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What’s YOUR favorite tip for impactful photos! Let me and the viewers know!
I’d say be cognizant of the sun and where it’ll be in the sky. I’m a studio and landscape photographer dipping his toes into wildlife photography and knowing where my light source is (or will be when you’re waiting for a break in the clouds) makes the difference to plan out (and I’m actually gonna paraphrase you from one of your other vids) and get “luckier” when you made a great point about luck being yes in the right spot but also having the right prep such as knowledge of your settings what focal length what aperture etc having the right lens on and so on. Prep and knowing where the sun is 😂
Picking the right lens for the desired effect!
There are plenty of videos about the technical aspects of taking pictures, but your videos focus on how to express what captivates us and would like to share
@@jmg5878 agree!
@@simon_dentremont I dipped my toes into shooting birds and ducks just recently and honestly the results were very very good. I stored a bunch of knowledge from your vids for a “rainy day” and figured what the heck let’s try this. Kinda hooked now honestly. May I share a few with you? Or at least my instagram?
"You have to impress no one but yourself" not only for photography but it is going to work in life as well ... Much love ❤
Improving in all manner of things is good growth..Stagnation is not Life
Simon I can’t keep up with so many good videos. I’m sending you my KZhead bill.
lol
“This photo is dying for a caption” is such a great way to think about a shot and how to edit it!
A little off subject, but someone on Instagram recently said they love my "style" of photography. I have a style now, Simon! Thank you so much for helping me find it and, more importantly, the insight to find great joy in a comment like that! Still waiting for someone to say "I knew it was your shot before I even saw your name." Haha, someday!
I think telling a story is a good tip. I mainly take photos to use as references for paintings. Often combined in original ways. Telling stories, conveying mood.
I LOVE when he introduces himself. His name just rolls off the tongue. 😍😜
Hi Simon, what I like about your videos are your enthusiasm and positive attitude which makes us viewers enthusiastic to get out and shoot. Great tips like you said to tell a story, they have more of an impact. Loved the Green Leaves on the branch. Also the Silhouette of the Bird, it looks stunning. All your photos tell a story Simon, and we can learn a lot from your tips. Thanks Simon. 😊
Thanks Simon ☺️
I love that you included the famous snowflake photo with the duck background!
lol
James Popsys! Love his channel
Me too!
James Popsys doesn’t get enough credit. That guy has some profound understanding of photography which is very rare in current fast paced culture.
He’s great
I had my first experience of the personal connection a couple days ago. It was a really short video and all it contained was a robin chirping. I stated how we all hear the sound but I never knew what kind of bird it was until I took that video. A friend mentioned how he had learned that while out hunting with his father who had passed away years ago. He thanked me for bringing back that memory. That meant so much more than the usual "great picture" comments.
There's a bit of a virtuous circle going on here too. Applying your 'tips' - finding ways to increase the impact, aesthetic or otherwise, strengthens the image's 'documentary' effect. As individuals who value the 'natural world', and are concerned for the precariousness of its situation, the more we can do to turn people on to its beauty, grandeur, fragility and relevance (etc), the better. Composition, subject selection, processing decisions and resultant aesthetics are all tools to this end. The technologies that have been developed over the course of the digital era also play a major role, enabling the capture of remarkable and educative images that were almost impossible in the film era. Photography matters because the natural world matters, and it's up to us as photographers to provide insight into what is at risk and to capture the imaginations of those who see our work - imho. Great vid, as always, M. d'. All the best.
WOW! I’ve seen a lot of your KZheads and was impressed with your photography. But NOW - now you teach me how to do what you do - impact! This is the best advice I’ve ever received. Thank you, Simon! I’ll watch this again and again until I can implement your guidance.
One thing I read emphasized taking as many pictures as possible. Back in the day, it was expensive to develop film. Today, it's just bits.
As someone who enjoys working with Blender to create digital scenes, I found your photography techniques inspiring and incredibly useful. I am always humbled by how photographers, especially wildlife photographers, can capture these stunning shots without the full control of the environment that 3D artists enjoy.
Love this subject matter. I believe it is the intention of every photographer to create a photo that stands out. Your video hits the nail on the head!
your channel is great, straight to the point, clean, without any shouting and boom transition. you do it in your own way, not these days social media concepts and thats great. Ive leaned a lot from you, Just wanna say thank you❤
You're so right about personal connection to a place. Love these.
Summary: "Be good at taking photos." Thanks for the tip!
I absolutely love all of your videos! I am an amateur photographer and I mainly do sports photography but I learn so much from your work and try and apply it in my work. Thank you so much! ☺️
Watching Simons videos for a few years now. He has helped me improve my photography. For example I used to take photos of birds at feeders in my backyard but Simon taught me it’s much better to take them in the nearby trees. So much more natural and compelling. Thanks Simon!
Thanks for sharing!
Hey Simon, I can’t begin to thank you for your videos. You have made me so proficient with my canon m50 that I feel like a pro. I always look forward to your videos so I can keep learning more.
As always, a great video. Since I started watching your videos I have understood so much more about photography. Keep up the good work!
Simon. Your videos are so inspirational. They make me want to grab my camera and get back out there. Love your energy and enthusiasm. Please keep making these wonderful videos
Supporting elements can be as important as the subject, your insight and wisdom may not be unheard of but I'm glad you reminded me.....I think sometimes we get busy and our minds get over filled that we forget basic truths. It's like a mindfulness you have to practice when out scouting and shooting for images, sometimes all I think about is getting the shot or how to get the shot and forget why I'm getting the shot....or vice versa but either way I like to be reminded over and over of these strategies until I am able to recall them intuitively
I just love your perspective on this 🎉 hobby / profession. I learn so much from every episode. Thanks for all you do for us. 😊
Simon, you have so many great vids of tips and tricks, but I find this one to be the best on what is the reason to shot photos.
Your “not quite as good photos” are still really good of course. I did prefer one or two of them. Glad to see your Kenya work being shared. Thanks.
Excellent! Thanks Simon.
Extremely good explanations. Easy to understand with exceptional reference photos Thank you very much
Thanks simon
Hey Simon, when I subscribed to you a few years back, your had somewhere around 20-30k subscribers, and now you have almost a half of a MILLION! Its crazy to see how far you've came! It's gone by so fast, and I know you'll reach that 500k soon!
Thanks! It’s been amazing!
I absolutely LOVE your videos Simon!! So much enjoyable information.
Glad you like them!
I was quite literally thinking about how to do this just a few days ago. Thanks for the perfect timing!
Perfect!
I love this channel,it keeps me inspired in the hope that one day,I can achieve such great compositions. Merci Monsieur.
You can do it!
This is my favorite photography channel. Everything presented is done so impeccably. I am always inspired by your advice and examples. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
As always a wealth of knowledge explained in a way that is easy to understand and take forward. Might I add that the use of reflections can add a certain impact. Thanks Simon
OMG!!! Best video ever. Wow...Thanks so much for sharing Simon. 🙏
Thanks for the awesome tips. Love this channel and it’s amazing content! I greatly appreciate your time and effort.
I do love how Canadians switch from their North American accent into a French accent and straight back again depending on the words in the sentence.
French Canadians do, the rest of us sound like Letterkenny
Your presentations stimulate thinking, thanks a lot. You are definitely onto features that make great photos great and not only good. My subject is typically street photography in the small, picturesque European town where I live. I hitherto tend to take photos "of" rather than "about", using slide shows with music to tell a kind of story. I'll look into your ideas about composition to develop my skills further.
I may not be an aspiring photographer but an illustrator, these tips have been so useful to me especially in visual storytelling. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I really value your advice as I find it helpful with my chosen retirement hobby of taking videos. Thank you.
This is so good! Your channel is my favorite! Thank you for sharing in a very educational and interesting way!
Brilliant! Again ❤
When I create art, I start with a mental vision and craft the scene with the camera representing my viewpoint to convey the emotions I wish to convey. When I do technical imaging, I photograph the subject to show it in detail. Emotional impact is not considered. When I capture memories, I stay in the moment experiencing all aspects and the still I take are intended to supplement my memories and help me recall my feelings.
Wow, you really have some awesome shots. The work you have done is just amazing. I would love to be able to shoot like that one day. Thanks for all the help you provide to maybe achieve that level of awesomeness
Thank you , Simon. Sound advice, as always.
Thanks for the tips. And cant believe that my 16 megapixel K-50 with my older lenses are sharp. Learning which ones to keep in my kit and proper photo techniques.
My favourite photographer on KZhead, always something new, always great and complete videos, I never get bored watching. Thank you Simon.
Wow, thanks!
What amazing actionable advice for an amateur photographer. I expect the professionals will learn something too.
I'm glad I'm retired now. It allows me to get back to my hobby in photography and gives me plenty of time to watch Simon's videos. I'm going to need it!! Just discovered the channel yesterday and already watched a dozen with lots more queued up! Another outstanding one. I particularly like the one from Peggy's Cove. Went there as a child on family vacation in the 70's. Bluenose ferry to Nova Scotia. Bar Harbor. Halifax. Peggy's Cove. Bay of Fundy. Still to this day remember how beautiful it is. At Peggy's Cove, even with a cheap instamatic camera and no thought to "composition" (didn't even know what that was) I could almost close my eyes, point and shoot and come up with a postcard worthy photo. I need to go back some day! All the best Simon, and thank you for the work you put in to provide such magnificent, practical and helpful videos!
A great video would be "how to get into galleries" i submitted to 17 shows this year and were rejected from all of them. Other than me not being a painter ir sculptor, a genre galleries favor the most, i feel people just dont care about wildlife photography anymore. Not that my photos are bad, ive sold a lot of prints without actually pushing them for sale.
Just added another dimension of my photography practice.
I always learn with your videos.
Great tips! Thank you for this!
Excellent tips. Thanks for sharing.
My photography is starting to lean towards wider habitat shots and dramatic lighting but when I show family and friends they are confused and think all the photos should be cropped tighter. Posting on instagram or Facebook just rewards really tight square crops, and I see award winning photographers under-appreciated on social media. Can't be chasing the likes though, also a bonus to wider shots is they look better for prints so friends and family can understand and appreciate your work once they see it on a wall.
Also torn about the social media stuff. I decided to just shoot for myself. Took the camera out of the closet, dusted off my lenses, looking forward to getting out there again
Agree!
You could also do a tighter crop for social media and a wider one for your website and prints. That's what I've been doing.
My rule of thumb is if people want it cropped tighter, crop is good😄
@@stretch90 that's what I do, but only crop a little bit, the shots usually only look good wide and don't look like anything special cropping it tight.
One of the hardest things to do is to get to a place that not only takes your breath away but almost brings you to tears (in a good way). In so many places in Cape Breton, Antelope Canyon or Bryce Canyon are a just a few examples of how I have to step back and compose myself. I have to release my emotions to set up the image I want. SO many tomes I have been to places that are common but I have something different as i took the time to shake off the emotions.Being a lover of geology makes me do my research before i get to a location. This helps me find the right angle I want to show off. As for documenting that too is not just showing a place off but to show off special features that most will ignore. I shoot fall fairs and all the events. I do it in a way that leaves people with the shot that others seem to miss. Knowing how a sport is played or what a person in that sport would like to be featured gets the shot that is sold. In so many cases you have to make the best of the lighting at noon or at a time that you really don't want to shoot in but have no choice. Looking for peoples expressions during a concert or a dog show etc. is what make the image stand out. That comes from being a people watcher. Go to "Lost Wages" Nevada and just watch the people. It is absolutely hilarious to see people do things they normally would never do back home. (or hope not hahaha) You have some great point made there and it takes a lot of time to go and sit for the right moment with wild life. Also you have to know something about the wild life's way of life and how it hunts or mates for great images. Cheers
Thank you Simon! Very useful tips!
Dude I finally figured it out. Your voice reminds me very much of the Khan Academy guy. Unlocking memories from my college years!
Thank you again Simon!
That duck photo went ridiculously hard
as a film photographer, I enjoy these videos. Most videos of this variety turn out to be mainly digital centred, but your videos can apply to my photography too. Keep up the good work!
Awesome, thank you!
@@simon_dentremont My pleasure! Your explanations do not feel condescending as some can, and you have helped me in my work, as I am into planespotting! From a fellow Nova Scotian, you are an inspiration to many.
Love you videos. I've been watching and learning for a few months now. Thanks for sharing knowledge. I'm hoping that you could cover your nebula and galaxy techniques in field and post. I'm interested in DSO as well and investigating which setup to eventually purchase.
Wow amazing video! Congratulations!
As always superlative!! Love your videos.
Thank you so much!
Thank you Simon, great images, incredible beauty. Many thanks for the tips. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Glad you like them!
Good video and great advice. I have so many cameras to try it on. Thank you
I have only been shooting for a few years. I like behavior shots. All of my photos are memories for me. I can tell you where they were taken or what was happening. I come from a long line of Irish storytellers! I guess I just do it with photos!
A great tips from a great photographer, thank you so much as always!
My pleasure!
As always, Simon has great tips. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
This video put things into perspective and helped me know I'm on the right track. I went out one day to take pictures in a spot. I know Bluejays (at least I think that what they are) frequent. Instead of capturing one, I was lucky enough to capture two of them in a particular moment where the other flew up to share so e some food with the other. I was only lucky enough because I kept the camera in burst and didn't go back to single like I was going to after getting the first few shots.
I'm really enjoying your videos. You tap into my depth of mind with provocative topics. I like it.
I'm so glad!
Excellent as usual Simon.. Lot's of food for thought. This would be very good to use in a photography workshop.
Many thanks!
Thank you!
Thought provoking, thank you.
Thank you Simon, this is great! I have been a minimalist in my wildlife photography, but this has been an eye opener for me, literaly! Warmest regards! 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Great /valuable subject. Thanks!
Another great lesson from one of the best. Thank You for all the good tips.
My pleasure!
Solid advice Simon!
Hi Simon, it was a good video, i learned from this. Thanks!
Terrific video ... speaking as someone living in NYC the attempt to merely photograph objects (including people on the street) is, ultimately, very boring and burdensome. Your point about capturing moments where something is happening, telling a story, having a POV is so important to keep photography interesting, but it's also MUCH more challenging.
Another great video, some awesome gems in there! Thanks Simon, have a good day :)
Thanks, you too!
I watched this video yesterday morning and was thinking about it as I was taking some photos of a kookaburra a few hours later. Moments later, a second kookaburra arrived and the two of them started fighting. So of course I held that shutter button down and took as many photos as I could. Got easily the best bird photo I've ever taken :D
perfect!
The best!
I'm in love with this KZhead Channel. I learned a lot. The way he explains is just perfect. 🤗👏
Happy to hear that!
thank you so much for this extremely beneficial video
Thanks for sharing these great tips
Simon love your videos you give very clear advice which is easy to understand and thank you for that. One video I would love to see would be on how to sell your photos, how to price them, who owns them once sold, some of the agreements or conditions once sold. Maybe this could be a two or even three parter but I would be very interested. You could talk about one or two of your own photographs only is you would like to share, thank you once more.
Félicitations! Encore d’excellentes recommandations!
Great, as always.
I ❤ every video. Thx!
Your content perfect for my begining photography
Great to hear!
Thank you for all your videos. I have some shots that I would like to share with you. I have a pic of a spoon bill scratching the back of his head on his back. Another, I was in a kayak and was in the middle of trees and just pointed the camera straight up. My brother and I were biking in a large cavernous area. My brother is hard to spot because of the vastness of the area. I watch all your videos and always try what you show in your videos to reflect in my pics. Thank you Ben, I am a member of Journal and have posted some pics there.
Thanks for more ideas to fine tune my photos!
Happy to help!
Well mr. Simon I have gone to many clips of your tutorials. Which are very interesting and simple to understand the real beauties of picture to improve it thaks and regard Namastay Dr Anand Baranwal Varansi India
Thanks for another great video Simon! Now I'm waiting for 'the making of' of the mushroom photo 😉.
Noted!
Thanks for the video and your tips