The One Where I React To Awesome Photos

[@AK-hk2pd]

Thank you Alex, how natural to browse a magazine as we sit around a coffee table, absolutely comfortable. All the best, have a great week.

[@paulinefowler9219]

Thanks so much! I just loved your reaction to my Highland cow! I felt the same when I photographed her! I am now going to watch all your reviews! Loved your notes on the portraits..

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Hi Pauline! Glad you enjoyed it - yes the coo gave me a right old laugh :D

[@dwilsonimagesphotography3582]

Lovely images Pauline :)

[@thinh_pham91]

Hello, I’d love to know more about the animal portraits. Were they in natural environments? How could they look so surreal? If I saw those pictures without this context, I’d think they were paintings. So impressive.

[@markgoostree6334]

My wife was a pretty good photographer in her way. Though she did not like the technical side of it, she had a good eye for pictures. She took a picture of her grandfather years ago. I always said it was the best "personality" picture she ever took. I miss her style in the pictures now.

[@alancoligado8540]

Alex, I love your gut reaction to this wonderful sample of photographs, and I share your view on digital imaging. Thanks for yet another eye-opening video!

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you for watching

[@peterdadson7713]

So if there is a view on digital imaging then I must ask how many of the images at the beginning of the magazine are not digital images? Are they all done on film?

[@Phe75]

Thanks so much for mentioning me and my images. I appreciate your thoughts. Thank you. The line up for this issue was amazing.

[@malcolmrendle6622]

Loved the images that you showed by Pauline Fowler, the "White Bird" in particular had a very artistic aair about it.loved the way that she treated the background.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Yes, she seems quite popular

[@Daniel_Zalman]

The tonal gradations in Eric's work is just gorgeous. Those deep blacks are very eye-catching.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Yes - it's kind of odd though because on first glance the prints look a bit muddy

[@Daniel_Zalman]

@@ThePhotographicEye Maybe my screen exaggerates the contrasts..idk.

[@markjohnsonphotography]

Finally, someone said it out loud. So many photographers using shallow depth of field poorly. Seems like they use it more as a crutch to obscure poor composition than a creative element in of itself in an image.

[@clintwoosley9512]

I’ve carried issues of Frames all around the US in my carry on luggage. Each issue is a great contribution to photography today.

[@ChrisHunt4497]

Hi Alex, Loved the Highland Coo image. We have them here and they are gentle giants and they seem to love having their photo taken. 😆

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

OK, I came back a few hours later and viewed this with the closed captions. Enjoyed it immensely. Thank you.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Awesome, thank you!

[@lifeinwideangle3506]

Hi, I grew up in Botswana 🇧🇼 and live in the states now. Really enjoying your videos and your accent reminds me of home 🖤

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you. That’s cool

[@gilldavies]

Thank you Alex, love listening to your critique. To the point and thought provoking as ever!

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you. Thanks for watching.

[@ihknilsen]

Thanks for the inspiring video! I had never heard of Farmes magazine and now i am a subscriber!

[@TheAlanPee]

I know Pauline and have just sent her your link - thanks she'll be delighted!

[@douglasmccart8963]

Totally agree with you on the photographer mimicking the painter aesthetic just show me a painting

[@johnclay7644]

Paul Raeside, Eric Mencher very good imagery, Came across TPE around yr ago more conceptual input into photography.

[@Rob.1340]

Thank you. All the best. 👍👍📷😎

[@sbai4319]

Thanks Alex - This has bothered me for a long time. Shallow depth of field is a good but much overused technique. It inspires me to use F2.8 to F5.6.

[@heinzhagenbucher4714]

Dear Alex Yes, those are really fine works. Like the portraits, as well as the contrasty black&white images. But what made me think, and feel a bit uneasy, is your thought on shaĺlow depth of field. I love my 105mm f1.4, and my 50mm f1.2 on my portraits, and also on other matters. It makes the out of focus area soft, and gentle, to hide, or make the viewer dream a bit further. :) Maybe that's why my pictures don't make it on KZbin hahaha. Keep up your great work, and looking forward to see you soon again.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Shooting wide open can be useful if it's used correctly. As I'm getting older I'm a bit more drawn to more 'realistic' images, hence the nose to ears thing. Send me a link to your portraits ;)

[@heinzhagenbucher4714]

@@ThePhotographicEye Dear Alex. Thank you for your reply. I know it all just taste, and one should mostly listen to his, or her heart, or eyes. ;) Unfortunately currently I don't have a link to my portraits, since I stopped using social media by meta. :) But I'll pick some, which I could send you by mail, if you don't mind. On a second thought, not sure if they are ready for being shown. 🙈

[@stevenkarp9031]

How about a segment on recommended color photo books- either single artist or compilation? Maybe your top 5 or 10. I have a decent b&w library of classic b&w books, but I am weak on color and l am looking to expand into color more.

[@svtk5104]

haha, the first person, who says it - sharper images does not look real. Totally agree. For technical stuff photos - yes, but portraits, nature - no.

[@clausmannsperger4432]

Thanx for your Video - love the way you explain. Where can i buy frame Magazins in Germany? Any advice? Best regards. Claus

[@taurus1947]

Hello from Perth, Australia. Love your video's. Learnt much. Im 76 years old and love my photography. There are a lot of unfounded information recently on AI in photography that is simply negative and unfounded. AI has been used for a while now in processing real images not unreal images. We should research and try and embrace what will enhance our photography not shun it. Can you at some stage run a video on AI and your thoughts on the negative spool that is creating angsiety to photographers. Thank you and look forward to your continued video's. GS Buck Photography, Greg

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thanks for watching

[@chrisloomis1489]

Photography .. must catch the Soul .

[@DengekiGamer]

Interesting Comment on the DOF. I was recently thinking to myself that, many Photographer uses out of Fucus bit too much (for my Taste). I understand that as an Artist, you want the Viewer to Focus on a specific Point of your Art, but as a Viewer I like to "explore" a Picture. Do much DOF let me only look at the, so to speak, Point of interest and then I move away. Especially with Portraits that sad for me, because a Person is more than just the Eyes.

[@lesberkley3821]

"Hieland Coo" means "Highland Cow". I have a nice shot of one, but I like Pauline's better.

[@Pachiscruz2]

Guatemala 🇬🇹!!! Yeeee

[@chrisfowler7669]

As with the previous "sharpness" video, it seems to me the question is whether you are depicting something or conveying the experience of something

[@chrisfowler7669]

No relation to Pauline, by the way...

[@Daniel_Zalman]

Alex, what sort of backgrounds make for good bokeh? More specifically, say in an outdoor portrait situation? A lot of people like what's called bokeh balls, but I find them distracting in portraits (it takes the attention away from the subject).

[@ThePhotographicEye]

AFAIK the bokeh balls are coming from specular highlights in the background. So if you want to avoid these, try and find backgrounds that are uniform in lighting. Hope that helps

[@caldarion2506]

Fotographar reacts to Frames Magazine!!!1!

[@ThePhotographicEye]

I could do a follow up - I react to me reacting to my reactions :D

[@tangosix5779]

thanks. I subscribed.

[@danielrao3120]

Recently I purchased a Frames quarterly magazine based primarily on the fact that you showered quite some praise on the content of this publication. I would agree with you in this regard and the fact that a fledgling magazine deserves all the publicity it can get. However, although I was impressed by the content of Frames Magazine, both in terms of the photographs and the text, I think it would be fair to say that the quality of the paper and the print fell short of what a magazine that costs almost £20 by the time it is delivered is not warranted. Part of the enjoyment of browzing through a magazine, particularly a photographic one, is the quality of the paper and the print. You make no reference to this matter in your praise for the magazine. The latter could be improved. Thanks.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Hi Daniel. Thanks for your feedback on the magazine. The issues that I have are well printed on what seems to be pretty weighty stock. It's possible there is a difference between the issues I have an current ones. The reason I don't mention the paper is because I've encountered no issues with it. It feels upmarket. Tomasz is very hands on, so it might be worth reaching out to him directly. Glad you're enjoying the content though.

[@danielrao3120]

@@ThePhotographicEye Hello again. Thanks very much for getting back to me. I think it's sufficient that I at least raised my concerns. Perhaps I'll subscribe to the digital version and resolve the issue in one fell swoop. Look forward to you next upload of The Photographic Eye.

[@warrend8362]

You snuck this video in didn’t you? 😂

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Have to keep you on your toes ;)

[@Woedans]

I actually really disagree with that the images of the birds, cow and chicken feel real. To me they come off too much as a digital canvas painting and not as a photograph anymore. Would like to see the actual raw file and compare. Maybe I'm a bit of a purist in that sense They are beautiful but personally they go too far off of photography.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

That sort of opens the discussion about where photography ends and digital art starts.

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

Certainly wish you had used closed caption. I'm hearing impaired even with hearing aids.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Do you not get the option for subtitles? Try again in a few hours, they might not have generated yet.

[@danieldarks3721]

It is now working - I did notice that it was not.

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

@@ThePhotographicEye OK, I'll try again later. Thank you.

[@markz9739]

I just tried to subscribe to frames magazine and I used your coupon and it says it doesn't work by the way

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thanks for the heads up - I'll let Tomas know

[@framesmagazine]

Mark, I can confirm that the coupon code tpe10 is definitely working. Make sure you apply it after entering it into the coupon field.