How I Compose My Film Photography & Photographers I Admire

[@anonharingenamn]

This is the kind of photography videos I need in my life.

[@kamariboyd6437]

One thing about that man William Sheepskin and his KZbin videos… They don’t miss 😳🤷‍♂️🤝

[@willysheepskin]

Ahhhh thanks so much Kamari, I hope to continue not missing!

[@finn.p8745]

I don't feel enough photographers on KZbin directly talk about how they personally compose their images they always talk about the rules instead. A lot of the stuff you cover ive never been told even in school. So its cool to see thanks will : )

[@willysheepskin]

So glad to hear that you learnt some new things Finn! Was worried I was saying things that didn’t really contribute anything when I looked back at stuff, stoked that’s wasn’t the case for you!

[@heyimspectrum3446]

love the photos of the chairs

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you!

[@Tokrm]

real in depth explanations, loved the whole video

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Tommo! Glad to hear it!

[@oringe7326]

your videos help my photography so much, i rly love them

[@willysheepskin]

Honored to hear it Oringe!

[@pres1086]

hi will, thanks for talking about composition, especially the chair photo. i got excited when you explained chairs clipping each-other except for the chair which is in focus.

[@willysheepskin]

I'm glad you found it helpful Preston! Exciting chairs are the best kind haha!

[@pres1086]

Haha 😆

[@Timmaai]

Bedankt voor je inzichten over compositie!

[@willysheepskin]

Jy is baie welkom Tim! Dankie dat jy weer die video gekyk het haha, altyd lekker om bietjie my Afrikaans te oefen en om Nederlands to lees!

[@achimney29]

That fish picture will be mine, I will hang it above my bed and enjoy its richness daily.

[@willysheepskin]

Ahah I like your confidence kind chimney!

[@ole6696]

I could listen to Williams Voice for ever the mix of calm and knowledge => beautiful

[@willysheepskin]

Ah thank you so much, very glad to hear that!

[@cheteu7968]

The one thing that shocked me in the video is the fact that you have a christmass tree in your house and you are dressed like it's time to hit the beach. Damn southern hemisphere

[@willysheepskin]

Ahaha always wondered what a snowy Christmas would be like though!

[@zfrancisdumas]

One BIG thanks for sharing with us your thought on compositions, greatly appreciated. Also that picture of the boy holding the rope...good job, I love it!! About the first picture from Malick with all the people, one thing I really like in its composition is the curved line created by the leg of the young man on the right, I think, even though is so far on the right, he adds a lot to this picture.

[@willysheepskin]

Very nice observation Francis! That curve in the leg is a wonderful element indeed!

[@bhanning]

so much great advice in this video. amazing work as always will

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Ben!

[@shanillakhlani5331]

I learnt so much in this video Will, this video was course material! So interesting, thank you!

[@willysheepskin]

Ahah imagine a Sheepskin photo course, that could be fun lol! Glad you enjoyed it Shanil!

[@asherhodara389]

#sheepsquadschool is in session. Great video man, was really interesting to see your own personal ideas of composition. The rhino shot is wicked and so is kents snowstorm dog!

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Asher! #sheepsquadschooool ahaha more to come hopefully!

[@AwesomeSH36]

Really nice educational video! There arent enough 'after the photo was taken` talks imo. Really nice also of not only looking to break down compositions but also comparing the images to similar ones is a nice side by side. Looking forward for more analysations like this. :)

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you! I reckon I'll make some more things in this vein going forward, maybe when I've worked on a project I can reflect on the images and process more like I did in this video, more to come for sure!

[@davidfu5667]

Very useful video, like your previous ones , telling lots of forgotten angles and methods of viewing a photograph. Really appreciate the “missing part “ saying , it just provided a interesting way of understanding a photograph. Can’t wait to see more of your videos. Support from China

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks David! Awesome that this video made its way to you! Glad to have added to your understanding of photo things!

[@shakeyshapeshifter]

This is an absolutely brilliant video, definitely inspiring me to put together some more thoughtful work.

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you man! Also thank you for being subbed for a whole year at this point hah! First time I've looked at the indicator for how long someone has been around and seen "1 year" haha, that's so awesome, thank you so much!

[@Colombogringo96]

I feel like it's incredibly hard not to feel overwhelmed by the amount of technical tips thrown around in videos, blog posts, etc. (sometimes without any previous thought, it seems) so I really appreciate you, Will, for taking the time to bring a more personal opinion, it truly helps quite a lot.

[@willysheepskin]

So glad that you found things useful and digestible Juan!

[@manlyleonard9547]

William literally thank u for making ur channel. I stg your videos make my week

[@BedaGD]

Really good video, thank you WIll!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Weda! You're very welcome!

[@tobiasprins]

Just watching these videos has improved my awareness of what I’m shooting massively bru. Thanks for this stuff. Dig the vibe, love the vids. Also would like to win that fish print! Love from Amsterdam.

[@willysheepskin]

Very glad to hear it Tobi! Would be great to send a print out to Amsterdam!

[@DirectorNoah23]

Great video! Love to see other people’s perspective on composition. It’s good to see how others think about photography.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Noah! I'm going to try make some other photo thought type videos I reckon, was quite fun making this one!

[@Felhasz007]

You’re the teacher I missed my entire life. 10x likes for this video. Absolutely impressive. Thanks for the lesson Will. ❤️

[@willysheepskin]

Ahh thanks Sreeku! Hope to continue informing in the future haha, you’re most welcome!

[@kmi2636]

I've been studying photography for 2 years and I've learned different techniques and rules for composition but I feel like this video teached me much more than all that in terms of composition xd Good job man keep it up :)

[@willysheepskin]

Ahahah that’s awesome! I hope you continue to find your degree fulfilling though, and hopefully I can add some interesting tidbits along the way!

[@bateg06rpz]

Nice tips : in landscape, it's often break out the wide angle lens and add a little flower as foreground element. But what is often forgotten is the need of a link between foreground, midground and background, which you show very well!

[@willysheepskin]

Glad to hear that the advice resonated! Thank you!

[@Notso_Wild_Bill]

Thanks for introducing me to new photographers. Stay safe. Peace

[@willysheepskin]

You’re welcome fellow William! Best wishes!

[@AManWhoWasntThere]

Your videos are always a delight but this one especially! I love this kind of study of photographic art. I can actually learn something and be inspired by it.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks so much! I’ll reckon I’ll make something in this style again sometime soon!

[@saulr396]

I´m a newbie in photography and this video helped me a lot, your videos are really incredible and transmit a lot of peace, this channel is the best discovery that I have made in quarantine and now I´m more curious about analog photography, greetings from Mexico 👋 (sorry for my English isn´t very good).

[@willysheepskin]

I'm glad to hear it Saul! Your English is great! So glad you discovered and continue to enjoy things, greetings to Mexico!

[@gunnarelgersma5215]

Another thing with the fish picture that I like a lot is the way it goes from dark in the bottom right corner to bright in the upper left corner, and the main subject fish is also headed in that direction. But I guess that’s more lighting wise and not composition. Also the chair picture is awesome, and I learned lots about composition from your explanation on that one. I always find it hard composing subjects like that

[@willysheepskin]

Excellent point! I reckon the lighting is part of the composition for sure, although in that case it's definitely luck haha! Cheers Gunnar, glad you enjoyed the chairs, I really like how that frame ended up too haha!

[@ianclemmer1392]

Loved how you both looked at your own and others work. Super insightful and helpful.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Ian! I hope that someday my work equals the quality of the folks I looked at, always nice to see the work of others and find aspirations haha!

[@fritzstorp8357]

love your channel so much! would be really cool maybe seeing you try some large format!

[@willysheepskin]

Many thanks Fritz! I'm plotting something along those lines sometime soon hopefully haha!

[@beebodre]

was kinda slumped on shooting lately but this sparked some good inspiration!

[@willysheepskin]

Sorry to hear you're in a slump Andre! Sometimes just heading out and forcing yourself to make a photo of something can be a great first step!

[@finn.p8745]

i agree wills videos always do that for me

[@mayasarembock8739]

A free UAL class wowza ❤️

[@willysheepskin]

Gotta transfer the knowledge you know!

[@ReimannPembroke]

Great video about composition! It's very interesting to hear what you think about when you're composing a photo! Thats what I want my channel to be. More about the images, composition, and adventures themselves and less about the gear

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Reimann! Always keen to talk about photos and expeditions for sure!

[@brntgudn]

I enjoyed this video a lot! Informative with some beautiful images. I loved the name drops of some wonderful photographers I enjoy following over the years. Much appreciated Will.

[@willysheepskin]

Glad to hear it Brent! Stoked to talk about people who’s work you enjoy too!

[@clairescheepers]

Fabulous insights and beautiful pictures ... I'm in South Africa ... nudge nudge wink wink. :-D . You are so passionately knowledgeable about photography. Thanks for catching up this week!! ♥

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you! Holding thumbs for you hahaha ;)

[@chronicfish]

Mr Sheepskin, once again you have outdone yourself! ..Such a wonderfully, informative video. I applaud you, dear sir! 👏

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you kind fish! I applaud you, and thanks for stopping by once more!

[@ChristianJohansson-papac]

That’s a great subject, to little talk about composition and the picture. Well done 👍

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Christian! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@patricknichols]

Great job explaining things in a straightforward way for people new to photography or those wanting to improve. I'm glad you made a point of mentioning with your fish photograph that sometimes the composition is by chance, and that under certain circumstances you get lucky. I think it's important for beginners to understand that not everything can always be controlled, but for this reason it's important to have mastery over your gear, process, and fundamental skills. That way everything that can be controlled is controlled, improving your odds of getting the desired result. On another note, despite its lack of popularity among many photographers, shooting in a 1:1 aspect ratio is probably the best way to improve mastery of composition. A square is inherently static, and must be activated intentionally through framing, subject placement, etc. It's something I learned while studying graphic design in college, and the reason I recommend this to anyone looking to improve their compositional skills. As you also mentioned in the video, most if not all principles of graphic design (and any other visual medium for that matter) apply to photography (and vice versa). For those with the interest, it can be worthwhile to do a bit of study of graphic design to help understand overlapping concepts in photography. Thank you for your continued production of quality, enjoyable, and informative content. Hope you have a nice holiday.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Patrick! A whole bunch of my nicest compositional images have been by pure luck haha, one does have to be in the situation trying to make something of course but the more you shoot the luckier you get lol! Good tip on the 1:1 aspect ratio too, I'm keen to shoot some more square stuff again at some point if the right situation arises, or I end up owning a Hasselblad haha Glad to hear that someone who studied graphic design saw what I was getting at when I was talking about that too! Thanks so much for enjoying things, I hope to continue progressing the standard of the videos going forward , and I hope you have a lovely holiday as well!

[@samuelsummers5342]

Me: "cool pipes" William:"LINES LINES LINES"

[@willysheepskin]

Love a bit of line action ey!

[@justinconnaher8868]

Thanks Will. I especially enjoyed the. Real down on what I’d call, and learn as a young photojournalist “threading the needle”. This is the composition technique you showed with out of focus areas in the foreground intentionally bringing attention to your small focus area in the background or mid. Great vid 👍

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Justin! Awesome to hear the terminology for that technique, I was trying to talk about the threading a needle aspect and just the idea of back focus too, should've had some more examples looking back on it lol! Thanks for watching as always!

[@justinconnaher8868]

@@willysheepskin That’s probably one of my favorite techniques to see done well. Photography constantly amazes me. The more I learn and accomplish the more I realize I know nothing at all. Hahahahah. Thanks Will.

[@justinconnaher8868]

@@willysheepskin To be fair I don’t think that’s the actual name of that technique. The photo editor that mentored me just called it that 🤷🏽‍♂️.

[@leemi12]

Amazing video as always. Really liked how you are able to go back and talk about your own work.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Michael! I hope to get better at it going forward haha!

[@roberttangen2942]

I like that you showed things and told us why you framed them that way instead of just a bunch of rules and guidelines. The descriptions of other people’s work was very fascinating. I appreciate that you also spoke to the use of light and dark and not just lines, swirls, triangles, foreground, background and subject. Great video. Also my two corgis, Sophie Tucker and Bandit Corgibutt, say hi

[@willysheepskin]

A momentous occasion to receive a comment from Robert himself as opposed to Sophie haha! Glad you liked the way I chose to describe things Bob, say hello back to Sophie and Bandit haha!

[@aleksanderjachimowski5587]

Thank You for in-depth deconstruction of your compositions! Also, the photograph of dam is damn good ;)

[@willysheepskin]

You're most welcome Aleksander, thank you for your pun ;)!

[@Alan-vx9nc]

Woah so helpful! The sticker-concept gives a name to something I really admire about photographs that do it "right". Thanks a lot!

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Alan! I'm sure there's a better name for it still to be honest but glad it proved useful! Just live recording things as a train of consciousness like I did in this video can lead to some slightly less technical terminology, but so long as it gets the point across I guess it works lol!

[@Alan-vx9nc]

@@willysheepskin Looking at all your videos I'd say you're pretty good at getting your point across ;)

[@hmniseb]

Thanks Willy!

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Seb!

[@iko128]

International person here 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@willysheepskin]

Eeeeexcellent!

[@jucnew]

Excellent video (as always) but this one I found super insightful. The manner in which you describe what makes a strong composition as well as some of the techniques behind it is top notch. Definitely inspired to look back through my work with new eyes.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks so much Joel! Very glad that things made sense to you, and I definitely hope that it helps with your work going forward!

[@jstnhpkns]

This is definitely an informative video. I agree with a lot of others here that most people stick to the “rules” when they talk about their work so, hearing how you see it how the photographs speak to you is refreshing! Always great stuff!

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Justin! The rules are a great starting point but I find myself just feeling things out more often these days, so trying to discuss things that way felt right haha!

[@jstnhpkns]

@@willysheepskin I can completely relate to this. My photographic education sometimes gets in the way of an image. Letting things flow naturally is way more productive, for me.

[@gschissler]

Very insightful video Will! It's great to hear your take on composition in yours and other's photographs. I do believe that composition is the most important thing to creating compelling photos or artwork. The photo of the boy with the rope and the point on tension or space between the subject and the frame is an important one and seems that it can either make or break the image. I certainly don't think about it enough in my own photos, so this is a good reminder. It reminds me of the basic art school figure-ground exercises you can do with a white piece of paper (ground) and a couple black shapes (figure), and how by moving those around on the paper you can explore how proximity of figures to each other, or figures to the ground, can create tension, balance, or weight in a composition. It's been a while, I should do this exercise again! The photo at 8:27 is an interesting one and reminds me of the 17th century Dutch group portraiture of Rembrandt and his use of the gaze to create compositional and social hierarchy within an image, as well as the relationship of all the figures around the main subject to the main subject. In doing so you're able to clearly tell who the "most important person" is in the paintings, and there is so much narrative to unpack in paintings; rather than just being pictorial representations they are quite astute commentaries on the social hierarchy of the subjects. He was able to reinvent the "stiff" and "flat" group portraits of prior, where all subjects were placed in relative order and all looking towards the viewer (camera) into dynamic compositions just by having subjects look in different directions in the painting to tell a story. This was also done with the positioning of the bodies, pointing of arms, and the use of light and shadow. There are so many tools to composition, I often find it a bit overwhelming and am unsure which direction to take it in the moment!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you man! It's key to making a photo stand out for sure! I like the sound of that art school exercise, will have to give it a go sometime myself haha! Very cool that the Sidebe shot reminds you of Rembrandt, seeing his stuff in the Rijks museum was transcendent, I love paintings and it's quite apparent why he's seen as a master when one sees the paintings in person! Need to spend some more time looking at paintings I reckon, making photos appear painterly in their execution is always a great goal! I reckon rather than getting too caught up in the theories and tools of it all just going and making some things and seeing where they succeed/fail is the best strategy to move forward in your own work!

[@matthiasvangysel938]

this is the first vid i see from you, i really like it and i'm gonna check out your other vids!

[@willysheepskin]

Awesome man! There's a bunch of fun stuff in the backlog, I hope you enjoy!

[@clairescheepers]

You're in for a treat 👏🙈☺️

[@ajthealchemist]

This is fantastic insight on how you do things man. Once again, an awesome video🔥 Thanks Will🙏🏻

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers AJ! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@walterc.clemensjr.6730]

Great video William, very helpful and useful. Your analysis of some of the photos is competent and insightful. Although, I think it is very important to also look for what is wrong in a composition. This is because, I feel, that one can sometimes get carried away looking for reasons why a composition is good and end up making things up that aren't really there.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Walter! That’s a great point, I reckon I’ll make a follow up to this sometime where I look at some compositional failings, could be very interesting!

[@dylan.thissen]

Seeing all these dog pictures made me think about Joel Sartore who has done thousands of species photos. I think the way he composes his shots is really effective at bringing out the personality of each individual animal and I realise now that what I think is so effective at highlighting the animals and their individual personalities is the fact that he uses these simple either black or white backgrounds and so it’s sort of like a sticker/collage as you said. Great video as usual 😁

[@willysheepskin]

Yeah the way he manages to give personalities to his feathery furry subjects is awesome! Thanks for suggesting his work as an example, conveys that idea quite nicely! Cheers Dylan!

[@iainlaurence]

A lot of interesting composition notes and ideas we don’t usually think of. Old photographers like the ones you showed did a lot of cool experimentation with composition, as well as analog lighting effects you don’t see very often today

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Iain! Sidebes work is very cool indeed, holds up super well too! Keen to talk more about this sort of thing in the future, looking into lighting effects could be very fun!

[@wageslave5019]

The idea you mentioned with your picture of the boy, about leaving more room on the side he is looking to convey more going on off frame is really great. It is something I had never considered as an element of telling the story in frame. Great work as always

[@willysheepskin]

Awesome that you found that useful Clyde! Hope you get to try that sort of technique out in a frame going forward, cheers!

[@Sebonelo2]

Holding thumbs for a print

[@willysheepskin]

Best of luck to ya Eric!

[@akaYu07]

If I can only take one thing from this video than it’s definitely cropping things. I hate portraits with copped of hands or limbs, but I think this has been holding me back compositionally to completely avoid cropping in general. Thanks for this! Would love to hang your print in my home.

[@willysheepskin]

I reckon there's a balance to be found between when things shouldn't be cropped and when the crop can actually say something important in the image for sure! - Are you from South Africa by chance? :)

[@akaYu07]

@@willysheepskin sadly no, I’m from Germany. While I was studying in Taiwan I met a Taiwanese guy from South Africa and when he saw me he thought that I might be from SA 😅

[@willysheepskin]

@@akaYu07 Aaargh dude you popped up in the random selection and Tian is quite a South African sounding name so I was really hoping you could be the South African winner! It's going to be in the video today lol. I feel bad though, maybe if you pay for shipping I can send you a print too?

[@akaYu07]

@@willysheepskin absolutely! I’ll do that, no worries.

[@coyjacky7607]

Awesome and informative video as always, can’t wait to see what’s in store for the channel in the new year!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you kindly Coy! Very keen to see how your print is looking haha!

[@pain6154]

at work hiding🤝

[@willysheepskin]

Eeeexcellent well done

[@olgamarsay8483]

Thanks Will. A wonderful sharing of aspects of composition not only relevant to photographs but to paintings too. Love that you are so passionate about what you do!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks so much, cool to hear that the ideas carry across to painting too!

[@yan01232]

nice video, i might have to watch it couple of time

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you! I hope it's interesting the second time around too haha!

[@joshbrown8571]

Super insightful! Happy holidays!!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Josh! Happy holidays to you too!

[@robbiemurrie7562]

I feel like the fish print would be happy in a new home with me, in Scotland. Other than that, this is a first class video.

[@willysheepskin]

We shall see if lady luck concurs haha! Would be cool to send a print to Scotland for sure! Glad you enjoyed the video Robbie!

[@robbiemurrie7562]

@@willysheepskin as a photography student, your videos are perfect for me. I just found out today (after paying for scans) my college has an imacon so I’ve been rewatching your video on it and I can’t wait to spend hours and hours scanning my negatives. Fingers crossed Lady Luck decides she’s a fan of Scotland!

[@Liampanto]

such a solid video honestly the stuff about lines and watching where there going is gonna help. seriosly love this guys work definitely in my top 5 photographers i get inspiration from atm also a print would be sick

[@willysheepskin]

Honored to be in your top 5 Liam! And glad to have helped with some composition things, may luck be with you on the print front!

[@inframe1007]

Thanks for sharing :) And wish you a Merry Christmas William

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks for watching! Merry Christmas to you too!

[@velyvely6479]

Thank you! this video was so helpful for me, I'm doing a photography degree and really struggle to talk about my own work and compositions but I've learnt so much from watching your videos this year and built a lot of confidence and reassurance to what I want to do regarding photography so I wanted to say thank you! I hope you keep making videos like this because they're gold! you've also opened my eyes to South Africa and its charms, I really hope to visit one day and hope you do photography meet up sometime, Happy End of year from London :)

[@willysheepskin]

Ah I'm honored to hear that my videos could help! I struggled with my degree too, felt like I wasn't being told things I was interested in hearing a lot of the time lol! I hope you get to visit too, actually met up with a viewer from America this morning and went on a dawn patrol expedition haha! Happy end of year from Cape Town!

[@DJsindulfo]

Always giving a nice point of view! Ty for your videos! you are so inspiring.

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the point of view and find things inspiring!

[@sanderradstaake2622]

Great insight on your creative process! Really interesting to see how you break down the different contributions of composition, keep it up Will.

[@willysheepskin]

Glad you enjoyed the insight Sander! Shall keep it up for sure!

[@keeskoeable]

Wow this was great!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you kindly!

[@juiceboyxd9310]

Merry Christmas, Willy. Great tips :)

[@willysheepskin]

Merry Christmas to you too! Hope you got something out of it!

[@kalaharistuart]

Cool video, thank you Mr Sheepskin.

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you for watching kind sir!

[@adrien3771]

Since it seems everyone has said what I've wanted to say about the video (great work), what type of pen is that?

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Adrien! It's a gold paint marker, useful for drawing on things that can be tricky to draw on lol! I would've used my red one but couldn't find it so opted for gold haha

[@sven_nergom]

Great stuff! ✨

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Sven!

[@margetschistah]

very inspiring!!! great video!!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Margo!

[@gpcy]

Very Insightful Video. Thank you for doing a video like this! Keep it up William!

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers man!

[@COLAC91fr]

Love the fish, thanks for the vid :)

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you, you’re most welcome! And the fish are glad to hear it I’m sure!

[@simonr1chter]

Thank you for these insights and your thoughts! I really loved the dog photos - because I know how hard it is to get a right picture of mine :D but this inspired me to try and maybe get some nice shots with him! You sure did a good job and expanded my view on composition :) Well done, William!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Simon! Those dog photos are something else indeed, still on the hunt for a nice one myself haha! I hope you get a nice one soon, and I'm glad to have expanded your view!

[@Dylanwade_]

This makes me want to immediately go back through my own work and see where i couldve improved compositionally, or where i am able to find some of these points. I am very much a snapshot shooter but im really trying to slow down and take more time when i know the scene is worth it. Thanks for this, as always. Cheers.

[@willysheepskin]

Sometimes the snapshots net the nicest compositions! All about luck really haha! Thanks for watching as always Dylan, I hope the dive in the archive proves fruitful!

[@marcoamora1121]

The squiggly thing in the first photo you talked about is called a pool vacuum! Its used to suck the dirt out of the bottom of pools so when people swim in them they're not questioning how pools stay clean all the time. My pool vacuum actually looks exactly like the photo you took most of the time. This was an insanely interesting video, I love the insight you're presenting to us and the examples you're giving, especially as some new to film and to photography in general. A lot of things that I'll be keeping in mind from now on. Thanks for the photographer suggestions also. I'm now convinced that, with all the photos here, I should give BnW a shot, it seems so timeless. I wonder how Jack Davidson made that one dog photo. I try to photograph my german shepherd sometimes and he always wants to bite my camera.

[@willysheepskin]

Ohhh I see, we call them Kreepy Kraulies (Creepy Crawly's) here for some reason haha! So glad that you found things interesting, I hope the info proves useful going forward! I definitely reccomend shooting black and white, it's wonderful in it's own way. I too would love to know how most of these dog photos came to be, they never want to comply when I try photograph them haha!

[@stevehoffmann9186]

Cool tips, I'm going to enjoy the holidays to better understand what I'm doing... and maybe shot my dog ! Happy Holidays :)

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Steve! I hope you get some rad shots of your dog and time to reflect on em! Happy holidays!

[@awakemf3312]

Video was great!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you!

[@alpaktuna]

This was a really valuable lesson, and also introduced to me some photographers that I'd never heard of! Quick question: have you ever thought about a video every now and then where subscribers send an image to you, post-processed or not, and you can "critique" it?

[@clairescheepers]

ooooh ... that could end up being quite painful for some of us! LOL!!

[@willysheepskin]

Glad it helped Alp! Stoked to have shared some work with you too, I have considered a video like that for sure just not sure if I’d want to critique individual images as opposed to bodies of work since often single images aren’t really representative of someone’s body of work at large. Will have a think on it though!

[@J.ortegadesign]

Love this video man. If I don't get the print, could I still buy one of the other ones? Really liked the one with the chairs. Cheers from "international" lol

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Jorge! Will see about making some more and putting them up on my store if luck isn’t with you, mr. Worldwide Ortega ahah!

[@idontwannamakethishandle]

Thank you for the educational content :)

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks for watching! I like your username haha!

[@tristan_lyons]

Nice idea to show techniques using prints, as opposed to just talking about what to do!

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Tristan! I'll take any excuse to be in the darkroom haha!

[@spots898789]

That one dog pic looks like the 21 savage album "without warning". lol.

[@willysheepskin]

Oooh it does! That's a sick dog photo too actually, would love to get a shot of a doberman like that someday!

[@simonerouart9383]

Hello Will, I would be super glad to gain this international print. See you next week in the comment section

[@willysheepskin]

Holding thumbs for you Simon! I'll catch you there haha!

[@soyat18]

Cool 👌

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers!

[@iragrahamiv4068]

I'd love to have the print! (Im in the USA)

[@willysheepskin]

May the odds be in your favor Ira!

[@SachAlvarez]

3:48 will caught using auto wb in 4k

[@willysheepskin]

Ahaha hey I dunno how to control the wb on an iphone, sold my dslr last week so its auto wb for a lil while now - besides miniDV, I can control wb on that ahah

[@alex-oj2zo]

nice

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Alex!

[@MrDeeNicee]

3:48 white balance jump scare

[@willysheepskin]

Ahaha the curse of the iPhone!

[@pain6154]

WILLY

[@willysheepskin]

THE STREAK RETURNS

[@paulengel5482]

new wideo 🙂

[@willysheepskin]

I shall endeavor to henceforth call things wideos ahahah

[@Hesmond]

Funny photos

[@gabriel.iaione]

Nice tips and great video as always, i hope i can win that pic ;)

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Gabriel! Good luck!

[@Disco_Shrew]

Fish are our friends

[@willysheepskin]

Fish Are Friends Not Food lolol

[@brklynbstrd]

I hope I get blasted by fish… great video!

[@willysheepskin]

It's a wonderful experience, I highly recommend it haha!