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photographyequipment.yolasite.com (Budget Equipment) razzi.me www.facebook.com twitter.com In this video I compare the two most popular types of umbrellas, shoot through and reflective umbrella. Shoot through umbrellas are translucent which allows the light to pass. They give you more wrap around light in your portraits. With reflective umbrella, it’s still wrap around light BUT it becomes a bit directional and may cast a little bit of shadow compared to shoot through. Which umbrella should you choose? Well, they are so cheap that everyone who does studio portraits or outdoor strobist photography should simply own both. Equipment used in the video. DSLR: Nikon D3s and Nikon D700 Lens: Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 VRII and Nikon 50mm 1.8G AFS lens Umbrellas – Lastolite trifold umbrella and cowboy studio reflective umbrella
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49 responses to “Curiosity and Creativity: Ep. 135: You Keep Shooting: Adorama Photography TV”
did he go to school for photography? How did he get so good?
i think he used f32 because of depth of field… if i understood correctly (my english is very bad) he was using a 105mm lens, and i think that his lens was far from the glass not more than 30cm… long focal lenses and short focus distance produce very shallow depth of field… i think that in this situation, with 105mm lens, f32 and 30cm focus distance, depth of field is not more than 1 or 2 cm!
Agree completely with you, Bryan. The more curiosity and desire to experiment that you have, the more interesting and unusual your shots will be.
just wondering why did he shoot at f32 … he could have done with a much lower f stop and get a decent shutter speed and depth of field… any answers?
Oooh! I’m excited…
Thanks again Bryan. Like he says in every video “You keep shooting” try every setting and see which one you like best..
interesting to say the least, I got the juices flowing
@clipse85 how come you lose resolution because of a smaller f-stop? I made landscape shots at f22 as well as f8 and both shots have the resolution so i don’t understand what you mean.
Its so good to see Nick Nolte at work again.
HAHAHAHAHA
And just to be clear. I’m not bashing Peter or complaining or anything like that. I simply expressed my concern about an issue.
Most people watching these videos are probably amateurs like me, but some of them may not know about the relationship of aperture and diffraction, so it seemed important to me to point that out.
@chasVS391 What I said is scientific fact, and can be tested and has been tested and proven many times. It has nothing to do with being a famous photographer or not…
One can get away with F22 on negative film, but the pixel density of most digital sensors prohibits the use of those small apertures, at least if you want to make the most of the resolution of your camera.
No, I’m not a world renowned photographer, photography is my hobby, and I’m a computer engineer. What’s your background?
@clipse85 Let’s see, Bryan World renowned photographer, You, not. Amazing isn’t it?
Bryan, thanks for the info. Hope to be shooting with you again soon!
After all when you shoot landscapes, you need as much resolution, as you can get in order ti print really large prints, and you don’t get that at even f16, let alone f22…
It truly amazes me how easy Bryan recommends using f22 and up in almost every video. At those apertures one is left with maybe 3 to 4 megapixels worth of true resolution on that full frame sensor (I don’t even want to think about the more dense crop sensors) because of diffraction. Yes, you need the DOF for macro, but as another commenter said, there is the method of focus stacking for that. And for landscapes most of the time even f16 is overkill, as shorter lenses have more DOF to begin with.
Very creative and naturally talented. Brian your videos are inspiration for one to be creative. Thank you!
Just how curious are you?
Sound kinda creepy lol
Bryan! Please! Get ride of that potatoe video cam!
Thanks
So true. That explains why some people get hung up on the quality of the video, the audio is not crystal clear, how many megapixels or mega low light ISOs of the latest cameras instead of trying to expand their creativity. Society drums into us more is better and the latest is the greatest and we have to resist the urge
I am trying to adopt the David Duchemin philosophy “gear is good. vision is better”
When you are inches from the subject, depth of field is millimeters even if stopped down to f22. Thats the challenge of macro photography because a lilly’s stamen will be in focus and the petals blurred even though the petalsa are 4 mm from the plane of the stamen. Thats why some photographers use focus stacking software (Helicon Focus) to combine the different planes of focus in macro photography.
Also, macro lens requires a specific technique that can be frustrating if you are not prepared. Because of the close focusing, you have to stop down to f16 to anywhere up to f32 or f45 to get reasonable DOF. This increases exposure times dramatically so a tripod is essential as in the video (20secs). A macro ring flash can help to shorten times but thats another few hundred dollars for a specialty application. You have to be committed to enjoy macro photography. Good advice Bloatedsesations.
Nice!
Just be mindful of the macro-lens trap. It’s common among enthusiast photographers. A lot of people will learn of macro photography, become excited, and go out and drop a bunch of money on a high-end macro lens. They’ll spend the next three weeks shooting with nothing but that lens, then it’ll get stuffed into their camera bag and years will go by before they ever touch it again. There seems to be a fairly common “the novelty wears off” sort of factor with it for a lot of enthusiast photogs.
Thank you Joyce, my advice buy a combo umbrella. I have listed the combo umbrella on my website under Budget Equipment. It’s like 14 bucks I think and it’s perhaps the best quality umbrella I’ve ever used. The shaft is not empty and it comes with a cover and because the size is like 40 inches the light is very soft.
Thanks so much for this information on reflective vs. shoot through umbrellas. It was extremely helpful to see the photos and compare the techniques. Now I am getting an understanding of what to buy as a first time umbrella buyer. It was very excellent information.
yes but for beginner like me is good? because this yn565 not working like master
Is that the one for $150? It’s YN565 with TTL mode right? If that’s the one then get it. It’s a great flash.
Hey know you are my teacher hahaha the best
i want to buy a flash what yo thing so about this Yongnuo YN565EX? o is better other canon flash, can you make some video canon vs yongnuo, thankkksssss
Keep uploading please. I am learning a lot from your videos
A troll with multiple accounts is disliking all my videos. I apologize for any confusion. Rate the video if you learn something from this video. Haters will always hate but I will always remain positive. Thanks for watching!
Thank you! There is already a video for that. It’s impossible to show everything in one video otherwise each video would be 30 minute long. There are many ways to use the umbrella and I’ve shown 1 the most common way in another video. The rest you’ll see if you’ve subscribed to the channel. Thanks for watching.
very good video. I am a beginner. I would have liked it if you had shown how to place the umbrellas in an actual shoot.
You’ll def see high key, low key, broad, short, Rembrandt, butterfly lighting. As always, thanks for your support.
Would love to see a tutorial on high key and low key.
Thanks Jib, super helpful. Trying to get into strobist and portrait photos.
hi jibran ,thanks for all the tutorials its been really helpful.I’m unable to go to your facebook page,…everytime I click on the link it goes to my own fb page.
ps Try to ignore the angry people. It’s them, not you! If you can, embrace all of the positive feedback. That’s what’s important.
Thanks again for helping us all out by teaching us things we may not already know.
Take care…
Yay! I guessed correctly!
I’m excited because when it comes to shooting with speed lights & light modifiers (which I do not own yet), I’m a total newbie. That’s why I appreciate these videos. Thank you for taking the time to make them for us!
I’d like to see more speed light vids; I’m not stupid, just ignorant. For some reason, speed lights intimidate me. : /
Cheers!
Hi jib! Why i cant see/search photographersonutube facebook page??? What happened?
Im right there with you on using my camera on manual mode, the only time i go into aperture priority mode to get a meter is when im indoors, im having a bad time learning how to shoot indoors since i do all my shooting outdoors, but i wont give up and im almost there.
Thanks, Jibran for all those videos. I am new at photography and have learned a whole lot with your videos. Please do not listen to any negative comments. Keep up the good work and God bless you!
Your videos are very informative! Everything else doesn’t matter! Really helping me learn lighting techniques, thank you!
@PhotographersOnUTube chill man, ill still be a loyal subscriber. Ill always love videos. Pls, pls dont be pissed off
I’m working on getting naked strippers in my videos to dance to make it more entertaining with less helpful information to balance it for some people. Thanks for your suggestion on changing the recording spot. I will buy another place to make sure everyone is happy with these free videos. Thanks for your great backhanded compliment.
Your videos are always boring, but man！its so helpful and full of information se needed! Really really detailed. U might wanna change the recording spot.
thank you for educating us about photography. YOu’re the best teacher here on youtube to be honest. others (i wont mention usernames) but they are too technical on explaining things. You teach from the heart. keep it up PhotographersOnUTube!
dude, we r here to learn photography. who cares about the model lol
People are going to kill me for this but I have never metered anything in my life. I’m being 100% honest. For me it’s all about playing with the exposure that I want. Manual mode using strobe give me full control. I can take a shot, look at the background and say, I want more like so I’d reduce the shutter speed or say..I want less light and then I’d increase my shutter speed. I could adjust the power of the flash or angle to get the look I want. I will do a light meter tutorial though.