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@jemini_studio

Жыл бұрын

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I am an old, retired engineer trying to convert from a nerd to wantabe artist. I love your simple, but complete explanations that include a description of why things work

@mindmap6710

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you 100%. I have never seen a teacher like him in my whole life, I repeat in my whole life. as you said about him I just copied here "but complete explanations that include a description of why things work"

@VivianLund

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Retired engineer trying to make some art and Mark Galer is amazing in his talents both as photographer and teacher.

The photographer never stops to learn. 35 years in the business and I always love to learn instead of watching stupid movies (I do not have TV). Thank you for your time. From the far away Patagonia, Chile.

I am just finishing my 3rd year of a near full time devotion to photography. Done lots of reading and video watching in between shoots. This is by far the best single video I have ever watched.

Mark, what a Fantastic commitment you make to all of us who love photography!! You a true resource to anyone who knows you--Clients, Sony, and of course KZread Followers!

I’m a landscape photography lover and I’ve learned lots of new things with your video. Thanks a lot for the masterclass, you are a very didact person. Greetings from Brazil (this is my first ever youtube comment).

I mean how many photographers out there post a nearly 2 hr video tutorial for free ? Big respect to you sir!!!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tarek. I have started labelling my long videos as Masterclass videos. You will find that I now have several of these extended videos.

@dylanmenges5095

3 ай бұрын

Mark's Patreon is worth your support!

thank you Mentor Mark

Terrific video Mark, I totally enjoyed this work and some points will definitely help me in refining my skills! Already in my favourites!

Brilliant work as always Mark. Your commitment, dedication and time is much appreciated, thank you :}.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Very welcome

Always next level videos! Thanks again for the effort 🙏

Mark galer is awesome. Great teacher with fresh insights not not only sony shooters but everybody. A lot of experts state that using 16x9 crop would crop the image because they state the sensor is not fully used. Good to know that is not true. However, that is not the case of full frames in crop sensor mode.

Straight to the point and highly professional video. Cheers, Mark!

I have never been drawn in to appreciate landscape photography that I have through this masterclass. Glad KZread recommended you to me♥️

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Excellent video Mark! I can only imagine the work you put into this. Thank you.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for acknowledging the effort - Probably took me two weeks of more to prepare the slide deck.

@jerryeisner1

2 жыл бұрын

You read my mind!

Mark, appreciate your time, effort and deep technical and artistic knowledge shared. This package is extremely useful!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for this class Mark! Your knowledge and experience is incredibly helpful. Plus your voice draws me in.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thank you, great information and it inspires me to get out and shoot!

Thanks a lot for sharing a wonderful video. Keep your good work.

This was a very good indepth video full of tips, tricks and techniques to help you along with landscape photography. I really enjoyed it. Thanks Mark for making this video.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Excellent Class! Thank you.

Thanks for your awesome videos! I am new to the Sony system and your videos helps alot for me to get productive much faster. This video was a really good extensive information how to use this gear in the landscape photography.

Your the best! What a complete, well informed and instructed video you made there. Thank you so much!!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

One of of the best masterclasses I've ever seen! Anywhere! So much useful information, so compressed and interesting! Thanks very much from your new subscriber!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback Paul

Simply superb content and production! Thanks Mark!!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

1:38:43 This is an interesting idea, and quite the change. I'll have to think about doing this. I might also increase the aperture to narrow down the depth of field closer to the houses

You are a Gem, a born teacher, who should have chosen your career as you are now. What a fantastic way you explain everything that I feel like you can read peoples mind as you are talking, you know what the audience is thinking as you are explaining things and you are answering our question that came to our mind while listening your detail nice, amazing way of explanation and you keep answering our question, I don't know if I managed to explain myself as English is not my first language and I don't have a good communication skill. I subscribed, gave like, on every single video whatever I watched and I did it even before start listening to your video because I don't want to be the one who forgot to click the like button as you asked for. I would do anything for you. all your video is to me like Hollywood movie list which all I want to watch day and night. but I don't have that much time. God Bless You. Thank you for all your hard work, time, effort to make all those time consuming videos. I would definitely go to your web site soon which I have been thinking to visit but my laziness nature is keeping me from visiting.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your positive feedback 👍

I thought I was a quite experienced photographer, but learned a ton of things from this video. Thanks a lot for this incredible piece of information

@AlphaCreativeSkills

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! - I have over 30 more hours of Masterclass seminars on my Patreon.com/markgaler

Thank you very much for this Mark - I love the knowledge you are sharing here as it really is helpful - I'm a filmmaker and have a love for landscape and architectural cinematography and photography and I'm also a big fan of classic movies like BLADERUNNER where the architecture has been lensed in a certain way that it looks even more amazing.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@jlmr3173

Жыл бұрын

Z,

Mark, appreciated your video

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Nice Masterclass, thanks you greeting from Nicaragua

Nice work. Helping people get better photos, takes their visual experience to another level.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback 🙂

Absolutely outstanding master class. I plan to watch many times as there is so much incredibly useful information. Worth my Patreon subscription for this alone.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the positive feedback Robert. I am aware that some of this information was already available in eBooks and other video tutorials, but I very much wanted to collate all the information into a single video tutorial as it can be hard to use multiple vides as a reference. I have also added time codes in the info section to help members return to a topic at some time in the future.

@pixonoid

3 жыл бұрын

​@@AlphaCreativeSkills Outstanding video as usual Mark! I think its extremely valuable that you never skip information passed over in earlier videos. One of the reasons i think why you are one of the best instructors i have come across is because you manage to connect the dots in the viewers brain with this style of explaining.

Brilliant video

This is gold, thanks.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Nice overview, thank you 🙏

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Totally agree with the journey photos as apposed to the destination

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

A traveler’s perspective

Excellent guide once again. Is there still a significant difference between LR CC and Classic? And for what actions would you use photoshop? I do everything in LR.

your photographs rock

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris

Magic.

Amazing series Sir!!!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

wow this is very informative. you've earned a new subscriber. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome

the internet blesses you!

Love seeing some Tasmanian locations in this vid :)

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

I must come back - it's been too long :-)

Nice video

Wonderful!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

If anything is going to pull me back to Sony it'll be Mark Galer.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob 👍

Interesting!

Your masterclass videos are great, shame that they do not trend in YT as they deserve more views. I'm curious what is your lens choice for hiking as you have stated preference for low weight.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Strange as it may seem I don't create these videos for maximum views. I am looking to educate this photographers who are prepared to spend more than 3-minutes to help them master their craft and are open to considering alternative points of view and options.

Great video! Mark do you shoot your landscapes in compressed or uncompressed raw? Does it make a difference?

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

I shoot uncompressed for landscape and compressed for action/sports - it really only makes a difference when shooting into the light and you try to lighten the underexposed shadows by more than 3 EV or stops.

Thanks!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support Mike.

Mark - my A7R3 is entirely set up with your settings. Your guidance is tremendously appreciated. Will you do a similar class for action photography? You have several videos on settings for action but I couldn’t find a video on how to actually use those for action photography.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

I have made so many action settings I am not sure what I covered any more. My latest one for the A1 that includes birds in flight in the title may be my most comprehensive video to date and include some of the content you are looking for. If you want to access more learning resources you could catch up with me over on Patreon.com/markgaler where I have over 30 1-hour member-only seminars and more than ten 400-page and 500-page eBooks available to download.

@mosheovadya

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thank you so much for the quick response. Yes I will join. Cheers.

Excellent informative and helpful video! I believe Canon SLRs have an auto DOF feature (one focuses on the nearest and furthest point in your composition and the camera computes optimal focal setting and aperture). Why don't other cameras have that handy feature?

@AlphaCreativeSkills

6 ай бұрын

I have asked Sony for this feature - I would like to see the cameras become more 'user-friendly' so I can stop writing 600-page eBooks for the Alpha cameras.

Mark! I'm impressed with your guide! Just one question, do you recomend using ISO 50 in any situation? Advantages?

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

It’s useful when working with f/1.4 lenses on a sunny day and a camera’s fastest shutter speed is 1/4000 second. The optimum ISO for dynamic range is ISO 100 and not 50.

@YariJaluff

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Wonderful! Thank you Mark for your time!

Thanks

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome

Ansel Adams used what is now known as the "1/x rule", which meant that - for him - he found that he could adequately handhold a camera at a shutter speed that was the inverse of the focal length of the lens. I don't think he ever intended it to become a rule, and he was shooting film. Camera shake - what's visible - depends on the sensor size, number of megapixels, focal length, and perhaps more importantly, the way the photographer holds the camera and clicks the shutter. Camera shake on a cell phone image is much less visible than on a Phase One IQ150 or a Sony a7RV. If one holds that camera out in front (like a baby with a dirty diaper) and composes through the screen on the back of the camera, stability is much less than holding the camera tight and looking through the viewfinder. For me, I have what is medically known as a fine motor tremor. To that end, when I'm not using a tripod I will tend to use a monopod instead. I can set up my monopod much more quickly than a a tripod and it gives me more stability than handheld shooting.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input

Great video as always Mark. What camera and lens did you use for the harbor shot at 18mins, please?

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

If those were the Cornish fishing boats it would have been an A7RIII + FE 16-35 GM

@jonspoard8416

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thanks Mark. Looking at the video on the big screen that looks like Mevagissey which is 10mins from where I live

Mark, I wasn't sure from the video if you are suggesting to keep the DSO on auto or off.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

3 жыл бұрын

If you mean DRO (Dynamic Range Optimiser) then I keep it on knowing that my shadows will appear darker than they appeared in the camera until I raise the shadows slider. I can compose my image more effectively if I am previewing the shadows as they will be lightened in post.

when i see these great photos i wonder what y'all be doing

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Have camera will travel

Hi Mark - Hyperfocal Distance @40 minutes. noticed the Max Print Dimension @f11 is 27" for 14mm & 16mm and 20" for 20mm. Also, noticed @ f16, the print dimension changed to 25" for all focal lengths. I understand the concept behind increasing the print size. Just curious why the print dimensions are different at various focal lengths and f-stops so I can apply the same concept to some other focal lengths. Thanks. BTW - 2nd time watching this video .. so much info to remember to use. Regards

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

I am not sure I can remember why I increased the print dimensions for this slide. The important thing to take from this part of the seminar is that Depth of Filed calculators can provide different information (and a different hyperfocal distance) if you increase the size of the print or increase the visual acuity of the viewer.

I’ve had no interest in landscapes, just meh…but dude these are unreal! Brilliant work is an understatement

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew - glad I gave you something to think about

56:08 WOW SHOT 😎💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

@AlphaCreativeSkills

11 ай бұрын

The 'Transformer' building in Hong Kong - an amazing place to photograph.

Hello Mark I hope I have the right video of yours but did I hear you say that for the a7r4 the best ISO for the most dynamic range is 320 and if so how much are we losing shooting at ISO 100 for landscape pictures. Thanks Dave

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Sony sensors are often described as dual-gain sensors. They have an optimum ISO setting and then dynamic range starts decreasing and noise starts increasing as the ISO is pushed higher. The optimum ISO for the A7RIV is 100. Most of the other sensors that Sony make have a second sweet spot at ISO 640 where dynamic range and noise is better at 640 than 500. The line on the testing charts spikes at this point and this signifies the optimum second ISO of the dual gain sensor. The A7RIV spikes at ISO 320 and this may offer better performance than ISO 250 but not as good as ISO 100.

@dave2van

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Mark thanks for getting back to me. I appreciate the information and your videos. It is nice to continually learn new things about the camera's I am using along with new photographic techniques.

so for my 80d i need to get the 24mm pancake lens 55-250 lens the 10-18 lens i already have the 50mm 1.8 and get the 24-105 and the 24-70? or just get lenses for 80d and not use full frame lenses on a aps-c crop sensor camera

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Or the new 20-70

Excellent video! Great job. Mark, if you were to take the A7R5 out in a helicopter, hover and shoot a city skyline at civil Twilight…what lens and camera settings would you use? v/r. Jim

@AlphaCreativeSkills

11 ай бұрын

Two bodies and two zooms. I would use my Portrait settings from my PAL workflow- Go to my support channel for personal guidance- Patreon.com/markgaler

配上中文字幕更多人观看，。谢谢！

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone who can speak Chinese and English can translate videos posted on KZread. You could invite Adobe in China to translate this video.

How can something this good be free? Thank you!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

I do offer many 2-hour seminars that are only available to my Patrons on Patreon.com/markgaler

Do you use the tone curve in LR?

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

It’s of limited use in Lightrrom as you do not have the option for Luminosity Masking. It’s best to use Shadows and Highlights for tonal adjustments in Lr

While using the A1 what’s the beat option for creative style setting for raw shooters. I know not doesn’t affect the raw file but it does affect the view finder

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

I now offer personal technical support and assistance for Sony Alpha users from my Patreon site. A single $10.00 one-month membership will give you access to extensive learning support files including 15 eBooks, 26 member-only 1-hour seminars + my Alpha Q&A forums. There is no contract and no commitment beyond the first month. www.patreon.com/markgaler - you can join, download the eBook or all eBooks and then cancel your membership one hour later if you so wish.

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Mark, is it IBIS enough ? or Lens stabilization is still required? is there any situation where both Stabilization are required, does it make sense to have them both?

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Longer focal lengths benefit from lens stabilisation as well as IBIS at slower shutter speeds. That’s why some of the Tamron telephoto lenses have cut one too many corners (in my opinion)

Hi! Is there an error at minute 45 or am I too beginner? 45mm, f11 - hyperfocal distance 43m?

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

You can check the figures at Cambridgeincolour.com and use the depth of field calculator- click on the advanced option to see the hyperfocal distance

@mincuvirgil4161

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Thank you very much!

You mentioned that DRO doesn’t function in RAW but on my A7iii it does

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

That would be incorrect - DrO has never worked on Raw

@rajneeshjain3817

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCreativeSkills The option of HDR gets greyed out in RAW but DRO remains highlighted in my A7iii-could you please recheck.

@rajneeshjain3817

2 жыл бұрын

I hope i am not sounding argumentative

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

DRO is still active because it is used to change the finder and monitor view but it does not get applied to the Raw file.

I think the shot would look even better if the interesting feature on the left was included more

👍👏👏👏Great footage. Well done. Too bad you know using Sony. With Nikon it would have been better... 😄😄... I'm kidding.👌

@AlphaCreativeSkills

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully the info was useful for all photographers.

Watching this at the 14:40 mark as a finish my 5th and 6th coffees….🤦🏻‍♂️

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

I used to be a senior lecturer in Photography at RMIT University. The weekly lectures ran for 2-hours long. 12 lectures each semester for 6 semesters. The length of these Masterclass videos are not for people with a passing interest or with short attentions spans. Fortunately for KZreadr's they can set the playable speed to 1.5x or pause me while they take a break. This was never an option for the undergraduates I used to teach.

@JeffSmithson

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCreativeSkills Hi Mark, Upon re-reading my comment I realize that it could have been wrongfully interpreted as insinuating that your videos are boring. I didn’t mean this at all!! I thoroughly enjoy your videos and find them highly educational. Your students were very lucky; your videos are my number one go-to resource for improving my photography skills and I have implemented your PAL workflow on my A7M3. I have found it very helpful. At the 14:40 mark in your video, you were saying how anyone who hasn’t had 5 or 6 cups of coffee would be able to take handheld landscape shots at a slow shutter speed. I was just making a self-deprecating joke about drinking way too much coffee as I enjoyed your masterclass. :) Keep up the great work! Cheers, Jeff.

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

I gave you the benefit of the doubt and I am aware my Masterclass videos are much longer that the typical videos you find on KZread. I am surprised I made a joke in the video - this is something I usually only do in front of a live audience! I used to be an Adobe Ambassador some years ago and they asked me to reduce the length of my video tutorials to 3-minutes. A year later they said I would need to reduce the length of my videos to 1-minute. I responded by making them a 90-minute Lightroom Masterclass to demonstrate that some photographers want more than just sound bites. It has proved to be a very popular masterclass. Needless to say I no longer choose to work as an Ambassador for Adobe.

@JeffSmithson

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlphaCreativeSkills haha! That is amazing! Short clips are great to grab the attention of those who are passing by, but a masterclass can’t be done in a few minutes. Your channel mixes it up well. Sounds like it was Adobe’s loss. Maybe Capture One would be more up your alley! Paul Reiffer and David do some great and very thorough work.

I've just notice you are reusing a lot of your older clip to make new video, a bit sad unfortunaly -_-

@AlphaCreativeSkills

2 жыл бұрын

This video is over a year old and was recorded in a single session. I sometimes use slides from a previous video but never older video clips. Putting together a free 2-hour presentation is a monumental effort, so sometimes if I can cut a few corners and reuse a slide from a previous presentation that could have been talking about a camera setting I take it. I would prefer it if you add constructive criticism rather than non-constructive criticism Gabriel or just unsubscribe.