Understanding color and using a color palette approach to composition can give more power to your photos, particularly when you want to use accent colors. Limiting these palettes can draw the viewer in to your photo and make a bold statement.
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Ted Forbes
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My name is Ted Forbes and I make videos about photography. I’ve been making photographs most of my life and I have a tremendously deep passion for photography that I want to share with you on YouTube.
The Art of Photography is my channel and I produce photography videos to provide a 360 degree look into the world of making images. We all want to get better so lets do this together!
I make videos covering famous photographers, photography techniques, composition, the history of photography and much more.
I also have a strong community of photographers who watch the show and we frequently do social media challenges for photographers to submit their own work. I feature the best and most interesting on the show when we do these so come check it out and get involved!
More videos on Photo Assignments – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAWZ9PtZ4uw&index=1&list=PLGEE7pGLuppRkSVEpl7Qt57aYrQy2uH8r
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Thank you for this episode, it helped me a lot!
I had an orgasm when I heard RED from King Crimson
You make me so interested in photography as I see the sheer amount of detail and thought that makes a great photo with each video you make. Continue doing these videos, thank you so much
Love the depth of your video! Hi from China haha
WOW…thanks for this!!! I’m a student and interested in learning beyond introduction!!
Great video!
Loved the brief moment of "Red" at the beginning.
That woman in red ain't no woman!!!
Anyone noticed the poster one the wall 9:47 ?
hats off to you!! that was really kool… do you have any recommendations for fine art photography books?
Oh thanks a lot your so good in this 😀
watched a episode from 2010 and then this one. fantastic upgrade of quality and color and lighting. probably the best photography channel on the internet. wouldn't even trust aperture mag or national geographic for more educational content.
Ted…I'm 66 years old, but I've been seriously taking pictures since I was 14. My first year in high school, I took a photography class from a gentleman who went on to be a Tech Rep for Kodak. The first half of the year was all theoretical and historical. We studied the origins of photography, the physics and science as well. The first photograph I made in that class was using a pinhole camera I made by hand. I developed the film and made a contact print from that negative, which I still have (I'll scan it and send it to you). The first commercial camera I owned was a TLR YashicaMat. I made an image with that camera that I submitted for my final image for the class. It earned me an A for the year. I'll scan it as well and send it to you.
Once I got to college, I started shooting color, which totally changed the way I looked at things and I'm not sure it was for the better. However, it did allow me to start earning money from my photography and helped me pay my way through college by photographing weddings and doing portraiture. My last year in college, I worked as a darkroom tech for a local commercial photographer and learned a great deal about black & white processing that I will never forget.
I agree with your statement about digital making us lazy when it comes to photography these days. In my opinion, people tend to rely on Photoshop to fix what they didn't catch when making the image in camera. Being old school, I try very hard to make the image as close to I can in camera as I can to what I want to portray when showing people images today. I rarely use Photoshop. I use Lightroom today though to correct exposure and contrast like I would using black & white in a darkroom. I tend to get in to arguments with my photographer friends today concerning in camera vs. in Photoshop image production. They just don't understand my thinking of in camera imaging.
I'd love to see you do a video on in camera vs. Photoshop image production. Old school technical photography still has a place today and I'd love to see how people react to that thought in the digital world. I've been shooting digital for over 15 years now, but I still love creating images in camera that stand on their own. I understand the use of Photoshop for artistic purposes, but the masters had to rely on what they had on film rather than modifying their images with a computer.
Food for thought.
Hello , do you know anything about NYIP? Thinking of enrolling this September.
Ted I've been watching your stuff for years now and I don't think I've ever commented. Just want to say, I absolutely love all your content and so glad to have someone covering this side of photography on youtube
how do i submit to the red challenge?
Hi ! What is the name of the Belgian guy you mentioned ?
Hi! How can I help you translate your videos? The language would be spanish 💕 it would be an honor. Thank you for sharing all that wonderful knowledge 😄
Thank you for the class!!
Gracias por el video, muy bueno!
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love your content!!
Sir, you are a Professor! I love your work!
did gregory crewdson stage his images?
Could you speak briefly about the lighting you used for this video? It works well
nice vid !
6:51– Drop Tops!
Your videos are amazing. Thanks for sharing.
You explain everything very clearly, with great examples. thank you man, your channel is GOLD!
Thanks for this very clear explanation. I loved the examples you provided, they added a lot of impact to what you were explaining.
How the f**k google robot can translate You man?
where does one submit red photos though..?
ah come one!! 10:18 that's a snapshot… I mean, right?
I love your channel
Sir, you updates are my motivations. Thank you for your inspirations. Hope you can introduce more photographers,
great series of videos. however i think you should think about the composition and angle used when you are shooting yourself while talking. dude your face just seems to close to the audience and compressed… somehow it makes me uncomfortable…
Limiting colors is something I learned at an young age teaching myself art from school library books. But when I went to college and took web design the also emphasized limiting colors to 3 colors at most, plus grey. I have been slowly applying that to my photography over the years. Maybe its just my ADD or OCD (or both) I just can not stand busy images. More then half of my street photos end up being BW and others very matt or even desaturated.
Excellent content! Thank you.
Heath ledger 💕
Amazing <3 a much-needed video.
I've been thinking about how photographers can make the work look more cinematic — like Gregory Crewdson — is it the composition or the post processing or the lighting? maybe an episode on that? 😛
As a primarily black and white photographer, this is one of my favorite videos on this channel. I've never thought of shooting color from the view point of color theory. I'll definitely be apply this to my color photography from now on. Thanks so much for these enlightening videos! 🙂
Ted, I love all of your content and just wanted to say this video was killer! Thank you for constantly reminding and introducing us to great works from photographers around the world. I appreciate your work and always always look forward to your videos!
Thank you really enjoyed an learned from this video.