THE BEST LONG LENS TECHNIQUE

What's your favorite long lens and what do you photograph with it? I'd love to know to help me make more relevant videos!

Hi Simon, Great video! A tip I learned from my late Dad who was an amateur photographer and shot only low ASA slide film. When stationed as an Army doctor in France in the mid-50´s, he liked to shoot stained glass shots, but was considerate enough to not bring a tripod into churches and chapels. I saw him take pictures upside down, with the camera braced on his forehead and asked about it. He said that instead of risking a camera pivoting on his nose, he held it tightly against his forehead, upside down. The forehead, besides being flat, has less softness than the nose and one can concentrate on holding your head steady, like with a dentist's x-ray. Also, using the riflery trick of keeping tension on a strap, is good advice for free-handing. Another tip from Army vet is to relax and breathe easy. He got sharp waterfall pictures at 1/15 sec. Being stunned, I asked what he did in the Army and he said he was a 'marksman'. So there's that, too.

Brilliant as always! Your videos are my favorite due to your clear, helpful content plus your fast no-nonsense pace of presentation along with high production quality. I am a hobbyist shooting for a long time and I always pick up some great tips from you even when I do not expect to. Well done, Simon - thank you!

You’ve got YT figured Simon. Short intro explains the plan, tease a “bonus,” invite us to subscribe in a way that’s not pushy but reminds us to do it upfront, samples of your work that show you know what you’re talking about, even music that sets the tone. Of course, your content beyond that continues in its refined quality. I’ve got ideas about what you might do differently, but honestly, what the hell do I know? You seem to have YT on lock.

I consider taking my kid's photos as wildlife photography. I've learned more from Simon in this regard than any portrait photographer.

I’ll add one more tip that I learned this morning, shooting surfers on Kauai. Unless you have a $$$$$$$$ premium filter take it off the front of the lens. I was shooting my R6 with a 2X tele on the awesome RF 100-500 and just couldn’t get sharp shots. So….I took off my CPL, and beheld the amazing shots with water dripping just as I expected! Not saying that filters are bad as it was a Luzid filter which did give me awesome landscape shots of the Waimea canyon and waterfalls. Just seems that long lens likely exacerbate cheap glass!

Thank you Simon. Your videos are always so well presented and information dense. As a teacher, I know that takes work, and I appreciate how thorough and concise you make these lessons.

I'm staying for the bonus tip! ☺️👍

Back when I was in school, I belonged to the local city police gun club, shooting 22 targets once a week, and also took a hunter safety course at our local Fish and Game Assoc. At both places, we were given shooting tips and one of the tips was to take a breath, release part way, hold it, then squeeze the trigger. The instructor also told us to use the same technique with our cameras. I am 70 now, and have been using this technique ever since. I have been doing it for so long, I don't even think about it anymore. It is just a habit, like your other techniques for sharpness. Thanks Simon. I enjoy your videos.

Simply can't get enough of your videos!

Wonderfully clear and complete. Thank you for helping us all.

I live in Denmark and always have low-light issues, so learning about proper image stabilization helped me lower my shutter speed for those properly exposed images. Thanks again for the masterpiece of a tutorial, they really help out a ton:D

You always know exactly what to say to new and experienced photographers, providing techniques that other YTs don't while also keeping it short and simple at the same time!!

Game changing tutorials! Thank you for helping so many of us with our content

I've been learning so much in the last 6 months watching all your videos. If you provided private lessons online or whatever, I'd join in a 4000th of a second.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us Simon. I love your videos! ❤️

Thank you Dr. d’Entremont for this instrumental video and ALL of you videos. You are truly a master of your craft and a very good communicator. Dr. d’ is appropriate, you have earned it

Your content is straight and simple to understand. Thank you.

Another gem of a tutorial, Simon. You have a concise way teaching your wealth of knowledge to others! I shoot with a monopod a lot of times, your stabilization against the knee was a great tip that I will be trying out.

Have watched many of your vids and have to say, it’s so refreshing to hear it from someone who’s independent. Thank you so much for your commitment to helping us through the minefield.