PhotoGeek! - Exposure, Aperture and ISO

[Smalex123]

You ever thought of being a teacher or something? XD All through photography in school, I could not grasp the basics of how Exposure, Aperture and ISO worked. I knew enough to take half decent photos but not as much to fully manipulate how I wanted a photo to turn out. Your explaination just made so much sense!! Thank youuuuuuu (:

[Noor2388]

i have been going through so many explanations, yours is one of the best and was closest for me to understand.

i just got a Canon XSI and still learning the basics, will check the rest of your video's later.

thanks alot.

[ICTLF]

No offense ..but you're either Italian or planning to be a mime ....

Please hold a camera instead....

OTOH it's fun watching it without sound. :)

[Namitaru]

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag. loool ur ugly......i hope u choke on a dick (bet u'll love that..) and die horribly.

[jerryhcooke]

Fair enough - perhaps I could draw your attention to my several videos with my girlfriend.. or you could just check out her channel, 0titch0

[onekoolfella]

His hand movement didn't bother bit and I thought he explained it quite well. The explanation became clearer at the end when he started using real life examples. Like the brick wall for aperture (background) and running water (clear or blurry) shutter speed. I wish he would of covered night shots does the rules changes or how they are applied.

[THECOMUPBABY]

your hand movements are so distracting lol!!

[buck2611]

Plse show us the technical side of it while you are explaining them theoritically.

[tsinivla]

THANK YOU!!!

[ScarheadProductions]

whoa! you blew my mind. that was an awesome explanation. very helpful. thanks

[pixonu]

Awesome info.

I've got a Canon EOS 1000d, doing some photography now and again and will probably watch this video again to get my head around it haha :)

[hyperhezx]

Hey

what camera do you use ?

[johnofjordan]

You have a lot of information in this video.

I think it would make more sense (especially for non-photographers) if you could have photographs to demonstrate these differences in shutter speed and aperture (and maybe even ISO). And I know you have a very extensive gallery, so no excuses! =P

[falletron]

I enjoyed this - photography is something I've always found interesting, but never got into.

The only 'technical' thing I know about cameras is CCDs...and that's only because I studied observational methods in astronomy. :D

[jerryhcooke]

I once won some printer paper at a Canon talk for knowing what that acronym stood for, lol.

Canon D-SLRs actually use Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) sensors, which are more energy efficient and higher quality than conventional CCDs.

[ROBwithaB]

These things are much easier to explain if you use pictures/diagrams. Or actual examples. Then you wouldn't have to stand there for 5 minutes "rambling". The dancing hands are a little distracting

That's my 10c worth.

[mushacles]

Thanks Jerry. This was very informative. I have a passing interest in photography that is growing slowly and it was great to have the basics explained so succinctly. The beaker analogy is very useful as well (I find metaphor and analogy very useful for remembering anything that's in anyway like physics). Kudos, sir!

[ImissBOB]

thanks that helps me out alot!!!

[Christi543]

Aw it's like being in my beginning photography class again! ...minus the weird kid sitting behind me who talked to a smiley face sticker on his notebook.

Great video, Jerry! Looking forward to the next one. :)

[tireddragonfly]

Great job of explaining the basics...you took what I learned in intro to photo classes and condensed it nicely.  :)

[jdjdbig]

Shutters and beakers and zooms, oh my

How much light will my lens supply?

-JD #27

[YouWereOnce]

Nice! Quite instructional.

[helenzebcharles]

You should have a channel just called PhotoGeek!

[outofthedark]

This was very helpful! You've brilliant.

[lucysaysrelax]

your actully better at explaining things than my photography teacher.

i liked the filling the beaker explanation :)

[littlephoenix1115]

great beaker analogy...

[caseadillas]

Jerry Thank you thank you thank you for sharing your photo knowledge. I've been doing photography for a number of years but definitely not on your same level, lol. I should really try to take advantage of the slower shutter speeds to try for the blurred effect like you said - mostly I do really fast speeds to capture sports action stuff (my brother is a baseball player).

I do have a request though, if you could talk about Macro shots and lenses, because I really like doing close ups too.

[Emazing521]

I really liked this video. Now I actually understand what all that stuff means! I wish I had a camera that wasn't digital though. Quality is just sucky, even on the best. I'd like to be able to alter the aperture, because I like how a slightly blurred background looks with the subject of the photograph as the only thing in focus. Do you know of any settings on a digital camera that could achieve a similar effect?

You're a great teacher. Thanks for making this video!

[dancingintherain237]

Thank you for this! I am finally beginning to learn and understand. Pretty soon I'll be a whiz with my SLR! :)

okay, noob question, when I am taking photos outside with my SLR, like pictures of trees, all the colors seem much lighter than what I am seeing with my naked eye. So instead of deep rich green leaves I get very very light green leaves and the deep blue sky is very pale. which setting needs adjusted to change this outcome?

[annamariablack]

Great video Jerry, thanks alot.

I have a question for you, which do you prefer, film cameras or digital cameras?

Thanks again!

~AB<3

[kaycem]

thank you for this!!! like so many others, i have to say that i have never had someone explain the basics so simply and clearly... the waterfall pic explanation was particularly apt b/c we have all seen both types of pics, esp when looking for good desktop pics, LOL...

you're the best!

[shockyn]

Very cool. (And no offense, but much clearer and easier to follow than the last one.) Despite this stuff being the very basics and stuff I already knew, I love (and need!) a refresher every once in a while, especially one so well done. I quite liked the beaker analogy!

[Musiclovesme25]

I haven't ever heard anyone explain photography so well! Loving this new endeavor, [as well as your incredible Flickr photos].

-Rae

[Schnigglepeuf]

you're a genius, i love ur pics on flickr.

[WowKablamo]

Neat, you have a flickr!

I shall add you

[mickeleh]

Excellent, considering that the explanations are all verbal. I'm just slightly puzzled that a photographer would ot include visual examples of the principles being discussed.

[jerryhcooke]

Ah, I may be a photographer, but I'm a lazy photographer. The source footage for this was 22mins long and it took me over an hour and half to edit down to its current length. After I was done with that, I felt too tired of it to fabricate more visuals :p

[mickeleh]

Thanks for the prompt comment. I completely empathize with exhaustion after long edits. (BTW: U R 1 of the gr8test vloggers I've seen on here.)

[vulcanbirdbrain]

aww thanks for lowering your lingo to normal levels!!!

so glad really

happy new year!!

[hojoisawesome]

I loved this video... you explain shutter speeds and aperture a lot better then I can think of how to do it... I like how you explained it with the beaker...

Can't wait for the next video.

[SamLovesHP]

I love these photography videos, Jerry.

Thanks for making them!

[jerryhcooke]

Thank ye kindly :)

[Carriwitchets]

This video was really good, I think I pretty much knew most of it, but you definitely cleared some things up. :)

Here's my question. I shoot with a low-end digital camera, the same one my grandmother gave me on my tenth birthday. I'd like to start focusing on photography more seriously, but as a teenager who gets most of her income from the occasional babysitting job, I don't have very much money to spend on new equipment. What do you suggest I get?

[jerryhcooke]

hmm, digicams have got pretty good all round, any entry level compact by Canon or Nikon would be a good bet. I don't think much of Samsung cameras, though some like them and Olympus have good features and picture quality, but they operate a little slowly in my experience.

[Carriwitchets]

Thanks! I'll look into the cameras you mentioned.

[blaaaaaiduno]

u r 1 of the biggest losers ive seen on here

[jerryhcooke]

You haters just don't put any effort into commenting, do you?

For the love of god, please seek some sort of assistance with your spelling and punctuation. Let me go ahead and correct your comment for you:

"You are one of the biggest losers that I've seen on here"

Grammar lesson: Replacing a word with a single letter isn't allowed. Replacing a word with a numeral isn't allowed. I mean, seriously, it's two more letters, suck it up and be a grown up; it takes more effort to type '1' than 'one'

[emilieisrad]

Jerry, You're great.

:]

[caseadillas]

You tell 'em, Jerry! :)

[blaaaaaiduno]

wow...great comeback...really...you got me good man...kudos to you...

[debbie00486]

I'm sure many people will appreciate this video. Most people do not know what goes into making a good picture and what to do with their camera. Glad you made it. =)