"This guy's got a broken leg." Lol! Love you videos. Your teaching is nice and clear and not overly complicated and BORING like so many other videos on here. Thanks for taking time to make these.
Wow. What a phenomenal teacher! Thank you so much for making these videos. You've made things so easy to understand and given me so much to think about while shooting film. I can't wait to see more!
This is a brilliant video. You covered all aspects of depth of field. I now understand why the background is blurry in the viewfinder but isn’t when the photo comes out. Everything makes perfect sense now.
Just today I came across your RUclips channel. You have great info about film and camera. Will be looking at all your videos. I stopped using film for about 10 years but came back because it is just so much more an organic way of seeing the world.
Hey Travis - thanks for the clear explanation. I watched another video of yours about the F16 rule, where my basic understanding was: full sunlight = F16, all the way down to shade at 2.8. With this video, it seems like aperture plays another role, being the depth of field. So my question is: Am i right to guess that in order to achieve your desired depth of field at the correct light, you have to change your shutter speed from that which corresponds closest with your film ISO (which you recommended setting to in the beginning of your f16 video)? You made mention of the 3-stop rule at the end of your f16 video...
Stephen Federowicz yes exactly!! By having a desired depth of field and an original understanding of the sunny 16 rule basically anything is possible. So maybe a day that would be an F8 outside you could easily shoot at F2.8 as long as you match each stop of aperture with a faster shutter speed to make an equivalent exposure. Basically the sunny 16 rule gives you a foundation to start on and you can adjust anything from there accordingly.
Cool. so basically: i walk outside with my slr loaded with 400 iso and my shutter speed at 500 (bc it's closest). I see that it's a cloudy day, so I move my aperture to an f.8. But then I see that I want to shoot a landscape, so I move by aperture up to f16. to compensate for that stop, I move my shutterspeed down to 250? but let's say I want to shoot something at F4 on an F8 day. that's two stops, but on my slr my shutterspeed only goes up to 1/1000 (one stop from my 500 starting point). How do I solve that equation? thanks again for your help.
Stephen Federowicz that my friend is called a "constraint" haha which is why I prefer shooting 100 speed film in daylight because t allows me more shutter speeds and therefore more aperture choices on a cloudy day. One of the hard things about shooting 400 ISO film in a camera with a max 1/1000 is the lack of adjustments you're able to make when you have adequate light. In order to achieve a wider aperture in daylight conditions you need to shoot slower film to give you more room to move.
Great explanation as always. It's great to see more videos from ya! Good to hear you mention the subject/focus distance affecting depth of field as well. A good example of this is if you have to take landscape photos at wider apertures. You don't always have to go for f/8 or smaller to shoot landscape. You can just as easily shoot at f/2 if you need to and still have everything in focus. By the way, good job focusing on that wind chime at 1.4! Shooting wide open (1.7) on my Pentax always, ALWAYS end up with me back focusing!
Niall Crowley thanks man I appreciate the feedback! The wind chime was real tough at F16 because my shutter was so slow haha all the photos were shot on a manual focus lens so I'm glad they worked out. Those were the first digital photos I've shot in months haha. I'm gonna work on some more videos this week as well.
ForesthillFilmLab Ha I was wondering if they were digital or did you develop a whole roll of film just to show differences in DoF! I look forward to more videos...really appreciate the work you're putting into them.
Really nice video. Sweet and straight to the point. Kinda started to dabble into b&w film photography few months ago after losing pictures on my phone that I forgot to backup and wiped permanently. As you said in a previous video its a shame so much photography now like with mobile phones isnt tangible and permanent and often realise this when it is too late. Also don't get to do cool things as depth of field, with mobile phone photography, and reading about such techniques in books and then trying out in the real world can be such a big leap to make. Your videos for me fits right in between those two, reading in a book, watch a video with explanation and experiences and then trying it out in the real world. Can i make a small suggestion if possible? to organise videos like these, techniques, reviews, and general thoughts on photography into playlists in youtube? Might make it easier to find and watch replay previous videos. Sorry for the long message, thanks for the videos so far and hope making and shooting videos and pictures stays fun for you for a long time to come.
It is not refraction, but diffraction. Refraction: the fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves, etc. being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one medium and another or through a medium of varying density.
It drives me to distraction when someone has had a camera for 2 weeks, goes out and buys 50mm f1.2 and shoots with it wide open just getting the bridge of a nose in focus.
i think the picture would make more scents if the camera on the picture was on the bottom part of picture as well an on the left deep of field is just deep but affect the width of view the more closer or far you are way
hey ive been having trouble developing! i already fucked up 3 rolls and im super upset about it i dont know what ive been doing wrong but i followed the same steps as i did the first time wehen my rolls came out perfect but then this last 3 rolls i tried ended up comming out 100% translucent like no pictures where on them i dont get it! help please
kuopassa I don't think it's so since the 2nd roll I tried was with freshly diluted developer and I still got bad results! this 2nd roll came from a completely different camera so the camera being faulty it's really out of the equation
Travis, always appreciate your videos; thanks for the help! By the way anyone ever tell you that you have a young Fidel Castro thing going for you:) Keep up the good work
I'm so glad I found this video. Thank you
"This guy's got a broken leg." Lol! Love you videos. Your teaching is nice and clear and not overly complicated and BORING like so many other videos on here. Thanks for taking time to make these.
Very clear explanation, great video for beginners.
I knew most of it already, but I think you did a great job of explaining how that all works
Wow. What a phenomenal teacher! Thank you so much for making these videos. You've made things so easy to understand and given me so much to think about while shooting film. I can't wait to see more!
so awesome to hear this! glad i can be of some help to you
Great video.. you explained everything so well. Thanks!
This is a brilliant video. You covered all aspects of depth of field. I now understand why the background is blurry in the viewfinder but isn’t when the photo comes out. Everything makes perfect sense now.
This was the single most helpful photography based video I've watched this year (and it's December)! Keep up the great work!
Just today I came across your RUclips channel. You have great info about film and camera. Will be looking at all your videos. I stopped using film for about 10 years but came back because it is just so much more an organic way of seeing the world.
Awesome video! You explained it so well and the examples helped me a lot.
Hey Travis - thanks for the clear explanation. I watched another video of yours about the F16 rule, where my basic understanding was: full sunlight = F16, all the way down to shade at 2.8. With this video, it seems like aperture plays another role, being the depth of field. So my question is:
Am i right to guess that in order to achieve your desired depth of field at the correct light, you have to change your shutter speed from that which corresponds closest with your film ISO (which you recommended setting to in the beginning of your f16 video)? You made mention of the 3-stop rule at the end of your f16 video...
Stephen Federowicz yes exactly!! By having a desired depth of field and an original understanding of the sunny 16 rule basically anything is possible. So maybe a day that would be an F8 outside you could easily shoot at F2.8 as long as you match each stop of aperture with a faster shutter speed to make an equivalent exposure. Basically the sunny 16 rule gives you a foundation to start on and you can adjust anything from there accordingly.
Cool. so basically: i walk outside with my slr loaded with 400 iso and my shutter speed at 500 (bc it's closest). I see that it's a cloudy day, so I move my aperture to an f.8. But then I see that I want to shoot a landscape, so I move by aperture up to f16. to compensate for that stop, I move my shutterspeed down to 250?
but let's say I want to shoot something at F4 on an F8 day. that's two stops, but on my slr my shutterspeed only goes up to 1/1000 (one stop from my 500 starting point). How do I solve that equation? thanks again for your help.
Stephen Federowicz that my friend is called a "constraint" haha which is why I prefer shooting 100 speed film in daylight because t allows me more shutter speeds and therefore more aperture choices on a cloudy day. One of the hard things about shooting 400 ISO film in a camera with a max 1/1000 is the lack of adjustments you're able to make when you have adequate light. In order to achieve a wider aperture in daylight conditions you need to shoot slower film to give you more room to move.
ForesthillFilmLab ah. makes sense. lesson learned haha. Thanks again!
Depending on the lens, the depth of field may not be symmetrical. There could be as much as 2/3 behind the subject and 1/3 in front.
I'm barely starting in film photography and your videos have taught me more than anything else. Keep up the good work man :)
Veils of Blue what film camera have you been shooting with?
Rydell Tomas I have a Minolta SRT 101 and a Canon P with an Industar lens :)
Great explanation as always. It's great to see more videos from ya! Good to hear you mention the subject/focus distance affecting depth of field as well. A good example of this is if you have to take landscape photos at wider apertures. You don't always have to go for f/8 or smaller to shoot landscape. You can just as easily shoot at f/2 if you need to and still have everything in focus. By the way, good job focusing on that wind chime at 1.4! Shooting wide open (1.7) on my Pentax always, ALWAYS end up with me back focusing!
Niall Crowley thanks man I appreciate the feedback! The wind chime was real tough at F16 because my shutter was so slow haha all the photos were shot on a manual focus lens so I'm glad they worked out. Those were the first digital photos I've shot in months haha. I'm gonna work on some more videos this week as well.
ForesthillFilmLab Ha I was wondering if they were digital or did you develop a whole roll of film just to show differences in DoF! I look forward to more videos...really appreciate the work you're putting into them.
Really nice video. Sweet and straight to the point. Kinda started to dabble into b&w film photography few months ago after losing pictures on my phone that I forgot to backup and wiped permanently. As you said in a previous video its a shame so much photography now like with mobile phones isnt tangible and permanent and often realise this when it is too late.
Also don't get to do cool things as depth of field, with mobile phone photography, and reading about such techniques in books and then trying out in the real world can be such a big leap to make. Your videos for me fits right in between those two, reading in a book, watch a video with explanation and experiences and then trying it out in the real world.
Can i make a small suggestion if possible? to organise videos like these, techniques, reviews, and general thoughts on photography into playlists in youtube? Might make it easier to find and watch replay previous videos.
Sorry for the long message, thanks for the videos so far and hope making and shooting videos and pictures stays fun for you for a long time to come.
All your videos are great,have learned a lot from them.What camera do you use to shoot your videos in black&white?
It is not refraction, but diffraction.
Refraction: the fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves, etc. being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one medium and another or through a medium of varying density.
Ahmad Ahmadov exactly! Refraction refers to light passing from one medium (e.g., air) through another medium ( e.g., a glass lens).
Great video as always, wanted to ask what lens you have on that Nikon?
Looks like a Nikkor 55mm 1.2 - www.keh.com/shop/nikon-55mm-f-1-2-sc-non-ai-manual-focus-lens-52.html
Love your channel man! Keep it up!
This video is the fucking answer to all of my questions 🥲🥲🥲🥲
What about shooting iso25 film with max aperture of 1.2 85mm al from canon.
It drives me to distraction when someone has had a camera for 2 weeks, goes out and buys 50mm f1.2 and shoots with it wide open just getting the bridge of a nose in focus.
Mark Harris 😂😂
Gotta learn somehow
great video.
Great vid very informative
i think the picture would make more scents if the camera on the picture was on the bottom part of picture as well an on the left deep of field is just deep but affect the width of view the more closer or far you are way
hey ive been having trouble developing! i already fucked up 3 rolls and im super upset about it i dont know what ive been doing wrong but i followed the same steps as i did the first time wehen my rolls came out perfect but then this last 3 rolls i tried ended up comming out 100% translucent like no pictures where on them i dont get it! help please
Are you still having problems with developing? Maybe your developer was exhausted or too diluted.
kuopassa I don't think it's so since the 2nd roll I tried was with freshly diluted developer and I still got bad results! this 2nd roll came from a completely different camera so the camera being faulty it's really out of the equation
Travis, always appreciate your videos; thanks for the help! By the way anyone ever tell you that you have a young Fidel Castro thing going for you:) Keep up the good work
It took me until way to recently to learn the lens was wide open until you take the picture. Felt dumb haha
Thank you, very helpful
Shout out to California. Bcuz of the rain
f8 was the best photo.
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Seth Rollins!