Dylan’s Recommendations

This post is a short list of photographers as recommended by a work colleague, friend and fellow photographer Dylan. His Instagram can be found here.

Dylan and I often talk about photography at work and we both partake in a bit of street photography as well as capturing images of the wonderful town we live in. We’ve discussed some photograhers in the past, some cameras and techniques etc. He likes to play with Infra Red conversions on cameras and has some beautiful images that he’s shared with me, and also on the ‘gram.

Talking about other photographers one day he said that he’d bring in a list for me to take a look at, then a week or two later when we next chatted he produced a short list of some of the youtube channels that he follows.

The list below is Dylan’s but adjacent to them is a short precis of my initial thoughts upon having a look at the work of these people/groups etc. Thanks to Dylan for the list I’ve still got to give him my list.

Joshua Peg – https://www.joshuapeg.com/

Joshua looks to be based in our local region of Shropshire somewhere and appears to have a good collection of landscape photos as well as a mix of others including nature and even a couple of street photos. His photos are well treated and the sort of image I like to look at but I don’t usually take as part of my photography style. He has a good Youtube channel too with some good explanations of the kit and methods he uses to capture some of his amazing photos.

The Photographic Eye – https://www.youtube.com/@ThePhotographicEye/

This is mainly a youtube presence for Alex who helps photographers of all levels and experiences to think more about the process of making images, why we make photos, why some people choose different styles and then also gives viewers of his channel challenges and methods of meeting the challenges. Alex takes photographs of all subjects in order to explain the different genres to his viewers and he has a great way of explaining things without coming across as too preachy and gear oriented. He’s much more interested in having people enjoy photographing scenes than whether they need the latest and greatest gear. It’s a refreshing watch in the mire of YouTube videos of people boasting about how you need the best Nikon or Sony available, when there is the old adage, the best camera is the one you have with you.

Martin Castein – https://www.youtube.com/c/MartinCastein

Martin is a photographer based in London who shoots portraits and landscape photographs as well as hosting workshops. His youtube channel hosts a number of gear review videos as well as tips and hints on how he prefers to make images and the lenses and bodies he uses. There are too many to watch and review on here but the equipment he’s comparing appears to be the affordable range and not the mega expensive top of the range which is also good to see. Too many youtubers are all over the latest and most expensive gear when it’s not always justified. I’ll spend some more time looking into these videos I think.

Next on the list is Roman Fox https://www.youtube.com/@snapsbyfox/

Fox is a London based photographer who specialises in travel photography and youtube content. He is keen on tips and gear videos as well as sharing his experiences as he globetrots with his selected photography and video gear. Much of his content is interesting and worth a watch but I feel that he’s more into youtube than photography.

Street Photography Guy is a Oliver Krumes and is a street photographer and has a few videos on YouTube but his main platform of choice is Instagram. He has some wonderful street photography images on the ‘gram and appears to spend a lot of time in Berlin where he does photography workshops and tuition. Some of his work reminds me of my own, shadows, silhouettes and reflections as well as some close up street. His videos show street photographers how not to get in peoples faces like Bruce Gilden and be a more controlled style. I’ve followed his Instagram channel after looking closer into it.

James Popsys

Dylan’s list presented me with James Popsys who has a very healthy following on Youtube and his website shows some impressive landscape photography. He classes himself as a conceptual photographer. He does review a lot of different gear also and mixes these in with his travels over the globe in the pursuit of photography. He does have some wonderful images but it’s not really in my wheelhouse.

Visuals by Preet – https://visualsbypreet.com/

Preet has some wonderful art photographs on his website. They are a mixture of Wes Anderson and Saul Leiter type images. There are great images with superb colour grading across the whole raft and some fantastic composition. This is definitely a Follow on Instagram for me as i do appreciate the works he produces. He has some professional credits too with some big names, unsurprisingly.

E6 Vlogs – https://www.youtube.com/@e6Vlogs

Craig Roberts is a photographer who concentrates on travel and landscape photography and has a number of commercial outlets from city photo walks to presets and training courses. He talks about cameras a lot on his youtube channel but he also spends a lot of time passing on tips and knowledge that he’s picked up over his years as a photographer. He appears to favour a project now and again and encourages photographers watching his channel to go out and take photographs, in a project type manner, so as to have some drive to get outside with your camera.

David Flower – https://www.youtube.com/@DavidFlowerOfficial/videos

David Flower is a photographer who is based in the UK and spends his time playing with cameras and technology. He is really enthusiastic about his subject and looks like he gets into using older equipment and compare it against the more contemporary equipment that we have in the wild today. He has many videos on his youtube channel that offer tips and hints about how to make the best of shooting conditions and hardware. Some of his street photography is nice and similar to some of my own with people walking into and out of shadows or shafts of light. He has a website too that shows off his “Grid” of some of his fave work. I like his photography and his output but I’m not a big fan of his videos, even though they are well made. Some people I just don’t like to spend time watching, it’s nothing personal, just not my speed.

Chris Baitson – https://www.instagram.com/chrispikz/

Baitson is a photographer who is super keen on his Micro Four Thirds camera system and spends a lot of his videos advocating for it compared to other cameras of a similar time. He has videos documenting his gear throughout his career. He photographs a lot of nature and landscapes as well as some close ups of nature too. Some of his photos are low light or night time images making use of available light or astro style images. Some of the images are really freat but it’s a bit too much landscape for my particular taste. Looks like an awesome photographer though.

Steve O’Nions – https://www.youtube.com/@SteveONions/videos

Steve is a photographer who loves to use film, much of it medium format. He enjoys being out and about in the UK countryside and taking photographs of nature and landscapes. He spends a good deal of time discussing film, developing and printing in the darkroom as well as helping his viewers understand how to work in a more understanding way. He seems like a really excellent photographer and has the ability to share his knowledge with his audience, but the choice of his subject matter for his photos are not really in my wheelhouse wither.

Summary

In all, Dylan’s suggestions are really cool. It’s kind of him to share them with me and allow me to see some content from other photographers. It also helps me understand what makes Dylan tick in terms of photography. He seems to appreciate the landscape and nature photography scene more than I do generally, and still has a lot in common with my photography too.

Some of the photographers recommended to me are now in my subscribed to or Following lists and I will no doubt benefit from their output and inspirational works. A big thanks to Dylan for sending me his list.

My List?

As well as some of the above togs now appearing on my list, here is a brief list of subscriptions on youtube related to photography.

YouTube

• Thomas Heaton
• Karin Majoka
• Jared Polin
• Pierre T Lambert
• Mike Chudley
• The Art Of Photography
• Shoot Film Liek A Boss
• Framelines
• Aperture
• Andy H Photography
• Faizal Westcott
• Martin Parr Foundation
• The Photographers Gallery
• Dante Sisofo

Your List

Do you have any recommendations, which is your essential source of inspiration that helps keep you motivated?