Hi all - how about avoiding the biased views of the "influencers" whose own ego's are bigger than the subject -- by viewing and supporting small channels on YouTube - where working pros provide great education and honest reviews and opinions.
Remember this is free to you content and a like and subscribe is nothing to you but key to them and their willingness to deliver great content for our entertainment and education.
I need to start with perhaps the most inspirational of all:
KLAUS TIEDGE
"After the unfortunate news of Cancer I set off on a mission to make a film to document my work and share the experience with my family. Join me on my journey to Kenya as I spend a month in Amboseli and the Masai Mara on what must be the "Safari of my Life"." by Klaus
https://www.klaustiedge.com/
My top picks for photographers where life is more than Birds in Flight include -- this is a selection:
- Ricci Talks - Primarily Nikon - a Photographer and photography trainer for over 12 years I currently teach photography at the Nikon school in the UK This is a Personal YouTube Channel. He covers all things photography but mainly Cameras, Lenses, photography equipment reviews, tips and tricks And anything else he happens to find interesting.
- Seth Miranda AKA Last Witness. He is not alone but a fantastic example to the rest of us -- great quality and fair/balanced.
- mathphotographer - lots of high end gear reviews and guidance and wonderful locations in Switzerland
- Hudson Henry Photography - the calmest/coolest guy on YouTube - great Astro, landscape and wildlife shooters
- Matt Irwin Photography -- the nicest shooter in Melbourne
- Peter Coulson - primarily a studio based H and Leica shooter who does great work from his studio in Melbourne
- Christopher Leggett Photography - if you really want to see how to shoot interiors for real estate (oh with very good gear)
- AP Studios - just sit down by the fireside and enjoy the chat -- Wednesday and Saturday -- join in if you have something to say -- all are welcome - but be civil and no cussing - and the livestreams go on until folk have nothing more to say.
- Teamwork Digital -- ultra high end MF vendor - with great insights and guidance
- Keith Cooper - the Tilt and Shift professor and also a master printer
- fototripper -- OK so you want to listen to and understand "northern" (an english accent from this great guy who is living in Canada and shooting primarily landscape -- AND yes he is self deprecating and sarcastic)
- Mali Davies Photography - all accents, attitude and grit -- just what one expects from a hard northern bloke (Yorkshire/Lancashire) who goes tramping about in the damp - Glossary of Mali Photography words" include: Tawreet: ‘Hello’; Sithee: ‘Goodbye’ or ‘See you soon’; Spondecking: ‘Wonderful’ or ‘Very exciting’; and Tell thee what: ‘Example’ or “To show you how’
- Cliff Hands - UK landscape shooter - if it is cold and inaccessible Cliff has been there, sleeped there and got up to take that shot.
- Raymond Parker - wonderful informative guy who also shoots videos more than just for fun
- Riviera Macro -- truly awesome macro and close-up
- Justin Mott -- working hard to make a living
- Mark Kerton - one of the best UK freelance photographers based in Lincolnshire. Shoots - Landscapes, Seascapes, Woodlands and Sport -- Association Football, Racing (Bikes+) and lots more. Look at his vids on setting up for agency/bureau shooting at matches and critique/edits of our photos.
- Jack Beasley - US based pro-sports shooter
- Paul Reiffer - Capture One all day long
- Andrea Livieri Photo - Landscape and Capture One
- Nick Carver - medium and large format landscape shooter
- Todd Korol - one of a few ultimate large format landscape shooters generating content today
- Digital Transitions - Phase One and Heritage
- Micael Widell - Macro and more
- Mark Denney - Landscape post every Wednesday
- Sean Cameron Photographic - a "Dog Show" specialist
- Linhof Studio - the UK importer and specialist retailer of Large Format Digital and Analogue solutions. They import High Resolution Optics from Rodenstock to complement our camera platforms from Linhof, ALPA, Cambo, Silvestri and Lotus View. We also stock Hasselblad medium format cameras such as the X1D II and the 907X 50C. Our other brands are: Bergger for Fine Art Black and White Photography Hensel for Studio and Location Lighting Compagnon Camera bags B&W Outdoor Cases
- Mali Davies Photography - Photographer, YouTube film maker, podcaster and graphic designer.
- On Sports Photography with Peter Read Miller - Join Peter Read Miller as he discusses some of the tips and tricks, the business and tutorials for shooting sports photography. Peter utilizes more than 40 years experience, including as a staff photographer for Sports Illustrated for more than 35 years. He has shot for Time, Life, People, Money, AP, Playboy, Runner's World, Newsweek, USA Today and The New York Times, as well as having shot 9 Olympic Games, 40 Super Bowls, 14 NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup Finals, World Series , Kentucky Derby and NCAA Final Four. He has shot over 150 Sports Illustrated Covers and is the author of Peter Read Miller on Sports Photography. His ad clients have included Canon, Nike, Microsoft, TD Ameritrade, Western Digital, Visa, Adidas, Coca-Cola, and the NFL, among others. Peter teaches photography and offers workshops around the country.
- Paul Reiffer - Landscape, cityscape and commercial photographer. Exploring the world around us, with fine art limited edition prints, photography workshops and commercial photo shoots. Subscribe for live editing sessions and in-depth Pro Tips guides to Capture One.
- Photography Life - a macro and landscape photographer based in Denver, who posts videos on the ins and outs of photography so you can take the pictures you've always wanted.
And more established, but still relatively small channels, and small BIF/wildlife focussed channels:
- Grays of Westminster -- the world's best Nikon oriented store
- Steve Perry – the one and only. TONS of great tips and tricks for nature photographers! PLUS, check out some of his crazy photography trips too!
- The Art of Photography -- so much to teach and learn
- The Photographic Eye - Art History/Theory and Photography
- Moose Peterson - still leading the way in Aviation and Wildlife shooting
- Behind The Shot - if you want to learn how some of the best images were taken
- Kym Illman -- Formula 1 (professional) and wildlife
- Morten Hilmer -- Nordic Wildlife shooter who spends a lot of time in the v.Cold
- Jan Wegener - wonderful australian based wildlife shooter
- Mark Smith - yes BIF (osprey) shooter
- Roie Galitz - yes an extreme wildlife shooter
- Jeffrey Wu - one of the best of the photographers resident in the Masai Mara
- Tom Mason - wildlife on location
- Knights and Weekends - great wildlife
- Selective Imagery - Jeff does a great job bringing wildlife (mainly BIF) shooting to life
- DMootz Photography - great younger BIF and wildlife shooter
- Walk on the Wildside - Scott Walker (Walks) - all aspects of nature photography - wildlife, macro, woodland, landscapes and more.
- Bayou Josh - Channel about the challenges of wildlife photography
- Duade Paton - G'day, a nature photographer based in rural Australia, who has a passion for photography and wildlife. He shares plenty of photography related tips and tricks as he goes along.
- Andy Miller - your host's infrequent feeble attempts
AND -- all -- my passing noting of
Luminous Landscapes -- for many folk (particularly Landscape shooters) - Michael and the team at LL was a way into ultra high quality work. Following his sad loss, his son Josh has taken over the business and is driving it forward. I subscribed to the magazine and many of their specials - both hardcopy and digital.
Luminous Landscape on YouTube and their
Web Site -- Michael Reichmann started The Luminous Landscape in 1999 after his friend Chris Sanderson suggested that he take some of the magazine articles he had written over the years and repurpose them for the web. “What do I know about publishing on the web“, Michael replied?
I assume if you are on forums/fora you already view the forum’s content on YouTube. Please add your favourite new channels on YouTube in the comments. Here are a few suggestions from others:
- Jimmy Breitenstein great videos on wildlife photography in remote areas (his Grizzly videos in the middle of nowhere Alaska are a must see)
- Duade Paton Wildlife - down to earth bird photography and gear testing
- Brent Hall wildlife and landscape in New Mexico - he's a bit crazy but very real
- Steve Mattheis wildlife in the Tetons. A bit long winded monologues and he has slowed down his releases quite a bit lately so not sure he is as committed to video as he was.
- Photoshop Cafe the absolute reference in my view for small, practical tricks on how to use Photoshop
- Whistling Wings for Canon shooters primarily- great Florida bird photography
- Mark Galer talented Sony ambassador so 100% biased but if you shoot Sony (like I do) one of the best no-nonsense references out there.
- Gerald Undone, best technical discussion on mostly equipment, occasionally technique
- Danny Gevirtz, mostly technique, some equipment
- Photography Life - great guidance and shots
- Mike Lane - Wildlife photography by Mike Lane FRPS
- Photography Online Show - made by a pro team - new content drops on the 2nd and final Sunday of each month at 4pm (UK time).
- Jimmy Breitenstein great videos on wildlife photography in remote areas (his Grizzly videos in the middle of nowhere Alaska are a must see)
- Brent Hall wildlife and landscape in New Mexico - he's a bit crazy but very real
- Steve Mattheis wildlife in the Tetons. A bit long winded monologues and he has slowed down his releases quite a bit lately so not sure he is as committed to video as he was.
- Photoshop Cafe the absolute reference in my view for small, practical tricks on how to use Photoshop
- Whistling Wings for Canon shooters primarily- great Florida bird photography
- Mark Galer talented Sony ambassador so 100% biased but if you shoot Sony (like I do) one of the best no-nonsense references out there.
- Gerald Undone, best technical discussion on mostly equipment, occasionally technique
- Danny Gevirtz, mostly technique, some equipment
- Nigel Danson, Landscape photographer-Great YouTube videos every Sunday morning
- Simon Booth on landscape and macro - great on light, composition and seeing art in nature
- Sean Tucker
- Pangolin Wildlife can be interesting for their photo safari info and some basic photography advice
- Expressive Photography - Alister Been - A landscape shooter
- Trond Westby Nikon wildlife photographer
- Espen Helland Olympus wildlife photographer
- Simon Eardley Ex Nikon now Olympus wildlife photographer
- Ray Hennessy
- Wildlife Inspired w/ Scott Keys
- Sparky Stensaas - lots of content from Sax Zim Bog
- Jeff and Leslie Wildlife & Nature Photography
- Simon d’Entremont - professional nature, astrophotography and wildlife photographer living in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Will Goodlet - this is the behind the scenes story of how Will gets some of his shots. It's not easy to juggle between stills and video and he does not always capture video footage of the wildlife, a usable still and a piece-to-camera explaining the shot.
- Walks on the Wild Side - Scott Walker (Walks) and this is Walks On The Wild Side: the channel where he helps folk capture the beauty of nature through your camera lens. Scott takes all aspects of nature photography - wildlife, macro, woodland, landscapes and more.
- Anthony Morganti - ridiculous detailed post processing guidance.
- Blake Rudis - Photoshop and Photography education.
- Evergreen Wilderness - Evergreen Wilderness explores the diverse ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest: Puget Sound, Cascade Range, Columbia River Basin, Olympic Peninsula and the Pacific Ocean. Experience the wild side of Washington State USA.
There are of course large established channels on you Tube and channels from very well known shooter top. Here are a few I follow:
- Annie Leibovitz - Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer. She is best known for her engaging portraits—particularly of celebrities—which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses. She photographed John Lennon on the day he was murdered, and her work has been used on numerous album covers and magazines. She became the first woman to hold an exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery in 1991.
- Karl Taylor - Karl has been a professional photographer for more than 20 years. His work is published internationally and he regularly works for some of the world's leading companies. Karl became involved in the photography training market ten years ago after hosting lectures in photography and finding he had a knack for explaining the subject in an entertaining and understandable way. Since then Karl has become very passionate about his Training Series and is keen to demonstrate professional but achievable photography techniques in the simplest way possible. Karl is also a global ambassador to Hasselblad, Broncolor and Manfrotto and has consulted on photography techniques for Adobe and the BBC.
- Matt Granger - Whether you shoot Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pentax, Leica... or WHATEVER! Photography tips, tricks and reviews from Matt Granger. Check out his tours, courses and travel
- Matt Irwin Photography - Packed full of lessons, tips, tutorials and behind the scenes- this is your masterclass in photography from one of Melbourne’s best known streetscape and commercial photographers. I’m Matt Irwin. I’ve been photographing Australia for more than 30 years. I’ll be taking my Nikon D850 and my Hasselblad and getting amongst it. Join me at work on commercial shoots as well as chasing the fog on early winter mornings. Along the way I’ll be talking about the business of being a photographer- from the basics for beginners to the state of the industry. Think copyright and composition, gear and gadgets, street and studio. It is all here.
The whole Genre of Video and CINE is vast - I start from trying to understand "storey telling" and how CINE go about it:
- StudioBinder -- is one of the best, whether you want to buy their products or not - who layout the whole process call sheets, shot lists, shooting schedules, breakdowns, storyboards, moodboards and more. I have watched their "The Shot List" play list many times
- Raymond Parker - listed above -- does a good job introducing technology and how to shoot videos with hybrid systems.
Just search for "videography" will provide many posts. BUT then with all such shooting -- you have to have "the idea" or storey you want to tell and some kind of script and shot list, the gear, the production plan and team crew/talent and setups, then there is filming and recording performances AND the most daunting of all "post-production". Post-production or assembly, cutting/editing, effects/transitions, color grading, audio and delivery (to paraphrase the modules in DaVince Resolve 18 -- the FREE one and also Studio) -- is the single most challenging for me at least. Just capturing a few videos -- like I did on Saturday night when I recorded a Guy Fawkes Fireworks display both in 4k RAW and on my iPhone -- proved to me that it is simple to get "what one wants/needs" when one is just posting online using an iPhone than to process and grade RAW footage -- only 200GB in this case. Matching to the gear and settings you need to use to what you plan to use the vid for is vital when working with video. As stills shooters I tend to go for capturing with the best tools I have at hand -- I know, while I may post some output on line, the files also need to be read to be printed for 40" x 32" as a fine art or a healthy crop to isolate subjects etc... But video has to be either entirely unplanned or much more thought through in advance. AND heaven help you if you expect high quality audio on your vids if you plan to use in-camera pre-amps and recording -- most folk use some form of timecode sync'd 32-floating bit field recorder(s) and professional microphones as well as suitable camera, lenses and supports. It is really easy to clip in-camera audio -- fireworks, loud vehicles etc.. -- and loose any dialogue if mic's are not correctly located and isolated from environmental noise. There are a couple of really GREAT CINE - audio posters -- my favourite BY FAR is
Curtis Judd AND then you need to learn your software -- I happen to currently use DVR18 (which is the only accessible app that allows me to process Nikon RAW 12-bit NEV files), but have used final cut and premiere pro -- these are daunting at first glance, but like all such tools there can be as easy or complex to use as you need and once you learn the basic well it becomes your choice. Most vendors have their own education resources and there are a lot of folk posting "how to" on line. Vlogging and livestreaming have their own challenges -- from the basics and then how one takes a live stream and restreams it -- I am absolutely no expert and choose not t do this -- but again there are many posts and searching "how to....." will give you many choices.
I assume if you are on these forum you already view Steve's content on YouTube. AND I assume you also follow Luminous Landscape and other original content producers who were "doing" this before YouTube existed.
Please add your favourite new channels on YouTube in the comments
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