The BEST SETTINGS for SHARP Photos!
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6 months ago I changed my camera settings to help me get more sharp, handheld photos. I love the new set up so thought I'd share it while bumbling around Snowdonia one evening this week :)
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Saturday afternoon, the whole world watches the royal funeral but I'm watching something even more British: James walking at Snowdonia giving photo tips.
I've got James on the computer and Philip on the tv.
Who gives a toss about the royal funeral !!!
@@philipandreicuk5356 Lots of people. They are entitled to their own opinion, just as you are.
Rest assured, the "whole world" is NOT watching the funeral.
@@miljomupp Each to their own. I haven't watched it either but it doesn't mean we have to be negative towards fellow human beings.
I love how well your joy of photography come across. Finally a TH-cam who’s more photography oriented and less gear oriented. Extremely inspiring. Keep up the good work!
Cheers from Norway 🇳🇴
Yeaaah...talking about gear.....some vids may not be for you here :D
@@BARMAXAR Well.. I know he talks about gear too, but he does not come across as gear obsessed like some other photography TH-camrs. It's not always about the latest and greatest. At least, that's my impression.
Now that you mentioned it, I would like to see a video about the things you do not like about your job.
I would second this video idea
Down to earth humble guy! And funny!
Thanks so much :)
Yes James, it's a setting I've been using when I'm in auto-ISO for situations when the light is changing. It's fantastic and really helps you control the camera without doing much.
Love the video, and recommendations! Been so hard for me to shoot lately but I know I’m going to have a decent amount of time coming up!! Gonna definitely try the minimum shutter speed thing.
I have been to Snowdonia once, in 1984! Eek! I love your explanations. They help me to learn. The color gradind especially, since I dont know a lot of the tools to use, may be of great benefit later on. Keep smiling James, and keep us laughing! Will definitely keep watching. Cheers!
Great video. It would be good to see more videos about color theory and how it is used in both pre and post processing to evoke emotion. Thanks for all the videos which are always well thought out
A new video from James always improves the day haha
I very much enjoyed the last part, where you took a photo and then critiqued it in real time, adjusted your position and settings, and took the photo again, walking us through it the whole time. That really was insightful, thank you
Fabulous location, fun and informative video. Fantastic, thanks James!
Seems you’re getting closer to Manual with auto ISO James. It’s the way forward. 😉
Coming to the dark side😂
Such a great landscape, gonna have to come soon. Like the new angle in the office too 😉
High top hiking boots are your answer for hiking in bogs. Gaiters don't keep the water out if you step in a deeper hole or puddle. And, the high top boots, when tied properly, will protect your ankles. But as usual another interesting and fun video. Take care and be safe out there....
you are 1000% my favourite photography youtuber
Been using lightroom and didnt even know the color grading was a thing on it. Thanks for informing me on this. Love your channel.
Great video and tip! Especially for walking without a tripod 👌 liked the share on the split toning as well.
Keep up the great videos !!!!
What a playground you have now, my dream. Had a quick trip to the Ogwen valley and the glyderau the other week amazing. Hope to see you in the mountains regular .💪
One super handy tool on the grading panel is the luminosity slider under the low/mid/hightones. Even if you don’t add any colour
Awesome video as usual. You use the same exposure setting method that I do. Aperture priority, auto ISO, and minimum shutter speed. I’ve got my s5 also set up to have a custom button dedicated to the minimum shutter speed setting. Makes everything fast yet I don’t sacrifice any creative control.
Wales truly is a stunner!
Just realized GH5 has this aswell! no need to feel sad! Never used it stupidly enough and now realized I have been missing out on many sharp pics. Thanks again for another great pointer James!
Thanks james excellent as always, I find colour grading in golden hour works well with the orange colours
I'm also using Auto ISO with my G9... it's nice being able to adjust your settings to give you the look you want, knowing the exposure will be ideal.
The reason why this is my favourite photography channel is not just the great photography content, but also the random philosophical ramblings like "When does a pond become a lake?". Hope your feet have dried by now!
Discovered the same a few months back on my Sony A7 iii. Even when I’m shooting sports now I leave in Aperture priority with min shutter speed which is something I never used to do. Min shutter with auto iso was my biggest lightbulb moment when moving from my a6000.
Lovely drone footage at the beginning.
Love the Snowdonia videos
After you moved to your most recent abode you have worked with your studio background. In today's video, mostly dark wall but some light wall with a hint of a map, you did the best - by far - since moving!
Your (studio) background seems to be coming sorted out; love that massive map! :-)
How are you feeling about moving to Wales so far?
Thank you, James. My tripod got knocked over yesterday in a freak accident with my a7RIII and 100-400mm lens on it and they got destroyed. I needed your video to cheer me up today.
My a7s3 fell off my car with my rs2 gimbal and luckily only the gimbal was fully destroyed. Sucks.
There have been a few things that have improved my photography during this year but the most important one has been getting James 's presets. Seriously, the original free ones were amazing (high key punch being my all time fav) but the last ones are also worth every cent. I admit that I am very bad at editing pictures and they might not be so' eye opening' for people who is already expert but I just wanted to give kudos to James Popsys for releasing such an amazing work to the public.
Thanks so much mate - that's great to hear :)
@@JamesPopsysPhoto 🙏
Minimum shutter speed! Thanks for the tip James! G9 shooter here and that's a really handy feature to know!
Hi James! Great as always! I discovered this crazy setting on my camera! The M setting!!! It's very versatile! 🤣 On another note, on my bucket list is to visit every NP in GB. You folks have some amazing ones! Cheers!
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Been watching your videos for a while now, for once I’m relatively early
I’d love to take photos like that! It made me laugh when you said you didn’t think they were particularly good 😂.
Really interesting video. Thanks :)
New Subscriber btw loving your stuff so far. Thank you x
First, I enjoy your videos very much! I am newish to photography and have been focused on the aurora this winter. Now that spring is actually coming the skies don’t get very dark, and soon wont at all. I’m re-learning what little I did learn last fall. Can you please help me understand how to get sharp photos with such low shutter speed? It was my understanding that anything below 1\80 would be a bit blurry due to hand shake. I have a nice tripod but I’d rather not have to lug it around while on the move to find and capture beautiful things.
Thanks James - good tips, as always. Do you ever lock your focus off by going to manual focus and check with peaking too? Low ISO and reasonable shutter speed in low light - the joy of full frame right there!
Cheers Tom! I've got back button focus set to lock and unlock at a press - been doing that a while now and really like it - especially for video :)
Waterbodies that are regarded as lakes are 99 acres or more, there ya go James mush, one of life's mysteries put to bed
I don't know exactly about English, but in German the difference lies in having a natural outflow or not ("moving water").
I love that feature on my canon camera, its called "auto minimum shutter speed" - you can set a manual one, but i prefer to bias the auto function with +1 - it changes automatically according to the focal lengh and with my bias its a bit above... But i might lower it now that my R6 has IBIS.
Nice video of a very nice surrounding. Also love your subliminal message at 10:42 😜
Got the coffee already and the biscuit, great upload time James. While watching I’ve just had an idea, I would love if you could do a what’s in my bag as I see that you use that f stop bag now and also maybe a new office tour? Keep it up and stay safe.
Sounds like a plan :)
As for wet feet, we always put bags over them before our boots. Water may soak the boot, but it will save you from cold soggy feet.
Mr. Heaton was up your way recently. The two of you together in one video, would be as hilarious as would be educational. Good to see you are well, sir.
Snowshoes are great, especially if you plan to walk a fair bit in boggy areas. Less tiring than wellies for a long walk and more durable than waterproof socks but you have to carry them when not needed.
Got excited for the tip, then realised my Canon 500D and 5D2 are too old to have that setting... I'll stick to manual mode and auto ISO, then!
I still love the video though, great footage and tips.
I Love it! I hope I can somehow in the future do what I love and that makes me money :D
I use min shutter speed as well on my G9 in aperture priority. I was somewhat annoyed by the G85 (from which I upgraded to the G9) not having this option.
I'm convinced you're the brother of Ethan Smale from Car Throttle.
So that's a use for color grading! - Elaine
"Does what it says on the tin" BS free zone! Nice one James and I get to see the mountains of North Wales without having to travel 200 miles.
Interesting coincidence with you posting this just after Matt Kloskowski posted a video on how his approach to noise reduction and sharpening has changed as he is moving more from landscapes to wildlife photography. As with your use of hand holding he using wider apertures and high iso setting more frequently and is finding a clear advantage to moving beyonf the noise reduction and sharpening facilities offered by Lightroom and Photoshop. Matt was using the Topaz utilities but I have found similar benefits from using the noise reduction routines in DXO Photolab with my wilddlife images taken with my G9 sometimes at high iso and slow shutter speeds.
In Newfoundland, its all called ponds, no matter how big they are. In Ontario , water is called Lakes , no mater how small they are!
Actually there are 21 'lakes' in Newfoundland and Labrador. Everything else? Ponds. And yes, size is irrelevant.
Hi James, have you tried waterproof socks for inside your boots? they work well for me.
A pond becomes a lake, when you realize you have a problem walking around it... A pond, no problem 15-20 minutes, and you are around. A lake.... takes hours if possible.
It was nice of you to show your tripod's shadow... ;)
Rab - my grannie loves Rab
Awesome video as always James. Question for you, how do you add borders to your pictures? As a beginner I'm finding it hard getting my pictures to fit social media, especially Instagram. You have obviously worked around this with your borders as apposed to cropping. Can you do a tutorial on this please? Thanks!
He's actually done one already :-) th-cam.com/video/NAo-BSTV3Sc/w-d-xo.html
Indeed he did a video about it :) you can also use apps like Snapseed (it's free) to add white borders. It's easy and quick to use. Do it on my own photos !
@@OwenRalph thank you!
What Camera bag and strap system do you use man? Does your camera fit on your shoulder strap?
Walking wellies with a vibram sole.....that is what I have started to wear for such terrain. I can't think of anything worse than wet and cold feet🥶
Can you please do a comparison between M4/3 and frull frame regarding minimum shutter speed? Can you shoot at much lower values with your G9?
I can easily go down to 1/10 with my Z6 so that should also be possible with your S5 and kit lens (when there's no storm or earthquake).
Also don't like tripods, especially when hiking. And 1/10 or 1/8 is very important for running water.
Wellies!!
Good god I love the Panasonic menus.... Sitting here with an A7 iii after taking the leap from a G9... :S
Ironically I hated the gh5 but love the a7s3.
Yep. Minimum shutter speed is something that has been of the forefront of my shoots recently.
So have just returned from a day shooting wild life where I’ve some blurred results and thinking I needed to keep my shutter speed above 1600 using a 200-600 lens to keep pics sharp! LOL. I shoot manual always control the shutter and aperture and let the iso vary with a max iso set. On another topic I thought I’d give square space ago. I found it very hard to set up would be happy if you did a video, to show how. Where is the templates to give an overview of say 3-4 pics in a line but be able to select one and have it then go to full screen? I did a full screen only view but it was landscape only so it cropped my portrait shoots. And then when you come to wan to publish your web site to see how it looks before deciding if you have to subscribe the you have to fork up and subscribe. Didn’t notice any buttons to send an email or have an online chat for their famous 24/7 support. Have to say I won’t be recommending to any one.
Fuji has the minimum shutter too, and it's so good, I just leave it in P mode. It's pretty flawless. I'm quite scared about buying Canon cameras because I know I would have to manually set everything like a peasant again. The auto settings on Canon want to choose the tightest apertures, lowest iso, and slowest shutter. Broad daylight it like iso 100, f22, 1/2
Most of my buddies and I don't use waterproof boots. Water comes over the top of the boots, and the waterproofing keeps the water in the boots. Non-waterproof boots can be surprisingly hard to find.
Nice vid. Liked the peek into your blue hour color grading at the end. I’ve found color wheels very useful and beneficial to my workflow.
Thanks again for sharing your evening hike.
Awesome to hear, and thanks for watching :)
Me: Excited about this new tip so my photos won't suck.
James: It's minimum shutter speed.
Me: *cries in a6000.
A6000 is a beast xD If I ever moved over to Sony I would buy that camera and used the spare money to buy some good Sigma lenses.
5D Mark II here... I really need to get up to date for all these nifty features
@@thegrayyernaut All of the four people I know using it are frustrated by it and wish they got the GX9 when I gave them a try. But each to his own. xD
@@VictorVonVulfgang I use an X-T1, and it's pretty crap in terms of AF. So if AF is the main problem with thr A6000, I think I can handle it xD
@@thegrayyernaut 100% agree. I love my a6000. The only thing I would want to improve on it is the water resistance really. But you slap some good quality glass on there, know how your settings work together and you’ve got yourself a damn good setup.
8x10 with Provia 😀
I try to dable in the color grading tab. But either, I am too clumbsy, for using it proplery (which might be the case) or it is not that useful on my images. I am usualy for a quite natural colors.
Yeah it's a rarity for me too, especially outside of blue hour :)
I slipped and fell on the other side of the valley coming down from Pen Yr Ole Wen and broke my leg and ankle, so it can happen. Luckily the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue were able to get me down and trf to hospital.
I slipped on a wet grass slope near the Ogwen cottage. 10 years on my left knee is wrecked.
What export settings do you use?
Lakes are normally much deeper than ponds and have a larger surface area. All the water in a pond is in the photic zone, meaning ponds are shallow enough to allow sunlight to reach the bottom. ... Lakes have aphotic zones, which are deep areas of water that receive no sunlight, preventing plants from growing.
Makes sense.
Wow, that transition at 0:50 - so dynamic. I was wondering, why aren't you shooting wide open when it's dark? Even the latest Panny/Sigma lenses are softer whilst wide open? By the way, the G90 continues being ignored by its parents.
Yeah I'm just in the habit of stopping down whenever possible in case I miss focus and to avoid vignetting etc :)
@@JamesPopsysPhoto Oh right, that makes sense, cheers!
Just sat down with a brew, perfect timing 👍🏻
Yeah fine here, still a bit too cold.
Hope you as well.
silicone spray waterproofing all up the boot, pull the tongue out and coat thoroughly. two coats. kiwi, coleman, any brand works. you wont regret it. maybe taller boots?
According to you, to get sharp photos all you need to do is set mom shutter speed and auto ISO. Great. No need to focus anymore. To get sharp photos you learn where to focus followed by basic camera settings.
Out of curiosity, I have tried to find this location for over a year does anyone know where it is? Haha also very informative video
Epic views
A sub title for these videos could be: A Good Walk.
Get a pair of MuckBoots hiking wellies
I was telling my wife that I hope you weren't referring to focus peaking because we don't have it on our cameras.
I'm glad it wasn't. 🤣
When does a pond becomes a lake? - ..... Also when does 'mist' become 'cloud' 🙄 Really nifty onscreen 'level' line... I've never noticed that before on your camera 👍
Anyone clock the screen grab of the editing timeline at 10:42
When does a pond become a lake? When does mist become cloud? When do boots become wellies?
When did I become old?
@@twotone3070 😂😂😂😂🙏🏼
why not get wellies?
My lazy brain can understand faster/slower shutter speed, but I get confused outside of those descriptors 🙃 minimum is the slowest shutter speed you're willing to use right?
Correct
@@MrJed_s Thanks!
Shopping bags around your feet will keep them dry in a pinch!
Subliminal message at 10.43? 😅
KNEE HIGH WATERPROOF SOCKS !!! Now THERE is a Go Fund Me Idea !!
Wanted to let you know that TH-cam muted all notifications from your channel, probably have done it to other subscribers also...
Do, why do so many landscape photographers brag about wet feet when they wont wear water proof footwear?
Well damn, what a View from there... very jealous
Get a water proof socks. Best buy...
Do you live to say “shrouded in mist” and “whence I came?”
i know youre not a fan of tripods, but itll solve any dilema.. so why not?