Photography Tutorial - Perfect Exposures, The Histogram Pt 3

[StevenScholten]

This is by far the best series I have found on Youtube on exposure and using a histogram.

Thanks a lot!

Steven

[troyweatherup]

Excellent video set very well explained thanks mate look forward to more helpful tips

[danmillane]

Great Vids mate thanks.

[cebro648]

Thanks for taking the time and sharing this valuable information !

[Breakdown916]

Great info.... thank you John

[mmb2211]

Thanks! Good stuff!

[marlsey4]

Well done John a very good explaination of the use of histograms for beginners like myself three cheers

[rickalex21]

thanks :)

[rolybling]

I found some of your info on the histogram helpful but not once do you suggest where in a scene you meter from, I find this most unhelpful for getting the right exposure. In the shot of the men in the room with the bright background window, wouldn't it be more helpful to say meter from the floor or whereever than to just say look at your histogram? The histogram shows up after you've taken the shot, what about telling people the best areas to meter for the shot in the first place?

[osusana]

Thanks!! I just reset my LCD brightness!

Sue

[mula165]

Thank you, very good information

[DevilsCuz]

Wow, I never knew that before about histograms. I tried it and it works to perfection.

[ThePathofHappiness]

Very helpful, short and clear.Thank you so much!

[jeffepp67]

I have been going through histogram videos all day, and your three part series (ignoring the loud music!) has the clearest, most revealing explanations. I feel much more confident not only in reading histograms but in using them to get the best exposure. Thanks immensely for this series!

[sadewanakula]

thanx man..:)

[josealonsoleon]

The best tutorials on Histograms I have seen todate. Thank you very much for posting these. It's almost as if I know new hot to read chinese...:-)

[heahct]

Appreciate your effort in putting these 3 part videos together. Nicely done. Easy to understand. Awesome.

[Steffan8199]

Thanks so much! Initially I found the background (or more like foreground!) music on pt1 to be extremely annoying. I'm glad I persevered though!

[photographyisfun]

Good video by the way!!!!

[photographyisfun]

Looking at histogram, when doing digital, is very important to me too. As far as the distribution of bright, dark, mid tone pixels are concerned, they are do not always all the way from left to right in my experience, which is not necessarily an error in exposure. For instance, if the scene is about 50% dark and 50% bright, the histogram looks looks like tow peaks with little mid tones.

I still do film based black and white (35mm, medium and large format), and still enjoy it...

Cheers!

[HankJMH]

John, you explain the concepts very clearly. Using explanations and images helps me learn. Thanks a bunch!

[Mpathize]

verry good johnny boy,i persevered with the tunes and glad i did...--)

[nandkellis]

I actually want cant wait to try using my histogram now! Thanks!

[Aphesia]

John, I cant thank you enough for these videos. You've made Histograms not only understandable, but now they are my best friend when it comes to judging my exposure levels. I had no idea about clipping until I watched your videos. Thanks so much. I've learned a lot!

[xamoutzis]

you ve been really helpful make more tutorials!!

[ChanseyOllie]

Nice with the high qual version!

[887934]

Look forward to that,John.

Sorry I missed that eariler video,will watch it now.

Just bought my first DSLR {nikon D40}

[Mirolassa]

In video 2 of the series I showed how I metered and shot a backlit scene. That's about as high contrast as it gets. I'll do some more videos on metering as there's a lot to getting it right.

[887934]

Hi John.

What about tricky situations where you have very high contrast?

How do you meter for these situations?

Great videos.