Photography can be simple
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Photography is often overcomplicated with too much equipment and excessive processing but you can choose to keep things simple and have more fun!
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Beautiful pictures! And a new format of video is interesting (as usual) ! Thank you!
Thank you 🙂
Wonderful images (as always). I would like to see the first image in color. The contrasting colors on the stones was really interesting to me. In the USA, stone houses are pretty rare, though there are a few. Most common are wood, brick, and houses with siding (metal siding, vinyl siding, other types of siding) and the majority of homes lack character. There is a British song about it calling our homes "all made of ticky-tacky and they all stand in a row" which is pretty accurate. At any rate, I was drawn to the colors of those stones in the house.
I think most of the time, simple is good. I am also a fan of minimalism. One of my favorite photographs is a photo I made of a clothes pin on a clothes line with everything else a vague bokeh blur. Another very simple one was a car, a mailbox and snow. I think minimalist ideas are the easiest to frame, because you are cutting out all the complex objects. On the other hand, not all subjects are easy to minimize.
Thanks Dann, I think we take all our old buildings for granted over here, there are so many of them.
I also like simplicity in photography, some seemingly ordinary objects can look amazing if approached properly.
@danncorbit3623 The song "Little Boxes" was written by the USAian singer/songwriter Malvina Reynolds in 1962! I remember it from my high school days, out here near the white wall surrounding our flat earth*. I seem to recall the first version released was by Pete Seeger, but that's a long time ago!
* Before you try to educate me, that's a JOKE.
And the photography was pretty good too.
Great video, Steve. Maybe you could think about making a video in which you discuss your Lightroom workflow in more detail.
If you play it at 0.25x speed you can see most of what he is doing. New genre. Fast tutorials. Bonus if you can learn something at 1x normal speed.
I may do one in the future Graham 👍
Enjoyed that one - a peak into your post processing process - and great resulting images.
Many thanks Bob.
I like the hiking and the outdoor adventure portions of your videos with commentary the most. My favourite images were the first and the last.
Awesome, thank you 👍
Very classy, Steve, you make it look so easy!
Many thanks 😊
Great photos!!!! I love my Olympus RC35 also.
Fabulous. Makes me realise I do need to learn how to use the software I bought (Affinity Photo 2).
Enjoyed the format, Steve.
Glad you enjoyed it. I don’t do that much post processing to be honest, just the sort of manipulations I’d apply in the darkroom.
Nice job on mixing it up. Also appreciated a peek into your editing process and choices.
You’re welcome.
Lightroom is really a great instrument. The same work in the darkroom is much more difficult and slow. Perhaps the best way is to shoot in film with digital post production and printing.
Shooting with one camera and one lens is fun! I enjoyed watching your processing of the nice images, thank you for sharing this Steve.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Really interesting video. Enjoyed it.
Thanks Paul.
Great video, and images, just shows what can be done!😀
Great set of photos Steve!
Many thanks Terry.
I liked your new novel format very much. Distills much instruction at a comfortable pace.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Very instructive Steve, especially if watched at 0.25 speed! Especially the multiple use of Grads and extensive Dodging/burning. I must admit to not being that keen on the grainy skies, but hey what do I know eh? Also, commendably brief.
Thank you 👍
Good outing. I like the animation of your editing.
Thanks Robert, glad you liked it.
Great work Steve I have been eyeing up one of these little cameras ( I am that old I can remember them!)
You should get one, still plenty of good working examples around
@@SteveONions Hi Steve I bought an untested one from eBay for £70. Delivered. I have bought the 35 RD version. It may need a clean up etc but the images show decent newish light seals and decent condition - fingers crossed. What do you use to meter yours ?
Need to think about shooting my point and shoot rangefinders for landscape. Usually I shoot street with them. Nice comps Steve and great post; certainly more adept than myself 😂 Keep the videos coming man 👍📸
Thanks, I don’t often take a simple rangefinder on landscape shoots but they can work surprisingly well.
I love the 1:43 cottage scene in silhouette and 3:48 forest scene. I also liked the format of this video more as I watched. Pithy yet entertaining. I need to take notes!
Glad you enjoyed the change of pace, I’m always looking at ways to keep things interesting.
Nice shots. Keeping it simple is the best. Sometimes we overthink and overdo. Cheers
Thank you 🙂
Simple yet complex at the same time, Steve. Its the thought process and the discipline in post process that is difficult for some. I hope people watching this video, in partcular younger photographers brought up on the digital diet would notice that the post process was exactly along the same lines as the visualised image at the point of pressing the shutter on that beautiful Olympus camera. None of that it doesn't work so lets turn it to black and white and push the sliders to the exterme to create a drama that was never there and never visualised in the first placed. Photography is indeed simple, when you know what you are doing. Lovely 'simple' photography Mr O'Nions.
Glad you enjoyed it, I was keen to have an interesting walk and not let the camera intrude so I kept everything very simple.
@@SteveONions Good point.
A great lesson in keeping in simple!
That location reminded me of the lake at Trawsfynydd - where I spent a happy week walking and photographing with my son in 2019. Very similar.
It is very similar Simon, both lovely places to walk.
Thanks Steve, it kind of reminds me of my Rollei B35 I can't bear to part with. It's a good match with Ilford XP2.
XP2 is a good match for these cameras indeed 👍
Brilliant Steve! More inspiration for me to get my old Zeiss 6x9 into action. Many thanks. All the best from the Rhondda.
Have fun!
Not quite what I expected: I thouth it might be "Take your smartphone, shoot, use Snapseed, done!". But it was actually much, much better (even though what I thought could be nice and funny)! I've enjoyed it very much.
Thank you 🙂
Hi! Great new video format!
Glad you liked it 😊
Love the new format. I little peak into your edit style, without taking forever to do one of those "edit with me" videos... Nice images too. Sometimes a simple setup is best.
Glad you liked it Bryce, I figured people could show the video down if they wanted to see the process in more detail.
Just wonderful, and some great images as always. Simplicity is one of the things I most enjoy about shooting film. I don't shoot much film anymore, which makes it all the more special when I do. With 400 film, my point of departure for static subjects is F11 at 1/250, adjusting as conditions may require. The exposure meter on my Olympus OM1n is quite sensitive, and requires vigilant attention and adaptation. Add good shooting technique and good subject matter, and you have a recipe for a very satisfying outing.
Film definitely makes you think before pressing the shutter button and even in this trip I had plenty of duds!
Great video! The quick information about composition helps a lot.
Love from India.
- Rahul Deshpande
Glad you enjoyed it Rahul.
Interesting format! I for one don't mind the sped up editing; it gives a good enough idea of what you're looking for and working towards.
Good to know Peter, I didn’t want to spend hours going through the editing on screen.
Great video as always, but a little too short. I think 20 minutes is the 'sweet spot'. Cheers from Bucharest!
Ooh, 20 minutes is really pushing it for me, I much prefer the shorter videos 🙂
Thank you for a superb video. Lots of ideas to try.
My pleasure Richard.
I think that the real lesson here is that when a person has found a routine that gives them the results they like then there is little reason to change it. Whether that routine works for other people with other tastes and goals is another question. I don't think that it has much to do with 'the basics'.
Good point Bob.
that was fun Steve.
Glad you liked it 👍
😀
Quack quack 🤔 and a fast paced presentation which made your point very effectively.
A useful demonstration of assessing a potential subject in a decisive manner, and Yes, It is about time I started, when planning a shot, to take into account the things I can readily accomplish in Lightroom. No AI. No flash new gear, just KISS - for ever 👍
I'll be taking a look at your Etsy page in a few days just to see if the rocks at 4.59 might be available...
Thanks David, I’ll rarely spend more than 5 minutes post processing an image, any longer than that and the shot is unlikely to be a good one anyway.
More!
Simple lightroom 😅 👍
Yes 😁
Simplicity and good framing! I don't use fancy photoshop apps. Lately working with an old Digital CCD camera. Minolta.20 years old. I have prints done commercialy. Less is more! Oh!Any use of red/green filters? As usual BRAVO!
Very cool!
This made me realise I may need to work a lot more in dark- or lightroom to achieve what I thought I envisioned. I have many, many images that "popped" to my eyes but turned out 'meh' on film. Very often these include green plants, like your silhouette house.
Thanks!
You really don't need to Photoshop your images to death, unless of course it's something you enjoy. Just go back to the same location and seek better light. Light is what makes or breaks a photo imo, and not how much dodging and burning you do in the darkroom or Photoshop.
Very few B&W shots look really good straight out of camera, manipulation has been going on since photography began.
@@SteveONions big fan of your channel and your photography Steve, but I disagree on this. Based on my taste, I've never seen a picture which was made better by extensive dodging and burning. Great light and minimal postprocessing will always beat poor light and heavy handed dodging/burning in my book. Then again I'm a fan of Robert Adams and loathe the work of Ansel Adams.
Awesome photos, and very impressive from one roll of film. Do you develop your film too, or do you get it developed & scanned?
Thanks Dean. I develop and scan all my own films, so easy and cheap.
This was very much fun and educational at the same time, Steve. I really liked you taking us viewers through the editing process. I learned from that. Do you like any of these images enough to offer them in your Etsy Shop? Several I like a lot, but am a bit partial to...well I won't say, in case it is not up to your standard to share beyond a video like this one. Excellent video. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed the change of format James. I’m unlikely to put any of these up for sale at present, they would have to be inkjets if I did.
@@SteveONions Thank you, Steve.
This was a neat departure from your normal videos, I quite enjoyed it.
Thank you very much 😀
15 miles is a pretty good walk, but still only half of a Roman forced march, and they were carrying a LOT of stuff and then set up camp, lucky not to be them. Nice shots, helpful ideas as well. Do you have a preferred developer? Digital camera scan I assume, at what mpix do you use for that?
But did the Romans have to process their films at the end of each day? 😊. I tend to use 510 Pyro for conventional B&W films these days and all images are transferred using a digital camera.
Nice shots. Remember me that I have to seal my light leaking canonet 28 again...
Get it fixed! 😊
Brilliant! Super format, I like it. Thanks, Steve.
Glad you like it!
Eeezee, peezee; any fule kan do that! 🙂
Well, maybe not this one wot rote this comment.
Excellent pictures, as always. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Many thanks Joerg.
Can anyone take a photo without doing hours of photoshop work on it ??
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INTERESING TO SEE WHAT YOU DO sTEVE , THANKS OR SHARING. iM ALSO IMPRESSED IT ONLY TOOK 6 MINUTES TO PROCESS ALL THOSE IMAGES
Definitely only 6 minutes (per image 😀).
Is this ironic?
So much postprocessing/PS tinkering in these images, Steve.
I don't understand why. Why not come back and take the picture with better light.
IMHO - let nature do the dodging and burning for you. But then you know this already. So again, not sure where you're going with this.
The post processing took no more than 5 minutes to be fair and I only applied typical darkroom type manipulations.