5 things to know about light for photography. By Leica photographer Thorsten Overgaard
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1:40 QUALITY OF LIGHT in photography
1:43 What is sharpness in photography?
1:48 Finding the Magic of Light
2:28 Clarity in Photography
3:50 Dali io-12 high fidelity headphones
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4:23 “Composition in Photography - The Photographer as Storyteller”
4:30 Light in photography is like a concert hall
5:05 Good high fidelity sound vs size of speakers
5:12 Dali Skyline 1000 loudspeakers
5:40 Dali io-12 Review
6:20 Bang & Olufsen H95 headphones
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6:40 The Fendi limited edition headphones by Beats by Dr Dre
7:09 Sony MDR7506 monitor headphones
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7:38 Apple AirPod
7:54 Shure in-ear headphones SE535
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8:00 HOW TO MEASURE QUALITY?
9:59 Old stuff sounds better than new on new equipment
10:40 A more direct line to the artist no matter the media
10:54 HIGH QUALITY IS NOT THE ONLY QUALITY
11:37 Using different tools depending on your mood
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13:00 How much sound quality is lost using Bluetooth?
13:25 Using old Leica 50mm Summicron-F f/2.0 from 1970’s
13:55 High quality is not the only quality
14:02 THERE IS MORE TO IT
14:50 Tidal vs Spotify steaming for hi-fi FLAC compared to Compact Disc
15:10 Better sound or better experience form vinyl records?
15:20 The joy of classic photography
15:55 Photography and light - the reflections of light
16:00 Daylight studio and large surfaces of light for photography
17:25 Setting up ideal light for video podcasts
18:20 QUALITY IS THE SIZE OF THE LIGHT SORUCE
18:30 What is the quality of light? and, How is quality of light measured?
18:45 Daylight vs flash, LED lamps and film light
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20:01 Photographing in overcast weather
20:16 Quality of light and sharpness and details of the the photograph
20:28 Photographing with low light source
20:48 How to get more details in a photograph
20:54 WRITING WITH LIGHT
21:15 What is the most important thing in photography?
21:45 Is light particles or wavelengths?
22:00 THE TEMPERATURE OF LIGHT - KELVIN
22:14 What is White Balance?
22:46 How does the eye adjust for white balance?
24:18 COLOR RENDERING INDEX - CRI
24:20 Sekonic Spectrometer C-700 Color Meter
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24:52 Sekonic Spectrometer vs MacBeth color chart
25:00 Why can’t you get the colors right with LED lamps?
27:00 TWO TYPES OF LIGHT: DAYLIGHT AND TUNGSTEN
28:01 HIGH FIDELITY = LOYAL TO THE ORIGINAL
Thorsten von Overgaard is a Danish writer and photographer, specializing in portrait photography and documentary photography, known for writings about photography and as an educator. You are always welcome to send an e-mail to Thorsten for questions, suggestions and ideas.
Thorsten Overgaard is an independent writer and photographer who write, teach workshops and publish user reports about the equipment he uses. There is no affiliation with Leica Camera AG or any camera dealers, no free gifts, no sponsorship, no kickback and no paid content. All you see is real and based on the life of an eccentric and hard-working photographer who makes his own money, buys his own equipment and form his own independent opinions - and shares with you. Enjoy the ride.
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Produced by: Thorsten Overgaard (www.overgaard.dk)
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Excellent video as usual. Thanks
Thank you 🙂
Photography is often compared to painting since we are rendering a 3 dimensional scene in 2 dimensions. But in fact, we are more like musicians. Musicians work in sound energy, photographers work in light energy. This is why for photographers it is so important to learn the characteristics of light and how to find or create them: directon, diffusion, intensity and color. And you are right, my largest source is a 7'octa or banging hot lights through a 6.5' scrim for those soft edged, gradual shadow edge transitions. For nailing color, I like to use a color checker passport in each light setup. In post it nails color... although, accurate skin tones can often look better slightly warmed. The reason I put up with the size of my mamiya rb67, only 10 shots per roll and the cost, is exactly what you are saying about vinyl, it feels like I could walk into the image. The movie Oppenheimer shot on mf film has that feel. I have won and judged professional competitions and the first of 12 criteria is impact, and it's first for a reason. You are absolutely right on the importance in an image. Excellent video.
Insightful as always, coming from a lifetime of experience. The magic of light, isn’t it?
Recently visited an exhibition of some of Anton Corbijn's work and really enjoyed his analogue shots, so much atmosphere, rough, grainy and not razor sharp. I just looks better! Makes me wonder if we need 100MP, APO lenses etc. in order to make good photo's. I have dusted my M2...
Corbijn is worth a look, love his style and all
Quite interesting
Very interesting video. Very original and different from the most others. Thank you
Glad to hear that. Thank you :-)
The essentials. Thank you very much! 😊
Welcome 🙂
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enjoyed it ...great idea to link it to producing sound ...
Thank you 🙂
Greetings from Hong Kong. I really enjoyed this video Thorsten! I see you have a wonderful taste in audio equipment and not just cameras. You have shared some amazing insights and educated us that sharpness and high fidelity is not necessarily the only factor in determining the quality of the photograph. What is your take on Leica M11 Monochrome cameras for those of us who want to shoot in Black & White but don't want the hassle of developing film.
When you record video on the Leica SL for your UA-cam videos, is there a way to power the camera so it doesn’t run out of battery? A bit of a random question but I can’t seem to find any answers online to this.
I use batteries,, and it works. The SL601 (2015 model) doesn't use a lot of battery. The SL2 eats battery like popcorn at an action movie.
@@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard That’s good to know. Thank you for responding. The battery does seem to last a long time. I was also told by Leica that the new dummy battery for the SL2/3 would work for the original SL.
I can not agree more with you, just and the basic part in the process audio or photo is source, turntable in audio and lenses in camera, I use Linn LP12 in my audio Aktive Keltik Linn system and Sennheiser HD600 and 650 as headphones, just as you say, a great pleasure. Keep in mind my invitation to have a great coffee and a visit to Leica store in Mexico City, if you wish, just let me know.
Thank you, and thank you for the coffee invitation. Will make it to Mexico in 2024 🙂
Great, will wait for your date confirmación!!@@MagicOfLight_ThorstenOvergaard
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