My whole career has been shooting editorial and advertising. I have been shooting since 1980 and I am now starting to retire. My base is here in Los Angeles and I have had a very rewarding career. I used to shoot all my products with a 4x5 and for people a Hasselblad or a Mamiya RZ 6x7. Then everything was switched to Canon digital. I was a contract shooter for a major popular magazine for 15 years and I have photographed many celebrity home stories. I never owned a medium format digital camera. I would rent if I had needed one. I have shot many business portraits and you are correct with all your tips. For me for each person in the firm I would provide a web gallery and either the subject or the person who hired me would pick one final image and I would do minor retouching. Never take out moles unless they request. You are so right about that also a job will run a lot smoother with a skilled assistant that can also do tech work. Setting up a seamless background on location without an assistant takes too long to set up. One tip I will mention is before the shoot day each subject is given a request on their wardrobe. Men pressed shirt and pants and to make sure their jacket is free of wrinkles, women same pressed top and pants or dress. It is not easy to get wrinkles out on a fabric that has a busy pattern. No busy patterns or non company logos is desired. A company logo is fine but the client would have to approve that kind of shirt or top. If shooting at the end of the day I ask for a them to bring a second clothing change if possible. A man’s pants when sitting all day will look horrible in a picture along with their shirt. Best to shoot in the mid morning. I also ask that the women bring their own make up and their hair brush. I do bring powders for medium and dark skin tones for subjects with a shiny skin tone. Some jobs I am able to hire a hair makeup person. For me the 85 lens is the perfect portrait lens. You will need at least f8 to have both eyes sharp. Making the subject relaxed is super important. With a large group you will only have about 10 minutes with each subject so you have to show confidence when directing the subject but a good sense of humor helps them to relax too. For me I avoided real estate businesses because they never wanted to pay a fair rate. Law firms did pay the best.
Thank you for the extra tips. I've thought about marketing to Real Estate professionals, one of my regular customers is a title and loan company (real estate industry related) but I haven't photographed very many realtors. What about female realtors? Are you referring to Real Estate companies that want a volume headshot rate? My Dad has been a photographer since the 60's. He used to give the Real Estate people a competitive rate but he wouldn't include retouching. This is how he made a profit, he would charge extra for retouching and the individual realtors would decide if they wanted retouching and most usually would. You're right about their clothing becoming wrinkled, also their five o'clock shadow looks worse later in the day (more retouching.)
I love how Karl explain things he doesn't need to repeat it twice because he's confident and love what he's doing.. I make sure I don't miss he's videos ❤️💪 big up👌 am from South Africa
I never shoot portraits yet here I am because learning new genre is always fun and the way you explain everything is amazing you have a certain calmness in your voice
The most shocking eye opener to me was offering only one (!) image per subject based on their selection! Indeed that would reduce retouching and selection time a lot and harddisk space as well. Never thought of this, shooting hundreds of frames with different outfits, resulting it many keepers. And the subjects want them all... 🙂
But I really like Karl's opening point: the subject is not the client. The subject does not get to decide on anything. The member of the corporation who pays you decides.
Amazing video Karl! As usual. I do a lot of corporate portraits every year, and the human/ psychological factor is really something you need to handle very well! Showing confidence, without being arrogant or a dictator. But of course, the technical factors have to be chosen wisely. Thanks for the content!
Any tips on how to get an evenly lit grey background? A gradient grey is fairly easy but I'm having trouble getting it evenly lit. Especially in a smaller space. Thanks!
Lots of terrific stuff here as always, but the best tip comes right up front: It's all about what the company wants, not what the subject wants. I'm nowhere near Karl's level, of course, but I used to do in-house headshots for a company website, and I remember a sales manager who wanted to look like a tough guy. HIM: "I'm not a smiley guy. I don't smile." ME: "Yeah, you do. The company wants people to know that business is good." HIM: "Yeah, okay, I see what you mean... how's this?" He had a Hollywood-quality smile, just had to get him to use it!
karl thank you so much for great english speaking.... as i am non english speaker (native) audiance .... i can understand every single world perfectly. unlikely the other instructer are speaking like all audiance are american citizen or UK citizen. thank you again.
Great stuff as always. I've done high-volume headshots for a number of years and am working to seriously up my game on environmental images. Thanks Karl - keep up the great work.
Hi, yes this is called a 'usage' fee and it's applied to advertising images that are used on larger advertising campaigns where the images will be used across a variety of media nation wide or internationally. Further information on usage fees can be found on our website.
IMHO it’s much easier to become a successful corporate photographer for an experienced “corporate rat”, poor photographer with basic skills, than for the skilled portrait genius without administrative experience. My first “corporate session”? AD’88. Compulsory army service. “Maciek! You know how to take good portraits (I had a portrait of my fiancé on my desk). We need good photos for the new passes. Here you get the equipment (Pentacon Six + Sonnar 80/2.8 + Sonnar 180/2.8 = Hašel of Soviet era), all the other stuff you need you can order as “priority military supplies “” [You should see the grime of local state-owned shop manager, when dressed in uniform I officially requested, rather say requisitioned - all ORWO NP 22 deliveries for next two months] Simple Rembrandt lighting with my own 1000W halogen bulb, two bedsheets, one well starch pressed as the backdrop, the other as the reflector held by Private First Class (for his attitude promoted then to a Corporal). All the staff portrayed in the single manner. Both military servicemen in uniforms and female civilian support personnel. What is the clue? 80% of them - as I processed film & final prints in home-lab and I was able to do it - asked me for extra-prints. “Just a few, for children, for grandchildren...” Better opinion from satisfied customer & clients?
Thank you for this great video. I take a lot of business portraits so it‘s allways nice to compare my workflow with others. How long do you keep the raw files? Once you get a lot of clients it gets impossible to keep all the files. I tend to delete them after two years.
I enjoy how gangster you are about the technical and social problems that face the environment of biz headshots... The taking command and using humor The posture to fix clothing The reduction of ambient light Are my top 3... I'm going to use my 50mm and led lights to see what I come up with....
These are great tips....If you have the money for an assistant, 20 different light modifiers, etc. If I can afford all of those, then this video is moot because you make enough money doing your work to afford them. These videos should be "how to take better business photos if you're flying solo, and have only umbrellas and a few soft boxes." Those people are likely the key demographic that will be watching this video. Not someone with $300+ worth of light modifiers alone.
Hi Adrian, that's like saying a guy who want's to start a building company would only be watching videos of a guy who has one hammer and one saw. In any business (that is done properly and professionally) the business invests in its equipment, it's tools, staff etc. A builder has a truck, a cement mixer, a huge range of tools and equipment that may exceed 50-100K, if I was going to get an extension built on my house I'm not going to choose the guy who does it as a part time hobby and has one small tool bag.
@@VisualEducationStudio that’s fair, but how would someone just starting out even be able to compete in that regard? I feel like if you’re not sitting on some sort of gold mine, making it as a professional photographer at this point is a fools game.
Karl - Outstanding summary of your approach to taking business portraits-thank you! Do you have a preference regarding whether clients are standing or sitting for their headshots?
Thanks and that's a good question, I generally prefer standing if it's just a head shot as it slims the body and you can keep the shoulders in a better shape (for guys hands in trouser pockets to do this). But if you want to include the enviroment/workspace - wider than a head shot then sitting gives you lots of options for occlusion, props etc.
Very informative and confidently delivered video. Thank you Karl! I'm wondering what backgrounds and light modifiers did you use when you first started doing on location business headshots at the beginning of your career? Was it a slow or quick progession to what you use presently? Thank you for your feedback! 🙂
Thank you. When I first started in commercial photography some 25 years ago I was using Elinchrom lights, I took a bank loan to start my business at the time which included the purchase of some 101 packs, Mono heads, softboxes, grids, beauty dish and all the usual start up studio stuff. The lighting setups then remain very similar to many of the ones spoken about or shown here, except now I'm using broncolor lighting brand. You can learn more on my website.
@@VisualEducationStudioYou're welcome. Thank you! Speedy reply! Excellent. Good lighting is good lighting. I'll definitely continue to check out your website. Ps....About 4 mos ago I purchased a Elinchrom kit (2 R 400 d-lites plus softboxes. I'm excited.
I have my first corporate shoot coming up - this video helped me tremendously. Thank you. Clear and concise wording, no fuss, straight to the point. I subscribed and saved your webpage so I can learn more in the future.
AWESOME VIDEO, I just want to know check if it is not important to have a chronological planner to know who you are shooting in order to place the photos in the right format for the client?
Hi there Karl Very useful tips on headshots here! I wanted to know where you bought your trolley from in the background. Im looking for one for my studio so I can tether easily to my laptop thank you. Chantal
Search for catering trolleys, they are basically the same as medical and studio trolleys but less expensive. I found this one online from a catering supply store in the UK.
Hi Karl! This is a bit unusual but I need to take 1 headshot of myself with no makeup and ensure the photo reflects as accurately as possible my skin tone for an analysis. what class would you recommend so I can figure out what settings I need etc to achieve this?
Hi if it's for analysis then I'd consider this as a soft version but then repeat it with a standard reflector for a harder light version that showed texture too - karltayloreducation.com/class/studio-lighting-setups-portraits-two-light-setup-26/
So much good information in this video alone. I can only imagine how good your classes are. In fact, I'm going to check them out. Thank you for posting this.
big fan from China ,i watch every vedio of you,i meet sails chong recently that ask him to talk to you when will you spread such good courses to China ,i show them your vedio that almost everyone think you are the best teacher for photographyso far,i am a commercial phorographer too that can help you to translate them in Chinese if you allow me to,thanks.
Karl Taylor is definitely the go to Guy on matters Photography. Honestly speaking, to test whether a concept is true or not in this field, he is the encyclopedia. Thank You Sir
Great tutorial on how to shoot business portraits, Karl. I have been soaking in tons of information on karltayloreducation.com, but had not yet watched the videos on this subject. Thanks for doing what you do. You are a great educator.
Once again. I am so impressed by your delivery(started the free course. You know, the illustrations are very helpful in understanding the basics of photography). This got me thinking, how far I would have gone if I had you as my mathematics teacher😂. We always shoot on manual mode. Right? Great lessons on here. Thank you once again for taking the time to help us improve our photography!🙏🏿
very good tutorial, i have a question you said you deliver 4000 px tiff and 2500px jpeg, do you crop the images? at what aspect ratio do you deliver them? thx
Hi you should really deliver the size that the customer wants, this is just an average. I either crop the images to that size or leave them in their original crop and just resize them. The ratio of my camera is 4x3 so I retain that shape.
Thank u so much sir for this wonderful video. Since I'm a beginner to buy cannon M50. Can u pls suggest your opinion abt this camera, whether it is good to take photography or u can suggest any entry level in cannon.. your suggestion will b great useful for my career sir..
@@VisualEducationStudio thanks karl! Love your work and how profesional you are,and you always think about every detail..i am very impressed with your knowledge and i am glad that i found your chanel.. i will start on september your course as i am going for holidays now but again thanks for all the infos and knowledge you share with us:)
Hey Karl, thank you so much for an amazing educational videos. Question; what If a client asks me to give them all the images I shot and they will choose the image they want in their confined space and I don't know when will they get back to me.
I would say know. You can give them a choice of maybe 3 per person and then you take it from there. One thing that photographers often make the mistake is in thinking the client knows more about photography than they do and somehow should be able to dictate how things are done. You don't tell your dentist how to do their job do you?
@@VisualEducationStudio Thank you so much Karl, How about at the end of our final work the client wants all the raw images converted to jpeg on a USB should I give them? By the way I'm a proud Kalr Taylor education member. Thank you Karl.
Karl, just great stuff, I'm learning so much from you, as a hobbyists I need to archive your stuff until I have time to practice your instructions. I hope the up and coming young pros are listening to you. The lessons can knock off a year or two from the curve of bleeding money during startup to putting profits in the bank! Thank you. An opinion if you don't mind. I was at the garden shop shooting while waiting on my wife, we give the man quite a few dollars a year so I figured it would be fine and he didn't mind. He liked what I showed him but was a bit miffed that I would not do photography for him. My position is that I'm not a professional photographer and I'm uncomfortable taking bread off a man's table. I don't do brain surgery or erect bridges either, I'm not qualified. Am I in the wrong here?
@@VisualEducationStudio Thanks for the reply, I'm enjoying learning from you and having fun with photography, as a HOBBY! It's nice to have people appreciate my work but it's better sending them to a pro for their work and sending the pros to you to get better. 😀
I'm going to use my para 133 next week for the first time on a business portrait. Will be my first time using it professionally and to be honest I wasn't really sure people used para's for business portraits. I do have a fairly good idea how I want to light the subject, but was a bit disappointed in the amount of hashtags on instagram there were of headshot photographers.
Thank you Sir, this information came at the right time. I jus have one question; What’s the most important thing when I approach a business to offer them my photography services for professional headshots?
@@VisualEducationStudio My justification to write this comment was based on the fact that Peter started to talk about the "C&A" in headshots since 2012 and it is part of his brand and what he teaches. By no means, I claim that Peter is the first one to use it, but he has massively contributed to the popularization of the "C&A" look in business portraits/headshots. Karl, thanks for getting back to me. I know lots of people have used your content without giving proper credit to you, while this is not 100% that case, I thought mentioning Peter Hurley would be just fair. Otherwise, I am a big fan of you and have learned a ton from you for what I am grateful.
Thanks but to be totally honest I've never seen one of his videos, only the odd clip on social media. I've been making photography education DVDs since 2009 and it's a term I've used a lot, as do many photographers because it's a logical description to use. I would guess that I used it too when talking to potential clients even before I got into education as I used to do a lot of headshot business back in the early 2000's!
My whole career has been shooting editorial and advertising. I have been shooting since 1980 and I am now starting to retire. My base is here in Los Angeles and I have had a very rewarding career. I used to shoot all my products with a 4x5 and for people a Hasselblad or a Mamiya RZ 6x7. Then everything was switched to Canon digital. I was a contract shooter for a major popular magazine for 15 years and I have photographed many celebrity home stories. I never owned a medium format digital camera. I would rent if I had needed one. I have shot many business portraits and you are correct with all your tips. For me for each person in the firm I would provide a web gallery and either the subject or the person who hired me would pick one final image and I would do minor retouching. Never take out moles unless they request. You are so right about that also a job will run a lot smoother with a skilled assistant that can also do tech work. Setting up a seamless background on location without an assistant takes too long to set up. One tip I will mention is before the shoot day each subject is given a request on their wardrobe. Men pressed shirt and pants and to make sure their jacket is free of wrinkles, women same pressed top and pants or dress. It is not easy to get wrinkles out on a fabric that has a busy pattern. No busy patterns or non company logos is desired. A company logo is fine but the client would have to approve that kind of shirt or top. If shooting at the end of the day I ask for a them to bring a second clothing change if possible. A man’s pants when sitting all day will look horrible in a picture along with their shirt. Best to shoot in the mid morning. I also ask that the women bring their own make up and their hair brush. I do bring powders for medium and dark skin tones for subjects with a shiny skin tone. Some jobs I am able to hire a hair makeup person. For me the 85 lens is the perfect portrait lens. You will need at least f8 to have both eyes sharp. Making the subject relaxed is super important. With a large group you will only have about 10 minutes with each subject so you have to show confidence when directing the subject but a good sense of humor helps them to relax too. For me I avoided real estate businesses because they never wanted to pay a fair rate. Law firms did pay the best.
Thanks for the extra tips, some good advice.
Thank you for the extra tips. I've thought about marketing to Real Estate professionals, one of my regular customers is a title and loan company (real estate industry related) but I haven't photographed very many realtors. What about female realtors? Are you referring to Real Estate companies that want a volume headshot rate? My Dad has been a photographer since the 60's. He used to give the Real Estate people a competitive rate but he wouldn't include retouching. This is how he made a profit, he would charge extra for retouching and the individual realtors would decide if they wanted retouching and most usually would. You're right about their clothing becoming wrinkled, also their five o'clock shadow looks worse later in the day (more retouching.)
This is right on time for me: I've been commissioned to take portraits of a real estate staff for their website and you have helped me a lot!
I love how Karl explain things he doesn't need to repeat it twice because he's confident and love what he's doing.. I make sure I don't miss he's videos ❤️💪 big up👌 am from South Africa
Thank you.
Thanks for the videos here and website. I will check other videos during the fall. Thanks.
I never shoot portraits yet here I am because learning new genre is always fun and the way you explain everything is amazing you have a certain calmness in your voice
Thank you - glad you're enjoying the videos
The most shocking eye opener to me was offering only one (!) image per subject based on their selection! Indeed that would reduce retouching and selection time a lot and harddisk space as well. Never thought of this, shooting hundreds of frames with different outfits, resulting it many keepers. And the subjects want them all... 🙂
But I really like Karl's opening point: the subject is not the client. The subject does not get to decide on anything. The member of the corporation who pays you decides.
Very useful information. Specially the "who is in control" and the "choose and delivery" part.
Glad you liked it
Amazing video Karl! As usual. I do a lot of corporate portraits every year, and the human/ psychological factor is really something you need to handle very well! Showing confidence, without being arrogant or a dictator.
But of course, the technical factors have to be chosen wisely.
Thanks for the content!
Thanks Pablo.
What an absolute gem of a video. Nice refresher/intro with enough wisdom to feel more confident on one’s next job. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the effort and sharing. I am an appreciative subscriber. Stay well. Thumbs up.
Much appreciated!
Any tips on how to get an evenly lit grey background? A gradient grey is fairly easy but I'm having trouble getting it evenly lit. Especially in a smaller space. Thanks!
You deserve more subscribers for your youtube videos. Thank you so much for your sharing your knowledge with us.
Lots of terrific stuff here as always, but the best tip comes right up front: It's all about what the company wants, not what the subject wants. I'm nowhere near Karl's level, of course, but I used to do in-house headshots for a company website, and I remember a sales manager who wanted to look like a tough guy. HIM: "I'm not a smiley guy. I don't smile." ME: "Yeah, you do. The company wants people to know that business is good." HIM: "Yeah, okay, I see what you mean... how's this?" He had a Hollywood-quality smile, just had to get him to use it!
Thanks J.L.
I am doing my 1st internship and my task is to do a company excecatives photoshoot this is helpful.
What about a 135mm with a full frame? A lot of the greatest portrait lenses are in that range. Would you recommand it?
Love the videos on youtube and training website. Always learn something.
Just today during a shot a women aproche me ans says: "I rather go to dentist then to photographer" :D
Sehr cool, danke!
Great tips and video. Than you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great
Absolutely perfect tips and nicely explained. You really are the Master, Thank you Karl.
I appreciate that!
I can tell you really did this with corporate people. Right on the money.
karl thank you so much for great english speaking.... as i am non english speaker (native) audiance .... i can understand every single world perfectly. unlikely the other instructer are speaking like all audiance are american citizen or UK citizen. thank you again.
Cheers.
Great stuff as always. I've done high-volume headshots for a number of years and am working to seriously up my game on environmental images. Thanks Karl - keep up the great work.
Cheers.
Hey Karl how do u get business clients?
So now u r gonna buy the A7siii ????
Most likely for video yes.
Muchas gracias por tener la opción de traducción al español! Gracias, Gracias, Gracias!
There should be more practical lessons.
Thank you for usefull information
I'm curious do you charge for a licensing fee if your photos are used for advertising?? I can't seem to find info on this.
Hi, yes this is called a 'usage' fee and it's applied to advertising images that are used on larger advertising campaigns where the images will be used across a variety of media nation wide or internationally. Further information on usage fees can be found on our website.
IMHO it’s much easier to become a successful corporate photographer for an experienced “corporate rat”, poor photographer with basic skills, than for the skilled portrait genius without administrative experience.
My first “corporate session”? AD’88. Compulsory army service. “Maciek! You know how to take good portraits (I had a portrait of my fiancé on my desk). We need good photos for the new passes. Here you get the equipment (Pentacon Six + Sonnar 80/2.8 + Sonnar 180/2.8 = Hašel of Soviet era), all the other stuff you need you can order as “priority military supplies “” [You should see the grime of local state-owned shop manager, when dressed in uniform I officially requested, rather say requisitioned - all ORWO NP 22 deliveries for next two months]
Simple Rembrandt lighting with my own 1000W halogen bulb, two bedsheets, one well starch pressed as the backdrop, the other as the reflector held by Private First Class (for his attitude promoted then to a Corporal). All the staff portrayed in the single manner. Both military servicemen in uniforms and female civilian support personnel.
What is the clue? 80% of them - as I processed film & final prints in home-lab and I was able to do it - asked me for extra-prints. “Just a few, for children, for grandchildren...”
Better opinion from satisfied customer & clients?
Hi, Karl. Do you think posing table is essential investment for business portrait, I am working in studio. Thanks a lot!
I don't really know i'm afraid as I've never used one.
So hard to place your accent, it sounds like New Zealand mixed with Norfolk.
Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Thank you for this great video. I take a lot of business portraits so it‘s allways nice to compare my workflow with others.
How long do you keep the raw files?
Once you get a lot of clients it gets impossible to keep all the files.
I tend to delete them after two years.
Thanks. I process the selected ones and keep those tiffs and then dump the RAWs within a couple of months.
Gracias por tener la opción de traducción al español 🙌🏻
It are all difficult projects
Your assistant is fetching.
I enjoy how gangster you are about the technical and social problems that face the environment of biz headshots...
The taking command and using humor
The posture to fix clothing
The reduction of ambient light
Are my top 3...
I'm going to use my 50mm and led lights to see what I come up with....
absolutely amezing
Great advice. Thank you so much Karl~!
My pleasure!
These are great tips....If you have the money for an assistant, 20 different light modifiers, etc.
If I can afford all of those, then this video is moot because you make enough money doing your work to afford them.
These videos should be "how to take better business photos if you're flying solo, and have only umbrellas and a few soft boxes." Those people are likely the key demographic that will be watching this video. Not someone with $300+ worth of light modifiers alone.
Hi Adrian, that's like saying a guy who want's to start a building company would only be watching videos of a guy who has one hammer and one saw. In any business (that is done properly and professionally) the business invests in its equipment, it's tools, staff etc. A builder has a truck, a cement mixer, a huge range of tools and equipment that may exceed 50-100K, if I was going to get an extension built on my house I'm not going to choose the guy who does it as a part time hobby and has one small tool bag.
@@VisualEducationStudio that’s fair, but how would someone just starting out even be able to compete in that regard?
I feel like if you’re not sitting on some sort of gold mine, making it as a professional photographer at this point is a fools game.
How do you deliver them?
Karl - Outstanding summary of your approach to taking business portraits-thank you! Do you have a preference regarding whether clients are standing or sitting for their headshots?
Thanks and that's a good question, I generally prefer standing if it's just a head shot as it slims the body and you can keep the shoulders in a better shape (for guys hands in trouser pockets to do this). But if you want to include the enviroment/workspace - wider than a head shot then sitting gives you lots of options for occlusion, props etc.
@@VisualEducationStudio Thanks for taking the time to answer my question Karl - appreciate it!
I worked as a commercial photographer myself, back in the film area. You really know your s..t, a real pleasure to watch your content.
Very informative and confidently delivered video. Thank you Karl! I'm wondering what backgrounds and light modifiers did you use when you first started doing on location business headshots at the beginning of your career? Was it a slow or quick progession to what you use presently? Thank you for your feedback! 🙂
Thank you. When I first started in commercial photography some 25 years ago I was using Elinchrom lights, I took a bank loan to start my business at the time which included the purchase of some 101 packs, Mono heads, softboxes, grids, beauty dish and all the usual start up studio stuff. The lighting setups then remain very similar to many of the ones spoken about or shown here, except now I'm using broncolor lighting brand. You can learn more on my website.
@@VisualEducationStudioYou're welcome. Thank you! Speedy reply! Excellent. Good lighting is good lighting. I'll definitely continue to check out your website.
Ps....About 4 mos ago I purchased a Elinchrom kit (2 R 400 d-lites plus softboxes. I'm excited.
Sar 100mm is a very good lens for portraits but can I go with 85mm
I have my first corporate shoot coming up - this video helped me tremendously. Thank you. Clear and concise wording, no fuss, straight to the point.
I subscribed and saved your webpage so I can learn more in the future.
AWESOME VIDEO, I just want to know check if it is not important to have a chronological planner to know who you are shooting in order to place the photos in the right format for the client?
Thx. Very useful 👍
great content! pro!
Great job, Karl, very useful, very clear. Thanks a lot!
Very well explained, how about a video on the group photography
Really informative! Thank you
THANK YOU
Highly educative
Thanks
Hi there Karl Very useful tips on headshots here!
I wanted to know where you bought your trolley from in the background. Im looking for one for my studio so I can tether easily to my laptop thank you.
Chantal
Thanks what time in the video do you see the trolley please as I have a couple of different ones?
It's in the right hand corner at 0.37 seconds in ... while you are talking in the studio thank you 😊
Search for catering trolleys, they are basically the same as medical and studio trolleys but less expensive. I found this one online from a catering supply store in the UK.
thank you that's wonderful @@VisualEducationStudio
Karl is head and shoulders above 99% of the other tutorials on this subject on UA-cam. Good work Karl!
Thank you!
Hi Karl! This is a bit unusual but I need to take 1 headshot of myself with no makeup and ensure the photo reflects as accurately as possible my skin tone for an analysis. what class would you recommend so I can figure out what settings I need etc to achieve this?
Hi if it's for analysis then I'd consider this as a soft version but then repeat it with a standard reflector for a harder light version that showed texture too - karltayloreducation.com/class/studio-lighting-setups-portraits-two-light-setup-26/
thanks for valued tips and notes
Most welcome!
So much good information in this video alone. I can only imagine how good your classes are. In fact, I'm going to check them out. Thank you for posting this.
Awesome, thank you!
This video is packed with great information! Thanks for all the great insight. You nailed everything!
big fan from China ,i watch every vedio of you,i meet sails chong recently that ask him to talk to you when will you spread such good courses to China ,i show them your vedio that almost everyone think you are the best teacher for photographyso far,i am a commercial phorographer too that can help you to translate them in Chinese if you allow me to,thanks.
Yes Sails and I are good friends and have long wanted to set this up but it's very difficult getting hosting and payment systems in China.
The main and the plain ! Very clear, thanks. You should add a pricing section, it’s very important to cover the whole topic.
Thanks. Pricing is covered for members on our website.
Karl Taylor is definitely the go to Guy on matters Photography. Honestly speaking, to test whether a concept is true or not in this field, he is the encyclopedia. Thank You Sir
Thanks
Very very useful. Thank you Karl!
You are a great Teacher and Photographer!!!
Great tutorial on how to shoot business portraits, Karl. I have been soaking in tons of information on karltayloreducation.com, but had not yet watched the videos on this subject. Thanks for doing what you do. You are a great educator.
Thank you Stephen, you went to the right place! We keep our best stuff for KTE :)
Wait.....keeping the light closer to the subject creates softer light?
Yes if the light is big
You are waaaaay too professional Karl, i admire you so much. Big fan here from Argentina.
Thanks Oni.
Once again. I am so impressed by your delivery(started the free course. You know, the illustrations are very helpful in understanding the basics of photography). This got me thinking, how far I would have gone if I had you as my mathematics teacher😂.
We always shoot on manual mode. Right?
Great lessons on here. Thank you once again for taking the time to help us improve our photography!🙏🏿
Thanks Lorna, yes 90% of the time manual mode. There are some occasions where aperture priority or shutter priority can be useful too.
Thank you Karl for the tips, company photos are one of my most awkward shoots, ngl.
No worries!
awesome recap and reminds me to re-visit these tutes on membership site - i re joined recenty and done absolutely nothing so far!
Great to hear! Look forward to seeing you on the site again soon
Thanks for posting! I'll check out your online classes.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you so much sir you really opened my eyes about business portraits
very good tutorial, i have a question you said you deliver 4000 px tiff and 2500px jpeg, do you crop the images? at what aspect ratio do you deliver them? thx
Hi you should really deliver the size that the customer wants, this is just an average. I either crop the images to that size or leave them in their original crop and just resize them. The ratio of my camera is 4x3 so I retain that shape.
@@VisualEducationStudio great thank you very much!
Thank u so much sir for this wonderful video.
Since I'm a beginner to buy cannon M50. Can u pls suggest your opinion abt this camera, whether it is good to take photography or u can suggest any entry level in cannon.. your suggestion will b great useful for my career sir..
Hi Sorry I can't comment on cameras that I don't know or haven't used.
@@VisualEducationStudio Its k.. Thank u r reply.
Thank you sir 😊
You're welcome Anujith
He is very clear with his ideas..
Hi Karl thanks for the infos:) may i ask what lens did you use for this youtube video to film yourself?
Thanks again
50mm
@@VisualEducationStudio thanks karl! Love your work and how profesional you are,and you always think about every detail..i am very impressed with your knowledge and i am glad that i found your chanel.. i will start on september your course as i am going for holidays now but again thanks for all the infos and knowledge you share with us:)
Hey Karl, thank you so much for an amazing educational videos. Question; what If a client asks me to give them all the images I shot and they will choose the image they want in their confined space and I don't know when will they get back to me.
I would say know. You can give them a choice of maybe 3 per person and then you take it from there. One thing that photographers often make the mistake is in thinking the client knows more about photography than they do and somehow should be able to dictate how things are done. You don't tell your dentist how to do their job do you?
@@VisualEducationStudio Thank you so much Karl,
How about at the end of our final work the client wants all the raw images converted to jpeg on a USB should I give them? By the way I'm a proud Kalr Taylor education member. Thank you Karl.
Karl, just great stuff, I'm learning so much from you, as a hobbyists I need to archive your stuff until I have time to practice your instructions. I hope the up and coming young pros are listening to you. The lessons can knock off a year or two from the curve of bleeding money during startup to putting profits in the bank! Thank you.
An opinion if you don't mind. I was at the garden shop shooting while waiting on my wife, we give the man quite a few dollars a year so I figured it would be fine and he didn't mind.
He liked what I showed him but was a bit miffed that I would not do photography for him. My position is that I'm not a professional photographer and I'm uncomfortable taking bread off a man's table. I don't do brain surgery or erect bridges either, I'm not qualified. Am I in the wrong here?
Hi David, thanks and no I don't think you are wrong at all.
@@VisualEducationStudio Thanks for the reply, I'm enjoying learning from you and having fun with photography, as a HOBBY! It's nice to have people appreciate my work but it's better sending them to a pro for their work and sending the pros to you to get better. 😀
as always, the tutorial is very useful and entertaining. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure!
Thank you. Your videos are excellent
Glad you like them!
I'm going to use my para 133 next week for the first time on a business portrait. Will be my first time using it professionally and to be honest I wasn't really sure people used para's for business portraits. I do have a fairly good idea how I want to light the subject, but was a bit disappointed in the amount of hashtags on instagram there were of headshot photographers.
Keep it in the soft light position, that is the lamp head further out, not in. It's my favourite people modifier.
@@VisualEducationStudioWill let you know how it turns out
On point as always! Great explanations, nice and useful tips. Big fan of your videos :)
Great to hear!
Excellent class
Many thanks
Excellent points. Thank you
Very welcome
Thank you Sir, this information came at the right time. I jus have one question; What’s the most important thing when I approach a business to offer them my photography services for professional headshots?
Be firm, be polite, be professional
Karl Taylor Thank you Sir for the advise and the videos. They are very informative and always on point, and I highly appreciate your support🤝
When you use "confident and approachable" credit should be given to Peter Hurley.
Why? I like Peter's shots but he wasn't the first photographer to ever decide that a subject should look confident and approachable.
@@VisualEducationStudio My justification to write this comment was based on the fact that Peter started to talk about the "C&A" in headshots since 2012 and it is part of his brand and what he teaches. By no means, I claim that Peter is the first one to use it, but he has massively contributed to the popularization of the "C&A" look in business portraits/headshots. Karl, thanks for getting back to me. I know lots of people have used your content without giving proper credit to you, while this is not 100% that case, I thought mentioning Peter Hurley would be just fair. Otherwise, I am a big fan of you and have learned a ton from you for what I am grateful.
Thanks but to be totally honest I've never seen one of his videos, only the odd clip on social media. I've been making photography education DVDs since 2009 and it's a term I've used a lot, as do many photographers because it's a logical description to use. I would guess that I used it too when talking to potential clients even before I got into education as I used to do a lot of headshot business back in the early 2000's!
your amazing mr karl
Nice education for us and thanks for sharing
Thank you.
Great Tutorial from Phil Collins!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great tips and explanations, thanks mate. ;)
No worries!
Lots of great tips here - thanks, Karl.
Glad it was helpful!
such a good and well scripted video
Cheers
This video is pure gold!! Thankss!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Karl!
Great tips!
Great tips and explanations, thanks u sir
Always welcome
Excellent video! Cheers mate 😁
Many thanks!