Evan Ranft Hi Evan, I am in doubt with my skills in photography. Have nobody like professional to give me advice. Or to tell me honestly (wife is always honest) what they think about photos. While pro and normal people are not the same. I don't ask nothing but one thing. To take 1 minute to see on my Instagram profile is it worth it to carry on. You can answer here if you want. That is all what I ask. Thanks. Enjoying watching your videos about photography. rene.rovisan.photography Greetings from Germany!

@@Rene-cm6go don't give up man you have beautiful photos in your IG

@@muzkaii thank you very much. Every opinion is very important to me. Give me strength to carry on.

u explained in 6 min ... that's special

thanks for the video brother loved it

Yeah same. But I guess when you don't take yourself too seriously and you don't get too negative about it you end up having more fun. Like my photos are too shit to even be worth consideration of a watermark, but they're still MY photos. It's what I like taking pictures of, it's of my taste, etc.

i vibed too hard to this

@@JacksterDude12 it became embarrasing to put a watermark and rather not let people know who took it

I don't even know what to put if I watermarked my pics lol

Watermarked photos make me cringe

Same! If you guys are ever in Georgia hit me up; I’ll send y’all some cool places for photos. For one; Brasstown bald. It’s our highest peak and free to explore with a rad observatory. The night shots my friends and I have gotten blew me A W A Y.

Same here, I've been interested in film but my wallet is saying "no" right now

I am there also. I love using a film camera and developing my own work.

I tend to use my film cameras to apply the techniques I've been practicing on my mirrorless. I really put in the effort to apply them since it's so much more of an investment. It helps to have cameras of varying complexity and age too, sometimes technology and features get in the way.

hE 01 I agree on the features becoming a distraction. When I got my first mirrorless, it took me weeks to get comfortable with the menus and dials. Once I did, I really didn’t want to pick up my dslr for anything other than studio photoshoots

loool that is exactly me right now hahaha😅😂😂👌🏼

Yeah thats the thing about being an artist, you can be 5 years in and you'll still go through that phase. i Just got off that phase right now lol.

I’m in this stage since 2002. 🧐

dont worry about it, just keep shooting ;D

Freaking Ride yeah exactly. The phase sucks but it doesn’t mean you should quit. If you keep going and continue shooting you’re only going to get better.

Omg same!

Same here 😅

Story of my life.

Yessir same

Me too. Damn stage 5

😂😂😂

same

Watermarks are both ugly and useless. They can be cropped out if near the bottom edge, or removed in Photoshop. I want people to steal, sell and use my photos. It means I am doing something right with my photos!

@@barrycohen311 The problem, of course, is that they are paying someone else for your stuff instead of you. Flattering as it might be, but it is still theft of your property. I wouldn't know what to do. Movie studios spend who knows how many millions trying to prevent their movies being stolen and even that doesn't stop it.

@@barrycohen311 Barry Cohen wrote, “Watermarks are both ugly and useless.” *Watermarks are useful in reinforcing photographers authorships and copyright ownership claims* . They can provide photographers with money damages via DMCA violations (see 17 USC §§ 1202-1203). *The people who hate seeing watermarks affixed to images are other photographers - I’ve yet to license or sell any images to a competing photographer* . An affixed watermark logo can be small and transparent and cool-looking; it just needs to be readable. Watermark logos, copyright attribution, robust metadata, image jpeg titles, licensing information, and other “Copyright Management Information” (CMI) are NOT useless; they can help keep your images from being orphaned, especially if the copyright owner of the photograph is not showing up through an reverse-image search. *IMPORTANTLY: Infringers who knowingly remove, cover up, or change CMI to hide their copyright infringement or induce others to infringe can be liable from $2,500 to $25,000 plus photographer’s attorney fees and legal costs (at the court’s discretion)* . A timely registered copyright is not required to pursue CMI violators: www.photoattorney.com/?s=watermarks AND www.photolaw.net/did-someone-remove-the-copyright-notice-from-your-photograph.html CMI is especially important if you choose not to timely register your copyrights with the US Copyright Office. Watch just the first 20-seconds of Joshua Kaufman (Washington, DC copyright attorney litigator) video to understand why freelance photographers really need to timely register their photo copyrights: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mah_fs6j0cu9Y40.html If you didn’t include your watermark or other CMI, and the infringer didn’t realize your photograph was copyright-protected, your copyright infringement damages may be as low as $200/image (i.e., not worth litigating in federal court). Watermarks/CMI really count -- ask a copyright litigator!

...ahhh... I missed it... Dang... (Fomo setting in...)

A new way to create engagement? :-)

Must be one of them phases...

I can 100% relate to that! :-D

never ending phase

That’s the phase I’m going through now lol. Hopefully with this better gear, it will motivate me to take more photos

Yo thanks for watching and commenting! You might be right about the pressure thing, it’s weird how stuff usually works better when you care less 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@@RanftEvan It is. 100% Check out Trying not to try by Edward Slingerland. Or Tao te ching for that matter :) Good video!

So relatable 😂😂

😂

I’m guessing this was the typo that was made? Lol

@@bluaurora8635 It looks like it hasn't yet been noticed 🤣

Love it!

Actually quite true... I had a 4 year break and when i got back into it suddenly everything was light and composition xD

Thank you for watching and commenting some insight!! 🙏🙏

dont worry about it, just keep shooting :D

now this...is something i relate with

hahaha

Re damn tweet

Yo Pierre !

For realsys. Going to town on the clarity slider and raising the blacks too much

That's where most non photographers still are. Sometimes I send clients their photos and I see them on their page with sooo!! much contrast and I really cringe at them. Like, if you were to put your ugly ass filter over my photos anyways why bother booking me

hypekickerzog I think that’s why my photographer has a rule you can’t filter or edit any of her images 😂 she posts meme on her insta about “bad clients” who do that

Yessss!!!! 😄😄😄😄😄

Lol I’m so glad I checked!

Oh and I never fell for the Lr preset hype either. That has allowed me to learn a lot more and save lots of money! 😂

Wow thank you for the compliment 🙏

One of my favorite things about making pictures!

Ha, yes! I didn't go through a photo WM phase because I got it out of my system a few years ago while sharing Illustrator art. It's like people worried about Big Brother spying on them. My life isn't interesting enough for anyone to spy on 😂

Haha same!

Its funny when Instagram started I had a dslr but was insistent on using the phone.. not sure why! thanks for watching and commenting!

It's also for experience and connections. At least for me, I found some photo friends who I can bounce ideas off of and ask for critiques or help if needed (years after graduating). I met other very talented artists, too. College had a darkroom and we developed our film and made prints. Did a lot with digital and editing, too. I learned a lot while there. No, I didn't learn everything about photography because technology changes all the time. No one is ever done learning because there's always something new. But your experience at a university is a stepping stone. You'll get better if you keep practicing and you already are by completing those tasks. Keep going! You got this!