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24 responses to “Is It The Most Important Photography Book Ever?”
Thank you all for watching!
What was the first moment you can recall when you first got 'the photography bug'?
Thank you. I just ordered a copy to look through with my 9-year-old son.
Your channel continues to both inspire and motivate me Alex.
I’m going to look for this book now.
Thank you again 🙏
Terrific! I will buy this for my 12 year old granddaughter who is a keen photographer.
Thanks!
Wonderful, inspiring session. Thank you!
Marvelous!!!….
JOY ! PASSION ! Exactly what I needed to infuse back into my practise of photography, and in my life in general.
Man I enjoy your energy so much ! A thousand thank yous for the contagious passion you put in your words. Hearing you is always a pleasure, really. Every time I listen to one of your videos (often when I'm at work unfortunately) the only thing I want is to pick up my camera and run outside. You and a few others have contributed to a recent change in my photography, for the better. My eye is changing, partly thanks to you.
And thank you also for sharing about this book that I had never heard of before. Now I want it 🙂
Lovely video.
Just ordered the book, seems to good to be true for me, thank you so much for the video, otherwise I wouldnt even recognized about that one. 🙂
I like the content of your videos. I notice you are not sure about names. You do know google can help with pronounciation – right? I know because i sometimes have to use it in my job to pronounce names.
Alex, I really enjoy listening to someone talk about photography as a way to see and feel the world around you. Videos like this make me think about what I am NOT seeing. There are zillions of tutorials on gear and "rules" of composition, so it's great to hear someone talking about this aspect of photography……….I think we need to place more emphasis on seeing and feeling, and less on focal lengths and f-stops. Thanks for the videos, and keep them coming!!
But are those first images photographs, or graphic art. To me photographs, no matter how abstract, have an immediate and obvious connect to known reality. The first images, to a talented graphic artist, don't need a camera to be realized, which to me disqualifies them as to why I watch these videos. I know plenty of talented graphic designers…I used to work with them almost every day, and the unreality is what bored me with that work.
we need a channel like yours! thank you for being different, may the Lord Jesus Christ bless you.
Been following along for awhile now and everyone of your episodes is thought provoking and inspirational. Thank you. All the best. 👍📷😎
A photographer passionate about his art. I have purchased the said book which wasn't that expensive but its an English seller and I'm in Australia but that's fine as it should come in a week or two. Its for the child in me but my grandchildren might enjoy it too.
I have enjoyed your comments. I am retired now and during the last several years photography has been a hobby. I have looked at thousands of new and old photos. Your comments are about the "joy" and "excitement" of photography and it is not about commercial work, so it is about artistic creativity and mostly for amateurs. However, there is a contradiction or a dilemma inherent in your exhortations. The images shown are from groundbreaking photographers and so may be an inspiration to the new photographer but likely by talent or changing cultural tastes not reproducible by us amateurs.
So, fine, I enjoy taking photos and if I am secure in myself, I don't need any encouragement except for Photo club and my wife. If I need more and doubt my self or my images then do I need to figure out how to do what the "masters" did being creative in their time or more likely and easier, just do what they have done and use that as a benchmark? (not sure I am being clear) Or can one break out of the "Old" and get more creative and really get out of the box, but then what? The only way for that to lead to satisfaction is to have an audience. That is my dilemma. You are probably right that if you just like taking images and you get decent feedback from your "club" then all is good. So, you are answering the question "How do I take "good" photos"? and there are two answers: "they're all good" or "practice, practice, practice" (until what?).
I bought this book when it was released. It is easily one of the best I own.
you know… if something made you ( me ) stop to look, there is something worth taking a picture. Sure, I'll wind up with extra pictures but I'll maybe get that one with something extra. I'll try to keep this in front of my mind next times I'm out with camera in hand.
Great video!! I have only come across your channel in the past few weeks and am loving the videos. but this one…wow!! Your enthusiasm for the book was so infectious…I ordered it before I got to the end!! Many thanks
I think you help more people find meaning in their lives than you might think. Every time I watch uploads like this one, I want to run outside with my camera… then I realise I have to go to work 🙂
When I was a boy of about 10 yo (1964), my father taught me to make contact prints of negs. on the kitchen table, using saucers as dishes. The magic of seeing a print "come up" has never left me. Thanks for the videos.
These photos demonstrate a lot of fun and play with light. When my youngest sister was about six months old, she was crawling on the floor, and she crawled over the Sunday comics section. She giggled a lot. Looking at what her eyes caught, I got down to the same level. She was giggling at the 3 color dot patterns that made the images. She was right, the dots are funny. Thanks for sharing this great book.
Thank you Alex for another masterclass in photography. Today I went out and photographed without intent as you described before. This week I shall make masterpieces out of the mundane. I am learning all over again. Marvelous. ❤