So many words used to say and provide so little!

The discussion opened up so many areas in photography and, day-to-day life. In particular the discussion about winning and criticism. Great depth and wisdom. Thank you!

First rent or borrow. Try them out and then search the secondhand market. If they are hard to find there it is because photographers don’t want to give them up.

That photo. The second to last one around 10 - 12 minutes in to the video. It's just amazing. Great advice. Yesterday I had the privilige to watch the sunset at Rubjerg Knude in Denmark - a different part of the North Sea - where there is this old lighthouse. And all the people were watching the sun setting, but missed the soft red light on the lighthouse and the surrounding sand dunes. They should all have watched your video 🙂

Do you use the KASE pop-in UV filter to protect your sensor? If so, what is your opinion and does it effect optical quality?

Go get another covid vaccine.

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Very helpful, thank you

You should be a mental health ambassador for photographers. Excellent words and thought process.

Very helpful. Thank You.

There is nothing at all to be embarrassed about in applauding the jaw-dropping tools at our disposal today. It is not gear obsession. Just a candid acknowledgment that we operate in an astonishing era with the most capable image making tools at our finger tips. The tilt, high magnification , high res EVF is my favourite aspect of the mk 11. It just makes life so much easier when you are knocking on 60, need three way spectacles and cannot cope with glare in the field.

Hasselblad X2D - 🔥 #1 for image quality 🌎 ●However, enjoy GFX Alistair.

Hi Alister, a fantastic video, buddy! Oh yes, I agree. Especially tip 2 is something we should even practice as often as possible: slow down and have patience. It will reward 😊 Thank you for the video and nice greetings, Christian

Thank you.. it sounds like a life lesson, more than a lesson on photography .. worth viewing again and again

Great video, thx for the information and insights

This is the most practical advice I have heard! Simple common sense truths that really hit me. Thank you reminding me to sit with nature, take in the moment, see what nature is reveling.

In our recent trip to the zoo I left pictures of the kids to my wife, because if I wanted a good picture of an animal they were long gone while I was still setting up my shot

Thank you very much Alistair, for this and the other videos I have viewed, for me finding your approach has come at an opportune moment. I relate to many of the comments made here by others, and it has made me re-evaluate my approach to photography. Up to now I have used a PentaxK1 ii but have ordered a Fuji X T5, so now have an ideal opportunity to explore, play, practice with my new 'toy'!

Thanks for these reminders! You hit it spot on. I think I've learned these the hard way.

Great recommendations!

Thanks! Inspiring and helpful. Enjoy watching your videos.

55 years ago I paddled in the water in your opening scene. Great to see the old place. Many happy memories of growing up there. Now I'm a Canadian and play at lake Abraham. Enough of this reminiscing. Lol. Awesome video alister. Great advice as always. At 60 years old I still practice. It's always good to play around with ideas. Sometimes something different turns out Great.❤ shoot often and we'll folks.

Hello Alister, i really like this video. You discuss important items, which blocks many men in their creativity. It´s not the gear, it´s you and your head which makes the best images. I congratulate you on your decision leaving instagram and facebook. I never joined them, but i noticed there´s a lot of trouble and discussions when the rules changed.

Seeing! 👀👍🥂

Amazing tips. Selecting what we want and use others as faded back ground or totally avoid them is the key. It gave clarity to my thoughts which I am doing unknowingly 😂

Great advice Alister!!! Wolfgang

John is an awesome photographer and a great human to boot! Love the video, thanks for sharing.

You missed: You don`t need fancy, expensive kamera`s and a heavy tripod. Then You are not playing. Bring the phone or a small camera like Fuji XM1 or similar and play on the beach or where ever You are.

There is a corollory between the need to slow down and the frequency of excursions with a camera. Time is my biggest barrier, the result being that my immediate reaction when I do get out is to rush and, even though I recognise this trait in myself it still happens. My solution is to get that desire out of the system with the first images, normally the obvious ones, and then to relax into the location.

Thank you for this video. Amazing how you explain how these filters work in just a few words. I will certainly watch more from you and am looking forward already for the one you announces containing 'ethics'.

I certainly agree that simply sitting and taking it in is very worthwhile. One of the things I always take with me is a decent pair of binoculars. As you sit, you can examine all manner of things with them.

Your comments on play and practice resonate with me - but are the oportunities to undertake these activities not inversely proportional to the size and weight of your camera system?

The one and most important thing to improve photography is PRACTICE

Very helpful and wise insights Alister- I would respectfully add a corollary to Tip number 1 that 'comparison' also is the death of creativity, or can diminish the pleasure

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I love that: listen to the whispers in the landscape that only you can hear…

As always good advice. I certainly feel that going out with expectations most often leads to disappointment, but I do not entirely agree that it would be better to stay at home :) - at least I got out! That leads me to another comment: Practice: because I sometimes find that some of the source of disappointment is a lack of technical skills. I have ideas but fail to capture what I want, partly because I can't find the right way. I have done this for many years, but only very few years with any intent. So I should go out with some intent and expectations - and then, instead of being disappointed, spend some time analysing why I didn't come home with the images I wanted to. And I certainly need to learn to take my time - trying to capture a scene from every conceivable angle is one of my many flaws.

when people have looked at some of my photos they ask how did you get that , my usual answer is there a difference in looking at something and seeing it

Having been on one of the retreats with you and John, I can wholehearted agree that fully being in the moment, slowly noticing details and forming a relationship with a puddle, a tree, a reflection in a pond can be so rewarding. I remember sitting in the forest for a couple of hours without taking a single photo. I remember entering into an intimate relationship with a tree, staying with it for several hours, lying under its crown on my back, connecting with the soil, making some of my favourite images. It was an amazing experience and the atmosphere that John and you created for us was highly fertilising. Did I bring the spirit back home? I think so!

So true. Thanks Alister

Item 4 - Practice... well that certainly hit home. Thanks for all your insights!

Another very insightful video, fairly short but a lot to take in, think about and hopefully execute!😀

I'd buy one tomorrow except my back would not forgive me. Unfortunately, far too heavy for me.

Ya know Alister.... You ticked me off in Scotland when when we were together.... and now you MAKE me watch this glowing review... I really do LUST for this system....

I would like to see camera settings displayed a bit longer. Not enough time to read and make notations. First day watching your channel. Very helpful and inspiring. Thank you.

No. There is no such thing, everyone having different needs and wants. Personally, I would never even consider a mirrorless camera as it disassociates one from the process, but you do you.