7 Photography Mistakes I See All Beginners Make

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Resumo

TLDRIn this video, a seasoned photographer outlines seven common mistakes beginners often make and how to avoid them. The discussion includes topics such as learning from the right people, the importance of focus in photography, and the correct use of camera settings. Additionally, the video suggests that photographers should not get too caught up in technical details, but rather focus on the story being told through the image. The insights aim to help viewers improve their photography skills while keeping in mind their audience's preferences and the context of their work.

Conclusões

  • 📸 Learn from the right people to improve your photography skills.
  • 🔍 Choose specific focus points to avoid misfocus issues.
  • 🚫 Don't mistake blur for misfocus; understand the difference.
  • 🏞️ Experiment with focal lengths creatively for dynamic shots.
  • 🎓 Join photography communities for tailored feedback and support.
  • 💡 Not all blurry photos are bad; blur can be a stylistic choice.
  • 📢 Remember to cater your work to your audience and their preferences.

Linha do tempo

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker discusses common photography mistakes that both beginners and experienced photographers make. The first mistake is learning from the wrong sources, emphasizing the importance of seeking feedback from those who share a similar photography style. Joining focused communities can lead to better learning opportunities instead of general forums filled with conflicting opinions. The second mistake highlighted is over-reliance on wide autofocus settings, suggesting that photographers should always choose specific focus points to enhance image clarity. The speaker emphasizes that understanding focus is essential to avoid misfocus and blur in photos.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:34

    Continuing with the mistakes, the third mistake is mistaking blur for misfocus due to slow shutter speeds in auto modes, which can ruin shots of moving subjects. The fourth mistake addresses the misconception of using wide focal lengths strictly for close-ups; experimenting with perspective can lead to more impactful photographs. The video then recommends Professional Photographers of America (PPA) as a resource for learning and networking. Following that, the fifth mistake is shooting at the lowest f-stop without considering context, showcasing that sometimes a higher f-stop can provide better storytelling in photographs. Overall, it's important to remember that not all blurry photos are failures; they can be artistic when used intentionally. Lastly, photographers are urged to keep their audience in mind, highlighting the differences in expectations between professional peers and everyday viewers.

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Vídeo de perguntas e respostas

  • What are some common photography mistakes beginners make?

    Beginners often make mistakes like learning from the wrong people, over-relying on wide autofocusing, mistaking blur for misfocus, and neglecting to consider their audience.

  • How can I improve my focused shots?

    Always choose a specific focus point rather than relying on wide autofocusing.

  • Is blur always a mistake in photography?

    Not necessarily; blur can be a stylistic choice, but misfocus should be avoided.

  • Why should I join a photography community?

    Joining specific photography communities allows you to learn effectively and receive critiques tailored to your style.

  • What should I focus on while taking photos?

    Focus on telling a story through photography rather than stressing over technical perfection.

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    so I've been doing photography for over
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    a decade now and every now and again I
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    still make the most basic mistakes
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    sometimes my focus is off and sometimes
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    my shutter speed could have been faster
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    and that's okay mistakes happen and
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    you'll never stop making them but at the
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    very least we can be quicker at spotting
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    them and correcting them on the spot so
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    here are seven photo mistakes that I see
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    beginners including myself often make
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    and how to quickly avoid it next time
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    mistake number one learning from the
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    wrong people now not all but a good
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    majority of Photography forums I.E
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    Facebook groups aren't exactly the best
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    places to go level up your photography
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    loved it mediocre at best I am so done
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    with this group as you can see
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    photography is an incredibly subjective
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    medium a photo that you might think is
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    amazing can be considered a bad photo
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    for using the wrong settings or if it's
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    overly edited vice versa a photo that
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    you might think is poly composed can't
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    be considered a great photo simply
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    because it tells a better story but when
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    you join such a general photography
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    Community you often get those
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    conflicting opinions so the best way to
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    learn and get feedback is to find a
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    specific style that you like and get
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    critiques from the right people who
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    shoot very similarly for example if you
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    want to get better at off camera flash
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    photography my good friend Francisco
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    Joel Hernandez here runs a popular
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    Facebook group called learn to light
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    where members frequently share camera
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    settings and lighting setups of their
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    own shoots it was what helped me
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    immensely get better at off camera flash
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    photography myself alternatively your
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    local camera stores could be running
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    workshops some free some paid but it's a
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    great way to just go meet your local
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    community and grow your photography
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    together keep your apertures wide open
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    for these events a little bit of a
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    photography joke for you there mediocre
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    at
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    best over reliant on wide autofocusing
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    now I'm a bit of a nosy Nancy when it
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    comes to seeing what cameras other
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    people are using I can't help it if I'm
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    outside and I see you have a camera I'm
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    going to look and occasionally I would
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    get a hey buddy eyes up here Mak sense
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    but often what I see is people just
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    pointing their camera at a wide scene
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    and taking a photo without much of a
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    thought and then going into these
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    Facebook groups asking why their photos
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    are not in Focus unfortunately we cannot
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    change the focus after the fact so the
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    only thing that we can do is to ensure
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    that next time we're not too over
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    reliant on wide area autofocusing don't
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    let those Focus thoughts run loose
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    always always always always choose a
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    specific Focus point the smaller the
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    better and really position them to where
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    they need to be even if you have a fancy
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    camera where it can track the subject's
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    eyes you should always try to use medium
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    to smaller Focus areas so your camera
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    can do the least amount of guessing that
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    way you would have a higher chance of
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    getting the right subject in focus and
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    hey if you're using a Sony camera then
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    you're in luck I have a free guide to
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    mastering autofocus that goes into way
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    more details no sign up necessary just
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    click right up here to queue it up but
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    promise me you'll at least finish this
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    video first mistake number three
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    mistaking blur for misfocus now in that
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    vein maybe you have been choosing the
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    right Focus Point you're tracking your
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    subject and the focus box seems to be
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    falling them pretty well but somehow
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    your photos are still not in Focus then
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    likely it's blur rather than misfocus I
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    know it's a bit hard to distinguish the
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    two terminologies but misfocus is where
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    the wrong sub subject or the wrong area
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    of your photos and focus whereas blur is
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    usually because the right subject move
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    but your camera wasn't fast enough to
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    catch them now the cause of this is
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    likely because you're shooting in some
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    type of auto mode or aperture priority
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    which often neglects a very key but
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    important setting shutter if your
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    shutter speed is too slow then your
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    moving subject will be a blur so instead
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    try switching to shutter priority and
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    moving your shutter to the right
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    increasing the fraction
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    number now the following is not a strict
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    rule but a good enough General Baseline
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    if you're new to photography try one
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    over 125 for still subjects like
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    portraits one over 250 for moving
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    portraits one over 500 for animals and
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    kid Sports and one over 1,000 for Pro
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    Sports and Wildlife photography mistake
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    number four not thinking the opposite so
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    likely right now you have the bare basic
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    kit lens that came with your camera so
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    our general thinking is wide focal
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    length for wide scenes and tight focal
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    length for distance and close-up scenes
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    right but but try to think the opposite
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    direction the next time you go out using
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    a wider focal length but getting
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    close-up shots will often make your
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    subjects feel Larger than Life
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    oppositely using a tighter focal length
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    on W Landscapes or cityscapes bring the
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    perspective much closer and often make
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    it look more uniform than just shooting
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    much for listening and uh let's continue
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    to not make these following mistakes
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    mistake number five always using the
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    lowest f- stop so the notion here is
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    that you spend all this money on a fancy
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    f1.2 or f1.4 lens it would be a waste to
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    shoot anything higher than that right
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    God forbid we tune it up to just
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    f1.6 the Mutiny now for those of you who
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    are still learning the basics what makes
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    these super low f-stop aperture lenses
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    so special well allow me to give you my
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    famous 3bs Jason B's famous 3bs number
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    number one Boke big beautiful background
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    blur that you cannot achieve with the
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    most basic kit lens and people go crazy
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    for these background blurs number two
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    bigger hole wider aperture means you can
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    open up this hole in your lens to let in
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    more light therefore it's highly
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    recommended for low light situations
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    number three but really wider aperture
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    prime lenses usually mean they're in the
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    more premium line of lenses AKA it's
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    expensive and people just want to FX
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    their big old butth holes and that's
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    okay obviously use the lenses to their
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    best advantages but what I'm trying to
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    say here is it's not the end all be all
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    of apertures if you blur the hell out of
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    everything I mean yeah it's a nice photo
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    but you could also be blurring out a lot
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    of context here's a classic example that
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    I love to share from my friend Professor
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    Hines the lockets on the fence here are
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    cool but when you close down on your
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    aperture you get a bit more context that
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    the photo was taken in New York City the
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    f stop numbers here just like the lens
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    itself and the camera itself they're all
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    just tools to help create the best final
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    image so don't disregard them just
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    because you spend so much money on them
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    to do that one thing that they're good
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    at give a reason to make your photo to
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    be worth a th000 words mistake number
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    six all blurry photos are bad now just
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    to be clear I don't want to give off the
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    notion that all blurry photos are bad
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    okay blurry photos can 100% be a
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    stylistic choice when used correctly but
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    if you misfocus or the photo is slightly
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    blurry don't toss it in the bin quite
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    yet I've shot a wedding years ago it was
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    a fatherdaughter dance got lots of great
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    sharp shots but they didn't really have
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    the extra o if you know what I mean but
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    there was this one photo that nearly had
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    all the elements but the focus was not
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    tag sharp now at the time I was new to
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    all of it subscribing to the idea that
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    if it's not sharp throw it out but for
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    some reason I didn't I sent it off
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    anyway with my aperture down here close
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    down to the max worrying if the bride
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    might say something but it ended up
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    being the bride's favorite photo how did
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    I know that she changed it to the exact
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    photo on Father's Day mistake number
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    seven forgetting who Their audience is
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    and that's the thing right we sometimes
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    get so caught up with trying to get the
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    right settings and the sharpest photos
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    that we tend to forget who our real a
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    audience is which brings us to the final
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    mistake of this video what's going on
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    guys when I first started out both
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    photography and here on YouTube I was
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    always so anal to make sure that all the
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    settings that I use and share on social
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    media were correct my shutter speed had
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    to be pinpoint perfect my flash setting
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    had to be so doubted that no extra power
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    was wasted the eyes had to be Tac sharp
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    but not the eyelash it just got to the
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    point where I feel like I was just
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    shooting for other Pros or so-called
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    Pros on the internet but really it's
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    just a bunch of strangers that have zero
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    mes or attachment to my work but the
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    people I delivered the final photos to
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    never cared about what settings I used
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    nor did they ever zoomed in to check if
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    I nail Focus perfectly or not of course
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    you should always try to aim to get it
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    right in camera but my point is don't be
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    too hard on yourself so when we're
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    starting out how do we figure out who
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    our audience is well it's going to
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    largely depend on why you pick the
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    photography in the first place maybe
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    it's just for you and your friends and
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    family then in that case they aren't
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    going to be too hard on some of your
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    mistakes you don't know my family
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    however if you want to take dope photos
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    of cars then your audience is going to
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    be car people if your business is
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    weddings then obviously you want to
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    appeal to inquiring brides and when you
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    show your targeted demographic the
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    photos you'll get a more positive
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    reaction versus the ones you get on the
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    internet these photographs are
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    breathtaking so remember don't shoot for
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    the photography SL camera Community
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    shoot for your community guys thank you
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    so much for watching check out PPA and
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    I'll see you guys in the next video
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    peace
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    thanks for watching
Etiquetas
  • Photography
  • Beginner Mistakes
  • Camera Settings
  • Focus
  • Photography Community
  • Learning
  • Storytelling
  • Audience
  • Blur
  • Aperture