If you like this kind of video here is a playlist of more “Walks with a camera” kzread.info/head/PL2404ncIIy5HljR5SV89pj8V5FuVN6x0H&si=rfjkmhGhNuaKwu6G

Y’all seem to be enjoying this one. Should I be making more videos like this? Because I do this kind of photography ALL THE TIME…

@rexgigout1472

3 ай бұрын

Yes!

@crajo463

3 ай бұрын

Yes!

@billgreen1140

3 ай бұрын

For sure!

@Walt.2013

3 ай бұрын

Yes, indeed! This video popped up on my YT home page and 'walking with a camera' is what I do, too, so had to take a look. Walk first, camera second some days, camera first, walk second on other days. You have a good vibe, and this is a good idea. Nicely done!

@TomNorthenscold

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely! I consider my camera to be my sketchbook. I always have one with me on my walks. As I like to say, I’m a walking fool. I love to walk.

Thanks for sharing. This video somehow felt different than others. Thanks for the inspiration

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Ditto here on great video. Very well done. Seeing something like that makes you appreciate being alive and the time you have here on earth.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

This is sooooooooo good! Loaded with gems to keep creatives healthy and thriving. On my walks the side channels of my mind are always working through rough spots that need fixed in something I'm writing or thinking of new things to write about, but the part I notice is the present, the lighting, the sounds and smells in nature. When I get home and back to my projects, miraculously there is new material to work with. Thanks for posting this inspirational piece!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thank you pal

very interesting. Photos are excellent! The movie format certainly intriguing! bravo.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

The power of a walk … awesome! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the benefits of getting out there (with a camera) and your fine images. 📷😄

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

What a fabulous video! Thoughtful, creative and interesting. Makes the art of photography a meaningful activity. Will certainly be catching up with the playlist, Ben. Excellent stuff!!

@adventureStaley

Ай бұрын

Appreciate it

I just came across your channel, and subscribed as soon as I watched this one. Really good.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks very much, glad to have you!

@FredWilbury

3 ай бұрын

Ditto

@zippywalker6406

2 ай бұрын

Me too!

First time here and really enjoyed this. Some wonderful captures there, you have a good eye. Subbed.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard and thanks for your time. 🙏🏼

One of the best therapies I have found is to go to a place I'm very familiar with, and try to photograph it in a way I haven't done before. Maybe patterns in fallen leaves, or textures of tree bark, or geometric shapes of trails or bridges, etc... Maybe it's a sunny day with lots of interesting shadows, or an overcast day with soft light. I've found that I will get so engrossed in looking for interesting things to photograph that I'll lose track of time and completely forget any negative things in my life. It is such GREAT therapy! I've also met some interesting people along the way. Sometimes, when people see you with a camera, they like to stop and tell stories of when they used to photograph "back in the day", or maybe their grandpa gave them an old camera years ago and they have stories about that. I love to hear what people have done and where they've come from. Thanks for posting!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Good strategy. I think the best photographs come from the familiar and the connected. Bravo.

another great display of beautiful images! Great work Ben.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Paul

I'll say it again; Never Change Man, you're so good at what you're doing!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate this

@leslie4351

3 ай бұрын

GREAT at it, literally!! Beautiful photos! You live in an interesting & lovely area! 🇺🇸

Outstanding Ben-thanks.

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

Like others, this came up on my feed today and I ended up subbing as soon as I finished watching it. Really inspiring. Beautiful blend of you, your photography, philosophy and storytelling of and around what you encountered on a day out walking.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Fiona, this means a lot. Best.

Been feeling under the weather here in the UK for quite a while now - it's been dull and rainy for what seems like most of the last year and I now have the Joy of a heavy head cold making me feel a bit miserable - So I'll give it a couple of days then get out there with my SL and Voigtlander 40mm f1.2...I very much enjoy this lens too with it's manual precision, Great fun !! Thanks as Always for the inspiration in your fine videos....

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks very much - I hear thats a stellar lens!

@mrgrandad1961

3 ай бұрын

@@adventureStaley I'm certainly enjoying its various qualities so far and especially the 40mm focal length...

@marcusoutdoors4999

3 ай бұрын

I have the exact same combination, the SL and the 40mm are wonderful.

Fantastic video! This is the first time I’ve come across your channel. Great stuff. Similarly, I walk about 6 miles a day and always carry an old M mount 35mm manual focus. You’re so right about how it enables you to switch into a more considered and acute mindset of what’s around you. Abstract details and miniature “stories” suddenly come to the forefront. Thank you for posting. I’ve subscribed and really look forward to seeing more videos. (Lovely images too by the way 😊)

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Really appreciate this. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Amazing narrative and B&W photography, congrats!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

It’s nice to see a fellow wanderer. I do the exact same thing that you do in the exact same way except that I carry is a Sony RX 10 mark four. And you’re right, it helps the thought process of anything that might be going on, but it also relieves you of any ties except for the camera to notice things that otherwise would be passed by people in cars, bicycles, etc.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Awesome!

Wow. What a lovely video. Thank you

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Thank you sir

"About exercising your body..your creative mind'. YES agreed 100%. Carry the camera, walk, listen, watch.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

YES

The difference can be when we are out there it requires practice to be mindful and to see ! Seeing is a gift which is acquired over time. Then there's being kind to yourself. Then at least once a day do one act of kindness, this is the most difficult task !

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

👊🏼👊🏼

Wonderful wording on what carrying a camera in your hand while you're walking does for the mind. I've told friends that walking, hiking, or attending outdoor events with my camera at hand allows me to focus my mind, or let it wander, or get myself into another mindset. You name it, and getting out with a camera (any camera) is completely healthy. I love using an older basic lens (My fave right now is a knock off 24mm 1.8 I found on etsy a couple years ago. Fast, love the bokeh, still wide on my asp-c K-3 iii, and the build quality is still top notch. Loved the video, off to look for more of your content :) (after I hammer Subscribe).

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Awesome. Thanks so much for taking the time to share this. I’m glad you found us.

So good. Thank you sir for the post, took the words right out of my mouth.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening

Thanks!

Great work. I admire your photography, and video work. Keep it coming. Thank you!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate this

Very pleasing compositions. Very inspiring video. Thanks

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Love the story though grim as it may be. Beautiful photographs as well!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated.

Thank you I rarely go out yet I love photography, must try harder once again thanks 🙏

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Fred, we must all try harder!

Some great advice for all of us in the last few seconds of the video. Well done!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Thanks. ... great insight!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Wow great photo's, I bring a camera with me every time I go out some times bringing an old Helios 44mm, I have tons of photos of how the smoke rolled over my town when the PNW had its fires during covid and new glass isn't always the way to go.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Perfect 👊🏼

Excellent pictures, thumbs up!

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Coming upon something like that is never easy. I, too, have seen a few. The last was a pedestrian hit by a vehicle, I had passed by them earlier in the evening and knew exactly who it was. The one before that was a downed motorcyclist, something that hit a little close as I ride as well. It's a sobering reminder that we are not invincible, we are not immortal. Thank you for sharing your story, and thank you for sharing your photography with us. I don't carry a camera other than my phone most of the time, but I do try to take a camera along more and more lately. Sometimes, my phone is adequate, they've gotten better and better over the years and I would say the image quality from my S22 is better than my last point-and-shoot, so there's that, but it's really not the same experience, is it?

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

It’s always tough. If you get numb to it something is wrong. I do use the phone occasionally, but mostly to geotag or journal. Thanks for taking the time man.

Great work Ben. Thanks for the inspiration to take my camera when I go for walks.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

Love your photos

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

Wow. This one hit me. I think I will walk more and cycle less. And, oh yeah, take my camera. Thanks, for this.

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you.

Inspirational video i love it ❤️

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Many thanks

I just happened onto your video and channel... I love your weirdness and the walking meditation is an excellent way to, as you say, get exercise and explore the world for both inside and out for images

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by, I’ll take it!

Just came across this video and your channel for the first time. Great message and beautiful photographs. I immediately recognized all the places from your photos. I’m from the same town, living in CC right now. Perhaps I will bump into you one of these days.

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Crazy small world. Thanks for stopping by.

Very refreshing and interesting approach!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🙏🏼

Powerful video! Thanks so much,

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by

Very interesting and engaging. Subscribed. Some thoughts. I've never heard of this camera before. I jumped from G85 to Fuji XT3. Now waiting for X100VI. I am happy without full frame. I'm heading more and more to this style of shooting. Also, interesting new aspect ratio. Very close to my phone at 9:22 but a bit shorter. Will be sure to watch more of your walks. You are quick off the mark. The birds above, excellent. Keep up the great work. Very inspiring.

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much John, glad you found us. Cheers.

I live here, where you do and have spent a lot of time hiking / biking in these areas, and taking photos. Great to see your work - shows that one doesn't need to be in the "most amazing" location to take good shots.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks neighbor. I agree.

I really enjoyed A lot more your photos and your Inspiration and taking ❤❤😊😊

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

First time seeing your videos... I do a lot of walking around my home with my camera(s). I very rarely go out without it. Film or digital, one lens at a time, I allow myself a specific number of shots per walkabout. It directs you to observe, look, see, and compose. Great video and I have now subscribed to your channel. 👍👍

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

This is the way. Thank you very much.

Great work and again nice speaking with you yesterday at Cinegear ! I'm going for a walk !

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much! Go!

nice video, thanks for sharing. Thoreau would be happy to watch that too!

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Thank you sir

Yes yes yes! Great one Ben. Sucks about the incident near the studio. Hope you are well!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks pal

Loved the video and format. Subbed.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Hey thank you very much

Great video as always Ben. The irony is, that as an M shooter, I had and sold that lens, I felt it was too big :--). It is a great lens, especially in the right hands

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

Such a beautiful cinematography bud, thumbnail is phenomenal!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Gracias

@davidroth7138

3 ай бұрын

Fantastic. Well done and Thank you! BTW if you love Voigtlanders… the 40MM F1.2 on a Sony is pretty cool; also the Voigtlander 15MM F4.5… it’s slow, but it’s got mojo. Not trying to be about ‘gear’ - just enthusiastic about a kindred spirit re: manual / Voigtlander. And don’t even get me STARTED on the 110!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🤘🏼 I have the 15. It’s rad. Look deep and there are some videos here…

Excellent Ben. Love a channel that places emphasis on the artistry, yet also shares the gear and technique. All my favourite lenses, old and new, have one thing in common - an aspherical element or two here and there. That little Voigtlander falls into that category.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Hey thank you very much. Glad you found us.

Wow, great video…. Love how different your content is compared to all the other photography videos, definitely coming back to your channel… Subscribed….

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

The best compliment. Thank you so much.

Loved this video

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Gracias

Excellent work! I both walk and photograph but hardly ever together. Yesterday I tried an old Olympus 50mm 1.8 on my Olympus Pen E-PL8. Both together are quite heavy but the results seemed good just around my home. That''s going out with me this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for stopping by!

Its classic viewpoint, and capture that unique dimension everything u shoot.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Gracias

I also walk regularly... only about 3 miles... mostly in my general neighborhood. I do not normally carry a camera because I've seen this route thirty days a month for three years. On the odd occasion that I walk some different route I will take a camera. This was a nicely done video. Mostly about thinking about the why and fun of photography with just a touch about the equipment. No matter what, we do like to hear some little bit about the cameras.... after all, we like cameras of all types. I think I need to get out more. I am glad you can find the time to put the trails and cameras to use.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your time Mark

POWERFUL!!!!!!! TY!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

I walk a couple times a day and usually bring one of my Sony 6000 series with either a Sigma prime or telephoto lens depending on whether I’m looking for landscape or wildlife. I also use a wrist strap but prefer to connect it to the tripod mount with a swivel base.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for taking the time.

I agree it doesn't have to be great landscape vistas 📷👍

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by

Very relatable …

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Awesome.

Just came across your channell! What a wonderful journey you are on I watching from Germany and the photos are awesome! Simple and thought provoking.. New sub directly ❤...😊

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Hey thank you very very much 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

I love the concept you're talking about. I also bring a camera; sometimes two cameras, one digital and one film. I'm far from a professional, neither live by taking photos nor do I live by it, but for pure interest.

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Dr. Nothing professional about this, it’s just a way of being in the world. You’re on the path!

Thank You for sharing. Greetings from Belgium. :)

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

first time here...enjoyed it.

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Gracias

Very good photos

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Many thanks

I've had the camera at home for months. Now I know what she was waiting for.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Don’t make her wait long

Cool video. I mean, this is right up my street. I love walking aimlessly, camera in hand. So good for the mind and body. Love getting out on my mountain bike too….although walking is great, the bike can take you to so many more places much quicker. Love this vibe..sub'd👍

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Right on. Many many thanks.

amazing

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

I really appreciate your eye. Nothing beats walking around with a camera, just to see what ya see -- but uff da, your "I'm just out for a walk" photos are levels beyond what I'm seeing. Inspires me to walk a little slower, maybe.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. Means a lot.

Beautiful. GH5 +Helios here, love it

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Great combo!

Yes: - The world is 24x65! - 24x65 is the world!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🤘🏼

That aspect ratio really is special. Thanks.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

It’s fun. Thanks

Nice video. I especially like the music

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Thank ya. Music from Track Club. Love them!

Always take a camera with ya....

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🤘🏼

I too walk a lot and carry a camera. I always, never fail to come across interesting things in this world.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

It's an interesting world. Thanks for watching.

❤❤❤

THank you

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🙏🏼

right on ben, i always have a light-weight compact camera with me. at 79 i have the time to explore and keep fit at the same time. been a panasonic lumix user for the past 10 years. having a few 50 year old pentax takumar lenses that i purchased new when i was a younger man adds some spice to my outings. zen billings in canada

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Good stuff!

@zenonbillings9008

3 ай бұрын

Thanks ben​@@adventureStaley

I see you’re using the L Mono D profile? I love how the center of the frame glows and the edges kind of fade away. I assume that’s done in your edit. Deep, rich tonality, not that scratchy high-contrast bs. Black and white can have so much depth when done right. Great images Ben!

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thank you sir. It's all from the lens. I shoot with that profile but then do my own edit to the raw, and I don't do very much. Thanks for the comments.

Muy hermoso, tremendo trabajo, saludos desde chile

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Gracias

Great video

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

🙏🏼🙏🏼

Loved your story and your very mindful landscapes. I’ve studied photography and practised the art for 30 years or more. I always carry a camera wherever I go and pretty much do the same as yourself, although I have trouble walking due to an arthritic condition, but as they say use it or lose it. You were such an inspiration in that video. Thank you. MICHAEL from Melbourne Australia

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Michael.

Like this a lot Roy UK

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Roy

Just bought an old Nikkor lens. Plan to do something similar...

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Awesome. Those lenses are great!

Going against the grain my lens of choice is a Minolta Rokkor RS 250 mirror lens F5.6 on my Fuji X-T30 mark two. I zoom out with my legs. Be lucky stay safe.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Cool. Do you!

Awesome video. Subscibed

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for stopping by!

Great post. Thank you. Sometimes one gets lost in distractions that are helpful but aren’t creating or empowering, just relaxing you. These are good, great, but I’ve been reminded here that self-treatment can lead to active positive output, not just passive balance. At a few points I was sceptical, is he turning this into a “hidden” lens review - not. Thanks for not.

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time.

Do you take Jpg images using the build in LUTs? Or do you postprocess your snaps?

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

The shots in this video were edited in Lightroom. But lately I have been using REAL TIME LUT in the camera to capture JPEGs. It’s pretty cool.

At 2:34 .. walking allows me time to think.. it's kind of like moving meditation.. carrying a camera somehow for me it sharpens the senses... Love this ... exactly why I carry a camera everywhere.. I'm in a thinking job... thanks for this video and others... love the photography !

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

This is the way. Thank you!

First Class 👍

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🙏🏼

@hoozleup

3 ай бұрын

@@adventureStaley and yes, half way through the video I got out of bed and went for a walk the new Zf. 🙂

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

👊🏼👊🏼

Absolutely loved this video, love your style. New sub from me.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Hey thank you so much Mark!

Neither the lens nor its adapter is weather sealed and you do not have any bag when walking under humid time : how do you manage that ? Is the vidéo only à show ? Thanks

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

How would I accomplish those photos if it were only for show? And what would be the purpose?

Police line tape. A body. I can certainly visualize that. Not just visualize, but, smell it, and even taste it, in the early morning air, too. (High humidity allows one to taste the air. Plenty of humidity, here along the Gulf Coastal Plain) From 2010 to very early 2018, I photographed crime scenes and crime victims, an added duty during the final years of my 33+ years of working night shift, as a first responder, for the tax payers. Let’s all take care, of ourselves, and each other. Well-done, thanks. Liked, and subscribed. I’ll add that it took me a while to re-learn to want to photograph things. For a while, I only photographed nature, and natural things. Then, I added the Leica M system, starting with a pre-owned 50mm Leica M lens. A weather-sealed Canon 100mm Macro L lens, with then-new AF tech, had been the optical “tool of my trade,” and using the best auto-focus tech of the time, in DSLRs, I specialized in photographing living, breathing, still-traumatized assault victims. Action “portraits,” action macro. So, well, after retirement, I needed something very different, to re-learn how to want to photograph people. Very much manual focus. Low-tech. Again, a well-done presentation. Thanks.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for taking the time to write this. The cool thing about photography is it’s not a destination, it’s a journey and way of being. Through the practice we learn more about ourselves and our place in the world. Good stuff.

@leslie4351

3 ай бұрын

I was about to start cussin' you bad when I read your first lines! Good thing I continued to not judge (but ease up on the gore, please!) Photography is vital evidence of many different aspects.

Your photos seem panoramic. Did I see correctly and it is a camera setup? I imagine that you may be losing some resolution 🤔 is that correct?

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

I set an in camera crop for 65x24. This imports into Lightroom for the raw but the whole frame is still there if I want to use it or reframe. Pretty cool. Thanks for stopping by.

Do you think this will colour how you feel about your studio? Sounds like this tragic scene was very close by.

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

Good question. I don't. And I'll walk by that spot every time I visit the studio..

Why would anybody carry a camera in their hand and not use neck-strap to help keep it from hitting the ground if something happens? One guy told me that using a neck-strap makes one look like a tourist. That doesn't even make sense. What if a person is carrying the camera in their hand and they trip and drop it? What if they need both hands to pick something up?

@adventureStaley

2 ай бұрын

Man people do the weirdest things…

Thank you..

@adventureStaley

3 ай бұрын

🙏🏼

Big no-no in Philadelphia