Light and Color - How They Impact a Photograph
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Everyone (hopefully!) knows that light is important in photography, but how does the quality of light and color actually affect a photo's emotions? The answers are baked into our subconscious, but by pulling them to the surface and thinking about them deliberately, we can improve our photos and master the use of light in photography.
This video explains the emotions associated with darkness, brightness, high contrast, low contrast, colors, and color contrast. More than any photography video about gear or camera settings, these are the things that will actually help you take better photos.
The key is to make sure that your light's emotions match your subject's emotions, which in turn match the mood you're trying to convey. It sounds easy on paper, but if you're able to do that in practice, your photos will skyrocket in quality. Hopefully this video helps you take that step.
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Got to say mate , you are top bloke. Never been disappointed by your content, advice and presentation. You are helping me become better at photography. Priceless.
Thrilled to hear it! That’s my goal!
I have no Idea how you have 50k subs. Your videos have 3m+ subs content! UNDERRATED
Got to say, my heart skipped a beat when I thought this was going to be a negative comment! And then it made my day when I read the second sentence! Thanks so much, and I’ll try to live up to a 3M standard 😄
Brilliant! You pack so much information in, and cut straight to the chase. Thanks for posting.
Thank you, Chris! I didn’t feel like I could do a rambling intro because I knew I had a lot of ground to cover this time 😂
Love the content, presented concisely and useful colour contrast info. Can't wait for the astro videos Spencer.
Thanks, Virat! Glad you liked it and absolutely, keep an eye out, it should be an interesting series!
Great stuff again Spencer. Much appreciate your content. 😀
Thank you, and glad you enjoyed it!
I'm two minutes in and this is one of the best and one if the few photo videos that actually teaches something very well.
Very kind of you to say, thank you!
Very thought provoking! This has me thinking a lot about color and mood. Amazing how you can present this so thoroughly in a short video Spencer. This is one I will definitely revisit from time to time. Thank you!
Sure thing! Glad you enjoyed it. Any time you’re thinking about color and mood in photography, I consider that a big win. Always helps me take better photos.
Great video as always!
Also, I'm so happy to hear that you're working on some astrophotography videos. Looking forward to watching them :)
Thank you, Natalia! Yes indeed, I just finished filming the background and example footage I’ll need for those videos, plus all the sample photos. I still need to write and film the presentations, but compared to what I’ve done so far, that part will be much easier.
Oh my God. I really like your explanation. You're completely great about finding lessons to teach us. I watch all most all your videos. Thank man. Keeping it up.
Very kind of you! Glad you’re enjoying the channel.
Love the content. Brilliant 👍👏🙌
I love the quality and practical content you provide in this channel. It's also great that you show us sample pics of the points that you are discussing. Makes it easier to visualize what you mean!
On a side note: I'm not sure now where I read it but I remember you recommend the book The Art of Photography (Barnbaum). So I ordered it! Excited to receive it soon. I just hope that as this channel continues to grow, someday soon you will also have your very own merch! Just sayin.... :)
Really appreciate it! Yes, that’s such an awesome book, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. Thanks for the kind words about my channel, too. I’ll do what I can to reach that point!
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Great vid, thank you very much for your work 👏🏼👏🏼
You’re quite welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 😄
Simply awesome content, thank you👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent content, superbly presented :-)
Much appreciated! Very glad you enjoyed it.
👍 for another great lesson. Very clear and insightful explanations on colors. I probably never really pursued some of the nuances you talked about, but goes to the adage your can learn something new every day’.
Thank you, Michelle! I admit I don’t always think about these things when I’m taking pictures, but when I do remember them, I see a pretty clear improvement in my photos. Glad you learned something from the video, and best of luck putting it into practice next time you’re out photographing!
Just watched 3 of your videos. I must say you're really good. Thanks. Subscribed.
Thank you! And welcome to the channel 😄
Great video thank you!
Sure thing! Glad you liked it.
Incredible video excellant content !!!
Much appreciated!
Great news about the astrophotography videos Spencer
I’m getting really excited about them myself!
I'm excited for your video on astrophotography! Any chance you can include a demonstration on how to capture the Andromeda Galaxy?
Thanks! I’ll make a video about that next year, but can’t do it as part of the batch with the other astro videos because I don’t have the equipment for it at the moment. It’s on my list though!
Thanks so much for this one, Spencer. I appreciate the way you show how emotion can be changed with light :) Waving from The Bahamas.
Thanks, Eric! Waving back a bit delayed this time. Hope things are going well for you!
@@PhotographyLifeChannel Hiya. Just waiting for Tropical Storm Eta to pass by today. We may get up to six inches of rain 😯 All the Best from The Bahamas.
@@EricRoseBahamas That's wild! Send some of that water up here, we have wildfires that could use it 😬
Spencer, this is brilliant. Absolutely loved your explanation. Looking forward to Milky Way videos. 🤘🏾
Thank you, Shubham! I’m really excited about them, I think it’ll be a very useful series!
@@PhotographyLifeChannel Goes without saying. Your presentation is concise and lucid. Can confidently share your videos with any photography enthusiast. Totally excited for the astrophotography series.
Awesome, thanks for saying so!
Yes please with night sky pics
You got it! Actually, the first of those videos will be out some time in the next couple weeks.
In the future, how about a video on using complimentary colors (on wheel) for shadows and highlights etc
Absolutely, I’d like to do more videos on post-processing and how to use those tools to refine a photo’s mood.
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Thank you 😄
Really love your contents
Thank you, Tommy! Very happy to hear it.
Q. I saw forever ago that Nasim (and I thought you too?) were unhappy with LR and were looking to switch to something else but then I never saw anything about a switch and just kept seeing bits about LR. Did y'all never switch? If not, why? I'm so over issues with my PC and LR (doesn't matter what PC & LR version I've had over the years, LR just makes awesome PCs suck) and would love to find something else but haven't seen anything that can replace both it's editing capabilities and it's catalog/organization/labeling capabilities. Thx.
You're remembering correctly! I've now tried Capture One, Exposure, and ON1 as potential replacements. The only one that's an improvement, in my opinion, is Capture One. Unfortunately, it's only the editing side of things that it improves, and the organization is less than stellar. It's also a lot less intuitive to use. These days I'm mostly using Lightroom and partly using Capture One. It's not a situation I'm thrilled with, but I have yet to find the ideal solution. Wish I could be more helpful...
@@PhotographyLifeChannel thanks for the quick reply! Bummer that no one has made software to replace LR yet. :/
@@E_House Sure thing! Same here. There are a lot of options out there which *nearly* work as a replacement, but all the ones I've used have some fundamental issues that prevent them from being a full replacement. Capture One is the only one I'd consider, and it's much faster, but it takes some workarounds on things like organizing and exporting properly.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel maybe a topic for a video? 😉
@@E_House Ah, that's a great idea! Thanks. I'll add it to the list.
Bro....
Hows Nikon Z7 ii?
Is it worthy...?
Is the Z7 ii is better than Sony A7iii..?
Looks like the Z7 II is a big enough improvement on the Z7 that it's what I would recommend for photographers considering between the two of them. It fixes the two biggest issues with the Z7, which are the lack of a second card slot, and the non-removable shooting information that covers the display. Between the Z7 II and the Sony A7III, I'm a Nikon shooter and tend to prefer Nikon cameras side by side with other brands, but the A7III is a pretty killer camera as well. They're for slightly different audiences, though - first you'd need to decide if you need the higher megapixel count of the Z7 II, or are good with the 24 megapixels on the Sony A7III.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel is there any qualify difference between these two..?
@@shebinbiju7238 Image quality is identical between the Z7 and Z7 II. Both of them will have somewhat better image quality than the Sony A7 III because they have 45 rather than 24 megapixels, and base ISO 64 rather than base ISO 100. At ultra-high ISO values, the image quality differences between the three cameras will get smaller and smaller.
@@PhotographyLifeChannel oh. Ok... When considering price i think Z7ii is better, is it?
And thnks for the reply brother. Love from India.
@@shebinbiju7238 Sure thing! And yes, if it’s within your budget, the Z7 II would be my recommendation. The regular Z7 is still a great camera though, you can’t go wrong either way.
You are a great communicator and are superb at explaining your subject. However, I'm not a lover of the 'excessive hand gestures' that infects so many presenters. Like a lot of post editing - a little usually gives a better result. Meant to be constructive as I always seek out your presentations.
Thank you, Grant! I agree, it can be distracting sometimes. I’m a big gesturer when I get excited about a topic, and I always find myself needing to tone it down for these videos! Will try to do it a bit less in the future 😂
@@PhotographyLifeChannel You are so mature and talented. You will go far.
@@grantosborne3062 Very kind of you to say!