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
06:00 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
Light Pop Quiz
Well, I've kinda talked about all these different natural lighting situations, and now I think it's time to test our in-studio audience, and folks at home please follow along and make your own guesses. Don't just watch, participate, make a guess, write it down, commit yourself to an answer and see if you got it right. So we're gonna be testing our audience. And what we're gonna do is we're gonna do front row, back row. And so if we can hand microphones to our spokespersons. And so front row, you get to confer and work together, and so add in your suggestions and then we'll go to the back row. What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna show you a photograph and I want you to tell us what type of light is illuminating this. Now this is a multiple choice, I like to give you the answers. The answers are somewhere over here on the left side. We'll start with the front row. Confer to yourself, see what you think. I'm seeing the side light. Side light, okay. Let's see what we did here, and you guys a...
re correct. A little applause there, yay. So what did you look at, how did you determine that? The shadows on the building, and you can see that from where you're--. Right here you can see this turret, this minaret, is that minaret, right? Is half in the sun, half in the shade, so that's pretty easy. Okay, back row, get ready, here you go. Here's your photo. Look at the situation, what type of light is illuminating our scene here? And so we have a kind of a team captain who's listening to suggestions and trying to consolidate and come to a decision. And do we have a consensus yet? Well we don't have a consensus. We don't have a consensus but we'll take a shot at it and call it overhead direct. 'Cause there's not a lot of detail, looks pretty flat. Okay so you're saying direct sunlight overhead. Okay. Do we see direct sunlight down here? Okay, anyone else? Front row, you wanna steal, you wanna steal the points here? (laughs) All right, so let's go ahead and give you the answer here. It's before sunrise, this is all kind of open shade here. It's in the shade, this is not being illuminated by the sun, and it's basically being created by the sky. All right, front row. What do we see here? What's in the shadows, what's in the sun, where is the sun coming from, what's it illuminating? This is, I gotta admit, this is a little bit harder just in photographs. If you're there and you're able to turn around, it's a little bit easier to kind of come to a conclusion. We're gonna go with back light 'cause of that shadow in the front. This shadow right here? If it was back light--. It's kind of to the side, I guess. If it was back light the shadow would be coming towards us. Oh yeah, so front light. Okay, okay, so I think maybe you just got your terms mixed up there. And so it is front light, if you look at this, this is fully illuminated on the front. We got full sunlight here, we got no shadows there. Okay, back row, here's your photo. Some of these'll be easier than others because we were just talking about them. Kenna, you have? Well, I'm just wondering as we look through these, because there are so many options here, is it easiest to break it down, like, is it direct sunlight or indirect sunlight. The first thing-- For starters. And then figure out. The first thing-- Yeah, the first thing to do is look at is there direct sun on the subject. And then if there's sun, then you kinda go with the direct sunlight. If there's not direct sun then you know it's kinda the bottom half, so that's a good way to think about it. Great. Little tip. All right, so what've we got? We have a consensus, indirect twilight. Indirect sunlight, this is twilight time, this is kinda that peak twilight time that we talked about. Very good, perfect, nice job, folks. All right, back on the front row, let's get our new photograph in here. Take a look and see what you think of this one. As I said at the beginning of the section, this is just about awareness and thinking about your options. So what type, what do I have, and now what can I do with it? I kinda think about this as the cook in the kitchen who doesn't have control of all their supplies. Well, I wanna make a dinner but these are the only supplies that I have to work with. We got a lot of chatter here, folks, just wanna let you know, we got a lotta talking, which is good, which is totally good. What do you have? Gonna go with kinda back light, 'cause of the highlighting on those ridges? Would that be a little-- Okay, you don't need to say kind of, you can just go for it, all right. (laughter) You're right, back lighting. And this rim lighting is what's really clear, that's really showing where the sun is. 'Cause there's a little bit of sunlight and it's giving you a hint as to where it's coming from. So nice job on that one. All right, back row. How would we classify this? We're gonna call that one overcast. All right. Good job, I think it was a rather easy one. But good job, you got it right. You didn't let it trip you up in any way. Okay, back to the front row. This is one of the slot canyons, I'm trying to remember, I think this might be the Lower Antelope Canyons in case anyone's taking notes or wanted to know where this one is from. The previous photo, just, since I'm trying to kill a little bit of time, was from Fords Terror up in Alaska. Nice little, quaint little harbor, you've gotta have a small boat to get in there. I've talked a little bit about working in these slot canyons. All right, we're gonna need a decision here. All right, I'm gonna say reflected. Reflected light, yeah, that light's bouncing around coming in from the top down in there. So nice job folks, good job. They're proud about that one. Okay, so let's go to the back row. Let's take a little trip to Vinales out in Cuba. Now, Emily sitting there in the back row may have an advantage because I think she was actually there when this photograph was taken. (laughter) We're gonna call that one overhead. Overhead light, so yeah, Emily remembers that it took us a couple hours to drive out there. And so we were out there about 11 o'clock in the morning, said you can see that light kinda coming straight in at the top. Yeah, so it's pretty clear. This is kinda your average middle-of-the-day type light. All right, back to the front row. This particular one was taken in Baja, California, in Mexico. Looking at all the different areas in there. This one's a little trickier, I'll let 'em know that. Okay. We're needing an answer here. Side light? Side light. This one is a little bit tricky. We do have some side light coming in here but because it's hitting this it's really becoming mixed because it's illuminating, all of this is getting illuminated because this is in here. And so technically yes, the light is coming from the side, so you are not incorrect. But the total area is a mixed area of lighting that's illuminating our subject in there. So nice job, very good job, folks. Give yourself a round of applause. (applause)
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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!