How to Shoot in Manual Mode for Beginners + Examples

I hope you all enjoy today's video! This was one of the first videos I ever uploaded on my channel, I was so nervous talking to the camera that day haha and like I mentioned, I really felt like that video needed a refresher with some visual examples of how I change settings as you guys still comment on that old video to this day :) So I hope you find this helpful!

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[felixgillett]

This is the first manual how-to video I’ve seen that shows the thought process and in-person experience. So much easier to understanf and “see” how things work. Thank you!

[meli.maruchan]

WOW! I'm a visual learner with awful ADHD & I hate when people teach without visuals because I can't just learn by listening like other people. But OMG you explained it as if I was there with you step by step WITH visuals AND on the spot teaching! I just learned a lot! Thank you!❤

[harleysimonephotography]

Would love a Lightroom tutorial on how to get warm/golden (mostly monochromatic) tones! I do family sessions and want to explore this style a little more, it seems to be very popular.

[jerfledroid]

So many people have tried to do this type of tutorial but nobody has made it so easy to understand! Great work!

[sathishmonkm]

This is so wonderful Julia.. Simple logic.. Well, if there's a tutorial of manual mode in indoors.. It would be great

[Server]

Thank you so much for breaking it down and making it so easy for us photography hobbyists to understand! A lot of other videos get too technical, so this was a great help!

[delorean]

I’m learning so much with you, Julia! Do you think you can do a similar video in-doors? I’m struggling with focus in low-light situations 😭

[erinnovak]

I've watched a few videos about manual mode and yours is the best yet! This was so helpful to see it all in action and to understand how you decide to bump up what. This has given me even more confidence as a new photographer to shoot in manual! Thanks so much!

[raffaye]

Wow, this was so helpful! I love the real life examples as I'm more of a visual learner. Thanks so much for this, Julia!

[_parkphoto]

Having an understanding already of the exposure triangle and shooting manually, I still watched this video because I thought maybe you’d offer a few off-the-cuff pieces of advice while shooting portraits, and you did! Thanks for making a video still worth watching even for someone who’s not totally a beginner!!

[lncometboiikhun]

oh gosh, even showing it live, i wana cry, you're the best Julia!

[oscarcastro]

I learned the hard way today that ISO grains the image bad when set really high! This video was amazing thank you so much

[Katherine-zwtx]

Your first video on manual helped me SO much to get started and left me in tears of gratitude, and this one was even better! Excellent explanation of what is often an extremely daunting concept (going from auto to learning to go full manual) for people. So appreciate your videos.

[leeaxon]

I can truly tell you this is the main video I've found to fully explain those three settings and why / what they mean. I've watched this twice and just made notes. I'm off out today to practice.

[ethanvj]

Wow I’ve watched countless videos on how to shoot manual and honestly this the first time I’ve fully understand to shoot like this. Amazing video thank you 🙏🏼 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[AndreaJosefineYoga]

I remember watching your first video on this, its how i learned to photograph in manual! 😊🙏🏼

[ejdagtumadventures]

Im starting this new hobby and as a very newbie
The way you explained aperture, shuuter and iso
Makes it very simple.

Ur heaven sent. ❤️❤️❤️

[jeremyjohnson]

I am a very visual learner and usually not a lot of photographers that I watch do a really good job when giving step by step directions...you make learning easy for me and I can’t wait to start applying this to my work!

[candanceswaim]

Most videos make it so complicated but you broke it down WHILE SHOOTING! showing the difference in each setting made a huge difference! Definitely a new subscriber here

[MelpoReads]

I’m so glad you decided to re-do this video with your thought process behind changes.

As someone who’s beginner camera can NOT independently adjust all 3 settings in manual AND doesn’t have a live view, this helped explain SO MUCH with shutter speed effecting exposure and just solved 2 problematic photo shoots. THANK YOU!