Sound advice. I spent hours in my youth printing b&w photos in my garage darkroom. I was very good but not any money. I got a job printing for a professional photographer, and quickly established myself as the go to printer. I would spend at least 8 hours a day printing and after a couple of years getting no extra money or advancement I left. I have never printed a single photo since and never will. I still take photos but other than a little digital enhancement I really just take what I can straight from the camera.

Very good thanks. My new MkVI is splendid. I have the official Fuji adaptor and filter but there is no thread on the front of the lens to accept it - does the front ring on the lens come off - gentle attempts to remove it have failed - is there a tweak to get it off or have I guessed wrong?

The Angry Photographer completely trashed it. Good thing I stopped listening to him.

I do photography as work and film photography as the photography I do for fun

Gran video

I work professionally for 2 days a week in photography and days job pays the bills....and still get to shoot for pure fun I don't know many full time photographers 😮....it's smart to have a day job

This is the best camera for me

Nice review, but you should LOVE the new MKII version, which is smaller and 37 percent lighter. Also a bit sharper and better on focus, plus if you do video the non-clickable aperture ring option is a huge plus.

I pretty much quit photography because I did it for work and started to hate it. Slowly getting back into it for myself

That too and also they chose you of the bunch because of YOUR creative vision. If anyone could make "nice" photos, photography wouldn't be a business. Also make sure to make goals outside of photography so you won't burnout if it's the only thing you do

For example, I'd would be more productive if I had a clear goal that I want to achieve.

What do you mean tho with the first one I started freelance now I have a small studio I feel like you can build and have a career in this field. Also I mostly ruined photography for me 😂🙃

Spot on. I quit photography for myself for a few years because of a photography gig, lost interest in shooting for a period because understanding the issue.

The key is to educate yourself on how your camera and exposure values work. THEN, go out and experiment with that knowledge behind you.

As someone who uses both film and digital cameras, there’s no denying the flexibility and convenience of digital. I recently went on a day trip with some family and friends, where my micro 4/3rds (MFT) camera was passed around amongst the kids whilst I took photos with my Minolta SLR. Whilst I managed to capture some real heartwarming moments on the Minolta, I only took 18 shots, so I now need to fill the other half of the roll before I can get it developed! The photos taken on the MFT, however, have already been shared out. That roll of film cost close to £20, and will cost £20 to be developed/scanned at my local lab. It’s so bloody expensive!! Additionally, I’m stuck with ASA 100 film. For some, that restriction might be a bonus… for some, a real hinderance.

definitely a lot of folks’ experience, and something to consider for sure. though another way to look at this could be, consider prioritizing clients that seek out your individual creative style, so you can find the right balance of having your creative input while also delivering work the client is happy with. if you can (this isn’t always possible for every job). and bottom line - as is the case with every creative field - there is always some compromise between your creative style and the client’s approved deliverables. cheers!

im just gonna take hdri's only just fix it in photoshop

I’ve recently embraced shooting my X100V in full manual mode instead of aperture priority and I’m really liking how my monochrome landscape JPEG’s are turning out … it helps to slow down and spend more time with the subject. I’m thinking that now I may have to add manual focus to the process! For exposure, I’m using spot metering and the histogram. 📷😄

what the H are you talking about?

Is the WB really better on the original xpro1 like some people say?

It IS work. Working for a photo studio was great but I didn't take pictures for myself much for 20 years.

Hi Andre. What filter adapter and what uv filter do you use in your X100VI? Also, can you use the original cap with that setup? Does it fit properly?

Hi Andre. What filter adapter and what uv filter do you use in your X100VI? Also, can you use the original cap with that setup? Does it fit properly?

My camera takes good photos. People often tell me that. Nice vid, keep creating and enjoy it.

Very well said. It is the part that we cannot really control that make photography special. The part you cannot create, the moments you cant even pursue, when the moments come and you are there capture them, you might have good photos.

Agree. I've been a freelance commercial and editorial photographer for around 7-8 years and I am extremely thankful for all the work I've done but I have so little stuff to put in my personal portfolio. You need to make conscious time for your own personal work.

i have 33 1.4 & 18 1.4 with X-T5. for me the perfect combo

Fantastic video!

Word, Since deciding to take camera everywhere and shoot everyday this year I "lowered" my standards when it came to shooting and editing trying to be less critical and less in my head so that I can actually shoot this much and get through quick edits to then have something of everyday life and its surprising what comes from that. Instincts and reactions are better and quicker and I get images I wouldn't have been able to previously.

Your quote: "And if you do this properly you will get a good photo as a result." So your point is that there is, in fact, a proper way to get good photos...........except that you said you stopped taking "Good" photos and summarily dismissed all the traditional measures of what makes a good photo. So not only have you tangled yourself up in a quagmire of semantics you have also made the term 'good' kind of useless by pronouncing it to be all relative. If there is no measure of what makes a photo 'good' then none are good and none are bad. You might could make an argument that they are all simply mediocre. And that would be true of a large portion of the images you see on KZbin (and most of mine!). I don't see that as being a goal that should drive anyone's photography. I also don't buy the notion that what makes a photo 'good' is simply in the eyes of the beholder. That cheapens the artistic merit of truly excellent art and elevates the merely mediocre and truly bad to a status they don't deserve and cannot sustain. Now I totally agree that there is no one parameter or set of parameters that must exist to make a good photo. But I totally disagree with the idea that there are none. So rather than defining 'good' based on your own ideas about capturing moments and muddying up the other ideas of photographic achievement, I would recommend analyzing specific photos for what makes them good, bad or mediocre. That would be a great way for your viewers to learn and appreciate those aspects, especially since they are so widely varied. But analyzing art is hard to do if you go beyond simple subjectivity. But if there is no objectivity there is no good art and there is no bad art. And that means there is no art.

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Awesome comments Andre.

Me: you hadn't enough sleep last night. Time to take a nap for 15 mins. Wakes up 2h later 😅

Very true.

Great advice!!!

Thank you! My thoughts exactly. I just recently started with analog photography and after the first hype I struggled to continue. I took so many pictures of the ever same places and it became boring. I realized that my photos need something special about it, some kind of movement, someone in there. I was hesitant to take photos of people, but thats what distinguishes something generic from a moment. Sure, pictures of nature or architecture can be nice too, but I always feel like that a quick google search would lead to better pictures of the very same thing. Freezing a unique moment through my very own (camera) action gives me back the feeling of self-efficacy and if its a good photo I can be proud of sensing a moment right.

Feels a little superficial and constrained. Studio and still life come to mind as genres which aren't moment driven.

VERY good video. You are absolutely right in your approach to taking photos

In other words, have a subject. I often realize that I don’t have a focused subject, just a collection of stuff in an image. Photos should not only grab the moment, but a subject should be obvious.

Well said sir. Subscribed. 👍🤓

Photography for me is just tow words (( my therapy )) Photography is helping me a lot when it comes to fight depression and anxiety It’s like a therapy I use as much as I can to calm the noise inside my head Thank you for the video …

A good photo is a photo that tells a story and gets an emotional reaction from the viewer. A lot of the best photos ever taken have been technically "bad," but showed something so raw, or evocative, or beautiful that they went down in history.

Thank you for your opinion.

Well said, Andre. Also pretty thought provoking. I found myself more and more replying to the question "and did you get any good picture?" with a "I don't know, I have to review them yet". Your video explains why. I try my best to get the "best picture, technically speaking" but then on top of the desired exposure and composition, you need to review timing. And timing can make or break everything.

Nice! I've been serious about photography since I was 12. I even paid the bills. I've learned that taking a good picture is easy. Great pictures, not easy. It's at the nexus of hard work and luck.

What camera strap is that? I love it!

I just came back to tell you guys, it works.

I've been a photographer/videographer for over 3 years now. I almost never take photos for myself anymore, but I really don't mind.

Agree! I have shot 20 years now and within last couple of years my mind have changed about things in photography, and especially within last couple of months. I don't care anymore that much about sharpness or if the sky is overblown or shadows are underexposured or that kind of technical stuff in many photos - instead what I care is the emotion. I have noticed that many photos what I personally like might not even be sharp, totally in perfect focus etc. but they have feeling and emotion. That is much more important than just technical details. I have also tried to capture good photos, but noticed that when I just take photos just because I love to take photos, I have got many photos I love. Of course I try to compose them well, use focus correctly etc. but it is not always on point but still photos have not been always ruined because of it. Also when I print those in paper it matters even less, at least on small 4"x6" photos (10x15 cm) and nowadays I print almost daily. No matter if the photo is "that good", it is just so fun to see those on paper and it removes pixel peeping and other useless crap out of photography and I just look the photo as it is. Maybe this is part of the reason why I have also started to care less about too much technical aspects and more about emotion and feeling. One thing what I have also now started to notice within last couple of days is that when I look CD album arts etc. those photos are quite often other than perfect. They have grain, there is blurry photos, there is strange colours and patterns. I think for many of us photographer hobbyist it would be a good reality check to think about "where are you going to use those photos", because then you could understand that hey, maybe there is something else in photography than just perfect bokeh, amazing color rendering etc. and many kind of photography even quite bad cameras are more than great. Gotta still say that there IS always situations on my photography where I need to get "as perfect photo as possible" but those are very rare. Only situations are when I take photos of some other person when they ask that they can send it to some places like applying a job. That is still very marginal use case at least for me :)