HOW To Photograph LIGHTNING!

[@haynerbass]

At 10:04 lower left hand corner the lightning spells "Gain".

[@notimetochill]

I live in sweden and here it is unfortunately not so much lightning for a year. Tomorrow is warned for storm and thunder and I have taken help of your video now and printed out your folder. Hope for the best. Thanks so much.

[@BrentHall]

Glad I could help, good luck with it!

[@user-mb7jj1op1d]

@SR FOTO how did it go??

[@BrentHall]

Hey guys, my main IG account got compromised and disabled, so if you wanna show some love and check out my new main account @hallofbirds, that would be awesome. Thanks for all the support here on YT and over on Instagram, it really means a lot.

[@cindybowers6581]

Thanks for the great tips for that 'killer' shot. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can make it happen.

[@BrentHall]

Thank you Cindy, and good luck with it! 😁⚡⚡⚡

[@meatblanketcomedy6998]

Thanks for the tips. Started photographing lightning after watching your vids a week ago and have had some success (Here in AZ). Without this channel I'd be lost. Appreciated

[@BrentHall]

Hey thanks man, that means a lot, and I'm glad I could help!

[@meatblanketcomedy6998]

Brent Hall I'll find your email and send you my amateur stuff captured over the past few days. Using Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 and Sony Alpha 6500 and Sony RX10 MIV. I also watched and learned a lot from your Photoshop Layers tutorial. Without that tutorial the filming wouldn't have happened.

[@dgmp78]

Wow that is an amazing time lapse you made with so much action going on.... I love it when it comes to lightning. Mahalo nui for the tips you given... 🤙

[@pewemedia6542]

Thanks for tips.. I was able to capture amazing lightning on my 1st try out.

[@BrentHall]

That's awesome, I'm glad I could help!

[@meatblanketcomedy6998]

Brent- Thanks for the video! What is your White Balance setting on lightning pics? AWB?

[@BrentHall]

Depends on if I'm doing an actual timelapse or not. If I'm just doing stills then I'll usually leave it in awb, but if I'm timelapsing then I'll probably custom set it. For lightning after dark I definitely prefer a cooler look, like 3200-4500 or somewhere in there.

[@meatblanketcomedy6998]

@@BrentHall thank you. I accidentally had 'sun' as my setting and it created some pixel burn. Still good images, but could have been better.

[@Bobcat-1967]

I have a Nikon D3500 and lapse it pro on my phone but I can't find how to get my images into the app. The app says you can do it but I'm struggling. I've got a few lapses on my channel done with my mobile phone and I was pretty pleased with them and wanted to do some better ones. Any advice would be much appreciated.

[@jannehintze6008]

Hi, awesome videos thanks! I just got my first DSLR and I dont know anything about shooting lightnings yet so her comes the stupid question. When shooting time lapse, do you first need to do all your settings in photo mode and set your shutter speed there? I cant find shutter speed setup in movie mode, there is only exposure correction (at least that`s what I think it is, numbers from 30-4000?), aperture and ISO. I have Canon 77D and I´m trying to learn as much as possible how to use it :). Thank you if you have time to answer:). -Janne

[@BrentHall]

So I'm not sure if the 77D has a regular timelapse mode, but if it does you should definitely use that instead of the movie timelapse mode, because that will take all your images and turn them into a movie in the camera, then you won't be able to pull individual frames or edit them. If it doesn't have a regular intervalometer built in, then I'd suggest looking into an external intervalometer.

[@jannehintze6008]

@@BrentHall Thank you so much for your answer, that explains a lot! The only time lapse mode in 77D is on the video mode side, so I`m definitely going to get my self an external intervalometer. Strange that pretty expensive 77D doesn`t have a REAL time lapse mode but you can get an external intervalometer with 16 euros... Cheers! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmWUoaCJi8aBgKs

[@StickyMubbs]

Very nice style of presentation Brent. Easy to follow and informative. Thankyou

[@BrentHall]

Hey thanks for the kind words! 😁

[@rafzibi4825]

Amazing video. Many thanks. Liked 👍

[@davidbehzadpour2251]

Should I use 24-70 mm or 70-200 mm , or 100-400 mm?

[@BrentHall]

That's really situationally dependent...how close do you feel like getting to the lightning?

[@carletto0805]

Great work!

[@BrentHall]

Thank you!

[@samanthasmith9915]

I'm sorry but I have to correct you about the lightning strike map and the information you gave between the time 3:26 and 3:37 fresh lightning strikes show up a bright yellow and the older the lightning strike is the darker that dot gets, you had that backwards. Again I apologize but I thought maybe there was a different lightning strike map that I didn't know about so I was excited to check it out till I realized it was the one that I use LOL other than that not a bad video thank you!

[@BrentHall]

Thanks, I do tend to get things backwards sometimes.

[@Aviationgeek1000]

would the canon m50 MK2 work

[@BrentHall]

It's got manual controls, so it should.

[@dianapiscitelli9369]

GREAT VIDEO BRENT! can you give me the link to your cheat sheet again? I didn’t find it

[@BrentHall]

Thank you Dianna! It's the forst link in the video description.

[@coyoteself]

I have two different lightning triggers for daytime lightning photography and I'm not impressed with either one. For nighttime lightning, I never use a trigger

[@BrentHall]

Yeah, I just do it manually, or set up a timelapse.

[@follow_yogiee]

Thanks for tips😊

[@BrentHall]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@bunkermagnus]

Thank you for this video, gave me inspiration and new ideas.

[@BrentHall]

Thanks Magnus, I'm glad I could help!

[@burejdauneyza5167]

Hello, I have one question, I have camera nikon d5300, and I coudnt find any tutorial how to capture lightning!, can nikon d5300 capture lightning?

[@BrentHall]

Yes it can.

[@burejdauneyza5167]

@@BrentHall can you show me please

[@pattip2788]

I like this guy! Great information, thanks! I can’t wait to take my first lightning shot. My own 2cents, I wish you could put your cell phone (or whatever camera you’re using to film yourself)on a tripod, because I was starting to get a little seasick

[@BrentHall]

Thanks Patti. Sorry about the video filming style though. Most of my other tutorials are not filmed that way.

[@pattip2788]

Brent Hall Thank you, Brent. That was kind of you to reply. I subscribed, so I’ll be watching plenty more of your videos. 👍

[@RFGfotografie]

I always find it funny how everyone is telling me with lightning and fireworks photography, a long exposure/filters and a tripod is the way to go. But I've never done that and still got the shots I wanted.

[@romiemiller7876]

Another Abq. photographer!

[@martinnightingale6033]

Awesome timelapse at the end . Overall great informative vlog . I've been learning lightning photography for around 10 years . I'm getting there . Probably got at most 15 really good shots so far . Mmmm I'm in the uk . Either we get huge storms or nothing at all .

[@BrentHall]

Thanks man, glad I could help! Never caught lightning in the uk before, but I'm definitely ready for our monsoon season out here in New Mexico!

[@martinnightingale6033]

Brent Hall . I use . Blitzrortung . It's pretty accurate. . Most days I check out where in the world the lightning is happening. Last few weeks has been the best around Florida and off the coast of Texas . Uk has been rubbish so far .fingers crossed it will get better . Happy hunting.

[@computergrant1]

Wow, fantastic informative video Brent! And, thanks for the, "cheat sheet!" Hope you enjoyed your peach cobbler!

[@BrentHall]

Glad it helped, and I most certainly did!

[@MrRenoman2011]

Thanks Brent great video

[@BrentHall]

You bet man, thanks for watching!

[@RFGfotografie]

Great video :) Great tips to :)

[@RAZER.MUSIC21]

Nice video, look forward to more great stuff

[@BrentHall]

Hey, thanks man! I really appreciate that!

[@shupingyin8082]

Nice vid

[@footballarena523]

whats that things flying over on time lapse?

[@BrentHall]

It's either an airplane or a news helicopter.

[@footballarena523]

Brent Hall thnkss..

[@mdzwan3511]

Imagine tryna capture a pic of a lightning and the lightning strikes your camera

[@PereaPhotography]

Yeah buddy!! Lots of great info in this!

[@BrentHall]

Many thanks kind sir! Did you check out the cheat sheet?

[@PereaPhotography]

Brent Hall sure did!

[@justinstraubinger4221]

Brent Hall Great video!!! Very helpful as well. Thank you and looking forward to more videos

[@BrentHall]

Thanks Justin, I'm glad I could help!

[@chadbalonick1784]

I'm almost certain we're in the same area. LETS SHOOT!

[@kingofbratz3626]

Wow. Awesome tutorial! More cheat sheets please? Keep it up.

[@BrentHall]

Thanks man, glad it helped!

[@normanharveygamboa9250]

"Say my name". Heisenberg, the home of drug kingpin and best TV show ever. Like if u agreee

[@romiemiller7876]

Lightning trigers don’t work well.

[@BrentHall]

I've still never tried one. I just do timelapses.

[@JMac85X]

Brent this is "fucking awesome".

[@BrentHall]

Thanks man!

[@RP-mz6sq]

Please invest in a second tripod for your recording camera amd lock it down. I could not watch the entire video because you sway side to side more than a small boat in large waves.

[@kerskind]

ït's kinda like deadly"lol. this video was very helpful.

[@Ullimately]

Hahahaaaaa... the dude looked just silly and he talks too much.

[@thosyoung373]

Really irritating “tutorial” with the selfie-stick waving back and forth (literally induces vertigo and nausea); the irritating music playing inconsistently during portions of the video; the meandering lack of organization; the attempt to be artsy. The use of music during a tutorial is somehow misplaced, especially in this video. Two thumbs down - more, if someone watches the video with you.

[@BrentHall]

Well that was brutal comment to take in over a Sunday morning breakfast! Sorry it was so bad...I'll definitely try better moving forward.

[@thosyoung373]

A group of us are preparing to do winter thunderstorm photography, and each of us looked through videos about ‘how to...’ and summarized our assignment for the group. If you like, I can ask the others to submit their critique as well, adding more frank assessments and additional “thumbs-down” ratings if you prefer. Whatever your message was, it was lost with the selfie-sticking waving back and forth to the point of inducing vertigo in those of us watching your video on a widescreen TV. The music was equally irritating to us all. Given these two distractions alone, your message was lost in the static. We all got lost in your meandering presentation. Your “notes” and helpful hints, apparently inserted into the video as an afterthought, would have best served as footnotes at either the end or beginning of your video, or as captions summarized at the end instead of in the middle of the video. Of course, if you like, I could ask someone whose firm makes commercials to critique your tutorial and quote him in further comments.

[@Aidancordell]

I hate people who are negative. I found this video helpful

[@BrentHall]

Hey thanks man, I really appreciate that! It can't really be avoided on a public forum like this though, but it's comments like yours that keep me going!

[@Aidancordell]

@@BrentHall no problem do not let this guy bring you down. This video was awesome. I can tell you put lots of hard work into this. This was a great video with music and everything. This guy is obviously just a very negative person. Keep going dude.