Hi, Mike! Love your no nonsense, informative, inspirational and invaluable teaching style. Your love of photography and the ability to convey that love is both genuine and generous. Selfishly, I (and I'm sure thousands others) hope you never stop anytime soon.Your Vietnam pictures are amazing! Wonderful storytelling, with the ability to immerse the viewer in a culture not their own. You comment on Vietnam's skies really struck a chord. They were and are the most dramatic, vivid and ever changing skies I have ever personally witnessed.
Thanks +robert gould, that's really nice of you. I'm glad you are enjoying my videos and you find them inspiring. Please share any you find particularly helpful or inspiring as it helps me make more.. - MIKE :-)
I am studying photography in uni, this being my first year, I just want to say how much your videos have helped me to develop my skills and how they have continued to inspire me to keep shooting and looking for the best shot I can get from a subject and location.
Thank you +opelstorm1324 Enjoy the journey. If you like my vids you might find it easier to watch them on my site. There's over 270 and they are all searchable by category and subject. - MIKE www.photographycourses.biz/videos
Something that this and many of your other videos show are that such an important part of photography is imagination, and patience. You're enthusiasm really shows through and just makes me want to watch another video to help me learn.
Thanks again Andy. It is indeed. Cameras don't take pictures - we take pictures using a camera. it's our tool and like all tools results depend on how we use them. If you're starting out on this amazing photo journey all the wealth of information and opinions about what's important and what's not and so many different ways to do the same thing it can be confusing. Please take a look at my Beginners Course because it distills down all of it into what a beginner needs now, without confusing you with stuff that doesn't make sense until you've got the basics firmly into your subconscious. I mean, no one can be creative when struggling to work out what settings to use. You can se a free sample at the link below... Take care - MIKE :-) www.photographycourses.biz/ubc
What a photogenic place, and so well presented. I love how you show us how to think about making our images rather than just taking the first snap we see.
Thank you +Andrew Frost Photography is all about thinking. Everything begins in our heads because cameras don't take pictures - people take pictures. I have a live talk about this and will be publishing dates and locations in next few weeks. Please take a look... Mike www.photographycourses.biz/cameras_dont_take_pictures
This is really helpful because as tourists you don't always get the chance to go take pictures at the optimum time. This will help get good pictures at bad times.
Mike Browne= The master of composition...everywhere!!! I will never forget the video when you had that Audi car in the middle of nowhere and you made that amazing/dynamic photo! We all have to keep in mind your words: Dont zoom...just move. The latest video also gives me new, important influence! Looking forward to see more from you
Thanks +Vernon Nash BTW the Cameras Don't Take Pictures talk is about to be launched and taken out into the world. Please say thank you to everyone for letting me test it on them - MIKE :-) www.photographycourses.biz/workshops/cameras_dont_take_pictures
Hey thanks Karen. Are you signed up to our newsletter so you don't miss new ones? Link below.... MIKE :-) www.photographycourses.biz/new_video_notification.html
Couldn't helpt but have a big grin on my face at the end of the video. Thank you so much for your joyful way of explaining and for creating all those awesome videos for us! I'm hoping to put a lot of your tips into practice on my upcoming trip to Tenerife. Greetings from Germany Konstantin
I have a complaint! There is so much good stuff in pretty much all of your videos, I end up watching them on a loop so I can absorb it all (sunburst, small aperture, sunburst small aperture). It’s a good thing they are all really entertaining! Harrumph! Please keep up the excellent work :) and thank you :)
Thanks you +David Croft If you'd be kind enough to share it around with other photographers I'd really appreciate it because it'll help me make more like it. Best wishes - MIKE
Excellent film again Mike, happy to say that it was you that got me into, inspired & taught me about photography going back to watching all your films again & again when I was a paid subscriber to your channel a few years back. You have such a great way of teaching that makes it simple to understand. So many thanks for that & keep up the great work that you do. Regards Will
BOOM!!! You make such brilliant videos! I'm often struggle with getting inspiration but your videos help me an awful lot. Thanks for these videos and keep making those awesome pictures!
Love your works, Mike! I so happy to find you on youtube. Thank you, You are the best teacher! I am learning Photography from your videos and learning English as well (English is not my first language) :)
Thank you +Iryna Kondrashova That's very kind of you. And your English is way better than my French (which is the only other language I speak) If you like my vids you might find it easier to watch them on my site. There's over 270 and they are all searchable by category and subject.Best wishes - MIKE www.photographycourses.biz/videos
Excellent video Mike. I love these sorts of thinking through the shot videos. I love to watch your channel and others for tips like this but you are the only one doing this sort of thinking video which is probably the most helpful compared to settings, gadgets, and gear stuff. I wished I lived closer so I could avail of your workshops. Maybe someday you'll come to Newfoundland Canada it's quite the spot to do a traveling workshop! Quick question what kind of wrist strap are you using in this video it looks great.
Thank you +Christopher Martin Thinking is THE most important aspect of photography. If you really want to take this to the next level I recommend my 7 Building Blocks of Photography which will really get you thinking efficiently. More so than a workshop. (Link below) I might someday and want to visit Canada properly. Thanks again - best wishes - MIKE www.photographycourses.biz/courses/7-building-blocks-of-photography
Thank you +Mike Browne for the advice I purchased the Ultimate Beginners Course and found that to be a great resource and I learned so much from it. I was wondering if I was ready for the 7 Building Blocks of Photography or not and I am buying this today. I also need to say that I buy your products because they sell themselves with the free videos and great service you provide. There are many TH-camrs out there selling products that I have no interest in supporting. I feel great paying for your products because I know I will keep seeing great new content from you by supporting what you do. Thanks again for all your work and if you do ever get to our lovely province it would be a pleasure to meet you. Good luck and all the best in the future.
Watching your videos, it always looks so simple! I like the way you explain what's in your head, it's very informative. I'm at the point where my technique is okay, but my compositions a bit clumsy. Seeing how you turn some places from "okay" to "great" just with a good composition is very inspiring.
Thank you syrotas Composition is one of the fundamental building blocks of photography and it has nothing to do with camera settings. Light is another and that isn't a technical function either. So goo to know I'm inspiring you ... Thanks again - MIKE :-)
Your contents are the best photography related contents in the whole realm of youtube photography videos. It is like literally travelling with you. Regardless of where an individual is placed on the wide spectrum of photography experience, these videos prove helpful.
Hi Mike, thanks for another great video (and great music). it was very inspiring, spring is starting to make itself known here in Winnipeg and I hope to be getting out this weekend with my camera and kit. thanks again have a great weekend.
thanks, another nicely presented tutorial. personally i wouldn't look at the sun through the viewfinder, not as critical with an electronic one because it will clip before it damages the eye but with optical definitely not.
I really loved that tutorial. My interests lie with wildlife and macro photography, but I'm beginning to branch out into landscape now and I have loved watching your videos. You have certainly given me a lot of food for thought and I shall be looking at my compositions differently from now on. Please keep the videos coming.
Thank you +NoThousands Please help me make more videos by sharing them with other photographers on forums, Facebook, Flickr etc. Thanks again in advance - MIKE
Great stuff Mike... I love your teaching... and as a French man I must admit I would love to replace the Marseillaise with the French Cancan... this is much more representing France than everything else !
My God, you have no idea how much I enjoyed this video. Specially the last part. I was chanting and directing Orpheus in the underworld along. Awesome!!! Love that piece. BTW Mike, thanks a TON for your composition ideas. It really really made me go out and revisit places here were I live, that I'm tired of shooting, but now I see that I can keep squeezing good stuff from it, just by moving and changing angles. And zooming in. One tend to try and get as much stuff in the frame, that all ends being so busy. So, simplicity is the key. Great stuff. I was kind of expecting that the sun would be higher in the sky, with almost no shadows. That is one difficult way of shooting, but I guess is better to just go and grab a bite, until the sun comes down a little bit, so there are some shadows, isn't it? So much fun, as always.
Thank you +Martin Ocando delighted you enjoyed it o much and the vids in general are helping. Photography is all about thinking and waiting for light, coming back to a place or changing viewpoint or angles. Cameras don't take pictures - people take pictures. - MIKE :-)
FAB +Tonderayi Kanoz I imagine that'd be brilliant. Please share some of the pics on our Facebook page so we can all see them - MIKE facebook.com/DigitalPhotographyVideos
Thanks for another great vid Mike. May I mention that I would appreciate a touch more detail briefly mentioning why you choose exact camera setting for each shot or which mode you are shooting in. That's not a criticism. I respect and enjoy your work very, very much and I'm just fascinated by your choice of settings. Thoroughly enjoying the 7 Building Blocks too. GET IT EVERYONE..... ITS A GAME CHANGER ;)
Hi Mike thanks for the good instructions. I´m using the X-T1 and what a camera! Maybe you do have some tutorials about the settings you use with it? Like adjustment of the filters to get the best results in this kind og´f environment and location: either is color or black and white? What do you prefer?
Thanks +Jaime Reyes Palencia I don't really use any filters or fancy settings. I shoot RAW in Aperture priority 99% of the time. Occasionally shoot manual when I want to use a big ND filter, which isn't often. I don't shoot in black and white because I always use RAW. If I want a monochrome image I change it in Lightroom. Not sure this is the answer you were hoping for but I hope it helped.. MIKE
Thanks Mike... Yeah you just answer my question... By the way perhaps I´m thinking of adjustments that improve the average result of the images when captured... I´ve seen some tutorials about it so I was only wondering if there was some to notice in the actual environment that you shot... thanks a lot you do a great work!
Well I'm French and never heard of that town, so thank you for that. Plus this video is amazingly fun and useful, I consider it to be one of your best, along with the ones in Lanzarote. Montage is great too. Thank you mike.
Amazing compositions. In the first shot of the yellow buildings, did you adjust the scew? In video mode it appeared that the perspective distortion was much stronger, in the final shot the vertical lines appeared straighter.
Haha +zampination praise indeed. I'm not sure it's great just because I use one, but I do like it. What else is in that backpack? Laptop, hard drives, video camera, sound equipment, chargers, batteries, 10-20mm and 55-200mm lenses, usb cables and that's about it... MIKE
Another great video! What lenses do you like for your xt1? I just purchased a used 18mm but wonder if the 18-55mm would be a better choice as I walk about to learn how to use this "new to me" camera/system/wireless.
Thanks +Debra Marvin I used the 18-55 in this vid - and pretty much everything else. Below's a link to some pics I shot in Vietnam all with the 18-55. Cambodia gallery is the same - you'll see when you get there... - MIKE www.photographycourses.biz/vietnam-gallery
Great video ... as usual, and also very inspiring. That part of France is well known for its wine, food, medieval places, motorcycle roads 😉 and peacefull living. Not far from where I'm living too. How about having once a fotosession in Flanders (Bruges, Ghent or Antwerp)? Many inspiring places there too.
Thanks +Phantom RC I rode my Triumph down from calais, spent a week with a friend near Colmar (how I came to be in Eguisheim) then rode up to Normandy.. Great biking country... We'll see what we can do about Belgium - MIKE :-)
What a great tutorial! So detailed and informative! I've just started my journey with photography... and you are my inspiration from the very beginning! Greetings from Larkspur, Ca :)
Hi Mike, great video! I have a similar dilemma with an upcoming shoot. The location has the model in the sun and a waterfall in the shade. It's a tough spot up high and I can't see the waterfall from any other angle. If I expose for the model then the falls will be dark? I took some cell pics of the location the other day, any way I can show you what I'm talking about? Thx!
Yes exposed for the model the falls will be dark +JPY And if you shoot on a sunny day it'll probably be even darker because contrast levels will be very high. Suggest you shoot RAW on an overcast day and use artificial lighting on the model. You can't light a waterfall, it's too big. But a human.... Hope this helps - MIKE
Thx for responding Mike! What can I do to keep the falls bright enough though? At this location, the sun is never over the falls but behind it. My plan is to shoot around 3:30 for the best model light but I don't want to lose the falls in the process. It would negate the the reason for shooting there. Any light balance techniques perhaps?
JPY Only what I suggested. Shoot on dull day so light between model and falls is more balanced, subtle artificial lighting on model to make her stand out. Nothing else you can do apart from find a different waterfall ... MIKE
Hi Mike, do you explain in your 7 building blocks of photography what and what not to cut off on the sides of the frame, whether it's a portrait, landscape, etc..? because I want to know for example, why did you include the shrub above the girl's window? and why did you keep the green window shades on the left of the frame, but cut them off on the right? Is there a rule for such a thing, or is it case-subjective? Thanks and keep up the great work.
Thanks +Ahmed Bebars There are no 'rules' as such and it is as you said "case-subjective". I put the photos together the way i did because that's how I like them. It's that simple. The 7 Blocks does not tell you what is right, wrong, or how you 'should' make the image. It will teach you how to think through your images so you get what YOU want to shoot. It tackles situations like when you shoot an image and when you look at it you realise it's not how you wanted it to be. Complete The 7 Blocks and you will be able to think through each shot, know how you want it to be and then make the camera capture it. Please note - there are no camera settings or explanations of things like controlling exposure, depth of field or similar techniques. The 7 Blocks is for photographers who are able to do this already. - MIKE www.photographycourses.biz/courses/7-building-blocks-of-photography
Hi Mike - Thanks again for another helpful and inspiring video. We have a guest visiting us here in North Wales next week and I'm sure I will be able to try out some of your camera techniques in Conwy town and Castle. I notice you're using the Fuji camera a lot lately; have you retired the D300?
I sometimes have trouble aligning things in the viewfinder, I can't seem to keep things steady enough. So when one side of the frame is well aligned, and I shift may attention to properly align another side, any slight movement will mess up where the first side was set, I then have to repeat the process all over again. To me, it's quite challenging keeping an eye on all four sides and corners of the frame.
Hard question +sharon prosser because it depends what you want to shoot and how you want it to look. I use my 18-55 most of the time and look for images that work for that focal range. But it wouldn't be great for something a long way away, candids of people from a distance or particularly good for shallow depth of field work for example. So when i only have the 18-55 I avoid shots like this... - Best to take a range from 18-200 if you want to cover all possibilities... MIKE
+Mike Browne yes thats a very good point, i also have an 18-70 mm nikon lense which is nice to use , +18-200 which is fairly heavy, its a dilemma when planning which 1 to take on a holiday , which probably includes a lot of scenery, and also 1 which is not too heavy 😨 thank u
sharon prosser I'd take the 18-200 because it's got pretty much all eventualities covered in one lens, which in the end weighs less than carrying 2 or 3 - MIKE
Great tutorial Mike,a beautiful part of france.love the part where you shoot the video before you shoot the photo.perfect,the girl in the window is amazing.
Great video, lots of ideas on how to deal with good touristy (rather than photogenic) light, loved the music at the end and you even managed to plug a Chris Rea song in one of the images in your final montage. Good stuff.
Can't say how much I like these videos haha. The end with the sun got me thinking (plus the fact that it's completely overcast over here in the States) - I think a really cool episode would be shooting during heavy cloud coverage and/or in some rain :). I'd love to see how it'd go!
Hi, Mike! Love your no nonsense, informative, inspirational and invaluable teaching style. Your love of photography and the ability to convey that love is both genuine and generous. Selfishly, I (and I'm sure thousands others) hope you never stop anytime soon.Your Vietnam pictures are amazing! Wonderful storytelling, with the ability to immerse the viewer in a culture not their own. You comment on Vietnam's skies really struck a chord. They were and are the most dramatic, vivid and ever changing skies I have ever personally witnessed.
Thanks +robert gould, that's really nice of you. I'm glad you are enjoying my videos and you find them inspiring. Please share any you find particularly helpful or inspiring as it helps me make more.. - MIKE :-)
I love it when you do this- walk into a location and then show us how you find the shots worth taking.
Thank you +jordanthecat - MIKE
Always interesting, never boring, and always TOO SHORT ! I want more !
Thank you Mike.
Waiting for the next one...
Regards from Belgium
I am studying photography in uni, this being my first year, I just want to say how much your videos have helped me to develop my skills and how they have continued to inspire me to keep shooting and looking for the best shot I can get from a subject and location.
Thank you +opelstorm1324 Enjoy the journey. If you like my vids you might find it easier to watch them on my site. There's over 270 and they are all searchable by category and subject. - MIKE
www.photographycourses.biz/videos
Something that this and many of your other videos show are that such an important part of photography is imagination, and patience. You're enthusiasm really shows through and just makes me want to watch another video to help me learn.
Thanks again Andy. It is indeed. Cameras don't take pictures - we take pictures using a camera. it's our tool and like all tools results depend on how we use them. If you're starting out on this amazing photo journey all the wealth of information and opinions about what's important and what's not and so many different ways to do the same thing it can be confusing. Please take a look at my Beginners Course because it distills down all of it into what a beginner needs now, without confusing you with stuff that doesn't make sense until you've got the basics firmly into your subconscious. I mean, no one can be creative when struggling to work out what settings to use. You can se a free sample at the link below... Take care - MIKE :-)
www.photographycourses.biz/ubc
What a photogenic place, and so well presented. I love how you show us how to think about making our images rather than just taking the first snap we see.
Thank you +Andrew Frost Photography is all about thinking. Everything begins in our heads because cameras don't take pictures - people take pictures. I have a live talk about this and will be publishing dates and locations in next few weeks. Please take a look... Mike
www.photographycourses.biz/cameras_dont_take_pictures
I will keep things simple; if you want to learn great photography tips, just watch Mike Browne's video's. Best on the internet guys.
Thanks +Eric George - MIKE :-)
Mike Browne A pleasure. It is enthusiastic and knowledgeable guys like you that get more people interested in the hobby.
Apart from his technical mastery, Mike is an excellent teacher!
thank you MoMoKoKo , please do share our vids so we can make more - Melissa pp Mike :)
This is really helpful because as tourists you don't always get the chance to go take pictures at the optimum time. This will help get good pictures at bad times.
Thanks @wsround... MIKE 🙏
Mike Browne= The master of composition...everywhere!!! I will never forget the video when you had that Audi car in the middle of nowhere and you made that amazing/dynamic photo! We all have to keep in mind your words: Dont zoom...just move. The latest video also gives me new, important influence! Looking forward to see more from you
Thank you so much for your kind words +111music111 - MIKE
Brilliant demonstration of how to create interesting photos in touristy places with harsh light. Many thanks Mike.
Thanks +Vernon Nash BTW the Cameras Don't Take Pictures talk is about to be launched and taken out into the world. Please say thank you to everyone for letting me test it on them - MIKE :-)
www.photographycourses.biz/workshops/cameras_dont_take_pictures
PERFECT! Love the enthusiasm Mike.
Hey thanks Karen. Are you signed up to our newsletter so you don't miss new ones? Link below.... MIKE :-)
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Mike has that talent to make you feel photography is as easy as a breeze
Thank you Mike
thank you Ahmad :) - Melissa pp Mike
Couldn't helpt but have a big grin on my face at the end of the video. Thank you so much for your joyful way of explaining and for creating all those awesome videos for us! I'm hoping to put a lot of your tips into practice on my upcoming trip to Tenerife.
Greetings from Germany
Konstantin
Thank you +Hanchester Man Have a great trip - MIKE :-)
I have a complaint! There is so much good stuff in pretty much all of your videos, I end up watching them on a loop so I can absorb it all (sunburst, small aperture, sunburst small aperture). It’s a good thing they are all really entertaining! Harrumph! Please keep up the excellent work :) and thank you :)
Oh all right - if I must peter kay. Harrumph! - MIKE :-)
Ya that’s true...! Love your videos
Once again, another top professional tutorial. Thank you.
Thanks you +David Croft If you'd be kind enough to share it around with other photographers I'd really appreciate it because it'll help me make more like it. Best wishes - MIKE
Awesome pictures, place and especially the outro! Thanks!
The using of the shadows to find the edge of the sun off a building was brilliant. I'll keep that in my tool bag!
Excellent film again Mike, happy to say that it was you that got me into, inspired & taught me about photography going back to watching all your films again & again when I was a paid subscriber to your channel a few years back. You have such a great way of teaching that makes it simple to understand. So many thanks for that & keep up the great work that you do. Regards Will
Wow thank you so much +will b The paid for subscription was a long time ago. Thank you for sticking around - MIKE :-)
BOOM!!!
You make such brilliant videos!
I'm often struggle with getting inspiration but your videos help me an awful lot.
Thanks for these videos and keep making those awesome pictures!
Thank you +snibbelgaurd I will, And please keep sharing them around, it helps me make more of them. MIKE :-)
Lovely! What a tutorial and what music! Thanks sir!
Thanks +Sourav RC Happy you like the CanCan too - MIKE :-)
Very interesting way to show how a composition is put together. Great video!
Great tutorial Mike. I really enjoy your channel!
Thank you Gro Charon. Please share it around, it helps me make more vids... Have a great 2017... MIKE :-)
great lesson , the shot in the church with the sun behind it looks really nice
Thanks - MIKE :-)
You have a great way to explain things! Thank you for teaching us! You have a new subscriber!
+Dan Ney thank you x3 - And please share any of my vids you find helpful around - it helps me make more of them.. MIKE
One of your best Mr B. They seem to be more inspirational each time. Really enjoyed this one.
Thank you +Tom Lee - please share it around... Mike :-)
Such an informative video. Lovely images. Can't wait for your next one.
Love your works, Mike! I so happy to find you on youtube. Thank you, You are the best teacher! I am learning Photography from your videos and learning English as well (English is not my first language) :)
Thank you +Iryna Kondrashova That's very kind of you. And your English is way better than my French (which is the only other language I speak) If you like my vids you might find it easier to watch them on my site. There's over 270 and they are all searchable by category and subject.Best wishes - MIKE
www.photographycourses.biz/videos
+Mike Browne Thanks, Mike!
Excellent video Mike. I love these sorts of thinking through the shot videos. I love to watch your channel and others for tips like this but you are the only one doing this sort of thinking video which is probably the most helpful compared to settings, gadgets, and gear stuff. I wished I lived closer so I could avail of your workshops. Maybe someday you'll come to Newfoundland Canada it's quite the spot to do a traveling workshop!
Quick question what kind of wrist strap are you using in this video it looks great.
Thank you +Christopher Martin Thinking is THE most important aspect of photography. If you really want to take this to the next level I recommend my 7 Building Blocks of Photography which will really get you thinking efficiently. More so than a workshop. (Link below) I might someday and want to visit Canada properly. Thanks again - best wishes - MIKE
www.photographycourses.biz/courses/7-building-blocks-of-photography
Thank you +Mike Browne for the advice I purchased the Ultimate Beginners Course and found that to be a great resource and I learned so much from it. I was wondering if I was ready for the 7 Building Blocks of Photography or not and I am buying this today. I also need to say that I buy your products because they sell themselves with the free videos and great service you provide. There are many TH-camrs out there selling products that I have no interest in supporting. I feel great paying for your products because I know I will keep seeing great new content from you by supporting what you do.
Thanks again for all your work and if you do ever get to our lovely province it would be a pleasure to meet you. Good luck and all the best in the future.
Christopher Martin wow, thank you. I truly appreciate it - MIKE
Watching your videos, it always looks so simple! I like the way you explain what's in your head, it's very informative.
I'm at the point where my technique is okay, but my compositions a bit clumsy.
Seeing how you turn some places from "okay" to "great" just with a good composition is very inspiring.
Thank you syrotas
Composition is one of the fundamental building blocks of photography and it has nothing to do with camera settings. Light is another and that isn't a technical function either. So goo to know I'm inspiring you ... Thanks again - MIKE :-)
Your contents are the best photography related contents in the whole realm of youtube photography videos. It is like literally travelling with you. Regardless of where an individual is placed on the wide spectrum of photography experience, these videos prove helpful.
thank you for the kind comments :) - Philip
Hi Mike, thanks for another great video (and great music). it was very inspiring, spring is starting to make itself known here in Winnipeg and I hope to be getting out this weekend with my camera and kit.
thanks again have a great weekend.
Thanks +Glenn Smith - bit late on my part but hope you had a good one too... MIKE
Another entertaining and very helpful video, Mike. Thank you.
Thank you +Eric Maginnis - please help me make more like it by sharing it around - MIKE
Done, Mike.
Eric Maginnis Thank you - MIKE :-)
thank you for some ideas what and how to shoot!
Another great video Mike :D Love your vibes and how easily you explain stuff
Thanks +Karlo Jones - MIKE
Sir you work hard to teach us some great lessons.. A big thank you..
You're welcome please do share it to so we can make more free videos - Melissa PP Mike
BEST composition videos on TH-cam!! keep 'em coming. Happy new year and
love from India ... :D
Thak you Suyash Kulkarni - please share them around and help us make more. Happy New Year to you too... MIKE :-)
Yet another informative and inspirational video. Many thanks Mike :)
Another great video Mike thankyou i always like the way you think and it is helping me improve .
Thankyou, great tip for me and never tryed the sun behind object and using shadow to gain that effect, will be trying that out as soon as, nice one
Love your videos keep them coming. You've kick started an old long time passion of mine. Thank you
Thank you +glenn wardle delighted to have helped you re-light the fire - MIKE
thanks, another nicely presented tutorial. personally i wouldn't look at the sun through the viewfinder, not as critical with an electronic one because it will clip before it damages the eye but with optical definitely not.
I really loved that tutorial. My interests lie with wildlife and macro photography, but I'm beginning to branch out into landscape now and I have loved watching your videos. You have certainly given me a lot of food for thought and I shall be looking at my compositions differently from now on. Please keep the videos coming.
Thanks Shery. Please help me keep them coming by sharing videos around on facebook, forums etc. It helps me make more of them... MIKE
Great tip about standing in the shadow and the ending! :)
Aaaaand subscribed! Great videos and really easy to understand the way you explain for a beginner :)
Thank you and welcome. And please share any of my vids you find helpful around - it helps me make more of them.. MIKE :-)
+Mike Browne, love your style of videos like this where the viewer really feels as though he or she is standing beside you! Good stuff!
thank you +Bill Booz glad you like it - Melissa pp Mike :)
I really enjoy your videos, so educational and fun, thank you
Thank you +NoThousands Please help me make more videos by sharing them with other photographers on forums, Facebook, Flickr etc. Thanks again in advance - MIKE
Mike your videos are always a pleasure to watch and a fantastic source of photography info! Great stuff! - David
Thank you +NatureNorthEast - MIKE
I think that sun ray shots are my favorite! My eyes are for sure paying the price for shooting like that all the time. France is on the list!
Great stuff Mike... I love your teaching... and as a French man I must admit I would love to replace the Marseillaise with the French Cancan... this is much more representing France than everything else !
Merci +Wilfried Delcambre Yes, I can think of several tunes that could replace our "God Save The Queen' too.. It's kinda dull - MIKE
Such a fantastic eye for beautiful composition. Also, love your colors.
Keep up the inspirational videos!
Thank you +peachees - MIKE
Thanks for another great video, Mike. Loved what you did with the music at the end!
Thanks +Chris White I got a bit carried away - MIKE :-)
My God, you have no idea how much I enjoyed this video. Specially the last part. I was chanting and directing Orpheus in the underworld along. Awesome!!! Love that piece.
BTW Mike, thanks a TON for your composition ideas. It really really made me go out and revisit places here were I live, that I'm tired of shooting, but now I see that I can keep squeezing good stuff from it, just by moving and changing angles. And zooming in. One tend to try and get as much stuff in the frame, that all ends being so busy. So, simplicity is the key. Great stuff.
I was kind of expecting that the sun would be higher in the sky, with almost no shadows. That is one difficult way of shooting, but I guess is better to just go and grab a bite, until the sun comes down a little bit, so there are some shadows, isn't it?
So much fun, as always.
Thank you +Martin Ocando delighted you enjoyed it o much and the vids in general are helping. Photography is all about thinking and waiting for light, coming back to a place or changing viewpoint or angles. Cameras don't take pictures - people take pictures. - MIKE :-)
Oh boy I am just motivated to pick my camera and try this in the alleys of Old Istanbul here. Thanks Mike.
FAB +Tonderayi Kanoz I imagine that'd be brilliant. Please share some of the pics on our Facebook page so we can all see them - MIKE
facebook.com/DigitalPhotographyVideos
Okay let me link up.
Thanks for another great vid Mike. May I mention that I would appreciate a touch more detail briefly mentioning why you choose exact camera setting for each shot or which mode you are shooting in. That's not a criticism. I respect and enjoy your work very, very much and I'm just fascinated by your choice of settings. Thoroughly enjoying the 7 Building Blocks too. GET IT EVERYONE..... ITS A GAME CHANGER ;)
Ha ha - thanks for your very kind words Peter. May I quote you? - MIKE
+Mike Browne You most certainly can Sir. No problem.
Thank you. I appreciate that - MIKE
Great video, what a beautiful town , u could be there for hours just lookin and takin photos
It's really nice +sharon prosser if you're ever in Alsace I recommend a visit - MIKE
+Mike Browne great thanx
This vid was excellent. Keep em coming you explain things so well
Thanks Richard. Please share it (and any others you like) around with other photographers which will help me 'keep em coming'... - MIKE
Hi Mike thanks for the good instructions. I´m using the X-T1 and what a camera! Maybe you do have some tutorials about the settings you use with it? Like adjustment of the filters to get the best results in this kind og´f environment and location: either is color or black and white? What do you prefer?
Thanks +Jaime Reyes Palencia I don't really use any filters or fancy settings. I shoot RAW in Aperture priority 99% of the time. Occasionally shoot manual when I want to use a big ND filter, which isn't often. I don't shoot in black and white because I always use RAW. If I want a monochrome image I change it in Lightroom. Not sure this is the answer you were hoping for but I hope it helped.. MIKE
Thanks Mike... Yeah you just answer my question... By the way perhaps I´m thinking of adjustments that improve the average result of the images when captured... I´ve seen some tutorials about it so I was only wondering if there was some to notice in the actual environment that you shot... thanks a lot you do a great work!
Well I'm French and never heard of that town, so thank you for that. Plus this video is amazingly fun and useful, I consider it to be one of your best, along with the ones in Lanzarote. Montage is great too. Thank you mike.
Merci +Djehe - MIKE
Wonderful video MIke. Thanks!
I like that you first took an "average, not too interesting" shot then you show how to improve it by re-composing.
Brilliant! Thank you Mike. Regards from Canada.
you always great sir. thank's you so much.
Thanks thio rendy - CHRISTINA :-) (for mike shrunk.co/eYinA)
Hey Mike. Thanks for making this video, very informative.
No worries Mike. Please share it around with other photographers, it'll halp me make more like it... MIKE :-)
Thanks for another great video, Mike! What metering mode did you use? Particularly, the first picture, with bright sky in the background.
Thank you +Tak C I always use evaluative - MIKE
Inspirational as ever!
Keep it up!
Thank you +Indy Pindy - MIKE
Amazing compositions. In the first shot of the yellow buildings, did you adjust the scew? In video mode it appeared that the perspective distortion was much stronger, in the final shot the vertical lines appeared straighter.
Thank you +Hans-Jörn Eich Yes I corrected convergence a bit when I developed the RAW - MIKE
Seeing you using the fuji x-t1 is the proof of what a fantastic camera it is. I wonder though what else is there in that heavy backpack!
Haha +zampination praise indeed. I'm not sure it's great just because I use one, but I do like it. What else is in that backpack? Laptop, hard drives, video camera, sound equipment, chargers, batteries, 10-20mm and 55-200mm lenses, usb cables and that's about it... MIKE
That was great! LOL, love that song. I can still see the can-can dancers in "Can Can"! The last shot was inspirational! Thanks!!!
Thanks Karen - MIKE :-)
Great video! Always enjoy your work!
Thank you +Miguel Colon - MIKE
This video was very exciting, I was captivated the entire time! Love it.
Thank you +GemMcLean delighted you enjoyed it. Please share it around - it'll help me make more like it - MIKE :-)
Another great video! What lenses do you like for your xt1? I just purchased a used 18mm but wonder if the 18-55mm would be a better choice as I walk about to learn how to use this "new to me" camera/system/wireless.
Thanks +Debra Marvin I used the 18-55 in this vid - and pretty much everything else. Below's a link to some pics I shot in Vietnam all with the 18-55. Cambodia gallery is the same - you'll see when you get there... - MIKE
www.photographycourses.biz/vietnam-gallery
+Mike Browne Thanks Mike, they are stunning shots!
Interesting process Mike, thanks.
( That's one hell of a camera bag! )
Thanks +Martin Yep, it has everything I need to work on the road. Video equipment, sound gear, cameras, lenses, laptop, hard drives ..... MIKE
Great video. Very informative. Lovely location. Must visit one day.
Thanks David - MIKE :-)
Mike, what was the wrist strap you used.
David Vincent It’s a Joby Wrist Strap.. MIKE
joby.com/dslr-wrist-strap
Inspirational and practical. I like the format (live view and then the actual shot). You, sir, are great! :)
Thank you +Andreas Sjöström - MIKE
notre alsace est trop belle et il fait bon y vivre ,merci pour ces photos.
Merci, l'Alsace est très belle +daniel montignac - MIKE
Nicely done; very good tips!
This was very helpful, thanks
Like the video in the video feature that shows how your process as you compose the photo.
Great video ... as usual, and also very inspiring. That part of France is well known for its wine, food, medieval places, motorcycle roads 😉 and peacefull living. Not far from where I'm living too.
How about having once a fotosession in Flanders (Bruges, Ghent or Antwerp)? Many inspiring places there too.
Thanks +Phantom RC I rode my Triumph down from calais, spent a week with a friend near Colmar (how I came to be in Eguisheim) then rode up to Normandy.. Great biking country... We'll see what we can do about Belgium - MIKE :-)
Excellent video.
And using the can can at the end was fun :)
Thanks +cosawanty Happy you enjoy a bit of iconic French music too - MIKE :-)
What a great tutorial! So detailed and informative! I've just started my journey with photography... and you are my inspiration from the very beginning! Greetings from Larkspur, Ca :)
Thank you please do watch all of them at www.photographycourses.biz/videos - Melissa pp Mike
Hi Mike, great video! I have a similar dilemma with an upcoming shoot. The location has the model in the sun and a waterfall in the shade. It's a tough spot up high and I can't see the waterfall from any other angle. If I expose for the model then the falls will be dark? I took some cell pics of the location the other day, any way I can show you what I'm talking about? Thx!
Yes exposed for the model the falls will be dark +JPY And if you shoot on a sunny day it'll probably be even darker because contrast levels will be very high. Suggest you shoot RAW on an overcast day and use artificial lighting on the model. You can't light a waterfall, it's too big. But a human.... Hope this helps - MIKE
Thx for responding Mike! What can I do to keep the falls bright enough though? At this location, the sun is never over the falls but behind it. My plan is to shoot around 3:30 for the best model light but I don't want to lose the falls in the process. It would negate the the reason for shooting there. Any light balance techniques perhaps?
JPY Only what I suggested. Shoot on dull day so light between model and falls is more balanced, subtle artificial lighting on model to make her stand out. Nothing else you can do apart from find a different waterfall ... MIKE
+Mike Browne Ok Mike thanks so much! Keep up the great work, I really enjoy learning fro you! 👍
Hi Mike, do you explain in your 7 building blocks of photography what and what not to cut off on the sides of the frame, whether it's a portrait, landscape, etc..? because I want to know for example, why did you include the shrub above the girl's window? and why did you keep the green window shades on the left of the frame, but cut them off on the right? Is there a rule for such a thing, or is it case-subjective? Thanks and keep up the great work.
Thanks +Ahmed Bebars There are no 'rules' as such and it is as you said "case-subjective". I put the photos together the way i did because that's how I like them. It's that simple. The 7 Blocks does not tell you what is right, wrong, or how you 'should' make the image. It will teach you how to think through your images so you get what YOU want to shoot. It tackles situations like when you shoot an image and when you look at it you realise it's not how you wanted it to be. Complete The 7 Blocks and you will be able to think through each shot, know how you want it to be and then make the camera capture it.
Please note - there are no camera settings or explanations of things like controlling exposure, depth of field or similar techniques. The 7 Blocks is for photographers who are able to do this already. - MIKE
www.photographycourses.biz/courses/7-building-blocks-of-photography
Mike Browne Thank you for clarifying, that was very helpful.
Hi Mike - Thanks again for another helpful and inspiring video. We have a guest visiting us here in North Wales next week and I'm sure I will be able to try out some of your camera techniques in Conwy town and Castle. I notice you're using the Fuji camera a lot lately; have you retired the D300?
Thanks +Wayne Britton D300 was retired about 3 years ago after many years of being hammered. When shooting with a DSLR I use a D600 these days - MIKE
Great photos Mike
Thanks Lee - MIKE :-)
As always informative & enjoyable cheer's
Thank you Mr. Mike Browne
Great video! Thank you Mike.
great shots, great video.
Fantastic video, Mike! You do carry a big backpacks in some of the shots, does your back hurt at the end of the day?
Haha thank you +Peter Moeller Yes i do carry a big pack - photography is great exercise and more fun than the gym - MIKE :-)
girl in the window ..... excellent shot
Thanks - MIKE :-)
I sometimes have trouble aligning things in the viewfinder, I can't seem to keep things steady enough. So when one side of the frame is well aligned, and I shift may attention to properly align another side, any slight movement will mess up where the first side was set, I then have to repeat the process all over again. To me, it's quite challenging keeping an eye on all four sides and corners of the frame.
I know +perfectforehand but it comes with practise... MIKE :-)
Inspiring as always, Mike.
As you're using an 18-55mm lense on a day out, would you recommend takin this lense on a holiday as an all rounder
Hard question +sharon prosser because it depends what you want to shoot and how you want it to look. I use my 18-55 most of the time and look for images that work for that focal range. But it wouldn't be great for something a long way away, candids of people from a distance or particularly good for shallow depth of field work for example. So when i only have the 18-55 I avoid shots like this... - Best to take a range from 18-200 if you want to cover all possibilities... MIKE
+Mike Browne yes thats a very good point, i also have an 18-70 mm nikon lense which is nice to use , +18-200 which is fairly heavy, its a dilemma when planning which 1 to take on a holiday , which probably includes a lot of scenery, and also 1 which is not too heavy 😨 thank u
sharon prosser I'd take the 18-200 because it's got pretty much all eventualities covered in one lens, which in the end weighs less than carrying 2 or 3 - MIKE
+Mike Browne yes thats true, thanx so much for the advice
Great tutorial Mike,a beautiful part of france.love the part where you shoot the video before you shoot the photo.perfect,the girl in the window is amazing.
Thank you Jackie - MIKE :-)
Great video, lots of ideas on how to deal with good touristy (rather than photogenic) light, loved the music at the end and you even managed to plug a Chris Rea song in one of the images in your final montage. Good stuff.
Can't say how much I like these videos haha. The end with the sun got me thinking (plus the fact that it's completely overcast over here in the States) - I think a really cool episode would be shooting during heavy cloud coverage and/or in some rain :). I'd love to see how it'd go!
Thanks +Oozywolf - here's one I did in Iceland on a dull cloudy day... MIKE
www.photographycourses.biz/videos/creative/lighting/bad-light
Mike Browne I must've missed that one! Thanks a ton Mike!
Best video ending ever, Epic!!
LALALAND! haha - Melissa pp Mike
Fantastic Little Tour! You should go on an Photo Trip with your Bike :)