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Justin Mott

Justin Mott

@askmott

Justin Mott is an award-winning documentary, editorial and commercial photographer of American origin (Rhode Island) who has lived in Vietnam for almost two decades. With a professional career spanning more than 20 years, he is widely recognized for having carried out more than 100 assignments for The New York Times in Southeast Asia, in addition to collaborating with world-renowned media such as National Geographic, TIME, BBC and The Wall Street Journal. His career also includes a prominent television role as resident photographer and judge on the History Channel's Photo Face-Off program.

Through his educational platform and YouTube channel, AskMOTT, Justin is dedicated to teaching photography from a perspective based on real-world professional experience. Their focus is not on quick tricks or presets, but on helping photographers of all levels develop clarity, intention, and solid habits in their workflow. In addition to his business and teaching work, he is a strong advocate for wildlife conservation, leading long-term projects such as Kindred Guardians, where he documents the efforts of people dedicated to animal and environmental protection.

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What Bad Street Photography Is Teaching You

发布时间: 2026年9月27日 · 时长: 7 分 34 秒 · 12K 次播放

Bad street photography can teach you the wrong lessons, especially when respected photographers and camera brands present it as great work. Here’s how to improve your street photography through stronger image selection, honest critique, and visual storytelling. I take plenty of bad photographs.

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发布时间: 2026年9月17日 · 时长: 8 分 2 秒 · 7.1K 次播放

Shop Wotancraft Bags ( New camera gear, photography contests, Instagram followers, photo tours, and exotic travel will not make you a better photographer. This honest photography advice explains what actually improves your photography, from developing vision and style to getting real feedback and shooting meaningful projects. Most photographers already know that gear is not everything.

7 Habits of Exceptional Photographers

发布时间: 2026年9月13日 · 时长: 11 分 35 秒 · 8.4K 次播放

What makes an exceptional photographer? These seven photography habits separate talented photographers from professionals clients trust and hire again. Learn the professional photography skills that matter beyond camera gear, from preparation and communication to creativity, ethics, and client relationships.

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发布时间: 2026年9月3日 · 时长: 8 分 50 秒 · 5.6K 次播放

Bleu de Chauffe Zoom travel bag review after real-world trips through Japan and the United States. A working photographer tests this French leather carry-on for client shoots, long flights, and everyday travel. I’m not a total gear person, but I do love bags.

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发布时间: 2026年8月30日 · 时长: 12 分 43 秒 · 6.1K 次播放

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发布时间: 2026年8月22日 · 时长: 9 分 22 秒 · 8.2K 次播放

Honest photography advice for amateur and professional photographers based on more than 20 years of real industry experience. Learn how to improve your photography, avoid gear acquisition syndrome, develop your style, price your work, and build a sustainable photography career. Amateurs and professional photographers do not always need the same advice, but they can learn a great deal from each other.

One Hour, One Leica, One Photo Story in Vietnam

发布时间: 2026年8月11日 · 时长: 6 分 38 秒 · 6.7K 次播放

Street photography and documentary storytelling on a Leica M11, shot in one hour in Hanoi, Vietnam. This is real photography education from a working photojournalist, no perfect conditions and no gear flexing, just the honest process of telling a photo story when everything goes sideways. In this episode I take my Leica into the streets of Hanoi to shoot the exact assignment I gave my membership community this month.

The Portrait Technique I Use When Everything Goes Wrong

发布时间: 2026年7月23日 · 时长: 9 分 20 秒 · 6.7K 次播放

Some of my favorite portraits have been made with nothing more than a window. I've relied on this simple technique while photographing New York Times assignments, NGO stories, and commercial campaigns around the world. It works because it strips away distractions and forces you to focus on what actually matters: light, composition, and your subject.

The Photography Career Advice Nobody Gives You

发布时间: 2026年7月9日 · 时长: 9 分 46 秒 · 2.1K 次播放

Fifteen years ago, editorial assignments made up about 75% of my income. Today it's around 5%, and I'm not sad about it. I spent years risking my safety for $250 a day, and when things went south for me in one country, a publication I'd given 15 years to didn't have my back.

Dispatches: Moments Are Earned, Not Taken | Northern Vietnam EP. 14

发布时间: 2026年7月5日 · 时长: 8 分 58 秒 · 1K 次播放

Somewhere in the mountains of northern Vietnam, a young mother let me spend an afternoon in her home. She was part of a massive development project, and my job was to make sure the people at the heart of it didn't get lost in the paperwork. Eleven years later, I'm pulling this assignment out of the archive and telling you how it actually went.

How I Carry a Full Leica Kit Without a Camera Bag

发布时间: 2026年7月2日 · 时长: 6 分 13 秒 · 3.1K 次播放

Shop Wotancraft Pouches and Bags ( I don't usually get riled up about pouches. Camera bags I will happily talk about for a full episode, I have a whole wall of them, but pouches never made the cut. Then these Wotancraft leather pouches came with me to South Korea for a big shoot, sat in my bag through Seoul, and I kept reaching for them on my days off wandering the city.

The Leica SL3-P Changed My Mind... Maybe.

发布时间: 2026年6月25日 · 时长: 14 分 45 秒 · 13K 次播放

Start your own print store with Pic-Time, the platform I host my entire print store on. Free trial here: Last year I ditched Leica's SL system on camera and I meant it. My SL2 changed its own settings in the middle of a hotel shoot in Japan, one failure on a real paying job, and I was finished with it.

The Only Camera Bag I Decided to Keep This Year

发布时间: 2026年6月21日 · 时长: 7 分 9 秒 · 4.8K 次播放

Shop Wotancraft Bags ( I almost didn't make this review. Not because the bag was bad. In fact, I've been a fan of Wotancraft's Pilot Series for years.

AI Hasn't Made Me Better. It Gave Me Time To Shoot.

发布时间: 2026年6月17日 · 时长: 11 分 28 秒 · 2.6K 次播放

Most photographers think using AI means faking a frame or letting a machine retouch your work. After nearly 20 years and over 100 assignments for the New York Times, I can tell you the truth nobody mentions: photography was never the hard part. It's everything around it.

Dispatches: Over-Monking It | Laos — New York Times Assignment EP. 1

发布时间: 2026年6月12日 · 时长: 7 分 23 秒 · 1.7K 次播放

Over a decade ago I was wedged into a packed minivan somewhere in Laos with a few thousand dollars worth of gear on my lap, on assignment for the New York Times. One foot in photojournalism. The other foot getting pulled toward commercial work that paid a lot better.

Photographers, Start Here — Who I Am and What This Channel Is Really About

发布时间: 2026年6月9日 · 时长: 1 分 38 秒 · 40K 次播放

If you're new here, watch this first. I'm Justin Mott, an assignment photographer based in Hanoi, Vietnam with nearly 20 years of experience shooting for The New York Times, Fortune 500 companies, and major publications around the world. My conservation work with the last northern white rhinos became part of Leica's global Witness campaign.

Most photography content won't teach you this

发布时间: 2026年6月7日 · 时长: 10 分 5 秒 · 3.5K 次播放

Most photographers spend their careers chasing perfect light and flawless composition. But the images that actually stay with people — the ones you can still describe years later — often have nothing to do with either. In this video I break down two photographers whose work I have studied for years and use in every workshop I teach.

Leica M11 + Sony A1? My Experimental Kit

发布时间: 2026年5月16日 · 时长: 3 分 41 秒 · 974 次播放

Client approved experimenting with this Leica kit for a commercial photo shoot done in a documentary style but I’m still bringing my Sony A1 just in case. See my favorite camera gear and why here.

This Photo Embarrassed Me - On Assignment for the New York Times

发布时间: 2026年5月13日 · 时长: 2 分 38 秒 · 2.2K 次播放

In this episode, I break down a photograph I shot on assignment in Bali for The New York Times and explain why I actually hated this image for years before realizing it taught me one of the most important photography lessons of my career. As photographers, especially Leica photographers, street photographers, documentary photographers, and travel photographers, we often obsess over perfect composition, beautiful…

Photographers - You're Losing Money

发布时间: 2026年5月10日 · 时长: 10 分 59 秒 · 3.9K 次播放

One of the biggest mistakes photographers make is not understanding the long-term value of their images. In this video, I break down photography contracts, licensing agreements, image usage rights, AI clauses, and why photographers need to stop giving away unlimited usage for free. Whether you are an amateur photographer, content creator, Leica shooter, commercial photographer, or someone trying to build a…

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