Thank you for not charging to genuinely serve our industry! You’re incredible!!!

I like how clean and straight to the point this was! Good Job!

Another reason why images can come out soft, could just be from incorrect technique, from people not locking in focus by pressing the shutter button halfway before taking the photo. On smart phones it's not really an issue (as long as you don't move), but on cameras it can be. Trust me I did that myself too.

I love how straight to the point your videos are! New favorite channel

i truly appreciate you and all your knowledge. thank you for being so kind.

By now I've done every last one of these! Thank you so much for sharing these tips!

Amazing explanation.. Straight to the point without any drama.

Thank you so much Katelyn! This is so helpful! 😄

This is a very helpful video for us "video guys" who want to learn more about how to pew pew with our cameras :) Thanks!

such a useful video, wow. thanks!

This is was so helpful!!!!

Can't stress enough how usefull this video is. I used to press the shutter like a BEAST, and that was my main error, thank you !

Thank you so much for this and all your wonderful content ❤

thank you KJ for the great tips

This is awesome..and HELPFUL!

Your video quality is so awesome! Tyler is a beast!

Love this! Also, the background in this video is really nice :)

Earlyyyy crowd! Adore you Katelyn and all you do for others 🥰💗

Hello there, love your style, lots of great info's... I have so much to learn... Congrats.

I absolutely love your videos and this one really hit home for me. I really appreciate your simplistic way of describing issues. One thing I really struggle with is wildlife photography focusing through trees to get that bird shot without the branch being in focus but the bird not. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work….. PS, love my R6

Thanks for sharing your experience with great comments & suggestions... video is very interesting and helpful.as I am only a hobbyist but sharp images are important on whatever I shoot...I also find heat haze can affect your image sometimes... cheers from Australia 😀

Awesome advice, hoping you make a video for understanding back button focus. I’m having a difficult time back button focusing as opposed to shutter button focusing.

I love your videos! I really wish it was possible to take an actual course with you!. You have a real gift for teaching. I'm a bulldozer operator that loves taking photos. I'd love to be confident enough to make a hobby business in boudoir photography to uplift people, and of course take quality photos of the equipment I operate and projects. Maybe one day!! I definitely plan to take in all I can from your videos. Thank you

Love this.

This is really helpful thank you!

Thank you. Very helpful, as I’m trying to sharpen my pictures.

wonderful tips

I would love to see the bts of the creation of this video. I love your lighting here.

Great tips thank again!

This was vary helpful thanks 🙏🏾

Sooo good. Thank you

Again, Excellent!

Thank you for sharing, shutter speed is deffo the most common one.

Great vid - my own experience is that once I moved up to more capable cameras I had to let go of two anxieties ... don't be afraid of higher ISO's ... don't be afraid of slower shutter speeds (if you have good stabilization). In my early shooting days I used to try to shoot everything at ISO100 for max quality (anything over 200 the quality was markedly reduced) ... this made my options for aperture and shutter speed very limited. Now I can shoot at up ISO1000 and with 50mp of detail available I can use faster shutter speeds and narrower apertures with confidence ... this gives me way more chance of nailing focus.

Good tips. I sold an 85mm f/1.4 and the buyer asked if there was a problem with the focus calibration. I referred them to a video like this one.

Great information sis!! GOD bless!! 📷

Great contents. Practical tips.

I have a real issue with some photos not being in focus and don't know why. I will definitely look at all these issues thank you x

Excellent

Wow...my brain is officially broken. I knew that the plane of focus goes backward, but for some reason, I hvaen't been applying that to my group shots!!! I was just upping my aperture but still focusing on the main or middle subject, without considering where those on the edges might be. HUGE forehead-slapping moment, thank you!!

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Thank you really for you explanation it's really help us a lot. if it possible can you add photo for each thing you explain so people who depend on visual memory will be it easier for them to get the idea and remember it.

Hi Katelyn! Thanks for this video! Can you elaborate on how back button focus is connected to focus/recomposing? I’m unclear about how it is more helpful for focus/recomposing than using the shutter button.

Yup - well worth a watch. I'm an old school, single point, back button, shooter. It works. ✅ 😀

I’m not a photographer but I love taking picture and I have this problem all the time. It’s good to know various cause of why my photos are not sharp. Btw I shoot 1.2 f which probably is my main reason why isn’t sharp.

Thanks ! Good video ! Just had this problem today with my Vivitar 28-210mm (on Canon M50ii) came home cleaned the lens and will see if things are fine ?! Been shooting with this lens as its become my favorite ! Yet must focus in Manual which isnt all that bad ?! Everything works. In reverse !

Great, will share ;)

Great video, I love all the KJ videos! Since I moved to the canon eosR my 50mm 1.8 (with lens adapter) has been giving me grief. I feel like even with an aperture of 3.5 the depth of field seems too shallow. I sent it to canon and they didn’t find a problem with it. I’m starting to wonder if I’m crazy! It was never an issue on my 6D though. Any thoughts?

Top Video 👌 u could add mechanical shutter as cause at lower shutter speed specific to higher mp cameras , solution is to use Electronic First Curtain.

Helpful, thank you! Suggest adding examples.

Katelyn, my suggestion is to go into Lr and click on Library, once you're in Library mode, click Library from the top menu, then click plug-in extras, then select show focus points, then click on the highlighted image, this will show you were you focused for the shot.........hope this helps

wow again another awesome video! bye!

Hi! I’m new to photography, and your videos are always incredibly helpful. The last reason you mentioned of the focus not being in the right spot.. What is the list of reasons as to why the focus is not in the right spot? I have taken numerous shots where the shoulder or grass etc is in focus, but it’s not exactly where I need it to be. Where do I start on figuring out how to solve this issue?

This is very helpful. One thing that I wish you could also make a video is of exposing correctly for a shot. How do I know if it is properly exposed? I believe you said you were going to a course more for beginners? Any prediction as to when we can expect it?!

I love the eye tracking on my new R6 but sometimes it's better to manual focus.

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I just got an R6 but haven’t upgraded my lenses yet so I’m using an adapter. I shot 2 days and shots looked beautiful but now I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. I attempted to turn off eye tracking and I think that’s where things started going downhill for me. I made some setting adjustments and also switched back to One Shot instead of Servo and it’s a lil better but not what it was. I don’t even know where to start in getting things back to where I had them 🤦🏼‍♀️

Good video but I would of also mentioned about are you using uv filters and are they cheap or expensive ones.

Great tips and yes, don't lick the lens! Also, use a tripod. Does the double lens length rule still hold true if using a tripod? Anyone know what focal length is the sharpest on a Nikon 70-300mm lens? I'm guessing about half way which would be 185mm??? I heard in the forums that it's pretty sharp but over 200-300mm it gets softer.

This is helpful. I currently have a canon 50 mm 2.8 that's not sharp anymore. It was sharp before but now all of my images from it are soft. My other lens is perfectly fine. So, I'm trying to figure out what to do.

Is there a video on plane of focus? I defiinitely need more information on that.

Hi, you said a lot regarding the plane of focus and getting everyone in focus. However, I didn’t quite understand where you focus precisely? I’ve been struggling with this for months. If you have ten people lined up and the person closest to me is the 10th person on my right-hand side, however, the subjects are in the middle, am I required to focus on the person closest to me, which will be the 10th subject? Maybe I understood it wrong.

Very helpful Thank you

Correct me if I'm wrong : I get what you mean when using a prime lens. As an intermediate photographer moreso than a beginner ; When using the shutter speed thats double the focal length using a telephoto lens are you speaking about setting it to where the telephoto is set at that time ? Do you mean the telephoto's complete focal length? I hope I'm making sense , because this has always been confusing to me. 2. If the image seems too dark , I guess it's best to lighting it in post production ? Only speaking for myself , I have problems when shooting using the correct shutter at times if I need more light ( If I don't have any artificial lighting ) because the image ends up grainy if I push the ISO up or change the F-stop when I do not want the background sharp. This is my top issue . I typically wash your videos and try to apply the sample principles to my family photography . I don't shoot weddings, I've tried to get into weddings as a 2nd shooter, but I never get the guide and instruction I need in order to soar in my skillet and confidence. Family is a bit more slower paced and helps me to watch out for the details without all the wedding day pressure since I've been though a lot of pro and so-called pro photographers who do not help me , help them and learn . Thus far I haven't come across anyone on YT that explains the photo world as concise as you without the extra unnecessary fluff. If you are showing and telling its needed and I like that! I ;oiled at your wedding video several times and pretend its a family session . ☺

I love your videos too. I bought the R6 Mark2 based on your videos and the 28-70 f2! I love looking at the pictures you take...BUT>>> It would be a lot more help if you would put your AF setting on the pictures because that is what I struggle with the most. Seeing the picture and then understanding the focusing info would be VERY VERY helpful. Please include that information. Thank you.

Hello. I have the Canon 5D Mark IV... Am I able to move the focus wherever I want or do I have to focus and recompose? I've never done it that way, only used the focus spots, but I want to be more creative in my composition.

I bought a used 85mm Canon 1.2 L lens and the focus ring is very loose. Can I go in and set the camera not to allow manual focusing to avoid the ring moving while shooting and risking missing focus? As you probably know this is an expensive lens brand new upwards of $2,000 & I was able to get it for less than $1,000 so I'm guessing the loose focus ring was why.

Hi from UK here just wanted to ask Can you help me and don't a video what is the best settings to use on low light situations ? I like your videos.

Great info. Which focal length and aperture are your talking heads here shot at?

Thank you!! Is it safe for us to check the sensor ourselves???? I get so nervous when I change lenses

Hi Katelyn. Have an R6 and primarily use the 50 mm 1.2. so I'm lost on which metering to use and servo or not what I'm photographing families children's and moving people. How to shoot recently and I kept losing focus on the kiddos because they are very active. Any advice will be well taken thank you!

Thanks for this. Question >> My son plays water polo and I’m using a canon t6i and a kit 200 zoom lens to get pics from the side of the pool. The camera seems to be in focus when I take the pic (I put the square box in the viewfinder on him) but when I check the picture later, the focus is on the water just in front of him so he’s out of focus just a touch (soft?). This is very frustrating because I can’t figure out how to prevent this from happening. I’ve missed out of a lot of sharp game shots (but have a lot of great water splashes!) I always sit with the sun behind me and usually use a tripod. I use the TV setting and a low ISO. Any ideas?

There's also focus shift (focal plane changing with aperture) which, curiously, no one ever mentions.

Do you have the sweat spot for 24-80 canon on r6

I have started paying more attention to the plain of focus.

There is one more reason. Both Nikon and Canon DSLRs have a routine to calibrate the lens to the camera in the event of the lens back focusing or front focusing. This isn't a problem with mirrorless cameras. Once I calibrated my lenses it made a huge difference in sharpness. One thing however, my 70-200 F2.8 had opposing issues where it front focused at 70mm and back focused at 200mm so there isn't a single adjustment to fix the lens issue, I can fix one end and make the other end even worse. I am about to send this lens back under warranty to have it replaced.

Thanks so much Katelyn, this video is super helpful. When shooting couples and weddings - do you keep your camera in AI servo mode the whole time or just when you know your subjects will be moving? Or are you keeping your camera in single focus most of the day when shooting couples or weddings? Thanks so much for clarifying.

Great video 👏🏼 What about firmware update? I own EOS R5 and decided to update the firmware but now the camera freezes and takes so many out of focus photos, now I’m waiting for canon to release another firmware update to fix this 🙄

Thanks for the list of items to review. It’s not camera specific and applies to them all.

Can you show what you example…. I’m new and don’t know to much about photography and camera

What about using a low ISO during the day and it’s still noisy like it would be at high ISO

I shoot with the Nikon D750 on a 85 mm prime ... just for your reference

I set KZfaq videos to play in my car while driving around all day. I had to pull over when you said “somebody had licked my lens.” Luckily we know you have kids, but if we didn’t this would have taken me out. 😆

Katelyn, I feel as though you left out a few common issues including heat haze (not, sun rays) and low contrast subjects. Of course there are many more.

Off topic, sorry! But where did you get your sweater from?? 😍

Katelyn I did canon R5 I am not Impressed with canon I think the Sony a7riii is better camera I do like your channel

Do mirrorless cameras using EF glass need to get calibrated??

When your doing a wedding who is your focus on ?

So what if you have 2 rows of people staggered? Do you jump up to F8-F11? And focus on the front center person?

Thank you for the helpful tips. I'm struggling with group photo where the focus only half of the people in front and blurry on the back.

My camera/lens is sharp but the further away are my subject more the texture of everything is grainy! Like I zoom in and its grainy so it gives a look of a not sharp picture and yes everything it is sharp Like I see details but its not crispy like it should be. (I do not shoot over 200 ISO and under 2.8 because I know everything comes out blurry otherwise) It bothers me because I always feel like something is off with my gear! I did a shoot yesterday where I was taking family in pictures and I stayd at 5.0 all the time because I was scared that to much pictures would get blurry! Even when I shoot a single person at 2.8 1/4 of my pictures arent in focus! I know how settings work I’ve verified if I was doing things right many times and still I have issues with that! Should I take more risks because yesterday with the families I felt like I the blurry background was not enough blurry and with the many trees in the back it gives a bit to much of a busy look :/

I am finding that my images are not as sharp on my R6. Do you think it is due to the adapter and not using a RF lens?

I’ve been having problems with one of my family members face is blurry in a family session but the rest of the family is sharp 😢

What about shooting a family of let's say 6 and everyone is in focus but one?? Why does that happen and how can I fix it? Thank you!!

I had another photographer tell me that with mirrorless cameras, we do not have to calibrate our lenses. Is this true?

With what lens did you shoot this video?

Hello, Honestly I did not watch the whole video, but do you have samples of your photos?

Do you shoot your wedding ceremonies in One Shot or AI Servo?

"Someone had licked my lens" Uhmmmm I like my gear but not that much!

Hate to admit it, but i shot half an event once with smudgy, soft results before i discovered a huge smear on the lens due to it accidentally dunking into pastry/donut goo that same day