Somewhere in the multiverse, there lies a timeline where Matt Day decides to not press publish. & that is not a universe I want to exist in.

Congratulations Matt. Your consistency and just being genuinely you for over a decade is something I greatly admire.

I can tell you why I keep coming back. It’s because you are genuine. You don’t put on a fake stage persona. You’re not scripted. You are simply yourself. Congratulations on all your ten-year anniversaries!

Thank you so much Matt for all and congratulations for the 10 years. I hope to see your videos for more 10 years at least. I remember Ted from the art of photography talking about your channel many years ago, and I'm glad that happened and I went to see your content. Your videos has been inspiring and with a tons of knowledge over the years. Once again thank you so much 👍. Cheers from Portugal

Enjoyed this one Matt! Love hearing about other youtuber's stories. Its a weird job we have. Keep being you man :)

you've laid the ground work for a lot of us on here, dawg!!

I feel like you and me are cut from the same cloth. I relate so much with what you say about talking on camera, making videos, etc. I guess it’s that Midwest modesty in you. But you shouldn’t change a thing. Just keep doing you. The most formulaic thing these days is inauthenticity and following a template like you said. If you do that you’re just setting yourself up for inevitable burnout. Sure, you might get some views and make some money but you’re doing it through a mask. I completely agree with you. Not an old man. Just a photographer growing into themselves and figuring out exactly what they want.

One thing I appreciate about is that you don't give into the KZfaq hype. Someone else posted on KZfaq today about Aerochrome and it being the "Goat Film" and the "Holy Grail". And there were all these jump cuts and it seemed like an ADHD nigh mare. One thing I love about you and this channel is your storytelling and that everything is just a slow burn of authenticity. Thanks for being you, and thanks for doing what you do. Happy 10 years!

You were one of the first channels I subscribed to when my interest in photography began around 2016. Still enjoy your videos a great deal. Since then I became a youtuber myself, with a similar journey to yours: slow, steady growth over the years - leading up to doing youtube full time. Agree it is such a luxury to have this job, especially for a family man. Infinite freedom, barely any stress, getting to be creative, getting to follow your passion in life, and getting paid for it. If I want to take a nap, I take a nap. If I want to take a day off, I take a day off. If my family needs me, I never have to negotiate with my boss to be there for them. Best job in the world. I hope and believe that you will get many more years doing this Matt!

Ive been following you since the start. I remember commenting about you posting photos on the Nikon FM2 review you made, like you said. Back in those days you didn't post photos, but when you started sharing your family photos it was really special. Beautiful documentation. That review made me get my first FM2 and now I'm a Leica photographer. Big thank you for these 10 years!

Thank you, Matt, for all the great content over the last 10 years. Watching your videos is like meeting a good old friend. Cheers from Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹

Always loved your work Matt. Subscriber from Australia 🇦🇺. It’s been a great journey for over seven or eight years! Thank you! I look forward to your new videos!

Been a fan for about 8 of these years and it's been a wonderful ride and we all appreciate the hard work you've put in. Wherever you decide to go, I know we will support you. Great job Matt!

Congrats on the 10 years! It’s crazy that it’s been that long already. I dont remember exactly when I found your channel but it was towards the beginning of 2015 before I bought my first film Leica and developing b/w at home (with the help of your videos) living in southern indiana/ kentucky area you’ve alway been a very relatable and inspirational photographer. I haven’t been super vocal in the comments all these years but I’ve always looked forward to the next upload. Keep up the awesome content and cheers to future!

thanks for being here still sir; appreciate you as always.

Matt...Happy Anniversary. I found your channel around 4 years ago and you have not only taught me a lot about gear.....you have conveyed a sense of passion that helps to get me out of the house to shoot. I'm a retired broadcaster and we had an acronym in my part of the business (sports talk radio) we used in evaluating talent. And that was POKE: Passion, Opinion, Knowledge and ENTERTAINMENT. You posess all four of these aspects of what makes someone an effective communicator, who can build and keep an audience. I also live in a small city and while I worked in NYC for 35 years, I'm finding ways to shoot what is being presented to me. Eggleston said it best when talking to his wife about shooting in the south, "Everything is so ugly here," and she responded, "Then go shoot ugly!" As much as I'd love to be in NYC now that I"m retired and pursuing my passion, I am not......so I'lll just shoot "ugly". Thanks for keeping me going.

thank you for continuing to create, through the ups and downs. would love to support if you released merch again!

Been following you from the start, as I had just started my degree at that same time. Watching your videos helped me load the cameras I was renting from my university! It’s kinda crazy to think it’s been that long! You have done so much for the community by providing the content you have… And just following along with all the life happenings it’s strange but you can tell how much of yourself you pour into your content! I really wish you and the family all the best.

Congrats Bro 🫶🏻🖤 good job! I’m glad you are here.

Congrats, Matt! You are one of the bright stars in the KZfaq photography community because of your solid, consistent and down-to-earth demeanor. I wish you much success in the future. Thank you for your work.

Happy 10 years across the board! As a fellow midwesterner and new to youtube you're a big inspiration. Thank you Matt!

Congratulations on 10 years! I'm looking forward to however many more are yet to come.

Thank you for who you are. A Passionate artist FATHER. Huge respect from Tokyo.

Been here since the beginning, will be here til the end. Always appreciate your knowledge, talent and grounded nature.

I started my film photography journey mid 2015 and this was one of the first channels I found and immediately followed. And it's one of the very few of those channels from back then that I am still following and regularly watching, despite me having switched to digital a few years back. Thanks for staying true to who you are and not turning into a gear review for the sake of paid promotions channel like some others did over time!

Happy Anniversary - What a milestone!

Congratulations Matt, I really admire your transparency, honesty and humility. I hope you keep going for a lot longer.

Great video Matt! Long time watcher of your channel and it's always great! Should really comment more and give some encouragement to all the heart you put into your work.

Congrats on the huge milestone! Looking forward to seeing what your future holds and hopefully that's many more years of KZfaq.

i started to follow your channel back in the days you still had m6 and nikon d750. not from the start of your channel, but maybe year or so after. thank you for all this years and videos, Matt! it is amasing

Your videos have always been thoughtful and evocative. Always enjoyed watching.

Happy anniversary Matt and remember your wedding anniversary is far more important. Loved this format. Cheers.

Congratulations on the anniversary. A good moment to sit back and reflect - which is exactly what you did! 👍🏼 Life unfolds in ways we can’t imagine. A seemingly small choice somehow becomes life defining. This has obviously happened to you. My suggestion is to keep on the path, adjusting and modifying as you see fit, until you decide it’s done. All the best! I certainly hope for many more Matt Day videos (but that’s because I’m selfish 🤭).

Great 10 years! People can relate to genuine. That keeps me coming back, time and again..

Your videos help me through a chronic illness I picked up a few years ago, bringing a little meditative respite, so keep it up - I appreciate you! (I usually never use that now cliche phrase, but it's true!)

KZfaq is lucky to have you. Here's to 10 more years (at least!)🥳🍻🍾

I'm all here for this type of content, for what it's worth.

Matt Day channel is like a blue chip stock, “slow and steady “.

one of the real ones, congrats on 10 years brotha.

Ten years. Congratulations Matt, what an amazing decade!

Tyler is right man. I've met you several times and in person your personality is the same as what comes through on the channel. Congrats on 10 years man. I can't believe it's been that long.

Congrats on your milestone brother!

The work you make of your family and everyday life in the area you live has been the main inspiration on my work for the past few years, working on my second book at the moment. I hope you get to continue making the youtube videos, as they are always real and enjoyable for that reason. All the best from Scotland

WHAT GREAT 👍🏼 CONGRATULATIONS 🎈

Thanks Matt - you’re awesome. You’ve a very special set of talents that few others have. I’ve been around about 6 years and you’ve informed and inspired me. Not many folks can just look down a lens and speak from the heart in such an engaging way. Whatever’s next for you, you’ll do it your way. ✌️

Greetings from small town, Michigan, Matt. I certainly haven’t been around for the whole ten years, but my buddy put me on a few years back. I’ve watched (and rewatched) several of your OLD videos on developing and scanning film and they’ve been priceless. Thanks for all you’ve provided and I can’t wait to receive my Surveyor book soon. 👊🏼

It's my fifth year doing KZfaq and I haven't been nearly as consistent as you due to my health issues and the pandemic etc. My channel somehow veered off into a really odd direcion too, unplanned - I started out making mostly photography videos and make most of my money with music now 🙃 I have absolutely no idea how that happened, but it's really cool. It's so strange how this platform can turn your life upside down like that! And I hear ya on the odd comments. One guy recently counted how often I blink per minute - it's apparently a lot because I've been shooting on a Canon 700D this whole time and that means I need bright lights since it maxes out at ISO 400 before the 1080p image falls apart completely. Here's to another 10 years, mate! I've been watching your channel since the very beginning, always an inspiration. It's so nice how down to Earth you seem. All those fancy New York photographers with their fashion shoots aren't nearly as interesting as just watching you reflect on how to live a good life for half an hour 🤷‍♀

Matt: Best wishes for all things. And congratulations on the channel. The videos are appreciated and you're great.

it is now 4 years since I'm back to photography and your channel was one of the first that I subscribed to - never disappointed. keep it up. God bless you Matt

congratulations, I hope you just keep this going

I've followed your videos off and on over the last five or six years, Matt (which is pretty much how I consume KZfaq). This is the best one. Very thoughtful. Thanks.

Congrats Matt! Super stoked on what you do. I really appreciate the knowledge, inspiration and influence you’ve had on my photography and approach to how I do things. All the best for the future! 🤙🏼

Congrats on 10 years! I really appreciate the time we've spent and how it all came from deciding to upload. I look forward to what comes next. 💜

Congrats Matt! Great work. You’ve made an immeasurable contribution to the community

I don't really like "photography youtube" in 2024 - it's a whole world and I'm not interested in it. But - BUT - back in 2014ish, KZfaq was so helpful for finding info on random film cameras - troubleshooting problems, how to sync a flash etc. Yours stood out (maybe because I'd recently got a Hasselblad and needed reassurance on how I was loading it etc), and you were a skater and it was exactly the info I was after. Anyway thanks for that, congrats on 10 years!

Thanks for all the great work and entertainment. I've learned a great deal from you. Thanks again and God Bless.

10 years and going strong!! 🎉

Congrats Matt. You have really given me many hours of good entertainment and knowledge with your videos. Thank you very much.

Dude, your authenticity is the reason I decided I could start a YTC. Bravo bro.

Thank you for your amazing work Matt. When I thought about starting a YT channel, I thought it will go down the videography route. But somehow I enjoyed photography much more and you definitely inspired and make me feel good to build a small, simple channel which is more quiet compared to most fast pacing and shouting channels. Will continue to watch and support your channel!

Congrats! Weirdly enough I started shooting film and learning about photography around the same time that you started your channel. You've been a great resource throughout my photography journey and its been fun to see your channel grow. I developed my first roll of film while watching your home developing tutorial. Thanks for all your help and inspiration.

Thanks for everything you do Matt! You’re a wonderful dude and provide an authentic voice to the photography community, especially for us midwesterners in small places! 🙏

Congratulations! You have been an inspiration for years! 🎉

As someone who started out watching you pretty early on... drawn in by some of those early camera reviews... my honest take: I personally loved photography. I was born and raised still in a time where I learned FILM photography, not because it was hip, but because it was at the end of its (previous) life and my college had not really updated to "digital" yet. I found you and saw that you were a dude in the same place in life... my first child was born in 2013. Even though I have never met you, you were someone with a shared interest that was going through a similar place in life. So, of course I have "tuned in" for the reviews... but honestly, I have stuck around for the stories of your life... because I see my own "stories" there too. Stories of "life" is what lures me in... and I imagine it is for others too. It is hard to ask someone to be honest about their life... because that takes being vulnerable... but you have been. I can't speak to everyone, but long past your thoughts on the Pentax 67 (or otherwise,) I check back in to see "how the kids are doing... how are things going in your life." I'm a dude who had a lot of friends when I was younger (skate/punk rock) and now, not so much... just time to be a parent. So, maybe that speaks more about me... but, I like following you on this journey... because I am on my journey too. So, I just say THANK YOU to you for providing this outlet and for sharing about life... documenting... and cameras. Best to you and your family (and looking forward to your book arriving soon!)

Congrats on 10 years Matt! Thankful for all the videos over the years. Ive learned so much from your videos and Im looking forward to more :)

Nice work Matt, appreciate the transparency and genuine care you’ve put into the channel. I’ve just started a channel and the idea of growth and content production is a little daunting, but great to see people out there just being themselves and building genuine connections.

Congratulations. I have been blogging for 24 years now and know what an achievement it is! Keep keeping on, love what you do.

Authenticity, as always, is why I keep coming back to your videos :) Thank your for sharing. Great outfit btw Edit : Would love to support your work on patreon :)

Congrats on 10 years!!

I started out with a camera at a young age, my mom bought me a new Pentax K1000 kit with a 50mm, I still have it and have been a hobbyist since. A year or so ago I decided to try out Leica because I had gotten to a point financially where I could buy it cash and it not be a huge deal. I use KZfaq to research and did that to watch videos on various Leicas and of course your vids along with others started coming up regularly. Been enjoying the vids and interesting I had never known about zines until I started watching your vids also squarespace for me is something I did not know much about and may possibly start up my own site. Overall you have been a great resource of information!

10 years on and yes, I made it to the end. Hope you get another 10 years out of it too 👊

Congrats on 10 years. Been here since 2020 and appreciate you for what you do and share.

Congratulations Matt. I remember in 2014 watching the video about the M6. At that time, I was shooting with a Contax G1, sure enough, by late June I bought an M6 TTL. Looking forward to another 10 years.

Congratulations on a great achievement of 10 years of providing great interesting creative content. Hopefully you will continue for the next 10 years and beyond

Congrats on 10 years Matt, I hope you are able to do this as long as you want and it continues to be a rewarding experience!

Your videos have been so helpful

Keep doing it Matt i love your videos

Well done sir! And gratz! Matt, you're someone I'd hang out with. It would be fun to talk about photography, family, and life. I bet we could even have a blast on a photo wander. Keep it up, friend.

Happy Aniversary MATT !😊

happy for you!

You would think the channel would be bigger considering the impact I think Matt had in the community.

I’m glad you’ve got sponsorships … they’re appropriate for your content. And without them, it’s very likely this channel would disappear. I didn’t know about KEH before subscribing to your channel, and after learning more about KEH, I decided to order a used lens from them. At some point, I might order a film camera from them … probably twin lens reflex camera. Thanks for everything Matt!!!

That. Was. Awesome!! I came here to congratulate you on ten years, and tell you how much I’ve enjoyed “getting to know you”. But this video was one of your best. Plain and simple; it was awesome! Thank you Oh, and having been bald as a cueball for the past 40 years, it’s been fun seeing the ‘do of the day, and how much it’s varied. 🤪

Matt, I think people who follow you do so for your sincerity and authenticity. While the growth of the channel has been slow and steady, I find that to be a good thing; you never chased after clout or virality or any of the highly sought after vanity metrics in today's vapid social media climate. You're just this humble dude doing your humble thing and bringing us along for the ride and I think most of us long-time subscribers really appreciate that level of normalcy. The best part is that you're also this really talented photographer who posseses this pretty extensive knowledge around photography. Some years I've really taken a backseat to my own photography but I could always count on you and your videos for organic inspiration because I know you are a genuine guy, a normal guy, in some ways just like me maybe. Anyway, happy 10 years! Hope to see you still on here in another 10. All the best to you, man!

I like this format, just chatting. Maybe ad some guests in the future

Onward and upward!

Long time viewer, first time commenter. Can't say thank you enough for all of the content you've produced over the years. Bought my first two M bodies earlier this year, probably subconsciously due to your channel haha.

only love for you. My girlfriend and I talked about people that inspire the way we wanna live our lives, and after some thinking I said “there is this photography KZfaqr, …”

Matt, you built a community...not a following. Many comments on you videos have their own sub conversations between community members. You provide perspectives from another point of view for many of us when we are struggling with creative processing, burnout, direction, or even our own personal issues entrenched in our photography and art. We thank you for your service, smiles, struggles, and sense of friendship to not only your art, but to your family and this community. We truly feel like a "Friend of yours"...lol. see what i did there. Congrats buddy. need more like you in the space.

I think I may have been there when you got your first RB67. How long ago was that? Another option, besides sponsorship, is teaching. Some of your fellow KZfaqrs are running online workshops and so forth. I'm sure you could do it just as well as they have. In any event, happy anniversary times two.

The T shirt says it all, I don't envy people starting now either , but you have to do your own thing and forget about trying to grow it because the algorithms will fight you, I wouldn't rely on it fir an income these days. I started mine more than 10 yrs ago and then let it go for years . I have a very small micro corner of YT but I don't rely on it for money. Also you can't care too much about how the work looks because YT compress the images so they don't look absolutely perfect. It's just away to get the work out the front door , but that's it . Sponsorship is where the money is for sure , i think its funny how people think they will become a pro and sell their work to support them. Its just not how it works.

When is the 10 year party?!

Ahahah, 16:08 that's my recognition level goals 😱😁

Treat incoming!

Hey Matt, JSYK, KEH said that 'DAY' code expired on March 31, 2024.

I’ve been watching and enjoying your videos for quite some time. Congrats on reaching such a fantastic milestone, of course I’m referring to being known to Mia Khalifa…

Thanks to Tom Scott, every time I see one of these I panic. Happy tenth,

fire me up

Hey what about your interaction with Mia Khalifa... Could we know more😅😅...😜 Did she send texts on holidays too?...😜😜 Joke aside, I think I started watching your channel in 2016 and stopped in late 2022. I did not consider your channel as a gear review one but the switch happened. I always liked the fact that you were quite honest, sharing your feelings in an intelligent way and not using them to get more views. Now I am feeling that for nearly 2 years now things have changed. Anyway, I will drop you a more detailed email this weekend. Good luck.

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