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This is a photograph I like a lot, and I believe it's a pretty good introduction to the topic that I want to chat with you about today,

because I was only able to take it thanks to a practice

or habit that I think is fairly simple but needs a continuous reminder.

This applies to myself, I need to constantly remind myself too, and I think it can be quite powerful.

So today I invite you to hang out with me for a bit for a relaxed chat about photography.

Let's go.

Photography, the medium, contains so many things, so let's just specify today's topic a bit.

I'm not really talking about commercial photography or super technical photography.

I'm talking about artistic and documentary photography.

I think that's sort of the right words.

I'm talking about the kind of work that most of the photographers that I look up to produce.

Work that captures moments, documents life, or captures beauty, or something that is captivating in any other sense.

That is what I strive for in my photography.

For many years now, as you might know if you've been following me for a while,

I am in this continuous journey of practicing and improving my photography and I like to reflect on the results.

Which I think is very important because by intentionally reflecting and self critiquing, I tend to find things that I can look out for next time I get the chance.

If I slowly but consistently improve the way I see, the way I compose and such, I should become better?

I think at least however i believe it's good to not only reflect on the result

but also reflect on the process because it's the process

that produces the results

which i reflect on this however i find a bit harder than reflecting on the result

because when i analyze my results they're there to look at

and pick apart however the process to me appears so messy

and random i suppose so many of my photographs that I like were taken somewhat randomly.

Thus, it feels to me like I don't even know what to reflect on there and what to potentially change.

But there's one overarching thing, a way of being, a process, or one could even say a habit,

that I think is a good guiding force that can shape the process and potentially change it in a positive way.

And that is to actively decide to notice.

Now, hear me out.

This sounds much simpler and more mundane than I personally think it actually is.

It sounds so simple, just notice things, and I think to myself, yeah, sure, I'll make sure to notice stuff and look out.

But when I reflect on my day -to -day, I notice that I'm wrong.

I do not really look out and notice.

it's a fine sunny day and i need to do something in town

so i take the tram into town

when i walk out the door one of the first things

i do is stuff these little things into my ear to play music

or maybe a youtube video like the one you're watching now to listen to someone talk into my ear

then once i get to the tram station and see on the screen

that the tram is going to come in three minutes, what do I do?

Three minutes shouldn't be an agonizingly long wait, right?

Well, we live in this time when people of my age, and maybe above my age too, but I don't know, I feel more confident in saying this about my generation and younger people,

I have this habit.

My hand, sort of automatically, without thinking about it or choosing to,

will glide down into my pocket and grab this slate here

and just as smoothly just glide back into my view and

my eyes and the screen lock that is not surprising

or unnatural in fact i'd argue it's very natural

because my brain at least loves to soak up information about topics i'm interested in this information can be shallow

or deep that doesn't really matter too much what matters is

that it's stimulating i think our brains are incredible in this funny way where it's natural

that this kind of stimulation will tickle the brain in the right way causing this habit

while the same brain becomes self -aware and notices

that about itself i find that funny and

so i stand there for three minutes taking in something sometimes quite useful

and admittedly sometimes times rather useless

but it's only three minutes you know that's all right isn't it well i'd say it's not problematic

but let's get back to photography in those three minutes

that i sort of logged off the real world

and logged into a virtual one things around me happen admittedly usually not much nothing particularly interesting

but sometimes it can very well be utterly interesting but

if i'm distracted by some higher stimulation i'll probably not notice it'll fly right past me

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all right speaking about these moments that might just fly past me

if i was on my phone i want to show you a photograph that is a good example.

This is a photograph I took in exactly this kind of situation.

Behind the camera was me at a bus stop waiting for a bus.

Luckily on this day I was not alone.

Melly was with me and so I say luckily because that is why I was not on my phone.

I was just there existing.

We weren't talking as far as I remember.

It was one of those moments when you're just going somewhere

and doing something together and existing next to each other for a moment

but not necessarily engaging in a conversation as we waited for

the boss i noticed a sliver of light on the street it was the last bit of sunlight on

that day coming from a low angle

and moments later this cyclist passed at the bus station

because i was already aware of the sliver of light i could estimate

that there was a decent chance that this cyclist would pass right through the night

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so maybe I could get a photograph of that moment.

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And that is this shot.

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It's one of my favourite shots from that year.

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This was back in 2023 I believe.

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Obviously I understand

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that I am very lucky to be from the gorgeous country

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of Austria where I get to look at a spectacular view like this one

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while waiting for the bus which arguably at least partially makes the photograph.

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However I would like to encourage you to look beyond that

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and focus on the point I'm making which is the sliver of light

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and the cyclist and the fact that i was not distracted

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and thus anticipated this scene

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which allowed me to capture it i don't know where you're from there's a high chance

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that you will not have a pretty mountain in the background on waiting for a bus

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but maybe something else that is pretty and if not that's also fine

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because i'm sure you do have pretty lighting at least sometimes

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which i'd say is what really makes this photograph this shot would not be remotely as interesting without the cyclist

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and the lighting.

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Anyway the point I'm making is

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that this shot was only taken thanks to the fact

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that I was not distracting myself

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and recently I have caught myself habitually reaching for my phone again

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when outside and I'm sure that I've at least missed out on one photograph

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and I'm now making an effort again to self -observe

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and stop myself and just be more present even

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when waiting for the tram even if it gets boring

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because I want to actively choose to be capable of noticing

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because I believe this will make me a better photographer

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and maybe this applies to you too thus I'm making this

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video to share my recent thoughts with you in case you too feel like this is something

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that you want to work on and need a reminder just like like I do.

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So I'm keeping this rather present in my mind, but also, I know myself.

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I know how powerful habits are, so I need to actually also physically make some sort of change.

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I don't need to do anything extreme, I know that a small change can do a lot for me.

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So what I'm going to be doing now, when I head out into town, is to not have my phone in my - pocket but instead put it in my bag or in my backpack.

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Somewhere where reaching it takes just a bit more effort than

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that habitual hand gliding down into the pocket and coming up again.

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I think simply interrupting that mechanism can probably change a lot.

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So that is what I'll be doing.

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I don't know if this was useful to you because maybe you don't struggle with this at all.

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But if you're still watching, I hope you found something in this video useful.

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That's all I wanted to chat about with you today.

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Before saying goodbye, I would like to say a massive thank you to the lovely people supporting me

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and my work on Patreon.

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If you're interested in my color grading lot, my Lightroom presets, or deep dive videos, tutorials and stuff like that for editing and color grading,

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you can check out my page via the link in the description.

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With that said, I hope to see you again soon.

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Until then, goodbye.

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Thank you.

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В этом видео 148 предложений и 1885 слов для шедоуинга. Речь длится 11:06. Говорящий говорит в естественном темпе, около 170 слов в минуту, близком к повседневной речи. Только 81% слов входят в 3000 самых частых слов английского языка, поэтому лексика сложная.

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15 слов из видео, которые стоит выучить, с произношением и значением:

Слово	Произношение	Значение
photography существительное	/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/	фотогра́фия
reflect глагол	/ɹɪˈflɛkt/	отража́ть, отража́ться
photograph существительное	/ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/	фотогра́фия, фо́то
habit существительное	/ˈhæb.ɪt/	привы́чка, обы́чай
cyclist существительное	/ˈsaɪ.klɪst/	велосипеди́ст, велосипеди́стка
topic существительное	/ˈtɑpɪk/	те́ма, предме́т
pocket существительное	/ˈpɑ.kɪt/	карма́н, карма́шек
capture глагол	/ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/	захва́тывать, захвати́ть
distract глагол	/dɪˈstɹækt/	отвлека́ть, отвле́чь
log существительное	/lɔɡ/	бревно́, коло́да
remind глагол	/ɹəˈmaɪnd/	напомина́ть, напо́мнить
domain существительное	/ˌdəʊˈmeɪ̯n/	владе́ние
edit глагол	/ˈɛdɪt/	редакти́ровать, изменя́ть
goodbye	/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/	проща́й, проща́йте
photographer существительное	/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/	фото́граф

Фразовые глаголы, которые вы услышите

Слово	Значение
look out глагол	быть настороже́, быть осторо́жным
check out глагол	проверя́ть, прове́рить
come up глагол	поднима́ться, подня́ться
look up to глагол	равняться на, брать пример с

Произношение, на которое стоит обратить внимание

Говорящий использует 41 сокращённых и редуцированных форм, например I'm, don't, you're. Произносите их коротко, так, как слышите.

Звуки «sh» и «zh»: capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, stimulation /stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/, partially /ˈpɑɹʃəli/, shout /ʃaʊt/
Длинные слова — следите за ударением: photography /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/, continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/, stimulation /stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/

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Запишите себя и сравните с оригиналом, обращая внимание на такие слова, как photography, reflect, photograph.

Что такое техника Shadowing?

Shadowing — это научно обоснованная техника изучения языка, изначально разработанная для подготовки профессиональных переводчиков и популяризированная полиглотом доктором Александром Аргуэльесом. Метод прост, но эффективен: вы слушаете аудио на английском от носителей языка и немедленно повторяете вслух — как тень, следующая за говорящим с задержкой в 1–2 секунды. В отличие от пассивного прослушивания или грамматических упражнений, Shadowing заставляет мозг и мышцы рта одновременно обрабатывать и воспроизводить реальные речевые паттерны. Исследования показывают, что это значительно улучшает точность произношения, интонацию, ритм, связную речь, понимание на слух и беглость речи — что делает его одним из самых эффективных методов для подготовки к IELTS Speaking и реального общения на английском.

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