Photography MISTAKES that all beginners make (but I wish I could have avoided).
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My name is Simon d'Entremont and I'm a professional wildlife and nature photographer from Eastern Canada. This video will show you how to avoid the most common photography mistakes.
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What’s the weirdest « Tree in head » thing you’ve ever found in one of your photos?
Yes, electrical wires that were all connected to the head of my wife's grandparents. Even from their ears. They were sitting together on a coach in the living room and a light with cables was
behind them.
It later appeared to be the best available pictures of them before they passed away of old age...
I had to touch up the entire photo using photoshop many years ago without all the modern options.
It is weird touching up photos from dlte deceased, but very rewarding.
My weirdest was a twig sticking out of a portrait shot. A small branch sticking right of my subject's ear. Hahaha looked like an arrow, learned a good lesson there. I will tape HASTE on the back of my camera bag TY.
Dust specs or hard water stains on a flower petal of an image created for fine art image.
Unfortunately my latest "tree in head" was literally in my head! Ugh, I was taking photos of this amazing tree stump, had a hat on, and turned around and bam - I hit a limb sticking out so hard it drew blood! (By the way, I love your videos! Thank you so much for all that you share with us)
More so in video. Either my knee or foot gets in the way on pans sometimes. Speaking of photos. Those dang hiking poles always get in the pictures somehow. 😑
My biggest beginner mistake was not stopping to take a photo when I saw it, thinking that I could come back later and it would still be there. Nope. If you see a photo, take the shot then. The light might change or maybe you can't return to the exact spot. A related mistake is not working the shot. Sometimes just moving a little or changing the angle of a shot can greatly improve it.
If you drive to work on a bike (for instance) and you see a buzzard sitting on a pole 5 days in a row, and you return in the weekend, you can be sure the bird isn't sitting there :-). Wildlife is unpredictable
Yes and often you only a very short window, light can change so quick, and or your subject moves on.
I would be the same for sure!
That's so true. And additionally shoot more photos. You might think, you got what you wanted. But chances are, something went wrong with one picture or the other. I started with film, where you had only a very limited number of pictures available. Some of that still is in my mind. Even if I have the feeling I have done so many shots, in the end there is not always the picture I really wanted or too many are not sharp, or I just did one perspective and missed some other, e.g. just tele and nothing of the surrounding or the complete scenery.
@@reinhard8053 I started with film too. So, every shot counted. You only had 12, 24, or 36 shots per roll. It made you slow down and think about all the things you should think about to get a good photo. It was a great way to learn photography.
That bird in the cold with the visible breath is amazing!
I'm an amateur photographer, and I've followed several RUclips channels. This one is by far the best one for learning. While other photographers talk about photos outside with background music and inspiring you to take photos of the great outdoors (nothing wrong with that), Simon sits you down and explains things clearly and concisely.
Wow, thanks!
I agree, also Mike Browne is channel to watch, I learned everyhing there.
Thanks for that "And...?" tip. It's so simple but I don't think I've heard it put so well and intuitively beforehand.
You're very welcome!
"This is a photo of my subject and ..." Genius.
I bought my first camera this year, and your channel has been one of the greatest sources of information and help to make my photos better! Thank you for making all of these videos!
Great to hear!
Sir, my best wishes for you on your new adventure!!!!!! I hope it’s as fun and rewarding as mine has been!!!!!! Yes this is a great channel to learn from and please, please never be afraid or embarrassed to ask any questions!!! How else are we to learn!!!! I learn everyday and I’ve been a photographer for over 40 years!!!!!!
I bought my camera more than 10 years ago, but this channel is still a great source of information 😄
Same here
Simon's videos are around 15 minutes. Then I need a couple of hours to practice each point he brings up.
You have answered so many questions for me. Thank you!!
I'm so glad!
I relate to the "Subject AND SOMETHING". Whenever I review my pictures, the one I'm naturally attracted to are the pictures that has Subject AND something. I didn't notice it until you mentioned it. Will now try to make a habit when I take photographs and hopefully have a higher keeper rate.
This is a great mnemonic! I especially appreciate the “and ?”-that tip can really take a mediocre or decent shot to the next level. You have an outstanding channel and explain things well without making me feel terrible for the mistakes I’ve made along the way.
If you can pronounce mnemonic you have a great memory.
I am a total newb to this game and your videos have been incredible. Best of all, unlike so many other photo/videography channels, your videos are actually designed to be helpful instead of just being ads designed to look like something helpful.
Awesome, thank you!
Hi thanks for your video.
After watching your videos I just want to get out there and apply what I have learned from you. Thank you
My tips that would have saved a lot of my photos:
1) Examine the photo carefully and critically on the spot. Maybe I can have a better composition. Maybe there's a twig that I can remove from the shot.
2) Reset some settings at the *end* of a photo session to typical settings: ISO (auto for me), aperture (depends, but F/5..F/7), exposure compensation (0), shutter timer (off), white balance (auto), focus mode (auto) or anything such. That way, I will not end up with noisy/blurry photos and/or will not miss a shot when I have to quickly grab the camera.
3) With a moving subject, take the photo. The readjust. I've missed some photos because I wanted to adjust it to be better (especially if I had not followed through on my second tip).
Really like your ”You can do it” approach. Assertive, but with an underlying humility. As a retired photo/video teacher I'm guilty of many photo-mistakes throughout the years. Here was a chance to raise my level! Alas, I lost concentration because of the short appearance of two gorgeous models in this video. Always loved portrait work, any age, any sex. A truly unique and exciting way to interact with another human being.
Loved this video. "HASTE" - so helpful ! Thanks Simon d'Entremont
Glad it was helpful!
I could never compute hyperfocal distance in my head on the fly. That 1/3 distance focus tip is gold - it will help me greatly
Bottom third?
I’m thrilled, but not surprised, to see how fast your subscribers have grown! Wow, I remember when you had less than 20K…it’s a testament to how valuable your content is to photographers! Great to see the growth and thanks for all the great videos!
Thank you so much!!
I’m a relatively experienced street photographer, who mainly shoots film, but even I’m finding this channel useful! The advice is very well presented and relevant to different styles of photography 👍
Good tips for all levels of photogs.
I still can't get used to using the back LCD
Always appreciate your great tips!
Thank for the acronym! Love your channel, knowledge, and work. Looking forward to more videos about your Africa trip!
In addition to the useful content and the lack of anything that is off-putting, I enjoy listening to your voice.
Thanks for all the EDU Simon, I’m a lifer from the Journal of Wildlife Photography but first remember you from Gavin’s videos.
Just wanted to say thanks for the meaningful content!!🙏🏼
After over 10 year hiatus, I started to do some photography this year. It's been a pleasure to learn from a professional like you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
You’re awesome. Your tips can be applied even to my amateur photography with iPhone, and theyre very precious. Great job, cant wait for next tips!
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you so much for the video!
4:17 This is a great point to highlight the importance of composition : even something as majestically spectacular as an Aurora needs an 'And?'.
Excellent tips! I've shared in a photography sub-reditt because I was amazed how many people with really good gear where asking for "solutions to gear problems" that were actually photo basics. Great channel, you got a new subscriber :)
Thank you for the tips, Simon. The accronym is very easy to remember!
Great advice Simon! Thanks!
Another round of good relevant advice. Thanks Simon.
My biggest learning moment was going out shooting city lights at night with some friends, but forgetting to turn face-detect on my camera! I'm so used to phone cameras having the feature that I forgot in my digital camera it's a separate setting, and came home with lots of blurry faces! Now I've added the setting as a quick-access menu item and won't forget to use it when shooting portraits
Great tips! I was struggling yesterday with some of these things, your tips helped me get the photos I wished for! 👍
Thank you for this amazingly Informative video!
Wonderful videos, and so much clearer when you show the bad and good results. Merci beaucoup!
Your mentioning of the histogram just saved my life (well... my gallery). I'm an amateur photographer with a Canon EOS 850D/Rebel T8i, and there were so many features I never knew my camera had. All it took was you mentioning histograms, and I was like "ooooh, where do I find that?", and I not only found the histograms but also something that tells me if my camera is tilted too far to the right or left.
Another note for my field notes back pocket booklet. Thanks , Simon.All the best for 2024.
Some more great tips Simon.
Great video and advice. I really appreciated the “and”.
Glad you got a sponsorship, you deserve it.
OMG... this is GOLDEN info... thank you Simon!
Thank you for your videos. I've learned a lot as an amateur, and you are an invaluable source I keep returning too for guidance. Great work sir!
Thanks for the straightforward advice on ISO! I still underexpose quite a bit and it not only takes me hours to process photos that wouldn’t have needed it, but I lose sharpness and quality. I’ll try your tips next time I go out!
Amazing tutorials, so professional. I will use your videos to train my kids in photography. Thank you for making these.
More power sir. greetings from Philippines ❤
Another great video ,thank you 😊
Terrific summary of basic considerations. Love the HASTE acronym!
Wonderful video. Thanks for the clarification on ISO
Simon, thanks for this great tip set and the HASTE acronym to facilitate memory, when it counts ie. , in the field.
Thanks for the acronym, Simon! It is very helpful.
Love the AND! I may have done this before but it wasn’t defined. This is an excellent lesson!
This is a Master class! Thank you very much
Thank you Simon, very handy video :)
Just so Beautifully explained the essence of photography 👌🏼👍🏼✌🏼️
Been doing amateur photography for close to a decade now and this is such a great refresher for bad habits, sloppy oversights, or just a reminder to re-check my camera settings!
Thank you so much for your advice and knowledge 🎉
Any time!
This is really solid. I mostly explored *real* photography (as opposed to 110 snapshots) in college around 99-2004 (doing some after that, but not nearly as much) on a Nikon F3. Then I took a long break because of life, and recently decided to get back into it with digital. On film I used Fuji 400 as my default film, not really going to any higher ISO, and occasionally using a lower ISO Kodak for specific types of shots. Most of what I learned was from a book that was written in the late 70s, so I got good at eyeballing the light levels, etc, doing the settings from that, shooting, and then seeing what I got back from Wolf Camera.
So about a year ago I bought a Sony a7iii, a fixed lens (G-series), and a 24-70 zoom lens (also a tripod, bag, memory card and so on). I got an Udemy course on the technical features of the camera, but it was really overwhelming me with new info and I have to go back and watch it. Also one on digital photography in general. I'm definitely way less confident with my skills, and I feel like not trying to conserve film (because it's expensive) is making me more casual. It is weird to use over 400 ISO, because I pretty much never did with film (maybe used 800 once).
I started watching your videos randomly and they are *really* useful for me so far. I loved your tip on overexposing and leaving the gap on the right. I'm going to watch more of yours, and also learn more about the technical features of my camera now that I'm not just being hit with a ton of info with no context.
Sometimes when I've gone out for a specific kind of shot, I've looked up ideal setting online in advance. Like I went out to shoot Christmas lights last December. despite using a tripod, a bunch of my shots had a slight shake. I looked up on my phone and found out I actually needed to turn steadyshot off, because it would overcompensate in such scenarios, and the second half of my shots came out better.
For the most part, I've been defaulting to aperture priority, and then switching over to manual after taking a few shots.
I'm going to watch more of your videos, and possibly sign up for a course at a local community college, if I can make it fit my work schedule.
I love the "AND" tip! Thank you Simon!
Another great video Simon. I can't count all of these mistakes I've made in the past and your summary is an excellent refresher on how to be more consistent in taking good images! Good acronym as well.
Glad you enjoyed it
Recently upgraded from a D5200 to a D7100.
You're videos have helped me come on in leaps and bounds and I can't thank you enough for your concise but easy to understand run through of differing techniques.
I will definitely remember to shoot in H. A, S. T. E next time I'm out and about.
Cheers 👍👍
Keep up the great content 😎😎👍👍
Brilliant tips, Simon, thank you.
Very welcome
Very educational. Great video
Very useful video. Thanks Simon.
Glad it was helpful!
Was hoping for more footage from Africa, but these tips are fantastic!
What I tend to do, especially when taking photos of a species I haven't seen much before, is take a quick picture to lower my anxiety/adrenaline and just add the species to my "collection", and then take time to consider HASTE. The acronym helps a lot. Thanks again!
I’ve been shooting for years and have not had a good way to put the “and?” into words. Thank you!
Another great video with lots of tips.Thank You.
My pleasure!
Thank you, Simon. Terrific summary of some key concepts. Much appreciated 🙏👍🎉
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Simon
What a nice moment to have you here! Thank you for your work.
Welcome!
Simon these are all pertinent 'life lessons' for photographers. We have all experienced gnashing of teeth when viewing images at home and for me not adequately identifying and respecting the light highlights on plumage was the big one (happily this does become more intuitive over time). Other lessons in your acronym can be quite subtle (E.g. angle, framing, leading lines, habitat inclusion). I always enjoy viewing more of your images and today this included abstract building/light play, sunlit tulips, wall art, aurora, beautiful backlit birds You remind us all what an absolute joy photography is. Thanks again.
Those are really the best advices on photography I've ever heard
EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of your videos is just extraordinary. THANK YOU for all the help and inspiration!
Glad you like them!
Helpful information! Thanks
You bet!
This video is fantastic.
Great video tips Simon! In the 'haste' of the moment, I do tend at times to forget about a few of those. Makes a big difference to take a deep breath and spend a few seconds checking what I'm doing ;-)
Brand new to photography. Learning so much from these videos. Thank you!
Happy to help!
Excellent video and tips. Heading to the East Coast tomorrow so will put them to use. Many thanks
Good luck!
Thank you so much for all of your videos! I took your advices the last time I did bird photography, especially on the ISO part by keeping it at 1600+, and it was the best advice ever. I have never had so many good photos of birds in motion before, and the noise in the photos aren’t even really that bad and was easily removable in Lightroom.
Amazing video like usual. I love the HASTE I will definitely commit that to memory. I just scheduled my first photoshoot to start building my portfolio and I'm a little nervous but your videos always give great information. Thank you again !
That is awesome!
Man, your tips are so reasonable. Thank you so much!
Glad you like them!
Yaaay new video!!!❤
Wow that’s the angriest I’ve ever seen you!! And I’m GLAD!! I see that ‘real photographers don’t’ crap every day on social media.
Exactly!! I plan to make a whole video on this soon!
Thanks, Simon...all five points are excellent and useful, but the ISO attitude -- "go there first" is an outstanding approach for me.
A lot of great info here. You're channel is my favorite when it comes to photography tips!
Wow, thanks!
this was solid advice, especially the and part. I really appreciate this video and I am excited to apply what Ive learned soon!
Amazing content, your videos are incredibly helpful
What a great video! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for all your advice Simon. I have just returned from a Vancouver/Alaska/Seattle trip and because of all your tips, most of my images were keepers. Before I would end up deleting so many that were blown out or blurred/noisy. I was amazed at how a few small tweeks to how I took my photos made so much difference.
Fantastic!
Great advice. I would be so excited that I wouldn’t stop and mentally focus on what I’m doing. I’m getting a lot better. I recently got diagnosed with adult ADHD so I think that may have been some of the problem. I try to look at it as experience gained if nothing else. And being prepared before you leave is also important. Batteries charged, extra lens caps.
Thank you very much for your great advice.
My pleasure!
Spot on acronym!! As an amateur who doesn't shoot daily like a pro it's super useful to have a tool like your HASTE acronym as a reminder to slow down and practice getting it right because that's how you'll get quicker at it eventually. Have a great week!
The best photography channel here in youtube! Thanks a lot for such useful info!!
Glad you think so!
I like your tips, I love your photos and your voice is pleasant to listen to.
I'm so glad!
Simon i love ur videos!! ❤❤❤
excellent tips! THANK YOU!
The second one you mentioned is extremely powerful as I always looked to add things to my images for years anyway but never knew how to organize a tangible concept to it. THANK YOU!!
Glad it was helpful!
nicee..... you are very helpful to us beginner photographer
Thank you, these tips are great!
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Most stunning Pictures i ever saw on RUclips. Just brilliant👌. I like that you had so many example pictures to show what you meant. Most often its too much talking and other RUclipsrs don’t show so many pictures. And in your case, everybody can clearly say: He is an professional, watch and learn from him👍. Perfect 😃
I saw a lot of videos with similat title, but this one is so far the greatest! Nice mix of theory and practice, and also funny abbreviations to remember this rules. Will definately share this vid with friends getting into photography. Thanks for your work!
Glad you liked it!