6:35 - you only want stabilization off if you're using a tripod. Image stabilization is to counteract hand holding the camera. It has nothing to do with anything happening in the frame. Most people tend to "mash" the shutter button, causing camera shake. It's less prevalent at higher shutter speeds, but if you're panning / moving quickly, take every bit of help you can get! I shoot wildlife with a 150-600, luckily those lenses also have optical stabilization built in as well.
Thanks, I'm enjoying these. I'm a recent ex-wedding photographer and its really good understanding the little tweaks in settings. Like Image stabilisation, makes sense and thinking about it I can see why its not needed at 1/1250th or faster. A couple of tips I leant from weapons training that may help is if you bring your right leg up when lying down it takes the pressure off your chest and so your breathing disturbs your aim less. The other is if have both legs out, but spread them out (very lady like!) using your elbow as a platform it gives you a really solid platform and you can aim up or down by pushing or pulling on your toes!
Being able to see exactly what you see was super helpful, especially how you wait for the right moment to press the shutter instead of spray and pray the whole run.
Hi Jess, i just found your channel, and i have subscribed now...😊 I love your videos already and have saved this one, because i wanna watch over and over, all about your settings... I have only one question: what is your monitor...?? Thank you!
Hey, I am just catching up on all your videos and loving the amount i am learning from them. Thank you :) QQ on the settings, can i please ask what metering mode you are set to?
Thanks Jess, interesting to see you doing the action stuff and your settings. I must admit I didn’t think about the image stabilisation, it’s always on for me and it makes sense what you said so will play with that. Action shots are always part of my shoots and people love them . Thank you for sharing Nigel.
Thanks Jess - really enjoyed the video and picked up a lot from it that I can’t wait to try out. Turning off image stabilisation would never have crossed my mind but from your explanation I can see why. For the shots in the wood would you use matrix or spot metering? Thanks again👍
Fun shots. It's hard to pull detail out of black dogs and she did a nice job. I do this a lot for friends who run their dogs in dog sports. Everyone has to find what works for them, but I would not do this exactly this way. First, if you're using animal recognition, a larger focus target point works better. The camera will find focus on the dog, in fact it will find focus on the eye of the dog, so long as the dog is in the focus target area. Making the target focus area very small loses the advantage of the computational targeting because it's quite possible the eyes of the dog won't be in the target area.. Second, using the function where you capture the action before you press the shutter may help if you find yourself waiting too long to take the shot. I use 50 fps with maybe ten frames before the shutter press and fifteen after. If using this feature you might try locking focus about 10 meters before the critter is where I want the shot and press the shutter when they hit the spot. This isn't necessary by any means. I find it better to lock focus and start shooting a few meters before the dog hits the spot where I want the shot and then keep shooting till they are beyond it. If possible, and it usually is, I also set the focus limiter which makes the AF system's job easier. Agree with @michaelroach3553 that image stabilization won't confuse subject movement with camera shake. However, with a high shutter speed turning stabilization off shouldn't hurt anything. Also note that high ISO with animals is usually not an issue because noise in fur or feathers is almost never distracting.
Hi Jess, I'm catching up on all of your video's hahaha. So if I understand correctly.. you choose 1 steady small or medium focus point.. and within that point, you do use auto eye focus? I've had canon for years and always used the single focus and back button focus. Now I own a sonyA7iii (since a few months, so still learning to use it really) and just loving the eye auto focus, but mainly use it in the ' wide' focus area. I wonder why you chose the single focus point in combination with eye auto focus. ♥
Awesome Video! what is the best time in the day to do it in the forest like this? Sunset too late cause sun too low and trees? mid day? perhaps mid day and cloudy? thank you!!
I'm a beginner doing this as a hobby. Just gone from a mobile phone camera to a dslr Canon EOS 1200D. Also bought a Sigma 50mm, f1.4 as needed a fast lens. Not technically minded but managed to find great internet links, utube videos and visuals I can relate to. Just want to say your videos are by far the best of all I've found. They are great at putting things across clearly so beginners can also understand. Like yourself I love dog photography. Love your work. Your dogs are totally gorgeous, uplifting and so good it melts my heart! ❤️. Thank you 😁
Thank you so much for your kind words Amanda. They mean so much 🥰 All the best in your photography journey and I hope our content continues to help you 😊
Ah yes, I remembered seeing one of your videos on running dogs that talked about IS but wasn't sure which actual video it was or what you'd said, as I was concentrating more on the other bits. This video is just fabulous, as ever. Every time I rewatch your videos I seem to understand them more, as I gradually build up my knowledge. Thank you so much Jess for always replying to my questions in the grand scheme of how incredibly busy you must be, bless you. I do truly appreciate you being so inclusive to help beginners like myself. Xx
So usually, when you active either lens or camera stablization, it knocks the other one off (usually). In the case of action photography, you don't need any image stabilization enabled at all. Hope that helps!
@@ThatPhotographySpot Hope you don't mind me piggybacking off this comment - I've a Canon 6D and 70-200 f/4 which has no animal tracking and relatively slow autofocus even in servo mode - looking at yours focus near-instantly wherever you pointed it was enviable. Any tips for working with such a setup? I feel like many of my shots end up being of the tail end of the dog rather than the head (i.e. it's just not quite as quick to focus as the dog is to move!).
Thankyou so much as always. Although I do everything from your previous action video I had no idea about the image stabilisation being off so will definitely try that!!!
Great video! Completely on on a topic but I noticed a “cool” camera strap and I’m at the moment looking to purchase one. Does anyone know of a good , reliable strap to recommend? Thank you
Thankyou so much for this video! Mega helpful. Quick question, where are you focusing on during the log shot? It looked like on the log at first then the gorgeous Bryt. I struggle with focusing on this sort of shot as sometimes lens struggles to track speed of dog to capture when jumping to log. Maybe my kit thou too and me.
Hi Jess! I have a dumb question haha I know you mentioned that the screen on top of the camera is only used to show your setting, but it also looks like you are using it to shoot the photo when you are at such a low level? I have tried shooting at such a low angle and have trouble seeing my camera screen. Would you be able to recommend a monitor for a Nikon D3500 with a 70-200 f2.8 lens? Or just where I can find a monitor. All the ones I have found seem to be aimed specifically at video recording and I'm not sure if that's what I need? Appreciate all your information and great vidoes I really enjoy watching and have been bingeing for the past week or so lol
Hey! If you have a look for "Field Monitors" they do the same thing and are lots cheaper! I have to use the screen to look at the image because when we record the screen we can't use the viewfinder at all, which is a pain for me, but a field monitor would give you the same bigger screen view, just without the recording :)
Hello, I came across your video just trying to find equine event photography (which have few videos I must say) and I found your's really help, especially when you mentioned the image stabilisation. Many thanks.
Amazing…..just wanted to say thank you, I believe I decided what kind of photography I want to do yayyyy animals :) now just practice and get the right gear.
I have been blaming my camera for so long now (I have a Nikon D5500) and have been practising for so long and still can't get any decent shots with my dogs moving. We go to a freedom field every week and most times I take my camera with me. I have tried different lenses - Tamron 70-300, Sigma 70-300 (lent from a friend), my 35mm and a 55-200. I will be having another go this week after watching this video as you are so inspirational. I think that I may need to either a) invest in another camera that is more capable or b) invest in a 70-200mm lense? Any advise, hints or tips would be super appreciated 🥰
So I just found your video because I have a client that asked me if I could take some photos of the dogs running and jumping around just like you were doing in this video. And I told him I can’t promise of anything but I know it will get a couple good shots. So they gave me an example photo of the dog jumping over the log just like your last photo you took. And I pretty much have the same camera gear as you but was curious I have both the a7riv and the A9, and the 135mm gm and the tamron 70-180 f2.8, and the Sony 200-600g lenses. I am leaning more to the a9 for this session for its awesome auto focus tracking. But I wasn’t sure if I should go with the a7riv with its higher megapixels to get a more detailed shot. I am leading towards using the 135 mm GM but if there is enough light I might used to 200-600 G lens. But I’m worried if I use that lids I might have to go into ISO 2000 or 3000 to get the shutter speed high enough. The a7riv that iso will degrade the photos and I have not sure if the a9 can handle that iso with good enough quality for my clients. So I think I might stick with just 135 mm gm . So I think I will try just using both cameras and see which one gives me the best results. Their dogs are going to small as yours they got Labradoodles So it should be easier to track. All right great video just wondered what you might think I should do
Tried practising with the teddies, but the little sods just won't run. Still, easier to focus that way. I find: If you set up so you fill the frame, you won't amplify any noise at high ISO as much by cropping in. If you use a high ISO, you won't get as much noise as you would by using a lower ISO, underexposing a bit, then amplifying the noise by pulling back the exposure and or shadows.
This is another great video. I have to remember to turn off image stabilization. Your shots of Bryt are amazing. Is she closing in on her first birthday?
I don’t understand when I should press the back button focus to grab the focus, should I hold it from the dog is sitting down and all the way through when she’s running? Or press it with timing when the dog is where I want it to be and hope that I am able to move my focus point on her face/eye as I press it?
On anything other than a canon mirrorless, you can hold it from start to finish. On canon mirrorless, tap it only when you are about to take “the” shot and you’ll have much more success 👌
top tip on the sony A7riii if you set ISO to the wheel at the back of the camera its the only place when you change ISO you still keep the histogram and meter on the screen which I find very useful, such a great video📷💛🙏
I am a landscape photographer I do prefer sport photography when I get lazy to go out for landscaping. Currently I am using A7riii and I do have also 100-400gm. May I ask when camera did you use for this? Thanks. Really enjoyed this video.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback 🙏 I used a Sony A7riii. There's also a full list of the core kit we used below the video, hope that's helpful 😊
Hi, i came across your youtube channel as i have a dog and wanted to take better photos of him (8 month working cocker). Just wanted to say a big thank you for producing great content and taking the time to teach us all and passing on the knowledge of how you take excellent photos and vlogs. From a (Royal Marine) veteran, after serving 22yrs who has picked up a camera and started to do wildlife photography and one who has suffered with depression and sadness, i like the honesty you show in your videos, and how you came to where you are now. And that you also definitely make a difference. i just wanted to say again thank you. Don't let any trolls get to you, it just shows their weaknesses as a person :-)
Hi Tom, Firstly, thank you for such a lovely message. It makes it all worthwhile when people like you get in touch, and really does mean a lot to me. Glad to hear you've taken yup photography, and I really hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Secondly, BEAUTIFUL pup 🥰
I was really interested about the image stabilising I will try that, I am a dog boarder so like to get action shots of our clients dogs playing. We have a black lab stay and I find that the fur is way too dark and when lightened in LR becomes very noisy!! I think I am maybe using too high a iso and shutter speed. Thanks for sharing.
This is really helpful, thanks so much for posting! I was looking to splash on the Sony 70-200 2.8 because of the IS, but it makes complete sense what you said about using a lens without IS. Duh, why didn't I think of that? :) I feel a 135mm purchase coming on soon...!
Thanks Jess ..I am struggling to get good action photo's when its cloudy under thicker canopy ... I get loads of noise when I've gone down to ISO 400 ..2.8 and having to go down to 1//600 ish to capture my images are coming out quite grainy so I will give this a go taking off the image stabilisation maybe that's causing me some issues
Thank you Jess, your video answered so many questions I've been asking myself, and you took me completely by surprise about the stabilisation. I've been trying to capture action shots of my daughter's working Cocker, with some success, but I think I'm now armed with a lot more knowledge to capture the kind of shots you get. I recently switched to a Canon R6 and hope the new camera, coupled with your help with get me there. Thanks
Thank you for this video! So helpful. So I use a Sony A7iii and I have back button focusing on. But when I try to press and hold the shutter button to take a burst action shot it kind of stutters and doesn’t take it correct. How can I fix this?
I had this same problem in the past. check the setting "priority set in AF-C" if it is set to AF it will prioritize focus and not shoot until it has focus. change it to Balanced or release. release will take the photos regardless of subject being in focus.
@@bebemathews2824 Shoots with a balanced emphasis on both focusing and shutter speed. I would try balanced first. if that does not work set it to release. also, make sure your shutter speed is high enough.
@@ThatPhotographySpot It turns out that Lock on AF does not work in conjunction w/ animal eye AF so problem solved haha. Thanks for getting back to me. Im going to be photographing some K9 law enforcement dogs for a calendar. Doing it for the first time (other than practicing on my dog).
So i have a question how would you go about having a photo shoot in a open park like when there is a few tress around I’ve seen you shoot in amazing spots but were i am there’s not a lot of forest and i end up in a park near me. It would be cool to see a video on what to do and also you don’t have to lol if you see this an get back to me thank you soooo much and have a top day or night lol
Hi Jess, I just re-watched this video, and I had missed the part about turning off the image stabilization. However, the Tamron 70-180 f2.8 has a built-in IS, which I don't think can be turned off... How big of a problem is this? Thanks! And thanks a lot for all your videos and tutorials!
Z9 is of course the dream but any Nikon can shoot action in reality. The D500 is a good starter option for good action without the mirrorless price tag 😊
@@ThatPhotographySpot thanks for the reply! I'm noticing, it just takes practice and certain lenses help. I've been looking at the Z6II, I mostly photograph people. But the odd time I do my dog running.
One thing you might want to do for dogs or other pets that are not trained and may runoff, that you could use a leash and have the handler run beside the dog at a distance and then clone out the leash.
I don't know if you'll ever read this but anyway: I'm pretty new to photography (I'm studying media but only got my own camera 1 week ago) and I've been trying to do some dog photography myself. If I understood correctly you use the Flexible spot focus and have the point somewhere in the middle and then track the dog with your camera movement. I tried doing that with my camera and my dog and I found it really difficult to actually get focus on to the dog even tho it looked like he was inside the "focus point". Maybe it's because of my lens that's slow? (I've got a 50mm/1.8 and a 24/70 3,5-5,6 kit lens and I mainly tried using the 50mm lens when I tried to shoot my dog). If you've got any tips I'd really appreciate it, I'm gonna watch even more of your videos to hopefully get an even better unstanding of dog photography!
your photos are amazing and sharp. I have a Panasonic lumix g7 and honestly am not liking it anymore now I'm getting more serious with my photography. All my pictures seem to be really grainy and out of focus when I zoom in so I know that printed versions would be terrible. I mainly do wildlife at the moment, but pet photography is my dream job and have no idea how to work with the gear I've got as I can't afford to upgrade, and no one seems to have any videos with that camera. Subscribed though for more tips :)
Hey Stephanie, thank you so much for your kind words 🙏 Hopefully you'll continue to find the content we put out there useful, might be worth checking this one out, ua-cam.com/video/MY-O9geOxo4/v-deo.html. Enjoy! 😊
I would recommend settings that you have seen in the video so 1/2000 of a second for the shutter speed. ISO is very dependent on your environment. Hope that helps 😊
Great video, much to work on. I definitely need to simplify what’s between me and the dog in action shots eg barley crops, whilst I’m still trying to find that focal sweet spot. Made me go and review your histogram video too 👍🏻Thank you for all you give of yourself Jess it is very much appreciated 🙌🏻
Awesome video! this helped me a lot, just wondering do you always shoot after rain? What is the purpose of that? I noticed in a lot of the videos, the forest is all muddy. thanks! edit: also how did you manage to get Bryt to be so obedient off-leash, I think she's in her "teenaged" phase right now, isn't she?
As Amy said, there is a lot of rain here in the UK, especially in Winter and Spring, so the it is always muddy! Check out Bryt diaries for training tips, but also don't be fooled, she is certainly in her teenage phase!! 😂
It’s hard to tell; can you give us an approximate distance you are from the spot you are focusing on? 10-15 feet? Would it be further if you were at 200mm? Thank you for the clarification. I’m assuming the dog is also 15-20 feet away from the focus area, right?
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6:35 - you only want stabilization off if you're using a tripod. Image stabilization is to counteract hand holding the camera. It has nothing to do with anything happening in the frame. Most people tend to "mash" the shutter button, causing camera shake. It's less prevalent at higher shutter speeds, but if you're panning / moving quickly, take every bit of help you can get! I shoot wildlife with a 150-600, luckily those lenses also have optical stabilization built in as well.
Thanks, I'm enjoying these. I'm a recent ex-wedding photographer and its really good understanding the little tweaks in settings. Like Image stabilisation, makes sense and thinking about it I can see why its not needed at 1/1250th or faster. A couple of tips I leant from weapons training that may help is if you bring your right leg up when lying down it takes the pressure off your chest and so your breathing disturbs your aim less. The other is if have both legs out, but spread them out (very lady like!) using your elbow as a platform it gives you a really solid platform and you can aim up or down by pushing or pulling on your toes!
This is amazing - so useful! 🥳
Being able to see exactly what you see was super helpful, especially how you wait for the right moment to press the shutter instead of spray and pray the whole run.
Agreed! Ama head out rn and photohraph my dog like this
Wahoo!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Great information, thanks for sharing! Love the dog images you create!
Thank you 😊
Hi Jess, i just found your channel, and i have subscribed now...😊
I love your videos already and have saved this one, because i wanna watch over and over, all about your settings...
I have only one question: what is your monitor...??
Thank you!
Hey, I am just catching up on all your videos and loving the amount i am learning from them. Thank you :) QQ on the settings, can i please ask what metering mode you are set to?
Thanks Jess, interesting to see you doing the action stuff and your settings. I must admit I didn’t think about the image stabilisation, it’s always on for me and it makes sense what you said so will play with that. Action shots are always part of my shoots and people love them .
Thank you for sharing
Nigel.
Glad it helped Nigel! 🤗
Thanks Jess - really enjoyed the video and picked up a lot from it that I can’t wait to try out. Turning off image stabilisation would never have crossed my mind but from your explanation I can see why. For the shots in the wood would you use matrix or spot metering? Thanks again👍
That's great to hear Stephen, thank you 🙏 If on auto ISO then we would use matrix spot metering
Fun shots. It's hard to pull detail out of black dogs and she did a nice job.
I do this a lot for friends who run their dogs in dog sports. Everyone has to find what works for them, but I would not do this exactly this way. First, if you're using animal recognition, a larger focus target point works better. The camera will find focus on the dog, in fact it will find focus on the eye of the dog, so long as the dog is in the focus target area. Making the target focus area very small loses the advantage of the computational targeting because it's quite possible the eyes of the dog won't be in the target area..
Second, using the function where you capture the action before you press the shutter may help if you find yourself waiting too long to take the shot. I use 50 fps with maybe ten frames before the shutter press and fifteen after. If using this feature you might try locking focus about 10 meters before the critter is where I want the shot and press the shutter when they hit the spot. This isn't necessary by any means. I find it better to lock focus and start shooting a few meters before the dog hits the spot where I want the shot and then keep shooting till they are beyond it.
If possible, and it usually is, I also set the focus limiter which makes the AF system's job easier.
Agree with @michaelroach3553 that image stabilization won't confuse subject movement with camera shake. However, with a high shutter speed turning stabilization off shouldn't hurt anything. Also note that high ISO with animals is usually not an issue because noise in fur or feathers is almost never distracting.
You earned a sub. I find your videos very helpful :) thx
Wahhooooo - welcome welcome welcome!!!
Hi Jess, I'm catching up on all of your video's hahaha. So if I understand correctly.. you choose 1 steady small or medium focus point.. and within that point, you do use auto eye focus? I've had canon for years and always used the single focus and back button focus. Now I own a sonyA7iii (since a few months, so still learning to use it really) and just loving the eye auto focus, but mainly use it in the ' wide' focus area. I wonder why you chose the single focus point in combination with eye auto focus. ♥
It's just what works for us, everyone is different, experiment and see what works for you!
Awesome Video! what is the best time in the day to do it in the forest like this? Sunset too late cause sun too low and trees? mid day? perhaps mid day and cloudy? thank you!!
Exactly that!
I will take responsibility for the pestering 😂😂😂❤️
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3:40 lmfao the dog just running away in the background 🤣🤣
That is little Beanie for you, well at the age she was in the video anyway 🙈😂
I'm a beginner doing this as a hobby. Just gone from a mobile phone camera to a dslr Canon EOS 1200D. Also bought a Sigma 50mm, f1.4 as needed a fast lens. Not technically minded but managed to find great internet links, utube videos and visuals I can relate to.
Just want to say your videos are by far the best of all I've found. They are great at putting things across clearly so beginners can also understand. Like yourself I love dog photography. Love your work. Your dogs are totally gorgeous, uplifting
and so good it melts my heart! ❤️. Thank you 😁
Thank you so much for your kind words Amanda. They mean so much 🥰 All the best in your photography journey and I hope our content continues to help you 😊
Ah yes, I remembered seeing one of your videos on running dogs that talked about IS but wasn't sure which actual video it was or what you'd said, as I was concentrating more on the other bits. This video is just fabulous, as ever. Every time I rewatch your videos I seem to understand them more, as I gradually build up my knowledge.
Thank you so much Jess for always replying to my questions in the grand scheme of how incredibly busy you must be, bless you. I do truly appreciate you being so inclusive to help beginners like myself. Xx
6:30 - Is that JUST the lens stabilization off or both camera and lens stabilization when shooting action?
So usually, when you active either lens or camera stablization, it knocks the other one off (usually).
In the case of action photography, you don't need any image stabilization enabled at all.
Hope that helps!
Which lenses are best do you think for sports, pets, running dogs. Use 800mm PF for birds but want to get into pet/animals photography.
Fun video You make a nice team Thanks
Good points
Thank you 👍
Great video as always!
The camera is fine, for entry level actions shots. It might just be your hit rate is low.
@@ThatPhotographySpot Thank you for your advice! I'll practise more!
@@ThatPhotographySpot Hope you don't mind me piggybacking off this comment - I've a Canon 6D and 70-200 f/4 which has no animal tracking and relatively slow autofocus even in servo mode - looking at yours focus near-instantly wherever you pointed it was enviable. Any tips for working with such a setup? I feel like many of my shots end up being of the tail end of the dog rather than the head (i.e. it's just not quite as quick to focus as the dog is to move!).
Thankyou so much as always. Although I do everything from your previous action video I had no idea about the image stabilisation being off so will definitely try that!!!
Glad to be of service! 🙂
Hi! How about image stabilisation in the camera? (IBIS on Fuji) does it also need to be turned off?
Great video! Completely on on a topic but I noticed a “cool” camera strap and I’m at the moment looking to purchase one. Does anyone know of a good , reliable strap to recommend? Thank you
Check out the description of the video, info is in there 😎
Aw great shots of the dogs, run straighter, enjoyed very useful tips
Thanks 👍
@@ThatPhotographySpot you welcome
Thankyou so much for this video! Mega helpful. Quick question, where are you focusing on during the log shot? It looked like on the log at first then the gorgeous Bryt. I struggle with focusing on this sort of shot as sometimes lens struggles to track speed of dog to capture when jumping to log. Maybe my kit thou too and me.
To be honest, we track the dog as best as we can, it's all about the practise! Do what works for you 🥰
Hi, amazing video!!!
I have Nikon D80, is it possible to do something similar like this with it?
The method works for all cameras, just find what works best for you!
Hi Jess! I have a dumb question haha I know you mentioned that the screen on top of the camera is only used to show your setting, but it also looks like you are using it to shoot the photo when you are at such a low level? I have tried shooting at such a low angle and have trouble seeing my camera screen. Would you be able to recommend a monitor for a Nikon D3500 with a 70-200 f2.8 lens? Or just where I can find a monitor. All the ones I have found seem to be aimed specifically at video recording and I'm not sure if that's what I need? Appreciate all your information and great vidoes I really enjoy watching and have been bingeing for the past week or so lol
Hey! If you have a look for "Field Monitors" they do the same thing and are lots cheaper! I have to use the screen to look at the image because when we record the screen we can't use the viewfinder at all, which is a pain for me, but a field monitor would give you the same bigger screen view, just without the recording :)
@@ThatPhotographySpot thank you so much!!
The "WTF was that" is me every time I do action shots hahahaha
Oh we have all been there and often frequent there as well 😂
Awesome thank you for sharing. I did not think of turning off image stability
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant Video Jess, image stabilization tip makes perfect sense, thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Love your videos I have learnt so much from you and they are really starting to show in my photos thank you
Amazing news! 🤗
Brilliant as always thank you
Very welcome 👌🏼
Would just blow my mind i need to try this love your videos
Thank you so much!
Hello, I came across your video just trying to find equine event photography (which have few videos I must say) and I found your's really help, especially when you mentioned the image stabilisation. Many thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video here thank you so much
Glad you enjoyed the video and hopefully found the content useful 🤓
@@ThatPhotographySpot Yes!!
Fab as always :) It has worked for me for years and practice practice for sure. Lovely to see my fave lens out and about with you :D
Perfect!
Do you have a tutorial for histogram beginners? I like your personality. so its easy for me to learn lol.
Have a look here, it should help - ua-cam.com/video/Y81Roz9kJco/v-deo.html
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Amazing…..just wanted to say thank you, I believe I decided what kind of photography I want to do yayyyy animals :) now just practice and get the right gear.
Wahoo!
Thank you. Again. On canon I have either face and eye detection or single focus, which one do you recommend? Thank you.
Try both, see which you've got a better hit rate with 🤗
Really helpful and can't wait to get practicing. Thank you for another fab video.
Have fun!
I have been blaming my camera for so long now (I have a Nikon D5500) and have been practising for so long and still can't get any decent shots with my dogs moving. We go to a freedom field every week and most times I take my camera with me. I have tried different lenses - Tamron 70-300, Sigma 70-300 (lent from a friend), my 35mm and a 55-200. I will be having another go this week after watching this video as you are so inspirational. I think that I may need to either a) invest in another camera that is more capable or b) invest in a 70-200mm lense?
Any advise, hints or tips would be super appreciated 🥰
What are you thoughts on using lock on AF Spot and lock on AF wide for shooting the same set up as you video example
Wonderful video as always. Bryt is gorgeous. What breed of puppy?
She is a Cocker Spaniel 💜
So I just found your video because I have a client that asked me if I could take some photos of the dogs running and jumping around just like you were doing in this video. And I told him I can’t promise of anything but I know it will get a couple good shots. So they gave me an example photo of the dog jumping over the log just like your last photo you took. And I pretty much have the same camera gear as you but was curious I have both the a7riv and the A9, and the 135mm gm and the tamron 70-180 f2.8, and the Sony 200-600g lenses. I am leaning more to the a9 for this session for its awesome auto focus tracking. But I wasn’t sure if I should go with the a7riv with its higher megapixels to get a more detailed shot. I am leading towards using the 135 mm GM but if there is enough light I might used to 200-600 G lens. But I’m worried if I use that lids I might have to go into ISO 2000 or 3000 to get the shutter speed high enough. The a7riv that iso will degrade the photos and I have not sure if the a9 can handle that iso with good enough quality for my clients. So I think I might stick with just 135 mm gm . So I think I will try just using both cameras and see which one gives me the best results. Their dogs are going to small as yours they got Labradoodles So it should be easier to track. All right great video just wondered what you might think I should do
Use the A9 with 135mm lens and you will be fine 🙂
Tried practising with the teddies, but the little sods just won't run. Still, easier to focus that way. I find:
If you set up so you fill the frame, you won't amplify any noise at high ISO as much by cropping in.
If you use a high ISO, you won't get as much noise as you would by using a lower ISO, underexposing a bit, then amplifying the noise by pulling back the exposure and or shadows.
awesome video. love your work.
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This is another great video. I have to remember to turn off image stabilization. Your shots of Bryt are amazing. Is she closing in on her first birthday?
A couple of months Patty, Birthday celebration plans are in full swing!!!
I don’t understand when I should press the back button focus to grab the focus, should I hold it from the dog is sitting down and all the way through when she’s running? Or press it with timing when the dog is where I want it to be and hope that I am able to move my focus point on her face/eye as I press it?
On anything other than a canon mirrorless, you can hold it from start to finish. On canon mirrorless, tap it only when you are about to take “the” shot and you’ll have much more success 👌
When your shoot without the extra screen. Do you look into the camera or at the smaller screen?
In the camera (view finder) 🥰
That Photography Spot is it any quality difference or is it just how you prefer?
Hey, I think I am going to buy a Sony alpha4000, would this be a good camera for animal photography like you do?
Do you mean the 6400?!
@@ThatPhotographySpot yes, I am sorry, the Sony a6400
Hi what is the mm setting onyour camera that moves all the time, Is it exposure compensation? Thanks, Janet
Hi Janet,
This is the internal meter but it doesn't actually do anything like altering settings or anything alike
top tip on the sony A7riii if you set ISO to the wheel at the back of the camera its the only place when you change ISO you still keep the histogram and meter on the screen which I find very useful, such a great video📷💛🙏
We always prefer to have our shutter speed and aperture on our wheels, but each to their own! 🙂
You are literally my favorite person and I've only just discovered you. How long you think it will take me to binge watch all your videos? 😂
Approximately 2000 hours but then again I’m useless at maths so who knows! Average 10 minutes each and there are over 200 I think 🤓
Thank you for this video!
Glad it was helpful!
I have a cannon rebel t6 . What a good lens to shoot dog running :)
😊 Absolutely!
@@ThatPhotographySpot she was asking for a lens recommendation
I am a landscape photographer I do prefer sport photography when I get lazy to go out for landscaping. Currently I am using A7riii and I do have also 100-400gm. May I ask when camera did you use for this? Thanks. Really enjoyed this video.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback 🙏 I used a Sony A7riii. There's also a full list of the core kit we used below the video, hope that's helpful 😊
Hi,
i came across your youtube channel as i have a dog and wanted to take better photos of him (8 month working cocker).
Just wanted to say a big thank you for producing great content and taking the time to teach us all and passing on the knowledge of how you take excellent photos and vlogs.
From a (Royal Marine) veteran, after serving 22yrs who has picked up a camera and started to do wildlife photography and one who has suffered with depression and sadness, i like the honesty you show in your videos, and how you came to where you are now.
And that you also definitely make a difference.
i just wanted to say again thank you.
Don't let any trolls get to you, it just shows their weaknesses as a person :-)
Hi Tom,
Firstly, thank you for such a lovely message. It makes it all worthwhile when people like you get in touch, and really does mean a lot to me.
Glad to hear you've taken yup photography, and I really hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Secondly, BEAUTIFUL pup 🥰
Love going out with my camera and dog in the forests, its the place I can be mindful.
Thanks for great video content:-)
I was really interested about the image stabilising I will try that, I am a dog boarder so like to get action shots of our clients dogs playing. We have a black lab stay and I find that the fur is way too dark and when lightened in LR becomes very noisy!! I think I am maybe using too high a iso and shutter speed. Thanks for sharing.
No problem Janet, good luck!
This is really helpful, thanks so much for posting! I was looking to splash on the Sony 70-200 2.8 because of the IS, but it makes complete sense what you said about using a lens without IS. Duh, why didn't I think of that? :) I feel a 135mm purchase coming on soon...!
Glad it was helpful!
You can in most cases turn off IS. 😊
Commenting now, watching later lol. :-)
We appreciate your comment now, and hope you enjoy watching later! 🤗
Does every camera have a tracking feature ? Im new and trying to get better at this in have a canon t100
Not all cameras have tracking capabilities and different cameras have different abilities of tracking 🙂
Hahahahhaa hilarious Bryte just… ran off min 3:45 on. Brilliant
Made me lol too :D
She's an independent gal - does her own thing! 😂
Helpfull as allways =)
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Thaaaaank you so much for this video....I just noticed that I always....always forget to with off Image stabilization XD now I gotta try again
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That was super fun to watch! Have you done one on horses yet?? I feel like that would be a lot more difficult but cool to learn!
We haven't done a video on horses yet but I am glad you found this a fun watch 🙂
I absolutely did!! And all your puppers are adorable!! ❤️
OMG - cute overload!!
Great information as always Jess, but I have to tell you Bryt is the real reason I watched the video. :-D
I mean, I don't blame you! Cuteness OVERLOAD!
love il thaks for the infor
You're so welcome 🙏
Thanks Jess ..I am struggling to get good action photo's when its cloudy under thicker canopy ... I get loads of noise when I've gone down to ISO 400 ..2.8 and having to go down to 1//600 ish to capture my images are coming out quite grainy so I will give this a go taking off the image stabilisation maybe that's causing me some issues
Loved the video! Watching Bryte running around while you were setting up was so funny and cute!
Hahahaha she's running round behind like a nutter!!!! 😂
how fast is this lens compare to the sigma 105mm f1.4?
This makes me wanna use all this new information and make some more dog photos but sadly it’s raining :,)
That only adds to the ambience 😉
Your pictures are amazing and fun
Ahh thank you 🤓
Sigh….forgot about the image stabilization on my lens and had to bin the entire action series of my last session. Thank you for the refresher!!!
Urgh, annoying! But, you can go out and have fun doing it again!
Thank you Jess, your video answered so many questions I've been asking myself, and you took me completely by surprise about the stabilisation. I've been trying to capture action shots of my daughter's working Cocker, with some success, but I think I'm now armed with a lot more knowledge to capture the kind of shots you get. I recently switched to a Canon R6 and hope the new camera, coupled with your help with get me there. Thanks
Glad it was helpful Keith - good luck!
What kind of monitor do you have attached?
what is the screen you look at on top of your camera called?
Thank you for this video! So helpful. So I use a Sony A7iii and I have back button focusing on. But when I try to press and hold the shutter button to take a burst action shot it kind of stutters and doesn’t take it correct. How can I fix this?
I had this same problem in the past. check the setting "priority set in AF-C" if it is set to AF it will prioritize focus and not shoot until it has focus. change it to Balanced or release. release will take the photos regardless of subject being in focus.
@@jimblackmon2645thank you!
@@jimblackmon2645 what does balanced emphasis mean?
@@bebemathews2824 Shoots with a balanced emphasis on both focusing and shutter speed. I would try balanced first. if that does not work set it to release. also, make sure your shutter speed is high enough.
We use balance 🙂
Thanks Jess for another awesome video. And as you said - Bryt is just so damn cute,❤️
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Do you turn IBIS off as well, in addition to lens stabilization? Also, would lock on AF work well for focus tracking?
Yes I turn IBIS off as well. Personally I find locking on AF doesn’t work well.
@@ThatPhotographySpot It turns out that Lock on AF does not work in conjunction w/ animal eye AF so problem solved haha. Thanks for getting back to me. Im going to be photographing some K9 law enforcement dogs for a calendar. Doing it for the first time (other than practicing on my dog).
Love this! Super useful! Thank you so much. P.s B's ears are fab when she is in full flight!!!!
Take offfff! 🤣
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Do you shoot in live view? As that’s the only way I can move my focus point around like that
How do you set a canon to the eye focus or is it possible on a canon ?
Check your manual - it's only available on mirrorless cameras 🤗
Thank you!
Thank you, hope you really enjoyed the video 😊
So i have a question how would you go about having a photo shoot in a open park like when there is a few tress around I’ve seen you shoot in amazing spots but were i am there’s not a lot of forest and i end up in a park near me. It would be cool to see a video on what to do and also you don’t have to lol if you see this an get back to me thank you soooo much and have a top day or night lol
Pop it in our request box and we will see what we can do! www.thattogspot.com/the-request-box/
Wich lense did you use?
Hi Jess, I just re-watched this video, and I had missed the part about turning off the image stabilization. However, the Tamron 70-180 f2.8 has a built-in IS, which I don't think can be turned off... How big of a problem is this? Thanks! And thanks a lot for all your videos and tutorials!
Thank you so much for the great feedback 🙏 If you turn the VC switch to 'off' that should do it 😊
@@ThatPhotographySpot Thanks for answering! Unfortunately, the Tamron 70-180 f2.8 Di III VXD doesn't have that switch... Oh well.
The Tamron 70-180 doesn’t have any Image Stabilization at all
Which Nikon would you recommend for this?
Z9 is of course the dream but any Nikon can shoot action in reality. The D500 is a good starter option for good action without the mirrorless price tag 😊
@@ThatPhotographySpot thanks for the reply! I'm noticing, it just takes practice and certain lenses help.
I've been looking at the Z6II, I mostly photograph people. But the odd time I do my dog running.
Good video. Ty
Thank you 🙏
One thing you might want to do for dogs or other pets that are not trained and may runoff, that you could use a leash and have the handler run beside the dog at a distance and then clone out the leash.
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If you have an old dog maybe you can run with the dog. But with my Border collies I can't do that.
The fact that I understood almost everything perfectly. Thank you so much for this video! This was a huge help!
That's such great feedback, thank you 🙏 Great to know it's helped
I don't know if you'll ever read this but anyway: I'm pretty new to photography (I'm studying media but only got my own camera 1 week ago) and I've been trying to do some dog photography myself. If I understood correctly you use the Flexible spot focus and have the point somewhere in the middle and then track the dog with your camera movement. I tried doing that with my camera and my dog and I found it really difficult to actually get focus on to the dog even tho it looked like he was inside the "focus point". Maybe it's because of my lens that's slow? (I've got a 50mm/1.8 and a 24/70 3,5-5,6 kit lens and I mainly tried using the 50mm lens when I tried to shoot my dog). If you've got any tips I'd really appreciate it, I'm gonna watch even more of your videos to hopefully get an even better unstanding of dog photography!
your photos are amazing and sharp. I have a Panasonic lumix g7 and honestly am not liking it anymore now I'm getting more serious with my photography. All my pictures seem to be really grainy and out of focus when I zoom in so I know that printed versions would be terrible. I mainly do wildlife at the moment, but pet photography is my dream job and have no idea how to work with the gear I've got as I can't afford to upgrade, and no one seems to have any videos with that camera.
Subscribed though for more tips :)
Hey Stephanie, thank you so much for your kind words 🙏 Hopefully you'll continue to find the content we put out there useful, might be worth checking this one out, ua-cam.com/video/MY-O9geOxo4/v-deo.html. Enjoy! 😊
What shutter speed and ISO would you recommend for a running sighthound? Mine are so fast.
I would recommend settings that you have seen in the video so 1/2000 of a second for the shutter speed. ISO is very dependent on your environment. Hope that helps 😊
@@ThatPhotographySpot thank you, I will give that a go 👍🏻
Thanks for the tips I always get them bit my camera takes forever to take it so she's always down by the time it takes the photo
Practise practise practise! 👌🏼
@@ThatPhotographySpot 😂 I probably get annoying to you but I thanks
Great video, much to work on. I definitely need to simplify what’s between me and the dog in action shots eg barley crops, whilst I’m still trying to find that focal sweet spot. Made me go and review your histogram video too 👍🏻Thank you for all you give of yourself Jess it is very much appreciated 🙌🏻
Thank you so much for the kind words - very much appreciated 🥰
What camera strap are you using?
The camera strap is a Joby one
Excellent!
Glad you liked it!
Awesome video! this helped me a lot, just wondering do you always shoot after rain? What is the purpose of that? I noticed in a lot of the videos, the forest is all muddy. thanks!
edit: also how did you manage to get Bryt to be so obedient off-leash, I think she's in her "teenaged" phase right now, isn't she?
LOL, it’s the UK, lots of overcast days.
As Amy said, there is a lot of rain here in the UK, especially in Winter and Spring, so the it is always muddy!
Check out Bryt diaries for training tips, but also don't be fooled, she is certainly in her teenage phase!! 😂
It’s hard to tell; can you give us an approximate distance you are from the spot you are focusing on? 10-15 feet? Would it be further if you were at 200mm? Thank you for the clarification. I’m assuming the dog is also 15-20 feet away from the focus area, right?
Thank you Jess, again a great video, nicely shot and explained, loved to see the practical side of shooting action from your point of view.
Thank you so much! 🥰
What’s the screen recorder you’re using