How on earth have a not heard of Mike before? I've watched a lot of RUclips tutorials over the years but this guy is something else. His teaching methods are light years ahead of any I've seen, I've learnt more in the past couple of weeks than ever before and more importantly retained more than ever. Both his passion and enthusiasm are infectious, I live in Romsey, hampshire, so a lot of the locations mike uses are also on my doorstep which is a huge bonus. Keep up the fantastic work mike.
Thank you ben fisher for your very kind comments. Delighted to have helped and who knows we may bump into each other some day seeing as we're almost neighbours.
Mike, I enjoy all your videos. You just make sense. Funny thing, after the last video I actually thought to myself, why do I enjoy your videos so much more than other pros that have videos out. And I think I figured it out ..... you shoot in places where we can all shoot. No exotic locations, you shoot at a mall....you wait out the people walking in front of your camera and then shoot great photos. All the while you're teaching us the why and how of what you are doing. I always come away feeling like I want to pick up my camera and do some shooting. I just wanted to say thank you!
Sorry Scott Randall I can't reply directly to your comment - you need to check your G+ settings to allow me to. Your question -"Can you elaborate on when you say "I'm exposing for Abbie". Are you spot metering or Eavaluative/matrix metering?" I use evaluative metering all the time and where needed adjust the exposure from what the camera 'thinks' is 'right' - to what i want it to be. In this case I wanted Abbi cleanly exposed and to let the background blow out a bit.
"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." Ansel Adams :) I'm really enjoying all of your videos...they've taught me lots of new things. Thank you!
Mike, I've watched a plethora of your videos, they are fantastic! Your presentation style is something mainstream TV could learn from! Thanks for these videos, they really are a treasure trove of some fantastic advice and how toos.
Mr Browne, Thanks for the video. Nice tips, I just got my camera, I'm from Kenya. Kind request : Can you kindly think of doing a video on shooting a dark model in so called bad light and at night. If possible.
Follow you from the begining. Im a rooky in photography but I have learnt a lot. Never thought learning in such an easy way you display every topic. Thanks a lot
Mike, first off your videos are by far the best tutorial videos I have found. Thanks for your efforts. Can you elaborate on when you say "I'm exposing for Abbie". Are you spot metering or Eavaluative/matrix metering?
nother great video Mike- you have a knack for zeroing in on the key issues and explaining how to solve them without lots of unnecessary dialogue- you get right to the point- and in a way that is easy to understand and put into practice immediately
Mike Browne I do Mike, I recommend a couple of sites and videos to folks and your has always been one that I recommend to people- I'll keep getting the word out- Thanks for your tiem and energy and helpful vids-
Thanks sir, I love your videos and Your using Normal DSLR with basic lens. No need Expensive lenses. Taking photography needs good angle and understanding subject, wawoo great sir. After watching you're videos I have CONFIDENCE to take good picture with any place any Situation. Tanks lot Sir. 👐 Hands off Sir....
Great vid Mike...once again, I learn something every time I watch a video that I haven't seen...Thanks so much for you dedication..You're a great instructor!! Keep it up my friend!
Thanks for the great tips. I have never thought of using a long lens for portraits. I agree with Vernon we need to know how to take oldies especially as I am one.
Mike, thank you for the great video tutorials, I watched pretty much every single of them, and they are really helpful. One question about this video - why didn't you use a flash with an umbrella (and probably a 2-3 stops ND filter to get to f/4 in sunlight)? IMHO the model would benefit if some external light was added: no shade on the face, catch lights, more balanced background, and just more pop in general?
Those were some great shots Mike^^ Knowing how the light works really is essential for taking great shots like that. By the way, which lens were you using for this? It looks a little more bulky and it's one of the push/pull zooms, so I guess it's just about as old as I am^^ I love lenses like that, I picked up a 25 years old 80-200mm f2.8 AF and the image quality is amazing. And just for 240€! That is why I chose Nikon, their old pro lenses are actually affordable. The Canon equivalent still costs about 800€.
great video - really liked the re-enforcement of being patient when in a busy area - I always get frustrated when there are too many people to get the shot I want - especially if you travelled a long way with little time. In my head I always thought the 'professionals' had some secret I didn't know about. Really appreciate the free videos and I am going through the 7 building blocks, you stand above a lot of other 'teachers' in that I find you can relate more to the amateur and put things in common language and theory.
Thank you Ian Dingle I and everyone else had to begin somewhere and go through the 'head scratching' stage! It is possible to arrange with authorities to have an area of a street cordoned off for a shoot but there's a huge cost attached - so it depends on how much a client wants to spend... Mostly we just work around things.
My pleasure Aline Kalleicher delighted to heav helped. Please help me make more videos like this one by sharing it with other photographers on forums, Facebook, Flickr etc.
It depends on the distance to subject Yonathan Zarkovian - Thought best results are from a 2.8 or wider. However at that FL that's all I can get from that lens which is one of the reasons I used it.
I wonder if you manage to shoot with such a big lense from such a distance and still freeze the movement of the camera. I guess you have opened up your aperture as wide as possible and set the shutterspeed according to this long focal length. But did you have to choose a higher iso to manage that? By the way: I started watching your video's yesterday morning and I haven't stop watching since then. You are such a very inspiring person that you keep me from doing my other jobs at the moment!
Thank you Maike. Yepyou got it, as lomg as the shutter is fast enough there's no camera shake. Long lens kept field of view narrow, wide apperture for spftest background possible and to help the shutter, ISO when that's not enough. I'm delighted to be such a distraction from your other jobs ... MIKE :-)
HI Mike great Vid as always, could i ask what lens you used as you said it was your old consumer lens ? I know its a 70-200 ? is it an old Film lens ? cheers Dave
Mike Browne thanks for the reply, thought that's what you were using. Busy looking around E-Bay for a 70-200mm for my Cannon 550D. Not sure if you've made a Vid on comparing old lens V New, to show Beginners that cheaper is not always poor image quality . thanks Dave.
Hi Mike, quick question re using exposure compensation, is there anything wrong with just shooting using live view and and adjusting your shutter speed until it "looks right" in manual mode. Seems to save a lot of mucking around with exposure metering.
You can Jason O but remember if you're in bright sunlight your pupils shrink and that makes the LDC appear darker than it is. So the temptation is to brighten the image in the LCD and then when you get back to the computer you'll find all your images are overexposed. The opposite happens if you're shooting in a dark environment because your pupils will expand. This is the kind of thought process taught in my 7 Blocks of Photography course BTW - www.photographycourses.biz/7_building_blocks_of_photography.html
Great video as always! Just love all these very useful, no nonsense practical tip you give us, Mike! I thought I had to forget about portrait with my 70-200 mm lens with my crop sensor camera, but now I got some new ideas, thanks to this video. Thanks a lot, Mike! :-)
I'm sorry RUSHIKESH INDALKAR I can't possibly advise you because I have never used either of them. Both will do a great job capturing images (all cameras do) the key to great images is knowing how to use the camera regardless of what make it is. I can only suggest you try both in a store and buy whichever you like best... MIKE
750. I hammered the nuts out of mine. Shot with mike using it. awesome light camera that does it all. easy to understand menu. Vid and photo. Excellent stuff. cheers . dunno if I am too late
Thank you Dontez. I’m delighted they are helping. Please help me make more videos by sharing them with other photographers on forums, Facebook, ClickASnap, Flickr etc... MIKE :-)
Hey their I have a question I recently took a photo class and was dropped accused that the pictures were not mince. I had to submit 10 photos black and white but didn't know how to do that in my computer so I send them to myself through Gmail to my phone to do that and then send them back. But for some reason 3 picture came out as PNG so he dropped saying that that wasn't my work. But from web. I have all proof my camera the original picture my memory card everything but he doesn't want to see them. Can you please explain to me what PNG means ?
PNG is just a file format like a jpg or tiff Alondra Salmeron and it's sometimes used on websites. But that doesn't mean they came from a website. It does sound a very complicated way to send images somewhere but that's no excuse for any tutor accusing you of plagiarism. Suggest you insist tutor listen to you and find a way to send the original files.
Thanks Mike for another fun and informative tutorial. You mentioned about the light working for young skin but not for older so how about another tutorial taking portraits of older people ... you appeared to have a few candidates in this video. Good to see you are promoting your paid for courses. I am getting a lot from 7 Building Blocks. Cheers Vernon
Thank you Vernon Nash - delighted you're getting loads from The 7 Blocks.... I've been keeping an eye out for an older model for a while but haven't found one who's available on our filming days yet. It's on the cards.....
Hi ***** I remember that video you referenced. It was actually the one that made me sit up and take notice of Mike Browne in the first place as it was such an important point told in such a straight forward way. I seem to remember it also included positioning a table with flowers and a wine bottle in different lighting environments and was made around the bar gate in Southampton if I'm not mistaken. I would not consider the lady in that video to be old so my request was really aimed at Mike finding one or two models (male and female if possible) in their much later years (say 70+) in order to demonstrate how best to light their skin characteristics.
yes a photography teacher told me that it is not good for your camera because its not FF sensor, I want a lens that have the same quality. What do you think about 85mm? Oh god please Mr.Brown help me :(
Sorry baraa amer - I still don't know what it is you're asking. What were you told is not good for the camera? I don't use prime lenses because i find not being able to change focal length too restrictive.
Hi @ New Things. Make sure you control your white balance and get the exposure correct in camera. If you make your own jpegs in a program like Lightroom calibrate your monitor with a colour spyder so you know it's the correct colour... MIKE
@@MikeBrowne Thanks a lot . My name Gregory. from Bangladesh. i use darktable. I have Nikon D3300 with 18-55 mm kit, 55-200 kit , 35mm f 1.8. After i take photo it look like, I take from point shoot camera . Most of the time i use aperture priority mode . should i buy some other lens. I like sigma 20mm f 1.4 . What do you say? Do i need that lens for better photo?
Sounds like you have all you need @ New Things. Not sure what you mean by looks like it came from a point and shoot camera because I have some excellent photos from a very cheap point and shoot camera. I think what you need is practise. Photography is a bit of knowledge and a LOT of practise with light, composition and understanding how to use the controls. The camera and lens have little to do with how good the photos are. That is down to how you use them... MIKE
No I don't have many photoshop post production videos on YT at the moment Alisha Loundors - sorry. There'll be some coming but it won't be for some months yet....
What are these model photos used for? A layman like myself take photos of friends and relatives, but I haven't ever intentionally taken photos of other people. How do model photos tie in with the business of a professional photographer?
HI Fan, portrait photography comes in vast purposed, from charities to commissioned, for this model in this video it will be used a her portfolio as she wanted to grow her career as a professional model, it will be submitted to fashion agencies where she can be used a model for different purposes ( fashion, modeling), so models hires photographers to take their portraits professionally or vice versa the photographer hires models to showcase their skills on photography. Please see this video as it talks about more on posing and models ruclips.net/video/Bh_9AwAMFic/видео.html - Melissa pp Mike
hi +Gordon Lejeune Mike is using a long focal length lens, therefore he needed to walk away from the subject, the longer the lens the closer the subject, if he don't move away he might ended up taking pics of Abby's nose only, please check the link for focal length here - Melissa pp MIke www.photographycourses.biz/videos/technical/lenses/camera_lenses_2.html
OK thanks, but why is he using such a long focal length lens. Is he bringing up the background, keeping features of the model in proportion or something else?
It's to bring the background in closer and lose the stuff surrounding the model +Gordon Lejeune Try this video - MIKE www.photographycourses.biz/videos/technical/lenses/Focal-Length-Explained-Pt1
I am still rubbish at planning my shoots (of any kind). Damn I have to use my head in an ever so slightly different way. Out and about practicing my composition yesterday and realized how many spots there are in my town where the tall buildings cut light out or act as a reflector.
Because the quality and sharpness of photos you will get with prime lens is many times better. Telephoto lens is for when you are in a place where you cant get close to the subject like in sports or wildlife, you cant get close to a player in a football game so you use telephoto, same for when shooting birds or airplanes. But with a model you can get closer to her with your feet so it is many times better to use a prime lens with a f1.4 or f1.2
You are of course completely right about the better image quality Pete, but it depends on end use. If it's just family shots that'll only be looked at on screen it's almost impossible to tell what lens they were shot on. For professional work that's likely to be published or printed very big, a prime will give you an edge. - MIKE
How on earth have a not heard of Mike before? I've watched a lot of RUclips tutorials over the years but this guy is something else. His teaching methods are light years ahead of any I've seen, I've learnt more in the past couple of weeks than ever before and more importantly retained more than ever. Both his passion and enthusiasm are infectious, I live in Romsey, hampshire, so a lot of the locations mike uses are also on my doorstep which is a huge bonus. Keep up the fantastic work mike.
Thank you ben fisher for your very kind comments. Delighted to have helped and who knows we may bump into each other some day seeing as we're almost neighbours.
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Just descovered your videos two days ago and I have to say: You make learning photography really fun and entertaining. Thanks for that!
Mike, I enjoy all your videos. You just make sense. Funny thing, after the last video I actually thought to myself, why do I enjoy your videos so much more than other pros that have videos out. And I think I figured it out ..... you shoot in places where we can all shoot. No exotic locations, you shoot at a mall....you wait out the people walking in front of your camera and then shoot great photos. All the while you're teaching us the why and how of what you are doing. I always come away feeling like I want to pick up my camera and do some shooting. I just wanted to say thank you!
Thank you Bill Franklin - Yes I do try and keep it 'real' for as many photogs as possible.
Sorry Scott Randall I can't reply directly to your comment - you need to check your G+ settings to allow me to. Your question -"Can you elaborate on when you say "I'm exposing for Abbie". Are you spot metering or Eavaluative/matrix metering?"
I use evaluative metering all the time and where needed adjust the exposure from what the camera 'thinks' is 'right' - to what i want it to be. In this case I wanted Abbi cleanly exposed and to let the background blow out a bit.
"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." Ansel Adams :) I'm really enjoying all of your videos...they've taught me lots of new things. Thank you!
Thanks Jacqui C - CHRISTINA :-)
Mike, I've watched a plethora of your videos, they are fantastic! Your presentation style is something mainstream TV could learn from! Thanks for these videos, they really are a treasure trove of some fantastic advice and how toos.
Thank you so much Mike Taylor Please help me grow the channel and make more free vids by sharing them here, on Facebook, forums etc :-)
You have a lot of energy, I love it.
Thanks mimstyle
Thanks Mike. As always you are so generous and helpful with providing these RUclips videos. Thanks again, Flag.
Cheers Flag Ranget
Mr Browne,
Thanks for the video. Nice tips,
I just got my camera, I'm from Kenya.
Kind request : Can you kindly think of doing a video on shooting a dark model in so called bad light and at night. If possible.
Great video as always Mike. Finding proper lightning locations as always been a challenge for me. Thanks for these great tips.
Thanks TuberTut0rials
Follow you from the begining. Im a rooky in photography but I have learnt a lot.
Never thought learning in such an easy way you display every topic. Thanks a lot
Thank you Selim Lazen - Please help me make more free vids by ‘Liking’ them and sharing them on forums, Facebook etc
Mike, first off your videos are by far the best tutorial videos I have found. Thanks for your efforts. Can you elaborate on when you say "I'm exposing for Abbie". Are you spot metering or Eavaluative/matrix metering?
nother great video Mike- you have a knack for zeroing in on the key issues and explaining how to solve them without lots of unnecessary dialogue- you get right to the point- and in a way that is easy to understand and put into practice immediately
Thank you Nazareth434 Glad it helps... Please help me make more free videos by sharing these wherever appropriate... Thanks again
Mike Browne I do Mike, I recommend a couple of sites and videos to folks and your has always been one that I recommend to people- I'll keep getting the word out- Thanks for your tiem and energy and helpful vids-
Thanks sir, I love your videos and Your using Normal DSLR with basic lens. No need Expensive lenses. Taking photography needs good angle and understanding subject, wawoo great sir. After watching you're videos I have CONFIDENCE to take good picture with any place any Situation. Tanks lot Sir. 👐 Hands off Sir....
Thank you - MIKE
mike seriously, what you teach is pure gold, thankyou!!
Thanks john. Please share it around - it'll help me make more... MIKE :-)
i will, you put so much effort with your tutorial, i will send it with my friends, thanks again :)
Amazing tips. You are a treat watching with a camera in hand. Cheers.
Thank you deepak sharma
Great vid Mike...once again, I learn something every time I watch a video that I haven't seen...Thanks so much for you dedication..You're a great instructor!! Keep it up my friend!
Thank you turner111971 :-)
Thanks for the great tips. I have never thought of using a long lens for portraits. I agree with Vernon we need to know how to take oldies especially as I am one.
Mike, thank you for the great video tutorials, I watched pretty much every single of them, and they are really helpful.
One question about this video - why didn't you use a flash with an umbrella (and probably a 2-3 stops ND filter to get to f/4 in sunlight)? IMHO the model would benefit if some external light was added: no shade on the face, catch lights, more balanced background, and just more pop in general?
Those were some great shots Mike^^ Knowing how the light works really is essential for taking great shots like that.
By the way, which lens were you using for this? It looks a little more bulky and it's one of the push/pull zooms, so I guess it's just about as old as I am^^ I love lenses like that, I picked up a 25 years old 80-200mm f2.8 AF and the image quality is amazing.
And just for 240€! That is why I chose Nikon, their old pro lenses are actually affordable. The Canon equivalent still costs about 800€.
great video - really liked the re-enforcement of being patient when in a busy area - I always get frustrated when there are too many people to get the shot I want - especially if you travelled a long way with little time. In my head I always thought the 'professionals' had some secret I didn't know about. Really appreciate the free videos and I am going through the 7 building blocks, you stand above a lot of other 'teachers' in that I find you can relate more to the amateur and put things in common language and theory.
Thank you Ian Dingle I and everyone else had to begin somewhere and go through the 'head scratching' stage! It is possible to arrange with authorities to have an area of a street cordoned off for a shoot but there's a huge cost attached - so it depends on how much a client wants to spend... Mostly we just work around things.
I'm an enthusiast, is the 7 building blocks course suitable for me, or the beginner's course?
Outstanding model photographer interaction. Great lighting ideas.
thank you Paul - Melissa pp Mike
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Mr. Browne. As always, I loved your video. Hugs.
I´m very glad, I found your very interesting videos, I learn so much. I just want to say: thank you
My pleasure Aline Kalleicher delighted to heav helped. Please help me make more videos like this one by sharing it with other photographers on forums, Facebook, Flickr etc.
hello Mike, i've watched all your vids they are amazing and they are very helpful.... thank you ... nice work ...... greatings from Holland
Great video. I didn't know f 6.3 is that good at blurring the background at 200mm.
It depends on the distance to subject Yonathan Zarkovian - Thought best results are from a 2.8 or wider. However at that FL that's all I can get from that lens which is one of the reasons I used it.
Great Video Mike! Abbey's looking good! Definetely going to try it out! Im getting the 7 blocks for christmas!
Cool Gaston Seijas - If the 7 Blocks is a present to you from someone, please make sure to use your own email address when it's bought.
Love your quick tips helps a lot.
Hello Mike I have canon 70D and I want to buy 24-70mm lens what do you think about it, I like portarie, Landscape and nightphotography
24-70 is always a great FL lens to have in your bag baraa amer
Great stuff.!! You made me to fall in love with photography..
thanks
Thank you vinay soni
Make a video on children and newborn outdoor photography please.
I wonder if you manage to shoot with such a big lense from such a distance and still freeze the movement of the camera. I guess you have opened up your aperture as wide as possible and set the shutterspeed according to this long focal length. But did you have to choose a higher iso to manage that? By the way: I started watching your video's yesterday morning and I haven't stop watching since then. You are such a very inspiring person that you keep me from doing my other jobs at the moment!
Thank you Maike. Yepyou got it, as lomg as the shutter is fast enough there's no camera shake. Long lens kept field of view narrow, wide apperture for spftest background possible and to help the shutter, ISO when that's not enough. I'm delighted to be such a distraction from your other jobs ... MIKE :-)
Your tutorials are really great!
HI Mike great Vid as always, could i ask what lens you used as you said it was your old consumer lens ? I know its a 70-200 ?
is it an old Film lens ? cheers Dave
Thanks Bob Smith - yep old 35mm lens.
Mike Browne thanks for the reply, thought that's what you were using. Busy looking around E-Bay for a 70-200mm for my Cannon 550D. Not sure if you've made a Vid on comparing old lens V New, to show Beginners that cheaper is not always poor image quality .
thanks Dave.
Hi Mike, quick question re using exposure compensation, is there anything wrong with just shooting using live view and and adjusting your shutter speed until it "looks right" in manual mode. Seems to save a lot of mucking around with exposure metering.
You can Jason O but remember if you're in bright sunlight your pupils shrink and that makes the LDC appear darker than it is. So the temptation is to brighten the image in the LCD and then when you get back to the computer you'll find all your images are overexposed. The opposite happens if you're shooting in a dark environment because your pupils will expand. This is the kind of thought process taught in my 7 Blocks of Photography course BTW - www.photographycourses.biz/7_building_blocks_of_photography.html
@Mike Browne, this is a great video! I have learnt a lot about photography. Cant wait to see more of your stuff great job, keep at it.
Great video as always! Just love all these very useful, no nonsense practical tip you give us, Mike!
I thought I had to forget about portrait with my 70-200 mm lens with my crop sensor camera, but now I got some new ideas, thanks to this video. Thanks a lot, Mike! :-)
Thank you. I love long lens crop sensor combo for portraits Svein Arne Grønnevik
Planning to buy a full frame dslr which should I buy??? D750 or 5d mark iii
I'm sorry RUSHIKESH INDALKAR I can't possibly advise you because I have never used either of them. Both will do a great job capturing images (all cameras do) the key to great images is knowing how to use the camera regardless of what make it is. I can only suggest you try both in a store and buy whichever you like best... MIKE
750. I hammered the nuts out of mine. Shot with mike using it. awesome light camera that does it all. easy to understand menu. Vid and photo. Excellent stuff. cheers . dunno if I am too late
Great video but I think you should have used some flash light to balance the exposure between the subject and the background ???
Yes good point Ahmed Faris it is a bit under lit. I prefer a reflector but didn't have anyone to assist.
Mike Browne Haha "No body to assist " is the story of my life , mate :)
sir what is your lens model? and thank you for informative video
Its a Nikon Nikkor AF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 G Lens that dates back to the days of 35mm film angelito de jesus - MIKE
thank you very much for the info
So happy I stumbled upon your videos 🙏🏾
Thank you Dontez. I’m delighted they are helping. Please help me make more videos by sharing them with other photographers on forums, Facebook, ClickASnap, Flickr etc... MIKE :-)
Making photography fun and interesting, another easy to follow video keep up the great work :)
Thank you Tony Evans
Random members of the public wondering about,... I feel your pain. Great video as always Mike!
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Another great video guys. You've fixed my fix.
great video as ever Mr Browne!
I can't believe how grown up Abbey (sp?) looks! Another great video Mike Browne Thanks!
It's her engagement party this weekend Jeff Kaldahl
Another great video. Well done, Mike.
Thanks John🙏
Your videos are very useful and educative.
thank you Throughmylens ! - Melissa pp Mike
Hey their I have a question I recently took a photo class and was dropped accused that the pictures were not mince. I had to submit 10 photos black and white but didn't know how to do that in my computer so I send them to myself through Gmail to my phone to do that and then send them back. But for some reason 3 picture came out as PNG so he dropped saying that that wasn't my work. But from web. I have all proof my camera the original picture my memory card everything but he doesn't want to see them. Can you please explain to me what PNG means ?
PNG is just a file format like a jpg or tiff Alondra Salmeron and it's sometimes used on websites. But that doesn't mean they came from a website. It does sound a very complicated way to send images somewhere but that's no excuse for any tutor accusing you of plagiarism. Suggest you insist tutor listen to you and find a way to send the original files.
Fantastic video as always mike thanks
Thanks Mike for another fun and informative tutorial. You mentioned about the light working for young skin but not for older so how about another tutorial taking portraits of older people ... you appeared to have a few candidates in this video. Good to see you are promoting your paid for courses. I am getting a lot from 7 Building Blocks. Cheers Vernon
Thank you Vernon Nash - delighted you're getting loads from The 7 Blocks.... I've been keeping an eye out for an older model for a while but haven't found one who's available on our filming days yet. It's on the cards.....
***** Thanks - I do indeed have this one - I want to do some more with a male model but it seems it's only the ladies who are up for it :-)
Hi ***** I remember that video you referenced. It was actually the one that made me sit up and take notice of Mike Browne in the first place as it was such an important point told in such a straight forward way. I seem to remember it also included positioning a table with flowers and a wine bottle in different lighting environments and was made around the bar gate in Southampton if I'm not mistaken. I would not consider the lady in that video to be old so my request was really aimed at Mike finding one or two models (male and female if possible) in their much later years (say 70+) in order to demonstrate how best to light their skin characteristics.
Just got Week 6 of 7 Building Blocks - it's very good
Thanks Vernon Nash - Great you're getting loads out of it and i truly appreciate you telling folks and recommending it.
Great tutorial, but wouldn't it be better to use a shorter focal length and get closer for some pics ? Well, maybe it was intentional ?
Great Video Mike!
yes a photography teacher told me that it is not good for your camera because its not FF sensor, I want a lens that have the same quality. What do you think about 85mm? Oh god please Mr.Brown help me :(
Sorry baraa amer - I still don't know what it is you're asking. What were you told is not good for the camera? I don't use prime lenses because i find not being able to change focal length too restrictive.
Always love the vids Mike keep it up
hi mike , i am not professional photographer . i love to take photo . But sad to say my picture color tone very bad . what should i do?
Hi @ New Things. Make sure you control your white balance and get the exposure correct in camera. If you make your own jpegs in a program like Lightroom calibrate your monitor with a colour spyder so you know it's the correct colour... MIKE
@@MikeBrowne Thanks a lot . My name Gregory. from Bangladesh. i use darktable. I have Nikon D3300 with 18-55 mm kit, 55-200 kit , 35mm f 1.8. After i take photo it look like, I take from point shoot camera . Most of the time i use aperture priority mode . should i buy some other lens. I like sigma 20mm f 1.4 . What do you say? Do i need that lens for better photo?
Sounds like you have all you need @ New Things. Not sure what you mean by looks like it came from a point and shoot camera because I have some excellent photos from a very cheap point and shoot camera. I think what you need is practise. Photography is a bit of knowledge and a LOT of practise with light, composition and understanding how to use the controls. The camera and lens have little to do with how good the photos are. That is down to how you use them... MIKE
@@MikeBrowne thanks you very much. I try my best to cover my mistake. feel great to talk with you. bye
Brilliant as all ways
Thanks Chris Carroll
What metering mode did u use sir Jedi
I use evaluative metering 99% of the time tyrece coker - certainly throughout this video.
Mike Browne Thanks for the swift reply Jedi Master 👌👌👏👏👍👍
Great video Mike 😁😁😁
great video mike!
as usual
Thanks AIDi 🙏😊
When you took pictures with people behind Abbey, could you not edit the people out?
I could Alisha Loundors but I prefer to wait a couple of minutes rather than faff about in Photoshop
Mike Browne :-) Alrighty then. I haven't checked yet, but do you have a video on how to do that?
No I don't have many photoshop post production videos on YT at the moment Alisha Loundors - sorry. There'll be some coming but it won't be for some months yet....
good stuff, thank you...
But Mark, you could just remove those people in post via Spot healing brush?
Yes, but that's cheating, and it usually doesn't look as good =)
I could ***** - I prefer to wait because it's the shooting part I enjoy most...
What are these model photos used for? A layman like myself take photos of friends and relatives, but I haven't ever intentionally taken photos of other people. How do model photos tie in with the business of a professional photographer?
HI Fan, portrait photography comes in vast purposed, from charities to commissioned, for this model in this video it will be used a her portfolio as she wanted to grow her career as a professional model, it will be submitted to fashion agencies where she can be used a model for different purposes ( fashion, modeling), so models hires photographers to take their portraits professionally or vice versa the photographer hires models to showcase their skills on photography. Please see this video as it talks about more on posing and models ruclips.net/video/Bh_9AwAMFic/видео.html - Melissa pp Mike
I don't understand why you are so far from the subject. Which one of your videos explains the optics for that that technique?
hi +Gordon Lejeune Mike is using a long focal length lens, therefore he needed to walk away from the subject, the longer the lens the closer the subject, if he don't move away he might ended up taking pics of Abby's nose only, please check the link for focal length here - Melissa pp MIke www.photographycourses.biz/videos/technical/lenses/camera_lenses_2.html
OK thanks, but why is he using such a long focal length lens. Is he bringing up the background, keeping features of the model in proportion or something else?
It's to bring the background in closer and lose the stuff surrounding the model +Gordon Lejeune Try this video - MIKE
www.photographycourses.biz/videos/technical/lenses/Focal-Length-Explained-Pt1
Thanks for the video. But I bit confused, for me the dress looks like a bit pale on a foto.
Thanks ***** - i guess that's personal taste...
But someone told me that is not good for my camera because it's not a full sensor so what I can do?
What did they tell you is not good for your camera because it's not a FF sensor baraa amer ?
Please do more vids about lighting
There's 12 over here reaver2033 www.photographycourses.biz/lighting_videos.html
You should have got something with that duck or geese around 9:06.. lol
Back to your best.
I am still rubbish at planning my shoots (of any kind). Damn I have to use my head in an ever so slightly different way. Out and about practicing my composition yesterday and realized how many spots there are in my town where the tall buildings cut light out or act as a reflector.
Good work Iain. Knowing the surroundings is a big part of it all.. MIKE :-)
Mike Browne thanks
9:47 was a nice one.
"Come back when he's gone!" - *cut to a night scene* - "Right, everyone's gone and Abby fell asleep!"
Nice video
I live in Andover, I know these locations are on my doorstep, but being an immigrant to the south, I have no idea where they are !
Think of all the adventures you can have, without ever even having to get on a plane ✈️
Different look. Sharp as a tack. Almost like a tux.
she is so pretty
That is a Ansel Adams quote. But he did not say "idea" but "concept"
I stand corrected Derrick... MIKE 🙏😊
you need to use a prime lens for these kind of photos, not a telephoto lens
Why's that Pete? - MIKE
Because the quality and sharpness of photos you will get with prime lens is many times better. Telephoto lens is for when you are in a place where you cant get close to the subject like in sports or wildlife, you cant get close to a player in a football game so you use telephoto, same for when shooting birds or airplanes. But with a model you can get closer to her with your feet so it is many times better to use a prime lens with a f1.4 or f1.2
You are of course completely right about the better image quality Pete, but it depends on end use. If it's just family shots that'll only be looked at on screen it's almost impossible to tell what lens they were shot on. For professional work that's likely to be published or printed very big, a prime will give you an edge. - MIKE
Whats her ig
Nice tutorial....tip for Abby, please don't use that same pout, it's exactly the same in each shot, and it dosn't even suit you.
Thanks David Croft - it's the current young person Look!
daang Abby
The captioning kills me
Abby should not make a "duckface" for the shots all the time , she looks better without it.