José Manuel Navia and Capturing the "Exotic" in Street Photography

[@jorgedelgado-urena3123]

"Photography is a way for me to fall in love with the world" - Eduardo Ortiz. Awesome quote, lovely video!

[@eortizfoto]

Wow, what a beautiful surprise to see you here! Glad you liked the video! I’ve learned a lot from you!

[@lecarazvan931]

I was reading the comment right in the moment he said it 😅

[@almostgreen9498]

A pessimistic person wouldn’t travel like you do! Thanks for helping all of us!😊

[@kalistratov_photos]

Yeeeeah a new video!

[@eortizfoto]

First victim!

[@mmc6388]

I enjoy it very much, Eduardo, one more precious video 👏👏👏

[@eortizfoto]

Thank you very much dear!

[@CareyMoulton]

appreciate the images shown and introduction to your influences

[@eortizfoto]

Yeah, to evolve we need to look to the past. thanks for watching

[@stephenkurz4869]

Thank you so much for your perspectives on this. Too many photography channels focus on gear or technical aspects, but your channel offers a great balance between the technique of your photography as well as the 'thought' behind it (such as exoticism). Many thanks for that!

[@eortizfoto]

Thanks a million!!! Glad you think so, don’t really want to start creating clickbait videos or gear reviews to get more views.

[@JaapKroon]

I am preparing my trip to Sri Lanka and noticed that my route is based on the tourist and exotic life instead of everyday life. Everyday life is what I want to photograph and what makes me happy and what I am good at. That's why it's nice to hear your view on traveling and photography to put me back on the right track. Thanks for that.

[@eortizfoto]

I’m so glad you got the point of this video. I was worried about not making myself clear enough. Hope you have a nice trip in Sri Lanka.

[@seoirse0]

Loving your style of videos and your thought provoking approach to street photography...and congrats on making it as a finalist on the Lensculture Streetphotography Awards. Richly Deserved.

[@eortizfoto]

Thanks so much! that selection came as a nice surprise

[@Stories-in-Black-and-White]

I Like very much your video. Very nice and natural style. Photography can be so easy and beautiful.

[@eortizfoto]

It really is! Especially when you get detached from the results.

[@inesf04]

A Eduardo , saludos desde Argentina, hace poco descubrí tu canal y me suscribí. Muy buen material. Gracias . Respecto a Navia es uno de mis fotógrafos favoritos y una persona tan clara para expresar sus ideas.

[@eortizfoto]

Muchas gracias!!! Siempre un encanto tener Latinos por aquí

[@user-fy8ed6xj8k]

Amazing, magical photographs! Great color and light work ❤

[@eortizfoto]

Glad you enjoyed them!

[@hermessingson5806]

great insights!

[@eortizfoto]

Thanks for watching!

[@skumov]

Keep'em coming, Eduardo! Looking forward to see more photos from Uzbekistan, seems like very interesting place to shoot. I'm tired of seeing photos from India, Cuba etc...

[@eortizfoto]

thanks a million bud! I dont there's nothing wrong about shooting in those countries. Indeed India taught me a lot!... but I think I want my work to stand out, and choosing somewhat different locations can give it some uniqueness..... I'll focus mainly on Central Asia, Middle East and South America in the years to come. thanks for watching!

[@kalistratov_photos]

You've brought up some very important topics. I don't have a possibility to travel and I've been limited to photography in my city for almost 6 months. During this period of time I rediscovered my city and I learnt so much about people who live here, good (mostly) and bad. Now I'm excited for the season change, because it will transform both the locations and the people in these locations. The next time I travel I will try my best to understand the place with my photography instead of looking for exotic things.

[@eortizfoto]

As Ersnt has used to say: "I'm not interested in shooting new things, but seeing new things" it was something like that XD

[@Fecho33]

Me gusta mucho tu canal, es muy refrescante escuchar el proceso de alguien realmente sincero con lo que hace y no solo comerciales sobre cámaras, lentes, etc... me identifico mucho con tu proceso, yo descubrí esta fotografía hace muchos años cuando no tenía nombre y se le ponía en la misma caja de la foto documental.... me obsesioné mucho, estudie mucho, gaste cientos de rollos, hice un cuarto de rebelado en mi casa, logré cierto reconocimiento por parte de las instituciones del arte en mi país (en ese entonces las redes sociales no figuraban mucho), me volví muy crítico con mi "trabajo", me frustré y deje de hacer foto por mas de 6 años (coincidió con mi mudanza a un lugar al que yo consideraba no muy fotografiable y un poco aburrido, después de vivir en una locura de ciudad), ahora tiene al rededor de dos años que retomé la foto, llegué a la misma conclusión que tu, no existen los lugares poco interesantes, todo esta en tu proceso mental, mas que plasmar lo exótico hay que dejar que la cámara comunique lo que hay dentro de nuestra cabeza y corazón, ahora hago fotos del lugar en el que vivo sin mayor ambición que seguir mi instinto y disfrutar el proceso, tal vez en 10 años haga una curaduría y obtenga algunas imágenes dignas de ser compartidas.

[@stephanedubarry8624]

Excellent speech and mind... which lead to very good pictures of course. In the line of the excellent Raw Society I do appreciate

[@eortizfoto]

Thanks a million! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@harpersisland]

Again another great video. I was also in Uzbekistan just before COVID, found it fascinating, I wish I had spent more time shooting the Hotel Uzbekistan, it's so iconically "Soviet".

[@eortizfoto]

It’s a beautiful place to document! So many iconic places

[@louixhunter4023]

Amazing shots man 👌 how is Uzbekistan ? Heard its cheap and looks amazing

[@eortizfoto]

It’s so cheap!! A metro ticket in Tashkent is 0.08usd! And you can get a nice meal from 2/3 usd! Amazing

[@UboPakes]

Learned about your work in the video you did with Tim Jamieson and I am so happy to see more of your work and approach. To me very insightful and in find myself both reflecting on it as well as practicing. Daghan Salamat from the Philippines

[@eortizfoto]

Awesome, thank you so much! Cheers from Bolivia bud

[@kevinhicks1975]

What a beautiful, great video. Thank you for sharing. You summed up some really important things here for me.

[@eortizfoto]

Thanks a million! Glad you think so! 🥹

[@edgardo.a]

que grande eres, mucho amor desde Puerto Rico. Ven a visitar!

[@eortizfoto]

algun dia!! ojala pudiera conocer todo el mundo antes de partir al cofre.

[@MrMoJoHoBO]

This video earned you a sub! Cheers man!

[@eortizfoto]

woow thank you and welcome to this journey!

[@leimleim]

I loved your work (fellow Angelino here). I've watched your videos about focal lenghts and mood, they were really helpful. I would love you to expand more on exposure and metering, I've found difficult to expose properly when I'm taking pictures on the streets.

[@eortizfoto]

I expose manually thus the metering doesn’t do anything. I think I’ll explain it on a upcoming video

[@jorge-3768]

1:14 Josef Koudleka en color

[@eortizfoto]

Haha indeed!

[@xavierautreyholschneider525]

La de los espejos está fenomenal

[@eortizfoto]

Gracias amigo!!!

[@carlamenacho5066]

Se necesita mucha autenticidad para hacer lo que haces y decir lo que dices. Gran video.

[@eortizfoto]

Muchas gracias amor! 🥰

[@BHKalabaw]

I'm a new subscriber and is a newbie to photography. Your insights are really helping me dive into street photography. One question that I have in mind about street photography, is it still require to color grade them in post prod? If yes, do you have video on what to avoid to not over exaggerate the color in post prod?

[@eortizfoto]

I’m not sure if i understand the “require” part… you’re free to edit the photos as you want. In my case I don’t like to do much editing. Colour needs to be found in the scenes. No editing will save a badly constructed colour palette.

[@BHKalabaw]

@@eortizfoto I guess that's the part of me being a newbie in photography. Getting overwhelmed by post prod image manipulations rather than focusing on the actual content of the image. I'm glad for your insight. Thanks much!

[@konradzeller5483]

Acompanho seu trabalho faz alguns meses e posso dizer que gosto muito dos seu vídeos, são muito honestos!!!! Gosto da informação que passa e a sua ideia de mundo através da fotografia!! Parabéns. Espero ter a oportunidade de ver muito o seu trabalho, também fotografo e de pouco em pouco tenho criado coragem de ficar mais perto dentro das cenas para fotografar, obrigado pelas dicas, que você da em seu vídeos!!!

[@eortizfoto]

Thanks a million for such a thoughtful comment! Cheers bud

[@DebiSenGupta]

I can’t add your zine to the cart. Is it still available.

[@eortizfoto]

Yeah it is… it should be fine indeed

[@hermetischism4671]

I'm guessing you edit all of your photos, but I'm curious if you ever rely on the film recipe JPEGs in camera?

[@eortizfoto]

I shoot raw and edit using capture one