The MOST IMPORTANT Thing To A Photographer

What is the most important thing to most photographers? Their eyes of course. Without your eyes what good would you be as a photographer.

I know there are photographers out there who are legally blind but for the most part, if you lost your eyes tomorrow, you wouldn't be able to do photography any more.

The moral of the story, GO GET YOUR EYES CHECKED!!!

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When's the last time you had your eyes checked?

[Impostertot]

Big thumbs for this one! Thank you very much for your promotion of regular eye exams! As an eye professional and photo enthusiast, I certainly applaud your message.
Those dilating drops take about twenty minutes to take full effect, looked like you had good dilation (maybe f/2.0 range 😊). All the tests you described are important but the most critical is for the doc to have a look inside your eye. There are so many things that can come show up out of nowhere. Glad to hear with your nystagmus that you can achieve 20/30 level of vision. Other similar patients are not as fortunate.
Don’t ever take your vision for granted. Photography helps to give us an appreciation of this every day.

[OneEyeBlindMedia]

Jared, I appreciate this video. I am blind in one eye and go to a retina specialist every two or three months for both eyes. I have had multiple surgeries and get an injection each visit. My Dr is a photographer (Nikon Shooter too!) So he understands how important it is for me to see at least out of one eye. Thanks again, people without eye issues will NEVER understand!

[nodowt]

Interesting timing, I got a reminder just the other day to book in to get checked... I was diagnosed a few years ago with Coats’ Disease & had to have laser performed to seal blood vessels behind my retina (the scar tissue from this also helps to keep the retina attached).

This will be my 4th year since the laser, so fingers crossed it’s all good still.

[goodeye]

I can't even begin to tell you how important this video is. I lost an eye to Coridial Melanoma 15 years ago. I was a guinea pig for Proton Beam treatment over at Mass Eye and Ear/MGH in Boston. They killed the cancer but burnt my brain. I have migraine like headaches everyday. Good thing is I'm still alive. Don't ever hesitate to see your eye professionals. If you think something is wrong, get it checked out. That f 1.4 you mentioned, I had that for 2 years in the bad eye, it wasn't fun. Love your videos

[scottbailey]

Thanks for the important msg. It’s an easy one to forget about if nothing wrong and better to be proactive instead of waiting until there is.

[davejw]

David. Had mine checked on Valentine's Day and for the first time in 18 years did not need an adjustment in my prescription. Once a year because of my age and the monitoring of cataracts.

[tracylynnw]

That's got to be the weirdest feeling having those drops put in your eyes, I have astigmatism, really poor vision in my right eye, near perfect in my left eye, passed my beginners permit for driving and I don't need my glasses for driving. See you can be completely blind in one eye and get a class 5 drivers licence.

[tectorama]

I get mine checked every couple of years. Once you get to (I think) 60 yrs old here in the UK, it's a free service.

[tskcthulhu]

thx god you didnt share your colonoscopy appointment.

[Divineshot]

Eye loved this vlog!
I read your short story in Gary Vees new book man. Very inspiring!

[crazyvulcanman]

"It goes from F/16 to F/1.4"
So you're telling me the bokeh is amazing? XD

[heather]

US dental eye doctor- lol:) I need to have mine checked... it’s been a year. Thanks for the video:)

[antidecepticon]

good use of the florescent flicker to simulate the astigmatism.

[Phillmo]

I agree just had mine checked and they were bad I noticed my pics were getting crooked big reason why I went in. And I wear glasses when I shoot and it sucks but everything’s much better.

[boredamish]

+Jared Polin I always assumed you were reading from a prompter. I didn't realize you had Casey Neistagmus.

[atzinmonroy]

I'm an optometrist (eye doctor) and I love it!

[cameronprior]

Good reminder. Haven’t been in 6 years. I also discovered I needed glasses during a DMV eye test (when I turned 30). Been wearing outdated script for years. Nearsighted. Trouble reading road signs at night. Right eye is pretty bad compared to left. Spent most of my day looking at a computer, so contacts are more trouble than they’re worth. Guess it’s time to go back... Be careful driving!

[MichelleLevasseur]

I'm facing the prospect each and every day that I'll have another stroke in my eye - something that isn't supposed to happen to someone my age ( 47 at the time of the stroke) and I am living with a sentence of another stroke or quite possibly an aneurysm blowing my brain out. Still, everyone faces mortality - I just kind of know what is probably going to kill me. I've gotten the hang of shooting with 25% vision loss in my shooting eye - it's not easy but it can be done :)

[cjstudios]

Holy...Reedemer! That hospital brings back memories. I attended a few laser cases (first job out of college) in their OR, when I sold lasers to Urology. As a working pro photog, I get my eyes checked each year. No sight, no photos. It's kind of simple.