Histograms

Tony shows you how to use histograms, which help you know whether a picture is properly exposed and if it's washed out or too contrasty.

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[brightlightabove]

Tony, I really find your style of teaching to be very soothing and informative. Thanks for doing what you do.

[TruBBQtv]

Tony, you make histograms so chill. You're just a chill dude editing some chill photos with some chill histograms. If there was a chill histogram you'd be all the way to the right. Keep up the chill work, man.

[JoseSantos]

Thanks Chelsea and Tony...
following all your videos with a lot of attention and trying to repeat your tips and tricks..

Hug from Portugal

[Dogdocphil]

Tony... I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your videos! So much good info!

[karoncrickmore]

Wow, I just learned so much about the histogram. Thank you so much! The information you give us is priceless and so is SDP book!

[peterbucek]

Nicely explained Tony! Keep making great content!

[sithralas]

thank you, finally i got the whole histogram mystery cleared in my head. keep up the good work, greetings from germany.

[fridaywithkaye]

This is probably the best explanation of histograms I have come across.  Thank you!

[thesaint]

Solid explanation on histogram values. Really enjoyed this video. Keep it up, Tony.

[StringDeposit]

one of my most useful youtube subscriptions .
thanks Tony.

[Kelvinjan]

I tried searching for a video on your channel a few weeks ago and couldn't find anything like this but now it's here! Really makes more sense now - I'll have to put it to use now, appreciate all the good content you guys put out! :)

[AnimatedVish]

Got the book last month and love it! Joined the group and loving it! And now thinking of buying the book for a friend on his birthday!

[lahi-lophoto]

There are professionals who don't know how to explain the technicalities of photography but you are not one of them.  I can't thank you enough for excellent and informative tutorials.  I wish you did underwater photography so I could learn more about that area.

[paulinefollett]

I enjoyed this video. It was explained in a simple easy to learn way. Thanks Tony.

[akshatkabra]

Many don't use histogram or just ignores it these days but the benefits of it are amazing...you can correct your picture's contrast, brightness etc then and there from just seeing the histogram, and changing the camera settings. Then there is not much need to edit every photograph

[duncanwallace]

Excellent advice as usual. One of these days I'm going to buy both your books I promise!

[Jollyewe]

Fantastic!! I'm a beginner & have been trying to grasp the histogram....this was very informative & easy to understand! Thanks you!

[ccoquet]

As a phtpgrapher, you never stop learning. Today, i learned the importantes of the right side of the histogram. :)

[johnhmaw]

Much good information. Where the RGB histogram has advantages over the luminance histogram is where there is a disproportionate amount of one colour. Imagine taking a close-up shot of an orange flower, surrounded by dark green leaves (don't sound like a very exciting shot, but plenty of people take images like that). If you expose to the right using the luminance histogram you may well find that the petals look rather flat and lack contour. Look at the RGB histogram and you will probably see that the red channel is blown and the exposure needs to be reduced to avoid this. Small point but can save your bacon in some circumstances. Otherwise, nicely put.

[pippeocastro]

Thanks for the videos, I've seen a few and you are really talented explaining stuff