This channel is the best thing about photography that I've discovered recently! I was so bored with "photography content" which was either constantly reviewing the latest and greatest, or talking about selling presets, or comparing cameras, or shooting old gas stations and rusty cars. The world needs more food for THOUGHTFUL photography, not pixel peeping! Great job sir!
@bnrynlds
2 жыл бұрын
50 Portraits is the book in my collection I go back to the most. A masterpiece.
@L.Spencer
2 жыл бұрын
I just requested it from a local library.
@christopherbgriffith
2 жыл бұрын
50 Portraits is one of my favorite compilation books. His essays add so much context.
@fritz1339
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best channels about photography ever. Thank you for your work.
@Duckshots
2 жыл бұрын
Greg lights better than anyone. He banters. He jokes, loosening up the sitter. He studies the set and works well with art directors and DAMs. He knows the equipment, color and light. Arnold domineered some, but also knew the sitters, artists through Presidents. He trained in Department Stores. Used a large format seeing his subjects upside down. Learned a lot from Greg at workshops and classes and Arnold's books/You Tube. Every time I do a portrait I think of them. I did his portrait.
@brianm.9062
2 жыл бұрын
I always smile, and a bit of friendly banter, as my portrait photography is usually on the hoof. Events where people would like to see themselves being there on the day, hang the camera round my neck and wonder around, talk to people just be genuinely interested in what they are doing. Your vid has just opened my eyes into why unconsciously I was doing this, gaining trust. My your insight is beyond the norm, you can learn so much about photography through your ears as much as your eyes. Thanks, brilliant stuff.
@scottandlindae3803
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great learning experience.
@JS-wz3km
2 жыл бұрын
I really liked Heisler's book.
@yopuivideo
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love these portraits., As you say quiet and considered. Thanks for the video, Alex.
@SteveKershaw
2 жыл бұрын
Ordered the book, your channel is great inspiration
@denisesavage2382
2 жыл бұрын
Loved your demonstration of what is not the bubble of intimacy. I continue to enjoy your conversations that take us behind image making and capturing to the heart of what we do in the why. Thank you so much Alex!
@josecarlosmora9318
Жыл бұрын
Gracias, mil gracias.
@davebrown2332
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alex another wonderful video.
@johnclay7644
Жыл бұрын
informative 10mins.
@ibp2007
2 жыл бұрын
Merci beaucoup. J'ai apprécié chaque mot et chaque photo.
@taorenli6542
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this is way better than my university lecture.
@alan.macrae
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir, great video. I heard Heisler speak at the Photo Plus Expo in NYC about 10 years ago. He was riveting, spoke for over three hours without coming up for air and I would have peed my pants before I'd miss a word he had to offer. More to this story but, the vital element you speak of is truly key. He also told a story about how a young lady in a class he was teaching asked to photograph him. He said that was a benchmark moment and went on to say that we, as photographers, need to get in front of the camera occasionally so we know what it feels like. Thanks again, Alex. Wrote my original comment about a year ago and felt a need to watch this again and edit my original comment. 10.7.2023. Cheers!
@jpdj2715
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video about trust. The basis to the trust by the sitter of the photographer may depend actually on the photographer's confidence to large extent. Don't shoot portraits with flash? I get the reasoning or logic, but there's one thing that the photographic world seems to have forgotten: proportional modeling light. My studio pack already had that second half 1970s. For modeling light, each head had a quartz-iodine bulb sitting in the middle of the ring-shaped flash-tube. The intensity of the modeling light was adjusted by the pack relative to the intensity of the flash setting. That was precise enough to be able to read the aperture number from a normal lightmeter at a specific (long) exposure time and it would always be perfect. Also, at the moment of flash, the power to the modeling light was temporarily switched off. I felt that was too slow, but it worked, way back. With processor controlled LED lights that should be a lot easier. With today's cheap mono-heads you may get a modeling light and it may or may not be perfectly proportional to all flash power levels you can set on this head here, but then the question is if the other mono-heads will be in sync with this one as well as between each other.
@cmeluzzi
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video and the wise words.
@derricksansome236
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for introducing me to this photographer Alex, stunning images. Yet another book on the wish list!
@staceybate3493
2 жыл бұрын
I posted a portrait I took of a gent on your Fb page, his hands on his face & I got some great feedback. His connection & character really shows through.
@JamesBoyer-plus
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Alex. I really enjoyed this one. I liked Andy Gotts' ideas of prioritizing his connection with the subject but prefer Heisler's way of doing it without necessarily being circumscribed within a predetermined visual "style." Bravo.
@Rob.1340
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 👍📷😎
@barryobrien1890
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite story about connection is Richard Avedon photographing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in the Waldorf Astoria. He knew that it would be very difficult to connect as they always posed with a regal sense of indifference, but loved their pug dogs. On the day of the shoot, he had everything setup and deliberately was late. He burst into the room where the royals were waiting and apologised profusely for being late, and explained on the way to the hotel his car collided with a dog and killed it. He then proceeded to capture the look of grief and sadness that his story generated in the faces of the couple, making it a very personal portrait.
@PeterKeeble
2 жыл бұрын
Is he the guy who as with Nixon, got the subjects to jump in the air?
@barryobrien1890
2 жыл бұрын
@@PeterKeeble i think that was Phillippe Halsman
@michaelr.filipic7749
2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Thank you, Alex!
@krieseljoris
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@jackyleecs
2 жыл бұрын
I have that book! Great images and write up inside. :)
@ernestosoto7616
2 жыл бұрын
Hola Alex, siendo alguien nuevo en la fotografia no me habia gustado el retrato, pero despues de ver este video tengo que confesar que estoy atraido a hacer retratos. Genial video!
@robertmccutchan5450
Жыл бұрын
Again, thanks for a great video. I just ordered 50 Portraits.
@ThePhotographicEye
Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@robertmccutchan5450
Жыл бұрын
@@ThePhotographicEye The book finally arrived, and I have to say it is well worth purchasing! Just the introduction alone was worth the price of admission.
@MyJeanf
4 ай бұрын
Excellent video, and am planning to get his book.
@mostafahashemi_
2 жыл бұрын
I would love to see that if you could do a video about a technical aspect of portrait shooting
@docchocobo
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, you absolutely have to have rapport with the person you're photographing, or your photos will just look like Supermarket shots or yearbook photos
@tedbrown7908
2 жыл бұрын
Love the way you presented this subject. You went into what others use to find their place in dealing with people and photographing them. It's still not for me and I accept that.
@FailFries
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! One totally unrelated thing I noticed, with the photo of Hugh Grant at the table, was that his fingers are cut off. There are so many photos I've taken that I thought captured a nice moment but I've discounted because of this idea that people are going to think it looks "awkward." This is actually due to some negative feedback of a photo that I was really proud of like 15 years ago....It's nice to see instances where the photographer felt that it wasn't an issue.
@PhePhePlayz9088
2 жыл бұрын
I noticed that tooo!
@edthesecond
2 жыл бұрын
You have to like people and let them know it-Robert Capa.
@edwardstewart4430
2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Do you have any videos on how artist/photographers can sell their fine art work in todays market. Thanks
@Blackcat5595
2 жыл бұрын
Is there a chance that you could do a video about Food Photography? Great videos, thank you for the content!
@peterreber7671
2 жыл бұрын
Your photographer example reminds me of my line dance teachers when training for a medal test. "Do something with your arms" she says. Like what? Because in the dance class I have never ever seen her 'doing something' because for the average western line dancer to ask that they might add some hand styling is too much. And of course I was not expected to do it on class either, only in the special training session, because that would be 'showing off'.
@RS-Amsterdam
2 жыл бұрын
Putting someone at ease before shooting is a difficult job. Shooting actors is much easier cause they are use to stand in front of a camera but the question is, are you shooting the human xyz or the actor xyz. To shoot the person, he or she has first get rid of the actor. But since most of us do not shoot well known actors, we have to easy people who have no idea of being a photography model. They think they have to do this and that and the first thing you need to do is to bring them down form that assumption. Then get to know them, see what they like in normal life etc. in an informal talk and the build up confidence together Peter Coulson has some great YT videos about prepping a (to be) model for her first shoot (only a couple of months ago) , man is he good, he masters that procedure like no other, and the shots are the best proof of that
@ThePhotographicEye
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't really touch on this point, but in the book he specifically talks about this. Especially in regard to the Hugh Grant photo
@RS-Amsterdam
2 жыл бұрын
@@ThePhotographicEye That was the point. Liked that photo. But the difference was Hugh on the bike .Hugh .the actor and Hugh at the coffee table ...Hugh the human. Hugh the actor is easy to shoot.
@61southoutdoors67
2 жыл бұрын
Hello hello!
@klartext2225
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah: tops Gotts a lot. For me. Who shoots great stuff too. But some are just too "loud" for my taste. Perhaps it varies from day to day. As always here: great, inspiring examples. Thanks Alex!
@TimberGeek
2 жыл бұрын
Generally speaking my portrait photography lacks people in front of my camera... So, yeah, there's definitely a whole host of trust issues there but I do get along fairly well with the local Black Bear population. ;-7
@jnrickards
2 жыл бұрын
At 6:22 and at 7:41, both of these photos work but I don't know why. Hugh's hand is cut off and in the other one, the person is so off center. Why is it that these work?
@virginiainla8085
2 жыл бұрын
What if they hate the images? 😬
@warrend8362
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget to check out Alex’s new f b group Post your photos join the discussion add your thoughts about this and other TPE content
@DSG-farts-connoisseur
2 жыл бұрын
69th like
@warrend8362
2 жыл бұрын
Stop showing me books are costing me a fortune lol 🤦🏻
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