Well done Tom. I am 71 years old and have been a avid photographer since I was around 20 years old. It took me many years to learn how to photograph with wide angle, in those days it was 24 mm and when we really wanted to go real wide we would use a 20mm. I must say this video is one of the most informative ones I have seen regarding shooting with a wide angle. I learned a few things and that's always good. Thank you for sharing.
Dear Tom, most landscape photographers teaches what to do. You also teach the most important and difficult part in photography: How to do. Thank you Tom.
Thanks really great instruction. Will watch more in the future,....Can you turn the music volume down a bit for more clarity of your presentation. Cheers
Super informative video, thank you for all those tips. I have struggled with my wide angle shots and didn’t know why but watching your video has shown me where I am going wrong in nearly all of the tips. Now I cannot wait to get out on my next shoot and practice what you have shown me and hopefully I can make a better job of my wide angled photos. Thank you Tom for sharing this, so very helpful 👍😁
Good as always! I take it with me and I get so inspired to go out. In Sweden we can go out in the forests for a walk. Thanks for the video and stay safe!
Very nice. Thanks. Hey, just a thought for you about your studio. I don't know if the shadow of your hat on the glass in the background is intentional or not. But I found it distracting. Just my impression. Thanks for the great tips!
Really practical advice you need to finetune your composition. Been using a 12mm for a while and had real trouble with how to set the shots up. This was a real inspiration and gave me more insight into what I should do as to what I shouldn't. Great stuff!!
Very useful tips, thank you! I have had the same lens (the 17-40L) for a couple of years and use it as my go-to lens, but many of your tips on composition were eye-opening.
Talking about enlarging the backround element I would use layers and masks to maintain th wide angle effect. I would do this by duplicating layer turning off the top layer, enlarging the bottom layer. Then turn on the top layer and mask off the background element.
Great video Toma, I am curious to see more about your environmental and family portraiture. These days, everybody is at home and it’s difficult to venture out. Take care!
Hi. thank you for a very good video. There are plenty of tutorials on wide angle tips for lanscape, but most of them just kind of rush through them without any thought. You´res are very much better. Do you have any suggestions on a filter holder system you would recommend to use for wide angle lenses? thank you.
Thanks for your comment. For 16 and 17mm I use the holder from Lee and the adaptor ring for wide lens. The thing is not to have a CPL mountes on lens. You have to use their CPL on topf of the holder. The vignete is barely noticible. For wider than this I didn't used one. The ones from Lee are pretty expensive
Hi Tom, good information, so thank you. In tip number 9 I found your comment about scaling the mountain up while keeping the foreground the same interesting. Can you do a quick video on this technique? Keep doing your great videos!
Awesome tips Toma! A long time ago after i bought my first proper DSLR one of the first lenses I’ve bouth was an 8mm fish eye lens and I thought it was the best after many years it got to the point that i was using it all wrong and the photos that I thought were awesome weren’t that. Still now i find using my wide angle lens pretty hard, it can make some spectacular shot but also it can make some disappointing ones that I end up cropping alot. For travel photography within cities I find that a wide angle works quite well you get more interesting images compared to “your average tourist” shots!
The forced perspective is different on a wide angle and the photos are so dynamic. I think thy give you a feeling that you're there. Thanks for the comment
Photo Tom Every focal range comes with it types of shots...for a long time I thought that for landscape the wide angle is the “gold standard” but after some time I realized that some times capturing “all” of the scene can make a photo dull
Wow! When 'this' is all over, I'm planning to start on a documentary book, and your photos 16:29 as an example have prompted me to consider using a wide angle lens extensively. Question: Any suggestions for using wide angle lenses in documentary context?
Thank you for the comment. I haven't done docummentaries. I guess it depends on the feeling you want. Photos with the 17mm are intimate: you invade the personal space of the subject. If you'll ever be interested in exploring the rural area of Romania just let me know: I oragnize photo tours in remote areas
Thank you so much, it is very professional and very helpful. Next time, make the background music lower, it’s too loud to hear from you. I have to listen again and again and again.
Hello Tom! First of all, thank you for this amazing tips! Very useful information! Now, I'm having some issues about this topic. I just got a Nikon 10-20mm 4.5/5.6 lens that I'm using with a Nikon D500. However, I'm having problems with the exposure and metering settings. I already tried Matrix, Center-weighted, Spot and Highlight-weighted and weather I focus (with both single point and Dynamic area) on any part of the frame I always get underexposed photos even though the Exposure indicator shows a correct exposure... Sometimes lowering the shutter speed or raising ISO gives me a better photo (even though the Exposure indicator shows an incorrect exposure by adjusting this settings). Any ideas on how to correct this issue? Am I metering the wrong way? What is the best focus setting I should use? Please help!
Hi. You're not doing anything wrong. Just to give you a short answer: if the exposure mettering is on the center this doesn't mean that the exposure is correct. Here is the reason. If you have a white piece of paper, the camera will indicate a perfect exposure in the middle of the mettering and the image will look grey. The same with black. In other words, the camera over exposes dark areas and under expises bright areas. If you're mettering the white foam of the water, then the water will be underexpose slightly. If you use Spot mettering and you measure a dark shadow you'll get an overexpose image. The same happens during winter when you measure the exposure and then you over expose a stop or two. Hope this short explanation clears things up
Good advice! I especially liked your last tip, 17mm for portraits! Same like using a 70-200mm lens for landscape photography. Nothing is unheard of. Have a good Easter tomorrow and come back soon with your great videos!
‘Master your TH-cam videomaking skills’ Rule 1: Don’t use background music in your video! People with hearing problems don’t understand what you say and many viewers with autism get crazy because of the sensory overload this annoying and unnecessary background music creates. 🤯
The video was very interesting, thanks :) But can you stop the music next time please? It’s difficult to stay focused on your content and not start dancing ;-)
Thanks for your time. Sometimes I feel that I have so much i formation to put in one video that some music will help 😀 ... but I'll take your suggestion serious. Thank you!
enjoying this ( thank you), until you suggested photo stacking = cheating / dishonest that what AIs do, they are false. If we do that, lets give the whole thing to a tin box AI and take the humanity out of photography. i will use lightroom to correct weaknesses in my camera's representation of what human eyes do with the world. that's enough.Use tools to express what i thought i saw.
Why, oh why, oh why that bloody annoying background music. I watch youtubes for information. If I want to listen to music TO MY TASTE I will turn on the radio or get some iTunes. You have a foreign accent plus that audio quality is poor. So in contradiction to your message to keep the foreground simple you introduce noise into the audio track. Do you think I'm going to get bored because there is no sound in the brief moment when you pause to take a breath? I am not criticising you for having a foreign accent but adding extraneous complications to the already poor audio track is just poor production.
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Well done Tom. I am 71 years old and have been a avid photographer since I was around 20 years old. It took me many years to learn how to photograph with wide angle, in those days it was 24 mm and when we really wanted to go real wide we would use a 20mm. I must say this video is one of the most informative ones I have seen regarding shooting with a wide angle. I learned a few things and that's always good. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for your time Dave and comment. Glad I had some useful info to share :)
Dear Tom, most landscape photographers teaches what to do. You also teach the most important and difficult part in photography: How to do. Thank you Tom.
Thank you for your appreciation
very very very good video. thanks a lot. i have to train myself with my new 12mm apsc lens on Fuji before going to stromboli sicilia.
This is certainly a very educational videos,thank you .
Outstanding tips sir. I just purchased a Sony 16mm wide angle lens and I am looking forward to utilizing it's unique qualities.
Thanks really great instruction. Will watch more in the future,....Can you turn the music volume down a bit for more clarity of your presentation. Cheers
Excellent and very practical. Thank you. Gives me new inspiration.
Thanka for your time
Super informative video, thank you for all those tips. I have struggled with my wide angle shots and didn’t know why but watching your video has shown me where I am going wrong in nearly all of the tips. Now I cannot wait to get out on my next shoot and practice what you have shown me and hopefully I can make a better job of my wide angled photos. Thank you Tom for sharing this, so very helpful 👍😁
Good as always! I take it with me and I get so inspired to go out. In Sweden we can go out in the forests for a walk. Thanks for the video and stay safe!
Thank you for your time. I'll have to wait a lot more to go out again. It will pass. Wish you health
Thank you for your video it's very useful for me.
FANTASTIC!!!
Thank you for this video, I learned a lot, now I have to put it into practice!
Thanks for the feedback
Very nice. Thanks. Hey, just a thought for you about your studio. I don't know if the shadow of your hat on the glass in the background is intentional or not. But I found it distracting. Just my impression. Thanks for the great tips!
Thanks for the comment and suggestion. I'm in my home. When all this is over I'll move back on the studio
Great tutorial! I have a 14-24mm Nikon DX lens that I'm starting to use much more often! :) Thanks
Great points. Thank you.
Really practical advice you need to finetune your composition. Been using a 12mm for a while and had real trouble with how to set the shots up. This was a real inspiration and gave me more insight into what I should do as to what I shouldn't. Great stuff!!
Thank you for the kind words 🙏🤗
So well thought information again. Thank you so much.
Thanks for your time 🙏
Very useful tips, thank you! I have had the same lens (the 17-40L) for a couple of years and use it as my go-to lens, but many of your tips on composition were eye-opening.
Glad you foind this video useful. Thanks for watching
Very helpful, thanks a lot!
Thank you Tom, really helpful video and your photos are superb! Cheers
Wonderful, thank you so much!
Glad you liked it!
Hi. It my first visit to your channel and I really enjoyed your video. I’ve subscribed and look forward to watching many more 👍🏼
Talking about enlarging the backround element I would use layers and masks to maintain th wide angle effect. I would do this by duplicating layer turning off the top layer, enlarging the bottom layer. Then turn on the top layer and mask off the background element.
Great video Toma, I am curious to see more about your environmental and family portraiture. These days, everybody is at home and it’s difficult to venture out. Take care!
Thanks for your time. I'll keep creating :)
Very good video as always! Thank you for the tips
Thanks for watching
Great video, Tom. I learned a lot. Keep up the great work. Thanks.
Thank you for the comment :)
Hi. thank you for a very good video. There are plenty of tutorials on wide angle tips for lanscape, but most of them just kind of rush through them without any thought. You´res are very much better. Do you have any suggestions on a filter holder system you would recommend to use for wide angle lenses? thank you.
Thanks for your comment. For 16 and 17mm I use the holder from Lee and the adaptor ring for wide lens. The thing is not to have a CPL mountes on lens. You have to use their CPL on topf of the holder. The vignete is barely noticible. For wider than this I didn't used one. The ones from Lee are pretty expensive
Hi Tom, good information, so thank you. In tip number 9 I found your comment about scaling the mountain up while keeping the foreground the same interesting. Can you do a quick video on this technique? Keep doing your great videos!
Thank you for the comment. I'll think about it
Awesome tips Toma! A long time ago after i bought my first proper DSLR one of the first lenses I’ve bouth was an 8mm fish eye lens and I thought it was the best after many years it got to the point that i was using it all wrong and the photos that I thought were awesome weren’t that. Still now i find using my wide angle lens pretty hard, it can make some spectacular shot but also it can make some disappointing ones that I end up cropping alot. For travel photography within cities I find that a wide angle works quite well you get more interesting images compared to “your average tourist” shots!
The forced perspective is different on a wide angle and the photos are so dynamic. I think thy give you a feeling that you're there. Thanks for the comment
Photo Tom Every focal range comes with it types of shots...for a long time I thought that for landscape the wide angle is the “gold standard” but after some time I realized that some times capturing “all” of the scene can make a photo dull
Great content
First time here, I've signed to your Channel and the tips are amazing!!! I'm gonna use my 17-40mm a lot more from now on. Thanks for the video.
Hello and welcome to the channel. Also thanks for the comment
amazing, I just got my first 17-40mm lens, in Piatra Neamt. Just to see your video pop up in my sub list :D
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very very goods trips thanks a lot . Merci beaucoup ;)
Thank you for watching
Wow! When 'this' is all over, I'm planning to start on a documentary book, and your photos 16:29 as an example have prompted me to consider using a wide angle lens extensively. Question: Any suggestions for using wide angle lenses in documentary context?
Thank you for the comment. I haven't done docummentaries. I guess it depends on the feeling you want. Photos with the 17mm are intimate: you invade the personal space of the subject. If you'll ever be interested in exploring the rural area of Romania just let me know: I oragnize photo tours in remote areas
Thank you so much, it is very professional and very helpful. Next time, make the background music lower, it’s too loud to hear from you. I have to listen again and again and again.
Hello Tom! First of all, thank you for this amazing tips! Very useful information!
Now, I'm having some issues about this topic. I just got a Nikon 10-20mm 4.5/5.6 lens that I'm using with a Nikon D500. However, I'm having problems with the exposure and metering settings. I already tried Matrix, Center-weighted, Spot and Highlight-weighted and weather I focus (with both single point and Dynamic area) on any part of the frame I always get underexposed photos even though the Exposure indicator shows a correct exposure... Sometimes lowering the shutter speed or raising ISO gives me a better photo (even though the Exposure indicator shows an incorrect exposure by adjusting this settings). Any ideas on how to correct this issue? Am I metering the wrong way? What is the best focus setting I should use? Please help!
Hi. You're not doing anything wrong. Just to give you a short answer: if the exposure mettering is on the center this doesn't mean that the exposure is correct.
Here is the reason. If you have a white piece of paper, the camera will indicate a perfect exposure in the middle of the mettering and the image will look grey. The same with black. In other words, the camera over exposes dark areas and under expises bright areas. If you're mettering the white foam of the water, then the water will be underexpose slightly. If you use Spot mettering and you measure a dark shadow you'll get an overexpose image. The same happens during winter when you measure the exposure and then you over expose a stop or two. Hope this short explanation clears things up
@@BonciuToma Oh my! Yes, that makes so much sense! I'll keep practicing and see how it goes! Thank you so much for the reply!
Thanks Tom, This is a really good "nuts & bolts" video with very practical, do-able tips!
Could be interesting but disturbing music in background
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Good advice! I especially liked your last tip, 17mm for portraits! Same like using a 70-200mm lens for landscape photography. Nothing is unheard of. Have a good Easter tomorrow and come back soon with your great videos!
Thanks for the comment. I can't wait for all this to end and.go back in natute
‘Master your TH-cam videomaking skills’
Rule 1:
Don’t use background music in your video! People with hearing problems don’t understand what you say and many viewers with autism get crazy because of the sensory overload this annoying and unnecessary background music creates.
🤯
Do you use focus stacking in your photos?
Why don't you focus stack?
Lower the volume of the music next time, thank you!
Will do! Thanks for watching
The video was very interesting, thanks :)
But can you stop the music next time please? It’s difficult to stay focused on your content and not start dancing ;-)
Thanks for your time. Sometimes I feel that I have so much i formation to put in one video that some music will help 😀 ... but I'll take your suggestion serious. Thank you!
Thanks to you :D
enjoying this ( thank you), until you suggested photo stacking = cheating / dishonest that what AIs do, they are false. If we do that, lets give the whole thing to a tin box AI and take the humanity out of photography. i will use lightroom to correct weaknesses in my camera's representation of what human eyes do with the world. that's enough.Use tools to express what i thought i saw.
Why, oh why, oh why that bloody annoying background music. I watch youtubes for information. If I want to listen to music TO MY TASTE I will turn on the radio or get some iTunes. You have a foreign accent plus that audio quality is poor. So in contradiction to your message to keep the foreground simple you introduce noise into the audio track. Do you think I'm going to get bored because there is no sound in the brief moment when you pause to take a breath? I am not criticising you for having a foreign accent but adding extraneous complications to the already poor audio track is just poor production.