Prioritizing lighting over expensive cameras | Sony FS5 | Aputure Lighting | Behind the Scenes
Вставка
- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Thanks S!!!
www.stheshooter.com
/ @stheshooter
Follow me on Instagram:
/ joelgabrielsen
My Current Gear
Paid Amazon Affiliate Links
Teradek Serv Micro:
amzn.to/3LKRHGm
iPad Cage:
amzn.to/3p2MJMx
SIDIO CRATE:
amzn.to/3S7hb2i
T Marker:
amzn.to/3lysNPD
Gimbal:
amzn.to/3HXzkei
Favorite Backpack:
amzn.to/3Yu2BnW
Sony FS5:
amzn.to/3HUD15y
330 WATT Led: KEY LIGHT
amzn.to/3XaC8dO
Soft Box and Grid:
amzn.to/3JEyOUP
Hair Light:
amzn.to/3wPLCjT
Dana Dolly:
amzn.to/3RwPpfd
Vlogging Camera: Insta360 GO
amzn.to/3WNCBlX
Main Camera: FX3
amzn.to/3Dwi3Yl
Favorite Lens: Tamron 35-150
amzn.to/3HNQj44
8X8 Frame:
amzn.to/40ixbSJ
Favorite Light:
amzn.to/3wNssew - Фільми й анімація
The filming is the easy part but the editing is where the time is spent and the magic happens and the dollar per hour goes up.
Thank you for the shout out! It is awesome to see other professionals getting inspired from my videos and ideas. Great Vlog!
Absolutely man!!! Thanks for watching!!!
Great work! One tiny little note for when you work with an industry crew on a union set. You would call striking when adding a light so you won’t accidentally blind people not when turning the lights off. When turning the light off you would say “let’s 86 that edge light” 86 is when you remove striking is when you turn on the light.
Absolutely!! Thanks for the feedback!! I always get the terms mixed up. Thanks for for watching!
Interesting. I've heard it both ways on many different sets. It's always been striking for turning it on and when asking someone to turn off a light I've heard both 86 that light and strike that light.
@@BransenPass “86 that” is always remove. Doesn’t need to be a light. 86 means remove. “86 that c-stand” “86 that prop” never used as an addition. Striking is used when you are turning on a light pretty much exclusively.
This interview lighting looks absolutely amazing!
I’m just getting started in the industry and this video was very helpful with my lighting project for school! Thank you Joel Gabrielsen!
I remember beting new at video and setting up my old-ish Canon camera and shooting 1080 when I got my first good light with a honeycomb grid and seeing myself in the monitor and thinking it wasn't real or that some sort of witchcraft was involved. The lighting was EVERYTHING about the shot and it changed so much about how I look at shooting video to this day.
Haha! I know what you mean!!! I had a smilier experience using my first bi-color led panel and the thought of not having to use gels. It was magical. Thanks for watching!!!
FS5 still looks magnificent. Great video
I’m digging the cleanness of the lighting for this conference.
Thanks so much!!! I appreciate you watching the video!
Bro, you just earned yourself a new sub. I appreciate this walkthrough and the breakdown and why you made the decisions you made. And the final footage looked great. You made a solid argument for sticking with the FS5 in that scenario. Kudos!
I think there’s to much emphasis put on the newest gear with 90% of the people not utilizing them to their fullest capabilities. I also have two fs5’s and an a6700 and the pairing is perfect for my needs. I have three 4k capable cameras, two that support raw or external 10bit, and one that’ll do 4k 10bit internal. It I need a camera with autofocus, the a6700.
But as for the cameras nowadays, the largest benefit I see is going to be autofocus, but only if you require it, otherwise with proper lighting, which should be the primary or secondary focus(audio), then the sensors in the new cameras offer almost nothing more than these fs5’s and their 10 year old sensors.
Well said! I agree for sure. Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you very much for this detailed breakdown. I appreciate you walking us through each step and providing the rationale behind your strategies. Also, sharing how you pivoted to deal with the curve balls - getting a second shooter in a pinch and adjusting for a two-person frame in such a small space - was very helpful. Thanks again.
Nice setup and great walkthrough! The only tweak I would have made is getting the key light up higher to be more eye level vs mounting it low. I get why you did it so it’s more compact and an easier setup, but the soft light feels like it’s coming from below and his nose shadow almost looks like it’s casting upwards, which imo doesn’t feel as natural.
I really appreciate this video and I really appreciate that you use the fs5. I love my fs5, I use it for everything. Run and gun, vlogs, commercial work. Sometimes I be wanting something newer but this camera have taught me alot. Especially how not to depend on auto focus. When I 1st got it, I used to see reviews about how bad it was using it in low light. So I had a viltrox 23mm f1.4 apcs lens. It was terrible. Granted I didn't have any lights with it. So I wanted to get rid of it. I started taking things back to the basics. Then I learned about "gain" and switched my fs5 to "gain" and let me tell ya it's a world of different when it comes to low light. Then I started investing in my lights. I got 1 good light and 1 decent light. My footage looks much better. The footage from the fs5 is still beautiful and filled with character.
Love how you breakdown the business side of it and how that influences camera and other hardware/software and professional services choices. More expensive cameras have a domino effect that up to this point I had not considered. Thank you for a great vlog.
Im buying a fs5 tomorrow and all the reasons you gave have helped me make that decision. Thank you
Not gonna lie, your channel is one video away from selling me on the fs5. I’m currently renting one and thinking of buying one. They’re so good still! Thanks for the video.
I love that you’re using FS5s. I operate two FS7s. Incredible cameras that still impress the client and get the job done.
Also, impressive packing. I use our white family van that when all the seats are removed, I had a piece of plywood to the bottom and do a similar cart shuffle with all the flags overhead. 🙌🏼
That is awesome!!! Two F7Ss sounds great. Nice kit for sure! Thanks for watching!
For sure!!! I still have a mini van that I use for my kids sporting events. They work great for production!!!
Mannn I have an old school suburban (99) the back seat can be removed and I put full size carts in it.
AYE!!! Great video brotha! Thanks again for having me! 🤘
Any time! Thanks for making the trip with me bro! It was great working with you!
I know it's a newer camera but I did a ton of work with an fx6 and an a7s3 last year. Love it and the clients are always so happy.
Absolutely! That’s a killer combo. Beautiful image quality. I’ve seen FX6 shots look better than some high end ARRI and REDs. Thanks for watching!
Great content. Thanks for pointing out the use of the Sony FS5 I haven't heard of anyone else using this camera in a long time so seeing your footage and the control was excellent. You might have just saved me a ton of expense in a recent camera purchase for some new clients who just like you pointed out aren't so concerned about whether it was shot on RED or not but that the footage looks great and the overall cost of the package is what they can afford.
This was fantastic. thank you for documenting your process.
More Joel on camera! 👏
Making me blush bro.
"Light, optic and talent is more important than price camera" ;) Absolute secret !!
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
Just goes to show that older tech still works! I actually almost bought an FS5 in 2020, ended up going the canon route, and then switched to Sony in 2022. Great to see you using these older cameras, with the way you lit these interviews you could never tell these were shot on older (maybe slightly outdated) cameras. Great work Joel!
I appreciate that!!! Yeah sometimes you don’t need the latest and greatest to get work. It definitely can help but I’ve seen some people land some huge jobs with very little. I always have to remind myself of this. Thanks for watching bro!!!
What exactly makes them outdated?
@@ideaplusagency I don’t want to speak for Joel since he’s managed to get great images out of these cameras. I think lack of 4:2:2 10 bit in 4K is a big missed opportunity, otherwise you need atomos recorders to achieve the same level of video quality. Something that most cameras like the FX6, FX3 just come standard in the box and older cameras like the FS7 also had 10 bit video internally. The FS5 was kinda forgotten about by Sony it seems.
@@Cinovamedia if you nail everything in camera and not going for some heavy grades, you don't need all these fancy features 😊
@@ludovicavice3496 exactly! I own the FX3 and even tho you can push the colors and the grade I always try to get the image as close to in camera as possible.
This is so great. Love how you approach things. Very inspiring
Thank you so much! That is great to hear. I appreciate you watching!
Ah yes, I saw this post yesterday on Facebook! This looked soooooo well lit! I took screenshots for inspiration. Thank you for sharing as always!
That is so awesome!!! Wow. Im blown away. I appreciate you! Thanks for watching!
Now this is a helpful video. This is what we need to see more of. It's appreciated.
I appreciate that!!! Thanks for watching! Im glad it was helpful to you.
You are becoming my #1 guy. Glad that you put up videos and just want you to know I find a ton of value in your content so thank you Joel. I hope we can work together in the future. Poor Bear Stories
Comments like this make it worth posting videos. I appreciate you bro! Thanks for watching the channel. Shoot me an email with your info. I travel all over and would love to connect if i'm ever in your town. joelgabrielsen@gmail.com
Awesome work! I would have to agree with you, lighting is very important! Looking forward to see more of your work!
Absolutely! Thanks for watching the vlog and commenting!!!
Good job Joel. A great idea to show a little of your everyday life. It helps a lot to see someone experienced in practice. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate it! Thanks so much for watching!
That was awesome! I had a similar conference in January in Atlanta too and the Inovativ Cart makes it a dream. If you need someone in ATL next time, I'm local and work conferences all year long!
Thanks so much!!! I always forget where everyone is located. Send me your info and I will keep you in mind for future shoots!! joelgabrielsen@gmail.com
10:48 wow that looks great, good job, especially on the talent later, wow!
You're a pro, I'll happily subscribe.
There's tons I can learn here
I try to bring on at-least two people incase situations where the client wants to set-up in a different space. Also, I'm 50. I still strength train but at this point in my life, lugging gear and setting up by myself gets real old. No pun intended. Great work lighting the interviews!
I feel ya. I'm still using my FS700 which doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the latest cameras have, but still produces a great image.
Yes absolutely! The FS700 is a beast! Love that camera. Thanks for watching!
Wow man! Images looked amazing! definitely learned a lot from this video! appreciate you sharing the knowledge!
Glad to hear it! I appreciate you watching bro!!!
nice work! nice look into the work you do and your setup
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching!!!
absolutly amazing BTS. Thank you Joel
I appreciate that!!! Thanks for watching!!
Can you do a video on the preproduction (planning for shoot, coordination), concept (what were interviews for), deliverables, and logistics of this video?
Absolutely! I will start incorporating this into future videos.
Great vlog! Loved seeing the setup build plus end results. Also, it was great paying it forward with a shoutout to my buddy Piotr “Mr One Stand Book Light Extraordinaire” reference. ❤🎉🎥🥳💡
Awesome! Thank you Walter!! Absolutely! One stand book light is a game changer!
This was really solid and well lit!
I appreciate that!! Always trying to improve my setup and learn something new. Thanks for watching!!!
Very cool. Thanx for sharing. The result was rock solid! Look really great 🎉
Glad you liked it!!! Thanks so much!!!
Beautiful lighting Joel. Great attention to detail. That brokeh 6x6 seems to work wonders on skin too.
I appreciate it!! I think so too! It feels really close to the same quality as window light. Thanks for watching!
Great content! Lots of useful information to take away, thank you so much and kudos from London! Would love to see more bts content from corporate productions. Subscribed!
Thank you your backstage info. I found very helpful ideas, tricks. The last years bought two Amaran 100d, one 300C LED lamps and main camera the Sony A7 IV with a Sigma 24-70 F 2.8. And of course have some light modifyers, gimballs, tripods also... little setup but in my region is much then enough for interviews, wedding, promotion films and etc. Now is my next goal buying a new editing workstation. 😎
THX and wish you good clients and nice works. 🙂
Thanks for the tips, bro. It's really helpful
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!
Well said! Lighting is always key. Great set ups
I appreciate it!!! Thanks for watching and commenting!!
Nice video Joel, really liked your setups and info.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching!
Excellent behind the scenes look. Great detail in everything.
Thank you very much! I appreciate it!
the lamp and plant hotel conference room combo is undefeated. Ive tried many times to do something better but there isn't lol.
Absolutely! You can’t go wrong with that combo. Thanks for watching!
Love these insights
Thanks so much!!!
Lighting two subjects can be challenging, especially on short notice. Glad you were able to save that image, even though I agree that a double net would have been the best choice. Your footage looks very good given the older camera models, which just goes to show that lighting in general plays a much bigger role than most people realize.
Very true! Thanks so much! I appreciate you watching!
Re: lighting two people. Turn the light up in brightness and move or far away. You’ll find the light to be more even at the same exposure
Yes! That is right. Sometimes you don't have the space or the output but I agree with you! Thanks for watching!
Great Video. Where did you get the rose garden white flag soft curtain?
Thanks! I ordered directly from "BROKEH" brokeh-lighting.myshopify.com/products/nef-rose-garden-natural-enhancement-fill
Thank you, it's great. The only thing I would try is adding a single net to smooth out the face on the one shots. Just to see if it helps.
Very insightful! Thanks for sharing! Subbed
Thanks for the sub! I appreciate you watching!
You could use a scrim/net to expose the two people.
Great video! Im a photographer and i have such an interest in lighting. Keep it up. Subscribed✅👍
Thanks for the tips! And thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it!
I gained a lot of valuable info and insights from this video, thanks for making it so thorough. For the standup interviews (example 19:50) , am I correct in seeing that you essentially just used one key light (looks like a mat light) and then let the ceiling lights kind of serve as a subtle rim light on the shoulders/hair? Or did you sneak a small backlight in there? Thanks.
Lighting is greater than the camera! Subscribed
Thanks so much for the SUB! I appreciate it!
Love the book light setup. So convienent for tight quarters. The FS5 and FS7 are still requested by people here in florida. I had someone ask for the F55 with AxsR5 for 16 bit raw.
Thanks for sharing! That is awesome. I love the F55. I thought about upgrading to those a few years back. They are great! Thanks for watching!!!
Great kit thanks for sharing.
No problem 👍 Thanks so much for watching!!
This was great, thank you for the time and effort put in to share with us. I hate to ask, but what size is your production (Inovativ) cart? I had a 48" magliner cart but found it was too big for some elvators.
Nice work making the best of the situation. As you mentioned, a net would have helped a lot with the 2-person setup, but I’ve used a flag on the inside of the book light to do the same thing. And, it isn’t as noticeable in eye glasses.
Another thought you can explore for your book light setup: angle it a bit lower so you are getting a good amount of bounce from the vertical layer. It helps prevent the hot spot on the talent’s forehead.
This is really great feedback! Super helpful! Thanks for the suggestions. I'm gonna try this out on the next one for sure!
Lighting Lighting Lighting, facts!
We appreciate the content.
Absolutely! I appreciate you watching!!
Really love this setup! I shoot conferences in Australia with my brother and I thought we had a lot of gear.. a couple of light domes, 4 cameras (Canon C100's haha, they're even older!), but this is a whole other level!
Love the key light setup for the main interviews, and so impressed with the lite mat for the vox pops outside - I think that adds so much production value to (what could be) a fairly rough and ready vox pop.
How does the Rose Garden diffusion work? Does it cast those green/blue/red colours on the subject's face? And why use it over a white one? Just curious cause I'd never heard of it!
Keep up the awesome work!
Only thing would be to move the 4’ tube camera left a couple of feet and warm it up so it acts to motivate the práctica lamp rather than just random white light from above.
For sure!!! That definitely would have helped motivate the lamp light. Thanks for watching!!
Thanks, some great ideas and good to be able to see how you accomplish your end result. It would def be better to get a more significant (different) angle of view for 2nd camera and I might have looked at adjusting light positions to see if that were possible. One thought on the hotel's practical stand light, it might be good to carry a stack of different wattage bulbs (ie lower) to get light level down. Maybe if tungsten an in line voltage regulator to reduce power (but messy, likely to offend hotel health & safety etc and may lower colour temp too far). Another option would be to remove bulb and clip or gaff in (possibly plasticine in) a small LED panel (eg Small Rig RGB panel light sub $50) or an expensive Aputure MC Pro (for Sidus Link control like rest of your set-up). Just random thoughts but I'm pretty new to all this and trying to learn.
Hey Joel, love learning about your gear and setups! What van do you have? Awesome that it was able to fit in that parking garage.
Thanks so much! Im using a Nissan NV200. I love it so far!! Thanks for watching!!
Beautiful results
Thank you! I appreciate it!
So, good points about upgrading cameras and how you'll have to charge higher prices and it will be larger files. It makes a lot of sense that it's not broke, dont fix it. Particularly if you're working with the same clients again and again and they are happy with their camera package.
Great looking setup!
Thanks so much Logan! Hope all is well bro!
Hey great video. It just shows how crazy important and crucial lighting is regardless of what gear you have. Quick question tho, it really seems like a hefty setup for a single person. How long did it take for you to setup the whole formal interview by solo-ing and do you usually do it alone?
Hey John, great vid as always! In between the batteries and monitors is a roll of labels. Are those the labels you put on each piece of gear? They look shiny and nice. Do you print yourself or send somewhere?
Thanks so much!!! I get them printed from amazon!!! They work great! amzn.to/3SvFc3P
Good lighting can make the iphone 13 look like a Panavision Gold Package from the 90's, trust me, I've used both. You can create an average looking shot just as easy with a 100,000 dollar camera if your lighting sucks. Lights are EVERYTHING in a production to make it look professional and or cinematic.
I do appreciate your skill levels and the fact you know your kit and set up very well. I can't help thinking that book light set up though is highly impractical. If i get told I'm getting a break out room before a conference sometimes i don't even know if they're filled with tables and chairs, i also get no indication of how big the space is. For those reasons i totally downsize, i have a very big parabolic (bounce in) which would take up less than a quarter of that space. Alot of the time there's no budget to get a second shooter so it's all me :) i could probably get all my kit in two wheelie bags, which fit in the back of a car boot. I don't think i could/would ever pull that amount of stuff into a job where i have to be flexible and quick. Not to take away from your amazing set up and system though, it looks a million dollars
I really love all this setup too! I shoot conferences (in Sydney, Australia) and similarly, I never know if I'll be in a big or small room, or one packed with chairs around an unmovable conference table haha! I use Aputure Light Dome ii's which can get around those awkward spaces. Though, if I knew I was in a bigger, empty room I might try some more flags and diffusion
I agree; I love my 2 FS5M2s. They have some quirks, but the benefits outweigh the FX3's. I would need to sell both just to get close to a body on the FX6 and then only have one cinema camera. Granted, I also have an A7SIII, but I prefer the FS5s.
Absolutely! I feel the same way as you. Thanks for watching!!
Hi Joel, great BTS. The interviews you showed looked super clean!
How are you attaching your flags to the side of your cart? I saw a cable on one side but surely you are using something else too to stop them from flopping all over the place?
Awesome thanks!! I'm using grip clips on the bottom of the cart and a bungie on the side of the cart to keep them from moving. I'll do a breakdown in a future video! thanks for watching!
FS5 looks great! I believe the issue people had with it was the 8-Bit recording and the color science back then.
I own the FX6, and it has been great. 4K24p is about 200mbps, which is 2.5 hours on a 256GB card.
Thanks so much! This is true. The 8 bit can be an issue if you don't expose correctly and have to fix it in post. The image will fall apart really quickly. Also if you apply a heavy color grade. Most of the time i'm trying to keep it very clean and it works well. Thanks so much for watching!!!
Thanks for sharing master!
I appreciate it!!! Thanks for the watching!!!
FS5 is great when you can color grade to correct the skin tones and blue/green hues back to normal. My issue is for those clients that don't want an edit but just want the raw footage, then take those FS5 files and make it look like total garbage.
You're absolutely right! I have had plenty of projects that looked like garbage for that same reason. Thanks for watching!!
Looks so good! I would just add a bit more headspace to give you some room to play around with the frame.
Absolutely! You're right. A little more headspace would have been better. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful interview!
Thanks Robert! Big fan of your work. Followed you from the beginning. Thanks for watching!
When I’m using my FX6 I totally forget about lighting setups 😂🔥🔥🔥 one key light max.. film on the shadow side
Absolutely!!! Sometimes you gotta keep it simple.
Nice set up.
Finally clicked for me why videographers use ND filters from watching your lighting setup. Cool video
For sure!!! ND helps with controlling light so much. I love when cameras have built in ND. Makes it easy.
Thanks for watching!
Love the videos, thanks Joel! Do you remember what color temps where you using for each light? Do you go by feel, color meter or just remember what you like. I think your interviews look great!
Thanks so much for watching!! I usually eyeball everything. I remember cameras were 5600k balanced and the lighting was slightly warmer balanced maybe like 5000k the motivated prac was really warm like 3800k.
another great video. thanks! i like how at exactly 11:33 you start confessing to some major crimes you've been a part of and start speaking with a voice changer!!!.... lol
Hi Joel from London, UK. Great content. I'm mostly working solo, I'll typically use a very basic setup for lighting - Key light with a Amaran 200X and Aputure Dome II and fill light Amaran 60D with an Aputure Mini Dome ii.
I've never used a bounce and T-Bar setup before. Just feels like something that would take me ages to setup. Any benefits compared to the Dome setup? Also, love the use of the light in the plant, so simple but effective! Do you have any tips for when the room is TINY? Recently had a shoot where I had a box room and no depth whatsoever, resulting in a shadow casting onto the wall from a fill light. Not a great look. However, the client was happy as the image was clear and the sound was right and I delivered it within 3 days as requested... but I knew deep down it wasn't a great look. Also, any thoughts on using a lantern dome when lighting multiple subjects?
Thanks so much for watching all the way over in the UK! That's awesome! When I have to light so many faces back to back I prefer a big source like a 6x6. This requires very little adjustment in between people. Because everyone has a slight different shape face a big source is very flattering. You also don't need to adjust so much for glasses or bald heads. You can can get a very similar look with a soft box it will just require more thought in placement of the light to make sure it's flattering for each person. I knew going into this project I wouldn't have much gaps in-between interviews so I went with the 6X6.
The Fs5 is still such a great camera!
Absolutely! I still use them frequently! Thanks for watching!!!
hi mate, this was really informative! Thank you! May I ask if you're using/reyling on autofocus for interviews like this?
You got it! The FS5 doesn't have reliable autofocus compared to the newer camera. For this interview I was using manual focus.
Wow! Super good work. The client may not know what quality they got.
I appreciate it!!! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
awesome vlog joel
Thanks so much for watching!!!
lighting and audio are key. looks great.
Agreed!! Thanks for watching!!
What’s the bags you use for the camera packages?
Lots of good stuff here! Great lighting can make a mediocre camera look decent, but poor lighting can’t make an excellent camera decent.
No issues with lens flares on the T4C as a backlight without the grid?
How are you liking the Brokeh? They have always interested me, but I haven’t seen many people rolling with them.
Absolutely!! I didn't have major flaring issues with the tubes on this shoot. I did just order a set of 45 degree grids though. So for future stuff that will help.
I like the Brokeh stuff a lot! Has a very natural window quality to the light which I like.
Thanks for watching!!!
@@JoelGabrielsen You’ll like the grids on those, I pretty much never hair light without them.
Killer set-ups bro! Also very impressive with how flexible you are equipment-wise with the creative curve balls the client threw your way. This might be a question similar to asking your weight, but how much do you charge for something like this? Three day shoot with all that gear! Also tell me if that's lame to ask ;).
Still using my FS5M2 with shogun flame 7. I have the kit lens, cinema glass. And 2 Minolta maxxium zoom lenses.
Why don't people use a smaller key light like the RC 70b to properly expose the face and the rest of the body while also creating more shadow at the bottom, which can enhance the overall appearance?
I think everyone is different in the way they approach lighting. All are great tools. No right or wrong way to create art. Thanks for watching!
Loved this vlog
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!!
Do you ever concern yourself about clothing style? Whenever I shoot corporate, I tend to go with slacks, collared shirt, or if it’s a hipper corporate group/firm, nice dark jeans with like a zipper light sweater top, golf style, pullover. I do a lot of corporate stuff in Cincinnati and I know that this younger generation is trending towards business casual with jeans, expensive dress shoes/tennis shoe look. Just curious. Great video by the way!
Appreciate it
You got it! Thanks for watching!!!