I was not even going to watch this because I hate these interviews on KZfaq. Most are super boring. But when I saw it was Benjamin Kanarek I thought well I'll watch for a little bit. I was mesmerized for the whole interview. Loved it! Good job Omar!
@BenjaminKanarek3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, John, glad you enjoyed it!
@NickNightingaleYT3 жыл бұрын
I love Benjamin Kanarek. His work and ethos is a point of light for me in my journey. Thank you for having him on your channel.
@PeteEdmunds3 жыл бұрын
In a nutshell ; plan and prepare well - to allow freedom and playfulness on the shoot. This was great Omar. Great connection between you and Ben. Thanks.
@JoaquimGonsalves3 жыл бұрын
So encouraging to hear about nervousness. Whether I'm acting (and that's my main forte) or if I'm shooting, I can never run away from that accumulating sense in the gut, but it always works out in my favor. I think that's a great thing for all of us creatives.
@Man0fMetal3 жыл бұрын
I was doing other stuff and this autoplayed on. Not something I usually would have clicked but so glad youtube clicked it for me.
@JoaquimGonsalves3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I was first introduced to Benjamin through one of Theoria's videos and I'm forever grateful. Benjamin on a podcast is always absolutely enlightening to me. So much to learn from.
@craigcarlson40223 жыл бұрын
Omar and Benjamin, Just to chime in again, this is an incredibly insightful video. So interesting,. Loved the insights to how all this sort of productive effort goes down. Craig
@marcusespinoza29613 жыл бұрын
This is outstanding interviewing. Well done, Omar.
@dannyp8943 жыл бұрын
Late to the comment party. This was fantastic . It makes me sad something like this which delves into the thought, deliberations, philosophy gets way less view then a lenses review. Great work. Love hearing the philosophy of great photographer from a different side of the art form.
@BenjaminKanarek3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@willgavillan3 жыл бұрын
this was really great! you guys were so natural together. very good advice.
@70sroomreviews143 жыл бұрын
Awesome video and great insight s from Benjamin Kanarek. Being a fashion photographer is a dream of mine. Hoping to make it happen one day. Thanks again for the great video interview.
@chuckholtlocker6053 жыл бұрын
Love this interview. Wish it was longer. I hope you two can do more interviews together. Much respect to you both.
@MagaaKesem3 жыл бұрын
Somehow missed this video... Wow, this one should have got like 10M views, how's it only 6K?
@mrbigg2u3 жыл бұрын
New to your channel Mister Gonzalez, but greatly enjoying what you deliver. This was a warm, friendly and intuitive chat with Ben... lots of titbits to take away and breakdown... Nice work sir...
@ogonzilla3 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@Enrique-the-photographer3 жыл бұрын
Great interview Omar, not only your questions were interesting and useful, but he (Ben Kanarek) was very friendly, very open and didn't hold back on the answers or “trade secrets”. Really well done Omar, stay safe.
@TungstenOvergaard3 жыл бұрын
What and interviewed, and what an interviewer. That’s a masterclass.
@MoeMorales3 жыл бұрын
Love you branching out Brother
@ogonzilla3 жыл бұрын
We need to record, that reminds me! lol
@ryankwan19343 жыл бұрын
Amazing stuff Omar. Your interviews are always such a wonderful blend of humour and insight--a real treat.
@marcphotos3 жыл бұрын
GREAT OMAR !!! What a useful interview !!! I learn a lot on Fashion Photography !!! And Ben Kanerek is so humble and also Canadian (like ME !!!) !!! Thank a lot !!!
@Mike-fg5cj3 жыл бұрын
Amazing podcast! I've seen so many of Benjamin's posts on Dpreview or FB ,its cool to get to know who he is amazing photographer. I vote for a no time limit podcast 🙌
@PatrickGiven923 жыл бұрын
Love the valuable information that you present in this video thank you thank you!!
@lineform073 жыл бұрын
This was really good Omar. I hope the views go up, this deserves to be seen.
@j458443 жыл бұрын
Please continue doing this series. This is so inspiring and motivating. 😁
@craigcarlson40223 жыл бұрын
Really interesting discussion. Omar, great prompting questions. And Benjamin, really appreciate such candid and expanded sharing. Craig
@chrisaldridge31172 жыл бұрын
This interview was excellent and so engaging! Thanks Omar and Ben
@n-kphotographyandstudio8774 Жыл бұрын
Omar & Ben, this was 'goin to school' in 30 mins 🙂, looking forward to more content from both of you.
@ronaldop.talaugon70233 жыл бұрын
Do more of this Omar Kudos
@PhiggysDOTcom3 жыл бұрын
GR8 interview and insite into a working fashion photographer I will certainly be looking up his work !
@karlwalters37633 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant upload! Thanks Omar :-)
@LyndonPatrickSmith3 жыл бұрын
Great interview Omar! Benjamin is top-notch - love the way he shares his knowledge with the world. Interview highlight - Omar tells a Canadian photographer that photo shoots in snow are ”trope”! I know Benjamin currently lives in Paris, but around here snow is 6 months of our year buddy! 🇨🇦❄️🥶
@BenjaminKanarek3 жыл бұрын
Eh...fer sure...🇨🇦❤️
@eliaspap87083 жыл бұрын
Inspirational, Had so much fun listening to you both and was great to hear about the fashion industry from one of the best in the Industry. very True “The more you direct the more your photos will look like your last shoot” a mature photography portfolio has uniqueness in the creative approach, spontaneity and feeling of freedom to explore.
@i18nGuy3 жыл бұрын
Well done! Thoughtful questions and insightful responses couched in enjoyable comeraderie alongside fantastic visual and inspiring images. Bravo. Usually interviews are dull, tedious and full of platitudes. This one should be used as a model for how to interview or be interviewed.
@gastontrrs3 жыл бұрын
Great interview and beautiful work from Benjamin. Loved it, thanks Omar!
@lucianosenger24353 жыл бұрын
Thanks again Omar for this incredible and honest interview with Benjamin.
@TaylorSmith-xj3tp3 жыл бұрын
Great interview!
@Narsuitus3 жыл бұрын
Excellent interview ! One thing I still want to know is how and why Ben Kanarek left his career as an architect to become a successful fashion photographer.
@highamnj3 жыл бұрын
Top notch content. Omar!
@perryvalton42453 жыл бұрын
It is so pathetic how much so called photographers that keep putting down the Fujifilm x series camera if it works for Mr Kanarek I really don’t see what problem is....... Hi Omar, maybe in the near future you can have Ben Bond on your show. He is excellent photographer fashion from Ghana
@johnt71553 жыл бұрын
Great interview 👍
@FarreIl3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! Thanks Omar and Ben! I'm a bit confused though about the space around the borders and cutting off body parts.
@dimitriosp24253 жыл бұрын
Great interview, great video,
@John-cp6qp3 жыл бұрын
This is very interesting to watch, quite informative!
@ralphperei3 жыл бұрын
Great Podcast - nice to listen and i also got some new ideas 👍
@elwinbrouwer48143 жыл бұрын
Great interview! Very insightful and Omar, you create such a great atmosphere!
@rightsbasedsocialpolicy50863 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this interview!!! Candid, informative and fun. Benjamin was a great guest.
@Ryan_Coe3 жыл бұрын
Loved the conversation and so much i can take away from this!!
@aaronza72183 жыл бұрын
So valuable, priceless content, great job. Thank you Omar and Ben.
@rajneshlohana58263 жыл бұрын
"Got it. In there somewhere" - Omar 2020. You're hilarious xD
@holgernitschke11143 жыл бұрын
Really interesting video, worth every second!
@DinoBurke Жыл бұрын
This was such a fantastic episode!!!
@BenjaminKanarek3 жыл бұрын
"Why leave Toronto? It's the mecca of Fashion Photography!" 😂😂😂
@stephenspiteri_zunkus Жыл бұрын
That was very educational. Thanks Omar.
@RicardoYamamoto3 жыл бұрын
Ben: "Are we over the 30 minutes?" Omar: "We're... we're... we're good... 'Cause we'll cut stuff out..." That was hilarious! hahahaha! Amazing interview Omar and Ben!
@frankb44833 жыл бұрын
Nice interview Omar. Hope to see some fashion shooting by you. Yes, the competition is huge. Are you planning more interviews like this? Thanks for sharing.
@peter_shadow75593 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this.
@LetiB763 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this ! I have Been following Benjamin Kanarek since he shot with Pentax ✌️ Awesome Interview!
@DoctoreDoom3 жыл бұрын
Please keep these podcasts coming, they are amazing
@gerardblackman2373 ай бұрын
Great job bro, great interview, well done.
@matthewwells16063 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, Omar! What a great interview!
@marksnellingphotography3 жыл бұрын
Great work Omar and Ben. 📸👍
@michelslangen66333 жыл бұрын
Loved it, your humor and originality, the experience of Benjamin made this interview really superb! Only possible critique I would have is to not cut the interview, I would have loved to listened to it in full. Good work, keep them coming :-)
@LegitSoloz13 жыл бұрын
God it's so good. I'd watch a full 4 hour version if it ever exists.
@BenjaminKanarek3 жыл бұрын
I would put poor Omar to sleep... 😴😴😴
@pierrelaviolette6703 жыл бұрын
Awesome advice, feed off the model
@lumilikha3 жыл бұрын
This interview made me respect Fashion more. That's an achievement. Thanks, Omar! =)
@Tellitphoto3 жыл бұрын
Great interview Omar, loved the insights thank you.
@colinthecameraguy3 жыл бұрын
I love that Ben suggested the photographer shouldn’t direct the Talent per se. I was only yesterday thinking ‘I wonder why my photo/video shoots with models C & D are so much more productive than the previous ones I did with A & B (I’m more comfortable letting things flow or making slight suggestions)? Should I have directed A & B more? Would that have resulted in a higher hit rate?’ The answer is probably No!
@ianmorrow59683 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, Omar ! Loved it...keep em coming
@MichaelIzner3 жыл бұрын
Here is an idea - interview one of your subscribers - not me - and not a professional - just an everyday amateur hobbyist - see what they shoot, how they shoot, what they have learned from you, what they like about photography. Recently I have tried setting my camera at different Kelvin levels and have benefitted from this short tip you gave about a week ago...I like your channel...Mike
@rfalconator78963 жыл бұрын
What lens are you using Omar? There is a decent amount of toneh in that room.
@nenatirkkonen16593 жыл бұрын
Mr Kanarek´s style is super! I would like to know about the lighting, the issue was raised but got lost in conversation. Omar, did You cut it off? 😳 His channel has lots of beautiful videos but no BTS ones.
@ogonzilla3 жыл бұрын
Maybe next time. Lighting techniques are varied. Small bare lights, natural light, softboxes, gels. It would be another day of speaking.
@nenatirkkonen16593 жыл бұрын
@@ogonzilla Ok, thanks! 😺
@thecandidframe3 жыл бұрын
Good interview. A fun guy. His work is amazing.
@187onaPigeon2 жыл бұрын
Awesome interview, very inspirational. Now I need to get off my ass and do SOMETHING at least.
@tonydesarzec9073 жыл бұрын
Brilliant stuff!
@jpdj27153 жыл бұрын
Ben's is a beautiful portfolio - respect. And the video was a pleasure to watch and listen to. But. Don't direct, don't pose? There is so much preparation that everything is directed, except the poses. Just, the models are not pose-directed by the 1/25" or millimeter. The models come from a selection funnel - model bureau and more. Skinny legs and bodies, good skin, beautiful proportions in their faces, skinny in general. And then are subjected to extremely professional MUAs (many models actually have bad skin.) And then the post office works for three weeks on the shots to get them to publication level. The beauty and confidence of the models out of the funnel seeps through in the pictures. Now work with whatever person from the streets. It becomes a different story. Now you have to sell the photographs to the people in your shots and the whole point has become hypothetical. Now you need to work with what you got. And people look at their own photographs extremely critically and different than an art director. Have you heard movie stars say that the camera adds 15 or 25 pounds? If that is true (it is!) then skinny in a photograph is unhealthy in real life. The artistic artistry in Ben's photographs is great and apparent. But trying to copy these, does not teach artistry nor does it teach essential lessons needed outside of high fashion. Learn to direct poses in an informal and jovial conversation that does not feel like being posed, to the model. Learn to see a face of a person that is not a model, and see its asymmetry and next find poses that mask that asymmetry through lighting, perspective. When you work with top models you either work with people who don't have these challenges seriously, or they already know how to pose themselves so as to hide that in a photograph. Social media are full of girls that have discovered this one pose and one perspective that does all that. No you can't use them in a high fashion shoot, unless they are a theme. Compared with film, shooting a Hasselblad 500 series on 120 film was not cheap at 12 shots per roll, we now have an advantage. We can tether, can use the tethered display as camera remote, can have different conversations because we do not waste film and processing costs, but clicks and pixels instead. Or we can present the sitter with a large screen that live-view shows them what photographer and camera see (and they might get completely uptight from that). Define your use case: - high fashion, professionally selected professional models, story boards and mood boards, stylists, hairdressers, MUAs, did I mention professionally selected models, scripted stories and shots. - random people that want to buy a good portrait of themselves from you ...
@BenjaminKanarek3 жыл бұрын
I am so, so sorry, but this is not at all how things work. I do not sell my photos after a shoot. I have been commissioned to do the shoot. I often get an advance prior to stepping on the set. Nonetheless, read this for your edification: thebkmag.com/2009/07/22/a-fashion-shoot-in-one-day-the-process/ and thebkmag.com/2012/02/14/put-fashion-beauty-shoot-together/
@getcass3 жыл бұрын
Did Benjamin say when he is feeling lazy he takes the X-T3 and the 18-55 to a shoot? No excuses any more it seems .. I have all the tools i need .. sheesh .. who would have thunk it !!
@BenjaminKanarek3 жыл бұрын
I was referring to the videos we shoot. Freddy often uses the XT3 and the 18-55 on a monopod for video and I do as well on a gimbal. Either the Crane 2 or Weebill S. For stills, I always use prime lenses (unless it is the GFX50s where on occasion I use the brutally sharp 32-64 zoom) and also for video when on a gimbal. For six of the last 10 shoots, I used the #Fujifilm #XT3 and the other four using the #GFX50s.
@donnlowel23873 жыл бұрын
In fashion photography, if you know the rules you can break them.
@tixansin95633 жыл бұрын
@ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sJ1ijMeYnaiYfYE.html Omar: I always press the shutter Ben: Falls apart. 😂
Is he of Polish descent? Just curious because Kanarek means canary (yellow bird) in Polish
@BenjaminKanarek3 жыл бұрын
I am... benjaminkanarek.com/biography/
@TheOscylO3 жыл бұрын
@@BenjaminKanarek Congratulations on great interview and best wishes from Poland.
@nguyentoan90123 жыл бұрын
Oh, The magazine is from Viet Nam
@jpdj27153 жыл бұрын
See, size matters - when you're lazy, use small
@BenjaminKanarek3 жыл бұрын
Bingo!
@Kit2Canada3 жыл бұрын
LOVE the interview - some great tips! pssttt (try not to talk over the guest)...
@ThePatriotPath3 жыл бұрын
Haha! Ugly Light = Terry "Creeper" Richardson!
@barrycohen3113 жыл бұрын
I'm sad. :-( When Omar becomes a world famous NYC fashion photographer, he will no longer talk to us peons! Bwahahaha
@luissalazar20213 жыл бұрын
I believe you have done fashion photography already with that beautiful model on a bikini, I hope you didn’t got on trouble because I had not seen her. I wonder.
@nelsonm.50443 жыл бұрын
I love interview like that, I want more, I want more, I want more .... do I need to continue 😆