This is what I call content! This video filmed in a random boring room was more entertaining to me then videos where people are traveling the world with exotic cars but can’t story tell or talk well to the camera . Great video man, cheers !
Exactly because material or shiny objects don’t mean depth; there’s depth here even if there isn’t any interesting objects. The depth of such things good storytelling is what at the core makes good content everything else is to either enhance it or make it more easier for your content to be digested
Haha absolutely... I thought it was a three minutes video but it was ten and I usually feel the other way around. This guy knows how to tell a ‘story’... very refreshing after the UA-cam mainstream 😀
Totally. The takeaway from thus video: Recently, very moron who buys a nice camera thinks they have something interesting to say; this guy is actually entertaining and has real pertinent info, so the techs aren't as important.
Im guilty of this myself, but I have to say, these might be the truest words ever spoken in the UA-cam photography community. I was just thinking about this the other day while shooting in direct sunlight at f1.4 with my variable ND filter maxed out. We’ve all been instructed by the internet that shallow DOF = “professional” and we’ve thrown every other principal of photography out the window.
Agreed, a photo with shallow DOF doesn’t mean that it’s professional and if its true that you need shallow DOF in your photo to be professional then all the landscape photographer would be dead cuz they don’t have money to buy food shallow DOF is just a thing that professional will occasionally use as a tool to create a good photo some photographer use it less than other while some use it more than other for example a landscape photographer mostly avoid shallow DOF because the background is the subject on the other side of the fence we have a portrait photographer who use shallow DOF all the time and might even get a 10 stop filter to shoot in bright sunlight, shallow DOF doesn’t make a photo good instantly you still need to compose and expose it correctly but it doesn’t mean that that photographer who relied on shallow DOF is a bad photographer cuz he can’t find another way to isolate the subject and in the end shallow DOF is just a tool that’s use to isolate the subject and the people on the internet who says that shallow DOF = “professional” well I can’t blame them cuz that is the easiest way to isolate the subject and they’re trying to teach beginner here those guy wouldn’t know right away how to isolate the subject so shallow DOF got taught a lot cuz it’s the easiest way to isolate the subject
I won't lie, I subbed to your channel within 2 minutes of this. A fresh change compared to the quasi-acted, super polished channels out there. Keep up the good work, you natural looking entertaining person you.
Sage advice. As a recovering bokeholic, these are some very helpful words of wisdom. It's taken some time to not automatically compare m43 glass to FF, but slowly, one day at a time, I'm able to get it out of my mind... the bokeh I'm missing out on. Some days I feel like I'm not missing it at all. Other times I'll remove the lens and cup it in my hand near the body of the camera and get in real close just to get a little taste of that oh so sweet bokeh that I've been mentally poisoned with, addicted to. I remind myself that the IBIS more than makes up for the two stops of reduced high ISO performance, and the smaller and slower lenses more than make up for the clunkyness of my previous system, but then devil rears his ugly head and plants himself firmly on my shoulder and whispers "anything worth shooting is worth shooting with larger, more superior gear" but I brush him off, and click my silent shutter and smile.
Foreground/background separation is far more important in still photography because all subjects in the photo are static so you use depth of field to control how the viewer's eye is drawn throughout the image. In videography the moving subjects and moving frame do that heavy lifting you.
Blurry backgrounds were sought after because that was a look we associated with movies. It became possible to shoot video with a shallow depth of field when the Canon 5D Mark II came out, and that's when blurry backgrounds became all the rage. People didn't seem to realize that movies rarely had any scenes shot at apertures wider than T4, and they would usually only shoot that fast if they needed to. The shallow depth of field look was largely incidental in the movie world; a consequence of shooting with 35mm film which required large apertures. It wasn't a look they went out of their way to achieve. Actually, for decades, filmmakers were trying to come up with ways to get a _deeper_ depth of field so they could have as much visual information in a single image as possible, so they came up with things like split diopters (which are almost never used anymore), and composite shots. It's kind of like lens flare. Filmmakers and photographers were trying to get rid of it up until we decided it looked cool.
True, but in movie production, you typically influence every element in the frame (if possible). That’s not possible for people who vlog and such. So having a shallow depth of field makes it possible to make distractions less distracting. That’s generally a good thing. But ever since I got into cameras I noticed too that in movies, you often have a pretty deep depth of field and in a well-composed shot that’s AWESOME. Important to realize for sure. My takeaway? Try to get as good a composition as possible. And set your aperture to what you NEED, not what you HAVE. I’ve had to learn it the hard way, using a full frame camera and f/1.8 lenses. There is such a thing as too little depth of field and it looks STUPID when you make that mistake.
This is absolutely HYSTERICAL. Like a trainwreck I couldn’t stop watching. Subscribed. “A little less cause the top flew off and I taped it with duct tape”. Great stuff
I am your Fellow Citizen, and I started skipping school to decontextualise my scene when I was a teenager. My pop had a cabinet full of Sigma ART lenses, each one bigger than the last. "Do as I say, not as I do." We thought we could handle it. Then after a particularly black Friday, combined with duty-free and some Monday cybernetics, we found a Sigma ART 105mm f/1.4 in the cabinet. With a big grin, we took it to a very low-light and very cluttered party with some girls who could pass for models as long as you used a 90mm or better equivalent focal range. Ended up arrested in the park and sent to hospital to get our backgrounds panoramically re-inserted (though we couldn't actually tell where we were in either case.) All we could see were blue and red orbs of light, first with lots of chromatic noise, later with blown highlights. It was all a blur. This vlog saved my life. Every day is a struggle, but I've had context, definition and relationality now for one week, two days, two hours and forty-four minutes. It's liberating. Thank you Kasey, Micro Four Thirds, and wide, compact lenses. And kids, watch out for Kazuto Yamaki. Can we really trust someone who gets royalties from every single "bokeh ball"?
Wow, those thailand days are around when I found your channel. I miss those vlogs. Maybe I'll hit up a few. Love the content, dude! Thanks for all the laughs!
Brendan van Son Love your channel Brendan! I would say you were the most relaxed doing your vlogs with ur GoPro. Then you moved to A6500 and now to R. Did you notice that you shoot less because of the camera? Did it move away from a spontaneous shoot to set up and gear? And did it ever impede you from shooting when you wanted? Keep up the good work!
For some reason, I found it interesting, so I ended up watching the whole video. I often find it odd that some photographers with their model take a lot of effort and risk to come to a location, and blur out the background completely. They could have done that in the backyard.
This is one of the best responses to blurry backgrounds (shallow DOF used in amazing places that will wipe out the characteristics of the location completely almost). Also, since SO many photographers use it, many pictures and video's look all the same. Model, forrest or park and a f1.2 or f1.4 lens. And then everyone is going like "I looooove the model shot with the blurry background" (on FB portrait photography forums the pictures AND the replies are almost duplicated time after time after time). Every model looks great almost when shot wide open lenses but it does not really have to do with the creativity of the photographer.
so right. I have been researching lenses for a while and I almost got sucked into the expensive 1.2's, 1.4's ext.. Then I thought why are people going to great locations saying that all these wide open lenses are the best, when essentially I can paint colors on a background canvas in a studio and get similar photos. It just doesn't make sense. People are getting so caught on the style concept (like getting a new pair on Jordan's just because others want it), but photography is more than style, it is context and content. (those photos last the test of time) In a few years getting so much blur might be viewed as sloppy in some ways.
When you have viewers pausing the video to check if the actual way to feed an owl is to throw up in your mouth, swallow it, then feed the owl after. That's when you know you have succeeded on UA-cam.
We have a slogan in Poland: "Więcej sprzętu niż talentu". It means "More gear than talent (skill)" and this is very accurate when it comes to photo/video dudes. Nice video!
You have no idea how much I needed this today. I’ve spent easily 6 hours chasing tech finding the right package for my vlogs, for that buttery blurry background of my desk! Stick with the iPhone! This video is pure brilliance buddy! Loved it! And you’ve saved me a fortune!!!!!!!
The entire population of the WORLD most see this video, people are insane this days, it's like a race, shooting videos in 8K to post in UA-cam. You're a genius.
as a newbie in the world of photography, before buying my first camera, i was checking one of your comparison videos (gopro vs sony i guess) I was surprised to see everyone praising the quality of sony while the gopro had everything in focus.. which was to me better or at least that's what I thought, like why would anyone prefer blurry background i thought. don't you want to share more. fast forward few weeks and i got my first mirrorless camera and got caught in the bokeh and subject isolation. i was checking fast lenses which are heavier and pricier, then it occurred to my mind who gives a sh*t about bokeh and i found this video and it makes so much sense. yes, subject isolation is great and useful especially for professional photographers but I should enjoy my light kit which after all i use it when traveling so i should take great wide non blurry shots of my travel destinations.
I am your Fellow Citizen, and I started skipping school to decontextualise my scene when I was a teenager. My pop had a cabinet full of Sigma ART lenses, each one bigger than the last. "Do as I say, not as I do." We thought we could handle it. Then after a particularly black Friday, combined with duty-free and some Monday cybernetics, we found a Sigma ART 105mm f/1.4 in the cabinet. With a big grin, we took it to a very low-light and very cluttered party with some girls who could pass for models as long as you used a 90mm or better equivalent focal range. Ended up arrested in the park and sent to hospital to get our backgrounds panoramically re-inserted (though we couldn't actually tell where we were in either case.) All we could see were blue and red orbs of light, first with lots of chromatic noise, later with blown highlights. It was all a blur. This vlog saved my life. Every day is a struggle, but I've had context, definition and relationality now for one week, two days, two hours and forty-four minutes. It's liberating. Thank you Kasey, Micro Four Thirds, and wide, compact lenses. And kids, watch out for Kazuto Yamaki. Can we really trust someone who gets royalties from every single "bokeh ball"?
I laughed so hard during this whole video. Thank you for this. Here I was filming runs on my smartphone, dreaming of a blurry background sometime in the future as I upgrade...but it's pointless, people who watch trail running videos want to see the trails, not my giant head in a blurry forest.
It did ... his dialog, the humor, and the story suddenly became way better .. but just for the moment he was at f/1.4 .. then everything went back to mediocre. Love Camera Conpiracies.
If you are not vlogging, and just doing video on a tripod of another subject and can pull focus, then an unstabilized fast prime can do wonders, especially in low light.
@@thehiarchiallyposessedghos9881 yeah youre right. but not for those who hold their camera in their hands backwards, filming themselves while walking. its so bad
I’m currently in a twelve step program to ween myself off the insatiable desire for blurry backgrounds. I certainly appreciate your insight and perspective on this terrible addiction. I hope to one day be like you but for now am just taking it a day at a time. Keep up the good fight👍
this was pretty good. it is true there is a disease spreading among videographers where gear obsession is completely overshadowing the message. it's super weird.
I recently packed for my vacation. I had more camera gear than underwear. The background was blurry but I lacked underpants. I'm changing my ways... i'll do a video about this. NO BLUR.
Dude, finally!!!! I was waiting for this time you finally realise that you already have all you need. G85 is great + that Sony X3000 is a mirracle. You got your content, you are the mister of story telling :) Keep it real dude!
Subscribed. Ironically I learnt about your channel because Markus Pix mentioned and we know the good Markus loves the blurry background. Love and peace to both of you.
This really resonated with me. It's so exciting to explore that blurry background when you're first getting into photo and video. I do like the fast lenses for that low light capability but other than that I usually shoot at f4 on a full frame. Appreciate ya for these vids. They always make me chuckle.
i don't give a poop about blurry background, but i give a poop about good dynamic range and ISO so that is why good wide open aperture is always welcome.. M4/3 images are too flat imo..
Shallow depth of field is for storytelling purposes. If you need to isolate a specific object etc. Secondly it's good if you are on a location or set with a very busy background and you need to put it out of focus a bit so it doesnt take to much attention from the subject. Storytelling is about focusing the audience on the important part of the story/emotion. Yes blurry background is not necessary for vlogging. Good sound and light camera rig is ideal for that purpose. And long battery life. At home you can have a special setup with preset lighting and background etc so it's right the way you want it.
Spontaneous Richard in the woods made me giggle. And you're so right, I feel more relaxed shooting outside with a smaller camera. I only use shallow depth of field at home to hide the crap that accumulates on my desk 🤣
Thanks, I was going to buy a new camera with bigger sensor (X-T3 or A7III) but not going to do that after watching this video, at least not for now as long as my present camera (EM5 ii) is working fine for me.
this video gives out a very strong message about determination. this guy has no pc no lights no luxuries but he still makes videos and uploads them frequently.
Someone asked recently: "When did the background become more important than the foreground?" (I think it was Rob Trek) I think it might have something to do with selling fat-assed expensive glass to pixel peepers.
I think you are right. There are a few situations where I like the full frame sensor, mostly for the wider fov coz my shortest lens is 28mm but the massive bokeh I think the only real advantage comes into play when you shoot products, maybe car porn or something. The other useful scenario is when shooting like super low budget shorts where you have bad looking locations and there is no way to change it then you can quickly blur it out. But honestly, if you shoot a movie you should spend the time to chose your locations carefully. IMO the sweet spot is somewhere between MFT and APS-C and that is more or less where regular 35mm film was playing, super16 was even smaller than MFT and it looked cool.
This all happened because we allowed photographers to teach us video on the Canon 5df Mk II. You have spoken the truth my friend. Keep on the downgrade, we'll be there with you pumping the breaks.
@@MidsierramusingBlogspot yep thats where I got the quote from lol the.original skit was so funny. I could never hear that song the same way again once your listening for the cow bell.
I get gangster bokeh from a $40 manual Minolta md lens and my used Sony A7s I got for $700. I ain’t nervous taking it out. I make mini masterpieces w that thing. And a bunch on cheap, old glass. If I want anamorphic, I plan for it in the filming phase, then I just slap some black bars in post. Bam.
You're so right, it's the personality that matters, not the background. This video was a good example: your background is shit but I still watched the entire video because you are quite entertaining to watch.
Best video I've seen in a long time! Love it and the premise. I dumped 30 pounds of Canon L lenses and 5D bodies 5 years ago and switched to M43.... no regrets.
You’re natural in your funniness. You don’t seem to be even trying to be funny. You just are like a natural comedian with content. You’re a gem among the vloggers
The first time I saw one of your videos you were walking around in a camera store trying to XT3 for clogging, and I was like “No, thanks.” Then I saw some of the videos were you are talking more and letting loose your own thoughts like a stream of consciousness thing - and I love your humour and your perspective! Subbed!
Panasonic does it right. They blur the subject and make the background nice and sharp.
Haha...Almost spit out my coffee.
LOL! The perfect vlogging system for my mug!
Lol
Hahahahahaha
omg 2 true!
My wife left me over blurry backgrounds and hard drinking... maybe it was more the hard drinking... but the backgrounds were blurry...
"Threw up in my mouth, swallowed it, then went to feed an owl because that's how you feed them" LMFAO!!!!!
So funny!
Best part is that it seemed non scripted. I guess he never script anything, but that's what makes these vlogs so good :)
You're not the only one lol! I literally laughed out loud!
"Threw up in my mouth, swallowed it , then went to go feed it to the owl because thats how you feed them". 🤣🤣😂😅
Anybody can buy a blurry background, but your comedic styling? That stuff is one of a kind gold!
This is what I call content! This video filmed in a random boring room was more entertaining to me then videos where people are traveling the world with exotic cars but can’t story tell or talk well to the camera . Great video man, cheers !
I agree. His content and metaphors beats any 3000$ camera.
Exactly because material or shiny objects don’t mean depth; there’s depth here even if there isn’t any interesting objects. The depth of such things good storytelling is what at the core makes good content everything else is to either enhance it or make it more easier for your content to be digested
Haha absolutely... I thought it was a three minutes video but it was ten and I usually feel the other way around. This guy knows how to tell a ‘story’... very refreshing after the UA-cam mainstream 😀
editing goes a long way too. I like how this video was cut.
Totally. The takeaway from thus video: Recently, very moron who buys a nice camera thinks they have something interesting to say; this guy is actually entertaining and has real pertinent info, so the techs aren't as important.
Alternate title for this video - Toney: prelude
Im guilty of this myself, but I have to say, these might be the truest words ever spoken in the UA-cam photography community. I was just thinking about this the other day while shooting in direct sunlight at f1.4 with my variable ND filter maxed out. We’ve all been instructed by the internet that shallow DOF = “professional” and we’ve thrown every other principal of photography out the window.
Truth
Totally agree with you
Agreed, a photo with shallow DOF doesn’t mean that it’s professional and if its true that you need shallow DOF in your photo to be professional then all the landscape photographer would be dead cuz they don’t have money to buy food shallow DOF is just a thing that professional will occasionally use as a tool to create a good photo some photographer use it less than other while some use it more than other for example a landscape photographer mostly avoid shallow DOF because the background is the subject on the other side of the fence we have a portrait photographer who use shallow DOF all the time and might even get a 10 stop filter to shoot in bright sunlight, shallow DOF doesn’t make a photo good instantly you still need to compose and expose it correctly but it doesn’t mean that that photographer who relied on shallow DOF is a bad photographer cuz he can’t find another way to isolate the subject and in the end shallow DOF is just a tool that’s use to isolate the subject and the people on the internet who says that shallow DOF = “professional” well I can’t blame them cuz that is the easiest way to isolate the subject and they’re trying to teach beginner here those guy wouldn’t know right away how to isolate the subject so shallow DOF got taught a lot cuz it’s the easiest way to isolate the subject
Yeap
I won't lie, I subbed to your channel within 2 minutes of this. A fresh change compared to the quasi-acted, super polished channels out there. Keep up the good work, you natural looking entertaining person you.
Watch him on his Vegetable Police channel.. hours of pure entertainment!
underrated comment
@@asafnisan i still check out his videos from time to time. Top shelf material and satire :D
Perfect antidote for all the tech reviewers being paid to tell you what gear you need.
I love this channel, what an antidote to all the other camera channels
Sage advice. As a recovering bokeholic, these are some very helpful words of wisdom. It's taken some time to not automatically compare m43 glass to FF, but slowly, one day at a time, I'm able to get it out of my mind... the bokeh I'm missing out on. Some days I feel like I'm not missing it at all. Other times I'll remove the lens and cup it in my hand near the body of the camera and get in real close just to get a little taste of that oh so sweet bokeh that I've been mentally poisoned with, addicted to. I remind myself that the IBIS more than makes up for the two stops of reduced high ISO performance, and the smaller and slower lenses more than make up for the clunkyness of my previous system, but then devil rears his ugly head and plants himself firmly on my shoulder and whispers "anything worth shooting is worth shooting with larger, more superior gear" but I brush him off, and click my silent shutter and smile.
Brutally underrated channel
Check out his Vegetable Police channel. Hours of pure gold entertainment!
We'll be able to say - we liked this channel (before it was cool.)
This level of irony is not for the masses.
I always come to this guy so he sets me straight. Thanks dude.
Chilupii!! jajajj, que gracioso encontrarte acá, me encantan tus videos ;))
He made me relax and think. It’s ok.
Rodri Salto jaja si!!
"don't *focus* on that blurry background"
So... keep it blurry?
Genius.
7:56 did it for me. lol
Foreground/background separation is far more important in still photography because all subjects in the photo are static so you use depth of field to control how the viewer's eye is drawn throughout the image. In videography the moving subjects and moving frame do that heavy lifting you.
Blurry backgrounds were sought after because that was a look we associated with movies. It became possible to shoot video with a shallow depth of field when the Canon 5D Mark II came out, and that's when blurry backgrounds became all the rage.
People didn't seem to realize that movies rarely had any scenes shot at apertures wider than T4, and they would usually only shoot that fast if they needed to. The shallow depth of field look was largely incidental in the movie world; a consequence of shooting with 35mm film which required large apertures. It wasn't a look they went out of their way to achieve. Actually, for decades, filmmakers were trying to come up with ways to get a _deeper_ depth of field so they could have as much visual information in a single image as possible, so they came up with things like split diopters (which are almost never used anymore), and composite shots.
It's kind of like lens flare. Filmmakers and photographers were trying to get rid of it up until we decided it looked cool.
True, but in movie production, you typically influence every element in the frame (if possible). That’s not possible for people who vlog and such. So having a shallow depth of field makes it possible to make distractions less distracting. That’s generally a good thing. But ever since I got into cameras I noticed too that in movies, you often have a pretty deep depth of field and in a well-composed shot that’s AWESOME. Important to realize for sure. My takeaway? Try to get as good a composition as possible. And set your aperture to what you NEED, not what you HAVE. I’ve had to learn it the hard way, using a full frame camera and f/1.8 lenses. There is such a thing as too little depth of field and it looks STUPID when you make that mistake.
This is absolutely HYSTERICAL. Like a trainwreck I couldn’t stop watching. Subscribed.
“A little less cause the top flew off and I taped it with duct tape”. Great stuff
He's like the Bob Ross of camera gear.😂 I love it
just add condenser mic.
My new favorite channel, well other than Peter, cuz his background is more blurrier
Try his Vegetable Police channel. Even better!
I am your Fellow Citizen, and I started skipping school to decontextualise my scene when I was a teenager. My pop had a cabinet full of Sigma ART lenses, each one bigger than the last. "Do as I say, not as I do." We thought we could handle it.
Then after a particularly black Friday, combined with duty-free and some Monday cybernetics, we found a Sigma ART 105mm f/1.4 in the cabinet. With a big grin, we took it to a very low-light and very cluttered party with some girls who could pass for models as long as you used a 90mm or better equivalent focal range.
Ended up arrested in the park and sent to hospital to get our backgrounds panoramically re-inserted (though we couldn't actually tell where we were in either case.) All we could see were blue and red orbs of light, first with lots of chromatic noise, later with blown highlights. It was all a blur.
This vlog saved my life.
Every day is a struggle, but I've had context, definition and relationality now for one week, two days, two hours and forty-four minutes. It's liberating. Thank you Kasey, Micro Four Thirds, and wide, compact lenses.
And kids, watch out for Kazuto Yamaki. Can we really trust someone who gets royalties from every single "bokeh ball"?
You saved me brother...
I was about to fall in this blurry background trap
Wow, those thailand days are around when I found your channel. I miss those vlogs. Maybe I'll hit up a few.
Love the content, dude! Thanks for all the laughs!
Haha, I love the comment about the mini-helicopter. So funny. :D And, yes, you're spot on regarding a lot of your commentary RE low depth of field.
BVS in the house!
And wasn’t your shot on the Sony that?
Brendan van Son Love your channel Brendan! I would say you were the most relaxed doing your vlogs with ur GoPro. Then you moved to A6500 and now to R. Did you notice that you shoot less because of the camera? Did it move away from a spontaneous shoot to set up and gear? And did it ever impede you from shooting when you wanted? Keep up the good work!
love your photography but your vlogging setup is too heavy .
😂😂😂😂
UA-cam algorithm is one of the nicer Greek Gods I have met in my life
For some reason, I found it interesting, so I ended up watching the whole video. I often find it odd that some photographers with their model take a lot of effort and risk to come to a location, and blur out the background completely. They could have done that in the backyard.
Spot on lol
This is one of the best responses to blurry backgrounds (shallow DOF used in amazing places that will wipe out the characteristics of the location completely almost). Also, since SO many photographers use it, many pictures and video's look all the same. Model, forrest or park and a f1.2 or f1.4 lens. And then everyone is going like "I looooove the model shot with the blurry background" (on FB portrait photography forums the pictures AND the replies are almost duplicated time after time after time). Every model looks great almost when shot wide open lenses but it does not really have to do with the creativity of the photographer.
@@JorisMaas I agree those types of comments are vacuous and idiotic as dudes commenting on the endless, overproduced Model Mayhem profiles
so right. I have been researching lenses for a while and I almost got sucked into the expensive 1.2's, 1.4's ext.. Then I thought why are people going to great locations saying that all these wide open lenses are the best, when essentially I can paint colors on a background canvas in a studio and get similar photos. It just doesn't make sense. People are getting so caught on the style concept (like getting a new pair on Jordan's just because others want it), but photography is more than style, it is context and content. (those photos last the test of time) In a few years getting so much blur might be viewed as sloppy in some ways.
@@JorisMaas >>but it does not really have to do with the creativity of the photographer.
“Share you life. Share your message!” 😍
When you have viewers pausing the video to check if the actual way to feed an owl is to throw up in your mouth, swallow it, then feed the owl after. That's when you know you have succeeded on UA-cam.
Working in the Daz 3D space, I've yet to activate depth of field. Blurry backgrounds are the last things I want to master.
We have a slogan in Poland: "Więcej sprzętu niż talentu". It means "More gear than talent (skill)" and this is very accurate when it comes to photo/video dudes. Nice video!
In England we say 'All the gear but no idea'
You have no idea how much I needed this today. I’ve spent easily 6 hours chasing tech finding the right package for my vlogs, for that buttery blurry background of my desk!
Stick with the iPhone!
This video is pure brilliance buddy! Loved it! And you’ve saved me a fortune!!!!!!!
The entire population of the WORLD most see this video, people are insane this days, it's like a race, shooting videos in 8K to post in UA-cam. You're a genius.
as a newbie in the world of photography, before buying my first camera, i was checking one of your comparison videos (gopro vs sony i guess) I was surprised to see everyone praising the quality of sony while the gopro had everything in focus.. which was to me better or at least that's what I thought, like why would anyone prefer blurry background i thought. don't you want to share more. fast forward few weeks and i got my first mirrorless camera and got caught in the bokeh and subject isolation. i was checking fast lenses which are heavier and pricier, then it occurred to my mind who gives a sh*t about bokeh and i found this video and it makes so much sense. yes, subject isolation is great and useful especially for professional photographers but I should enjoy my light kit which after all i use it when traveling so i should take great wide non blurry shots of my travel destinations.
Stop telling the truth... You're making me feel bad.
This is oddly compelling.
Should we start a Blurry Backgrounds Anonymous? The B.B.A. Meets on Tuesday nights, bring your friend with too much gear...
Wait, I'm that friend.
Christopher Burress laughs in no gear at all
Ya' see, there's this guy I know who has a problem...
I am your Fellow Citizen, and I started skipping school to decontextualise my scene when I was a teenager. My pop had a cabinet full of Sigma ART lenses, each one bigger than the last. "Do as I say, not as I do." We thought we could handle it.
Then after a particularly black Friday, combined with duty-free and some Monday cybernetics, we found a Sigma ART 105mm f/1.4 in the cabinet. With a big grin, we took it to a very low-light and very cluttered party with some girls who could pass for models as long as you used a 90mm or better equivalent focal range.
Ended up arrested in the park and sent to hospital to get our backgrounds panoramically re-inserted (though we couldn't actually tell where we were in either case.) All we could see were blue and red orbs of light, first with lots of chromatic noise, later with blown highlights. It was all a blur.
This vlog saved my life.
Every day is a struggle, but I've had context, definition and relationality now for one week, two days, two hours and forty-four minutes. It's liberating. Thank you Kasey, Micro Four Thirds, and wide, compact lenses.
And kids, watch out for Kazuto Yamaki. Can we really trust someone who gets royalties from every single "bokeh ball"?
@@fellowcitizen "Hi, I'm Bill." "Hi Bill." "I haven't shot anything with Bokeh for 2 weeks."
"Don't focus so much on that blurry backround" - Genius
I laughed so hard during this whole video. Thank you for this. Here I was filming runs on my smartphone, dreaming of a blurry background sometime in the future as I upgrade...but it's pointless, people who watch trail running videos want to see the trails, not my giant head in a blurry forest.
Maybe they want to see your blurry head and a sharp forest...things that make you go hmmm
Smartphones do deform your face quite a bit though.
Haha, spot on! No one ever complained about my photos not being blurry enough.
A massive truth bomb! Well done! (you're really not going going to be popular on many camera forums!)
Agree, mate so true !!!!!! Blurr background = very expensive lens, not background = dosn’t matter cheap and fun
f/1.4 made the video way better.
Lol u serious?
it did. made his face look human and relaxed. before, he looked kinda sweaty and thailand creepy guy...okay thats too much, ill let myself out!@@p0rel
It did ... his dialog, the humor, and the story suddenly became way better .. but just for the moment he was at f/1.4 .. then everything went back to mediocre. Love Camera Conpiracies.
Due to me upgrading my system from water to scotch 2.8 my viewpoints are way too blurry
Guillaume LeDique Ha! Agua con gas to vino tinto. Same problem 😆
But ... Toneh?
Your blog is like stand-up comedy of gear 😂😂😂. Awesome
Just like his Vegetable Police channel... Pure gold comedy!
this was your best colour science, soft sharpens, light and hairstyle.
Just upgraded my fz300 ($400) to the gh5s ($3000). 5% better for 8 times the price, I hate myself! 🤗
gh5s is a dream congrats, if we put as much time into this might as well spend more... and it's way more than 5% better overall
😂😂
you can send it to me
If you paid 3k for a gh5s you played yourself. Brand new online for 2,300. Some of them even with kits for a little cheaper.
@@lillwi6968 Even Best Buy sells the GH5s for 2,399.99. there are a lot of gray market shops, but that doesn't mean you need to overpay.
"don't focus that much on that blurry background..." killed me.... :)
I was thinking of upgrading my camera for vlogging, but now I'm just gonna keep using my canon g7x :D
Thank the maker, finally an anti Peter McKinnon style & content video. Subscribed.
Watching Peter make me feel poor to be a filmmaker.
From now on, unstabilized fast primes should be referred to as "owl feeding lenses".
If you are not vlogging, and just doing video on a tripod of another subject and can pull focus, then an unstabilized fast prime can do wonders, especially in low light.
@@thehiarchiallyposessedghos9881 yeah youre right. but not for those who hold their camera in their hands backwards, filming themselves while walking. its so bad
Someone said that once you start using f/8 and beyond, then all the magic happens. Don't remember who said it but it was someone on a youtube video.
I’m currently in a twelve step program to ween myself off the insatiable desire for blurry backgrounds. I certainly appreciate your insight and perspective on this terrible addiction. I hope to one day be like you but for now am just taking it a day at a time. Keep up the good fight👍
“Oh my God, im on tv!”
Its like “No, you’re in a little action cam. Calm down”
😂😂😂
Mangotouch 😂😂
this was pretty good. it is true there is a disease spreading among videographers where gear obsession is completely overshadowing the message. it's super weird.
I recently packed for my vacation. I had more camera gear than underwear. The background was blurry but I lacked underpants. I'm changing my ways... i'll do a video about this. NO BLUR.
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Dude, finally!!!! I was waiting for this time you finally realise that you already have all you need. G85 is great + that Sony X3000 is a mirracle. You got your content, you are the mister of story telling :) Keep it real
dude!
I'm from 4 years in the future. You haven't aged...
Still relevant now...
Subscribed. Ironically I learnt about your channel because Markus Pix mentioned and we know the good Markus loves the blurry background. Love and peace to both of you.
This really resonated with me. It's so exciting to explore that blurry background when you're first getting into photo and video. I do like the fast lenses for that low light capability but other than that I usually shoot at f4 on a full frame. Appreciate ya for these vids. They always make me chuckle.
i don't give a poop about blurry background, but i give a poop about good dynamic range and ISO so that is why good wide open aperture is always welcome.. M4/3 images are too flat imo..
I for one, am a Bokeh Rights card carrying member, and find this video offensive. I'm taking my shaky Bokeh ball and going home.
Shallow depth of field is for storytelling purposes. If you need to isolate a specific object etc. Secondly it's good if you are on a location or set with a very busy background and you need to put it out of focus a bit so it doesnt take to much attention from the subject.
Storytelling is about focusing the audience on the important part of the story/emotion.
Yes blurry background is not necessary for vlogging. Good sound and light camera rig is ideal for that purpose. And long battery life.
At home you can have a special setup with preset lighting and background etc so it's right the way you want it.
Spontaneous Richard in the woods made me giggle. And you're so right, I feel more relaxed shooting outside with a smaller camera. I only use shallow depth of field at home to hide the crap that accumulates on my desk 🤣
"Your personality pulls them in, the background pulls them out." I think you just created my favorite quote.
Uh... Sometimes you need a 1.8 for low light scenarios.
I have 3.5 and the ISO compensate it very well. But its noisy though.
Some of us need f 1.2 for low light.
This, its not always about the blurry background, we need to be able to film in low light.
Thanks, I was going to buy a new camera with bigger sensor (X-T3 or A7III) but not going to do that after watching this video, at least not for now as long as my present camera (EM5 ii) is working fine for me.
This video is literally a wake up call. Thank you 🫶🏼
Please take my subscribers ! You deserve them more than me !
lol 🤣
mine too
No he would blur the world out
He's even more popular on his Vegetable Police channel. Check it out!
Finding your channel has been the best thing today. Such amazing content and the jokes are just so well timed.
I can’t believe it’s butter. This guy actually makes sense
this video gives out a very strong message about determination. this guy has no pc no lights no luxuries but he still makes videos and uploads them frequently.
Someone asked recently: "When did the background become more important than the foreground?" (I think it was Rob Trek) I think it might have something to do with selling fat-assed expensive glass to pixel peepers.
Bob Ross of video making, no doubt. Keep the very good work!!!
I used to subscribe to Netflix. Then I found CC's videos with all their theatrical content. So, I canceled my Netflix.
Oh but you need to check out his Vegetable Police channel. I am addicted to it, seriously.
I think you are right. There are a few situations where I like the full frame sensor, mostly for the wider fov coz my shortest lens is 28mm but the massive bokeh I think the only real advantage comes into play when you shoot products, maybe car porn or something. The other useful scenario is when shooting like super low budget shorts where you have bad looking locations and there is no way to change it then you can quickly blur it out. But honestly, if you shoot a movie you should spend the time to chose your locations carefully. IMO the sweet spot is somewhere between MFT and APS-C and that is more or less where regular 35mm film was playing, super16 was even smaller than MFT and it looked cool.
“ It’s all about content” you certainly have that.
Nail on head again.
This all happened because we allowed photographers to teach us video on the Canon 5df Mk II. You have spoken the truth my friend. Keep on the downgrade, we'll be there with you pumping the breaks.
I've talked myself out of it.. That's glorious. Excellent.!
When I talk myself out of it, it's because the wife is involved...
I try my best to keep my background in frame as sharp to show whats going on in the background!
I got a fever and the only perscription is more blurry backround!
I thought we needed more cow bells
@@MidsierramusingBlogspot yep thats where I got the quote from lol the.original skit was so funny. I could never hear that song the same way again once your listening for the cow bell.
😂😂 you are by far the most entertaining photodude. Good work? Thank you and best regards from Germany
this guy is a white Dave Chapelle
Yes!
Exactly what I thought!
He's funny as hell. This is that first video I see of him. 😂
SHIT. thats so on point god damn
I was looking for that comment
I like blurry face and tack sharp background...it's good to use them in confessions
“You needed it, you needed it more than anyone has ever needed it in their life” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I get gangster bokeh from a $40 manual Minolta md lens and my used Sony A7s I got for $700. I ain’t nervous taking it out.
I make mini masterpieces w that thing. And a bunch on cheap, old glass.
If I want anamorphic, I plan for it in the filming phase, then I just slap some black bars in post. Bam.
Oh damn, dude you’re hilarious as hell! Couldn’t stop laughing.
An entire video on blurry backgrounds and not a single mention of toneh. WTF!!!
When you were like "oh, shit, it got better, didn't it?" I laughed out loud and scared my cat. 🤣
Good video but I found the background too blurry.
Which of your videos is the one with the soft box setup you showed @ 6:29?
When to use blurry backgrounds: Whenever you want.
When not to use blurry backgrounds: Whenever you don't want.
The only real answer. "Do whatever you want".
This is like finding a time capsule from the days before the world knew about toneh! 😂
You're so right, it's the personality that matters, not the background. This video was a good example: your background is shit but I still watched the entire video because you are quite entertaining to watch.
“The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.”
-Chuck Palahniuk
Best video I've seen in a long time! Love it and the premise. I dumped 30 pounds of Canon L lenses and 5D bodies 5 years ago and switched to M43.... no regrets.
You’re natural in your funniness. You don’t seem to be even trying to be funny. You just are like a natural comedian with content. You’re a gem among the vloggers
I have the Nocticron f1.2 and I can't get it to focus on anything
The first time I saw one of your videos you were walking around in a camera store trying to XT3 for clogging, and I was like “No, thanks.”
Then I saw some of the videos were you are talking more and letting loose your own thoughts like a stream of consciousness thing - and I love your humour and your perspective! Subbed!
Thanksgiving video dinner 🤣
Is that about Vegan Gains' tofurkey sadness video?
Delicious :)
Yeah that had me cracking up.
just found this site, OMG I feel his cynicism. He's my kinda vlogger, but way more intelligent than me.
Oh you're here!