Sorry that I’ve come late to this. Wonderful scenery, but why do we suffer this constant music. It’s so wearing! Are there no natural sounds?

Thanks for the review. I bought this lens used for a really good price couple of days ago. Can’t wait to put it through its paces. Your images are wonderful.

I have done much better work since abandoning Instagram. Initially it freed me to focus on my own vision without wondering about engagement and approval. I still want to share, so my next step was start a newsletter on Ghost. I don't get as many views, but I get feedback and I post/publish images that are (as) ready (as I can make them) for publication. Then, about three months ago, I bought a good printer. That was the game changer. I now work on a physical end product. I see differently as I shoot and as I edit. "Status" is harder to come by, but when the feedback comes, it's real. I think (others will be better judges) my photography has improved. IG as a marketing tool? maybe. But let's be clear: when I post on IG I am working for Meta and I may have lost exclusive ownership of my work. All "social" media is about capturing my attention. I am the product. Life is too short.

Foto app is trying to resolve this problem. It’s still in beta but has some promising ideas

And because of the algortihm, im here.

Phone camera are still simply not as good quality as a dedicated camera like the Ricoh GR. They’re also much less ergonomic

Yep, I deleted everything…instagram, my KZbin channel, and even my website and blog. I was actually getting pretty good website traffic for being 100% organic searches from google. I love and hate the decision. I can finally go back to shooting what I want to shoot and when I feel like it (harder now with winter times and a new job schedule) but now only my siblings and few friends see my work. But it was nice on a recent trip to Joshua Tree on not looking for the “bangers” and I assume that will carry on an upcoming revisit to Iceland

maaaan im really considering getting the 5 now... what lenses would you recommend. Ive heard that the Viltrox 27mm f/1.2 is good, however its quite big. Do you recommend some smaller lenses for travel?

Agree mostly with what you said but geez not everyone bought a leica to hang around the neck. As a leica user, I found that a bit offensive since there is a place and time for every camera. We all enjoy the art of photography and we buy what we could afford. :) I love shooting street with the M, though there is time when I m going out w gf and travel and have to baby sit her and the dogs and the ricoh gr coming in handy and hence i m here. Anyway enjoy ur video though, just my though 🥳

The landscapes are stunning! I now need to add northern Spain to my travel list

The 'transferable, sub-license' makes Instagram a non-starter for me (I am just a hobbyist). I do wonder what professionals feel about the terms and conditions of the service.

Watched about 10 of your videos...new subscriber now...enjoy your content.

I take pictures and rarely I dare to call the shot a photograph. The same applies for me publishing on the net. I'm in it for me and not for the admiration of others.

I recently deleted instagram. It was affecting how I shoot and perceive my work. I have a lot to learn in photography, using instagram damaging my learning experience. I want to connect properly with photography and consume it in a different way than staring at a screen. 🙏🏾

I work with a Sony a7iv and 3 lenses from 17 to 180mm… I recently sold one of my A7iv to get the gr3x with the nisi filter kit. I need some lightweight gear when hicking a lot ! The compromise will be the fixed focal length but it deal wih it.

I live abroad and come to see my homeland here. It is a beautiful country indeed, I'm always amazed how many different landscapes you can find in it . The pictures you took of people were also very beatiful, moving. Thanks!

Your opening area looked like somewhere I'd been driving the area around Berkeley. It's easy to be lost.

Thank you!!! You made this so easy. Really appreciate you. Are you able to make a video on Framing and Matting if you have the time? Thank you so much sir.

Bummer I heard a great horned owl!

Your photos are jaw dropping. To say that I'm sold on the lens would be an understatement.

Great topic and very relevant! I think the photography KZbin sometimes is not well aware of the history of photography except some very famous names. There is lot of learn from different sources.

As an amateur photographer, the results from the camera must inspire me and the UI of the camera must not get in the way. That is why I chose Fujifilm. I don't want to edit. I want to take photos and enjoy the process of taking those photos. Back in the film days, you had to make your choices up front: camera, film, lens, shutter speed, aperture, composition -- then you lived with the choices you made. I want my digital photography experience to be similar.

if you added a z-axis to this graph it would represent the number of twirls you did with your stylus...

So true... My project is a buble within a buble within a buble...finally me !

Great advice. One thing to add would be "stay curious". "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." -- Walt Disney

I found the video and discussion to be insightful. Genres and sub-genres often exhibit significant tribalism, leading to biases against other genres. These biases stem from ill-informed specialization, which reflects an insecure perspective-my two cents.

"we" is a biiiiiiiiiiiig stretch my friend

I´m not a pro and just shoot for myself but I could not agree more. I have a Canon R6 Mk2, a great camera in my opinion but I enjoy my X-T50 way more

Really fantastic artists open up entirely new understandings of beauty and invite the viewer to see differently. There is so much interesting, experimental work that has been done and is being done around the world, by artists exploring what their mediums can be and do. I keep saying in various photography groups, which are at least a tiny bit open-minded, that one of the best things ANY aspiring photographer can do is study THE HISTORY OF ART, *and* the history of photography. What we get on KZbin, most social media groups, and certainly any site primarily commercially focused is so severely limited, narrow, and just uninformed about art in general. Nothing at all wrong with commercial or any kind of photography; I want to make that clear. But anyone would benefit from seeing what is possible, what some mind-blowing innovators have done through time, in particular ones who want to discover how the medium can change what we think “seeing” even is, what pictures even are, who give us new eyes. I come from an MFA background in poetry, btw. I’m an amateur (very, very amateur) photographer, but the arts intersect in so many cool ways. The same issues apply regarding bubbles. Some people who want to write poetry think of greeting card verse as the definition of the art. That’s perfectly fine, but there is such a gloriously vast world of poetry beyond that, it’s sad if people don’t allow themselves a taste, or if the culture around them discourages exploration, which I think it very much does. I’m only just now studying photography, and have a long way to go, but I’m doing it as kind of supplement to writing, because I know from experience that different arts can feed each other, and sometimes my writing goes a bit dry. It helps to pick up a different medium.

Interesting thought: is there a photography canon, like Shakespeare or Hemingway in literature? Who would we share to help get outside the bubble?

I’m in the Gavin Hardcastle bubble. I can’t believe you have Heaton and Grumpton but not Amanda’s husband.

Although I'm thrilled to see a photography video being done in my front yard, you had me howling with your opening clip from Oswald West State Park and your dainty steps through the icky . Embrace the muck! Very good video though...

enjoyed this!

Interesting talk. Subscribed 😎

Seems normal to me. If you replace “photography” with “medicine”, the bubbles would be the specialties. Cardiology and dermatology. Very different approaches, equipment, etc…

You really forgot Alan Schaller?? He has a large fanbase! And makes fun YT-videos. After a pause, he is back. Nice to include Courtney Victoria! :-)

How about the pre-internet photography bubble? You know... art history.

I urge KZbin/insta/ photographers to go to school. If you don't know who Walker Evans or Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eugene Atget, or Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen or Paul Strand, Lee Miller or Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea Lange or Margaret Bourke-White were, then you should take some formal education in your chosen field. What you are describing as "bubbles'" are styles or focuses of photography. A class in the history of photography is important to have any understanding of what you are personally doing. Where do you fit in the history and the Art of Photography? You can't really know what it is that you are doing without some perspective of not only what your contemporaries are doing but also what photographers who came before you did and how it relates to your work. It will make your work more relatable, and more meaningful to you and others who work with you, and work around you.

Very insightful, Brian and excellent advice, especially for young or photographers struggling with their 'style'. I can relate to your changing your focus and understanding over the years from a beginning with a more 'narrow' approach. I've been striving to expand from conventional landscapes, as you well describe here, for over 40 years, and only now, at 65, I sense that I've found a more original focus to my images that works for me. I also am now feeling much better about my work, and that all the effort is again paying off in satisfaction. In summary, opening up to other ways of seeing and creating cannot be underestimated. Thanks for your insights!

Beautiful photos! Were recipes used to edit?

I know this is really old post buthope ypu get this. What camera do you use the sony 24-105 on? Since this is 7 years old you obviously aren't using the 7RV. I just moved from Sony A-mount DSLT (A99M2 and A77M2) to A7RV. I have lots of A-mount lenses so I purchased the LA-EA5 to use my A-mount lenses until I can afford to start buying E-mounts. I purchased this lens as my first E-mount because it complements my sony 70-400mm G2 very well. At some point I will replace 70-400mm G2 A-mount with the 200-600mm FE5.6-6.3. I will still probably keep the 24-105 and use it on APS-C mode since the 7RV has 61MP sensor. Oh yeah, I enjoyed the sensible review. Thanks

2:18 nice

I keep thinking about these Fuji cameras. I am semi retired. Not many pic shoots anymore. I have been drawn to Fuji for just every day walk around street photography. I don’t need 40 megapixels though

Any advice on building film recipes?

Beautiful video, film simulation?

Did you mount the awning and roof box to the standard Subaru roof rack? Any mods need to be done to attach?

Are all of the video footage also from the Fuji?

素敵な写真ばかりです！✨

Brian, are these gorgeous shots, gorgeous colors, a result of your switch to Fuji? I may be hallucinating, but this footage looks distinctly better than in past videos (not that the past ones looked even remotely bad.) Very curious. Beautiful video as always! Thanks so much for these gifts.

Was in Japan a few weeks ago. It is a walhalla for photography.