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Steve Gerrard
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I'm Steve and I'm a dad, husband, music junkie and pro-photographer from England but now based in Montreal, Canada.
This channel is for anyone looking to improve their photography, editing, productivity and take their photography business to the next level.
I've been a professional photographer since 2005 and shoot weddings, portraits and bands for a number of magazines and websites. I've been accredited photographer for the likes of Pearl Jam, Beyonce, Kanye West, Billie Eilish, Kiss, Oasis, Metallica and errr... Justin Bieber!
My photos have been published in Rolling Stone, Professional Photographer, Huffington Post, NME, Kerrang!, Rock Sound, Metal Hammer, Practical Photography, and many more.
Please subscribe for regular photography tutorials covering wedding photography, portraits and music photography as well as Instagram, Lightroom and Photoshop tips.
This channel is for anyone looking to improve their photography, editing, productivity and take their photography business to the next level.
I've been a professional photographer since 2005 and shoot weddings, portraits and bands for a number of magazines and websites. I've been accredited photographer for the likes of Pearl Jam, Beyonce, Kanye West, Billie Eilish, Kiss, Oasis, Metallica and errr... Justin Bieber!
My photos have been published in Rolling Stone, Professional Photographer, Huffington Post, NME, Kerrang!, Rock Sound, Metal Hammer, Practical Photography, and many more.
Please subscribe for regular photography tutorials covering wedding photography, portraits and music photography as well as Instagram, Lightroom and Photoshop tips.
FEDWED: Must-have tool for wedding pros! (Book more weddings!)
In this video we talk to award-winning wedding photographer ADAM JOHNSON about FedWed, the professional, non-competitive support system for wedding photographers and wedding filmmakers of all styles, abilities and experience to unite, connect and learn together while growing your business and developing your creative skillset.
FEDWED for creatives: thefedwed.com/
FEDWED for couples: thefedwed.com/wedding-photographers-videographers/
NINEDOTS: nine-dots.co/
Adam says their reason for existing is to help people connect with other photographers and filmmakers, learn new skills and book work in their wedding photography or filmmaking business.
Fedwed's core belief is that we all get into this job for the creativity and enjoyment, but a strong business is vital to enable us to keep doing that long term so everything they do is balanced between creative growth and business skills to give you the best possible chance of longevity and success.
Whether you’re a seasoned veteran of weddings or just beginning your journey with aspirations of shooting weddings, FedWed is almost certianly something you should be checking out.
My website: www.stevegerrard.com/
Instagram: stevegerrard
Facebook: stevegerrardphotographer
Twitter: stevegerrard
If you got any value from this video and are feeling kind, you can "Buy Me A TEA" here - www.buymeacoffee.com/stevegerrard
My one-to-one training: www.stevegerrard.com/training/
FEDWED for creatives: thefedwed.com/
FEDWED for couples: thefedwed.com/wedding-photographers-videographers/
NINEDOTS: nine-dots.co/
Adam says their reason for existing is to help people connect with other photographers and filmmakers, learn new skills and book work in their wedding photography or filmmaking business.
Fedwed's core belief is that we all get into this job for the creativity and enjoyment, but a strong business is vital to enable us to keep doing that long term so everything they do is balanced between creative growth and business skills to give you the best possible chance of longevity and success.
Whether you’re a seasoned veteran of weddings or just beginning your journey with aspirations of shooting weddings, FedWed is almost certianly something you should be checking out.
My website: www.stevegerrard.com/
Instagram: stevegerrard
Facebook: stevegerrardphotographer
Twitter: stevegerrard
If you got any value from this video and are feeling kind, you can "Buy Me A TEA" here - www.buymeacoffee.com/stevegerrard
My one-to-one training: www.stevegerrard.com/training/
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A huge thanks to anyone who took the time and effort to watch videos and subscribe to the channel. It's very much appreciated. It took me 389 days and 43 videos to reach that first milestone. Here's to the next 1000. Evelyne and I will toast you all tonight. Cheers everyone.
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I deleted a picture out of the carousel but how come it still shows on other peoples instagram? as if I haven’t deleted it?
It says there was an error in saving the changes why😭
Hi there! Great video you pulled, really helpful. Just left me with one single doubt... How do you focus? I mean, do you use the auto focus or do you do it manually with the ring?
I trust autofocus a lot more than my eyes in these situations so yeah, 100% autofocus but shooting in Manual mode.
@@SteveGerrardPhotography That's gonna be my mantra henceforth. Thank you very much mister!
Legend
very very nice video love it
Special Golden Hour Moments of Life Portrait and Real Estate and Bumblebee Photography. I think i nailed it. But seriously this is something I'm struggling with because I'm starting in real estate photography but would like to branch out in the future to commercial, architecture and design. I've hated every name except Ryan's Home Photography but it kinda limits things in the future. I dunno i guess i could just get started and see where it all leads.
Hello
Great insight, thank you
I'm a photographer and I also make image with AI. AI generated pictures are art but they are NOT photographs in my opinion. The tools are different and so are the skills. Both can produce beautiful results but one is not the other.
I agree, but the ethical considerations are another matter altogether.
@@SteveGerrardPhotography I disagree and here's why. I challenge any artist to look at some AI generated pictures and say this wee bit of this picture here is from one of my paintings. I would be extremely surprised if any could do that. The pieces are so small and gathered from all over the net. It would be like someone complaining about a new piece of music because it has notes in it that have been used by someone else. There are very good painters out there who can copy art works completely and often fool lots of people into thinking their work is the original. If AI is doing that then it's the fault of the person putting in the prompt, not the tool they are using. I do wish however, that AI artists would stop making AI pictures of copyrighted images such as actors, cartoon characters etc. The more of that there is out there the more likely copyright laws will change to squash it and that could have really restrictive effects on all AI artists, even the ones who are trying to make genuinely original art pieces.
If u r here to learn. Good luck! 😅
It was very helpful 🤩
I did it just as you instructed but when I uploaded it to Instagram it cropped the image.
What do you think first & photo? Aleson photo?
How you know I was on a iphone 😑
Your video was very helpful! A thorough straight to the point video. Thank you!
Glad you found it useful Linda
so this method ensures the actual printed image size remains the same? ie the border is 'added' outside of the original size?
That's correct. But if you order prints the print will be the size of the border, not the image.
@@SteveGerrardPhotography hmm ok. So if I want my actual printed image to be 6x8 with a white border added outside of that size how is that achieved?
@@Shep2345 Depends on your lab. Best to reach out to them to check the best method.
Hi! If I tagged some people in several photos, will they be notified again when I delete and restore the photos they're tagged in?
Only if you tag them again.
@@SteveGerrardPhotography Thank you! I just tried and it worked perfectly, they didn't receive another notification. I finally have my carousel in the order I wanted. Your video was so useful. Thanks!
Great Video Steve, very useful.
Glad it was helpful!
Great advice.
Thanks a lot Andrew.
why dont i have this option? omg my instagram is so slow with updates. even when the new dm with colours came in , my friend had it first
This deserves much more views!😮
I agree! ;)
i have the same mug :)
:) Good taste. We have a cupboard full of different ones.
Banger thank you
This video is 3 years old, what's the new best card now or is it still great the 128 you mentioned
Really helpful guide, thanks! I also started using Boost App Social to jazz up my stories a bit more-works wonders for grabbing attention!
I've been using it to enhance my feed as well-those story templates are clutch!
How to make slides in Instagram? ❤
Neither of these tools appear to offer a culling profile that covers concert photography. I've played around with the sports and portrait profiles in Aftershoot, but I'm not really happy with either. What profile do you use when culling your concert shoots?
I know this video is 3 years old but I'm shooting my first show this month (Modest Mouse) and this was super helpful. 🤘🏻 Great vid.
Thanks Jordan. Modest Mouse is very cool for your first show. Enjoy!
@@SteveGerrardPhotography Yeah, I’m real excited. Thanks man!
I haven't got like option. Your phone is newest model
Neede this video. Thank you (fyi: people noticed the crawler tracks on bulldozers creep like a catapillar)
I'm actually here because I want to do better for my teens, my 14 year old son can play DragonForce's guitar pretty much perfectly and plays at small venues for a rock school. But I'd like to help this small business and take good photos of all the teen bands. Thank you so much for this tutorial, I'm small potatoes but I only hope to nail some great shots in these dark atmospheres and lighting! You are a class act!
I can't think of a better reason for getting out there with your camera. Capturing your kid's passion and helping small businesses. You're a class act!
Thanks Steve! Why did your ingest create an XMP file for each image? Is that the metadata?
Exactly. The metadata includes essential information about the images, such as camera settings, copyright details, keywords, etc
Thankyou for this, doing my first festival very soon and it's a smaller festival in the city so it will likely be smaller venue's dotted around I believe, i only have a 50mm Prime and a 24-70mm 2.8 Zoom, will this be okay do you think? What focus settings would you recommend, I have a Canon 5D Mark iv. I am super Nervous so anything will be helpful, Thanks again! x
Sounds like you have great gear for the festival. I'd use auto focus and try to keep your shutter about 1/125s if you can. Wide aperture but not so wide that it misses focus too much. Maybe 2.8-f4 range. High ISO is better than blurry or out of focus images usually. Have fun!
@@SteveGerrardPhotography thankyou so much! What about focus point, I currently shoot with single focus point AF but I have to move it manually and I'm not very quick with it, is there a better option to make sure images are sharp when changing angles and following a subject quickly ? Xx
@@CourtneyLeighannaE My cameras have eye tracking which is great (when it works well!) but otherwise I always used centre focus and recomposed.
Thank you!!! I was freaking out about an image on my carousel until I found this video!!
the kind of video, and person I like very much.
Very kind. Thank you.
Great Tips, I did concerts professional from 1987 - 1993, Had a blast and I used all of your tips back then... I still love getting a good shot, basically just cellphone shoots but some of the bands I shot back in the 80's have asked me to start up again... Digital photography is a whole new world for me - but I'm learning that the manual settings I used back then still applies today. The biggest difference is today's lighting is so much better usually... Time to start having fun again!
Enjoy the ride!
Best tips video. At least one of them thanks dude
Cheers Gerald.
🎊 'Promosm'
You just got mine thank you for your video!!!
Thank you so much for your time and knowledge creating this tutorial. This is by far the best video I have watched so far, a true resource to newbies like myself! Thank you again!
Cheers Ian. Glad it was helpful. Enjoy the ride.
Great advices! Thanks a lot! :)
Are using a flash
Almost never. Most shows I shoot , flash isn't allowed, and even if it was, it often kills the vibe of the photo. Occasionally I'll use flash if a) it's allowed and b) the light is SO bad I'm struggling to get anything useable. I honestly can't remember the last time I used flash at a concert.
Good to see you back at it. Sending love 🙏🏻
Cheers Simon. Hope you and the fam are well.
All good in the Shire, next time you've over the water we should get together! It's been an age! @@SteveGerrardPhotography
@@simon_clarke Yeah way too long. Will definitely let you know.
Thanks for chatting to me about FedWed, Steve! Always love our chats and look forward to seeing you next time you’re over here or when we do that FedWed Montreal event I promised!!!
Great chatting with you too mate. Thanks for taking the time. Hopefully we'll catch up soon.
Good to see you're back!
Cheers Martin. New video tomorrow :)
SLAYERRRRRRR!!!!!!
🤘🤘🤘
Hope you'll feel better and hope we'll work on other weddings together!
Thing is, I feel absolutely fine. And yeah, hopefully see you again soon. Cheers bud.
Can you pls suggest me any user name for praveen am going to start an small business myself praveen
Thanks for sharing. I'm just getting started with a cheap bridge camera. Picking up photography just as a fun- casual hobby. Great video and great work. Btw, is that Defeater there @4:30?
Well spotted! Yes it is Defeater. Great band.
Well done Steve, glad you are able to manage it, it's awesome to have you back making vids again.
Cheers Alex. Glad to be back :)
I was wondering why I hadn’t seen a video for ages mate. Got another couple of weddings coming up and so looking forward to seeing the next one, and beyond - any background re your lens choices and when to flash or not flash gratefully received 😊
Noted. I have this one about my favourite lens for weddings... czcams.com/video/bcrgarVGRMc/video.htmlsi=fQls0U-2cIpOTU-O