Casually Explained: Photography 

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I genuinely believe casually explained just gets deep into a new niche hobby for a few months, resurfaces to share his findings, then submerges himself again

Bro is back from the dead to teach us how to take poorly lit photos of natural landscapes and our friends

I laughed. I cried. I considered a career change.

"the best way to make money as a photographer is by selling your equipment" absolutely sent me 😂

One of the biggest hurdles of a photographer's career is deciding when they can stop saying they're a bartender for a living, and when they can start saying they're just a disappointment.

as a photographer, i cringed, shuddered, and almost cried at how accurate these stabs are... currently rethinking my life decisions. thank u mr. casual

The fact that he outsmarted a joke by making the dick joke not at Micro but at Wide Angle is so hilarious to me.

“This is because the camera they were using simply didn’t have enough dynamic range for the leds in the studio” this joke was peak comedy

photography is the world's first pay to win art form

First the rock climbing, existentialism, and now photography? I've never felt so heard. Appreciate the content

The accuracy is incredible on just about every point! My first "money sent. thank." blew my mind. I felt guilty making 2x week's pay on one gig. Afterwards, the company's CEO wanted to add some different furniture and "do the whole thing again" because she loved the photos and videos and wanted them to be perfect. And so I went out and did exactly the same thing again and got paid twice. Commercial work has been much more of a focus now!

The pricing relationship is hilariously accurate. A lot of low-budget clients want to maximize their dollar, so they’ll ask for every discount, corner cut, and favor imaginable and give you hell when something is not meeting their expectations. Big budget clients have so much money to throw around that in many cases they don’t care. They hire and pay you to do the job so they literally don’t have to think about it. They don’t have time to micromanage you. There are obviously low budget clients with low budget expectations and high budget clients demanding the world of the product, but it’s impressive how many clients in the photo/video field have expectations inverse of their budget.

"The best way to make money in photography is by selling your equipment...." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I screamed, but its so true!

I’m convinced that the long gaps between uploads are because he takes up entire new hobbies/livelihoods for each individual video.

“In basic economics, this push and pull is called ‘simping’” had me spitting out my Costco hot dog.

I want to say as a Brazilian that your channel is one of my biggest inspirations. No matter how long it takes to post, you always bring a smile to our faces!

Casually Explained is like a semi-absent father. Gone until we think he'll never come back, until he does to check how we're doing, and everything is great until he leaves again. Edit: I hate people who edit their comments

As a photographer, this video perfectly captures the energy of "I want to shoot everyone including me, with a camera of course"

As a freelancer, I have to say that freelancer paradox couldn't be more true. It boggles the mind how in many cases the more money they pay, the less demanding they are. The most demanding and obnoxious clients I ever had were low paid or worse yet, favors for (ex)friends...

Bro stop stealing my hobbies

Your comedic genius makes up for how long it takes you to post new videos😂😂😂

"The best way to make money in photography is by selling your equipment." - Casually Explained Somebody please put this on a T-Shirt.

As a photographer I feel attacked yet laughed my ass off 😂

as always, the comedy and wit is worth the wait

he finally ran out of money from the last video so he blessed us with yet another sponsorship 🙏🙏

"To see the LEDs in the studio" 😂😂😂 last thing I was ready for 😅

You went all in on this photography hobby, and it shows. The framing and composition in this video are next level!

As a commercial photographer, the freelance paradox is so true and it's best to just avoid low budgets altogether

Dude definitely tried to be a pro photographer during his absence because this is way too accurate

"you can swap the lenses on these bad boys meaning you never have to worry about where to waste your next paycheck" this hit me hard

This is insanely truthfully informative. Even the transition from photography to content creation. There's almost nothing that wasn't covered here!

As a hobbyist photographer, this video is terrifying accurate. I took the "landscape photography" part a bit personally.

The part about the less money the higher the expectations is so true. First time I took a videography gig my client really pushed the limits of what he was getting for a few hundred bucks. Corporate clients are generally just trying to make as few choices as possible and pay you well in return. Pro-tip: if you work in the arts find people who have money.

I wondered if he would make a "staged moon landing joke ". Didn't disappoint.

Each video is perfectly planned out through months of deep thought and sketching. Beautiful

You forgot one type of photographers: Trainspotters "You take a day off and travel a few hundred kilometers just to take a picture of a specific train, only for it to be ruined because a cloud blocked the sun at the exact wrong moment"

As someone living in Norway, I can confirm that being born here grants you a permanent photography buff

so happy you are making videos again, it's an instant watch if i see it pop up in my recommended

I’m a hobbyist photographer and I love how perfectly timed this was

I swear this guy leaves us for 6 months, and then comes back a seasoned professional on a random topic 😂

He really made that yearbook joke 💀 Glad to have you back

One of the very few channels I keep my notifications on. Loved the humor and everything, great job!

Oh heck yeah, more casually explained!! Personally am way too into these vids, basically all of them. They even age super stupid well. Huge grin on seeing the updates, I'll never get sick of your humor, thanks for the content!

6:36 lmao, this joke took courage. respect.

Always a great day when CasuallyExplained uploads

“The camera didn’t have enough range to see the LEDs in the studio”

Dude the designs on the bedrooms, hair, etc were so awesome. So much attention to detail

I just came back from New Zealand, I was going through my pictures thinking "that's by far the best landscape photography I've ever made" (I usually do astrophotography). That landscape joke hit really hard, I guess New Zealand and Norway have the "fjord buff".

Photography is cool until you take a photo of yourself and realize how asymmetrical your face is

Man his videos are just so informative. Like the different exposure photos is just

"the joke of course being that you were flying Air Canada so you were never leaving the airport anyway" Absolutely accurate/brilliant! I laughed so hard.

As a photographer, ive been waiting for this day for so long

I honestly wanted to get into wildlife photography as a hobby. It's basically hunting, just with the risk of death being aimed more towards you than the animals.

As a photographer, i swear no truer words were spoken. Idek how he figured this level of detail out without being a photographer

Literally the best youtuber made ad ive ever seen at the end.

Casually Explained and Sam O’Nella are like the cool Uncles you see every Christmas who always bring the sickest presents.

Thank for the 19,020 pictures you showed us here (634 seconds × 30 fps = 19,020)

HES BACK LETS GOOO

Not gonna lie, you are the only youtuber i really jump off my chair whenever i see a new video pop up on my feed. Great content as usual! Love lots

4:24 couldn’t have agreed more.

I spent two years in college trying to build a photography career. Its painful how accurate this video is.

Man Im so happy you made it big dude

I have chronic pain and I was really having a bad day today. I forgot about my pain and laughed really hard for 10 minutes. You are a comedy genius!!!

You know it’s a good year when casually explains uploads

When Causally Explained posts, its a good year.

I found your channel yesterday and subscribed. Today, I finished watching every single video on your channel. Amazing!

Thank you so much for casually explaining photography!

5:10 "As you continue to tell your hobby to this uninterested bystander" I CANNOT tell you how many times i bored people or how much they did not care when i geek out about what cameras i liked or photography

'All I need is a $1,000 and can like...be with her" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

This is probably my favorite video you have done!

He hath returned! The videos are getting more nerdy and I love it.

7:05 I never leave home as a photographer without my N64 expansion pack. Either way 10/10 vid. Relatable. ANOTHER GOOD'N GG

As a photographer that specializes in sports, concert, and portraits and trying to find work in sports...this is all entirely accurate and I need to find those corps that give a ton of money for mid work.

I needed this. Thank you

This is one of your best videos, thanks! :)

"the lower the budget the higher the expectations" my man spitting truth bombs

Casually explained is like if your favorite teacher from middle school only showed up every few months to teach you about life... and then you find out he's not a real teacher.

There was one type of photography that you did miss, and it’s partial related to HDR photography (3:52), and that’s Astrophotography. Often the equipment used can either be very similar or very different to HDR photography. Taking long exposure shots or Timelapse of the Milky Way can require the same basic camera on a tiny tracking tripod. Photographing nebula or galaxies though require first a telescope, a motorized EQ mount (or unmotorized with slow-no knobs), a camera designed to work with telescope eyepieces, color filters including infrared and h-alpha for nebula, a coma corrector if you’re using a reflector that is f/6 or lower, and you, late at night, having to deal with any bullshit that arises. But astrophotographers is necessary to astronomy, as little light can be seen with the human eye or one short exposure shot. Often multiple long exposure shots are needed to be taken (not too long or heat noise appears in the image) then stacked and color corrected to create the final image. Moreover, you need clear, windless, and dark skies, hopefully in an area not to humid or frigid, or the telescope optics could be slightly damaged. But it is worth it. It is super worth it.

This really helped. Been into photography for some time and I’ve still got a lot to learn. Please do more🤣

Dude I feel like your videos are so much more in-depth than they used to be and have jokes based in actual research you've done. Quality is seriously off the charts.

Really appreciate Casual mastering all forms of photography to create this video for us. Truly a legend.

I love that whenever you post you always end up on trending

Having used Opera for over two years now, I'm happy to see this ad. Opera does not disappoint!

The perfect example of the quiet kid that says the most true, honest, hilarious thing after a long silence.

as a portrait photographer i enjoyed the roasting, esp the yearbook part LMAO

These punchlines were great. So glad this was 10 minutes. Looking forward to the 30min version!

I'm really glad you're back

As someone who used to tip his toes into photography, this is extremely accurate. So many lenses and so little money (both my own and also the commercial potential). I think I lost my enjoyment of photography right around the time I had to use all of my acquired skills for my PhD to properly film my experiments. I got really good at manually focusing on moving~1mm objects within a couple of seconds using a 40mm or 50mm lens at the expense of actually enjoying using my camera.

5:34 "First I'll delete the app, then I'll punch Mark Zuckerberg in the face" 😂

One of your best videos yet.

This is the best video i’ve seen in a long time

"The best way to earn money as a photographer is by selling your equipment" - I died bro

Dude, you are doing gods work. Some of the best videos on YT.

Love how you mixed techniques and genres. 10/10

lets go i have been waiting for so long for a new video, I'm happy to see you on my recommended page again

Damn, he called me out in 2:30

Creepy, im starting to teach photography class today and needed a video to help. We’ll just watch this every day thanks.

welcome back bro, we missed you alot!

Absolutely hilarious! He's back and he's better than ever! I even enjoyed the opera ad segment, as a person that always skips!