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Fundamentals of Digital Photography: Common Misconceptions



John Greengo teaches some of the common misconceptions beginner photographers have. http://cr8.lv/1FVbPPWyt

In this clip from his CreativeLive course, Fundamentals of Digital Photography 2013, John Greengo shatters the common myths about what it takes to be a successful photographer.

Geengo illuminates photography fundamentals with easy-to-understand exercises and lessons that will help you take better pictures.

To hear more from John Greengo and CreativeLive check out: https://www.creativelive.com/instructor/john-greengo

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43 responses to “Fundamentals of Digital Photography: Common Misconceptions”

  3. John- I am camera/photography illiterate. Just bought a used Canon EOS 60D and two lenses in a pawn shop. Don't know if they work with the Canon. Want to learn. Tell me what courses to take and where I can find suggested settings for the Canon EOS 60D. I don't even know how to focus this thing. 2016-12-02

  10. As a person who grew up WITHOUT the benefit of digital photography, I want to say that:1) Photos from my childhood are few and far between-my parents were wonderful, but were, poor people in love. 2) We did NOT have the benefit of taking 200 photos in search of that perfect shot of ourselves-indeed, it was EXPENSIVE (and it took 1-2 weeks to get those photos-a whole, at most 36 of them-back from the developer) to have all of the photos on a roll of 35mm developed and they included many "crappy shots." So when you see a beautiful/handsome shot of your mother, father, uncle, aunt, cousin, grandparent, or friend you should acknowledge that we were also as fabulous in our youth as you are! 3) We had to GUESS if what we had captured on film was what we thought we had captured. 4) There were so many moments in our lives where we were at "our best" that could not be captured because we did NOT have access to a mobile phone, let alone, its internal digital camera. We were EVERY BIT as wonderful as you are, but we may lack the photographic evidence to document our excellence at any given moment. 5) What you see as "normalstance," was science fiction to us at the time, and 6) We have beautiful and vivid "photo albums" in our minds that are more valuable than any piece of celluloid film could ever capture and we urge you (our precious children) to first (before you whip out that cellular phone) take a moment to take in your environment when those precious moments of your life present themselves. You know those moments and sometimes, it is just enough to be there, in that moment and drink it in with more than just a VISUAL memorial. Smell the scents, feel the textures, listen to the ambient sounds, and taste the "joy" of the moment because before you can blink an eye, it is gone! Be there in that moment, fully in that moment. These are the things that indelibly engrave themselves in our memories! These are the things that really count!

  22. I mean no offense at all, but, I get the impression that John seems to think that he is the authority and "know all end all" on photography.  Also, for being a Pro, his stuff isn't that great…quite basic actually. I wish I could show him my "un-educated", "self taught" work.  Then he might think differently about the way he words his remarks about the fact that you MUST have a photography degree to be any good.  I know the dynamics of photography inside and out, I have been published multiple times and I have NEVER taken one photo class in my life.  John, if you read this please don't take offense, (that is not my intent), I'm just saying that there are many paths at which one can take to be a professional photographer.  cheers.

  26. tips for taking silhouette shots is find subjects that we as a civilization instantly recognize the shapes of, like palm trees, camels, VW bugs, anything that has good strong easily recognizable shapes to them for the biggest impact- these shapes will instantly register with the viewer whereas undefined shapes that are darkened will leave the viewer scratching their heads as to what it might be, and make the photo much weaker- The camel silhouette shot in this video at 35.00 minutes into the video is a prefect example of a great silhouette shot that is instantly recognizable

  27. not sure why the summit shot in the rockies 'didn't work out' because with some basic photoshop adjustments, contrast, saturation boost etc- and perhaps dodging and burning- something ansel adams and many early photographers all did- would make a pretty good photo of the summit shot- for those that say "But that is altering what reality really shows-' well yeah- so isn't using shallow depth of field, slow shutter speeds for blurring action, fast shutter speeds capturing what we normally can't see- using long shutter speeds to capture scenes I n the dark that our eye can't, telephoto lenses altering the scene- sompression of scvenes, wide angle lenses including ore than our peripheral can see- see- etc etc etc and infact using tools to increase thignsl iek contrast, color etc are actually brining back some of the detaisl our cameras flatten out on us-

  28. Perfect. Came across by accident and watched out of interest, but what a really interesting 38 minutes. Excellent, relaxed delivery, and very informative. Very well done, and very much appreciated, thank you.
    Subscribed.

  37. Excellent teacher. Youtube video's that keep my attention for longer than 2 minutes are rare, not because of the content but the speaker making me nervous . The pleasant voice, well prepared text , the right speaking rate makes this excellent video pleasant to follow . The examples are indeed recognizable and very well illustrating the theory.  The video makes it possible to show things in a way a printed book cannot and this is exactly why this video is the perfect addition for all the good books we have on our shelves.
    When I look at the negative comments : they com form people looking for som dirty tricks that will show them to take fantastic pictures .. I wish tem all the luck they can get and they choose the wrong video, please read the title . And even if you try one of the tricks you found in these 2 min video's you will discover it is not as easy as it looked. Good pictures take time and practise and shooting a lot of photo's.
    It takes more than being a high rated professional photographer to be a good teacher.. John Greengo is both.
    Thank you for sharing this, I'll be watching this again and again ..
    Roger

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