In a sea of generic ‘top things to do’ videos, this was a fantastic video with very useful and helpful tips. Love your work and just ordered your Tokyo Unseen book.
@EYExplore2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! I'm glad you find these ideas useful! And I really appreciate your picking up my book!! Thank you! :)
@AlexSinclair4 ай бұрын
Lukasz is the Bob Ross of photography. Instead of a nice little tree sitting down into a lake scene, it's a salaryman between two buildings.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Hahahah, I love that! Now I need a happy little fro. :)
@JohanKhoo4 ай бұрын
Loved the chat about heuristics when we had out workshop in Shibuya in March! Happy to discover more in this video!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Yes!! Actually, when we did we had already shot this haha, so it was fresh on my mind. :)
@MykeBatez4 ай бұрын
Hurray - Thank you for the video!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! :)
@floroemi4 ай бұрын
Two problems now... wanna get back to Tokyo and Ricoh GR3 ga hoshii desu!!! 🙂 great video, thanks for the helpful explanation.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Gotta save up the pennies! :)
@adventuresofjandk2 ай бұрын
What an awesome tutorial. Thank you for this.
@EYExplore2 ай бұрын
My pleasure!! :)
@willyonamountain4 ай бұрын
I got the book! It's great. I'm looking forward to the sequel Tokyo (bicycles) Unseen 😄
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you!! Haha, I would like to do a bicycle book some day! :)
@liamrose1173 ай бұрын
Great video! Love to hear more about your process.
@EYExplore3 ай бұрын
Thank you! :)
@theslowwalkers4 ай бұрын
Wonderful video, the tips you gave and demonstrated, produced superb looking shots and the way you explained them and gave examples, showed that, with practice, it can be quite simple. I was lucky enough to be given your book for Christmas and as a lover of your work, it was even better than I imagined. I showed a non-photography interested friend a picture from the book and she then sat and went through the whole book and ended up showing me the pictures she liked.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad you found this video instructive! And I'm happy you and you friends enjoy my book as well, thank you very much! :)
@JimEmbury4 ай бұрын
Nice. Some things I had not considered before.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
I'm happy to hear that! Thank you! :)
@robertleeimages4 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this Lukasz 👌
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you! :)
@callmehank884 ай бұрын
Cool video, cool spot. I stayed in Shiodome and loved the buildings. Thanks Lukasz
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
@maxanderssonphotography4 ай бұрын
Amazing stuff as always. Thanks for sharing!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! :)
@kennyj6044 ай бұрын
Of all the thousands of staircases in Tokyo I swear this must be your favourite. I've seen this particular staircase before in a previous video.......Oh! You just showed it as I was typing this reply LOL. AWESOME video!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Hahaha yeah, I have too many photos of it and it's hard to choose the 'best' one but the one I showed is in my book, so I guess it's my fave. And I like using it in videos to illustrate concepts because it's just so good for that! It's a little visual classroom. :)
@andrzejwodzinski39274 ай бұрын
Great video Lukasz!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you!! :)
@Muldoonite4 ай бұрын
Great video, and congrats on the book!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!!
@jorge-37684 ай бұрын
Great video! Thnx for sharing ur kwonledge nd great unseen tokyo ive got it. Greetinf from Spain!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! And thank you for getting the book! :)
@jamesford_jp4 ай бұрын
Shiodome always has something cool to see and shoot. Great video! :)
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Yes, it really does. It's so elegant in its simplicity. :)
@laxcdn4 ай бұрын
I recommend this workshop.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! :)
@Nicgerry4 ай бұрын
Great video as always, very insightful
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! :)
@nelsonfoote76414 ай бұрын
Good stuff!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you! :)
@retropixer4 ай бұрын
Excellent video. thank you so much.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! :)
@magnumbeserra4 ай бұрын
This is a masterclass!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the high praise! :)
@d-rose274 ай бұрын
Thanks
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! :)
@confracto4 ай бұрын
This day looks far less windy than the night we were out on a workshop with Lukasz.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Yeah, it's not always so windy, but that was fun! :)
@confracto4 ай бұрын
@@EYExplore It WAS fun.
@tihinen924 ай бұрын
Very insightful! I’d love to see a video on how you choose the time of day and weather to shoot particular scenes or moods :).
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Ah, well, I rarely really choose consciously. It's more like, I have free time, I go shoot. So, I'm very flexible and open to anything really. :)
@tihinen924 ай бұрын
@@EYExplore ah, I see ;). Thanks for the reply!
@raithevictor4 ай бұрын
Love your video, make me want to take some photos in Tokyo. Thanks! :D
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
That's great to hear! Thank you! :)
@jackbeltaneАй бұрын
I gave some of these tips a whirl today, will tag you on IG when i upload it
@EYExploreАй бұрын
Thank you!! :)
@pdlagasse4 ай бұрын
One of my favorite EYExplore videos, an instant classic! I saved it to my “Photography” playlist to rewatch for practice.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Oh great, thank you so much! :)
@Rumplestiltskin74 ай бұрын
Great tips Lucatz!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it! :)
@paulm81574 ай бұрын
Enjoyable post, Lukasz. Classic methods dressed in posh lexicon😊. Less is more, aka perimeter check. Diagonal lines convey tension. Dutch tilt. Through things, aka “frame the fill”. Edge alignment a new twist. Cool venue, not many people around. What time of day were you filming? Starbucks must feel slighted😊.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Yeah, the concepts are not something that comes out of nowhere, but I learned them through different means. For example, I never considered the diagonal framing to have anything to do with a Dutch angle. The reason is that, I'm trying to use the angle to create some kind of alignment with the frame and the geometry in the image, creating a kind of harmony. Whereas I always felt Dutch angles give me a sense of unease and confusion, usually used to bolster that kind of narrative in films. I guess, this is where the last point comes in: the geometric considerations should play into the narrative of the image. Maybe I'm just splitting hairs hahah. :) Anyway, I think it was a bit early, say 10am?
@LloydSpencer4 ай бұрын
Most important heuristic is “WTF?” WHAT is your photo OF? What is your photo a photo ABOUT? That was how I read the title of your video. It works. It matters. Good video. Very clear explanations.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thanks!! :)
@neilsparks.44474 ай бұрын
Great tutorial, thank you!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
@nikkop4 ай бұрын
always a delight when you guys come out with a video like this! helps a lot of us to shoot more mindfully by articulating these heuristics that would otherwise just be at the back of our minds. 🫶
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you for saying so!! Someone asked us to do a top5 heuristics video like... a year ago haha. We finally got it done! :)
@LWJCarroll4 ай бұрын
Really usefull thanks!. fyi great on my Quest 3 virtual fullscreen on KZbin. Laurie NZ.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Thank you!! Wow, I wanna try one of the AR/VR headsets. :)
@AjayKumar-qi7ds4 ай бұрын
Very informative sir thank you ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Glad you thought so! :)
@photobech4 ай бұрын
In your example of the skyscrapers, I liked the one you discarded, which does not have an attractive angle. If you look at it well and convert it to black and white, it is a very powerful image. In the end it all depends on the eyes that see the photos.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
This is absolutely true. These are just tools, but when you employ them is up to you. Sometimes that do not work and take away from a scene. :)
@almostgreen94984 ай бұрын
5 stars! Thank you!
@EYExplore3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! :)
@torstenmohr34993 ай бұрын
Thank you for your great passionate videos. I recently became aware of this channel. I have your great book Tokyo Unseen. Very nice. Keep it up.
@EYExplore3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy the channel and thank you for getting the book! I really appreciate that! :)
@lmglange4 ай бұрын
Like being part of a workshop ❤ Awesome 👍
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Yes!! Glad that comes across! :)
@sirkielmotovlog4 ай бұрын
been here because of your interview with Jasong Wong
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Awesome!! Thank you!! :)
@LWJCarroll4 ай бұрын
Laowa 10mm f2.8 Zero D lens ?. An IDEAL location to review this lens I am saving up for. fyi. Laurie NZ.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
So wide! :)
@LWJCarroll4 ай бұрын
@@EYExplore Yes! I thought they might be interested in loaning you one if you were interested etc, for a review.
@sumidatechno4 ай бұрын
You know I have a macro lens with a z50. I like taking shots of plants that are a little farther away and try to frame the shot with blurred leaves and flowers to add a sort of fluffy colorful tint and texture to the photo. At the same time it leads the eye toward the object that is clear. It also sort of creates this sense of looking at it secretly. At least that’s what my brain tells me😅. So I guess using the branches, leaves, and flowers to blur around the main object would be a heuristic.
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
That is definitely a heuristic! I like employing it too for portraits when I do take those. :)
@alhOOO2O4 ай бұрын
The huge revelation from this video is that Axel has four legs!
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Hahahahahah, yeah he's a centaur!! (We had a sneaky Charles along with us on this shoot.)
@cotron4 ай бұрын
who you callin a heuristic? me?!!?
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Haha, I'm not a ristic, YOU-a-ristic! :)
@moncilu4 ай бұрын
Thank you for showing us your hammer
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
Haha, any time! :)
@moncilu4 ай бұрын
@@EYExplore 😂 Really appreciate a new GR video tho jokes aside
@EYExplore4 ай бұрын
@@moncilu Thanks! :)
@TheChosenOne_4 ай бұрын
One heuristic that comes to my mind is naturally dividing the frame. Either with light or objects. For example one person in dark clothing walking in the light and other person walking in the shadows through a speck of light while the harsh shadow cutoff goes right through the middle (as a leading line) Or when walking a busy crossing is having a scene on the left, one person in the middle very close from behind dividing the frame, and a scene on the right.