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I recently landed a job doing photography and I owe some of that success to your videos. They have definitely helped me become a better photographer over the years

My time as an art major has informed my photography journey more than anything else. Thanks, Chelsea!

You guys are awesome! Thank you for all you do!

The answer is 42. ISO 42, aperture 4.2, shutter 1/42...works every time!

I know these kinds of videos get less views than gear videos, but thanks for making them. This kind of content truly makes me a better photographer.

My Nikon Z6 and 24-70mm lens are just starting their shipping process to me, anxiously awaiting their arrival. This is a great video at perfect time for me! AND just ordered Stunning Digital Photography book. I probably have a solid 70% of the book down already through experience, but will certainly learn a lot and the more modern techniques along the way. Thanks!

20:27 THANK YOU CHELSEA!! EVERY time I hear someone give a "top tip" to use rule of thirds or leading lines I want to SHAKE THEM. Go to an art gallery, or an art museum. If folks don't want to study, most art museums have classes in art history ... not to slavishly replicate, but to appreciate and stimulate. And thank you for the encouragement to imptove editing ... I've been avoiding the software cost, guess I'll be giving up my audible subscription for Lightroom.

chelsea, "yeah tony your technical, just gotta get better images" 😂 tony..." i wont reply to that, till later" 😂😂

wow, this video was great. So many great points made here. If this is a podcast that would be awesome. Thanks

Really good information here. I was chuckling a bit this evening when I discovered I graduated high school when Tony was born and I share the same birthdate as Chelsea except 30 years earlier. I too had extreme premature grey hair. Now its white hair. None of it caused by photography. HA! Take care folks. Many blessings. - Jim

Thanks a bunch Tony and Chelsea. God bless you all.

Funny that I wanted to comment "you're WRONG!". But then I remembered you're my teachers literally for all those years, and these tips are meant to be simple to understand for new people. I want to thank you for that. For content, I think you may need to repost or remake or update those old tutorial videos because of new technology.

Having heard the concept of 'wedding photography' a million times, I find it curious that no one seems like caring about taking epic divorce photography! ✌️ 😂

Love you guys, great and interesting video as usual, and hi from Ukraine!

"copy settings' was an eye opener for me, especially when I do a magazine interview and am asked to provide some portraits in the same surroundings.

I majored in both Photography and Painting, so I can't say enough about how important Art History is to making good photographs. Learning color theory and composition - which includes how to use light and shadow, the art of perspective, and even the difference between objective and subjective opinion of what makes a great image. Painters hate sitting through Art History too, but it's necessary to the profession.

Thanks for Inspiration! Time to get to work! Love the channel! I learn something new every time!

I would love to see a video where we can see how you try different options. Love your channel

I loved your video about color theory and I learned a ton!

I would love to see a video on how you make your shots better when you can't choose the time or the lighting. As someone who is constantly shooting landscapes and has very restricted time, sometimes only minutes, to take the shots I need, I can't wait for the light or the clouds to be just right. We travel all over our state and visit towns and attractions to photograph them and take videos. We are on the go constantly on many trips as we have to fit everything in to 10 or 12 days. When we arrive at a spot, I have to shoot it no matter what the lighting is or sometimes how bad the weather is. Some of these places I will never get the chance to go back to. What techniques can I use to make my shots better. I know composition and camera settings will be important but what else can I do?

Thanks.

Thank you!

I laughed but so spot on, especially on editing! Do you ever use Capture One? Be interesting to see a video contrasting it to Photoshop. And colour theory and composition are so important to understand!

Thank you for this fun and deep video 🌷

I would have to disagree on the cheap tripod. Otherwise love and agree with the advice.

Would really love to see more editing tutorials and videos around editing! 😁

As always, great advice!

You're really cranking out the content! Tuition bill due?

Gear ABSOLUTELY matters. I did my very first photo job for a friend two weeks ago, he wanted me to take pictures of his niece's birthday party. The event was meant to start early but of course it did not. Also, the afternoon started to become cloudy and then rainy, and to make things worse the main event was held in a conditioned backyard with barely any space for 60 guests + chairs and tables + a hired clown entertainer with her DJ and sound equipment. I took a Sony a6000, an a5000, the 50mm f1.8 prime and the FE 28-70mm. They were enough to get pictures, but I needed the speed of the a6000, the reach of the 28-70mm, the aperture of the 50mm and the extra camera body to not have to switch lenses. There were some stage lights that helped make some shots great and ruining others, but I realized that I need a faster zoom and to master light equipment other than the in-camera flash. Also, burst mode eats memory cards SUPER FAST! Never under-estimate the possibility of needed an extra memory card! And I mean a third or even fourth one.

My obsession with photography is how to maximize the 3D look/depth in all my photos. I'm forever experimenting with different focal lengths, bokeh, lighting and composition to get the most amount of 3D ness!!

This video is not for cell phone camera photographers. They just won't get it, or want to take the time that it takes to tackle the issues raised in this video. Photography is a craft that often calls for years of experience and knowledge-building to perfect. Are today's Instagram kids patient enough? I learned how to edit from using a lupe and 35mm film contact sheets. What a nightmare that was, but it was how the job got done. Invaluable experience. With digital, I'm now one of the fastest editors on the planet. Now if only I can find clients who are willing to pay for the Photoshop retouching hours.

Any suggestion on where to start learning Art History? And Henri-Cartier Bresson had an artistic backgound

One thing we could not do for a couple of years after "the viruses" started was "get together" with other people interested in photography. "Camera Clubs" and other social events can be good. I think that these are opening up again. I don't know for sure because there is still a reluctance to congregate, and health issues vary in different areas. But I do think that for many people, joining camera clubs and going to conventions and such can be helpful.

Great point that gear does actually matter quite often but acquiring new gear or accessories should be in response to an actual need, to feeling where exactly does my current gear or (lack of) accessories limit me (most). If it does not limit me, great, I can save the money for something else or for later. Often it seems that people tend to polarize to the two extremes, either they only care about gear and reviews or keep repeating mantras like "Gear does not matter, it's a photograph who makes an image, not a camera, a good photograph will take a great picture with any camera." As for the waterfall example, quite often I rather feel as if long exposure for waterfalls and flowing water in general is in fact the _least_ creative way to shoot it because that's what everyone keeps telling us is The Right Way (or even the only correct way) so that many poeple believe it must be shot like this. With all those extremely smooth and unrealistic long exposure images all around, I find it kind of refreshing to see someone use a compromise like 1/10s - or even an extremely short time like 1/2000s (just as unrealistic but at least a bit unusual). For me, the term "creative" is supposed to mean applying one's own invention to make the image stand out (and as such, it's quite rare), not repeating a technique that someone told me is creative.

There's so many ways I don't like to edit my photos because it takes the natural ality out of it and when you begin to edit photos they don't be to me original I really prefer the original picture that comes out of my Cannon I rarely edit a photo unless I see some structure or some sharpness that needs to be available but other than that I don't edit my photos if you see any of my photos which anytime you want to see him I can show you I do Wildlife with my Canon I don't have a mirrorless camera I do Wildlife I do Sports I do Porsches I do everything with my 80d and I rarely edit my photos

That's a damn good picture.

~6:20 The correct camera setting for me is base ISO, because my camera is ISO invariant and anything above that is just deluding me about the signal to noise ratio (SNR). I wish in camera histograms would have marks indicating the SNR for the current ISO. Then we could tell people 'If the blob is below the green line, the image is going to be noisy, so increase your exposure/aperture/lighting to get the blob mostly over the green line'

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Are you teaching or selling?

Can you do a video on batch editing, along with any tips while taking the photos to make the batch editing easier. I have trouble getting consistency in both indoor and outdoor environments. My outdoor fluctuates because of clouds and indoor fluctuates because some rooms have windows and others don’t. This is all for personal use and I’m in no way a professional but any tips would be appreciated.

Is there a preset that will turn a photo into a pointillist picture? Seurat was a genius.

I don't prefer natural light. LoL. If I could I would convince everyone to come into the studio. I don't understand why people always ask for photographs in nature. The lack imagination.... Camera settings don't matter much in the studio unless you mix different types of light sources. (Constant light, strobe, laser, probs that emit light etc...)

I use auto mode and the rest is KI magic

No I have to admit I am good at editing photos like a pro editing photos comes to editing photos I can edit a photo Beyond measures but I don't fight too cuz it makes it seem unreal

In the near future, there will be photographers, and there will be AI users. You will never find me using AI to put something in a photo that was never there

You guys are so wrong; Chelsea's colour theory video was completely sexy.

😂 please don’t make me work 😂 I just enjoy ❤ photography 😂, saludos Iberians 🎉

The way to become a better photographer is to stop watching these common sense You Tube commercial content video's and just get out there and shoot! 😁

Is Annie a good photographer or does she just have access to famous people?

tik tok nation.

Tip No 1 : Use a Sony Camera . . . . End of tips

Ai fix it all, move on

Thanks for sharing!