Secret project is out, my travel diary "Changing Light" (physical or digital copies) is up for pre-order here's the link: www.tatianahopper.co.uk/store I would like to thank everyone for your support and special thank you to all the members of the channel for their kind words! 🤍

@mid90s75

7 ай бұрын

Congratulations! You deserve it!

@user-iz2ph1lp9g

7 ай бұрын

wow congratulations my dear!

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! @@mid90s75

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

@@user-iz2ph1lp9g Thank you!

The looking through a cut-out technique-- it is a genius idea. When I started "getting serious" I set myself a task: to sit down, sit anywhere, and look around and find good shots to make. After years of doing some of that, several of my favorite photos are from those sessions.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

I used to do that too and then the example I gave to walk and try to look for pictures! Thank you for sharing that

All of that is completely true. It makes me remember that probably the most touching photo I ever took, I made with one of those cell phones with a little keyboard. What a day it is for people to enjoy making photos and art: no film to buy, no prints to order, we can delete, alter, and re-try and re-experiment at no expense, and on KZread learn from so many experienced, knowledgeable people such as yourself. There is no other hobby like it.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Great comment! Thank you for watching and leaving your thoughts 🙏🏻

Really good advice. On occasions when I go out and don't have my camera, I try to observe my surroundings. Eventually I get to spot moments that I think would make a great shot, even if I don't have a camera to take that shot. Also when I do have my camera I think its very useful to just keep taking pictures, keep experimenting with ideas. If I come home and I don't really like any of the photographs, there is still always something to learn from it. I find seeing what doesn't make a great photo is as valuable as seeing what does make a great photo in the learning process.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Really good point you made! I agree completely that seeing what doesn’t make a good picture can gives us insight into how composition works etc. thanks for watching and commenting!

I love observing someone drinking a cup of coffee, attitude, movement, how people look at their cup and so on. So I agree totally with your video. Great photographers are nostalgic, melancolic, sensitive and sometimes funny.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Exactly! You have to have some degree of sensitivity to be able to engage and see a picture opportunity in the real world I think. Although same goes for other arts I would say!

Great advice Tatiana, I remember having a set of the old Time-Life photography books back in the 1970's and 80's that someone gave me (wish I still had them), I studied and learned a lot from those as well as watching and observing films on the big screen that helped me to learn about framing and lighting. 📷😎

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Great insight Rich, I also learned a whole lot from watching movies! I curiously enough have a video coming up on a particular photographer whose work you might’ve seen along those time - life magazines of the 80s maybe 90s :)

@richardrizzo_photography

7 ай бұрын

Looking forward to that one. 🙂@@TatianaHopper

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

@@richardrizzo_photography Should be out by Monday / Tuesday Rich!

Last night as I was falling asleep, I was looking at Ernst Hass photos, which lead me to his Wikipedia page and to the realization that in less than 19 years he went from a novice to the head of Magnum photos. So, you can imagine my surprise at the thumbnail and subject of this video. Thank You Tatiana.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

That’s great, yeah I used his image there he is incredibly talented and an example to follow in terms of working ethics I think, thank you for watching!

Outstanding video! Observation….. difficult in that in our world we are inundated with stimuli and can miss so much. I am speaking of myself. I need to slow down. Put my phone away and learn to see more, and not to just look. There is so much to see, so much to observe, so much opportunity to capture and document. This video really hit home for me. Thank you! And congratulations on your book!

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Joe! Yes I think it’s super important to just put our phones away and appreciate our surroundings. Thank you for your kind words, wishing you the best!

Loads to think about in this video I definitely want to say no one really gives credit to emotional intelligence enough so I want to say I really appreciate you touching on that! God Bless!

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Yeah that's right I just personally think its super important!

This is so helpful. The well presented and explained ideas keep me excited about photography.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching Ted! 🙏🏻

Another brilliant post. Hung off so much, resonates so much with me. I work a couple of days a week in a large city CBD and often walk around alleyways and really look and look, especially up. I spot things constantly that no one else sees.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

That’s a great example right there I’m glad you do that, thanks so much for watching!

You have a great and unique channel. I am glad I found it and thanks for all the great videos.

@TatianaHopper

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏🏻

I used to carry a slide frame for 35mm film in my pocket. Easy to check composition and framing (and "zooming") by looking through that frame. Helped a lot.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Oh thanks for sharing that sounds very helpful. I'm sure useful for many people too. Thanks for watching!

Strangely enough, you just described my own process of learning photography by first studying semiotics, visual representation, and elements of cinema. For Masters and PhD, those subject, along with history & sociology, were the focus of my curriculum. BYW, I did not plan to take up photography and actually started taking pictures (for the third time) right after I finished my studies and my brief time teaching film, gender, & African-American Studies and how visual representation played a part in shaping the ways we perceive the world. All the above helped me refine my talent for visual analysis, which I then started applying to my photography. The first 2 times I tried photography I simply thought I could pick up an SLR and take "great pictures," but once I had my academic foundation, my third attempt at photography was grounded in a love of visual arts and of learning more and more about them. So, yeah, great video.

Oh my. What a fantastic channel you have - how has the algorithm not recommended you to me until now? I'm looking to improve my photography but so much focuses on gear. Your channel is fantastic!

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate it well there’s a lot of videos here to discover where I talk about learning photography from others - books, movies, photographers. Without having to necessarily do camera work or reviews per say.

Excellent video … ta very much. Completely agree that camera or not … it’s a great idea to really observe our surroundings and picture, if only in our minds eye, compositions. Since I almost always have my iPhone, I at least get a snap which can be used for future reference. Well done! 📷😀

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Agreed, I do that a lot actually I take what I call photo references and keep it on my phone, its a great way to remember a location too!

Blessings to you Tatiana and to your wonderful family and film community for the upcoming Festive Season.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much wishing you the same!

Great video, as always! And congratulations on the new book!

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words!

Great video, ma’am! Really enjoyed this one!!!!

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Nino, I appreciate your feedback! 🙏🏻

Nailed it again ❤

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🤍

Your videos are great! ❤

@TatianaHopper

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

That's very interesting thanks.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video!

@TatianaHopper

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Danke!

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Mathias!

@fototryhard

7 ай бұрын

As always, I have to thank you for your fantastic work❤

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

@@fototryhardI appreciate your kind words and your gesture 🤍

An interesting #philosophy and idea proposed here. At first glance, I thought you meant studying #artwork at a museum or gallery. Perhaps take up drawing or painting in learning how to see the world in a different way. I don't mean becoming a painter like Caravaggio or Jan van Eyck overnight, but trying to sketch with pencils can help someone see things differently.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

I think that’s a good example I never tried it because I’m not very good at drawing but I can see how it can be helpful!

good video

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I got a A in a special topics:Photography class in grad school shooting a photo series on an iPhone 6. My classmates thought I had shot film. I think a lot of people get beholden to this romantic idea that certain cameras are better because their influences used them. The camera has nothing to do with it, it’s just a tool. It’s like saying Monet’s art came from his brushes.

@bunkiejohnson

7 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

🎉

@AnotherLisa

7 ай бұрын

I started off with my i pod 5th generation then went on to i phone6s I got amazing images from them both

It is a good idea to go out without your camera and just look everywhere to see what would look good as a picture.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

I’m glad you agree, thank you so much for watching I appreciate it 🙏🏻

Not sure what happened but your audio and video is in fast forward. I think 2x speed.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

If this happens to anyone else just refresh the page! :)

@lopezr7

7 ай бұрын

KZread’s new update allows you to fast forward when you touch and hold the screen. It happens to me often. Careful with your fingers when watching and problem should stop 😊

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

That's right happened to me too a couple of times @@lopezr7

@Xisbrezatsgzormd

7 ай бұрын

@@TatianaHopperfor me this video suddenly was in x1.5. I think that was the reason and a person above didn’t notice that

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

@@Xisbrezatsgzormd yeah I think so! But it’s okay I’m sure it was all sorted :)

The mental health authorities in San Diego are just waiting for someone to impersonate a photographer. Always bring your camera.

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Damn.

@Gravitys-NOT-a-force

7 ай бұрын

@@TatianaHopper , you could probably think of an excuse quickly enough, e.g. "No, Sir, I'm just practicing 'taking photos.' This is NOT a real camera, Sir, it's just a piecer of cardboard with a rectangular hole!" Me, however, they've already closed and locked the door before a pithy explanation comes to mind.

Do you mean "here's why you don't need a camera"?

@TatianaHopper

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing it out yes!