Good light, bad light photography critique 

Please do more of these videos! I don’t know anything about professional photography and it’s so interesting seeing you explain how some of these photos could be better.

I hope you do another one of these but for landscape photos!

Hey Omar! The photo at 9:02 was my dog! Thanks for the review and the tips. I was just lucky he loves looking out that window to find his mom which gave me the good lighting. I was worried I wouldn’t get the eye and nose in focus but next time I’ll give 2.8 a try. Ps. You are my favorite RU-vidr. Many thanks from Canada

Hi Omar. I know you said great composition for the baby picture, but we don’t even know what he was playing...

Just excellent - I'm not particular into portraiture, but watched it because I love your presentational style....and I picked up a lot of useful tips for the odd time I do portraits. Another super vid

You are a portrait pro. One of the best critiques I have seen.

Ehi Omar, cheers from Italy 🙏🏼 18:55 That's my photo! Thank you for your comments, I really appreciate it! I had no reflector, I shot it in the shadows and she was standing on a white blanket so that's what maybe reflected the light. I really appreciated the comment on the white of the eye, I'll pay attention to it! Sometimes it's just a bit difficult because my girlfriend gets shy ahah. Great video! Loved all the tips and tricks.

That's the BEST lecture about light I've ever seen on YT. Thanks, thanks, thanks.

Wow portraiture is a whole different ball game. It's what intimidates me the most about photography. A lot of great tips in this video

Your thoughts on how to improve each of these shots are priceless! Very pragmatic, easy to understand, it really helps !

Amazing tutorial! I really like that you are giving tips based on actual photos, not just talking. It helped a lot and thank you so much!

I know that you know and you don't need me to say it, but I’m going to say it anyway because this is America and I can say whatever I want, you’re very good Omar, really good.

Thank you. University of Omar. 👍😊

This is one I’ll want to watch again.

This was a fantastic video! I'm new to photography and love these videos far more that fanboy gear reviews!! You are easily becoming my favorite RU-vidr! More vids like this please. Also I loved how you fixed that picture of the girl with heart hands. A video on how to recover/touch up almost good pictures would be great. Thanks!

Very helpful video at a time when so many of us are locked indoors!

Can I just say , I love your creative way of constructive criticism. You give amazing feedback and I’ve only watched 2 videos and I’ve learned so much from you .

You're a great teacher Omar. It's all about the light dude.

More videos like this please! I'm still working on how to find good light;)

This video is three years old, so no one will see this, so this is just me commenting into the vapor of the night. I totally understand where Omar is coming from. However, as a portrait artist (oil painter) the added shading depth and color from the environment of the "bad" photo in the thumbnail is exactly what I want, and what I go for when I shoot reference photography. The "good light" image is incredibly flat, to the point where I wouldn't paint from it. It would be a bad painting. The setups that Omar is going for appear to minimize the aspects that a painter wants to capture. I thrive on those subtle color changes that bother Omar. If a figure is in shadow but I can discern a blue cast from the sky I get giddy. A bounce light from green grass or a red brick path? Oh my god, hold me back! What I think it amounts to is that having a lower contrast image may be the goal or byproduct of a portrait photographer's style or workflow, but that end goal is exactly what portrait painters will point out in novice's work as something that needs to be fixed. I find that interesting. Perhaps the higher contrast image is not preferred by the photographer because they cannot - without serious photo editing - easily change the harshness or contrast of shadows and the painter can. Personally, I prefer the contrast and color variations in all cases, be it photography or paintings, but that's just me. Enjoy this three year old comment, nobody. :)

Brilliant. Instructive and entertaining, TVM.

Omar, you can't get any better!

So many tips and tricks for an amateur like me to unpack here. I need to watch it a few times.

Thanks. Please do more of these.

You are the best Please make the part 2

The "Bad" picture is much better than the "good" one, because the girl looks better. It is a confusion of the mind, because you have to understand what you are photographing, whether you are photographing a girl or whether you are trying to catch good light. well, you can't get both. It's a problem for photographers, because photographers see it technically and then forget what the goal is. You can end up with very bad pictures, thinking those are good , if you think too much about the light.

Great video.............as usual! Learnt a lot.

Thank you omar for the critique i appreciate it, soon i will submit some photo using my Fuji xt30.

Looove this and your sense of humor!

Omar, for color temperature using the temperature color checker on the white of the eye of your subject , gives usually an accurate temperature value

Super helpful video. Learning a lot from how you analyze these.

What an amazing video. In addition to your photography skills, you have great teaching chops. Your strategy of talking about a skill (using good light), what you see in the photo and also what might be next for the person in their growth is superb teaching. Bravo!

Superb video. Waiting eagerly for part II

Omar this is so helpful! It really is easy to understand and progress. We have been saturated with gear stuff (albeit useful), but now we want to improve as photographers with the gear we have. Thank you. You have hit on a niche formula: pro advice, humour, and variety.

The snow shot😍😍😍 i loved it😍

Great video as always. I felt like I was back in school . . . but actually learning something useful and having fun:)

Great video Omar, looking forward for another one

Remember, everyone's looking at a slightly (or greatly) different monitor. It's a problem there's no easy answer to, except perhaps have people watch their histograms. I consider the boy with goats the best shot overall, simply because it's the most interesting to me, and could be part of a photojournalism piece (even if a tad soft). But I understand the subject at hand is lighting. Cool fact: Stanley Kubrick usually shot with "existing" light and avoided stage lights. On sets with windows like The Shining or the first part of Full Metal Jacket, he'd often cover the outside of the windows with paper and shine stage lights at them, so the actors were lit by light coming through the windows. And of course, many scenes in Barry Lyndon were actually shot in candlelight, something thought impossible at the time. The room at the end of 2001, Dave is lit entirely from the floor.

Great video, very useful.

Thanks Omar, great tips!

Oh man. That picture with the man from Pakistan... I really love it! I love how those collors combine and their contrast. I love that shadow on the man face which is aslmost like a scar on his face, but at the same time suggest that is somewhere in the nature in his own element. It is a photojournalistic photo and all of this elements to me sugest reality and not a pose. GREAT ONE! Blue sky, orange fields, green jaket, redish turban and tone of the face. Amazing!👍👍👍

I loved the fisherman pic, wouldnt have wanted him to change it!

One of your best videos, Omar. And that’s a not easy to say because the majority of your work is great.

Thanks Omar, a few pros do what you do. Much appreciated!

this was very helpful, i really appreciate the tips and im going to be working on them on my days off!

yes it was very very helpful, thank you so much!

dude i freaking love you !!! thank you for these videos. So helpful and funny. Im currently learning photography :)

Great video. I will definitely use the tip about posing and SS being double the focal length.

Amazing and well done! discovering you late but enjoying you!

Thank you for sharing. I learnt a lot.

Excellent elaborated educating presentation. Thank you.

Wonderful video. I love how you give comments on the photos. As you point out what should be improved in the photos, I kinda understand more about lighting

Very helpful. Thank you Omar

THX Omar, great discussion & learning points for us to see & adapt ..

Nicely done, good comments. Learned from it!

Thank you so much - this was great and I learned quite a lot. PLEASE do more of these. Much appreciated.

oh Omar, you hit the nail on the head. Like me, you have two not so old kids. Brutal. Our schools are closed for 3 weeks and I bet they don't go back this year. What a mess. Stay strong, chaver

I love your energy and humor. Haha. Your analysis is so spot on i learnt a lot thankssss

Any photo: Omar: so what you could use is a REFLECTOR

You can feel Omars disapontment of those poor photos.

Thank you so much for these insightful critiques!!! I watched it many times !

Loved your little nuggets of wisdom! Thanks so much.

I have trouble telling the difference between bad and good light. I found this video very helpful. Thank you.

that before and after is amazing!

This is a great video. Thank you!

This video was so fun to watch, I learned a lot, good tips. Hope I can improve my photo skills. Regards from Chile.

Great video. ❤ Thank you

Great explanation here 🤩 thanks so much

Hello Omar, i really enjoyed this one and i would appreciate you doing more of this kind of videos. I feel like i learned a lot. For my taste these could be like 10-15min every few weeks.

This is awesome! I learned so much from this. I’m glad you provided true actual critiques so we can learn what to look for.

Awesome video, and I learned a lot! Keep them coming!

Great video! Thanks for all tips

3 minutes into this video and you blew my mind! I have so may photos that had "good" light, but just seemed off... guess I will be buying a reflector soon.

Super helpful! Thank you…now following you.

That photo at 21:30-ish!! That IS a great photo!!

Super helpful. (As an indoor project, the current self-isolation may be an opportunity for photographers to work on assembling photo books.)

Great video! Kudos to the photographers brave enough to be critiqued! I'm amazed at how relatively minot tweaks can make aa photo pop. Thanks for making!

Do more of these videos!

Loved this presentation. I love all your videos. Thank you.

I'm an introvert too, and I don't mind being endorsed! Ahem!

Wow, that was good, thank you!

Spectacular Omar, learn a lot and have fun at the same time! Love your personality and manor! Keep up the great work 😊

Hi Omar! Thank you man

Really enjoy your video ..thanks Omar..

I think skin color and shades in a photo is a matter of preference. I mean, I could see nothing wrong with the first photo of the girl with reddish light reflection. It looked fine to me. Both of them actually looked good to me. Light is good as long as photo shows what you want to see and bad if it does not what you want to see. Thank you for the video. I learned something new today.

Really good video….very well made. Thank you.

Loved this video, lots of pics reviewed and quick critiques

I really enjoy your video, very helpful. Thank you for your sharing.

This video is one to come back to after I've learned more about light, because in your first example the bad light looks better to me, it's warmer. The second looks cleaner and whiter, but too cold.

Learned so much from this 🙏

Wow, this Video is amazing. These Infos help me a lot for my Future portrait photographing to keep in Mind. I like, that you are Not talking about a lot of theoretical stuff but give Short and precise suggestions and Tips how to improve Light, frame or model compositions. Keep Going!

The first portrait example - well the one without reflector loooks way more 3 dimensional and interesting, and bouncing so much light made her look flat

Love your "staring into the horizon" comment! You're a nut (in a good way)! Got a nice chuckle from that one LOL! Great videos! Thanks!

really good lessons !!! thx Omar :) i miss u and my fuji xt-1 :P

It‘s just a pleasure to watch your videos, Omar. Thank you so much! Will practice right away with my kids and wife :) Regards from Germany

This was great. Being stuck at home I’ve been taking the time to delve into more technical aspects of photography and other areas, to hopefully bring into the shots I’ll be taking once we’re out there again and there were several nuggets of wisdom here I’ll be taking.

Really appreciate fot your pronunciation and vocal quality 😍🤘🏿

Very informative Omar, subscribed!

Thanks a lot. Your channel is really useful for me who new into photography. This is really like an excellent training class ...

I always love critique videos