Mark Denney I like the ending edge of blue hour and just the end of golden hour, but I'll shoot any light if I like a composition. I'm scheduling trips now to work on foggy, moody, scenes with hopefully some light beams. Something new for the Panda.
Excellent video! It got my creative juices flowing. Now, I wanna do some juxtaposing portraits of my wife and landscape at blue hour. I'm thinking with a speedlite umbrella for a Rembrandt or a split light with the blue hour casting on her other side. We have a beautiful bridge near us. I think I'll use that for the backdrop. Thanks!
Seasons play a part. In summer in Scotland, the blue hour lasts from 10pm to 2am and is fantastic for cityscapes. In winter, the golden hour in Scotland is lengthy both in the morning and late afternoon, but the blue hour is very short. So for me its about how I can practically shoot to the maximum. Right now is tough (late August) because the morning golden and blue hours are at 4.30am to 6am (still too early for me) and then we get 10 hours of flat/dull light (ok, useful for waterfalls) before getting a fairly brief golden/blue hour at 8-9pm. Winter is great because you can shoot from 8am through to 4pm and mostly in blue hour and golden hour conditions. As an overall rule, I like the golden hour most and the morning blue hour (so quit out there)
To me.. the most important aspect or rather quality of a landscape photo.. is composition. If the composition is really werid or off.. doesnt matter what light it's shot in.. the photo is still bad.. to me at least. Light comes second. At least to me. I often notice composition first then light.
I’m a newbie in photography but I enjoy landscape at the moment. I did notice that composition play a huge role. It will provide a huge impact if the composition is perfect. But unfortunately, I also struggle how to compose correctly. Thankfully this channel is helping me. I also agree that light is the other important key to landscape photography as well.
I have a saying in photography that cameras are actually light capture machines ...yes they capture the light and the sensor creates the image So I’m looking at light and then think composition and how I can use that light ....cameras are light capture machines and it’s really helped me improve photography
great examples of the different light. my problem is sometimes not leaving the yellow or orange tones in the foreground or on the subject and trying to "correct" it. great content as always
I also tend to switch over to B&W, but I don't consider it "stuck". I often prefer that time of day for the contrast. Golden hour is nice, *if* that's what you want, but it's not the be-all-end-all, and frankly can be kind of boring. There is plenty of shooting to do at any time of day!
I look for details in the shady areas. We usually think of landscape photos as grand vistas, but those landscapes are made up of small intricacies that have their own beauty.
Im starting to shot during the day now, and not just during sunset and sunrise. And my portfolio has become much better since doing this, dont listen to the pros saying sunset/sunrise are the only things you should be out during :)
Would you use graduated filters? I bought a set and I just got a purple hue to my images! Also would you still shoot on a bright sunny day or just leave the camera in its bag and find something else to do?
Hey Mark, loving your videos. One thing that would be SUPER helpful would be timestamps (either in the description or a pinned comment) to various parts of your videos. As a noobie, if I want to go back and rewatch, say, just the portion on flat lighting, I have to spend a while hopping around until I can find it. For rewatching purposes, timestamps would be amazing! Cheers, and thanks for all the great info.
Really well explained as always Mark. I love that blue hour transition into Golden Hour in the morning when everything is peaceful and full of promise and you get those lovely pinks.... Right that's inspired me to head out tomorrow morning! Thank you.
I liked the NES Max. It felt much better than the original, especially the cycloid instead of d pad. The Advantage tried to be arcade-like, but was just too cumbersome for me. Either way, seeing that controller brought back memories...
Bright bursts of light through heavy cloud cover and then through tree canopies can give you awesome bright highlights in certain areas with shadows on other bits. If you are lucky enough to get the light hitting the right areas it can make some great images. It's probably the hardest to pull off too as everything aligning is pretty rare.
Yeah this is why overnight storms are exciting. Then you may get the storm ending and the storm starting to break up around sunrise so you get really amazing light with the early morning sun starting to come through some of the gaps in the clouds. Same can be said about day time storms that break and start to dissipate around sunset but I find that day time storms tend to be less likely for that to happen compared to an overnight storm.
Great Vid! But pls. Stop this sounds in it. I can understand the reason but if you look this vid meanwhile your work, you are always confused from where the sounds are coming :D
I think my favourite time of shooting is midday on a broken cloudy day. The magic for me is capturing a scene where the cloud shadows cover parts of the landscape allowing you to use the shadows and sunlight to pick out parts of the scene and nature does the highlighting for you.
Thanks for another very useful video, Mark. My favorite sky is the evening transition from blue hour to astro twilight when the sky becomes a deep indigo and a few bright stars dot the sky. The morning sky just doesn't have the same hues that the evening sky does here in the high desert. How is it back east, does the blue hour sky differ from morning to night? Nice photos, Mark. When you zoomed in to show detail, I thought you must have upgraded to the a7Riv. I had to look at your profile where I saw that you went for the Riii instead (same as I shoot with). I'm impressed with how much detail it appears you get out of it.
Hey Mark, You should come to the Netherlands during the summer. Our blue hour last in August for like 4 hours. We don't really have dark nights in the summer (the higher you go, the less night you get in the summer).
Most of the time it's Golden Hour, Love the Blue Hour, I use the backlit light sometimes especially when I combined that with Bracketing. Great video as always!
Mark, Another great lesson. Your videos are so well organized and easy to follow. Do you storyboard these and practice before final recording? Were you an engineer in your former vocation?
This is definitely a video I'll watch again, before I set out for a day shooting. It'll remind my it's possible to get great shots in all kinds of light. Thanks
I must ask you, how do you plan your photo shoots? I mean how do you choose where to shoot? Like I want to get into landscape photography but I just don't know really where to go
Mark, as always, enjoy your videos. I shoot in all of the lights you mentioned in the video with much success and enjoyment. But my favorite light at the end of a days' shoot is a Coors Light.
@@MarkDenneyPhoto "Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography." ~ George Eastman
Hey can u do a video on what f stop to use on landscapes I know it's a broad question but I have trouble on shooting to infinity and choosing a f stop I usually just try to go as high as possible but it doesn't feel very scientific
Awesome! I typically like going for the blue/golden hour in the morning. However, it definitely takes some discipline. Tried getting up early for sunrise while I was in Florida over the weekend. After the 2nd day of rain I gave up on it. Not even one good evening golden hour either. Oh well, maybe next time I'm down. I will definitely be trying to get some more backlit photos, as I've never really played around with that. Appreciate another good video, my friend! See you next week!
Erick Lindberg Yeah the waking up part can certainly be hard sometimes, but when the conditions come together it sure feels good to know ya got outta bed. Always appreciate ya watching Erick!
I like both a.m. and p.m. However the thing I like the most is when light penetrates into the woods and shows up on tree trunks or rocks or something to communicate depth. Like your photo of the trees with the GG Bridge
Hey Mark, great video, thanks for the information. I love FLAT LIGHT but now want to experiment some with the Blue Light. Growing up in Massachusetts, this is my favorite time of year for landscape. The colors are typically brilliant especially when the clouds are in. I think you've mentioned in other video's I've watched. You don't seem to worry too much about light filters. I never have myself but would be interested in knowing more of your thoughts on that subject. Thanks again. Bob.
Much appreciated Bob - thank you! I generally only use a polarizer and a solid ND filter from time to time, but I don't fuss around with ND grads too much anymore.
Another amazing episode.... Your work is Fantabulous . Please keep it up on TH-cam and upload more and more these type of videos and Please Make a video with CMOS SENSOR CAMERA.. loves from india.
I like how you turned what most tell me are negatives, into positives. I enjoy photographing into the sun and here in the UK we get a lot of cloud cover, so now when I am mocked for pulling out my camera, I will just tell them to watch this. Thank you for yet another awesome guide to landscape photos!
Thank you, I always enjoy watching your videos. For me although I do like the morning and the sunset light, I realize that I am most active during the rest of the day. So I must work with what I have, so I consider it would be a waste not to take photos during the day. There are times and angles that work very well even during noon time. The only one that I don't like, frankly is when the sky is overcast with a uniform white layer of clouds, indistinguishable. But even that won't stop me from pressing the button.
I am loving all aspects of blue hour and Golden hour even if I haven't 100% figured it out yet. Sometimes I hit composition and fail at light and the other way around! We get so much brutal sun up here, sometimes I have a tough time trying to find a good time and place to shoot from! I hit a couple almost pre blue hour photos that the sun was just lighting up the horizon and caught some amazing silhouette mountain photos I was actually pretty happy with.
I love golden hour. Really super video. Images are awesome. Is the image snow on the tree (backlight) taken using bracketing? I didn't get that kind of image. Either it is totally black or sun clouds etc are washed out. I like that image especially, nice golden dews appears on the edge of the snow. Great man...
Thanks Mark, great video. It was a very concise, easy to follow explanation of the many scenarios. My largest struggle has been predicting the light and the place to be based on that. I use Photopills and TPE but if I don't have a specific plan for the sun, it's hard to decide if it should be in the frame, towards my back etc. Also, facing North or South always seems like a hard one to predict. I think the Golden Gate Bridge image you showed was a great example of the latter, but I'd love to hear more on your thoughts for these situations.
Another quite interesting video. But you forgot to mention "no sunlight at all", also known as night photography. 😅 It's one of my favorites. If the sky is clear. On the other hand, it might not be the most common light situation for most photographers.
Great to hear - thank you! I was going to add in night, but then figured darkness is actually the absence of light and opted to keep it out of this one:)
Thank you so much for this video Mark! As with all your videos, this one was so helpful. I have two favorites, blue and golden light. However, I plan on going out more during flat light during this late summer and early fall. This video really helped encourage me to try some new lighting. Have a great week!
Fantastic video this was completely different from the last, the different was like between blue hour and golden hour. You doing great job bud you've come along way. cant wait to see the next.
Good explanation and some great examples of photos in each type of light that you referenced. I've always kind of stayed away from the cloudy flat light. Your explanation gave me some encouragement to get out and do some photography during that lighting. Also, your photographs of the creek in WVA and the Golden Gate with the foreground flowers were superb.
As always, Mark, you have an uncanny way of vocalizing something that I’ve been thinking about recently, and thus either teaching me something new or (often even more important) reinforcing something I’ve begun to learn myself.
Just a note on the length of blue and golden hour, it really depends on your latitude and season. In the winter up north here, golden hour lasts most of the day; in the summer, blue hour is definitely more than an hour...
Nice video Mark. Your editiing/croping eye is great, but I have some nice photos from my travels but some I have a tough time editing . Would you be interested in doing a viewer submission, editing some viewer photos in a MD perspective to help bring out the better aspects of the photos?
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What's your favorite type of light to photograph?
Mark Denney I like the ending edge of blue hour and just the end of golden hour, but I'll shoot any light if I like a composition. I'm scheduling trips now to work on foggy, moody, scenes with hopefully some light beams. Something new for the Panda.
David Senteno Sunbeams are amazing! I’m always on the lookout for them.
Nice video again!.... I like both golden hour and blue hour.... golden hour is more suitable for landscapes, blue hour is great for cityscapes....
Erop Uit! Thanks so much!
Excellent video! It got my creative juices flowing. Now, I wanna do some juxtaposing portraits of my wife and landscape at blue hour. I'm thinking with a speedlite umbrella for a Rembrandt or a split light with the blue hour casting on her other side. We have a beautiful bridge near us. I think I'll use that for the backdrop. Thanks!
Seasons play a part. In summer in Scotland, the blue hour lasts from 10pm to 2am and is fantastic for cityscapes. In winter, the golden hour in Scotland is lengthy both in the morning and late afternoon, but the blue hour is very short. So for me its about how I can practically shoot to the maximum. Right now is tough (late August) because the morning golden and blue hours are at 4.30am to 6am (still too early for me) and then we get 10 hours of flat/dull light (ok, useful for waterfalls) before getting a fairly brief golden/blue hour at 8-9pm. Winter is great because you can shoot from 8am through to 4pm and mostly in blue hour and golden hour conditions. As an overall rule, I like the golden hour most and the morning blue hour (so quit out there)
right! seasons and latitude too!
1:38 that was surprisingly dramatic mate
To me.. the most important aspect or rather quality of a landscape photo.. is composition.
If the composition is really werid or off.. doesnt matter what light it's shot in.. the photo is still bad.. to me at least.
Light comes second. At least to me. I often notice composition first then light.
sgpork Yep either composition or light - no doubt those are the two most important.
I’m a newbie in photography but I enjoy landscape at the moment. I did notice that composition play a huge role. It will provide a huge impact if the composition is perfect. But unfortunately, I also struggle how to compose correctly. Thankfully this channel is helping me.
I also agree that light is the other important key to landscape photography as well.
Hey Mark, next time you are in San Francisco give me a shout, nice images!
Michael Shainblum Thanks Michael - really appreciate that! That’d be great, I’ll most certainly give ya a shout next time in your neighborhood👍
I have a saying in photography that cameras are actually light capture machines ...yes they capture the light and the sensor creates the image
So I’m looking at light and then think composition and how I can use that light ....cameras are light capture machines and it’s really helped me improve photography
great examples of the different light. my problem is sometimes not leaving the yellow or orange tones in the foreground or on the subject and trying to "correct" it. great content as always
Much appreciated Jesse - thank ya!
That was great - but what about very challenging, bright light from a high sun in a cloudless, or nearly cloudless, sky?
1spitfirepilot Many thanks! Those are the conditions I try and avoid most.
Mark Denney me too! If stuck I often aim at a black and white conversion.
I also tend to switch over to B&W, but I don't consider it "stuck". I often prefer that time of day for the contrast. Golden hour is nice, *if* that's what you want, but it's not the be-all-end-all, and frankly can be kind of boring. There is plenty of shooting to do at any time of day!
I look for details in the shady areas. We usually think of landscape photos as grand vistas, but those landscapes are made up of small intricacies that have their own beauty.
Im starting to shot during the day now, and not just during sunset and sunrise. And my portfolio has become much better since doing this, dont listen to the pros saying sunset/sunrise are the only things you should be out during :)
Yep, if the conditions are right you can shoot all day long!
Would you use graduated filters? I bought a set and I just got a purple hue to my images! Also would you still shoot on a bright sunny day or just leave the camera in its bag and find something else to do?
I use the NiSi filter system is works very well - great quality!
Hey Mark, loving your videos. One thing that would be SUPER helpful would be timestamps (either in the description or a pinned comment) to various parts of your videos. As a noobie, if I want to go back and rewatch, say, just the portion on flat lighting, I have to spend a while hopping around until I can find it. For rewatching purposes, timestamps would be amazing! Cheers, and thanks for all the great info.
Leland Dantzler That’s a good point Leland! I’ll look to add that in future videos.
Love the video! Here are the time stamps for anyone that wants them.
1:00 Blue light
3:38 Golden light
8:24 Flat light
11:24 Back light
Really well explained as always Mark. I love that blue hour transition into Golden Hour in the morning when everything is peaceful and full of promise and you get those lovely pinks.... Right that's inspired me to head out tomorrow morning! Thank you.
Chris Cockroft Same here Chris! For sure the most peaceful time of the day✌️
Just fabulous advice and examples Mark. Stuff even more experienced photographers can learn from and brush up their skills. Thankyou!
Sean De Freitas Great to hear Sean! Appreciate ya watching it👍
A pleasure mate. Just love your work and videos. Beautiful images and easy to follow your guidance.
Great video. Interesting and useful!
Janet Reed Thanks so much Janet!
I liked the NES Max. It felt much better than the original, especially the cycloid instead of d pad. The Advantage tried to be arcade-like, but was just too cumbersome for me. Either way, seeing that controller brought back memories...
As always Mark, great video. Thanks
Bill Bell Thanks Bill!
Bright bursts of light through heavy cloud cover and then through tree canopies can give you awesome bright highlights in certain areas with shadows on other bits. If you are lucky enough to get the light hitting the right areas it can make some great images. It's probably the hardest to pull off too as everything aligning is pretty rare.
Absolutely and if you can throw a bit of fog on top of that, pure magic! Love those types of conditions.
Yeah this is why overnight storms are exciting. Then you may get the storm ending and the storm starting to break up around sunrise so you get really amazing light with the early morning sun starting to come through some of the gaps in the clouds. Same can be said about day time storms that break and start to dissipate around sunset but I find that day time storms tend to be less likely for that to happen compared to an overnight storm.
What and how I should shoot under the harsh Indian sun, mostly shinning directly over my head.
Siddharghya Mukherjee Id suggest sunrise and sunset times.
Great Vid! But pls. Stop this sounds in it. I can understand the reason but if you look this vid meanwhile your work, you are always confused from where the sounds are coming :D
Philipp Hammerschmidt Much appreciated Philipp, thank you - sorry the sounds confused you.
I think my favourite time of shooting is midday on a broken cloudy day. The magic for me is capturing a scene where the cloud shadows cover parts of the landscape allowing you to use the shadows and sunlight to pick out parts of the scene and nature does the highlighting for you.
I agree! Those dappled light days are so much fun to photograph as the light is constantly changing.
Great video, with the concepts well exposed. Thanks !
Riccardo Pareschi Many Thanks Riccardo!
Thanks for another very useful video, Mark. My favorite sky is the evening transition from blue hour to astro twilight when the sky becomes a deep indigo and a few bright stars dot the sky. The morning sky just doesn't have the same hues that the evening sky does here in the high desert. How is it back east, does the blue hour sky differ from morning to night?
Nice photos, Mark. When you zoomed in to show detail, I thought you must have upgraded to the a7Riv. I had to look at your profile where I saw that you went for the Riii instead (same as I shoot with). I'm impressed with how much detail it appears you get out of it.
Very important topic covered masterfully! Great work, Mark!
Fantastic Video! Love it... Normally I am working as portrait photograph, but I can use this description, too. Best regards from Germany
Klimmek-Photography Benjamin Klimmek Thanks so much!
Hey Mark,
You should come to the Netherlands during the summer. Our blue hour last in August for like 4 hours. We don't really have dark nights in the summer (the higher you go, the less night you get in the summer).
What I got out of it... 1. Visit Napali coast in my lifetime... 2. All the info about light. Sorry :)
Most of the time it's Golden Hour, Love the Blue Hour, I use the backlit light sometimes especially when I combined that with Bracketing. Great video as always!
Lammydi Thanks so much - glad you think so!
Mark, Another great lesson. Your videos are so well organized and easy to follow. Do you storyboard these and practice before final recording? Were you an engineer in your former vocation?
This is definitely a video I'll watch again, before I set out for a day shooting. It'll remind my it's possible to get great shots in all kinds of light. Thanks
John Layne Great to hear the video was helpful John!!
This is all very well, but seriously how do we save Ferris?
Nelson Club Haha! That is the question🤣
Very educational bro love it and put in practice. Thanks.
Pereira Kelvin Great to hear - thank you!!
Hi Mark. Do you have a view on hand-held light meters and whether they are of use in landscape photography.?
I must ask you, how do you plan your photo shoots? I mean how do you choose where to shoot? Like I want to get into landscape photography but I just don't know really where to go
SnapzTry Check out this video a posted a couple months ago - it’s all about my planning process: th-cam.com/video/XWT4sG6v-vk/w-d-xo.html
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Thanks!
Mark, as always, enjoy your videos. I shoot in all of the lights you mentioned in the video with much success and enjoyment. But my favorite light at the end of a days' shoot is a Coors Light.
Robert Nicklas Haha! That’s great - spot on Robert!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto
"Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light.
Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography."
~ George Eastman
Robert Nicklas Such a great quote!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto
I do as well. Use it in your next video. I think it speaks volumes. It's like my motivational quote when I go out to shoot.
Love the shirt. Not sure if anyone else noticed it.
Thanks Carl! I saw it online a few weeks ago and just had to have it!
SAVE FERRIS
Flat light is great for long exposure as it just gives it that mysterious look ....I do love sunsets too
Nev Van Clarke Ahreeg! Flat light and long exposures work super well together!
I’ve done so many long exposures in flat light..you can add some colour in post and vibrancy too
Hey can u do a video on what f stop to use on landscapes I know it's a broad question but I have trouble on shooting to infinity and choosing a f stop I usually just try to go as high as possible but it doesn't feel very scientific
D RP I’m thinking of making a video soon regarding a very similar topic as that👍
Mark, thanks for your videos! Please, add subtitles in this video🙏
Great video. Love the graphic of the 4 types of light. Any chance of getting that as a download?
Another awesome video Mark!
Stephen Spader Many Thanks Stephen!
Awesome! I typically like going for the blue/golden hour in the morning. However, it definitely takes some discipline. Tried getting up early for sunrise while I was in Florida over the weekend. After the 2nd day of rain I gave up on it. Not even one good evening golden hour either. Oh well, maybe next time I'm down. I will definitely be trying to get some more backlit photos, as I've never really played around with that.
Appreciate another good video, my friend! See you next week!
Erick Lindberg Yeah the waking up part can certainly be hard sometimes, but when the conditions come together it sure feels good to know ya got outta bed. Always appreciate ya watching Erick!
i see in your gear that you use Nisi filter now.... have you ever used marumi filter system?? or have you compared them... thanks
My favorite is happy hour. LOL
Enrique 🤣🤣
Great tutorial. Thanks!
George E Thanks George!
I love silhouette images but have difficulty exposing for a changing sky (sunset/sunrise)...any tips? Should I use bracketing and multiple exposures?
I suggest adjusting your shutter speed until the sky is properly exposed and that should practice usually results in a good silhouetted image.
I like both a.m. and p.m. However the thing I like the most is when light penetrates into the woods and shows up on tree trunks or rocks or something to communicate depth. Like your photo of the trees with the GG Bridge
yes! the texture soft light creates on trees is incredible!
Great video as usual, Mark! Thanks for sharing so much info!
Mike Araujo Glad to do it Mike!
Hi Mark, great video as always! Could you add a caption to the images you show as examples with the settings you used to take the photo? :)
Luisa Kunzli Thank you Luisa! Yes, I’ll be sure to do that in future videos - that’s a good point👍
Beautiful compositions.
Mari Berg Thank you Mari!
haha.. love the shirt
Haha! Thanks Jesse - I saw it online and I just had to have it!
What about harsh light, like the one at noon when there is sun and few clouds (or no clouds at all)?
When did the sun start rotating around the earth again.
Jeff P hahah🤣
What settings and filters did you use @ 10:04 ? Great capture!
Nailed it Mark! I love Sundown, with the Golden light & Blue hour, and as you know, Maui No Ka Oi for these type of images! Very nice video!
Thank ya Steve! It all works well where you live my friend!
Hey Mark, great video, thanks for the information. I love FLAT LIGHT but now want to experiment some with the Blue Light. Growing up in Massachusetts, this is my favorite time of year for landscape. The colors are typically brilliant especially when the clouds are in. I think you've mentioned in other video's I've watched. You don't seem to worry too much about light filters. I never have myself but would be interested in knowing more of your thoughts on that subject. Thanks again. Bob.
Much appreciated Bob - thank you! I generally only use a polarizer and a solid ND filter from time to time, but I don't fuss around with ND grads too much anymore.
I don't ever want to miss your videos!
Bishal Dangal I don’t ever want you to miss them either🙏😀
Thank you, Mark! Great channel. Well explained and perfectly illustrated. LOVE IT!
ymioni Much appreciated - thank you! I’m glad you think so.
Another amazing episode.... Your work is Fantabulous . Please keep it up on TH-cam and upload more and more these type of videos and Please Make a video with CMOS SENSOR CAMERA.. loves from india.
Thanks so much! I really do appreciate that!
It would be nice to see your camera settings when showing photos
You lost me with light artifacts around trees on the bridge photo....
Thanks, Mark!
It baffles me how a person can dislike a great video with useful information! I would love to meet and understand those persons.
Abu Sufian Mohammad Asib Great to hear you enjoyed the video - thank ya buddy!
I like how you turned what most tell me are negatives, into positives. I enjoy photographing into the sun and here in the UK we get a lot of cloud cover, so now when I am mocked for pulling out my camera, I will just tell them to watch this. Thank you for yet another awesome guide to landscape photos!
Adrian Mason Thanks so much Adrian! Super happy to hear you enjoyed the video!
Lovely video and beautiful images, Mark. Great explanation with great images . Thank you.
Thanks so much Anuja!
Great video as always!
jonpilamb Really appreciate it!
The blue and golden hours both very nice if you can wake up so early.
zaf Right! That’s usually the hard part!
Thank you, I always enjoy watching your videos. For me although I do like the morning and the sunset light, I realize that I am most active during the rest of the day. So I must work with what I have, so I consider it would be a waste not to take photos during the day. There are times and angles that work very well even during noon time. The only one that I don't like, frankly is when the sky is overcast with a uniform white layer of clouds, indistinguishable. But even that won't stop me from pressing the button.
Yeah those days where the sky as no texture or detail in it can be hard especially if your image has a large portion of the sky it's dependent on.
I'm not 100 percent sure what my favorite light is yet but I think blue hour is it. Just has that mood
WheresMyBuns I love the blue hour mood as well - so quiet & peaceful!
I am loving all aspects of blue hour and Golden hour even if I haven't 100% figured it out yet. Sometimes I hit composition and fail at light and the other way around! We get so much brutal sun up here, sometimes I have a tough time trying to find a good time and place to shoot from! I hit a couple almost pre blue hour photos that the sun was just lighting up the horizon and caught some amazing silhouette mountain photos I was actually pretty happy with.
I know what you mean - sometimes it's hard to get every aspect of a great photo to happen at one time.
I love golden hour. Really super video. Images are awesome. Is the image snow on the tree (backlight) taken using bracketing? I didn't get that kind of image. Either it is totally black or sun clouds etc are washed out. I like that image especially, nice golden dews appears on the edge of the snow. Great man...
Many thanks Ravi! That was actually a single image exposed for the sunburst - I was able to pull the rest of the detail out of the shadows.
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Really wonderful. 100 likes for that image.
Ravi Chandran Thanks so much Ravi!
Thanks Mark, great video. It was a very concise, easy to follow explanation of the many scenarios. My largest struggle has been predicting the light and the place to be based on that. I use Photopills and TPE but if I don't have a specific plan for the sun, it's hard to decide if it should be in the frame, towards my back etc. Also, facing North or South always seems like a hard one to predict. I think the Golden Gate Bridge image you showed was a great example of the latter, but I'd love to hear more on your thoughts for these situations.
Thanks John - really appreciate it! I might make individual videos focusing on each of the 4 types of light covered here for additional detail.
Another quite interesting video. But you forgot to mention "no sunlight at all", also known as night photography. 😅 It's one of my favorites. If the sky is clear. On the other hand, it might not be the most common light situation for most photographers.
Great to hear - thank you! I was going to add in night, but then figured darkness is actually the absence of light and opted to keep it out of this one:)
Great info as always
Always appreciate it Pace!
Super video. Thanks!
Outstanding video Mark. Really interesting insights and tips here. Thanks very much for sharing this.
Many thanks - happy to hear that you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for this video Mark! As with all your videos, this one was so helpful. I have two favorites, blue and golden light. However, I plan on going out more during flat light during this late summer and early fall. This video really helped encourage me to try some new lighting. Have a great week!
Thanks so much Christal! Great to hear the video was helpful!
Fantastic video this was completely different from the last, the different was like between blue hour and golden hour. You doing great job bud you've come along way. cant wait to see the next.
Much appreciated Harry - thank YOU!
Good explanation and some great examples of photos in each type of light that you referenced. I've always kind of stayed away from the cloudy flat light. Your explanation gave me some encouragement to get out and do some photography during that lighting. Also, your photographs of the creek in WVA and the Golden Gate with the foreground flowers were superb.
Many thanks! I really appreciate that - those cloudy stormy afternoon skies might be my favorite to photograph in!
Great - As always. 🙏🏻
Corey Panno Thanks Corey!!
Flat Light is my favorite type of light.
john scratchley It might be my favorite as well John.
I dominated on Street Fighter after I got that controller. UN Squadron too. #oldschool.
Mike Talplacido Right! Best ever!
I love your videos. I just wished you included the camera/lens settings used in your examples.
mousetivity Many thanks! I’m going to add more settings into the videos in the future.
As always, Mark, you have an uncanny way of vocalizing something that I’ve been thinking about recently, and thus either teaching me something new or (often even more important) reinforcing something I’ve begun to learn myself.
Many thanks - great to know the video was helpful!
Mark how do you afford to travel so mucj?
Excellent vlog.
Thank ya Vincent!
I love your videos. I like to shoot coastal pictures around evening times. And I like to set a slow shutter speed for a dreamy affect on the water
Thanks so much! I enjoy doing the same thing!
Hi Mark, very informative video! I've noticed that the closer you are to the equator, the shorter the blue hour -- it becomes more like 5 minutes.
Thanks Jack! Yep, you practically miss it with the blink of an eye!
very good overview
D C Thank you!
This is such a COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Shirt man! WOW!
mitchidufy Haha! Thanks - it’s one of my favorites!
Just a note on the length of blue and golden hour, it really depends on your latitude and season. In the winter up north here, golden hour lasts most of the day; in the summer, blue hour is definitely more than an hour...
Yep, thats a good point!
You nailed it again mate! Such an informative video and you explained every detail perfectly. Thanks again mate from Australia 👍🇦🇺
Thank ya Shane! Your comments are always very much appreciated!
Very useful content and amazing images. Like the way you're explaining each images
Many thanks Rasesh!
I love a good golden hour. Lucky to be in Canada where we got good long ones, unlike the tropics, closer to the equator where it’s so brief.
Nothing beats a good golden hour and half:)
Golden and Blue Hour all day and night...
Same and Same!
Nice video Mark. Your editiing/croping eye is great, but I have some nice photos from my travels but some I have a tough time editing . Would you be interested in doing a viewer submission, editing some viewer photos in a MD perspective to help bring out the better aspects of the photos?
PM does this sometime times but I've never had any luck in making the cut for editing CC. Just an idea..
Mark! This is such a useful video. I haven't seen this good of an explanation for various lighting scenarios. Thanks!
Fantastic! This is great to hear - thank YOU!
Thanks Mark I will try out the blue hour I think it will go well with desert landscape with Joshua tree here
Glad to do it Robert and Yes - Blue Hour and Desert go very nicely together!
Nice video!
Daniel Kremsa Thanks Daniel!
We are not on a ball , the sun is close it’s so obvious
I love the Lighthouse with the sunlight shining on it and the cliff area!
Marine One Much appreciated - thanks👍