The web is enormous, but I am so thankful (you have no idea how thankful) that my algorithm landed me on your page. I'm a teacher (in Canada) and I've been struggling with putting together a self-delivered photography course for my students simply due to the overwhelming and inter-connected information they need to ingest at the onset of learning. Your video (after years of searching) is so well explained and your tone and enthusiasm are comforting yet "serious" ~ if you aren't already, you really should consider teaching (and this is coming from someone who has been teaching for 25 years). Seriously, you have the gift of bringing your subject area down to a manageable yet informative level. And I'm going to intice you with this information . . . if you live in Canada (chances are you probably don't), after 10 years of teaching, many teachers are making close to $90,000 (CAD). Not that money is everything ~ but it is nice to be comfortable and to be rewarded for what you do. I don't know why people are shamed into not admitting that?
I am just starting out learning the photography in a deeper level and I am very happy that SEO worked well with your content - it was basically first one in my Google search! 🙏 It is amazingly easy to understand your teaching and I am not even native English speaker 😊 Thank you very much! 😍
First time visitor 😀Thank you 🙏🏽 so much .. I really needed your explication on this subject once again … it is such a complicated aspect of photography and you make it for ME so much easier to apprehend it .. over and over 🥰 little by little .. I’m your fan 4sure😍
I was just watching the Hudson Henry and Rick LePage "Office Hours". They mentioned you and the topic of DSLR vs Mirrorless cameras. I found your RUclips channel and watched this video which caught my attention. Let me say what an excellent explanation of depth of field you give here and what an articulate speaker you are. I enjoyed this video and subscribed to your channel because of it. I look forward to watching many more of your postings. Thank you.
Glad you liked it! Same here, really - there's just more and better quality tutorials for photographers these days, even compared to just a few years ago. At least in video form.
This was great information I'm à retired Navy Photographer 1971 1975 old film days. I photographed the Apollo 16-17 recoveries the last two Manned Moon Missions when I was 19yrs old. You are very well versed and you would be a very good instructor. Our Photo School was in Pensacola Florida. It's at Naval Air Station in Pensacola.
Thank you so much very easy to follow absolute brilliant it so easy to follow and I will try this out thank you so much someone who explains it simple so I can follow
I was just trying to get a basic understanding of depth of field, but you blew me away. You know your stuff. There is much more to photography than I thought, whoa.
First time in tow years I've visited your channel and I am happy to say you are just as cool & engaging! I would happy recommend this channel to fledglings and anyone looking to brush-up on the basics!
Very well explained Spencer, I’d like how you jump right into subject with informative content. And I always find something new to learn from your “not too long” video! Excellent job, thank you for sharing! 😃💕
I haven't forgotten about this! Just finished filming another video for the first time in almost a year. Editing will take a few days. Thanks for sticking with the channel even during our drought.
Hey man, I would like to say thank you for the videos you produce and post on your channel. The content always seems to be on point and your style of explaining concepts and techniques is easy to process (no pun intended..😅) and enjoyable to watch.. Thanks.
Hey Steve, thanks for saying so! Yeah, doing well, just extremely busy. I’m going to make more videos soon. Finishing up a few things right now but I’ll definitely be publishing videos throughout 2022. -Spencer
Excellent. I was wondering if you were going to discuss using a ND filter in bright conditions to max out your aperture without overexposing - perhaps out of scope!
Hello, I'm starting my adventure with macro photography and I want to give you some advice. I've already learned a lot, and I really like your work and videos. I am photographing the A7 III and I have already ordered the lens: laowa ca-dreamer 100 mm f / 2.8 macro 2: 1. I would like to use Yongnuo YN24EX lamps, but there is nothing to the A7 III at this price. What would you advise, thanks in advance and best regards from Poland
Thanks a lot, Spencer . In the next videos, could you talk about the necessity of using hyperfocal distance in landscape photograpy ? I mean, sometimes we don't have enough time to watch tables , adjust lenses and so on .
Thanks, Gabriel! See if this video is what you're after: ruclips.net/video/gsuM3bSSwd4/видео.html Hyperfocal distance charts are really annoying, and they're not even accurate (they don't take diffraction into account, nor how far away your nearest object is). I use the double the distance method instead. That video goes into it in detail.
Well thought and presented video, as always. Can I beg for a next episode about controlling background exposure in macro photography (with and without flash)? That would be great :)
Thank you, Antistio! I'm not immediately planning to make a video on lighting up the background in macro photography, but I can give you my thoughts here. On one hand, when you're using a flash for 1:1 macro photography or more, you have three routes: let the background go dark/black, compose in such a way that the background is extremely close, or position a separate flash to shine on the background. That third option isn't really feasible outside of studio contexts (or perhaps some oddball flash heads like the Venus Laowa KX-800). On the other hand, when you're shooting without a flash at magnifications like 1:3 or less, you'll get a well-lit background regardless (and the same is true if you're using a fill flash). This is how I get bright backgrounds in almost all of my dragonfly and damselfly photos - I just don't use a flash. Hope this answers your questions. I may make a video about it at some point, but realistically there are some other topics I'd like to get to first.
What city is featured at 2:57? Is that San Francisco? The architecture and hill makes me think so. Also I notice palms in the main setting where you're recording the demonstration dialogue. Is this also California? Either way, great explanation my friend. I've never owned a DSLR, but I've done minor photography over the years. It's become more important to me lately as a content creator, and though I have many friends who are photographers it's not something I usually get a chance to ask them for demonstration. This is a great explanation.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel Hah that's funny because somehow it 'felt' like it wasn't California, but I assumed if the shot was in San Fran it was likely Cali as well.
Hi Spencer, a question on focus stacking for a landscape shot. For a set aperture value you will have a set depth of field. So when selecting multiple focal points (near to far) the depth of fields at each focal point will overlap the adjacent one. Is there a method to selecting the sharpest focal point position in each focal plane that will make for the sharpest stacked final image? How do you decide how many focal points are needed for a focus stack? eg. Shooting at f16, do you focus at the prominent features in a scene that are at different distances from the camera? Hope that all makes sense. Appreciate the great channel content. Lars.
Does a depth of field too large make the picture look flat? Or just shoot at a large depth of field and blur out things that are not interesting in post processing.
It depends on the photo. A lot of landscape photographers like having a large depth of field so that the foreground and background are both sharp. But sometimes, the blur from a shallow depth of field adds nice dimension to the photo. I personally never blur it out in post-processing, though.
Very kind of you to say! I’m working on new videos, just been busy running the Photography Life blog these past few months. Keep an eye out because I’ll definitely be posting videos again.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel I was worried for your health cause of the pandemic but then i saw some comments below and your responses. Glad you are healthy, i am new to photography and your videos helped me significantly. Will be waiting for next video, no pressure though. Have fun!!
I will be uploading frequently again in 2022! I had to pause for a lot of 2021 to run the Photography Life blog, but we’re finishing up hiring more writers there now. Should have much more time for videos next year.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel I found your channel through RUclips's algorithm and another hidden gems lately, instead a gear based photography channels. Glad to see you will start to active again.
Good question but no, cropping does not change the depth of field you capture. Zooming in does. You can test this yourself by cropping a zoomed-out photo, then comparing its depth of field against a zoomed-in photo, holding all other camera settings the same. You'll see more blur in the background of the image where you physically zoomed in.
shallow depth of field...one has to to stop the video and think what that means (low f number....) or is that high f number? Talking in. numbers / stops is clear ...otherwise one has to think -- large depth of field means........ but if you say larger or large f number...one knows exactly .
Bigger number means smaller aperture (opening). Making things even more confusing is the term "stopping down" which again means making your aperture smaller, by selecting a bigger f number -- all of it seems a bit backwards, but there you have it!
You really can’t, unfortunately. By finding subjects that are as far away as possible, and by using a wide-angle lens, you will maximize your depth of field. So, Milky Way or distant cityscape photographers can actually get pretty good depth of field at say f/2.8. But there is simply no way to do exactly what you want. Use a tripod and stop down the aperture instead!
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The web is enormous, but I am so thankful (you have no idea how thankful) that my algorithm landed me on your page. I'm a teacher (in Canada) and I've been struggling with putting together a self-delivered photography course for my students simply due to the overwhelming and inter-connected information they need to ingest at the onset of learning. Your video (after years of searching) is so well explained and your tone and enthusiasm are comforting yet "serious" ~ if you aren't already, you really should consider teaching (and this is coming from someone who has been teaching for 25 years). Seriously, you have the gift of bringing your subject area down to a manageable yet informative level. And I'm going to intice you with this information . . . if you live in Canada (chances are you probably don't), after 10 years of teaching, many teachers are making close to $90,000 (CAD). Not that money is everything ~ but it is nice to be comfortable and to be rewarded for what you do. I don't know why people are shamed into not admitting that?
You really are a great Teacher! Thanks a lot!!!
Excellent. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I am just starting out learning the photography in a deeper level and I am very happy that SEO worked well with your content - it was basically first one in my Google search! 🙏 It is amazingly easy to understand your teaching and I am not even native English speaker 😊 Thank you very much! 😍
WIthout a doubt the best explanation video I have seen about this topic!
Thank you so much for the awesome explanation. No one else made it so easy to understand! I appreciate all the examples and visual displays
Clear, concise and informative. Thank you.
Glad you liked it, thanks for the feedback!
Thank you, Spencer! One of my favorite channels!
Really appreciate it, Brian!
I had a presentation on Depth of Field and this video really helped. Thanks a lot
Great explanation of DOF photography with great examples.
Brilliant information and explanation ,thanks for taking the time to make these videos
Sure thing, Anthony! I think it’s worth the time if people can learn something from them.
Thank you! This has been so helpful as someone just getting into the hobby :)
First person speaking of how to fix DOF not only what it is. Well done 👍
First time visitor 😀Thank you 🙏🏽 so much .. I really needed your explication on this subject once again … it is such a complicated aspect of photography and you make it for ME so much easier to apprehend it .. over and over 🥰 little by little .. I’m your fan 4sure😍
Excellent content and very valuable information. Thanks for sharing!
Sure thing, Tamas!
I was just watching the Hudson Henry and Rick LePage "Office Hours". They mentioned you and the topic of DSLR vs Mirrorless cameras. I found your RUclips channel and watched this video which caught my attention. Let me say what an excellent explanation of depth of field you give here and what an articulate speaker you are. I enjoyed this video and subscribed to your channel because of it. I look forward to watching many more of your postings. Thank you.
Excellent summary - wish I'd had it outlined like this when I began learning!
Glad you liked it! Same here, really - there's just more and better quality tutorials for photographers these days, even compared to just a few years ago. At least in video form.
Awesome man!! Honestly, I didn't ask for this but I needed this lesson! Thought I knew depth of field but apparently I didn't!! Love always🖤💯
Happy to hear it, thanks, Vikas!
Very nicely explained. Thank you.
This was great information I'm à retired Navy Photographer 1971 1975 old film days. I photographed the Apollo 16-17 recoveries the last two Manned Moon Missions when I was 19yrs old. You are very well versed and you would be a very good instructor. Our Photo School was in Pensacola Florida. It's at Naval Air Station in Pensacola.
Thank you so much very easy to follow absolute brilliant it so easy to follow and I will try this out thank you so much someone who explains it simple so I can follow
I was just trying to get a basic understanding of depth of field, but you blew me away. You know your stuff. There is much more to photography than I thought, whoa.
Glad you found it so useful!
@@PhotographyLifeChannel hey man! love your content. I was wondering why you aren’t uploading anymore 🤔
First time in tow years I've visited your channel and I am happy to say you are just as cool & engaging! I would happy recommend this channel to fledglings and anyone looking to brush-up on the basics!
Nice vide man!! Subbed.
Very well explained Spencer, I’d like how you jump right into subject with informative content. And I always find something new to learn from your “not too long” video! Excellent job, thank you for sharing! 😃💕
Thank you, Joyce! Glad you liked it.
Fantastic explanation!
Hi Spencer! I surely hope you plan on more videos in 2022. Your videos are so helpful. Thank you very much and Happy New Year!!
Happy new year to you! I’ve been working on some videos and expect to have at least one posted before the end of the month. Thanks for asking!
I haven't forgotten about this! Just finished filming another video for the first time in almost a year. Editing will take a few days. Thanks for sticking with the channel even during our drought.
Very insightful
Glad you liked it, thank you Catherine!
Always great content!
Hey man, I would like to say thank you for the videos you produce and post on your channel. The content always seems to be on point and your style of explaining concepts and techniques is easy to process (no pun intended..😅) and enjoyable to watch.. Thanks.
Hey Spencer, hope everything is good with you! Haven’t seen any of your great videos in a few months, just
wanted to say we miss you.
Hey Steve, thanks for saying so! Yeah, doing well, just extremely busy. I’m going to make more videos soon. Finishing up a few things right now but I’ll definitely be publishing videos throughout 2022. -Spencer
Excellent. I was wondering if you were going to discuss using a ND filter in bright conditions to max out your aperture without overexposing - perhaps out of scope!
Thank you. Useful.
Thank you for this!
Hello, I'm starting my adventure with macro photography and I want to give you some advice. I've already learned a lot, and I really like your work and videos. I am photographing the A7 III and I have already ordered the lens: laowa ca-dreamer 100 mm f / 2.8 macro 2: 1. I would like to use Yongnuo YN24EX lamps, but there is nothing to the A7 III at this price. What would you advise, thanks in advance and best regards from Poland
Thanks a lot, Spencer . In the next videos, could you talk about the necessity of using hyperfocal distance in landscape photograpy ? I mean, sometimes we don't have enough time to watch tables , adjust lenses and so on .
Thanks, Gabriel! See if this video is what you're after: ruclips.net/video/gsuM3bSSwd4/видео.html
Hyperfocal distance charts are really annoying, and they're not even accurate (they don't take diffraction into account, nor how far away your nearest object is). I use the double the distance method instead. That video goes into it in detail.
Great video
Thank you, Suhail, I’m glad you liked it!
Excelente!!!!
Does the zoom capacity of the lens affect the blurriness of the background?
Well thought and presented video, as always. Can I beg for a next episode about controlling background exposure in macro photography (with and without flash)? That would be great :)
Thank you, Antistio! I'm not immediately planning to make a video on lighting up the background in macro photography, but I can give you my thoughts here.
On one hand, when you're using a flash for 1:1 macro photography or more, you have three routes: let the background go dark/black, compose in such a way that the background is extremely close, or position a separate flash to shine on the background. That third option isn't really feasible outside of studio contexts (or perhaps some oddball flash heads like the Venus Laowa KX-800).
On the other hand, when you're shooting without a flash at magnifications like 1:3 or less, you'll get a well-lit background regardless (and the same is true if you're using a fill flash). This is how I get bright backgrounds in almost all of my dragonfly and damselfly photos - I just don't use a flash.
Hope this answers your questions. I may make a video about it at some point, but realistically there are some other topics I'd like to get to first.
What city is featured at 2:57? Is that San Francisco? The architecture and hill makes me think so.
Also I notice palms in the main setting where you're recording the demonstration dialogue. Is this also California?
Either way, great explanation my friend.
I've never owned a DSLR, but I've done minor photography over the years. It's become more important to me lately as a content creator, and though I have many friends who are photographers it's not something I usually get a chance to ask them for demonstration. This is a great explanation.
That photo was San Francisco, you’re right! I filmed the tutorial portion of the video in Florida, though. Glad you enjoyed it.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel Hah that's funny because somehow it 'felt' like it wasn't California, but I assumed if the shot was in San Fran it was likely Cali as well.
Super!
Bravo. You are very good.
Thank you!
Hi Spencer, a question on focus stacking for a landscape shot. For a set aperture value you will have a set depth of field. So when selecting multiple focal points (near to far) the depth of fields at each focal point will overlap the adjacent one. Is there a method to selecting the sharpest focal point position in each focal plane that will make for the sharpest stacked final image? How do you decide how many focal points are needed for a focus stack? eg. Shooting at f16, do you focus at the prominent features in a scene that are at different distances from the camera? Hope that all makes sense. Appreciate the great channel content. Lars.
Does a depth of field too large make the picture look flat? Or just shoot at a large depth of field and blur out things that are not interesting in post processing.
It depends on the photo. A lot of landscape photographers like having a large depth of field so that the foreground and background are both sharp. But sometimes, the blur from a shallow depth of field adds nice dimension to the photo. I personally never blur it out in post-processing, though.
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Why you stopped uploadiing? You are my fav photo youtuber!!
Very kind of you to say! I’m working on new videos, just been busy running the Photography Life blog these past few months. Keep an eye out because I’ll definitely be posting videos again.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel I was worried for your health cause of the pandemic but then i saw some comments below and your responses. Glad you are healthy, i am new to photography and your videos helped me significantly. Will be waiting for next video, no pressure though. Have fun!!
Why did you stop uploading videos?
I will be uploading frequently again in 2022! I had to pause for a lot of 2021 to run the Photography Life blog, but we’re finishing up hiring more writers there now. Should have much more time for videos next year.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel I found your channel through RUclips's algorithm and another hidden gems lately, instead a gear based photography channels.
Glad to see you will start to active again.
Spencer have you merged your channel back with photography life?
Yes! I’m spending most of my time over there writing articles, so my apologies if there isn't much content here for a bit.
Can't you just crop into the frame you had intended from a shot further away???
Good question but no, cropping does not change the depth of field you capture. Zooming in does. You can test this yourself by cropping a zoomed-out photo, then comparing its depth of field against a zoomed-in photo, holding all other camera settings the same. You'll see more blur in the background of the image where you physically zoomed in.
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what has happened to your you tube content??
Planning to post another video soon. I’ve been super busy writing on Photography Life for the last few months and haven’t had time.
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glad to hear that you are fit and well. In these Coronavirus days there was a doubt.
@@grantosborne3062 For sure. Thanks for asking.
"Works for cat photos too" 😂
shallow depth of field...one has to to stop the video and think what that means (low f number....) or is that high f number? Talking in. numbers / stops is clear ...otherwise one has to think -- large depth of field means........ but if you say larger or large f number...one knows exactly .
Bigger number means smaller aperture (opening). Making things even more confusing is the term "stopping down" which again means making your aperture smaller, by selecting a bigger f number -- all of it seems a bit backwards, but there you have it!
All of this sounds easy until you try it and realize how Aperture affects the ISO/shutter speed and then you realize why photographers carry tripods
Yes. And ND filters when it's bright out! (When I discovered ND filters, it was MAGIC)
Just starting. How can you keep most items in focus to infinity if you have a wide aperture I.e. F1.8 - F2.8...I'm thinking of low light.
You really can’t, unfortunately. By finding subjects that are as far away as possible, and by using a wide-angle lens, you will maximize your depth of field. So, Milky Way or distant cityscape photographers can actually get pretty good depth of field at say f/2.8. But there is simply no way to do exactly what you want. Use a tripod and stop down the aperture instead!
@@PhotographyLifeChannel thank you for your reply, appreciated.