shit happens
I find it really fitting that a video about getting out of a photo rut ends with the sun not cooperating after walking miles in a 12 hour span. While I agree with many that it is important to get out there and keep shooting, its also important to remember that many circumstances are out of your control regardless of your personal effort; which should be neither encouraging or discouraging, but rather a reminder to stay humble and keep yourself ready for the next day's effort.
Also you don't HAVE to shoot every day to be a photographer. Don't let that belief stop you from feeling like an artist.
only a few minutes in and i notice the camera / production looks different (in a good way). always glad to see another upload thanks paulie
Reuben is so insightful 💯 You’re a huge inspiration Paulie!
In the turbulent world of YT Photography channels this channel is always a beacon of quality, great shots and interesting conversation.
Thanks for sharing and keep them coming
Here here.
You are looking for the needle in the haystack. Sometimes you find it and sometimes you don't. It's not a numbers game, just one really great picture beats the hell out of a thousand mediocre ones. That's why you do it. You are looking for that needle!
Great video and great to see the lowlights of street photography being highlighted.
Man, looking at the summer over at NYC, this year's London summer suck balls!
However, the Sony shooters are feasting tho! Dark and moody wide open pictures all summer.
You are much more than a TH-cam channel. Keep finding your next level 📈
Everything Reuben Radding says is so inspirational and helpful. I could listen to him all day.
If I ever feel like I"m in a rut, I just put on Office Hours or his Walkie Talkie and it gets me right back in the mood.
Garment District/ Hell’s Kitchen- south and east of PA is the best for all walks of people clashing on the streets. From the zombies to tourists to workers, it’s the best mix. It’s dark, funny, sad, happy… everything
This man is building up his TH-cam audience the no bs way. Authentic and real videos without following whatever trend happens to be going on. It’s inspiring to see and it’s awesome to see it paying off. Massive props!
I’ve always done two things to get out of a rut: 1. Go to the movies 2. Drive off somewhere to explore and take photos
12 hrs of street is crazy! Would love to do that in NYC sometime🤘
Yes indeed. Gotta get out there and get on the horse. Some of the best days I had in NYC were always on days I did not want to shoot. I got out there with camera in hand and put on my best playlist in my headphones and reacted to what I witnessed. I would often come away with a lot of keepers just because the initial action led to another connection or adventure. The ones that sit on their asses dwelling on the rut will never pop out of it. I said this teaching for Adorama, and I will always stick to it. 🤘🏻📸
Street photography is a grind. TH-cam is a grind. Put them both together and it’s a recipe for burnout. Hopefully you can find your way out of the rut Paulie ✌🏼.
this energy is perfect timing fr i’m just now getting out of my rut 😅
So inspirational - even to an older photog in grey UK !!
Colour grading on the video is on point.
You’ve created a beautiful catalog of street photography videos and this video is the cherry on top! Your creative struggle is so relatable. Keep pushing man, you got this😊
“Nancy, WHERE’S THE BUS!?!” Took me out 😂💀
Dear Paulie B, I love your videos!
Love this
Just a quick tip for everyone out there and probably the most useful one, if you are dedicated to something just do it in a way that makes you do it for a lifetime, just don’t go shoot or whatever when you don’t feel it, you will always come back stronger: just follow your feelings overall. Don’t force yourself. there are days with good pictures and days without: part of the game . Bye
Also a good tip: do what you want
Love that you are not falling in to the camera reviews an gear that loot of the photography channels ens going to.
i wish my city was this busy.. but this was insiping to make want to get back out shooting the streets.
Space is the place!
Perfect timing as I just noticed I’m in a rut. This summer heat/light is nooooooo joke.
Hi Paulie, I discovered your channel about 2 months ago. It's a total inspiration.. Keep up the great work. Cheers Ian. Leicester UK.
I try something completely different. It could be a different lens or a completely different town..... but always, always.... keep shooting!!!
Keep doing the lords work Paulie
Gotta love portra 800.. awesome vlog Paulie...8 pm is bright as hell😮... awesome shots boy..love your humble mindset
U will get tru the rutt we need more of these too .
I'm halfway through the video and this was one of the best so far except for Walkie Talkie. Some Reuben, wise words from both of you and of course great photos! Very inspiring 😊
Thank you for creating your content and sharing these moments with us. I learn something new and feel understood in new ways every time I watch your channel/ interview processes. Keep up the good work 🤍
I love that you guys have such a great street photographer community in New York and the fact that people are generally chilled about being photographed. Where I live street photography is not even strictly legal and people are really alien to the concept of someone taking their photo for art. Sometimes you retreat into taking safe and boring shots because of the anxiety. I wonder how you would approach a city that is not comfortable with the idea of street photography in general..
Hope you’re okay Paulie, sounded like you got more than just a creative rut on your mind ❤️
I love your videos. The organic nature of them. Not just the individual videos but that you created this whole idea. And I think you’re a fabulous photographer with a good eye. And presence. I think this channel is a gift to the street photographer community, a somewhat insular community though having grown, still small.
You’re the best channel, to me at least, just due to you. So thank you.
I don’t know (or probably you) what specifically you’re aiming at in your own journey, exactly. No creator knows exactly unless it’s what, to achieve a certain amount of views, fame, money. But an artist, their aim, is usually looking for something more. In addition you spoke about an interior dissatisfaction. Hell, that’s just part of human nature but personal to each person.
Anyway, shit, just loving your channel. It definitely, and this is kinda strange, but watching your videos, seeing other photographers doing their stuff, it does actually inspire me and does get me out of my photography rut. So thanks!!!
RR is the best. love him.
Loved it man, some serious walking in that heat.. Don't often get in rut for photography but other hobbies I do. Listen and accept how you really feel on the day. Sometimes you just need to stay home and rest and that's ok.
I live in Corpus Christi. Population 330k. Everything is flat and industrial. Been here my whole life. I find it soooo hard to find inspiration.
I took my first trip to NYC BEFORE I started shooting film, so a weekend of digital.
Went to Colombia for a week and shot 14 rolls, but I was also with my girlfriend, so couldn’t focus SOLELY on photography.
27 days until my trip to CDMX and I’m taking 50 rolls of film and will have 7 days alone. I’m hoping that will help me to push through.
Only thing that sucks for me is getting depressed when I come back 🥲
Love watching your vids Paulie, these help to motivate me to just go shoot.
Every time watching your videos I'm shouting out 'shoot that, quick shoot that'. Love it bro 🤳
Me too, I liked the shot of the woman in that group off to the side on her cell phone =)[on the steps segment] I was like take that one! Love how he has that map for us to follow along. Hollar from 105 Texas =)
Thank you for making a video like this, as a creative we all go through rough/ slow periods. It’s important to just keep going and remember to actually enjoy what you do. I really enjoyed the process of this video, thank you again. I will be watching this video many times.
Love the consistency
Love the community you guys have out there. Love that!!!
“Target Practice.” Love it!
@21:00 Did Michael Bay direct this?
maybe
The struggle is so evident that all you do must be the strongest for ever.
"THIS could be the double murder" is an amazing book/zine/show title.
ran into rueben probably 5 months ago while shooting street with a fujica g690. he felt it was too big/heavy for getting good street shots. a couple months of shooting with it later I can confirm he was absolutely right
Felt like a walkie talkie with the walkie talkie man himself
The back hurt! We gettin old!
I felt you when you said that the cause of your creative rut may not even be photography related, in most cases when life gets hectic it can def affect the creative inspo and motivation. Keep up the insightful work, stay cool 🤘🏾
I give myself creative challenges that sets the theme for the day. So I know what to look for, a goal to aim for. I shoot videos of this process. Keep up the grind Paulie, things pass and you 'll be back in the flow again.
Take a break then.. Read some nice books then go back....
Dude this is a super vulnerable and real and relatable and I really appreciate it. It’s super valuable to see how someone you look up to can also have down days. Very human. Makes fellow photogs/creators feel less alone so thank you for that man.
I also hope you don’t forget how much of a an absolute boss you are. The reason you are able to do what you do is because you are super talented as both a documentarian and a street photographer so I hope you get through it soon.
I think it’s clear there’s no one answer to the rut but if you want some other ideas here’s a few:
1) go out for a day without any camera.
2) start a new project. Could be as small as a daily theme (i.e. shadows, lines, etc.) that you are always on the hunt for or a full blown project that you can immerse yourself in.
3) after writing #2 I remembered there’s books with like assignments and project ideas or shit like that. It may sound corny or like beginner photography stuff but shit works.
4) probably use a digital camera for this one but pick a day to go out and just play. Do long exposures while walking. Fuck around. Shoot bizarre compositions. Break rules. Shoot like a 15 year old that just got a camera. Have fun and let go.
5) take a break from shooting to pull together a project from old work.
6) look at inspiration. Go to one of the many amazing museums and shit you have there and experience some inspiring art/architecture.
7) take a break.
8) day trip outside the city
Anyway wishing you the best from the west dude! Holler if you’re ever gonna be in San Diego and wanna shoot.
Always a treat to listen to Ruben
Really enjoyed the videography of this video man!
What you do is amazing, Paulie. Keep it up! Your pictures are great and your channel is very important for the community. Even more for the people that do not live in a country with a street photography culture, we learn about it with you!
Yoo, Paulie your videos get me so pumped to shoot! It’s like watching a skate video before you go shred, although I don’t shred as much anymore. All of the photographers you feature and your own work is super inspiring and has helped me get out of a rut in the past, so thanks for that! Keep up the good work dude! 👊
I’m exhausted after a few hours at Coney Island and you put in more than a full day. Respect!
So glad I found this channel! always walk away from the videos feeling inspired
I always appreciate the realness you bring to the hobby of street photography. Thanks for what you do Paulie 👊🏻
Keep balling, Paulie!!
Love you reppin' Chicago.
South side ! ❤
I'm putting the description of "rut" here in case anyone would mistake it for creative block.
"a habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change."
Hey, nice vid !
I was wondering what's your bag ? It seems perfect for a all day of streetphotography, thanks.
Thanks for making these inspirational street videos. I randomly met you at a bar in Denver years ago, anyways the TH-cam algorithm wins with this one haha.
I saw you yesterday on Spring :)
17 miles is savage!!!
Hey Paulie! Keep it up, its great inspiration for everyone 💪🏽
In my recent case of burnout this year, I wound up leaving the cameras at home for about 2-3 weeks to recharge the creative mode. Usually in the past, being burnt out only needed a few days or just a week.
Awesome video
loving the vibe brother!! and i feel the filming quality really improved from someone helping you film. keep going! loved the video
sick!
Keep shooting and stay inspired :-)
smooth transition at the beginning, Paulie
Love the vids keep it up boss
I previously had not much interest to go to NYC for photography due to how overdone it is but the idea of meeting you guys randomly on the streets is too cool to miss out on. maybe ill book some holiday at some point to eat hotdogs and shoot street for a week or so :D
Reubens reminds me of Coppola in different ways.
Exactly what I needed
My guy Ruben
I'm learning that when I'm in a rut it just means that I'm bored of taking the obvious pics.
It just means that I'm going to have to find something that much more interesting to shoot.
But that's how its always suppose to be. It just means less chance of me taking pics of mailboxes and shit like that when I'm over-inspired.
Waiting on the Adidas x Paulie B walking shoe collab 😤
Great video. Thanks.
The inevitable M6. Nice battered 35 fle.
With the fancy water. Nancy wheres the bus?
0:56 Now that sh1t was smooth
Masking transitions bang
Ok i read all the comments to find that bag ref. Give it to us before i take a flight from Paris France and steal it from you.
Gread job, lovely pics, and top notch vidéo.
You won’t
@@PaulieB i'm at the airport and on my way Peter Parker ;)
such a nice video
great video as always
how to get out of Photography rut. Travel, explore new places, don´t become extremely selective, be more spontaneous, impulsive, open your mind to other type of photography, for example scenes with no people but with the human essence in the details, take some time off and study other photographers body of work, be inspired by other photographers, experiment with a different camera or format or film stock, go night photography exclusively for a while, to name a few
Reuben Radding is the photography version of Rick Rubin
Sorry, you're not allowed to be in a rut if you live in or near NYC... i'm kidding of course... kinda
Good
Waiting for you to reunite with your new mate Biego. Also how do you pay the bills, you always seem to be out grinding 😅
Kickass!! ❤
Its a dream of mine to one day walk these streets as a lightstalker
They’re dressed in folk costumes, Slavic or Bulgarian. I thought Paulie would get a bit more information. ;) Also, why are young street shooters so fond of Portra 800, it seems quite fast for daylight + fast glass. Maybe it lets them zone focus at f11?
They didn’t speak English and it seemed like they didn’t want to explain so I let it be.
Portra 800 because, even on the sunniest day in the city, you’re constantly in shadows because of all the buildings. Can only speak for myself.
To get out of a rut sometimes try shooting something else. If you are in the city try ridding the MTA north and shoot some small Hudson Valley towns or go for a hike with your camera. Maybe photograph fashion there are a ton of models in the city. A few tips I can share for shooting in the city are walk from south to north. It keeps sun over your shoulders. If it gets to hot head down to the Battery and downtown, it is always cooler down there because the breeze comes in off the harbors. When you are near Bryant Park check out the ping pong players, there is a whole culture of players there.
Paulie B, how are you able to tell time without a watch on your wrist? 😮
Anyone have the ID on Paulie's watch @2:40?
dope bag ! can we have a ref ?! nice vidéo as always
How long was your photography rut before this video? 😅