A Breakdown of Contrast in Photography.

In today‘s video it‘s time to break down contrast. Contrast is such an essential part of photography, but it's often reduced to less than it actually is. Therefore here is my attempt to break down the topic and all the aspects I could think of.

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[teocrawford]

Hey there, I hope you've had a good day - mine went alright, but not as planned. I completely underestimated the amount of work this video is going to need, so here it is a bit later than usual, I hope you enjoyed :D

Btw. I forgot to credit one of the photographs - the skier at 05:52 is by Kellen Mohr. I left all featured artists plus a link to them in the description in case you‘re interested :)

See you next week!

[theaskewone]

I've been watching your videos for the past few weeks, and in my opinion, you're one of the best film photography channels out there. They way your videos are shot and edited makes them very enjoyable and informative, I always learn something new! Keep up the amazing work :D

[apb_london]

Your discussion videos, that deliberate the philosophy of photography are amongst the best out there on YouTube.

Barbara Hepworth, on sculpture talks about ‘all my early memories are of form and shapes and textures...”.”I am the form and I am the hollow, the thrust and contour”. By capturing forms, shapes and textures (contrast) through the medium of photography, we capture the essence of our emotions. Visual and conceptual contrasts are our tools.

I recently produced a book (non commercial) of lockdown photographs, contrast as you describes it abounds. But, for me the emotions the photographs generate, from the contrast(whether it be visual or conceptual) is the end point. As you say, we need to use contrast to generate emotion, otherwise our photography is flat. The end point is not a pretty picture, but something that generates an emotion.

[KarinMajoka]

This was one of the most informative and elaborate photography videos I have seen on this platform in a long time!

[wherezthebeef]

Explaining contrast in photography.. is not an easy task, but Teo you make it seem easy. That takes some brilliance! You managed to do it all in under 13 minutes.. and I would think, most photographic mortals would take at least twice that time if attempted in a less logical or eloquent presentation. Hats off... 🎩👍

[rogiervanoostrom]

Many thanks for this breakdown. I am still very much in the beginning of the photography learning curve, after starting in a serious way about 1 year ago. Through your explanations and thoughtful considerations, I came to realise that I can try to reduce visual contrasts, in terms of colour, tone, texture, shape, form and sharpness etc., instead of *always* aim to maximise these types of contrasts. Also, the realisation of topical contrast, is very useful, in order create photographs that tell a more compelling story. In all, contrast as 'difference', in any kind, is a valuable one. I will try to apply that concept more, the next time I go out to photograph or edit photographs. Many thanks!

[alexisseary]

Love this - I especially enjoy your videos exploring the fundamentals of imagery like this. Whenever I think of contrast I just think of the contrast slider in Lightroom, you've helped expand my mind more to think of contrast as an essential element in picture taking. It's something I tune into subconsciously when I take a photo but now it'll be more conscious!

[danielsamaan]

This video is simply amazing, the depth of knowledge and presentation of that knowledge is both inspiring and informative. Teo does a great job of taking a complex subject and breaks it down into its atoms.

[Don-qpbl]

I think you make a great point opening up the idea of contrast for discussion! I really like how you at the same time explain what contrast is and what it does but also how open it's meaning really is

[mikiniki]

When I finished the video, I thought to myself that this was one of the best photography videos on YouTube. It was logical for me that you had at least a million subs, so I wanted to check out the channel. After seeing how many subs you had I couldn't believe my eyes lmaoo. This is just a sign that you are getting recognised for your work, and that there is a lot of success ahead of you 😁!

[DrewWillson]

Well made, well spoken video essays about photography?? Interesting motion graphics? Am I dreaming? Great work Teo.

[arianairavani]

This video was so helpful for my photography class. Thank you for sharing!

[liasl]

Your videos are so well produced and your upload-frequency is amazing! You definetly deserve more than just 16.000 subs

[adri_climb]

Tolles Video mit einem sehr interessanten Thema einleuchtend erklärt. Danke dafür.
Deine Videos sind für mich immer sehr inspirierend. Mach weiter so.😊

[MrLiamTheLlama]

such a great video! love binging your stuff

[taimartinez]

Your voice is like heaven... 😩❤
You make me love the art of photography even more.... New sub here and I'm so happy to be here😊

[MonoSubstance]

I like the depth of your video! Thank you!

[thissidetowardscreen]

Brilliant video! Thanks! A lot of time and effort went into the subject and video!

[error]

another really excellent video... everything makes sense... a couple of things your video helped me realize... generally, it seems that thinking about visual contrast works well on a shot to shot basis, but when contentual contrast kicks in when talking about image sets, larger bodies of work... also content contrast is important in the realm of street photography... so a tip to improve one's street shots is to think of content contrast (at least that's what i usually think of when looking at well-timed and/or cleverly taken street shots, I'm usually noticing the interplay of elements of the photo and not the just brightness, shapes or colors...

[bernardelliott]

For me, the low contrast aspect of the Nguan images also evokes nostalgia as well as calmness etc. I noticed you also used this technique to good effect in many of your recent holiday