SLR Lounge | Photography Tutorials don't use this model again man please :D you are so happy and she never is happy to be there... just a bitchy attitude..in every video she s there
One of the greatest thing I've learned from an excellent portrait photographer is this: charm to disarm. Make sure you get comfortable with your model before the shoot. Learn a bit about them, including their perceived flaws, so you know exactly what makes them comfortable.
@@tommybro5313 sometimes there won't be a connection between you and the model, and that is totally ok. when that happens to me, I'll switch to doing candid shots and then telling the model to just pretend I'm not there, and act like they're just taking selfies by themselves. that usually puts them back in their comfort zone, and it always results in getting some pretty amazing images. good luck!
Awesome video! I'm a beginner photographer and just bought my camera (Canon Rebel T6) a few months ago. Your videos have helped me understand photography so much better! I had my first "session" last night, and I'm proud to report that I shot in manual mode the whole time :)
Manual mode is optimum, but if you're just spot metering for one shot, maybe a back lit or similar, you can use the auto mode of choice, and use the camera's exposure lock (most have one) to lock the spot metered exposure in for the image.
You are a fantastic Teacher!! I learnt so much from only the two videos I've watched so far. And your awareness to make your videos both dynamic ( and why not?) funny at times is appreciated. Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to go outside and take some great photos with my canon 550D!
Great video. Is my understanding correct that your metering on her skin from a few feet away will also work when she moves far away to a different location?
I guess that this is directed toward experienced professionals as it doesn't show how to actually meter. You just talk about metering the whole way without demonstration. Just because of your youtube title it might be worth while adding some inserts to show what you do when you do it. Cheers
Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson. This book will do wonders for your results. I am no pro but learning about light has taken my shots very far. Everything in this YT video makes sense to me after reading that book. I promise, if you enjoy photography you will be glad you read it.
I am so glad I came across your videos today. Ive been trying so hard to understand the triangle-It just wouldn't click. But it clicked today after watch this video,(3 times), holy cow, everything clicked.
This is why I recommend mirror less cameras(sony). No guessing on the exposure at all. You can see what the picture will look like before you take the shot.
I get that some people simply want easy to use equipment to enjoy the activity of taking photos, but keep in mind that photography is also an art and the more control you have over it, the more influence you as an artist, have on that piece. Also for many enthusiast photographers, adjustments create a more personal and deep connection to the photo they take and a lot of them love the aspect to having to think through what settings to use under X or Y conditions, it's part of the whole experience of doing photography.
Newbie question. re product photography. Using Still lighting. Using canon and colur checker card. I make glass art. Each piece is the same size and shape, but each piece is made of many different colours. Im using f8 - iso 100 . Am i doing this correctly. I switch to manual. I take a photograph of my white card in front of my art. i set this as custom white balance. i then half click when camera at full zoom is focused on the cross hair on the GRAY card. I scroll until the lines on the vertical meter (exposure compensation) are at zero. i then photograph the white card again, and set this as the white balance. i then put camera on tripod and photograph, but before i full click i notice the meter is not at zero, i think i understand why, so i take my picture of my art with the colour checker in there also . when i swap the art over that was originally a dark piece, for a piece that is light in colour, the photograph produces an over exposed result. What am i doing wrong ?
Hi! Great tips! Can I ask something? When do you use a reflector as a main light when you use a spot metering on the skin. Before add light with the reflector or after that? Thanks.
Hi, I would like to know how to do this and get a similar shot (perfect exposure) with the same background you were having. (with the road behind in the shot, bright). Though this road scene might not be interesting here, I would like to learn how to get a perfect exposure in such situation. (situation: I think you are in the shade region and the behind road and trees are in direct sunlight)
The processed shots look great, it's something I struggle with getting the color and feel spot on. Was wondering why you keep the focus beep on though, just for filming?
A spot meter will only give you a 'prefect' exposure if you take a reading off of an 18% gray card. Anything you meter lighter than middle gray will give you an underexposed image, and anything you meter darker than middle gray will give you an over exposed image. An incident meter is a better choice most of the time as it is less likely to be fooled by dark or light backgrounds. In the end the photographer needs to master the tool as no tool can possibly know what the intentions of the photographer are. However, grass, the sky, and Caucasian skin are close enough to middle gray which is why spot-metering seemed to work out for this tutorial. And shooting in Raw helps in that if the metering is off be a stop or so you maybe able to save yourself. In the Kodachrome days sloppy metering would completely ruin your day...you had to be 'Spot On', or no more that 1/3 of a stop off in either direction. A lot of todays digital photographers would be in 'deep do-do' to put it mildly.
Whatever you meter, the camera will recommend and exposure that will result in a middle tone for sure. That's why the following step is to compensate up or down as desired. Example, spot meter her face, adjust camera to expose one stop lighter than the recommendation. Spot meter dark wood, make the wood darker by the desired amount with a faster shutter speed. Look up Zone System.
Are you using spot metering in Aperture priority mode and then taking the reading and switching over to manual mode? You took a ready up close to your model then backed up and took the shot. Wouldn't that have changed the reading?
I just found you and I couldn't be more happier. I ordered Photography 101 and I'm looking forward to becoming a better photographer. I wanted to give up but your videos has lit the fire that I have for photography. The way you explain everything has made it easy for me to understand. Thank you!!
QUESTION: so once you spot meter under the models eye and you over exposed by 1 stop you can then just move around with the same setting? I would think the setting would change based on the light that's falling on her face?
Set your camera to manual mode. Once you're happy with spot meter reading that's exposing for the skin, you can move around and the settings won't change until you change them again.
TheMaddman187 As long as you're in manual mode you're good. In manual mode the meter only advises--it doesn't change any setting. Don't try this in AP, SP, P or Auto because then your settings ARE going to be changed by the camera every time you press the shutter. Make several test shots and check the LCD after every one and tweak the settings--literally dial in the perfect shot--knowing how to use the histogram helps a lot. once you've got the perfect exposure you can just shoot away as long as the light doesn't change. You'll notice after he got the look he wanted (f/2, iso 100, 1/320s) he shot ALL the pictures with the exact same setting and they all came out perfect.
Thanks for the helpful video. I love your style of explaining things. There's one thing I'm confused about though: When you started shooting the actual portraits, you were at the settings to correctly expose her skin (1/400th). So how come that didn't blow out the background, particularly the sky?
Saad Khan Most of the location is a bit dark. The sky is largely blocked out by the tree's branches. But also he was mostly at fast shutter speeds to balance out using the wide f/2 aperture. So nothing gets blown out. And I think the way the video was recorded might be making the location look darker than it really is.
where exactly do i look to see where my camera needs to be to get a blue sky?? i been searching for days everyone talks about it but no one explains where the meter is at or what to look for??
***** Good point. I'm not sure exactly where they are, but I do know there's a state park in that vicinity. And it might depend on the scale and nature of the shoot. Even if you don't need an actual legal, printed, laminated, permit with a fancy lanyard, it might be best to just verbally ask the neighboring business, or park ranger, or whoever, if it's ok to be there and shoot. I'm not sure if SLR Lounge has any videos or articles about best practices for shooting on location and permits. I bet they do though. Cheers.
Bryan Sheehy Yes, that location must be permitted. For all of our professional shoots we always permit, but if you are running natural light with just you and the couple, you can probably get in and out without being noticed.
I have to agree with you. I found him cringeworthy in places so much that I didn't even finish watching the video. He literally makes ME uncomfortable let alone the poor model!
there's no reason to stay away from semi auto modes & spot metering, you just have to tell the camera what the tonal value is by using exposure compensation & lock the exposure. I really wish you guys would tell people about this because most people think you HAVE to meter from mid-tone when you absolutely dont!!
Hi, Im new kinda new to this. Could someone explain how he is getting those nice and bright shots with low aperture, low ISO and a fairly high shutter speed? I've tried those exact settings and some variations of it in all sorts of lights; daylight, morning, evening and night, and I always end up with too dark images? If someone could help me out I'd be very grateful. I got a Canon EOS 1200D with the stock EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 DC-lens
w Larm You don't have the necessary wide aperture to be shooting at ISO 100 and fast shutter speeds. Your lens is a variable aperture kit lens that on the wide end only goes to 3.5 but the more you zoom in (to a narrow field of view) you'll only get maximum apertures of 4.5 to 5.6. Way easier for this guy to get the depth of field and the exposure he needs with his 50mm 1.8 Prime lens he's using at f/2 (which lets in a lot more light than your kit lens will ever be able to. If you haven't already, and you can afford it, invest in the 50mm 1.8. You won't regret it. Tack sharp, clarity to kill and it won't break your pocket :)
look at the A camera. Ur using a cannon huh? It blows the hell out of highlights all the time. If you're shooting on a sunny day, the subject looks like it's in a high key white background setting.
Petru Le Grand Actually, many DSLR's nowadays have extremely reliable screens and are great indicators. I don't use my histogram at all, like millions of photographers, and I do just fine. It's however you choose to work. You love the histogram and that's fine. I rather use my eyes.
There's technically only 1 way to know if you truly have "proper exposure" and it's more on the scientific side of things, but it's the only way. Forget histograms and back screens.
And now spot meter for that white dress .. While its correct that there are lots of situations where the spot metering is very helpful there are many situations where its much worse than other modes. If light conditions dont change manual shooting is the way to go and 1-2 testshots are better than rely on the metering.
hugoboss Actually, there are very few situations where spot metering won't work. And besides, he was shooting in Manual for this vid. Your meter is a good base indicator but you'll obviously use your eyes after a test shot or two, depending on what exposure you want to see in your photo. He greatly exaggerated about getting the perfect exposure on the first shot every single time, though. I'll give you that.
was quite surprised at many of the comments, I didn't think he was obnoxious to her! I think that people read way too much into what he said, he could EASILY have meant that she doesn't care about technical stuff, which is the case of most people who are not photographers, by the way! He may not have meant it "because she's a girl, hence dumb" like everyone read into it, but simply as an ordinary person not obsessed with settings in photography. I did not find him offensive (and I'm a dyed in the wool feminist, by the way!) As to her, I found her eyes scary, not just angry but real scary, I wouldn't want to photograph her, despite her good looks! Again, as to him, I found this a helpful explanation, and I think that some people use any and all internet forums as a punchbag/dump-bag for their very own aggression, projecting way too much onto others. Even in over a photography issue. So much for human nature....
Other Channels photographers: Take 1, 2 or 3 test shots.. This Channel: No more test shots, just grab the right exposure from spot metering.. No more waste shots from now on.. :)
+Petru Le Grand Histograms can be as fooled as the lightmeter. They are not a good judge on metering and exposure. I can think of many scenes that the histogram says is perfect and yet the photo is trash.
Maybe like me, could care less about it? I quit using a histogram long ago when technically perfect exposures just didn't look that great and the client never liked them either. I shoot for the client's approval not a piece of graphic machinery.
A lot of talk about "spot metering" but not actually showing us how to spot meter. I'm having a hard time understanding your videos because you explain things as if we already know what youre talking about. Maybe break it down a bit more for the beginners such as myself? Thanks.
This is wrong. That is what the semi-automatic modes do, so why do it manually? Learn the zone system for various skin tones and objects in the environment to get proper exposures. Most proper exposures are never 18% grey. Exposure compensation on semi-automatic modes and manual modes are in place for a reason.
So many comments about him being a misogynist. Ever think he was simply saying she doesn't care about the nuisances of a camera hobby instead if jumping to a conclusion that he's sexist?
One shot. PERFECT exposure. Learn how: www.slrlounge.com/workshop/how-to-get-perfect-exposures-in-one-shot/
SLR Lounge | Photography Tutorials don't use this model again man please :D you are so happy and she never is happy to be there... just a bitchy attitude..in every video she s there
photography is good, but it would be good idea to learn how to make ladies to feel comfotable
One of the greatest thing I've learned from an excellent portrait photographer is this: charm to disarm. Make sure you get comfortable with your model before the shoot. Learn a bit about them, including their perceived flaws, so you know exactly what makes them comfortable.
@@Girtthquake makes me more creepy if I ever try
@@tommybro5313 sometimes there won't be a connection between you and the model, and that is totally ok. when that happens to me, I'll switch to doing candid shots and then telling the model to just pretend I'm not there, and act like they're just taking selfies by themselves. that usually puts them back in their comfort zone, and it always results in getting some pretty amazing images. good luck!
Ever considered that she’s being awkward because she’s being filmed. Which she agreed to?
She looks sooo happy XD
😂😂
Awesome video! I'm a beginner photographer and just bought my camera (Canon Rebel T6) a few months ago. Your videos have helped me understand photography so much better! I had my first "session" last night, and I'm proud to report that I shot in manual mode the whole time :)
This was the first video on spot metering out of many that actually stated the user must be in a manual mode. Good on you! Subscribed!
Manual mode is optimum, but if you're just spot metering for one shot, maybe a back lit or similar, you can use the auto mode of choice, and use the camera's exposure lock (most have one) to lock the spot metered exposure in for the image.
Appreciate this video! I see that you were shooting with the Spot meter....were you shooting in RAW or JPEG format?
You are a fantastic Teacher!! I learnt so much from only the two videos I've watched so far. And your awareness to make your videos both dynamic ( and why not?) funny at times is appreciated. Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to go outside and take some great photos with my canon 550D!
Is whitney your wife or girlfriends, she looks just as thrilled as my wife when I photograph her... :-) Awesome video as usual
Great video. Is my understanding correct that your metering on her skin from a few feet away will also work when she moves far away to a different location?
I guess that this is directed toward experienced professionals as it doesn't show how to actually meter. You just talk about metering the whole way without demonstration. Just because of your youtube title it might be worth while adding some inserts to show what you do when you do it. Cheers
Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson. This book will do wonders for your results. I am no pro but learning about light has taken my shots very far. Everything in this YT video makes sense to me after reading that book. I promise, if you enjoy photography you will be glad you read it.
+Tracy Clark thank you!
he does in prior videos. These videos are many parts of a larger tutorial.
nope he sade meter on skin..
Barn Crow
Confused
Beautiful shots, are you using a 50mm 1.4? What about the camera?
I am so glad I came across your videos today. Ive been trying so hard to understand the triangle-It just wouldn't click. But it clicked today after watch this video,(3 times), holy cow, everything clicked.
Helped me out a lot thanks and Witney is stunning.
It seemed like a long day. You have a really beautiful model. I didn't hurt to relax and just take it easy. Great job, Pye
Thanks for The video. What about a couple? What metering mode should be used for this situation?
What mode are you in to measure the right exposure? Is that manual mode aperture or shutter priority?
This is why I recommend mirror less cameras(sony). No guessing on the exposure at all. You can see what the picture will look like before you take the shot.
umm okay. we all know you use the easy mode called "Auto".
On the G7 you can shoot in manual and still have the Exposure meter...
I mean, there is a thing called "live view" on Canons...
Does no one here use a histogram?
I get that some people simply want easy to use equipment to enjoy the activity of taking photos, but keep in mind that photography is also an art and the more control you have over it, the more influence you as an artist, have on that piece. Also for many enthusiast photographers, adjustments create a more personal and deep connection to the photo they take and a lot of them love the aspect to having to think through what settings to use under X or Y conditions, it's part of the whole experience of doing photography.
What mode was the camera in? Full manual? Was the camera suggesting to lower the shutter speed? 0:52
Newbie question. re product photography. Using Still lighting. Using canon and colur checker card. I make glass art. Each piece is the same size and shape, but each piece is made of many different colours. Im using f8 - iso 100 . Am i doing this correctly. I switch to manual. I take a photograph of my white card in front of my art. i set this as custom white balance. i then half click when camera at full zoom is focused on the cross hair on the GRAY card. I scroll until the lines on the vertical meter (exposure compensation) are at zero. i then photograph the white card again, and set this as the white balance. i then put camera on tripod and photograph, but before i full click i notice the meter is not at zero, i think i understand why, so i take my picture of my art with the colour checker in there also . when i swap the art over that was originally a dark piece, for a piece that is light in colour, the photograph produces an over exposed result.
What am i doing wrong ?
What lens are you using here? Also is the spot metering good for taking indoor profile shots?
Hi! Great tips! Can I ask something? When do you use a reflector as a main light when you use a spot metering on the skin. Before add light with the reflector or after that? Thanks.
Great Video! Just one question, What lense are you using?
Hi, I would like to know how to do this and get a similar shot (perfect exposure) with the same background you were having. (with the road behind in the shot, bright). Though this road scene might not be interesting here, I would like to learn how to get a perfect exposure in such situation. (situation: I think you are in the shade region and the behind road and trees are in direct sunlight)
What about metering on Sony a6500 with a manual lens such as helios?
What if you wanted her face AND the white dress perfectly metered? Would you use multi or center (vs spot)?
so basically can i use the auto focus and then center weighted to use spot to get perfect photos?
The processed shots look great, it's something I struggle with getting the color and feel spot on. Was wondering why you keep the focus beep on though, just for filming?
Can you explain what you are seeing in camera, not understanding how u getting to your exposure setting using 5mkii
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What lens was used? A prime mm, or zoom?
A spot meter will only give you a 'prefect' exposure if you take a reading off of an 18% gray card. Anything you meter lighter than middle gray will give you an underexposed image, and anything you meter darker than middle gray will give you an over exposed image. An incident meter is a better choice most of the time as it is less likely to be fooled by dark or light backgrounds. In the end the photographer needs to master the tool as no tool can possibly know what the intentions of the photographer are. However, grass, the sky, and Caucasian skin are close enough to middle gray which is why spot-metering seemed to work out for this tutorial. And shooting in Raw helps in that if the metering is off be a stop or so you maybe able to save yourself. In the Kodachrome days sloppy metering would completely ruin your day...you had to be 'Spot On', or no more that 1/3 of a stop off in either direction. A lot of todays digital photographers would be in 'deep do-do' to put it mildly.
Whatever you meter, the camera will recommend and exposure that will result in a middle tone for sure. That's why the following step is to compensate up or down as desired. Example, spot meter her face, adjust camera to expose one stop lighter than the recommendation. Spot meter dark wood, make the wood darker by the desired amount with a faster shutter speed. Look up Zone System.
Yes raw save a lot. But if its more or under more than 1 stop . It will noisy or unsharp for my taste😂
if you wan to get the back ground blur out more you would drop the shutter speed down?
Are you using spot metering in Aperture priority mode and then taking the reading and switching over to manual mode? You took a ready up close to your model then backed up and took the shot. Wouldn't that have changed the reading?
He said f2
I just found you and I couldn't be more happier. I ordered Photography 101 and I'm looking forward to becoming a better photographer. I wanted to give up but your videos has lit the fire that I have for photography. The way you explain everything has made it easy for me to understand. Thank you!!
So my spot metering point is at the center focus point. What do you do if where you’re metering is not the same spot you want your focus to be?
QUESTION: so once you spot meter under the models eye and you over exposed by 1 stop you can then just move around with the same setting? I would think the setting would change based on the light that's falling on her face?
Set your camera to manual mode. Once you're happy with spot meter reading that's exposing for the skin, you can move around and the settings won't change until you change them again.
TheMaddman187 As long as you're in manual mode you're good. In manual mode the meter only advises--it doesn't change any setting. Don't try this in AP, SP, P or Auto because then your settings ARE going to be changed by the camera every time you press the shutter. Make several test shots and check the LCD after every one and tweak the settings--literally dial in the perfect shot--knowing how to use the histogram helps a lot. once you've got the perfect exposure you can just shoot away as long as the light doesn't change. You'll notice after he got the look he wanted (f/2, iso 100, 1/320s) he shot ALL the pictures with the exact same setting and they all came out perfect.
hi, with off camera flash, would you use evaluative metering or spot metering?
Just sharing. I keep my spot metering but im not actually care of it when im shooting ocf. Just set the flash exposure for your subject.
use spot meter if using manual, center weighted for aperture priority/shutter priority
What you mean do not use Automatic mode for spot metering? can you explain plz
I'm curious, how do you meter for the subject when using the rule of thirds?
what lens do you use?
?why you did not use the lowest aperture
?as I think it will make the picture more sharp is that right
Thanks for the helpful video. I love your style of explaining things.
There's one thing I'm confused about though: When you started shooting the actual portraits, you were at the settings to correctly expose her skin (1/400th). So how come that didn't blow out the background, particularly the sky?
Saad Khan Most of the location is a bit dark. The sky is largely blocked out by the tree's branches. But also he was mostly at fast shutter speeds to balance out using the wide f/2 aperture. So nothing gets blown out. And I think the way the video was recorded might be making the location look darker than it really is.
i'd love to see a quick lightroom process of these images, I love these tones but I don't quite understand how to process them, plssssss
Whot happens when you don,t have spot metering on your camera i have the cannon eos 1100d thanks
where exactly do i look to see where my camera needs to be to get a blue sky?? i been searching for days everyone talks about it but no one explains where the meter is at or what to look for??
Wonderfully explained. Thanks!
thx!but how you do you know what the correct Shutter number ?
P.S I use Nikon D7200
glass, glass,glass. You need to have great glass
Very helpful! The chemistry between Pye and Whitney was quite amusing. I might need to steal that location. LB off the 133 :-)
***** Good point. I'm not sure exactly where they are, but I do know there's a state park in that vicinity. And it might depend on the scale and nature of the shoot. Even if you don't need an actual legal, printed, laminated, permit with a fancy lanyard, it might be best to just verbally ask the neighboring business, or park ranger, or whoever, if it's ok to be there and shoot. I'm not sure if SLR Lounge has any videos or articles about best practices for shooting on location and permits. I bet they do though. Cheers.
Bryan Sheehy Yes, that location must be permitted. For all of our professional shoots we always permit, but if you are running natural light with just you and the couple, you can probably get in and out without being noticed.
Pye Jirsa Thanks Pye! Good to know. You guys are the best in the biz.
Pye Jirsa Pye, speaking of permits, can or have you made a tutorial or spoke of that? That's still foreign to me, the know how.
Nice. I'll try this technique.
i believed the model to being quite boring actually. the tutorial is well spoken. well demonstrationed with exceptional humor.
+iAmber Renee Exceptional humor... What the fuck are you talking about?
+iAmber Renee she's want to pee
+iAmber Renee this isn't DigitalRev there was no comedy here.
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I have to agree with you. I found him cringeworthy in places so much that I didn't even finish watching the video. He literally makes ME uncomfortable let alone the poor model!
The model needs to smile more....Feels like she is pissed because she got underpaid for this photoshoot lol
there's no reason to stay away from semi auto modes & spot metering, you just have to tell the camera what the tonal value is by using exposure compensation & lock the exposure. I really wish you guys would tell people about this because most people think you HAVE to meter from mid-tone when you absolutely dont!!
Curious to know what lens Pye is using?
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SLR Lounge | Photography Tutorials thanks! But definitely looks like the canon 35mm f/2. Some nice photos!
***** I have the 35mm f/2 and it's a beautiful lens. Sharp as hell. An amazing piece of glass!
Hi, Im new kinda new to this.
Could someone explain how he is getting those nice and bright shots with low aperture, low ISO and a fairly high shutter speed? I've tried those exact settings and some variations of it in all sorts of lights; daylight, morning, evening and night, and I always end up with too dark images?
If someone could help me out I'd be very grateful.
I got a Canon EOS 1200D with the stock EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 DC-lens
w Larm You cant be shooting at f/2 with that kit lens.
w Larm You don't have the necessary wide aperture to be shooting at ISO 100 and fast shutter speeds. Your lens is a variable aperture kit lens that on the wide end only goes to 3.5 but the more you zoom in (to a narrow field of view) you'll only get maximum apertures of 4.5 to 5.6. Way easier for this guy to get the depth of field and the exposure he needs with his 50mm 1.8 Prime lens he's using at f/2 (which lets in a lot more light than your kit lens will ever be able to. If you haven't already, and you can afford it, invest in the 50mm 1.8. You won't regret it. Tack sharp, clarity to kill and it won't break your pocket :)
I don't think you said whether spot only works in the center of the frame or wherever you move the focus point.
She is gorgeous!!!!!!
If Drake were a photographer 😂
Awesome info though!
can i borrow Whitney for practice?
What is spot metering mode?
This video vas very helpful. Thank You.
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This Girl acting like she's all that. Dude next time get someone who has some expression, this girl looks like she's at a funeral.
Haha, she is so expressive.
She just never trusts a short sleeve button up... that's all
She looks terrified lol.
amazing tutorial and model btw
Wait, what. Isn't that Louis Rossmann. I didn't know he's into photography too.
look at the A camera. Ur using a cannon huh? It blows the hell out of highlights all the time. If you're shooting on a sunny day, the subject looks like it's in a high key white background setting.
Amazing and so helpful!
She's a very natural looking model 😚
Great tips thanks
I always use the auto iso and its almost perfect everytime
and do not check the image on the lcd of your camera. that lcd is a lair. check the histogram
Petru Le Grand Actually, many DSLR's nowadays have extremely reliable screens and are great indicators. I don't use my histogram at all, like millions of photographers, and I do just fine. It's however you choose to work. You love the histogram and that's fine. I rather use my eyes.
Disagree. LCD on back will show problems with the camera if any are going on, been there. Not looking at LCD is asking for trouble big time.
She's GORGEOUS! 😍
You could also buy a Fuji with EVF. What you see is what you get :-)
Matrixmetering would have worked great on the dirt and grass too
tmi from the start but wow the pics looked amazing
Too bad I shoot film haha, but having a deep understanding of light helps me out a lot
Nothing wrong with spot meter in semi auto modes if you use exposure lock..
why use this start sound 500% higher volume???
Thank you!
There's technically only 1 way to know if you truly have "proper exposure" and it's more on the scientific side of things, but it's the only way. Forget histograms and back screens.
Thanks very informative :-)
Very informative
Whice lens you/he Used...??
To me, it looks like the Canon 50mm 1.8
lilblingking1491 thnx...but we are not sure...
And now spot meter for that white dress .. While its correct that there are lots of situations where the spot metering is very helpful there are many situations where its much worse than other modes. If light conditions dont change manual shooting is the way to go and 1-2 testshots are better than rely on the metering.
hugoboss Actually, there are very few situations where spot metering won't work. And besides, he was shooting in Manual for this vid. Your meter is a good base indicator but you'll obviously use your eyes after a test shot or two, depending on what exposure you want to see in your photo. He greatly exaggerated about getting the perfect exposure on the first shot every single time, though. I'll give you that.
She has pretty eyes, but RBF to the max lol.
was quite surprised at many of the comments, I didn't think he was obnoxious to her! I think that people read way too much into what he said, he could EASILY have meant that she doesn't care about technical stuff, which is the case of most people who are not photographers, by the way! He may not have meant it "because she's a girl, hence dumb" like everyone read into it, but simply as an ordinary person not obsessed with settings in photography. I did not find him offensive (and I'm a dyed in the wool feminist, by the way!) As to her, I found her eyes scary, not just angry but real scary, I wouldn't want to photograph her, despite her good looks! Again, as to him, I found this a helpful explanation, and I think that some people use any and all internet forums as a punchbag/dump-bag for their very own aggression, projecting way too much onto others. Even in over a photography issue. So much for human nature....
0:16 ironic how the background is completely over exposed :D
Great video, great shots, thanks from Chicago. You got a Like and Sub out of this.
Other Channels photographers: Take 1, 2 or 3 test shots..
This Channel: No more test shots, just grab the right exposure from spot metering..
No more waste shots from now on.. :)
That's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen!!! MOTHER OF GOD!!
I'm gonna assume it's a bit chilly out there. She looks a little cold. lol. Good video.
She looks happy
Oh WOW, she can smile as well
Should you be aware of the dynamic range of the whole scene to reduce clipping.
let's just be friends!
i can only say . Thank uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu for that video dud:)
"space between the legs and a triangle in the spot". Ya pervert! LOL
y not using the histogram?
+Petru Le Grand The histogram tutorial is another video in the workshop.
+Petru Le Grand Histograms can be as fooled as the lightmeter. They are not a good judge on metering and exposure. I can think of many scenes that the histogram says is perfect and yet the photo is trash.
Maybe like me, could care less about it? I quit using a histogram long ago when technically perfect exposures just didn't look that great and the client never liked them either. I shoot for the client's approval not a piece of graphic machinery.
A lot of talk about "spot metering" but not actually showing us how to spot meter. I'm having a hard time understanding your videos because you explain things as if we already know what youre talking about. Maybe break it down a bit more for the beginners such as myself? Thanks.
This is wrong. That is what the semi-automatic modes do, so why do it manually? Learn the zone system for various skin tones and objects in the environment to get proper exposures. Most proper exposures are never 18% grey. Exposure compensation on semi-automatic modes and manual modes are in place for a reason.
So many comments about him being a misogynist. Ever think he was simply saying she doesn't care about the nuisances of a camera hobby instead if jumping to a conclusion that he's sexist?