Lovely video. I don't know if the lines are original to Leonard Cohen or not, but in the song "Anthem" he wrote "There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in."

I am actually blown away, these are so so good

the A.I. catapults all this into prehistory

Nice episode like you use to present them. What I like is that you are truthful about your feelings while digging for your projects. After all, we are also experimenting challenges and small victories in our photographic journey. Keep on going, keep your channel alive!

“Use what you’re shooting for”. Stellar advice!

His shots are incredible honestly

I love the shot of the car and pole, if anything it’s the light that makes it, and thankfully there are more than enough clouds in the sky not to make it washed out at all. Great shot

should do wisconsin

I really like this post for tons of reasons. And I have to say that I really love the music you used, also. Your photo really was cool after you cropped it, too.

I prefer the second car photo mainly because the angle and perspective

Nice photos !👍👍

those two car photos look great! love your work dude. i personally love shooting mid day and it’s neat to watch you dabble. you did right 🤝

Hey Bryan, nice series. that water tower photo really speaks to me. What podcast were you playing around the middle of the video with william wylie?

Is this your grandmother?

Ay bro - I think you’re being a little too harsh on the Midwest. We are a more diverse region - culturally and geographically - than people give us credit for. I’m up in Northern WI and my photography explores the maritime culture on Lake Michigan and the rocky outcrops of the Niagara escarpment. The scenery up here isn’t a world apart from where you are in Missouri and Illinois but it’s different enough that whenever I venture down to see family in St Louis or Quincy Illinois - the photos I’m taking are refreshingly similar to what I’m used to - but different and exciting at the same time - that it refreshes my eyes and helps me see the ‘same’ but better. Anyways not saying this is the way you need to go artistically, but I do think the ‘Midwest’ is a complex and deep enough composite of many different things and not at all the monotonous location some make it out to be.

i've been doing similar little trips just a bit more north of ya in iowa, trying to embrace the harsh light and i've grown to really like it. this stuff is so inspiring for me. keep it up!

I love your approach to your work and your encouragement to shoot. You mentioned wanting the earlier shot of the car and Paris water tower in focus,which you seemed to have done quite well. Are you familiar with the Scheimpflug effect, or principle? J use a thought. Keep up the good work.

Where can I buy a book of his work?

Watching this video after what you put together for your photo review experience. I’m really glad that you’re finding your footing and accomplishing the goals that you talk about here. Keep going Bryan, you’ve got a fan for life within me 🫡 (really enjoyed the blooper reel at the end too)

So many good points here Bryan. Love the work. Harsh light is the light I most often end up in because of the life I'm living at the moment. I often think about going to the US to make work but I always think I would end up as a victim in the Netflix true doc ;) These places have sort of becoming a stereotype of dangerous parts of rural America, where everyone has a gun and ain't afraid to use it!

Love these videos. I appreciate you sharing your thought process behind your images.

Really loving this series, thank you Bryan.

Beautiful. Just beautiful

To your last piece of advice, a quote from John Waters' photography art world homage, Pecker… Shelley: "Don't become an asshole, Pecker. I beg of you do not become an asshole." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zq6FmLSXpsqVlWw.htmlsi=xT_Zq1mtKWahirWz

The photo with the crashed car by the pole is fantastic. Personally, I like photos that are taken during harsher light (if the subject is somewhat interesting of course), because for me, they tend to look more „realistic“. Golden or blue hour is great, but it sometimes tends to look too artsy. For documentary work like this, I think harsh light, or cloudy days, are best, because that is how we also see the world most of the time. We don‘t wait for the sun to set to see the crashed car. We see it as it is, during the day, that moment when we passed by. Idk if that makes any sense, but anyway, I really like this series of yours. Keep it up!

Your pictures show that there's no such thing as bad light. Nice work.

I agree with your perspective on making portraits with respect. The portrait at 8:47 is outstanding. I always say that I only want to make photos of people that I’d be happy to show them.

I never hit the like, button. But I smashed it this time! 😂👌

Consider the like button SMASHED

Great work Bryan! Now I'll watch it again.

Smash!

Birksy getting swoll.

In 23 years of landscape photography I can definitely say that morning and late afternoon late are the best times to making photographs. When shooting in the day time you have to chose subjects that are in keeping with the light available. In this respect there is no such thing as bad light. Photography after all is about painting with light, we have to choose wisely when and what we photograph.

Just subscribed to your Patreon channel Bryan, really want to support your work. Going to save up to buy one of your prints too :)

Perfect choice of music to open with

TWO IN ONE WEEK! Pinch me.

Absolutely love these Brian! I always look forward to your work and this was a great way to spend my Friday night. I loved the sentiment about just taking the shot too!

Honestly, I think for this kind of subject matter harsh light works really well.

Awesome images brother

Great video and images. I love getting lost with my camera. I recently had some spare time near the River Mersey by Liverpool and used Google Maps to just check shoreline access and places that looked different from the generic river edge footpath, but made sure not to use street view and find it as I found it. Ended up discovering a derelict pier and historic slipway with views of Liverpool. Next spot I did the same at the river entrance (mainly looking for parking) and found...a lighthouse. The hunt sometimes feels better than the end result photos.

Please don't stop

You had me at Sternfeld

WONDERFUL!!!

Like button smashed. I really enjoy your videos, taking time to explain your process and thinking… top tier sir. Top tier.

Smashed

So you’re right, I was looking at the gfx b&w shots thinking these are cool and then towards the end the 4x5 just elevates it. It’s got me excited to use mine, I just got some grant money for film and even treated myself to some portra 400 in 4x5 so I’m excited to use that.

Happily smashing that like, keep it up!

Very good video (series)! I'm doing something similar here in the north of Sweden this summer and your videos are very inspirational! Only problem is, i'm longing to head over to the US more and more to do some photogprahy 😆