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He was and still is the master

Thank you very much for the effort to preserve those gems of knowledge and allow us to access it….Pixelpreserver and not waster…thanks a million.

...in the 90s I rented all of his tapes that I could find and made copies so I could study and copy his techniques...then I had a stroke in 2002 and suddenly lost just about everything - including all interest in the things that I had been passionate about pre-stroke - I no longer have that VCR and dunno where those old tapes are in any event...R I P Dean...

He was ahead of his time…what would he have done if he was still around….

makes me think of the common phrase "shift to the right" as a possible fallacy…. you have 4 stops and third from 18% to go to black no details blocking your shadows, and 2 and third stops from 18% to blow out your highlights to complete white, it will make all the sense to under expose by half stop so you have better maneuvering range, 4 and third stops down is wider than 2 and 1/3 stops up….!

Where is the rest of this great video, I have been hunting it for a long time?

This video speaks volumes comparing it to prior videos when Dean was shooting large /medium format film how technology has taken away a lot from humans….look how Dean was photographing Bree Walker with her horse and look at this photoshoot in this video that looks like a he was shooting a clown, compare his energy then looking down Hasselblad viewfinder directing Bree as if he was in war racing the light change and how here in this video it was GONE , just gone…Machines are taking a lot from us humans, sad but true.

I still did not get how he established the 18% grey with the reflective meter, I understood going up or down from that point, but how did he get the 18%? I mean @12:03 he said adjust the power with the reflective readings until you get f11 , How did he lock that number f 11? is it his choice in the middle of the road for his lens to go up and down or there is more to it? is the reflective reading to the f stop you choose always gives you 18%?

Man this guy got taken away from us way too soon. Can you imagine the kinds of things this guy could do with today's technology and the insights he would have had? The photographic community would be so much better off right now...

My main mentor! My wife set us up with his Seattle presentation the day after our wedding, on the way to the honeymoon, because she knew that, given the choice I never miss the Dean... That was June 1991... We're still married... ha

This tutorial is worth my weight in gold!! Thanks john, and the uploader.

This is the way to do this! No computer, just solving the problems with your brain.

Best of the best

I've been a photographer now for about 7 years... I've never studied it, just learnt by doing...but sometimes I do wish I'd been an apprentice during film days =/...so much knowledge that I've never had

What on earth is that laptop/camera apparatus O_o!?

The Don

John Shaw wrote so many books that shaped me as a teen and in my 20's. From photography I went to videography, and always... always kept him in mind. And honestly, the line, "Would you shoot a running deer at 1/30 of a second? Maybe. Maybe you like abstracted deer pictures" just killed me... lol

great video, and HEED what is said about the polaroid, at $15-00 Australian per shot, quite expensive, so be carefull.

FILM....2021....

You are a genius for having archived all of these gems. Thanks so much!

This video beats every other video I’ve seen on the topic.

Legend. The Don

What's a "Polaroid"? :)

Ha ha. The good old days of the Sunny 16 are over with these new cameras we have today. Even the young professionals don't know what to do now if they don't have an exposure compensation dial. With mirrorless cameras now, what you see is what you get through the viewfinder! Again dial it in. But still F stops and shutter speeds are necessary tools to understand, to get the photo you see in your mind.

thank you for sharing

The BUMS have run the pros out of business.

I am back in 1970 High School, cool video and still good.

Brilliant!

He would be amazed what we can do today with post.

Wow this man was great at predicting the future! His knowledge of the craft was extensive and that is rare these days.

Tried this in roll film, without being able to use a magazine. I shoot a color/18% card each roll. Another thing is I have the advantage of having a full lab in my garage darkroom. I shoot test rolls of color/18٪ targets and do clip tests of differently exposures to determine what works. I sometimes preflash. Experimentation will get you there. Just keep track of what you did so you can repeat ir.

Dean was a king. Very underrated.

damn...this is guy truly GOD Level

This is a cool video. I think his mustache adds 2 stops

Absolutely love these! The guy was a genius

He is using a Foveon Digital Camera Studio System. Very cool and always ahead of his time..A master craftsman. He saw the future and what was coming. I wish he was still around.

This still very much applies to digital as well as film. I sometimes try to guess what the proper exposure should be and then check my camera's meter to see how close I am. It's a good way to understand the relationship between light, aperture, and shutter speed.

What if you’re pushing to 1600? You shoot at 2000 shutter speed?

Thanks you for sharing!

Yes, he was a genius. I attended one of his seminar in 90's and he changed me.

What a rare gem. Hah.

Rest in Piece Dean. Forever known as the legendary photographer.

Wow, that was really, really helpful.

I miss good informative instructional videos like this.

great video, thanks

The best gear always comes in a wooden crate!

That Intro tho

This was amazing! Glad this was made, explains a lot in a little amount of time!

Great video. 20 years on and nothing has changed. Equipment doesn't make you better and computers don't make you better. Learning photography makes you better.

Lots of wisdom at 2:45