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How To Get Everyone In Focus In A Group Photo
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2024
- How To Get Everyone In Focus In A Group Photo
Today we're talking about how to get everyone in focus in a group photo.
Getting everyone in focus in a group photo is something I get asked about ALL of the time, so let's break down how to do this.
There are three elements to insuring everyone in your group photo is in focus, those elements are Depth of field, Where you focus, and your lens, so let's do this!
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Wonder Woman
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He made this unnecessarily complicated... these 8 minutes is a long way of saying adjust the f stop.
agreed
Absolutely - shortened script for this video "Use the smallest aperture available on your camera", check your image & if the some are out of focus, use bracketing"!
Thank you! :)))
That's a comment from someone who doesn't understand the concept of DOF.
I haven’t even watched the video but short answer: make your aperture smaller. The depth of field won’t be as shallow and adjust your shutter speed and iso accordingly. PERIODT
My brain was frazzled after that lol.
Same
I’ve never made a comment on your videos but I need to now.
Thank you.
I started photography in 2015 and went crazy. Your manual video was what I saw before I even got my camera. I learned manual in a day. Within a few months I was selling work. I’ve sold to magazines, businesses and have been hired to shoot events, products, etc. I’ve taught at workshops and post production has become my forte. I’ll be in Seattle with Greg Benz and Nick Page next month.
It’s guys like you that make this stuff all so simple for beginners and now just 4 years later I’m teaching people the deep topics of photography and just now starting to build video library here on RUclips. Thanks man.
Your work means a lot.
The calc is too complicated. I can see it as a learning tool but unpracticle on the field.
With some forethought it can definitely be used in the field, and you can also estimate distances. It's not for everyone, and I totally understand that, but it's definitely usable in the field.
It could be used in the field but not for a fast pace job like a wedding, you don't have time to faff with an app. You need to be going in to that knowing what you need from experience... which ultimately is where everyone should end up in time ergo not needing the app.
Especially if you haven't studied photography. I can see where you may be confused by what I believe is a simple and easy app. For example I'm shooting a very large group tomorrow (40-80 people) on an elevated platform inside a church. I have opted for my L series lens at 28mm at around 15 feet from my nearest subject and found today (with my strobes and large umbrellas) I can get a nice exposure at F9.5. That gives me only 2.34 meters in front to play with or 7.67 ft (which is plenty) with an infinite depth of field behind. Easy peasy.
Outstanding tutorial! I’ve missed these shots and now I think I can get them right. Thank for breaking it down and explaining why it’s necessary to make the changes. The whys matter.
Great video, one the hardest thing I seen for people new to depth of field is remembering to focus on a center half way point of the area you want your everything in focus. They forget on put the focus point where they want the focus to start and mess up thinking they need a bigger DOF.
Yes!!! That’s a huge thing so many people never realize, and just that will save a to. Of people the headache of getting a group in focus.
Or, if using an older lens, you can read focus distance & depth of field directly of the lens scales
Yes! I hate that they’ve been removing that info from newer lenses.
Love the bloopers! But this video is very helpful. Thank you
GREAT VIDEO AND INFORMATION! Keep up the great work... HG
You answered my question (does the depth of field include the front and back of the focus point) Thanks.
Oh how much you help me to learn about the camera i always shoot in the right row i can change in littrum and stay with the colorful thank you also thank you efraim🙏🙏
This is very well explained, Spyros. Lens distortion is a key element that's oftentimes overlooked and yet so important to calculate when framing an image. Thanks for another insightful video! As for superheroes... oddly enough I never had a favorite or looked up to them. Your outtakes at the end here were hilarious! Keep on doing what you do. You're making a big difference for many of us.
THANK YOU!!! Hahaha. Yeah, the outtakes made me laugh, though while I was filming I was a little frustrated! 😂😂
I remember the day I saw edge distortion and loss of sharpness ruin one of my photos, and from that point forward I've always considered it when framing.
Great video. Thanks for the helpful information!!!
A really nice explanation.
Why are the "in front of subject" and "behind the subject" focusing distances different?? Shouldn't they be spread equally from the point of focus??
Thanks for all your work. Great video!
My favorite superhero is Xena.
I have to laugh. I was reading some other photographer's blog this morning and he said to never shoot wide and then crop because people will always know you cropped. He felt you had to do it in camera. I thought of you right away and several others right after. In my head I'm thinking WTF is he thinking?!! Uhm....cropping in with your lens or in photoshop is NO different!
Xenia! Remind me to tell you my Xena story next Friday hangout you’re on!
Yeah. That’s just silly. Sure, cropping in camera is preferable for maximum resolution, but as you say, there’s no difference otherwise. That’s just crazy pants to say otherwise
@@spyrosheniadis, I agree. With the new cameras having MPs in the 40s or more, who cares about losing a little bit of resolution to insure that the image is in focus.
What you mean by “crop in with your lens”?
@@matahari1576 It means to move closer to your subject to take the photo instead of cropping it in the software.
@@spyrosheniadis Is Xenia someone else or is it voice to text changing the spelling?
Spyros, can you do a video on lighting a large group ?
Yes! I can!
The subject at the edges of most lenses are also a tiny bit forward because the focal plane is in actuality a tiny arch.
Thank you very much and I learned about depth of field from you and many thanks efraim From Israel
Very good video, downloaded the app now, will test it out :) thanks for the information
Is giving a depth of field calculator recommendation for Android possible? Not everyone has an iphone & there are too many to sift through, trial & error...Thank you
Ending is Hilarious. I thought I was the only one who did stuff like that. That’s me when I podcast.
Love the out takes lmao
Well said!
Thank you!!!
But people aren't inches about. In a group photo with multiple rows they could be a foot apart.... How do you account for that when even at f64 you have like 6 inches.
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Moon Knight!! Nice. He’s one I need to read more of.
Fantastic subject and very well expained .. Has to be Iron Man .. Them Outtakes 😂😜🤦♂️..✌😜👍📸
Yes those out takes had me rolling in the floor 🤣🤣🤣🤣
What outtakes? 😉🤣🤣🤣
Silver Surfer! 🏄
OOOH!! Good one!!!
Thanks for the advice and Hong Kong phooey is a goddamn legend and my favorite
HONG KONG PHOOEY!!! OMG. I haven’t thought about him in forever. Absolute legend.
I love this way of teaching. Makes so much sense.
Thanks, this was chock-full of good info and examples! You do speak a little fast though...what’s the rush (not a put down, just wondering)?
Having never done group photos, but have been asked, so how would one measure the distance from the front row to the back without a tape measure and looking unprofessional? Is it a best estimate? Thank you 😊
What if you use autofocus, you can see on the camera what's being seen as in focus?
Yes and no. First, when you're focusing, the camera actually has the aperture open to its largest size so that it can "see" what it is focusing on, and so you can see the scene in the viewfinder.
So when you're focusing and you look through the viewfinder, you're not getting an accurate visual of what will or will not be in focus in the actual photo.
Despite that, you can still get an idea of what will be in focus through the viewfinder, but even that isn't perfect. To do that, you have to use the Depth of Field Preview Button.
Most cameras have one. What you do is focus on your subject, and then press the button, which closes the aperture down to the setting you have for the photo, and you get a preview of what the depth of field will look like (hence the name of the button).
Be aware of two things when using this:
1. The viewfinder will get darker, because the aperture closes down to the setting you are using for the photo, and it may make it difficult for you to see, which may make it hard to determine if the depth of field is adequate
2. The preview isn't perfect, and so you should still verify it with a test photo that you check to make absolutely sure everyone you want in focus will be in focus.
@@spyrosheniadis awesome explanation, thank you, DOF calculation is the most accurate way, if time allows it.
@@spyrosheniadis You could use the DOF preview button to give you an idea of what will be in focus on a DSLR.
You are a professor
Great explanation!. Thank you!
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Go Speed Racer Go!!
This is a quality video
thanks friends for sharing this important information. now I have a question, Hoiw I get in focus a group of 100 persons?, Can you answer me this question?
Easy, first you cut it up into smaller groups, then aply the information in this video. Good luck! 👍
Batman. By far. Thanks for the quality instruction
Or just focus stack. :-D
On the outtakes, I feel your pain. I had about 75 minutes of footage that ended up getting cut down to around a 6 minute video.
Right! oh man, that was a bad recording day for me!
The world was a much happier place when you only had to look at the lens hyperfocal distance marks to figure out DOF. I am an old curmudgeon and don't want a cellphone to help me take photos. Maybe now IS the time for your grandfather's lens? : )
Right!! I’m so irritated that they’ve removed that from lenses. It’s still useful!
Thanks
Thanks a ton bro!
this is definitely not for the photographers....its for the scientists
Spider-Man! ^.^
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No no.....Nooooo!!😱Im not doing this!!
🤣🤣🤣
Batman is my favorite super hero
He’s my #2.
Definitely Batman.
Spyros, Can you make a video of how to shoot a flash on a group of people?
When I have a flock of birds flying, it is hard to do this calculation fast enough LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
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YES!!!!!! One of my all time favorite movies!
Fave hero: Iron man!
The Suit propelled you to Boss status!
Thank you!!! Yes!! Iron Man. He is awesome!!!
I don't know what you just said so trial and error it is
you mean 6cm right? thanks
My favorite super hero is Spider-man
I have an MBA in Finance and I can't what this guy is saying... 🤔
The Incredible Hulk
I really enjoy the Hulk as well. I hope they do a solo movie sometime.
Batman
Seriously he is making too technical, we just have to increase the f stop that is our aperture number to get all of us in focus thats it.
It’s not always that simple. It can be, but knowing the other details that affect what is and isn’t sharp will only make people better photographers
And suddenly all the phone cameras come out while the pro photographer is making calculations...oops everyone just left bored to tears
@jeffrey sopel 😂😂
@@spyrosheniadis you didnt really mention how important it is to light the subject with modifiers too which lets you crank that f stop up and give you that soft light. I think after having your camera and lens for a while you kind of just know if you shoot wide open its going to be shallow and so on. If im gonna do a group im worrying about lighting them correctly. some strobes and softboxes are whats going to make you images amazing and show off the sensor
How about you just stop by and set my camera up for me 😉
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"Don't have to do math" then calculates numbers...
If your lens is f1.4 just change aperture to 8f and problem solved.
Huummmm Just Imagine If I had to do any maths then?
Way too complicated. F/8 or higher, iso accordingly, and LET'S GO!
Thor
1/14/23
Do I need more coffee or he is talking very fast?
bro get straight to the point man
Confusing than hell.
lol what
wtf
The most unnecessarily complicated video on this topic. No one wants to do math to take a photo & i'm sure no one does.
You are speaking too fast and not demonstrating what you’re doing.
Elisabeth M. La Fontaine Listen with your ears, not your eyes. It’s very simple