Just seen your latest video Tim and nice to see you with your tripod 😂 I come from a film background so nearest to that is shooting raw although JPEGs have a large place to. I also donot like ai or what some are doing, changing sky and even day to night. Although I’m obviously not against editing/enhancing adding something that wasn’t captured doesn’t seem right to me. These days I only shoot with my iPhone and enjoying creating with that. Looking forward to watching your future videos to see how your ‘new direction’ developes. (Sorry about the pun 😂)
Tim, M8, spot on. I can't post any photo lately without the jaded, cynical comments about it being 'AI' , it's depressing. So I think the solution is what you've been doing since I started following you years ago, i.e., Waterfall Hunter days.. if you vlog your photo excursions right up to the composition and exposure, who can accuse you, then, of 'AI/Cheating'(?)... I also do photography mostly for myself now, damn the cynics, I'm in The Zone when I'm afoot with my camera, in the field 🙂
Thanks for the update Tim and good luck with the new film style. I knew Landscape Photography was a tiny Genre when I started, but decided to learn as much as I can about it anyway because the images look so cool and I have a lot of fun enhancing them in post production, so this AI thing is a big bummer with people out there saying real photography is fake. I haven't been falsely accused yet but can imagine how that would make me feel. Getting ready to go meet my daughters new boyfriend today, he's a Marine. See you in your next video Tim, I'm looking forward to seeing your Organic images.
You just be you! Some just need to make comments...regardless. Photography is an art, and as an art, is in the eye of the beholder. Great thoughts! Bruce and Otis
Don't let the b*st**ds grind you down mate. Just do what you enjoy doing, live your life how you want to live it and don't be a slave to social media. I mainly shoot Fuji jpegs and its refreshing not to have to sit in front of a computer processing raw files. There are also loads of great "recipes" out there as I'm sure your aware. PS always enjoyed watching your vlogs so please keep posting when you can. Take care fella.
Enjoy your videography and photography,the video you have are all incredible.You have a nice and amazing place there.Thank you for sharing this nice vlogging video about photography and videography and have a blessed day.
Good chat that Tim. I'm at the the point where I'm going back to how I started my photography journey, a simple camera, manually controlling shutter speed and aperture, with one prime lens. Although film, as you say, is expensive. My solution is set my camera to black and white, and minimize processing to just focus on the subject rather than the look of the photo. But that's not for everyone. Technology has gone too far and it does take away the fun of creation. I think so long as we still enjoy going out what our camera and we create what pleases us, then it matters not what others think, should we decide to share our work. Cheers.
I personally don't have a problem with using, for example Lightroom as a tool. I have always try to 'craft' my image in the field, I enjoy using filters in the field, including soft grads. I shoot RAW so that I can use the latitude it gives me to use the tools in lightroom - not to correct errors. But to tweak and 'hone' the image. I do not post on 'social media' per se for the wider world. I shoot images for myself. I print and hang any I am happy with and produce photobooks for myself and family. So in that respect I have avoided getting embroiled in the A.I maelstrom. I watch your videos to enjoy the walks you do. Get ideas and inspiration. I enjoy it when a photographer shares their thought process when choosing and taking a photo -showing the end 'capture'. Be it using a dedicated camera or mobile phone. It's the process that counts. It is what you bring to the table so to speak. So please Tim carry on regardless, do what 'feels' right for you. I am sure many of us will keep watching.
I fully get where you are coming from Brian, although for me it's a new discipline. With the images I've been taking over the past few days since filming this I have really been enjoying the challenge of shooting JPEG to the point the point I feel AI might have actually been a hidden blessing. Thanks for feedback and your kind words :)
Great to see you out and about again mate. You have always inspired me and this is spot on on how I felt last year. I’m back with a new camera and looking forward to getting back up to Derby over Christmas. Podgy
Great points there Tim. Personally I do use the denoise in Lightroom but that is as far as I will go in terms of AI. I agree with what you said about the comments regarding the image to be AI generated when in fact it is a photograph as I have seen these myself.
Tim, you have me in a quandary. I agree that AI is not good for landscape photography. For me, the line is whether I select the composition is of a “real” scene at which I am present, whether I add nothing other than the settings offered by the camera (or phone) and whether I edit the images in software considered appropriate by most professional photographers. I recognize that anyone who looks at the standards I just mentioned can say that this is AI or that is AI. the definitions of AI are really individual decisions or common traditions. In other words, don’t try to use no AI because someone will always say that something you did is the use of AI. Just do what pleases you and we’ll all still admire your Images.
It really is a case of personal preference, the masses I feel are adopting AI so I think companies such as Adobe will follow what the crowd wants. My in-camera skills vs processing are not the best so from a personal point of view I'm actually looking forward to pushing myself to create photography that gives me more of a challenge. You make a fantastic point on the composition of real scene.
@@timday I certainly agree with your point of view. Please note that walking led to horseback riding which led to buggies which led to cars and we all adapted to the freedom cars allow. You don’t have to walk but you also don’t need a Lamborghini. Somewhere in the middle allows for comfortable travel withou excessive features.
Had a brief foray into film a few years ago but it didn’t last for pretty much the same reasons you stated in the video, but I had to give it a go just to see if it was something I could get into, a jpeg project sounds interesting, have you seen in camera by Gordon Laing, don’t know if you are into photo books at all but if you are could be worth checking out.
I've tried film with a TLR which I still own, really loved the tactile process but yeah it's expensive. I still have the camera and a few rolls of film so it might reappear for an occasional outing. I wasn't aware of Gordon's book, will seek it out.
i also stopped posting, but i am not a professional photographer. Just shooting randomly and i post it on insta on my private account... but, yeah... lets just say nobody is waiting for my creative outlet. They prefer selfies and pictures of my cat. plus i am done providing free content for any application. I do it for myself anyway. No one has accused me of AI though, but then again, don't get much reaction on social media ;)
@@timday hahahahahaha, you know.. i consider myself an artist, i have my artistic pride. No... i'm not doing this for likes, i'm doing it for my own soul, because i just love it. ;)
I like to shoot both RAW and jpeg together. I always try to get as as perfect a shot as I can in-camera, but sometimes the lighting doesn't cooperate, and that's when I go to my backup RAW image. I like to think of a jpeg as a slide, and the RAW image as a negative. I'm also still a bit old-fashioned in my thinking in that I tend to shoot fewer images--a throw-back to my days shooting film. I've tried to get past that, but I still find myself shooting fewer than others around me. ;-) As to shooting film, while making digital copies is a good thing. I want to finish my darkroom, and go back to an entirely chemical process, in large part, due to the new prevalence of AI in photography. I know that AI can find its way into the chemical darkroom as well (or fake it well enough to fool most people), but it's more for my own sake that I want to do this, rather than proving to others that it's "real" photography. Honestly, I kind of miss my darkroom days.
I am considering shooting RAW+Jpeg although there is something that's attracting to me Jpeg only. Keeping the untouched RAW I guess could be used for authenticity if I ever chose to enter a photography competition. I have no experience with darkrooms but can understand that crafting an image from start to end with that method must be deeply satisfying.
Interesting video Tim, I am totally onboard re AI and composite images passing as actual photographs. I will continue to shoot RAW and Jpeg and edit in Lightroom as I always have, but I don’t use the denoise or any auto settings built in, if fact I try to do as little editing as possible, getting it right in camera at the time is always better👍🏻 Catch up soon bud
To me an image created using AI is a picture and an image taken with a camera on location is a photograph. The only issue is when AI creators lie and claim it's a photograph. Those people just need jabbing in the eye with a red hot poker 🙄
Fully agree with you there. There needs to be an authenticity test... for example in waterfall photography, the wetter the photographer, the more authentic the result is :D
Just seen your latest video Tim and nice to see you with your tripod 😂
I come from a film background so nearest to that is shooting raw although JPEGs have a large place to. I also donot like ai or what some are doing, changing sky and even day to night. Although I’m obviously not against editing/enhancing adding something that wasn’t captured doesn’t seem right to me. These days I only shoot with my iPhone and enjoying creating with that.
Looking forward to watching your future videos to see how your ‘new direction’ developes. (Sorry about the pun 😂)
Thanks for video idea Graham, although sadly carrying a tripod on this occasion proved to be a fruitless effort :D
Tim, M8, spot on. I can't post any photo lately without the jaded, cynical comments about it being 'AI' , it's depressing. So I think the solution is what you've been doing since I started following you years ago, i.e., Waterfall Hunter days.. if you vlog your photo excursions right up to the composition and exposure, who can accuse you, then, of 'AI/Cheating'(?)... I also do photography mostly for myself now, damn the cynics, I'm in The Zone when I'm afoot with my camera, in the field 🙂
Thanks for the update Tim and good luck with the new film style.
I knew Landscape Photography was a tiny Genre when I started, but decided to learn as much as I can about it anyway because the images look so cool and I have a lot of fun enhancing them in post production, so this AI thing is a big bummer with people out there saying real photography is fake.
I haven't been falsely accused yet but can imagine how that would make me feel.
Getting ready to go meet my daughters new boyfriend today, he's a Marine.
See you in your next video Tim, I'm looking forward to seeing your Organic images.
Thanks Dave, I need to play catch up with your videos - I hope your daughters boyfriend meets your approval standards, I know mine are very high :D
You just be you! Some just need to make comments...regardless. Photography is an art, and as an art, is in the eye of the beholder. Great thoughts! Bruce and Otis
Wise words Bruce and Otis :)
Don't let the b*st**ds grind you down mate. Just do what you enjoy doing, live your life how you want to live it and don't be a slave to social media. I mainly shoot Fuji jpegs and its refreshing not to have to sit in front of a computer processing raw files. There are also loads of great "recipes" out there as I'm sure your aware.
PS always enjoyed watching your vlogs so please keep posting when you can.
Take care fella.
Loving the recipes, might even do a video on them :D Thanks mate.
Enjoy your videography and photography,the video you have are all incredible.You have a nice and amazing place there.Thank you for sharing this nice vlogging video about photography and videography and have a blessed day.
Thanks :)
I enjoyed to hear your honest and intelligent speech!
Thanks for watching :)
Good chat that Tim. I'm at the the point where I'm going back to how I started my photography journey, a simple camera, manually controlling shutter speed and aperture, with one prime lens. Although film, as you say, is expensive. My solution is set my camera to black and white, and minimize processing to just focus on the subject rather than the look of the photo. But that's not for everyone. Technology has gone too far and it does take away the fun of creation. I think so long as we still enjoy going out what our camera and we create what pleases us, then it matters not what others think, should we decide to share our work. Cheers.
Thanks Simon, I'm considering grabbing myself a nice prime for permanent use but remain undecided on the focal length. Love the black and white idea!
@@timday Ah, that's a dlilemma! I've always favoured 50mm, but now going wider to 35mm and it seems to be a good all-rounder.
I personally don't have a problem with using, for example Lightroom as a tool. I have always try to 'craft' my image in the field, I enjoy using filters in the field, including soft grads. I shoot RAW so that I can use the latitude it gives me to use the tools in lightroom - not to correct errors. But to tweak and 'hone' the image. I do not post on 'social media' per se for the wider world. I shoot images for myself. I print and hang any I am happy with and produce photobooks for myself and family. So in that respect I have avoided getting embroiled in the A.I maelstrom.
I watch your videos to enjoy the walks you do. Get ideas and inspiration. I enjoy it when a photographer shares their thought process when choosing and taking a photo -showing the end 'capture'. Be it using a dedicated camera or mobile phone. It's the process that counts. It is what you bring to the table so to speak. So please Tim carry on regardless, do what 'feels' right for you. I am sure many of us will keep watching.
I fully get where you are coming from Brian, although for me it's a new discipline. With the images I've been taking over the past few days since filming this I have really been enjoying the challenge of shooting JPEG to the point the point I feel AI might have actually been a hidden blessing. Thanks for feedback and your kind words :)
Great to see you out and about again mate. You have always inspired me and this is spot on on how I felt last year. I’m back with a new camera and looking forward to getting back up to Derby over Christmas. Podgy
Thanks mate, keeping my calendar clear and looking forward to you posting vids again!
Great points there Tim. Personally I do use the denoise in Lightroom but that is as far as I will go in terms of AI. I agree with what you said about the comments regarding the image to be AI generated when in fact it is a photograph as I have seen these myself.
Thanks :) It's definitely a time of change, how much we use of this AI stuff will always be a personal choice.
Tim, you have me in a quandary. I agree that AI is not good for landscape photography. For me, the line is whether I select the composition is of a “real” scene at which I am present, whether I add nothing other than the settings offered by the camera (or phone) and whether I edit the images in software considered appropriate by most professional photographers. I recognize that anyone who looks at the standards I just mentioned can say that this is AI or that is AI. the definitions of AI are really individual decisions or common traditions. In other words, don’t try to use no AI because someone will always say that something you did is the use of AI. Just do what pleases you and we’ll all still admire your Images.
It really is a case of personal preference, the masses I feel are adopting AI so I think companies such as Adobe will follow what the crowd wants.
My in-camera skills vs processing are not the best so from a personal point of view I'm actually looking forward to pushing myself to create photography that gives me more of a challenge. You make a fantastic point on the composition of real scene.
@@timday I certainly agree with your point of view. Please note that walking led to horseback riding which led to buggies which led to cars and we all adapted to the freedom cars allow. You don’t have to walk but you also don’t need a Lamborghini. Somewhere in the middle allows for comfortable travel withou excessive features.
Had a brief foray into film a few years ago but it didn’t last for pretty much the same reasons you stated in the video, but I had to give it a go just to see if it was something I could get into, a jpeg project sounds interesting, have you seen in camera by Gordon Laing, don’t know if you are into photo books at all but if you are could be worth checking out.
I've tried film with a TLR which I still own, really loved the tactile process but yeah it's expensive. I still have the camera and a few rolls of film so it might reappear for an occasional outing.
I wasn't aware of Gordon's book, will seek it out.
i also stopped posting, but i am not a professional photographer. Just shooting randomly and i post it on insta on my private account...
but, yeah... lets just say nobody is waiting for my creative outlet. They prefer selfies and pictures of my cat.
plus i am done providing free content for any application. I do it for myself anyway. No one has accused me of AI though, but then again, don't get much reaction on social media ;)
There's an idea - A youtube vid on how to photograph a cat, that could go viral :D
@@timday hahahahahaha, you know.. i consider myself an artist, i have my artistic pride. No... i'm not doing this for likes, i'm doing it for my own soul, because i just love it. ;)
I like to shoot both RAW and jpeg together. I always try to get as as perfect a shot as I can in-camera, but sometimes the lighting doesn't cooperate, and that's when I go to my backup RAW image. I like to think of a jpeg as a slide, and the RAW image as a negative.
I'm also still a bit old-fashioned in my thinking in that I tend to shoot fewer images--a throw-back to my days shooting film. I've tried to get past that, but I still find myself shooting fewer than others around me. ;-)
As to shooting film, while making digital copies is a good thing. I want to finish my darkroom, and go back to an entirely chemical process, in large part, due to the new prevalence of AI in photography. I know that AI can find its way into the chemical darkroom as well (or fake it well enough to fool most people), but it's more for my own sake that I want to do this, rather than proving to others that it's "real" photography. Honestly, I kind of miss my darkroom days.
I am considering shooting RAW+Jpeg although there is something that's attracting to me Jpeg only. Keeping the untouched RAW I guess could be used for authenticity if I ever chose to enter a photography competition.
I have no experience with darkrooms but can understand that crafting an image from start to end with that method must be deeply satisfying.
Interesting video Tim, I am totally onboard re AI and composite images passing as actual photographs.
I will continue to shoot RAW and Jpeg and edit in Lightroom as I always have, but I don’t use the denoise or any auto settings built in, if fact I try to do as little editing as possible, getting it right in camera at the time is always better👍🏻
Catch up soon bud
Hi Mark, I need to catch up on your vids - you seem to be getting about at the moment :D
@@timday trying out a new genre and really enjoying it, stepping out of the comfort zone 🤪🤪
As they say today it is what it is you either like it or you dont. What concerns me more is its not about the photo its more about who took it.
Wise words John :)
Hi Tim.
Just watched this and was interested in your thoughts. I know what you mean about AI 😏
Great video a 👍 and sun from me
Thanks Phil, loving your channel :)
To me an image created using AI is a picture and an image taken with a camera on location is a photograph. The only issue is when AI creators lie and claim it's a photograph. Those people just need jabbing in the eye with a red hot poker 🙄
Fully agree with you there. There needs to be an authenticity test... for example in waterfall photography, the wetter the photographer, the more authentic the result is :D
@@timday I was trying my best not to mention the soggyness of the photographer 😂😂
Ain't you guys in summer why dose it look cold
Welcome to England :D