In a short time this channel has become one of my favorites. No frills, just pure high quality tips. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I would also appreciate a tutorial about taking photos in rainy weather conditions.
My father just bought me a camera for my early birthday present, a Canon 600d. he was a little sad because he could only buy me an old model camera. but for me this is a dream come true! I've wanted a camera for a long time. I rarely comment on TH-cam, but I'm very happy and want to share my joy here. I hope your channel can help me improving my photography skill!
I bought a 600D back in 2012. Paired it with a Tamron 18-270. Loved it. Enjoy. Served me well. I've moved to Canon mirrorless. Not cheap to buy new. I can tell a difference but it seems my friends can't! In fact phone cameras (like my wife uses) are very competitive today in good light situations. Hmm . . . But I beat them on optical zoom.
The fact that you display an image as an example shot for every wrong or right shot - it takes a lot of time and effort - makes all the difference in a video like this. Thank you.
Exposure is underrated. About 20 years ago I was spending a lot of time taking pictures with my new dslr and also spending way too much time on photography forums. I was often frustrated because the images many other forum members would post looked better than mine and I couldn’t figure out why. Over time, I landed on two reasons- one being shear talent, particularly talent in seeing and composing good photographs. The other thing I hit on was nailing exposure. You can get everything else right- find a good subject, compose it well, use the right shutter speed and hold the camera still- but if you don’t really nail the exposure, the result will not look “professional.” Once I figured that out, was I able to do anything about it? Well… kind of. I learned that many people, including me, tended to slightly overexpose most of their shots. I also saw that cameras tended to slightly overexpose by default. And I saw that if I took pictures during the “golden hours” of the day, they tended to look really good. So, it has helped a bit. But in the end I simply don’t have as much talent as I wish I did. 😢 Still, photography is the hobby I have stuck with more than any other hobby in my 66 years.
Talent? Eh . . I won awards for my people and activities photos. Bombed out on nature and landscapes. Maybe you haven't found your niche. Never too late. I'm 67! Composition tip one. Take photos of what you like. Things you would like to look back on with fond memories. You'll know why you took it. Composition tip two. Against all rules. Try to have TWO things in the photo. Eg a steam train driver can make a good shot on his / her own. Add some action. The whistle blowing, shoveling coal, making breakfast on a shovel, leaning out the window, etc. Give a person a context. Eg An artist with their own paintings in the background says so much more. My mother would always make sure one of us was in a 'location' photo on holidays. 'Proof' we were there, she'd say. I took one at Niagara Falls. Wife was in a lounge chair, back to me looking at the Horseshoe Falls out of our panoramic hotel window. A photo of either on their own - nothing. Dime a dozen. Both together - one our most memorable photos. One of the few on display! Recently took one of my wife in front of London Bridge. That one not only says she was there but the smile says she was enjoying being there! Composition tip three. Steal someone else's! There are lots of interesting and funny signs everywhere. Just take a snap of them! Simple. Sometimes apply rule two - give them a context. Eg a 'Beware of the wild animals' sign with a sleeping cat under it! Apart - nothing. Together - I like it! I used to do wedding photos. I'd line up groups. Tall at rear etc, No heads blocking heads, etc. Checked background for distractions. I'd take the shot/s. Then I'd hold the groups and allow anyone else to take their own photos. Everyone loved that. Was I giving away sales to them? No. They'd never buy from me. They stick with a bad shot from the side. But they might hire me for anything! And they did. Composition is a bit like what is the best wine in the world? It's the one YOU like. So don't worry about taking photos like others. Take what makes you tick. Think about this. Why do I want to take my OWN African Safari photos? If I wanted the best shots, I'd leave my camera behind and buy Simon's. Hey, that's not a bad idea anyway!
Atmospheric haze, heat shimmer or diffraction from the mixing of warm and cold air is a huge issue but no one ever talks about it. This is especially true as you move up the telephoto range and get into shooting at 600mm & 800mm. It's also one of those things that can happen 12 months a year. Thx for adding that!
@@simon_dentremont In addition, I've read that lens hoods can cause the problem, and/or shooting from a window, with the air temperature delta between indoor and outdoor
Wow. This page has single handedly taught me more with straight to the point easy-to-follow videos than pretty much anywhere else. Simon you're doing some incredible work here! We appreciate the no fluff approach and the invaluable content. Thank you!
Personal take on cropping: I have ben struggling for years with not leaving enough breathing room to my subjects and "framing it right" in the viewfinder, just to avoid this quality loss. Very often, this has come back to bite me as a slightly wider angle would have allowed me to be more creatinve in post. And finally, I spent years taking photos without printing much, and when I started facing the tirany of imposed print formats: not everything is 3/2, actually nothing is apart from 4x6", so shooting a bit wider is very important if you want to fit standard picture fames for example, so you can crop and reframe for that particular format.
For a long time now, getting photos to look sharp has been my biggest challenge. But after spending a few weeks watching your channel and doing some more research, I had a breakthrough moment. Shutter speed is my new best friend! Over the past two days, I've been testing out various shutter speeds with two different cameras and different lenses. I went to a lake by my house that has all sorts of ducks, cranes, geese, and swans, and the results blew my mind. Simon, you have no idea how much of a breakthrough this was for me. My friends are shocked with these images with some saying they are worthy of being on National Geographic. Your videos have been incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with all of us. You really need to make more video's!!!!!! :)
I love the simplicity here. Also, I love how you just get the importance of great light. Like I've had days where the afternoon sun was just giving incredible light and knowing I needed to do a neighborhood photo walk because I couldn't waste that light.
wow... using a 2 second timer when using slower shutter speeds just blew my mind...makes so much sense and I can't believe I never thought of that before
I'm really enjoying following your journey as a content creator. The small things you've been changing over time -- such as setting up the new studio with the green background, the opening vignette, or the tasteful text overlays -- really work and show care. It's cool to see how fast your channel has been growing. I first saw one of your videos less than a year ago, when you had less than 10k subscribers. You're just about to hit 40k, which is phenomenal. On a final note, we got your calendar, which is going on the wall starting January. Congrats on this impressive new career.
I've been told I take excellent photos, and I love hunting great shots. But.....I've never had a good, modern camera until recently...I've only had cell phones, cheap ones at that... Now that I have a real camera, I'm trying to learn how to use the complicated machine. It seems an ominous task! Thanks for your work here! I just discovered you, and you're helping already!
As ever, firing on all cylinders for content, presentation and illustration. A comprehensive survey of its subject, with top-notch advice and useful reminders for both the novice and the more experienced.
I have been searching for the best camera tips and settings on youtube. I think you're the best and clearer tips here on youtube. Thanks for these tutorials.
I've been following so many wildlife photographers and then YT suggested one of your videos to me TODAY! I've subscribed and watched 4 already. As a dedicated Canon user myself with an R5, I'm grateful I found you! I'd love to learn how to use videos for wildlife as well. There aren't good videos about how to do that out there. THANK YOU!
Invariably I see that you have a new video and I think "I already know about that". I end up watching anyway and I never regret it. I ALWAYS pick up some new helpful hints even when it's something I've heard numerous times before. Thank you for all your hard work.
Lately this is the only photography channel I’ve been watching. I’ve just been trying to soak up as much of this golden knowledge and insight as I can. Thank you sir for your time and effort spent making quality content 🙏🏼 it is invaluable to me.
Hands down Simon you are the best teacher for photography. The tips you provide are priceless and I learn so much with in a short amount of time. Thank you
Nice video Simon, who explains in an easy way for all photographers, from beginners to those who are one step ahead, how to avoid or recover their shots. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Another really informative presentation. I started watching your videos a few weeks ago and I concur with some of the other comments I have read and that is your cannel is one of the most precise and entertaining on TH-cam. Keep them coming I really enjoy them.
Simon, the best thing I can say about Gavin's channel is that it introduced me to your channel! Really wonderful use of time. Solid unbiased information that will actually help me produce better images! THANK-YOU
All really good tips. These skills only come with experience and constantly watching videos like this one. I tend to avoid videos that are over 20 or 30 minutes. Liked and subscribed.
I have to hit subscribe. I used to use an astronomical telescope to study the moon and planets, and I quickly learned to not look over warm houses in the winter, to let my telescope reach the temperature of the outside air (not so important with a smaller camera lens, I suspect), etc. but I never considered the same for a camera. I also found out that with my new camera I was ruining some of the pictures simply by being rough pressing the shutter release, not paying attention to the lighting. I think your videos will help me improve.
I used to always use fill in flash. Got rid of bright light shadows. Also made manual hand processing in a darkroom, including colour, much easier because the shots were consistent / predictable.
The last tip really hit home! In my case I had forgotten about a lake water being warmer than the air. The other day I was trying to photograph tern flying just above the waters surface. Upon inspection of the shots on the back of the camera I discovered the images were mush. I knew right away the lake water was having a ill effect! Good stuff Simon!
I already knew all of those tips and I still listened to the whole video.. You explain everything very well.. I wish you had this channel when I started years ago. This is easily one of the best photography channels I've come across.. thanks a bunch! Btw, I'm an East coaster too.. Newfoundland!
This video is great, summarizes all the main points. I'm working my way through all your videos and really learning a lot!. You are doing a massive service to photographers , thanks from all of us.
Don't just watch but do!!! I try to practice Simon's tips immediately after watching them. In the last year this has raised my quality 100%. Of course, I take all the credit though LOL. I use a sigma 150-600 and was thinking about a 1.4x to "get closer" but not sure if the lens can handle it. i may need to stick to cropping.
Your videos are always excellent! The video production is always top-notch! Lots of examples, titles and animations are always on point! And the subjects discussed in the videos are always very useful. Easy to digest for beginners, such as myself, but never feels "dumbed-down", or over-simplified. Cheers!
great video again! I definitly struggle with post processing photos after cropping. amazing how the Pro's do so well with that process. thanx for your informative videos.
Another excellent video. Very informative. Another thing that limits quality is spending the money for an expensive lens, and the placing a $10 UV filter between it and the subject. I think we all did it initially “to protect our lens”, but I never use them anymore.
Muchas gracias por compartir estos tips, son importantes puntos para mejorar mis fotos de aves. Mucha buena información, seguro veré los otros que indica. Saludos, un gran abrazo.
Simon, Thank you for another wonderful, concise, information-packed video. You fooled me with the last bonus tip. I though for sure that it was going to be something about being sure to hold your camera very still when shooting.
Simon; I was doing some thinking about 'sharpness' and 'noise', and it's probably worth mentioning to *always* keep an edited copy in a 'lossless' mode, to avoid accumulating compression artifacts...of course, generally, you'll keep edits in the file format of the editor, but, for printing, or saving a 'viewable' image, it makes sense to keep as many bits of dynamic range, and as few 'compression artifacts', as possible. i think?
Another great video and your channel is now my favourite! I love your "boot tip" but it would also be great to have a tip on how to get low with a bad knee! Sometimes I will go out with a garden kneeling pad (light, dense foam) and just sit on the ground. This does attract some attention, though! Ha!
Informative as usual Simon--especially the bonus tip at the end--never occurred to me that shimmering air is an issue. My favourite picture was at 3:33--it looked like the duck was swimming in gold. Thanks!
Avoiding distortion from heatwaves also includes not recording across the bonnet or hood of your car. The engine is often more that hot enough to cause heatwave distortion.
The main issue for me was Metering , or evaluation of light , usually focus and Metering is done by half pressing the shutter button , but when you Focus and Recompose there is no way to control it all , shutter button , metering button and focus button must be separated . You first evaluate the light on a part of image that you want your camera to expose for , then you use back button to focus on what you want camera to focus on , and then you press the shutter . This is the most important thing ive learned lately , and would be a nice episode . Also by doing Astrophotography i learned that ISO has nothing to do with noise , infect , the higher the ISO the less noise on your image . So why do people get noise with higher iso , well , short shutter speeds , low exposure time , not enough light , that is where noise comes from . ISO is not Gain , there is no gain in Camera , any camera , there is only subtraction . You have a photo site on your sensor , and it is able to hold say 10 000 photons , that is your ISO 100 , ISO 200 camera neglects the 5000 photons , and shoots and exposes for 5000 photons , ISO 400 2500photons etc... What do you get when you have less photons , well you get less Dynamic range , A LOT LESS depending on camera . So high ISO = low DR , and has nothing to do with noise . If anything the lower the currents the less noise you get , this is called Dark Current , and there are couple of other noise generating mechanisms that all get lower with higher ISO . Something Photographers struggle with , even so experienced ones , such as the video host . Im sure he never heard of Full Well Capacity , but people that do Astrophotography they know .Not landscape shots with Milky way , but proper Deep Sky Astrophotography .
As always, great and common sense advice and instruction. Thank you. And Happy New Year to Simon and all of our friends in the Great Northern expanse from here in South Florida.
Thank you for your time to make these for us. I wonder if you be interested in making a detail video on the 7dM2 how you set that up for some of the epic shots you capture.. Saturday m niece held a found raiser and it was quite the challenge to shot in low light environment. I had my 7d with a 50mm with is more like a 80mm.. I watched you low light video one day to late! Lol although the pictures came out clear they were heavy grain so editing was a bit of a challenge and Lightroom but not bad but it would be really nice for my professional who uses the 70 to do a tutorial in 2023 tutorials from the other channels and they are amazing but I’d like to see your input on it because they never really emphasize on the cases lenses adventures ISO‘s for different environments and different themes I would be extremely grateful and thank you
You are a knowledgeable and good teacher. You are unselfish. Your images are superb. Unlike some others, you aren't stuck on sharpness. You provide a great deal of info. Bravo. I subscribed. :) Happy New Year.
Hello Simon...where have you been my whole [photography] life? YT fed me one of your videos, and I was hooked. I like that you use Canon cameras and some of the Sigma lenses that I have as well. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of photography. Your quick explanations, with snazy examples will make viewing enjoyable and rewarding for me. Do you have a Patreon account?
I liked tip seven about faster glass. Just like the eye, the more light your sensor sees the more color you'll capture. Getting closer is a two edged sword. Sometimes you get better quality, often you get an alarmed bird look rather than natural behavior. Probably what is most important to the photographer is going to determine his genre.
Well thought out and comprehensive video! I subscribed to your channel, and I also sent a link to my brother. I am now in the middle of a 1.5 day snow storm, so I have something worth binge watching. Thanks!
I've been watching your videos for a while, but believe this is the first time I've seen your lighthouse print up close. Always thought it was a canvas, but this video closeup made it look like a regular print in some sort of glass frame without borders?
Just upgraded to full frame, a Nikon D780. I still have the crop sensor D7000 but only an entry level tele zoom, 70-300mm f4.5-5.6. The new camera has the dynamic range and much better autofocus, but I can't make up my mind if I should use crop sensor anyway? Well, I guess I have to do some comparisons, just need to find a good situation with birds near the car so I can bring all the gear along and swap without getting sand and dust on 2 sensors ha ha. Next investment will probably be the 70-200 f2.8 so not really a bird photo tele lens, bird photography can be expensive if I don't watch out. Maybe you already have a video covering my sensor size choice in more detail?
Simon, vous avez une good way of putting viele Sachen in your videos! Crisp, nice delivery, key points... when you were talking about apertures, I was thinking that some of that 'big' glass has best performance wide open, but your suggestion of one stop down is a pretty good point. I guess that 'diffraction' is not such a big issue with wildlife shoting, as you normally need as fast a shutter speed, as open aperture, as possible, unlike in landscape, where a lot of people stop way, way down past optimum sharpness.
In a short time this channel has become one of my favorites. No frills, just pure high quality tips. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I would also appreciate a tutorial about taking photos in rainy weather conditions.
Great idea!
Totally agree with you!
Totally agree, i have a R6 and these videos are so helpfull and i can't thank you enough.
I agree as well!
Same.. explained very very well!
My father just bought me a camera for my early birthday present, a Canon 600d. he was a little sad because he could only buy me an old model camera. but for me this is a dream come true! I've wanted a camera for a long time.
I rarely comment on TH-cam, but I'm very happy and want to share my joy here.
I hope your channel can help me improving my photography skill!
Awesome!
I bought a 600D back in 2012. Paired it with a Tamron 18-270. Loved it. Enjoy. Served me well. I've moved to Canon mirrorless. Not cheap to buy new. I can tell a difference but it seems my friends can't! In fact phone cameras (like my wife uses) are very competitive today in good light situations. Hmm . . . But I beat them on optical zoom.
The fact that you display an image as an example shot for every wrong or right shot - it takes a lot of time and effort - makes all the difference in a video like this. Thank you.
Your videos are always to the point, no waffling on, just straight onto the subject, Top man.
Thanks very much!
Exposure is underrated. About 20 years ago I was spending a lot of time taking pictures with my new dslr and also spending way too much time on photography forums. I was often frustrated because the images many other forum members would post looked better than mine and I couldn’t figure out why. Over time, I landed on two reasons- one being shear talent, particularly talent in seeing and composing good photographs. The other thing I hit on was nailing exposure. You can get everything else right- find a good subject, compose it well, use the right shutter speed and hold the camera still- but if you don’t really nail the exposure, the result will not look “professional.” Once I figured that out, was I able to do anything about it? Well… kind of. I learned that many people, including me, tended to slightly overexpose most of their shots. I also saw that cameras tended to slightly overexpose by default. And I saw that if I took pictures during the “golden hours” of the day, they tended to look really good. So, it has helped a bit. But in the end I simply don’t have as much talent as I wish I did. 😢 Still, photography is the hobby I have stuck with more than any other hobby in my 66 years.
Talent? Eh . . I won awards for my people and activities photos. Bombed out on nature and landscapes. Maybe you haven't found your niche. Never too late. I'm 67!
Composition tip one. Take photos of what you like. Things you would like to look back on with fond memories. You'll know why you took it.
Composition tip two. Against all rules. Try to have TWO things in the photo. Eg a steam train driver can make a good shot on his / her own. Add some action. The whistle blowing, shoveling coal, making breakfast on a shovel, leaning out the window, etc. Give a person a context. Eg An artist with their own paintings in the background says so much more.
My mother would always make sure one of us was in a 'location' photo on holidays. 'Proof' we were there, she'd say.
I took one at Niagara Falls. Wife was in a lounge chair, back to me looking at the Horseshoe Falls out of our panoramic hotel window. A photo of either on their own - nothing. Dime a dozen. Both together - one our most memorable photos. One of the few on display!
Recently took one of my wife in front of London Bridge. That one not only says she was there but the smile says she was enjoying being there!
Composition tip three. Steal someone else's! There are lots of interesting and funny signs everywhere. Just take a snap of them! Simple. Sometimes apply rule two - give them a context. Eg a 'Beware of the wild animals' sign with a sleeping cat under it! Apart - nothing. Together - I like it!
I used to do wedding photos. I'd line up groups. Tall at rear etc, No heads blocking heads, etc. Checked background for distractions. I'd take the shot/s. Then I'd hold the groups and allow anyone else to take their own photos. Everyone loved that. Was I giving away sales to them? No. They'd never buy from me. They stick with a bad shot from the side. But they might hire me for anything! And they did.
Composition is a bit like what is the best wine in the world? It's the one YOU like. So don't worry about taking photos like others. Take what makes you tick.
Think about this. Why do I want to take my OWN African Safari photos? If I wanted the best shots, I'd leave my camera behind and buy Simon's. Hey, that's not a bad idea anyway!
Atmospheric haze, heat shimmer or diffraction from the mixing of warm and cold air is a huge issue but no one ever talks about it. This is especially true as you move up the telephoto range and get into shooting at 600mm & 800mm. It's also one of those things that can happen 12 months a year. Thx for adding that!
Welcome!
@@simon_dentremont In addition, I've read that lens hoods can cause the problem, and/or shooting from a window, with the air temperature delta between indoor and outdoor
Wow. This page has single handedly taught me more with straight to the point easy-to-follow videos than pretty much anywhere else. Simon you're doing some incredible work here! We appreciate the no fluff approach and the invaluable content. Thank you!
Your channel is truly the best!
A lot of good info. Excellent refresher course! Thanks!
Personal take on cropping: I have ben struggling for years with not leaving enough breathing room to my subjects and "framing it right" in the viewfinder, just to avoid this quality loss.
Very often, this has come back to bite me as a slightly wider angle would have allowed me to be more creatinve in post.
And finally, I spent years taking photos without printing much, and when I started facing the tirany of imposed print formats: not everything is 3/2, actually nothing is apart from 4x6", so shooting a bit wider is very important if you want to fit standard picture fames for example, so you can crop and reframe for that particular format.
For a long time now, getting photos to look sharp has been my biggest challenge. But after spending a few weeks watching your channel and doing some more research, I had a breakthrough moment. Shutter speed is my new best friend! Over the past two days, I've been testing out various shutter speeds with two different cameras and different lenses. I went to a lake by my house that has all sorts of ducks, cranes, geese, and swans, and the results blew my mind. Simon, you have no idea how much of a breakthrough this was for me. My friends are shocked with these images with some saying they are worthy of being on National Geographic. Your videos have been incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with all of us. You really need to make more video's!!!!!! :)
I love the simplicity here. Also, I love how you just get the importance of great light. Like I've had days where the afternoon sun was just giving incredible light and knowing I needed to do a neighborhood photo walk because I couldn't waste that light.
wow... using a 2 second timer when using slower shutter speeds just blew my mind...makes so much sense and I can't believe I never thought of that before
Simon, another great tutorial. You have such a wealth of knowledge, and I appreciate that you shared it! You're a great mentor.
Thanks very much!
Thank you Simon
I'm really enjoying following your journey as a content creator. The small things you've been changing over time -- such as setting up the new studio with the green background, the opening vignette, or the tasteful text overlays -- really work and show care. It's cool to see how fast your channel has been growing. I first saw one of your videos less than a year ago, when you had less than 10k subscribers. You're just about to hit 40k, which is phenomenal.
On a final note, we got your calendar, which is going on the wall starting January. Congrats on this impressive new career.
Thanks so much! I’m learning but still have lots to learn!
I've been told I take excellent photos, and I love hunting great shots. But.....I've never had a good, modern camera until recently...I've only had cell phones, cheap ones at that...
Now that I have a real camera, I'm trying to learn how to use the complicated machine. It seems an ominous task! Thanks for your work here! I just discovered you, and you're helping already!
As ever, firing on all cylinders for content, presentation and illustration. A comprehensive survey of its subject, with top-notch advice and useful reminders for both the novice and the more experienced.
I have been searching for the best camera tips and settings on youtube. I think you're the best and clearer tips here on youtube. Thanks for these tutorials.
My new favorite photography channel. Didn't know how much I didn't know! Great videos, Simon. Much appreciated
Thanks for sharing your priceless experience to make photography more interesting...
I've been following so many wildlife photographers and then YT suggested one of your videos to me TODAY! I've subscribed and watched 4 already. As a dedicated Canon user myself with an R5, I'm grateful I found you! I'd love to learn how to use videos for wildlife as well. There aren't good videos about how to do that out there. THANK YOU!
Thanks! A video about video is on my list!
Great videos Simon! Nice to find someone who speaks Canadian.
This is my go to channel for quality photography tips, fantastic content. Thank you very much.
Wow, thanks!
Invariably I see that you have a new video and I think "I already know about that". I end up watching anyway and I never regret it. I ALWAYS pick up some new helpful hints even when it's something I've heard numerous times before. Thank you for all your hard work.
Some of the best tips I have seen on you tube .
Lately this is the only photography channel I’ve been watching. I’ve just been trying to soak up as much of this golden knowledge and insight as I can. Thank you sir for your time and effort spent making quality content 🙏🏼 it is invaluable to me.
Hands down Simon you are the best teacher for photography. The tips you provide are priceless and I learn so much with in a short amount of time. Thank you
I watched a couple of yor videos and they stand out in the most positive manner, thank you so much for the crisp and clear explanations :)
Nice video Simon, who explains in an easy way for all photographers, from beginners to those who are one step ahead, how to avoid or recover their shots. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks very much!
Another really informative presentation. I started watching your videos a few weeks ago and I concur with some of the other comments I have read and that is your cannel is one of the most precise and entertaining on TH-cam. Keep them coming I really enjoy them.
Thanks so much!
Simon, the best thing I can say about Gavin's channel is that it introduced me to your channel! Really wonderful use of time. Solid unbiased information that will actually help me produce better images! THANK-YOU
Thank you very much!
All really good tips. These skills only come with experience and constantly watching videos like this one. I tend to avoid videos that are over 20 or 30 minutes. Liked and subscribed.
I have to hit subscribe. I used to use an astronomical telescope to study the moon and planets, and I quickly learned to not look over warm houses in the winter, to let my telescope reach the temperature of the outside air (not so important with a smaller camera lens, I suspect), etc. but I never considered the same for a camera. I also found out that with my new camera I was ruining some of the pictures simply by being rough pressing the shutter release, not paying attention to the lighting. I think your videos will help me improve.
Cool! FYI, I have a telescope too.
Im improving my photography nearly two fold everyday because of these videos and your thorough explanations. Thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
Fill -flash can be effective even in bright light.
I used to always use fill in flash. Got rid of bright light shadows. Also made manual hand processing in a darkroom, including colour, much easier because the shots were consistent / predictable.
Thank you for sharing your proffessional knowledge so short and consisely!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The last tip really hit home! In my case I had forgotten about a lake water being warmer than the air. The other day I was trying to photograph tern flying just above the waters surface. Upon inspection of the shots on the back of the camera I discovered the images were mush. I knew right away the lake water was having a ill effect! Good stuff Simon!
Thanks very much!
I already knew all of those tips and I still listened to the whole video..
You explain everything very well.. I wish you had this channel when I started years ago. This is easily one of the best photography channels I've come across.. thanks a bunch!
Btw, I'm an East coaster too.. Newfoundland!
Thanks neighbor!
Excellent tips, as always! ;) Thank you Simon!
Glad you like them!
Thank you for the interesting presentation of the experience! there is a lot to learn.
Right to the point and details. I love it
Thank you. Excellent as always. Truly.
Great tips Simon and all the best for the new year, bonne annee!
A toi parreillement!
Great video, so much information in a short video. Appreciated 😊
This video is great, summarizes all the main points. I'm working my way through all your videos and really learning a lot!. You are doing a massive service to photographers , thanks from all of us.
Great information Simon, thank you.
Thank You Sir, Your Vidoes are the most detaileds I have watched, and have really imparted a lot of information, and knowlege to me.
Glad to help
Don't just watch but do!!! I try to practice Simon's tips immediately after watching them. In the last year this has raised my quality 100%. Of course, I take all the credit though LOL. I use a sigma 150-600 and was thinking about a 1.4x to "get closer" but not sure if the lens can handle it. i may need to stick to cropping.
Thanks!
Thank you! Good tips! Keep on the good work!
Your videos are always excellent! The video production is always top-notch! Lots of examples, titles and animations are always on point! And the subjects discussed in the videos are always very useful. Easy to digest for beginners, such as myself, but never feels "dumbed-down", or over-simplified. Cheers!
great video again! I definitly struggle with post processing photos after cropping.
amazing how the Pro's do so well with that process.
thanx for your informative videos.
Welcome!
Look forward to each of your sessions. Learning alot. Thanks so much
Glad you like them!
Thanks Simon. Excellent summary of variables effecting image quality.
Many thanks!
I am really enjoying your videos. Simple, easy to understand tips and amazing photos. Thanks.
Glad you like them!
Another great instructional video!
Another excellent video. Very informative. Another thing that limits quality is spending the money for an expensive lens, and the placing a $10 UV filter between it and the subject. I think we all did it initially “to protect our lens”, but I never use them anymore.
Yes I don’t think it does anything valuable.
Great video! My suggestion for shooting in harsh lighting such as bright sunlight, is to use Neutral Density filters.
Excellent rappels. Bonnes fêtes 🍾
À toi pareillement!!
Another video full of excellent teaching and tips.Thanks Simon.
Thanks again!
Thanks for sharing all this information. This is my "go to" channel for photography.
Great to hear!
All excellent tips
Muchas gracias por compartir estos tips, son importantes puntos para mejorar mis fotos de aves. Mucha buena información, seguro veré los otros que indica. Saludos, un gran abrazo.
Great tutorial Simon... covering all the basis so succinctly
Glad it was helpful!
also use the focus limiter on your lens!
These are some very real life and factual tips, I learnt a lot from this video alone, thank you so much.
You're so welcome!
Simon, Thank you for another wonderful, concise, information-packed video. You fooled me with the last bonus tip. I though for sure that it was going to be something about being sure to hold your camera very still when shooting.
That too!
Simon; I was doing some thinking about 'sharpness' and 'noise', and it's probably worth mentioning to *always* keep an edited copy in a 'lossless' mode, to avoid accumulating compression artifacts...of course, generally, you'll keep edits in the file format of the editor, but, for printing, or saving a 'viewable' image, it makes sense to keep as many bits of dynamic range, and as few 'compression artifacts', as possible. i think?
I always keep the original RAW and the full rez edited version.
Incredible video, this kind of information is valuable, thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Short video with abundant information, nice 👍
Glad you liked it
Thank you for yet another video with a wealth of information. Judy
You are so welcome Judy!
Another great video and your channel is now my favourite! I love your "boot tip" but it would also be great to have a tip on how to get low with a bad knee! Sometimes I will go out with a garden kneeling pad (light, dense foam) and just sit on the ground. This does attract some attention, though! Ha!
Helpful tips and beautiful pictures thanks a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Informative as usual Simon--especially the bonus tip at the end--never occurred to me that shimmering air is an issue. My favourite picture was at 3:33--it looked like the duck was swimming in gold. Thanks!
Thanks very much!
Great advice Simon! Thank you for all your efforts this year. Wishing you a very happy new year!
Thank you too!
Tip #11 IMO - Be aware of diffraction and don't go too small on aperture. Excellent video!
Great!
Avoiding distortion from heatwaves also includes not recording across the bonnet or hood of your car. The engine is often more that hot enough to cause heatwave distortion.
Agree! I mentioned that in my video on taking sharper photos.
Great channel Simon. So many great tips every week. I've learned a ton by watching your terrific videos.
Great to hear!
The main issue for me was Metering , or evaluation of light , usually focus and Metering is done by half pressing the shutter button , but when you Focus and Recompose there is no way to control it all , shutter button , metering button and focus button must be separated .
You first evaluate the light on a part of image that you want your camera to expose for , then you use back button to focus on what you want camera to focus on , and then you press the shutter .
This is the most important thing ive learned lately , and would be a nice episode . Also by doing Astrophotography i learned that ISO has nothing to do with noise , infect , the higher the ISO the less noise on your image . So why do people get noise with higher iso , well , short shutter speeds , low exposure time , not enough light , that is where noise comes from . ISO is not Gain , there is no gain in Camera , any camera , there is only subtraction . You have a photo site on your sensor , and it is able to hold say 10 000 photons , that is your ISO 100 , ISO 200 camera neglects the 5000 photons , and shoots and exposes for 5000 photons , ISO 400 2500photons etc... What do you get when you have less photons , well you get less Dynamic range , A LOT LESS depending on camera . So high ISO = low DR , and has nothing to do with noise . If anything the lower the currents the less noise you get , this is called Dark Current , and there are couple of other noise generating mechanisms that all get lower with higher ISO . Something Photographers struggle with , even so experienced ones , such as the video host . Im sure he never heard of Full Well Capacity , but people that do Astrophotography they know .Not landscape shots with Milky way , but proper Deep Sky Astrophotography .
As always, great and common sense advice and instruction. Thank you. And Happy New Year to Simon and all of our friends in the Great Northern expanse from here in South Florida.
Happy new year!
Excellent excellent excellent, thank you.
Great info delivered at a high pace, your videos are really helpfull, Simon
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for your time to make these for us. I wonder if you be interested in making a detail video on the 7dM2 how you set that up for some of the epic shots you capture.. Saturday m niece held a found raiser and it was quite the challenge to shot in low light environment. I had my 7d with a 50mm with is more like a 80mm.. I watched you low light video one day to late! Lol although the pictures came out clear they were heavy grain so editing was a bit of a challenge and Lightroom but not bad but it would be really nice for my professional who uses the 70 to do a tutorial in 2023 tutorials from the other channels and they are amazing but I’d like to see your input on it because they never really emphasize on the cases lenses adventures ISO‘s for different environments and different themes I would be extremely grateful and thank you
Thank you for all your videos 🙏🏻
Glad you like them!
You are a knowledgeable and good teacher. You are unselfish. Your images are superb. Unlike some others, you aren't stuck on sharpness. You provide a great deal of info. Bravo. I subscribed. :) Happy New Year.
Wow, thank you!
Hello Simon...where have you been my whole [photography] life?
YT fed me one of your videos, and I was hooked. I like that you use Canon cameras and some of the Sigma lenses that I have as well.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of photography. Your quick explanations, with snazy examples will make viewing enjoyable and rewarding for me.
Do you have a Patreon account?
Welcome aboard! No I don’t, but thanks for asking.
Excellent presentation. Very well organized and presented. Clear and concise. Visual and verbal aspects were exceedingly well done. .
So kind of you to say so!
Great tips. Thank you
Great information Simon, I found your channel by accident. I have subscribed! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks!
Very informative as usual ! I've been photographing digitally for 15 years but still learned a few things ! Thanks !
I liked tip seven about faster glass. Just like the eye, the more light your sensor sees the more color you'll capture. Getting closer is a two edged sword. Sometimes you get better quality, often you get an alarmed bird look rather than natural behavior. Probably what is most important to the photographer is going to determine his genre.
Thanks!
Well thought out and comprehensive video! I subscribed to your channel, and I also sent a link to my brother. I am now in the middle of a 1.5 day snow storm, so I have something worth binge watching. Thanks!
Welcome aboard!
I've been watching your videos for a while, but believe this is the first time I've seen your lighthouse print up close. Always thought it was a canvas, but this video closeup made it look like a regular print in some sort of glass frame without borders?
Acrylic!
Thank you for sharing . Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Thanks for visiting
Great teacher!
Glad you think so!
Another super duper educational experience
Thanks Brian!
Merci Simon pour ces tips.
De rien!
Just upgraded to full frame, a Nikon D780. I still have the crop sensor D7000 but only an entry level tele zoom, 70-300mm f4.5-5.6. The new camera has the dynamic range and much better autofocus, but I can't make up my mind if I should use crop sensor anyway? Well, I guess I have to do some comparisons, just need to find a good situation with birds near the car so I can bring all the gear along and swap without getting sand and dust on 2 sensors ha ha. Next investment will probably be the 70-200 f2.8 so not really a bird photo tele lens, bird photography can be expensive if I don't watch out. Maybe you already have a video covering my sensor size choice in more detail?
Not exactly, but it’s on my list.
@@simon_dentremont Fantastic! I guess I'm not alone having an older crop sensor and a newer full frame and debating whether to sell or not
Simon, vous avez une good way of putting viele Sachen in your videos! Crisp, nice delivery, key points... when you were talking about apertures, I was thinking that some of that 'big' glass has best performance wide open, but your suggestion of one stop down is a pretty good point. I guess that 'diffraction' is not such a big issue with wildlife shoting, as you normally need as fast a shutter speed, as open aperture, as possible, unlike in landscape, where a lot of people stop way, way down past optimum sharpness.
My 500 f4 is indeed sharpest at f4, but 95 pct of lenses are sharper stopped down.
This channel is amazing!
Thanks! 😃