Hey man love the vid what’s the filter you’re using !! :)

This was cool

Really great perspective on this. Definitely feel that way of editing offers the most range. Great video!

Thanks Chris, really needed to hear this message as I’ve been really frustrated with my photography recently and your thoughts put things back into perspective. Keep up the good work 👍🏼

Sage words again, Chris, being creative in any sphere is a journey, never a destination and there will 'pot holes' along the way. Really enjoying your content too, please keep it going.

So true, I love what you said about the challenge, the fact that it is difficult and that is what makes it enjoyable!

Thoughtful post, wide applicability, Chris. Somewhat click-bait title😊. Einstein analogy a plus. Disappointment a good sign of growth compared with “smug” satisfaction. Been said we go through several stages in photo skills - novice, technician, artisan, and finally master. Masters can grow and improve, too, IMO, so I don’t understand your point that we cannot master photography. We speak of the great “masters” of classical art, street photography, etc. so why not our own preferred genres? BTW, I’ve seen channel hosts pin their own lead-off comment, but seldom do I see them “love” their own pinned comment - kinda brash😊. Cheers!

Thanks for watching folks! Just a few thoughts i've been having recently that I thought i'd share. Anyone else feel frustrated by their photography from time to time? 📸

Great and informative video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Hi Chris, recently came across your channel. Thinking of getting my first mid-range professional camera. I have a budget of around $1500-2000 for the camera and a general purpose lens. For the Tamron 28-75 mm f2.8, which sony mirrorless camera body would you recommend? I am mostly interested in portrait + travel photos.

My primary lens is the Sony 20-70mm f4 attached to my Sony A7CR. Every weekend my hikes range from 10-15 miles average so being ultralight is very important to me. I start usually 15 minutes before sunrise and to compensate the morning low light and sundown I just purchased the 20mm f1.8. I'm going with 20mm focal length because I need to cover as much landscape as possible because if I go 28 or 35mm I'll definitely need more room at times. Now I will also have way more extra stops compared to the f4 and my 61megapixels gives me enough room to crop from the 20mm focal length if I need to. Once the sun is up, I'll stick with the 20-70mm but I think the 20mm f1.8 will be a great second lens specifically sunrise and dawn.

One of the most overlooked aspects when using socials is that your perfectly crafted photo is viewed on so many different screen qualities. How it looks on iOS Insta is different to Android in my viewed experience (personal view). Taking time to multi view is important if you want the viewer to have your experience of the image. Great video Chris

This is exactly what I often thought but was not sure if it is worth it. Thank you so much for your thoughts and your confirmation. Reminder to myself: Do this more often.

So true this mate! I often go downstairs, make a cup of tea, chill, come back and hate the edit 😂😂 - definitely helps to sit with them for a while! Thanks for the advice matey have a good weekend!

Good advice Chris. And don’t forget that the room lighting where you are editing, monitor on time, and monitor color calibration make a difference as well.

"What was I thinking!". I'd like a dollar for every time I've thought that! Thanks and cheers from DownUnder 🦘

Does it matter if you have the raw files saved . I just fire them out . Go back later for the print and take my time .

Sometimes I go back to old photos from years a go and re-edit them. Lightroom has changed, and so have my techniques and preferences, and I can go back and breathe life into older photos with all that I've learned since I took and edited those photos. Whether stepping away for hours or for years, it's good.

I have this lens and don’t use it near enough. Next time I go out I’m going to try and use it exclusively if I can help it. 😊

Solid advice, Chris, frequently mentioned on YT, but repetition drives home the lesson. We get stuck in a mind-set that benefits from a break-away and fresh look. Same for writing an article, or solving a crossword puzzle (do you do crosswords?). We all see the world differently, by naked eye and device. Thus, trying to get exact calibration can be a challenge - worth doing mainly in commercial shoots, IMO, where, for example, product and labeling appearance need to be spot on. Otherwise, it’s not worth putting too much time into precise color rendering. Noticed the coffee art swirl - your handiwork? Cheers!

Great advice ... with photo editing, usually less is more. When I step away and come back later, I usually see notice this right away.

Thanks for watching folks! Hope you found this tip helpful! It's not something I hear a lot of photographers talking about and I think it's a really important step! Would love to know if you do this! 📸🙏🏻

I just discovered your channel Chris, good objective advice / suggestions, well delivered. Appreciate your common sense which is not so common.

I've tended to shy away from taking my tripod out with me when I'm going further afield because I find them cumbersome and annoying to use, but I recently realised that I have a real hard time slowing down when I'm out in the field shooting, not giving myself enough time to consider things like composition, light and settings (probably why I was getting so frustrated with a tripod). So this video has come at a really good time for me. If I make more effort to take my tripod out with me (and actually use it!) then it will hopefully also help me in my quest to slow things down a bit more. Thanks Chris.

I am relearning photography after 18+ years of not practicing (other than on my phone). I feel after 6-7 months, I have about 4-6 photos that I consider really good. Out of about 1000 shots, both on 35mm and digital. My 35mm shots I tend to like more, probably because they were more thought out before I snapped the shot. Thanks for continuing to post. Your content is awesome!

Thanks for the video, Chris. I tend not to use a tripod, relying on my camera and lens' IBIS but the points you make have made me think, especially about slowing down.

Tripods can also make you lazy and always shoot from eyelevel.

I have a love-hate relationship with tripods. I hate setting them up, packing them away, and of course carrying the extra weight, but there are times I was glad I had one.

Personally, i can imagine no more shameful experience than routinely taking crap-to-average images with late-model high-end gear... and there's an awful lot of that about. Maybe that's part of the reason people can have for hiding the Exif data.

Loved this mate! I generally try to avoid using a tripod at all costs 🤣 but the idea you mentioned of setting up then chilling back and relaxing until the right moment is definitely something I need to incorporate more!

Hey folks! Thanks for watching! Let me know in the comments, how often do you use a tripod? 📸

My own photography improved greatly once I switched from 35mm to medium format. Slower cameras and fewer frames per roll equalled more care invested in each shot

About six.

Ansel adams , my favourite landscape photographer, really enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing

Personally I stopped comparing my work to others. It’s frustrating and leads to duplication of effort. How many similar photos of that well known iconic national landmark are needed… Grab your camera and start exploring your own local area, don’t worry about what others are doing.

meanwhile i "upgraded" to the Sony A7s Mk.1 just last month lmao.

Sorry to disagree but I would have approached closer to the lone tree, included less of the dry stone wall and completely eliminated the lake. Your image makes my eye wander to and fro and makes for a rather unsettling image. Probably a poor example of a WA lens and some compression of a medium telephoto would have made a much more pleasing Image. I have a 18mm equivalent lens and love it but such wide angle needs to be used very selectively. On the plus side, very generous of you to share and spell the place names even allowing for a small spelling mistake (Llyn Y Dywarchen). Thank you. BTW, more lone tree comps would be welcome.

I have not counted how many per year but I often take a few shots on a day out and often decide none are worthy of keeping. I publish on social media and probably average one or two decent images per month. I some times get depressed by the deluge of mediocre images that flood some web sites and one bugbear with me is seeing basically the same image with 3,4 or 5 different crops. This just demonstrates the photographer has no clue about composition and definitely would not know a significant image if it poked him or her in the eye. Your comments about how digital has produced 'snap happy' photographers rang true. I used to shoot weddings on medium format film and working for another full time professional, he would give me four or five rolls of 12 exposures and expected a 'keeper' rate of above 95%. I plead guilty to taking test shots to get the perfect exposure on my digital camera when I would previously have used an exposure meter with my film camera. I do spend a relatively large amount of time processing raw files but compared with Ansel Adams who would spend weeks printing a perfect image.... Thank you for a thoughtful and inspiring video. Subscribed.

I developed a probably bad, "snap happy" attitude when I first tried "semi-serious" photography as a scuba diver in NJ USA in the late 70s, using the all-manual Nikonos II system. Out of a film roll of 36 shots (per dive), I felt accomplished if I got 1 "good" result and 2-4 more "presentable" shots, then at the end of the season, I winnowed the results to maybe a dozen or two "show shots." Fast forward to this last month, shooting digital in Glacier National Park. I tried all sorts of compositional techniques, but fundamentally did a lot of repetitive shots so that I could judge the incrememental differences between them to pick the "good" one. Now I did stop and enjoy the setting, so I wasn't just a snap-happy crazy guy, but maybe slowing down is a better way. Tough to do when you're trying to pack all the experiences in during a vacation.

I enjoy all photo types. Thank you for the videos

I think you have to take the advice with a grain of salt. The technology he used to take and develop an image was a long process. He didn't know what he had until he developed the film and printed it which took days. Today you know what it looks like in a few seconds. You can make a correction or try a different thing without having to do his long process. When I go out I try to get at least a handful of good images and one portfolio shot per outing. Sometimes i do, sometimes I don't. I use it to train my eye to see images quicker. I do agree that you need cultivate your best images. You can create good images all the time, you will get the portfolio shot more often.

I am round about 6 in a year...

Just here for the quote, any clues?

I think I’ve just been caught up in trying to post images as quickly as possible. Ridiculous I know. I’m not on the clock!. Slowing down will be my mantra. Cheers Chris.

Great video. Liked & sub’d.

I've heard that quote before and I get the significance. I'm not sure how many good photos I would get in a year but I get it. We shouldn't expect every single shoot to give us a banger. It all depends for me really. If we are traveling, I will get a higher amount than if I'm at home.

Another thoughtful vlog. Thank you Chris I’ve started walking away from a fully edited image and I’ll come back the next day to finish it off. The result has been more deleted images, a better edit and a smaller pool of better images.

He not only took his time and created great images... however he made a lot of his images greater in the darkroom where he did even more magic.

Adding this lens to my arsenal as its on sale currently. It fills a small gap that I have with my current setup. Thank you so much for your candid opinions and explanations on why you enjoy this lens.