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How Ira Block Culls His Photos to Tell a Story

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Ira Block will be at this year’s B&H Bild Expo happening September 6 and 7 at the Javits center in NYC. Learn more and RSVP: www.bildexpo.com
How would you choose the best images from your trip in order to tell a story? National Geographic photographer and Sony Artisan of Imagery Ira Block shares his post processing workflow for travel photography.
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@BandH Год назад

We hope you’ve enjoyed this series with Ira Block! What kind of series are would you like to see?

@richhughes2225 Год назад

Vietnam

@delriophotography 9 месяцев назад

Nature Photography

@theideamechanic 7 месяцев назад

Ira in Iceland

@tdivyak 2 месяца назад

Benito lighting the cigars are some really exceptional images.

@cruising5to1 Год назад

Would love to see the post-processing of your images all the way to publication. I loved the series though. It's definitely worth watching!

@1iblock Год назад

I try to keep post production simple and very true to what i have shot. We can look into this, thanks

@PianoLandscapes4film Год назад

This series was wonderful. Thank you. Seeing Cuba brought a tear to my eye. I was last there when I was four years old. That was 62 years ago. It looks very run down. The people are phenomenally resilient. Beautiful work.

@1iblock Год назад

Thank you. Yes Cuba is filled with great people

@l.kellyjones1766 7 месяцев назад

I was in Havana in early October. Mr. Block did a great job demonstrating the warmth and photo geniality of the Cuban people. The street photography in old Havana is off the charts!

@slyne1000 7 месяцев назад

Hey Ira, just tripped over your series on Havana and Vinales. It just so happens I did the exact same 10 day photo shoot in both Havana and Vinales last April/2023 with the same characters at the tobacco farm. I got some great shots of the cigar smokin grandma and her grand daughter together. Also the street life in Havana. I'd love to see your final pics of the trip.

@AliasJimWirth Год назад

An excellent series of videos. Well worth watching...even more than once. Thank you all.

@BandH Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@SunnyJohn45 Год назад

Good series. Thanks. I was in Havana in 2007 and saw the pink convertible parked in front of the Presidential Palace. I'm not really surprised that it's still running sixteen years later. The Cuban people were some of the nicest I've met anywhere.

@thomasd6592 Год назад

Good presentation on selecting photos for the story. Next it would be interesting to see how the selected photos are arranged in the story and a brief discussion of editing the selected & arranged photos. Thx

@1iblock Год назад

We will definitely look into this. Or just make another series somewhere else exciting!!!!

@charlieross-BRM 11 месяцев назад

When you were profiling the fisherman, Chi Chi @2:00 I started feeling butterflies in my stomach. It's like I was getting anxious to go out and shoot photos asap. I regularly shoot a senior aged man who has been carving and sculpting stone for over 50 years and I too like to show the hard worn hands that create what other people treasure.

@romiemiller7876 Год назад

Great series! I'm looking forward to this video.

@1iblock Год назад

I am sure you will enjoy it !!!

@mawavoy Год назад

Thanks for a great video. The culling process is important.

@1iblock Год назад

The culling process is critical, and it takes time.

@BandH Год назад

Indeed it is, thanks for watching!

@alexmcmurtrieSits Год назад

Great video Ira. Thank you.

@1iblock Год назад

Thank you very much, I am so glad y0u enjoyed it.

@conchmk Год назад

This was a great series. It makes want to go there with camera in tow. It would be really great if you could add a final chapter to this. I would love to see the final selection and your post production process.

@1iblock Год назад

We can think about doing this - i will check..Thanks

@almostgreen9498 Год назад

@@1iblock PLEASE!!!

@thomastuorto9929 Год назад

I noticed he had the White Balance on Cloudy to warm up the colors. Another successful photographer does this a lot also. Nice work Ira & B&H. Thank you..

@1iblock Год назад

@@thomastuorto9929 Yes I usually use cloudy to keep a bit of warmth in the colors. Though this is an easy adjustment in post. It is an old habit from the film days when I always kept a warming filter on the camera

@PhotoTrekr Год назад

Great series. Look forward to the next one.

@1iblock Год назад

We will be talking about a new series soon. Thanks for watching

@PaulJScott Год назад

I love all the pictures and how you explain everything you do. I enjoyed all 3 episodes. It's easy to see why you're a National Geographic photographer.

@BandH Год назад

Ira really know how to capture the story behind his photos. Thanks for watching!

@1iblock Год назад

Only 3 episodes - check again, there are a total of six

@dvdragon Год назад

This is really valuable to understand his process. Thanks for sharing!

@BandH Год назад

Glad you found it helpful, thanks for watching!

@1iblock Год назад

Good that you could watch the series. I hope we will have more to come.

@drsoakwood 9 месяцев назад

Terrific series!

@BandH 9 месяцев назад

We're glad you enjoyed!

@keithwcaselman Год назад

Really have enjoyed this entire series! I have learned and been educated. Thanks Ira and B&H!

@BandH Год назад

Glad you learned something new through this series, thanks for watching!

@1iblock Год назад

Glad you enjoyed the series - it was a lot of fun and great effort!!

@mzanotti Год назад

Great episode and great series of videos!

@BandH Год назад

Thanks so much!!

@1iblock Год назад

Thank you, glad you liked them!!

@Juanitojtc Год назад

yeah found my new favorite type of video.

@christelyaffe2253 11 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed your series of Cuba. The images are beautiful and I love the way you approach the locals and the way you make them feel at ease. Do you ever give the local people you photograph a tip or is that considered rude?

@RS-Amsterdam Год назад

What a great episode. Love the detailed explanations and those shots are beautiful. I am so glad I hooked on from.the first episode. I really enjoyed the trip and thanks to you and B&H for sharing the goodies. Hope to see you soon on another trip with awesome pictures. Keep up the good work and stay safe. Greetings from Amsterdam

@BandH Год назад

Thanks for watching! Ira captures beautiful stories behind his images.

@1iblock Год назад

I am happy you could watch all the episodes. I really enjoyed doing this series with the BH team

@OG.Mikentosh Год назад

Enjoyed this series. Thanks

@BandH Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

@1iblock Год назад

I am glad that you could watch!

@rdphoto2 Год назад

So enjoyed, this would love to see the final outcome of the series as they were being used for a presentation. One question I have are model releases required for this kind of photography that they did?

@BandH Год назад

We’re glad you enjoyed! The team did have model releases for each subject photographed in the series.

@rarindraprakarsa4376 Год назад

Great approaching....learnt a lot

@BandH Год назад

Glad to hear, thanks for watching!

@1iblock Год назад

Did you watch all the episodes -- they are very informative

@almostgreen9498 Год назад

I had to laugh that after all these years you still take pictures where the dark hat is against the dark mountains! Loved this series❤❤❤

@1iblock Год назад

Because i didn't go into the water my perspective was a bit limited. That's why i eventually raised the camera above my head using the back monitor and was able to shoot with the dark hat in the water.

@johnclay7644 Год назад

informative video

@annette9648 7 месяцев назад

Ira great series. How do you go about finding a fixer in Cuba

@lylecameron5578 9 месяцев назад

Wow, really great; thanks. Agree w/below comment.........I too would like to see your post processing.

@empin9553 Год назад

Good Evening!

@1iblock Год назад

Thank you, I hopeyou are enjoying the videos.

@kathy1mcdonough Год назад

Saw all your of your Cuba series and really enjoyed them. Brought back fond memories of my trips there. I noticed you were shooting in aperture priority. Is this your go to setting or was this selected because of the conditions of the shoot? Dennis McDonough

@joeysnburg4254 11 месяцев назад

Interesting video! You definitely took some excellent shots! I'm not really crazy about some of horizontal portraits but I'm sure you can fix those in post. The landscape of the capital and the man with the horse beautiful but some of the other landscapes seemed like they were just the wrong time of day. Enjoyed the video!

@BandH 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@keithwcaselman Год назад

With the variety of fast zoom lens coming out on the market, for Travel Photography, if you had a very limited budget, which would you choose? ...I use Sony also.

@1iblock Год назад

I do about 80-90% of my photos with either the Sony 24-70 GMII or the Sony 24-105mm.

@MaestroWilliams Год назад

❤❤❤❤

@1iblock Год назад

Thank you !!!

@tom.e.rodriguez4536 Год назад

Great Series Ira. I am planning a trip to Cuba and was curious if I would need permits to walk around as one man band with a video FX30 camera and a still camera as well?

@1iblock Год назад

No problem Tom, you can easily move around Cuba.

Год назад

A FX30 camera can cost $2198, the monthly wage in Cuba(2023) is 4000 pesos($18). If I were you, I would be more worried about people trying to steal your 10 years of average wage equivalent camera. Cuba can be a human circus where tourists can satisfy any morbid desire.

@JuanLopez-oz9kh Год назад

Let us now or see your final product (book or story). Thanks, great work!

@1iblock Год назад

We will let you know when the final product comes out. It is still a work in progress

@MikeT-yy3 Год назад

Hi Ira, Thoroughly enjoyed your Cuba shots, I was there a few years ago so it brought back fond memories. I noticed in your Metadata your flash exposure varied a lot, do you use Auto on camera flash as a fill in or please explain how you use flash

@1iblock Год назад

I did not use the flash at all. The metadata is just picking up the flash compensation that I have set on the camera. Good that you noticed.

@MikeT-yy3 Год назад

@@1iblock Hi Ira, I appreciate you do not use flash at all, can you explain if you never use flash, how would your camera flash compensation FEC settings differ between shots in similar Cuban images. Surely you would not change this setting if you are not using FEC, just curious.

@1iblock Год назад

@@MikeT-yy3 I was using two different Sony A1 bodies. I looked and they are at different flash compensation settings. Mystery solved 😁

@MikeT-yy3 Год назад

@@1iblock I should have known that, sorry for asking, Michael Do you have any other super videos around asia, Japan, South America, I would love to see them.

@1iblock Год назад

@@MikeT-yy3 Good questions, I did not notice myself that both cameras had different settings. We are looking at doing some more videos, Asia is high on the list.

@nataliewilliams1519 10 месяцев назад

Hello Ira Liking your videos on Cuba 🇨🇺 I am planning to visit the country sometime next year. I was thinking of joining a photography workshop (trawling through the internet they’re some workshops are very expensive) or shall I take the plunge and do it on my own. And meetup with a local photographer for a couple of days? I am not a professional photographer and I am a bit shy about approaching people to ask them if I can photograph them. I am interested in creating stories in my photography. Please advise 😊

@jerrygowins 2 месяца назад

I love this series and very much want to photograph in Cuba. Do you hire an interpreter? Is it customary to offer money to the people you photograph? Thank you for doing these videos!

@DaveMody Год назад

I see there's a flash comp value, does that mean you were using a flash in some of these, but dialed down in power?

@1iblock Год назад

Dave, i did not use flash at all during the series. The meta data is showing how the flash compensation is set up on the camera. And yes when i do use the flash I many times tweak it down as a fill light. Good catch !!