NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Photographer Ira Block PHOTO TIPS!

We head to NYC to get photography tips from National Geographic photographer Ira Block! Ira is a Sony Artisan with DECADES of experience. You know those National Geographic magazines you used to look through as a kid? Some of those photos were his. He's honed his craft over decades and he freely shares everything he knows!

[@kevinquisition]

I always love seeing these videos with the photographer actually out in the field instead of talking about tech specs in the studio. Great choice of photographer too, Ira was awesome to watch :)

[@speterlewis]

"Zoom with your feet." Worth the price of admission right there.

[@thebudgetgamer]

This video should be much longer

[@joethunder6407]

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[@shiznuts]

Light. Composition. Moment. Amen.

[@RiseHigh]

" You can't be lazy as a photographer " I think it's true for everyone who wants to do *great things* in arts or while creating something.. Very interesting video! *Thanks for sharing the meeting with beginers like me* !

[@MDMiller60]

I was lazy on my very recent bird shoot at the CT shore. I failed to get down for birds on the beach. But, I was rescued cuz I was using 600 mm so I was shooting from further away, so the birds looked very similar to me getting down. I shudda unclamped my camera from my monopod.

[@Poverello2001]

Zoom with your feet is great advice. I damaged my "go to" zoom lens a couple months ago and haven't replaced it. Rather, I use my 28mm and 50mm primes and haven't looked back. It has forced me to think more about composition and find new angles to take my photos.

[@chelseanorthrup8787]

Note: not all of the pictures are Ira's. He doesn't typically take animal photos (the dogs were mine. His would have been much better) Also, we're both wearing black leather jackets and look very very cool 😎

[@gewglesux]

Agreed.... Black leather means sadly that summer is over and fall is next... and yes you two looked waay cool in a Lower East village kinda way.

[@gewglesux]

There's a guy in Forest Hills Queens Who walks his Doberman on Austin St with the guys wallet in his mouth.. Funniest thing..

[@ZannaTheGreat]

Gewglesux Dobermans make me think of magnum p.i, does that guy have a mustache?? Haha

[@ZannaTheGreat]

Chelsea Northrup CHELSEA, come on girl! We all know that the dog with the newspaper was the best shot in this video... have more self confidence! :)

[@Aztec5402]

Paul Scott - What? Your post here made me go look at his website and I have to disagree with YOU completely. Those photos are exactly what I would expect to see in a National Geographic.

[@Mindcore777]

I could have used another hour of that.

[@gewglesux]

Agreed.

[@PascalTristanRedney]

Hells to the yes. It's always great to hear the masters speak, the passion oozing out of every word.

[@danieljohansson6334]

@@PascalTristanRedney ...the *experience* oozing out of every word. ;-)

[@gerthurman1]

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[@carlosmcse]

She has a photography channel and composed that in the middle. I don’t think he could’ve taken an hour of that. Have mercy or poor Ira. What’s worse is she wasn’t even really listening. She was just pretending.

[@in2food]

Five minute master class hosted by the internet’s prettiest photographer. Thanks so much!

[@KevinVelazquezAniPower]

in2food Ira IS pretty cute, I suppose you're right.

[@in2food]

RetroB3AST 😱

[@rvboondocker2559]

Chelsea! You’re so Lucky! What a wise man...I learned tons in that 5 minutes! Thanks Ira!

[@kyle_medina]

Chelsea you can really look happy as you were interacting with him. Full attention, love it, almost like awe struck. We need a full Wanderlust with him too!

[@Mr_Judge_Benny_Hinn]

Always enjoy guests, they offer great insight...Thank you..

[@Raysnature]

An absolutely fabulous little piece. Thanks Chelsea and team for brining us this.

[@roundtable25]

This at be the best and simplest short list for great pictures I have ever watched... interesting photographer with great insight. Thanks Chelsea for bringing him to us.

[@Cesar-ht5uz]

I want more of this types of videos. Loved it!

[@adventuresofjandk]

6 years later and still great

[@david_davinci]

Awesome!!!!! He is definitely one of my heroes!

[@calvinreedjr5874]

Awesome awesome video. Thanks a million for sharing your experience! “You can’t be lazy as a photographer.” Words to motivate!

[@NickolasStone]

That was one of my favorite videos of yours on a while.

[@anishmohant]

each pictures looked like they were took from a magazine, 5 mins and he taught us 500 new stuffs... he is a rockstar....thanks for the meetup TC

[@RTPerspective]

I enjoyed this short! great job guys!

[@Chrismzeller]

Such a great video. I'd love it if it were longer. You left us wanting more!

[@wngimageanddesign9546]

Great! I love seeing my old home town...and what Ira said is so true. I didn't look at NYC as a photo opp and now that I'm away, I regret the lost opportunities.

[@JosephMalinowski]

We need more videos like this!

[@gewglesux]

Love the High line!!! Ms Chelsea comin thru... Can't forget Tony's Video work!

Hats off to Ira... what a master!

[@crstliner]

Loved this!

[@joeyeti374]

MORE like this! Short and informative. I don't have the attention span or bandwidth to sit through long videos and hope I learn something. This one delivered. Thanks.

[@bessie7o7]

Very nice video, I wish it would have been longer because Ira seems super cool.

[@DCT_Aaron_Engineering]

Very cool guys. I love the Sony camera gear. It was thanks to both of you that I started using the A7ii and VG30. Keep up the good work. Aaron

[@geopapa80]

most educational 5 minutes of my photography life..

[@Vark_Pics]

Love this! Thank you for your content

[@cathyann1601]

Great interview, Chelsea! I'm taking his tips to heart and will try to implement them consistently in order to make them habit!

[@perthomsen8708]

These are awesome tips from a great photographer! Great video!

[@idlybrain]

Great tips, light, composition and moments - photography is all about these 3 aspects. Nice

[@AndrewStorey]

Great video! I hope that you do more like these.

[@leslierobtduncan7823]

Nice, compose in camera, native instincts and experience.......natural framing after his many years of seeing. Thanks

[@joelh1950]

I love this ! Great job Chelsea !

[@Bearhawk58]

Very good job , Chelsea! I am proud of you.

[@williamrahming5401]

Great video! I too wish it was longer.

[@Gregoryruger]

Tony thank u sooooooo much u helped me pass my 107 you are up there among my top nemeses you rock..!

[@woodygreen6826]

This was a nice intro to the world of a truly great photographer. If we want to know more about the man and his photography, we'll need to do the work ourselves. After all, you can't be lazy as a photographer. :) Thanks, Chelsea!

[@ryanrock02]

Nice video with one of the masters of photography! Chelsea looked so interested

[@cactustweeter2890]

Great video. It's great to hear his perspective on things.

[@shang-hsienyang1284]

I really enjoy this format, great job!

[@hagarthehorrible1391]

I sure hope this was more of a trailer and you have more. Fantastic pictures and insight.

[@ben196145]

Thanks for this wonderful video short but great!!!

[@JOJOROB55]

Nice One. Love Chelsea's smile.

[@jaimeduncan6167]

Loved this short video.

[@joehua2580]

need to be longer !!!!! great episode

[@casianosd]

You guys rock so much!!!!!

[@ahmedalbaqer9728]

5 minutes of interesting photography ... Thanks .

[@chrishuntphotography]

Thanks for this, enjoyed watching.

[@hagentrondheim3675]

So cool video, very interesting. He is a true master Please more of these interview type videos

[@sonvfave]

Wish i could double thumbs up!! Cool simple well edited in a word nice ver nice Ok tgat was 3!! Ha

[@paulondra19]

1/250 sec shutter speed and don't be concerned about the ISO when taking candid pics of people. "Once your picture is blurred you have to throw it out anyway." What a great tip as I've missed great shots getting lost in what my ISO is. Auto ISO baby! I love this interview and could have watched it for hours. Thanks to the T & C Team for this interview with Ira. Great stuff.

[@mrcassioo]

Great video, and some great tips too! Thanks

[@simon_patterson]

Interesting video and great production. Quality job all round. I think that any broadcaster worth their salt should be glad to licence and broadcast this.

[@JCole78]

Great video. Ira Block is one the photographers who inspired me as a child to take up photography. Along with Steve McCurry, and Ansel Adams. Thanks for this video.

[@SyntheticEntertain]

Very interesting video, the saying about the importance of unwanted blur is something to think about! Chelsea using the XT-2 with the 16-55 2.8, great combo!

[@davidnelson702]

Thanks for sharing, more great stuff.

[@bugsygoo]

That was great. More please :-)

[@rob1480]

This was great info. Well done Chelsea!

[@GlaucoPhoto]

So lovenly docummentary, thank you

[@JULIENVANCAMP]

Interesting , I hope that you do more like these,(the black leather jackets are very cool)nice work!

[@msamiullah001]

lovely video, love the new style

[@PaganiTypeR]

Master Ira, teach us more!

[@rahmanfaurani7290]

Make A Series, NOW! like if you guys agree 😍😍😍

[@umpalumpa9414]

It's always cool to take some lessons from pro photographers I bet you learned a lot.

[@willoughby5150]

Loved it thank you 😊

[@caesar_44]

That is an excellent point about being scared of using high ISOs. Even though there's great technology that reduces noise, I'm still self-conscious about where my ISO is. Screw that! From now on I'm not gonna care anymore. Thanks T&CN and Ira!

[@alexvpaq]

Recently I've been doing two things. using whatever iso's needed and I try my best not to need any cropping. To be honest with these two major changes. I get pictures even portraits with iso at 1000 -2000 iso and without cropping, it's very good. Noise doesn't show much. I have this picture of my cat at iso 5000 and noise is still not an issue.

[@ZannaTheGreat]

I have a pretty old dslr, it really doesn't handle high iso very well, at all. I'm thinking it's finally time to upgrade my camera body, 7 years is old enough.

[@HawkeScream]

Same. You always see stuff about "ISO 100" and I always feel like I'm doing something wrong if I am using higher ISOs, especially if I'm outside. But I agree with him, I'd rather have a noisy but otherwise decent photos than a bunch that I have to throw out due to unintentional blur.

[@DennisDinges]

Aristotle76 We just ended our very short trip to Rome, shooting low iso with e-m5 all the time. Now I wish I did try use higher iso's. I had to compromise on certain high contrasty situations and need desperate shadow pulling :-(. But my e-m5 still holds up pretty well and I'm curious about the 5 bracketed HDR shots after post processing...

[@wanneske1969]

At concerts I shoot at iso 10.000 if necessary. It's better than using Iso 2500 and brighten the picture later on in LR and get more noise

[@tinydonkers9142]

Interresant interview. I hope more will come. thanks

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

That's a impressive thought about shooting with noise :) Shows his experience :)

[@u4ea565]

Great video Tony and Chelsea (more Ira please) ;-)

[@mikefeng3703]

Light, composition and moment :)

[@DejanTepic]

you guys have amazing video quality.

[@PeterMangan]

Great choice with that Fuji!

[@angrd020]

Sage advice from the Masters.

[@devilmaycry383]

Interesting love creativity and photography is full of it. I'm looking to getting a Sony Mirrorless camera soon I'm waiting for the a7iii so I'll have it in time for my trip to Japan.

[@RobloxGaming406]

thank you for the tips

[@richardgrenfell5829]

I love this guy, best bit is he sounds like a NY cabbie or something. All those Nat Geo photographers are awesome. I must say Chelsea looked a little star struck.

[@MikeQuintero_]

Great video!

[@mrShadowpuppet18]

This video was so comfey it gave me the warm fuzzies :D

[@Sean_Coyne]

So true about shutter speed. I spent a day out today with the D850, and being early prehistoric, my hands shake. With the 105mm macro shooting near and far, even with VR, I need to keep handhelds around 1/1000 or better (I ditched the tripod and I gotta say I prolly need a carbon monopod). So what if I'm using ISO 320? I had a great day... so did you guys from the look of it. Thanks for the vid and make it longer next time, m'kay? :-)

[@ravichander479]

excellent video and good info regarding zooming, now a days nobody wants to move closure to the subject

[@Jorge_Rodriguez83]

Nice picture of Cuba in the beginning!

[@jpdj2715]

Interesting collaboration, thanks. As to shutter speed and ISO and Ira's little tripod, I have hypothesized for a long time that digital cameras suffer more from motion blur than film cameras. At 14 F-stops dynamic range, assuming 3 stops from metered setting towards the highlights, we have 11 down. This means the camera still records things that would need 8 seconds exposure time if that element had to be rendered as neutral grey. With film that would not be recorded. Some pixel recordings we perceive as, and call, "noise" may actually be motion blur.

[@TonyAndChelsea]

Ira's portfolio: irablock.com & his book on Amazon: help.tc/iracuba Our ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ photography 14-HOUR video book on Amazon: help.tc/s

[@jimmypics1570]

Great video. The only thing is it was to short. Would have loved to have seen more.

[@terrybuchanan1]

Tony & Chelsea Northrup wow gold

[@ottawamountainman]

I love the high line park and the Whitney museum.

[@NatureRecycleFlorida]

thanks for the info

[@yash_nirbhavane]

Chelsea looks so cool and chill in this video.She might be taking lessons for tony!

[@davidgill8922]

Ira is great -- agree 95%. I'll stay with a slower shutter speed while shooting close allowing staying sharp on the focus but allowing the motion to go Jacob's Ladder. I've never had a submission not run in nine years.

[@kenklontz1945]

Great job

[@AI3JeWelz]

Oh my what a good video

[@trevorsoh2130]

Thanks guys, great advice! Especially that one about photographing people and not worrying so much about ISO. I made the mistake of not shooting at a higher shutter speed, smaller aperture in order to keep ISO down just this week when shooting portraits and paid dearly for it :( i'm such a noob

[@mongini1]

love that 4k60p footage :D

[@chuckyzzz]

We want more. Thanks....

[@MDMiller60]

Very interesting. I always enjoy seeing young photographers. I assume your videography assistant was that , mmm, that guy, mmm, Anthony?

[@luxmediaproduction]

Great video. What are you guys using to record?

[@gur262]

Nice what he says about shutter. With anything candid that isnt for sure still, i shoot 400th until the ISO really really hurts