Quoting Robert Frank: If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough. There is a reason why street photography has been executed with lenses maxing 50mm for decades. Around 40mm is actually the correct focal length because it resembles what the natural eye sees. If you want to show what is happening, get close to the happening.
One who started with 35mm SLR with manual lenses, It nice to see a young photographer using manual lenses, for me since I am older I prefer autofocus lenses now. TBH back when I had the focus scale on the lenses, they were not always accurate. I might give an all manual lens a try just for the challenge. Great lesson and inspiration. 👍🙏
Interesting point about the manual focus-only lenses...never thought of that benefit of physical markings helping to guide your focus. It's always good to step outside of your comfort zone to challenge yourself. Thanks, Professor!
Knowing your gear is paramount to being able to focus on images rather than what lens or camera you have GAS about. I used a pair of Nikon D2H bodies as a newspaper shooter for a decade late in life and, after seeing one of the D2H images blown up for a billboard, GAS was never a problem for me.
Really enjoyed your presentation Kenneth. I’m brand new at street photography and found it interesting we share nearly identical philosophies. Great work! Thanks.
Great Work. Love your color. I mostly use small compact 'toy' cameras. I enjoy wide to tele in body. Mostly silent. I never make BIG prints, so small JPEG no problem. 20x30cm easy. Never really seen results of Zeiss lenses. Good. Great pix of twins in pram!
Great talk and fantastic pictures. I only sometimes can't help but get out my phone to get pictures on the street. But I like the street style photos and will take more. Thanks
Amen to using the different shooting modes. Only people selling courses want to teach you manual mode. My A75v with 50mm 1.2 does great in the auto modes.
It could be the lenses. My lenses capture fine detail very well, which helps my post processing style that is specifically mastered for my blacks and contrast level.
Great video. I looking to start my journey in Fashion & Beauty Photography. Is there a format (or sample) of a pitch letter you can provide/refer me to that offers some direction/do's and don'ts. Thanks for the tips!!!
It fluctuates. I keep the ISO at a certain speed to make sure I’m able to capture a variety of scenes without needed to adjust settings. Because of this my ISO is usually at much higher levels than what most photographers would probably choose to photograph at.
While I would recommend speaking with a lawyer in your city/state or country as specific regulations vary nationwide, generally within the United States of America, if you are on public property and photographing someone within public view, it is typically not necessary to obtain a model release or consent to photograph them, which includes children or law enforcement officers. However, I would recommend to use common sense, and it is good to ask for permission when possible. It is typically not legal to photograph someone where they have a *_"reasonable expectation of privacy."_* It is also typically legal to display images of people that you photographed on public property, as well as sell prints or digital copies. However, if you are using the images for commercial usage or if you license your images (say, for stock photography usage), it is typically required to have a signed model release and consent of the person or parent/guardian of the child. Again, I do strongly recommend to contact a local lawyer for a quick consult of the legalities in your area in this regard as B&H does not offer legal advice -- these are simply general guidelines in the USA.
Excellent presentation. Amazing photography. Absolute creativity master. Learned a lot. One suggestion: please eliminate the phrases 'kind of' and 'sort of' from your speech. They are just meaningless fillers that can irritate rather than enlighten the listener. Thank you.
Thanks for suggestion. Doing live presentations are not easy to do and thinking faster than I’m able to actually speak is going to be this way, especially when asked specific questions and having to decide on a non complex way to explain things I do for the general audience. You can view my previous Street presentation, via Jason Vong’s channel here on TH-cam, which was pre-recorded and a condensed broadcast on street photography. Other videos on my TH-cam channel may also be more easier to follow as well. Hope this helps.
@@BandH I have been on to customer service and they are absolutely useless. I told them to keep their $50 and that I would use every opportunity to warn people about your dreadful customer service.
I feel that taking photographs of children is off limits for me. As a parent I consider it an infringement on a child's basic human rights because they cannot give ascent or denial. They are left without choice. As photographer IF I want to photograph a child I always ask the parent. And I never post those images to social media.
What a wonderful presentation! Thank you B&H and Prof Haines.
Thank you professor Hines and B&H for such great presentation.
Thank you - for the photographs, introduction to the Prof's personality and information - loved it! An excellent watch! 🙏
I love Kenneth Hines' photos. Very talented.
Quoting Robert Frank: If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough.
There is a reason why street photography has been executed with lenses maxing 50mm for decades. Around 40mm is actually the correct focal length because it resembles what the natural eye sees.
If you want to show what is happening, get close to the happening.
One who started with 35mm SLR with manual lenses, It nice to see a young photographer using manual lenses, for me since I am older I prefer autofocus lenses now.
TBH back when I had the focus scale on the lenses, they were not always accurate.
I might give an all manual lens a try just for the challenge.
Great lesson and inspiration. 👍🙏
Interesting point about the manual focus-only lenses...never thought of that benefit of physical markings helping to guide your focus. It's always good to step outside of your comfort zone to challenge yourself. Thanks, Professor!
I really enjoyed this talk, his photographs, his atttitude. Thank you, Prof Hines and to B&H for this presentation.
Stumbled across this and was pleasantly surprised to see Kenneth
Knowing your gear is paramount to being able to focus on images rather than what lens or camera you have GAS about. I used a pair of Nikon D2H bodies as a newspaper shooter for a decade late in life and, after seeing one of the D2H images blown up for a billboard, GAS was never a problem for me.
I love this presentation...educational and inspirational. Thank you!
Really enjoyed your presentation Kenneth. I’m brand new at street photography and found it interesting we share nearly identical philosophies. Great work! Thanks.
I have discovered my favorite street photographer
Wozza! I love your images. Very interesting presentation. Thank you.
Thank you
Great Work. Love your color. I mostly use small compact 'toy' cameras. I enjoy wide to tele in body. Mostly silent. I never make BIG prints, so small JPEG no problem. 20x30cm easy. Never really seen results of Zeiss lenses. Good. Great pix of twins in pram!
Great talk and fantastic pictures. I only sometimes can't help but get out my phone to get pictures on the street. But I like the street style photos and will take more. Thanks
Really enlightening presentation. Thanks so much. You don’t need me to tell you how great the images are but .... great work 👏
Thank you very much
Awesome
Very well done. Thanks 😊😊😊
Fantastic! I so enjoyed this!
Amen to using the different shooting modes. Only people selling courses want to teach you manual mode. My A75v with 50mm 1.2 does great in the auto modes.
great stuff!
how do you get such contrast? my photos are either all bright or all dark, nothing in between. settings issue?
It could be the lenses. My lenses capture fine detail very well, which helps my post processing style that is specifically mastered for my blacks and contrast level.
local adjustment
Great video. I looking to start my journey in Fashion & Beauty Photography. Is there a format (or sample) of a pitch letter you can provide/refer me to that offers some direction/do's and don'ts. Thanks for the tips!!!
What a nice guy.
Great presentation! What shutter speed do you use with your a9 when you shoot without stopping your stride?
It fluctuates. I keep the ISO at a certain speed to make sure I’m able to capture a variety of scenes without needed to adjust settings. Because of this my ISO is usually at much higher levels than what most photographers would probably choose to photograph at.
@@professorhineschoice You don’t use aperture priority, minimum shutter speed and auto ISO without a ceiling? Sounds like you use a fixed ISO
@@monicalord1330 you would be correct. Shutter speed is the only thing I do not set on my camera. ISO and aperture are manually selected.
is it legal to publish the faces of children?
While I would recommend speaking with a lawyer in your city/state or country as specific regulations vary nationwide, generally within the United States of America, if you are on public property and photographing someone within public view, it is typically not necessary to obtain a model release or consent to photograph them, which includes children or law enforcement officers. However, I would recommend to use common sense, and it is good to ask for permission when possible. It is typically not legal to photograph someone where they have a *_"reasonable expectation of privacy."_* It is also typically legal to display images of people that you photographed on public property, as well as sell prints or digital copies. However, if you are using the images for commercial usage or if you license your images (say, for stock photography usage), it is typically required to have a signed model release and consent of the person or parent/guardian of the child. Again, I do strongly recommend to contact a local lawyer for a quick consult of the legalities in your area in this regard as B&H does not offer legal advice -- these are simply general guidelines in the USA.
@@BandH thank you very much. Actually directly after I typed this question, the speaker covered this topic. Thank you for taking the time to respond
I just stopped watching the video when he started presenting the cameras he uses at minute 5:00. Ich hasse Sony Kameras.
You don't watch photography presentation for camera brands, you watch for the photography.
What’s his instagram account?
instagram.com/professorhines/
Excellent presentation. Amazing photography. Absolute creativity master. Learned a lot. One suggestion: please eliminate the phrases 'kind of' and 'sort of' from your speech. They are just meaningless fillers that can irritate rather than enlighten the listener. Thank you.
Thanks for suggestion. Doing live presentations are not easy to do and thinking faster than I’m able to actually speak is going to be this way, especially when asked specific questions and having to decide on a non complex way to explain things I do for the general audience. You can view my previous Street presentation, via Jason Vong’s channel here on TH-cam, which was pre-recorded and a condensed broadcast on street photography. Other videos on my TH-cam channel may also be more easier to follow as well.
Hope this helps.
@@professorhineschoice Can you start saying "use" instead of "utilize"? That would be the correct usage.
@@yeohi Settle down Captain Happy.
Do not be fooled by these videos from B and H.
Their customer service is absolutely dreadful.
AVOID
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@@BandH I have been on to customer service and they are absolutely useless.
I told them to keep their $50 and that I would use every opportunity to warn people about your dreadful customer service.
not sponsored by sony? what a lapse.
I feel that taking photographs of children is off limits for me. As a parent I consider it an infringement on a child's basic human rights because they cannot give ascent or denial. They are left without choice. As photographer IF I want to photograph a child I always ask the parent. And I never post those images to social media.
With that logic parents are constantly infringing children's rights!
I try to avoid it these days, because with all the weird conspiracy theorists out there someone might shoot *me* and not use a camera.
Fair game if on the street, but not for social media or money shots. I usually offer to send the parents the photo.
I only agree with your last sentence.
You are a decent person. Most aren’t.