How to do amazing garden photography in 15 minutes – Week 63
What is the 15 minute photo challenge? One location, one lens and only 15 minutes to bag the best photos. The best pictures can be seen here: www.flickr.com In this video photo expert Gavin Hoey www.gavtrain.com takes up the challenge to find and photograph stunning pictures in a wet summer garden. Armed only with an Canon SLR, 50mm lens and a beautiful garden to work in.
Love the pictures
Interesting tips, thank you
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Lovely pictures
Thats why I just lovvvvvvvveeeeee you as I have only one lens (50mm)
Gavin, you are awesome, as always!
How did you make the picture in 4:45?
Great photographs and post processing! Good inspiration, thanks.
@JWK35 thank you very much! =)
@N6600 another way if you want an even vignette is use the rectangular select box and feather the selection (the number depends on picture size and personal preferences) and just draw a box about an inch away from the edge, and then hit delete
iirc there’s a quicker way to do it in CS2, but i have photoshop 7
Interesting that you say a wide open aperture is f/8 when actually that would be a smaller one. A wide aperture for the 50mm lens you’re using is f/1.8, which allows you to have a shallow depth of field.
Just thought I’d clear that one up.
why do you say small aperture, 2.5 is a big aperture
I really like the video and the shots taken. It would be very helpful if you explained a bit more of the setting you are using. I know you have talked about appature a bit but running down the ISO, Ap, Shutter and lens would be helpful. I am a beginner and although I have gotten some good shots I have not gotten even close toyours. I too would love to see the shots at the back of the camera and then post production stuff.
Hi, what post processing you did in those images , especially around 3.00 min, whole garden picture, that looks amazing.
HI Gavin,
Quick Question: I’m a beginner btw. I see your using a 50mm lens, to get great close up shots. Why would one need a macro lens?
many many thanks!!
Hello Garvin,
Firs of all, thank you so much for your tutorials!Everything looks so easy when I watching you doing,but after I always discover painful truth that all this is far from easy:)(!
Can you please tell me regarding this video on that clip where you saying that you’re not plant expert…how did you make this effect with water and reflection in that leaf?? I know that you have done this in Photoshop but how??
Regards
Hi Gavin, one thing that I’d like to ask, you’re obviously using a nifty fifty – how the heck do you manage to get the focus so sharp at f1.8 when you are hand holding? I’ve found it really frustrating, the slightest body movement causes the pics which I thought were sharp to be quite out of focus when I look at them.
Cheers…Rich
Thank you so much
Will luv to see more of ur 15 min videos. they are the best on da internet.
I have watched a couple of ur videos and i think ur style of teaching is awesome. Can you pls do a video of how the pictures u take look like when they come out of the camera b4 post production. once again thanks for ur videos.
First thing I noticed as well. Oh well can imagine the confusion. Nice video! Like the other tutorials as well!
f1.8 is not a small aperture its a large aperture. the smaller f number the larger the aperture f20 would be a really small aperture but would keep everything in focus.
Well, you still need the composition, angle and a nice camera helps too
Just think about the picture with less contrast, less color vibrancy and maybe he cropped as well.
Gavin, I’ve seen so many similar videos on youtube but I haven’t learned this much of information except from yours. Thank you so much
I would actually like to see how the picture looked before they came to photoshop. The more I watch tutorials and so on I think the shot doesn’t have to be perfect at all, photoshop can fix it all.
Really would be cool if you could make an example with an before and after shot
Cheerio Clause
Just found your videos this morning and I’ve already learned so much. Thank you!!