I think Burnie really put it the best way when he was talking about Gavin, and this isn't his exact quote, but something like this. "Gavin is on of the cleverest people I know, and unless it sounds completely f*#&ing stupid, then I believe him, especially if its anything remotely to do with cameras."
LewisB776 I actually saw one of the slowmo guys videos getting played in a science class in my high school when I was walking down the hallway to use the bathroom.
6:42 OMG. I'm stunned. Been a professional photographer for over 50 years. Held a photojournalist press pass for many moons. Worked for AP and UPI back in the 70's. Thought I knew my profession better than most. And yet, never realized the how f/stops were arranged. Sheesh. I feel stupid. How the hell did I miss this for so many decades? Thanks, Gavin, for teaching this old lenshound a new trick! ("Lenshound", that confirms how old I am!)
Or he would just go back to what he was doing. Which was being hired to shoot slow motion shots for various companies out there. Crazy to think he did that before becoming a major goofball like he is now for RT haha.
They’re the same person, but Gavin’s a camera man, he’s gotta know his stuff about cameras as he’s had multiple jobs involving them, he also has a good general knowledge but has trouble describing and putting his thoughts into words, and when he’s in environments where he’s not confident or just not performing well he turns into the Gavin we know and love at Achievement Hunter.
Gavin: "What if your legs didn't know they were legs?" Also Gavin: "If I want to reduce the motion blur in the image, I have to reduce the shutter angle but if I want any depth, I have to lower the aperture.."
Gavin, have you ever thought about doing a photography masterclass or more of these sort of educational videos? I think you are really good at explaining things and would like to learn more about photography and film as well as maybe the editing process.
After seeing this video, I'm conviced more than ever that this guy is brilliant. I feel like Gavin has, and has had a very serious and complex job most of the time with filming and whatnot and when he's with AH it's the time when he can just not care, relax and be stupid, and I bet he finds it super liberating. This two facet personnality makes for great content on both sides!
I love watching Gavin talk shop. Just goes to show how much work is put into these videos. I'm looking forward to the video on navigating electricity flicker, because this is a common problem for those of us that use webcams indoors.
That's more a problem with the interaction of the standard video framerates and the frequency of the electricity supply -- fluorescent lights/CRT monitors flicker at the same speed as the AC current feeding them (50hz in the UK/60hz in the US; a TV for obvious reasons, and, well, IIRC fluorescents flicker at twice the mains freq, which happens to be the 180-degree shutter angle exposure, so they get out of sync quick), so you'll inevitably get the flicker on film/video at the standard 25/30fps. That's one of the uses for a 360-degree shutter, that way you get at least one flicker per frame. And if you're shooting interlaced video (for TV) I guess you're just boned, at best you'll get the light on in one half-frame and off in the next. Slowmo, you're just going to see the fluorescents/pulse-with-modulated LEDs slowly pulse no matter what, see slowmo clips from things like Top Gear of cars with LED headlights. That's why film/video productions use "hot lights" -- incandescent bulbs don't flicker, with the downside that back in the day with low-ISO film/sensors, it got really hot on stage, the guys in the monster suits in old movies could only shoot five minutes at a time, and one of the big advances in movie makeup was when they made a formula that wouldn't melt.
I think you actually get worse problems when you're recording at a different frame rate than the flicker, though. So, if you're recording video with an iPad or iPhone at their default 60 frames per second, and you have a light flickering at 50Hz, every frame is going to have a different light level due to the flicker being out of sync. Big Clive always had that problem when he was recording with an iPad--he'd always say that the flicker was far worse on the video than it actually appeared in real life.
d2factotum when did the iPad and iPhone get 60fps? Mine both still shoot in a terrible, awful, cringey pixelated mess of 720p30. And yes three adjectives were needed to describe how godawful the video quality is.
"And that's important for any job, I think. You've got to be confident doing it and you've always got to be open to new techniques or adapting your style depending on what the subject is or what people need." Surprising and apt philosophical advice.
Love the way he teaches with no ego, learned a lot from this. My film school lecturers always talk with an ego and act like I'm an idiot for not knowing how things work (I came to learn, not be judged)
We just spent a week on this in my cinematography class and I still didn't really understand it, this was way easier to grasp, thank you Gavin. Please keep doing these
"If I swung an ax I'd probably put it in my shin, that's why Dan's always the one doing to AX-SHIN (action)". Idk if I'm the only one who made this association but it's right at like 14:00
Given that speed is the rate that a something travels in some specified distance, the slowest particles (as long as they move at all) have speed. I'm assuming here that you believe speed must be fast but I'm not sure. 'insert joke about velocity here'
Gav, you have a fantastic, accessible way of explaining topics such as this. I learned more from this one video than the photography books I've read! I'd love more, expanded videos like these, please. 👍😊
I'm not even that into this specific subject but Gavin's knowledge and enthusiasm is really infectious. I've learnt a lot from this video and actually want to know more, top work Gavvy Wavvy 👍🏼
Keep this sort of content up! The hallmark of a good educator is someone who can explain complex things in simple terms and you nailed that Gav! Of-course keeping things fun and throwing in the odd clip from other videos helped keep our attention as well. So crazy to think I've been watching your content for over 5 years now!
I love watching achievement hunter Gavin being confused about everything, and then come and watch slow mo Gavin and he knows what he's talking about and I love it
I would probably pay to take a camera course taught by Gavin. His previous video that he talked about in this one is the thing that got me to understand shutter speed when I'd already taken a course in a lecture hall that just didn't click with me. Kudos, Gav; you're a brilliant teacher and I love it when you teach us about the way cameras work.
This video is so jam-packed with useful information. Prior to this I only knew the basics of some of the settings Gavin talks about but I think I've learned more about the actual practicality and relations between those settings from this video than I ever have in the past. Thanks for making this!
NoLand's Man not necessarily, I remember an episode of top gear from like 10 years ago where they hit a car with lightning to test if it's safer. There are indoor facilities that can generate and control it, might not be as strong as natural but safer and easier to shoot.
NoLand's Man agreed, I've always wanted to see really high quality slow mo footage of lighting hitting a tree. Imagine seeing the sap inside boil instantaneously and explode out in millions of splinters.
It might not be that difficult. With still photography, you frame the shot, get your settings where you like them, and just take long exposures. With Slow Mo, I think it would be about the same, with the main challenges being lightning occurring where your shot is composed and DURING the capture, which sounds like it's probably a bit shorter than my usual shutter speed for lightning. I would be interested to see what Gav and Dan could do with it.
maybe they could travel to whatever that place was in venezuela where there is lightning everywhere at any time? it'd be easier to shoot because you can just point anywhere and wait for one (or i heard when the storm is extreme the lightning bolts are so dense you basically see a net of bolts everywhere you look, so they don't even need to wait) and you can get a cooler shot than doing it in an average storm
Finally - Realtime 'Photograghy 101' lessons from someone who's passionate and also knows exactly what they're talking about technically. Fantastic teaching ability and easy learning. Well done....and please keep them coming.
This video has helped me better understand the relationships between shutter speed, and aperture more so than any other guide or book I've read to date. Much obliged Gavin!
This was incredibly helpful. I've messed with those settings on dslr cameras for videos but now I actually understand what all of them mean. Thanks Gavin!
As soon as you started talking about Dan, I was smiling so much, just hearing the clear admiration you have for him is so nice. This video helped me to see how different and difficult both sides of the camera are! Props to you both
This is really enjoyable to watch Gavin. You have a great way of explaining the mechanics in an understandable way, and a good way to demonstrate it afterwards. I learned quite a bit.
RankUpGaming He told the story years ago on the RoosterTeeth podcast. He basically started helping a guy who lived in his town that shot slow mo. Not much of a story, he basically just worked along side him and learned as he did.
The stuff he talks about here is like your basic 101 into photography. Go read any beginner's or starter photography book or column or blog post or anything, and you'll learn the same exact things.
He plays Halo with Burnie Burns on the Letsplay channel and he talks about his life getting involved in Rooster teeth including his time in the film industry I think its called Game Time. One of my fav videos to go back too.
I always ignored the Slow Mo Guys RUclips vid suggestions, as I thought the presenters were the fake-Chad-lad type dumbos (like many other popular youtubers). Damn, was I wrong. I've been binge-watching the Slow Mo Guys for days now,. I'm just happy to see you guys going strong for so many years, this is top quality entertainment.
My favorite part of this amazing video is the rare, on-camera display of respect. Gav and Dan are both highly competent, but good around a hell of a lot (definitely part of the fun of their videos). Dan is the butt of so many jokes that their relationship can come across as abusive if you watch enough videos. It's nice to see that Gavin really does hold his friend in such a high esteem. And yeah, that was an amazing lesson in photography and video-photography. I will be watching this video again many times.
This was the greatest, most informative, easiest to understand description of shutter speed, shutter angle, aperture, etc I've ever heard. Thank you so much for this video!!!!!!
Awesome, thank you for actually both telling and show us what the degrees means in this case. I've actually wondered about that when you and Dan talked about it in other videos. Keep up the good work mates!
I watched this whole on my phone with data. That's how good it was. Also videos like this is why I can't fully enjoy Gavin on let's play, I know he is smart hahaha
Gavin I just bought my first DSLR and although you didn't make this video to teach people about still photography, this is the video I've been coming back to for an explanation on aperture etc. You're an amazing teacher! I've taken a photography course in the past and it was just gobbledygook and I didn't retain any of this information. You really make things clear and easy to remember.
You know what's nice? When people don't say "uh" or "um" between each sentence when explaining something. It's really nice listening to Gavin explain this shit.
This video and the DSLR shutter speed video have literally been two of the most fascinating things I have ever watched. And they weren't even in slow motion! Love these educational insights, keep 'em coming!
Really interesting video!! It's inspiring to hear how hard you work and the connection between you and the camera, the way it's second nature now and gut feelings. You're a smart guy Gav.
Having watched some of Burnie's vlogs as well as this video, I was wondering how likely it is that both Gav and Burnie will be lecturers someday at University/College as they're so articulate in their fields. Anyway, this video was awesome, more like this please :D
Agreed. I don't know if Burnie has done any guest lecturing yet but he has mentioned times where he has been a guest speaker for very important presentations so at least some people can see that they/he are knowledgeable.
Hey, I was wondering if you guys ever had the idea to film a sword fight, specifically a parry. I've heard that there is a tremendous amount of bend in the swords, so I thought it would be cool to see.
Everything about the physics of capturing images in barely 16 minutes... Dude, you're awesome. This video together the DSLR shooting boost anyone's interest in photography!
he explained it in this video. Dan does the action because Gavin can't, hence why he seems so useless so often in videos, because hes just a goofball who's not the best at video games. And that's okay.
RT fans know that they (other RT/AH employees) do respect Gavin and know that he is quite intelligent. Gav usually "acts" dumb or silky for videos because itnis entertaining...other times he just "no words good"
Great vid. I knew most of the basics already, but I still learned a lot, and I've never heard the concepts explained in such a concise, easy-to-digest fashion.
Coming from someone with no previous knowledge about cameras that don’t come stock on an iPhone, I found this to be very interesting and well explained. Really nice job, Gavin. You could totally teach a whole class about camera stuff like this.
Dude, that was one of the best explanation vids I've ever seen. It really shows how much you love and understand your craft. Even tho it was about slow motion, you just made everybody understand how filming works a whole lot better. Even for me who already knew the basics, you explained it in such a way that it enlightened me even more.
So I've worked with digital and film still photography and have had some formal training with cinema cameras. I still don't know why on still cameras it's called an aperture, but on video it's an iris. Anybody have an answer?
Robbie Carroll Well they are different things. Iris is the physical mechanism that has the hole in the centre, aperture is the size of the hole in the iris.
Dude, your DSLR video was amazing, and this one is just as good. Even though I was already fairly familiar with the concepts in both videos, you explained everything so clearly that I found them very informative.
Gavin, everytime i watch your video's where you explain something, it never gets boring! :o I learn so much and you are expaining it very VERY well! Thank You!
Great video! About the angle though, when you're using an insanely high shutter speed, does the angle still matter that much? Wouldn't you rather double your shutter speed and go to 360 degrees to gather twice as much light? In other words, isn't 2000fps@360 exposing the sensor just as long as 1000fps@180? Except with 2000fps you get twice as many frames. With 180 degrees, I feel like you're throwing away half of the potential light.
I would agree that 360 vs 180 at the same shutter speed would result in more motion blur. However, that would not be true at different speeds. With 2000fps@360 and 1000fps@180 both equate to the shutter being open for 500 nanoseconds. So the same amount of motion blur would be present either way. Just with 2000 you get twice as many frames.
Darin Gilchrist You're forgetting the part where they have to playback all the footage at 25 FPS. So having the shutter set to 360° is going to create noticable blur no matter how fast the original footage was shot.
I love all of your videos Gavin, but this is by far the most information I have ever gotten about cameras. I am very glad you started this second channel just for this type of info. Look forward to seeing more.
He mentioned it before in one video (forgot, sorry). Aside from the obvious budget issue, lighting kits are too bulky and hot that they would end up burning down the house.
Please do more videos like this. I love learning about this and you're a great teacher. I plan to become a film editor and cameraman myself so stuff like this helps a lot! Thanks Gavin
Totally awesome video! I also enjoy Tony Northrup's channel, but this is definitely the best explanation I've seen of aperture, shutter speed, f-stops, etc., together with a demonstration of exactly how each of them affects the image. Thanks for posting!
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Gavin on Slow Mo Guys: "Speed and aperture"
Gavin on Achievement Hunter: Kills himself in Worms by jumping off the map
gavin with cameras: shutter speed represented by certain angles
gavin at rooster teeth: the headlight fluid leak onto him
He definitely exaggerates himself for the sake of comedy, but there's no denying he's a bit of an idiot savant.
A smart idiot
Blind Rhytm some would say, an idiot savant
I think Burnie really put it the best way when he was talking about Gavin, and this isn't his exact quote, but something like this.
"Gavin is on of the cleverest people I know, and unless it sounds completely f*#&ing stupid, then I believe him, especially if its anything remotely to do with cameras."
Super informative video, even if it's for researching... I knew nothing about this before and I feel like Gavin is a pretty good teacher.
very much agree was going to comment something like that myself
LewisB776 I actually saw one of the slowmo guys videos getting played in a science class in my high school when I was walking down the hallway to use the bathroom.
LewisB776 hey big boi
yep this was the best video on shutter and lens settings in general I've seen so far, so even without the slow mo part this is a great video to learn.
I know nothing about cameras and the terms but he made it totally understandable even for me! Very well explained!
Gavin is actually a really good teacher :)
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He is, isn't he? :)
6:42 OMG. I'm stunned. Been a professional photographer for over 50 years. Held a photojournalist press pass for many moons. Worked for AP and UPI back in the 70's. Thought I knew my profession better than most. And yet, never realized the how f/stops were arranged. Sheesh. I feel stupid. How the hell did I miss this for so many decades?
Thanks, Gavin, for teaching this old lenshound a new trick! ("Lenshound", that confirms how old I am!)
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Damn, you joined RUclips in 2006. Checks out you're a video veteran alright.
Never go old to learn something new, that’s one of the perks of technology and our evolution in such things, we can continuously learn 😊
Gav needs to start a Vsause/SmarterEveryDay style channel.
I'd watch the shit out of it.
If the youtube/RT thing ever craps out, he could easily support himself by getting a job teaching photography at a community college. :D
Or he would just go back to what he was doing. Which was being hired to shoot slow motion shots for various companies out there. Crazy to think he did that before becoming a major goofball like he is now for RT haha.
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Gavsauce!
Ah! thats why my depth of field is so small! Thank you so much for this info!
Oh, I'm scrolling and Cody's here too :D
Cody'sLab Man you are everywhere.
My expectations are now high for your slow-mo Cody
Your depth of field isn't the only thing small xD jk
I hope to see some nice slow mo videos from you Cody.
I'm torn, I really like dumb ass, bird noise Gavin but professor Gavin is also really cool and has a ton of knowledge.
I think dumbass bird noise Gavin is what you get when Gavin relaxes and turns his brain off.
They’re the same person, but Gavin’s a camera man, he’s gotta know his stuff about cameras as he’s had multiple jobs involving them, he also has a good general knowledge but has trouble describing and putting his thoughts into words, and when he’s in environments where he’s not confident or just not performing well he turns into the Gavin we know and love at Achievement Hunter.
Yeah I love both
Why do kids not understand the difference between him just being chill and actively trying to be entertaining
Holy shit dude I just learned an entire photography course in less than 20 minutes
Jess Soderberg lol
I really wished he had gone into more depth on ISO, otherwise, I agree
Jess Soderberg No, this is actually pretty basic stuff.
Or 10 mins if you watch at 2x speed
Officially convinced SMG Gav and AH Gav are identical twins pretending to be the same person
Felice The Inez AH?
Achievement Hunter, where he works at also.
Felice The Inez Suddenly the clones joke makes so much sense
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Learned more in this video than my college photography course.
Lili Gamble same here
To be fair I'd expect a collage course to mostly be about how you arrange and display the images ;)
Lili Gamble probably because you paid attention here and not in class 😎
collage.. *shivers*
...college or collage? Either sounds pretty good. Or both, if you're into that shit.
Gavin: "What if your legs didn't know they were legs?"
Also Gavin: "If I want to reduce the motion blur in the image, I have to reduce the shutter angle but if I want any depth, I have to lower the aperture.."
Marrrrrrrrk nuuuuut
Gavin, have you ever thought about doing a photography masterclass or more of these sort of educational videos? I think you are really good at explaining things and would like to learn more about photography and film as well as maybe the editing process.
He could easily do a High Speed Film Class but then again he just did lol.
@@burns0100yeah idk if it goes much more beyond this.
New shirt "Slow Mo - It's all about speed!"
Or "Slow Mo - Let there be light."
AndaleTheGreat kinda an oxymoron :P
Daniel Gloyne
Not really, speed = / = fast
Speed is the time it takes for something to get from point a to point b
Going slow is a speed
interesting video, good shit Gavin
After seeing this video, I'm conviced more than ever that this guy is brilliant. I feel like Gavin has, and has had a very serious and complex job most of the time with filming and whatnot and when he's with AH it's the time when he can just not care, relax and be stupid, and I bet he finds it super liberating. This two facet personnality makes for great content on both sides!
I love watching Gavin talk shop. Just goes to show how much work is put into these videos. I'm looking forward to the video on navigating electricity flicker, because this is a common problem for those of us that use webcams indoors.
That's more a problem with the interaction of the standard video framerates and the frequency of the electricity supply -- fluorescent lights/CRT monitors flicker at the same speed as the AC current feeding them (50hz in the UK/60hz in the US; a TV for obvious reasons, and, well, IIRC fluorescents flicker at twice the mains freq, which happens to be the 180-degree shutter angle exposure, so they get out of sync quick), so you'll inevitably get the flicker on film/video at the standard 25/30fps. That's one of the uses for a 360-degree shutter, that way you get at least one flicker per frame. And if you're shooting interlaced video (for TV) I guess you're just boned, at best you'll get the light on in one half-frame and off in the next.
Slowmo, you're just going to see the fluorescents/pulse-with-modulated LEDs slowly pulse no matter what, see slowmo clips from things like Top Gear of cars with LED headlights.
That's why film/video productions use "hot lights" -- incandescent bulbs don't flicker, with the downside that back in the day with low-ISO film/sensors, it got really hot on stage, the guys in the monster suits in old movies could only shoot five minutes at a time, and one of the big advances in movie makeup was when they made a formula that wouldn't melt.
I think you actually get worse problems when you're recording at a different frame rate than the flicker, though. So, if you're recording video with an iPad or iPhone at their default 60 frames per second, and you have a light flickering at 50Hz, every frame is going to have a different light level due to the flicker being out of sync. Big Clive always had that problem when he was recording with an iPad--he'd always say that the flicker was far worse on the video than it actually appeared in real life.
d2factotum when did the iPad and iPhone get 60fps? Mine both still shoot in a terrible, awful, cringey pixelated mess of 720p30. And yes three adjectives were needed to describe how godawful the video quality is.
Dunno? I'm sure Big Clive said he used to record his videos on an iPad, but I don't own one myself so can't confirm.
Since iPhone 4, but it's a feature you need to have it jailbroken to do so.
I don't know if iPad can record 60fps, sorry.
>15+ Minutes of in depth technical analysis
>Ends it with "So yeah you need a lot of light"
> You need a lot of light, and try to maintain a fixed distance from the lens if you move.
"And that's important for any job, I think. You've got to be confident doing it and you've always got to be open to new techniques or adapting your style depending on what the subject is or what people need."
Surprising and apt philosophical advice.
Love the way he teaches with no ego, learned a lot from this. My film school lecturers always talk with an ego and act like I'm an idiot for not knowing how things work (I came to learn, not be judged)
We just spent a week on this in my cinematography class and I still didn't really understand it, this was way easier to grasp, thank you Gavin. Please keep doing these
One of the most educational and interesting videos I have ever seen! Would LOVE to see more of these!
Watch the video about DSLR cameras or televisions.
"tl;dr: you need a lot of light"
"If I swung an ax I'd probably put it in my shin, that's why Dan's always the one doing to AX-SHIN (action)". Idk if I'm the only one who made this association but it's right at like 14:00
"It's all about speed"
-Gavin of SLOWmo Guys
Given that speed is the rate that a something travels in some specified distance, the slowest particles (as long as they move at all) have speed. I'm assuming here that you believe speed must be fast but I'm not sure. 'insert joke about velocity here'
The S P E E D of slow
Ique why did you space the letters out? is SPEED some sort of acronym??????
AdmiralTy Funk M E M E S
Ique Slow is about speed. It's just that slow is the lack of speed, but you need a lot of speed to go slow
As an early film student, this is extremely helpful and also a better look at what Gav does!
I'm Gavin Free, and this is my Master Class
Gav, you have a fantastic, accessible way of explaining topics such as this. I learned more from this one video than the photography books I've read! I'd love more, expanded videos like these, please. 👍😊
I'm not even that into this specific subject but Gavin's knowledge and enthusiasm is really infectious. I've learnt a lot from this video and actually want to know more, top work Gavvy Wavvy 👍🏼
How is this the same person that brought us "does rocks float on lava?" Love you Gavin!
Keep this sort of content up! The hallmark of a good educator is someone who can explain complex things in simple terms and you nailed that Gav! Of-course keeping things fun and throwing in the odd clip from other videos helped keep our attention as well. So crazy to think I've been watching your content for over 5 years now!
As a retired professor of still photography, I give my thumbs up and kudos to you and your clear explanation of exposure! Very nicely done, Gavin!
I love watching achievement hunter Gavin being confused about everything, and then come and watch slow mo Gavin and he knows what he's talking about and I love it
I would probably pay to take a camera course taught by Gavin. His previous video that he talked about in this one is the thing that got me to understand shutter speed when I'd already taken a course in a lecture hall that just didn't click with me. Kudos, Gav; you're a brilliant teacher and I love it when you teach us about the way cameras work.
I've NEVER seen the basics of photography explained this well before. Fantastic job!
This video is so jam-packed with useful information. Prior to this I only knew the basics of some of the settings Gavin talks about but I think I've learned more about the actual practicality and relations between those settings from this video than I ever have in the past. Thanks for making this!
Ever think you'll be in a position to capture lightning on a Phantom? Would love to see that raw power erupting from absolute darkness.
NoLand's Man not necessarily, I remember an episode of top gear from like 10 years ago where they hit a car with lightning to test if it's safer. There are indoor facilities that can generate and control it, might not be as strong as natural but safer and easier to shoot.
tesla coil
NoLand's Man agreed, I've always wanted to see really high quality slow mo footage of lighting hitting a tree. Imagine seeing the sap inside boil instantaneously and explode out in millions of splinters.
It might not be that difficult. With still photography, you frame the shot, get your settings where you like them, and just take long exposures. With Slow Mo, I think it would be about the same, with the main challenges being lightning occurring where your shot is composed and DURING the capture, which sounds like it's probably a bit shorter than my usual shutter speed for lightning. I would be interested to see what Gav and Dan could do with it.
maybe they could travel to whatever that place was in venezuela where there is lightning everywhere at any time? it'd be easier to shoot because you can just point anywhere and wait for one (or i heard when the storm is extreme the lightning bolts are so dense you basically see a net of bolts everywhere you look, so they don't even need to wait) and you can get a cooler shot than doing it in an average storm
LOL best description ever..and also the most british thing I have ever read. *" Gav waffles on about Phantoms and that."*
Finally - Realtime 'Photograghy 101' lessons from someone who's passionate and also knows exactly what they're talking about technically. Fantastic teaching ability and easy learning. Well done....and please keep them coming.
This video has helped me better understand the relationships between shutter speed, and aperture more so than any other guide or book I've read to date. Much obliged Gavin!
I now understand the aperture science logo. Thanks Gavin!
This was incredibly helpful. I've messed with those settings on dslr cameras for videos but now I actually understand what all of them mean. Thanks Gavin!
As soon as you started talking about Dan, I was smiling so much, just hearing the clear admiration you have for him is so nice. This video helped me to see how different and difficult both sides of the camera are! Props to you both
This is really enjoyable to watch Gavin. You have a great way of explaining the mechanics in an understandable way, and a good way to demonstrate it afterwards. I learned quite a bit.
Would be interesting to see a phantom/tiltshift lens combo. That way you may be able to shift the focus from front to back
Gavin Free's school for children who can't film good and want to do other stuff good too.
This is like the most informative introduction to photography/film I've ever seen
Best video I've seen so far that simply explains the basics in still photography and how it relates to film. You're awesome Gavin.
Gavin, how did you get to know so much about high speed camera's? I know you worked in the film industry in Britain, but how did that happen?
RankUpGaming he probably studied photography or something
RankUpGaming He told the story years ago on the RoosterTeeth podcast. He basically started helping a guy who lived in his town that shot slow mo. Not much of a story, he basically just worked along side him and learned as he did.
Yea I remember that he enjoyed it so much and wanted to do more with it hence the slow mo guys
The stuff he talks about here is like your basic 101 into photography. Go read any beginner's or starter photography book or column or blog post or anything, and you'll learn the same exact things.
He plays Halo with Burnie Burns on the Letsplay channel and he talks about his life getting involved in Rooster teeth including his time in the film industry I think its called Game Time. One of my fav videos to go back too.
this was super interesting
More videos like this please!! I love the tech and behind the scenes that goes into your work. Thanks for sharing!
I always ignored the Slow Mo Guys RUclips vid suggestions, as I thought the presenters were the fake-Chad-lad type dumbos (like many other popular youtubers). Damn, was I wrong.
I've been binge-watching the Slow Mo Guys for days now,. I'm just happy to see you guys going strong for so many years, this is top quality entertainment.
Awesome!
We finally get to see Gavin the way Burnie talks about him on the podcast. :D
Good job, Gav :) More vids like these!
My favorite part of this amazing video is the rare, on-camera display of respect. Gav and Dan are both highly competent, but good around a hell of a lot (definitely part of the fun of their videos). Dan is the butt of so many jokes that their relationship can come across as abusive if you watch enough videos. It's nice to see that Gavin really does hold his friend in such a high esteem.
And yeah, that was an amazing lesson in photography and video-photography. I will be watching this video again many times.
This was the greatest, most informative, easiest to understand description of shutter speed, shutter angle, aperture, etc I've ever heard. Thank you so much for this video!!!!!!
This was absolutely fantastic.
*HAND RAISED... Is this gonna be on the quiz?
Awesome, thank you for actually both telling and show us what the degrees means in this case. I've actually wondered about that when you and Dan talked about it in other videos. Keep up the good work mates!
This was fantastic. It had a lot of really good info regarding regular photography as well as videography. Thank you Gavin!
Don't think I understood any of this but it was really nice to listen to.
I watched this whole on my phone with data.
That's how good it was.
Also videos like this is why I can't fully enjoy Gavin on let's play, I know he is smart hahaha
its not even that he pretends to be dumb, he just goofs off and goes all relaxed...
As an aspiring SLR photographer, I found this highly informative. Thanks!
Gavin I just bought my first DSLR and although you didn't make this video to teach people about still photography, this is the video I've been coming back to for an explanation on aperture etc. You're an amazing teacher! I've taken a photography course in the past and it was just gobbledygook and I didn't retain any of this information. You really make things clear and easy to remember.
You should definitely make this a series and explain the other difficulties and techniques!
You know what's nice? When people don't say "uh" or "um" between each sentence when explaining something. It's really nice listening to Gavin explain this shit.
This video and the DSLR shutter speed video have literally been two of the most fascinating things I have ever watched. And they weren't even in slow motion! Love these educational insights, keep 'em coming!
Thanks Gav, thoroughly enjoyed your explanation. Really adds to my appreciation of what goes into your SMG videos. Looking forward to more like this.
"B, you nailed it" omg when are you guys just gonna get together
"It's all about speed."
Gotta go fast... to go slow. :U
Really interesting video!! It's inspiring to hear how hard you work and the connection between you and the camera, the way it's second nature now and gut feelings. You're a smart guy Gav.
I love these videos. They are informative, easily understood (even if you haven't worked with cameras), and intriguing.
Having watched some of Burnie's vlogs as well as this video, I was wondering how likely it is that both Gav and Burnie will be lecturers someday at University/College as they're so articulate in their fields. Anyway, this video was awesome, more like this please :D
Agreed. I don't know if Burnie has done any guest lecturing yet but he has mentioned times where he has been a guest speaker for very important presentations so at least some people can see that they/he are knowledgeable.
I have a feeling that he's lectured at UT?? As you say though, he's been a speaker multiple times so I'm not sure.
Hey, I was wondering if you guys ever had the idea to film a sword fight, specifically a parry. I've heard that there is a tremendous amount of bend in the swords, so I thought it would be cool to see.
Everything about the physics of capturing images in barely 16 minutes... Dude, you're awesome. This video together the DSLR shooting boost anyone's interest in photography!
Best clear explanation of the relationships between shutter/angle, frame rate, aperture and iso/gain in practice I've seen. Nice!
People at RT don't realise how educated Gavin is....
He deserves more respect from his colleagues.
he explained it in this video. Dan does the action because Gavin can't, hence why he seems so useless so often in videos, because hes just a goofball who's not the best at video games. And that's okay.
Jim Bob everyone at that company knows how smart Gavin is, they make fun of him when he dumbs down for videos or doesn't do words good
Or they're all just joking.
Orande I meant at RT not in his slow mo vids
RT fans know that they (other RT/AH employees) do respect Gavin and know that he is quite intelligent. Gav usually "acts" dumb or silky for videos because itnis entertaining...other times he just "no words good"
Once your finished with youtube, you should be a lecturer about high speed photography, and entertainment. Please like cud I want Gavin to see this.
Great vid. I knew most of the basics already, but I still learned a lot, and I've never heard the concepts explained in such a concise, easy-to-digest fashion.
Coming from someone with no previous knowledge about cameras that don’t come stock on an iPhone, I found this to be very interesting and well explained. Really nice job, Gavin. You could totally teach a whole class about camera stuff like this.
Gavin...my brain hurts
Neato
So far I love every single video on this side channel probably as much as on your main channel. Thanks for doing all this work!
Dude, that was one of the best explanation vids I've ever seen. It really shows how much you love and understand your craft. Even tho it was about slow motion, you just made everybody understand how filming works a whole lot better. Even for me who already knew the basics, you explained it in such a way that it enlightened me even more.
I would've never thought 5 years ago that all the questions I have about a camera would be answered by fucking Gavino headlight fluid Free
So I've worked with digital and film still photography and have had some formal training with cinema cameras. I still don't know why on still cameras it's called an aperture, but on video it's an iris. Anybody have an answer?
Photographers are pretentious and like to use big, complicated words! 😜
Robbie Carroll Well they are different things. Iris is the physical mechanism that has the hole in the centre, aperture is the size of the hole in the iris.
I like how you didn't know the answer so you just decided to insult every photographer.
Ah, that makes sense, thanks!
V1bration You are an idiot
Dude, your DSLR video was amazing, and this one is just as good. Even though I was already fairly familiar with the concepts in both videos, you explained everything so clearly that I found them very informative.
Gavin, everytime i watch your video's where you explain something, it never gets boring! :o I learn so much and you are expaining it very VERY well! Thank You!
Great video! About the angle though, when you're using an insanely high shutter speed, does the angle still matter that much? Wouldn't you rather double your shutter speed and go to 360 degrees to gather twice as much light? In other words, isn't 2000fps@360 exposing the sensor just as long as 1000fps@180? Except with 2000fps you get twice as many frames. With 180 degrees, I feel like you're throwing away half of the potential light.
I think he said he doesn't like the motion blur he gets at 360. I'd have to re-watch to be sure that's what he said.
I would agree that 360 vs 180 at the same shutter speed would result in more motion blur. However, that would not be true at different speeds. With 2000fps@360 and 1000fps@180 both equate to the shutter being open for 500 nanoseconds. So the same amount of motion blur would be present either way. Just with 2000 you get twice as many frames.
Darin Gilchrist You're forgetting the part where they have to playback all the footage at 25 FPS. So having the shutter set to 360° is going to create noticable blur no matter how fast the original footage was shot.
Motion blur is a result of a ratio with the shutter angle as denominator. The shutter speed is irrelevant in the motion blur achieved
Darin Gilchrist I have the same question!
I like these smart videos...but why aren't you wearing your lab coat Professor Gav?
I love all of your videos Gavin, but this is by far the most information I have ever gotten about cameras. I am very glad you started this second channel just for this type of info. Look forward to seeing more.
i really enjoy the technical videos. i love learning how things work from experts. please do more!
I'm uncomfortable. This isn't Gavin.
Josie Anne Trust me its the same Gavin😂
So if light is a huge issue with filming high speed, why doesn't Gavin get some decent lights?
18k HMI's are 22,000 dollars, US. He'd need quite a few.
He mentioned it before in one video (forgot, sorry).
Aside from the obvious budget issue, lighting kits are too bulky and hot that they would end up burning down the house.
The lights are very expensive to buy and to run. They've very hot. And, as he very briefly mentions, they flicker at mains frequency.
the sun is free and provides more than enough light for 1000fps
There are ways he could increase the light by setting up mirrors like a solar power plant
Please do more videos like this. I love learning about this and you're a great teacher. I plan to become a film editor and cameraman myself so stuff like this helps a lot! Thanks Gavin
i love these videos so much! i know nothing about cameras but feel like i've learned loads, gav's great at explaining things i think
Cheers Gav, I now have a cure for Insomnia
Gavin looks homeless
Totally awesome video! I also enjoy Tony Northrup's channel, but this is definitely the best explanation I've seen of aperture, shutter speed, f-stops, etc., together with a demonstration of exactly how each of them affects the image. Thanks for posting!
Thanks for the refresher on shutter speed, aperture, depth of field!
That was an amazing video, I've always had so many queries to do with ISO, apertures etc etc and you pretty much cleared them up in one video 👍🏼