Hey Ted, I just wanted to throw this in here: You mentioned Ansel Adams - taking a look at the Zone System you can see very easily why night shots turn out too bright: The camera wants to place it at Zone V - middle gray, it's just what it's trained to do, no matter which camera (either film or digital) you use. Having that in mind and looking at the Zone System it suddenly becomes very clear why you have to underexpose two stops and why the meter gives you the value it does. Cheers.
@jichenzhao84348 жыл бұрын
I think people that hate this video is just expecting a "find the 'night photography' mode on your camera" video. But its just not that easy if you wanna take a perfect photo.
@patobrien53077 жыл бұрын
What I love most about a Ted Video is that it has some authenticity for the art of photography, while we hobbyist are mining specific photo instructions for technical perfection. However, Ted gives me, and obviously, many others, but not ALL, the soul of photography. He never says what is the best way to do anything. He shares his own process, and how he feels before and after. Ted presents this stuff, so it doesn't feel as though he's selling us on any belief system or dogma (or products). Thanks Ted for just being Ted, cuz I may not follow what you say, but I trust you enough that you'd not ever let me get into too much trouble. For instance I didn't use the suggested Rodinal, It was too hard or too expensive to get to my doorstep. But I did some research and am now happily trying some HC-110. The Kodak stuff seems to kinda follow the principal for chemicals that you laboriously put in my head. Gonna try 1+79 for a stand solution. Thanks again for sharing your philosophy, and to those who criticize rudely: There is only two types of anything, those who catch on slow and those who don't
@deemdoubleu8 жыл бұрын
I think a good point here (turning the argument around) is that taking photos outside during the day is made easy courtesy of the Sun, it being The single dominant constantly dependable light source, At night, we have to work generally with many multiple point sources of variable strength and much weaker and more narrowband light and perhaps Moonlight if lucky all interspersed with tons of darkness. A much more difficult proposition requiring more thought, experiment and experience. I get the video, great stuff.
@BillyNewmanphoto10 жыл бұрын
Long exposure effects and night photography made up most of my portfolio for a while, great stuff.
@oibal606 жыл бұрын
Thanks again. Yup, night photography is a whole different world. I second using 'auto' to give you a ballpark, then move to manual for full control. Also, I bring a BIG flash unit to light up the foreground, sides of buildings, etc. Tripod or a beanbag, cable release, small flashlight... It IS more involved, but it's also very rewarding when it works and you GET the shot that matters.
@SinaFarhat12 жыл бұрын
Hi Ted, thanks for your thoughts, its a good thing to hear another photographers way of thinking! I did some experimenting and found that when shooting at night i will just about always get blown highlight from lights and other reflective sources, i accepted that and i work on the composition so that i get a good shot that is interesting to see. I also found that using a ND filter helps me to get less blown highlights, Have a good day. /Sina
@Harvieowen5 жыл бұрын
A "perfect" photo shows what you see in your minds eye. What your "minds eye" sees can be very different than what your "real" eyes see. Night photography is a fun way to shoot, with film or digital. For me, the #1 thing is to have fun with it, play with it. Motion blur can be a plus, light trials, another plus, and another thing I like to do is "paint with light". Painting with light is introducing light into the photo to highlight or bring out the subject in a "soft" way. One way to "paint with light" is just take the flash off the camera, use the flash in a manual mode to give "just enough light" then fire the flash, 1 time or many times. Firing the flash at a tenth or lower of what you normally do, then fire it, move to another location, fire it, then again, for yet a different position.All the time the shutter stays open. Done right, it will give your subject a "soft glow". Very seldom I use flash, and if I do, I do it for an effect. At night, rear curtain flash is fun. This "mode" fires the flash at the end, not at the beginning of the exposure. You get a motion trial behind the subject(that will show the movement), then at the end of the exposure the flash fires, freezing the subject and "brings the subject into focus" with a motion blur behind the subject, showing movement.
@CharlieSill62VO9 жыл бұрын
Ted! It just hit me...your speech and facial mannerisms remind me strongly of Glen Beck! LOL It has bugged me for a long time until JUST NOW! Love your work!
@judmcc8 жыл бұрын
Even back in the film days, I underexposed by 2 stops for night photography. I used to do that with my DSLR, but I found myself usually brightening it a little, so now I underexpose by 1-2/3 stops.
@boat30387 жыл бұрын
I like your style. I already knew a lot of what you had to say but I always pick up something useful. Now subscribed.
@toonboy712 жыл бұрын
two words ... my old Yashica "Electro 35", aperture priority ... it will open the shutter for up to 30 seconds! Classic rangefinder still in shape, it works brill.
@willfly1115 жыл бұрын
That second shot would have been better with some white balance adjustment. I see a lot of flourescent and tungsten lighting in there but otherwise a good shot.
@RobertsonDMcI9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the point of view ... vey helpful.
@JairoRojasPhotoStories11 жыл бұрын
Great Video... You are great at teaching.... I have learn a lot with your videos, just amazing. Thanks!
@SM_zzz6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your insights and experience. The video was informative, clear and interesting, despite what some of the comments say.
@seansolina8956 жыл бұрын
Great thoughts. Very well presented.
@DavidMeyerPhoto12 жыл бұрын
For everyone shooting digital at night: low ISO doesn't guarantee noise free images. Apart from high ISO noise there is also long exposure noise caused by the camera sensor heating up. How much of that noise you're going to get will probably depend on your camera. The point is that you may need to remove that noise in post later using your favourite method. I really like the church photo, Mr. Forbes.
@sfayers33618 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. The Highlight Metering Mode works quite well as a starting point for this for those with a Nikon D810 D750 and later bodies.
@twistoffate0110 жыл бұрын
THIS AUDIO IS CRISSSPPPPPPYYYYY
@shaynesabala8 жыл бұрын
Wow I just read some of the comments and have to say people are mean. What gets me is that a lot of the rude remarks are coming from those that do not understand the concept of the video. Before people say bad things they should realize that Ted has forgotten more about photography than most will ever know.
@geoffneville63328 жыл бұрын
+shayne sabala My thoughts exactly!! Why the hell would you say that? I haven't got anything nice to say about Jim Robinson so I won't say anything!!
@JefferyAHoward8 жыл бұрын
+shayne sabala I agree Shayne. Ted is offering advice from his years of experience and and it helped me. I enjoyed the video and am grateful Ted shared it with us.
@michaelangeloh.53836 жыл бұрын
shayne sabala - I see this kind of complaining more often. And I think the "problem" with Ted's videos is that they're almost like sitting in class. I don't mean that they're boring or anything, but people seem to get testy when there's a lot of talking and insist on having quick videos of 5 minutes tops that shows samples and settings. People feel they're entitled to their information-fix, but only if it comes in "fast food" form. Otherwise, they'll bitch about it because they can't seem to sit and listen anymore. It hurts their brain, if what it is. This is a real problem, not cynicism. What I do a lot with this type of video is just sit, put the playback speed at 1.25x or 1.5x, and grow my brain. People's loss if they don't want to listen or get it.
@UFGator19726 жыл бұрын
You are all talking like if he is the only one giving tutorials on photography. When you compare him to the likes of Mark Wallace, Tony Northrup, Peter Hurley, Garvin Hoey, Joe McNally, etc. he falls short of what most people want to see in a video. We just don't want to listen to a lecture. By the way, without having to be mean, most people here find this video boring and uninspiring.
@sunnysideup17446 жыл бұрын
390K subscribers. How many do you have? Lets see, zero! So he is doing something right. If you are so adamant on how videos should be presented, then please enlighten us with one of yours. Or are you just blowing hot air around. Nice work as always Ted. Don't mind the haters,they wake up that way then spend the day looking to put people down.
@BradMaestas11 жыл бұрын
I would recommend removing all filters (unless you're going for an effect). It is also important when you have candles in your shot. Even high-quality multi-coated filters will often produce ghosts with small, intense light sources in your exposures.
@nicolasgonzalez1279 жыл бұрын
Hi Ted, great video ! More than metering for night photography, I found that I'm mostly struggling with picking the correct white balance !
@shaynesabala8 жыл бұрын
+Nicolas Gonzalez I find that with these shots it is so much easier to correct white balance in post. If you shoot in raw it is the way to go.
@IainHC111 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for this Ted. I have wanted to shoot night film photography for some time now! but seeing your shots, and with your advice, I'm gonna give it a go maybe tomorrow night :-)
@DannyNealProductions5 жыл бұрын
Oh my god you sound so intelligent. So easy to watch. Thank you for the tips!
@shaynesabala8 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. I wanted to tell you what I have been doing lately with good success. I will over expose in order to bring details in the shadows out and go back and lower the exposure in post. I always find the mood of the exposure I want and take a shot as a reference point so that I will know where to lower it too. Of course you have to be careful of blown highlights but It seems to work well so I wanted to share. Feel free to use the idea lol.
@michaelpham1212 жыл бұрын
I know we shouldnt rely on hardware all the time, but I think that there are some new cameras that have exposure preview or something during the exposure. Like every so often a image displays on the screen so that you visually see how far your exposure is going, maybe that would be useful for landscape. I dont know what camera but it would be a really useful feature
@theartofphotography12 жыл бұрын
Its generally going to depend on how much light you've got. There wasn't much traffic in that second shot - the longer time got more cars so it might look a little deceiving. Street scenes can generate a lot of light so you'll have to do some bracketing. Chrome won't be forgiving at all like b+w. If you have a digital you can use to test it might help a bit. 8 seconds just sounds way too short to me.
@jillianhorsley59858 жыл бұрын
Loved the info....great stuff, thank's.
@flagranger0078 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ted As always great info.
@paulferrer41948 жыл бұрын
Was there a cat on the shelf behind you? I think I saw a paw make an appearance at 10:52
@BluBerry5377 жыл бұрын
And that fluffy thing right above his head must be the tail.
@michaelangeloh.53836 жыл бұрын
LOL That was like a cartoon. As if the cat wanted to grab something, but decided not to. Maybe it came to Ted asking for food... Wanted to tap him on the shoulder.
@AlonzoWest6 жыл бұрын
lmao, it did it at 3:11 too.
@kensoko0l8 жыл бұрын
Subscribed for the shots of Dallas
@HoLeeChit119 жыл бұрын
Hey Ted, Obviously it depends on what your subject is when shooting at night, that determines what methodology you will adopt to achieve your best exposure. When I am shooting buildings and sky scrappers at night, I find, put camera on tripod, use manual mode, iso 100, choose f stop and then guess shutter speed, adjust shutter speed higher or lower to achieve desired result. What do you think.?
@rolandrick6 жыл бұрын
As always very interesting, thanks for your thoughts. I really love your clear and decent kind to explain things. Something completely different, at 3:12, the cat 🐈 is in the camera 😂😉... Pets... unpredictable... 🙈
@skandababy9 жыл бұрын
HDR is totally possible. The dynamic range would be for the buildings and foreground, but not really for blurry night clouds, so just mask out the sky when processing. It doesn't take anymore time to process than a normal HDR. 1. Take the sequence of HDR exposures, as normal, 2. In post production, mask the sky out when processing the HDR. 3. Process the HDR as normal 4. Decide which sky shot will be used in the image 5. Adjust the sky as needed to blend with the final result of the HDR portion
@tobroken19659 жыл бұрын
Another good video.
@Doud9212 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, I'll test it out before leaving so I don't have any bad surprise
@teguh.hofstee10 жыл бұрын
You want to expose to the right, fix it in post. Digital cameras have more values at the high end than the low end, the first picture of the clouds is going to have a lot more data than the second picture, and you just do the -2 stop exposure in post.
@adriandephantomhive9 жыл бұрын
Love your cat behind and in your videos
@EaselCat7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos!
@ke4uyp11 жыл бұрын
My Sony NEX-VG10 has (Night scene Mode) it Shoots night scenes with less noise and blur without using a tripod. And my NEX-6 has (Hand-held Twilight Mode) it also has (Superior Auto Mode): Shoots images with a wider range of shooting functions than those of Intelligent Auto shooting. Recognizes and evaluates the shooting conditions automatically, performs Auto HDR, and chooses the best image.
@evelasq18 жыл бұрын
Digital photography makes it much easier to work with when it comes to night photography. Film photography, I would consider using an ISO 800 speed film. Even though I have used ISO 400 speed film before. Peace, Flood!
@Adilboukind12 жыл бұрын
Definitely the best youtube photography channel! Ted, I have some questions can I send you an email or you are too busy?
@yasserhasan86356 жыл бұрын
You could elaborate on using different type of metering modes offered in modern cameras. I am curious to know the verdict of professionals on this Canon’s 'partial metering’.
@Photoshopuzr11 жыл бұрын
outstanding video I agree 100% on what you said man, i experience the same thing.
@theartofphotography12 жыл бұрын
You got it!
@cafeglobulot6 жыл бұрын
The cat gave its stamp of approval : check the paw !
@noep9912 жыл бұрын
Good video, thanks Bro
@lewisfilms11 жыл бұрын
The camera's meter, like all reflected light meters, want to render the world as 18% grey. I think the evaluative meter mode will scan the scene, identify the brightest bit and the darkest bit then pick a setting that splits the difference. Is this accurate?
@Doud9212 жыл бұрын
Hello Ted, I'm quite puzzled right now. I'm going to London this winter for a week and am bringing a Kodak Brownie for long exposure night shots. I never used this camera and did a little bit of research. According to my information for a traffic night shot (iso 100 / f 16) I should expose the film for only 8 seconds! Did you have a filter on for those 10 min exposures? The brownie has 3 f stops (11 16 22) and I'll be bringing 100 iso chrome film. Do you have any tips? Any pattern to follow?
@christopherhowell32098 жыл бұрын
Great video Ted....as usual. ! .I have just bought a mamiya 7,and was wondering whether to go buy a light meter,as the 7 has a rather touchy spot meter...What is your recommendation?...cheers
@Doud9212 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your advice! I found an EV chart on wiki but it is quite vague, "night traffic" is EV5 according to them which corresponds to 8 sec at f:16 / iso 100. I wouldn't trust it, Ted suggested I use my digital camera for a lightmeter, problem is, in aperture priority mode, it won't expose longer than 8 seconds.. So it won't work even at f:2 on the digital one. I should do some test shots before living because I don't have the money for a lightmeter.
@myblueandme3 жыл бұрын
Use spot metering I.e inbuilt camera. Increase your iso. F16 iso 400 1/30
@Fillk012 жыл бұрын
Hey Ted. When shooting night/dark/low-key on digital what are your thoughts on exposing-to-the-right (ETTR). I understand the reasons from a logical perspective, but it never quite feels right - I prefer to get the exposure in camera close to how I want the final image.What is your process? Cheers.
@pivotsweeter12 жыл бұрын
Great vid
@halimj77 жыл бұрын
BismillahThanks Ted. I have had luck with spot metering in situations like this. Do you recommend that approach? Thanks again for all your hard work and great videos.
@StreetsOfVancouverChannel11 жыл бұрын
Jack, your comment is... RIDICULOUS!
@charlesstephens59748 жыл бұрын
When metering in film or digital r u using evaluative in digital and reflective but not stop in analogue?
@wildbill99196 жыл бұрын
At night I ignore the camera's meter, guess at an exposure, and bracket heavily from there. I've learned most cameras don't meter the way I want them to in low light.
@ssp2427 жыл бұрын
Hi, Thank you for your videos! I'm getting back into film these days. I started 20+ years ago with Nikon FM-10, then DSLRs with Nikon d7000, recently Sony a6000... but getting back with the Flexaret VII from cupog, as suggested by you. For night photography on film, I've heard of the Schwarzchild Effect, where you have to expose film longer than what you meter for because of a "reciprocity effect". Would you be able to point to a good database to get all the "cheat sheets" for different types of film? Thanks again! :)
@cibckwong11 жыл бұрын
should we take off the UV filter for night scene?
@Acquavallo12 жыл бұрын
Can you do an episode on double exposure?
@QuarterCrawl12 жыл бұрын
1st.................great vid.....thanx
@genesisdesignd328211 жыл бұрын
Whats your settings which you have used?
@TheCr8tivity11 жыл бұрын
Bryan peterson's book " the right exposure"
@luckykramer175811 жыл бұрын
Could listen for hours.
@Adilboukind12 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! But with which email should I contact you?
@angelc52666 жыл бұрын
Settings: Speed: 1/4000 Focus: All over the place
@helgenx11 жыл бұрын
3:15 cat paw lmao!
@journeyquest111 жыл бұрын
Can you just multi bracket off a tripod?
@pembdock11 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, post production sucks, get it rite in the camera.
@DavidMeyerPhoto12 жыл бұрын
F/16 and 8 sec will not work well in my opinion. I usually don't go for f/16 with my camera (be it night or day), my typical setting for late evening rush hour type of traffic is f/8-11 and 15-30 sec, depends on how well the environment is lit in general. Also, depending on the traffic, you may want to go for more than 8 seconds simply to have more of it in the photo. If you're on a location where there is one car going every 10 seconds, the result is not going to be particularly interesting.
@JanisLarmanis11 жыл бұрын
Is that a cat in the background at the end of the video?
@phsyckomantis9 жыл бұрын
Cool stuff....btw was that a cat on the back :B
@theartofphotography12 жыл бұрын
Always but send away… I can get to it.
@dicoslee422210 жыл бұрын
is there a cat behind ?
@camilogomezs.419410 жыл бұрын
I think so
@anapausantos78707 жыл бұрын
who are some good photographers that use the bokeh technic ?
@kaysee32611 жыл бұрын
Why?
@eagle11280010 жыл бұрын
Was hopeful you were going to talk about reciprocity failure...
@skandababy9 жыл бұрын
Funny, you just wanted everyone to know that...come on now, be honest. Although it's clearly beyond the scope of this video anyway, it's not difficult. After becoming accustomed to shooting in a particular exposure setting, light will become quite predictable, even when the levels fall below reciprocity. Shooting stars or the moon, or a street shot at night needn't be complicated by theorems when the best calculator you can have is reproducible results, through experience.
@drewcunningham27 жыл бұрын
why don't you correct your perspective distortion?? get a shift tilt or use photoshops simple fix - buildings don't lean
@TheCr8tivity11 жыл бұрын
Bryan peterson
@TheSwoax12 жыл бұрын
You have a cat in the background!!!! :D
@node54710 жыл бұрын
The buildings are falling over. Architecture is usually done with a perspective control lens. But I know, not the point of this video ;).
@timppatimo62879 жыл бұрын
+Koen Verbeke unless you WANT them to look "falling over" ;)
@ernestkanu12477 жыл бұрын
Nice topic but you lost me 7 minutes and 10 seconds into the video. 7 minutes and 10 seconds into the video, yet nothing had been said about what adjustment to make. Too much talk spent on what the topic is without giving us the details of what to do. I wonder how 160,000 plus viewers sat through 12 minutes. I lost interest after listening for 7 minutes.
@mumtazshamsee50299 жыл бұрын
The art of talking. I thought it was about metering. All over the map and nothing really on metering.
@HoLeeChit119 жыл бұрын
Metering at night is done with your brain, numnuts, not with a meter. It all depends on what you are shooting, if it's stationary or moving, people or landscapes, do you want motion blur or freeze the motion, front curtain sync or rear curtain sync, and many other factors. So you see, that's the reason why Ted was talking about how different situations affect your shots at night. Hopes that helps.
@jerp11386 жыл бұрын
So many words, so fast but you could come to the point before my brain was fried.
@SteveLaMotteoc11 жыл бұрын
It's like you like to hear yourself talk. Slow down make a part 1 and part 2 if you need to.
@janmartin48649 жыл бұрын
Too much talking around about got nothing from this video not enough samples
@SantaridesaKTM8 жыл бұрын
I like Waffle!
@richardponsford56987 жыл бұрын
Absolute, Waffle.
@juzan99999 жыл бұрын
dude, slow it down. i guess this is for "advanced" newbies. you went so fast and threw around so many technical terms. lost me as a rookie.
@owentuckett9389 жыл бұрын
You're right, this is not for rookies. To get the best out of these brilliant tutorials I would suggest you do some basic studying, as I did. Check out Mike Brown, B and H and some of the suggestions that KZbin will make for you and then come back here and enjoy Ted's enthusiasm. It's worth it, I promise you.
@juzan99999 жыл бұрын
Owen Tuckett thanks
@owentuckett9389 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome. Merry Christmas and enjoy your photography.
@gordonwharton62258 жыл бұрын
Not good blar blar blar , STOP take a breath think about content of your vids and how you can get the point across clearly and quickly then you might get the information people are looking for and a lot more in half the time and with out describing what you had for breakfast, its all just lost in the blar blar blar .
@matthewbaker38758 жыл бұрын
Bored talking
@haroonur698 жыл бұрын
Too much theoretical .
@deepak10548 жыл бұрын
You talk too much, man!
@jackwenman77711 жыл бұрын
Your face is hard to watch please don't sit i nfront of the camera use a picture or something