I love your RU-vid and tutorials. They educated me a lot. Again another great checklist for landscape and cityscape photography. I am taking notes from it.
#4 seems like an odd one; I'd imagine you're more likely to get an interesting photo if you go somewhere with fresh eyes, rather than trying to recreate existing good photos/compositions. If anything, looking at others' photos may be useful in knowing which photos NOT to take, since someone else has already taken them. I'm definitely not a pro photographer, but my best photos in new places are the ones taken in locations that are away from the "points of interest" or "top 10" photography spots.
Everytime I get inspired by another photographer I find a way to make it myt own voice, it just saves time as to where to go, when I do workshop with 15 photographer next to each other shooting the same subject, you would be suprise to see how everyphoto is different in the end, every artist has his own voice
I do this too. But just for ideas. It saves a lot of time. I can't tell you how many times I return home from trip and say why didn't I know about this place etc. Also use it to take their pics and improve on it/put a personal spin on it. No 2 pics are the same. Even from same spot!
Doesn’t seem odd, it’s similar to how you’re watching videos from photographers to learn and draw inspiration from. Doing research on how to make best use of your time in a new city is a must. At no point did he say copy another’s image, but suppose even if you tried to: Your equipment, the difference in day, weather, people, technique would still make it your own take on it even if you had zero creativity to try something fresh.
@@nubscrub But what do you consider "best use of your time?" Visiting as many of the "must-see" spots as possible? In many cities, there are points of interest that get photographed by pretty much every tourist and photographer. Yes, there may be some variations in all those photos, but it's unlikely that any of them are really interesting. This is all subjective, since different people will like different photos. Yes, it's possible to take interesting and unique photos in tourist spots, but I think your odds are worse. However, if you're visiting a new city and you're not there primarily to take good photos, then I'd understand why you'd want to make sure you make it to the popular spots. I wouldn't want to skip the Eiffel Tower the first time I go to Paris, but I also wouldn't expect to get an interesting photo of it.
Sorry to tell you that but your photos don't thrilled me at all, it only shows your skills in landscape photography and lightroom. it's like looking at an overprocessed landscape or a windows 95 backscreen. It sounds like your goal is to make good postcards, to please people not to speak to their soul. Maybe you shouldn't get rid of people. People can make your shot way more interesting, less borring specially in a city like Paris. The real subject is the one which tells a story, speak to your eyes and most often is people not monuments you have seen millions of time.
We were ALL terrible photographers in the beginning, Serge. Haha. I started shooting when I was a teenager, using an old Pentax ME Super, which I still own and shoot with, BTW. When digital cameras came on the scene more widely to the (non-government, consumer and professional) market in the early 2000's, I was very unimpressed with the colors rendered, as well as the high pixelation which resulted in overall poor quality. I chalked digital cameras up to being barely adequate for family photos and novelty use, and just kept shooting film, which by this time meant shooting with my Nikon F5 professional camera and (mostly) Kodak film. I still have this camera, too, and still shoot with it, as well, with Kodak film and a few others. When I finally wet my toes in the digital waters again, I tried several models from Canon, as well as Nikon, Kodak (yes, they made early digital cameras, some in conjunction with Nikon for NASA and such), and a few others. I settled on the Nikon D810 DSLR and, now years later, I still really, really enjoy shooting with this camera today, as well as with my Nikon F5 SLR camera. I have used several image editing software programs over the years, but I never really got into Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom...until running across one of your videos, quite by accident, here on RU-vid. Wow! I was so impressed that I immediately found your website and purchased EVERYTHING you offered in order to learn from someone who's work I was and am still very impressed by, and am inspired to replicate. You, Serge, rekindled that fire within me for photography that I had slowly begun to lose when photography became just a job (crime scene photographer, news media photographer, wedding photographer, celebrity photographer). Thank you.
Bonjour, j’aime vos vidéos en anglais. Elles m’aident à réviser mon anglais très scolaire. Mais voilà! Je voudrai profiter à 100% des conseils techniques et de toutes leurs subtilités. Existe t il des versions françaises? Merci pour toute cette qualité.
Bonjour Serge, après vérification de mon compte bancaire, il semblerait, que j'ai fais une mauvaise manip pour l'achat du Luminar, en effet ce dernier ne ma pas été débité. Donc à refaire. Cordialement wisman
Great tips!...very inspirational.....even when I'm feeling a bit flat, you make me want to go out with my camera and take photographs!!……….great video as usual, and this one has definitely given me a boost and motivation. I'm getting my kit ready right now for a photography assignment tomorrow. Keep up the good work Serge!...oh, and a Happy New Year!
It sounds obvious yet it makes a world of difference. Thanks for a great video and essential tips and for being honest and humble, I appreciate it. You rock!
Merry Christmas, Serge. And thanks for another nice video. May I add one more thing? ***Learn to post process!*** As we've seen in your videos, many ho-hum photos can be turned into stunners with a bit of creative post processing. For example, I love how you "turn on the lights." Do you know of the late painter Thomas Kincaide? His nickname is "The Painter of Light." You, Serge, should be called "The Photographer of Light" for your fantastic work that often prominently features artificial light.
I agree with all of these! Well done. I’m travelling to Europe (including Paris) for the first time in December for 4 weeks. Very excited to get some cityscape photographs.
Merry Christmas from us in the UK and thank you so much for your videos I wouldn't be editing the photos the way I do know if it wasn't for your videos 🙂 thank you
Merry Christmas. I have been subscribed to your channel since you started. I have always appreciated your honesty, vulnerability and enthusiasm. Thanks again.
Serge, I have just foundyour Paris B&W book in paperback and SMALL FORMAT on amazon, which is great, the compact size suits my needs and space much better, will all of your other books be available in small format?
Hi! Thank you Serge for sharing your experience. I have photo from the same spot in Montmartre :) I'm living near Paris and my plan is to make "abandoned Paris" project. Like "Little Belt" or Garden of tropical agronomy, which is now not quite abandoned, but still looks like as abandoned.
OMG, a guy gives some photography tips on a youtube video and at the same time, the video has an amazing background view which is way better than any of my landscape photos so far :D
Very nice video Serge - you might want to look at an artistic design element called "dynamic semmentry" for your more advanced viewers and your own creative growth. It is what the great masters of great art used. You live in the most beautiful city filled with these masters' work. Your videos, I know, art targetted to the beginner photographer and that is well and good - you do a fantistic job illustrating your work with rules and tools - but somewhere you have to bring them all together. Example: Leading lines are worthless if they don't point and are not pleasing or intergerated into the whole image. And the "rule of thirds" went out a long time ago with real artists like Annie Leibovitz, Ansel Adams, and Henri Cartier Bresson. My hope is that you continue to being us these great videos as well as showing us your artistic endeavors.
Thanks for the inspiration! Great tips. I do a lot of morning shooting at sunrise and what you say is very true. Leading lines and longer exposure as well as something in the foreground to express the depth should make my shots better. Many thanks.
Merci pour cette constance dans la mise en ligne de vidéo, c'est tellement agréable et quel bon boulot à chaque fois, j'avais une question par rapport au modèle économique de la photographie spécialement quand tu te lance et que tu connais pas trop les rouages du truc. As-tu des conseils, vidéos ou autre qui pourrait nous aiguiller sur comment faire facturer notre travail en autre (est-ce par photos, par session etc etc) C'est peut être pas très clair mais y'a tellement de question que je me pose à ce niveau là en débutant le métier. Merci Serge !
Oui je comprends! Oui en effet j’ai fait quelques vidéos qui peuvent vous aider! En voici une: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pJNPH6TWsGw.html désolé c’est en anglais mais je pense que ça va vous aider!
Les deux trucs les plus utile pour moi aujourd'hui sont: avant d'aller poser un nouvel endroit, regarde ce qui a été fait sur cet endroit. Et longue exposition pour effacer les gens. Merci et un beau bonjour du "frette" du Québec ;)
Bonjour Serge, vous pouvez me dire combien de temps me faut il attendre pour avoir le luminar acheter la semaine dernière sur votre site. En attente, je vous souhaite de joyeuses fêtes. Wisman
Bonjour Serge, ça fait pas mal d'années que je te suis (si tu permets de te dire tu), je sais aussi que tu travailles aux US, mais je suis dèçu que tu ne fasses pratiquement que des tutos dans la langue de Shakespeare, je maîtrise mal cette langue et je suis frustré pourtant, j'aime ce que tu fais, tes photos, ton expérience que tu partages. Toi, Stéphane REY GORREZ, Julien Pons on fait beaucoup pour la photo et la post... Quand tu fais une vidéo ne pourrais-tu pas faire une vidéo en anglais et tu gardes les images et tu dis le texte dans la langue de Molière, le juste bonjour Mesdames Messieurs me frustre un peu... Allez un peu de temps pour tes compatriotes :-)
Thanks Serge, great tips. By the way, do you use full frame cameras? I'm considering up grading from cropped. I'm a Nikon user but wouldn't discount Canon.
@@SergeRamelliPhotographyje n'ai rien à vendre mais tu devrais essayer Fuji je suis convaincu que ça collerait parfaitement à ton type de photo et améliorerait encore ta superbe gestion des couleurs
Hi serge, i love your youtube channel, i hav a cuestion, wich lens do you recomend for travelin, it's my first travel to Europa. 35mm ? 50mm ? 18-135 kit lens ? Thanks
Serge Ramelli Photography Hi Serge, well I can only thank you for inspiring me when I first got into photography, I thought HDR was magical at the time, despite all the old school objections. Many thanks and good luck.
@@johnc6919 I never saw the appeal in hdr to be honest, too fake and over processed, of course there are good hdr examples that work but 98% of the time I can't stand it.
My all time favorite photographer. Have learnt a lot from Serge over the years. He really takes efforts to share knowledge and his experience. Thanks once again for the 10 concise tips. They are very helpful.
