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His viewership must be down, clickbaity poo poo like that only gets produced when someone need a quick boost.
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# ? Mar 19, 2020 19:11 |
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 07:44 |
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Evan Ranft made some weepy rear end video about losing an MLB job and then pivoted into a heartfelt talk to other “creators.” These guys can’t help but be dipshits. bloops fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Mar 21, 2020 |
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The blubbering coming out of anyone with a hint of wealth right now is pretty goddamn absurd.
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# ? Mar 21, 2020 03:18 |
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bloops posted:Evan Ranft made some weepy rear end video about losing an MLB job and then pivoted into a heartfelt talk to other “creators.” I have absolutely no idea who the gently caress this person is. But just based on this alone I'm guessing I've not missed much.
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# ? Mar 21, 2020 03:54 |
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xzzy posted:The blubbering coming out of anyone with a hint of wealth right now is pretty goddamn absurd. So pretty much a whole lot of YouTube photographers? It probably comes with the territory to be fair. If you've got the free time to review gear, and do expensive things "for money" when you hardly get by with YouTube revenue (because it's poo poo), you've gotta be paid elsewhere (ie. trust fund or mommy and daddy) in order to have the free time to generate the content, do any traveling, and afford all of it including gear, to even get to that point to begin with. Unless you're an already established business or had a massive audience previously, and then built your YouTube work into that... it just doesn't seem to be possible otherwise, at least from the outside. Maybe I'm being cynical, but I expect to see more whiny crying wealthy YouTube babies coming out of the woodwork when poo poo continues crashing down, ie. Willem Verbeck or however you spell it. ianskate fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Mar 21, 2020 |
# ? Mar 21, 2020 21:33 |
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Is Willem actually a rich kid hipster? He seems mostly fine.
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# ? Mar 21, 2020 22:53 |
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bloops posted:Is Willem actually a rich kid hipster? He seems mostly fine. It seems like it to me, but then that's probably me just generalizing to get the point across, anyhow we'll see how this pans out for all the YouTubers soon enough
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# ? Mar 22, 2020 18:45 |
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I have the unfortunate habit of spending way too much time watching other people shoot and not shooting enough myself. So here's a few of my YouTube favourites, in case anyone else has too much time on their hands during the quarantine. Morten Hilmer - Danish wildlife photographer. Even though wildlife photography is not really my thing I love watching his videos. He seems like a very nice guy, he's always optimistic and it's fascinating watching him wild camp in the arctic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOcUIbQxepo Simon Baxter - Landscape photographer specialises in woodland photography. For me personally I find woodland to be very hard, since it's often very chaotic. It helps watching him walk around and talking about his compositions and thought processes. His videos are pretty high quality too, nice editing and no annoyingly epic music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPZLLydxcGw Mads Peter Iversen - Danish landscape photographer. I really enjoy his location guides and tips, I especially appreciate the local tips as to where to put your car if there's no car park nearby or specific hiking directions. Also appreciate the overviews with satellite maps. Saves a lot of time when making my own location guide as to where to go and shoot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS64joqR6tM Ben Horne - American large format photographer. I mostly watch for his on location vlogs where he walks around national parks for a week and shoots one or two photos a day. He explains his compositions and why he chose them and in the same vid shows you the end result and explains what went well and what didn't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPe5LJ2ivo Chris Eyre Walker - Landscape and travel photographer. He's an Olympus visionary so expect a lot of Olympus gear talk. Again, he does a lot of on location videos which I enjoy watching. But he's also got some specific projects that I find interesting to watch just for some inspiration, like shooting all of Belgium in 24 hours in 24 photos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7wRJG1oYI8 e6 Vlogs - British landscape and cityscape photographer. Doesn't take himself too seriously but got some very down to earth advice and I quite enjoy his cityscapes. He's not the best landscape photographer but he goes out during shite light and comes home with decent shots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd5rnulRs8E Mitchell K Photos - Aussie travel photographer. Talks mostly about issues that really matter and not about gear, more about composition, colour and story. His videos might be about the basics but he has some fantastic photography to back it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZxyMTRZ-7k
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# ? Mar 26, 2020 16:59 |
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Willem is an absolute rich kid hipster but he also seems genuine and like an alright person. His videos aren't anything amazing but I kinda just like his work.
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# ? Mar 27, 2020 23:53 |
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Enjoy this latest blog post from thread favourite Eric Kim. I have reproduced his Very Deep Thoughts (tm) in full below as he has managed to squeeze his grand theory into a mere 25 words.Eric Kim posted:A new future: Is he quoting himself???
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# ? May 27, 2020 16:28 |
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that's some strong "i'm 14 and this is deep!" energy
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# ? May 28, 2020 14:01 |
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I'm in the mood for vintage lenses and stumbled upon David Saylors, he's essentially what halpens when your dad makes a youtube channel and it's kind of endearing. He comes off as an easy going Georgian fella with a mad whistle who loves photography. A nice change from guys who have weird speech patterns to stretch time (youtube algorthm riders suck) and more than anyghing his gentle encouragement to just go out and shoot is wonderful. He shoots Fuji XT3 and the Nikon Z6, talks about old lenses, his photos aren't groundbreaking but sometimes someone's spirit and positive nature is more than enough to make a good channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAchKtrMcgqXXxQYLVTh2Ow Along that path I tried to watch Mark Holtze, he takes some good shots and loves his b roll, but his speech patterns I find distracting, irritating and a bit creepy at times. He covers some old lenses pretty ok. Then there was the thread aforementioned Ken and what a ride that guy is. It's kind of great he can rattle off so much in one tak,e also funny in a way that his intro and outro is him shuffling from and to the camera. Defintely a fella on the spectrum but it adds to his channel, I'm grateful to have learned what I have about old lenses from him. But man, what a ride
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# ? Jun 18, 2020 02:02 |
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Recently I got hooked on these two: Shoot Film Like a Boss - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRev1D_EDHyzhW8_voY0Z_g - earnest-looking dude who shoots film, and actually prints his pictures in a real darkroom in almost every episode. It's contact sheets and dodging and burning all the way. The Naked Photographer - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcaft-3hNIuB1L1IgARPoQ - a channel about advanced darkroom techniques from a guy who used to work in the industry back in the day. In-depth technical content about things that I haven't seen much elsewhere on Youtube, like print spotting and retouching, densitometry, selenium toning and what have you. Some others: Mat Marrash - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCta-8f4Qj-jzPb61Ua8D_6Q - large format photographer. He goes shooting LF every week. Unfortunately the only thing he seems to like to shoot are boring pictures of trees. Todd Korol - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ33ldV4AWqroqqjDFbrSuQ - large format photographer. Some boring pictures of trees, but his portrait work seems to be nice? He has a bunch of technical videos that may be useful to get started with shooting LF. Trangent - https://www.youtube.com/c/Trangent/videos - weird channel that has useful darkroom and film-related content mixed in with other incomprehensible stuff. Has some good tutorials for getting started with developing your own film, darkroom printing and so on. k-zed fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Jan 4, 2021 |
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Seconding The Naked Photographer, he's an invaluable resource for darkroom work.
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 02:26 |
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k-zed posted:Mat Marrash - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCta-8f4Qj-jzPb61Ua8D_6Q - large format photographer. He goes shooting LF every week. Unfortunately the only thing he seems to like to shoot are boring pictures of trees. Lmao Mat Marrash has only commented on one photo of mine on Flickr and it was a boring large format tree photo.
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 20:41 |
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He's in Ohio, he gets some slack for his choice of subjects because the list of options is pretty short. Everything he has looks like the same garbage I get tromping around outside in Illinois.
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 22:20 |
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Uncle. Kenny. “I fully support a shadow government that uses reverse engineered alien technology to give us an edge over the rest of the world” https://youtu.be/KXG-s8KEpO8
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# ? May 19, 2021 20:47 |
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Does alec soth count as a youtube photographer?
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# ? May 19, 2021 21:41 |
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these days probably
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# ? May 19, 2021 21:55 |
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If this guy isn't a goon, we should buy him an account: attic darkroom
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# ? Sep 2, 2021 01:59 |
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Yeah, been enjoying his output: I tried and thing, here's how I did it, here's how it came out. Straight to the point and interesting.
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# ? Sep 2, 2021 02:55 |
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I thought I'd bump this thread (was going through my bookmarks) with a few recommendations: Borut Peterlin Slovenian wet plate photographer (also does some other alt process printing), is a working artist. Really informative videos and has a pretty entertaining personality even if his sense of humour is hit or miss. The actual photography content has been a bit thin of late but he's got a good back catalog if you're interested in that sort of thing. T.Hopper shoots mostly film (I think?), she has some great profiles of photographers from the 20th century. Talks a lot more on the art/concept side of images rather than gear. This is probably the easiest of all of these to recommend to a general audience (of people interested in photography). TinHouseStudio a UK based commercial photographer. I find his clickbait video titles/thumbnails really grating but he's very knowledgeable and has a lot of great info that'd be helpful if you were interested in starting out in commercial photography. He also sells workshops/consults, there's an active FB group he also moderates that's filled with... people basically aping his style. grainydays this guy is kind of the the ur-YT photographer (lofi hip hop, analog), but my latent immaturity vibes with the self-loathing and Flamin' Hot Mountain Dew protest he's running for Kodak to bring back Aerochrome. GxAce straddles the line between cool and cringe. He's mainly a Fuji shooter and has some really high production values (I think he used to do commercials? Also has a great "behind the scenes" video somewhere in his channel) and an... interesting way of doing the "talking head" segments. Very gear-focused. k-zed posted:The Naked Photographer - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcaft-3hNIuB1L1IgARPoQ - a channel about advanced darkroom techniques from a guy who used to work in the industry back in the day. In-depth technical content about things that I haven't seen much elsewhere on Youtube, like print spotting and retouching, densitometry, selenium toning and what have you. I like both of these guys for their genuine "Aw shucks" Midwestern charm. Naked Photographer's darkroom stuff is great, and while most of Matt's stuff is generally things I already know (the channel is aimed at beginners to LF), I like his enthusiasm for the format. qirex posted:Camera Conspiracies would be more entertaining if his average video was around half as long. He is so obviously killing time for more ad breaks. I watch pretty much every photography video at 1.5x.
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# ? Oct 24, 2022 11:07 |
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Ethics_Gradient posted:and Flamin' Hot Mountain Dew protest he's running for Kodak to bring back Aerochrome. Not to derail too much but I don’t think there is any film I’m less excited to have come back than aerochrome.
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# ? Oct 24, 2022 16:27 |
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Ethics_Gradient posted:GxAce straddles the line between cool and cringe. He's mainly a Fuji shooter and has some really high production values (I think he used to do commercials? Also has a great "behind the scenes" video somewhere in his channel) and an... interesting way of doing the "talking head" segments. Very gear-focused. I watched the thrift store video and found it real nice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV_xYF4TEwg
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# ? Nov 2, 2022 13:02 |
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I've been digging Zenography for a while. The host Nigel does mostly reviews of vintage glass for adapting to mirrorless cameras, but he does talk film and modern glass from time to time as well. The video titles are super click-baity but the actual content is super chill and he seems like a cool and humble guy. https://youtube.com/channel/UCza1hvHVZmCh0Bzk3jl5NSw
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# ? Nov 6, 2022 02:40 |
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I've been enjoying a lot of Paulie B's videos lately, he does a series called Walkie Talkie where he walks around with NYC street photographers that he's friendly with. They're fairly entertaining and gives some insight in to other people's thought processes, motivations, and style. Most people he interviews are Leica/film shooters, but there are a few digital/point and shoot photographers as well. Here are a few of my favs: Reuben Radding's Walkie Talkie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KMTzS1M1-M John Wha's Walkie Talkie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-K4BwmVVNo Izael Rivera Flores' Walkie Talkie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbxDq5txzo8
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# ? Mar 9, 2023 20:08 |
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Tayla Adams is fun and while she doesn't provide like, the deepest analysis on photography or anything, she's charismatic and notably NOT some white dude - which can be a rarity in this hobby.
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# ? Mar 9, 2023 21:39 |
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tompepper posted:I've been enjoying a lot of Paulie B's videos lately, he does a series called Walkie Talkie where he walks around with NYC street photographers that he's friendly with. They're fairly entertaining and gives some insight in to other people's thought processes, motivations, and style. I met him in Nashville once, nice dude. I did not make the cut into his Nashville video.
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# ? Mar 10, 2023 01:25 |
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eggsovereasy posted:I met him in Nashville once, nice dude. I did not make the cut into his Nashville video. Good to hear that he's a not a jerk! He does seem fairly unpretentious in his vids so that's a plus.
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# ? Mar 10, 2023 01:43 |
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Alex Kilbee has developed a great channel that runs through photography history much of the time, while speaking about his progress through the years and seems to be in a good place right now of being able to look back and analyze his past self as a method to continue to grow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUvGEDHnFV0
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# ? Mar 11, 2023 14:58 |
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ReverendHammer posted:I like Gavin Hoey's videos on Adorama's channel. He'a tad bit 'YouTuber' in his intros and outros. But outside of that I like how he discusses bits while in the studio. I do wish he'd go a little bit more into his post-production process though as sometimes he just kinda does things without explaining why. I recently discovered Gavin and I've really enjoyed his videos
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# ? Apr 17, 2023 00:46 |
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It’s quite wild reading over this thread and seeing names like Kai W, Ken, Fro etc. They used to be all over my YouTube recommends and now I couldn’t tell you if any of them even made videos anymore.
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# ? Jan 24, 2024 21:06 |
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Youtube is a meat grinder, everyone gets funneled into clickbaiting or doing paid reviews or their views drop and they disappear. Granted digitalrev was a unique situation but I have seen a lot of my favorite youtube photographers completely stop uploading.
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# ? Jan 24, 2024 23:46 |
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I've recently stumbled upon this guy Graindead and I really enjoy his videos fiddling with old film gear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4FzE1rWlVM
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# ? Jan 25, 2024 14:11 |
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xzzy posted:Youtube is a meat grinder, everyone gets funneled into clickbaiting or doing paid reviews or their views drop and they disappear. My watching of videos has all but dried up - I can only take so much "I"M SWITCHING TO NIKON" then 4 months later "I"M SWITCHING TO FUJI :O" over and over and over again There's a wealth of content out there for beginners, but after that first bit, I find it hard to keep watching stuff. Maybe the only thing that I'll watch is the Paulie B stuff because I'm not a street photographer and the other photographers insights are genuinely interesting
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# ? Jan 25, 2024 19:34 |
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Yeah, I'm almost exclusively watching videos of analog photography even though I rarely, if ever, shoot film. But almost all of the digital focussed content seems to be about buying new gear. (The exceptions are all stuff I found in this thread though.)
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# ? Jan 27, 2024 16:53 |
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I got this gentleman recommended to me. Nothing pretentious or flashy or anything - just an older guy with a calming southern accent talking about old cameras and then using them. https://youtube.com/@vintagecameradigest?si=CvOyUtmtqKBYh8lV
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# ? Jan 27, 2024 19:14 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRk1BWP5iDI Has no one linked Ben Horne yet? Really admire the folks like him and Nick Carver that not only carry big heavy cameras and sheet film out, but go through the headache of filming it too.
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# ? Jan 29, 2024 05:24 |
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Bottom Liner posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRk1BWP5iDI Used to watch his videos a fair bit. Love the commitment to not only shooting 8x10 but also doing it with slide film. I only use a 4x5 camera and even then when I go hiking with it just the camera and stuff I need to use it is well more than 50% of my pack weight for a 2 or 3 day trip (although I guess Ben typically stages out of his car doing day-hikes).
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 07:44 |
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I used to watch Ben Horne's stuff but he's just too dry for me. I ain't the world's most exciting conversationalist so he gets props for putting himself out there, but he manages to make one of the most beautiful regions in the US sound boring. I really like his work though. When I got to visit Capitol Reef last fall I was definitely looking at every scene with a "what would ben horne do" mindset.
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