I don't really see as many photos from Atlanta so it's refreshing. Seeing the same photos of NYC can get boring at times. Keep killing it out there, hands down you're my favorite photographer and I always look forward to your videos.
@@JeuneF Yeah ikr. I live in a small, rural town with very little going on. First couple days shooting here were okay, now it feels like there is nothing to shoot
Your video has been a complete eye opener. I live in a very small town and more than finding it boring which was never the case.. I always took it for granted. I never made photos thinking oh! the same thing but I have been shooting in my town since last week and I suddenly realized there was so much to see and learn from. I felt like an alien myself and thats when it hit me and since then I have been trying to make photos as often as I can.. infact of anything... going with an open mind and guess what? i have been loving it!! Thanks for posting this video!
Iv said it before and I'll say it again - LOVE your work! I'm from Atlanta, but live in LA. I only get home 1-2 times a year, so it's great to see ATL through your lens. Keep up the great work!
Being in a smaller, less vibrant location it really takes more creativity, inspiration and effort to come up with something worth taking a photo of. And starting out with photography this can seem like drawback hard to overcome 🤷🏻♀️. However I totally get your point and I like you encouraging people to still hunt for interesting shots.
Love your street photos, please more videos like this. The cop car shot was awesome! No idea why folks say Atlanta no good for street photography, looks great to me. I live in a small town on the south coast of England and dream of big city street photography
Thank you for making this video. Needed the push. Live an hour away from any (more interesting) city but this video got me pumped to get out an shoot either way. Ur awesome Evan!
@@JesusMartinezCreates Its a very flat landscape. have gotten some good images off of it but i feel like i want to get better at street photography and everything that comes with it. just a personal goal really, like Evan :D
Preach. I used that excuse for a long time until I got out and started shooting anyway. I've fallen in love all over again with my city and photography because I just started shooting. Another great video, man.
Dude, your style of commentating over street photos is so entertaining I really can't get enough. I only know of 1 other RU-vidr that does this style that I really dig but they man barely uploads. Evan with that 🔥
The best way to do boring cities is to find a good place you like as your backdrop/environment, then just sit and wait. Eventually a person will walk by, or drive by, and you'll get the shot. I mean if someone interesting comes by, they'll be interesting no matter where you would have seen them, but you'll also have the advantage having your background just the way you want it. Sometimes the people don't need to be interesting, sometimes you just need a silhouette or people to make the shot look more alive. The location you take your shot should always be the first priority.
Love this bro! You’ve talked about this before and it changed my whole idea about street photography where I lived. Appreciate the advice and motivation by dude ✊🏽
I have never much been into street photography and don't really care for big cities but I think your message in this video was a great one, regardless of the genre someone practices. Having said earlier I don't really enjoy street photography, I always find your images compelling and interesting. The other comment I'd offer is on the story telling aspect of photography. We all talk about it and try to relate it to what we shoot but your photos make the story telling concept much more obvious and easier to understand. Maybe I'll give street photography a try at some point but your videos often provide me things to think about that make me a better landscape photographer. I enjoy your channel.
I agree 100% i live in the small town of Bellingham, Washington and find it as my own little gem to get unique street shots no one else has, plus different from Seattle which is were i grew up and mainly shot street before moving a year ago!
Hi Evan. I love your videos and your photos. I usually get down to the ATL about twice every year. I love the city and your street photos are awesome. Thank you for sharing.
Evan, from subbing at under 30k to now your progression is amazing to see. Inspiring in fact. Thank you for continuing to progress. It makes .r to want to make more. Keep doing what you are doing buddy and one day you are in London is love to have a coffee and shoot.
Thanks Evan that’s been my struggle of not wanting to go out and shoot..I think I live in a boring place and no one would like the pictures and all I’m doing in the end is hurting myself because I’m not practicing. Really good advice!
Great video and I was saying to myself that your b-roll shot at 2.22 was a great photo and at 4.55 you took the shot! fantastic! Love your eye for images Evan. Great walk through video and your advice is as always supreme. Thanks for the video.
As someone that grew up in Atlanta, This message hits home to me. Love that bridge shot! Charlotte, NC (where I live) isn’t super exciting, but I definitely make the most of it.
💯❗️❗️❗️ I couldn’t agree with this more! When I say opportunity is everywhere people usually give me a funny look.. and that’s because many people aren’t being creative and imaginative enough while going out and creating photos.
I think there’s also familiarity if place thing; for example I think of our small rural town as boring as a wet paper bag because I just know it so well....but I bet you if you came to visit us you’d be filling memory cards all day long and get at least two videos out of it 😂
Andy Smart thats the thing though! What you might find normal others find it really weird. One example, I grew up in mexico and there is a guy who would drive his van at 4pm every single day selling tamales out of his van. To me that was normal, until I moved to the Unites States and realized theres no one selling tameles out of their car in my neighborhood hahaha that would be a great picture because people elsewhere will be like,”wth they sell tamales out of a van” 😂 I think I made my point ✌🏼
Interesting point. On Facebook I am friends with many photographers in what we might call "exotic locales," such as India. The oddness of the clothing, colors, street scenes seem totally amazing in their photos. But I'm always thinking- For someone in India, this is just normal, everyday, dull, mundane, stuff.
Yo Evan I was wondering when will you ever give yourself a 5star rating for your shots .... I mean that was some heat right there and you gave yourself 3.5 stars
Street photography is the art of capturing the human experience or condition. I live in a small town, and I absolutely despise this town and how small it is. Even with that in mind, there is something poetic about photographing someone’s story in a way that may never have been told without the photos. Whether it be the old run down factory in the middle of town, or the town newspaper on somebody’s porch, there is a story already being told, waiting for someone to capture. Maybe I’m just tryin to make myself feel less like I’m tapped here. Idk. Lol.
GREAT inspiration Evan!!! Thanks for the kick in the butt -- going out today in my Boring city and see creatively -- but maybe travel a little farther south and go to downtown Dallas (my excuse is the traffic ---- but no pain no gain!) Thanks for this video!
Interesting topic and dope photos... to prove your point you should find some small old town you've never been to somewhere in Georgia and see what you can come up with!
I love so much about you and your content bro! You’re patriot AF which is dope and your content is informative and creative! Very easy to watch and I look forward to the new vid weekly. Cheers bro!
I live in Orlando, Fl. Gets quite boring here, the theme parks and tourist attractions such are so worn out and overdone. I believe in your philosophy 100%, this forces you to actually become more creative.
Man. I never really thought of Atlanta as being an option for street photography. This definitely made me want to get out more often. That hotel shot, and the zig zag crosswalk shot were awesome! I really want to shoot around The Fox on a night when there's a production.
I get ya! There’s a possibility that I may not get the shot if no one walks through the scene, but I definitely 100% won’t get the shot if I’m not there to take it.
Hey man. I just found your videos a little while back and I love them. I'm also a local photographer and filmmaker in Atlanta. I've really been more of a hobbyist but I'm thinking about changing it. Your videos are definitely inspiring me to get out there and I wanted you to know that I appreciate the motivation.
first off love the vids!!! you should make a video using beginners camera like a canon T5i to show viewers they can make great photos with an inexpensive camera. I think it would be a great vlog!
Evan! I'n in Minneapolis and no, it's not NYC or Chicago, but I make the most that it has to offer. It's great! I shoot overcast, rainy and early morning but I see you shoot at night a lot. Something I have been wondering is if you've had any issues of safety strolling around the city at night.. any interesting stories or tips?
I just want to say that I get the most photography inspiration and motivation right here, on your channel. Keep going and keep others, like me, going :)
This video was exactly what I needed. Damn. I found you by chance and definitely gotta subscribe. Loving the message, the lesson, and of course the work!
Oh man, I just love to watch your videos, always inspiring :) I recently updated my camera to one I was dreaming to get (like a week ago) but I have to work on my final project all day and night. Quite a shame because after seeing your video I am even more pumped to just grab my new camera and shoot. Thanks mate!
Very cool! More and better street photography is my 2019 mission. Glad I stumbled on your channel. Nice vibe and now to go through some of your older content. Liked and subbed!
I always did wonder how you were able to be creative in the city of Atlanta when you shoot. Well, your doing something right because I'm suscribed, watching and commenting! LoL 📷😎
Hey Bro, you ever tried shooting at Marietta Square? Pretty old school feel to it, especially during sun set. I love seeing your vids, I miss ATL. I plan to visit back after being stationed in Hawaii.
For me the boredom comes from never getting the chance to shoot anywhere but my City. Once I have the same composition like 10 times over, I don't really want to go back their again. How do you combat that?
My problem is I live in a place which is both boring, and dangerous to walk around in :(. So even if I went out to find compositions, which I would really like to do, it is so dangerous. I can only go to access control and entry fee parks and botanical gardens, zoos etc. which severely limits the amount of areas I can go to, and it tends to get boring repeatedly going to the same places over and over. Also, going to the zoo for example gets me a lot of weird looks because I'm taking images of a lot of things other than the animals
I agree, where you live might not as interesting as a big city. I live in small city, but three or four times a week at different times of the day I walk the same route, mainly only with my iPhone camera because I have just left work, but different images can be achieved most of the time. I do also believe the phrase “the best camera is the one you have with you”! Hence the iPhone 😄
Photography is actually DANGEROUS where I live (Belém, north of Brazil). I even have to turn down around 20% of my job inquiries because clientes want to shoot in places I don't have the courage to take my equipment. Almost half of my photographer friends have already been robbed on the street or had itens taken from their bags in weddings. Not even insurance helps, because here any equipment costs two to four times the price you pau in the US, so we use to buy our gear from friends that brings them to us from their trips. If I get my U$2.000 A7III , I would not be able to buy another one in Brazil with the insurance money because here it costs U$5.000.
okay, I know this is silly but how many steps are on those stairs? homes around here are 14 average. Just curious. of all things I pick out. love your positivity.
More on "my area is too boring for photography." There are some fantastic street photographers in the world. If you research the photographers themselves, you'll find they live in that city. They grew up there. The emotions their photos portray are the emotions they actually feel or felt. They have an intimate knowledge of that subject. My point here is the best photographers shoot the best pictures of what they know. That's why a camper or outdoorsman shoots lakes and rivers and mountains. A classy city person might shoot cityscapes and well dressed people on the town. Someone with a history of abuse and drugs might get that American trash culture perfectly. So if you start with a subject you know, and try to make artwork out of that, you might get some outstanding work done. You know your area.
