The Most OVERUSED Photography Techniques!

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I love photography and looking at photos, but there are some things I see too much of to properly enjoy. So here are 5 photography techniques that I think get used way too much, and I'd love to hear if you agree or have any others...
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@pll66 5 лет назад

Damn it - my favorite long exposure pano of a waterfall with a replaced golden hour sky doesn't seem so good now.

@Kelkschiz 4 года назад

Hahaha

@KimaniAjamu 4 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@AnkhInfinitus 4 года назад

Just make it an HDR and blow out the colors until it looks like a cartoon.

@thomasliebl9273 4 года назад

Or maybe your creative perspective is amazing in its own right and you should appreciate your photos because you like them instead of what others say :)

@pll66 4 года назад

@@thomasliebl9273 Agreed...but you may have missed the part where I was being sarcastic...it was the whole thing.

@archlich4489 5 лет назад

For real dummies like me, you should show examples of all these. Cheers from Carolina

@wojtekw6040 5 лет назад

C'mon Lumix! He is protecting his future marriage! Give this brave man a lens!

@mapledelight 5 лет назад

Yeah Lunix are you not ashamed to ask for it back. You just look tight. Give the dude the lens.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

hahaha! :)

@ksand6718 2 года назад

@@mapledelight 🤣

@Robstrap 2 года назад

@@mapledelight they’re paying him for the review, giving him a very expensive lens as well means they would give him less money. Idk how many subs he had at the time but the lens could have literally been worth more than what he was being paid.

@anvilcloud 5 лет назад

Good ideas but a photography lesson without examples is a bit weak IMO. Maybe have an example of a good photo without a foreground and a poor one with a foreground. It reminds me of the time that I took a real life class and the instructor discussed composition techniques by waving his hands around.

@ibsoc003 5 лет назад

I think a lot of the time people take principles and turn them into "rules", rather than see them as guidelines and choices. As the saying goes, the principles of photography are "a great servant, but a terrible master".

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

I love that saying :)

@ItsFritzDaCat 5 лет назад

I guess if we don't get a video from you after this we know one of two things happened.. 1. You bought the lens and Emily found out 2. You attempted the RAM upgrade and luck was not on your side Hope to see you next week ;-p

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Hahaha! Send help if there's no upload!

@borderlands6606 5 лет назад

Don't get me started. Okay, over-sharpened photos, pumped up blue skies, exhausting shadow/highlight detail (who cares what's in there?), front to back focus (why?), noise intolerance (a noisy shot never hurt anyone), adding film grain (use film), sensor anxiety.. we'll be here all day.

@Plueschtroll 5 лет назад

Oh yes, over-sharpening... a collegue gave me a shot of which he was very proud of, I just said that something is messing up his edges, they are overshot. Actually, he did that on purpose...

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Videos about some of those coming soon!

@molopez619 5 лет назад

Borderlands it’s definitely all a hot topic!

@zmerc1969 5 лет назад

@They Caged Non i'm pretty much a newbie and very far from being a professional photographer, so can anyone tell me when to know that something has been overdone? i'm constantly thinking about it, and am never sure, so i tend to go back on the slider by 1 or 2 points just in case, but i then think i'm not doing enough, so i then decide to go for what i like. But is there a way of actually knowing?

@zmerc1969 5 лет назад

@They Caged Non thanks for your advice. I prefer the natural look by far and even if I knew how to manipulate a photo with Photoshop, I wouldn't do that and I really try to keep it as I saw it. I'm never convinced inn doing enough or too much

@FrasSmith 5 лет назад

Totally with you on sky replacements. Hate that some software companies make a big thing of it. (Looking at you On1 and Skylum). My feeling is, if you replace the sky, it's no longer really photography.

@pepre7594 5 лет назад

I do agree with this, but, if you replace it, it is still art, different from photography because that's not what the scene looked like but still art. I personally would never do a sky replacement, but it can look cool, even better if you actually take the sky photo

@belgarionbob 4 года назад

I Don't replace the sky and i use Skylum which has a very good sky enhancement

@CahyoPrabowo 4 года назад

wait until your client asking for building / architectural photography, you will need it on those subject

@THEMATT222 4 года назад

The only exeption in my opinion is when the sky is totally blown out

@EnterSpacebar 4 года назад

The moment anything is replaced in a photograph, it's no longer a photograph. Personally, I see a clear delineation between photography and digital art. I have zero respect for people who present or try to pass off digital art as a photograph. It's not only disingenuous, it's borderline forgery. I feel similarly about those photographers who sit there and paint entirely new palettes of colours, patterns, textures into a scene that didn't have any of it. Why not paint the entire thing? Went even bother taking a photo in the first place? There are quite a few successful/famous guys out there who do this on a regular basis, and it grinds my nuts every time I see it. It's almost become a competition between fashion photography which involves a LOT of makeup and "retouching" and landscape photography which is becoming more and more about makeup and retouching. Even worse, a combination of the two - pose a sheila in yoga pants in front of a mountain or whatever it is.. and you've got yourself a Instagram hit. Sigh!

@tjsinva 5 лет назад

Pointing a flashlight at the Milky Way is a bit overdone, assuming that the Milky Way was actually there, of course. 😎 Keep marching to your own drumbeat, I say. Rock on!

@hudster1969 5 лет назад

That is one overused sky background.

@molopez619 5 лет назад

It can be done tastefully. But most of the time, it completely takes away from the Milky Way.

@listonheinz9103 5 лет назад

Yeah, I don’t like people in Astro shots at all. Or in landscape shots either. It’s like “look where I’ve been, dude! In a landscape, can you believe it?!” No need for that, you’re just being annoying now.

@neglectfvlvideos7348 5 лет назад

@@listonheinz9103 in my opinion people are ok in landscape shots bc it can give you a certain feeling about how big for example the waterfall is. Of course, as always don't overuse it. :-)

@Leo_Santisteban 4 года назад

@Soumendranath Baidya Your website is awesome! All your photos are incredible!

@fotomedien 5 лет назад

I think "Top 5" videos are overused as well as people wearing hats indoors. Totally agree with Long exposure as well as golden hour. Thanks for sweating it out to be open and honest.

@martianarts4476 5 лет назад

"I'm gonna make this as quick as possible" *holds box up to camera for 30 straight seconds.* I lol'd.

@GrantSR 5 лет назад

Yeah, I like the guy. But I gotta skip the first minute or three of all his videos.

@Banshun 5 лет назад

Agreed . The foreground is meant to lead the eye to the subject, but if the subject is strong enough then it isn't always needed.

@1957PLATO 5 лет назад

True, but foreground also adds depth, which is good most of the times.

@longliveclassicmusic 5 лет назад

1957PLATO Not if literally almost every photo does so. Everything becomes so cliché and uninteresting based on an overused technique alone.

@osliverpool 5 лет назад

That iMac desktop pic is a good example. A strong bold icy structure, a person to set the scale and provide some eye lead-in, and the expanse of the whole thing being its key feature - foreground would have ruined it

@zmerc1969 5 лет назад

@@longliveclassicmusic i totally agree, and alot of us end up falling into that trap of always doing that particular technique, and in the process, losing out on the creative side of photography. Trying to make a photo interesting, whilst being different is the hardest part, but i find pushing through that difficulty is where the creative side comes out the best. I'm not creative in the way i imagine what i want and create a photo according to what i imagined, but tend to TRY to be creative once i'm at a location. I very often fail though too :(

@GrantSR 5 лет назад

But is it really needed? Does it really do what they say? OR.... did so many authors just repeat it so many times, merely because it sounded good, that we started to believe it on faith alone. Sure, it sounds plausible. But is it more like the "backmasking" mental error where someone plays music backwards and it doesn't sound like anything, but then they tell you what it says, and suddenly you can hear it plain as day, yet it turns out there was nothing really there. You can look at the foreground, and then look at the background and tell yourself, "See. It works." But wouldn't you have looked at the background anyway?

@thegreatvanziniphotos5976 5 лет назад

You are way outside the mainstream. Thank goodness someone is! The photo police are near though.

@molopez619 5 лет назад

The Great Vanzinni! 😂🙌🏽

@ciarancosgrave 5 лет назад

Just before you mentioned golden hour, I was thinking that I'd love to see you do a video about photographing landscapes with the sun high in the sky. Go on, do one. You know you want to.

@rowanforster 5 лет назад

Really good video - one of my favorites from you so far. I definitely catch myself falling into the trap of the "rules to follow" for particular scenes (such as foreground interest and long exposure) and this is a great reminder to always be creative and find unique ways of looking at a scene instead of following the tropes

@henkkaa88 5 лет назад

Two minutes in and I'm already sure Thomas Heaton disliked this video.

@Ironizer 5 лет назад

@mikejankowski6321 5 лет назад

1000 subscribers with only one video - challenge I had a similar thought. I enjoy the photos and videos and insights of both gentlemen. The key takeaway is that the words ALWAYS and NEVER have no place in photographic technique.

@molopez619 5 лет назад

😂😂

@darianj9500 5 лет назад

I was thing more BVS lol

@grootjnr 5 лет назад

Brilliant 🤣😍

@EminenceFrontX5 5 лет назад

Thank goodness that there is another person not sold 100% on golden hour. Golden hour is restroom time.

@molopez619 5 лет назад

Eminence FrontX5 those are fighting words! 😂🙌🏽

@TheRowi62 5 лет назад

"Golden hour is restroom time." Nice. The opposite is the german saying: "Zwischen zwölf und drei hat der Fotograf frei" (Between twelve and three the photographer is free - it's rhyming in English, too)

@JorisHermans 5 лет назад

Agree, especially foreground and golden hour! Even though I love golden hour, for my new video I went out shooting at noon on purpose to challenge myself. Worked out fine and the results are nice... It’s just a matter of adapting and trying out new things. Great video, thanks!

@joannawinterdelgado 5 лет назад

And fun it was!

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Definitely mate! 🙂

@molopez619 5 лет назад

Joris Hermans gotta constantly challenge your creative skills!

@JorisHermans 5 лет назад

Moises Lopez Photography Yep, and it’s easier than a lot of people think. Change is scary for some, I guess?

@zmerc1969 5 лет назад

Would really like to see some of your photos during your videos and your thoughts behind them... maybe when it is cooler to go outdoors

@villageblunder4787 5 лет назад

Yes. Was hoping for a slew of really bad sky replacement shots.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Makes sense Tessa, will do next time :)

@mapledelight 5 лет назад

Oh no you forgot everyone turning skies and lakes teal while making the grass orange. I blame McKinnon and I'm sick of seeing it especially to the extremes it's being used. Good moan mate. Cheers.

@petersmith5821 4 года назад

You really need to come to NZ (In a few years) Where the lakes are teal and the grass is orange (ish)

@angelinacarrasquillo5260 3 года назад

Blame him AND Sawyer Hartman 🙄

@mapledelight 3 года назад

@@angelinacarrasquillo5260 I'm not beautiful or handsome enough to watch Hartman ;) Anyway I'd feel too inadequate if I did. Haha.

@masterstacker2833 2 года назад

"Good fotos are always about subtraction, taking things out of the shot to simplify it and make the message stronger." Wise words.

@danielhenzphotography 5 лет назад

Agree with the forground and especially Golden hour. Sometimes foreground distracts if it is not the subject. And for golden hour, I don't need a rule that says I have to shoot on a certain time. If I want to shoot during the day, I just go and see what I can find. Also, don't angy Emily. She's more important than a new lense.

@TheFunnyCamGuy 5 лет назад

I always hated that "only shoot at golden hour" saying. Like its a plus, especially when going for a certain look. But you can shoot during the day at anytime. I do and always still get amazing shots.

@danielhenzphotography 5 лет назад

@@TheFunnyCamGuy exactly. Maybe you have to work a bit more on your composition or your subject. Even shoot less grand vistas and get closer to the subject. For life, it is just more pleasant and don't have to wait all day till golden hour (or wake up too early).

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Agreed mate! 🙂

@tommynobaka 4 года назад

Golden hour is cool but I don't let that dictate when I get my shots. Just get the right exposure 🤷🏾

@nickmoys22 5 лет назад

Spot on and well said. Unfortunately, you have just summarised the content of most RU-vid landscape photography videos, which rely on cliches rather than creativity.

@FelixHureau 5 лет назад

:what'supguysPeterMcKinnonhere!:

@molopez619 5 лет назад

Creativity and accepting your conditions when out shooting. People tend to want to add more because they aren’t pleased with the conditions they got. It’s just part of the game.

@stephanepost 5 лет назад

I definitely agree that too much of anything gets boring, but think that most (all?) of us, especially as “young” photographers, have phases that we go through that will include overdoing things.With maturity comes moderation. The one thing that stands out to the most among the five things mentioned is “foreground object”. Could be because I absolutely suck at finding interesting ones that match up with my main subject(s) though… 🙄 Thanks for making these awesome videos James and not being shy about your opinions. I might not always agree, but having your ideas, opinions and “ways of doing things” challenged once in a while is always good and will make us all better in the end. I know that I for one, tend to do things a certain way because “that’s the way I’m used to doing things” and “I’m too lazy to change”. 🙂

@markkent294 5 лет назад

Great video James. By the way - RAM is 'Really Amazing Memory'

@trueskatewithsam5275 5 лет назад

Mark Kent something I don’t have 😂

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

haha, cheers Mark!

@grootjnr 5 лет назад

Really awesome memory?

@billb8262 5 лет назад

James, thank you for this. A friend of mine is a pro/am photographer and he travels extensively for 1 great photo. He dedicates a lot of time to it, whereas I'm a local amateur and I have lots of great waterfront opportunities. I have argued with him and others that the water is part of the story, not a distraction. Blurring it just erases part of the story I tell with photos. It's great to hear that others feel the same. Yes, a blurry waterfall can look cool, but it is seen countless times on Instagram as if a first time imagined. Smoothed water under a pier at the ocean is never real and takes a bit away from an ocean sunset for the sake of perceived coolness. I'll keep shooting short exposures to get the shot and things in focus. It's my thing too.

@robertstephens1868 5 лет назад

I’m pleased you raised the issues you did. You have given us much to ponder. Thanks.

@tudora5498 2 года назад

While I personally sometimes shoot long exposures of water, shoot during golden hour or do the occasional pano (because let's be honest, a shot during golden hour tends to look fantastic), I completely agree that these techniques are overused, even more now, over 2 years after your video has been published. Maybe it would be worth to think about why lots of people do this? In the end, I believe that every photographer is trying to get better and one of the ways to do that is trying to work based on proven "recipes". This is probably a normal step in the development of an artist (can be applied to musicians, painters, etc.) and I think that it is ok to learn and use these techniques. However, I also believe that one should then try to develop his/her own individual style and techniques and not allow oneself to get stuck at the "standard" techniques. Basically, what I think I am trying to say is that for someone beginning to shoot photos, it is ok to learn and apply these techniques, but one should always keep an open mind and try to evolve above and beyond these, as they may be recipes for good images but are by far not the only way to get a good image.

@EminenceFrontX5 5 лет назад

Upgrade her ring...then take a great picture using the new lens?!

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Sounds like you've done this before... :)

@twotone3070 5 лет назад

@paganphil100 4 года назад

@@JamesPopsysPhoto : You should play the "guilt card".....first buy her an expensive present and then casually mention that you've just acquired a new lens (she'll feel guilty if she complains) :-)

@iheartchiropractic 5 лет назад

Fantastic discussion. Your points as well as your acknowledgement of potential counterpoints are well thought out. Thank you for taking the time to create this valuable message!

@grantaday 5 лет назад

Loved this video. I think these are all the instagram effect. This was such a refreshing video to watch. One of the reason I enjoy you channel so much, you have your on thoughts and ideas and make them work.

@stuartking4128 5 лет назад

Yup all five have become so popular it has just gotten plain boring.I do honestly think that people in general have lost the ability to think for themselves instead of putting their own stamp on an image they feel obligated to copy what appears to be in fashion.I find it far more rewarding to try and capture what I'm seeing at that moment in time,now that is something to aim for!'Art for arts sake'.

@blackislepeastoo 5 лет назад

You may be right but I think there is more than a slight element of photographers looking for more 'likes' by following the accepted norms when posting to pages followed by photographers rather than the general public.

@alex-chicago-80 5 лет назад

I personally agree with everything you said. Those techniques are great for certain situations. It's knowing when and how to use them that makes the difference.

@thewildsilence4097 4 года назад

Good sense, well presented without being preachy. Subbed. Thanks James - excellent video!

@harrykitch9239 5 лет назад

Loved your points. When I started out I thought smooth water was a mistake because that's not what i saw on site. Still feel that way - I only own a 4 stop ND filter for really bright scenes and have only used it 2-3 times in years. I do shoot panoramas to get a sense of place but then try to focus on a specific subject. Great video. Thanks for your humor and insights.

@FLORAMORAITINI 5 лет назад

James thank you so much for the wonderful video. My opinion is that you are such an authentic person and having shown me another path is great, cause I agree with your 5 points. So much is fake in our era. As for the heat, unfortunately worst times are ahead of all of us. Look what is going on in Alaska. Thanks again, Flora

@sabiezaide5242 5 лет назад

Another solid video! Perhaps in the future you can show more photo examples? Like when you talk about how photos without foreground or interesting photos with harsh light, you can show examples of what these kind of photos may look like. That'd be great!

@molopez619 5 лет назад

Sabie Zaide sounds like a great video to be made!

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Will do! Thanks :)

@meredithpottery 5 лет назад

Really wonderful. Thank you, james.

@slowlyrusting4044 5 лет назад

I was sitting in my favorite chair watching your vlog and realized that the hour was getting late and I still had to replace the sky on my 2 minute exposure of the breaking surf that I "shot" at golden hour...

@greysuit17 5 лет назад

This was very helpful and encouraging. Simple ways to push your photography past what may be over used. Thanks for the ideas!

@ChrisMeuzelaar1 5 лет назад

Hi James, would love a review on the imac, my PC with Premiere elements is getting old and I'm thinking of making the switch to Final Cut

@07wrxtr1 5 лет назад

Instant Gratification / Instant Feedback. Now/Me/I/Selfishness/Narcissism. This is why. Some of us will chase a composition for 10-15-20 years and then will ONLY share it once they have the shot they are happy with and proud of; While others share everything all the time, thus the over saturation of mediocrity. This is why twitter, instagram, fb and others have worn everyone out. There's communication and then there's meaningful and effective communication that leads to thought provoking contemplation.

@PerverseMilk 5 лет назад

I've only used sky replacement once and it was cause i wanted a shot of the night sky over a small town i was staying at. Any attempts to catch both resulted in an over exposed town or under exposed night sky. So what i did was wait a few hours til the portion of the sky i wanted was high above me, shot that, then put it in instead of the sky that was present at the time. In my mind it was more of a party trick than an outright deception as it is what the shot would have looked like had the camera been capable of doing it in the first place.

@Ulrich.Bierwisch 5 лет назад

RAM is easy to explain. I found this in the glossary of a software: RAM: Random Excess Memory. Unfortunately, it was the software I was working on as developer and it was already published this way. (Got us some laughter)

@brabs2754 5 лет назад

Ulrich it’s ok that way in New Zealand bro ...

@Milan_Kostek 5 лет назад

Dear Ulrich, random ACCESS memory, of course. Excess has quite a different meaning. Or you may had been working on some REM?

@lylestavast7652 5 лет назад

doesn't every developer see memory as excess and to be used ? lol

@sharonleibel 5 лет назад

Love your tips and suggestions. I find myself using golden hour pretty much, and I am going to take this tip and the others as something to pay attention to!

@TRISTRAMY 5 лет назад

Loved this, such great practical advice, just get out there and take pictures!

@cicco5833 4 года назад

Taking elements out to make a simpler shot. Best advice ever. Cheers

@inseries5494 5 лет назад

So glad to hear a real photographer spelling the beans! I never understood this obsession with foreground subject; I feel those gurus bring, along with photo gear, some stuff to pose as foreground interest, I have a hunch that Amazon.com and Bhp are in the process of selling "professional-grade foreground subjects" to help photographers achieve greatness. Fully agree with you regarding long-exposure of water

@deanwoolnough9761 5 лет назад

Ha ha, James I thought I was gonna disagree with you when you first said golden hour. But then I heard your explanation and I actually agree, lol. Can’t believe you didn’t say “No 6, being a landscape photographer and believing you should always use a tripod!” 😁

@TheFunnyCamGuy 5 лет назад

I rarely use a tripod when shooting landscapes haha. Only really do it when im doing long exposures and i rarely do that too. I guess its the portrait shooting side in me that doesnt like using a tripod haha.

@deanwoolnough9761 5 лет назад

Especially knowing how much you hate tripods 😉🤣

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

😂 I thought there was a danger of me banging on about it too much!

@deanwoolnough9761 5 лет назад

James Popsys ha ha, never. Never ever! 😂😂

@timoscheltes3983 5 лет назад

I sometimes use panorama's to get a wider shot then possible with the lens I've got on me at the time by making a rectangular panorama, this way I can get pretty detailed wide shots with my 50mm.

@Trailrider6 5 лет назад

I really like this video, your opinion in photography, which I agree with, gives me more confidence in just shooting for my story not just trying to get everything like others. Great video.

@j6pixphotography502 5 лет назад

My first time watching. Quality video, actually made me laugh out loud. Totally agree with golden hour, I have shot so much of it and I'm a little disappointed with the overpowering effect you describe. You've got an instant subscriber. Great work, keep em' coming

@MrDziuka 4 года назад

Very good, spot on in my opinion and I enjoyed it.

@koosfranken6115 5 лет назад

Food for thought indeed. Thanks

@niallboylephotography 5 лет назад

Jp you legend! Great tyo hear your comments about golden hour. The prevailing wisdom seems to be, if you dont take your photos during golden hour they will be SH1£. This wisdom has prevented me from going out to take photos during the day for years. But there are sooooo many other photos that can be taken well OUTSIDE of golden hour. Well done you.

@BarryWardPhoto 5 лет назад

Absolutely cracking video.... You read my mind!

@davidellinsworth22 5 лет назад

When doing a long exposure test shots are taken first (I often do a 5 frame bracket - I don't use grads - seeing as the camera is on the tripod) so you've essentially got the regular photo for that long exposure anyway. You can work a long exposure to give you the maximum from a composition.

@JBlum2014 3 года назад

THANK YOU!!! It's so refreshing to hear a photographer of your caliber say you don't like the long exposure of water. With so many people showing their photos with that effect, I thought I was the only person in the world who didn't like it.

@wachmy5422 5 лет назад

Agree with them all-glad to hear someone else say what I’ve been thinking!

@jlutubelogin 5 лет назад

Agree with all but heading on that way is ICM (Intentional Camera Movement). Why would I spend £2000 for a sharp Leica lens, just to wobble it around to get a blur ?

@nicolinogiangiordano1680 5 лет назад

WHAT A VIDEO, JAMES!!! Every single syllable you uttered was spot on!! At least, In my opinion. It was a joy to watch. So, thank you for saying those things for all of us hobby, amateur newbie photographers. Stuff we NEEDED to hear. My favourite of the five was the analogy that shooting at 'golden hour' was shooting into an empty net. Classic! Buying a new LUMIX lens without telling your wife? It'll be hard to ask for her forgiveness after she's caved your head in! DON'T DO IT!

@FlyNAA 4 года назад

As a newbie, this video is good food for thought about what makes for a consistently worthy technique, vs. a gimmick, in terms of the context of who it's seen by and how often it's seen. Some of the items in the video are familiar to me, while others I hadn't heard of until now. And I think of how nice oversaturated blue and orange sunset landscape shots have been in my memory, but then the thought of seeing landscape shots that are ONLY like that, reveals that that goes against my default concept of what a landscape looks like. It's like dessert toppings vs. the whole dessert.

@smokejumperhg 5 лет назад

Good luck with upgrading the Ram! My 10-25mm just arrived on Friday it’s like Christmas come early.

@VieuxBat 5 лет назад

how about HDR !!! I would put that instead of long exposure (at least long expo has some poetry). I get your point about it, personally I do long exposure but only if the water is not my main subject and gets in the way of my main one (sunken boat/pier/...).

@daniellejudd3359 5 лет назад

HDR is 99.9% awful. Ridiculous technique and totally misused. Agreed.

@davidmichael8880 5 лет назад

What don't you like about hdr?

@lylestavast7652 5 лет назад

@@davidmichael8880 it's never really the HDR, it's the wild tonemappings...

@VieuxBat 5 лет назад

@@davidmichael8880 it become very quickly unaesthetic.

@daniellejudd3359 5 лет назад

Nearly always looks fake. Just horrible. Can’t believe it was a huge trend not long ago. Wasn’t good.

@annor5725 Год назад

James, you nailed it!

@TeaJayPhotography 5 лет назад

Great episode! I have one addition: Adding things to photos that make them instantly look fake but pretending it was shot that way. Like a moon filling half of an image taken with a wide angle lens.

@paulosullivan7197 4 года назад

James you make such compelling points even if they are just your opinions - which I concur with!

@tomgruitt6563 4 года назад

Would you be happy with digital ND filters on Lightroom for skies?

@this12006 4 года назад

I totally agree I’m so tired of smooth water photos ! I like most of your videos they seem very helpful , and i like the subjects you talk about .

@madhatter5045 5 лет назад

When you say you don't like sky replacement are you including things like exposure blending?

@ivangalea8628 5 лет назад

Great video. I 100% agree with your comments on sky replacement!!

@ruudmaas2480 5 лет назад

I agree with alll of your remarks. But perhaps its now the main stream. And i believe the main stream will change. Personal preferences never change😊😊

@SomeonewithaSony 5 лет назад

Great perspective James. Agree with most but have to admit I love LE water and waterfalls. Cheers

@TheFunnyCamGuy 5 лет назад

Love these tips man! I agree with you so much on this and have been not doing these as much as I use to when i first started. And omg preach on the sky replacements and compositions. Sooo overdone on Instagram. Creates a false misconception in the beauty of nature. Whenever i do use foreground, i only use it to frame, not add to the photo. Every once in awhile i will but the main focus is to frame a subject. And i hate the saying "only shoot in golden hour". Yea it creates nice light, but there is so many other opportunities to capture amazing photos and tell a different story during other times of the day and its not that hard to do like the "harsh light" crybabies complain about haha. Very rarely do I forcefully go out during golden hour. If im there, im there. I feel like people are too focused on just creating a pretty picture and not telling a story behind/with that picture.

@wietsescheyving 5 лет назад

Make a video of you replacing the ram..... love the content!

@molopez619 5 лет назад

Wietse Scheyving I’m down with that idea! Lol

@renepeterse1884 5 лет назад

I love zooming in to the violent splashing water of a big waterfall with as short an exposure as possible. Freeze that water splatter. Beautiful. No long exposure. I keep that for indoors and stuff like nothernlights. The movement of water is extremely fascinating.

@bencushwa8902 5 лет назад

I got started doing nautical/sailing photography, and I wholly agree with you about long exposures being overused for water. I love capturing sparkles and ripples and waves, none of which work at all with long exposures. If I am doing a long exposure of water, I try to keep it composed in such a way that you wouldn't see much detail in the water anyways. I have a shot that I took overlooking the water and the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu at sunrise; it's a long enough exposure to capture some of the lights of cars on the road and streak them out, but not so long that the water becomes flat. I think it worked out well. I like working with early or late day light because its more horizontal, but it's not magic, you can still get harsh lighting just like you often do at midday. Overexposed at golden hour is still overexposed.... Great video. Hope it cools off soon. And good luck with the RAM.

@PHM00 5 лет назад

Thanks for the free photography coaching, great work as always and keeps me motivated to do more.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Great to hear mate :)

@AndreRees 5 лет назад

What lens do you use for this RU-vid video? Thanks in advanced

@FakeNews_Ignored 5 лет назад

This is the first time I agreed with you 100%. Nice video. 😀👍👍👍

@TonyNeat 5 лет назад

I remember when my shiny new iMac desktop screen looked that uncluttered. Oh how I pine for those days 😆 Agreed with all of your points, one of my best images was taken on a boiling hot cloudless day in the city centre. I never expected to come away with anything but you've got to ignore the 'rules' now and then 😉

@lylestavast7652 5 лет назад

windows has a display setting where you can toggle off the icon displays. I do that and open the folder all the icons are in via a shortcut from the bottom task bar when I need it... makes life less visually confusing for me.

@wegarnett 5 лет назад

I feel that you lose the power of the water in a waterfall when you have to blur and smooth it all the time. It just looks fake to me.

@danielg.4453 5 лет назад

Great video, James, as always! However, allow me to give one critique: I think this video may have been made much better with example pictures to illustrate why these techniques sometimes lead you astray / why it is sometimes great to not use them. Cheers from Germany and kept up the great work!

@Go4tweaks 5 лет назад

Thanks for the goldenlight one. I've never thought about it that way.

@sergioc.p.7845 5 лет назад

Hi James!, you make me think about the Golden Hour. Good point of view. Thanx!

@artjohnson01 5 лет назад

Those long exposures on flowing water have been driving me nuts. AND I totally agree with you about the blue sky enhancements. HOWEVER, it does seem to me that on a nice day with beautiful blue sky, the camera doesn’t do justice to the sky. Am I making this up? I tend to remember a bit brighter sky than what the camera shows me. Your thoughts?

@jrd33 3 года назад

If the sky in your photo isn't as blue as you remembered, well, that's what post-processing is for :-)

@deniselisboa1 4 года назад

I totally get the long exposure thing.. i love so much how reflective water is, it gives such a nice effect and people wipe it off without even trying to play with it

@kemerthomson 5 лет назад

Bravo! I’m glad someone said these things. All of them, but the one about golden hour has been bugging me for some time. I just returned from a trip for which one of my goals was to shoot a mountain peak at ... dawn. The first day I got up really early to make it up to my 10,000 foot vantage point, but clouds on the horizon obliterated any “epic” dawn light. I did get dramatic clouds rolling over the peak . The second day I got the “epic” golden light on a stunningly clear mountain face: perfect for one of those inspirational posters they hang in offices (maybe titled, “It’s easier to ask fo forgiveness. than to seek permission...”). Guess which is the picture with a story to tell? So, your point is well taken.

@robertj5156 5 лет назад

Great vid as usual...I agree with the Golden Hour stuff...I get to shoot for an hour 3 days a week at Noon...I have learned so much trying to make it work...plus I hate grids in IG that all look the same. 👍🏻

@archeryandstuffwithstevela3423 4 года назад

A pet peeve of mine is the bokeh thing, wide aperture lenses and blurred backgrounds in portraits. I said something about this to someone the other day, and he argued that it was a compositional tool. I think, if you don’t like your background, move your subject. Cheers! Love your work!

@JamesPopsysPhoto 4 года назад

Thanks Steve! 🙂

@meletispix 5 лет назад

I agree with your assessment however the reason these techniques are popular is because they often make shots more interesting. Using these as a crutch and as the default is problematic and makes us less creative so I’d say use all the techniques you have in your bag to make the best image you can. 👌🏼

@leumasphotography3669 4 года назад

Harsh mid-day light can be great for my B&W. I think you can always use the conditions, whatever they are.

@aaronmoore9417 5 лет назад

Great video again James. I definitely default to some of these techniques myself (other than sky replacement) but appreciate your take on the subject. I’m off to Queenstown in a few weeks so I’ll try to challenge myself to try different things.

@JamesPopsysPhoto 5 лет назад

Ahh what a place, have fun!

@swansong007 5 лет назад

"I'm not even sure what RAM is " lol subscribed. !!!. Btw totally agree with your 5 over used technics. especially blurred creamy water.

@gillyb44 5 лет назад

Thanks James, my pet hate is long exposures so long the water looks like cotton wool balls around the rocks ! I find an exposure of 1/4 to 1 sec hand held is great with my Olympus.

@grat2010 5 лет назад

100% agree about golden hour. I'm afraid to say that out loud in my photog group (would be shunned for such blasphemy!)and was ever so glad to hear you mention it. Good luck with the RAM!

@Mathpjaneuf 5 лет назад

I've try once when I was in Maine last week and it was... Too soon too fast. I did pulled out some crazy stuff but meh. The only good thing is that there no one out there at this time in the morning :D

@rocheuro 3 года назад

3:43 - it's so true! it's the same with design, and film and photography, art in general! people try to do too much, overdoo things and the truth is that most beautiful are just plain simple (but very refined) and planned and composed - and so on ;)

@momchilyordanov8190 5 лет назад

I really like the picture on your desktop. That's all I took form the whole video :)

@Twa-Dags 5 лет назад

Absolutely agree with you re foreground interest, all too often it looks really contrived. A strong image is a strong image, it doesn't need a random pebble in front of it.

@davegellatly8974 5 лет назад

Entertaining as ever. Love the opinions on 10 stopping every piece of water and foregrounds, I was chuckling away to myself on some of the other vloggers that would be having heart attacks on hearing your thoughts. On the RAM upgrade, have you not just screwed up your warranty, by taking a screwdriver to your brand new computer!!!!!! DON'T mention it to Emily lol.