Since YouTube announced we we were giving more creators the opportunity to become partners, we have seen a flurry of creativity from our new partners. We’ve asked some of you to share your experiences of using our platform, and the resources you use to grow your audience, increase views and take your channel to new heights.

This month we are looking at Nitsan Simantov, a 23 year old Israeli living near London and working full time as a filmmaker and photographer. Nitsan’s channel, NitsanPictures, is about his professional video work as well as tutorials for creative photography and video production.

“I use my channel to communicate the things I'm passionate about.I get a lot of my inspiration from all the creative people on YouTube”

Shortly after filming his first video, a review of a Fancier brand tripod, Nitsan found that he loved talking to the camera. The positive reaction he got for his video from the filmmaking community on YouTube gave him the push to continue making more and more videos.

His channel is based upon videos of the things Nitsan finds most interesting. It is almost entirely made up of filmmaking and photography reviews, DIY builds, tutorials, and of course his rather impressive filmmaking portfolio!

Nitsan gets a lot of support from companies around the world that send him products for review, which, he says, is really helpful for someone working on a small budget. “Of course I never receive money for my product reviews. That would just make the video an advert rather than an honest review”, he adds.

The filmmaking community on YouTube lies at the core of Nitsan’s support and inspiration. Nitsan says he is truly inspired by all the creative people on YouTube, Polcan99,  Dombowerphoto, DigitalRev and Philipbloom to name but a few. He also enjoys other types of content on YouTube and highly recommends a daily dose of comedy from the likes of Toby Turner.

Nitsan looks forward to continue building up his viewership in the future. He makes sure he optimises each of his videos, and plans to regularly upload great quality videos for his growing audience, which is already taking his channel to new heights.

To become a YouTube Partner now, visit: www.youtube.com/partners, and get ready to take your channel to the next step! For more information on optimising, visit: www.youtube.com/creators

The YouTube Team