form and content -- Office Hours with Reuben Radding (Ft. Yuki Yamada) 

use me as a "RUBEN SHOULD START A PODCAST ABOUT LIFE AND PHOTOGRAPHY" button.

I appreciate Reuben because he asks questions that get to the heart of the work. A lot of photographers start taking photos to pass the time but so many seem ashamed to mention this, as if wandering is something to be embarrassed of. At least for street photography, wandering is both play & journey. Photography for many is therapy, it’s the freedom to show one’s perspective. Most importantly, to be a medium for creativity.

"the look of discovery is a lot more compelling than the look of execution" love that

Huge thanks and respect to Yuki for being willing to share this session with us. That took courage and generosity.

I could listen to Reuben talk photography for hours

Yo Paulie, this is a great compliment to the Walkie-Talkies. Rueben does a great job critiquing and giving corrective ideas as opposed to “I like/don’t like this one”. If you only show your work to people that tell you they love it, you can’t get better…

That we have gotten to this level of RU-vid content for photography, is amazing. We'll done, and thank you for what you're putting out!

Love this new format of office hours so far. Also, very excited to support Reuben's book. His work is amazing.

You're doing the work of the photo gods here, Paulie. Thank you for all of it but especially for the work you're doing here. You're making a real difference in a space where it's really difficult to achieve that.

Solid gold. Any time Reuben speaks, I learn more, and not just about photography. Just an all round nice guy who is willing to help folks out.

"the look of discovery is a lot more exciting than the look of execution" love that

Pauli is straight up producing the highest quality photography content to learn about the actual art and community and I couldn’t be happier to have it available for free. Thank you Pauli!

Reuben is outright excellent. I'm 32 minutes in, but what is absolutely screaming to me is Yuki "should" (lol- I know I know, but still, SERIOUSLY STILL) be shooting digital to practice and learn. Not making photos is a huge red flag thwarting growth. To incorporate the things he's focusing on, it's about speed in the ability to process information, which can be learned in repetition.

This is just so chock-full of great ways to think about one's photo work & practice. Thanks so much Ruben, Yuki, and Paulie!

It's always great seeing Reuben in action. Thank you for making this video!

I don't say this lightly - this video single handedly impacted my photography more than it should have. Currently looking at my portfolio in a massively different light. Thanks for the honesty and transparency, Reuben and Yuki! And as always, thanks for the hard work, Paul!

loving this format, no one’s doing it like you! keep it up🙌🙌

Loved the office hours series, but this is next level. Thanks for this. Super helpful

Wish i had seen this when i started shooting. So many good insights and lessons. Love how immediately applicable this is, with real photos to illustrate important principles! Hope to see so many more of these.

Thank you for sharing this. There is such a need for authentic discussions about photography from this sort of perspective. Much appreciated.

Appreciate the courage of vulnerability and the genuine advice and perspective. I benefited from this and look forward to more.

The goat has posted

Ive gotten a portfolio review before but it definitely was only a surface level thing. This was like a portfolio psychology appointment ! I think people and their photos would definitely benefit from someone asking them tough questions regarding their motivation and goals of individual images rather than simply I like that picture and I dont like that picture. Great show!

This is an incredible episode! This is your best that i have seen so far and that is saying A LOT! Thank you for creating

I love this! The importance of evaluating the impact on our work.

everybody needs a friend like Reuben. i've never heard him spitting anything except pure insight.

Always enjoy listening and processing Reuben’s words of wisdom. In today’s world of photography it’s refreshing to discuss the “why” and thought process as an artist instead of just gear. I am excited to get my hands on the physical book at the end of the year!

that's an awesome format! would love to see more like this. gonna try and support his campaign, as long as it's not US only!

Pls continue that format, it was great ❤

Great video, like this for all the reason mentioned. Reuben for sure is someone I recommend all the time.

LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!

reuben is a genius wow

So good. So helpful.

Enjoyed this. Thank you 🙏

I loved this! I learned so much!

wow. this guy is so kind, generous and insightful. great teacher

love these

paulie i love you for constantly posting heat

Fascinating. Really. Thank you 🙏

Absolute gem of a video

Even watching this is therapy. Peace.

I had never heard of that "tunnel vision" idea and they are so right about that. I like photos that have more tension I will take that for my own photos.

Just the best!

Really awesome episode :)

This was so insanely insightful

So good

if you are tying to sharpen your skills and get more feedback, i feel like it makes more sense to shoot digital since you can see the results right away. and it’s cheaper so you don’t have to worry about all of the throwaways. you don’t have to be a cool guy and shoot film to be a legit photographer. maybe save the film for special occasions or walk around cameras akimbo (digital/film) so you can have the best of both worlds. reuben talks about photography so rationally, it’s refreshing to know he still takes bad shots and struggles too. to take bad shots, is to be a photographer 😎

great video, thanks for this

I found this video so helpful for my own photography. Please make more of these! :)

watching this on my flight to NY, perfect timing 👀

Really love the way Reuben gives advice and shares his mindset around photography! And also how he both challenges and encourages his students. The one thing I picked up this time around was this negation and apprehension Reuben seems to have around putting a box around things you like. Even with the tunnel vision concept. Yes with a rectangular frame, it may feel like a waste to have a single subject and not much else especially with traditional “street” even though he dislikes the genre, that could be the case. But I think when you start working in a sequence like for a book or zine, simpler photos with a single subject that the photographer was attracted to can help support and move the narrative along. A compilation of impactful, complex, layered images could require breaks to allow those to shine. I think Reuben knows this but I wanted to comment on this so people watching don’t take away the idea that every photo in a project NEEDS tension, layers, big questions.

Could listen to this for hours.

Fantastc.thanks a million.

HELL YES.

This is superb critic

wow! this conversation is a piece of art on its own!

6:45: that is Fred Lyon, not Brassai.

One simple thing new photographers can do is not try to follow the big RU-vidrs and get committed to shooting only film. Digital by its nature is very good medium to learn and experiment. You can try different approaches and learn faster in the field. You get faster feedback. There is always time to slow down etc. but at start we have to just shoot more and not slow down by the process or the cost.

Love Reuben, like listening to Yoda dish out wisdom. One suggestion, maybe show some of Yuki’s work after the one-on-one? Would love to see how the application of the talk affects his work. Anyway, just a thought. Looking forward to the next one!

A Gen X being truthful with a Gen Z and nobody is crying 😂

This was very informative, the balace in the photos is critical and Rueben offered some very good insight about form content etc

coffee and paulie ...yus

32:00 good ol' paralysis by analysis

hey, no beanies indoors!

Yuki's right arm in 27:05 looks broken

non-photography related: ........what is that flamed bike seat stool thing.

It seems to me that there always has to be a lot of thinking, I think it would be better to take photos of weddings and social events 😜

So I think this photographer only snaps his exposures for the subject that is the subject. His isn't concentrating at all on how the subject occupies spaces. Otherwise he'd be measuring off and composing in a way that is complimented by the backdrop itself. Like frames in a movie. If he only shoots spontaneous streetstyle he should try more staged images. It would teach him to harmonise the whole frame rather than randomly trying to capture the likeness of one particular subject.

The problem with this "teaching" from Reuben is that you can easily justify the complete opposite of what he is saying. Like... I found pretty much all these photographs from this photographer interesting and the criticism didn't make sense at all. It almost sounded like Rueben is someone tired of photography and this guy is just bursting with inspiration.

Compelling viewing.