Photography on YouTube

Yeah, Steve O'Nions channel is very soothing.

I really like ShootFilmLikeaBoss - if you want to see a guy manipulate an image in the darkroom (dodging and burning and all of that) and producing wonderful images made from cheap cameras. He will make you wonder why you spend so much on gear.
 
DaveW said:
Yeah, Steve O'Nions channel is very soothing.

I really like ShootFilmLikeaBoss - if you want to see a guy manipulate an image in the darkroom (dodging and burning and all of that) and producing wonderful images made from cheap cameras. He will make you wonder why you spend so much on gear.
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I just logged in to post this channel and amazingly the last comment was this.

He is all about wet printing, great stuff highly recommended!
 
Some great new channels here to check out. Tapatalk had trouble loading all of the replies, did anyone mention Benj Haisch yet?
 
Not exactly You tube but another channel. I have posted this here before in one way or another. It is a 20 minute long documentary about the work of James Ravilious a largely unknown photographer who dedicated the latter part of his life to documenting a disappearing way of life in a corner of Devon, England. A lovely and loving look at a unique and, I am now sure gone way of life, and a photographer who deserves to be much, much better known.

https://www.bitlanders.com/movie/james-ravilious-a-world-in-photographs/21614
 
I like some of the younger shooters who've been discovering film-based shooting after growing up entirely digital, people like Vuhalndes - ALL YOUTUBERS GET BORING seems to be a rule eventually -- they have to keep producing their 10 minutes a week or whatever. But watching younger folks develop is a learning experience for me, too.

Surprised no one has mentioned Leica shooters Dan Milnor or Quantavius Oliver.
 
I stumbled on her channel recently. While her channel isn't specific to Female perspective and what not, she's done a very nice job introducing many Female Photographers and their work to explore. as such I'd heavily suggest this channel to a few folks here at RFF (as olakiril did below and near the start of this thread).

olakiril said:
I feel this thread needs resurrecting. Since 2014 many things have changed and I find YT a great resource for photography and many channels that are far beyond simple gearheadness & GAS.

Here is a list of channels that I visit:


T. Hopper Photography theory / Photographers

What is yours?
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YouTube was a sanity-saver for me during these dismal Covid times. Five lockdowns in my (Australian) state were made bearable by old movies, endless segments of What's My Line? and reviews and how-to videos of/for the cameras I own - Rollei TLRs, Nikon digital and film/Nikkormats, Contax G1s and old German folders.

There was, I discovered, a seemingly endless supply for all these, so I was kept amused and entertained - and often irritated by poor video productions.

I discovered there are a few truly good photo gear videos on YouTube, but I soon got bored with the (far too many) badly-produced videos with crappy visuals - the self-impressed geeks flapping their arms about and yap-yapping, notably that Asian shooter/plugger for a renowned German camera brand. For a while I kept a list of the review and how-to videos I'd seen, to log the good ones and also avoid repeats, but eventually the list got too long and I gave up.

Also too much misinformation and/or far too many wrong opinions offered up as fact. Youtube, I decided, is much like its word (wordy) counterpart, Wikipedia - much of what is presented is opinion and to be taken with a full salt shaker.

I learned a few new photo tricks, but I also realized much of what I was watching consisted of somebody restating the obvious. Eventually I dug out all the instruction booklets for my cameras and went through those - even the 400+ page manuals for my Nikon digitals. I'm elderly, my brain is slower and at first I had difficulty trying to follow the endless streams of data, but I diligently typed detailed notes in my laptop and after a while it all made sense.

I learned as much or maybe even more from the manuals than I did from all my Youtube watching.

After about four months of all that, I went back to old movies. Much more satisfying. I'm surprised I lasted so long watching all the photo crap, but the good ones were worth all my effort.

I still watch movies, and also occasionally look up new YouTube videos about photography (not so much gear, I have more than enough of that and I won't be buying new cameras for a while), but I've not watched an episode of What's My Line? so far this year. WML overkill. Enough was enough. Arlene Francis sure was a stunner in her time. If she had been plugging Leica, I would've been a Leitz shooter in the 1960s.

PS Some excellent recommendations/suggestions in this thread. Thanks to all who contributed!!
 
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I used to like Ted Forbes in "the old days", but his focus changed a while ago (more gear) and I lost interest. I realize the ultimate goal is to monetize and nothing gathers the herd like gear, but it was sad to see the change.
 
Zonan said:
I used to like Ted Forbes in "the old days", but his focus changed a while ago (more gear) and I lost interest. I realize the ultimate goal is to monetize and nothing gathers the herd like gear, but it was sad to see the change.
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How long has it been since you watched his videos? I think the latest ones have been quite good, much less gear-y. They do have the rather long ads but they are usually only one per video and I just fast forward.
 
I don't generally go to YouTube for photography content. I occasionally see an interesting, objective bit on equipment tests there, but mostly the content tends to be a lot of opinion and editorial.

I go to YouTube for other things ... watchmaking, short science documentaries, amuzing entertainment efforts.

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I think we all do in so far that youtube has a whole of content to it to start with. For me, it's mainly been music that's easier to stream via youtube then via other services. Comedy, film studies and history channels of sorts are always a go too for me too. Currently I've been eating up Atun-shey's Checkmate Lincolnittes series has been amusing as heck and informative too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1MQflqi2VM&list=PLKjJE86mQRtvNukN9JeFIyIer4t6YUw9W

Godfrey said:
I go to YouTube for other things ... watchmaking, short science documentaries, amuzing entertainment efforts.

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