Thats true but I think a lot of you tubers are more interested with there relationships with camera manufacturers than there relationship with there viewers.???? I dont really know im just guessing????
Gentlemen, I can only agree that these videos are great for many photographers, but let us not throw rocks at the gear videos either. Occasionally you might pop in and squeeze a like to a gear minded video even if it is not your nearest interest. What we need to understand is that gear-centric videos exist because the photography industry spends money with youtubers, and if there is no industry - sponsored content, the amount of such videos as this one goes down dramatically. So if you like these, pay your fifty cents as I do as well support by watching some gear videos as well. It will keep your favorite creators afloat.
First of all thank you so much for this series of videos. It’s a very powerful tool for all of us that didn’t go to film school or just started to dig more into the world of photography. I’ve been doing this exercise in the spare time and at the beginning I have to be honest, I didn’t understand what was going on, it was very tough to visualise a scene just using these different shapes on paper. I started then to translate this exercise into practice on my way to work every morning, and The approach I had to a specific scene was completely different. Instead of “try to shoot everything”, I was subtracting elements from the scene and composing my frame. One thing I did was also subtracting part of the elements to give more emphasis to the photo, as you said today. For my trials I used a fixed focal length in order to push myself to frame what I wanted, instead of just zooming in and out. Wow! Thanks again, love these videos
Love the composition of you in that room. Interior opening leading to the pained double doors. Framed photo to the left and multiple frames to the right! Love your content as always!
This has been great! I love these bits of content more than gear reviews. =) As a food photographer, it's amazing how the stuff you talk about with portraits and composition can be directly applied to other types of photography! Thanks a ton!
So, you're going to love this, Ted Forbes. I saw you do the practice with the paper squares and circles and I immediately thought "oh, I can do that in Photoshop it'll be easy." And you know what happened? I spent so much time trying to get all the layers set up so I could move everything independently and be able to see the white circles on the white background that I actually think it will be faster for me to just cut out some circles and squares.
I liked it the forst time you talked about the exercise but now I’m convinced I really need to do it and get my basics straight. You’ve been posting some of the best photography content I’ve seen in a while
Wonderful!! You showed how the visual appeal changes with the position of objects along with the angles of the contrast of the geometric patterns of the shapes of the containers that hold the objects inside. It's always hardest to put complicated matter in a simple manner and you made it this simple of a matter so hard to convey like never before. Commendable!! Want more of the staff that evoke even a somewhat photographer to get to do something more interesting that he may too may not have imagined before.
Thanks for these types of videos Ted, they are really helpful. I was reading last year about looking for layered tones and shapes. Slowly, I'm remembering to be conscious of them when I go shooting. Improvement in small degrees.
I want to be a bit post modern in my composition so I will need to get some deconstruction paper for this assignment. Not really related to the video, but this morning, I realized I have been trying to work too fast and I need to sit down and just look at my subject for a while. The bubbles in Sudek’s water glasses look like the bubbles you get when you leave a glass of water sitting over night. I suspect he set up compositions and looked at them for days before taking the photograph. I have been rather stuck in place for the past couple of months and have not been able to “see” any photographs. This morning, I stared at a dried rose stem and did not set up a camera. If I start to really see something, I might shoot it tomorrow. If not, I’ll leave it there and stare at it some more. Anyway, I really appreciate these kinds of videos. Thanks.
BRAVO Ted, just what one needs to think without the camera. Photography is like anything you do in life, planning is your greatest tools - and in photography, COMPOSITION is a huge part of planning. Spontaneity only works occasionally. To get the most out of your hobby one has got to be prepared to analyses the possibilities and might I add, many miss good OPPOPRTUNITIES inadvertently. I dig the part about dynamic background. Sometimes we get too focus on the principle elements that we want to emphasize and forget about the background - and YES we tend to shoot for a shallow DOF maybe missing out on something powerful. Many thanks to you Ted for shedding some light with tips that will make our work so much better, if we definitely work hard at it.
Can you guys recommend more pages like this that are more academic in their approach to photography? I’m tired of hear reviews which seem to be 99% of photography TH-cams
Good idea to draw the attention away from glamorous targets to the (few) graphical elements. By the way at about 4:48 the graphic marvelous, make an image of it!
Ted's top tips! Cool vid, food for thought, appreciate the kick up the butt to remember to be aware in the thought process of making images rather than just waiting to see what happens, although that too can be fun, thanks.
I have always loved the history lessons that go along with what you are teaching here in your videos, I don't know of anyone else that takes the time to do that, or has the love of photography like you do. I always get something new out of your videos, thanks Ted!!
Loved this video and as I watching I was thinking that I would love the take a photo using this technique in your space. Take off the photos on the wall on the right hand side. Then do a portrait having one patio door on the left hand side and you sitting the stool on the right side of the frame. Or possible landscape including both patio doors.
Always great direction given with yer videos Ted, I am excited to announce that I’ll be moving to the Dallas / FW area this year…. And hope to attend the Foto Fest for next year, and expanding my creative amateurish photography more into something a bit more of an offering on my own site etc…. ;) be well
Great video!!!!! , good to see TH-cam photography channels going back to real photography substance instead or the same "I will show you the latest preset" or "I have the newest gear review". This is what should be passed on!.
Looks like it. Like the edge of a dark table against a lighter floor; or a door, window frame within the picture. Anything that might create a canvas within a canvas, or a picture within a picture and then arranging your subject(s) across those canvases.
Great video Ted. But, I would request you to also, put the names and of the photographer you are referring to, in the description. For now, if you can give the names in the reply.. Thanks.
Absolutely love this. This type of video is where you truly shine Ted and the reason I subscribed to this channel. More please :) also, what happened to the podcast?
Hmmm.... question... is this composition only for b&w photography?? Especially in terms of contrast...?? A lot of the examples shown in this video were all b&w...
I saw your giveaway guidelines on your page and a soon as they wanted money first for shipping all my red flags where up. Nice feeling for a moment to win something even if was a scam. After a few minutes of playing around with the happy endorphins I did the due reporting. Fun times
Your videos are just amazing, i've been reading "Art and Visual Perception" written by Arnheim and you've clearly done it as well. So congrats! You''re really teaching all this magical process that we call see and create!
I'm cheating and using a dime, nickel, and quarter as my pieces. For now, I'm using graph paper as the background. That's what I had readily available to start. I'll get fancy later. 🤪🥂
The secondary ground often occurs naturally in nature and wildlife photography. It happens when the landform that lies below the horizon line is very large in the frame, and is even in color, value, and texture. When photographing wildlife, I am often looking for such a landform (or vegetation mass) to set up by, in hopes of being there when a wild animal or bird comes along in front of this secondary ground. Or, when I spot an animal or bird, I then look for an area that would serve as a secondary ground, and then move around the subject until the secondary ground is behind it, making for an attractive, distraction-free background. I wish there was some way to post some examples here!
He's very right about using physical materials to manipulate them instead of digital objects. With physical elements the fact that there's nothing between you and the objects makes for a more seamless interaction that can help achieve a flow state. Not to say it can't be done on a computer entirely but there's a definite difference. Don't treat it like a job, treat it like you're a child playing.
Great video Ted, what I find interesting is the thinking that you subtract stuff, to get better results. That is probably why I have difficulties with wide angle lenses, and also Phone photos. With shallower depth of field it's easier to hide stuff.
I have watched both videos and I have found that they are very useful when it comes to product placement photographs. I have applied some of the theories in my recent pictures. Thank you very much for sharing.
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TH-cam needs fewer gear reviews and more videos like this
If you think so about this Video, you will be ashamed not to check Jamie Windsor's or Sean Tucker's photography channel
If you think so about this Video, you will be ashamed not to check Jamie Windsor's or Sean Tucker's photography channel
Thats true but I think a lot of you tubers are more interested with there relationships with camera manufacturers than there relationship with there viewers.???? I dont really know im just guessing????
P.s This channel is not what I am talking about in this comment , this is one of the best you tube photography channels.
Gentlemen, I can only agree that these videos are great for many photographers, but let us not throw rocks at the gear videos either. Occasionally you might pop in and squeeze a like to a gear minded video even if it is not your nearest interest. What we need to understand is that gear-centric videos exist because the photography industry spends money with youtubers, and if there is no industry - sponsored content, the amount of such videos as this one goes down dramatically. So if you like these, pay your fifty cents as I do as well support by watching some gear videos as well. It will keep your favorite creators afloat.
First of all thank you so much for this series of videos. It’s a very powerful tool for all of us that didn’t go to film school or just started to dig more into the world of photography. I’ve been doing this exercise in the spare time and at the beginning I have to be honest, I didn’t understand what was going on, it was very tough to visualise a scene just using these different shapes on paper. I started then to translate this exercise into practice on my way to work every morning, and The approach I had to a specific scene was completely different. Instead of “try to shoot everything”, I was subtracting elements from the scene and composing my frame. One thing I did was also subtracting part of the elements to give more emphasis to the photo, as you said today. For my trials I used a fixed focal length in order to push myself to frame what I wanted, instead of just zooming in and out. Wow! Thanks again, love these videos
Love the composition of you in that room. Interior opening leading to the pained double doors. Framed photo to the left and multiple frames to the right! Love your content as always!
I used to do this type of exercises when I was in architecture school. We still do a version of this when we sketch new projects
This series may be the best course in composition available on TH-cam. My sincere thanks.
If anyone wants to explore this nerdy composition stuff more, I’d highly recommend ‘the visual story’ by Bruce block.
thank you!
This has been great! I love these bits of content more than gear reviews. =) As a food photographer, it's amazing how the stuff you talk about with portraits and composition can be directly applied to other types of photography! Thanks a ton!
So, you're going to love this, Ted Forbes. I saw you do the practice with the paper squares and circles and I immediately thought "oh, I can do that in Photoshop it'll be easy." And you know what happened? I spent so much time trying to get all the layers set up so I could move everything independently and be able to see the white circles on the white background that I actually think it will be faster for me to just cut out some circles and squares.
Blew my Mind again. Thank you. I love learning and i learned something about composition. THANK YOU
I liked it the forst time you talked about the exercise but now I’m convinced I really need to do it and get my basics straight. You’ve been posting some of the best photography content I’ve seen in a while
Wonderful!! You showed how the visual appeal changes with the position of objects along with the angles of the contrast of the geometric patterns of the shapes of the containers that hold the objects inside. It's always hardest to put complicated matter in a simple manner and you made it this simple of a matter so hard to convey like never before. Commendable!! Want more of the staff that evoke even a somewhat photographer to get to do something more interesting that he may too may not have imagined before.
Thanks for these types of videos Ted, they are really helpful. I was reading last year about looking for layered tones and shapes. Slowly, I'm remembering to be conscious of them when I go shooting. Improvement in small degrees.
Could you do a video about framing photos? The frames on your walls are what i want without spending an arm and a leg.
one of your best videos ever! we need like 10 million more like this please
I want to be a bit post modern in my composition so I will need to get some deconstruction paper for this assignment.
Not really related to the video, but this morning, I realized I have been trying to work too fast and I need to sit down and just look at my subject for a while. The bubbles in Sudek’s water glasses look like the bubbles you get when you leave a glass of water sitting over night. I suspect he set up compositions and looked at them for days before taking the photograph. I have been rather stuck in place for the past couple of months and have not been able to “see” any photographs. This morning, I stared at a dried rose stem and did not set up a camera. If I start to really see something, I might shoot it tomorrow. If not, I’ll leave it there and stare at it some more.
Anyway, I really appreciate these kinds of videos.
Thanks.
BRAVO Ted, just what one needs to think without the camera. Photography is like anything you do in life, planning is your greatest tools - and in photography, COMPOSITION is a huge part of planning.
Spontaneity only works occasionally. To get the most out of your hobby one has got to be prepared to analyses the possibilities and might I add, many miss good OPPOPRTUNITIES inadvertently.
I dig the part about dynamic background. Sometimes we get too focus on the principle elements that we want to emphasize and forget about the background - and YES we tend to shoot for a shallow DOF maybe missing out on something powerful.
Many thanks to you Ted for shedding some light with tips that will make our work so much better, if we definitely work hard at it.
Just mindblowing stuff here. Thank you for doing what you do sir.
I was just thinking about making dynamic background for one of my photos. Thank you for this video!
Congrats. In one video we see the basic principles of design and composition and the pschychologal effects. Amazing 😍😍
What an advance photograph lesson, I love this video❤️
Can you guys recommend more pages like this that are more academic in their approach to photography? I’m tired of hear reviews which seem to be 99% of photography TH-cams
Look up T hopper on TH-cam ... She is beyond amazing!
Sean Tucker is more philosophical than academic but has great content.
Alec Soth :)
Jamie Windsor
love your videos. thanks for that.
and greatings from switzerland
Good idea to draw the attention away from glamorous targets to the (few) graphical elements.
By the way at about 4:48 the graphic marvelous, make an image of it!
Learned a lot. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this, and all of your thoughtful commentary! : )
Bravo Ted! Thank you!
I have seen both videos now, and I'm gonna do this exercise. Thanks a lot for your efforts 🙏🏼
Really great series! Keep it up
Ted's top tips!
Cool vid, food for thought, appreciate the kick up the butt to remember to be aware in the thought process of making images rather than just waiting to see what happens, although that too can be fun,
thanks.
I have always loved the history lessons that go along with what you are teaching here in your videos, I don't know of anyone else that takes the time to do that, or has the love of photography like you do. I always get something new out of your videos, thanks Ted!!
Ted, great video….just what I needed to get out of of my “photo-rut”!
Loved this video and as I watching I was thinking that I would love the take a photo using this technique in your space. Take off the photos on the wall on the right hand side. Then do a portrait having one patio door on the left hand side and you sitting the stool on the right side of the frame. Or possible landscape including both patio doors.
Keep these coming! This is why I subscribe.
Studio’s looking goood.
Very nice video, thanks Ted.
Lovely camera angle.
love your educational videos. off to make a picture!
What a great video!
Great video Ted, I love your channel.
I appreciate that!
Great info! ❤️
Thankyou, you definitely give me food for thought!
Always great direction given with yer videos Ted, I am excited to announce that I’ll be moving to the Dallas / FW area this year…. And hope to attend the Foto Fest for next year, and expanding my creative amateurish photography more into something a bit more of an offering on my own site etc…. ;) be well
Is there a list somewhere of photographers Ted mentions often?
thanks for this , made me think about my photography
Great video. Way better than a lame camera review.
Super interesting
Awesome 👍 enjoyed this one a lot
Great video!!!!! , good to see TH-cam photography channels going back to real photography substance instead or the same "I will show you the latest preset" or "I have the newest gear review". This is what should be passed on!.
The problem with your new studio, fabulous though it is…is that *we never see your cat any more* 😯
Yes, miss seeing your cat!
Amen
simply great, thank you
Good stuff, love this kinda content!
Love Kertesz
Trying to get my head around "dynamic ground." Angels and contrast?
Looks like it. Like the edge of a dark table against a lighter floor; or a door, window frame within the picture. Anything that might create a canvas within a canvas, or a picture within a picture and then arranging your subject(s) across those canvases.
Learn more here than like two years of art n design in school
Did anyone of you know Website for photo books ?
Gestalt psychology?
If the only thing I learned from this video is to not constantly rely on the "bokeh crutch"... thank you.
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Well, I need to get some cardboard. :-)
I really appreciate this video but the hard “s” sounds when you speak are unbearable. Maybe try fixing that in post?
Love when you are back into art
Great video Ted. But, I would request you to also, put the names and of the photographer you are referring to, in the description. For now, if you can give the names in the reply.. Thanks.
Absolutely love this. This type of video is where you truly shine Ted and the reason I subscribed to this channel. More please :) also, what happened to the podcast?
Great to see the wall space filling up. Thanks for the video, I took notes and drew diagrams.
What is this?
Thank you, Ted!!!
Great video! Are you getting the Sony Xperia 1 III?
Hmmm.... question... is this composition only for b&w photography?? Especially in terms of contrast...?? A lot of the examples shown in this video were all b&w...
You nailed it in your background as well 👍
fyi: The right pronounciation of Kertész (for americans) is: Kartays :)
are we really giving away cameras
and requesting confirmation on telegram
No that's a scam. It's not me or my account.
I saw your giveaway guidelines on your page and a soon as they wanted money first for shipping all my red flags where up. Nice feeling for a moment to win something even if was a scam. After a few minutes of playing around with the happy endorphins I did the due reporting. Fun times
Your videos are just amazing, i've been reading "Art and Visual Perception" written by Arnheim and you've clearly done it as well. So congrats! You''re really teaching all this magical process that we call see and create!
I'm cheating and using a dime, nickel, and quarter as my pieces. For now, I'm using graph paper as the background. That's what I had readily available to start. I'll get fancy later. 🤪🥂
The secondary ground often occurs naturally in nature and wildlife photography. It happens when the landform that lies below the horizon line is very large in the frame, and is even in color, value, and texture. When photographing wildlife, I am often looking for such a landform (or vegetation mass) to set up by, in hopes of being there when a wild animal or bird comes along in front of this secondary ground. Or, when I spot an animal or bird, I then look for an area that would serve as a secondary ground, and then move around the subject until the secondary ground is behind it, making for an attractive, distraction-free background. I wish there was some way to post some examples here!
OMG. THANK GOD I FOUND YOU. THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
He's very right about using physical materials to manipulate them instead of digital objects. With physical elements the fact that there's nothing between you and the objects makes for a more seamless interaction that can help achieve a flow state. Not to say it can't be done on a computer entirely but there's a definite difference. Don't treat it like a job, treat it like you're a child playing.
Always remember guys, this is FREE content…unbelievable
Haha, interesting !!! :)
You are like the Rick Beato of photography. Thank you for the videos!
Jesus Christ ... 😱Thank you ...So Good
great lesson!! Thanks. Cheers from Brazil
Amazing .. fires the imagination ❤️ 🙏🏽
Thank you! "be patient, slow down..."
Another brilliant video. Loved it.
Brilliant content. Thanks 🤩
Natural born teacher. Importance of composition. This video is essential. Thank you.
Double like! Thank you!
Love your videos nice job 👏
Very good, thank you!
Great video Ted, what I find interesting is the thinking that you subtract stuff, to get better results.
That is probably why I have difficulties with wide angle lenses, and also Phone photos.
With shallower depth of field it's easier to hide stuff.
I have watched both videos and I have found that they are very useful when it comes to product placement photographs. I have applied some of the theories in my recent pictures. Thank you very much for sharing.
This is excellent.
Amazing video
This was great!
Great video!
Love it
Ace!
This is really great and I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing Ted. Like four hundred seventy five
I LOVE this series! So much more interesting than the multitude of "rule of thirds" videos we see on youtube. Thanks!
Another excellent composition video, thank you :)