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
Shutter Speed Pop Quiz
Now is for our first real full-scale quiz for the class, and so what we're going to be doing here is we're going to be looking at photographs, and I have limited the shutter speeds to a smaller collection to make it easier to figure things out, and what I think we're going to do here is, we are not getting enough volunteering going on. And so I am going to make a change to things, and what we are going to do is we are gonna start in the front row on the left, and you are gonna answer the first question, and we're gonna just work our way around, okay? So, pick up the microphone, and you have to choose ... It's multiple choice, you really can't be that far off. So, what shudder speed do you think this photo is taken at? And our choices are, remember? One 2,000th of a second down to 15 seconds. What do you think? I'll go with 1/15th. 1/15th of a second. Yeah. And why do you choose that one? I have no idea. (laughs) What are you looking at in this photograph? What are you basin...
g your judgment on? There's still a lot of things that are still, but it's not ... What are these red things? It's the car, so it's probably gonna be a lot slower. So probably 15th of a second, or ... You're going for 15 seconds now. You've changed your mind, No ... Which is a really good call. Oh, okay, good. I would stay there. (laughs) So, yes, 15 seconds. Look at these tail lights. Look at how far the car has moved. It's kind of hard to tell exactly where it started and stopped, but it's not just a short little bit. It's quite a bit, and so you gotta look at information. You gotta be a detective and figure out what's next. Okay, hand the microphone over. Are you ready for your photo? Alright. What do we see? We got a whale jumping out of the water. What can you deduce from this photo? What do you notice in this photograph? What are you looking at? I'm noticing that there's a lot of still to some of the water dots dropping off. Water droplets are frozen in the air, okay. What shudder speed do you think that might be? I'm gonna go 1/500th. 1/500th of a second? We'll give her a half point. It's 1/2,000th of a second, so getting close. This is a tough thing to do. If you can get one away, you should feel good, alright? You should feel fine. But 1/2,000th of a second is usually gonna be necessary for freezing the water. Are you ready for your photograph? No. (laughter) Okay. Again, shudder speed is my weakness. Shudder speed is your weakness. Yes, yes I'm here to learn. Alright, I showed you similar photos to this. So, look at the photo. Look at what's sharp, look at what's blurry, and then try to figure out how much movement is going on in that particular image. And then take a wild guess. I'll go with the one. One second? Yeah. Okay. So, remember what I said about being one off? Don't feel too bad, okay? So, it's a 15th of a second, and this is where you'll get a lot of these panning-type blur shots. Okay, let's go to the back row. Get ready for your image, and there we go. 1/60th. 1/60th, okay. Remember what I said about fast human action. Do dogs move faster than humans? Does this dog move faster than most humans? Yes. Yes. Alright, 1/500th? 500. I think 2,000th might be a good guess, too, but 500th of a second is the right answer. So there, nice job on that one. Very good. Alright, next up. Let's see what you have to guess with. Ooh, okay. So, let's see what's moving, see what's still. What shudder speed do you think this might be? I think 1 'cause of the water, and how it looks kind of, like, flowy and misty. That real flowy, creamy look to it? Yeah. And that is spot on. Nice job on that one. I did say when you're shooting kind of those waterfalls, rivers, one second is kind of a good goal number to go towards. Okay, good, a trickier one for you. And so, here's where you have to look not only at things that are moving and not moving, but if you can also look at the lighting situation and go, "How much light is in that this place? Do they have a lot of light, or not much light?" What's moving, what's sharp, what's blurry? What do you think there? This reminds me of the boat example, so I'm going to say 60th? Or, yeah 60th. Look at that folks, another correct answer! This is a tough one. That's a really good one, there. And, so yeah, for casual human movement, just people walking, 60th of a second. Well, why didn't I shoot this at 500th or 2000th of a second? Well, we're not under bright sunlight, here. This is a little bit of a lower light situation, and I wanna choose just enough shudder speed to get the job done, and I don't wanna go beyond it. Alright? And so, I'm trying to stop the action, and I think I can see a little bit of blurriness with this guy moving. I think he's walking a little bit faster than some of the other people, but that's an acceptable blur to me. Alright. And so we'll come back up to the front row. You got double duty, here. Question, again, and so, what do we have moving? What do we have still, and what do you think? So, there's ... Since there's more cars, you don't have to do quite as long, but it's super streaky, so I would still go with 15 seconds. You got like two of these in a row. I wasn't expecting to have exactly 6 students in here, but yes, that's 15 seconds. I got a chance to redeem myself! So, very good. Okay, next one. I think we only have one or two more, here. And, okay, we've got another waterfall, here. What do we think about waterfalls? Well, I think ... Frozen one, but ... This one's actually still flowing. It's frozen around it. The water's still flowing, but the people on top aren't really in motion. So I'm probably gonna go with... I'm gonna say one second. Okay, and the answer is If the people are so still. One second, nice job! So, and part of this is also learning me. If you can start going, "John likes to shoot at one second," you'll... Kind of like, for the waterfalls, "Okay, that's where he's gonna be." Alright, so, we've got humans, we've got movement. I'm gonna go with the 2,000. Go with 2,000th of a second? Actual answer Oh, 500. (laughs) is 500. You're one off, you're close. It's just a little bit faster. Fast human motion at 500th of a second ... I don't need 2,000th of a second. I can do something else with those resources, you might say. And so, I have just enough to get the job done. Although, it would have looked exactly the same at 2,000. Okay. It would have looked the same. And I think this ... I may have one or two more, I forget. (laughter) But we're getting close to the end. Alright. This is tricky. So we got some tricky blurriness, here. 15, on this one? We're getting good, folks. Yeah? I mean, we're, like, never more than one off. This is very good. 15th of a second. Panning shot there. Excellent. And, okay, this is a little tricky there. You gotta really pay attention to the details. What shudder speed is this taken at? I think 500 because there's still some, like ... Blurry, but you can see a little bit of the water. Right, so if we look at the wings, there's a little blurriness in there. Ooh ... 2,000th of a second. Their wings are moving really fast, and that water is frozen there. So, very good. And I'm pretty darn sure this is the last one. And I think I grouped these in, like, group of 6, so you're all getting, like, the same thing. (laughter) I don't see any blur, so ... In the people ... So I'm probably gonna say ... No ... Maybe 60th, but I'm gonna edge toward 500. And so, on this one ... This is a tricky one because we don't have anything blurry to really see and judge how fast something's moving, but what we can see is that this is in a store (inaudible) Even though we see lights here, this is dark, photographically, it's very, very dark, so we can't set a really high shudder speed. What was your guess again? Oh, okay, well, now I will say ... Man, let's see ... The lights are not blown out, so I would probably say 60th, 'cause I think 500 would be too dark. Right, and so we have to think, "Well what would John choose for casual human action?" We don't need 500th of a second if I can get away at a 60th of a second, I can have my ISO or my lens set to a more preferable setting on this, and so for casual human movement, 60th of a second. It gets the job done. Okay, nice job, folks. Thanks a lot for help us out with that. Alright, so, why are we gonna choose a shudder speed? For technical reasons, we need to let in more light or less light, or for the aesthetic reasons. We want that frozen action look, or we want that blurry look to the shot. So, that's why we're choosing our shudder speeds.
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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
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Vlad Chiriacescu
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