1. Crushing & lifting blacks 0:30 2. Overexposed sky 1:52 3. Too much space on top 3:10 4. Cropping hands and feet 4:34 5. Oversaturated skin tones 6:17 6. Exposing too bright 8:58
I agree. A lot of them can be done as an intentional creative arty thing and land really well and look great. Photography is so much about preference over Hard and Fast Rules
Can you do a video where you and your friends use crappy software to edit the same photo? I think it’d be interesting to see specific editing styles and also how much you can do with the software!
Suggestion for showing before and after photos: show them side by side so we can see the differences in one go, rather than needing to rewind/fast forward
Great advice! I also appreciate the reasoning behind each tip instead of just telling us what to do. To be honest, I actually liked the one photo less cropped than after you cropped it because it showed the city and built an atmosphere for the photo.
It's preference and artistic decisions, i don't agree with such hard and fast rules you cant do that. It works for him, it can work for others who want to do it that way
This is a really nice “back to basics” video. What’s funny is that these tips were indeed “basic” but also so easy to overlook. I’m pretty sure my wording is messed up, so I’ll just leave it at this: thank you ✌️
Jessica, you are just amazing. Thanks for your easy going help and support. It's surprises me every time how you are still natural and self aware, even being so famous.
when you mentioned noticing a lot of people having lots of room in the top of their photos- i definitely would not call myself a photographer, but whenever i do take photos.. idk i like to have a lot of sky in it. i think it can make it look sort of cool to have more going on in the bottom half and less in the top off then everything being centered. sometimes, though. not always. just sometimes hahahaha.
So i can give a justification for cropping with a little head room , because the instagram crops 1x1 for preview on feed and explore so people intentionally leave a tad bit space over the head of model so they don't crop her face in instagram preview but yeah some people really leave too much space 😂. Best crop i learned for instagram is positioning eyes just under the top grid line (center has 2 lines , aim for upper line for positioning eyes)
The counter-argument to both this original comment and Aliejandro's response is that she was reviewing photos that people submitted to her for review. They weren't Instagram shots, and they weren't (I hope!) straight-out-of-camera shots, either. Both of the reasons given may be valid for PRE-edited photos, but if you've done work on them and left them that way, then it's just a mistake. Personally, my guess would be that some people edit to get the eyes on the center line of the photo. This is a great time to use the rule of thirds and have the eyes lined up on the upper-third line, rather than in the center of the shot. That doesn't always work perfectly, of course, but it's a good starting point.
I think lifting the blacks is one of those trends on Instagram where the photo looks "natural" and de-saturated, to achieve a certain filter look. . I don't particularly like it all the time, but then again i'm still making lots of mistakes! The cropping issue is also an Instagram thing, where people want lots of different angles so sometimes they leave out lots of space... I'm also making that mistake but that's how we learn :)
People leave space above their head because most of the lens is sharper in the middle part but not in the corners... This is for the crop censor camera and prime lens... I do that to but I do crop the picture if necessary...
this is a good point! there are definitely workarounds to make sure you get a sharp image that is compositionally balanced. getting comfortable with your camera and your lens are crucial to getting crisp images. like you said, if you’re shooting in the center of the screen youll almost always need to be cropping in post to keep compositional balance.
in the early stages of shooting, focus and recomposing didn't work too well for my Nikon, and also, because the camera doesn't have edge to edge focus points, i find myself having a quite bit of space on top of the head. But, because i'm against cropping (to not lose MP), i tried to fill the person in frame, and I get soft focus on the eyes. Alas, I do crop a lot of my portrait shots.
@@chalzjo2455 definitely, i would much rather crop than have soft focus on the eyes. this was much more a concern with my rebel t3/50mm 1.8 prime setup than it is with my current setup but even with a lower resolution camera you can definitely overlook the loss in mp in favor of sharper focus.
Got excited when I saw my picture at the beginning of the video haha. Thanks for all those useful tips Jessica, I hope I can improve my editing and crops as well.
I discovered your channel a month ago and have been watching ever since! You’re also a fellow Michigander 🤪 I’ve been focusing on my photography over the last couple years and love all of your tips and videos on everything. AND, your humor it’s the best! 😂😂😂
I have a really bad habit of leaving too much space above heads when shooting on portrait mode... maybe I subconsciously think they’ll all be magazine cover shots and I’m leaving room for the title text 😂🤣😂🤞🏼
I love Jessica 😄, her tips were so helpful and she's always so witty. There's another photographer named Henbu who also talked about the power of shooting under exposed and he does it all the time and you can really see it in his work. I do it like she said when the situation calla for it, but I can definitely stand to do it more.
Hi Jess!! I decided to buy a camera today, I took suggestions from one of your older videos and got a camera and lens 😊 I’m excited to get started and am watching your videos for tips. Thanks!! 🥰
thank you Jessica!!!! you really hoped me a lotttttt!!! I will always check out your channel everytime before shooting day and see if I missed some info that's important
i often make the too much space on top mistake because i set the focus point to the middle one and often don't recompose enough. nowadays i try to leave enough less space but i have to actively think about it as the space in the viewfiender doesn't seem as big as it is on the final photo (crop camera)
Also I would suggest using an 18% gray card when yoy set up your shot. It's an older trick to be sure, tho I've been shooting weddings and portraits for twenty years and I've never messed up a shoot due to bad lighting since I first started using one. Meter off the models skin. Btw like your work! Keep it coming!
I think I have an answer to the too much head space thing. A lot of beginner DSLRs don't have a 1:1 viewfinder. Hance, if you framed a subject with a touch of head space that will turn into a lot of head space once the image is taken. Ofc this is not a problem for mirroless users.
I would LOVE to see a video of you going through some of your favorite photographers from the live stream and talking about what they were doing right along with what you mentioned in your video so that everyone can see others implementing what you talked about :)
Why would you use the f stop to change the expose instead of the shutterspeed? I mostly make videos and am bound to a certain shutterspeed. But with photography you can just up the shutter if you still want to shoot in 1.2 or 1.4 right?
The lack of cropping, like having a 1/3 of the background showing is actually a legitamite photography rule. It's called the 2/3 rule. It frames the subject, brings the subject forward for natural depth.
I'm guilty of overexposing blues and greens (skies and grass) when I started editing, I thought it looked cool back then, but now I look at those photos and I'm like 😬😬😬
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I am a big critic of weak composition. BUT lots of negative space can be very powerful. It can be very ineffective to use half assedly. Too many people are too scared to use negative space effectively. It's really a lost art. Lots of negative space can create very powerful images.
i think the gap on top issue stems from ~instagram issues~ where you want to make the longest photo possible to capture attention when scrolling, but also want the photo to work when cropped into the square on the grid.
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1. Crushing & lifting blacks 0:30
2. Overexposed sky 1:52
3. Too much space on top 3:10
4. Cropping hands and feet 4:34
5. Oversaturated skin tones 6:17
6. Exposing too bright 8:58
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6. Exposing to bright 9:07
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I appreciate this. When I’m shooting I’m in my comfort zone. When it’s time to edit 😩 I really over think it.
same here
Me too
I feel this!!
same, I shoot a hundred photos and then never edit them 🙄I just can't, I feel I don't have that eye for good editing
@@frappoGarcia its pretty simple stop making excuses like anything else pretty much with practice you will get better
"if your tone curve is starting to look like a cereal bowl, then you've gone too far." - Jessica Kobeissi, 2020
I read this right as she mentioned it ! 😅😂🤣❤
I mean, it’s true
Really
..my bad. 😪
I really liked that you just didn't acknowledge the mistakes but also told the solution.
Thats very important.
love the tips, but I lowkey think some of these are just preferences instead of mistakes
ikr hahaha... i like crushed black and grey black...its all about tone
Agree like if i was in Paris shooting infornt of Eiffel Tower hell ya I'd wanna it to be shown more than my own face 😂
I agree. A lot of them can be done as an intentional creative arty thing and land really well and look great. Photography is so much about preference over Hard and Fast Rules
Some just look more professional if they don’t look like insta filters
@@mbismbismb haha yeah me too 😅 especially on black and white photos ✨
Can you do a video where you and your friends use crappy software to edit the same photo? I think it’d be interesting to see specific editing styles and also how much you can do with the software!
MS Paint \o/
Sure, would you like to recommend any softwares? ^_^
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@@JessicaKobeissi GIMP? Isn't that crappy but it's the only free option, at least for me here.
Suggestion for showing before and after photos: show them side by side so we can see the differences in one go, rather than needing to rewind/fast forward
Great advice! I also appreciate the reasoning behind each tip instead of just telling us what to do.
To be honest, I actually liked the one photo less cropped than after you cropped it because it showed the city and built an atmosphere for the photo.
I agree. Some of these are just preferences.
jessica : recommending brandon
brandon: lifting all the blacks
It's preference and artistic decisions, i don't agree with such hard and fast rules you cant do that. It works for him, it can work for others who want to do it that way
bruh chill
it was a joke lol
yea was thinking about brandon on the first tip lol
This is a really nice “back to basics” video. What’s funny is that these tips were indeed “basic” but also so easy to overlook. I’m pretty sure my wording is messed up, so I’ll just leave it at this: thank you ✌️
Jessica, you are just amazing. Thanks for your easy going help and support. It's surprises me every time how you are still natural and self aware, even being so famous.
You’re posting so frequently and I’m loving it so much 🥰
when you mentioned noticing a lot of people having lots of room in the top of their photos- i definitely would not call myself a photographer, but whenever i do take photos.. idk i like to have a lot of sky in it. i think it can make it look sort of cool to have more going on in the bottom half and less in the top off then everything being centered. sometimes, though. not always. just sometimes hahahaha.
So i can give a justification for cropping with a little head room , because the instagram crops 1x1 for preview on feed and explore so people intentionally leave a tad bit space over the head of model so they don't crop her face in instagram preview but yeah some people really leave too much space 😂. Best crop i learned for instagram is positioning eyes just under the top grid line (center has 2 lines , aim for upper line for positioning eyes)
Yes that's is the main reason, also in camera, we tend to center focus on the eyes and that leaves a lot of space above the head.
The counter-argument to both this original comment and Aliejandro's response is that she was reviewing photos that people submitted to her for review. They weren't Instagram shots, and they weren't (I hope!) straight-out-of-camera shots, either. Both of the reasons given may be valid for PRE-edited photos, but if you've done work on them and left them that way, then it's just a mistake.
Personally, my guess would be that some people edit to get the eyes on the center line of the photo. This is a great time to use the rule of thirds and have the eyes lined up on the upper-third line, rather than in the center of the shot. That doesn't always work perfectly, of course, but it's a good starting point.
Yes!
@@Bad_Wolf_Media counter argument to your point photography is subjective . people can take there pics how ever they want if it makes them happy.
I think lifting the blacks is one of those trends on Instagram where the photo looks "natural" and de-saturated, to achieve a certain filter look. . I don't particularly like it all the time, but then again i'm still making lots of mistakes! The cropping issue is also an Instagram thing, where people want lots of different angles so sometimes they leave out lots of space... I'm also making that mistake but that's how we learn :)
Jesica you can TOTALLY compete with any pink wall I've ever seen.
don't be feeling yourself
Oh Hi Jessica :-)
I will never get my tone curve and my cereal bowl confused again. Thanks
I don't have any mirrorless or DSLR camera but still appreciating Jessica's photography tips!
People leave space above their head because most of the lens is sharper in the middle part but not in the corners... This is for the crop censor camera and prime lens... I do that to but I do crop the picture if necessary...
Just set the focus by holding the button halfway in, then move the camera until you are satisfied with the framing
@@christineeikrem8411 i am talking about the sharpness of the lens... the output result... not the focusing
this is a good point! there are definitely workarounds to make sure you get a sharp image that is compositionally balanced. getting comfortable with your camera and your lens are crucial to getting crisp images. like you said, if you’re shooting in the center of the screen youll almost always need to be cropping in post to keep compositional balance.
in the early stages of shooting, focus and recomposing didn't work too well for my Nikon, and also, because the camera doesn't have edge to edge focus points, i find myself having a quite bit of space on top of the head. But, because i'm against cropping (to not lose MP), i tried to fill the person in frame, and I get soft focus on the eyes. Alas, I do crop a lot of my portrait shots.
@@chalzjo2455 definitely, i would much rather crop than have soft focus on the eyes. this was much more a concern with my rebel t3/50mm 1.8 prime setup than it is with my current setup but even with a lower resolution camera you can definitely overlook the loss in mp in favor of sharper focus.
I love this back to basics concept! Useful for beginners and a nice wee refresher for others further down the path 😊💛
Thank you so much for giving us this valuable information. Its so helpful :)
How did you watch a 10 min video in 2 min? And write a comment?
You are soo kind ... You are just like a teacher ...and thats great
Got excited when I saw my picture at the beginning of the video haha. Thanks for all those useful tips Jessica, I hope I can improve my editing and crops as well.
Hey Jessica, thank you so much for sharing all these great tips! Great content! Keep it coming!! 🔥
I'm mostly taking wildlife photos, but you do seem to genuinely care about your viewers and that's why I watch you.
I discovered your channel a month ago and have been watching ever since! You’re also a fellow Michigander 🤪 I’ve been focusing on my photography over the last couple years and love all of your tips and videos on everything. AND, your humor it’s the best! 😂😂😂
Youve grown so muchh’ you sound and look more comfortable in front of the camera!!! Here since day 1
Great video Jessica. the tips you gave are really helpful, thanks.
I have a really bad habit of leaving too much space above heads when shooting on portrait mode... maybe I subconsciously think they’ll all be magazine cover shots and I’m leaving room for the title text 😂🤣😂🤞🏼
I love Jessica 😄, her tips were so helpful and she's always so witty. There's another photographer named Henbu who also talked about the power of shooting under exposed and he does it all the time and you can really see it in his work. I do it like she said when the situation calla for it, but I can definitely stand to do it more.
Hi Jess!! I decided to buy a camera today, I took suggestions from one of your older videos and got a camera and lens 😊 I’m excited to get started and am watching your videos for tips. Thanks!! 🥰
The sky part, I'm always using RAW format, and use the brush (in Lightroom) to play with the sky. Especially when the sky is very grey
This helped me so so much, I’m new with editing and find that Everything is sooooo saturated
When you say “what had happen was” you know it’s about to be a lie lol 😂
thank you Jessica!!!! you really hoped me a lotttttt!!! I will always check out your channel everytime before shooting day and see if I missed some info that's important
You are so much fun to watch….as well as a wealth of knowledge !!
i often make the too much space on top mistake because i set the focus point to the middle one and often don't recompose enough. nowadays i try to leave enough less space but i have to actively think about it as the space in the viewfiender doesn't seem as big as it is on the final photo (crop camera)
Amazing video, great tips and really well explained 💯😄😁
Jessica is really out there producing a lot of videos for us!!!!
Also I would suggest using an 18% gray card when yoy set up your shot. It's an older trick to be sure, tho I've been shooting weddings and portraits for twenty years and I've never messed up a shoot due to bad lighting since I first started using one. Meter off the models skin. Btw like your work! Keep it coming!
You are a great teacher. I have found one of my mentors. Thank you
awesome tips thanks
I love this sooooo much! What a great way to explain a lot of things!
I'm so sad I missed the live stream! Please critique more pictures in future live streams!! ilyy xx
Thank you for teaching us so much stuff . You are one inspiring person that made me start learn photography...thank you !
Can you do a breakdown video of just the Tone Curve itself?? If you haven't already?🙏🏾
Thanks for your insight Jessica
thank you for this! it’s super helpful to get advice from someone who actually does this every day, all year around 💕
Amazing tips thank you!
I think I have an answer to the too much head space thing. A lot of beginner DSLRs don't have a 1:1 viewfinder. Hance, if you framed a subject with a touch of head space that will turn into a lot of head space once the image is taken. Ofc this is not a problem for mirroless users.
Can you do a video on selecting locations for shoots, what to look for and if you can only stay in your city what to do to find different locations
I dont know most of those "mistakes" seems more like artistic preferences. Tips were awesome tho!
Hey Jessica, thank you so much for the tips! I'll def be using the reducing the saturation on the orange to fix skin tones.
Thankful for all of these free gems you drop on us.
Super helpful. I didn't even realize I was doing those things you said!
I would LOVE to see a video of you going through some of your favorite photographers from the live stream and talking about what they were doing right along with what you mentioned in your video so that everyone can see others implementing what you talked about :)
"I cropped the whole body out" LOL love it 😂
The way you pronounce "crop" made me laugh every time! Love your videos Jessica!!
Thank you Jess! ❤️
amazing video, as always! unrelated, but your blouse IS SO SO SO SO CUTE OMG
Why would you use the f stop to change the expose instead of the shutterspeed? I mostly make videos and am bound to a certain shutterspeed. But with photography you can just up the shutter if you still want to shoot in 1.2 or 1.4 right?
The lack of cropping, like having a 1/3 of the background showing is actually a legitamite photography rule. It's called the 2/3 rule. It frames the subject, brings the subject forward for natural depth.
Very helpfully!!! Thank you for your time
Hey Jessica! Huge fan, just wanted to know if you use a colour checker for colour management?
Thank you for the good tips! I appreciate your video 😊
You're so entertaining, thanks for your videos.
Why do you change the exposure by changing the f stop? Why don't you use a faster shutter speed?
I learned a lot from this video, it's very informative. Thank you, Jessica😘
I'm guilty of overexposing blues and greens (skies and grass) when I started editing, I thought it looked cool back then, but now I look at those photos and I'm like 😬😬😬
How funny is that our style and preferences change over time, to a point where we cringe at our old work?! 🙈😅
This was quite helpful
Really nice thank you. Your last comments tho about the mistakes in life 🤣😂
P H O T O S H O O T I D E A S
• 90s inspired
• black and white
• mirror
• pool vibes
• bathtub
• flowers
• grocery store
• magazine
• vintage car photo shoot
• boat/ lake photoshoot
a lot of people colour their shots for Instagram and social media - and go too far with the colours - too bright, great video Jessica, thanks
Great tips! Gotta learn the rules before you break them
What about using a radial gradient on just the faces? Or invert it to fix the sky
Jessica, you can beat the wall! I believe in you! lol
Her sense of humor is so funny-I can tell her and I would be good friends😂
I am a big critic of weak composition. BUT lots of negative space can be very powerful. It can be very ineffective to use half assedly.
Too many people are too scared to use negative space effectively. It's really a lost art. Lots of negative space can create very powerful images.
Keep them tips coming🤗🤗
Thank you🙏
The extra space could be used for printing on canvas and allowing space to let it wrap around
i think the gap on top issue stems from ~instagram issues~ where you want to make the longest photo possible to capture attention when scrolling, but also want the photo to work when cropped into the square on the grid.
I definitely missed out by not submitting photos for your critique. Are you ever going to do another one?
I'd love to know that too! I would love to receive some constructive feedback on my work! 💛
Nice usefull tips! Thank you for this!
Great tips. Thx very much.
This is very helpful.
Thank you so much.
spirit, sis jessica, don't give up
ahh, I do so many of these mistakes! Thank you xx
I love this, thanks
lol you want me to compete 🤣 with the pink wall...I'll lose! Haha 😄
Thank you, thank you!
Good tips. Thanks.
pls do more videos about how to use curves
Too much space on top = my mother-in-law
I always ask her if she's seeing a ghost up there, but who knows.
great vid!
really good video, and btw i love your looks
Thanks for the tips!
First i just wanna say thanks for the great tips and lastly, I LOVE YOUR DRESS. ❤️
Thank you!
Thank you 😊
What is your preferred editing software? I use both LR and PS, and prefer PS. Would you recommend doing certain edits in LR and others in PS?
Really thanks!