Exposure and Your Histogram

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In this video I share tips, tricks and tools for capturing perfect exposure when shooting macro and wide-angle images underwater. These rules even apply for underwater video exposure. We discuss exposure techniques for macro, wide-angle, constant light, and ambient light, then dive deep on how to use the histogram while diving and editing to ensure your photos looks their absolute best.
3:46 - Macro Exposure
4:18 - Wide-Angle Exposure
5:35 - Constant & Ambient Light
6:44 - How to Use the Histogram
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  • @BrentDurand
    @BrentDurand3 жыл бұрын

    What does everyone think about how I covered exposure? Is there anything I missed that should be in a Part 2 video?

  • @atlantisdiveresorts

    @atlantisdiveresorts

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very clear and organized. Definitely need to watch the Best Settings video and the one on using a dive light for lighting regular photos.

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@atlantisdiveresorts I agree! There's just too much to have everything in a single video, so they have to build off each other.

  • @alexzhu6961
    @alexzhu69619 ай бұрын

    that is great

  • @palomalongueira
    @palomalongueira3 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I'm a tg6 user, and your aperture-shutter speed graphic just nailed it. I'm changing my camera settings right now. Thanks!

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    3 жыл бұрын

    So glad to hear that Paloma!! Yes! Let me know how it goes next dive day 😎

  • @topotopotopo3
    @topotopotopo33 жыл бұрын

    Great videos man! I really appreciate that you explain things properly but you're brief and concise, without a lot of unnecessary talk that make the video long and boring to watch. Good job ;)

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Andres! This is exactly my goal. So much instruction uses so, so many words. I do try to let everyone know if a video assumes the viewer has a baseline of knowledge (so everyone can go learn that first). I appreciate the feedback and plan to keep this style! - Brent

  • @hamzaalsobahi4933
    @hamzaalsobahi49333 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Brent you always get me exited to go diving every weekend whenever I see one of your videos to try improving my photography skills. a problem that i’m facing is after taking a shot i look into the screen to check the photo and it seems OK, however when I take it to lightroom for editing since i’m shooting raw the photo is sometimes very bad and and I can’t get any results out of it. checking the histogram would really help a lot.

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Hamza - thanks for the kind words. I know the feeling. The histogram will definitely help you adjust those exposure issues while you're still shooting. Other things like backscatter are really difficult to see in the LCD screen, even if you zoom in all the way to the corners. My rule is if I zoom in and see any hint of backscatter, there is likely a lot there you don't see yet, so I rework the light positioning.

  • @OrenNoah
    @OrenNoah3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. How about a video showing how you can use the shape of the histogram (assuming there is no clipping) to determine if you have the right exposure for varying types of scenes?

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good idea Oren. I touched on it here but didn't elaborate. I often cover that during image reviews, but it would certainly make a nice tutorial. It's on the list!

  • @th4n.
    @th4n.3 жыл бұрын

    would be great to see curve editing if you do any? thanks!

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great idea. I believe I do some curves editing in this Lightroom tutorial: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5al2pqEp8KaocY.html

  • @BurhanMuntasser
    @BurhanMuntasser3 жыл бұрын

    Great overall summary! It is very difficult to cover all of the topics you cover in one video. Follow up videos to cover each topic in more details by itself :) Thank you VERY much!!!

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Burhaneddin! And very good point. This video works closely with Best Settings and Constant Light. I have Highlight Alerts coming soon. I’m planning to write a guide on my website that shows all these topics and subtopics, and where to find the videos. Hopefully that will help as well.

  • @BurhanMuntasser

    @BurhanMuntasser

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BrentDurand Do you normally teach in-person u/w photo courses?

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BurhanMuntasser I do teach courses in-person. Usually I try to schedule one international workshop per year. After that, I'm available in California. I also do Virtual Lessons through video chat, which is very productive. Here's all the info: tutorials.brentdurand.com/virtual-photo-lessons/

  • @WeiseGuy91
    @WeiseGuy91 Жыл бұрын

    Can you do a video explaining what a histogram, RGB parade, vector scopes, etc should look like ideally when perfectly exposed, white balanced, and color graded? Everyone says to pull those up in premiere pro but then never explain what it should look like ideally.

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi WeiseGuy, these advanced exposure and color grading features will really depend on the scene you're shooting and how you're shooting it. For example, you want to use a high ISO and overexpose scenes by a stop when shooting in some RAW formats. The way you record and the desired final output will change the way you're working with color while color-grading. Honestly, I'm not a video post-production expert (or color grading specialist), so don't feel I'm the right guy to discuss this. I set a manual WB underwater and shoot my color card, then apply global changes and color grade based on my eye and my calibrated monitor, not relying on the advanced tools. Sorry!

  • @WeiseGuy91

    @WeiseGuy91

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BrentDurand no problem! I’m doing the same for now but I’d love a good tutorial on all the scopes and such some day. I’ll keep looking haha.

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WeiseGuy91 I hear you! We need the experts to chime in 😎

  • @AquaticImages
    @AquaticImages3 жыл бұрын

    Great informative video 🤙

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I appreciate the support 👊

  • @rickpost2846
    @rickpost284610 ай бұрын

    is there a histogram on the sealife micro 3,0 aswel

  • @BrentDurand

    @BrentDurand

    10 ай бұрын

    I do not believe it has a histogram available during in-camera image review.