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Hi all,

Thought I'd share some of my favourite YouTube channels for photography related content in no particular order. Do you have any to add?
 
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I like Ted Forbes, but I soak up as many others as I can.
I try and avoid the ones who review free gear they've been sent.
 
Yeah, appreciate it is very gear centric, but that's probably how I originally came across them in the first instance and YouTube naturally will keep suggesting other gear-centric channels to me. So, thanks in advance for any suggestions which are less gear focused!
 
DigitalRelish said:
Hi all,

Thought I'd share some of my favourite YouTube channels for photography related content in no particular order. Do you have any to add?
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slightly tongue in cheek.. the notes against most of these say gear reviews.. where's the photography in this?
 
I have a problem with YouTubers that are constantly spitting out hot takes and eaching and preaching stuff

i like grainydays and bad flashes - no photography hot takes, not trying to teach or preach - just some guys vlogging their photography adventures
Bryan Birks - great photographer doing interesting work - again, not hot takes or no teaching or preaching
 
benc98 said:
slightly tongue in cheek.. the notes against most of these say gear reviews.. where's the photography in this?
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Admittedly, there is a lot of gear, but then some of these are working photographers so they will cover gear if so inclined to do so as well as talking about the photography side of things.

Just looking over some of the recent uploads from some of the channels...

Ted Forbes used to produce mostly content about photography, but has increased the amount of gear coverage over time. That said, his last 4 uploads are about a photography book, a camera, architecture photography, photographers.

Thomas Heaton's last 4 uploads are advice to landscape photographers, camping on a remote beach for photography, reflections of his recent photography, photographing in autumn.

Matt Day's last 4 uploads are a life status update, scanning Polaroid film, experience with a camera, new location/camera/photobooks.
 
benc98 said:
I have a problem with YouTubers that are constantly spitting out hot takes and eaching and preaching stuff

i like grainydays and bad flashes - no photography hot takes, not trying to teach or preach - just some guys vlogging their photography adventures
Bryan Birks - great photographer doing interesting work - again, not hot takes or no teaching or preaching
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grainydays - last 4 uploads have 3 about gear. :p

Bryan Birks - looks interesting.

One thing I've heard from some content creators is that gear reviews get a lot more views than non-gear related content so it doesn't surprise me that there's so much of it around.
 
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I focus on photography, not on gear ... My favourite photographers are (alphabetically - I follow more but let's select just five):

Martin Castein == mr. Photographer, my kind of guy not only because he's DSLR shooter like me
Gavin Hardcastle == funny guy
Morten Hilmer == inspiring guy .. his adventures and approach is just one of my biggest inspiration despite I am not into wildlife photography
Adam Karnacz == honest and dedicated landscape photographer
Henry Turner == first (landscape) photographer who I started to follow on yt 5 years ago .. honest and enthusiastic guy
 
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DigitalRelish said:
Hi all,

Thought I'd share some of my favourite YouTube channels for photography related content in no particular order. Do you have any to add?
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I'm not the Northrups biggest fan but sometimes they do some useful stuff, and I liked what they said to the naysayers about the A1 II.

I like Manny Ortiz and Julia Trotti, and as long as you watch in small doses Jared can come up with some useful info.

I like Gavin Hoey too but not watched him for ages no as I no longer shoot Olympus.
 
James Popsys
Andy Gray
Frederik Trovatten
Mads Peter Iversen
Simon Baxter
Sean Tucker
Nigel Danson
 
For less well known landscape photographers with a natural approach
Steve Stain
Dave Peck
Louise Welcome
 
ive a friend who is a vlogger on youtube he has a decent amount of followers (96k) and its motorbiking based, he used to do mainly tours etc as he has a tour business too and this is still lots of his work, but he tells me that the vids that make him the most money because of the increased views etc are bike reviews and im sure its the same for loads and loads of different genre's and pastimes out there, he gave up a full time job to do it and has a mortgage and bills to pay so he has to make sure he generates income from it so despite him not really wanting to do them he has to do some to make ends meet. companies have gotten on to the fact that loads of people watch different vids on youtube and im sure when interested in buying something the vast majority of us will have a look on youtube and watch rather than read about gear when making a decision, its cheap advertising for them

myself i follow quite a few photographers but they flow and ebb as depending on what i want to take pictures of at the moment, i like photography online vids at the moment as they have a mixture of genres in each episode
 
I'm subscribed to Thomas Heaton and fototripper, aka Gavin Hardcastle, and watch all their videos.

I will occasionally watch videos by the following if they pop up on my YT feed, and the vid looks interesting;
Michael Shainblum
Adam Gibbs
Nigel Danson
Nick Page
Kai W
Jared Polin
the Northrops
Steve Perry
Simon D'Entremont
Attilio Ruffo
Petapixel

And photography related, PiXImperfect.

And speaking of photographers you can't stand, I find James Popsys very false, like he is playing a character, badly.
 
I tolerate a few Photographers on YouTube, a combination of Landscape, Wedding and Film Photography. Thomas Heaton is probably the one I follow the most, though I feel he's lost his way a bit.

I find the time to avoid YouTube is when ANY new product is released, as that's just a load of B.S from my perspective.

And if anyone I follow would say "Pro's do this way.. etc" they would be blocked for life from my feed :naughty:
 
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Too many to mention but a few are,

Thomas Heaton,
Nick Hanson (met him at Loch Ard a few weeks ago),
Gavin Hardcastle,
Gary Gough,
Nigel Danson,
Mike Lane,
Mads Peter Iversen,
Simon d'Entremont.
 
I used to follow loads of them, but lately it's only a few.

Shoot Film Like a Boss
James R Burns
Kirk Williamson

Being the big three, in my opinion. It's telling that I can't immediately recall any others. Basically I watch because I like them, and not necessarily for cutting edge reviews, or insights.
 
If you like landscape/seascape photography then Izzy Abuleela is worth a watch. He is from Liverpool but living in OZ. He releases a video every Sunday. I like that he gets straight into the set up and shooting, you don't have to spend 10 minutes watching him make coffee in his campervan or trudging through the undergrowth to pad the content out. He is very much into long exposure.
 
Found a new one recently, Hannah Young, she does a lot of cityscape and street photography.

Very positive and she produces some decent images.

Makes a change to some of the doom and gloom some of the more well known channels like to post.
 
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I like:

WalkLikeAlice - they don't release videos often enough but when they do they are good, and more photography than gear focussed. I like how although they use leicas they don't evangelise about them.
James Popsys - personally I think he's quite funny
Roman Fox - just quite a sound down to earth guy
Mads Peter Iveson - he spends a bit too long plugging his presets, books and courses but if you skip over that the rest is good.
Curtis Padley - quite fun and outgoing street photography
Sam McDermott - haven't watched too many of his yet but liked the one I did watch so subscribed
Kyle McDougall - if you are into taking photos of either signs, or old/derelict/ruined buildings, with very old eccentric large-format film cameras, he's your man

I generally unsubscribe from ones that have fallen down the hasselblad vortex
 
In no particular order:

James Kerwin (old architecture)
Stuart Rouse (aviation)
Julian Elliot (architecture & travel)
Steven Brooke (architecture)
Nathan Cool Photography (real estate)
Steve Perry (wildlife, I've never shot wildlife but a good few of his techniques have a synergy with my transport and military stuff)

GC
 
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James Popsys - personally I think he's quite funny
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He's got a lot better over the last couple of years, in his early videos he would almost always make a big deal out of the smallest of background noises while recording, it was just annoying.

bjtaylor said:
I generally unsubscribe from ones that have fallen down the hasselblad vortex
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Thomas Heaton is going this way....
 
bjtaylor said:
I like:

WalkLikeAlice - they don't release videos often enough but when they do they are good, and more photography than gear focussed. I like how although they use leicas they don't evangelise about them.
James Popsys - personally I think he's quite funny
Roman Fox - just quite a sound down to earth guy
Mads Peter Iveson - he spends a bit too long plugging his presets, books and courses but if you skip over that the rest is good.
Curtis Padley - quite fun and outgoing street photography
Sam McDermott - haven't watched too many of his yet but liked the one I did watch so subscribed
Kyle McDougall - if you are into taking photos of either signs, or old/derelict/ruined buildings, with very old eccentric large-format film cameras, he's your man

I generally unsubscribe from ones that have fallen down the hasselblad vortex
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Agree with you regarding the two I have bolded - don't know the others you name...
 
Thomas Heaton
Nigel Danson
Simon d'Entromot
The Art of Photography
James Popsys
Brendan van Son
Pat Key
Jan Wegener
Jaywalker Pictures
Mark Denney
Peter McKinnon
KelbyOne
Morten Hilmer
Adam Gibbs
Micael Widell
TKNorth
Espen Helland
Jared Polin
Mads Peter Iversen
Henry Turner
Evan Raft
Courtney Victoria
Paul Miguel Photography
Julian Baird Photography
 
btw I wonder why so many people are mentioning so often people like

Simon d'Entromot - don't take me wrong, I like this guys, I absolutely do, but 9/10 of his videos are talks about obvious (what is exposure, what is ISO, what is focal length, what is camera :D and sensor in it) .. I am really surprised how many people need to ground themselves over and over with this basic information .. perhaps for those who just started, but :D .. c'mon

Jared Polin - you're not serious, aren't you ??? .. I can't sustain 60 seconds watching this guy's rants about gear ... did he ever shot something ?? (rhetorical Q:) ).. For the sake of God, why do you believe that his `reviews' have any relevance when he's reviewing new piece of gear 52 times in the year ? This is pure masochism .. Just go out and shoot instead !!!!!

Northrup's - dtto as JP (of course with exception that guys can watch Chelsea and ladies Tony) .. these two are especially toxic in my opinion .. pls go out and shoot instead !!!!!
 
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Jared Polin - you're not serious, aren't you ??? .. I can't sustain 60 seconds watching this guy's rants about gear ... did he ever shot something ?? (rhetorical Q:) ).. For the sake of God, why do you believe that his `reviews' have any relevance when he's reviewing new piece of gear 52 times in the year ? This is pure masochism .. Just go out and shoot instead !!!!!
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I largely feel the same, particularly with his gear reviews, etc. I used to watch a lot of him when I first got into photography and I guess what I have come to learn is to make the most money, they have to be doing stuff that gets the clicks and views and most people like gear reviews....HOWEVER, the recent work he has been shooting with his Speed Graphic or Baseball players is very good, IMO and shows that he is a good photographer.

I also realise that a lot of these folk might not like some of the videos they feel they have to put out, but this is their full time job and often we have days at work we don't particularly enjoy but I guess a career talking about photo gear and technique is better than a day in a 9-5.
 
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I find YouTube photographers very smug, which is slightly irritating lol.

I also find that watching them makes me want to go where they’ve gone, only to go there and feel slightly underwhelmed lol
 
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btw I wonder why so many people are mentioning so often people like

Simon d'Entromot - don't take me wrong, I like this guys, I absolutely do, but 9/10 of his videos are talks about obvious (what is exposure, what is ISO, what is focal length, what is camera :D and sensor in it) .. I am really surprised how many people need to ground themselves over and over with this basic information .. perhaps for those who just started, but :D .. c'mon

Jared Polin - you're not serious, aren't you ??? .. I can't sustain 60 seconds watching this guy's rants about gear ... did he ever shot something ?? (rhetorical Q:) ).. For the sake of God, why do you believe that his `reviews' have any relevance when he's reviewing new piece of gear 52 times in the year ? This is pure masochism .. Just go out and shoot instead !!!!!

Northrup's - dtto as JP (of course with exception that guys can watch Chelsea and ladies Tony) .. these two are especially toxic in my opinion .. pls go out and shoot instead !!!!!
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If everyone liked the same thing there would probably be fewer names mentioned, and little need to start the thread. That some of these names mentioned may have many thousands of subscribers, and potentially millions of views, shows that many people may appreciate them, but it just may not be you. ;)

A thread like this is for people to share who they watch, and maybe others to check out names they may never have seen before, as the YT algorithm generally tries to show you what you already like. And sometimes it doesn't even do that. :rolleyes::LOL:
 
I can't stand most of them, and especially the American ones, who seem to have some sort of arrogance in their delivery that irks me immensely.

I enjoy a lot Steve O'Nions and follow him regularly. Lovely videos mostly from Cheshire and north Wales.
 
Videos of photography? Come on ... sort your definitions (& essences) out ... and doesn't 'youtubers' mean people who eat potatoes? Seriously, photography's about stills. Not people flapping their mouths to a movie camera (& maybe waving their hands about to boot).
 
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.. but it just may not be you. ;)
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Hi .. I was rhetorically and hypothetically talking about concrete people (people here - see above) liking concrete content ... I absolutely understand that every content creator has (can have, struggles for to have) an audience .. If we will have attitude like this to evolving topics and themes there will be no discussion ...

Maybe I haven't state myself out right - my dearest apologize, English is not my born language .. I just wanted to express my surprisal that people here, whom I consider as generally erudited and experienced in the field of photography, are interested into spending a precious time with watching videos about what the ISO or DoF is (Simon's D. reign) or to watch JP's or Northrup's reviews and thoughts on hardware .. In my opinion a content of photography videos on youtube can be divided into these categories ::

1) field track of activities - eg landscape photographers in the great outdoors recording how they photograph (for example Henry Turner or Morten Hilmer)
2) educational videos about advenced topics - for instance about advanced techniques of postprocessing or composition (f.ex. many vids from Nigel Danson)
3) educational videos about basic topics - like what the ISO of DoF or basic postprocessing is (majority of videos from Simon d'Entremont)
4) ranting about gear and doing gear reviews == more gear/more videos/counters increasing (Northrups or Jared Polin)
5) sharing philosophical and theoretical thoughts on the nature of and many aspects of photography (many videos from James Popsys for example)

from the topics above I am myself

  • interested a lot about #1
  • interested somewhat about #2 and #5
  • not interested at all about #3 and #4

please excuse me an oversimplification that I did to categorize a content
 
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