This is very educational and entertaining to watch. The footfall tip is great and it does make a huge difference when compared with others. Thank you and look forward to more videos from you!
I love the choice to punch up the contrast w/ in camera settings and shooting this particular location. Also, was cool to see how when light turned from direct-hard to diffuse as cloud cover varied, it changed the transition between shadow and light and you changed your composition.
I like all the photos and am inspired to go look at our city's shadows soon. My favorite though is the vertically oriented one under the curved-in roof. The shape of the space is wonderfully revealed. I "converted" an xt10 to black/White with just jpg shots, all manual settings, b/w profiles, and old Minolta lenses. It's been an interesting change of pace. Thank you for your insights into your photos.
Thanks for watching, Ted! Glad this inspired you to get out and shoot. It can be fun to change up your regular workflow and explore things differently. Hope it was fruitful!
Great video, mate! Interesting perspective and nice delivery. Very cool to see the process at work, and the general respect for design, artistry, and history of the spot too. ✌️
Thanks. Just finished this after starting some time ago. You’re great at handling both the art of photography and the techniques of the camera. I love the minimalist style in this video and the building lends itself to it so well! Looking forward to more!
Love your compositions! Using darkness and light as almost graphic elements is awesome. Hard to pick my favorite, but probably the one of the man at the very far end of the stairway... beautiful. I need to start playing around with the tone curve as you did here on my x100v. I've only had it 2 weeks now, but loving it and falling back in love with B&W!
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer Definitely. Just subscribed. I enjoyed the content and the clarify of the explanations. I shoot Sony but just got myself an X100V for casual shooting and so far very pleased with the purchase.
Wow great use of the light and the structure/beams. The shot with the lady with the umbrella was my fav. I liked your video and subscribed to your channel!
Hi Dylan, I'm looking for a new camera and I need your advice. Mostly for landscape, nature,sky and sometimes portraits. So the choice is between Fujifilm X-T 4 with kit 16-80mm or X-H 2 with same kit. I'm limited in budget for the top glasses. In my country x-h 2 and x-t 4 have the same price. Thank you!!!
Great educational and fun video. I've actually been to this location, so it's really nice to see it from your perspective. Many contenders for my fav. shot but the one that stood out most was your shot of the lady on the bottom right walking towards the black void. Thanks for the making this wonderful video.
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I visited this spot when I wasn't living here but I actually live in Seoul now. Sadly i only had a phone camera at that ttime, but I'm now getting back to going out and shooting more thanks to Fujifilm. Didn't know anyone make a camera so similar to my old FM2, and that's how i found your chanel. Ima subscribe now
Hi Dylan. Can you please explain why shoot in B/W when Lightroom will allow to transform after? The thing is, doing that we can miss a beautiful colour frame. Great video by the way.
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I learn something today. I was sure that color was not possible to recuperate. But the in RAW it is. I try it and work. Thank you.
Dylan, excellent presentation, tutorial &, of course, stunning images. This is the style of 📸 I have been trying to learn. I find your style of presentation is very pleasant, easy to understand & most informative to achieve the balance of dynamic range, subtle details, light/shadow gradation & point of interest. Just discovered your channel & a new subscriber. Thank you. ✌🏼& 📸
Great stuff, Dylan. I haven’t seen you for a while and this video has made me watch four of your videos in a row. You’re so good to listen to. Keep it up, mate ! 🇦🇺👍😜 Now, which one will I watch now......
Thanks Dylan, great video. Interesting location and some great shots. My favourite is the lady with umbrella leaving the frame with huge beams behind her but there are many contenders!
You better believe I tried! I was hoping one of the pigeons would fly in their... I've got legs, bags, and all sorts of other things. Something small like a dog or a bird is all that would fit and I waited and waited. ha!
Hi Dylan, discovered you recently and am getting more and more fond of your channel. Really appreciate the combo of pics and your explanations! Hope you continue. ;-)
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I was planning a trip when a video mentioned that there's no Google maps, no English directions in metro or trains and that it's in general a bit difficult with English alone.
@@pixelcrisp_de Downtown is super easy if you speak English... once you leave the tourist areas, you'll want at least a translation app. All maps are available in English and all transportation has English announcements as well as Chinese and Japanese. Not sure where you found that info, but Korea will be fine. It's not Europe or South East Asia, but you'll get by just fine!
Thanks, Chris! The X100V is a wonderful, if slightly expensive, little camera. As long as you're not expecting industry-leading performance and just looking for a fun camera to use, you won't be disappointed.
Cheers, Matthew! I was very much just responding to the place as I felt it. Light in this space is unlike anywhere else in Seoul, so it really lends itself to images like these.
Thanks! When using the X100V, I'm in aperture priority using the wide metering setting and just riding the exposure compensation dial until I'm happy with what I see in the EVF. Then, after a few tweaks in post, it's good to go.
Getting home sick watching these videos from Seoul 😅. Really enjoyed the high contrast images with a lot of black space. DDP is interesting in a sense that I think there’re a lot less people out and about compared to usual, when it comes to these kinds of destinations in the city. But it’s not like some places here in Finland where you might have to wait for 15-30 minutes for someone to walk through the frame :D
This was summer holiday week here, so everyone's off spreading COVID on the beaches. It makes for a pleasant number of people at DDP, though. Just enough that you can shoot minimally like this, but not so many that it's uncomfortable. Unlike Finland, we tend to have the problem of waiting 30 minutes so there aren't people in the frame. ;)
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer Hmm my experience from DDP has been that it's a lot less crowded than say Bukcheon, Hongdae, Myeongdong, Insadong or any other place I tend to go to during my visits :) That said, I lived in Seoul a decade ago, so obviously things change and there are a lot photogenic places that I am not even aware of.
hahaha great video, I really appreciate your work. I have been learning things from you videos. Thank you . By the way, the "顺天者存， 逆妻者亡" on the wall , it is funny :)
Hi! Pre-COVID, I was teaching with www.picsofasia.com/ down in Vietnam every year, but haven't done any since then. Shoot me an email and maybe we can make something happen for you here. Cheers!
Amazing photos. One of my favourite is the last photo. Not sure if I miss it in the video but is it just JPEG or there are some edit on the photo? Need more of this video!
yes great shots great local... wonder if the images shown were the jpgs with the settings mentioned or if they were from the RAWs. Esp. the high ISO shots. i know everyone says high ISO is fine, but often find it gives me trouble, even in BnW.
I don't reall mind grain. I'll shoot ISO 6400 without even considering it. If you're really looking for the cleanest possible files, it's worth taking care. But, I added even more grain in post production. It's all personal preference.
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer absolutely! with youtube compression etc, such subtelties are largely lost. but grain has its place and a combo of high contrast and concrete textures has got to be a good example of where it will work. great vid as always!
Hey Dylan, personally I really liked the shot where you exposed for the shadows and got that ultra stark, other-worldly bright, baron but detailed view of all that glorious concrete almost white in the luminance range. I was thinking that shot would have looked great with the original shadow darkened down so more, but not to the point of losing the eye being drawn to the dark skirt being worn by the lady top right in the shot. Out of curiosity, don’t recall if you mentioned it in your settings, but what DynamicRange setting(s) did you use, or do you leave it on auto (max DR200 I’m guessing in those conditions). Also, do you opt to go in full manual mode in these conditions, or just set your aperture and see how your SS falls or ride your exp. comp dial until you’re happy with the look?
Hi Stephen! Thanks for watching! Interesting thoughts on the shadow darkening! It didn't even cross my mind. In terms of settings, it's super simple. DR100 (I very rarely even change this setting) and Aperture Priority (rarely use anything else on the X100).
In camera, I usually work with Acros or Monochrome + R. However, I don't use Fujifilm's black and white for my final images. I do the work in Capture One.
Nice tutorial. Very very demonstrative and atistic. Thank you
Your channel is becoming one of my favourites. good combination of relaxing vibe, theory, practice, gear prn and, actually, good photos :)
Thanks so much! Glad it resonates.
This is very educational and entertaining to watch. The footfall tip is great and it does make a huge difference when compared with others. Thank you and look forward to more videos from you!
This was really interesting from a technical point of view!
Thanks for sharing! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!
Fantastic video! I love your blend of a photo walk and then a discussion about the images afterwards. Some brilliant insights.
Thanks, Morgan. Definitely something I'm hoping to do more of now that the weather is breaking. Can't wait for spring to finally get underway!
Thank you for sharing your experience and thought process. I learned a lot!
You are so welcome!
I love the choice to punch up the contrast w/ in camera settings and shooting this particular location. Also, was cool to see how when light turned from direct-hard to diffuse as cloud cover varied, it changed the transition between shadow and light and you changed your composition.
Light is where it's at! There's no good light, no bad light, just how you make use of it!
Nice minimalist photo walk. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I like all the photos and am inspired to go look at our city's shadows soon. My favorite though is the vertically oriented one under the curved-in roof. The shape of the space is wonderfully revealed.
I "converted" an xt10 to black/White with just jpg shots, all manual settings, b/w profiles, and old Minolta lenses. It's been an interesting change of pace. Thank you for your insights into your photos.
Thanks for watching, Ted! Glad this inspired you to get out and shoot. It can be fun to change up your regular workflow and explore things differently. Hope it was fruitful!
Excellent video and great images.
Beautiful job, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks
I learn a lot watching your work
Glad to hear that!
Great video, mate! Interesting perspective and nice delivery. Very cool to see the process at work, and the general respect for design, artistry, and history of the spot too. ✌️
My favourite is the super blown out image. It gave me scifi feel, like dune or something.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Thanks. Just finished this after starting some time ago. You’re great at handling both the art of photography and the techniques of the camera. I love the minimalist style in this video and the building lends itself to it so well! Looking forward to more!
Nice building to shoot in. I like the Photograph with peron with the half opened embrella the most
It's a great spot, for sure. We used to have a few open rooftops we could shoot it from, but no longer. :(
Loved all the pictures and it was a very educational video as well.
Thanks, Sara!
The ISO 640 stuff was delicious. Beautiful shots.
Thanks for watching!
Love your compositions! Using darkness and light as almost graphic elements is awesome. Hard to pick my favorite, but probably the one of the man at the very far end of the stairway... beautiful. I need to start playing around with the tone curve as you did here on my x100v. I've only had it 2 weeks now, but loving it and falling back in love with B&W!
Cheers, Keith! Hope you enjoy the new camera. It's a fun little machine, for sure.
Great pictures...Well done. Looks like Allan Schaller.
Stunning and inspirational photos. Thanks Dylan
Thanks, Simon!
Really great images and a great video. You have a new subscriber.
Thank you very much! Welcome aboard.
Love the outlook you have.
Appreciate it. Hope you enjoyed the video.
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer Definitely. Just subscribed. I enjoyed the content and the clarify of the explanations. I shoot Sony but just got myself an X100V for casual shooting and so far very pleased with the purchase.
Have fun! That's a great little camera that rarely leaves my side.
Great stuff Dylan, fellow photography TH-camr here. Glad I found your channel! Cheers from The Netherlands 🇳🇱
Thanks, Niels. Will head over and check out your channel!
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer happy to connect 👌👊
Very informative & enjoyable, and the slideshow is a nice touch to display the photographs. Thanks!
Thanks a lot, Brian!
Terrific video. Educational and inspiring. I got Zen Camera because of your comments! Thanks! Geoff.
Wonderful! I hope you enjoy the book. It's a short read, but a long one to digest.
Wow great use of the light and the structure/beams. The shot with the lady with the umbrella was my fav. I liked your video and subscribed to your channel!
Cheers, Darren! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Nice to see a great photography of seoul!
Cheers, Zack!
Holy smokes, the shots are amazing!! Love the dark black and white👍🏻!!
Thanks a lot, Barry!
I’ve been vistited your instagram. You’re doing Nice pictures. I’ve almost liked all of them. 😅👏🏻
Hi Dylan, I'm looking for a new camera and I need your advice. Mostly for landscape, nature,sky and sometimes portraits. So the choice is between Fujifilm X-T 4 with kit 16-80mm or X-H 2 with same kit. I'm limited in budget for the top glasses. In my country x-h 2 and x-t 4 have the same price.
Thank you!!!
learned so much on this! Keep it up! subbed!
Glad it was helpful. Welcome aboard.
Stellar shots dude…
Thanks!
Great educational and fun video. I've actually been to this location, so it's really nice to see it from your perspective. Many contenders for my fav. shot but the one that stood out most was your shot of the lady on the bottom right walking towards the black void. Thanks for the making this wonderful video.
Cheers, Khanh! When did you visit Seoul?
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I visited this spot when I wasn't living here but I actually live in Seoul now. Sadly i only had a phone camera at that ttime, but I'm now getting back to going out and shooting more thanks to Fujifilm. Didn't know anyone make a camera so similar to my old FM2, and that's how i found your chanel. Ima subscribe now
Hi Dylan. Can you please explain why shoot in B/W when Lightroom will allow to transform after? The thing is, doing that we can miss a beautiful colour frame. Great video by the way.
I have a video on this. You can see it here. th-cam.com/video/aSz44EjZpIM/w-d-xo.html
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I learn something today. I was sure that color was not possible to recuperate. But the in RAW it is. I try it and work. Thank you.
Dylan, excellent presentation, tutorial &, of course, stunning images. This is the style of 📸 I have been trying to learn. I find your style of presentation is very pleasant, easy to understand & most informative to achieve the balance of dynamic range, subtle details, light/shadow gradation & point of interest. Just discovered your channel & a new subscriber. Thank you. ✌🏼& 📸
Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words.
Great stuff, Dylan. I haven’t seen you for a while and this video has made me watch four of your videos in a row.
You’re so good to listen to.
Keep it up, mate ! 🇦🇺👍😜
Now, which one will I watch now......
Bloody hell... I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your time! Haha. Thanks for stopping by, mate!
Thanks Dylan, great video. Interesting location and some great shots. My favourite is the lady with umbrella leaving the frame with huge beams behind her but there are many contenders!
Thanks for watching, Chris!
If possible, getting a subject in that patch of light on the left at 8:13 would be crazy
You better believe I tried! I was hoping one of the pigeons would fly in their... I've got legs, bags, and all sorts of other things. Something small like a dog or a bird is all that would fit and I waited and waited. ha!
I'm really enjoying your channel. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Very well made and narrated.
Cheers, Sanjoy. Thanks for watching.
Really beautiful photographs.
Thanks, Tapan!
Great video, really making me want to try black and white (my cameras monochromatic feature) more.
It's a fun way to create a little variation in your approach, for sure.
Beautiful photos 👍
Many thanks!
This is great content Dylan keep it up! Are you based in Korea right now?
Thanks! I am. This is home for now.
Very well done. Thanks for this!
Thank you for watching.
Hi Dylan, discovered you recently and am getting more and more fond of your channel. Really appreciate the combo of pics and your explanations! Hope you continue. ;-)
Thanks, Peter! Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Such a helpfully video.
Great shots! I love the minimal frames and contrast. Did we see your SOOC jpg files or were these edited RAW files?
Hi Joe,
I never make use of the jpg files. The settings are just there as a preview during shooting.
Cheers,
Great educational video! Just got the Fujifilm X100V 2 months ago and I'm actually thinking about visiting South Korea. Bit scared though
Why would you be scared to visit Korea?
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I was planning a trip when a video mentioned that there's no Google maps, no English directions in metro or trains and that it's in general a bit difficult with English alone.
@@pixelcrisp_de Downtown is super easy if you speak English... once you leave the tourist areas, you'll want at least a translation app. All maps are available in English and all transportation has English announcements as well as Chinese and Japanese. Not sure where you found that info, but Korea will be fine. It's not Europe or South East Asia, but you'll get by just fine!
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer Thanks man! Sounds good :-) I'll rethink my plans then
Stunning collection of B&W images! Love the flow of your video. Very tempted to add the X100V to my kit.
Thanks, Chris! The X100V is a wonderful, if slightly expensive, little camera. As long as you're not expecting industry-leading performance and just looking for a fun camera to use, you won't be disappointed.
Some of the these images remind me of the work of Fan Ho, with solitary individuals set within an urban landscape.
Cheers, Matthew! I was very much just responding to the place as I felt it. Light in this space is unlike anywhere else in Seoul, so it really lends itself to images like these.
Fantastic video and I loved the images. What metering do you use? Or full manual, your exposure is spot on 👌
Thanks! When using the X100V, I'm in aperture priority using the wide metering setting and just riding the exposure compensation dial until I'm happy with what I see in the EVF. Then, after a few tweaks in post, it's good to go.
I got to watch the video with the algorithm. do you live in seoul? :)
Really good! Could you maye show us how you edit your shots? I really like the b/w you use!
Thanks for watching! I'm in no way confident enough with my post-production to talk with any authority on it. I'm not sure it would be of any use!
I really love the one at 15:30
Thanks, Christian. Appreciate it!
Great content, learning a lot from you!
Glad it's helpful!
Good sharing,at what time did you took the photos?was it noon,morning or evening?tia
This was all midday.
Getting home sick watching these videos from Seoul 😅. Really enjoyed the high contrast images with a lot of black space. DDP is interesting in a sense that I think there’re a lot less people out and about compared to usual, when it comes to these kinds of destinations in the city. But it’s not like some places here in Finland where you might have to wait for 15-30 minutes for someone to walk through the frame :D
This was summer holiday week here, so everyone's off spreading COVID on the beaches. It makes for a pleasant number of people at DDP, though. Just enough that you can shoot minimally like this, but not so many that it's uncomfortable.
Unlike Finland, we tend to have the problem of waiting 30 minutes so there aren't people in the frame. ;)
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer Hmm my experience from DDP has been that it's a lot less crowded than say Bukcheon, Hongdae, Myeongdong, Insadong or any other place I tend to go to during my visits :) That said, I lived in Seoul a decade ago, so obviously things change and there are a lot photogenic places that I am not even aware of.
@@SamiPaju They were all pretty much the same pre-COVID. You couldn't move if you wanted to. Haha
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer Oh dear :/
hahaha great video, I really appreciate your work. I have been learning things from you videos. Thank you . By the way, the "顺天者存， 逆妻者亡" on the wall , it is funny :)
My wife wrote that... Best to heed it... Haha
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I am not sure if China has Tattoo tribe related to your project , but if you ever make it to China , please let me know.
@@dongliu5002 the Dulong live in China, but unfortunately, I don't think I'll make it there before they pass. :(
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I would do some researches, thanks
@@dongliu5002 In the past, the Li were also living in Hainan, but none of the elders remain.
Hey Dylan I was wondering if you do any photography workshops?
Living in Seoul BTW
Great content as always
Hi!
Pre-COVID, I was teaching with www.picsofasia.com/ down in Vietnam every year, but haven't done any since then.
Shoot me an email and maybe we can make something happen for you here.
Cheers!
Nice vid. Many thanks.
Subscribed 🙂👍
Appreciate it, Steve!
Amazing photos. One of my favourite is the last photo. Not sure if I miss it in the video but is it just JPEG or there are some edit on the photo? Need more of this video!
yes great shots great local... wonder if the images shown were the jpgs with the settings mentioned or if they were from the RAWs. Esp. the high ISO shots. i know everyone says high ISO is fine, but often find it gives me trouble, even in BnW.
These are my raws with a higher contrast edit and a lot of additional grain added. They're a lot "dirtier" than the Fujifilm jpgs.
I don't reall mind grain. I'll shoot ISO 6400 without even considering it. If you're really looking for the cleanest possible files, it's worth taking care. But, I added even more grain in post production. It's all personal preference.
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer absolutely! with youtube compression etc, such subtelties are largely lost. but grain has its place and a combo of high contrast and concrete textures has got to be a good example of where it will work. great vid as always!
Some stunning photos and thanks for sharing your way of capturing these photos.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
Hey Dylan, personally I really liked the shot where you exposed for the shadows and got that ultra stark, other-worldly bright, baron but detailed view of all that glorious concrete almost white in the luminance range. I was thinking that shot would have looked great with the original shadow darkened down so more, but not to the point of losing the eye being drawn to the dark skirt being worn by the lady top right in the shot. Out of curiosity, don’t recall if you mentioned it in your settings, but what DynamicRange setting(s) did you use, or do you leave it on auto (max DR200 I’m guessing in those conditions). Also, do you opt to go in full manual mode in these conditions, or just set your aperture and see how your SS falls or ride your exp. comp dial until you’re happy with the look?
Hi Stephen! Thanks for watching! Interesting thoughts on the shadow darkening! It didn't even cross my mind.
In terms of settings, it's super simple. DR100 (I very rarely even change this setting) and Aperture Priority (rarely use anything else on the X100).
Hi D, I own th same Fuji - B+W balanced frame of th lady holding up th umbrella to be walking out of
th white into black. Cheerz Fum AU ;^D
Thanks for watching, Ian! I'm so glad that frame resonates with a few people. It was one of my favs, as well.
So for just photos
G9 or x100v?
Those are very different cameras and only you know which one would work for you.
Do u take in Acros? If yes which one?
In camera, I usually work with Acros or Monochrome + R. However, I don't use Fujifilm's black and white for my final images. I do the work in Capture One.
KATATONIA!
Only the best, here.