5 Photo Myths BUSTED

Are bigger sensors better? Do you need a new camera? On this episode of the Picture This! Photography podcast, Tony and Chelsea debunk the confusing photo myths that frutrate photographers!

[pvolkspvolks]

Hey Tony and Chelsea, been years that I've stepped away from photography but lately I was asked to volunteer shoot for a good cause and it reminded me about what I missed about photography. So after ten years, I tuned back to your channel and one thing struck me, Father time has changed you in only one way but has had no effect on the energy and love you both carry as a couple and despite your channel being a photography channel i remember always enjoying your dynamic together, it's a rare and beautiful thing. ❤

[mdog]

Photography - keep your head up. Golf - keep your head down.

[BabyEleven]

wait, can we have a contest between chelsea and tony where the community chooses between their photos? but don't tell us who took each photo

[superzero]

[9:10] Admittedly, Northrup’s channel was one of a handful we watched that helped us rationalize our decision to use µ4/3 professionally. The choices of glass was extremely KEY, and with today’s post processing software, honestly, the end products are indistinguishable from other formats. We have ZERO regrets, and ZERO complaints with the results…

Our decision to choose the path we have taken literally saved us TWO THIRDS of the cost of choosing otherwise, cameras bodies and lenses, that would have cost two and three times more, allowed a level of flexibility beyond measure…

Limitations or lack of creativity is not the fault of the gear but rather the individual who uses them. What a person can’t accomplish, others have and with less…

🤔

[heliosending]

What's crazy is that the MEDIUM format is actually larger than FULL frame.

[jeroenschoondergang]

My first camera was a 1960's Nikkormat with a detached light meter. I crapped up a tonne of films doing this. Every innovation after that was welcomed by me as something that would make my process easier and better. I shoot for fishing magazines professionally (as an outdoor journalist) and wildlife as a hobby. My fishing shots are usually with the camera on P or S (with auto Iso), my wildlife shots on S or M if I want to close down my aperture a bit (all with auto Iso). I am happy with that, which is all that counts to me. As a 60+ years photo enthousiast I don't give a f## about what people I don't know personally, think about my choices (and many people I do know). Time is too valuable to waste it on useless opinions.

[TheOlandex]

You guys touched quickly on a bunch of things that are all fairly complex. I think these are good thoughts to "prime the pump" for folks looking for more information. For me learning is one of the top reasons I love photography - I am always learning stuff! And I've been at it for about 37 years. Hmmm... maybe I'm a slow learner, LOL.
One tip I would add is that people should take notes. As an example I was hired to shoot an event about a year ago and it involved setting up a "photo booth" portrait space, but also shooting the general activity like speakers, performers, people at tables eating, drinking and talking - all the things. It meant I was shooting both in a studio setup with my lights, and in a hotel event space setup without light - completely different settings and I had to switch back and forth a couple times. So I made notes of what settings and lenses worked. A year later I was hired to shoot the event again (just last weekend), and thanks to my notes I was able to refresh my memory easily and come prepared to shoot without problems. Yup - notes! Take them and learn :)

[marc_likes_marketing]

i shoot with auto exposure (just set aperture and shutter speed), ignore the rule of thirds (if it looks good to me, then that's all that matters), i use my a6100 w/my sony 1.8 11mm (16.5) more than my sony a7iii with a 16-35 2.8 (the former is more compact, lighter and inexpensive - i worry less about them), i love minimalist landscapes, yet i love sunsets with massive waves and deeply textured clouds. i hate photoshop and generative AI. the only AI i use is denoise in LR.

as usual, i love your vids and thanks for always keeping it real.

[uncle-ffjq]

Y'all are great for the online photo community. Really appreciate both of your perspectives having years of unique experience. Glad you're still producing!

[christopherjs]

some kit lenses are pretty good - Nikon Z 24-70 f/4, Fuji 16-55 f/2.8-4....

[kkehoe]

While I don’t follow the rule of thirds consciously, I find that the pictures I do take that stand out as the better photos have a strong rule of thirds layout.

[davidgommeren]

The rule of third is important because it stops beginners of always putting the subject in the middle (whatever the subject is, can be a person, an animal, a mountain range, an island). It leads to boring, bad photos that always need cropping and it was the rule of thirds that made me stop doing that. I hate post processing so if I can get it right when taking the photo, that's a win for me.

[TimLucasdesign]

I use a full frame camera but I've started shooting with F4 lenses. I generally prefer a deeper depth of field these days for 2 reasons. 1. It forces me to consider the background and not just lazily obliterate it. If I wanted no background, I'd just shoot in a studio. 2. When I shot portraits of my daughter with my $3k F1.2, her response to the natural bokeh was "ew, why did you take these in 'portrait mode', that's so lame". A humbling moment

[nickadams]

??? m43 has not enough or not the right lenses? First, m43 has the largest choices of native lenses of any camera system. Second, you can adapt any lens to m43 given that doubled focal length/increased DoF is what one wants. Third, there are some lenses for m43 that do not exist for other formats. Fourth, if m43 lenses are to cheap, go for a 25k$ Rodenstock cine lens.

[RetrieverTrainingAlone]

EXCELLENT! Huge difference between "that's nice" photo and a photo that tells a story.

[sverreedin]

Happy to hear that you now balance your message about sensor size. I used Olympus in the past, tried Canon R5 for some year (with 100-500 and TC) and are now back to OM/Olympus. If you are not willing to invest in extremely expensive and heavy lenses I think this system is much better than FF. I urge you to really try the system and feel you can be more open to all the advantages.

[gerardbonus]

For the snob, bigger is always better. As example recently you said [roughly] Size does not matter, here I am using my 45MP and while a camera phone is better at everything ~ it is using a tiny sensor and while the images are wonderful, when photographers but them under the microscope ... there is noting there, while the 10x8 film or digital under the same microscope is like an astronomical adventure.

[SneakyCaleb]

Using a monochrome sensor has changed my life. The Leica Q2M is the most amazing camera I’ve ever owned. Shooting in almost pure darkness handheld with almost no noise/grain is a trip.

[JohnJohnson-bosv]

One thing that isn't mentioned in the debate about sensor size is that the full frame sensor is more familiar to those photographers who started out on 35mm film cameras. I had set photography aside about the time when digital was taking over the market. When I finally in 2023 bought a used Canon T3i, I didn't know what a crop sensor was and I immediately didn't like the fact that a 50mm lens didn't coincide with my memory of what 50mm' should look like. After doing the homework I should have done earlier I knew I needed a full sensor- additional quality was a bonus but not the main issue, I get decent pictures with the the T3i now that I know what it is and isn't. Please Miss Chelsea read my post.

[jmp]

Most help content on YouTube is not filled with annoying Ads like square space over and over but your content is extremely helpful and entertaining,