Thie message is still very clear Be different, be unique, photograph /approach things in a way no one else has. When someone else sees an image, they say “ oh I never looked at that subject that way” or “ I’ve never seen that before. It’s so different .”
You are so open, not vulnerable - never vulnerable - rather unafraid to expose yourself...and to OUR total benefit! It is invaluable for us to hear what goes on in your head and heart. You demonstrate by example that none of what you do is super human. That makes "it" available to us all. Listening to you makes me excited for my own future. Thank you x 7.
I’m not a professional photographer, just wanted to comment that this advice is good for anyone looking to succeed in their field of work. Your videos have been helpful to me professionally, thank you.
I don't know where else to say this to you, this video is close to topical: I work with people. People are the subject in my photographs. EVERYTHING i have taken from you and your tin house studio has immeasurably improved every aspect of my "game". Thank you thank you thank you x 108. Mostly, you have given me a confidence that has translated into a vibe where now people are gravitating to me because of the experience they hear about from those who have sat with me. I don't post on media because I am lazy...so my business is all word of mouth! ...and I want to thank you for your pure sharing and for bolstering my budding career. I started thinking of this to be a career in January this year. I think I might be a little ahead of the entrepreneurial curve, and I MUST come here to give SOME credit. PS - To others reading in the comments -> Not bragging (it would be a strange brag) but to underscore the value of Scott's short concise videos: I haven't yet paid this guy (Scott) a single dime. His words are gold. He speaks simple truth. GREAT COMMUNICATOR! Pearls, man. Every word a pearl.
What is it that Shakespeare said? "To thine own self be true"....and Jesus..."and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free". Sooner or later, we all need that 'spaghetti hoops' watershed moment. Without honesty, it's just another wheel spin to nowhere. At the end of 2021 I stopped shooting to think deeply about this exact thing. Amidst the noise of life, I've piece by piece found out what's important to me. This vid is definately hugely helpful! I'm pretty sure it'll be a significant vid for any photographer/artist trying to 'find their voice' AND needing to get decent payback in the process. Thankyou Scott.👍
You finally got there! Nice to hear that. A technically perfect photograph is not necessarily pleasing, however a pleasing photograph can be technically imperfect. However I think you are repeating yourself as you have already said what you say in this video or is it an old one rehashed. My secret is I can't read instruction manuals, they make no sense to me.
I saw this quote once, and I can't remember who said it, but it was something like: "The best way to make you hate something you love is to try to make a living at it". That's been my experience with photography. It's always been a hobby, since I first shot a roll of verichrome pan in 620 when I was 5 years old on a cheap TLR I bought at a yard sale for 5$ and my father developed the roll and prints in the lab where he taught high school chemistry. By the time I went to university some people saw my work and offered commercial gigs, but for the most part I hated it; not the photography but the clients. I'm just not comfortable doing any sort of artistic project with anyone I don't personally know and want to work with. Probably the nicest client I worked with completely stiffed me on the agreed payment. Now I don't even do portraits of people I don't personally know. I photograph who they are, not just how they appear. I'm still learning and growing, even doing large format now, and I just love it. Always a very enjoyable, zen-like experience, especially when out in nature. So no, one needn't have to make a living at it to just enjoy something for what it is in essence. rodneyj.net/
Great video Scott. Unfortunately there will be a number of emulators who want to duplicate this exact path right down to the image style. Doesn’t work that way. You still need to creat your own journey. BTW, those pano flat lays are killer too. Be proud of them. 😀
I feel like I went through this during the pandemic; I loved doing Street photography and i wanted to shoot people but I didn’t want to be that “incognito” photographer any more and I wanted to genuinely meet and talk to people to break my introverted tendencies. How I put is that I wanted to BE London not see London Started doing photo journalism as an evolution to street 3 years later to that month I have an editor at one of the biggest photostock sites owned by PA On top of that; I’m slowly getting my own little piece of the pie in music particularly within the world of DNB & with DJs- being allowed to photograph festivals; invites by artists etc Which in turn (with my full time job) allows me to fund myself to shoot and help aspiring model in the UK who want to build portfolios and aspire to be in fashion, beauty and commercial work. And like you money is sort of a sign of career progress and this year is It the most I’ve ever been paid from photography so far so I’m certainly doing something right! and I’m hoping by year 5 or 7 of this journey I can be that quintessential photographer who shoots your story or show. From the days of accidentally becoming a professional in 2019 to where I am; I am honestly leaps ahead of where I imagined where I’d be!
I'm curious, When you were in the "annie leibovitz phase", what made you feel you had the way of doing it? was it that you learned to shoot and to light like annie (if so do you have portraits in that style)? more of a technical strategy or was it more a thing like "I understand this way or logic of work, I can do it myself" a more conceptual approach. thank you for the insight in the video!!! awesome content
I think he was speaking of her stature in the industry and recognition as an artist, not literally "in her style"? We'll see if Scott answers our doubt here...
I'm a big fan of what you do but come on you're not wearing this outfit because you "don't want to waste the old table cloth". 😉 That outfit is not self-inflicted scarcity or asceticism or a lack of interest in money. It's a uniform. Some might call it a "hipster uniform", I'll call it an artist's uniform. It makes you recognisable in combination with your hair style and beard and we all know that people pay big money a lot more willingly if they consider you an artist, not a worker. Which makes this a pretty smart strategy. Just stand by it. 😁😁
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Every 17 year-old should watch this. It should be in the national curriculum. It could be life changing, or even possibly life saving.
"If you could do one photo only..." - I'm going to write that in marker pen and put it on the door to my home office/photo place. Thanks.
I have been asking myself, “what makes unique”,for years. I still don’t know. I do know I enjoy taking photos of people
I think when we lose the enjoyment is when we lose our purpose - I love this comment! Priority #1 - Enjoy!
Thie message is still very clear
Be different, be unique, photograph /approach things in a way no one else has.
When someone else sees an image, they say “ oh I never looked at that subject that way” or “ I’ve never seen that before. It’s so different .”
your channel is a breathe of fresh air
You are so open, not vulnerable - never vulnerable - rather unafraid to expose yourself...and to OUR total benefit! It is invaluable for us to hear what goes on in your head and heart. You demonstrate by example that none of what you do is super human. That makes "it" available to us all.
Listening to you makes me excited for my own future.
Thank you x 7.
I’m not a professional photographer, just wanted to comment that this advice is good for anyone looking to succeed in their field of work. Your videos have been helpful to me professionally, thank you.
I don't know where else to say this to you, this video is close to topical: I work with people. People are the subject in my photographs. EVERYTHING i have taken from you and your tin house studio has immeasurably improved every aspect of my "game". Thank you thank you thank you x 108. Mostly, you have given me a confidence that has translated into a vibe where now people are gravitating to me because of the experience they hear about from those who have sat with me. I don't post on media because I am lazy...so my business is all word of mouth! ...and I want to thank you for your pure sharing and for bolstering my budding career. I started thinking of this to be a career in January this year. I think I might be a little ahead of the entrepreneurial curve, and I MUST come here to give SOME credit.
PS - To others reading in the comments -> Not bragging (it would be a strange brag) but to underscore the value of Scott's short concise videos: I haven't yet paid this guy (Scott) a single dime. His words are gold. He speaks simple truth. GREAT COMMUNICATOR! Pearls, man. Every word a pearl.
If there was a real market for black and white fine art product images, I would OWN that
What is it that Shakespeare said? "To thine own self be true"....and Jesus..."and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free".
Sooner or later, we all need that 'spaghetti hoops' watershed moment. Without honesty, it's just another wheel spin to nowhere.
At the end of 2021 I stopped shooting to think deeply about this exact thing. Amidst the noise of life, I've piece by piece found out what's important to me. This vid is definately hugely helpful!
I'm pretty sure it'll be a significant vid for any photographer/artist trying to 'find their voice' AND needing to get decent payback in the process. Thankyou Scott.👍
Excellent advice... not just for photographers!
Love these. Helps me in ways that would be hard to imagine.
You finally got there! Nice to hear that. A technically perfect photograph is not necessarily pleasing, however a pleasing photograph can be technically imperfect. However I think you are repeating yourself as you have already said what you say in this video or is it an old one rehashed. My secret is I can't read instruction manuals, they make no sense to me.
Top drawer as always
Inspirational video as always, Scott. 👏
Time for spaghetti hoops 😍
Jolly good show!!!100% keep it simple and don't overcomplicate things :)
I saw this quote once, and I can't remember who said it, but it was something like: "The best way to make you hate something you love is to try to make a living at it".
That's been my experience with photography. It's always been a hobby, since I first shot a roll of verichrome pan in 620 when I was 5 years old on a cheap TLR I bought at a yard sale for 5$ and my father developed the roll and prints in the lab where he taught high school chemistry. By the time I went to university some people saw my work and offered commercial gigs, but for the most part I hated it; not the photography but the clients. I'm just not comfortable doing any sort of artistic project with anyone I don't personally know and want to work with. Probably the nicest client I worked with completely stiffed me on the agreed payment. Now I don't even do portraits of people I don't personally know. I photograph who they are, not just how they appear. I'm still learning and growing, even doing large format now, and I just love it. Always a very enjoyable, zen-like experience, especially when out in nature.
So no, one needn't have to make a living at it to just enjoy something for what it is in essence.
rodneyj.net/
Thanks for the great advice!
Great video Scott. Unfortunately there will be a number of emulators who want to duplicate this exact path right down to the image style. Doesn’t work that way. You still need to creat your own journey. BTW, those pano flat lays are killer too. Be proud of them. 😀
I feel like I went through this during the pandemic; I loved doing Street photography and i wanted to shoot people but I didn’t want to be that “incognito” photographer any more and I wanted to genuinely meet and talk to people to break my introverted tendencies. How I put is that I wanted to BE London not see London
Started doing photo journalism as an evolution to street 3 years later to that month I have an editor at one of the biggest photostock sites owned by PA
On top of that; I’m slowly getting my own little piece of the pie in music particularly within the world of DNB & with DJs- being allowed to photograph festivals; invites by artists etc
Which in turn (with my full time job) allows me to fund myself to shoot and help aspiring model in the UK who want to build portfolios and aspire to be in fashion, beauty and commercial work.
And like you money is sort of a sign of career progress and this year is It the most I’ve ever been paid from photography so far so I’m certainly doing something right! and I’m hoping by year 5 or 7 of this journey I can be that quintessential photographer who shoots your story or show.
From the days of accidentally becoming a professional in 2019 to where I am; I am honestly leaps ahead of where I imagined where I’d be!
What a great story.
Thank you!!!
I'm curious, When you were in the "annie leibovitz phase", what made you feel you had the way of doing it? was it that you learned to shoot and to light like annie (if so do you have portraits in that style)? more of a technical strategy or was it more a thing like "I understand this way or logic of work, I can do it myself" a more conceptual approach. thank you for the insight in the video!!! awesome content
I think he was speaking of her stature in the industry and recognition as an artist, not literally "in her style"? We'll see if Scott answers our doubt here...
A question..... what do you think of the AI just wundering,,,,,,,
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I'm a big fan of what you do but come on you're not wearing this outfit because you "don't want to waste the old table cloth". 😉
That outfit is not self-inflicted scarcity or asceticism or a lack of interest in money.
It's a uniform. Some might call it a "hipster uniform", I'll call it an artist's uniform.
It makes you recognisable in combination with your hair style and beard and we all know that people pay big money a lot more willingly if they consider you an artist, not a worker. Which makes this a pretty smart strategy.
Just stand by it. 😁😁
that‘s not spaghetti! 😉