The internet is great. It has allowed us to easily access information and develop our skills. And there’s no bigger provider of free education than youtube.Examples of cognitive approach to learning nick turpin, a street photographer with over 20 years of experience has jumped on the digital bandwagon and started a new channel. A polarizing personality, nick has decided to share his experience, without asking for a fee.Examples of cognitive approach to learning he says, “for decades people have paid to spend a weekend on a workshop with me. YouTube offers a way to teach globally…it’s a new way of doing things for me.” is this new channel worth your precious time?Examples of cognitive approach to learning and will it benefit your street photography skills?

The youtube channel is still very much in its infancy. At the time of writing this, nick has uploaded seven videos, totalling to almost two hours of content.Examples of cognitive approach to learning this includes live point of view street photography walks, reviews of his subscribers’ images and tips on selling your work. The average length of the videos is roughly 18 minutes – long enough to provide good information and not too long to lose your interest.Examples of cognitive approach to learning intro and production

For a youtuber to be successful, they must think about the details. Arriving on nick’s home page, there’s something missing – a landing video.Examples of cognitive approach to learning landing videos are important because they tend to be a short overview of what people can expect from the channel. It’s also a great way to instantly start a connection with possible subscribers.Examples of cognitive approach to learning on the homepage, you will just see a basic overview, that includes six of the seven uploads. This isn’t the worst thing in the world, but without a killer intro video, it kind of weakens the production value.Examples of cognitive approach to learning

Getting to the content, let’s focus on the video’s introduction. Nick has created an 18-second well-produced introduction that plays prior to the main content of the upload.Examples of cognitive approach to learning it’s very well edited with a catchy backing track. It explains what the channel provides and has a professional feel to it. For me, it got me gripped to what was to follow, giving me an expectation of quality – rather than something your dad asked you to upload to “the youtube.” for his studio videos, nick has gone for a very basic setup.Examples of cognitive approach to learning simply, it’s him sitting in front of a white background with his head and shoulders framed in the scene. This is okay, I guess. Whilst what he says is more important, I would have liked to have seen something a little more sophisticated.Examples of cognitive approach to learning maybe some street photos in the background, out of focus but with enough detail to give his set up more depth, and importantly, more character.Examples of cognitive approach to learning point of view street photography walks

For his photo walk, nick gave us a viewpoint through his view finder. This gave us a literal perspective of what the eye could see.Examples of cognitive approach to learning I much prefer this approach compared to the use of gopro. Although not a completely new concept, this was the first time I’ve seen this done for street photography tutorials.Examples of cognitive approach to learning it provided a much more true-to-life experience and was a nice touch. What I really liked about the photo walk video was the pace of it. For whatever reason, it has become cool to just make quick choppy edits on youtube – usually with the presenter making a random cup of coffee in between.Examples of cognitive approach to learning nick had a more controlled pace and was clear when describing what he was doing. Throughout the video, he explains clearly how to build a scene and to create relationships between all the core elements of a frame.Examples of cognitive approach to learning the great learning in this is how nick looks beyond his subject. He’s constantly looking into the background and foreground, trying to see if he can latch on to a detail worth capturing or adding to the frame.Examples of cognitive approach to learning that’s something all new street photographers should learn as soon as possible. To finish the video nick did a recap of his photo walk. Personally, I would have liked to see him take it into the editing room, or at the very least, made that something for the immediate follow-up video, showing how he picks his final frames.Examples of cognitive approach to learning street photo review

As part of his channel, nick has decided to review images from people who have sent them to him via instagram. A nice touch and a good way to get people involved, but honestly, I don’t want to sit for 30 minutes looking at him talk about other photographers’ work.Examples of cognitive approach to learning this would have been the perfect opportunity to pick up the pace of his content. Something more along the lines of “this week’s 10 best street photographs,” with a five minute rundown of why he likes his selection.Examples of cognitive approach to learning also, why do we always have to pat each other on the back? Do a video with the “5 worst images,” giving some constructive criticisms of why they are lacking in quality and what needs to be done to improve them.Examples of cognitive approach to learning in short; a nice addition to the channel but went on for way too long. Making money from street photography

In this game, you have to think beyond the practice in order to make some dollars.Examples of cognitive approach to learning one of the best ways to make money is to sell prints. However, for the newbie, they may not know where to start. Nick has earnt a buck or two over the years.Examples of cognitive approach to learning and in one of his tutorials, he explains how to sell limited-edition prints. I was worried this was going to be a long drawn out affair. But to his credit, this was an eight-minute video in which he got straight to the point and avoided any unnecessary filler to make the video longer.Examples of cognitive approach to learning from collectors to corporate, nick explains who is in the market for street photography prints. He also encourages the viewer to really ask themselves if their work is worthy of people shelling out their cash of it.Examples of cognitive approach to learning the tutorial moves onto covering sizing your images, creating a customer database, what platform to sell images on and which companies can print your work.Examples of cognitive approach to learning all important information and something even the more experienced photographer can learn from. Conclusion

In this channel, we have some quality foundations to build on.Examples of cognitive approach to learning what’s important to emphasize is that this is not some young youtuber who has been shooting street photography for two years. It’s a guy who has paid his dues and earnt the right to have is knowledge respected and taken seriously.Examples of cognitive approach to learning it’s great to have him share it on a free platform. He could be pick up the production value a little and make some of his videos slightly more engaging.Examples of cognitive approach to learning it’s clear, however, this will be a solid source of education to all levels of street photographer. I’m also told we can expect 80 videos over the coming months.Examples of cognitive approach to learning I’m sure there will be some vital education amongst them.