Saul Leiter also shot with longer focal length for pretty much the same visual linguistic approach that I see in your photographs.

I don’t know how on urth (haha pun intended) you think that part of town is boring?! Like whaaatt?! Bro there’s so much space, so much greenery and landscapes, and just scale to things. If you brought a prime 23mm lens or a zoom lens like the 18-55mm you’d be able to get so much of that beauty of a port you’re in. Downtown can feel so crowded at times with the skyscrappers and buildings close together, and although you can get a lot of great interesting shots, the port opens things up more and you can see that through how you videograph the scenery. Just translate those video shots to photography, see it differently and you’d be able to get more fun out of that area. Maybe that’ll help? Or shoot with someone who shoots oppositely from you, in opposite locations and they’ll show you their perspective and world. Or you can watch people who do it to get an idea or feel of how it’d look more ya’know?

Your visual signature is really shining with the 135 field of view. It also is inspiring for me since I identify with longer focal lengths and the way you compose

@SchmandLappen

11 ай бұрын

What? How can a relatively new focal length that differs from the ones he used before this and built his body of work be his "visual signature"? It's like saying "That new BMW that totally looks like a Lotus does really have that signature BMW look". Do you guys read your own comments before you hit the comment button?

@_parkphoto

11 ай бұрын

@@Fujioh partly yes

@_parkphoto

11 ай бұрын

@@SchmandLappen really fascinated by your comment - I don't think you understood the nuance in my suggestion. I merely mean that his visual signature, which already exists, is showing up in a unique way with this focal length/field of view. And this lens may be a catalyst for further development of his visual signature. Each of us as photographers has a way of seeing the world. I really admire Faizal's, and also identify with it as some of my own work has a similar look. So I've found it very interesting and inspirational to see his signature evolve through the years and become clearer and clearer. Different focal lengths will show different facets of one's visual signature - and perhaps unlock new ways of seeing that continue the evolution of one's signature. I see this lens for him as a fascinating new facet. Also, I don't appreciate your degradation of my comment as absurd. But this is, after all, the internet. lol

Lighter Leiter. Barking Crab. Your reflection shot made me realise why it's called Barking Crab. "Krab" reflected. Well done, as always! Keep 'em coming!

Thanks for the motivation Faizal. Seeing the constant improvement in both your photography and filmmaking skills, inspires me to keep going out and creating when I'm a bit tired of it. Awesome stuff 👌

Excellent video! Nice lens! Great shots! I have to get into Boston again, been doing most of my shooting in the suburbs. When I do go into town, I end up taking the same photos and almost postcards of the city rather than more challenging areas. Awesome advise on looking in places that are more difficult or not aesthetically pleasing! Thanks for sharing!

I enjoy the POV GoPro vids, but these stories are absolutely amazing. Never stop pushing those creative juices!

I love the storytelling videos. You have such a chill vibe in the best way possible. Incredible photos as well!

I'm currently using a 32mm,51mm eq, on my Canon M50 but definitely looking at getting the 56mm lens which is around 90mm Eq. I also tend to see subjects a lot further away but also find that by the time I get close enough the opportunity has gone. I like the idea of shooting from afar and not spoiling the scene by getting too close or late!

I actually went from a manual Meike 35mm f/1.7 to an Viltrox AF 85mm f/1.8 and it's great. The weight is noticeable at the end of the day and I have to say that I miss the small form of the Meike but I still have no regrets since I was used to my 50mm in my Panasonic L1 (which becomes a 100mm)

This is one one favourite videos of yours. Loved that you were telling more of a story, keep em coming! 🤠

it's funny because I actually love these industrial/seaport areas ahah great video Faizal ! Have a bright summer ❤

Thanks for the inspiration! I hooked a Leitz 90mm f2 with an adapter to a Fuji X-Pro2 for a 135mm equivalent focal length and plan to head out soon for some photographic fun. And, Boston is a great city!

I’ve use the 90 F2 Fuji, which is 135 mm. I love this lens as a lot of Street photographers don’t seem to like to use anything but very wide angle lenses. The only thing I would recommend is to use the focus limiter, so it doesn’t hunt as much. I don’t tend to have the 90 F2 on my camera all the time, as I switch out lenses. So I’m not worried about the weight.

Proud of you Faizal be happy🎉

Loved the video. I totally get where you’re coming from on the location-that’s how I feel about shooting in my neighborhood.

There is no boring part of Boston. :-) Everywhere I have been has its unique qualities and everywhere I haven’t been is new and exciting.

Thanks for sharing these photos and your thoughts on this lens and specific focal length. A thought for "uninteresting" locations: usually (not always) there is something interesting to be found just about everywhere. It may not be TRADITIONALLY/TYPICALLY interesting, but that's the fun (to me) of photography - finding something most people miss in the ordinary. Especially with 135mm focal length, thinking small/intimate and textures might be a place to start? Cheers on your future adventures!

I used to drive a box truck down there every day to pick up seafood and drive it north for restaurants and a fish market. If you go further down into the seaport near the water there are a bunch of wear houses with large scale seafood industry trade going on. Even go on the old pier but just walk onto the water side. Interesting stuff hidden in plain sight - Boats, fish, some of the most intestinal manual labor - sort of a look into a more rugged lifestyle reminiscent of the old Boston.

Love this video style, please keep doing more!

Really inspiring video! Interesting choice of lens. Sometimes, it's really worth "downgrading" to something you'll actually shoot, instead of just taking the best-on-paper lens

Likewise! I especially enjoy 135mm on my film M and digital M for street photography. Focal length is unique and manual focusing makes you work for it.

Man this video is stunning. The colour, the shots, the story, all slap.

Nice video, inspired & inspiring photos. Would like to see more of your pov walks. My lens recommendation would be the Viltox 85mm/f1.8, sometimes you can find it used for 250 bucks or less, optical it's worth every penny, reminds me of vintage lenses like the Zukios and/or Takumars - nice colours, slightly muted ... Sure, it's bigger but not too heavy. Give it a try when you can.

You truly are an artist. So inspiring it crazy

I have the same lens and use it on my Leica M Type 262 range finder and my Sony A6600. It does remarkably well. I enjoy using the older Leica lenses (1930 to 1950's vintage), and some others non-Leica, such as the Minolta 90mm f/4 M mount lens.

I love how re-inspired you have become by your home city. Every time you put out a video, it inspires me to go and explore. By the way, do you ever sell prints? Your photos are art. I'd love to hang one or two on my wall.

Hi Faisal, nice video. You should try the Rokinon 85mm F1.8. It’s a very sharp lens and quite light and compact for such a long a fast lens. It’s not metal or as beautiful esthetically as the minolta, but it’s really useful.

Always Inspiring bro! Thanks for your videos!

This is one of my favorite focal lengths on full frame. Killer video

I understand you might be struggling with photography in this place but your cinematography is on another level mate! Really gorgeous video to see!

Faisal, great video!! In addition to the Simple Settings for the X-T5, do you have the other menu settings for stills & videos on your website?

always impressed with your videos especially because, from what I understand you film them almost entirely by yourself, kudos- it's so so difficult i'm sure

great video great photos, really enjoing the pace of your videos ;)

Love the Urth adapters. They're affordable enough that I just buy one for each of my vintage lenses, and seem really solidly built.

@urthco

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great feedback! Love that you are part of the Urth family :)

Love the video! And the creative style as compared to the gopro style as well!

Great Video ! A lot of Saul Leiter vibes... I like !

135mm is my favourite lens love it thanks so much for the pure 70’s colour Deep dive love the colour grade on the video

GREAT GREAT QUOTE…..thank you!

If you use a Mamiya 645 80 mm lens on a Fujifilm camera, the equiv is 120 mm. It's quite fun to use.

if you like this focal length, i can highly recommend the tokina 90 at-x macro

Really coming into your own.

The video recordings in these videos are fantastic

Goodevening, thanks for sharing this nice and Beautiful video. Love The colours ( wich receipe did you used, if i may ask). Looks like old paintings some photo’s. And… nice music to. Martin.

Wow... STARRING now.

I am a huge fan of the super takumar 135. My best portraits have come from that lens.

Enjoyed the story vs POV. The story content is far more informative and gives the viewer information on how you are approaching the scene. I have used a 90mm with my Fuji and also find at times it is limiting when a subject that is too close. So, knowing that I concentrate on making images that that best matches the focal length I am using. IMHO, The images taken at the waterfront were not that interesting and once you were back in the city your subjects, composition and creativity changed considerably. Far more pleasing as your mood was more positive. Thanks for your videos and presenting your approach to street photography.

thats me all the time at the end " i have no idea what im shooting right now" =)

great sponsorship - love Urth's branding

@urthco

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words George :)

Would be really cool to learn how to edit photos to look like still frames from your videos. I absolutely love cineprint but i dont know how to edit my photos to look like it

I love 135. I use it on my Nikon FM2.

Hi Faizal, great work! Were you filming by yourself on this video? How do you go back and forth between taking videos and photos? I sense a lot of patience is involved in making this work.

I like pain. Love it. It sounds so incredibly cliché, but I like to think that every, literally every place has a story to tell. So every place is worthy of a photo. I used to work on construction sites and even there I took very interesting photos (also a lot of bad ones, must say). Rhein II by Gursky was sold for a whopping 4,3 million dollars. Even that utterly boring picture has value. Anyhow. Keep doing what you do. Your videos and photos are a treat.

I think I’d find 135mm really difficult. Maybe these wide, open streets help. FWIW I noticed an error: the lens opens up to f4. It stops down to f16 or f22 (I expect).

I’ve tried shooting in Seaport recently and it did not go like this 😅 Thanks for proving it can in fact be done

Watching this on my big 21:9 monitor is freakin' gorgeous 👌

What is the name of the lens? Having a hard time understanding the name of it and where to find it. Thanks in advance

Did you chose your outfit so that it matches the scenery?

As someone who is typically shooting wide, your recent work has made me very interested in this focal length. I’ve been on the lookout for a decent 90mm to adapt to my x-t2

@agylub

11 ай бұрын

The Fuji 90mm f2 is just about the sharpest Len’s I have used

@CianMcsweeney

7 ай бұрын

​@@agylubgreat lens, just too large for many people

Hey faizel the link for urth isnt working?

Thanks for keeping it real, I too want to shoot something overseas so much that my little home town is just so boring arg~~~

i like the combo pics on 8:45

I love POV and this type of video. But for me, I do prefer POV much more. don't get me wrong, I do enjoy this video as well, great work as always. But, POV for me is... I may phrase this wrongly, it feels like a relaxing tour and that excitement when I see the result (photo) that you take in every turn. Bad english, I know. anyway, love you works man. keep it up! I'm proud of you as fellow Indonesian. haha

I initially thought your sponsor was Urth Café 😅

Faizal...another lens to try maybe...Nikon 135mm 2.8 AI or AIS. Yes...that would be a 200ish mm view but the lens is so compact and cheap. Loved that lens but wow a prime at 200ish was tough. Haha

@xjamesramos

11 ай бұрын

And with a built in lens hood.

Hello from a fellow photographer from Sweden. I wonder if you sell prints? I tend to buy prints from the people I follow online. Best wishes, Martin

Every time I go to Boston I feel the same way about the seaport.

los vídeos me encantan por que son como escenas de películas

i will be in boston first week of aug. i can bring my leica 90mm you can try.. lol

Regret selling my m rokkor lenses. Best set of M lenses for anyone on a budget. Great video and photos as always 👊🏻

I seriously prefer this type ov videos

How do you check focus with the vintage lens?

@mrogun1974

8 ай бұрын

I use a setting called focus peaking on my camera which flashes in focus items with a colored outline. Its a nice cheat code

I’d love to like your favorites/best photos in a video and explaining why you like them

never loved the look of adapted film glass on a crop censor, but I loved the Contax G 90mm. For some reason, never had any sharpness issues with it. That 135 window is TIGHT though lol. Loved what you did with this.

@aloi

11 ай бұрын

That's the lens I've been using as my 135 equiv on Fuji for the past 3 years! Incredible lens

@teagueshoup

11 ай бұрын

@@aloi agreed!! It looks great on a Sony too. Underrated for sure

@aloi

11 ай бұрын

​​​@@teagueshoupMy only gripe is the focusing, I have a decent adapter but still wish the lens had a real helicoid sometimes. I'm tempted by the new Voigtlander 90mm but I don't think I'll ever sell the Contax.

Hope this doesn’t com across as mean or angry sounding, but you used the phrase “stop down” to refer to the widest aperture in the lens. I just wanna point out that “stopping down” refers to closing the aperture down and the phrase you were probably intending to use was “opens up to”. Or maybe I misunderstood and I’m making a fool of myself. If so, then I’m sorry! Great photos by the way! Very interesting lens.

Would love to go on a photo walk with you in the city or to hopefully see you one day shooting

You’re just gonna need to become a dual wielding gun slinger: 28/35/50 and a 135mm

Don’t be so hard on the SeaPort. I live in Boston I am much older than you . I remember when then was nothing but empty lots there. That was much more boring and a no go to place .

I have a question: What you refer as a 135mm "focal length" with a 90mm lens is actually a 135mm lens "field of view" on a crop sensor, isn't it? Becasue, with a 90mm lens you actually do not get the optical result (depth of field, compression, background blur and such) of a 135mm lens. Would be glad if you could clarify this subject for the sake of the journey. Thanks for sharing.

'I like pain!'

@fotomotoxxiii

11 ай бұрын

I thought he said that haha

ah, i too enjoy pain

you forgot to add a brightness to your video

Boring. Aha okay. Pretty decadent to call this place boring. Come to my place. Just farmland around. I'd love to have the seaport around.

Come on, be a man! the xf 90 is light as a feather compared to my sigma 105 f1.4 for sony (that boy will break your camera's mount if you hold the camera body only). Even the new viltrox pro lenses aren't that heavy.

Not really sure what the creative aim of shooting the video in such a wide aspect ratio was? I'm not sure it brings anything extra to the format

"Starring Faizal Westcott"... Bwahahaha! I mean, really?

The look, the feel, the music of this vlog was pure beauty 🤌🏾😍 bless your skills Faizal 🤍

Kind of a late comment but there is an 85mm F2 for Minolta SLR’s that I use on my Fuji camera and my Minolta film cameras. You might want to check it out too if you like this focal length. It’s about the same weight as the 90mm F4 but it can go to F2 and I think the image quality is pretty great.