How'd folks?
Well, I learned a couple of things I did not know about pictures. Even though these links will talk about photo cameras, the concepts you can learn you can also apply on your video camera as well. I found these very helpful, free and well explained tutorials from a very cool teacher called 'Rob Barron' on youtube. He is very mellow and clear with his explanations. And it makes the tutorials fly by. He just gets you into his world of photography. Very talented teacher. I will share with you my favorite tutorials from him and one from Canon about lenses at the end.
Enjoy!:
Understanding Depth of Field
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfOC_Msb1dI
His most viewed tutorial. Very, very nicely explained. The video quality is not the best, but the tutorial is probably one of the best or the best on the net for people like me who had no idea about this topic before I watched this video. Well, I did know some, but now I do now a lot more.
Understanding White Balance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-5HHkUdXTk
His second most viewed tutorial. Excellent really. Now, I get it. Highly recommended, check it out!
Lenses Overview PART1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGAUIBSLJhI
Lenses Overview PART2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTVZ4gfs_mg
Very, very nice tutorial in two parts. If you want to understand the difference between different lenses, check them out. I did not know until I watched them. Great, great tutorial from Rob.
Modes on your dSLR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMABRDGsYv0
The first one of these 3 that seem to be related to each other. The other two were more interesting to me (AV and TV), but this one is great as well. Just adding it first just because is the predecessor of the two bellow.
AV Modes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG7CmMepYHw
Understanding your 'Aperture Priority Mode' (AV mode) on your dSLR.
TV Mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Re_d6rlSJI
Shutter speed priority. Very interesting as well.
And then he has plenty of other photography related tutorials. Feel free to check them out or not, but I just wanted to share with you these favorites or mine.
Oh! and here it is the one from Canon lenses:
Get Creative – Choosing Lenses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzsTzEt6x-E
Have a nice rest of the summer folks, I will write you soon with more recommendations. I found some very cool tutorials about filmmaking.
And like John Ford once said: “You gotta shoot your way in and cut your way out.”
Ben Tolosa
