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Excellent video! I learned so much in such a short amount of time. You speak in "people" language instead of tech talk. It was extremely clear and informative. Thanks again!
The best photography teacher I’ve found on TH-cam so far! You make everything so easy to understand by giving many examples and very clear explanations which assume no prior knowledge but have a high level of detail! It makes me want to watch all your videos
Nice job. I'm amazed at how many photographers (even pros) don't really understand what the histogram is, or how it works. Too many times I have heard the phrase, "if it's to the right, it's over exposed", as if it is a light meter not a pixel graph.
Why pay for camera school when I can just watch you? Great job! I was kinda avoiding using histograms cause I thought they were hard to use. Thank you soooooo much!!
This is the second or third video I have watched, trying to understand histograms, and the ONLY ONE that has been helpful to me. Your explanations are clear and easily understood by this new photographer. Thank you so very much.
Excellent explanation of histograms. I watched several other videos on this topic and yours is the best. I appreciate the examples you give. Thank you and all the best!
Dear Steve, perfect... I mean perfect explanation and with graphical support ! I am working with histograms for a long time with all my Nikon and Fuji cameras ! This is the trick to keep in mind for newbies as well for experts, I never ever trust any of my LCD screens, only the histogram is talking. Thanks for your time, I will show this video to a friend of mine, who is really into exposing to the left on every photo, which is not good at all.
You know Steve, your videos are not only informational and easy to understand, but I find your delivery inspirational! And at the risk of sounding sycophantic - you're my 'go to' guy for Nikon. BTW, I bought your 'Secrets to the Nikon Autofocus System' ebook which I refer to constantly - and even printed out all 494 pages (when my employers back was turned). Keep it up!
Thanks Steve, not sure how you don't have more subscribers as your videos are incredibly detailed and extremely informative. Keep up the great work, thoroughly enjoy each and every video you produce. You're single-handedly making us all better photographers with your in-depth videos.
Thanks :) I think the lack of subs is because I don't put out videos at the rate other channels do. I try to leverage the format as much as I can, so there's a lot of b-roll and it takes time. That, and I'm out shooting and running workshops all the time :)
Once again. I really like your videos. They’re entertaining without the flash and dash and I can easily understand your information. Well done! You’re making me enjoy my new d850 so much more.
Like most photographers on TH-cam, I watch a number of different reviewers/instructors but I find you're perhaps the best one. I learned so much in this video that I didn't think I'd learn beforehand! Great graphics, clear explanations, plus learning about things that didn't make sense to me before like choosing a flatter picture profile. I also like how you show how to change settings; most others just talk about it and that makes no sense. One of the best photog videos I've ever watched!!
such a simple explanation oh my god, finally. people wrote long tiring articles, long videos, but you just explain things so well. thank you steve, i always love your videos.
Just wanted to say this is a level of understanding the Histogram I had not had before. Excellent video and a game changer in my photo world. Thanks, SUBCRIBED.
How am I just finding out about you now?!?! Your video's and teaching style is by far the best I've watched/followed on TH-cam. But, not only that your photography is simply amazing and I feel much better following the advice from someone who not only can talk the talk but can walk the walk. I will be buying your ebooks, but I sure do wish you had them in print as I'm a very tactile person and love books lol....I'm just curious, do you do workshops?
Thanks! I've looked into printing the books, but it's prohibitively expensive due to the length and all the pics. I don't currently do workshops, but that may change in the future. Right now, too busy with books, articles, and videos!
I agree Mona. Could be the level we shoot at. I could see this being too advanced for novice shooters (That most aim at), and the most experienced advanced shooters often don't watch these videos LOL
Absolutely TO THE POINT...without aaaaaaaaah....hmmmmmmms.... helping people to understand it using simple and logical way like teaching little children...I have known many of the info about histogram and that makes me to even more appreciate the way you explain things in your videos...since English is my secondary language. Really - Great Job. michael
Steve greatest tutorial on histogram right here. Nailed it as usual. I was teaching my son on understanding histograms and you bro made my life a whole lot easier THANK YOU. Oh and BTW send a link of this video to Ken I think he needs to be reminded how the hell the histogram works..... LOL
Eleftherios Kritikakis, well said sir, he deleted my comments all together too, obviously he cannot handle the truth, people who have good knowledge could see how elementary his shots were. I do thank Steven though for his tutorials, both on YT and on his website, he is a wildlife photography Guru, very modest with acute sense of humor always to the point and away from infomercial BS. Thanks Steven well done my man.
coolpix or non of any available camera would have the GFX dynamic range ...(Girl on a fence ) its all about Dynamic range.... the mind blowing dynamic range of the GFX ,... the Dynamic range.... Not a tourist shots ... not a portrait shooting skills competition ... its the Hi Dynamic range ... thats whats all about it ( girl on a fence).....
Thank you so much! This was by far the clearest and most appropriately nuanced explanation I have seen. Typically, the advice I have run into was to keep everything in the middle and have nothing climbing the walls...actually not helpful with dark and light tones, as he points out.
Your tutorials are easily one of the best. Very interesting, lucid and to the point. I have a question to ask. How do I control the clippings in the histogram ? Looking to your early revert. Thanks & Regards.
If you're clipping, your exposure is too bright so you have to drop it down, either with exposure compensation or using manual mode. (I have a video somewhere on exposure comp too :) )
Thank ❤ sir for making such wonderful videos. Sir did you make the video of colourful histograms you had mentioned at the end of this video? If yes pls provide the link of the video.
Great explanations of the use and meaning of the histograms. I have seen/heard several presentations on the topic and yours was the best. Now, I think I can make real use of what the camera is telling me.
Good presentations. I like how each video handles a particular setting. I wish I'd had these years back but they will be useful for my safari trip to South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in October 2019.
I like you - I like you very much, You have an outstanding presentation style. I've looked at many "tube videos on photography subjects and yours are heads and shoulders above the rest. I feel like I do when I see a great street musician and I have to put some $$ in his/her can. I don't even do nature photography - I do urban landscapes and portraits - but your videos are about the only ones I actually watch all the way through. Thank you
Thank you so much for these videos! I'm a rookie photographer that used Instamatic's and just bought a Nikon 5600. I'm so overwhelmed. I don't know a f-stop from a ISO, lol. Struggling but having fun. I do a lot of outdoor activities and so many times wished I had a good camera. Now if I can just figure out what 'm doing, this will be fun.
Woow the best that i can find on internet , thank you very much for take the time to make this and make it really understadable , easy and professional, thanks a Lot!!
Another great video, already subscribed, downloading the book, looking forward to getting stuck in, I've been a Nikon user for many years now, long before digital, I don't think digital was even science fiction back then. Cheers Steve. Definately the definative site for Nikon users...
Steve... as a "newbie" to finally taking the camera out of Auto mode, I really appreciate your informative videos! Easy to understand, engaging and entertaining. You have a gift... and thanks for sharing it! I will surely be ordering your e-book in the very near future! Keep up the great work and best of luck!
Back in the film days. We developed (no pun intended) an eye for exposure and compostion. When we saw pictures in a forest . Quite a few could hit it on the nose. I am going to try it. I think it is a useful tool.
Excellent video. Once again, your teaching method is so clear and the information is very helpful. I am so glad to now be a subscriber and will have to look for earlier videos.
Thanks for this vid!! I've been shooting for over a year without actually knowing how to read the histogram,lol. Granted, 95% percent of the shots still turn out okay but this is definitely a time saver from hours of post processing!! Keep the videos coming!
the last few days i'v been looking for tutorials on histogram and Your video's and teaching style is by far the best I've watched,i learned so much watching this video, Great graphics, clear explanations and i am ready to check my exposure after every photo.thank you steve.
You know, today actually I clearly learned about the histogram for the first time. I've seen many useless videos until this. Thank you very very much. Always love your videos and the channel.
With a good understanding of metering you'll know what your image & histogram will look like before you take the shot. I'm glad you said it needs to represent the tones in your image rather than the other 'experts' on youtube saying it always has to be even. They should be kicked off youtube for misleading people.
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The most simple and greatest explanation for histograms. Thank you friend 😊
I definitely agree.
Helped me a lot with understanding a histogram. Each photo will be different. Thank you
Thank you Steve. I always enjoy watching your videos.
this was the most informative, straight to the point video about histograms. no need for gimmicks. thank you!
This is by far the best explanation on YT. Thank you for making such a concise video!
Better than the last eight videos I've watched explaining the histogram. Thanks!
Excellent video! I learned so much in such a short amount of time. You speak in "people" language instead of tech talk. It was extremely clear and informative. Thanks again!
Finally a video that explains histograms properly thank you. 😊 Subscribed!!
The best photography teacher I’ve found on TH-cam so far! You make everything so easy to understand by giving many examples and very clear explanations which assume no prior knowledge but have a high level of detail! It makes me want to watch all your videos
Thank you. Yours is the best Histogram tutodial I have seen so far.
Steve, I never fail too learn something IMPORTANT when viewing your video’s and this one “Histograms” is no exception, Thank You.
I've been scouring youtube for good photography tutorials. You, Steve Perry, are the best I've found. Thank you thank you! I've just subscribed.
Thank you very much for your tutorials, for they are most helpful. I do like your presentation.
Nice job. I'm amazed at how many photographers (even pros) don't really understand what the histogram is, or how it works. Too many times I have heard the phrase, "if it's to the right, it's over exposed", as if it is a light meter not a pixel graph.
Why pay for camera school when I can just watch you? Great job! I was kinda avoiding using histograms cause I thought they were hard to use. Thank you soooooo much!!
You tutorials are always brilliant 👍👍👍
This is the second or third video I have watched, trying to understand histograms, and the ONLY ONE that has been helpful to me. Your explanations are clear and easily understood by this new photographer. Thank you so very much.
Thank you so much for the histogram tutorial, brief, simple and very informative.
Excellent explanation of histograms. I watched several other videos on this topic and yours is the best. I appreciate the examples you give. Thank you and all the best!
Steve is the new go-to refresher guy. Awesome tips here and his stuff for sale even better.
Pure knowledge. Informative.
Dear Steve, perfect... I mean perfect explanation and with graphical support ! I am working with histograms for a long time with all my Nikon and Fuji cameras ! This is the trick to keep in mind for newbies as well for experts, I never ever trust any of my LCD screens, only the histogram is talking. Thanks for your time, I will show this video to a friend of mine, who is really into exposing to the left on every photo, which is not good at all.
You know Steve, your videos are not only informational and easy to understand, but I find your delivery inspirational! And at the risk of sounding sycophantic - you're my 'go to' guy for Nikon. BTW, I bought your 'Secrets to the Nikon Autofocus System' ebook which I refer to constantly - and even printed out all 494 pages (when my employers back was turned). Keep it up!
Thanks so much for the kind words :)
Thanks Steve, not sure how you don't have more subscribers as your videos are incredibly detailed and extremely informative. Keep up the great work, thoroughly enjoy each and every video you produce. You're single-handedly making us all better photographers with your in-depth videos.
Thanks :) I think the lack of subs is because I don't put out videos at the rate other channels do. I try to leverage the format as much as I can, so there's a lot of b-roll and it takes time. That, and I'm out shooting and running workshops all the time :)
Once again. I really like your videos. They’re entertaining without the flash and dash and I can easily understand your information. Well done! You’re making me enjoy my new d850 so much more.
Like most photographers on TH-cam, I watch a number of different reviewers/instructors but I find you're perhaps the best one. I learned so much in this video that I didn't think I'd learn beforehand! Great graphics, clear explanations, plus learning about things that didn't make sense to me before like choosing a flatter picture profile. I also like how you show how to change settings; most others just talk about it and that makes no sense. One of the best photog videos I've ever watched!!
such a simple explanation oh my god, finally. people wrote long tiring articles, long videos, but you just explain things so well. thank you steve, i always love your videos.
Thank you! Such a helpful video
this video was very informative to me ,Im brand new to photography,and this video is much easier to understand, thank you steve perry,
Just wanted to say this is a level of understanding the Histogram I had not had before. Excellent video and a game changer in my photo world. Thanks, SUBCRIBED.
How am I just finding out about you now?!?! Your video's and teaching style is by far the best I've watched/followed on TH-cam. But, not only that your photography is simply amazing and I feel much better following the advice from someone who not only can talk the talk but can walk the walk. I will be buying your ebooks, but I sure do wish you had them in print as I'm a very tactile person and love books lol....I'm just curious, do you do workshops?
Thanks! I've looked into printing the books, but it's prohibitively expensive due to the length and all the pics. I don't currently do workshops, but that may change in the future. Right now, too busy with books, articles, and videos!
your teaching is the best and ez to understand. Many thanks
I agree Mona. Could be the level we shoot at. I could see this being too advanced for novice shooters (That most aim at), and the most experienced advanced shooters often don't watch these videos LOL
You’ve just explained something that has baffled me for a long time. Thanks so much! :)
Very good voice, good speed, good explanation, great graphics, super clipping - subscriped
Absolutely TO THE POINT...without aaaaaaaaah....hmmmmmmms.... helping people to understand it using simple and logical way like teaching little children...I have known many of the info about histogram and that makes me to even more appreciate the way you explain things in your videos...since English is my secondary language. Really - Great Job. michael
Steve greatest tutorial on histogram right here. Nailed it as usual. I was teaching my son on understanding histograms and you bro made my life a whole lot easier THANK YOU. Oh and BTW send a link of this video to Ken I think he needs to be reminded how the hell the histogram works..... LOL
+Christos, whos Ken ? :)
Eleftherios Kritikakis, well said sir, he deleted my comments all together too, obviously he cannot handle the truth, people who have good knowledge could see how elementary his shots were. I do thank Steven though for his tutorials, both on YT and on his website, he is a wildlife photography Guru, very modest with acute sense of humor always to the point and away from infomercial BS. Thanks Steven well done my man.
coolpix or non of any available camera would have the GFX dynamic range ...(Girl on a fence ) its all about Dynamic range.... the mind blowing dynamic range of the GFX ,... the Dynamic range.... Not a tourist shots ... not a portrait shooting skills competition ... its the Hi Dynamic range ... thats whats all about it ( girl on a fence).....
Wonderful explanation and video!
Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge
Thank you for this, finally a clear answer to how to read a histogram!
Thank you so much! This was by far the clearest and most appropriately nuanced explanation I have seen. Typically, the advice I have run into was to keep everything in the middle and have nothing climbing the walls...actually not helpful with dark and light tones, as he points out.
This lesson, like your books, is excellent.
Your tutorials are easily one of the best. Very interesting, lucid and to the point. I have a question to ask. How do I control the clippings in the histogram ? Looking to your early revert. Thanks & Regards.
If you're clipping, your exposure is too bright so you have to drop it down, either with exposure compensation or using manual mode. (I have a video somewhere on exposure comp too :) )
Love your tutorials! Very good instructional video. Thank you very much for the same 👍😎
As always, you are an invaluable resource
This is the by far the best explanation on histograms I have seen. Good job!
Wow, what a great video you had produced! I had learn a lot from it. Please keep up the Good Work!!!
Absolutely loved it. Good explaining, authentic and some real good knowledge. Thank You Steve!
Awesome vid! Great explanation!
This guy explain about photography like a real professor, i learn alot from you Steve, thanks!
Thanks, great video! Now i actually feel that I understand how histagrams work.
Hi Steve,
looking forward to watch your next Colour Histogram video.
Thanks.
-T.
Thanks for delivering us a comprehensive and useful video!
Really informative. Great video
You took me one step further in understanding histograms.
thanks.
Thank ❤ sir for making such wonderful videos. Sir did you make the video of colourful histograms you had mentioned at the end of this video? If yes pls provide the link of the video.
Great teaching! GREAT photography!
Awesome video and tutorial 👌
Finally a video that helps me understand. I've watched several others and they just don't explain it as well as you did. Thanks so much! :)
Wow! First time I truly understand histogram
Well explained. Thanks!
Such a good vid! Thanks :)
The best !!!!!!!
Great explanations of the use and meaning of the histograms. I have seen/heard several presentations on the topic and yours was the best. Now, I think I can make real use of what the camera is telling me.
Good presentations. I like how each video handles a particular setting. I wish I'd had these years back but they will be useful for my safari trip to South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe in October 2019.
One of the best explanations I've seen. Thank you.
At last someone has explained the histogram in a way that even I can understand. I was beginning to give up..A huge thanks!
I like you - I like you very much, You have an outstanding presentation style. I've looked at many "tube videos on photography subjects and yours are heads and shoulders above the rest. I feel like I do when I see a great street musician and I have to put some $$ in his/her can. I don't even do nature photography - I do urban landscapes and portraits - but your videos are about the only ones I actually watch all the way through. Thank you
Brilliant explanation. Thank you!
Fantastic tutorial. I especially like the way you incorporated the actual pictures and where it shows on the histogram. Thanks.
Great video. I also enjoy your 'style' in the delivery of the subject matter. Very informative and relaxed viewing.
Great explanation!!
Thank you so much for these videos! I'm a rookie photographer that used Instamatic's and just bought a Nikon 5600. I'm so overwhelmed. I don't know a f-stop from a ISO, lol. Struggling but having fun. I do a lot of outdoor activities and so many times wished I had a good camera. Now if I can just figure out what 'm doing, this will be fun.
Woow the best that i can find on internet , thank you very much for take the time to make this and make it really understadable , easy and professional, thanks a Lot!!
Lots of information I hadn't thought about. I look forward to your videos. I always learn from them.
Very informative.. Thank you..
Finally, someone who explain this thing clearly
Another great video, already subscribed, downloading the book, looking forward to getting stuck in, I've been a Nikon user for many years now, long before digital, I don't think digital was even science fiction back then. Cheers Steve. Definately the definative site for Nikon users...
I'm impressed. I always enjoy your videos but your graphics were particularly good this time. Good job!
Steve... as a "newbie" to finally taking the camera out of Auto mode, I really appreciate your informative videos! Easy to understand, engaging and entertaining. You have a gift... and thanks for sharing it! I will surely be ordering your e-book in the very near future! Keep up the great work and best of luck!
Back in the film days. We developed (no pun intended) an eye for exposure and compostion. When we saw pictures in a forest . Quite a few could hit it on the nose. I am going to try it. I think it is a useful tool.
Excellent video. Once again, your teaching method is so clear and the information is very helpful. I am so glad to now be a subscriber and will have to look for earlier videos.
Great explanation on the histogram! One of the best on youtube.
Wow, thanks!
Thanks for giving quite a good education, I had tried to learn some of tricks of yours and really it helps me a lot thank you so much.
Beautifully explained. Thank you.
Thank you very much for this informative video... I am brand new to photography and you just helped me a great deal. Thanks again, Nancy
excellent vid as always!! bought your guides too, very helpful!!
Thanks for this vid!! I've been shooting for over a year without actually knowing how to read the histogram,lol. Granted, 95% percent of the shots still turn out okay but this is definitely a time saver from hours of post processing!! Keep the videos coming!
pretty helpful. Thank you so much
the last few days i'v been looking for tutorials on histogram and Your video's and teaching style is by far the best I've watched,i learned so much watching this video, Great graphics, clear explanations and i am ready to check my exposure after every photo.thank you steve.
Nice Video. Thank you Steve
good voice, great images, clear instructions, thanks
You know, today actually I clearly learned about the histogram for the first time. I've seen many useless videos until this.
Thank you very very much. Always love your videos and the channel.
You're an awesome teacher
Always learn something from your tutorials. Thank you.
Great info for this newbie. Thanks!
Wow thanks for explaining that that cleared up a ton of confusion
With a good understanding of metering you'll know what your image & histogram will look like before you take the shot. I'm glad you said it needs to represent the tones in your image rather than the other 'experts' on youtube saying it always has to be even. They should be kicked off youtube for misleading people.
Enjoyed the tutorial, always good to remind yourself of the basics.
Cheers
Thanks, Steve! Great video! Very informative and understandable!
Excellent info!!