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Alex Carter
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Registrace 29. 02. 2008
Memento Mori
Is YouTube Destroying A Generation of Artists?
"All the disadvantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their affects."
It's been a while.. Hope everyone is doing well :)
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It's been a while.. Hope everyone is doing well :)
Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated.
If you feel inclined to do more, you can buy me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/alexccarter
Check out the podcast: www.youtube.com/@StudioSessionsPod
Everything else: www.alexccarter.com/
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"The Process Never Changes" || Studio Sessions, Our New Podcast
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A short excerpt from our new podcast "Studio Sessions". A little over a year ago, my buddy Matthew and I sat down in front of a microphone and started to play around with the idea of creating a podcast. Fast-forward 13 months, and we finally have something to put out into the world. The podcast will center around discussions about art and the creative process, and will hopefully act as a snapsh...
Dear June - Updates & Photos (BMPCC OG and Flip Video Ultra 480)
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Hope everyone is having a good summer so far. Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated. If you feel inclined to do more, you can buy me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/alexccarter All proceeds go directly into making better content. Links To Website and All Things Social: www.bio.link/alexccarter Editing Software: DaVinci R...
February 3rd (BMPCC OG)
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Let's call this a test. All footage shot on the original BMPCC and graded using Dehancer Pro in DaVinci Resolve. If you'd like to try Dehancer for yourself, visit www.dehancer.com/store/photo Use the promo code ALEXFILM for a 10% discount. Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated. If you feel inclined to do more, you can buy me...
William Eggleston, At War With The Obvious
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Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated. If you feel inclined to do more, you can buy me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/alexccarter Check out the podcast: www.youtube.com/@StudioSessionsPod Just about everything else: www.alexccarter.com/ Editing Software: DaVinci Resolve 00:00 - Preface 01:31 - Introduction 02:43 - The B...
Navigating Sh*tty Criticism (also some photos)
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I have a hard time with any sort of criticism; not because I have some huge ego or anything like that.... Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated. If you feel inclined to do more, you can buy me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/alexccarter All proceeds go directly into making better content. Links To Website and All Things ...
Emulating Film Digitally?
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#filmemulation #kodak #leicam9 #dehancer If you'd like to try Dehancer for yourself, visit www.dehancer.com/store/photo Use the promo code ALEXFILM for a 10% discount. Gotta love that CCD sensor. Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated. If you feel inclined to do more, you can buy me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/alexcca...
Let's Try And Not Forget The Reason We Do This In The First Place...
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It's easy to get caught up in bullshit, but I think at the end of the day, art should put humanity above everything else. Fall 2022, Omaha, NE Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated. If you feel inclined to do more, you can buy me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/alexccarter All proceeds go directly into making better cont...
One Year With The Leica M9 || Why Would Anyone Buy This 15 Year Old Camera in 2024?
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The obligatory "ShOUld yOu buY tHe LEiCA m9 iN 2o2x??" video. So, does this 15 year old digital camera still hold a place in photography? I'd say it does.. Favorite digital I've ever owned and it's not really close. Would love to hear thoughts from others who own/have owned this magical little camera. Sorry for the hiatus, had to discover some new roads. The lovely footage at the beginning was ...
When You're Not Sure Where to Go Next... Overcoming Roadblocks In Your Work
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Figured I'd put it on out there and hopefully help someone who's struggling with the process. I feel that the best move is often to try and not put too much weight into other peoples opinions but always try and be as honest with yourself as possible. Love y'all. 00:00 - Prologue 00:49 - Introduction 01:56 - The Cause of My Self Doubt 05:56 - How To Get Through It 06:55 - What This Looks Like Fo...
Small Camera Work - How the Leica M9 and Leica M4 have completely changed my perspective
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Should go without saying that any small camera will work just fine. 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Photos I've Taken With Small Cameras 01:36 - My Thoughts on the Problem 03:48 - The New Photographer and The Ruined Photographer 06:30 - The Solution 08:42 - Conclusions 09:30 - Recommended Books 10:10 - Outro Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly ...
2021 Photography Favorites - Reflections on Another Year
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The lab I use : nicefilmclub.com/ Use code for free Dev/Scan: DEF877 Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated. If you feel inclined to do more, you can buy me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/alexccarter All proceeds go directly into making better content. Links To Website and All Things Social: www.bio.link/alexccarter Edit...
A Day With The Fuji GW690 II - Pacific Junction
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Hope you all enjoy the video. First thoughts on the camera coming soon (Spoiler... It's incredible) all shots in the intro slideshow were found through local publications- they are not my own. The lab I use and $10 off your first purchase: (go to print, then scroll down to film) shorturl.at/bdpFJ Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly ap...
Is Leica Worth The Money?
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Hope y'all are having a good week. Wanted to touch on some thinking I have about buying cameras (Specifically Leicas) and take a stab at the age old question. Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated. If you feel inclined to do more, you can buy me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/alexccarter Check out the podcast: www.youtu...
Overcoming Distraction In a Digital World
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In my opinion, sustained focus and the ability to overcome distraction is essential for creating great work. It all ties together. 00:00 - Intro 01:02 - Environment Design and Mental Models 08:47 - Time Blocking 12:19 - Taking Time Away 13:36 - Specific Apps 21:47 - Final Thoughts Enjoy this video and want to support the channel? Commenting, liking, and subscribing is greatly appreciated. If yo...
Lomography 400 Long Exposure Photography || Rolleiflex TLR 6x6
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Lomography 400 Long Exposure Photography || Rolleiflex TLR 6x6
I Bought A New Camera - Fuji GW690 II The Texas Leica
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I Bought A New Camera - Fuji GW690 II The Texas Leica
10 Minutes of Relaxing Street Photography With a Leica M4
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10 Minutes of Relaxing Street Photography With a Leica M4
Harry Gruyaert, Composing with Color || A Tale of Two Photos... And Four Decades
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Harry Gruyaert, Composing with Color || A Tale of Two Photos... And Four Decades
Shooting Kodak Portra 400 on a Rolleiflex TLR || 6x6 Medium Format Film Photography
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Shooting Kodak Portra 400 on a Rolleiflex TLR || 6x6 Medium Format Film Photography
Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 009
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Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 009
Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 008
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Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 008
Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 007
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Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 007
Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 006
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Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 006
Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 005
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Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 005
Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 004
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Leica M9 Photography || The Daily Practice - Episode 004
Thank you for sharing! Also, you got great hair! I wish I still had my hair.....lol. 😅
Alex, are you speaking about USA?
Number 2... is there a difference in Rights between Owner versus Staff ?
Gruyaert is unreal 🔥🔥🔥
Americans or anglos are really weird people trying to impose their laws on everyone else.
that is NOT a leica @ 3:19 what is it ?
I believe that's a Mamiya Press Cam
Nice bro! I love my M4.
Just stumbled in here. What a swell video. Thank you for your thoughts and your presentation here. Very good stuff.
I enjoyed your candid honest overview of your process, errors and successes. What is your printing method? Digital or conventional (old school). Thanks for posting.
Both, depending. ATM all digital but I have a good bit of DR equiptment in my basement, waiting until we get somewhere with a bit more space to build it out.
Great review. I have an M9-P and love it. You’re spot on.
Thanks for this informative video. I thought the one sign that only allows cell phone photography to be interesting. I assume they think anyone with a camera has exploitive intentions. It's making me think that it's time to start using my smartphone more often.
Concerning encounters: An American tourist took me for a private detective when shooting in Rome and wouldn't believe anything else. Note I was shooting restaurant fronts, not her.
That bit where you explain your run in Florida and how Eggleston has this incredible ability to represent human emotions in photographs might have finally helped me figure out what it is that I love about Eggleston. The fact that he is often photographing non-human subjects makes that ability of his even more incredible. That’s truly what I aspire to do with my work. P.S. I think I’ve come back to this video 5-6 times in the past year.
The algorithm is the gate. But then again here I am. ❤❤❤ like comment subscribe ahahhhhhhh! 😂😢 Thankyou for your thoughtful take.
man this inspires me to create stuff. what an intro
Really enjoyed this. Growing up in the 70s-80s I can see how his photos instantly trigger nostalgia for me. But it's more than that. Love the Wyeth quote.
Answer? Yes. CZcams wants content not art.
the velvet underground x youtube content algorithm best practices bit was an incredible way to illustrate the point
12:22 that's not even true. There's the ever-changing algorithm and the platform's own rules and rule 'enforcers'. The only difference between online/youtube work, is that your slave master is invisible unlike traditional jobs...
Really enjoy this - it hit me at the right time in life
if anyone likes this kind of video or finds anything else on yt particularly good despite their views make sure to interact as much as humanly possible, like it, share it (copying link with the share button is fine), comment, like every comment. Even leave it playing in another tab or something like that ❤ small creators need it bro
this is awesome. as time goes on it seems less and less likely but i really think theres a market for genuine videos, with a disregard for all the seo and algoritm tactics. this is honestly what i strive to do with my channel. just something that isnt performative, while im not confident calling it art, just genuine expressions of creativity. while it might take time to get the ball rolling, i think when people get a taste of something genuine they'll stay. im glad i found this video, as ive been gearing up to start releasing things ive really been thinking about this topic and the current landscape . my recommendation would be, dont disregard things like tags, thumbnails titles etc. play the game in that sense, but keep the content genuine. i think thats the key to both success and personal satisfaction
thats art gang
@@spreader5433 it feels a little conceded to call what i want to do “art” but its nice if anyone would consider it that :]
@@mitmitmit777 yeah i feel u man, just keep doing what u love<3
Great video, absolutely fantastic.
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11:17 intro amazing.
I didn't even realize this was small channel until halfway thru.
Stellar video! Love the themes and production
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Really loved this. Good work man!
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Good stuff fella.
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Great video dog
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‘Bout damn time.
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Annnnnnd we're back.
I really enjoyed watching this whole video.
Now I deny most energetically that anything is, or can be, uninteresting. ~ G.K. Chesterton
lovely quote
Saul Leiter is also always on my list
Thanks. In France and in Spain, we have the same that you explain for USA. About point #9 (identification), the police only can require your identification if they suspect any delictive activity, but only them can judge if they can can suspect it, so... better to identify if they require so. About point #10: requiring to delete a photo from your camera is an "evidence destruction" and any policeman (or anyone) who requires this can be in a trouble cause its an offense.
Great music to your content !
Hello. I bought my m4 in very bad condition from Sri Lanka. It was damp and looked like it had been soaked in water years ago and then left to dry for several years. It cost me $550. I bought it and the repair was $115 + new vulcanide. Now it works perfectly and I polished it nicely. This camera is indestructible.
Absolute tank. Still the camera I enjoy the most, no contest.
I shoot canon for newspapers rock solid kit it’s strange tho I don’t find them sexy to use they are just tools absolutely incredible tools. on my own time I try all brands models formats mainly for YT channel content but I love them all I did sell my left nut to help fund my first Leica a Q2 so so happy with that purchase and don’t even miss the nut at all very willing to sell the other to fund an M 📷 the nuts are redundant anyways 😞
Leica>L/R Nut no question
@@AlexCCarter haha
I'm a Saul Leiter admirer and have no idea what took CZcams so long to present this video to me. You are obviously as enthralled with his work as I am. Anyone who has ever tried to create images in his style (as I have), will understand even more how great the man was. I'd love to know more about his approach; did he sit at the same hazy window for hours, waiting for the right elements to come together to create a superb photo? His style has inspired so many photographers today. Hats off to Mr Leiter, "Sir"
I think the secret to William Egglestone’s work! He is at war with the obvious and his work is about colour.
Eggleston is an enigma to me. I can't explain why his photos are good or why I like them, but I do. I often wonder what percentage of his photos did he deem worth publishing and how many ended up in a folder somewhere. Was it 1 in 10, 1 in 100, 1 in 1000? I just wonder if he got "lucky" with finding something that happened to work, or if he new he had a banger right when he saw the seen and shot the photo. The photos he took in that video of him of that falling down house were not particularly good in my mind, but the ones you showed in the slide show were so, so good. Another thought: do we like his photos more now because they are so clearly of a different era than we are in now? Are we just feeling nostalgic for a different, simpler time? Did people view his photos the same way back then as they do now? I wonder...
Great analysis
Went to college in Omaha and haven't really been back since--fun to see a street photographer's take on the CWS!
I'm not sure I understand your point about thinking that the photographer developed his Kodachrome film. I have never heard of anyone doing that. Kodachrome was developed by Kodak: it was exposed and sent to Kodak - all paid for when the film was first purchased. Kodak Ektachrome could, however, be processed by the photographer, so could be pushed or pulled during processing.
Also, when taking images of fires or accidents, while that is legal to photograph, it IS ILLEGAL to use a scanner for those purposes unless you are part of the media. So if asked, you cannot say you heard about this on the scanner.
Not gonna run into too much hassle taking pictures of pop cases my friend.
One of those pop cases actually gave us a lot of trouble. They can be real bastards
Simply put. You get “it”. Subscribed! thanks for making this
My dream camera is m4. I got it from Sri Lanka and now waiting for pack. Hope it will work :3 It was stored for more than 10 years.
How's it treating you?