I have expanded on the focusing topic and have a 30-minute course available on Skillshare. The course covers, portraits, weddings, landscapes, back button focusing, zone focusing, focus stacking and much more. Follow the link below for FREE access to the course and 100's of other photography courses. skl.sh/3c7nE7a The link will give you a 2-month free Skillshare subscription. There's no better time to learn 😃👍
I've watched many videos on focusing for sharp landscape photos. I was happy you stated a conclusion that I had come to on my own but had not been stated in other videos-that your proximity to the foreground influences your DOF required for sharpness and subsequently your focusing technique. In other words, the closer you are to the ground, the more foreground will be in the image, the more likely you want it in focus, the more likely one will need to focus stack. Thanks for the great video.
Extremely useful and informative. Not only on focusing, but also on your priorities of finding the composition first, then the main subject, then use aperture to determine depth of field. Thanks, another worthwhile 15 mins.
So wonderfully explained. One of the best learning video I have listen to. Much thanks Mr. Worth for the tutorial. Compliments from Victoria, Vancouver Island :)
Thanks Ian, I like a shallow depth of field like your tree at 10:48. Good seperaton between the foreground and background..my preferate setting. Great video like always... take care during covid-19 period.
Great Video Ian...I especially like your suggestion at the end, where if not sure of focus, take shots in the near, middle and far to use as backup...Hadn't thought about that! I subscribed to your channel, Thank you for the tip!
Thanks Ian. The second time I watched this video. Simple, common sense and effective. Whatever did we do before focus stacking? I have seen some videos on focus stacking, but when all is in focus you don't quite know where the point of interest is. As I said just good common sense.
Hi Ian, I'm glad to see that you are well and not going loopy at this difficult time. Thank you for this video, a very interesting and informative one. I was aware of the hyperfocal distance method and like you I could not get my head round it, neither did I wish to for the same reasons you gave . I have tried the other 2 of which I find the focus a third into the image useful. The way you do it seems so much easier and logical to obtain that image and at the same time free the mind to actually enjoy the whole experience of the scenery around you and the awesomeness of nature's wonders which I think we are all appreciating a little bit more now we haven't got that choice. Stay safe and keep up the good work and give yourself a well earned pat on the back for keeping at least me sane.
Thanks for this video Ian, it's really made me think about manual focusing for landscapes, never used manual for this before and using focus peaking to help check whats in focus really is a great idea, it seems to work well when I tried it out in my garden, will have to wait till I can get back out to really test it out. I agree about checking lens sweet spots, I was told about it a few years ago and test all my lenses, it's a great way to know each lenses good and bad points, it is surprising how different they can be.
I do use the afl to lock manual focus, i tend to press the front command dial to zoom into the image to check my focus as opposed to the peaking, but it can work well.
Thanks Ian appreciate all the effort put into this video, will give your way a go next time I’m out. How do you go about finding the sweet spot of your lenses, any chance of a video of this while we all have the time to get out in our gardens 😊📷
Thanks, Kevin, glad you found it useful. regarding the sweet spot, find a subject with some fine detail like a big rock and take a series of images through the aperture range, be sure to set your camera on a tripod and use the self-timer so you don't get any camera shake, also set your focus in the same place for each shot. Take 3 shots on each aperture setting and then compare them all on your computer, you should see a big difference in sharpness before and beyond a certain f number. Let me know how you get on👍👍😃
Great info Ian - thanks! This is my usual approach to focus too, simply focus on the subject (usually near) and adjust the aperture get it all in focus or to reduce aperture to the sweet spot of f4 or f5.6 if the scene is shallow and allows it. Oh, and stay healthy please!
This will be great... Glad your well buddy. That's interesting I tend to use a similar method to yourself for focussing, the only method I never use is infinity focus! Focus stacking can be a godsend if we want the optimum image quality.
great ian thxs for sharing your pro tips. but in case english isn’t my mother language you speak to fast . so one question left do you took all of your pictures with manual fokus ? would be helpful to see your steps near to the fujifilm camera thxs
Great tips Ian. Hyperfocal focusing. Ironically ruined by lens manufacturers when they stopped printing focusing marks on lens barrels. It used to be very easy to use!
Thanks Ian, Good video, good stuff for me to practice here. Question about focus peaking....do you use it on high or low setting? I can't figure out which is best - which setting gives you more 'precise' indication I guess.. Fuji XT2
Well done and clearly explained, Ian. Diagram/text with images, a plus. Do you ever use Fuji’s rangefinder and pentaprism MF modes? Focus peaking can be less than reliable. I recall old film SLRs that had interchangeable focusing screens and depth of field buttons - getting desired dof was not that difficult.
Thats awesome, be sure to check out Chris burkards course, That guy's an absolute legend. I've been a long time admirer of his work since my early surfing days. He used to shoot for a lot of the top surf mags. Seems like a really top bloke too 👍👍😃
This is terrific information Ian. In my days using a 4 x 5 film camera as well as medium format I recall using very narrow high aperature settings and it's been hard to get myself used to seeing what happens with the XT 2 and lenses at f8 and F11. I can't believe how sharpe almost all these Fuji lenses are at those aperatures. Very good explanation and technique Ian and it is much appreciated. Stay safe during these crazy times and good wishes from Bend, Oregon
Sure, I like to shoot long exposures sometimes which require a tripod, I also like the way that using a tripod slows down the whole image taking process which makes me think more about composition. quite often i have to wait for the perfect light too so having the camera positioned and waiting helps too. 😀😀👍
Thanks Alfred, i'm not a big fan of using apps when i'm out in the landscape, i find it detracts my mind away from the scenery. Thanks though, i'm sure others will find it useful. 👍👍😃
I have expanded on the focusing topic and have a 30-minute course available on Skillshare. The course covers, portraits, weddings, landscapes, back button focusing, zone focusing, focus stacking and much more. Follow the link below for FREE access to the course and 100's of other photography courses. skl.sh/3c7nE7a
The link will give you a 2-month free Skillshare subscription. There's no better time to learn 😃👍
I've watched many videos on focusing for sharp landscape photos. I was happy you stated a conclusion that I had come to on my own but had not been stated in other videos-that your proximity to the foreground influences your DOF required for sharpness and subsequently your focusing technique. In other words, the closer you are to the ground, the more foreground will be in the image, the more likely you want it in focus, the more likely one will need to focus stack. Thanks for the great video.
Glad you enjoyed it Dorian 👍👍
Thanks for sharing your ideas and suggestions. Very helpful.
You are so welcome! 👍👍
Super video. It is the first time I hear some of these concepts. Thanks a lot!
Glad it was helpful! 👍👍
That wee waterfall image is really eyecatching. Great stuff Ian.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🙏🙏
Fantastic video as usual Ian. Hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy.
Thanks, yeah we are trying to keep a low profile and staying safe. Hope you are safe too buddy👍👍
Interesting approach and VERY well explained! I will certainly start taking focus stack backup shots as described at the end. TY!!!!
Glad it was helpful buddy. 👍👍
Another great video Ian. Will give your method a try the next time i get the chance.
Thats awesome buddy 👍😃
As usual great down to earth learning thanks
Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks for the excellent tips. Great to hear other photographers workflow that is simple and basic but effective.
Cheers buddy, i've expanded on this topic over at skillshare, you can view it for free here skl.sh/3c7nE7a
Great tutorial, Ian. Very useful and informative. Many thanks for sharing all this knowledge!
Glad it was helpful! 😀😀🙏
Extremely useful and informative. Not only on focusing, but also on your priorities of finding the composition first, then the main subject, then use aperture to determine depth of field. Thanks, another worthwhile 15 mins.
Thanks buddy, glad you enjoyed it 😃👍👍
So wonderfully explained. One of the best learning video I have listen to. Much thanks Mr. Worth for the tutorial. Compliments from Victoria, Vancouver Island :)
Thanks for the kind words and i'm glad you enjoyed it 👍😃😃
Thanks for the video Ian - hope all is well with you and yours, stay safe,
We are good mate, hope you are too. Stay safe😃👍👍
Thanks Ian, I like a shallow depth of field like your tree at 10:48. Good seperaton between the foreground and background..my preferate setting. Great video like always... take care during covid-19 period.
Thanks Alain, glad you liked it mate, stay safe 👍👍
Great video . Thank you for your advice . ( ive heard so many different views its confusing ) but i like your guidance
Glad it was helpful! and thanks for watching 😃👍
Hi, what a great video. Keep up the great work! I look forward to your next video.
Cheers buddy 😃👍👍
Great Video Ian...I especially like your suggestion at the end, where if not sure of focus, take shots in the near, middle and far to use as backup...Hadn't thought about that! I subscribed to your channel, Thank you for the tip!
Thanks Steve, glad it helps and thanks for the sub 😀👍
Totally off topic: I love the green color of your wall! Especially working together with the natural wood door combined with the iron hinge
Thanks Andy, yeah i decorated earlier in the year, I just need a few more lights in the background to set it off 👍😃😃
Great advice Ian, thanks for sharing
You are very welcome 🙏🙏😀
Very nice tutorial 😊
Thanks Ian. The second time I watched this video. Simple, common sense and effective. Whatever did we do before focus stacking? I have seen some videos on focus stacking, but when all is in focus you don't quite know where the point of interest is. As I said just good common sense.
Thanks Donald, glad you enjoyed it enough to watch it several times, that really does mean the world. 😀😀👍
Hi Ian, I'm glad to see that you are well and not going loopy at this difficult time. Thank you for this video, a very interesting and informative one. I was aware of the hyperfocal distance method and like you I could not get my head round it, neither did I wish to for the same reasons you gave . I have tried the other 2 of which I find the focus a third into the image useful. The way you do it seems so much easier and logical to obtain that image and at the same time free the mind to actually enjoy the whole experience of the scenery around you and the awesomeness of nature's wonders which I think we are all appreciating a little bit more now we haven't got that choice. Stay safe and keep up the good work and give yourself a well earned pat on the back for keeping at least me sane.
Thanks Alfie, much appreciate your continued support and comments. 😃👍👍
Thanks for this video Ian, it's really made me think about manual focusing for landscapes, never used manual for this before and using focus peaking to help check whats in focus really is a great idea, it seems to work well when I tried it out in my garden, will have to wait till I can get back out to really test it out. I agree about checking lens sweet spots, I was told about it a few years ago and test all my lenses, it's a great way to know each lenses good and bad points, it is surprising how different they can be.
Indeed Pete, glad you have tried the method out, hopefully it will work out for you next time you're in the field 👍😃😃
Are you using a combination of AFL and focus peaking to get the desired landscape shot? Thanks great video Aloha JC
I do use the afl to lock manual focus, i tend to press the front command dial to zoom into the image to check my focus as opposed to the peaking, but it can work well.
Good advice on focus peaking.
Cheers buddy 😃😃👍
Very clear thank you
thank you, glad you liked it 👍😃😃
excellent tutorial, i always remember just one photographer who asked me " what is it that caught your eye "
that is what i have in mind every shot .
So True, focus on that and try to exclude the distractions. Great advice 👍👍😃
This is a underrated channel, I do hope a lot of people subscribe to you because you have great content, keep it up man 👍🏻
Thanks buddy, I appreciate that! 👍👍
I agree 💯
Thanks Ian appreciate all the effort put into this video, will give your way a go next time I’m out. How do you go about finding the sweet spot of your lenses, any chance of a video of this while we all have the time to get out in our gardens 😊📷
Thanks, Kevin, glad you found it useful. regarding the sweet spot, find a subject with some fine detail like a big rock and take a series of images through the aperture range, be sure to set your camera on a tripod and use the self-timer so you don't get any camera shake, also set your focus in the same place for each shot. Take 3 shots on each aperture setting and then compare them all on your computer, you should see a big difference in sharpness before and beyond a certain f number. Let me know how you get on👍👍😃
Well done. Thank you.
Great info Ian - thanks! This is my usual approach to focus too, simply focus on the subject (usually near) and adjust the aperture get it all in focus or to reduce aperture to the sweet spot of f4 or f5.6 if the scene is shallow and allows it. Oh, and stay healthy please!
Thanks matey, glad you enjoyed it and also that you use a similar approach, Stay safe 👍👍😃
Thanks for this, a very informative vid. Focusing is something i have really been struggling with recently. :-)
Glad it was helpful! 😀👍👍
This will be great... Glad your well buddy. That's interesting I tend to use a similar method to yourself for focussing, the only method I never use is infinity focus! Focus stacking can be a godsend if we want the optimum image quality.
Thanks buddy, that's awesome that you use a similar method, stay safe 👍👍
great ian thxs for sharing your pro tips. but in case english isn’t my mother language you speak to fast .
so one question left do you took all of your pictures with manual fokus ? would be helpful to see your steps near to the fujifilm camera
thxs
Thanks Thomas, yes I use manual focus for my landscape photography. I use a combination of the afl button and the focus ring. Thanks for watching 😃👍👍
Great tips Ian. Hyperfocal focusing. Ironically ruined by lens manufacturers when they stopped printing focusing marks on lens barrels. It used to be very easy to use!
indeed, It is definitely easier with the markings 👍😃
Thanks Ian, Good video, good stuff for me to practice here. Question about focus peaking....do you use it on high or low setting? I can't figure out which is best - which setting gives you more 'precise' indication I guess.. Fuji XT2
I tend to have it on the low setting, I think its a personal preference thing though 👍👍
Well done and clearly explained, Ian. Diagram/text with images, a plus. Do you ever use Fuji’s rangefinder and pentaprism MF modes? Focus peaking can be less than reliable. I recall old film SLRs that had interchangeable focusing screens and depth of field buttons - getting desired dof was not that difficult.
Thanks paul, glad you enjoyed it mate , i haven't used those modes, perhaps i should give them a go👍👍
Thanks Ian
You're welcome buddy 😃😃👍
Cheers Ian, now signed up on Skill Share.
Thats awesome, be sure to check out Chris burkards course, That guy's an absolute legend. I've been a long time admirer of his work since my early surfing days. He used to shoot for a lot of the top surf mags. Seems like a really top bloke too 👍👍😃
Ian Worth already on it 😃
This is terrific information Ian. In my days using a 4 x 5 film camera as well as medium format I recall using very narrow high aperature settings and it's been hard to get myself used to seeing what happens with the XT 2 and lenses at f8 and F11. I can't believe how sharpe almost all these Fuji lenses are at those aperatures. Very good explanation and technique Ian and it is much appreciated. Stay safe during these crazy times and good wishes from Bend, Oregon
Thanks buddy, much appreciated 👍👍😃
I agree with you
Awesome 😀👍
I have a dumb question. Could you explain the use of tripod in daylight. Why using a tripod
Sure, I like to shoot long exposures sometimes which require a tripod, I also like the way that using a tripod slows down the whole image taking process which makes me think more about composition. quite often i have to wait for the perfect light too so having the camera positioned and waiting helps too. 😀😀👍
Got it, thanks!.. Btw, Ian is my son’s name.
use focus peaking and it focused.
Easy rule of thumb is to focus one third up in your frame.
Indeed, that can work well 👍
Just add to your phone de application DoF Table and you won't need to think! before you leave home set it up to the camaras you are using
and lenses of course and yr problems are over!
Thanks Alfred, i'm not a big fan of using apps when i'm out in the landscape, i find it detracts my mind away from the scenery. Thanks though, i'm sure others will find it useful. 👍👍😃
@@ian_worth that´s fine with me.