Rick Sammon's Top Ten Digital Photography Tips

[tubeman724]

I have a few tips for Rick Sammons: 1) Put that camera strap around your neck,where it belongs, so you don't drop your $1000 camera on those rocks! 2) Also,try using a sun shade in that bright sun, so you don't get lens flare. 3) I hope you have a UV filter on that lens to keep out the dust in the desert that blows around and grinds down the lens coatings! Just Basic Photography 101.

[loncify]

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[vapovr]

Just my thoughts here,rock pictures r quite dull n u seem to be shooting them at a wrong time frame.seems like a very hot day to me.don't feel connections for most of the shots.no offence.

[ntpropst]

2:42 cave vagina

[HedgehogStudios1]

taking RAW is beast, too bad it'll have to be saved as a JPEG anyway...

[ooperss]

Tip 1: don't take pictures of rocks.

[GUYANESEGT]

if all rules aren't meant to be broken, then they aren't rules...

[prady00000]

hi check this also

[swapnilhitman]

Thank you ..... that was great quick tour.... but i noticed color differences in your pics and how the same scene appeared in the video.... Why is that??

The video should more reddishness to the rock.....what was reality ?

[zackthegoth]

@pixelmagic

yeah, I'll go my own way thanks.

[greenhour45]

Hey everyone i'm 16 and have been into photography for about 2 years. I just started a photoblog could you guys please check it out and give me some insight?

[ImSuperVince]

Nice pictures of rocks ya dick

[MysteryWithin]

Good tips - but those photo's aren't that impressive.

[moises030190]

Google "Prince M.Ac Photography"

[boomboxbadboy1]

hello....can any of you camera geeks out there help me? im thinking of buying a canon ixus 310 hs...what do you know about this? good choice or others in that range you could recommend? thankyou. lee

[jklpoi9]

thank you, very good tips!

[masternonoy1]

thank u for all the tips

[007ooo007]

i like your tips , it;s so helpful , thanx very much

[moviedude22]

amazing thank you

[macewidu]

thank you very much! this is awesome!

[PS2Reviewer]

the rock sticking out your head is FAKE

[TheBbpromo]

Thanks you sooooo much for all your wonderful and very helpful tips. I’m glad I found your Video!

[fromjrock2elvis]

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[YongWony]

Good tips.. But I found all of the photos you took to be too centric in terms of composition, IMO. That's just a tip from me

[demonfrog1776]

@YongWony who the fuck are you to give a pro photog tips,you're just a bitchy little faggot

[YongWony]

@demonfrog1776 I'm not telling you that he is a bad photographer. I said the pictures he took were too centric. That doesn't mean all of his photos are bad. No photographers take amazing photos all the time, and I certainly don't take great photographs all the time either. It was just a friendly tip from me, and I didn't realize he was a pro until you told me, to be honest, so don't get offended. OK? I love photography, and I didn't mean to offend you. Besides, who are you call me all that junk?

[uSuckAtPhotography]

Love your videos Rick, Wow.

[mreinstein48]

On the video the rocks seem to be orange but on your pics the color has faded away ...?

[mreinstein48]

I love your tips!! You are clear and dynamic!!! Thank you!

[richardsphotography]

I love this video on how to see the light. Lighting is everything. Thanks for having this video on photography tips.

[alexbongo1]

Please Click on me (alexbongo1) to see my Photo's- My Photography.These are great tips by the way! :)

[chescord]

Valley of Fire

[momenkhalled]

haloooo>>>>>>>see my channel

[tranquilisolati]

Very informative for a newbie like me. I also get some good pointers from thephotographyclinic (.) com

[paokthes]

i fucking thought is said digital pornography SERIOUSLY and i was like wtf?

[WynnonaXandra]

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[short10102]

total bellend

[OVABouw]

its like chuck norris with a camera

[eyeshuttertothink]

I agree with fill the frame - good video

[SkiFantic]

Idk about the tip "Fill the frame", thats a tip for someone who is using a point an shoot camera

[TrainingPhotography]

Wow great location and tips !

[eltreb]

A lot of the time in this video the guy filming it had better shots than the photographer...

[PatelPwned]

number 11: put the neck strap around you neck

[xbob808x]

is this a joke..

[quitCCP2defyitsEVIL]

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[DavidVogt]

I wonder if the new Photography Union website photography-union com will write an article about this sometime soon...interesting video!

[JC040696]

My latest equation: Great tips = Lame pictures

[tEsveld]

his photographs were actually not good

[FaLLeNaNg3L82]

great tips

[spp202]

lamest tips vid i hv ever seen...

[abbasbaloch12]

i have only 7.1 mp canon camera than how to capture different picture plzz tall me sir

[BethieeBabes]

i only have a 10 mp canon camera :(

[chrischris663]

@BethieeBabes 10mp is good, do you know what mp is for? It does not affect the quality of your shots only how big you can blow up your image before it starts to pixilate

[everfr3shh]

@BethieeBabes youre dumb if you think that matters

[DRCsyntax]

@BethieeBabes I see a lot of people were being jerks to you. Simply put 10mp is perfectly fine; in most cases you won't need more than it. 15mp MAX

[fool3916]

@BethieeBabes Yeah, ill trade you, I have a 10.4mp sony. MP dont really matter anway, like 10-12, not a big difference, its more about your skill!

[tropicallanterns]

@BethieeBabes Canon's flagship compact camera is 10MP too, so why would that discourage you from taking photos? Megapixels have nothing to do with the quality of your images. I started my photography career with a Canon 20D, which is only 8MP and still use it all the time.

[unsungm]

only 2 tips specific to digital photography. i want more.

[chrispollock]

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[djma26]

@chrispollock Hey I'm interested. Please teach me.

[Dallouez]

Short video on a complicated subject. If you buy film each film is sensative to differnt color. Light from a florasitant (sp) is green. using indoor film outside make the picture look red. I bracket my shots one stop over one dead on and one stop under. Slides have more and better color than pictures. Squint your eyes befor shooting so you see all around and not just your subject. Photoshop? Guys were screwed!!!!!! Fat and ugly becomes beautiful. Nale becomes female. Careful

[oldmoseley]

see the light why is he wearing glasses ??

[GadgetsNGear]

@oldmoseley

Think of the glasses like a higher aperture setting for your eyes, how can you see contrasting light if your vision is overexposed?

=)

[GadgetsNGear]

@oldmoseley

Think of the glasses like a higher aperture setting for your eyes, how can you see contrasting light if your vision is overexposed?

=)

[hpvc]

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[jimobileworksatgmail]

nice of you to share !!

[rubynav]

Excellent tips, as a newbie photographer, I really needed some more tips. thank you

[Codeyellow07]

Thanks! this is So Helpful

[sarah20az]

I am new to all of this and never knew about the RAW file!! Thank you so much for making my pictures better with your awesome tips!!

[OtisCallsItGood]

This was very helpfull, thank you!

[fmian]

APS-C camera + L Series lens

= confused photographer.

The video is mildly informative and humerous, but at the same time might lead novices in the wrong direction.

[tropicallanterns]

@fmian And how would using a L lens on a cropped sensor equate to being a confused photographer? Now using a EF-S lens on a full frame sensor would definitely mean that the photographer was confused, but that isn't the case.

[fmian]

@tropicallanterns I don't know why I wrote that. Maybe I was thinking about not getting the ideal wider focal lengths with that combination. Or maybe I was drunk.

I take it back if it peed anyone off.

[Lazertag44]

"I tell my cameraman this all the time, I don't want some object sticking out of my head." As there was a rock sticking out of his head.

[KnightsbridgeAce]

Great tips,

2:58 YOU GOT PWNED BY YOUR CAMERA MAN.

[Enjoiskateboarding01]

@KnightsbridgeAce

It was a gag. Relax.

[darialover87]

learn this and more at photographygenius . net

[therawofrain]

thank you !! . go to my channel to see a vid of my photography :) also link to my flickr is there :) thanks !!

[Tope021109]

@ ziozombie

Hey man it doesn't matter wat camera u use. Even before dsrl's came about there were film slr's and technology wasn't as good as what we have now. It took a lot of skill to get correct exposures, composition and life into the picture. So if you feel like u're a better photographer by using a flash camera body then I think u've missed the point. All the best mate

[ZioZambe]

Ken Henderson used to say "Photography has absolutely nothing to do with the camera".

I agree, but there are some limits!

I'm a pro and I still often use non-pro cameras and lights. But I owned that specific camera and it's a real disaster under many aspects.

What I wanted to stress out is the unlucky combination of a fake pro photographer with a fake pro camera... they kinda deserve each other, if you know what I mean.

[ZioZambe]

@Tope021109 : My point was that you should choose a god camera, and the digital rebel is not (I had one). If you choose that in order to make money, that's disappointing.

BTW the camera doesn't matter if it's OVER a certain quality level, below that level you have a problem ;)

[KarlheinzSchelker]

"There are a lot of different photo angles here; I found the best."

LOL

[Lazertag44]

@KarlheinzSchelker Best quote ever

[lowincash]

the picture at 2:49 cracks me up because I make the same kind of rookie mistakes =P

[yewtoob94]

his pictures look like shit

[ZioZambe]

I agree

[fuddyboi]

this guy is a joke

[ZioZambe]

I agree on this too :D

[Ultrareallism]

For some reason, I find this guy to be hilarious.

[mdtm16]

he's like a softer-sounding Billy Mays

[gunit323boxer]

thank you for your info

[1Pelito1]

thxs to this video i was able to take out my mother in law from all the wedding pictures!

[aquaphotoboy]

@1Pelito1 LOL This is the funniest comment ever!

[redlights9991]

@1Pelito1 hahahaha.. that just made my day..

[TheArsenicWolf]

@1Pelito1

lmfao xD

[dannyd6rr]

@1Pelito1 bwahahaha

[hottestproducers]

thanks, great video

[iSyGhTs]

love the cover title at 3:47 and ofcourse the tips are great, thanks a lot

[RiverJH95]

i have the same camera and love it

[focusadventures]

great info.

[EventHorizonRim]

This is a great series of informational shorts.

Thanks for all the good tips

[shadedscript]

VERY useful! thanks so much!!

[PhotoClassPro]

What makes you a pro is the quality of your work and are people hiring you. Go to his website and you will see the quality of his works speaks volumes.

[ZioZambe]

The fact here is not if Rick is or not a pro, the point is that he's NOT able to teach anything to anyone, mostly because he's a very lucky photographer. Have you read some of his books? He is often confused, like if he doesn't know what he's doing, and you realize that he did a specific thing not with skills but with luck.

And a person in this status shouldn't make money out of courses and DVDs pretending to teach you something.

[Hermeto77]

hey man, I just read his "Face to Face" and I found no confusion at all. not anywhere in this book. he certainly isn't my favorite. I'm mostly landscape addict but this book is concsize and easy to read.

[ZioZambe]

Good for you... having read a lot of stuff, I respectfully keep my opinion :)

[Hermeto77]

@ZioZambe you may be right. I only reaf this one book.

[chris259charter]

looking for good information. Who is your favorite? I would love to read it.

Thanks

[ZioZambe]

Joe McNally! :)

[chris259charter]

Thank you!

[stanlyjohn]

Tks for the tips

[Lai829]

wow that was really helpful for some newbie like me! thanks!

[Kakashibiutyd]

Is he supposed to be famous?

Because every photographer knows to have the strap around their neck and HE DOESNT!

[rudyaharris]

I have been a pro photographer for years now...have lots of friends who are pros too...I dont think one of us use the strap around our neck...Tourists and sports photogs do that...not other pros including nature and scenery photogs...whats more concerning is that he said as a professional, "I am using AV mode..."

[trackz11]

Great photographers don't make rules like you do :-)

[TheIncisiveOne]

So tell me, MR. PRO... just how many cameras HAVE you dropped. Yea, not using a strap makes you a pro that takes better pics.

OMG, too funny

[rudyaharris]

Um...I have never dropped my cameras...Go look at videos of annie leibovitz, dave hill, jill greenberg...they put the camera around their wrists and not around their necks...Im not saying I dont use my strap, I dont put it around my neck because it gets in the way sometimes on a set. Where your strap how you want man. I am just saying, who cares about the strap when as a pro he is using AV mode and letting his camera think for him.thats more concerning then a strap thing to me.who cares really

[crank247]

actually using a strap in certain ways can help you take better pictures. if you wrap it around your wrist and over your elbow it will keep more steady when pulled tight eliminating some camera shake. Additionally using a hand grip that attaches to the top and bottom of your camera is much better than a strap.

[illuminarias]

you dont have to. the neck strap is only if you want to., maybe he doesnt want to use it.

[dementedfish1]

If you're serious that was a retarded comment.

[ajlepisto]

He's published 34 books about photography. I think he knows what he's doing.

[ZioZambe]

Have you read at least 5 of them? I did... and boy they're awful

[Smooth8000]

Only newbies use camera straps!

[alejoroca5]

he's ffreakin' pro

[NejiKiD123]

Wow, thanks.

[woofythewolf]

he sucks

[ZioZambe]

Please, before you buy something from this guy read some reviews: he writes the lamest crap on the market, he acts like a pro but 9 times out of 10 he has NO IDEA of what he's doing.

[zachsilvey]

Look up some of Rick Sammon's work before you bash him.

[ZioZambe]

As I said (even if you pretend not to hear) I bought a lot of his stuff (we're talking about courses here, not his best shots) and they're a DISASTER.

Also, and again as I said, if you look for some reviews on amazon or on many blogs, you'll find the same kind of opinions: "the book is useless, doesn't even seem to follow a logical order, and the guy doesn't even seem to know entirely what he's doing".

So... don't bother, I gave a SUGGESTION TO POTENTIAL BUYERS.

[FischerPhotography]

I think I have to agree with you. While this video sounds good, he is just reading the instruction book. Don't get me wrong, he is a good photographer, but not a writer...

[42ndStreetPhoto]

Very nice tutorial

[netivotham]

Thanks! Great tips!

[peaceandloveletsblow]

I agree with Raw. I said "f that! It's all the same." But after a while I saw I was getting great shots on the camera that mucked up on the computer. It's worth the trouble.

[copyrighted14]

who takes pictures of rocks? the tips are good but i think interest is one of the biggest parts of photography.

[FuryPhotos]

Please watch and subscribe. I'm 17 and i have been told i have a gift with. Photography is my life. So please help me live my dream. God Bless

[PsychoKat666]

I have a rebel xti as well and I'm not sure how to shoot raw with it... :\\

[jpCellarDoor]

Obs: our eyes (just as cameras), only see two dimensions, our brains interpret depth based on several things. A better understanding of this can help make better compositions.

[rubenborralho]

This is a GREAT video!!

more more more .... ;-)

[ioikaika]

RAW Rules!

[ofcoursecali]

Can you explain it?

[HarlequinJitsu]

Set the mode in the sizing/image type menu to L + RAW or just RAW if you want to take advantage of the postwork that can be done in photoshop & supplied software with the camera. Search for other videos that will help you with post work & photoshop.

[peaceandloveletsblow]

To put the picture in the cameras pocket (the card) it has to fold it up and jam it in there. And like if you do that physically it gets roughed up. Raw holds it nice and neat in its hand. They are big, I get 190JPEG and 60RAW. And you have to convert them to see it on the computer so that takes time.

[synapsix]

What a gay-mo

[TurtleThunder73]

I'm just beginning to learn and these are great tips ...thanks for sharing!

[TheWakeUpCall]

Really good video, i'm gonna see if they've got any on aperture and shutter speeds.

[tropicallanterns]

I laughed on the Beware of the Background part. Thanks for the great tips.

[sk8erpunkbob]

This would probably be useful if I was in the desert.

[queenyfay]

Phtographer Yanick Dery also gives great tips on lighting and poses on his website and you tube clips !

[niallswand]

This is a GREAT video!!

What did you use to edit it? It's very well put together!

[wooblube]

Good, quick, helpful tips. Thanks.

[FSjonatinFS]

this guy is an idiot

[JusAgirl2008]

What I wouldn't give for that camera! Found one I really wanted the other day but... it was 7,000 dollars who the heck can afford that starting out in the photography business???

[robertsdoug]

dude thats an XTI it costs like $500.

[lildutchguy]

He wasnt talking about that specific camera.

[dannyjogo]

hey i have a great entry level camera its the Sony A200k it only runs about 378 online new!

[ewebb16]

That video depressed me for some reason.

[PhotoPostcards]

Good Helpful Stuff!

[ieat0teddies]

good tips :) they helped me a lot

thanks

[teezackwhy]

haha how do you remove a person from the picture

[markusbob]

alot of time on photoshop ;)

[Dan070]

Or set the camera on a tripod, take two pictures; the first with the person, the second without for that shot.

This is great if you want to have like a sea of the same person in the same frame! It's just all down to the editing afterwards; copy, paste and rub out around :)

[lildutchguy]

Doesnt that defeat the purpose if you take two photos? Im confused.

[marcstravels]

nice video, good tips

[lemeilleur4u]

great video

[kingmotan]

Just great :) Be aware of the background! lol