Thanks for watching! Subscribe for more videos! More regular content from me in these places: 💌 newsletter: mwroll.com 🌄 instagram: instagram.com/mwroll 🌆 patreon: patreon.com/micaelwidell 🐦 twitter: twitter.com/micaelwidell 📷 my personal favorite macro lens: bit.ly/mwlaowa60 (I always buy Laowa lenses here - fast free shipping worldwide) Gear used in the video: - 150 mm: amzn.to/2L06SNh - 90 mm: amzn.to/2L9EyEY - 135 mm: amzn.to/2KZYLjS or amzn.to/2ukc3xf - unspecified: amzn.to/2N6TUL1 or th-cam.com/video/yFEJxuKD4HY/w-d-xo.html Most photos in the video were shot on this camera: amzn.to/2NJB7XA But the most recent photos I used my current workhorse for: amzn.to/2ulxqyq To make this video, I used this mic: amzn.to/2N4uCxj with this preamp: amzn.to/2KV9dt5 and this small video camera: amzn.to/2N5gIuW
I am sorry, but you seem to enjoy the free content without any care for the creators. How about you keep enjoying it and stop complaining about self promotion? If people would support artists more, maybe it wouldn’t be necessary. Your favorite TH-camrs also need to eat
I appreciate your controlled pace of narration. The way of explaining things with an appropriate example was perfect. This video can be an example for others " the so called gurus of photography" who post videos on TH-cam which are highly opinionated, dogmatic and cacophonic.
inspirational! I think I need to be doing this! where I live there are flowers blooming all year round. it's clear this is where I need to start my Photography (retirement hobby).
Rule #7 I usually follow, but when I first started taking photos I often took them at high noon on my lunch break. When it came to Portulaca, the flowers glowed so vibrantly in full sun that to this day it is one of my favorite photos. It was sheer serendipity because I knew very little about the best lighting techniques. The portulaca is at 4:39 in my Succulent Treasures video. Sometimes at just the right angle full sun can be used for a stained glass effect with certain flowers.
It's not boring, simplicity is Beautiful. The Heart of Fashion about flower reflect on it. Good explanation as well. thank you !I will apply your tips when am taking flowers. Thank you very much for sharing your ideas!
Great tips, Michael. I would also suggest using a small diffuser if shade isn’t an option. You can use it to not only diffuse harsh light but to catch and direct the light onto the flower/subject.
I always lower the exposure compensation to -1 or -2 so that the true color of the flower is photographed. The sun tends to bleach out the colors of a flower....
I actually find the image at 3:15 to be one of the strongest and most interesting compositionally in the set. The in-and-out of focus leaves provide lines that swirl around the flowers and help to frame the image. Shallow depth of field flower photography with an out-of-focus background and tack sharp flower is only one approach. It can be a bit one-dimensional if overdone. What if you were to include more backgrounds, fences, buildings, people walking past in flower photography? This is a different approach but would provide great context and open up possibilites.
Superb video! Very informative and no long drawn out explanations. Now all I need is a macro lens! I'm saving up!! I am a new subscriber and I've signed up for the newsletter. Thank you
Thanks for the awesome video! I bought my first camera today because i wanted to photograph flowers haha. They are so awesome. I'm not sure what all the settings mean yet but im sure I'll get better
Awesome tips, I must admit I didn't expect this video to be so instructive... and nice pictures! The Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 mkII is a real beast for flower photography too, great magnification and it throws everything in the background in a beautiful bokeh
This was a great video! Informative, concise and full of simple solutions to some of the most common problems. I can't believe I've never thought about just creating the shade with my own body! So simple and yet it's escaped me all this time. So thank you!
I really like your style. It is pretty laid back. You give a Master video, just enough information and no extraneous guff. I'll watch this again and have subscribed to your channel. One question though: what is that great background jazz? It's a great choice: just enough to complement the video without being distracting. I could listen to it all day long. Thanks Micael
Thank you for your kind words. I think the song is called The Barrier by Rupert Sachs, I got the song from epidemicsound.com which is a site where youtubers can get background music.
I shoot flowers a lot and these are generally some good tips, but I don't fully agree with you on shooting in the shade. While you can definitely get great results in the shade, I often find that it can also result in quite dull looking photos. Personally I prefer shooting in either the morning or evening sun since you get a softer light at those times of the day that can give you beautiful results. You also get more contrast in sunlight. Although I would definitely advice against shooting in the mid-day sun as that generally gives you a very harsh light and hard shadows.
Also a tip , try to tell a Story about this Flower. What makes it special you selected it. Also keep in Mind Rules of Thirds , DoF and Compositing. It pleases the Eye of the Viewer.
Great points, Micael! I like to use shade, too. I will often add a little flash fill on subject to bring it out of the background. If you do something like that, I would love to see your approach.
This is perfect because I will be doing some flower photography next month in my holidays! You always release the perfect video at the perfect time. It seems like such a coincidence!!! Unfortunately I just have the kit lens so I will have to make do with that but it should do the job, hopefully...
Agreed! I use macro lenses now, but still, some of my favorite shots were with my kit lens. If you follow the tips in Micael's vid, you can get great results! Good luck!
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📷 my personal favorite macro lens: bit.ly/mwlaowa60 (I always buy Laowa lenses here - fast free shipping worldwide)
Gear used in the video:
- 150 mm: amzn.to/2L06SNh
- 90 mm: amzn.to/2L9EyEY
- 135 mm: amzn.to/2KZYLjS or amzn.to/2ukc3xf
- unspecified: amzn.to/2N6TUL1 or th-cam.com/video/yFEJxuKD4HY/w-d-xo.html
Most photos in the video were shot on this camera: amzn.to/2NJB7XA
But the most recent photos I used my current workhorse for:
amzn.to/2ulxqyq
To make this video, I used this mic: amzn.to/2N4uCxj with this preamp: amzn.to/2KV9dt5 and this small video camera: amzn.to/2N5gIuW
This is an example of a GOOD photography video. Lots of examples of bad and good photographs. No self-promoting gibberish. Thank you.
I am sorry, but you seem to enjoy the free content without any care for the creators. How about you keep enjoying it and stop complaining about self promotion? If people would support artists more, maybe it wouldn’t be necessary. Your favorite TH-camrs also need to eat
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So nice to find someone talking about this kind of flower photography as it's my favourite too.
Flower photography is incredibly beautiful. I normally don't care for it, but your photos have inspired me to think otherwise.
Creating B&W versions of the photos to diminish distractions is a great idea. Thanks! Wonderful video.
I appreciate your controlled pace of narration. The way of explaining things with an appropriate example was perfect. This video can be an example for others " the so called gurus of photography" who post videos on TH-cam which are highly opinionated, dogmatic and cacophonic.
inspirational! I think I need to be doing this! where I live there are flowers blooming all year round. it's clear this is where I need to start my Photography (retirement hobby).
Rule #7 I usually follow, but when I first started taking photos I often took them at high noon on my lunch break. When it came to Portulaca, the flowers glowed so vibrantly in full sun that to this day it is one of my favorite photos. It was sheer serendipity because I knew very little about the best lighting techniques. The portulaca is at 4:39 in my Succulent Treasures video. Sometimes at just the right angle full sun can be used for a stained glass effect with certain flowers.
I usually took photos of flower with lots of leaves. Now I understand why some of it looked off. This video is very helpful. Thank you so much!
Unless it's a tiny flower, I love my Zeiss Batis 85mm. Amazing tool for the job. My go to settings are usually ISO 100 and F2.8.
It's not boring, simplicity is Beautiful. The Heart of Fashion about flower reflect on it.
Good explanation as well. thank you !I will apply your tips when am taking flowers.
Thank you very much for sharing your ideas!
Great tips, Michael. I would also suggest using a small diffuser if shade isn’t an option. You can use it to not only diffuse harsh light but to catch and direct the light onto the flower/subject.
Great tip!
Thank you. Tiny flowers are also one of my go to macro subjects. Your suggestions are a great help!
I'm not sure I ever got this much out of a TH-cam video... this is exactly what I needed. Great tips and examples. Thank you!
very informative!!, always love to take pictures of flowers cause there's so many of them
Excellent tips , loved the one about B n W when background is busy
I always lower the exposure compensation to -1 or -2 so that the true color of the flower is photographed. The sun tends to bleach out the colors of a flower....
Nice shots. You opened my eyes on the B&W photography of the flowers.
Thanks for this great video. The music is very well chosen, just wonderful.
Thank you for all your tips. I’m also a big fan of flower photography and I loved all your photos.
thank you! (ah! brings back memories of when i could crouch down like that without falling over ... & get up again elegantly('ish)!)
Ha Ha, at 90 I know know what you mean. I just blow up enlargement bigger, and crop.
Those little purple flowers are so beautiful, great images!
Thanks Micael. Very good sound tips!
I really enjoyed this video. More creative ideas and tips for me to follow.
Pretty good tips and I learnt one or two tricks - playing with colours. Here is one from me, take photos of flowers in light rain...
Good gide, well done job. Micael! Slowers and mushrooms - a big part of my interest in photography )
Simple... but I have learnt a lot... thank you !
Thanks for all your videos are very instructive and fun to watch. Regards from Chile
Just found you here thanks so much for all this info , I do paint flowers, I take picture from them . This helps me tremendously. Please continue.
thanks for the tips, I´ll put them in practice to improve my flower photography. Greetings from El Salvador, Central America.
One of the better youtubes on photography. Useful and practical tips. Length of video is just about right. Thanks for sharing.
I actually find the image at 3:15 to be one of the strongest and most interesting compositionally in the set. The in-and-out of focus leaves provide lines that swirl around the flowers and help to frame the image. Shallow depth of field flower photography with an out-of-focus background and tack sharp flower is only one approach. It can be a bit one-dimensional if overdone. What if you were to include more backgrounds, fences, buildings, people walking past in flower photography? This is a different approach but would provide great context and open up possibilites.
If not for two of the flowers also being out of focus, and the grass seed head across the middle one, I might agree with you.
Great informational, chill, laid back video man
You just got a new subscriber
Wow my favorite flower shot thank you for sharing
Very good video, beautifully explained and i love all the links in the description.
Nowadays I've been doing macro photography and this video is very helpful. Thank you, from Philippines😊
Thank you so much Micael, great tips
6:29 These tiny blue forest "fairies" are fantastically beautiful! Superior photos!
Thank you :)
Wow the photos is so good, great photoshoot, thank you for the tips, it's very helpful
I love photos like these, pretty flowers, simple little joys. Thanks for sharing!
great job that inspires many of us
Very nice video👍👍 I will definitely use this tips next time I do photography
Excellent tip on the flat flowers, always enjoy your work and have learnt a lot from your past videos, thanks for posting this video.
Delightful! Very good video - thanks!
Great video great view great pictures. 👍
Superb video! Very informative and no long drawn out explanations. Now all I need is a macro lens! I'm saving up!! I am a new subscriber and I've signed up for the newsletter. Thank you
this is my favorite also. i love to take pics of flowers
Thanks for the awesome video! I bought my first camera today because i wanted to photograph flowers haha. They are so awesome. I'm not sure what all the settings mean yet but im sure I'll get better
Have fun!
Namaste from India.
I use either a point and shoot camera or my Android phone. 😊
Awesome tips, I must admit I didn't expect this video to be so instructive... and nice pictures! The Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 mkII is a real beast for flower photography too, great magnification and it throws everything in the background in a beautiful bokeh
love this lens too
You are great and your work is amazing...💐💐💞💞💞💞
Another gem from a very talented photographer. Thank you.
Very good tips especially for a beginner.
These are some nice Tips Micael.
This was a great video! Informative, concise and full of simple solutions to some of the most common problems. I can't believe I've never thought about just creating the shade with my own body! So simple and yet it's escaped me all this time. So thank you!
A nice balanced useful video, thanks.
Great video. This gave me a whole new motivation to pictures flowers which are in abundance here in summers
Happy to hear that, the goal of my videos is to inspire!
great tips....your photography is very good...thankyou!
I really like your style. It is pretty laid back. You give a Master video, just enough information and no extraneous guff. I'll watch this again and have subscribed to your channel. One question though: what is that great background jazz? It's a great choice: just enough to complement the video without being distracting. I could listen to it all day long. Thanks Micael
Thank you for your kind words. I think the song is called The Barrier by Rupert Sachs, I got the song from epidemicsound.com which is a site where youtubers can get background music.
Thanks for this awesome video, I'll be watching it again and again...so much to learn and practice. 📷🙌 🌸🌺🌻🌼
Excellent video - thank you for the great tips - reverting as a last resort to B&W 👍
I did learn something I'll try. I will say absolutely yes to not taking pics of flowers on a sunny day. Soft light is best
Wonderful tips, thank you so much 😊
Thanks a lot! That was a very helpful and well made video!
super useful video and beautiful images, thank you!
This is the video of flower photography tips that I've always been looking for, excellent work!
Very nice tips and above all, all your photos are great...
Love your channel. Thoughtful tips suitable for both beginners and more advanced photographers illustrated by excellent examples.
Just have me an incredible idea. Thanks 😊 Chief. Hugs from KOLKATA India 🙏
I just got into photography and this video was so helpful thank you
Very Helpful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Micael for the tip.
Great Tutorial!
Thanks for the inspiration I needed some today.
Really enjoyed your video. I too enjoy flower photography. Great tips, thanks.
Awesome, more inspired now.
TH-cam recommendation,glad i clicked
Amazing video and really helpful tips,thanks!
Leveraging flatness is a really good and simple tip. Thank you!
I shoot flowers a lot and these are generally some good tips, but I don't fully agree with you on shooting in the shade. While you can definitely get great results in the shade, I often find that it can also result in quite dull looking photos. Personally I prefer shooting in either the morning or evening sun since you get a softer light at those times of the day that can give you beautiful results. You also get more contrast in sunlight. Although I would definitely advice against shooting in the mid-day sun as that generally gives you a very harsh light and hard shadows.
Yeah that is a great tip that I didn't mention - the golden hour can give beautiful results!
No.1 photography. 👍👌🙏🇮🇳
Thank you for the suggestions. I like photographing flowers and will keep these points in mind.
Love it ♥️
Also a tip , try to tell a Story about this Flower. What makes it special you selected it. Also keep in Mind Rules of Thirds , DoF and Compositing. It pleases the Eye of the Viewer.
Good advices given, thank you!
And they tell me flower photography is boring. Thanks for the inspiration
Great video! Thanks Brother! 🙂
Glad you liked it!
very enjoyable and helpful video Micael
thanks for explaining flower photography
Very helpful straight forward video. Great images as well. I’m off to macro shoot this afternoon
Thank you for your tips Micael, it is simple but helpful. Specially about the flat side of flowers. So, now you get a loyal subscriber. :)
Thank you for your tips.
Very good video on flowers photography. Thank you for these tips.
Great points, Micael! I like to use shade, too. I will often add a little flash fill on subject to bring it out of the background. If you do something like that, I would love to see your approach.
Dude I thing that this is best photography youtube channel I have ever watched
One of the hardest flowers to take a picture in the open is red rose.
wonderful pbotography, great and informative video...i am going to binge the other videos on your channel now :)
Happy you liked it :) Welcome to the channel!
great video thanks for sharing
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Great video, thanks my friend. Its given me ideas and inspiration to give flower photography a go.
This is perfect because I will be doing some flower photography next month in my holidays! You always release the perfect video at the perfect time. It seems like such a coincidence!!!
Unfortunately I just have the kit lens so I will have to make do with that but it should do the job, hopefully...
You can probably get some great bokeh even with a kit lens if you focus closely :)
Agreed! I use macro lenses now, but still, some of my favorite shots were with my kit lens. If you follow the tips in Micael's vid, you can get great results! Good luck!
Liesl Huddleston, thank you! :)
Very good very nice photography sir