I’m no doubt at least a decade older than you, so I’ve probably been making photographs ten years longer than you. I feel like a kid in school studying a topic I love from a teacher who inspires. When I hear you say, “I know you can do it…,” I grab a camera and head out the door.
@SteveSSBB2 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. McCurry. As a person he is as well composed as his photographs. Down to earth and a perfect gentleman.
@tonygreenwoodN102 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!! If I may say so, IMO this is one of your best videos. I think Steve McCurry is a genius and your analysis and exposition of his compositional techniques is not only fascinating but really useful for us photography mortals!
@shishifat2 жыл бұрын
I love how Steve McCurry balances his images with a secondary subject while using rule of thirds. Just mind blowing
@nickguzman17342 жыл бұрын
Your passion for photos and reverence towards past photographers just oozes out of you when you speak about what makes them special. I greatly appreciate your channel and wish you much growth the second half of this year
@kenallen91422 жыл бұрын
Love how practical, yet open to flexibility, your videos can be.
@edwardhurd60962 жыл бұрын
Alex, This video is a perfect example of why your channel has become my favorite: It's informative, inspiring, and focused specifically on how to become a better photographer--Thank You!! Cheers, and keep up the great content!
@leolaxes9 ай бұрын
Wonderful video. Thank you. Also thanks for showing so many examples and not just talk into the camera.
@ThePhotographicEye9 ай бұрын
My pleasure, thank you for watching :D
@morriswang92842 жыл бұрын
I love your shows so much! Appreciate your sharing your experiences!
@josheennisperos6573 Жыл бұрын
This video has the correct ratio of stimulation and education
@ojanmaul10 ай бұрын
Great tips for upping your photo composition game! Can't wait to try them out and see the difference. Thanks for sharing!
@ThePhotographicEye10 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@davidbellaiche_photography4 ай бұрын
One of the best photography video I've watched in the last 2 years
@luzye2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your excellent content and inspiring instruction!
@arnoldmias2 жыл бұрын
this is like a workshop. Thank you !
@marklambert7734 Жыл бұрын
good walk through of principles with great examples, thanks
@ThePhotographicEye Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
@stevendolinsky2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video....very well done. Steve McCurry is definitely my favorite photographer. I have several copies of the original national geographic issue with the Afghani girl on the cover. To me...its the perfect portrait. Thanks for making this.
@peterjoseph38392 жыл бұрын
Thanks Alex! How good of You to bring a gift, Steve McCurrys photographs to me this friday when I’m ill in covid-19 and feeling sorry for myself. Just the treatment I need! 👌👍🔝📸😍
@RS-Amsterdam2 жыл бұрын
Good video. Some input. There are several ways to separate your subject from the rest of an image (often Background) : By colour/vibrance/saturation, by contrast, by sharpness, or by emotional impact (or more of them together). To teach that I ask people how they would frame a person/object in front of a graffiti wall and make sure that a viewers eye will immediately be drawn to that person/object (but still recognise the graffiti being on a wall), as soon as they follow the tips above they understand how to make their subject give meaning. Then I ask them to look for disturbances in the frame (e.g. put a passing person in the frame with very different vibrant coloured shirt or jacket) that will draw the focus away and how to avoid that (take it/them out of the frame, ask people to step aside for a moment, or if that all is not possible how to deal with it in post. Thanks for sharing ;-) and a wonderful weekend
@Poppycockify11 ай бұрын
Fantastic selection of examples. I’m gonna have to explore Mr McCurry’s work now. Thanks for the vid
@ThePhotographicEye11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@ojanmaul10 ай бұрын
Cool tips! Definitely gonna give these a try and see if I can up my photo game. Thanks for sharing!
@ThePhotographicEye10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@jamiej.tilleyphotographyar51772 жыл бұрын
Solid and inspiring video!
@cmichaelhaugh85172 жыл бұрын
Great summary and reminder list
@jjgomez84210 ай бұрын
A very interesting approach to composition that a lot of people use to enhance their photos. This video is very insightful and informative.
@ThePhotographicEye10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching
@charlotta2hotta2 жыл бұрын
I feel better. I’ve been advised by other amateur photographers to capture images at a distance and then crop them to enlarge the subject - never get too close to anything. I take full frame shots and you’ve just validated how I photograph is good to do. Thank you so very much. My confidence is solid now.
@coindoggie45092 жыл бұрын
It really depends on the photographer Char. Some may do better with what you described and others just going with flow and taking the photo they see and imagine. Being able to shift between the two given a situation I think is key. Nice thing about photography is being able to do both. Experimenting and trying different ways. Never stop playing :)
@charlotta2hotta2 жыл бұрын
@@coindoggie4509I took a photography course that stressed the importance of social media likes to appease the people. The more likes I get, the better photographer I am. You’re right. The more I experience and try different techniques, I’ll find my voice with confidence. My photos are no longer for social media and the opinions of viewers. It helps to receive advice that guides me to be more open-minded and creative. Thank you. 😀
@gregorylagrange2 жыл бұрын
@@charlotta2hotta Filling the frame is a matter of desire to better your skill. Everybody will crop some photos afterwards from the inevitable reason of you just won't be located near something that you're trying to photograph. Be it access or from timing. But now that practically everything can be done for the photographer with cameras that detect eye focus, the development of the skill side is pretty much not even a consideration for many. That was advice from a lazy mindset to say always depend on cropping afterwards.
@charlotta2hotta2 жыл бұрын
@@gregorylagrange I appreciate your comment. I enjoy being outdoors and exploring. Learning to enhance my photographic eye is fun. I’m addicted to photography.
@gregorylagrange2 жыл бұрын
@@charlotta2hotta Same here.
@borisharold2 жыл бұрын
This is without a doubt the best photography channel right now ( for me ) ; (ok maybe with Jamie Windsor ) . Not sure how you will be able to keep on this level 3 times a week , 😂 but thinking about it , with your photographic culture and passion for it , I am certain that you will be keep bringing more interesting content . all the best .
@erichstocker83582 жыл бұрын
I recognize some of the photos but the photographers name slipped my mind if I ever knew it. The one immediate thing that strikes the eye and grabs the mind is the spectacular use and juxtaposition of color. The second is the dynamic nature of the photographs. Absolutely brilliant!!!!
@suehodnett69112 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant video, thanks🌟
@johnvienna34222 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done. Excellent presentation of the right shots to illustrate your points. McCurry had a major exhibition in Graz last year. The photos were backlit, like slides, and suspended in the dark. The smallest were a couple of metres across; the largest must have been maybe six. I strongly recommend this exhibition.
@EugenesVids2 жыл бұрын
Each one of your videos is knocking it out of the park! You can launch a career based on anyone of them. Thank you!
@thephotoroad2 жыл бұрын
Excellent and well made video. Thank you
@almostgreen94982 жыл бұрын
Those are great grand central station pictures!
@malithchathuranga14032 жыл бұрын
feel lucky to found this video on KZbin.. I watch dozens of them who teach just technical photography.. bt this is far away.. keep posting..
@AK-hk2pd2 жыл бұрын
I really needed this,thank you.
@brokenalgorithms47412 жыл бұрын
Another winner Alex! The best photography video I have seen in a while! This might be my favorite video of yours... so far. I look forward to more. Watching the minimalist one next.
@andrewcroft2570 Жыл бұрын
What a great video Alex, and fascinating insight into Steve Curry.
@Namo_42422 жыл бұрын
i visited a steve mccrurry exhibition in zurich a while ago. it was really amazing
@petermary702 жыл бұрын
You have good videos, this is probably one of the best
@jeffstephens52662 жыл бұрын
What an amazing set of images and they showed exactly the point you were making
@ThePhotographicEye2 жыл бұрын
As always, thank you for watching! Please check out the other video about composition here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3qqdJyuZb9gitk I will soon be releasing a new course about composition, but in the meantime, grab yourself 10% off my 'Learning To See' course on Teachable. Click here: tpe.teachable.com/p/learning-to-see Coupon: MCCURRY
@daniellejudd33592 жыл бұрын
I love Steve McCurry’s work. One of my fav’s along with Josef Koudelka. 🥂
@robertdavis12552 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experience with great comments and suggestions... always enjoy your videos and trying to improve my skills at 78 yrs of age... cheers from Australia 😀
@johnbianchi64302 жыл бұрын
One of your best on a phenomenal photographer.
@SalwanJBinni2 жыл бұрын
As great as always
@veryscarygary2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic information.
@lucasilva96652 жыл бұрын
this is simply amazing video! one of the best on composition ive seen on youtube. believe me, composition is one of the things i study the most. thank you so much as always, you are just great!
@JeevesTCW2 жыл бұрын
What a fabulous collection of images thanks for sharing. Steve McCurry was doing a talk at Fort di Bard in the Aosta Valley Italy a few years ago when I was volunteering in the region but sadly I was unable to visit, I’d love to attend a talk of his one day.
@leonatsiara2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for all the amazing and inspiring videos! It's a pleasure to watching them! Your advice is priceless! 😊 At the moment I am listening while drawing.. so relaxing..☺
@ubeauty1002 жыл бұрын
Thank you once again … wonderful
@jamesmoros12742 жыл бұрын
So much great information and inspiring to seek and look for creative photography, not just snaps. 🙂
@ISO1200MAGAZINE2 жыл бұрын
Another great video.
@Rob.13402 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 👍📷😎
@josecarlosmora93182 жыл бұрын
Muy bueno gracias.
@mihaiul2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I am amazed at how you keep up with such pace and still your videos are so insightful and refreshing!
@thisisfrankie2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this quality content. I enjoyed your tone and ambient music.
@aquilifergroup2 жыл бұрын
Bravo. Excellent analysis and explanation. Thank you
@CtTano2 жыл бұрын
Sir, you deserve way more subscribers than what u have now. I've watched few of your videos and with this one about the Great Steve McCurry, you've got my subscription. Setve McCurry is my favourite photographer when is about portraits. I'm trying to emulate him but there is always something I miss, but keep on trying and learn is the way
@tedbrown79082 жыл бұрын
Great explanations of taking advantage of situations in photography. One day it might be this and the next day it maybe that. Well done.
@curiousabout12 жыл бұрын
People seem to poo-poo the Rule of Thirds but when I started trying to make pictures, it was an epiphany. When you don't know anything, having such a specific instruction of where to put things in frame _instantly_ improved my images. Of course "rules are meant to be broken" and all that but design rules are basically universal for a reason. I have a personal photo gallery randomized for my phone's wallpaper, and it amuses me how often elements of my photos (the ones where I stuck to the rules) will align perfectly with the user interface that Google designed lol.
@HANKBRAVO812 жыл бұрын
You’re like Jools Holland for photography. Only, you’re down to Earths and not pretentious haha. Love your videos. Very accessible and inspiring.
@NeuLingBasmati2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great explenation!
@sbai43192 жыл бұрын
I am a big fan of Steve McCurry’s work. I heartily recommend his book ‘On Reading’ . I also recommend Robert Frank’s “The Americans”.
@bwaide2 жыл бұрын
Danke!
@bwaide2 жыл бұрын
Steve McCurry is my hero and and I admire his work. Thanks for breaking down some of the more technical elements of his compositions. Although I must say that I think his ability to „read“ a scene and anticipate moments worth capturing are the real deal here.
@hotsauce7124 Жыл бұрын
Great advice
@boryczewskiphotography93722 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@johnvienna34222 жыл бұрын
Despite the good advice to fill the frame, among the portraits here I found the ones showing something of the context/surroundings more interesting than the straight-on head-shots (fascinating though they also are, of course). I've been looking for a "portrait" lens, but now I think I'll stick with something a bit wider. Alex and Mr McCurry just saved me a few hundred euros!
@ivanrsb2 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring video. Thank you 🙏🏼
@Lanalana802 жыл бұрын
Thanks !
@crismi1442 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@harmkaterberg1112 жыл бұрын
Color is also very important in Steve McCurrys photos.
@klartext22252 жыл бұрын
A zoom helps here sometimes. I find myself always taking a wider shot first and then closing in a little with the zoom. Of course, making one, two steps towards the motive also works. But that is not always possible. BTW: What a deeply saddening picture at 1:13!!! A woman with symbols of peace out in the open but yet in burka prison. Living in a fundamentalist war against half of the population.
@michaelhull18132 жыл бұрын
If you produce a pleasing image, it's almost guaranteed that your composition will fall under one, if not more of these "guides"... often called "Rules". You may not know of any of them, but people have already figured out what makes an image pleasing, and those "rules" are that understanding on display.
@davidbrighten25722 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video. I like the relaxing background sounds and the change made to your own voice, either via the microphone or speaking style. Calm, confident and inspirational. I would love to have a deeper study of any of these techniques. A full video on just framing or just the fall of light on the image. This video deserves 100k views.
@JonathanAdamsPhoto2 жыл бұрын
How would you feel if you learned musician you grew up loving actually wasn’t the one performing. That is how I feel about McCurry when you learn he stages his images but plays them off as photojournalism. It makes you look at an image like his crowdsurfing Holi photo and realize he did document that moment he produced it but played it off as photojournalism.
@victorcarmelo86062 жыл бұрын
Agree on all but I find filling the frame is best done in post. By all means get close but for me I need room to manoeuvre, then crop. This helps if I need to straighten the image and if my image is too cropped in camera I have a problem. Not a criticism just hate making mistakes. Thanks for a great video.
@j.k56542 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@danyj.mendez47452 жыл бұрын
Man.. this is a good video. I appreciate all the examples. Fill the frame…..!!!!
@washingtonradio2 жыл бұрын
Interesting how he frames his subjects to make them stand out even if 'violates' some textbook rule. It seems his rule is what will make the viewer focus on his subject and what he wants to say visually about the subject.
@nh-ss5pw2 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up
@brett7kelly2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@great-stuff-66882 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@scotskinner43502 жыл бұрын
"Fill the frame." Or the way I heard it, "If your photos aren't good enough, you aren't close enough." And this is what happened to me just yesterday. I thought they were good enough until I got home and looked at them on the computer. Nope, not close enough. Fortunately that subject has roots so it's not going anywhere on it's own.
@mayte30273 ай бұрын
🖤
@belaacs52382 жыл бұрын
Steve McCurry may be the only photographer where his images don't need explanation, his images do the talking. Mr Salgado is the other one. Certainly everything is subjective and this is only my opinion.
@bnquick742 жыл бұрын
Regarding those portraits with the almost supernatural looking eyes. I've always felt these were manufactured in Photoshop through an eye replacement/enhancement tool. In many instances, the colors of the eyes are inconsistent with the other characteristics of the subject--skin tone, texture, etc. It's not that I think a post production edit like that is a bad thing. I just don't feel it is an authentic representation, but something more akin to using Photoshop to take inconvenient people or objects out of a composition. Is my impression wrong? If I am wrong, hats off to the photographer and I will try my best to find the best settings to capture eyes so crystal clearly.
@prs262 жыл бұрын
There is no one as good as Curry
@RobertGrayMusic2 жыл бұрын
If you could only watch one tutorial about composition then this would have to be it.
@judithsteiner66472 жыл бұрын
I have posted twice here, and they both seem to have disappeared. How come?
@MrLukeod2 жыл бұрын
Great video and undeniably striking pictures, but for me Steve McCurry's work is tainted by the issues around manipulation of images.
@gregorylagrange2 жыл бұрын
You mean that they weren't always caught in the moment?
@MrLukeod2 жыл бұрын
@@gregorylagrange You could put it that way I suppose! A bunch of his pictures were found to have been heavily manipulated in Photoshop. Not just minor stuff either - people/objects removed etc. A quick Google will give you some examples.
@gregorylagrange2 жыл бұрын
@@MrLukeod I'd heard about the more recent stuff. His old stuff, like the picture of the walkway with the hand prints on the wall, whether he may have asked a kid to run down the walkway so he could include him in the picture, I haven't heard if he did those things routinely or not. It doesn't fit journalistic definitions in the context of covering events. But National Geographic was about looking in depth into a subject the way documentary films do. And docu films routinely use set up footage as a way of explaining or illustrating. So I don't see that much wrong if he did something like that. However, for his whole career, he was lauded for getting all his photos as if he saw it in the moment and shot it. And if he didn't do that for everything, he conveniently kept quiet about it. And in that context, I agree with how the enthusiasm for what he does takes a big hit.
@MrLukeod2 жыл бұрын
@@gregorylagrange I feel that it's not up to me to tell anyone what's right or wrong when setting up/taking/processing a picture. If we're being mislead though, or if someone's amazing ability to capture a perfect scene is found to be just a little too good to be true, I'll be sceptical every time I see another perfect picture of theirs.
@gregorylagrange2 жыл бұрын
@@MrLukeod Fair and valid point.
@v_stands_for_value1242 жыл бұрын
Unpopular opinion: those pictures are cool because he took them in amazing places many years ago, I'd take those too being able to travel without a damn pandemic and now a war
@britishrose94172 жыл бұрын
I feel like I should have paid at least $250 for this tutorial.
@johnclay7644 Жыл бұрын
informative 9.5mins.
@martin7012 жыл бұрын
Finobachi? Fibonacci
@mikepenney57262 жыл бұрын
dang near every shot you show the main subject is right in the middle.... mccurry's stuff is certainly very good but we are not going to learn a lot here except one other thing you didn't mention.... "pay attention to the background" and, of course. the edges....
@carloscelis66252 жыл бұрын
I just spent about two hours stopping an analyzing the photographs in this video.
@carloscelis66252 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much.
@glen-draketoolworks71862 жыл бұрын
Your videos are about how to see, not how to hear. I don't know why so many content providers think that what they have to say will not be heard by their viewers unless they have some background sound competing with their voice. If I have to fight to focus on the content then I bail. And such is the case here. Yes. Music can enhance the viewing experience, but it detracts from verbal content. Please consider making what you have to say the focus. And if you are having trouble reading this, then put on some music and try again.
@vmno63002 жыл бұрын
As always, these “rules” are meant to be broken
@manot82732 жыл бұрын
Ple review the youtube page ''George Eastman Museum'' The have wonderful material.(The Daguerreotype - Photographic Processes Series)
@klartext22252 жыл бұрын
To add to my comment: 4:03 is a better picture in this context for it shows the brutality of how women are treated in some islam countries. A niqab is bad enough, but at least the eyes are free. With a burka, what can you see??
@darkoroom71142 жыл бұрын
What makes this video so good is your teaching ability. Sorry not a Sm fan....