Mastering Travel Photography: Photos DON'T actually TELL stories

[@mitchellkphotos]

Are you understanding these concepts? Can you see yourself using them in your own photography? Drop me a comment. Ask me questions. :)

[@mitchellkphotos]

@@hanumanguy Hey :) Yes, of course I stopped, I got their story. In this case, this was in Belarus, so the best way is not to ask for a photo right away. This was loooong ago and I actually dropped the HDD with the RAWs from this day, so I don't remember exactly how many images. Of them two - not more than 10. But then I talked to and followed the woman with the bicycle a bit, because she was from the area. and was quite talkative and friendly. Thank you for your support. :)

[@anhu92]

This is a great explanation of what photography is! I believe that when people say that good photography is storytelling they are overcomplicating and to some degree over glamorizing what photography is, and when people say it is about having a focal point they are oversimplifying and not getting to the heart of what good photography really is. Explaining it in terms of emotional and intellectual visual cues is probably the best middle ground explanation I've heard.

[@mitchellkphotos]

Thank you! I'm glad you feel this way. :)

[@john_young]

Other youtube channels are talking about rule of thirds. Mitchell is dropping master classes.

[@mitchellkphotos]

Haha. Hope you found it useful!

[@Indrikmyneur]

This is the best explanation of the subject so far! I was thinking on the ways how photography carries its message for a long time, but I never got nowhere near to how you actually phrased it here. Well done!

[@mitchellkphotos]

thanks ;)

[@DavidKatz]

Great work Mitchell !!

[@bettymanousos6560]

excellent explanation! thank you!

[@j1lakenan1]

Love this! Looking forward to applying this to my photography - instead of only thinking "that's a cute photo of my kids"

[@jenniferangelo6934]

Thank you!

[@titanabrian]

Thanks man, the way you explain about photograph is perfect, you makes me want to buy a camera and try photography

[@mitchellkphotos]

Haha. Go for it! :)

[@HaiTomVlog]

These videos are very inspiring - I look forward to watching them and then going out to put it to practice!

[@mitchellkphotos]

Glad you like them! And YES - important to put it all to practice! :)

[@jaimegallegos6299]

Thanks Michael for this video. I traveled to Bolivia (and Salar de Uyuni) in 2015 and I hope to visit this wonderful country the next february, this time with my son. I will show him this video later to learn together how to take better images trying to show a unique story!

[@Veptis]

I had this come up during my watch later... while editing photos. And the one direction I took to heart directly was the idea of challenging the viewer intellectually. Sadly I am not doing much photography anymore - but I now want to take this approach for next time. Ask a question with the photo. As I have a lot of portraits in front of me, there isn't much questions to be asked. So maybe I engage differently next time. pack a wider lens to avoid doing too much portrait

[@bioliv1]

You are really the best travel photographer! Nobody can compete with this. So I just stay here and aim for becoming the best local photographer of this mundane place. No culture left, but a little nature here and there. People are dead, so you're lucky to see living cultures. And when they're dead too, they will be so grateful to you, capturing them when they were alive.

[@mitchellkphotos]

Thanks very much for that. I've not been to the kinds of places you mention for a while now, but... I do hear about them. 🙂

[@bioliv1]

@@hanumanguy For some reason my soul belongs to here, although the land and its people has lost its soul. I don't know how it happened, but I think at some point the connections between nature, history and people became too weak. We were to Portugal on holidays this summer, spectacular coastline and pittoresque townscapes full of soul. Still it's in this soulless and mundane landscape my soul belongs to, like I was a ghost that cannot give up my lost past.

[@m.bauer2024]

Thanks, I like the way you think about the pictures and I appreciate you share it.

[@mitchellkphotos]

Welcome :) and thanks for watching

[@ioneoliveira5658]

Gostei muito da sua apresentação. Hoje consegui captar algumas informações interessantes. E uma das coisas que eu mais gostei foi esse potencial de captar essências, sensibilidades, almas de pessoas e lugares. E você está falando mais devagar também. Porque você falava rápido demais e não dava para acompanhar seu raciocínio adequadamente. Você me pareceu mais tranquilo, e isto contribuiu muito, didaticamente, para mim que não sou tão familiarizada com o conteúdo. Há muitas informações e riqueza de detalhes para assimilar.

[@kykysknight3225]

I feel like I’m in a college photography class without paying anything. Great videos, with great examples.

[@mitchellkphotos]

Haha, the college of KZbin.

[@iCcolor]

@mitchellkphotos. I love your videos. Quick question. What is your light setup for your talking heads. I see the sun is always backlighting you. How do you still have so much contrast in your video. I hope you don’t mind sharing. Thanks in advance!

[@mitchellkphotos]

Reflector :)

[@novecentophotos4251]

I love your videos and photos. An idea about videos for the future could be to analyze and comment photos of your subscribers (by authors or topic). It would be appreciated.

[@mitchellkphotos]

Already did it. Let's see maybe again in the future...

[@horaciocavalleri6014]

Muy bueno

[@vwxyz24]

When did you visit kerala??? 😃

[@mitchellkphotos]

2009, if I remember correctly

[@pandaosa9]

How does this course differ from your last course?

[@mitchellkphotos]

Totally different focus, different style, too many things to mention. :) I hope by last course you actually mean the last ones that I made and not this one? :)

[@arnfinnp]

If I want a story, I read a book.

[@mitchellkphotos]

Ok... and did you watch the video? Haha.

[@arnfinnp]

@@mitchellkphotos Of course. It's just my standard answer whenever anyone claim their photos tell stories.

[@mitchellkphotos]

@@arnfinnp :) Hehe. I like that.