 Yo, what up welcome back to another episode. I saw a bear last weekend That has nothing to do with the video I just thought I'd share Well, it's about time we have the talk I think you're finally old enough to hear this and Believe me. It's as awkward for me as it is for you when a man and a woman Are in love With photography sometimes something special will happen and they'll develop their photography favorites And that's what we'll be discussing today whether it be photographers or gear First up. I think my favorite camera as of late has to be the contacts t2 I'm sure you guys have noticed. I've been using the crap out of this thing lately This is a really solid camera and I'd say my favorite part is the exposure compensation dial here at the top Which is kind of something that I don't think a lot of point shoots have everything else is about as Automated as you want it to be on top of that this thing is pocket size So it's super easy to carry along to the market the park or the strip club. These things are stupidly expensive You can thank several celebrities for that. Is it worth the money? Probably not no, but I'm having fun with mine until the day it inevitably lets me down like every child does to its parents I'm a huge fan of Elsa Bleda's work Something about the colors and the lighting and the mood just makes me want to run away from all of my adult responsibilities and exist in that composition Being an adult is hard She's a photographer from South Africa and is known mostly for her nighttime work and surrealist vision Which is reflected in her compositions It's very fantastical. It's like if Blade Runner had a baby with Narnia And then that baby dropped acid I'd be very surprised if she was shooting film this whole time But I can look the other way on that just like I look the other way when the check arrives at dinner The process doesn't really matter because what's important is the final image, right? You can find her on Instagram at Elsa Bleda I'm not sure if she has like an official website or portfolio online or anything like that because I couldn't find one But yeah, be sure to check her workout for some sweet inspiration My favorite film as of late and I'm sure this comes as no surprise has definitely been Kodak Color Plus 200 I kind of liken it to a cheaper version of Portra 400 There's definitely some differences like Color Plus has more of a gold cast to it But it handles a overexposure pretty well, which is crucial for me My local Photography shop was actually out of this stuff the other day and I nearly had a full-blown Chernobyl breakdown. I almost shaved my head and ugly cried all over the store I think Portra 400 is still my favorite for serious work But I've been using Color Plus 200 a lot lately because none of my work is serious Kodak, please sponsor me One of my favorite YouTube film photography channels is one that I've been following for years I hope I'm pronouncing it right Matt Day But for real Madison B photography. I assume the B stands for baller because her channel is pretty pimp She does a lot of work with point-and-shoots, which is pretty cool And I think she works at a charity shop in the UK So so she has access to just random cameras that come across in her work I Think she mentioned somewhere that she went to school for photography. So she's definitely a lot more knowledgeable than me She recently did a video on the Olympus MGU 2 and all of its quirks Honestly, I wish she would upload more. I think her stuff is really cool So yeah head on over and say what's up? My favorite photo book is definitely how to talk to your cat about gun safety I find it to be a really sobering look at the life of the American gun owning house cat Okay, for real if we're not counting personal Shrek fanfiction. I've actually been digging through This book a lot lately. It's called aftermath by Joel Myerwitz It's a collection of images from the site of the World Trade Center just days after the tragedy Apparently Joel Myerwitz was one of the only photographers allowed on the site in the days after during the cleanup What's even more incredible is that every photo in this book was composed on 8x10 film So to see them printed huge with lots of details is incredible I actually got this book for free at my last job I was watching a video about someone's favorite photography books and they had mentioned Aftermath and I thought that name sounded really familiar So I looked under my desk and lo and behold this book was right there Whoever worked at my desk before me must have just left it behind and forgotten about it Like a dumpster, baby My favorite photography accessory lately is definitely gonna be the Mets flash It's the Mets 45cl1 and I had to Frankenstein some parts together to get a working one I had to get a new flash sync cord because the original there was um Exposed wire and I just didn't trust myself not to stick my mouth on it and end it all whenever I screwed up a shot The original batteries Were some old rechargeable technology that didn't actually come with the recharging cable. So That was super helpful. Luckily b&h came through in the clutch and I got a new battery holder that holds double a's What's kind of cool about this flash is that it attaches to the camera here And you can kind of get a bit more of an angle on the subject when the flash fires You set your iso and f-stop here on the top and then you plug in your flash sync to your flash sync port on your camera Admittedly, I still haven't really gotten used to shooting with the flash, but I'm getting better Sometimes when I'm firing away, I tend to assume every shutter speed is okay to use with a flash when it's not A lot of cameras have a maximum shutter speeds that you can use with a flash sync port So don't be like me. Do your research Anyway, that's it. Uh, be sure to tune in for the next video where I mess up some flash sync settings