In 2023 Photography Is DEAD?

0:00 Intro
0:32 AI is a threat
1:21 Disclamer
1:46 Document personal memories
2:49 You can what others can't
3:31 Do it your way
4:31 Gear is FUN
5:26 Shoot film
6:54 Photography is for photographers
7:46 2023 will the BEST

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My name is Matti Sulanto, I'm a photographer based in Helsinki Finland.

[donaldpirie]

My mother was 90 last year. She received loads of lovely gift. I had a photobook prepared using old photos I had dug out of my brother and me taken over the years and added in images I had taken myself. The book documented her life with my dad, who had died about a year previously. It showed children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was totally overcome with emotion (and she is NOT an emotional lady). It was a ‘wonder gift’! Today the book sits prominently on a coffee table and she shows it to everyone. Phots mean nobody is ever forgotten and, in a sense, they are always with us. We might die, but photos help us to live on. Long live photography!

[Burboss]

Photography will exist even without what we call "traditional cameras". The art is eternal, the tools are transient.

[johnstephenson]

I bought my first camera in 1957 I was 7 years old, I am now real close to 73. I use film and digital. My film cameras go from Minox spy, 35mm, 620, 120 and 4x5lf, my digital are gopro, insta360, micro 4/3 and full frame. If I get tired 0f one I go to my closet for something different. HAVE A FANTASTIC NEW YEAR

[ernestopina]

Thank you so much for this video. I was in the same rut of not being able to love photography. This brought insight to photographing again.

[ianrazey]

This is so true. I notice things other people don't.

[bk]

Great video. An important addition to number one; call it 1A : Make photo books from for your photos. My wife makes photo books from each vacation, holiday, etc. she even makes family calendars for gifts each year. Files on a computer might as well not exist if not printed.

[PhotoYipy]

Very well said🙏 I have just finished setting up my photo enlarger today, 2023 is a year of film photography for me, why? While cleaning up my old desk, I discovered some black and white prints which I shot and printed myself decades ago, those looks and feelings absolutely blown me away, I wonder why on earth have I forgotten how wonderful film photography was? If a tool that suits my creative purpose then it is the best, not necessary has to be the latest technology. AI can never replace the value of traditional painting, same for photography.

[Bakin]

Matti; as usual you have excellent recommendations and insights; I wish you a great New Year!
Keep Shooting!

[TheOneAft]

Yes, you're right in every reason you exposed on your video. Well done! Have a great 2023! ¡Feliz año! 😃 🙌

[trevorbrooks]

Happy 2023 Matti, travelling obviously agrees with you, happy and relaxed 🤙 A few coffees for the new year on the way, thanks for every post.

[fongtan]

gosh, you just reminded me of olympus 100 anniversary documentary. there are so many precious moment in life and these are the moments which is very precious to us. i used to carry huge systems, but it is restricting me to take part in family activities. now i only liked small cameras. preferably to fit in my pocket. so those people who is truly important to me will remember me as a person and not a walking lens.

[JeevesTCW]

Hi Matti Happy New Year. I'm afraid I am struggling to love photography atm despite some great recent purchases. Maybe it started during covid; did I start to love buying gear more than taking pics during this time? Or is it that as a travel photography lover I struggle for motivation when I don't have somwhere new to visit? Even weekly trips to London are not doing it for me atm. Just sharing some thoughts, pls keep the videos coming in 2023, Rich.

[rogermuggleton]

Today, January 2nd, I started my photography early when I noticed the low morning sun cast long shadows on the grit used to prevent the footpath from icing up. Grit with shadows, wow, I didn't have a camera but my phone did the trick. A couple of hours later I set out with my E-M5 III and took a couple of hundred photos of things like hazel tree catkins, the black ash tree buds, winter crops growing in the fields, fungi, solitary trees in the middle of fields, oak leaves still on young trees (marcescence) and the sun and its reflections on a lake. I met a woman walking her dogs, she told me she likes my local photos so please put todays pictures on social media.

I've been doing this, off and on, for 50 years. It makes me happy. But I rarely meet anyone else doing the same thing, although that has always been the case. I have thought of trying full frame (like I did in the 1970's) and as a retired 'engineer' the machinery (cameras) are fascinating, although getting pricey. I have the money for a halfway house - an X-T5 - but am also tempted by machines like a Canon 5D or 6D which are old and much cheaper.

[marcusrhode]

Thank you for many inspiring videos over the past year, like this one, for tips and recommendations beyond sharpness comparison and pixel counting. All the best for 2023!

[dominicvijayanand]

very truly said and thank you sir. its always a pleasure to hear from you the naked truth.

[albertodantonio]

Thank you so much for your passion for photography and your honesty as a man with a camera...

[curiouslizard]

Wonderful video and I agree, cameras and lenses are FUN!!!

[InstagramParisLiLiPhotography]

And that video is saved in my "life inspiration" youtube playlist ! thank you for your wise words to start 2023 with hope and motivation ! Happy new year

[markkupaasky]

This is your best one so far! :-) But never ever will I go back film!

[christophehanon]

Thanks for this motivating video. Best wishes for this great photography and video year !