Peter, another one of your videos that is spot-on. Sometimes we have to get out of our comfort zone, in order to feel really comfortable.... with ourselves.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, and so well said.

Watching this is really not about you. It's about each one of ourselves. Thank you

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Rodrigo. And you’re right. 👍

I first saw your lenses rating video and immediately followed you because it was something different and calm about your video, and then discovered a channel full of value. I am passionate about photography and even tho i don't own any gear yet, i like the reviews especially yours because of your casual style. I am glad to see you post on different topics, especially cars and nature, but most I apreciate your life advices in general, these are very useful for us the younger generations.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

That’s so nice to hear, Daniel, and very generous of you to write about it. It’s only 6:30 am, here, and you’ve already made my day! 👍

Spot on Peter :)😊

4 me, these topics are cars and guitars. Thanks for making it clear to me, again!

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Go, Andreas!

You’re my favorite KZread channel just wanted to say thank you 🎉 I was brought in by the Boxster videos originally but have just loved all of it!

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Milan - that's very nice of you.

Cars and landscapes - I’m in! We are quite similar in the things we like. I just lack your talent but you motivate me to keep trying.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Lol. Thanks, Doc!

Thank you Peter. Who says sitting on a sofa with a coffee and a chocolate bar watching youtube everything is a complete waste of time. Ive got no money but sick of muddling by in Averageland where ive resided for 'sensible careful zero confidence reasons.' I found myself watching Boxster and Jag XF videos ( Yes im a Brit) and Ai decided to throw one of your Boxster not 911 vids at me. Thank you for sharing and making a car video actually a very stoic psycological boost video. I like phitography and cars and nature but ive always had dull,boring low paid jobs. I want to be a writer one day and i think even though cars arent essential in many areas or are a needed luxury as in travel and getting about,going for your dream car but being sensible,you showed you did sacrifice but what could be let go off. If the car helps you get all your horses galloping inline then why not. Thanks again Peter. Up the Auzzies. You say things as they are. Less fussing about. Australians are a very real people,hardworking and bloody funny. Grown up with pals like Paul Hogan,Clives James etc etc so ill add you to the list. Well done mate. I dont give a flying kick about the iphone 15 for all the sensible reasons,as in tech for the sake of it that most owners wouldnt even know how to use aka cameras,but now ive learnt as you say not to care so much about others opinions. Ironically watching your video and being almost realistic about the Jag( no family) or the Porsche ( money?) Im now looking up snazzy MX-5s! Ill start tavthe beginning of fun then drive through the .arvelous stuff. All the best brother. A new subscriber. PS I did finally get a reasonable DSLR for my hobby of aircraft and airshows. Now i just need a quirky sportster to put it in. 😊😊

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

8 ай бұрын

Great to hear from you twice in one cup of tea (it’s Saturday morning, here). You’ve said too many kind things here for me to even begin responding, but if I remind you a little of Paul Hogan, we’ll, that makes my whole day. Funny you should mention aircraft photography. I just went out twice in the last two days to do that for the first time, and I loved it! I can see the appeal, for sure. As for cars, yes, if you don’t go straight to Porsche - like you mentioned in your other comment - go MX5. Provided you fit in them, they’re brilliant!

Love these videos Peter, please keep doing them. Its a message I need to learn. Currently other bad people are targeting me, and its teaching me not to care what others think. People who have nothing better to do than gossip about others are not worth the energy.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

9 ай бұрын

Thanks, mate. I feel you. Lots of that nonsense everywhere.

I do exactly the same. I ride my bikes to beautiful locations and take pictures of them and post online. I am not much of a photographer. It is a hobby to support other hobbies. Bikes are my passion.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

8 ай бұрын

Yep - photography is a wonderful amplifier to just about any passion. 👍

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant, Peter! Cheers!

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jody! Sorry I haven’t stopped by for a while. I’ve been sooo busy.

This will be the best thing i see all day - thankyou..

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jon!

Very well said.

Fantastic video Peter! Here are some of my favorite quotes: “If no one cared what you did would you do things differently or would you do different things and if you were incapable of worrying what others thought of you would you wake up tomorrow and all the same decisions?” “What you think of me, is none of my business” “No matter what I do, The people that matter, don’t mind. The people that mind, don’t matter.” How did you find out what you loved ("spring out of bed at 5am")? As inspired from the video as I am, I'm not sure I can think of anything. And if there has been things, I haven't been able to persist at for very long.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

4 ай бұрын

That’s so generous - thank you. And that’s a great question. I think many of the clues (like so much of life) lay in our childhood. We tend to dismiss what captured our interest as kids; forgetting that in essence, we’re the same people inside when we’re 30, 50, even 80. My interest in drawing, writing, taking photos, and making things all developed in my teen years, and my love of cars and motorcycles began even earlier. So these days, what gets me out of bed early is the desire to create (ideas, images and videos), and mix with interesting people like yourself. 👍

Thank you for this VDO. Something that has been going around in my head for a while.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, Pok.

Hi Peter, I saw couple of your videos and even though I'm 32 yo, I've been through partially these things you mentioned, so I'm in the middle of getting everything done. I like that your channel is really personal and honest, I like the topics you introduced here. I came here because I searched for car photography tips and tricks and ended up with watching your videos and thoughts one after another. Glad that you're on the path, and thanks for sharing all these things, I bet sometimes this is not easy. All the best!

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

5 ай бұрын

That’s very generous of you, Richard - thank you. BTW, I love your profile image.

It's extraordinary that this happened along my feed (as I was looking at videos about Porsche 981 Boxsters) as much of this speaks so perfectly to the course my life has taken (and continues to take.) I worked in the entertainment industry in LA (scripted film & TV to be specific) from age 22-45, essentially my entire adult professional life, until leaving it. I'd done reasonably well in one field (far better than the vast majority of the hoards that arrive in LA with dreams of working in Hollywood, as I never needed any other source of income) but, like so many working in showbiz, it wasn't the particular field I WANTED to work in, and knew it all along. I considered it my waiting tables gig and never fully committed to it, certain I'd get the other thing going. Well, as often happens there, it never happened and I utterly flamed out. Tired by the crazy and toxic world of Hollywood (little did I realize it's, of course, just a heightened microcosm of an often crazy and toxic world in general) and also wanting proximate distance from a devastating personal relationship heartbreak, I walked away and moved across the country, turning a hobby/avocation into a second career. Not unlike the cliche of a Manhattan couple who quit their professional careers to follow their dream of always wanting a coffee joint, bistro, etc. who soon find themselves slaving away at mostly menial tasks for less than minimum wage, I realized this gig was a lot less enjoyable as a job than hobby. And that I'd taken for granted the $200K salary, sense of respect and accomplishment, etc. of the field 'I never wanted'. Then, through the spouse of a client, I became involved in a tech startup, which was some of the most intellectually rewarding work I'd ever done, and which also had the possibility of a very meaningful exit. But it all unraveled. Now, at 55, I find myself looking back at something of a lost decade for me, as well (the pandemic years, specifically the policy responses to it--a distinction with a difference--didn't help either.) I'm starting to genuinely worry for the future, and I feel like, without the glamorous (at least to those on the outside) successful 'Hollywood person' identity and also now something of a floundering who-knows-what, that nobody has any reason to value me, thinks of me as a failure, etc. I have a deep and diverse skill set based solidly in both creative and commerce, still feel (and thankfully--for now--look) easily a decade younger, but I'm paralyzed I find it impossible to start anything new because--you guessed it--I'm terrified by what others will think...how will it be perceived. 'Is he kidding, starting a multi-platform content enterprise at 55?? Is this guy delusional or what? What a fool!' etc. etc. I know intellectually how silly that it, but emotionally I'm finding it incredibly difficult to thaw the block of ice that is my occupational and indeed life deep freeze. This piece was a great reminder of the folly of allowing these voices, totally imaginary--ghosts, really--from holding us back. Thank you, KZread algo! And thank you Peter. I try to keep in mind a quote from the goofy-but-happy twin brother Nic Cage character in 'Adaptation'...'life is what I love, not who loves me...I decided that a long time ago.' Nice piece of writing, that. Cheers.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

9 ай бұрын

This is a profoundly generous and candid insight into the ghosts we all seek to please, pacify, or impress. Thank you so much for sharing it, and for doing it with such eloquence and class. That last line is worth plastering on the bedroom mirror. And remember, there are no gold stars at the end; no trumpets, and no monuments named in your honour. Live while you’re alive. It’s the least you can do.

Thank you so much for that inspiration and for asking "who are you - really?". Very deep and like your energy a lot. Cheers from Germany! Also, Lovely Porsche! Hope 4 new videos soon!

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Ah, thanks for this, Andreas. I really appreciate it.

Always enjoy you philosophical pieces Peter and can as an introvert relate to much of what you say. Although having a similar marital background it was loosing my best mate and photo buddy of 40 years in a car crash (his fault) that really sent me down a different path mentally. Recently a friend loaned me a book titled “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life” the major takeaway for me was “how to not give a fk but not be an arsehole” . Or let the trivia go because in the grand scheme of things it’s unimportant but in doing so don’t be a prick. Like you I started taking photos at 12 with a Minolta HiMatic 7s and as a hobby it and film/video have been my central rock in a swirling but ultimately interesting number of relationships, jobs and home bases.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Wow - that’s quite the history, Chris. The first camera I ever listed after was the Minolta X700. I poured over the brochure for more than a year. In the end, the first camera I bought with my own money was the Ricoh XR-P. I still have it. I love that book, BTW. I bought 10 copies and gave them to family and friends. Even my mum loved it! Take care, Chris.

@jameshamilton533

3 ай бұрын

Mate, you should check out his youtube channel if you liked his book.

@Chris-NZ

3 ай бұрын

@@jameshamilton533 will do 😀

Not sure why this appeared in my feed but I'm glad it did. Really inspiring message, that made the reflection of my day. I guess I'm still searching for who I really am. Thanks for this.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Miguel - I really appreciate that. Most of us spend our lives seeking the answer. The key is to remain happy and curious throughout that journey.

Well, I can't argue with you. I would love to hear from someone expressing the flip-side of that philosophy. Thanks for the video.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Anthony.

Love it 🙌

Tremendously inspiring, thank you.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, mate. That really means a lot! 👊

I've enjoyed videos you posted immensely. It's really obvious that you're creating them with a lot of passion. And a lot of thoughts you have shared truly resonate with me. Subscribed, looking forward to new adventures

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Nikola - that means a lot to me.

God bless you! You are wonderful calming personality. So much relatability in every video

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Shivang. That’s such a nice compliment.

Peter, you're an inspiration. What you produce is class and what you share is of value to anyone who is ready, open and able to receive it. I remember that quote from years back and it makes all the difference to how one lives life and how we look at ourselves and those we surround ourselves with. As for the question, "If nobody actually cared about what I did, would I do things differently?", that really is food for thought 🙂 Thanks for sharing.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

10 ай бұрын

That’s very generous - thank you!

100% sticking around.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Sam.

I enjoyed this video Peter! Makes me contemplate what's next in my life!

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

7 ай бұрын

Oh, fancy seeing you here! Thanks, Rebecca. xo

It’s an interesting mix and brew you have going here ……to your question - a listener .

It's me again, I'm binge watching your stuff. Best recent find. I really like that you speak about a lot of things and drop nuggets of wisdom too. It's not just one subject and that's what I really like about your channel. It inspires me. I might actually (again) give my channel a go.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

9 ай бұрын

Thanks again, Arthur - I appreciate your generosity. It’s hard work, but thoroughly enjoyable. Do it. 👍🙂

I have a 2014 Boxster S, agree with everything you have said. Had a 997 Targa but the Boxster is all that and more

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by, Mark. I appreciate your insight.

I like this so much! thank you

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

8 ай бұрын

Thanks. 🙂

Your videos never disappoint! Follow your passion, my friend! Although I don't share your car passion, I'll deal with it, as long as you're driving to great locations 😂

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Haha! Thanks, Michael. I’m still gonna shoot landscapes, but sometimes they may include a car. You’ve had my back since the start, which I appreciate. 👍

@ScottymanPhoto

11 ай бұрын

@@PETERFRITZPHOTO It's always been a pleasure, my friend!

Hello Peter, great video with some deep thoughts!!! Greetings from Germany! Kind regards fellow 981 fan :)

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jakub! 🇩🇪👍

great video! love the thoughts it invokes.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

7 ай бұрын

Thank you.

That is the best video I have ever seen.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Juan!

Great video once again mate, thanks for sharing your experiences. Love those magazine shots, top work!👍👏👏 Hope you & your family are having an amazing week! Cheers

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, old boy. Been super busy with ‘normal’ work, lately. Hanging to get back out there and take some bloody photos!! 😄 Hope you’re well, mate.

I really enjoyed this video Peter! It also made me think a great deal about myself, dreams and where I'm heading right now. At 58 I've also realised that I'm well into the second half of life, without knowing if there's any extra time added or not..so how to enjoy what's left as much as possible because as you say...death is long. One thing I know for sure and it was the reason I started watching your videos, a Boxster is on top of that shortlist and really the only expensive treat I want for myself as I enjoy driving sports cars more than anything.....if all goes as planned the boat will be sold next spring and I will be enjoying the wind in my hair in a Boxster all summer :) Cheers!

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jeremy. I guarantee, you will NOT regret the Boxster. I’ve driven 100’s of cars, and this is right near the very top of the heap. 👍

Subscribed. Very refreshing. 👍

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Steve - I really appreciate that.

Excellent philosophy! (and such great taste in cars) So sorry you're half a world away. Would love to meet you for a beer some day. Greetings and encouragement from another fellow traveler perched on the edge of another ocean (the Atlantic) in another half of the world (Gloucester MA). .... Rich

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

9 ай бұрын

Thanks, Richard. If you’re ever in the neighbourhood…

Gday Peter just another really inspirational video! It’s crazy how some of the things you talk about mirror some of my experiences! Looking at some of your videos and they are really good mate! Also, I was a trainer and motivator for the automotive business working for a major car manufacturer so I can definitely relate to your passions! Good stuff!

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, Frank. Am I right in saying you’re an Aussie living in Texas?

@NorthHoustonCityLimits

Ай бұрын

@@PETERFRITZPHOTO yes sir! Originally from Merrylands in Sydney and now in Houston Texas ! Long story but love it! Cheers mate hav a good weekend !

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

Ай бұрын

@@NorthHoustonCityLimits You, too! 👍

What a beautiful thing getting older is, if we get the chance? It was lovely hearing the thoughts of a young man who has obviously grown with his now vast experiences of his life. What an enjoyable video, not that what I think is any of your business 😆 Thank you 👍🏼

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

9 ай бұрын

Perfect said. Thanks, Brian. 👍

I wonder, have you tried the photo mode on the gran Turismo games? The one on GT 7 is particularly good. The start of this vid looked like Arthurs Seat? I always smile when i see a recommended corner speed of 25 or lower ;) Megane RS 250 driver here

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

10 ай бұрын

No, I haven’t. And yep, that’s Arthurs Seat alright!

The essence of Stoicism.

Cracking video Peter with a lot of truths. I have so many thoughts about this but it's not easy for me to put them into some order that makes sense. Perhaps I'll just write them down. Anyway mate, keep up the good work. All the best. PS, I gave a RF100 to 500mm a run on some landscape photography and it did a ripper job. 👍

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

On ya, Brian. Yep, the 100-500 is a cracker. Thanks for dropping by, and for the support.

Love your videos, I’ve always worried what other people think, I don’t know why but I have. I really want a cayman 981 gts or a 718 gts, I won’t give up on my dream

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Don't give up on it, Ian. All we have is now, and there are no gold stars at the end - only eternal blackness. Live while you're alive. 👍 And thank you, mate.

Greetings from ukrainian who temporarily leaving in Thailand. Your reasoning is great, I appreciate it I understand, but I would like to follow more. My dream is comeback to normal life in my country and finally buy my dream car an MX-5, now it’s ND3. The questions I ask myself are how the people of my country who are literally surviving now will look at me. Is my purchase dictated by an external desire to be more cool and special in a country where people prefer SUVs or BMW. Or is it just my inner desire and I don’t care about external factors. These are the thoughts I wanted to share. In any case, I have already made the decision to purchase, now all I have to do is return to Ukraine. But when I can do this is still unknown

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

8 ай бұрын

Hi Andrey. Like every sane person in the world, I hope this brutal and unnecessary war ends soon. It’s heartbreaking what your country is going through - and all because of one small man’s ego. As for your dream to own an MX5, you definitely should NOT worry what anyone thinks. The MX5 is a brilliant machine, and the perfect car for those who truly appreciate driving. I wish you all the best, mate. 👍

Who am I? Took me a long time (in my life) to work that out and to accept that the things that have happened in the past have happened and I cannot change them. I also know that I made choices (some of them questionable) that I now need to live with because either I have to or it is actually the right and unselfish thing to do. With hindsight, I'd have preferred to make different choices, but hey, that is life. I know and have long accepted that I will go to my grave with regrets, but I cannot change them. What I do try to do is look forward, and make better decisions and be in the moment.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

You’re not alone, old boy. I have plenty of those, too. And many are unfixable. The only path (for both of us) is onward.

@huwalban

11 ай бұрын

@@PETERFRITZPHOTO I hear you buddy 😀 By the way, I'll be sticking around too!

👍

Do what you wanna do Be what you wanna be, yeah Ooh 🎵 Peter the title of this song is on the tip of my tongue. 👍

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

Oh, man, I haven't heard that song is decades!

@stuartphotography1968

11 ай бұрын

The Master's Apprentices. Title is Because I Love You.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

@@stuartphotography1968 Awesome - I just bought it. Gonna play it next time I'm carving a mountain road!

"If nobody actually cared what you did, would you do things differently, or would you do different things?" It is disheartening when we do things with the idea of seeking the attention and approval of others. Gotta get those 'likes' and 'thumbs ups." Gotta get those subscriptions and newsletter sign-ups. Gotta do all the social media things to prove our worth and popularity because that equals approval and success. At least that is what, in this day and age, we are taught to believe. I have come to realize it is not true.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

It’s pretty sad, isn’t it? I wonder what it’ll be like in another 10-20 years.

Who am I...really? To be honest Peter, other than a husband, a stepdad, a brother, and a son, I have no idea who I am, and that's scary! To be nearly 51 and still have no clue about who I am and where I'm going in life is really scary! My life could be over in a matter of minutes and I would die not knowing who I really am.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

It’s the conundrum of the ages, Ash. Ultimately, I guess, we’re particles of stars, refined over millennia; each of us a one in 400-trillion stroke of enormous luck. And on that basis, I reckon we can decide to be whoever we choose. The most important thing is to enjoy our time here, because it can end at any moment.

@chriscummins4282

11 ай бұрын

It will come to you, but you already listed some pretty important facets of your life it seems to me : )

A very good question, who am I? I'm a car and music nut, certainly not a photographer (my son is) a baker of bread, a drinker of wine, a grower stayed

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

My dad is a brilliant baker of bread, too. It’s such a heart-warming (and difficult) skill. My 12-yo son has been teaching himself to bake bread, and it ain’t easy, that’s for sure!

@peterjenks5451

11 ай бұрын

@@PETERFRITZPHOTO It something that my Nana did, her daughter, my Mum and now me. Making bread is a connection with the simple life and a great way to be more associated with the real world.

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

11 ай бұрын

@@peterjenks5451 I couldn't agree more. You summed it up beautifully.

😴 *promo sm*

@PETERFRITZPHOTO

10 ай бұрын

Huh?