10 Most Popular Photography Tips - Keep or Kill? 

Lol dont know why but I actually laughed out loud at this.

Or cougars Yep.

I had a few cougars when I was younger. They are fun.

It's good advise to give someone else - especially an annoying blow-hard.

@@scrolex ha!

Explain?

Chasing the light and learning how to shape them is definitely the way you photograph your images. you don't just wait for that specific light. learn every type of light and use it to your advantage to solve your problems. bend it to what you need.

Agree

I totally agree

Same tip was given to me and I'm always looking at light and how it affects everything and makes shapes and now learning portraiture. Should be fun.

it's really a matter of what and where. If you take documentary/news photos, then film sounds like hell - flashing a critical roll will be disaster, developing instead of sleeping to make deadlines isn't fun. A good example would be Robert capas D-day photos - he risked life to capture the battle, and a darkroom tech then screwed the roll, wiping the pictures. All these problems are almost completely a thing of the past, thanks to technological/digital advancements. But still, most of the working photogs I know shoot digital for work and film for leisure. It's good fun to do darkroom work, if time and results arent critical. It's a fun "challenge" taking only 36 shots and eyes for metering on an outing. And if you are a camera geek, then the cheapness of weird and unusual film cameras is amazing - stereocameras, 6x9 folders, TLRs, pinholes, plastic soapboxes, soviet rangefinders and 70yr/old SLRs are all way cool for playing around.

@@mjfan653 I'm surprised he didn't lose it and murder the guy.

@@mjfan653 How many "working photogs" do you know? The vast majority of the several hundred I know have never looked back when digital replaced film. I know far more "working pros" who enjoy seeing just what they can get out of a phone camera when shooting for themselves than any who miss the putrid smell of a darkroom

@@ared18t They were on opposite sides of the English Channel.

There's something for all I guess...I'll keep the first ten.

Change the color orange, keep the fruit orange, kill the donald orange

The one about the books wasn't all bad, it was just badly stated. What it should have said was " before you invest in ten good lenses, invest in a few good photography books." It's nearly impossible to take a good photo, if you don't know what one looks like. Looking at GOOD photos is how you learn that. (The internet, especially Instagram, is NOT a source for examples of good photos!)

Rule of Turds. It's all about technique, followed by proper hygiene.

@@alectrem+FBI please investigate this as a threat to +POTUS

Ansel "12 inches" adamns it is from now on

The real question is ... How happy was his wife? :^)

Def kai is jealous of that, he's Asian

Got em

Spot on!🤣

oh,that stupid ass myth again???hehehehehe

Agreed. I often sometimes put my subjects dead center. I don't care, that's how I like it sometimes and sometimes it don't work.

Oh don’t mind me! I’m just dying! Definitely don’t come to my funeral while I die of laughter!

Daren Tan same :o

lol. This guy is awesome ! Love this video !

Kai is definitely enthusiastic

sycophant much ?

Me same

Exactly. If buying gear helps you get out and shoot and changes the way you shoot it can be a positive thing and could lead to better things. You have to be happy with what you shoot with, while its a tool, it's also an extension of yourself.

Pete Loughlin now that’s funny

Thank you. I'll keep that in mind. Currently having the 16-50mm f4.6 kit lens for a6000, bought a 50mm f1.8 (was told it is like 75mm APS-C) and maybe looking at macro and tele lenses. Is this what you had in mind?

​@@VisaxLPI would kill two birds with one stone and get a longer macro lens. Something in the 100mm range. That way you have a slight telephoto lens and a macro in one. 2X your current max focal length or 1/2 of your minimum focal length is a general rule I use because you need to double or half your focal length to see a significant difference. After the macro the next lens would probably be your 70-200mm f/4

Mamiya645 $50 superzoom 😳

@@kingsamvisuals Found a used Canon SX280HS for that giving the equivalent of 500mm, sensor size is comparable to a cellphone (ick) but the zoom, the bokeh and the size makes up for it. And the speed, definitely appreciated. Surprisingly sharp and clear at the long end but I'd buy a Sony if I had to get a new modern pocketable 500mm.

Evening golden hour.

Depends on your income

I got 10.5/hour (illegal ik) and didn't know much about cameras so I asked a local camera shop to hook me up with something that would be better then my then current camera (Nikon d5500) and he suggested a $2000 LUMIX f4700 (I think I'm still getting used to the name) and I went in a few times each time he recommended it and that it would be perfect for the type of photography I do. Welp a year after laybying it I finally got it, had a play around and then did a paid shoot with it... the photos were bad pixel wise. It blurred on the face and didn't have as many pixels or as much sharpness as my Nikon so they were smaller images and just sucked compared to what I was used to. Honestly I think the key is researching and testing out cameras before you buy the most you can. I wanted one that wouldn't be shitty by next year but it seems behind by 5 compared to current tech

Go look for a nice used Lumix G3, or older Olympus models. Besides my A6300 and A5000, I started collecting all kinds of ~2008-2012 lumix and olympus cameras, including Lumix Gf series, G series, and Olympus EPL series and an E510. I got them between 30-80 Eur and mostly use vintage minolta lenses that cost around 20 Eur (many people say dont get a vintage for a digital camera, but I have made pretty good experiences with these plus having to work manually is actually a lot of fun) or I'm using used micro 4/3 autofocus lenses that also go pretty cheap second hand. (around 80 eur). If you are willing to put some effort and learning into Photography, these are a good place to start, and used well, they still create amazing quality pictures, even with "only 10-16MP". Now filming is something else and you often get rather nasty sharpening artifacts on more complex scenes (never trust these test videos where people film flowers with 90% bokeh, pretty much anything looks sharp and clean with that) but if you know how to use it, you can also film good enough quality for nonprofessional use.

@@hatchetairsoft2463 I bought a used Canon G7X Mark II myself. For a camera that fits in the palm of my hand, the versatility and quality (low light included) are pretty phenomenal. With some careful composition, good background blurring is quite feasible as well, though note that it can't be done with the same impunity as can full frame cameras/lenses. The Sony RX100 is also very well regarded, though quite a lot more expensive even used.

@@Lauren_C There's amazing options for cheap out there that you can use to a pretty far level actually, and I found that each camera has a lot of individual aspects that make it a really enjoyable experience to photograph with. I cant explain why but the haptic and overall feel of the E-PL2 still gotta be my favorite camera as far as the experience of Photographing itself goes. Quality wise I got some really great shots out of my G3 although again the olympus still has its own charming look to it, and especially the video - although just being 720p- has a pretty clean retro look to it. Of course none of these are anywhere near in league as my A6300, I still would call it a phenomenal besides some Quirks, but they all have their own charme, an image that is still very usuable and most of all, they are incredibly fun to take on trips, torusim or just have it on you when you dont want to carry your more expensive gear with you. If I come across some good deals, I really wanna try canons next, I never really had the chance to try one, I might have a look into that G7x, although I prefer interchangeable lens Cameras, the, just feel like a higher end piece of gear, even though bridge/compact/digicams really dont have to hide anymore either, I had the chance to try the sony RX1 and that full frame Digicam combo is pretty neat, although the price tag is as high as my car.