How to Improve Your Photography Instantly

In this video Eric Stoner from Canon U.S.A. shares a plethora of images with you so you can visually see what goes into making a great image. He also shows you some images that need some help and how to address the issues.

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[tw]

This presenter is organized and clearly focused on his audience actually learning and improving as opposed to just showing off pictures, promoting or selling. Great job!! A much appreciated addition to the B&H collection of presentations.

[alexforsyth]

As a Canon shooter since 1975, an ex-teacher, product designer and former racing cyclist I loved this. Great presentation, well prepared and with a good sense of humour. Look forward to more videos like this from B&H and Eric! Well done!

[tnwxe]

I love that you showed your 30 year experience and knowledge into a 1 hour or 2 hour presentation ❤️

[harleycooper]

Holy Shi7, I just found these B&H videos. Playlist created. Hours of “classes” being watched!!

[danicoversongs]

this is my favorite B and H photog lecture.

[TheHeraldOfChange]

Gas station... I did the same in Bullarto, Victoria, Australia. Funny, how similar circumstances also exist in other parts of the world too.

[daynagirl]

Great photos and presentation, I was just wondering if in your videos you could add the settings you use on your camera to get these photos. I’m a budding photographer and it would handy to be able to produce photos similar, just wanting know how you take the photos to being with. Especially how you had all of the air balloons in focus including the back one :)

[desmondgomez]

Great video.. good for beginners.. and would suggest to watch it a few times.. lot of great stuff

[woofbarkyap]

The picture someone asked the location of is a place called The Dark Hedges, in Northern Ireland. It's been used for all sorts of tv programmes such as Game of Thrones etc

[barbaraolk]

Really enjoyable basic but helpful discussion by a great communicator.

[cloudstepper]

Hey Eric, do you ever teach down this way (I'm in Portsmouth, Virginia)? You mention a lot of places along the coast that I've been, and I'd love to sit in on a seminar or class if you're ever down this way to teach.

[tarjei]

The rule of odds is a very old principle. It makes for pleasing images and flower arrangements.

[grat]

Thanks for this video. The presentation was clear with great examples. I'm just starting out in photography and this was so helpful!

[CM-effu]

Oh Boy, Tilt and Shift for the balloon picture at 1:13:35 hahah

Thanks for the informative lesson !

[djcsr]

Enjoyed this presentation so much I watched it twice. I have to say it though--those are not socks ;)

[CameraMystique]

The pic at 40.32 does not have "problems" if it's a travel/vacation pic. The signs shows where she is. It's actually the signs that tell half the story.

[jackieconnell]

Brilliant tutorial, great audience, love it thanks

[dimitristsagdis]

The bare-tree 'block' in 1:29 isn't as effective cause you see the whole tree/object so it is just an element of the photo. To be effective as a block only part of the object should be in the frame as in 15:33, 27:56, 1:15. Also the shot in 11:53 (shown in several places throughout the video) is not just any odd framing but dark (foreground), light (middle-ground), dark ('sky'/top part). This is a particular way of framing that can be accomplished just with light as often used by the classics. In this particular instance the leaves/branches act as the dark top part/'sky' and it is very nice that one can see their silhouette.

[RealmsOfThePossible]

Brilliant tutorial thanks, by the way that was Lenin not Stalin.

[Ranblv]

it's a great lesson and thank you for it, but for some odd reason I could not relate to most of the example photos.