Histograms

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Tony shows you how to use histograms, which help you know whether a picture is properly exposed and if it's washed out or too contrasty.
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@TonyAndChelsea 7 жыл бұрын

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@andytaylor3103 6 жыл бұрын

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@lucylapalette3828 4 жыл бұрын

I own D850. The histogram looks different in my camera DSLR screen and different in the ACR, while editing; Usually throws it to the left dark site. The shadows are deep, the colours are darker. Is it incompatibility of the equipment, high mgpxls camera or..? What shall I do to avoid this?It is ruining my pics. Thx

@karoncrickmore2093 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, I just learned so much about the histogram. Thank you so much! The information you give us is priceless and so is SDP book!

@sithralas2010 7 жыл бұрын

thank you, finally i got the whole histogram mystery cleared in my head. keep up the good work, greetings from germany.

@jenkins5265 6 жыл бұрын

These videos are amazing! So informative and really well thought-out. I love your content and the books you are selling are at such a great price point. It really shows that you're trying to make photography accessible to everyone.

@TruBBQtv 7 жыл бұрын

Tony, you make histograms so chill. You're just a chill dude editing some chill photos with some chill histograms. If there was a chill histogram you'd be all the way to the right. Keep up the chill work, man.

@djlive408 7 жыл бұрын

Great info Tony!! I love your presentation skills as well, very well said!

@brightlightabove Жыл бұрын

Tony, I really find your style of teaching to be very soothing and informative. Thanks for doing what you do.

@jawadsaleemastro 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and information. Amazing how small knowledge gems such as this will make the understanding your camera simpler and improve our photography. Thanks Tony

@Kelvinjan 7 жыл бұрын

I tried searching for a video on your channel a few weeks ago and couldn't find anything like this but now it's here! Really makes more sense now - I'll have to put it to use now, appreciate all the good content you guys put out! :)

@TonyAndChelsea 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kelvin!

@richdt 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony, you're video explanations are always great.

@AnimatedVish 7 жыл бұрын

Got the book last month and love it! Joined the group and loving it! And now thinking of buying the book for a friend on his birthday!

@Dogdocphil 7 жыл бұрын

Tony... I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your videos! So much good info!

@thesaint1517 5 жыл бұрын

Solid explanation on histogram values. Really enjoyed this video. Keep it up, Tony.

@johnhmaw 7 жыл бұрын

Much good information. Where the RGB histogram has advantages over the luminance histogram is where there is a disproportionate amount of one colour. Imagine taking a close-up shot of an orange flower, surrounded by dark green leaves (don't sound like a very exciting shot, but plenty of people take images like that). If you expose to the right using the luminance histogram you may well find that the petals look rather flat and lack contour. Look at the RGB histogram and you will probably see that the red channel is blown and the exposure needs to be reduced to avoid this. Small point but can save your bacon in some circumstances. Otherwise, nicely put.

@notcorrect 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this one! I always knew to use the histogram but I needed to really understand it before being able to use it.

@JoseSantos2004 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chelsea and Tony... following all your videos with a lot of attention and trying to repeat your tips and tricks.. Hug from Portugal

@theneonviking641 7 жыл бұрын

thank you for a great and informative video. I had no knowledge of how histograms worked before watching this, and now it really makes sense. keep up the great work

@veemacks7255 7 жыл бұрын

Very useful. Regardless of how much I think I know about a particular element of photography, I was learn something new about it from your videos :) Although, I was waiting for the part where you talked about live histograms shown on the camera screen and how to react to what they're showing.

@tonyugotv8010 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the videos you and Chelsea uploaded, I learned a lot from both of you.

@peterbucek2136 7 жыл бұрын

Nicely explained Tony! Keep making great content!

@facre9999 7 жыл бұрын

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@macbattle7833 7 жыл бұрын

Like your proflile pic; I'd guess that's a recent eclipse photo?

@peterbucek2136 7 жыл бұрын

Mac Battle Indeed, took it with my telescope last year.

@alvinblackwell268 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony 😊 ... this is the single most important post you've done (to me). I actually picked up skill that I never bothered with and it is awesome. I tried what you discussed and played with some images that I thought were throw aways, and fixed them; some with stunning results 🤔. Big props 👏 Alvin

@StringDeposit 7 жыл бұрын

one of my most useful youtube subscriptions . thanks Tony.

@paulinefollett3099 7 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video. It was explained in a simple easy to learn way. Thanks Tony.

@RoamingDeparted 7 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you made this video I've been waiting for you to do this one

@Jollyewe 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!! I'm a beginner & have been trying to grasp the histogram....this was very informative & easy to understand! Thanks you!

@duncanwallace7760 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent advice as usual. One of these days I'm going to buy both your books I promise!

@flatfacepete1490 5 жыл бұрын

6:18 that noise scared the hell out of me haha

@brandonferguson3934 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation Tony! Love your content, though I am curious about why you would want to expose to the right- I always thought it was best practice to expose to the left in order to be able to recover highs later in post.

@TonyAndChelsea 7 жыл бұрын

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@mdturnerinoz 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Your usual in-depth excellent coverage. You did present some precise/ideas I hadn't yet dealt with. Good stuff!

@WahidFayumzadah 7 жыл бұрын

Love your video's man, easy and pleasent to follow and understandable explanations. I will be buying a book of you someday soon :D

@kathyweigelhi-lophotovideo2984 6 жыл бұрын

There are professionals who don't know how to explain the technicalities of photography but you are not one of them. I can't thank you enough for excellent and informative tutorials. I wish you did underwater photography so I could learn more about that area.

@Bloggerky 7 жыл бұрын

As always, very clear and distinctly helpful. Thanks.

@discoversam1 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot +Tony for this video, cleared a lot of doubts!!

@vsizikov 7 жыл бұрын

On 9:22 you probably meant 4 times more NOISE, rather than 4 times more IMAGE. :)

@RSP13 6 жыл бұрын

I want more image. Now.

@mihugong3153 4 жыл бұрын

i hate it when my image has too much image!

@mihugong3153 4 жыл бұрын

I hate it when my image has too much image!

@fridaywithkaye 6 жыл бұрын

This is probably the best explanation of histograms I have come across. Thank you!

@MichielCaron 7 жыл бұрын

Well explained Tony! altough I sometimes prefere washing out the black tones, I think it gives a more relaxed feel to an image.

@mariacyou9265 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tony. Excellent explanation and remainder.

@angelobarrera41 7 жыл бұрын

I think some washed out image looks really good and adds a stylistic look or vintage style.

@TheSackless 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah there are some instances where you just just ignore the histogram. It's just down to personal preference in the end.

@mehappym 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you , Great information. I am wondering how do you read histogram before taking picture if you doing a long exposure or a night photography ?

@chaddotlominick 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Tony. Love your videos and tutorials. I'm looking for a little more hands on training with DSLR photography and Lightroom editing. I'm in Columbia, SC. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you for any guidance you can offer.

@artemverbuk8485 6 жыл бұрын

Guys, thank you very much! Your videos are just treasure for a newbie like me. The more I watch the more I understand I was a monkey with camera, and now finally I evolve :)

@javedyousaf5766 7 жыл бұрын

I am fan of you Mr. Tony, i have learnt alot from your videos and still learning. Thanks alot for your efforts also thanks to Ms. Cheksea 😊

@TonyAndChelsea 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@niftytwo 7 жыл бұрын

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@IToohat 7 жыл бұрын

Histograms are a dark art, but you have just enlightened me. Thank you Chelsea's assistant for exposing me to this tutorial. It's as clear as black and white now. :p

@trbowlin 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the refresher. My new D7200 offers this in the field. Very handy.

@erwinvandenberg6055 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Tony and Chelsea, Great channel and by far one of the best among the photographers! Keep up the good work! Said that, do you know if the Nikon D610 has a histogram in live view? I can't really find info about that on the net...

@ccoquet 7 жыл бұрын

As a phtpgrapher, you never stop learning. Today, i learned the importantes of the right side of the histogram. :)

@akshatkabra7539 7 жыл бұрын

Many don't use histogram or just ignores it these days but the benefits of it are amazing...you can correct your picture's contrast, brightness etc then and there from just seeing the histogram, and changing the camera settings. Then there is not much need to edit every photograph

@kaseytwo2007 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for clarifying histograms, great intro

@vrstoslav 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, this was revolutionary. Thank you!

@Jontethim 7 жыл бұрын

This was very much needed, thank you! :)

@giles9017 7 жыл бұрын

Tony & Chelsea, really enjoy all your videos there so helpful and interesting! Was just wondering how can I send in a couple of photos for you to review on one of them videos you do photos of 2016? Iv got about 3 photos that I would really love you to have a look at 2 that iv taken on my 1100D and 1 on my new 7D both using the same 50mm F1.8 and edited in Lightroom.. Keep giving us these videos all the best for 2017 from Giles in UK London

@ktg6506 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. Thanks so much!

@nunoftrindade 7 жыл бұрын

Thumbs Up! I want more of this type of content. (Sharpening, Tone Curve, etc)

@grjlynch 3 жыл бұрын

Another really useful video, thank you!

@SanMiguelBulls 7 жыл бұрын

As always awesomeness, gracias Tony...

@bertt1014 5 жыл бұрын

Very good introduction to histograms. Thank you!

@MegaLuigi1961 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip regarding noise coming from pixels on the left of the histogram.

@XeroBritt 6 жыл бұрын

Another great tutorial. Thanks!

@carolineandtigger 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice. We learned something today. Thank you for sharing.

@andrewkowach7250 6 жыл бұрын

I never knew how to figure that funny 'graph' chart looked like. Thank you for helping with that!

@anthonywstanton 7 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video!

@louisduong2090 6 жыл бұрын

amazing video. thanks for helping me understand

@jettysplash 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Tiny and Chelsea. Do you know if Photoscape X has a similar function for using a Histogram to "correct problems" with an image? Or how to emulate using a Histogram by using its features? I am wondering if the way people learn to use a Histogram when shooting is by playing with it in an editor to figure out what it does first.

@elizabethpaoletti8376 6 жыл бұрын

Hi! Your videos are awesome. Thanks so much! In Lightroom when I look at the histogram....if the triangle on the right is white, that means something is blown out. Sometimes when I bring down the highlights a bit, the white triangle disappears and I've gotten rid of the blown out area (?), but then the triangle turns to a color...like red, blue or yellow. What does this mean and is it a good or bad thing?

@Jezz_Mcfly Жыл бұрын

Great Explanation - I didn't know anything about it - Thanks ✌

@MrPodolle 7 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for the good content. Do you happen to have a video about organizing old photos? I inherited a massive dataset of old family photos (digital and scans of old developed photographs) with duplicates and different formats and file sizes. I have a hard time to sort them since I don't know where to start. I really would appreciate if you could recommend some software or make a vid about this. Thx.

@jantestowy123 7 жыл бұрын

Understood thank you, you are great teacher!

@michaelshiller7713 5 жыл бұрын

This was actually helpful! Thanks guys!!

@pandoraefretum 4 жыл бұрын

top notch help... thanks got your book too

@gianlucapompanin9314 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@marktollefson3311 6 жыл бұрын

For b&w photography, does the histogram need to be used differently, especially if the lcd is set for b&w display? I only use raw files. Thanks

@neoscruz6555 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Finally understood fully how histogram works. :)

@RamilVerdiyev 5 жыл бұрын

How often you can find a pro teaching photography features like this on youtube? Different screen calibrations is never a problem after Tony's explanation of histogram.

@devanclarke-sheward3861 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, one question: what does it mean if the histogram has lots of smaller jagged peaks or just fewer big smooth peaks? Thanks

@FredKubami 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, Tony . First congratulations for all your hard work is very helpfull. ofcourse I am your follower in all plataform. I am very new on this world of photography. My question: Using a Canon mirrorles M50 in manual mode when I read the histogram some time is overxpose or under. I use the shutter speed or aperture until I see the histogram in my camera display right. Even when is fine on the display I can see on the exposure bar maybe one stop over or under. I took the picture and looks great. My question is when the histogram is fixed it doesnt matter the exposure display bar in my camera. Sorry maybe is a silly question, but you are the master

@aram5642 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video on how you calibrate your monitor or apply color profiles along your picture workflow?

@andrewzuliani9839 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the explanation Tony :)

@Joe.Tragos 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You Tony!

@BT-HK 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sharing ❤

@rodrigocsouza8619 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Tony, Hope you receive this message well, I would like to ask you about the computer that you use in your presentations, please correct if I'm wrong but, looks like that you do not use a Mac and I would like to know the computer specifications, because when you are using Photoshop and Lightroom the transition and image changes occurs very smoothly and in a very nice performance, because I'm planning to buy a new computer to use in my pós-production if you can give me these information, would help a lot. Thanks

@Doghousemurphday 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you again Tony!

@binaya5498 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for in-depth histogram vid.

@marknorris3769 7 жыл бұрын

excellent information

@Eivissaa 7 жыл бұрын

Is there a way In Lightroom to show only the luminosity in the histogram, like Tony showed in this video in Photoshop?

@jakelindsay6251 7 жыл бұрын

9:00 - Now there's a little gem! Thanks, Tony!

@andrewmorris3425 7 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you!

@JasonDeats 6 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thank you.

@YurievOlmos 6 жыл бұрын

This great, great advice. You'll never want to edit your photo without Histograms again

@SalemOchidi 3 жыл бұрын

I love this, thanks

@DenisKaschura 7 жыл бұрын

great video ^^. perfect explained

@albertmaruggi8936 6 жыл бұрын

how are you bringing those images in to the develop module, are those DNG images?

@anthonyjackson486 7 жыл бұрын

I'm going to make myself use the histogram thank you for showing me the importance

@Zander-gm5gc 7 жыл бұрын

Great Video!

@Hugo-so4ke 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining it cleary

@rwbishop 7 жыл бұрын

Cool video... what does it mean when a luminance histogram is 'flat'; as in little vertical (Y axis) development across the board?

@Cr3Media 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff.

@ANoteToSelf 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Tony!

@GB-bd7ie 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very informative

@Pertti456 7 жыл бұрын

Would have been good to mention perhaps more clearly that a picture with just snow and sky and a white bird should have everything on the right side of the histogram. So no black point or anything even close to it. So one should not force a black point and a white point if the image has all dark/black or bright/white. If you take a picture in a mist, then everything is more or less gray, and there is no black point or white point and the picture should be washed out.

@tragicevans4157 4 жыл бұрын

Unless your shooting portraits indoors.

@TonyPavone 7 жыл бұрын

Hello Tony. Great video series. Learning a lot. Question. The company I work for wants me to set up the ability to make videos like yours (talking in front of camera, then switching to what's on the monitor) Not for photography though, for stock market. In any case. How are you set up?

@TonyAndChelsea 7 жыл бұрын

Oh man, it's super complex. It would definitely take me a couple of hours just to diagram it all.