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Brilliant, a human, talking like a human, knowledgable about the subject matter with no gimmicks other than good communication skills, a totally refreshing change from many other you tubers.
i used to watch bob ross before going to sleep but now I watch you becaus you're voice is so calm and soothing, and I also actually learn something too. thanks for all this great content !
So. far 37 people appreciate not having music played during. their vlog. They mean well, but it id extremely distracting. Thank your for your pure, non-musical discussion.
When there is this much brilliant information being shared...the "music" is the artistic inspiration being created by the teaching. Thank you so much for your generosity, Mister Galer!
After finding your videos while looking for some specific information, I now find myself watching your backlog of videos not because I'm necessarily looking for information about a particular topic, but because you sneakily hide gold nuggets and tips in your videos. Useful for amateurs and professionals alike. Much appreciated as always.
I've watched probably hundreds of photography/portrait videos and this is by far the best one, everything goes straight to the point, well illustrated with examples from real world situations. This definitely feels like a class.
Mark, half way through the vid and had to comment... Short, snappy an to the point! Seconds to make a point and then on to the next one. Each of the subjects can be elaborated on for days, but so many covered in one go - a full portrait course in an hour. This one vid could be a masterclass on Udemy. An absolutely brilliant production - you are a true teacher!!!
Thanks for the positive feedback. I used to be a senior lecturer in Photography at RMIT University delivering 2-hour lectures on any one given topic so this may help you understand my approach to these videos. I have over 25 hours of additional video content, that is not public on UA-cam, on my Patreon.com/markgaler support channel.
You‘re my great teacher, Mark. I‘m so glad to learning from you. Your pictures are so stunning. Especially your portraits I like the most, causing on the simplicity to telling a story and turning a normal face into unique, fascinating personalities in a small amount of time. I highly appreciate that!
Excellent as always Mark. THANK YOU so much for all the time and effort you put into all of these videos and your website. It is greatly appreciated. Have a great day!
Mark, you are my fucking hero! Wish I was a Sony Ambassador. I love Sony products! Not many devote their time to make VALUABLE videos such as these for the sony alpha models. You deserve more subscribers!
Sony does not expect or ask their Ambassadors / Artisans to make educational videos but my background as a Pro Photographer and professional educator makes me want to pay back Sony’s support.
So happy I found you. I mainly shoot dance in studio and performances. I rarely do anything outside but now I am inspired. So kind of you to share all of this information.I too appreciate the lack of annoying music in the background. Thank you again for an amazing lesson. Jan in NYC!
Absolutely comprehensive, concise and professionally delivered. Your example work is inspiring and beautiful. Thanks for providing these videos free of charge, i've learned so much!
This is by far the best video about portrait photography out of the approx. 100 videos I watched on this topic. So much details, tips and thoughts from your obviously long experience. Thanks a Lot!
Little long for a typical youtube tutorial, but once you start it's so engaging it cannot be stopped :) It waited in the bookmark for a month or so because of that length until I have the time, but it was so worth it! Now I finally know how to use exposure compensation for camera and flash, can't wait to try it out.
Thanks for the positive feedback- I was a senior lecturer in photography for 14 years, so I became well-versed in preparing presentations - I have over 20-hours of additional presentations on my Patreon.com/markgaler alpha support channel
00:07 Introduction 00:33 Light is our medium 01:16 Master the Ambient Light First 02:12 Learn to See the Shadows 02:37 Diffused Light (03:26 Engaging with Your Subject) 05:00 Studio Light or Ambient Light 05:52 When You Have to Modify Sunlight 06:52 Lenses for Portraiture 09:04 Composition Tips and Techniques 12:12 Placement of the Eyes/Chin 13:52 The Figure/Ground Challenge 16:04 The Impossible Background 17:11 Camera Settings 20:49 Position of Spot AF Point 22:53 Eye AF + Shallow Depth of Field 24:12 Take Two (or more) Subjects 27:00 The Open Door (lighting technique) 30:19 Making a Studion on Location 31:41 Introducing Flash 35:21 Lighting Modifiers 37:51 Flash use examples 42:51 Creative Flare from Rim Light 43:53 Beauty Dish as Primary Light Source 45:53 Soft Rembrandt Lighting 47:52 Multiple Flash Setup 49:53 Closing Feel free to add anything I missed
I love your approach. Wish more you tubers would speak well, informed and not scream in your face. I have a new appreciation for lighting and shadows. I'm using your techniques to help me in my puppet music video. It's most challenging since I am the puppeteer and the cameraman. Love the cropping of the head, putting the eyes just above center, and others. I will try to look at the video as a photo session, then get behind the stage and control the puppet while keeping it in that area. Awesome! Lots of food for thought. Shame I don't have the funds for a good camera, or lenses, pretty much anything but a $25 action 4K camera with no zoom or other effects but by using different lighting, different camera angles, and a lot of talent I still feel I can do well. Thank you for your insight!
This made me realize that flashlight should be considered as a supplement and only needed when necessary while shooting portrait out of the studio. Great course, thanks.
I really like the way you showed the power settings 49:07 of each light. My Dad has been a photographer for over 5 decades and he never teaches me what settings he's setting the lights.
Nice job, the less flash is used the easier it gets but it’s what you looking for, most of his work is flattering lighting and that is his stile. You can get the 3th dimensions with flash as well but you have to master the flash. 😎
Learnt so much sir. I'll spend some quality time on your videos. I really liked your style on portraits. Your preference of landscape and composition with eye above the center and the chin below the line. Looking forward to trying them out.
When I go to an event I take a full frame and an APS-C. With the APS-C I take wide angle pictures of groups of people, with the full frame I take portraits with longer lenses. But I can also do the opposite, since I trust more in the depth of field from the APS-C for telefoto shots and in low light wide angle in a full frame can really make it worth it. I avoid going crazy with the background blur because I still use a DSLR and the view finder is not that reliable.
Can't help but feel that this video was inspired our meet and my subsequent questions and discussion around lighting & portraiture at the Sony stall at Highpoint Shopping Centre a couple of weeks back, Mark! Thanks very much for such an in depth video. It has helped answer many of the questions that I had had. All the best, Andy.
I I am a 78-year-old retired photographer, I totally enjoyed this tutorial, many things I’ve learned and practiced over the years, and you simplify it for everyone. Keep up the good work, wishing you a very happy healthy prosperous new year.
The power settings for three point flash lighting fixed an issue I’ve had since I shot on film in the bad old days. Thanks man. Also your review of the A1 helped me decide to go with the A9ii and pick up some good glass with the savings, not that I didn’t want the A1, I just didn’t need it for what I shoot, and since I just dumped Canon after 15 years, restarting my glass collection was more important.
Very interesting and very useful tutorial, and you really share very valuable things, it is more than evident that you know the art and craft of portraits photography. I want to mention that it is really wonderful also to listen at your soft, calm and just enough strong voice. Thank you so very much for the time you have invested to make this tutorial of great quality.
I actually thought your “impossible background” portrait subject the color of his tshirt and opaque roof sheet lighting behind him was fabulous - so seeing that you changed the colours post production was surprising. I think capturing the actual moment is more important than colours that better suit our aesthetics but i guess to make a point of how you can change things it was a good example…or was it? Thanks for such a great Chanel !
Join me on Patreon for the best Alpha Support and Guidance. A single $10 Membership fee includes access to my 500-page camera-specific eBooks, member-only Q&A Forums + Over twenty 1-hour member-only seminars + cameras settings files & access to the Raw files from the lens and camera reviews (there is no contract or commitment beyond the first month). www.patreon.com/markgaler
Brilliant, a human, talking like a human, knowledgable about the subject matter with no gimmicks other than good communication skills, a totally refreshing change from many other you tubers.
You are without a doubt if fantastic instructor.
Complete agree ! :-)
I agree. The Sesame Street approach which assumes everyone has a short attention expand is old already...
Especially that it's not just jump cuts because they can't figure out how to make their points.
50 minutes video, seemed like 5 minutes, really engaging and instructive.
I very much like the no-nonsense way in which you explain everything. Very good, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've literally watched 35 seconds of this and it's already in my favourites.
i used to watch bob ross before going to sleep but now I watch you becaus you're voice is so calm and soothing, and I also actually learn something too. thanks for all this great content !
Wow, thank you!
A man who knows what he does. Clear and simple. Thank you so much.
How wonderful that you did't play music through this video. I was able to hear every thing you said.
I'm very greatful.
Graham.
So. far 37 people appreciate not having music played during. their vlog. They mean well, but it id extremely distracting. Thank your for your pure, non-musical discussion.
When there is this much brilliant information being shared...the "music" is the artistic inspiration being created by the teaching. Thank you so much for your generosity, Mister Galer!
After finding your videos while looking for some specific information, I now find myself watching your backlog of videos not because I'm necessarily looking for information about a particular topic, but because you sneakily hide gold nuggets and tips in your videos. Useful for amateurs and professionals alike. Much appreciated as always.
I've watched probably hundreds of photography/portrait videos and this is by far the best one, everything goes straight to the point, well illustrated with examples from real world situations. This definitely feels like a class.
If you can only watch UA-cam video on portraits, this should be it. Bravo, and thank you.
OMG! One of the most detailed presentations I have ever seen in Portrait Photography, full stop.
One of the best videos ever made about photography!!!!!!
Praise indeed 👍🙂
Mark, half way through the vid and had to comment... Short, snappy an to the point! Seconds to make a point and then on to the next one. Each of the subjects can be elaborated on for days, but so many covered in one go - a full portrait course in an hour. This one vid could be a masterclass on Udemy. An absolutely brilliant production - you are a true teacher!!!
Thanks for the positive feedback. I used to be a senior lecturer in Photography at RMIT University delivering 2-hour lectures on any one given topic so this may help you understand my approach to these videos. I have over 25 hours of additional video content, that is not public on UA-cam, on my Patreon.com/markgaler support channel.
your video are an honest source to learn and improve. May you will always be successful
As a primary landscape photographer, I find this video extremely helpful step up my portrait photography
Powerful light composition - Guru Galer!!
You‘re my great teacher, Mark. I‘m so glad to learning from you. Your pictures are so stunning. Especially your portraits I like the most, causing on the simplicity to telling a story and turning a normal face into unique, fascinating personalities in a small amount of time. I highly appreciate that!
Excellent as always Mark. THANK YOU so much for all the time and effort you put into all of these videos and your website. It is greatly appreciated. Have a great day!
Thanks for the positive feedback
Mark, you are my fucking hero! Wish I was a Sony Ambassador. I love Sony products! Not many devote their time to make VALUABLE videos such as these for the sony alpha models. You deserve more subscribers!
Sony does not expect or ask their Ambassadors / Artisans to make educational videos but my background as a Pro Photographer and professional educator makes me want to pay back Sony’s support.
Best and most relaxing video i've seen on Photography I learnt a lot thanks Maestro
Awesome, thank you!
Men... just love how you communicate, so smooth, valuable, clear, no bullshit. By the way I learned a lot. Thanks.
Thanks for the positive feedback Ramiro
Best instructional video on this subject I've come across thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Outstanding explanation !!!!!!!!!!!!
I really love the way you teach things Mr Galer, with simplicity, knowledge and style. so keep up the good work. Thank you.
Aziz.
So happy I found you. I mainly shoot dance in studio and performances. I rarely do anything outside but now I am inspired. So kind of you to share all of this information.I too appreciate the lack of annoying music in the background. Thank you again for an amazing lesson. Jan in NYC!
Just wonderful. Excellent video. You are a natural teacher. Thank you.
Absolutely comprehensive, concise and professionally delivered. Your example work is inspiring and beautiful. Thanks for providing these videos free of charge, i've learned so much!
these images are super super sharp and professional, my GAWD
You have exceptional skills of portrait photography and art of teaching in simplest form. keep shining.
Excellent video very helpful million thanks
I am new in the portrait section but this one is the most skills that I learn. Thanks
So relieved! I'm new to portraiture, keep reading people saying 50mm on a crop sensor isn't great for it, glad I saw this vid.
90% of the advice I see on social media is either wrong of prejudiced.
This is by far the best video about portrait photography out of the approx. 100 videos I watched on this topic. So much details, tips and thoughts from your obviously long experience. Thanks a Lot!
Totally engrossed. Thanks for the knowledge
Thank so much for sharing your experience! This is invaluable information and instruction.
Beautiful and radiant photo & photography :)
This was such a wonderful masterclass, and your photographs are stunning. Thank you for sharing your expertise.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You share a wealth of knowledge, thank you!!
This kind of info is more useful than just talking about camera gear
I have over 20+ hours of this type of content on my Sony support site Patreon.com/markgaler
This is such a brilliant piece of content. Matter of fact and no-nonsense! Two thumbs up
Fantastic presentation, Mark. My second look through. Learning a little bit more each time. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Little long for a typical youtube tutorial, but once you start it's so engaging it cannot be stopped :) It waited in the bookmark for a month or so because of that length until I have the time, but it was so worth it! Now I finally know how to use exposure compensation for camera and flash, can't wait to try it out.
Obliged.Keep sharing ur knowledge.
Really enjoy ALL of your videos. I especially like the graphics that show exactly what u r describing through the use of visual aids!
Thanks for the positive feedback- I was a senior lecturer in photography for 14 years, so I became well-versed in preparing presentations - I have over 20-hours of additional presentations on my Patreon.com/markgaler alpha support channel
Hi Mark, Thank you so much for the great tutorial! Very informative with your warm voice! God bless you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, Mark.
You keep doing it, and you're THE BEST! THANK YOU, MR. GALER!
Thank you too! - Please subscribe to the channel to support my work.
00:07 Introduction
00:33 Light is our medium
01:16 Master the Ambient Light First
02:12 Learn to See the Shadows
02:37 Diffused Light
(03:26 Engaging with Your Subject)
05:00 Studio Light or Ambient Light
05:52 When You Have to Modify Sunlight
06:52 Lenses for Portraiture
09:04 Composition Tips and Techniques
12:12 Placement of the Eyes/Chin
13:52 The Figure/Ground Challenge
16:04 The Impossible Background
17:11 Camera Settings
20:49 Position of Spot AF Point
22:53 Eye AF + Shallow Depth of Field
24:12 Take Two (or more) Subjects
27:00 The Open Door (lighting technique)
30:19 Making a Studion on Location
31:41 Introducing Flash
35:21 Lighting Modifiers
37:51 Flash use examples
42:51 Creative Flare from Rim Light
43:53 Beauty Dish as Primary Light Source
45:53 Soft Rembrandt Lighting
47:52 Multiple Flash Setup
49:53 Closing
Feel free to add anything I missed
Thanks for adding these time stamps :-)
thank you so much Mark. I found this very helpful. You have a very natural way of passing your experience. I appreciate that very much.
Glad it was helpful!
This is a masterclass of photography 👏
I love your approach. Wish more you tubers would speak well, informed and not scream in your face. I have a new appreciation for lighting and shadows. I'm using your techniques to help me in my puppet music video. It's most challenging since I am the puppeteer and the cameraman. Love the cropping of the head, putting the eyes just above center, and others. I will try to look at the video as a photo session, then get behind the stage and control the puppet while keeping it in that area. Awesome! Lots of food for thought. Shame I don't have the funds for a good camera, or lenses, pretty much anything but a $25 action 4K camera with no zoom or other effects but by using different lighting, different camera angles, and a lot of talent I still feel I can do well. Thank you for your insight!
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL! I am going to put ALL of these portraiture tips into practice! :)
Great advice
Thank you for sharing your input.
My pleasure
This made me realize that flashlight should be considered as a supplement and only needed when necessary while shooting portrait out of the studio. Great course, thanks.
EVERY video of yours that I have seen has been so helpful. Thank you Mark!
Accurate, complete and consistent
Fantastic, thanks for sharing!
OUTSTANDING!!!
I really like the way you showed the power settings 49:07 of each light. My Dad has been a photographer for over 5 decades and he never teaches me what settings he's setting the lights.
Brilliant, even for a real amateur like me. Thank you.
Nice job, the less flash is used the easier it gets but it’s what you looking for, most of his work is flattering lighting and that is his stile. You can get the 3th dimensions with flash as well but you have to master the flash. 😎
Learnt so much sir. I'll spend some quality time on your videos. I really liked your style on portraits. Your preference of landscape and composition with eye above the center and the chin below the line. Looking forward to trying them out.
You helped me get better grades in my photography class, got from 3 to one which is equivalent to the jump from c or b- to a
Thanks for the positive feedback - good luck with your photographic journey. I graduated in 1980!!
@@AlphaCreativeSkills thanks, late congrats to you
Hi, I have sony a6400 and love your ebooks and tutorials, your so life changer, sending love from philippines❤️❤️❤️
So glad!
This video is absolute gold!! Thanks so much for creating it.
Lovely review of age old guidelines on , aesthetics of composition.
When I go to an event I take a full frame and an APS-C. With the APS-C I take wide angle pictures of groups of people, with the full frame I take portraits with longer lenses. But I can also do the opposite, since I trust more in the depth of field from the APS-C for telefoto shots and in low light wide angle in a full frame can really make it worth it. I avoid going crazy with the background blur because I still use a DSLR and the view finder is not that reliable.
Nice production, well scripted, photos simply stunning. Really like your style, in photos and explanations.
Superb video, thank you !
A wealth of excellent ideas. Thanks.
Glad you like them!
many of the shots were taken in Indonesia
thank you for this fantastic tutorial
Right on. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I very much enjoyed the presentation. Thank you very much Mark!
Your videos are very awesome...educational and inspirational. Thank You.
Excellent tutorial. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Beautiful photos!
Can't help but feel that this video was inspired our meet and my subsequent questions and discussion around lighting & portraiture at the Sony stall at Highpoint Shopping Centre a couple of weeks back, Mark! Thanks very much for such an in depth video. It has helped answer many of the questions that I had had. All the best, Andy.
Wow, I learned so much from this video! Thank you, Mark!
I I am a 78-year-old retired photographer, I totally enjoyed this tutorial, many things I’ve learned and practiced over the years, and you simplify it for everyone. Keep up the good work, wishing you a very happy healthy prosperous new year.
Really informative and well presented with no waffle, thank you. I'm also really happy that there is no background music. Now subscribed :)
The power settings for three point flash lighting fixed an issue I’ve had since I shot on film in the bad old days. Thanks man. Also your review of the A1 helped me decide to go with the A9ii and pick up some good glass with the savings, not that I didn’t want the A1, I just didn’t need it for what I shoot, and since I just dumped Canon after 15 years, restarting my glass collection was more important.
Thank you so much, Mark.
Merci beaucoup pour les presets :)) très bonne année à vous :))
I've used the folding diffusers to good effect for macro photography, too. They can even serve as a windbreak, as well as a light diffuser.
Good tips
Thank you so much! Very informative and great examples.
Very nice portrait!! Excellent job!
Great Value Video Mark
Very interesting and very useful tutorial, and you really share very valuable things, it is more than evident that you know the art and craft of portraits photography. I want to mention that it is really wonderful also to listen at your soft, calm and just enough strong voice. Thank you so very much for the time you have invested to make this tutorial of great quality.
amazing portraits
One of the best tutorial videos I'm every seen, thank you.
Thanks for the positive feedback- join me on Patreon ti engage in group and one-on-one discussions.
Great work Mark. Thank you so much! Informative and well spoken.
Thanks for sharing this
Excellent tutorial. Thank you.
Very useful, Thanks Mark.
Thanks
This looks very interesting.
Glad you think so!
Really great info. Learned a lot. I realize I need / want to practice more.
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic tips. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I actually thought your “impossible background” portrait subject the color of his tshirt and opaque roof sheet lighting behind him was fabulous - so seeing that you changed the colours post production was surprising. I think capturing the actual moment is more important than colours that better suit our aesthetics but i guess to make a point of how you can change things it was a good example…or was it? Thanks for such a great Chanel !
Thankyou Mark, found that really useful
Glad it helped
It's simple and straightforward. I learned a lot.
Excellent information presented clearly and succinctly. Thanks!