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Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 01:12:23 No.3489786 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>3489790 >>3489796 >>3489800 >>3489811 >>3489909 >>3490114 >>3494794

What photo Youtubers would you recommend for beginners? I found McKinnon entertaining but not sure if there are better alternatives.
On another note, do You guys have any books to recommend too?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 01:20:58 No.3489787 Report

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Any book by Scott Kelby or "The rules of photography and when to break them."

I love his videos and has tough me so much

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 01:36:35 No.3489790 Report

Quoted By: >>3489797 >>3489902 >>3489947

>>3489786
1. Avoid youtube.

2. Learn exposure triangle. It's easy and someone here can post a graphic explaining it.

3. Go out and take loads of pictures messing about with the exposure triangle stuff you just learned.

4. Look up the rules of composition. Remember they are not hard rules, merely guides to get you on the way.

5. Go out and take more pictures

6. Continue avoiding youtube and garbage websites like DP Review. They won't help you photoraphy one bit, they just trigger your urge to go out and waste money on shit you don't need

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 01:54:13 No.3489796 Report

Quoted By: >>3489817

>>3489786
Of course he's entertaining, he's a fucking influencer you dunce.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 01:59:52 No.3489797 Report

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>>3489790
This. Self teaching using certain tried-and-true rules as reference points is the best way to learn in my opinion. This helps you get better and learn the art in a way that you genuinely understand, and it also helps you develop your own personal style. Being a "good photographer" doesn't mean shit if all your work looks no different from a bunch of generic stock photos you'd find in a school textbook.

Not just photography but post processing too. Lightroom is a powerful tool and you can do a hell of a lot with it to improve and enhance your work, but, your work has to be somewhat good to begin with, and it's really easy to go overboard. There's a certain subtlety and finesse to lightroom, and a lot of new people get carried away.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 02:01:03 No.3489798 Report

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>spam yt threads every week just so they can samefag recommend their own channels
how sad

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 02:05:21 No.3489800 Report

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>>3489786
you could watch 4 hours of youtube or read one photography book for the same amount of content with no ads.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 02:33:27 No.3489811 Report

Quoted By: >>3489848 >>3489853 >>3490093

>>3489786

I watched Kai on Digital Rev TV and then on Kai's own channel... after about three months of Kai videos, I went out and spent a bunch of money on a camera and a couple lenses. I proceeded to win multiple photography contests and eventually was offered a job at a large, international publishing company.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 02:36:45 No.3489817 Report

Quoted By: >>3489827 >>3489940

>>3489796
fuck off back to plebbit

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 02:41:28 No.3489827 Report

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>>3489817
fuck off back to plebbit, dunce

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 02:57:54 No.3489848 Report

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>>3489811
Post pics anon?
Also what level of photo contests? Like local niche ones for a $50 giftcard or legit cash prize ones?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 03:03:07 No.3489849 Report

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The og of #minoltagang, ya boy kingjvpes. His vids always get me juiced to go out and take some images. Learned all about negative space and subframing from his videos as well as how to thrift nice vintage point and shoots.

Usually comes out with bangers every week or so and even crits his subscribers photos every once in a while to help them improve.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 03:20:22 No.3489853 Report

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>>3489811
>I watched Kai
> I proceeded to win multiple photography contests and eventually was offered a job at a large, international publishing company.
Fuck off Kai

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 04:35:08 No.3489869 Report

Quoted By: >>3490454

Mango Street has decent, short videos with beginner tips, but they are very millennial.Jeff Rojas has a more methodical and detailed approach to specific subjects.

Sean Tucker has longer videos that cover the mentality/philosophy of photography.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 07:21:14 No.3489902 Report

Quoted By: >>3489947

>>3489790
bad advice desu

Just do not subscribe to single YouTubers and watch their shill videos. Use it as a search engine whenever you want to learn something new and look up a tutorial

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 07:52:12 No.3489909 Report

Quoted By: >>3489916

>>3489786
Gunna slightly hijack the thread and specifically ask whether there is kind of the "one" book on composition/framing as it pertains to photography?
Never really seen anything that specific while browsing bookstores

Not really after a photobook or a "this is how you do camera" book.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 08:23:16 No.3489916 Report

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>>3489909
Freeman - photographer's eye

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 11:07:31 No.3489933 Report

Quoted By: >>3489952 >>3490095

Mike Browne helped me learn a lot. Haven't kept up with him so not sure if anything recent is good but definitely go through his older videos.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 11:26:07 No.3489940 Report

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>>3489817
He's not wrong. You fuck off, discord tranny

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 11:44:53 No.3489947 Report

Quoted By: >>3489959 >>3492711

>>3489902
agreed. youtube can be a good source, but try to read through all the bullshit:
- 9/10 they will all have top-tier equipment which you will likely never need (and are likely financed, loaned or 'gifted' to them)
- They will all have amazon/affiliate links
- Buying presets is a fucking scam. Try and find a torrent somewhere if you don't believe me. Unless you shoot exactly like them, in the same lighting conditions, with the same subjects, with the same equipment, you'll be lucky to get anywhere near their shots. learn to make your own that fit your style.

Apart from that, follow what >>3489790 says
Youtube is still new to the world of photography, You have almost 200 years worth of knowledge to dig into, don't limit yourself.

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Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 12:13:03 No.3489952 Report

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>>3489933
this
if you wanna learn basics and even some advanced stuff
his videos are really well explained i think

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 12:54:19 No.3489959 Report

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>>3489947
>- 9/10 they will all have top-tier equipment which you will likely never need (and are likely financed, loaned or 'gifted' to them)

as I said, do not watch gear reviews, unless you are specifically looking for opinions on a certain piece

>- They will all have amazon/affiliate links

do not click them then. Again, this mostly applies to gear reviews, if you are interested in a photography or PP technique, there's not that many affiliate links that you will have to see

>- Buying presets is a fucking scam. Try and find a torrent somewhere if you don't believe me. Unless you shoot exactly like them, in the same lighting conditions, with the same subjects, with the same equipment, you'll be lucky to get anywhere near their shots. learn to make your own that fit your style.

ye but that's common knowledge or at least should be. Also again, unless you are specifically looking for videos on presets, you will not find them through search

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 21:09:51 No.3490093 Report

Quoted By: >>3490182

>>3489811
Fuck kai. Insectoids are shit at photography.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 21:11:04 No.3490095 Report

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>>3489933
He has a vibe of sex tourist about him

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 21:24:32 No.3490114 Report

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>>3489786
I don't think I've ever learned a thing about photography from youtoube. I watched a few 'tutorials' there and either it was basic as fuck knowledge or blatant misconceptions. Paywall tutorials are little better in this aspect, but it's also clear that people even there are withholding knowledge, and probably intentionally using outdated techniques. Books, experimentation, forums, certain webpages in this ranking are all one should ever need.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 06 Jun 2019 22:13:04 No.3490182 Report

Quoted By: >>3490343

>>3490093
Insects are the strongest race, wh*tey

!35mmF/4Qi6

!35mmF/4Qi6 Fri 07 Jun 2019 05:14:49 No.3490343 Report

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>>3490182
>race
That's not even a formal taxonomic rank. Insecta are a class in the phylum Arthropoda (subphylum Hexapoda).
Also, Insecta aren't 'strongest'. In phylogeny a term as 'strong' refers to the support (stability) of a clade. What you mean is that Insecta are most diverse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2019 06:00:03 No.3490351 Report

Quoted By: >>3490450

Matt Granger
>Click for the tits
>Stay for the flash examples/lens info

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2019 10:47:39 No.3490412 Report

Quoted By: >>3492669

Some of ted forbes’ older stuff about master photographers and composition is pretty good, but he seems to talk mostly about gear and boring videography shit nowadays.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2019 13:21:46 No.3490450 Report

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>>3490351
>click for the tits
>stay for the hips
Fixed that for you

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2019 13:48:52 No.3490454 Report

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>>3489869
>Mango Street
Their entire life is one big brand commercial

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Anonymous Fri 07 Jun 2019 14:08:19 No.3490456 Report

Quoted By: >>3493279 >>3493428

Get "Understanding Exposure." It will get you out of auto and into manual, giving you much more control over your photography. It's written and laid out in a very accessible way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 08 Jun 2019 23:35:15 No.3490921 Report

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the chad jew fro guy is peak /p/ tbqh

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2019 11:26:51 No.3492669 Report

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>>3490412
This

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Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2019 14:17:28 No.3492711 Report

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>>3489947
Another thing companies do is tell the reviewer to buy it with their own money, then compensate them for it later. So they can say that they bought he item with their own money.

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Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2019 20:03:09 No.3492809 Report

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>be rich
>still beg for patreon money for a cup of coffee
Fuck you. Buy your own damn coffee

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2019 22:12:24 No.3492857 Report

Quoted By: >>3492860

Slight hijack
Can I get recs on books/yt channels on posing & or directing?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 13 Jun 2019 22:31:07 No.3492860 Report

Quoted By: >>3494864

>>3492857
Unironically, Matt Granger (when he isn't shooting yellow models) has a few detailed videos for boudoir style indoor shoots where he talks poses lights etc

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 14 Jun 2019 12:42:09 No.3493063 Report

Quoted By: >>3493286

Thomas Heaton if you like landscape photography

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2019 03:28:28 No.3493279 Report

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>>3490456
lmao my dad lent me a copy of that book

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2019 03:53:02 No.3493286 Report

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>>3493063
He seems like a genuinely nice guy

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 15 Jun 2019 16:48:17 No.3493428 Report

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>>3490456
This is a great book for beginners.

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Anonymous Sun 16 Jun 2019 05:24:13 No.3493638 Report

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I love AOWS
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDvq7BPaphEIhBlyDN19rvQ

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2019 11:22:05 No.3494786 Report

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T&C Norhrup are pretty good

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2019 11:47:33 No.3494794 Report

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>>3489786
I would recommend not watching youtube

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 19 Jun 2019 16:03:58 No.3494864 Report

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>>3492860
Just don't focus on his disfigured body - boi is thicc af

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