Must follow photographers

4 years 8 months ago #655154 by Kramz81
Hi everybody,
Im new to photography and forums so I wondering-who are some photographers to follow on social media.
Also what video do you guys recommend to watch on YouTube 
thanks


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4 years 8 months ago #655159 by KCook
I follow a number of photographers on Facebook. But they are not well known outside of FB, so not likely what you're asking for.

ohwell

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
kellycook.zenfolio.com/

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4 years 8 months ago #655267 by garyrhook
There are a number of notable figures from the last 40 years-ish, and they are easily googled. Many are dead now, so social media is not going to happen, and frankly, if you want to find the good ones, start out elsewhere. Once you locate one, you can see if they use social media.

The problem with social media is that a lot of good work gets ignored. What value are likes? Answer: zero value.

So do the hard work of looking around, or find a meetup and discuss with other photographers and get personal recommendations based on what you like.

You've provided no parameters here, which makes any suggestion worthless.

Your second question is unclear. Video for what?


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4 years 8 months ago #655272 by Shadowfixer1
It would help if you identified your area of interest. Do you prefer landscape, portrait, wedding, street photography or one of the many other genres available. I have about 60 different ones I follow. Give us a hint and we will help you out. 
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4 years 8 months ago #655279 by Kramz81
I'm really into landscape and street photography. Those are two main area I really want to get into also


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4 years 8 months ago #655284 by icepics
Look up famous photographers like Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, etc. For street photography look up Gary Winogrand, Eliot Erwitt, etc. Look for videos about those photographers. Likes on social media are mostly meaningless, people seem to like everything they see.

Sharon
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4 years 8 months ago #655287 by Kramz81
Black and White photography also


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4 years 8 months ago - 4 years 8 months ago #655288 by Shadowfixer1
Here are a few to get you started
Landscape - Thomas Heaton, Nick Page, Mads Peter Iverson, Nigel Danson, Adam Gibbs, Andrew Marr, Brendan Van Son, Elia Locardi, Fototripper, Lynn Luxon-Jones.

Street- Evan Ranft, King Jvpes, Samuel L. Streetlife, Gareth Danks, Joel Meyerowitz, Sean Tucker, Olafphoto, Jay Maisel

There are many others but this is a start. YouTube is your best source.
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4 years 8 months ago #655302 by KCook
I don't understand the fixation with "Likes"?  My posts hardly ever get likes, that doesn't keep me off Facebook.  The FB pages below are hardly "Must follow", just what I follow -

Black & White
     www.facebook.com/gilberto.pierosara

     www.facebook.com/themonochromatic

Landscape
     www.facebook.com/afeinphoto

     www.facebook.com/ArtWolfeInc

     www.facebook.com/EnlightenedImages

     www.facebook.com/gianni.monterzino

     www.facebook.com/LarryLindahlPhotographer/

     www.facebook.com/noechanarai

     www.facebook.com/SeanParkerPhotography/

     www.facebook.com/shainblumphoto/

Street photography
     www.facebook.com/bwgjiji
    (Koji Kajikawa)

     www.facebook.com/MagnumPhotos

     www.facebook.com/blog.mingthein

     www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009335819081
    (Sacha Duvivier)

     www.facebook.com/tetsuya.yokoo.96

Kelly

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
kellycook.zenfolio.com/

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4 years 8 months ago - 4 years 8 months ago #655351 by Piechura
Rachael Talibart does mainly seascapes, and it also excellent for black and white.

Nigel Danson's youtube channel is very good for discussing the more artistic elements of landscape photography rather than the technical details.

Tony and Chelsea Northrup are very good for very technical stuff, but every week they also do a live show where they review pictures that people have sent in, which is quite useful for getting ideas about what makes a good photo and more importantly, what makes some photos not work. They tend to do a different genre or theme of photography each week and this week was actually street.

Faye Dunmall posts some excellent landscapes on Instagram.

Emmanuel Lubezki (the cinematographer for the Revenant, Birdman, Gravity, etc) has a fairly impressive Instagram account. Like his films, he seems to favour really wide angle stuff. Scroll down to his earlier posts for some really impressive candid portraits.


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4 years 8 months ago #655762 by Steve Zahra

Kramz81 wrote: Hi everybody,
Im new to photography and forums so I wondering-who are some photographers to follow on social media.
Also what video do you guys recommend to watch on YouTube 
thanks



What area of photography do you enjoy?  Also, this ties into both your questions, so knowing what area of interest would be helpful.  


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4 years 8 months ago #655769 by Shadowfixer1

Steve Zahra wrote:

Kramz81 wrote: Hi everybody,
Im new to photography and forums so I wondering-who are some photographers to follow on social media.
Also what video do you guys recommend to watch on YouTube 
thanks



What area of photography do you enjoy?  Also, this ties into both your questions, so knowing what area of interest would be helpful.  

If you had read the thread, you would know the answer.
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4 years 8 months ago #655773 by garyrhook

Shadowfixer1 wrote: If you had read the thread, you would know the answer.


There's some comfort in knowing it's not just me.  :dry:


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4 years 8 months ago #655938 by Greg Friedman
Follow some of the greats like Ansel Adams.  You'll need a library card for that one.  


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