Lessons
Class Introduction
17:26 2Welcome to Photography
13:08 3Camera Types Overview
02:00 4Viewing Systems
28:43 5Viewing Systems Q&A
08:45 6Lens Systems
32:06 7Shutter Systems
13:17 8Shutter Speeds
10:47Choosing a Shutter Speed
31:30 10Shutter Speeds for Handholding
08:36 11Shutter Speed Pop Quiz
09:06 12Camera Settings
25:35 13General Camera Q&A
14:38 14Sensor Sizes: The Basics
15:33 15Sensor Sizes: Compared
19:10 16Pixels
20:13 17ISO
21:13 18Sensor Q&A
13:34 19Focal Length: Overview
11:09 20Focal Length: Angle of View
15:09 21Wide Angle Lenses
08:48 22Telephoto Lenses
25:23 23Angle of View Q&A
09:29 24Fish Eye Lenses
10:39 25Tilt & Shift Lenses
23:42 26Subject Zone
17:19 27Lens Speed
09:56 28Aperture Basics
08:46 29Depth of Field
21:49 30Aperture Pop Quiz
13:23 31Lens Quality
18:30 32Photo Equipment Life Cycle
03:57 33Light Meter Basics
09:25 34Histogram
15:25 35Histogram Pop Quiz and Q&A
10:58 36Dynamic Range
06:03 37Exposure Modes
15:58 38Manual Exposure
09:38 39Sunny 16 Rule
05:54 40Exposure Bracketing
10:18 41Exposure Values
27:21 42Exposure Pop Quiz
26:43 43Focus Overview
16:15 44Focusing Systems
05:15 45Autofocus Controls
11:56 46Focus Points
07:35 47Autofocusing on Subjects
20:19 48Manual Focus
07:52 49Digital Focusing Assistance
03:40 50Focus Options: DSLR and Mirrorless
04:58 51Shutter Speeds for Sharpness and DoF
05:20 52Depth of Field Pop Quiz
12:14 53Depth of Field Camera Features
04:54 54Lens Sharpness
09:58 55Camera Movement
05:20 56Handheld and Tripod Focusing
04:32 57Advanced Techniques
07:12 58Hyperfocal Distance
06:50 59Hyperfocal Quiz and Focusing Formula
04:36 60Micro adjust and AF Fine Tune
05:34 61Focus Stacking and Post Sharpening
05:52 62Focus Problem Pop Quiz
18:07 63The Gadget Bag: Camera Accessories
25:30 64The Gadget Bag: Lens Accessories
12:46 65The Gadget Bag: Neutral Density Filter
20:43 66The Gadget Bag: Lens Hood and Teleconverters
08:55 67The Gadget Bag: Lens Adapters
05:43 68The Gadget Bag: Lens Cleaning Supplies
04:34 69The Gadget Bag: Macro Lenses and Accessories
15:57 70The Gadget Bag: Flash and Lighting
05:08 71The Gadget Bag: Tripods and Accessories
18:50 72The Gadget Bag: Custom Cases
11:20 7310 Thoughts on Being a Photographer
07:37 74Direct Sunlight
25:04 75Indirect Sunlight
18:49 76Sunrise and Sunset
18:39 77Cloud Light
14:48 78Golden Hour
09:50 79Light Pop Quiz
07:53 80Light Management
14:00 81Artificial Light
13:56 82Speedlights
16:02 83Off-Camera Flash
27:38 84Advanced Flash Techniques
09:49 85Editing Overview
08:24 86Editing Set-up
08:06 87Importing Images
16:45 88Best Use of Files and Folders
20:54 89Culling
20:56 90Develop: Fixing in Lightroom
18:13 91Develop: Treating Your Images
10:53 92Develop: Optimizing in Lightroom
14:51 93Art of Editing Q&A
06:01 94Composition Overview
06:53 95Photographic Intrusions
10:10 96Mystery and Working the Scene
16:18 97Point of View
09:11 98Better Backgrounds
16:02 99Unique Perspective
11:02 100Angle of View
15:06 101Subject Placement
41:14 102Subject Placement Q&A
05:18 103Panorama
07:39 104Multishot Techniques
13:57 105Timelapse
16:13 106Human Vision vs The Camera
20:07 107Visual Perception
08:35 108Visual Balance Test
22:56 109Visual Drama
12:25 110Elements of Design
28:57 111The Photographic Process
12:28 112Working the Shot
27:38 113The Moment
04:42 114One Hour Photo - Colby Brown
1:04:32 115One Hour Photo - John Keatley
1:03:05 116One Hour Photo - Art Wolfe
59:01 117One Hour Photo - Rocco Ancora
1:01:20 118One Hour Photo - Mike Hagen
1:01:20 119One Hour Photo - Lisa Carney
1:00:52 120One Hour Photo - Ian Shive
1:08:00 121One Hour Photo - Sandra Coan
1:10:29 122One Hour Photo - Daniel Gregory
1:06:07 123One Hour Photo - Scott Robert Lim
1:05:41Lesson Info
Hyperfocal Quiz and Focusing Formula
Hyperfocal Quiz, alright. Let's think about where you might need to focus. If you had a 28mm lens, and I'll just have you hold up your answers here, this is gonna be total guessing on your part, because this is a hard one here. If you have a 28mm lens @ f/22, f/22, okay that's a lot of depth of field, where would you focus at to keep everything in focus? Alright, so 28 is kind of your standard basic wide-angle lens. 22 is gonna give us a lot of depth of field. Do you think it's 1.5 meters is where you would focus? Three or six meters? So let's hold up your answers, one, two, or three, everybody raise your hands up, and we see lots of two's, we see some one's and some three's, and the actual answer is you would focus a meter and a half out alright? And that, that's far enough that it would get you from 70cm all the way to infinity, alright? Alright, let's try this again. Now with a 20mm lens, even more wide-angle, but it's f/16, not f/22. So where do you think you're gonna focus? A half...
meter out, one meter, or two meters? A second to think. And raise your answers up. I see some two's, lot's of two's in here, and the actual answer is two, nice job folks, you are learning this quicker than I expected. Or you're guessing really well. Okay, and so the question that you really have when you go out in the field and you line up your shot, your question is well, where should I focus? Because I want the flowers in the foreground, I want the mountain in the background in focus. Where do I need to focus? And that's kind of the tricky thing. So if we were to go back to that quiz. Let's go back to our quiz. And so we had a 28mm lens at f/22. Now, the correct answer was 1.5 meters, and if you focused there, you get everything from 70cm to infinity in focus. Now notice that 70 is about half of this. 70 times two is 1.4 meters. So where you focused at, 1.5 meters, about half that distance was the nearest point of focusing. And so we can reverse this out in the field, and we can ask the question, what's the closest thing in the photograph, and we can double the near point. So, what is the closest thing to us. One of these flowers down here in the foreground. How far is that from the camera? You can't tell, because you weren't there, but I'll tell you that it was about three and a half, maybe four feet. We would then focus at around seven or feet back in here. That's where we focus, and it will hold everything from half that distance, all the way to infinity. There has been another rule of thumb that has said focus one third into the frame, and that doesn't work, depending on your composition of where you're horizon is in the frame. This is a much more accurate. This is still not perfect alright? I'm not saying this is perfect, but it's really close, and it's close enough to get things very close out in the field. And so another example. Where am I gonna focus? Well what's the closest thing I want in focus, well, right down here at the bottom of the frame. And then I just kind of have to estimate. You have to be able to estimate two, three, four, five feet away, and then I'm gonna look for something that, well, what's twice the distance away? Well, it's gonna be something up around here. And that's where I'm gonna focus the lens. So I'm gonna either tilt the camera down, or I'm gonna select a focusing point, or I'm gonna manually focus on that particular area. What's the closest thing in the frame? In this case it's very close to the camera. It's inches away from the camera, but it's right down there at the bottom of the frame, and then in this case it's a little bit higher up, because of the composition of this particular case. And so this is a really easy formula. What's the closest thing, double the distance. And if you have a focusing scale on your lens, you can actually look and go okay, well that's at two feet, I'm gonna go to four feet. So that's one of the reasons why it's really nice to have a focusing scale on your lens. And some lens have it, some lens don't. Here we have a 100mm macro lens, and here we have a 50mm lens. The 50mm does not have a focusing scale on it. That's gonna be really hard to do, because you're gonna have to like guess where things are, just by turning it around. So, one of the other benefits of the slightly nicer, higher-end lens.
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a Creativelive Student
Love love all John Greengo classes! Wish to have had him decades ago with this info, but no internet then!! John is the greatest photography teacher I have seen out there, and I watch a lot of Creative Live classes and folks on YouTube too. John is so detailed and there are a ton of ah ha moments for me and I know lots of others. I think I own 4 John Greengo classes so far and want to add this one and Travel Photography!! I just drop everything to watch John on Creative Live. I wish sometime soon he would teach a Lightroom class and his knowledge on photography post editing.!!! That would probably take a LOT OF TIME but I know John would explain it soooooo good, like he does all his Photography classes!! Thank you Creative Live for having such a wonderful instructor with John Greengo!! Make more classes John, for just love them and soak it up! There is soooo much to learn and sometimes just so overwhelming. Is there anyway you might do a Motivation class!!?? Like do this button for this day, and try this technique for a week, or post this subject for this week, etc. Motivation and inspiration, and playing around with what you teach, needed so much and would be so fun.!! Just saying??? Awaiting gadgets class now, while waiting for lunch break to be over. All the filters and gadgets, oh my. Thank you thank you for all you teach John, You are truly a wonderful wonderful instructor and I would highly recommend folks listening and buying your classes.
Eve
I don't think that adjectives like beautiful, fantastic or excellent can describe the course and classes with John Greengo well enough. I've just bought my first camera and I am a total amateur but I fell in love with photography while watching the classes with John. It is fun, clear, understandable, entertaining, informative and and and. He is not only a fabulous photographer but a great teacher as well. Easy to follow, clear explanations and fantastic visuals. The only disadvantage I can list here that he is sooooo good that keeps me from going out to shoot as I am just glued to the screen. :-) Don't miss it and well worth the money invested! Thank you John!
Vlad Chiriacescu
Wow! John is THE best teacher I have ever had the pleasure of learning from, and this is the most comprehensive, eloquent and fun course I have ever taken (online or off). If you're even / / interested in photography, take this course as soon as possible! You might find out that taking great photos requires much more work than you're willing to invest, or you might get so excited learning from John that you'll start taking your camera with you EVERYWHERE. At the very least, you'll learn the fundamental inner workings and techniques that WILL help you get a better photo. Worried about the cost? Well, I've taken courses that are twice as expensive that offer less than maybe a tenth of the value. You'll be much better off investing in this course than a new camera or a new lens. I cannot reccomend John and this course enough!