watching this in my history of photography class in my local city college! I feel special that I already follow Ted, everyone was like "who is this guy? he's awesome"
I'm watching this video in 2022 and it's so great to see an informative photography related video that's not full of product placements or unnecessary content to stretch the video for higher ad-revenue.
Someone told me once that painting and photography are one and the same. Their results are the same, or they can reach the same results. I say that these two expressions of art are twin sisters, so to speak. Actually, they complete each other for expressing quite the same message. There are those classical zen and chan buddhist paintings that differ from photography, or caligraphy (which is painting turned to writing, actually), but other than these there aren't any. These two, I think, complete each other when it comes to the methods used, the technical aspects of the works. Of course, in painting the artist adds something to the canvas, where in photography, the artist subtracts elements from the frame, from its canvas. This is how I see it. :)
The two diverge in one respect. Painting is an additive art - the painter starts off with a blank canvas and can add whatever elements they choose where they want. Photographers generally start off with an existing scene (leaving out pure studio work), that has elements in it that will either support or compete with the subject. Consequently the photography has to try to eliminate or suppress the elements that do not support the main subject. To quote Dorothea Lange: "Photography, after all, is a conscious act of selection."
I've far from followed your channel chronologically, which tends to make it more interesting. But what I get from being led in to your videos by the RU-vid logic with links, is the massive output you've had and how high the quality has been all the way through.
You are, probably the only one who presents 'the Science' of Art of Photography. Thank you immensely for the volume of knowledge you impart in every video of this series.
Why on earth did you wrongly suggest soft focus is simply missed or out of focus? This shows a foundational misunderstanding of what soft focus truly is and meant to this genre in particular. Many of the pictoralist masters favored specific glass for very good reasons.
How the hell is this not the most popular photo channel on youtube? This guy is outstanding. After watching the HORRIBLE digitalrev videos, this is a breath of fresh air.
Hi Ted, you would want to say "demashee" not -shay and "Chant sacré" means "sacred song" basically. Anyway great episode as always. If you are interested in the relations between Painting and Photography in the 19th century I suggest you find that book that just went out, "Painting and Photography" by Dominique de Font-Réaulx, I just got it and it's really interesting, sharp and pertinent. Good day to you.
This channel covers a ton of photo related subjects. I come here first when I'm looking for a photo clue with an older camera, or interesting techniques to try with my modern gear.
Hello! First of all, I would like to thank you for the very interesting films about photography. Secondly, I have tried to find a picture that stuck in my memory when I saw it about 15 years ago, but which I do not know anything about. I'm taking a chance to getting some help here. Actually, I have been very fond of the genre of pictorialism for many years, but it was only recently that I realised that the image I'm looking for might belong to that genre. The picture represents a couple of boys standing in a lake or a stream. One holds a glass jar in his hands and they are likely to try to catch tadpoles or something like that. The image is in black and white, blurred and out of focus, but shimmering. If someone recognises the description and has any suggestion on what image it is and who may have taken it, I would be very grateful to get an answer.
It sounds like it might be Keith Carter's photo "fireflies". If that's correct you can thank Ted Forbes as he did a great episode on Keith's work and that image also stuck in my mind 😁
Interesting video, however, might I suggest you work on your audio? The static throughout the video was incredibly hard to listen to and would/is deter/detering me from further videos of yours.
