The video I didn’t know I needed ! Thank you !! Also, I LOVE that picture of the marble inside the piece of wood and that thunderbolt crack in the rock. Overall I love your style of photography. I used to want to capture the grand vista, but I’m getting bored taking pictures that have been taken a million times by millions of people. Your pictures are original and that’s what I’m aiming towards now. Beauty in simplicity.
Gotta tell you Ben. I started watching you on your Zion trip in 2012. And yes you are correct Jesus did play soccer. I don't shoot the big frame but I have to say I love your passion for what you do and your subjects you shoot. You have remained true to you since the beginning and I thank you for that. I will continue to watch you as long as you keep going. Thank you!
Thank you so much Bruce! That's very kind of you, and time sure flies! Wow, all the way back to 2012? Things sure have changed since then, but thankfully I'm stubborn enough to keep doing my own thing despite all the pressures associated with doing this. Hopefully I'll still be doing the same thing by 2032 and beyond. :-) Thanks again!
I had an assignment to create diptychs a few months ago, and it wasn't easy to take pictures for that purpose. I found it easier to look for similarities in photos I had already taken.
Semantics too. In the last four it is the life of a leaf that holds them together. Even though it isn't the same kind of leaf we can still feel this is about us being blown into the different circumstances of life. Humans anthropomorphise anything!
"Honey, Ben says we need to get another print to go next to the one we have." :) It's a good thought process. I just sold two large prints to an individual and now you've got me thinking that perhaps I should have guided their choice a bit more. I'm curious to see how you organize your site to encourage certain pairings.
It was great to hear you talk about the ice & stone mached pair as this is the pair that I have. They look amazing! I now have some more points to discuss when I get comments on them.
Just loved these photos, so distinct from the epic landscapes I see on other channels (and through my own viewfinder). What a joy it must be, to have found your own unique niche and style, something even many otherwise fine photographers don’t achieve.
The combination of the two images at the 7 minute mark looks like a penguin to me 😄 They do work together so well. Anyway, thanks for a thought provoking video.
Good way to pair although I still like to print out , mines all b&w so look for different features other than colour, but you do point out similar shapes , great video 😊 really love those abstracts in the landscape,
always good to hear another's thoughts on their art. I like shooting triptychs, but at the shooting stage it can be a whole lot easier than trying to find three complimentary ones at a later date! as always, thanks for sharing 🙂
Great photo,s Ben . Don't be too critical for yourself, they are beautifully colorful and taken with the camera at the right time. Keep it up enjoy your videos. Regards and see you again soon,🤍 Martin
It's always great to here your thoughts on composition and this video was another excellent one! Will try to think about the Teletubbies, next time I go out to take some images!!!!
Really interesting Ben. I think people that have a good sese of composition, like yourself, can really feel the balance of contrast, colors, textures, subject etc. It makes total artistic sense the way you explain it. The last set of four almost had a four seasons feel to it, which I always love, even though the leaves were alive in each - maybe the colors? What a grand 'slot machine' to play with!!
Matching is a really cool concept. It’s definitely an art in the match all by itself. It’s funny how some are immediate “no’s” just as much as an immediate match. I unintentionally came away from a trip to Yosemite with a 3-way match that are currently hanging next to each other.
Totally brilliant video Ben! Just shows again your wonderful observational skills that you make you an amazing photographer. Many thanks for sharing. This could be a great ebook?
Very interesting hearing your thoughts on this, on the first pair you came up with possibly for your dining room. You pointed out the similarity in the bottom right corner, would you consider flipping the tree image so they are more a mirror not "facing" the same way? Or is that a step too far! I'm also thinking about this as I did a project last year producing an image a week and would like to do a book. I think I'm tied to keeping the weeks in sequence but the main theme was to find different shots from the standard 4 or 5 images in the small area of coast. It's a nightmare that maybe more work on colour grading might help or as the main theme was about different that's got to be the route and to heck with matching 🤣 Anyway some nice pairing in there in your talk.
A very useful exercise, Ben. Watching you scroll through the images side by side is kinda nice, too - like a pair of memory time wheels.
I love your "slot machine" concept for comparing. It does work. Thanks for sharing, Ben.
The video I didn’t know I needed ! Thank you !! Also, I LOVE that picture of the marble inside the piece of wood and that thunderbolt crack in the rock. Overall I love your style of photography. I used to want to capture the grand vista, but I’m getting bored taking pictures that have been taken a million times by millions of people. Your pictures are original and that’s what I’m aiming towards now. Beauty in simplicity.
Gotta tell you Ben. I started watching you on your Zion trip in 2012. And yes you are correct Jesus did play soccer. I don't shoot the big frame but I have to say I love your passion for what you do and your subjects you shoot. You have remained true to you since the beginning and I thank you for that. I will continue to watch you as long as you keep going. Thank you!
Thank you so much Bruce! That's very kind of you, and time sure flies! Wow, all the way back to 2012? Things sure have changed since then, but thankfully I'm stubborn enough to keep doing my own thing despite all the pressures associated with doing this. Hopefully I'll still be doing the same thing by 2032 and beyond. :-) Thanks again!
I had an assignment to create diptychs a few months ago, and it wasn't easy to take pictures for that purpose. I found it easier to look for similarities in photos I had already taken.
Semantics too. In the last four it is the life of a leaf that holds them together. Even though it isn't the same kind of leaf we can still feel this is about us being blown into the different circumstances of life. Humans anthropomorphise anything!
Nice analysis. Indeed the matched pairs are soothing to the eyes.
"Honey, Ben says we need to get another print to go next to the one we have." :)
It's a good thought process. I just sold two large prints to an individual and now you've got me thinking that perhaps I should have guided their choice a bit more. I'm curious to see how you organize your site to encourage certain pairings.
It was great to hear you talk about the ice & stone mached pair as this is the pair that I have. They look amazing! I now have some more points to discuss when I get comments on them.
Timely and very interesting analysis. Lots of application factors to consider.
Just loved these photos, so distinct from the epic landscapes I see on other channels (and through my own viewfinder). What a joy it must be, to have found your own unique niche and style, something even many otherwise fine photographers don’t achieve.
The combination of the two images at the 7 minute mark looks like a penguin to me 😄 They do work together so well.
Anyway, thanks for a thought provoking video.
Good way to pair although I still like to print out , mines all b&w so look for different features other than colour, but you do point out similar shapes , great video 😊 really love those abstracts in the landscape,
always good to hear another's thoughts on their art. I like shooting triptychs, but at the shooting stage it can be a whole lot easier than trying to find three complimentary ones at a later date!
as always, thanks for sharing 🙂
Great photo,s Ben . Don't be too critical for yourself, they are beautifully colorful and taken with the camera at the right time. Keep it up enjoy your videos. Regards and see you again soon,🤍 Martin
This is exactly the kind of video i needed!
It's always great to here your thoughts on composition and this video was another excellent one! Will try to think about the Teletubbies, next time I go out to take some images!!!!
Really interesting Ben. I think people that have a good sese of composition, like yourself, can really feel the balance of contrast, colors, textures, subject etc. It makes total artistic sense the way you explain it. The last set of four almost had a four seasons feel to it, which I always love, even though the leaves were alive in each - maybe the colors? What a grand 'slot machine' to play with!!
I really enjoyed this one, Ben - I appreciate the thorough walkthrough of your thought process and found it really inspiring!
Very interesting. Thank you for doing this.
Always good to hear your thoughts on the creative process
This is really top notch photography content, loved how you explained it!
Very helpful thanks Ben. Next time
Seems like the photos at 6:00 are the negative of each other. Organic surrounded by rock, rock surrounded by organic.
Matching is a really cool concept. It’s definitely an art in the match all by itself. It’s funny how some are immediate “no’s” just as much as an immediate match. I unintentionally came away from a trip to Yosemite with a 3-way match that are currently hanging next to each other.
Totally brilliant video Ben! Just shows again your wonderful observational skills that you make you an amazing photographer. Many thanks for sharing. This could be a great ebook?
You are a master of composition. After scanning your images, do you continue to post process in photoshop?
Very interesting hearing your thoughts on this, on the first pair you came up with possibly for your dining room. You pointed out the similarity in the bottom right corner, would you consider flipping the tree image so they are more a mirror not "facing" the same way? Or is that a step too far!
I'm also thinking about this as I did a project last year producing an image a week and would like to do a book. I think I'm tied to keeping the weeks in sequence but the main theme was to find different shots from the standard 4 or 5 images in the small area of coast. It's a nightmare that maybe more work on colour grading might help or as the main theme was about different that's got to be the route and to heck with matching 🤣
Anyway some nice pairing in there in your talk.
I enjoyed that. Thanks Ben!
So glad you enjoyed it Dale! Thanks for watching!