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@@benjaminmiller8162 thanks for giving it a watch my man, super appreciated! And awesome to hear it brought you some inspiration!! Get out there and get those shots! 💪🏻💪🏻

@@iaincphotography6051 thanks a mill Iain! Eager to read the articles you sent me (have been sick for the best part of 8 days now and climbing) not a fun time in the Greg household I tell you that 😂

@@DISTANTMEDIA I hope you are soon on the up again.

@@TheBibleWarrior316 the video specs are not great but you could certainly start with it. Although most current smartphones potentially have better video specs than this camera does, and you can attach mics to phones, so maybe check that first :)

@@mahdiali6732 trying doesn’t mean you have to buy the greatest gear. Try cheap second hand lenses, borrow off friends, short term trades with friends, rent lenses if can pay rental prices. You can even try lenses in shops with your own SD card if you really want. You don’t need to acquire new gear just to try stuff. But you can invest once you’re sure it’s something you want to invest in of course! :)

@@DISTANTMEDIA This is true.

@@anandsagarthumati1819 thank you! Yeah they would have been raws slightly adjusted in lightroom :)

Got you, thanks

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@@theStevenPowell you could Google the answer to every single video on CZcams if you wanted?

@@eric.ko. class mate I will take a look when I get chance! The good thing is as well you can talk about absolutely anything you want on a blog haha!

@@gerryhardman9060 indeed! You see a lot of photos that are just photos of a ‘view’ - all it takes is to look a little bit harder and avoid the grandma at a wedding holding the iphone up in the air style of photos 🤣🤣

@@paulm8157 they’re here but slowly getting less popular, at least official ones anyway. There’s still a lot of yearly or even one off meets that happen just organised with an open invitation, have met some great friends from those! I just pin everything on Google maps, as close as I can to where I was stood! 😂 can attach and image to go along with the pin if you wish but most of the time you don’t need to cause you can see what it is on the map anyway! Hahah I fear nobody will want to watch a video without Lupin now😅 have a good weekend ahead Paul cheers for your feedback as always!!

@@TonyHogrefe you’re very right mate, I had that under the ‘joining a photography community section’ but then never actually spoke about it when I was filming. Super valuable thoughC especially getting together with other artists and running an exhibition together (saves on costs😂)

@@dianebouchard5691 thanks Diane, glad you enjoyed this one, hope you have been having a good week!

To answer your question, a few friends and I do weekly challenges and this year, we'll have a calendar for the coming year. I'll also get a few books printed as gifts. ​@DISTANTMEDIA

That's such a nice thing to do, and you all get something at the end of it as well which is lovely!! - I'm working on a book myself but it will probably be going on for years hah!

Thanks a mill matey! - Yeah its definitely at the bottom of my list. Well to be honest having been on Instagram since 2012 and starting my account from scratch multiple times in that long stint, I've seen each phase of the 'community' on there and its definitely at a point of no return😂. 100% mate I'm subscribed to a few even outside of photography as well, its like picking up a newspaper from the shop but full of stuff you actually want to read for a change hah!

@@peterivarsson9267 thanks fella! Yes it will only get soulless fast otherwise (at least in my experience)

@@antonvoloshin9833 it is to the reels, tiktok and shorts generation sadly yes 😩

@@DISTANTMEDIA Yep. I remember trying to show Space Odyssey 2001 to some person 10 years younger than me - that was a failure :)))))

@@antonvoloshin9833 hahaha very sad isn’t it! Not sure what’s going to happen in the future the way things are going

@@DISTANTMEDIA I guess as usual - reaching one extremes ends up in the trend turning backwards. So, some time in the future there will be renaissance of the long, detailed, thoughtful content. Probably :)

@@antonvoloshin9833 that’s very very true, I’m happy to hold out for that, if that’s what happens!! Let’s pray 🤣

haha yes theres a lot of street artists that get paid for doing it now, as apposed to the illegal work! - And yes indeed, love that place, and the ship opposite too!

Thank you kindly Iain, some random finds in this video for sure!

Glad it was helpful and thank you so much for watching -- you definitely get a much better sense of achievement keeping a beautiful website up to date! - Which reminds me I still have lots to update on mine so I better get to work lol!

Exactly mate, does your photography have any life left in it, if you have taken photos based off of how somebody else told you to take them. Probably not a lot haha. -- Enjoying your feedback on the videos mate, thanks for taking the time out of your days to watch through them!!

@@DISTANTMEDIA How about photography guides to Cornwall, Snowdonia (Eryri) etc. Or should they be called "places to avoid"?

@@iaincphotography6051 I’d never really say avoid anywhere, because you can get something unique anywhere if you try hard enough. Haven’t been down that way since I was a young lad so don’t know it photography wise really!

@@DISTANTMEDIA You must return, it's a special place, you would fill your boots down there lol.

@@iaincphotography6051 hahaha indeed!! Scotland trip soon, and then I’ll look into it! 👀

You're most welcome mate, thanks for giving it a watch!!

haha I was thinking while there, wait so how do they bounce the basketball? Must just be for 3 point shot practice lol! - Indeed, 1x1 is REALLY fun in my opinion, and forces you to look at the world even just little bit differently, which in the long run always just leads to a better 'eye'

@@DISTANTMEDIA But after practice can you not see squares when using 6x4 format? They brought out the Mamiya 645 because you got more shots per film lol. But yes I do have square compositions. but it is good practice to shoot in various formats.

Of course, that comes with time and vision. Even after losing count of how long I've been using a camera for now, limitations inside camera are the best form of fun challenges to keep the eye sharp (for me anyways) PS I have the Kodak half frame, pretty awesome for messing about with haha!

@@timpenner7858 100% take the classics so you have your version of it, then move onto what you love doing. After all everybody wants to take the classic shot too!

@@fujishoot that’s the way my friend!! Some say it’s living in the past, I say it’s the future! 😂😂 (or at least it’s better for our brains!) - I tried vero out for a while but just kept forgetting about as it was another thing to stay up to date with! May reboot it in the future though. Thanks for joining me on the channel!! 🙏🙏👋👋

@@iaincphotography6051 cheers fella, looking back on this video I actually like most of the photos, sometimes time is the key 😂

@@DISTANTMEDIA I think you could be right.

Franco, what a classic example of this, wish I'd spoke about his work in this video now hah!

@@djmcwill1010 thank you so much! Glad it found you on CZcams! 😎

@@iaincphotography6051 thanks again mate! Always good to know people watch more than one video sometimes! Haha, have a great weekend!

@@iaincphotography6051 agree with all of that! I hate it when people are surprised when they ask what kind of photography I do, and I say everything and anything 😂 - thanks for watching much appreciated!

@@DISTANTMEDIA You're welcome. now for more lol.

@@jimmywestphoto thanks a lot appreciate the feedback and glad you enjoyed the video. Very valid reason for holding the microphone, heavy wind noise and oceans sounds. The closer it is to your mouth the more noise reduction is applied. You sure as hell don’t want to listen to my talk without hearing a word I say! 🤣🤣

@@jimmywestphoto PS! Thank you for subbing mate!🍻🍻

@@DISTANTMEDIA Okay, fair. Your video just happened to be in the way of my frustration. But tell your logic to those CZcamsrs holding the microphone inside haha

@@jimmywestphoto hahahahaha very sorry to admit I do that sometimes too, you just get better audio all round, especially from these little wireless ones everybody is using now days (they even pick up static from the camera when it’s not close to your mouth). But I know what you mean it is stupid! 😂 rest assured I’ll invest in a boom mic for indoors eventually!

Thanks so much, really glad to hear you found it helpful!! - Hope the new photography exploring continues to be good to you!

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Thank you!! - It works wonders when you don't want to just visit an entire area, and instead want a bit more of an 'anything could happen' day of photography!

@@joncothranphotography9375 hahahah typical CZcams that! I have been here uploading every week still 🤣 thanks Jon!

@@chrisharveyphotography thanks so much bud! It’s definitely one you’ll have to put on the must see list, bit of a trek for you mind you 😂 maybe a Northumberland holiday is in order haha! - hahaha you can’t really beat a 9am sunrise in the winter can you? 😂

@@paulm8157 Cheers Paul! Wasn’t a fan of the pause icon after export myself but didn’t want to look at my computer any longer! 😂 (away for a few days now so just glad I got the video finished!) - very good idea for a video! I’ll have to befriend a photographer who’s okay with being on camera first though haha, hopefully CZcams brings such connections in my area eventually! Cheers have a good weekend ahead!

Hey mate! - hahaah 😂classic! That sounds all too familiar having lived in the North for 6 years now! - Funnily enough I think Bamburgh may be one of the few places I have not yet been caught in the rain. Hope you can make it back there on a nice sunny day in the future as it has so much to offer!

@@derCrummel a bad experience that turned into valuable knowledge right there! Sucks about the stolen camera though. But you’re right it’s most definitely an actual skill. You notice it more when you’re without a camera, like you say, seeing pictures in everything. I’m almost certain it must be linked to ‘pareidolia’ or some kind of visual sense haha!

@@DISTANTMEDIA The worst thing was the loss off all the exposed film rolls, not the Ricoh XR-X. And the next camera was a Nikon F-801, so really a step up.

@@derCrummel wonder if they got it developed 😂 - but indeed equipment can be replaced can’t it, photos and memories cannot!

@@jenslinder6115 glad you enjoyed thank you for watching!!

@@alanbudge glad I’ve got you to educate me on these things! Probably the best info I’ve learnt all week 😂 glad you liked the shots Alan thank you very much!!

@@AgillexUK thank you so much! Happy to hear you enjoyed the video and share similar approaches!! 😁

@@joncothranphotography9375 appreciate it Jon thank you! There’s probably between 70-80 odd castles in the national park that I live in, pretty ridiculous really hah!😂

@@Raykenn1 glad you did! Thank you for giving it a watch!!

@@ColdCoffeePhotography thanks for watching and joining me!! - there’s a video on my channel from a few weeks ago called ‘stop missing your shots’ or something along those lines 😂 that goes through the modes I use, but I do need to make one about how I set up my custom buttons! - also quite a few city/street povs on my channel although I’m not that great at street photography (yet) hahahah

@@jamesmcconnon2 hahahahahha😂 I guess it wasn’t as random as I thought it was then! 😂

Thanks mate I will give that a look!

@@kimjohnson313 yes true! not sure why anybody would use camera raw instead of Lightroom though hahah

@@DISTANTMEDIA Because its better especially when combine with Photoshop. You don't need to deal with any of the importing your photos and Lightroom database foolishness.

@@kimjohnson313 The entire point of Lightroom, is that’s it’s a none destructive archived photo storage where you sort, store and mass edit. Why would a photographer with 10000s of photos be importing them one by one to camera raw haha. Plus you just right click > edit in photoshop while inside Lightroom when you want to take it to photoshop. It keeps all raw files in one place in proper folders where you can change edits at any time - but if camera raw works for you that’s awesome everyone has different ways of working, that doesn’t make lightroom foolish, given it’s the industry standard I would say it’s far from foolish😂