Street Photography on a 90mm Lens | Switching Focal Lengths

[@VanaPica]

This video itself is simply art, the pictures are magic

[@illkoncept]

Ahh thanks so much. Means more than you know

[@stuartshook3614]

Dude, your cinematography is stunning! I love the approach to this video. I’m going to go out with my 90mm now. Thanks for the motivation.

[@illkoncept]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate it

[@kurlysoul]

so happy I found your work. The video + Photos are beautifully captured 🙏🏾

[@joseguimaraes1094]

Hi! Again, absolute magic. You never cease to amaze me. Your humility is truly admirable and shows that you are a real artist in the truest sense of the word. Thank's for the teachings!

[@illkoncept]

Thank you so much for the support! Really appreciate it

[@64ccd]

If I had any sort of money I would have you on retainer as my cinematographer so I'd always have you available whenever I had a project in the works. It's not just your images, but also the way you reason. Thank you for a great video!

[@illkoncept]

Haha. Thanks so much!! Really appreciate that. I’m too nervous to take on video work still 😂

[@AlexandreHebertChevalier]

Great work as usual. Always looking forward to your next video!

[@illkoncept]

Means so much!

[@BrandonLibby]

I hope you continue to implement a 90mm into your work. The photos were beautiful, gritty works of art. As a Saul Leiter fan my, I could definitely see his influence in your work with the window reflections and colors.

[@illkoncept]

Really appreciate that! I’ve been carrying it with me since I made this video and it’s definitely came in handy a bunch of times already

[@cmdthe2]

👏🏻awesome perspective

[@illkoncept]

Thanks man! Hope all is well 🙌✌️

[@Cthames123]

5:19 The Sigma, 90mm, f2.8, dg dn, contemporary is a beautiful lens!

[@illkoncept]

It really is

[@christianrasmussen3351]

The best there is!

[@illkoncept]

🙏🙌🙏🙌

[@TheFMG91]

A new video

[@illkoncept]

Thanks so much for that! I struggled a bit with this video so such feedback helps a lot and keeps me motivated to experiment more. 🙏🙏

[@stevevavra]

I watched the interview you did with Roman, your work is amazing. Great video, looking forward to more.

[@illkoncept]

Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@gabrielle.beaumont]

OMG this turned out soooo good! the intro is so mesmerizing

[@illkoncept]

Thank you so much. Your help and support through these projects means a lot ♥️🥹🫂

[@gabrielle.beaumont]

@@illkoncept

[@jeremibren5565]

Worth waiting for your video n photos, so inspiring. Slow n love music too

[@illkoncept]

Means so much. Thanks for saying 🙌

[@ChannelParodies]

Haven’t seen it yet but knowing your stuff I had to pull this up on my TV and not my phone

[@illkoncept]

That’s the way!

[@Fuegoshotz]

Amazing video and photo work as always! I'd love to have set up with different focal lengths for photos but all i got right now is my x100v.

[@illkoncept]

Thanks! Still an amazing camera to work with 🙌

[@specialized41]

Good info and beautiful video with a lot of photo samples. Thanks.!

[@illkoncept]

Thanks for watching!

[@MicaelWidell]

Loved this video and the video/photo montages. Beautiful. Also going to look into the sigma lens, really cool with such a compact 90mm

[@illkoncept]

Thanks so much for watching. Glad you liked it 💯

[@albertomartinezamaya]

Hola no hablo inglés, te felicito por el pigmento fotográfico que le pones a tu arte ,muchas gracias por compartir con nosotros tu profesionalismo ❤❤❤

[@illkoncept]

¡Muchas gracias por tomarte el tiempo de mirar! Significa mucho para mí. Me alegra que te haya gustado.

[@TheKarthik2589]

Great video, Mike! Switching up your focal length to come out of a rut makes total sense! 1. The intro music is just wow! 2. 2:29 Brilliant 👌 3. I recently mentioned in a comment in one of your other videos that I was looking to simplify my setup and I bought a Voigtlander 40mm 2.8 manual lens that is my default lens now :) Still getting used to manual focus and getting sharp photos, but I'm pretty happy with the initial results. 4. 8:04 - 8:27 I just love how you hung out by a Billiards Bar and presented it in different perspectives! 5. 12:09, 14:23, 16:24 oof 🔥 Finally, huge fan of your music choices! And I like your idea of putting together the video footage, playing it and selecting music to fit it! Maybe I'll try Musicbed too haha

[@illkoncept]

Appreciate the thorough reply! Means a lot. Thanks for taking the time to put timestamps at your favorite parts/photos. I love my Voigtlander 28, maybe I should try the 40mm 🤔🤔 I honestly didn’t even know there was such a thing

[@developingtank]

The b-roll in this video is 10/10 I too love a good piece of trash 😅

[@illkoncept]

Thanks man! Life gets a whole lot more interesting when you see beauty in things like garbage lol

[@journeywithjeffrey]

super clean. color grading is very nice too.

[@illkoncept]

Thanks so much!

[@toshiiscrazy]

appreciate your art, good stuff.

[@illkoncept]

@@toshiiscrazy thank you! 💯

[@OmarZRobles]

great work as always Mike!

[@illkoncept]

Means a lot, Omar!

[@francisbombus3949]

Very, very inspiring video. Your pictures are great. Editing and music are excellent. I've been able to take something away from almost every video you've made so far. My favorite channel next to Eduardo Ortiz's.✌🏼

[@illkoncept]

Thank you so much! I’m so happy you are taking away something from them. Means more than you know. I love Eduardo Ortiz channel too. Patiently waiting for his next one haha

[@ChrithBraown]

Damn get out of my head! A lot of your work reminds me of Saul Leiter and I was always confused about your preference for 28mm when he was known for using a longer focal length around 90-150 and then you drop this 😮

[@illkoncept]

Haha! Yeah it’s hard to do Leiter-esque photo with wide angles lenses. I still have a hard time seeing that way 🥴 150mm would be insane lol

[@老实人-g9n]

It is really hard to find videos on youtube talking about ~85mm lens for street photography. I meant there are some, but not nearly as good as yours. I have seen so many influencers only use this focal length to shoot boring looking street "portraits". Your shots have so many kinds of good compositions for this focal length as well as color grading.

[@illkoncept]

Thanks so much for that! It was definitely a challenge for me as I talked about in the video. I’m glad you enjoyed the way I composed stuff though. I was actually a little in my head about it lol. 🥴

[@AlexandreHebertChevalier]

You might want to check out Adrien Sanguinetti's channel, he has a bunch of 85mm street photography videos with an A7IV and his shots are so sick!

[@老实人-g9n]

@@AlexandreHebertChevalier thanks friend. I started to watch his channel when he only had single thousand of subscribers. I bought the same 85 1.8 lens as his. I think his composition skill stopped growing for a while. Don’t get me wrong, I still subscribe and watch his videos. But his composition and color is not nearly as great as this man.

[@AlexandreHebertChevalier]

@@老实人-g9n I bought that 85mm as well, I agree with you and i've been following him for a long while too. He still has a lot more skills than I do 😄

[@kne321video]

Inspiring. Thank You 🤩👍🏻

[@illkoncept]

Thank YOU

[@shy-guy5544]

Very nice video with lovely photos. Would you please give details about the small camera bag that you use to keep your lenses. Thanks

[@illkoncept]

That small camera bag in this video was just a cheap little fanny pack type thing I got in some market in Chinatown. For more serious sessions, I use a Peakdesign 6L Sling or Wotancraft 7L bag.

[@Cruiser_Rao]

Really good video, keep going!!!😀

[@illkoncept]

Thank you!

[@tiborvargaart]

Great video! Thanks

[@illkoncept]

Thanks for watching 🙌

[@valantisjpg]

Those hard drives behind, damn.

[@illkoncept]

Oh man. That’s like only a fraction of them + I have backup towers 🙈

[@roni_sidhu]

Great video and photography. Where do you get your music from? Is it paid for music?

[@illkoncept]

Musicbed. It’s a paid service and totally worth looking into. You can find more info in my description.

[@almostgreen9498]

Is there any danger you might lose your layering skill? Great video 🤩

[@illkoncept]

lol I still feel like I need to work on my layering. Getting there!

[@whothennow24]

Love the photos! So what’s the tape on the logo for?

[@illkoncept]

Thanks! I guess because it’s more low-key. No free promotional advertising, no focus on branding, in a perfect world, *maybe* makes it appear more beat up to a would-be thief. I just like blacked out gear, cars, clothes tbh

[@Elassyahmed]

That's a great video. Thank you. Out of curiosity , what was the intro shot on? And which PP did you use or presets?

[@illkoncept]

Thank you! I shot everything on a Sony A1. Intro and most footage aside from talking head, lens b-roll, and otherwise labeled clips were shot with the 90mm lens talked about in the video. I use PP8 (S-log 3) and DaVinci + Dehancer to color grade. Use Adobe Lightroom for photo editing. Hope that helps!

[@Elassyahmed]

@illkoncept that helps a lot. Thank you very much and congratulations on a great video

[@expiredfilm92]

damn your work is so good :) great video

[@illkoncept]

Too kind! 🙌

[@MasonChar]

2:29 is insane.

[@illkoncept]

🙌🙌

[@_H_2023]

12:28 I thought you did a good job with the 90mm, your right you have to think differently about the composition but that's ok. This image I've stopped your video at I'm thinking these images look more like 135mm not 90mm so that would be roughly 200mm, it can be done, I use a 135mm 1935 Leica lens and I would say this lens would produce this look. Hope you find a 135mm.

[@AI3Dorinte]

The whole point of shooting with a telephoto lens is to isolate subjects and create "cleaner" more focused shots, right?

[@tdc_2021]

Oh man, I wanted this lens to be a well kept secret 😅

[@illkoncept]

It’s okay I don’t have that kind of influence lol

[@tdc_2021]

@ phew 😮‍💨

[@AI3Dorinte]

it will always look like a 90, sometimes it's just a crop but it makes no difference in compression.... At best you won't see the issues on the wider ends like chromatic/geometric aberrations or lack of sharpness...

[@larsandreas2045]

Beautiful video. BTW, 51MP/(1.5)^2=23MP

[@illkoncept]

Oops. I’m reading that it somehow gives me a 21mp image…idk where I got 33 from. Dang, good to know when I’m doing that lol