Perfecting The Headshot with Peter Hurley
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
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If you are looking to take better headshots and make more money in the headshot photography market, this tutorial is for you. Peter Hurley is arguably the best headshot photographer in the world and has spent the last 20 years taking photos of thousands of people.
In this tutorial you will learn not only how to reproduce Peter's signature lighting setup but you will also learn the most important skill any photographer can have: directing people in front of your camera. Peter has dozens of tips to help make average, every day people look their absolute best simply by precisely positioning their face and body and eliciting a real human emotion. Making people feel comfortable and confident in front of your camera is one of the hardest skill sets to have, and Peter has perfecting this technique.
If you are shooting professionally or are just a part time photographer, this tutorial will teach you how to make the best possible headshots of anyone regardless if you are shooting outside with natural light or are inside a small studio with strobes or constant lights.
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Oh, this is a commercial.
World's longest.
of course they are selling peter hurley video tutorial on headshots.
No one likes being sold. And the 2 sales men in this video are such phonies. I would trust them as far as I can throw them. Thanks for not helping anyone.
I'm shamed to admit I didn't notice until like 6:00 into it... lol
Yes, but it's chock-a-block with Clues(tm).
This is NOT a tutorial
It's an ad for the tutorial
12 minute ad
Realized that half way through XD
Nice headshot
Should have read this comment before watching
A photographer I used to assist regularly once told me, "The photographers biggest job is to provide certainty." And it sounds like there's a lot of that in what you do. I'm enjoying your videos a lot. Thanks!
Peter's techniques are amazing but you really can't beat the convenience of kahma io
This video did not help me get more headshots in counterstrike. 2/5 stars.
no, but I bet you look way cooler when you pull them off :)
LOL
LoL
surreptitioussteve rofl
hahahaha Nice!!!
I don't know about you guys but literally learned so much just from watching this. People don't realize how much actual pro tips are in here for free.
Fstoppers has the best sales videos I’ve ever seen. These are what every online seller of anything should aspire to.
Did I just watch a 12 mins ad?
an ad with useful tips is worth wasting time on :)
yessss it was sooo worth it hahah
That final line "who's going to take them? YOU!" is so important for anyone in any profession. The more you believe in that, the stronger you will be. For instance, I teach ballroom dance, people want to learn how to dance, whose going to teach them? Me! If we all said this to ourselves, we would all be more successful.
90% salesman, 10% photographer.
10% photographer, really ?! I guess his 10% will be 100% better than yours, unless you shows us a gallery or something to prove me wrong.
Even if you agree with this, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. The business of photography is still a business, and sales is a necessary part of it. You can't be a successful full time photographer if you can't monetize your photography
I'm curious, how did you come to this conclusion? This kind of putdown is so common, you have to wonder where it's coming from. Jealousy? Narrow-mindedness? If it's from Expertise, then let's hear it. Let's hear the objective criticism or else it'd be safe to dismiss your statement as a "typical UA-cam comment. Empty and therefore useless."
He is a pretty amazing photographer and student of people and light. If that constitutes 10% of just his skill set, then it simply makes him an even better salesperson. 9x better? Not really, IMHO, but definitely an excellent presenter, thinker and businessman.
Diesel is right. Hurley has said something similar to this in a previous video. Most of the time it's about the psychology. He spends more time interacting with the client than actually pressing down on the shutter. That is why Hurley is so damn good at what he does.
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Really nice seeing the behind the scenes of a pro session. Those lightingdiagrams are so helpful!
Thanks for sharing all your secrets Peter, now to put it all into practice!
Peter looks like a coolest guy ever. Great energy, really makes him a guy I'd like to work with, even without seeing his photos.
Thank you FSTOPPERS and thank you Peter!!!
Perfect Rick Rolled Title damn you guys got me again
I was in this video 7 minutes until I realized I’m watching a commercial.
Bought the tutorial and joined the crew in march. Since June I've made $6k in headshot photography. It's killer stuff
$3,000 for a headshot??! I live in Vancouver, most people scoff at a $300 session. Looks like I need to sort out a Visa for the US and move to NYC asap.
To be fair, Peter's clients have changed from your average Joe to the top CEOs, entrepreneurs, tv personalities, actors, corporation employees, etc. Yes $3000 a headshot is insane for most markets but Peter has been able to work his way up to the very top in the top most market. A few years ago he used to be $1100 a session and many of his associates in other parts of the world shoot at $300 - $700 a sesson. He talks about this in the marketing section. I bet Vancouver is a pretty good photography market.
Fstoppers rofl
If he was making that much, he wouldn't be making these lame videos.
So, how much are you making?
hahahahhahahahaahahhahahhahahah 3,000 a headshot, just please! a fucking rip off and a half! like what the fuck are you saying, he's not using the out of the world alien camera. Most photographers shoot the same headshot. Funny world we live in, dont tell me that it doesnt matter what camera you have, its the person whos using it bullshit. I'm paying $3000 a headshot, my picture better be Alienated, MAGIC so GTFO
Holy cow. I'm SOOOO excited to see this one!!!!! Wow.
You make headshot photography easy. Thank you!🙂
This is hardly a tutorial, it' more of a commercial. Seek real advice? Have a look at the Sean Tucker Channel here on YT, e.g. corporate headshots. Just great. Also a good choice: see Picture Perfect Posing: Practicing the Art of Posing for Photographers and Models by Roberto Valenzuela
This isn’t the tutorial though. They even simply said that his last tutorial was four hours long and this next one would be closer to 10. So maybe if you actually watched and paid attention to the video, you wouldn’t be so jealous of actual talent, just saying.
This isn’t the tutorial though. They even simply said that his last tutorial was four hours long and this next one would be closer to 10. So maybe if you actually watched and paid attention to the video, you wouldn’t be so jealous of actual talent, just saying.
the pigeon toe & touch knees together direction was even funny to me 😂
Someone buy that man a tripod mount ring for the 70-200mm.
Yes! Right? I'm glad I wasn't the only one. My ADHD was killing me with the weight of that lens. Plus he's using an old man's camera. Get that man a Sony A7.
Damn this is awesome
As someone that’s passionate about photography film and audio
Thank you so much I can grasp a lot just out of this video
Gotta try recreating that triangle setup, sounds so much better than my two-light disaster heh
This is the best commercial i’ve ever seen
Thanks!
A 12-minute ad. Fstoppers is quickly becoming one of those channels that I'll actively avoid.
Great ad to yourself Mr. Hurley in this video. 🤫😉
I'm just a film school student that has been doing this for only two months, so please understand I do not imply I know sh*t about this level of photography or cinematography... I'm just simply stating an opinion and by no means wish to imply that this man is not as great as he is... he is a talented and excellent photographer...
I mean he's probably the most well known headshot photographer in the world, charges $2000+ a session, and really has almost single handedly caused the headshot boom to happen in every single city and market. Say what you want about his work and images but his success and influence is undeniable.
You didn't actually make a statement. You just propped the potential statement you were about to make.
@@FStoppers Don't comment on your own videos like this. It looks petty and it's in poor taste. Let the UA-cam trolls like me handle that. ;)
I like your attention to detail.
Great, but what we all really want is photographing the world part 3.
Elia is here now filming the post production. It should be out by Sept
Just purchased and also a member of the headshot crew!
Wish he covered lighting gear choices in more depth though. What works best, Profoto or Westcott?
I love how they have to add the in-between of the people hyping up the photographer! XD don't get me wrong, we can already tell that the photographer is a pro with his mannerisms and how he controls the scene but it's like a phoney commercial when they have those other guys describing his technique. The old saying goes, "don't talk about how good it is, show it!
No more shabang?
Hahahahah
ua-cam.com/video/la6dYOIyT2w/v-deo.html
love the short intro!
Omg tikka sumpter! Great video
I loved this Video 10/10 it show you how to do you very own head-shot on your smart phone to a professional level, Well done Peter Hurley, by the way you can't please everybody, but for me 10/10
For someone starting out, what lighting system would you purchase. Lets say my budget is Less than $1000. Also are these headshots done with a 35mm lens. You are so close to your subjects.
Wanna get better at head shots? Take more head shots. You can watch tutorials all day long but it will never take the place of practice and experience.
Well you could take thousands and never figure out that there are these things on the face: eyes, eyebrows, mouth...all of which can move and make various expressions. Look at the portfolios out there. Most of them, the people all have the same deadpan look, no variation in affect whatsoever. He's pointing out things in a few minutes that some photogs figure out in years, or never figure out at all. Dunning-Kruger effect is rampant in photography.
Hahah you are funny, if it was that easy then everyone with one year experience and 100000000000 headshots should simply be on top and very good. If Peter never told you about the squinch you will never ever know even if you have a lifetime experience.
Coach Rollie Workouts - Fat X 101 there are many so called headshot photographers with years of experience and their headshots suck as fk, not even close to Peters work and how interesting and good the headshots are.
The title of this video would've made 16 year old COD playing me go wild
Looking Good Interaction is key
I wish this was on iTunes for download or Microsoft market place.
Amazing, simply amazing
I loved Peter in "Stepbrothers"
This was so helpful thank you ✨
The most money Hurley is making is giving these classes. He might have a few $3000 clients that he worked his way up, but in todays market, you can start at $125, because the market will dictate it, and the masses pay for "good enough". I can almost guarantee you will not take headshots for $3K. But I can also guarantee that you will take many $200 or less. And , I dont really know what headshot a client would need at 3K!
Amazing tutorial!
Selbst bei diesen Werbevideo kann man etwas lernen. Danke dafür!
The title of this video should be "Advertisment for 'perfecting the headshot by Peter Hurley'"
Great teaching, thanx for sharing
At 00:29, I swear that has to be shot with the Phase 1... @Fstoppers? Great falloff and 3D depth of field. Thanks so much to Patrick Hall and Lee Morris for putting together some of the best tutorials on the market today! XO!
Interesting comment...I looked up the Exif data on that image and it was shot with a Hasselblad H3D-22 back in 2012. This was back when Peter was shooting with his 120mm lens. He has gone through Hasselblad to Phase and now to Canon.
I came here for a tutorial and a few minutes later noticed this was a commercial...
Does he make his picture selection with a playstation controller? haha
LOL HE DOES
yes i do that too with lightroom comes in really handy on sorting out photos
@@MrFranksterling It really isn't that hard... press caps-lock and press P to mark the photo with a flag (good photo's) and press X to decline the photo (bad photo's).
If you've pressed caps-lock it will skip to the next if you press P or X
I should do that too
Not sure why people are thumbs upping this AD
@ 8:06 what is she holding to change the angle of her arms?
Peter Hurley's hold your sub video ua-cam.com/video/lXbOx36YXrU/v-deo.html
Every photographer thinks they’re the best. They’re not. I am.
😆
Peter, thank you for taking the time to record and publish this video.
Very informative, greats tips as I'm about to head to London for some Actor and Commercial head Shots.
I always thought the "squinch" made people look like they were constipated and over straining.
BOOM HEADSHOT BOOM HEADSHOT BOOOOOOOM HEADSHOOOOOOTTTT
What does he mean when he says "watch when you hold your "sub""? 8 minute marker.
Peter Hurley's hold your sub video ua-cam.com/video/lXbOx36YXrU/v-deo.html
ok I am sold... take my money :)
I will have to save up first :(
How do you shoot people with glasses, I find it creates a heavy shadow
It's like a advertisements.. Hope you will upload Useful tutorial
There's no way. They have an entire business around this. They'll never give anything away for free after all that effort. It's a swindle though. $300 for 10 hours of "tutorial"? Something you could get for free on YT in 30 minutes.
8:02 What does he mean by "sub"? Holding her sub. What is that?
Peter Hurley's hold your sub video ua-cam.com/video/lXbOx36YXrU/v-deo.html
Hi how do you ensure you don't have any hotspots on the face? what method do you use please
Peter is a great photographer and I know every video of him and his book by heart but here I see nothing new or exciting
Yes, this is based most closely to his book which was published a year ago. It's leaps and bounds more content and techniques than the first Art Behind the Headshot in an easier to digest format (video). Our goal was for Peter to teach everything he knows with real people in a much more polished video than the first tutorial.
It's been the same rhetoric for years guys, at this point....its like come up with something else. Watched this thinking I was gonna see/learn something new and it's the same exactly thing that you've been doing for years...
ua-cam.com/video/la6dYOIyT2w/v-deo.html
Its a commercial...hahahaha
hurley is just awesome. i like his kind of explaining details in meta expressions
but, arent you getting distortion having them like only 5 feet away from your cam? Regardless if its a 200mm lens?
The distortion is a good feature though. Peter's images used to be even more distorted back in his Hasselblad days but if you look at a photo taken at 100mm vs 200mm (which requires stepping back), the 200mm sometimes looks a bit unnatural and flat. 50mm might be too warped but around 85-130mm, something interesting happens. -P
Such inspiration! I definitely want more!!
so, I'm suppose to buy the tutorial. that's great.
*supposed
whait is brand your eyewear peter
Does he show how to set up the game controller with Capture One? That's worth the price alone.
Shit, thought it was sniper training😂😂😂.
1:22 that guy has the jawline of a god.
8:03 - "Watch when you hold your ------" ? Sub?
I'm late to this reply, but here's what he's talking about. It's a way to look slimmer in photographs: ua-cam.com/video/lXbOx36YXrU/v-deo.html
Sorry to be "that guy", but the promo image for perfecting headshots, has lighting reflections an glare in Peter's glasses. Again, but being a jerk, but either raising the height of the light, or tilting the subjects head down, or even slightly tilting his glasses down would eliminate that.
never tilt head down with someone with glasses. that is photography 101, tilting down will bring their eyes closer to the top rim of the glasses, making them look like they have small beady eyes. Always angle the camera to the left or right of the glasses to remove glare....move the camera, not the subject.
I agree but you have too many commas in your text and your grammar is weird.
These guys have totally perfected the click-bait commercial.
I would love to get some photos with him. I don't want a career as a photographer. I just need a good photographer.
If anyone is keen to get this tutorial at a good price it is in this week's 5 Day Deal for charity for the next few days ONLY. Don't miss out.
Exactly, just do as simple as you can to get the best from them. The rest is, play with light.
Anyone know what the music in the background is?
Peter Hurley: The Art Behind The Headshot 2011, [CreativeLive] How to Take the Perfect Headshot with Peter Hurley 2014, [Fstoppers] Perfecting The Headshot with Peter Hurley 2017. same guide,different names.Aaaaand the "Salesman of the year" goes to....Peter Hurley!
I've watched his CL program and ours is way more thorough. I love CL and the fact that you can watch it for free when it airs, but my goodness is there a lot of dead time when instructors are setting up and answering questions and contests, etc. It's good content no doubt but we try to edit everything as tight as possible so there aren't dead spots. To each their own though.
Fstoppers %%@
I don't know when Peter looks coolest. Long/short hair, beard/no beard, glasses/no glasses, such a cool guy
OMG you should just go ask him out don't put it on UA-cam.
Peter Hurley is Stunning, you Rock
If I was an Abercrombie model for 12 years then randomly started a photo business with the connects I have, shit I'd charge 20K for a single headshot lol. Just buy 3-4 constant lighting lights and 1-2 strobes for fill light and set them up in a way that accompaniment the talent's face and learn how to talk to people (just bullshit as much as you can) and learn basic facial expressions and pay attention to their hair and what in general makes the individual people look good when shooting and avoid awkward bullshit poses - that's all, no need to look up to dudes that just got lucky based on connections “attention to detail" isn't that what all photography is about? If anyone has photo questions feel free to ask me I won't charge you money for it at all and if you are in need of headshots in Los Angeles area I charge 300 per sesh (retouched and everything) ;-)
ooo I was with you until you said white privilege. Not cool.
Kris Komar it’s not about cool , it’s about truth.
What is it Hurley’s saying at 8:04? Watch when you hold...yourself???
"Watch when you hold your sub" It's a phrase he uses to make your arms look thinner when shooting a headshot. -P
Fstoppers Thanks for answering, but what does she actually do with her hands? It looks like if she have her hands in her backpockets of her jeans or something.
i like this photographe
Looks like more great info from Peter Hurley and Fstoppers
I would love to purchase this tutorial but it costs more than my camera XD
What's the font used in the intro at 0:08?
I came to only learn about the lighting and the gear lol
Yes, this is simply amazing Mr. Peter. Thank you for sharing your experience with others. Great educator.
This was probably one of the coolest videos I've seen in a while.
5 years u are selling the same product in a different way. It is the 5 time that I see you promote a “new” Peter tutorial. One was ok. Maybe 2 bat enough
"Karate chop to the face" wow, love that direction. Garbage!