8 Natural Lighting Tips From National Geographic Photographer Bob Holmes

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Bob Holmes shares his years of experience as a National Geographic and travel photographer, with tips to help you make the most of natural lighting. These are tips that can be used for any genre of photography to help you advance your photography!
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@juanvillela2505 4 жыл бұрын

We need more of these natural light photographer talks!!!

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@precioustraveler 7 ай бұрын

I love listening to people who are so knowledgeable about their craft. 😌

@ethannarrow5209 Жыл бұрын

So helpful as a new photographer!! “Always expose for the highlights, and let the shadows take care of themselves” I’ll remember that

@siddharthbajpai1 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, this reminded me why I loved photography and why it's so tedious working for clients using all that equipment...I love natural lighting.

@marcsilber 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@sbhopper8511 4 жыл бұрын

So nice to hear a pro say that on digital cameras, with all the settings, it's so important to double check ISO, WB, etc.

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

So true. We’ve all made those mistakes. Double check!

@caravanlifenz Жыл бұрын

I admire a pro who is humble enough to admit to incompetence now and again. Plenty of people would never own up to the mistake of shooting all of those people at really high ISO.

@catseyes11 2 жыл бұрын

Love this, totally resonate with Bob's way of seeing and shooting. Thanks Bob!

@marcsilber 2 жыл бұрын

🙏

@TaipeiGeek 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips. I am enjoying your channel a lot today. Thank you for the effort.

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

So glad!

@ConsumerFanatics 4 жыл бұрын

I’m guilty of all the things Bob says are issues. I love this guy, I learn something new every time I listen to him.

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

Then you'll love his full course coming out soon silberstudios.mykajabi.com/bh-pre-launch

@rebegre 10 ай бұрын

So good!

@pandoraefretum 4 жыл бұрын

words of wisdom all photographers should not miss.. thanks

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

🙏

@richardwestwood3861 Жыл бұрын

Agreed about shooting in midday Sun , regardless of whether we are travelling or not time is a luxury . I'd sooner spend a hour or two trying to fing good composition and lighting in midday sun than pass on taking a picture because of difficult circumstances. I'm new to photography but even the most seasoned pros all agree that they are always learning something new .

@marcsilber Жыл бұрын

Yes quite true!

@IntrovertRockstar 2 жыл бұрын

This was one of the best videos I’ve seen on photography

@marcsilber 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

@Bazzasphotolife 4 жыл бұрын

That was fantastic, thanks!

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jamiemorton2377 4 жыл бұрын

Great interview, thanks again.

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@rowliv 2 жыл бұрын

I wish there was more content like this on KZfaq.

@marcsilber 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks but keep up with us and you’ll get it weekly ✌️

@TawaraboshiGenba 4 жыл бұрын

Most photographers: It's very hard to shoot in natural light. Let's use strobes to make shooting portraits easier. Bob Holmes: I only shoot in natural light. Strobes are too complicated. Seriously, this guy is the Chuck Norris of photography.

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

He IS amazing and you'll love his new class coming out soon!

@girgis6374 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely ...... thank you!

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

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@TheJeffDeath 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and tips!!

@marcsilber 2 жыл бұрын

🙏

@xinq2011 2 жыл бұрын

This is gold

@marcsilber 2 жыл бұрын

🙏

@aishkoz 4 жыл бұрын

This guy is amazing

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

He is, wait till u see his full course silberstudios.mykajabi.com/bh-pre-launch

@rb1431 2 жыл бұрын

natural lights especially semi-dark sky before rain is my favorite, everything has the same color-coding, great moments for black and white photos. that how I've won most of my awards

@marcsilber 2 жыл бұрын

🙌

@arneheeringa96 Жыл бұрын

I once shot BW film on a beach in sunlight with an orange filter and it looked exactly like the sky before a thunderstorm.

@rb1431 Жыл бұрын

@@arneheeringa96 as much as I like beach photos, they are a bit of a cliche, I tend not to take beach photos but I get what u saying 100%

@shy-guy5544 Жыл бұрын

Excellent explanations and wonderful photos. I am curious whether Bob uses auto white balance and auto iso. Thanks

@marcsilber Жыл бұрын

No on both. But wb can be adjusted in processing

@ClearComplexity Жыл бұрын

It's a bit backwards compared to film where a lot of film stocks did well with highlights but shadows crushed easily so I would expose for the darker areas I wanted with the zone system in mind. One thing I wish my Fuji's had is highlight priority for metering. I use a X-E3 and X-T3 along with a 50R. I generally just spot meter highlights mixed with blinkies. From experience and adapting/using the zone system I find important highlights, meter to preserve and then leave shadows and hard blown lights (mirror light reflections, things that naturally are blown out) alone. Not always, but usually.

@marcsilber Жыл бұрын

🙏

@arneheeringa96 Жыл бұрын

Check out ETTR (Exposing to the right of your histogram)

@GeoffreyEduard 4 жыл бұрын

is this a repost? I have the idea that I've seen this in the past

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a remastered combination of two videos with Bob focused on lighting

@sbhopper8511 4 жыл бұрын

He talks about exposing for highlights and letting the shadows take care of themselves. Does he then say "as we did with film"? I thought it was the opposite with film. Expose for the shadows, develop/process the highlights.

@kimmorauhala702 4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same. I liked the video a lot, but those last words got me confused 😄

@Rafaga777 4 жыл бұрын

Great video and beautiful photos but strangely enough I had a kind of deja vu feeling.

@marcsilber 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@bmask4731 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet. Have you done, or can you do a in depth video on copyright? Including what you can or can't publish, sell, ETC. from outside/public/street photography of Ppl, places, things, etc. This would be awesome!

@marcsilber 3 жыл бұрын

It varies so much you it’s each country and even states or provenances it would be difficult. I tell people to check in their own area

@bmask4731 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcsilber thx

@marcsilber 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@Mtbunker 11 ай бұрын

Holmes = practical/pragmatic

@andrewstewart6689 4 жыл бұрын

With in photo light such as the fire what is your recommendation for settings?

@adamsisler9687 Жыл бұрын

I have a series of photos I am working on of an individual by campfires. My typical settings depend on the illumination level of the flames, and also individuals skintone (lighter skin exposes with less open settings), typically I use a 50mm lens at about 1/60, f 2.5, Iso 3200 or 6400, but iso can come down depending on flame levels, if it's really bright you might be able to get to 800 or 1600. Best of luck.

@doxfie. 2 жыл бұрын

0:10 learn it so you don't have to justify not learning it

@arneheeringa96 Жыл бұрын

I did, but I don't like strobes and flashes either. Bob and HCB apparently hated them so much they avoid them altogether, which is their choice.

@LarsKiel 4 жыл бұрын

🙏👍

@JaapKroon 4 жыл бұрын

Rembrandt is from the Netherlands not England ;-)

@Jabber-ig3iw 2 жыл бұрын

That’s not what he said. He said it’s called Rembrandt lighting but he didn’t really paint like that, there was an English painter who did.

@kemelinux 10 ай бұрын

Correct me if I am wrong but… both Vermeer and Rembrandt used natural light from windows (outside the picture frame) because that was the only light source they had. Rembrandt lighting is recognised by a lighter triangle on the cheekbone on the shadow side of the face. To my knowledge Rembrandt lighting is not related to having a light source inside the frame. The naming of these techniques are not important, the techniques themselves and the better result that you get are important. Like the shot taken in the barn which is an excellent example.