ISO for beginners - How to use ISO effectively to improve your photography and take better photos.

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About this video :
ISO is and effective and easy way to control light - but it's important to know how to use it effectively so you can take better photos with your digital camera.

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[hanzosiku]

I love it when he says "I've got you covered" because you know he really does. Excelllent turorial as always.

[HughRogers]

This man is good. I learned more from a handful of his videos than I did months of trying to learn basic photography from a respected book. I 'got' the triangle, but was clueless how to apply it and ISO was a mystery. This vid showed me basic stuff on my old Canon I never knew existed, and how live view helps you to set up an exposure, even with manual mode. I've been relying on Av mode, but when the camera shows you the variables to change to balance a exposure, Manual is far less daunting.

[ThyBountyHunter]

I just bought a Rebel T7 and know nothing about photography, your whole video collection has taught me immensely. Wanting to not have to go auto mode and learn settings your series helped out immensely. Thank you very much for the time you put into these, extremely easy to follow.

I am waiting for when I have the moon around and a clear night as I really want my first moon shot.

[kubaka]

I saw your film on YouTube and finally, somebody explains everything using simple language. Thanks very much.

[cedricduval]

I just bought a Canon EOS Rebel T7 and knew absolutely nothing about the exposure triangle before I started watching your videos! Thanks man!

[finnwang]

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Cheers from Norway 🤗📷

[ShakenOrStir]

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[komalmahadeo]

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[timhunter]

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[mikew]

One of the tips I learned when I was using film was that some subjects look great with the grainy look (digital noise). For instance, one series of photos I took was of buzzards. To get the effect I wanted I used a high ISO film (I thing 3200, but pushed to 6400 when developed) and shot in B&W. Cool effect.

[FLAMENCODELACOSTA]

Dear Mr. Paul: thank you so much for your videos. I joined a few “beginners” groups on Facebook, but I was still lost. I felt stupid. But you talk and explain in a way that makes it easy to understand . I hope that once the borders open after Covid that I could come to take a course ! (I’m in the USA)

[kevinbarnes]

Very clearly explained. I was always unclear what ISO was actually doing on digital cameras. Now I know. Thanks!

[Mettziclip]

I'm a beginner. At 6:06 why not just increase the shutter speed of the camera?

[alanb]

Thank you so much for your videos 🙏it has taught me a lot. Visited Queensland six years ago, where my brother lives, very beautiful place.

[Bree-fovc]

These videos are so easy to follow and well explained as a beginner It really makes manual shooting less of guess work

[timewaster]

I love his videos, everytime I need knowledge about the dslr, I always come to this channel.

[frankdusoswa]

Great tutorial! Not only educational for beginners but also for advanced photographers.

[carolynvines]

This is the best video I've seen on ISO! You have inspired me to experiment some more, and to systematically test the limitations of my camera.

I've been having challenging issues in low light settings with my Canon Rebel T3i for the past three years; and I finally, recently, started getting some answers. Especially for event photography and dogs playing in their parks, because I was getting noise at as low as 400 ISO, I started underexposing and trying to fix it in post processing. Finally, just a few months ago, I got a helpful reply to a YouTube comment regarding this challenge. Under exposing WAS my biggest problem. My favorite thing to do is photographing dogs playing in their dog parks, freezing the action and the water droplets flying off their fur. So, after receiving this potential answer to my problem, the next time I went to the dog park just before sunset, I shot on auto ISO. A lot of my images were still noisy; but the noise was not as bad as it is when I underexpose.

I've learned I can't fix my camera's poor ISO responsiveness by underexposing my images. I've also learned that I was being a little too much of a perfectionist, and a little bit of noise can be acceptable, as long as I'm not trying to submit an image for stock photography or a contest. I've also learned that, while the golden hours might be good for landscape and portrait photography, those are not necessarily the best hours for pet photography. I should try shooting in dog parks earlier in the afternoon. I still don't know what to do about those sunset weddings friends and family ask me to shoot, though. Ugh! I like moving around to get different angles; but I guess, if I ever do another one, I'll have to resort to planting myself in one spot and using a tripod. But, what if they move? I wonder what is the lowest shutter speed I can safely use on a tripod for a wedding.

[cncbuss]

Really good explanation of ISO! You always make things logical and easy to understand.Thanks Paul - Cheers from Montreal, Canada!

[yearsaprepperr.jtilbury.]

Upgraded from a 50D to a 200D first time playing with ISO ...fantastic way of explanation
Rob
NSW
Australia