We have been social distancing for over four weeks here. Can’t lie, it seems to be getting harder these days as the virus comsumes our lives and our television sets. It seems that we spend a lot of time watching press conferences updating us on the virus spread among other things. There are also other things happening in the wake of this virus that seems to be getting worse. There are people turning on each other, conspiracy theories and other ugliness happening that contribute to the negativity that is already there. I personally have had to eliminate some “friends” of social media to preserve a positive experience there. I have a feeling that this practice will happen more before this is over.
As this progressed further, I began a course on Photoshop to help occupy some of my time in a positive way and that has helped but I also have some other things that help me to maintain something “normal” in my life during these times. Since I am a photographer, I enjoy watching YouTube videos and I thought I would share a few of my most watched people for you to check out if you are into it.
Adam Gibbs: Adam is a recipient of the International Landscape Photographer Of The Year and a very interesting guy to watch. Most of his videos are in the field and demonstrating his techniques for getting quality landscape images. https://www.youtube.com/user/AGibbsPhotography/videos
Thomas Heaton: Thomas is another favourite of mine. He lives in England but he does work all over the world in all sorts of locations. A really nice guy and great to watch. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfhW84xfA6gEc4hDK90rR1Q/videos
Nick Page: Nick is located in the US North West and is another that I watch a lot. He is also someone who spends a lot of time in the field teaching you what he is doing as he goes along. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxv1rK6prSp2aoNqNyxD_Vg/videos
Peter McKinnon: Peter is the biggest of the YouTubers that I follow. He has an interesting story and so many videos that you could be busy with Peter for a very long time. He is a film maker more than he is a photographer but he has a very interesting way of presenting it. I enjoy his work very much. https://www.youtube.com/user/petermckinnon24/videos
There are several other people to follow and infinite subjects so whatever your interests are, you can surely find people to check out. Who knows, maybe you will find someone that you will wish to follow.