This how-to video from John Mireles of the Photographer’s Toolkit is part of a series about using the histogram to create properly exposed images with your camera. This first installment explains in simple language what is the histogram and how to read it.
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Kill that music.
While I stuck it out for the content, it was actually the muted speech/vocals that were part of the track that I found distracting and detracting from the narration. Much, much lower mix, or even different music appropriate to the content would be an improvement in the future.
Nice video
Music very distracting though
The music was way too intrusive; killed it for me, had to bail, sorry.
Great video
I think you made a small misstake:
When you were talking about the White in your image, and blown highlights, you draw the corresponding bar to maximum right, but low.
Blown highlights, or anything where there’s too much of, will reach OUTSIDE the scale (vertical).
Not really. Its a representation of the luminosity levels and the amounts in a photo. To talk about tones (in an rgb mode), you need to have 3 different histograms. One for each channel.
thanks all revised for school now
The music is soo loud.. and the voice is pan’d at the left : [ it hurts my ear..
Great demonstration
Music is *waaaaay* too loud! Great video, besides that, thanks
Agreed – the music sounds like it was possibly a mistake?
Thanks. Very simple and graphic explanation.
In resume, histogram is an inventory of each of the 256 tones within the picture.
dear god yes, kill the sounds dude….
total shame cause the tut looks as tho’ it could be cool..i love the bluuus dude..but a time n place dude..
please please, re-do but without the music, your discription is really good but that music is so distracting.
really helpful but the music really detracts from it
yes please – kill the music – can’t concentrate on the important information being given – much appreciated
yes plz
Please reupload with no music – 20 sec and I left the video
This is the most accurate and simple explanation of historgam in my opinion. I also agree that the music being loud on the right channel and him not as loud on the left channel not helping.
I tried to watch this. I need to watch this but the music is just too much of a distraction.
video was very informative but the music was too loud and annoying
Thank you so much my friend that’s very helpful vid. we need all your experience. peace
great vid man…I BOW to U!
lol!! why is the music so loud?