Love Matti and Robin collaboration. Thank you Matti.

I used to work a a pro photographer, I my experience the most "pro" photographers are very experienced amateur photographers that gives their soul to photography, I have learned much more from "pro" amateur photographers than from professional photographers in the last 4 decades.

I was a Pentax shooter at one point (for about 40 years). The Pentax-Ricoh rep for Eastern Canada showed me parts of his catalog of shots taken with the Ricoh GR. Let me tell you, I was "faux keen" impressed. This camera is a gem.

LOVE the Matti x Robin collab

There is a 100% chance of taking better pictures if you do interesting things. That's what I always tell myself.

4:23 I get the sense that the people of Malaysia are the most photogenic! So much life and energy

@mattisulanto

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, most people are easy to approach and photograph.

It's always nice to see another video of you and Robin hitting the streets in your very congenial way.

Thanks for a productive video. And here I thought being a pro meant that you had a steady side hustle working at a camera store.. but the biggest difference between amateur and pro is, in my observation, owning a bunch of lighting, diffusers and reflectors, then becoming a good business person. For the casual pro, 1/500 at F8 helps… 😊

Tips to sharp photos have given practical 1 Test shot 2 perceived contrast 3 light. 4 noise 5 proper shutter according to subject action 6 medium apperture according to camera 7 experiment is key by Martin By Robin client satisfaction until delivery by communication😢 I liked share and you get back tips, Whenever I see I remember the related tips what we like we put inside our sensor to store and deliver in such a way it reaches

It's great to see you using your favourite camera the Ricoh GR111, excellent choice. I think we should all share our secrets, after all we were all beginners at one stage of our photography journey. You covered everything very well, there are no secrets in photography just the things you need to learn. The exposure triangle is not a secret etc etc, just one of many thing you have to learn in photography. It's not rocket science or a secret. Well presented matti thank you. 😊

The best advice I ever got from a professional photographer was: Shoot more, publish less.

Pragmatic as always. Always love Robin's input. Gnosticism has always been a temptation - lol!

Mostly post processing secrets. But thankfully in the era of YT, and a photographer refuses to share their secret, you’ll find better secrets shared by others.

@mattisulanto

6 ай бұрын

Exactly my point and well said.

Congratulations on 50k subs, when I saw you were 49.9 I immediately subbed, also I got used lumix gf6 few days ago and am very excited to get back to photography!

@mattisulanto

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

6:53 i question this myself half the time, like right now to be honest.

Kiitos! Thanks for all the tips!

even my "plastic" Fujinon 16-50 OIS II can be very sharp: at f5.6 or f6.3!

As always, great advice, thanks 🙂 I have one more for sharp pics, ensure your lens doesn't have smudges on it! I had this on my phone before, I was wondering why all my photos were soft focus 😉

When I started taking pics, I thought that eventually all the photos I take will be perfect. Here is the tip after some years. Sometimes you will have to take 100 photos to get 5 objectively good and sometimes more than 1k to get one excellent ;)

@formermpc10

5 ай бұрын

Here is my pro tip: think more and shoot less. You can get one great shot with one try if you are mindful. If you spray and pray you'll get lucky, but you're not a photographer. You're a tripod.

Don't let yourself be intimidated if photography is what you want to do. There is nothing wrong with you or your camera. If you are passionate for photography, then just keep going.

@mattisulanto

6 ай бұрын

I’m not sure how this comment is related to this video, but thanks anyway😀

The real secret is "There are NO Secrets" except hard work and experiences, for the love and joy of Photgraphy to capture that moment that will be gone. These days all Pros have become merely prawns and marketers to promote, market and sell gears, mainly in order to fill their pockets, thereby degrading photography to just any other business as usual.

That ist the reason why i use the Panasonic Gx9,GX 8 and gm1.😊

Loved the content!

The only thing that should distinguish amateur from professional photographers is whether you have the misfortune of having to earn a living from doing photography. Amateurs are just hobbyists.

Could this "pro" look be more about color rather than sharpness? As a hobbyist, sharpness has some importance to me but it's the color of my photos that do the job to express the scenery before me. I am also a fujifilm shooter, specifically because I like to have minimal to no post editing. They provide film simulations that really let people play with the colors the camera's capturing. From what I see and hear about Sony, they are the sharpest cameras with a great support of lenses, however, their photos require post processing to really bring out the colors. Also, something I've learned is: test your camera's ISO limit. There are many videos out there that tell you to keep it as low as possible, however technology in cameras have improved, where even what's consider high ISO does not add distracting noise to a picture.

@mattisulanto

6 ай бұрын

You either play with the colors before or after, the same thing basically. Except that if you do it in post you don't have to think about it while shooting. To each their own and the main thing is to enjoy photography.

@thepirateshoots

6 ай бұрын

😂Fuji shooter here, too. My adbice: do not play with film simulations, white balance, corrections and tone curve. Shoot Raw and edit in post 🎉

Well… you want to be a professional, learn how to commercialize your pictures. Most people fail to make the transition because they don’t know how to sell a product. You take a picture of a moped, you frame it up make sure your exposure and composition and you are done. A commercialized approach would be same photo same moped. Put your camera on a tripod break out a TTL flash. Make a bunch of pictures hitting different parts of the moped with a flash. Comp it together afterwards and you have a shot you can actually sell to a client. You take a picture of a guard on his phone. Instead you can take a pic of the guard actually doing his job well on the alert for clients. One is a street photo the other can actually be used for marketing ….its a shift in how you think about things.

@mattisulanto

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. You are ready to hit the pro market, but most likely you already have, of course. You don't by any chance have an online portfolio that we could take a look and learn.

@FelixGA9

6 ай бұрын

@@mattisulanto sorry not currently a photographer, I’ve just worked at advertising agencies and dealt with many photographers and representatives in the past.

ha, ha, your first "pro secret" is maybe the most valuable thing! Even when I shoot in my studio, I do testshoots before the model comes - all the equipment is working as expected? - - - before I leave for street or landscape: I take test shots, making sure SD-card is in and battery is working! - - - I come in advance for a sunset or a partial eclipse of the moon, figuring out the best place, the best angle beforehand... oooops and all of my camera settings, too: nobody is perfect and every error waits at the next corner to be made ;-)