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.
 
I'm always inspired by other street photographers, and quite a few of them here on TP. One that isn't on any forums that I know of is Sam Benari, who shoots the same areas of London that I do, e.g. Soho and Brick Lane, and I enjoy bumping into him and stopping for a chat, as I did this afternoon. He uses a Leica, always shoots in mono, and has a big stack of photos on Flickr.

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Sam Benari

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I've been watching this guy recently, he seems nice, and he uses a Ricoh GR3x, shares some camera tips. He also uses a sort of selfie-stick/mono-pod thing and a shutter cable because he has some disability.

Now I can't remember how to post a YT video. :thinking:

Joe Redski

 
jerry12953 said:
I have to say I went to a workshop led by David Hurn many years ago and he acted like a complete ****hole to most of the other participants (although he was a bit kinder with me).....
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That surprises me. Although he does come across as having, and expecting, high standards.
 
Meeting a hero should be very instructive. And what could ever be wrong with that? You've got to be human. The concept of hero is a bit ridiculous, anyway. And, actually, unhealthy for society & the planet. Look at the applause Trump's been getting at the Republican convention.

Let's Stay Real

Which is probably an impossible task.

Somebody's output of work is obviously one thing, whilst their personal nature & life is another. If you happen to be aware of both, then that's obviously a richer take on things.

If you're compassionate enough.
 
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I've never got involved in the history of photography or who's who in the world of photography and just get inspired by certain images I see on Flickr or by people on forums such as this. For example, I've followed Dan Cook's work since first seeing it on AVForums as he has a wonderful use of light imo. Then as I love my motorsport I get inspired by the likes of Fireproof Creative, MattyW and RichardC27 on here. On the Sony part of the forum I really like Lee Ratter's use of light, composition and editing, I think inspiration can be found everywhere (y)
 
droj said:
... It's about substance & integrity. Let's hit high, let's hit deep. Forget showbiz, which no matter how professional, is just cheap crap.
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To be brutally honest, anything that smacks of hero worship frightens me silly.

Appreciating the achievements of someone you have met and had some form of relationship with, seems normal. Making a hero of someone with whom you have, at best, a tenuous passing aquaintance is, to me, suspect.
 
YouTube recently suggested a couple of videos by Rupert Vandervell which I found interesting as a street photographer. Most of us have experimented with high-contrast black and white, and with shadow and light amidst city buildings, especially involving the juxtaposition of humans and geometry, light and shadow. Rupert takes this to an ultimate level, labelling some of his photos as Fine Art Street Photography. In fact, he has a book of that name (picture below).

It's £8.99 for 120-odd pages with a good bibliography at the back and plenty of examples of his work, and it's a fairly quick read for a single session, or can be sampled piecemeal if you like to savour this kind of thing.

The book and the videos can be helpful as comparisons with your own work, or can inspire us to try different approaches. Or could perhaps be a total inspiration to newcomers to street photography.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVxUrY1Irik

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E95tmcLwMlI


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garryknight said:
YouTube recently suggested a couple of videos by Rupert Vandervell which I found interesting as a street photographer. Most of us have experimented with high-contrast black and white, and with shadow and light amidst city buildings, especially involving the juxtaposition of humans and geometry, light and shadow. Rupert takes this to an ultimate level, labelling some of his photos as Fine Art Street Photography. In fact, he has a book of that name (picture below).

It's £8.99 for 120-odd pages with a good bibliography at the back and plenty of examples of his work, and it's a fairly quick read for a single session, or can be sampled piecemeal if you like to savour this kind of thing.

The book and the videos can be helpful as comparisons with your own work, or can inspire us to try different approaches. Or could perhaps be a total inspiration to newcomers to street photography.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVxUrY1Irik

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E95tmcLwMlI


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I follow him on YouTube and he’s quite good but his book was horrendous!
The b&w illustrations were like something out of a cheap inkjet printer, I couldn’t believe it and sent it back!
 
gramps said:
I follow him on YouTube and he’s quite good but his book was horrendous!
The b&w illustrations were like something out of a cheap inkjet printer, I couldn’t believe it and sent it back!
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They are. Perhaps some styles of photography should never be printed out. But I think they can spark ideas as to how to do it better.
 
gramps said:
I follow him on YouTube and he’s quite good but his book was horrendous!
The b&w illustrations were like something out of a cheap inkjet printer, I couldn’t believe it and sent it back!
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I bet you it was a drop ship / printed by Amazon book. It'l probably say on one of the inside covers 'printed by amazon'
 
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garryknight said:
Hmm... I'll check when I get home tonight. It was a Prime next-day delivery, but they could probably do a big print run in that time these days.
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I have a recipe book and a photographer's zine that are both printed by amazon and the quality is poor. Amazon print them on demand, so no big print runs required, tbf it's probably a nice way to release a book
 
Attitude inspires me, the people who get out there and do things, the ones who don't care about money fame or status, they just love what they do and have so much enthusiasm for their work. These are the ones that are often derided as 'lucky', no, getting up at dawn for weeks on end to get the perfect shot isn't luck....
 
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