I am a UX Designer working on apps and websites and whenever I am in a creative bind, I watch your videos and it helps me dish out some amazing designs.
@Autumn-Foxxo
3 жыл бұрын
"Opportunity is going to come along but only when you're prepared to meet it" really stood out to me.
@kate4biglittlevoices
2 жыл бұрын
Ready aim shoot .
@TheDecorama
2 жыл бұрын
"Success is where opportunity and preparation meet" - Bobby Unser
@ep_photography
2 жыл бұрын
I literally just rewound the video so I could hear that quote again...that can be applied to so much in life.
@marinkaloyanov129
3 жыл бұрын
This videos has become one of my inspirational videos from the moment i pushed the play button. Keep creating this deep and meaningfull content of yours!
@bobbytoure4084
3 жыл бұрын
one of the best explanation of art , abstraction, composition, photography and music i ever heard. This video desserve at least 500k likes. Thank you!
@Cali62825
3 жыл бұрын
I like the known to the unknown direction. The music beginning helped a lot. Thanks
@eremipaghmooguarah7757
2 жыл бұрын
I think I am getting addicted to your channel.
@perpetualmoto
3 жыл бұрын
This video is BEAUTIFUL!! Well done Ted!
@chrisbrown6432
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, a great reminder to be prepared and ready for photography opportunities.
@koos48
2 жыл бұрын
Most inspiring and encouraging. Thanks so much. I needed this.
@LeSilencedelaVie
3 жыл бұрын
He done a fine jobs on gears videos but I just love it when he does video on photography, its so informative and well explained. Made me want to go out and take a snap (even while still under the lockdown 😷)
@sbai4319
3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video Ted. Thanks from Australia 🇦🇺
@joetagg1961
3 жыл бұрын
I love that photo. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight !
@gavinmcguire1746
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent discussion as usual Ted.
@alexandreberenguer8266
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Ted ! I really love your videos ! I would like to share something with you about the Cartier-Bresson’s book : « the decisive moment » is the title of the english version only, because the original french title « images à la sauvette » is kind of untranslatable in english. It means something like « pictures taken on the fly », which doesn’t really share the idea of getting « ready to shoot that one moment of time ». The main idea was more something about the furtivity I guess. Sorry for the bad english and thank you again !
@judywang8393
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the most honest and knowledgeable video.
@PaulParkinson
2 жыл бұрын
Fourth time I've watched this video. I learn something new each time. Outstanding work Ted. Thank you. Is there a transcript somewhere?
@ThePurpleHarpoon
2 жыл бұрын
The famous shot of the man near the railway station, taken by Bresson is not of a man jumping over a puddle. (7:45) The ground is covered with water. An Olympic athlete couldn't clear that puddle. If anything .... He's jumping into a puddle.
@Hanswuerstl
3 жыл бұрын
Good analysis, thanks. interesting that HCB took his most famous picture very early in his career
@mikerothstein6428
Жыл бұрын
Love the lesson, thank you.
@indie8189
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this type of videos.
@wesleyy2792
2 жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks Ted!
@opotopo1
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant and thought provoking as ever. Thanks Ted.
@robertd.skonbladandersson269
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! The music simile really resonated with me.
@entestare4805
3 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@pepelange206
3 жыл бұрын
You're crazyness is so calming on me, thank You
@seanbirtwistle649
3 жыл бұрын
can't stress the importance of just taking photos regardless of how good they are. its more than just practice, its about using flow to maintain headspace. pro esport players of the realtime strategy genre will often have their actions per minute measured for curiosity. someone new to the genre playing at their best might have an APM of 50 - 60. a pro will have an APM of around 400. no they're not making over 6 decisions per second and making imputes - they're just mashing buttons, often commands are just repeated. how does this help? it creates and maintains a competitive headspace. if you're using a digital camera theres no reason needed just to take a photo every time you feel like it. if you get one shot you're happy with per outing thats a great success rate no matter how many shots you've taken
@emilycross4527
3 жыл бұрын
This is a good video, I found it helpful to focus mostly on the one image. Thx.
@searam1
3 жыл бұрын
An old Lowden! Extra points for you! Sean
@theartofphotography
3 жыл бұрын
Had it since 1992 ;-)
@rolandoruiz7659
2 жыл бұрын
What he said at 15:10 is quite true.
@vk3dgn
3 жыл бұрын
There's another very popular channel "Great Art Explained" in 15 minutes - could you do that for other famous photos?? I never appreciated this HCB picture until you explained it. I know you've described many photos but they're buried with other material. Thanks
@peterjoseph3839
3 жыл бұрын
Love your passion about photograpy Ted! Came to think of The Leap of Faith by Hampton. Fore me it is two pictures with very different compositions and stories. First time I saw the photo it was a cropped postcard, without most of the background AND without the reflection in the water. You could still get the energy . And foresee the mans hopeless situation (he’s gonna need dry socks - real soon). Even in the full size its a great picture, but the energy are less intense and the motion sort of slows down. What do You think of it?
@ckpro75
2 жыл бұрын
You the man
@lausteofraigneau
3 жыл бұрын
Love it. More of that kind of content!!
@horaciomillan4181
3 жыл бұрын
I always thought that it was an anouncement of a concert of Alexander Brailowsky playing Chopin.
@suprioporoma9276
3 жыл бұрын
It's nice to watch somebody talking about composition among the hype of gears. But see, you haven't keep enough headroom while framing the video! Aren't these aspects contrasting each other? (!)
@discoveryself3282
3 жыл бұрын
👍
@paulolden4337
2 жыл бұрын
Er, it appears that the shadowy figure in the famous photo is not jumping OVER anything and, in fact, is going to land IN the reflective water.
@WhoDis1959
3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@kimchikidbear
3 жыл бұрын
7:31
@gabrielyeap19
2 жыл бұрын
I have perfect pitch - that was indeed an A and a B, not middle C
@john3Lee
3 жыл бұрын
This photo by Cartier Bresson was sheer fluke of luck. I bet when he took this picture he probably thought himself damn that bloke just got in my way and ruined the shot !!
@debanej
3 жыл бұрын
Please less product reviews and much more of this, philosophy, introspective, inspiration, observation.
@itswrongtokillanimalsifyou2837
2 жыл бұрын
I will probably be alone in this, but I DON'T like the composition of the Cartier-Bresson puddle jump, because the main subject is both way off to the right side AND still heading to the right at a good clip, so the energy is leading my eye OUT OF the frame. Stresses me out, man.
@jlid1
3 жыл бұрын
As always Ted, I find your enthusiasm for photography to be so inspiring. Every time I listen to you talk about photographs, and photography it makes me want to grab my camera up and do something with it. Thank you for doing what you do so well. I follow many many photographers on here, but no one tells it like it is like you do, and no one else comes close to your passion.
@garys639
3 жыл бұрын
A number of years ago here in Australia, Magnum had an exhibition of their founder's work. Bresson's wife was in attendance as well. The thing that struck me was looking at the proof sheet for this shot, that image is one of a roll of shots. Like yourself I had wondered about the serendipity of the capture, this frame just happened to be the best capture on the day. I like to think the title of the book should be 'Choosing The Decisive Moment' as can be seen with the number of shots of the nuns crossing the plaza, the cyclist at the bottom of the stairs etc. Being able to choose which image tells your story is the real art of photography. Thankyou for the work you put into these vids, you are a thought provoker of the best kind and give me hope that there are more like you in your country and not everyone is as we from other countries see on news casts and KZitem.
@cidercreekranch
3 жыл бұрын
The visual arts may not have a framework of the kind that you find in music, but photography has rules of thumb, principals, etc. E.g. rule of thirds, leading lines, framing, etc. Sadly, photography also has tropes and the trope of getting "it" right in the camera needs to be retired since it implies that doing so is the mark of a good photographer. While those that modify their images post are of lesser photographer. Adams was famous for what he did in the darkroom, dodging, burning, over/under development of a negative, etc. And god forbid, he cropped his photos when printing. As always, thanks for the thought provoking episode.
@schubertswings
3 жыл бұрын
Great commentary here Ted, just so good but that’s who you are……. Bart Marantz
@leonarddavis8449
3 жыл бұрын
It’s a great feeling when you know you have the shot that has harmony but they don’t come that often. Excellent video Ted.
@Krooks44
3 жыл бұрын
Composition, perspective and personal style. The trifecta.
@kenduejones
3 жыл бұрын
Facts 💯
@RodrigoSCL
3 жыл бұрын
"Abstraction within context", powerful phrase... Excellent video (as always)...
@markgoostree6334
3 жыл бұрын
That "filling the time" between what you might call the good stuff is part of what teaches us to be better photographers. Those shots teach us how to do the photography mind-set... the seeing, planning, camera set up, all of those little decisions that go into "the shot" that we're hoping and looking for. Thank you for your videos. They push me to keep hanging on to my camera... and chasing those cool shots.
@werneckpaiva
2 жыл бұрын
I always tried to understand why that picture from Cartier-Bresson was so iconic. Thank you for bringing together so much knowledge about composition.
@quentin6583
2 жыл бұрын
There is actually an interview in french where Bresson explained that he didn't even saw the guy jumping. He saw the scene bitween the fence, kinda frame it (With the fence half way on the picture and no possibility to see what he was doeing with the viewfinder) and shoot. The jump was pure luck / brilliant instinct. The interviewer then said : "So it's pure luck" and Bresson respond : "Of course it's luck, it's always luck. You just have to be available, that's it".
@Jackbrsp
3 жыл бұрын
I believe Mr. Bresson might have seen another person using the ladder on the ground to avoid the water before the man he shot. I guess he was lucky to have that lightning striking several times on that particular spot, but he masterfully registered it. I love your channel, Ted. It is absolutely priceless.
@carloscelis6625
3 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Thank you. I'd love to see more videos in which you specifically go over the geometrical aspects of the picture and why certain things work, some others don't and why some work better than others.
@tofulosophy
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. More deep dives into famous photographs!
@mariothepookster
Жыл бұрын
Although I’ve been a photographer since my first serious camera (a Nikon F2 w/1.4F 50mm lens) since 1974, I really enjoy your videos. I’ve recommended them to some of my friends interested in taking photographs of their vacations, family and friends.
@RobertsIslandLivingAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
I noticed the composition of your room. The squares and lighting, the lines of the walls.
@seanpatrickpearson
3 жыл бұрын
Love this, I've been photographing stand up. Comedy in clubs for 10 years and heavily borrow from My 20 years of photographing skateboarding, one quick and one almost still, the anticipation and the timing I got. From. Photographing skateboarding gives me a serious edge photographing comedy.
@nezen
3 жыл бұрын
Ok Ted, this got a "Whoa!" out of me. Excellent, excellent! My take away? In the end it got me thinking about film cameras and digital cameras. You can prep a film camera and then just let it sit until it's needed. But the thoughts on a digital? Battery life or how long it will stay on until the 'voltage saver's times out. Or even, how fast a unit takes to power up. ( I've a Lumix lx7 that I can flip the power switch on and move to the shutter button one handed in under a second) whereas I could see someone sitting at a table in a cafe, pickup their film camera and snap off a shot. Loved to communications side and the abstraction in context! All your examples were clear.
@radioaktiv4017
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant and inspiring! Stopped by several times and always impressed by your videos. Just one thing, a little off topic: Are you speaking spontaneously or reading from a prompter. I almost can‘t imagine talking this fast and lively to an audience without support, but I can‘t see your eyes move prompter-controlled. So if this is spontaneous - and if you haven‘t yet - you definitely should start teaching video-speech! My respect, greetings Dani
@lcsper
3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow. No wonder I like your content. I found photography as another artistic expression and am an Audio Engineer and studio owner. You put composition in photography the very same way I would see music. Very well put.
@TXGRunner
Жыл бұрын
I keep going back over your composition videos, even some now 10 years or older I guess. This is a million times more useful than gear reviews, but I understand they just don't get as many clicks. Thanks for making them anyway.
@xkkong7637
3 жыл бұрын
The look of this video looks like what apple cinematic mode video should be.
@elefantspidsmus
2 жыл бұрын
Great and spot-on! Let us learn from your humble wisdom and Cartier-Bressons genius. There's a piece of deep philosopy there. Luck and good fortune = succes is making yourself accessible to it. A lot could be said here.
@betscho2875
11 ай бұрын
i still making my mind up about that picture could be setup... cause my only question in i am still strugeling to find an answer is: why is this guy jumping from the lader into the water wen he probalby was walking on the lader befor to not getting wet?... my tgought..
@loading12342000
3 жыл бұрын
My only problem is that the guy is not jumping over a puddle but jumping into a puddle :)) I'm always mesmerized by this photo tho.
@thomaseriksson6256
3 жыл бұрын
Please explain what in photography makes a museum exhibit it. I'm into forest/landscape
@spoonerbooner
Жыл бұрын
ha, I use that image in my interview form, for my visual arts creative practice course, to gage student's visual awarness. you'd be supised how many don't notice the leaping figure!
@derrickdu
3 жыл бұрын
Ted, maybe you should start a music channel too? Enjoy the artistic side of photography.
@TheLordbarry
2 жыл бұрын
Would there be a photographic equivalent of fugue, asking as a complete photography noob 😂
@Liisa3139
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you got off from the gear zone. But as Blossfeld got mentioned, I got to think about Deb Stoner. She uses a scanner to make her pictures and I have been wondering how the black background is made. Her plants are not pressed under the scanner cover, so is it just that room is dark? Can you figure this out? Are there other photo artists who use a scanner? What do you think about the scanner as a photographic tool?
@discoveryself3282
3 жыл бұрын
Would be great if you could cover Juan Gyenes photography, thanks, love your art related videos🤩
@malthus101
3 жыл бұрын
yeah, and if you didn't know it was Bresson and it was one of a thousand similar images you wouldn't give it the time of day. It's famous, because it's an early Bresson... the rest is just pretentiousness.
@MattiMattiMattiMatti
3 жыл бұрын
Did you know HCB didn't actually look through the view finder when taking the picture with the man jumping? In an interview he said he pointed the camera through a hole in the fence and by luck captured that picture.
@rolandoruiz7659
2 жыл бұрын
My inspiration and/or influence does come from the classic painters and modern artists e.g. Tom Roberts and Andy Warhol.
@tonyhayes9827
3 жыл бұрын
To my eye the Bresson photograph is silly. The man seems to be jumping off the ladder into the puddle. You can see his entire reflection including the front foot on the ground - which means there's water all around. Anyway just me.
@TinkerinWithTim
2 жыл бұрын
That has happened to me more than I care to admit, missing an opportunity. Just missed the aurora visible here in Oregon the other day, I heard it would be visible a second night, got everything ready aaaand, clouds... bummer.
@arturocostantino623
Жыл бұрын
Cartier-Beeason himself said he almost always set his camera to f11 and 125 speet to ensure he always get a shot. He never cared about bokeh and very few of his photos have any.
@DirtDigglerDetecting
2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this. I didn't want you to stop. Thank YOU
@boris.dupont
3 жыл бұрын
For Henri Cartier Bresson composition always came first. That's was his original background. When he was young he'd 'frame' his picture then shoot or wait for something or someone to 'complete' the picture and then shoot. Later on he didn't need to do that, he had an amazing eye and sense of composition that was second nature. I talked to some of his friends, who were not photographers, and they told me that they'd be walking together and while having a conversation all of a sudden he'd move a few steps away and shoot a few pictures within a few seconds and nobody would notice, then he went back to the conversation and they wondered what was to be photographed there. Then they saw the images and wondered how he managed to see it. In other words, I don't think this picture was staged, I think he saw an opportunity and waited for someone to walk in or something to happen and later he'd see such an opportunity from far while having a conversation and just captured it as soon as something or someone moved into the right direction. He saw everything and was always ready. Anyway thanks for another great video! Cheers!
@HDBerlin
2 жыл бұрын
You can talk and explain like no one else :) thanks for juxtaposing different art works and putting them into perspective.
@akimyoung8507
2 жыл бұрын
dude you're awesome. i'm a model trying to discover a more in-depth comprehension of photography composition so that my photos can have a bit more meaning. your videos have been amazing so far. so thank you.
@FredericBonneauPhotography
3 жыл бұрын
Which template do you use for your new website? Please share. Thank you.
@edwardeaton4266
3 жыл бұрын
yes I did find it interesting very interesting. My passion is photography and sometimes I feel a bit despondent that does anyone understand what I see or am trying to capture? , Have always loved that particular Bresson photo and was nodding my head with agreement with your every word, thank you.
@rich8037
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, that's full of really thought-provoking stuff.
@smallbatchsessions6892
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome Perspective. Love your passion and teaching
@feryutomo4680
2 жыл бұрын
Once I heard a photographer named Steve McCurry said "I would rather die than regretting not getting a good picture" which motivates me a lot to push myself to talk to a person on the street who I want to photograph confidently
@austinmiller8400
3 жыл бұрын
@ted How do you spell that photographer’s name? And what’s the name of that photo book of his? I would love to learn more about him!
@thomastuorto9929
3 жыл бұрын
I only seen that photo the other day watching a Leica vid for the 1rst time. For a minute I thought you were gonna start playing some Jay & the Americans.
@victorpimentel265
3 жыл бұрын
You got the like just because you explained with the guitar. I don’t give out free likes haha
@AdvayMengle
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for your insight. We need more photography content like this.
@stephenroberts7828
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting and relevant on a conceptual level but unfortunately our audiences these day dont appreciate the value or concept that is being expressed in imagery because of the throw away medium that photography has become
@kevingoza
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if I move too much…impatient…anxious to find “the decisive moment.”
@borderlands6606
3 жыл бұрын
The best street photographs have more than one thing going on. Interesting that there are no sprocket holes on one side of the negative. Perhaps cassettes were filled with movie stock in the early days of 35mm photography?
@eric.ross.art1
3 жыл бұрын
Great video. I especially liked the part about the moment of decision. It's a crucial part of photography when thinking about what specifically is communicated at that specific time. Love your vids.
@pfmusic1636
2 жыл бұрын
That Lowden guitar is crying cause you don’t play it. 😭
@greghughes3965
3 жыл бұрын
Ted! This one is terrific! Watched, rewatched- and will repeat. Thank you!🙏👏
@jaker2542
3 жыл бұрын
Man I really do love your videos but often times by the time you get to the point you're trying to make im just done watching. I duno it might just be me
@BenjaminKanarek
3 жыл бұрын
Illuminating synopsis. Thank you. 🤓
@aaron_stanton
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I've learned so much from your videos, thank you. Also as a fellow musician who recently got into photography I really love the way you explain things. It makes a lot of sense to me. This video in particular, for obvious reasons. 😊👍
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