Camera Settings for Beginners | ISO Shutter speed and Aperture

[@markadams9401]

I'm so happy to have found your videos Gary, perfect beginner level explanations and inspiration.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Mark 👍👍

[@clanelliott0305]

Fantastic video, simple explanation and a great reference to come back to, Many Thanks and keep up the education.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Chris

[@sandipkrgupta]

Very nicely explained. Should be good for any beginner.

[@drramasamy6897]

A very very useful demonstration of camera use with different controls! Thoroughly clear& quite interesting to watch! Wonderful!

[@garysoar7626]

Great video, one of the best video's I have seen explaining camera settings.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Gary

[@kingfisheroutdoors2895]

Hi Gary, As a keen hill Walker I always used to take my iPhone with me for photos but now I have started to take photos with a DSLr that I bought second hand. My excitement has changed because everything I am looking at now I think how could I take that. I’ve started to watch all your KZbin videos for tips and advice and I’ve got to say I’m hooked. Thanks for all the effort you put in keep them coming especially the training side of your videos. Never to old to learn. Regards Robert

[@denyskar]

Aperture very well explained,as someone just started and learning about photography, this was one of the best video i watched and helped, explained very simply and basic

[@ericwong1841]

Thank you Gary, you have explained it quite clear of all three ISO, Aperture and Shutter speed especially with your supporting photos.

[@ivorwindybottom77]

This is amazing thank you Gary as someone struggling for the last 2 months coming off auto this makes so much sense great visuals really helped.

[@luistavares6670]

Great, I am in to photography on the last 3 or 4 years and I commit the big mistake I stop but I am learning thanks.

[@GaryGough]

Happy to help!

[@sambarmankennels7355]

Straight forward and very instructive. Well done!

[@canucklish4351]

Thank you for explaining the kit lens. I have never been able to get my head around how they work. I prefer my 35mm camera. Now I might give the kit lens another try.

[@chrissmith6428]

This was so good and helpful, thank you so much. It was a great overview and will help my art tremendously. Cheers and good luck to you.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Chris 👍👍

[@MrCochise71]

Wish I had a teacher like you years ago. You explain things so clear and easy to understand. Gary's the man. Stay safe Gary!

[@GaryGough]

Very kind as always, cheers

[@DAoutdoors]

Brilliant video Gary. I’ve been trying to get this easily explained for years, you just made it clear as glass in 25 minutes! 👍

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Dave 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow & 18:00 for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@anthonyharris1210]

Best explanation ive seen online made things very clear Thankyou

[@dprescott2314]

Thank you for this. Your explanations help me so much. Clear as glass, indeed.

[@andy8315]

thank you gary this is another awesome video :-) ..

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Andy 👍👍

[@mickdempsey7698]

Gary thanks for a great video, just bought my grandson entry level dslr this will be the first tutorial he watches. You'll have a new subscriber very soon..

[@GaryGough]

That is awesome! thank you

[@janekemp3432]

Hi Gary you made this so easy for me to understand. Before I get my new camera..🤗 I was so confused. As I'm just a beginner. Thanks 👍 best wishes jane

[@ManGeshWarik]

Thanks Sir… It was very helpful and in very simple language you had make me understand the basics of camera

[@pinkmoonlotus]

Thank you, Gary!!! Your breakdown has really helped me.

[@sigridlee3743]

I like the way you explain things. Thank you very much for this video.

[@johnhare6652]

I have lost count of the number of times I have said to beginners "I've learned more from images that have not worked than those that do". Great video as usual Gary.

[@GaryGough]

So true. Cheers John 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@johnhare6652]

@@GaryGough Alexa reminder set for it!

[@Tharty4]

Excellent video. I’m going to share it with two friends just starting in photography.

[@GaryGough]

Oh that's very kind of you. Cheers 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@ramgopalmannem6249]

You are a great teacher.

[@neilcole3406]

Heinz! Hope they sponsored you Gary! lol another great lesson thank you.

[@jillianhorsley5985]

Very well explained. Thank's.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Jillian 👍👍

[@bobbutcher742]

Hi Gary. I'm an old dinosaur (53 😱) and just starting with photography, heavily influenced by my film student daughter. I have lost count of KZbin videos I have watched over the past few months and suddenly found this video...why oh why didn't I find your channel first..! Simple, understandable and easy is an understatement.....you now have a new subscriber, thank you.😁👍

[@tuandoan8395]

Excellent explanations.

[@GaryGough]

Thank you

[@joshgreuel4248]

You are very informative and easy to understand... thanks

[@markboweringphotography4408]

A bit of a mixed bag of comments. I wouldn't normally comment on your videos but I do feel the need to let you know that this is the sort of video that I searched for when I took up digital photography. If I had found this video I would have been very happy. I think it's great how you have helped out the beginner and for free. Cheers.

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Mark. All the comments are great with the exception of a couple of self-important toe-rags. I just ignore them :)

[@user-rz6yc6xw1t]

Explained well, thank you!

[@Openbaffle]

spot on explanation Gary, Tx

[@brendanlucey4551]

Thank you for sharing your very inspiring video.

[@paulstevens5995]

Thanks for this Gary. This explained everything I've been wanting to know.

[@marux1977]

This is how all tutorials should look like. I have seen many but... And having in mind that my English is far from perfect but I could understand everything easily... Thank you very much! And thank you very much for thinking not only about experienced photographers but about newbies as well!

[@johnbrookes6334]

I have been taking photographs for years and years,but i still love to watch your tutorials,best and clearest of them all. stay safe.

[@fahimsarabi258]

you explain very well confusion on aperture and sitter peed solved for me thank you Still I’m thinking y a small holl. capture more dept of field then a bigger hole

[@GaryGough]

Thank you

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

Well, as a relative beginner, I’ve seen a lot of tutorials, but this is away the best! Cheers Gary, I’m already sitting here taking photos of random stuff. Brilliant mate. Dave H

[@supersabre69]

Although been practicing photography for many years now, it's nice and important to just be reminded the basics.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Carl 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@marzrox97]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing

[@MrLiamGood]

Well done Gary, simple but comprehensive explanation. Easy to see why you teach photography, if this is your approach. I'm sure students go away buzzing after your classes. I am a great believer in kitchen photography for learning, warm, dry, tea or coffee to hand, snacks available and a wide variety of subjects to experiment with, regardless of weather or outside light conditions. Of course, the kitchen can also be used for experimenting with indoor tungsten or fluorescent light, and a mix of ambient light. Definitely one of the best, if not the best explanation of camera settings I have seen, I wish I had seen it or something similar 35 years ago, it would have save me a fortune in wasted film.

[@GaryGough]

Very kind of you to say, thank you

[@rbmphotographics1270]

It’s a fab vlog Gary as my wife and I will take a lot from this in her tuition into getting to grips with semi auto photography 👍🏻

[@GaryGough]

Excellent news, thank you

[@damiankarrassj9225]

Thank you Gary. The exposure triangle might appear to be Lesson 101 but I like to be reminded of this frequently. This is the best vid I have watched on the subject. You made is easy. Thanks again. Frank in Birmingham

[@GaryGough]

Very welcome Cheers Frank

[@kevin2landscapes]

Great video well put across

[@jimcooke5590]

brilliant gary, it's nice to be reminded in such a great way as this

[@GaryGough]

Thanks as always Jim 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@patstack3304]

great lesson

[@EricBuechel]

Excellent explanation

[@antonoat]

Gary I know all these things, but, I've never seen it explained so clearly for those learning, good on you. Cheers big fella.

[@GaryGough]

Very kind of you to say, thank you 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow & 18:00 for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@haask2]

Thanks for the video tutorial Gary.Brilliant,so clear and easy to follow for beginners.

[@GaryGough]

Thank you 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@Alex-Iacob]

Awesome Gary ! I can see you enjoyed doing this video and I'm greatful for having the opportunity to learn from it. As for tomorrow i won't be able to see the live session, but will catch it after work. Thank you 👍

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Alex. Thank you kindly for your continued support xx

[@brianwalker6849]

Nice one Gary just reinforced every thing I know about taking photographs as usual clear and precise instructions. Thanks 📸👍😁.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Brian

[@susanfirth2279]

Like a few others here, I understand how/what shutter speed, aperture and ISO do but sometimes still struggle to balance properly. Your explanation and examples were really helpful. Thanks Gary. As always, hope you and your family are keeping well and staying safe.

[@paulmilovich2982]

Great informative video Gary, nice refresher in case we forget some of the more important aspects of Photography, always love your video's and can't wait for the next one to come up! Stay safe! Regards, Paul M.

[@1billiedale]

Excellent presentation sir. I am finally feeling that I have a working grasp of the camera modes and what the settings accomplish.

[@modelrailwaynoob]

Very well explained Gary. This is a video that people can keep coming back to. I hate using a tripod but I have been forcing myself to take macro pictures in the garden.

[@GaryGough]

Thank you 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@garypoole716]

This video is brilliant Gary every beginner should watch this superbly explained. Happy Easter to you and your family and keep safe 📷📷 Gary P👍👍

[@GaryGough]

Thanks again Gary. Cheers 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@paulwilliamson5472]

Great video Gary,your teaching manor is clear and precise and l am learning all the time,cheers mate...

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Paul 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@dennispenton2052]

Gary - you did a great video a while back on plucking Abstract images from portfolios. I think a rehash would be great subject matter during this time of restrictions. We all have "abstract" potentials existing within the images we've kept. Best - Dennis

[@charleslewis5006]

Gary, fantastic video. I like that fact that you employ the K.I.S.S. theory in many of your videos. The simpler the better for me. I don't know why I have avoided shooting in manual for so long, perhaps a fear of not being able to produce a good photo all the time. You have me hooked now... Many Thanks. Chuck Lewis

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Charles 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@Ramblingdads]

Excellent that Gary! 👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻📷📸🎬

[@johnsparkes8963]

Very enjoyable video Gary great information tips thank you for sharing. keep safe.

[@jeffstephenson5633]

Great video Gary you have such a great way of explaining and simplifying your chosen subject.

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Jeff 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@carlreid4161]

Great vlog Gary clearly explained throughout with easy examples for us all to follow. I would try the HP Beans DOF but with the supermarket restrictions in place at this time on the number of cans I’ll have to do some hoarding haha!

[@topsmrp]

I am try to get of auto but really have trouble trusting myself. I think can I do better than the camera and maybe 80% of the time go back to auto so I don’t miss the shot. Watching vlogs like this helps me understand better. I’ve been taking photos for nearly 38 years and started with a good old manual camera but using a DSLR just seems to have made me lazy over the years. I going out to the garden to give some of this a try and beat those demons. Cheers

[@laurazelts]

Best tutorial

[@TheDavcoll]

I hope I can get you this week Gary, I had to catch up next day last week. Dave

[@Madtech70]

Top Vlog again Gary, for a novice this is very clear

[@GaryGough]

Cheers Joe 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@MrJud62]

thanks for the vid gary,,love watchin um , feel to shy and not comfortable to go to these classes,but this vid was just crystal clear......cheers mate.

[@GaryGough]

Thank you Ken 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@MrJud62]

@@GaryGough will do.

[@enriquediaz8939]

Hi Gary, by far this has been the best video I have seen to explain the basic concepts of manual control of a camera, thank you very much for making this video in such a practical way and also very easy to understand. Regards and take care!!

[@GaryGough]

Very kind of you to say, thank you 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow & 18:00 for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@enriquediaz8939]

Thank you Gary, I'm setting an alarm on my phone to join your live stream, see you tomorrow, just a question I’m in Mexico, wich time setting are you, central, mountain, pacific? Just to be shure to get the exact hour adjusted.

[@JohnPaul-ii]

Nicely done Gary. Hopefully your having a Happy Easter even if your staying home. Staying home staying safe, in Australia.

[@nickyfoulkes8476]

I wish I had someone explain that to me when I was starting out Gary.

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Nicky

[@toddfancher7400]

Great Video Gary. Very informative. I appreciate you taking the time to do these videos during these crazy times. They help us become better photographers and gives us challenges and something to look forward to.

[@jacquelinerowan-moon5082]

I am so glad I came across this, you’ve given me hope as you made things so understandable. As one of the shielded in lock down hell I’m actually looking forward to digging out my camera and using it tomorrow. Thank you 🙂

[@johnhughes9381]

Topman Gary Great explanations on subjects nice and clear just what I needed off to find a bucket with a small hole in it now 😍🍺

[@GaryGough]

lol Cheers John 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@leonidasvassilan4479]

Amazing video. Can we hope for other similar ones in the future? Thank you so much....!!!!

[@GaryGough]

Thank you 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@pdenby.]

Perfectly explained

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Paul 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@Valentascream]

Thanks Gary always good to watch vlogs like this just to keep your skills up fantastic hope your safe and well.

[@kevins8575]

Not sure that the beginners to whom you addressed this video are doing exposure corrections in post processing. I don't have any data about this, but most beginners probably will get more decent pictures by using those little automatic settings (eg. Sports, portrait, close-up, etc) and concentrating on where they're pointing the camera. Great images of the changing aperture through the back!

[@GaryGough]

You'll never get better until you learn the basics Kevin. The consumer "sport" and "landscape" settings will never help you understand how your camera works.

[@kevins8575]

@@GaryGough I borrowed my wife"s canon t7i (my 6D doesn't have those little icons) and tried out each of the settings; they do exactly what you and I would have done in manual. Many people just want nice pictures. My wife takes many good images, but is wholly uninterested in doing it like a pro. Seems OK to me. Cheers

[@rogerdorsett3753]

Great video many thanks for taking the time to do it.I must say you really do put over the points you are making very well and made the whole video clear to understand thanks again. ps loved the moon video as well 👍

[@vjosullivan]

One thing I've never really got the hang of is auto-ISO. Perhaps you could cover that in a future vlog.

[@bobswezey7452]

Great information and nicely put thanks …

[@vincentspratling365]

Terrific video Gary

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Vincent xx

[@isaacnercessian4290]

Thanks Gary that was great

[@GaryGough]

Thank you 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow & 18:00 for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@petercordingley927]

Great video, i am trying my best to get the best out of my camera gear and this is a great help. I love your enthusiasm for the career you have chosen and it inspires me to learn more.

[@OscarDog200]

Aperture:- the way I remembered it when I was learning was that the bigger the f-stop, the more f-ing light it stops 🤣🤣 Depth of field came later

[@GaryGough]

lol that's a great quote :) Cheers Dougie

[@mirrorlessny]

helpful way to remember thx

[@neilcole3406]

Liked the lesson so l subbed!

[@GaryGough]

Thanks Neil. 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@peterdovey5182]

Gary, i only have Cross & Blackwell tins of beans , will this experiment work with these ? Seriously, a great, sound film, packed with great advice, well done.

[@GaryGough]

lol Unfortunately it only works with premium brands :) 👍 Hope you can join me tomorrow @ 18:00 (UK) for a live show on my YT channel? Cheers

[@doumepatrice7597]

Good job tks

[@GaryGough]

You're welcome, thank you

[@stuartcoleman3445]

Excellent video just starting and have brought an olympus mirrorless and have been told to get 12 mm F/2 lens for landscapes but your saying F/11 is better confused now can any one explain please.

[@GaryGough]

F2 is the the widest aperture. The range will probably still go up to F16 or F22. Remember. The greater the number the greater the depth of field. F8/F11 is normally the sharpest aperture in your lens and the DOF will suffice for landscape photography.

[@stuartcoleman3445]

@@GaryGough many thanks for your time gary its all a bit confusing but videos like these really help beginners

[@TheDoll_InsiderPodcast]

i have a question i have a canon t7i and want to use self timer but usually when i change the shutter speed the pictures come out blurry only on self time mode please help! Idk what to do and im so frustrated

[@mekeyloser]

Hi Gary! Thanks for all the explanations. There is one thing I have been trying to figure out and just procrastinating: I have a Sony a6000. When I set to aperture priority, the shutter speed changes along. It's not really a problem, but for my understanding, it should remain the same! Is that some problem with Sony, with the a6000 or maybe my camera does not work correctly?

[@GaryGough]

If you set your camera to aperture priority then you only control the aperture. The camera will change the ISO and shutter speed according to the lighting conditions. You can, of course, change the ISO value but my recommendation when starting out is to set your cameras ISO to auto.

[@mekeyloser]

Complementing....I set the ISO to AUTO but the shutter speed changes to very low values. The real question is. Shouldn't the shutter speed be controlled by the ISO value? Otherwise I should define a lowest value for ss, like in the DSLR cameras

[@francisschweitzer8431]

Before the Shite hit the fan... I had time off from work .... my taxes were filed ( USA ) and I was getting an awesome refund ... so I was planning to go to Scotland ( Wallace clan on my mums side) ... to think I would have been stuck in a rental flat and not been allowed out to go photograph Scotland

[@andy1753]

👍👍👍

[@GaryGough]

cheers

[@stephencross5523]

see your posts are even viewed on the other side hence comment for Dave Allen (no offense just bad humour)

[@GaryGough]

huh? I'm confused, Stephen?

[@lensman5762]

I apologize in advance for this and I hope that I do not cause offence but, your explanation of the ISO as a measure of the sensitivity of a digital camera sensor is inaccurate. The sensitivity of a digital imaging sensor is only defined by its Quantum Efficiency ( probability of a visible photon hitting the sensor being converted to an electron or charge in simple terms ) or QE in short and not ISO. The QE of a sensor is fixed by design but it is wavelength dependent. This means that a sensor could have a QE of 45% to the red spectrum of light for example but, it can have a QE 55% to the green spectrum but, these values are fixed and can not be altered. So what is ISO? ISO as defined in digital cameras is the measure of amplification applied in stages to the charge produced by the sensor prior to the charge getting through the ADC ( analogue digital converter, the process so far in a digital camera is actually analogue ) and in simple terms is a measure of brightness amplification not sensitivity. The second paradox as far as digital terrestrial photography is concerned is the misconception that high ISO causes more noise. This is not true. Noise is bad signal. Bad signal is the product of insufficient energy level of a photon. It is the lack of energy of a photon , lack of scene brightness in simple terms , that causes the increase in noise and the effect of the high ISO so far as noise is concerned is not significant. I will not go into anymore detail regarding this noise business here as it can get complicated. High ISO however, does cause severe loss of dynamic range and high frequency signal ( fine detail ). When the move from analogue film photography to digital was being instigated many many moons ago, in order to maintain familiarity and smooth transition many of the terms used in film photography were migrated to digital and this ISO is one of them. Hope you didn't mind this slight correction. Kind Regards.

[@markboweringphotography4408]

This is supposed to be for beginners and the explanation is good enough to get started.

[@lensman5762]

@@markboweringphotography4408 Yes I do realize this and thanks for pointing it out. All I pointed out was that to identify ISO as a measure of the sensitivity of an imaging sensor is inaccurate. Hope those who read this are prompted to do their own research regarding ISO and noise and as a result gain a more in depth understanding of how their equipment works.

[@Halfpint71]

This video is called "Camera settings for beginners." Why over complicate things unnecessarily when it's supposed to be a simple video that everyone can understand?

[@GaryGough]

No need to apologise but I made this tutorial for beginners. Light amplification or light sensitivity of chemicals, it's all irrelevant. The fact is your ISO is a standard of measurements. You can argue all you like, but the ISO does form part of your exposure triangle. If it didn't then all camera light meter companies would go out of business.

[@lensman5762]

@@GaryGough True Gary, but that is another story. LOL.