Who inspires me - an open thread

Santafe2000 said:
As a landscape photographer, I've also visited many of the landscape mecca's, in both the UK and abroad,
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Santafe2000 said:
I no longer share new locations that I find in order to keep those shots original, and I had to learn that the hard way after coming across two images online, which were almost carbon copies of images I'd taken three years previous. I estimate that there was zero chance of this being nothing more than a happy coincidence.
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As a starter for anyone wishing to explore the wide world of photography this book is a good starting place IMO:

 
 
I don't suppose my video editing technique (or photographs) will inspire anybody and that isn't why I started my channel, but doing it does inspire (force) me to get out there and shoot. A lot of the people who inspired me to first get started on youtube I now find I watch less and less. Milky waterfalls on focus stacked, exposure merged photos start to look a bit samey after a while. There is a guy who posts increasingly interesting videos about great photographers I watch in the hope of being inspired: https://www.youtube.com/@Joel_Ulises/videos
 
The Oldun said:
I don't suppose my video editing technique (or photographs) will inspire anybody and that isn't why I started my channel, but doing it does inspire (force) me to get out there and shoot. A lot of the people who inspired me to first get started on youtube I now find I watch less and less. Milky waterfalls on focus stacked, exposure merged photos start to look a bit samey after a while. There is a guy who posts increasingly interesting videos about great photographers I watch in the hope of being inspired: https://www.youtube.com/@Joel_Ulises/videos
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Now and then I watch a landscape photographer's youtube channel and I can see that the need to produce regular content forces them to get outside in conditions when they probably wouldn't go out normally. But I do admire their ability to occasionally get some stunning images in the pouring rain or dank cloud conditions when I would be safely sitting at my desk or on the sofa. Lesson learned? Nope.
 
The Oldun said:
I don't suppose my video editing technique (or photographs) will inspire anybody and that isn't why I started my channel, but doing it does inspire (force) me to get out there and shoot. A lot of the people who inspired me to first get started on youtube I now find I watch less and less. Milky waterfalls on focus stacked, exposure merged photos start to look a bit samey after a while. There is a guy who posts increasingly interesting videos about great photographers I watch in the hope of being inspired: https://www.youtube.com/@Joel_Ulises/videos
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Looking at the link you posted reminded me that the very first inspiration for me was Ernst Haas. I came across a book by him called "The Creation" which really opened my eyes to the potential of photography to tell big, important stories, using a variety of different styles.
 
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