5 PRO Photo Tips: The Secrets behind Amazing Photos

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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2023
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    Tony & Chelsea Northrup share the secret behind what make professional photographer's photos GREAT. Find out the tips on how to control lighting, how to choose the right gear, the secrets of camera settings, and more.
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  • @TonyAndChelsea
    @TonyAndChelsea  9 місяців тому

    Go to squarespace.com/Chelsea & save 10% off your first website or domain with code “Chelsea"

  • @jamesquinn8958
    @jamesquinn8958 11 місяців тому +34

    I recently landed a job doing photography and I owe some of that success to your videos. They have definitely helped me become a better photographer over the years

    • @YoussefC-lv2ju
      @YoussefC-lv2ju 9 місяців тому

      Same here. When I got started in photography in 2017, I watched tons of their instructional videos and this is how I learned 👍😊
      Watching their videos now is like seeing 2 old friends... makes me happy & i'm glad they're still at it!

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto 11 місяців тому +7

    My time as an art major has informed my photography journey more than anything else. Thanks, Chelsea!

  • @ejm922
    @ejm922 11 місяців тому +2

    chelsea, "yeah tony your technical, just gotta get better images" 😂 tony..." i wont reply to that, till later" 😂😂

  • @dd1maher
    @dd1maher 11 місяців тому +6

    You guys are awesome! Thank you for all you do!

  • @nordeaster1971
    @nordeaster1971 10 місяців тому +1

    I know these kinds of videos get less views than gear videos, but thanks for making them. This kind of content truly makes me a better photographer.

  • @ergologic
    @ergologic 11 місяців тому +4

    Having heard the concept of 'wedding photography' a million times, I find it curious that no one seems like caring about taking epic divorce photography! ✌️ 😂

    • @YoussefC-lv2ju
      @YoussefC-lv2ju 9 місяців тому

      That's called "2nd wedding photography"

  • @valkrider2004
    @valkrider2004 11 місяців тому +5

    My Nikon Z6 and 24-70mm lens are just starting their shipping process to me, anxiously awaiting their arrival. This is a great video at perfect time for me! AND just ordered Stunning Digital Photography book. I probably have a solid 70% of the book down already through experience, but will certainly learn a lot and the more modern techniques along the way. Thanks!

  • @cameranerdsmedia
    @cameranerdsmedia 11 місяців тому +2

    wow, this video was great. So many great points made here. If this is a podcast that would be awesome. Thanks

  • @sharvo6
    @sharvo6 10 місяців тому +1

    20:27 THANK YOU CHELSEA!! EVERY time I hear someone give a "top tip" to use rule of thirds or leading lines I want to SHAKE THEM. Go to an art gallery, or an art museum. If folks don't want to study, most art museums have classes in art history ... not to slavishly replicate, but to appreciate and stimulate. And thank you for the encouragement to imptove editing ... I've been avoiding the software cost, guess I'll be giving up my audible subscription for Lightroom.

  • @realnikonlover6207
    @realnikonlover6207 11 місяців тому +1

    Really good information here. I was chuckling a bit this evening when I discovered I graduated high school when Tony was born and I share the same birthdate as Chelsea except 30 years earlier. I too had extreme premature grey hair. Now its white hair. None of it caused by photography. HA! Take care folks. Many blessings. - Jim

  • @mohanakanna
    @mohanakanna 11 місяців тому

    Thanks a bunch Tony and Chelsea. God bless you all.

  • @Tropicusa
    @Tropicusa 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for Inspiration! Time to get to work! Love the channel! I learn something new every time!

  • @TheRealMisterProtocol
    @TheRealMisterProtocol 11 місяців тому +8

    The answer is 42. ISO 42, aperture 4.2, shutter 1/42...works every time!

    • @yajt6651
      @yajt6651 11 місяців тому +3

      Aperture, shutter speed, focus distance, life, universe, and everything 😂

    • @joshuaa3075
      @joshuaa3075 11 місяців тому

      But you forgot the towel.

    • @miki_marker
      @miki_marker 11 місяців тому

      iso 42? so it works with 0.95 lens maybe

  • @randyschwager2515
    @randyschwager2515 11 місяців тому

    As always, great advice!

  • @hantoosh1200
    @hantoosh1200 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for this fun and deep video 🌷

  • @RyanH0809
    @RyanH0809 11 місяців тому +1

    I loved your video about color theory and I learned a ton!

  • @WesternAustraliaNowAndThen
    @WesternAustraliaNowAndThen 11 місяців тому +2

    I would love to see a video on how you make your shots better when you can't choose the time or the lighting. As someone who is constantly shooting landscapes and has very restricted time, sometimes only minutes, to take the shots I need, I can't wait for the light or the clouds to be just right. We travel all over our state and visit towns and attractions to photograph them and take videos. We are on the go constantly on many trips as we have to fit everything in to 10 or 12 days. When we arrive at a spot, I have to shoot it no matter what the lighting is or sometimes how bad the weather is. Some of these places I will never get the chance to go back to. What techniques can I use to make my shots better. I know composition and camera settings will be important but what else can I do?

    • @keensoundguy6637
      @keensoundguy6637 11 місяців тому

      Do you employ ND and polarizer filters, eh?

  • @sergiykravchuk
    @sergiykravchuk 11 місяців тому +1

    Love you guys, great and interesting video as usual, and hi from Ukraine!

  • @ARTIST-AT-LARGE
    @ARTIST-AT-LARGE 8 місяців тому

    I majored in both Photography and Painting, so I can't say enough about how important Art History is to making good photographs. Learning color theory and composition - which includes how to use light and shadow, the art of perspective, and even the difference between objective and subjective opinion of what makes a great image. Painters hate sitting through Art History too, but it's necessary to the profession.

  • @sonja5445
    @sonja5445 11 місяців тому

    I would love to see a video where we can see how you try different options. Love your channel

  • @jeroenschoondergang5923
    @jeroenschoondergang5923 11 місяців тому

    "copy settings' was an eye opener for me, especially when I do a magazine interview and am asked to provide some portraits in the same surroundings.

  • @Iruinyourkdr
    @Iruinyourkdr 11 місяців тому

    Would really love to see more editing tutorials and videos around editing! 😁

  • @robertowen-jones443
    @robertowen-jones443 11 місяців тому +1

    I laughed but so spot on, especially on editing! Do you ever use Capture One? Be interesting to see a video contrasting it to Photoshop. And colour theory and composition are so important to understand!

    • @jacepearson2680
      @jacepearson2680 11 місяців тому +1

      from my experience, capture one really does port Sony images colors perfectly better than LR. But LR always felt a tad more snappy and user friendly for me

  • @matrixate
    @matrixate 11 місяців тому +2

    Thanks.

  • @Ryomichi
    @Ryomichi 10 місяців тому

    Funny that I wanted to comment "you're WRONG!". But then I remembered you're my teachers literally for all those years, and these tips are meant to be simple to understand for new people. I want to thank you for that. For content, I think you may need to repost or remake or update those old tutorial videos because of new technology.

  • @RCBOSS1969
    @RCBOSS1969 10 місяців тому

    Thank you!

  • @marcpilon4585
    @marcpilon4585 11 місяців тому

    Any suggestion on where to start learning Art History? And Henri-Cartier Bresson had an artistic backgound

    • @prmolina
      @prmolina 11 місяців тому +1

      Well Art Museum - but figure out when the docents are giving tours so you get more than the little plaques. If there is a local college you might be able to audit a course for a lot less than taking it for credit. Never ignore the local community college for entry level courses!

  • @TheArtist441
    @TheArtist441 9 місяців тому

    My obsession with photography is how to maximize the 3D look/depth in all my photos. I'm forever experimenting with different focal lengths, bokeh, lighting and composition to get the most amount of 3D ness!!

  • @69mrwolf69
    @69mrwolf69 11 місяців тому +1

    I would have to disagree on the cheap tripod. Otherwise love and agree with the advice.

  • @michalkubecek
    @michalkubecek 11 місяців тому

    Great point that gear does actually matter quite often but acquiring new gear or accessories should be in response to an actual need, to feeling where exactly does my current gear or (lack of) accessories limit me (most). If it does not limit me, great, I can save the money for something else or for later. Often it seems that people tend to polarize to the two extremes, either they only care about gear and reviews or keep repeating mantras like "Gear does not matter, it's a photograph who makes an image, not a camera, a good photograph will take a great picture with any camera."
    As for the waterfall example, quite often I rather feel as if long exposure for waterfalls and flowing water in general is in fact the _least_ creative way to shoot it because that's what everyone keeps telling us is The Right Way (or even the only correct way) so that many poeple believe it must be shot like this. With all those extremely smooth and unrealistic long exposure images all around, I find it kind of refreshing to see someone use a compromise like 1/10s - or even an extremely short time like 1/2000s (just as unrealistic but at least a bit unusual). For me, the term "creative" is supposed to mean applying one's own invention to make the image stand out (and as such, it's quite rare), not repeating a technique that someone told me is creative.

  • @vidthreenorth4007
    @vidthreenorth4007 11 місяців тому

    One thing we could not do for a couple of years after "the viruses" started was "get together" with other people interested in photography. "Camera Clubs" and other social events can be good. I think that these are opening up again. I don't know for sure because there is still a reluctance to congregate, and health issues vary in different areas. But I do think that for many people, joining camera clubs and going to conventions and such can be helpful.

  • @endowpictures22
    @endowpictures22 11 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @idol031808
    @idol031808 11 місяців тому

    You're really cranking out the content! Tuition bill due?

  • @FireImageFM1
    @FireImageFM1 11 місяців тому

    There's so many ways I don't like to edit my photos because it takes the natural ality out of it and when you begin to edit photos they don't be to me original I really prefer the original picture that comes out of my Cannon I rarely edit a photo unless I see some structure or some sharpness that needs to be available but other than that I don't edit my photos if you see any of my photos which anytime you want to see him I can show you I do Wildlife with my Canon I don't have a mirrorless camera I do Wildlife I do Sports I do Porsches I do everything with my 80d and I rarely edit my photos

  • @lionheart4424
    @lionheart4424 11 місяців тому +1

    Gear ABSOLUTELY matters. I did my very first photo job for a friend two weeks ago, he wanted me to take pictures of his niece's birthday party.
    The event was meant to start early but of course it did not.
    Also, the afternoon started to become cloudy and then rainy, and to make things worse the main event was held in a conditioned backyard with barely any space for 60 guests + chairs and tables + a hired clown entertainer with her DJ and sound equipment.
    I took a Sony a6000, an a5000, the 50mm f1.8 prime and the FE 28-70mm. They were enough to get pictures, but I needed the speed of the a6000, the reach of the 28-70mm, the aperture of the 50mm and the extra camera body to not have to switch lenses.
    There were some stage lights that helped make some shots great and ruining others, but I realized that I need a faster zoom and to master light equipment other than the in-camera flash.
    Also, burst mode eats memory cards SUPER FAST! Never under-estimate the possibility of needed an extra memory card! And I mean a third or even fourth one.

  • @KJ_nyc
    @KJ_nyc 9 місяців тому

    This video is not for cell phone camera photographers. They just won't get it, or want to take the time that it takes to tackle the issues raised in this video. Photography is a craft that often calls for years of experience and knowledge-building to perfect. Are today's Instagram kids patient enough? I learned how to edit from using a lupe and 35mm film contact sheets. What a nightmare that was, but it was how the job got done. Invaluable experience. With digital, I'm now one of the fastest editors on the planet. Now if only I can find clients who are willing to pay for the Photoshop retouching hours.

    • @YoussefC-lv2ju
      @YoussefC-lv2ju 9 місяців тому

      Making money in photography is and was dead a while ago my friend

    • @KJ_nyc
      @KJ_nyc 9 місяців тому

      @@YoussefC-lv2ju I've never had a problem making money in photography. It helps if you know what you are doing, and you're gifted with a personality that other people enjoy being around. Post film cameras, the digital realm requires so many other components. Today, I have to be a computer techie on top of being a creative, and that can mostly be annoying, and very expensive.

  • @TheRealMisterProtocol
    @TheRealMisterProtocol 11 місяців тому

    Is there a preset that will turn a photo into a pointillist picture? Seurat was a genius.

  • @DelmaRaySmithJr
    @DelmaRaySmithJr 8 місяців тому

    That's a damn good picture.

  • @kore996
    @kore996 11 місяців тому

    Can you do a video on batch editing, along with any tips while taking the photos to make the batch editing easier.
    I have trouble getting consistency in both indoor and outdoor environments. My outdoor fluctuates because of clouds and indoor fluctuates because some rooms have windows and others don’t.
    This is all for personal use and I’m in no way a professional but any tips would be appreciated.

  • @dj_laundry_list
    @dj_laundry_list 11 місяців тому +3

    ~6:20 The correct camera setting for me is base ISO, because my camera is ISO invariant and anything above that is just deluding me about the signal to noise ratio (SNR). I wish in camera histograms would have marks indicating the SNR for the current ISO. Then we could tell people 'If the blob is below the green line, the image is going to be noisy, so increase your exposure/aperture/lighting to get the blob mostly over the green line'

    • @TechnoBabble
      @TechnoBabble 11 місяців тому +1

      Your camera most likely is not 100% ISO invariant and many modern cameras have multiple native gain circuits. A shot on a Sony A7 IV at ISO 100 and raised 3 stops will look worse than a shot at ISO 400 and raised 1 stop.

    • @dj_laundry_list
      @dj_laundry_list 11 місяців тому +2

      @@TechnoBabble How nice and overconfident of you to tell me about my own camera

  • @qbukhari
    @qbukhari 10 місяців тому

    Are you teaching or selling?

  • @MundtStefan
    @MundtStefan 11 місяців тому

    I don't prefer natural light. LoL. If I could I would convince everyone to come into the studio.
    I don't understand why people always ask for photographs in nature. The lack imagination....
    Camera settings don't matter much in the studio unless you mix different types of light sources. (Constant light, strobe, laser, probs that emit light etc...)

  • @FireImageFM1
    @FireImageFM1 11 місяців тому

    No I have to admit I am good at editing photos like a pro editing photos comes to editing photos I can edit a photo Beyond measures but I don't fight too cuz it makes it seem unreal

  • @tombube49
    @tombube49 11 місяців тому

    I use auto mode and the rest is KI magic

  • @sirBumpyCase
    @sirBumpyCase 2 місяці тому

    In the near future, there will be photographers, and there will be AI users. You will never find me using AI to put something in a photo that was never there

  • @pavelavietor1
    @pavelavietor1 11 місяців тому

    😂 please don’t make me work 😂 I just enjoy ❤ photography 😂, saludos Iberians 🎉

  • @ktealby
    @ktealby 11 місяців тому

    You guys are so wrong; Chelsea's colour theory video was completely sexy.

  • @Arcticfox7
    @Arcticfox7 11 місяців тому

    tik tok nation.

  • @nellatrab
    @nellatrab Місяць тому

    The way to become a better photographer is to stop watching these common sense You Tube commercial content video's and just get out there and shoot! 😁

  • @bbsquared100
    @bbsquared100 6 місяців тому

    Is Annie a good photographer or does she just have access to famous people?

  • @ArMak73
    @ArMak73 11 місяців тому +1

    Tip No 1 : Use a Sony Camera
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    End of tips

  • @difausto_photography
    @difausto_photography 11 місяців тому +1

    Ai fix it all, move on

  • @photoreviewed-com
    @photoreviewed-com 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing!