It makes perfect sense that David is one of your favourite photographers. To me, you both appear to be perfectly technically skilled yet ultimately focused on the message.
Likewise. That's a lot of years of wrapping my head around things distilled into a video about how I understand them at the present. Hopefully, the process doesn't stop here and new ways to make use of the tools will present themselves.
Really helpful tutorial on aperture and lens use. From my film days through today's mirrorless cameras, the mix of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO has challenged me. This video helps me understand them better! Thank you, Dylan!
I’ve just recently found your page and first and foremost I’d like to say that your work is beautiful and outstanding and the level of knowledge you have is really inspiring. I’ve just picked up my first Fuji camera and now want to take a new approach to my photography and actually try to begin to understand how the exposure triangle actually works so thank you for what you do and I’ll continue to watch your videos and try to learn. This video is a great starting point for me since I’m entering with trying to learn the basics. Thank you!
Thanks for this wonderful comment. I'm glad that you've got something helpful from this video. I really would love to get back to this series and show how I apply these concepts in the field. Perhaps this is just the motivation I need!
Really enjoyed this thanks Dylan - I'm starting out and learning with an X-S10 and this was very helpful in understanding aperture. Like others have said, you've a great skill for communicating in a calming way. Thank you 😃
I recently picked up a X100V and am considering further digging into the Fuji eco system. Your channel is a treasure to me! I love your photos as they communicate much deeper meanings beyond what we can see through human eyes. I also appreciate your generosity sharing years of experience, your thought process and your photography philosophy. It's a bit of disappointing that there are only two lessons in this series..... Do you have any plan to start it again? I would love to hear all the topics you mentioned in the film as you are an excellent teacher!
Hi Tayuan, Thanks for watching and for the kind words. I'd love to continue this series, for sure. During the pandemic, I had quite a bit more time to work on these as I didn't have as many shoots to work on. Hopefully the initial post-C rush will quieten down soon and I'll be able to get back to making videos more often!
A polished video Dylan. I am an XT3 & 5OR photographer, Here are my suggestions for future / things I am interested in. 1. Comparsion of lenses, say XF35 1.4 & 33 1.4 alongside Samyang Laowa equivalents via a pratcial portrait session (this maybe hard as I know you are Fujifilm funded). 2. Getting the most out of the Fuji APS-C sensor in panorama landscapes (I am too tired of lugging my 50R & 45-100 around). 3. Basic video work with Xt3. What setup to you use to records your YT sessions in the studio. Well done and keep up the fantastic planning and effort.
Hi Stuart, no sponsorship/funding here, sir! You'll get my honest opinions about Fujifilm gear as well. Getting out and doing more practical on-location videos is definitely something I'd like to do. Right now, I'm a one-man show and the global "situation" is still very much affecting life here. Hopefully soon! I'd be happy to share my video setup for the office vids. It's dead simple so I can get the job done on a moment's notice. Thanks again for taking the time to watching this video.
Even knowing all those things, it's always very interesting to see an expert take on the matter, plus your opinion and videos are refreshing, watch and relax. I'd love to see your take on focusing because that's a huge topic we all struggled with when we started and we all have our techniques. What kind of focus do you use depending on the subject, the scene, the conditions (day, night), how and where do you focus to get all in focus, do you calculate? Do you use dof calculators knowing they all use different formulas and knowing dof is kind of a "blurry" concept (acceptable sharpness and so on"? Do you rely on dof indicators on Fuji (pixel vs film options) knowing they're not accurate and more of an interpretation? Do you use lenses markings when available? Do you use zone focus? How do you adapt those scales if you use adapted lenses knowing markings will shift slightly on crop sensors?... The topic is huge I know but it could help a lot of us, beginners or advanced especially that you take photos in different fields : portraits, documentaries, nature...
Thanks for watching, as always. Focus... what a topic. Let me give it some thought. I'm definitely a "less is more" kind of guy when it comes to this, so perhaps that thought process will be a good starting point for me. Thanks for the suggestion!
Thank you. Do you have any plans to make follow up more advanced videos about aperture usage in various scenarios, with multiple lenses, distances, compositions?
This is a series I certainly won't miss an episode of; so informative and carefully explained without the technical mumbo jumbo. Most appreciated. My interests as an amateur is in constantly improving my understanding of the entire Fujifilm X series and the matching of their lenses with both camera model and subject matter. Will the older Fujifilm X lenses work well on the newer cameras that are on their way such as the X-H2 is a puzzling topic I read lots of differing opinions on which is difficult to understand to a non techie. Thanks
Cheers, John! Thanks for taking the time to watch. Interesting that you're considering the future and which lenses might work best with upcoming cameras. That's a topic I could tackle in my way, I think. Appreciate the suggestion.
Great video I'm learning a great deal 👍. 19:01 I like the scenario w the multiple choice answer so I can follow along & try to figure it out in my head. Thanks a bunch. You're a great photographer btw 👏
I liked your way of presenting very much - also incorporating e.g. the X100V which otherwise gets overlooked sometimes because it's not an interchangeable lens tool. I am looking forward, then, to your lens episode and, perhaps, a discussion about how much I want to purchase and how much I want to "schlepp" along on excursions. Planning and previsualization come to my mind here - as well as thoughts on limiting myself properly when I go on a journey, aka managing genre, expectations, alternatives. (There were times when I lugged along two large photo bags between continents. Plus tripod. Not anymore.)
Christine, I feel your pain. When I worked with Nikon DSLRs, I had so much weight to carry. Even a small kit weighed more than I'd be willing to carry these days. This is an interesting topic and one I might approach with a couple of guests. I know people who carry almost nothing and those who take everything they own. It might be interesting to get their perspectives as well. Thanks again for watching!
Thanks for the brilliant video. It is good to remember not to stick one particular technique or setting all the time. As for the beautiful portraits you took in North India, I prefer the first one, taken at f/8. I think that photo represents his character better. He kind of looked confident and cool.
Hey Dylan, thank you for the video. Really helpful! There’s one photo where you used ISO 320 with a shutterspeed of 1/320. Just curious why you choose that instead of lowering the ISO and still have a decent shutter speed. :)
Examples like that one are in there to illustrate that you don't need to overthink it. If your settings are not "ideal", you can still make a perfectly usable photograph. Don't sweat the little things when it comes to settings. Pay attention to the light and moments in front of your lens.
Thank you so much Dylan! Love from South Africa! 🇿🇦 Question: I am getting an X-T3 and I’m a newbie. Which 2 prime lenses would you recommend that can basically cover me for most if not all scenarios. Cheers!
Hey! Always good to have a viewer from a similar latitude! Honestly, I don't make a habit of recommending lenses as I have no idea what you shoot and how you like to shoot it. Personally, I love getting in really close and still showing off quite a bit of a scene. My most used focal lengths these days are the 18mm and 33mm lenses for that reason. But, they might not suit you at all. If you have a kit zoom lens, I'd recommend shooting that for a couple of months and seeing what focal lengths you use most. That will give you a good indication of which prime lenses will get the most use and benefit your photography.
Thanks a lot for the recommendations! I mostly will be shooting weddings, events and some street. And I really love your style, that’s why I asked. Also, I know you said no questions about post haha, but I just want to find out which software you use. Lightroom or Capture One or some other. Not interested in the settings, just the software. Cheers!
Many thanks for sharing. A natural 3D look is my preference. I do mainly shoot woodland/landscape scenes. A really shallow depth of field (at F2 with my Fuji lenses) has not my preference for woodland scenes. I like to create images that can give the viewer the feeling to be "in the image" (mainly with 35mm and 50mm prime). So I mainy shoot with my Fuji primes Between F5.6 and F8. If necessary I do use higher ISO until 640. Furthermore I hardly focus stack images for sharpness from front to back. For me that is somehow unnatural, I like a natural fall off in the images. It is all off course a personal preference. At the moment I shoot a lot monochrome infrared with my full spectrum converted XT2. Due to the infrared light the sharpness and depth of field is more limited. So front to back sharpness is even more limited. This triggers me to also to explore the more shalow depth of field possibilities in normal visible light photography. But I do like the shallow depth of field when shooting portraits with my 50mm F2. So somehow for me it is also depended on the subject to shoot with high or low F stops. The shallow depth of field images of portrait photographs you have taken are really beautiful, masterpieces !! I would like to see a video of you where your share your thougt process taking images (lanscapes and streets) in harsh lighting conditions.
Thanks, as always, for watching and sharing your thoughts and process. Noted on the idea of harsh lighting. I'll definitely keep the idea in mind for a future street video.
Hi Dylan. Question, what happen if you are required to takes photos in a restaurant, and the guest decide in the last-minute change to candlelight only. He owns the party and do not care about the photographer but still want results. Flash, high ISO with the consequences, refuse to work? Who is responsible for the ambient light?
The event organiser is responsible for everything. Your job is to make what they've done look good. They've done it for the guests. Last minute changes happen all the time and you need to roll with the punches to get the job done. Good luck!
Great video, much enjoyed. Liked your approach on the subject very much. Unlike you I do like postprocessing also. I have a feeling you do at least somewhat, I don't think you shoot Jpeg and know why Raw/Raf is the better choice. But indeeed, no need to pay much more attention to that side of the "process". I would very much like you to include your thoughts and experiences on using primes rather than zooms and the place of really wide lenses in (your) photography.
Thanks, Wouter! You might have just convinced me to do a post-processing video, if only to explain where I see it's place in my work. haha. REALLY wide lenses sounds like a fun topic. I've actually got a couple of them that I'm playing with right now, so it might be something I can approach soon, as well. Hope you'll tune in to some future videos.
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I wonder if you have any experience with the widest prime for FujiFilm-X which I think is the Laowa 9 mm at present. I have seen both positive and negative reviews about this lens.
It was actually one of the very first videos I ever posted on this channel way back when I first started. I love that little lens and still use it to this day. Fuji X Passion also has my article about doing street photography with it, so you can check that out as well.
A couple of people have asked about this now. I'll definitely put some thought into how to present it so it's not too camera specific. Keep an eye out!
It makes perfect sense that David is one of your favourite photographers. To me, you both appear to be perfectly technically skilled yet ultimately focused on the message.
Thanks, Immanuel. I think we both share a love for adventure and the experiences photography gives us the excuse to be a part of, as well.
It took me several years to grasp what you explained perfectly within minutes! Excellent video Dylan!
Likewise. That's a lot of years of wrapping my head around things distilled into a video about how I understand them at the present. Hopefully, the process doesn't stop here and new ways to make use of the tools will present themselves.
Really helpful tutorial on aperture and lens use. From my film days through today's mirrorless cameras, the mix of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO has challenged me. This video helps me understand them better! Thank you, Dylan!
Newly retired and beginning my new journey taking photos. You will be my guide starting today. Thx!!
Glad to hear it! Enjoy the journey and congrats on your retirement!
Well done. You did a terrific job of demonstrating your points with relevant images. You are a teacher.
Cheers, Stuart! Appreciate you taking the time to watch. Hope you gained something useful.
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I did learn. Thanks!
Super lesson, you are a gifted teacher as a well as a gifted photographer.
Thanks so much 😊 Hope you got something useful for your time!
I’ve just recently found your page and first and foremost I’d like to say that your work is beautiful and outstanding and the level of knowledge you have is really inspiring. I’ve just picked up my first Fuji camera and now want to take a new approach to my photography and actually try to begin to understand how the exposure triangle actually works so thank you for what you do and I’ll continue to watch your videos and try to learn. This video is a great starting point for me since I’m entering with trying to learn the basics. Thank you!
Thanks for this wonderful comment. I'm glad that you've got something helpful from this video. I really would love to get back to this series and show how I apply these concepts in the field. Perhaps this is just the motivation I need!
Really enjoyed this thanks Dylan - I'm starting out and learning with an X-S10 and this was very helpful in understanding aperture. Like others have said, you've a great skill for communicating in a calming way. Thank you 😃
I’d love more videos on your guides/ advice for family photography. I struggle to capture my crawling babies indoors
I recently picked up a X100V and am considering further digging into the Fuji eco system. Your channel is a treasure to me! I love your photos as they communicate much deeper meanings beyond what we can see through human eyes. I also appreciate your generosity sharing years of experience, your thought process and your photography philosophy. It's a bit of disappointing that there are only two lessons in this series..... Do you have any plan to start it again? I would love to hear all the topics you mentioned in the film as you are an excellent teacher!
Hi Tayuan,
Thanks for watching and for the kind words.
I'd love to continue this series, for sure.
During the pandemic, I had quite a bit more time to work on these as I didn't have as many shoots to work on. Hopefully the initial post-C rush will quieten down soon and I'll be able to get back to making videos more often!
Awesome, very precise and friendly explanation. Much appreciated, thank you.
You're very welcome! Hope it was helpful!
Very, very well explained! Thank you, and greetings from Quebec!
Thank you for taking the time to watch. Appreciate it!
Great video. Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge
Great Job Dylan!
Cheers for watching, Greg!
wonderful video and series Dylan!
Cheers!
Thank you!! Was just thinking about this! New to photography!
Wonderful to hear. You're exactly the kind of person I made this for. Hope it's cleared up some of the complexities for you.
Excellent, keep the videos coming!
Thank you! Now that my busy season is coming to a close, I'm hoping to start making a few more of these.
A polished video Dylan. I am an XT3 & 5OR photographer, Here are my suggestions for future / things I am interested in. 1. Comparsion of lenses, say XF35 1.4 & 33 1.4 alongside Samyang Laowa equivalents via a pratcial portrait session (this maybe hard as I know you are Fujifilm funded). 2. Getting the most out of the Fuji APS-C sensor in panorama landscapes (I am too tired of lugging my 50R & 45-100 around). 3. Basic video work with Xt3. What setup to you use to records your YT sessions in the studio. Well done and keep up the fantastic planning and effort.
Hi Stuart, no sponsorship/funding here, sir! You'll get my honest opinions about Fujifilm gear as well. Getting out and doing more practical on-location videos is definitely something I'd like to do. Right now, I'm a one-man show and the global "situation" is still very much affecting life here. Hopefully soon! I'd be happy to share my video setup for the office vids. It's dead simple so I can get the job done on a moment's notice. Thanks again for taking the time to watching this video.
Informative, relaxing and enjoyable. I think this will be one of those videos that I will keep referring to as a good teaching tool. Well done.
Wonderful! I appreciate you taking the time to watch.
Love this video, thanks for sharing your creative process...
Thanks for watching. Hope it was useful!
Thank you very much for this great explanation.
You are welcome!
Even knowing all those things, it's always very interesting to see an expert take on the matter, plus your opinion and videos are refreshing, watch and relax.
I'd love to see your take on focusing because that's a huge topic we all struggled with when we started and we all have our techniques.
What kind of focus do you use depending on the subject, the scene, the conditions (day, night), how and where do you focus to get all in focus, do you calculate? Do you use dof calculators knowing they all use different formulas and knowing dof is kind of a "blurry" concept (acceptable sharpness and so on"? Do you rely on dof indicators on Fuji (pixel vs film options) knowing they're not accurate and more of an interpretation? Do you use lenses markings when available? Do you use zone focus? How do you adapt those scales if you use adapted lenses knowing markings will shift slightly on crop sensors?...
The topic is huge I know but it could help a lot of us, beginners or advanced especially that you take photos in different fields : portraits, documentaries, nature...
Thanks for watching, as always.
Focus... what a topic. Let me give it some thought. I'm definitely a "less is more" kind of guy when it comes to this, so perhaps that thought process will be a good starting point for me. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer you're welcome, can't wait to see your take on the subject.
Thanks. Lots of good insights.
Wonderful video and info. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it, Nick. Trying to cut through the noise a little here.
Really enjoyed your style of presentation of this topic👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope it was useful.
Thank you. Do you have any plans to make follow up more advanced videos about aperture usage in various scenarios, with multiple lenses, distances, compositions?
This is a series I certainly won't miss an episode of; so informative and carefully explained without the technical mumbo jumbo. Most appreciated. My interests as an amateur is in constantly improving my understanding of the entire Fujifilm X series and the matching of their lenses with both camera model and subject matter.
Will the older Fujifilm X lenses work well on the newer cameras that are on their way such as the X-H2 is a puzzling topic I read lots of differing opinions on which is difficult to understand to a non techie. Thanks
Cheers, John! Thanks for taking the time to watch. Interesting that you're considering the future and which lenses might work best with upcoming cameras. That's a topic I could tackle in my way, I think. Appreciate the suggestion.
Excellent explanation!
Just subscribed. Amazing content :)
Great video I'm learning a great deal 👍. 19:01 I like the scenario w the multiple choice answer so I can follow along & try to figure it out in my head. Thanks a bunch. You're a great photographer btw 👏
Thanks for watching and for the kind words. Glad you're getting something from these videos!
High contrast situations and how to take a photo in those situations without resorting to exposure bracketing. Ta for the vids Dylan
Cheers, Harry! Thanks for watching and for the suggestion. Will definitely keep it in mind.
Thank you!
Thank YOU for watching.
I liked your way of presenting very much - also incorporating e.g. the X100V which otherwise gets overlooked sometimes because it's not an interchangeable lens tool. I am looking forward, then, to your lens episode and, perhaps, a discussion about how much I want to purchase and how much I want to "schlepp" along on excursions. Planning and previsualization come to my mind here - as well as thoughts on limiting myself properly when I go on a journey, aka managing genre, expectations, alternatives. (There were times when I lugged along two large photo bags between continents. Plus tripod. Not anymore.)
Christine, I feel your pain. When I worked with Nikon DSLRs, I had so much weight to carry. Even a small kit weighed more than I'd be willing to carry these days. This is an interesting topic and one I might approach with a couple of guests. I know people who carry almost nothing and those who take everything they own. It might be interesting to get their perspectives as well. Thanks again for watching!
Thanks for the brilliant video. It is good to remember not to stick one particular technique or setting all the time. As for the beautiful portraits you took in North India, I prefer the first one, taken at f/8. I think that photo represents his character better. He kind of looked confident and cool.
Thanks for watching and thanks for your thoughts! Appreciate your chiming in about the portrait. He was a man with depth and stories, that's for sure.
Hey Dylan, thank you for the video. Really helpful! There’s one photo where you used ISO 320 with a shutterspeed of 1/320. Just curious why you choose that instead of lowering the ISO and still have a decent shutter speed. :)
Examples like that one are in there to illustrate that you don't need to overthink it. If your settings are not "ideal", you can still make a perfectly usable photograph. Don't sweat the little things when it comes to settings. Pay attention to the light and moments in front of your lens.
Thank you so much Dylan! Love from South Africa! 🇿🇦
Question: I am getting an X-T3 and I’m a newbie. Which 2 prime lenses would you recommend that can basically cover me for most if not all scenarios. Cheers!
Hey! Always good to have a viewer from a similar latitude!
Honestly, I don't make a habit of recommending lenses as I have no idea what you shoot and how you like to shoot it. Personally, I love getting in really close and still showing off quite a bit of a scene. My most used focal lengths these days are the 18mm and 33mm lenses for that reason. But, they might not suit you at all.
If you have a kit zoom lens, I'd recommend shooting that for a couple of months and seeing what focal lengths you use most. That will give you a good indication of which prime lenses will get the most use and benefit your photography.
Thanks a lot for the recommendations! I mostly will be shooting weddings, events and some street. And I really love your style, that’s why I asked.
Also, I know you said no questions about post haha, but I just want to find out which software you use. Lightroom or Capture One or some other. Not interested in the settings, just the software. Cheers!
Many thanks for sharing. A natural 3D look is my preference. I do mainly shoot woodland/landscape scenes. A really shallow depth of field (at F2 with my Fuji lenses) has not my preference for woodland scenes. I like to create images that can give the viewer the feeling to be "in the image" (mainly with 35mm and 50mm prime). So I mainy shoot with my Fuji primes Between F5.6 and F8. If necessary I do use higher ISO until 640. Furthermore I hardly focus stack images for sharpness from front to back. For me that is somehow unnatural, I like a natural fall off in the images. It is all off course a personal preference.
At the moment I shoot a lot monochrome infrared with my full spectrum converted XT2. Due to the infrared light the sharpness and depth of field is more limited. So front to back sharpness is even more limited. This triggers me to also to explore the more shalow depth of field possibilities in normal visible light photography.
But I do like the shallow depth of field when shooting portraits with my 50mm F2. So somehow for me it is also depended on the subject to shoot with high or low F stops.
The shallow depth of field images of portrait photographs you have taken are really beautiful, masterpieces !!
I would like to see a video of you where your share your thougt process taking images (lanscapes and streets) in harsh lighting conditions.
Thanks, as always, for watching and sharing your thoughts and process.
Noted on the idea of harsh lighting. I'll definitely keep the idea in mind for a future street video.
Hi Dylan. Question, what happen if you are required to takes photos in a restaurant, and the guest decide in the last-minute change to candlelight only. He owns the party and do not care about the photographer but still want results. Flash, high ISO with the consequences, refuse to work? Who is responsible for the ambient light?
The event organiser is responsible for everything. Your job is to make what they've done look good. They've done it for the guests. Last minute changes happen all the time and you need to roll with the punches to get the job done. Good luck!
The best aperture in photography is the aperture which serves your purpose best at the moment -
How about "Post-processing for those who don't like it" or "How to get rid of post-processing the easiest way"? I'd totally watch that!
Ha! You and me both. Let's see if I can bring myself to do it...
Great video, much enjoyed.
Liked your approach on the subject very much. Unlike you I do like postprocessing also. I have a feeling you do at least somewhat, I don't think you shoot Jpeg and know why Raw/Raf is the better choice. But indeeed, no need to pay much more attention to that side of the "process". I would very much like you to include your thoughts and experiences on using primes rather than zooms and the place of really wide lenses in (your) photography.
Thanks, Wouter! You might have just convinced me to do a post-processing video, if only to explain where I see it's place in my work. haha. REALLY wide lenses sounds like a fun topic. I've actually got a couple of them that I'm playing with right now, so it might be something I can approach soon, as well. Hope you'll tune in to some future videos.
@@DylanGoldbyPhotographer I wonder if you have any experience with the widest prime for FujiFilm-X which I think is the Laowa 9 mm at present. I have seen both positive and negative reviews about this lens.
It was actually one of the very first videos I ever posted on this channel way back when I first started. I love that little lens and still use it to this day. Fuji X Passion also has my article about doing street photography with it, so you can check that out as well.
Great video. Thanks for doing it. Can you do a session on focusing please?
A couple of people have asked about this now. I'll definitely put some thought into how to present it so it's not too camera specific. Keep an eye out!
this question is equal to: Which car is the best to get you from Point A to Point B - any could do, it just depends on the circumstances ^^
No answer, just be creative