Sony a6000 Portrait Settings for Beginners

[@yournewstepmomtheshow5732]

i've watched this so many times and this guy is so soothing lol. idk what it is but it's cool. lol

[@RJUnleashedVideos]

I just bought the Cheat Sheets and they are well worth it. The advise you way more than just F stops and IOS settings. Moose gives you great tips on how to capture the shot with the settings he provides. Thank Dusty!

[@vobadina]

Exactly what I needed! Just watched this and immediately went and bought the right cheat sheet on your website. Thank you for this short and easy to follow tutorial. Much appreciated!

[@sentaalblas4247]

Thank you for the tips. I had never a camera before and i just got this camera.

[@jennifermattiassi4523]

Thank you so much you are a blessing.You help me a lot.Would make a video what setting we have to use for beach, night and sports.Thank you.God bless

[@Blues16073]

Thank you so much. I won this camera and really want to learn how to take amazing pictures. This tip started my journey. Thank you again. I will be checking out your sites

[@jameswburke]

I'd add that, if you shoot in RAW, then you can correct the White Balance in Lightroom etc. Not so easy if you shoot jpeg.

[@tobeyfrizzante5093]

Your a lifesaver, Tx for posting!

[@Jazzyshan]

Thank you, this helped immensely.

[@back2beauty985rhgo]

You’re an Excellent teacher!! Thank you!

[@chrisolson8640]

Why do most people say to use the lowest possible F stop? F1.4 has such a shallow depth of field that you end up with a sharp eye and an out of focus nose and out of focus ears. Every lens has a sweet spot and it's never wide open. You'll find you get better results for your portraits somewhere around the lens' sweet spot. In any case, shooting portraits in the lowest possible F stop is not always the best. If you have a prime F1.4 or F1.8 lens, take a portrait wide open, then try the same photo at say 5.6 or 6.3. You'll be surprised at the difference. Also, you can use F8.0 or F11.0, move your subject further away from the background and achieve amazing results. No one wants a blurry nose, or worse... one in focus eye and one blurry eye.

[@dwill3233]

Hey Chris man I really appreciate your comment really sound like you know your stuff do you have a page I can follow. I'm a amature photographer but want to do weddings and portraits.

[@dwill3233]

Also do you think it's a good idea to use aperture or is manual better.

[@chrisolson8640]

@@dwill3233 I've been a photographer for a few years. My first camera was the canon 10D. I use to do some paid work, a long time ago, but hardly consider myself a professional. I don't have a page, but have often thought of starting one as part of my, now, photography hobby. I've done weddings, over the years, and portrait shoots. They are fun and do pay well. My suggestion to you is to use every opportunity presented to you to offer your photography services to friends and family, at first. You can polish your skills this way. If you know of a family member or friend that is getting married, offer to be an additional shooter at the wedding. You don't have to charge them for your time, if you don't want too, but never give your work away totally for free. If not charging for your time, be sure to sell them your finished photos. NEVER just give them all the photos you took. NEVER just sell them all the photos you took. A photographer, even a professional, will always have shots that just didn't come out right, for whatever reason, and those should not be seen by anyone. You're goal is to showcase the good ones, the keepers and the epic photos you've made, not the mistakes you've made. The same can be applied if you know of a family member or friend that is going to have a portrait session done; engagement, family, senior, headshots, etc. Once you feel your skills are ready to tackle the job as lead shooter, you're ready to book a paid gig on your own and have your own second shooter! I almost forgot, don't shy away from using flash either. It's not as difficult as you may think. Good luck too you and God Bless!

[@chrisolson8640]

@@dwill3233 When first starting out, and for anything that is fast paced, Aperture Priority is best, in my opinion. Except for low light, where your shutter speed will suffer too much. Then you'd benefit from using Shutter Priority. For staged portraits, once you've polished your skills, nothing beats full manual.

[@adithyamohan1592]

😍your vido setting is danm minimal bruh, lvd it

[@nikitasongs]

Thanku so much Dusty.....you made such a wonderful video....this is gonna help me a lot shooting my music videos.....also please tell if any more lens is required to shoot my videos

[@konesmalones]

Kevin Malone is the best model forsure

[@cas818028]

Love this content breaks it down super simple!

[@MrPatrick891]

Really helpful. Thanks a lot.☺️

[@juangallegos8543]

Awesome tips. Thank you so much.

[@vanessamartin9840]

Just bought a cheat sheet!!! So excited

[@lifewithGloreeb]

So happy I found you! Just purchased to use for taking blog photos and was a bit overwhelmed but these instructions as well as the cheat sheets are just what I needed. Just purchased a set...now I know where to go if I need help in the future.

[@sauravbasu8805]

Which camera and lens have you used to make this video ?

[@sunjokuruvillavarughese967]

Hi bro..is this cheat sheet suitable for sony a6100. Thank you

[@Hamzamkf]

thank you for your help :)

[@Pollakspd]

awesome tips.

[@awesomemike8219]

I bought the A600 with sony 70-200f4 and this guys spot on... Im new and searching all over for just the settings as a newbie are not out on anyones videos.. When I get some new glass, im buying his other pdf... Works out great on my iphone

[@strada21_]

Hello ,is this the same for a sony a6100??

[@Persevere.x]

What is the proper cable to use for live view? From a6000 to Laptop?

[@juanrestrepo8018]

Thanks !!

[@robertcudlipp3832]

Like your videos, great for people like me, new to the a6000 line. Was a little surprised by your portrait setting advice, would have thought that spot metering e.g on subject's eye would have been the focus area choice? Also, is it possible to save all of these settings to 1 of the 2 memory buttons?

[@hunterp589]

Settings can be saved with the memory recall function. Set up the settings you want, then go into the menus and find memory recall and select bank 1,2 or 3. After it has saved, turn the mode dial to MR and select which bank you saved it to. These settings will stay forever unless you change them

[@torcider6688]

Super Video. Thanks you!!

[@drsunildeshmukh]

Excellent thank u ❤

[@tuba675]

Thank you!

[@jean-paulyoris9634]

Hey Dusty, i have a a6000 but now its when im getting kinda into it and learning. Im trying to purchase the portrait lense, but there is two. Whats the differente between the sony FE 50mm f/1.8 lense and the sony 50mm f/1.8 optical. Do they both do the same?? Hope i can hear from you soon! Thanks!

[@ohdabutter]

Hey Moose! Just picked one of these bad boys up for streaming and im wondering what type of lense you would recommend. I want to get as much of the bokeh effect as possible and don't really know what prime lense would be the best for me and my scenario. If you could help me out that would be much appreciated!

[@komnothet]

Love to see you back

[@essencebrown1734]

Do you have a cheat card for the song a6100 ?

[@johnnorbertjovellanos4013]

Are the two recommended lenses capable with the a6000?

[@lawrence711]

John Norbert Jovellanos yes they are, I have them both

[@karenpark905]

So helpful

[@coachkeithfitness424]

Hey there! I was wondering how can I shoot a video vertically if that’s even possible? I create reels on IG and would need the video to be vertical. Is there a certain setting? Thanks!

[@DiviPhotos]

great video

[@juliocruz6251]

Thanks for the video’s, they definitely helping. My question is why don’t use manual? Is it because your videos are based on beginners guide or should we be using these options (top rotator) instead of Manual?

[@Stan_lane]

Perfect tutorial.. thank you

[@lauriannevictor8140]

Thank you so much for these videos

[@ericsy6659]

Sir what lens I should add to may a6000, im looking for an action lens where I cam blur the background like in basketball....im just an amature photographer....looking for cheap lens.

[@JA-nt7ye]

Beautifull video color..😍😍😍 Your setting please...

[@sagarkarandikar4557]

Dude I'm in love with the lighting setting you did there while vloging.DOPE no seriously DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved a simple composition with very less props in the background (no unnecessary distraction) FULL THUMBS UP MAN and btw great video

[@Navarrete19]

So automatic focus in not good?

[@TheArroyoFamVlogs]

Can the cheat sheets settings help me for a Sony a5100?

[@Cgrkive]

oh i love you thank you lol

[@chanellmichelle]

Does this work for filming as well?

[@Officialbrimbully]

How are you screen recording from the camera?

[@seasonfilms9375]

How can I have video background in black and white while foreground is in color just like a samsung phone does? I have a sony a6500.

[@russdavis614]

I downloaded a couple of your cheat sheets to my computer. How do I save them to my cell phone also?

[@christinayork2068]

This video helps a lot. But I am struggling so much on how to blur the background and focusing on the person in the portrait while shooting. Any sugestions?

[@bacikukac]

For that you need a lens that has wide aperture like f1.8 or close to that. You want to use the lens at f1.8, because the smaller the number is the larger the aperture is, the larger the aperture is the shallower the depth of field is. The second thing you want to pay attention to is the distance between your subject and the background, the greater the distance is between them the more out of focus the background will be. Another thing that affects how blurred your background is the focal length of the lens, a short telephoto lens like 85 or 135 on a crop sensor will give more of an out of focus background than a 35mm or 50mm. Try to focus always on the closest eye to the camera, when you are shooting with a small aperture you are getting a very shallow depth of field, so you need to be careful that you have the eyes in focus, if you get that right the rest is ok, because the human perception is that if the eye is in focus the photo is in focus. Finally try to have a shutter speed somewhere 1/200 to eliminate camera shake and small movements of the subject.

[@diskoeric2248]

@@bacikukacthanks

[@liyingjie1987]

thank you

[@maelara3778]

Hi, I am a hairstylist and I want to start using this camera taking a picture of my work and I also have a ring light for it but I’m not quite sure what the setting it should be. Any advice?

[@Coine611]

Depends what type of shot you're trying to get. Just remember, the lower your aperture number, the smaller field of focus. If you set something like around 1.8 or so, you won't be able to get all of someone's hair in focus, any hair closer and farther away from what's in focus will blur.

[@KK-ek9us]

I see that you said use a 35mm for indoor and the 50mm for outdoor portraits. However can you recommend a lens for the use of both indoor closer portraits and outdoor?

[@hunterp589]

I would recommend the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 for a general lens. It is extremely sharp, has a low aperture which gives a nice depth of field and lets lots of light in. It is a good focal length, not too wide but not too narrow.

[@alansarpy]

Does eye auto focus work on continuous auto focus ?

[@parinazaz4044]

Is the 50 mm 1.8 lens a zoom lens or a prime lens?

[@cameratips]

It's a prime lens

[@natedawgnug]

Hey Moose! Great tips. Was looking for the cheat sheet. Did you add that in the comments section? Thanks!

[@dereksuperstrong1210]

So much better than “that1cameradick” he gives a very long and thorough tutorial, only problem is he does it at the speed of light and a beginner cannot keep up with him. Even pressing pause he runs through it so quickly he doesn’t give you time to change settings or to even think about what he’s doing or why he’s doing it just because he knows everything about it doesn’t mean we do don’t waste your time if you’re not gonna take your time with beginners. Thanx for a great beginners tutorial camera tips guy

[@naomi7937]

what lense are you using here? thank you

[@lawrence711]

Naomi kit lens

[@hannahbayubay8711]

Hi is it normal that when you click the shutter button once 3-5 photos will save?

[@ricardovarajr]

Anyone know the best settings for pictures/portraits outside? New to this camera. My pictures come out good indoors, but outdoors they’re straight garbage.

[@ateam8026]

Hey dude, this settings will work on A5000? Thanks in advance..

[@justplayerpt3299]

Carl Cabanie uup

[@vinod8june]

1... is there any way to get the apps for free for sony cameras...??

[@strixxx896]

What auto iso??? U want to blow everything up? It's better to use manual mode

[@romanlazuardi6811]

In auto ISO u can set the ISO range, there are minimum and maximum.

[@devincoyle3336]

What were the lens ? You didn't put them in the description?

[@cameratips]

Hey Devin, thanks for pointing that out. I just updated the description with my recommendations. I'll also drop them in this comment to make it easier to find. Here are my recommended portrait lenses to start with... 35mm f/1.8 OSS - camtips.co/sony35mmf18e 50mm f/1.8 OSS - camtips.co/sony50mmf18e For indoor portraits where you need a wider field of view, go with the 35mm f/1.8 OSS . For outdoor portraits where you have more room to compose the subject, go with the 50mm f/1.8 OSS.

[@devincoyle3336]

@@cameratips thanks man i ended up getting the 35mm 1.8 lens and used your settings it's awesome just curious if doesn't let me zoom in and out with that lens is that supposed to be like that?

[@cameratips]

@@devincoyle3336 Yep, that's totally normal. The 35mm is a "prime lens" which means it stays fixed at the 35mm focal length. The advantage of a lens like this is that Sony can incorporate a bright f/1.8 aperture, OSS and also keep the size of the lens to a minimum. If they were to make the lens zoom from say 18mm to 35mm, while maintaining a bright f/1.8 aperture and incorporating OSS, the lens would be MUCH larger, heaving and more expensive due to all the aspects needed to construct a lens like that (see the Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 as an example). Essentially, with the 35mm lens, you'll need to "zoom" with your feet.

[@devincoyle3336]

@@cameratips awesome thanks so much for the info man!

[@johnnorbertjovellanos4013]

Are the two lenses capable with the a6000?

[@zozolei]

I waant this camera so bad.....

[@mierliu5050]

Hi what is the difference between the lenses you recommend for portraits vs Sony 85mm? I heard 85mm is for portrait as well..

[@alejandrovigil9696]

From what I know, 50-120mm works best for portraits

[@deeesmeralda8577]

I want to buy your cheat sheet but give my paypal an error.

[@hannahbayubay8711]

Why does my camera keep on shooting even though I only click it once?

[@1loveentertainment652]

kim jennie Hope all is well, did you figure this out? You have it set in continuous shooting. Change it in your settings:)!

[@PhuzzyBond]

Thank you

[@sauravbasu8805]

Which camera and lens have you used to make this video ?