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Ken is like a hosed up slot machine that always pays out. Also, maybe not the best choice of screensaver.
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Good lord that guy is a weirdo Also I just wanted to share this moment I had watching a Northrup video. I don't know much about them. They seem to have transitioned to leaning pretty heavy on fluff and clickbait like that Art of Photography guy, but they had this incredible video where they were talking about how they were both burning out of the industry and right in the middle of them being real for a second, Tony reads an ad for their sponsor. lmao it's here if you're curious, it's just over a minute in. I dunno if it's that big a deal, but it's like a hard record scratch to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDBKkOT-OtA
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Is this where I post my love for Omar Gonzales? As a novice I’ve gotten a ton of useful Fuji information out of his channel. And I feel extremely seen by his dad-joke vibe. https://youtu.be/xBqGbS9A_Nc
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Dangerllama posted:Is this where I post my love for Omar Gonzales? As a novice I’ve gotten a ton of useful Fuji information out of his channel. And I feel extremely seen by his dad-joke vibe. Hadn't heard of him till now. Watched a couple of his videos and I like his mix of being down to earth, goofy, and still covering some good info. Made sure to subscribe to his channel. Here's my big bitch point with a good lot of photographers on YouTube: they hardly ever talk about their own work. Like say with the Northrups, Fro, Peter McKinnon, or Pierre T. Lambert. I literally have no clue what they really do (I know Tony & Chelsea do some wildlife stuff but that's about it). I can't connect to that at all. Where by comparison people like Sean Tucker, Joe Edelman, Ed Verosky (though he hasn't posted anything in a while), Irene Rudnyk, and Panoptic Chopsticks are talking about what they do. I wish more photogs with YouTube channels would do that.
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Feb 15, 2020 01:42
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ReverendHammer posted:Here's my big bitch point with a good lot of photographers on YouTube: they hardly ever talk about their own work. If you like landscapes and mountains, try Alex Nail: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQWXLNafrO7VzYzFPuS64w He doesn't upload very much but he does take the time to critique himself and even uses photoshop to draw over his photos to try and illustrate what he does/doesn't like about a scene. I don't think his work is particularly groundbreaking (I believe he's an mountaineer first and he decided to add photography as a bonus) but he does go to some neat places.
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Feb 15, 2020 01:59
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London photo goons, Sean Tucker is giving a talk in Liverpool St on Friday night. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-with-sean-tucker-tickets-92448523021
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Feb 15, 2020 20:59
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Nick Carver is great. He’s got a very cool niche shooting large format film plus some medium format work. He’ll do deep dives into his own work - gently caress ups an all. Good on-location videos, some educational stuff. Check him out.
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bloops posted:Nick Carver is great. He’s got a very cool niche shooting large format film plus some medium format work. Sounds promising. I’ll have to check him out.
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Nick Carver is great. He doesn't upload super often but he does well in front of a camera and is open when stuff doesn't go right. He also knows his poo poo so there's something to learn too, especially if you're in to film.
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Yea he’s super unpretentious and has a good orange cat that’ll occasionally make a cameo.
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xzzy posted:Nick Carver is great. He doesn't upload super often but he does well in front of a camera and is open when stuff doesn't go right. There's something about his accent... as a non-American it really irks me, it feels like he's putting it on rather than it being how he would always speak.
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Blackhawk posted:There's something about his accent... as a non-American it really irks me, it feels like he's putting it on rather than it being how he would always speak. He's got a bit of a southern accent, like he grew up in the south and is trying to cover it up but slips sometimes. I have some in-laws from the deep south and they kinda do the same thing.
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xzzy posted:He's got a bit of a southern accent, like he grew up in the south and is trying to cover it up but slips sometimes. I have some in-laws from the deep south and they kinda do the same thing. It's a Central California accent actually. He's from Irvine. It's similar to a Southern accent but it's sort of unique to the area. Anyway yeah his channel is cool. His videos where he documents the making of a photograph are way better than the usual "watch me take photos while royalty free lo-fi hip hop plays."
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Feb 16, 2020 05:50
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rockear posted:"watch me take photos while royalty free lo-fi hip hop plays." *glaring at Kai W intensifies* I don't know where this came from and it might be lost upon most people, but the perfect analogy for DigitalRev/Kai is that they're the Top Gear of photogear. Which is totally fine, if you know what you're in for
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Feb 18, 2020 21:42
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AF posted:*glaring at Kai W intensifies* I don't have a problem with Kai. He's at least entertaining. He did a literal Top Gear type challenge with Lok
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Feb 19, 2020 00:54
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AF posted:the Top Gear of photogear That's what I've been trying to put my finger on. I cannot stand Kai.
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Feb 19, 2020 02:12
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Love Kai. Peter McKinnon is trash. Like the very definition of YouTube/Instagram dickhead.
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I enjoy Kai more now that he's no longer with DigitalRev, blatantly trying to emulate Top Gear. I know that's cliche as gently caress, but it's also spot on.
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Feb 19, 2020 03:08
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Gear reviews are terrible but somehow Kai makes them watchable.. usually. Like the iphone case thing he did today was complete trash. But hey it probably pays the bills, company sends you some dumb poo poo to slop out a 10 minute video and it pays the rent? More power to him.
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"Top Gear for photos" was absolutely the intended effect Kai and Co. were going for, to the point that I'm pretty sure he was lowering his voice to sound more like Jeremy Clarksen in the earlier DigitalRev videos.
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President Beep posted:I enjoy Kai more now that he's no longer with DigitalRev, blatantly trying to emulate Top Gear. I hadn't considered that angle before... but you're right.
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Babysitter Super Sleuth posted:"Top Gear for photos" was absolutely the intended effect Kai and Co. were going for, to the point that I'm pretty sure he was lowering his voice to sound more like Jeremy Clarksen in the earlier DigitalRev videos. He was matching Clarkson's mannerisms a ton.
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bloops posted:Love Kai. His video on the Canon EOS R, saying how it was the best mirrorless system out, was the point I knew he just cared about sponsor money.
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Feb 23, 2020 14:44
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bokeh balls
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The poor model in this must still have nightmares about those two sweating over her. gently caress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOC-VRfCt0Y
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I really like Ian Wong, ex digital rev guy. His videos are thoughtful and well edited. I just wish he did more. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXV7bLiYu6DSX73KuoprBzw
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teraflame posted:I really like Ian Wong, ex digital rev guy. His videos are thoughtful and well edited. I just wish he did more. Yeah, his videos are quite nice. Didn't realize he wasn't with digital rev anymore. Just looked at their channel--they've really dialed back their youtube presence. Latest upload was four months ago.
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teraflame posted:I really like Ian Wong, ex digital rev guy. His videos are thoughtful and well edited. I just wish he did more. Wasn't familiar with him before you linked his channel (never watched much DigitalRev aside from Kai W's stuff). Watched a few of his videos and I really like how he talks through the creative and philosophical aspects of photography. And the fact that he's certainly not a YouTuber.
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Someone a while back, and I think it was him, made a video about visiting a country in SE Asia (Thailand? Myanmar?) and a bunch of the video was about how it was important not to exploit/trivialize the culture there while doing photography. It was very thoughtful and good.
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I watched some 8-9 year old DigitalRev reviews of camera products and it's actually shocking how awful, unfunny, and popular those videos were at the time. I like Kai and Lok's videos now though. President Beep posted:Someone a while back, and I think it was him, made a video about visiting a country in SE Asia (Thailand? Myanmar?) and a bunch of the video was about how it was important not to exploit/trivialize the culture there while doing photography. It was very thoughtful and good. As a street photographer in Thailand I'd be very interested in watching this.
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Thoren posted:As a street photographer in Thailand I'd be very interested in watching this. Turns out it was another guy from digitalrev. One of their cheap camera challenge thingies involving some accomplished videographer. It’s pretty long, and I seem to recall a lot of the more substantial conversation happens in the second half of the video. Hopefully my lovely memory isn’t inflating the video’s merits, but I do remember appreciating much of what they talk about. Now that I’ve found it again I think I’ll rewatch too... https://youtu.be/0flHpWGrEng
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Nigel Tufnel posted:Edit: here’s Camera Conspiracies ripping on Tony. Good times Imagine being one the biggest yoooootooobe camera channels and some no name who is more interested in selling Monkey Strength workouts comes along and gives you that level of 3rd degree burn
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Imagine being one the biggest yoooootooobe camera channels and some no name who is more interested in selling Monkey Strength workouts comes along and gives you that level of 3rd degree burn I like Camera Conspiracies guy to a degree. His videos are more entertaining than most, but I hate the "running across the street" gag that he does all the time.
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Camera Conspiracies would be more entertaining if his average video was around half as long. He is so obviously killing time for more ad breaks.
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That's not anyone's fault except youtube's as they bury your poo poo if you don't hit certain metrics. At least there's no ad reads or HIT THAT BELL AND THUMBS UP begging like 99% of everyone else on youtube is doing.
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I like the thumbs up, thumbs down if ... Actually that might just be on his other channel. Love me some camera conspiracies though he’ll probably unfortunately kill himself with a new weird diet soon. I mean, he drank turpentine IIRC.
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Incoming hot take from goon fave Eric Kim. https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/03/19/raw-is-for-suckers/ quote:Photography nerds want to flex their superiority over newbies (who don’t know how to shoot and process RAW files), thus they want everyone to shoot RAW in order to feel superior to more people.  They want more people to shoot raw so that more people shoot raw so they can feel superior to the ... now smaller amount of people that shoot JPEGs??? I see what he’s saying but he’s saying it badly. Also, neither raw nor jpeg is ‘correct’. They are different tools for different scenarios. Landscape photogs need raw and lots of people from beginners to pros will be perfectly happy with the amazing film simulations that are available these days. I personally shoot raw cos I want a slammed blacks grainy mess which I appreciate is not a common need that’s gonna end up in a camera film simulation and that’s fine. Also, loads of people shoot RAW + jpeg simultaneously. Not everything needs to be so ... black and white 
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Nigel Tufnel posted:Incoming hot take from goon fave Eric Kim. Real big dick playas shoot film anyway.
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