Andre is an excellent teacher. He didn't babble, had tons of examples, which so many presenters lack, and after I have watched over 10 hours of videos with in the last month about composition, how to take better shots and be creative, I actually learned something! So, A+ for Andre!
With a DSLR in the hand and by watching B&H Seminar videos on youtube, anyone can become a successful photographer... Words are not enough to thank B&H.. I am overwhelmed with gratitude....
One of the BEST beginner presentations I've seen. Presented in a way that was concise and well prepared. I'm not a beginner but I enjoyed watching. Although sponsored by Tamron, not a self-promotion of of EVERY product they sell. (Left me with a positive view of Tamron--a little goes a long way.) Nice job Andre and thanks to B&H for this great UA-cam Channel which I enjoy so much.
Awesome class!!! Thank you! My wife and I love taking pictures for years but without a clear understanding of what I'm doing. This class taught me a lot, knowing the basics and gave me an in depth understanding of photography... thank you again and God Speed...
Thank you Andre for an excellent session! Even though I know much of what you've covered, your talk reminded me of information that I should be using to make my work better but have forgotten about. Your presentation was clear and your examples were excellent. Much appreciate that this session was posted on B&H!
Thank you B&H, Tamron, and Andre - great style of relaxed info sharing. I would recommend this anyone stretching their abilities and trying to get better.
I thought this was a great presentation. Lots of information, very patient -- and even though it's a whole lot of information, it doesn't seem impossible to learn these skills with practice (in contrast to how I've sometimes seen things presented). Thank you, Signor Constantini!
I think we should all just enjoy the fact that the folks in the crowd are paying $100+ to attend this workshop and we are fortunate to be able to watch this and many others like it for free. The way I look at it, as long as you can pick up one tip or idea that you didn't know then it's worth it and I'm glad B&H and others put these out there at no charge. Is it fairly basic? Yes. Are there others out there that are more advanced and also free? Yes.
Tony, we're glad to hear you find so much value in our Event Space videos. You should know, however, that in fact all the live seminars at the Event Space are just as *free* as our videos. So the next time you're in New York, you should come and visit!
B&H is a great resource! I purchased my camera from them just before I made a deal on the street. They helped put together a package that was in my budget and explained the differences between name brand and after market. I continue to be VERY pleased with the products purchased and the service I received during my transaction.
This presentation was well done. Great information, with useful material that I will be able to immediately apply to my shoots. I really had to force myself to listen to the instructor, and quite frankly, after 45 min of coughing, I was extremely annoyed with the ignorance, and lack of respect for everyone in the room, of the person who continuously kept coughing. They could have excused their self, drank some water, and cleared their throat.
Brad Leonard incredible huh... when something like that is ruining a lesson then someone, maybe the tutor should say "hey do you need some help?" or "leave the room" so annoying the person wouldnt leave the room to let people focus.
I love events sponsored by Sony, Tamron, Canon, Sigma etc. It is not bad. One way or another we all use their products. Creative photography is a little pricey.
Really good talk, thank you! Also, if you ever attend a talk and feel like coughing for 20 minutes, PLEASE step out of the room and go have a water and catch some fresh air for a bit, could barely focus and I'm sure the people in the room thought the same.
I'm a little late, new to youtube....you could be dead, but going to respond anyway. Who "feels" like coughing for 20 minutes????? I'm sure that person feels horrible that her illness ruined your lecture...eye roll.
this guy is good- some of these teacher guy are just too cocky- this guy has info that is worth thinking about, helpful, as is friendly in his delivery... just saying
I'm sure that many beginners would find this video helpful, but methinks it would have been more accurate to simply call these "tips" rather than "secrets".
Also, I would have started the presentation with revealing all the "secrets" so UA-cam viewers could click away without having to dance around the runtime.
I love B&H's videos generally, and I am very grateful for the seminars they publish through this channel. One tip (that many natively English speaking Americans seem to not understand) though... It's one criterium, multiple criteria. Bad grammar grinds my gears and makes me question the quality of the info from a certain speaker. Other than that.. Keep it up folks!
People commenting that it's too long - it most probably takes them longer to commute to work each day!!! If you haven't got the patience then why click on the link in the thumbnails as that already shows the time of the video? Sorry, go back to doing something that you have got the time for like eating your lunch or tweeting or whatsapping or talking sports. Sometimes you've got to make the time. Jeez!
Just watched this video and noticed a misconception. Actual optical power is the focal lenth divided by the sensor size. So your 270mm is a 7.7 Power at the high end for a 35mm sensor (270/35) and 12.3 Power on Canon Crop Sensor (270/22) and 11.7 on most other crop sensors(270/32). Thus a 35mm is 0 power on a 35mm sensor. On the low end at 18mm is a 1/2 power on a 35mm (0.8x on Canon Crop, 0.65 on other crop sensors) Reason why anything below 0 power makes items much smaller. :-) The range of the lens is the 270/18, not the power of the lens
As a person who grew up WITHOUT the benefit of digital photography, I want to say that:1) Photos from my childhood are few and far between-my parents were wonderful, but were, poor people in love. 2) We did NOT have the benefit of taking 200 photos in search of that perfect shot of ourselves-indeed, it was EXPENSIVE (and it took 1-2 weeks to get those photos-a whole, at most 36 of them-back from the developer) to have all of the photos on a roll of 35mm developed and they included many "crappy shots." So when you see a beautiful/handsome shot of your mother, father, uncle, aunt, cousin, grandparent, or friend you should acknowledge that we were also as fabulous in our youth as you are! 3) We had to GUESS if what we had captured on film was what we thought we had captured. 4) There were so many moments in our lives where we were at "our best" that could not be captured because we did NOT have access to a mobile phone, let alone, its internal digital camera. We were EVERY BIT as wonderful as you are, but we may lack the photographic evidence to document our excellence at any given moment. Tell your grandma how hot she was! Tell your grandpa how smokin' he was! We, like you, appreciate this kind of praise. 5) What you see as "normalstance," was science fiction to us at the time, and 6) We have beautiful and vivid "photo albums" in our minds that are more valuable than any piece of celluloid film could ever capture and we urge you (our precious children) to first (before you whip out that cellular phone) take a moment to take in your environment when those precious moments of your life present themselves. You know those moments and sometimes, it is just enough to be there, in that moment and drink it in with more than just a VISUAL memorial. Smell the scents, feel the textures, listen to the ambient sounds, and taste the "joy" of the moment because before you can blink an eye, it is gone! Be there in that moment, fully in that moment. These are the things that indelibly engrave themselves in our memories! These are the things that really count!
Good grief. I just want to take pictures at the moment. Not needing a life lesson. We all know this. We hear it from old people all the time. The fact is, no one listens and no one learns this truth(as well as many others), until we have quite a few years under our belts.
drezzy me That's because its a 18-270 lens -.- Just about the most stupid lens you can buy. Here's my tamron lenses: 17-55 2.8, 70-300 2.8. They get very good results but costs more than 3x what you paid. You get what you pay for!
ActuallyWacky and it also turns out my girl put the stupid filter on the Tamron (I didn't realize it) took it off and it's better but now that I'm a little more knowledgeable I know what to look for in my next buy
+Katie Diamond It's a talk for crying out loud! it's impossible to talk about these subjects in mere minutes. If you don't have enough attention spam to sit through an hour lecture, then maybe this isn't for you?
These aren't so much "secrets" than basic photography knowledge. It's also weird that he's teaching a photography class while using cropped sensor lenses and doesn't even mention that fact. Before digital full frame cameras were available, and certainly now that you can buy one for $1600, any mention of specific focal lengths is done with the assumption of a full frame sensor. He's focusing on cropped sensor lenses but is also not consistent by mentioning 50mm is a standard focal length which it is not on a cropped sensor.
Whats weird if somebody teaches photography using an APS-C sensor??? you can teach photography even with an iphone!!!,Arie try next time to make a constructive comment to help others and give ideas, or better with all your "knowledge" make videos and upload them !!! I will be happy to watch !!!, thanks B&H !!!
+TheCartoonMaster3000 You didn't read what he said. He said it's weird that he uses a crop sensor and doesn't mention it. He didn't say you can't use a crop sensor, he just said it should be mentioned if you are going to teach focal length.
Andre is an excellent teacher. He didn't babble, had tons of examples, which so many presenters lack, and after I have watched over 10 hours of videos with in the last month about composition, how to take better shots and be creative, I actually learned something! So, A+ for Andre!
With a DSLR in the hand and by watching B&H Seminar videos on youtube, anyone can become a successful photographer... Words are not enough to thank B&H.. I am overwhelmed with gratitude....
I don't know why some viewed this as a commercial. I think this guy is VERY informative!
I think this guy is great and I would definitely watch more of his talks. Thanks Tamron and B&H!
An outstanding '101' level overview of digital photography for the DSLR user. Thank you Tamron.
One of the BEST beginner presentations I've seen. Presented in a way that was concise and well prepared. I'm not a beginner but I enjoyed watching. Although sponsored by Tamron, not a self-promotion of of EVERY product they sell. (Left me with a positive view of Tamron--a little goes a long way.) Nice job Andre and thanks to B&H for this great UA-cam Channel which I enjoy so much.
very informative__Will be repeatedly viewed till it is mastered,
Awesome class!!! Thank you!
My wife and I love taking pictures for years but without a clear understanding of what I'm doing. This class taught me a lot, knowing the basics and gave me an in depth understanding of photography... thank you again and God Speed...
Thank you Andre for an excellent session! Even though I know much of what you've covered, your talk reminded me of information that I should be using to make my work better but have forgotten about. Your presentation was clear and your examples were excellent. Much appreciate that this session was posted on B&H!
The topics were beautifully presented. Great!
Thank you B&H, Tamron, and Andre - great style of relaxed info sharing. I would recommend this anyone stretching their abilities and trying to get better.
Thank you B&H and Tamron for helpful info for us non-professional level photo takers.
Another pro who uses Tamron lenses. Very nice.
As always; a pleasure to watch your learning seminars. Thank you for sharing B&H!
Great instruction video. The examples and the information is great. Thank you for putting this together.
I thought this was a great presentation. Lots of information, very patient -- and even though it's a whole lot of information, it doesn't seem impossible to learn these skills with practice (in contrast to how I've sometimes seen things presented).
Thank you, Signor Constantini!
Excellent for beginners and advanced photographers
I think we should all just enjoy the fact that the folks in the crowd are paying $100+ to attend this workshop and we are fortunate to be able to watch this and many others like it for free. The way I look at it, as long as you can pick up one tip or idea that you didn't know then it's worth it and I'm glad B&H and others put these out there at no charge. Is it fairly basic? Yes. Are there others out there that are more advanced and also free? Yes.
Tony, we're glad to hear you find so much value in our Event Space videos. You should know, however, that in fact all the live seminars at the Event Space are just as *free* as our videos. So the next time you're in New York, you should come and visit!
B and H That's good to know, I had no idea. Shoots my argument down pretty hard, but hey, if I find myself in NY in the future I will look you up! ;-)
Easy to understand, step-by-
step explanation. Thank you.
B&H is a great resource! I purchased my camera from them just before I made a deal on the street. They helped put together a package that was in my budget and explained the differences between name brand and after market. I continue to be VERY pleased with the products purchased and the service I received during my transaction.
Andre Constantini eloquently describes the inability to depend on your eyes if the imagination is out of focus...( M.Twain)
Very nice, thorough, and well developed presentation. I DID learn a couple of things that I didn't expect....thanks!
Liked it. Thanks for posting. 11 very usable 'simple secrets'. :)
Excellent tutorial, easy to understand. Thank you
Really useful tips. Thank you for posting!
Very good video! He gives you a little tidbits to help further understand
This was excellent. Thanks a lot!
This presentation was well done. Great information, with useful material that I will be able to immediately apply to my shoots.
I really had to force myself to listen to the instructor, and quite frankly, after 45 min of coughing, I was extremely annoyed with the ignorance, and lack of respect for everyone in the room, of the person who continuously kept coughing. They could have excused their self, drank some water, and cleared their throat.
Rule #1 If you have a cough, be courteous and leave the damn room. It lasts for at least 20 min...had to stop it there.
Brad Leonard This made my day. xD
Brad Leonard incredible huh... when something like that is ruining a lesson then someone, maybe the tutor should say "hey do you need some help?" or "leave the room" so annoying the person wouldnt leave the room to let people focus.
It drove me crazy
It was so damn irritating.
No secrets but still some great stuff to think about. Thanks André and thank you B&H. Please publish more seminar...Now adding a "Like" :-)
Refreshing tutorial and presentation, thanks!
I love events sponsored by Sony, Tamron, Canon, Sigma etc. It is not bad. One way or another we all use their products.
Creative photography is a little pricey.
i'm a newbie in photography, and this is amazing
Really good talk, thank you!
Also, if you ever attend a talk and feel like coughing for 20 minutes, PLEASE step out of the room and go have a water and catch some fresh air for a bit, could barely focus and I'm sure the people in the room thought the same.
I'm a little late, new to youtube....you could be dead, but going to respond anyway. Who "feels" like coughing for 20 minutes????? I'm sure that person feels horrible that her illness ruined your lecture...eye roll.
Excellent presentation.
Great presentation, thank you.
Very good. Thank you.
this guy is good- some of these teacher guy are just too cocky- this guy has info that is worth thinking about, helpful, as is friendly in his delivery... just saying
fantastic! I learned a lot!
Good Tutorial. Thanks alot.
simplemente lo mejor saludos gracias por compartir
Very good review.
I'm sure that many beginners would find this video helpful, but methinks it would have been more accurate to simply call these "tips" rather than "secrets".
Also, I would have started the presentation with revealing all the "secrets" so UA-cam viewers could click away without having to dance around the runtime.
Babbling Studios
Too long.. somewhere in there are tips.
Nice video, thanks for share!
Useful info for better photos for us non-professional photo takers.
Thanks for the video. I am smarter for having watched it.
I love B&H's videos generally, and I am very grateful for the seminars they publish through this channel. One tip (that many natively English speaking Americans seem to not understand) though... It's one criterium, multiple criteria. Bad grammar grinds my gears and makes me question the quality of the info from a certain speaker. Other than that.. Keep it up folks!
thank u good to learn more ways to handle a camera
That was a nice Tamron commercial. Except at 1 hour and 7 minutes, it seems a little long.
great and very helpfully
thank you!
People commenting that it's too long - it most probably takes them longer to commute to work each day!!!
If you haven't got the patience then why click on the link in the thumbnails as that already shows the time of the video?
Sorry, go back to doing something that you have got the time for like eating your lunch or tweeting or whatsapping or talking sports.
Sometimes you've got to make the time.
Jeez!
Well now the secrets are out. lol
Its a marketing strategy of drawing consumer to come to you.
Jhoebe Garcia
What the fuck are you talking about?
Judge Dredd now that someone questioned it, surely you dont understand the entire thing.
Right, I don't understand and now I'm asking you what the fuck you're talking about.
it's a secret, go figure yourself :P
Just watched this video and noticed a misconception. Actual optical power is the focal lenth divided by the sensor size. So your 270mm is a 7.7 Power at the high end for a 35mm sensor (270/35) and 12.3 Power on Canon Crop Sensor (270/22) and 11.7 on most other crop sensors(270/32). Thus a 35mm is 0 power on a 35mm sensor. On the low end at 18mm is a 1/2 power on a 35mm (0.8x on Canon Crop, 0.65 on other crop sensors) Reason why anything below 0 power makes items much smaller. :-) The range of the lens is the 270/18, not the power of the lens
As a person who grew up WITHOUT the benefit of digital photography, I want to say that:1) Photos from my childhood are few and far between-my parents were wonderful, but were, poor people in love. 2) We did NOT have the benefit of taking 200 photos in search of that perfect shot of ourselves-indeed, it was EXPENSIVE (and it took 1-2 weeks to get those photos-a whole, at most 36 of them-back from the developer) to have all of the photos on a roll of 35mm developed and they included many "crappy shots." So when you see a beautiful/handsome shot of your mother, father, uncle, aunt, cousin, grandparent, or friend you should acknowledge that we were also as fabulous in our youth as you are! 3) We had to GUESS if what we had captured on film was what we thought we had captured. 4) There were so many moments in our lives where we were at "our best" that could not be captured because we did NOT have access to a mobile phone, let alone, its internal digital camera. We were EVERY BIT as wonderful as you are, but we may lack the photographic evidence to document our excellence at any given moment. Tell your grandma how hot she was! Tell your grandpa how smokin' he was! We, like you, appreciate this kind of praise. 5) What you see as "normalstance," was science fiction to us at the time, and 6) We have beautiful and vivid "photo albums" in our minds that are more valuable than any piece of celluloid film could ever capture and we urge you (our precious children) to first (before you whip out that cellular phone) take a moment to take in your environment when those precious moments of your life present themselves. You know those moments and sometimes, it is just enough to be there, in that moment and drink it in with more than just a VISUAL memorial. Smell the scents, feel the textures, listen to the ambient sounds, and taste the "joy" of the moment because before you can blink an eye, it is gone! Be there in that moment, fully in that moment. These are the things that indelibly engrave themselves in our memories! These are the things that really count!
Good grief. I just want to take pictures at the moment. Not needing a life lesson. We all know this. We hear it from old people all the time. The fact is, no one listens and no one learns this truth(as well as many others), until we have quite a few years under our belts.
Nice :)
lovely
i like morning light
How many times did he scratch his head, face or arm and wipe his nose with hand?!
1 hr?
Secret 1: Don't use Tamron!
why not? i just saw Tamron SP AF70-300mm reviews and everyone say it's an awesome lens
yea i have a Tamron 18-270 for my nikon d3200 not all that happy with the picture quality i think the kit lenses that came with the camera are better
drezzy me That's because its a 18-270 lens -.-
Just about the most stupid lens you can buy.
Here's my tamron lenses: 17-55 2.8, 70-300 2.8.
They get very good results but costs more than 3x what you paid.
You get what you pay for!
ActuallyWacky I know that know and I wish the girl behind the counter told me that...... but all well you live and learn........ right ?
ActuallyWacky and it also turns out my girl put the stupid filter on the Tamron (I didn't realize it) took it off and it's better but now that I'm a little more knowledgeable I know what to look for in my next buy
@1:07:42 the video ends
Can someone who watched this video sum up the 11 Secrets in about one sentence each?
Over one hour of undivided attention is nothing I can give.
Canon has lens hoods
his voice is like Luke Skywalker
"11 guidelines for beginning photographers"
One secret. Find good theme for shooting. End . Ciao.
tough crowd
Presumably you are a great presenter/trainer than the “Experts” ! give a try ($)
good informative video... just too long....
+Katie Diamond It's a talk for crying out loud! it's impossible to talk about these subjects in mere minutes. If you don't have enough attention spam to sit through an hour lecture, then maybe this isn't for you?
*span
And calm down...
The coughing is putting me off.
Boooooooring. And nothing special.
jeez...the rude couple on the front row.....poor lecturer
These aren't so much "secrets" than basic photography knowledge. It's also weird that he's teaching a photography class while using cropped sensor lenses and doesn't even mention that fact. Before digital full frame cameras were available, and certainly now that you can buy one for $1600, any mention of specific focal lengths is done with the assumption of a full frame sensor. He's focusing on cropped sensor lenses but is also not consistent by mentioning 50mm is a standard focal length which it is not on a cropped sensor.
Whats weird if somebody teaches photography using an APS-C sensor??? you can teach photography even with an iphone!!!,Arie try next time to make a constructive comment to help others and give ideas, or better with all your "knowledge" make videos and upload them !!! I will be happy to watch !!!, thanks B&H !!!
+TheCartoonMaster3000 You didn't read what he said. He said it's weird that he uses a crop sensor and doesn't mention it. He didn't say you can't use a crop sensor, he just said it should be mentioned if you are going to teach focal length.
just not a good "seminar"
This 'talk' is nothing but a glorified Tamron commercial.
+lordoftheflings, I disagree. I thought it was an excellent presentation and I learned a great deal. I just hope he made enough to buy a comb. : )
+lordoftheflings From the looks of your uploads you can use all the help you can get...
The worst 2 parts of this 1) he keeps touching his nose 2) most of his photos are not impressive.