Originally Posted by
jmdavis
One addition that will turn off some people. While there is value to the videos of beginners. It seems to me that many of the Youtube photo channels are more youtube than photo. Clearly there are channels by those who have mastered and are mastering their craft. But many times the results that we see are examples of what not to do. Whether its bad lighting forcing wide open lenses with not enough attention paid to focus, un-zeroed camera movements leading to focus issues, gray prints (ie. limited overall and micro contrast), etc etc. I certainly know the feeling of setting up a shot and then having someone pay attention to trees blowing in the wind in the background and not to the luminosity of the subject (in this case Limestone headstones at magic hour in an empty cornfield). I don't mean to do that and I hope that the videos that I see are a learning process.
I've always believed that learning one right way (process) is vastly better than learning 10 wrong ways and stumbling across the right one. Large Format Friday, the Naked Photographer and other video creators can help get people on track, but the fact is that much of the best photo advice and technique doesn't exist on youtube or the internet. It's in books, where it was collected from the minds of out photographic predecessors. A library card can go a long way, especially if it's a University card.
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