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I would say my greatest mistake is to be afraid to take photos or thinking too much about how I might look stupid to others while taking pictures. It's so stupid but hard to get over and I think it'll only get better by just taking pictures
I feel you , I sometimes feel embarrassed to have people wonder wtf i am doing taking a pic of that specific thing . It's weird how you feel better like 30 mins in , as if it's the same people seeing you shoot throughout your day
Personally, I understand this weakness, so I know that you can work to overcome it! I used to be afraid of looking dumb by standing in the middle of the crosswalk in the city to take some photos, but until I gave it a shot, I've become more and more open to putting myself out there. You gotta do what you gotta do to improve, but more importantly, have fun :)
This is so true, I carry my camera all around the world as a pilot and hardly ever take it out to shoot photos. I’m often embarrassed or afraid to approach people, I think about it then walk away.
My mistakes - doubting myself too often, thinking TOO much before taking a photo - buying gear but not going out and actually use it as often as I could
Never doubt yourself if you do that and overthink you will either miss or exhaust yourself. Being confident will help you want to do it more and more. If you love your job you will perform better but if you hate your job you will either quit or just not give a crap. I think what hurts some people trying to learn and no I am not pro but is trying to do exactly the same thing he or she has done from watching POVs. For example, if you go to Chicago and yes Mr.Lambert has plenty of video footage from there you will try to take those same images he did but you can't copy what he did because you may not get the exact same look. Because you may only have the 70-200 and the shot you liked he did was with the 85 prime. Now changing angles/using your surrounding could really help improve! Now if it rains/shooting at night will be a banger! Reflections, Black wet cars that are being lit up by skyscrapers great for long exposure car light trails...
My mistake that I really wanted to fix is my self confidence. Every time I go outside and take photos, I always feel like I’m weird or crazy or something😭
Always love your videos man, I've learnt a lot just by watching you, whenever I go out to shoot street photography. I'd always be like "How would Pierre take this" much love man, and I hope you keep up the good work
I always use UV filters for almost all of my lenses. Good quality Hoya HD mk2. And apart from very small points of flare from LED street lights, I had no problem at all. But this discussion really grinds my gears, because I cannot agree with 90% of the facts that all of you photographers state. 1. Why put a cheap filter on your expensive lens? Well, you pay $100 for a thin flat piece of glass. If you judge by complexity, or even glass weight, you will realize that your lens is the cheap element in this combination. Filters are really expensive for their size. 2. If you drop your lens, the filter will not help. Yes, but what if I lightly bump/scrape the front element against a building wall or some other element in the city? I'd rather scrath the filter than the front lement. And no, The tiny lens hood on my 14-30 f/4 will not be enough to protect it. Moreover, I am much more relaxed cleaning dust, dirt, fingerprints and polen off my $100 filter, than my $1000-$2000 lens' front element. 3. It will change the optics in you lens. And the Petter McKinnon filter all of you are using is not changing the optics in your lens? How about polarizers? ND's? Grad ND's? square filters? Of course there is a tiny amount of change, but you cannot percieve it even on a 60MP sensor. In conclusion, most of the arguments against UV filters are incorrect, and even hypocritical. The main problem is that manufacuter fabricate lenses so that they are single-use only. Nobody changes front elements anymore (or charge 60% of the value of the entire lens) and this is the main reason that I am trying to protect them, even if I take a bit of a quality hit (which, practically am not). If you see flares and ghosting with your UV filter, throw that thing away and buy a proper filter.
I'd put a UV filter over the lens over having it unprotected especially if the glass is expensive and one is not looking to spend hundreds, if not thousands to repair lenses specifically non-pros or non-commissioned work. $50 fix is better than $500. 🙏🏻☠️ Small ghosting or flare or reflection is not going to ruin your shot, unless you are in safe environments where you are static like a studio shoot or food photography work etc.
I pay less than £5 a month to insure all of my camera gear 2 bodies and 4 lenses! Check out insurance for sure, it might save you using UV filters and be less worried about dropping your camera etc
@@perrosys93 I love lens hoods but in environments where things can fly into the glass element, I feel safer with a UV filter on. Plus, getting the glass of my lens fixed takes months
2 is plain wrong ;) If you can afford any lens you should be able to afford the best UVs. Hoya hd 3, BW nano, etc. Cleaning a flat surface is so much easier and because of that you do it often. Dust and oil and blah on the lens create worse ghosting problems. You just have to clean them all the time. Also comparing to that particular Hoya any lens glass is like soft cheese ;)
- i hate lens caps, they disrupt the shooting flow, they need to be put somewhere, and later be found again. thus: UV filters, high quality ones (b+w xs-pro nano) - i really don't understand why so many people insist on setting ISO manually. i let it on auto, and simply watch it. if it's too far off, i adapt other settings. thus: per principle can't forget it was set wrong, because i never set it ;)
Answering your question in "mistake 2": I use clear filters on lenses as an extra protector. I remove them when I notice underperformance of lens in certain conditions. Still better to damage filter than expensive lens...
- keep a lens hood on… if you accidentally drop your lens, it will save your lens, and save your lens from accidentally bumping in to things, and accidentally touching your lens element
Could you do a Video on what subjects give you the inspiration to take a picture of in street photography, like what do you want to take a photo of and what you dont want to take a photo of?
I think a big mistake a lot of people make, semi related to the eye level tip, is not being willing to manipulate your environment to get a better shot. I don't mean chopping down a tree or anything dramatic, but moving some stones. Sliding a trash can a few inches over. A big one for me was I was always saying "man this [insert photo subject here] would look great after the rain with some droplets." One day I realized a plastic spray bottle is like $2 at Target. I can literally bring "rain" with me. So now if I'm doing street stuff (I live in Chicago as well) especially things like the ornate iron gates, I can give it a few sprays with the coarse setting on the nozzle and instantly get some more interest on the subject. Want to shoot in a puddle reflection from rain? Unscrew the bottle and make your own puddle.
Nice extremely expensive gear flex, almost zero actual information, kindergarden level like "dont forget". It is SONY ENGENEERS that make insane optically perfect 50 F1.2 make that pump image, not your own "skill".
Damn I don't know why even talking about UV filters. Nobody uses them nowaday, maybe I have some friends and myself using them to protect our lenses when we lost a cap or shooting in not-so-good conditions, but these things seems to be objects of the past
No filters, high iso still needs light, aperture sweetspot, wb daylight, raw back up, someone mentioned lens hoods👌👌👌👌👌, manual with auto iso not higher than 5600 when conditions require it, learn to read light, histogram....
One mistake 90% of all youtuber make: assuming all of their viewers have ADS and have an attention span of 2 seconds and overuse this extremely annoying zoom cuts.
Related to changing shooting angle, got a great shot climbing up wall ... then fell off - dumb mistake. High parking garages can give great views & perspective and there's no hassle getting into them, unlike most buildings.
great beginner tips but i have one great tip, buy old lenses and test them out a lot of time you can make great and beter photo's then with new lensen for price below 200 dollar/euro instead of spending alot of mony on new lenses
Pierre? Because you have a waitlist, this question is for nexg time - if you are a newbie, one that has even a hard time getting a photo in focus lol can we stilldo the 30-day? Merci à l'avance!!
Great video Pierre. I'm a huge fan of removing things in photos that may detract from the image. Keep it clean and simple, let the subject tell the story.
Why is it that people who keep saying that "phones" are just as good as cameras always use a high-end iPhone? My experience using a mid-range 64MP phone is that they are not as good.
I have a camera but I only shoot flowers and nature in general and never done a portrait for a stranger Never shot outside my house except for my closest friends cuz I’m so afraid of ppl and I think I’m not the only one 💔💔
we love you Pierre, your an amazing vlogger and photographer, as i said in your last video, you are the one who inspired me to buy the sony xperia IV phone, your amazing at what you do
Hi Pierre! You said scrape the filters, when I just purchased a ND variable filter to help achieve more sky definition. My question is, how do you properly expose the sky and the rest of the photo?
I learned the hard way about forgetting the SD cards at home lol. And I didn't even think about over shooting with the ND filter on, I'll have to do some comparison shots to see the best settings for it. I've been wanting to use props to shoot with like glass, balls etc for different effects but never thought about something as simple as just taking off my filter or even the lense to grt different effects. But my biggest mistake is not thinking enough about my shots, composition wise.
Hi pierre i am a big fan of you can you do a challenge using an old sony cameras for street photography i think it's gonna be fun because you will be depending on your skill a lot 😅
If you ever come to Vancouver Island in British Columbia Canada let me know would love to learn more. I'm a mnth into using my T5i and T5, love what you do man. Wish I can get to that level one day
I find that the best exposure is hardly ever right at +-0 on my camera’s light meter. I do like to shoot landscapes (I can commonly be found shooting waterfalls, roller coasters, and other natural/man-made landscapes). I usually hover around -1 because, in most cases, I feel this is what gives me the most consistent exposure and best color contrast while allowing the shadows with no necessary details behind them to fall into complete darkness. Now, of course the “correct exposure” is highly dependent on the photograph (lighting, style, mood, theme, etc.).
hey I love seeing another photographer that shoots around Chicago so often! you've inspired me to get out in Chicago and look for new stuff I don't see too often
Sir, I am beginner and I'm using canon 1500d. I don't know how to check shutter count in canon 1500d. Could you please tell me how to check shutter count. I tried by taking last pic and upload in various link, but finding canon shutter count is hard for me. Hope I get reply from u ASAP.. ☺
High ISO happened to me yesterday :p I use manual mode with auto-ISO but my 6D2 and 7D2 don't have an option to high-limit the auto-ISO so it happens that I end up with grain in some cases . I really need to get into R6 and R7 but oh poop it's pricey so I have fuji x-e3 and x-e4 on the side :-)
Hello Pierre, Do you think The Fuji X-T2 & X-Pro2, plus the X-H1 are all good enough for just starting out doing some semi professional work in many different areas of Photography? I love that 3rd sensor @ 24.3 megapixels... Plus I want all my Fuji Camera bodies made in JAPAN!!! Thanks for your time and energies, Great work as always...
Hello, i have one question, which is bothering me for a while, when i upload photos on instagram, the colors are completely different, and it looks awful to me. Does anyone know what with that? Thank you
I dont make lot of photo I shoot most of the time in festival My first mistake was to take it in JPEG the first time aahahahaa Not funny x) The most important is to shoot in Manual It will help a lot to improve your technic and understand better your device ;) Merci pierre pour ta vidéo ! Passe une bonne journée
Hello, I am a beginner into photography and I take pictured with my phone and now I want to invest in a camera and I am on a budget so i was thinking to buy canon t7. Would you recommend that camera to beginners that want to get into photography?
The worst mistake i made and see is not knowing the best aperture of my lenses (no its not always F11) and not taking care of using the correct aperture according to the situation or the focal lenght.
My biggest mistake was not fixable haha. I went to the beach with my camera and didn't look at any of my shots till the end and didn't notice my settings switched and made all my photos way to bright to where it was almost whitewashed.
I would like to participate on your 30 days course, but Idk the price of it. Do someone know the approximative (even the right amount) of it ? Thanks alot.
Team is sending the price tomorrow via email! Budget is usually 300-500. you can always find the link again on pierretlambert.com/course (when it opens it’ll link directly to the site) :-)
Hi again, always waiting for your upload videos and pics in ig. Every episode of your video will help me in improving my skills in photography, this episode is one of it. Thankyou for tips 🤗😉
