NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Photographer Ira Block PHOTO TIPS! 

I always love seeing these videos with the photographer actually out in the field instead of talking about tech specs in the studio. Great choice of photographer too, Ira was awesome to watch :)

"Zoom with your feet." Worth the price of admission right there.

" You can't be lazy as a photographer " I think it's true for everyone who wants to do *great things* in arts or while creating something.. Very interesting video! *Thanks for sharing the meeting with beginers like me* !

Note: not all of the pictures are Ira's. He doesn't typically take animal photos (the dogs were mine. His would have been much better) Also, we're both wearing black leather jackets and look very very cool 😎

Light. Composition. Moment. Amen.

This video should be much longer

Zoom with your feet is great advice. I damaged my "go to" zoom lens a couple months ago and haven't replaced it. Rather, I use my 28mm and 50mm primes and haven't looked back. It has forced me to think more about composition and find new angles to take my photos.

I could have used another hour of that.

Five minute master class hosted by the internet’s prettiest photographer. Thanks so much!

Chelsea! You’re so Lucky! What a wise man...I learned tons in that 5 minutes! Thanks Ira!

Ira's portfolio: irablock.com & his book on Amazon: help.tc/iracuba Our ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ photography 14-HOUR video book on Amazon: help.tc/s

Chelsea you can really look happy as you were interacting with him. Full attention, love it, almost like awe struck. We need a full Wanderlust with him too!

Always enjoy guests, they offer great insight...Thank you..

An absolutely fabulous little piece. Thanks Chelsea and team for brining us this.

This at be the best and simplest short list for great pictures I have ever watched... interesting photographer with great insight. Thanks Chelsea for bringing him to us.

I want more of this types of videos. Loved it!

That was one of my favorite videos of yours on a while.

I enjoyed this short! great job guys!

each pictures looked like they were took from a magazine, 5 mins and he taught us 500 new stuffs... he is a rockstar....thanks for the meetup TC

Love the High line!!! Ms Chelsea comin thru... Can't forget Tony's Video work!

Hats off to Ira... what a master!

We need more videos like this!

Great! I love seeing my old home town...and what Ira said is so true. I didn't look at NYC as a photo opp and now that I'm away, I regret the lost opportunities.

Very good job , Chelsea! I am proud of you.

Awesome!!!!! He is definitely one of my heroes!

most educational 5 minutes of my photography life..

Such a great video. I'd love it if it were longer. You left us wanting more!

Awesome awesome video. Thanks a million for sharing your experience! “You can’t be lazy as a photographer.” Words to motivate!

6 years later and still great

I love this ! Great job Chelsea !

I really enjoy this format, great job!

This was a nice intro to the world of a truly great photographer. If we want to know more about the man and his photography, we'll need to do the work ourselves. After all, you can't be lazy as a photographer. :) Thanks, Chelsea!

Great video! I too wish it was longer.

You guys rock so much!!!!!

Loved this short video.

I sure hope this was more of a trailer and you have more. Fantastic pictures and insight.

MORE like this! Short and informative. I don't have the attention span or bandwidth to sit through long videos and hope I learn something. This one delivered. Thanks.

Nice One. Love Chelsea's smile.

Loved this!

need to be longer !!!!! great episode

Love this! Thank you for your content

Make A Series, NOW! like if you guys agree 😍😍😍

Thanks for sharing, more great stuff.

Very nice video, I wish it would have been longer because Ira seems super cool.

Wish i could double thumbs up!! Cool simple well edited in a word nice ver nice Ok tgat was 3!! Ha

Great interview, Chelsea! I'm taking his tips to heart and will try to implement them consistently in order to make them habit!

Tony thank u sooooooo much u helped me pass my 107 you are up there among my top nemeses you rock..!

Great tips, light, composition and moments - photography is all about these 3 aspects. Nice

Nice, compose in camera, native instincts and experience.......natural framing after his many years of seeing. Thanks

That is an excellent point about being scared of using high ISOs. Even though there's great technology that reduces noise, I'm still self-conscious about where my ISO is. Screw that! From now on I'm not gonna care anymore. Thanks T&CN and Ira!

1/250 sec shutter speed and don't be concerned about the ISO when taking candid pics of people. "Once your picture is blurred you have to throw it out anyway." What a great tip as I've missed great shots getting lost in what my ISO is. Auto ISO baby! I love this interview and could have watched it for hours. Thanks to the T & C Team for this interview with Ira. Great stuff.

This was great info. Well done Chelsea!

Nice video with one of the masters of photography! Chelsea looked so interested

Great video! I hope that you do more like these.

Very cool guys. I love the Sony camera gear. It was thanks to both of you that I started using the A7ii and VG30. Keep up the good work. Aaron

Thanks for this wonderful video short but great!!!

Loved it thank you 😊

lovely video, love the new style

Interesting , I hope that you do more like these,(the black leather jackets are very cool)nice work!

Thanks for this, enjoyed watching.

Great video. Ira Block is one the photographers who inspired me as a child to take up photography. Along with Steve McCurry, and Ansel Adams. Thanks for this video.

Master Ira, teach us more!

Great video. It's great to hear his perspective on things.

Great video, and some great tips too! Thanks

Interesting video and great production. Quality job all round. I think that any broadcaster worth their salt should be glad to licence and broadcast this.

Interresant interview. I hope more will come. thanks

Sage advice from the Masters.

Very interesting video, the saying about the importance of unwanted blur is something to think about! Chelsea using the XT-2 with the 16-55 2.8, great combo!

So lovenly docummentary, thank you

So cool video, very interesting. He is a true master Please more of these interview type videos

you guys have amazing video quality.

It's always cool to take some lessons from pro photographers I bet you learned a lot.

That was great. More please :-)

That's a impressive thought about shooting with noise :) Shows his experience :)

This video was so comfey it gave me the warm fuzzies :D

thank you for the tips

Light, composition and moment :)

Ira is great -- agree 95%. I'll stay with a slower shutter speed while shooting close allowing staying sharp on the focus but allowing the motion to go Jacob's Ladder. I've never had a submission not run in nine years.

I love the high line park and the Whitney museum.

Great video!

Interesting love creativity and photography is full of it. I'm looking to getting a Sony Mirrorless camera soon I'm waiting for the a7iii so I'll have it in time for my trip to Japan.

I love this guy, best bit is he sounds like a NY cabbie or something. All those Nat Geo photographers are awesome. I must say Chelsea looked a little star struck.

Nice picture of Cuba in the beginning!

5 minutes of interesting photography ... Thanks .

Great choice with that Fuji!

Chelsea looks so cool and chill in this video.She might be taking lessons for tony!

Great video Tony and Chelsea (more Ira please) ;-)

Great job

Oh my what a good video

Interesting collaboration, thanks. As to shutter speed and ISO and Ira's little tripod, I have hypothesized for a long time that digital cameras suffer more from motion blur than film cameras. At 14 F-stops dynamic range, assuming 3 stops from metered setting towards the highlights, we have 11 down. This means the camera still records things that would need 8 seconds exposure time if that element had to be rendered as neutral grey. With film that would not be recorded. Some pixel recordings we perceive as, and call, "noise" may actually be motion blur.

thanks for the info

More like this !

Thank you

so perfekt video. Thanks.

love that 4k60p footage :D

Leading lines as well, stacking. As far as leading lines are concerned, that is extremely important to pay attention to. It guides the eye to a subject maybe not so interesting turning it into interesting. At the end of the day, if the subject is boring, at least the lines are exciting!!

excellent video and good info regarding zooming, now a days nobody wants to move closure to the subject

So true about shutter speed. I spent a day out today with the D850, and being early prehistoric, my hands shake. With the 105mm macro shooting near and far, even with VR, I need to keep handhelds around 1/1000 or better (I ditched the tripod and I gotta say I prolly need a carbon monopod). So what if I'm using ISO 320? I had a great day... so did you guys from the look of it. Thanks for the vid and make it longer next time, m'kay? :-)

We want more. Thanks....

Thanks guys, great advice! Especially that one about photographing people and not worrying so much about ISO. I made the mistake of not shooting at a higher shutter speed, smaller aperture in order to keep ISO down just this week when shooting portraits and paid dearly for it :( i'm such a noob