Composition Fails (and What I Did to Fix Them)
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- čas přidán 20. 12. 2017
- Join nature photographer Sarah Marino as she walks through some of her composition failures and then discusses how she went about fixing them in the field. This video features photographs from Death Valley National Park as the examples.
Great video. Lot's of videos talk about good composition but in this video you covered the whys and hows of composition with both good and bad examples. Very helpful and would love to see more.
A belated thank you for the comment! I am glad you enjoyed the video and I hope to make another one on the same topic - composition fails and fixes - soon.
Perfect movie tutorial. You are so right, the light is what makes good photographs.
Your work and eye are pure magic! PLEASE keep doing more tutorials, the way you teach is amazing!
Excellent! I loved how you point and explain what was wrong and how you fixed it. Many time I look at the photo and I don't like it but don't know why. This was just perfect. Keep up the good work!
Great video tutorial…thank you!
Hi Sarah;
Very informative video. I like the way you explained the concepts without getting too technical as I am a relatively new photographer.
Hi Richard - Thank you for letting my know that you enjoyed the video!
Outstanding tutorial, Sarah. Helped bring to the forefront some concepts that unfortunately I don't always think about. Really hope you decide to do another.
Nicely done Sarah. I know when Brandi and I visit that the mud cracks always present quite a challenge compositionally. I have many fails 😂
Thanks Sarah, I found your "Composition Failures" very helpful! I'll look forward to possibly seeing more of your short courses!
Thank you! Would welcome more of these in the future!
Well done! Thanks for the great overview of composition.
Your video was very informative and well presented. I would like to see more like this.
Very nicely done, you have quite a gift for teaching!
Good job, Sarah. Well thought out, constructive advice. Well done.
Informative, well thought out & with great example photographs. Thanks for sharing Sarah, you’ve got a new subscriber thanks to this video. I’ve also enjoyed yours and Ron’s e-book on Death Valley. Thank you!
Thank-you!! This video made me understand several things abut composition that I did not understand before. .
I notice that the comments here are all two years old. This is a short but very good teaching video. Surprised it got so few likes and even a thumbs down. The latter suggesting the critic has little or no understanding of how to produce a strong landscape image.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Phillip. A few people who watched the video let me know that they felt that I do not have a good enough command of the great masters to be teaching composition, which I think is where the dislikes came from. To that, I say whatever. I prefer to offer practical advice and feel like my photos say enough about my skills. I don't try to please everyone anyway, so no big deal!
@@SarahMarinoPhoto I have been a photographer for over 60 years. And I can tell you from experience that composition is 90% of our art. Learning the basics is easy and quick. And learning to dodge and burn (and at the higher levels using luminosity masks etc.) can improve our game. But if we don't develop an intuitive sense of what makes a good composition we will produce nice snapshots that we can process into well processed snapshots. But they will remain snapshots. And when I saw these two images it was clear to me what was wrong in how you composed them. And indeed you explained that. And given what people post on the internet even this basic introduction could help lots of people. I would like to see you do more of these in the future. My best.
I learned from your tutorial. I encourage you to do it again. This was most interesting because I've shot Badwater several times and have many of the compositional failures you mentioned. When I'm there next month I'll be more aware. Good job.
A very helpful video showing how to improve the compositions when in the field. The photos are from the same locations but appear to be at different times. Did you review photos and then return or review them in the field? Hope you will post more of these videos.
Love your tutorials. TYVM
This is really useful. Thanks for the tips.
Excellent pedagogy!
Bravo ! Thanks a bunch !
Well done, neighbor!
Imagine a floor in your house that looked like mud cracks at death valley!
Your concise and detailed presentation was easy to follow and I will use them on my next visit to Death Valley National Park. With no intention of ever becoming a professional photographer, I still benefit from your expertise as I try to capture engaging images while out and about in Death Valley. FYI - I came across your video by searching CZcams for Death Valley National Park and with the "filter" tool, selected "most recent upload date."
I try to keep on the latest videos about the park and am amazed at how we, the visitors view and react to the park's vistas.
I love the images that professional photographers like yourself capture of the more common locales such as Bad Water, Mesquite Sand Dunes, Zabriskie Point, Artists Palette, etc but I enjoy the more out of the way places equally as well. One location that I have not seen professionally photographed that contains great promise for some unique composition is shown here: czcams.com/video/avHiyePmANU/video.html starting at minute 1:50.
The location is super easy as a stroll north of the Stovepipe Wells Airstrip about half a mile. The main dune is longest and straightest I've seen in the park running roughly east-west and point to the Cottonwood Mountains or the Mesquite Dune field depending on your direction. My video was an effort just to capture a general feel for the area but upon return and processing the images into the CZcams video I got to thinking how a good photographer might be able to go out there in the morning or afternoon sweet spot and obtain some excellent images. All of this would depend on the elements that you describe in your tutorial and the angle of the sun and other weather factors.
I will probably invite other pros to view this location as well and in the end, I do hope to see some real quality images pop up on the Internet. Then again, maybe the location is not that conducive to the eye? Maybe some other people who read this comment will check it out as well? Thanks again for your excellent tutorial!
I'll just say "me, too!" for all the comments before mine.