Lighting for Males
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- Опубліковано 2 лют 2021
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In this episode, I want to demystify lighting male subjects once and for all. Lighting isn't hard. It can be fun and is one of the key components for capturing amazing images. Throughout my 20 year career, I've developed a whole catalog of tips and tricks for effectively lighting male subjects, with minimal gear, in nanoseconds
Jerry is both a master photographer and master teacher. Looking forward to inching forward in skills with his help.
You sir are absolutely amazing and resourceful. I’ve seen a lot of videos explaining about lenses and camera functions but explaining the light you have done in absolutely great way. Thank you.
Very helpful! I appreciate your direction to the subject and purposeful lighting.
The UA-cam algorithm brought me here and I'm very glad it did! These video's are amazing and even inspiring! Gonna binge-watch these video's the rest of the week :)
Very informative for those who take photos and for those who want their pictures taken. The tutorials of Jerry are on point!
I love how specific and technical your instructions are, totally different calibre of advice, really shows your experience! Thank you!
thanks so much!
Excelente, que bueno que subiste otro video!! Saludos Jerry.
Truely amazing session, love it .
You are an artist more than a professional photographer. Really enjoyed each sec of the video & learned a lot so thank you!
Two ideas for using continous lighting: first, the edge/rim light on back side of subject opposite the key light and second the backgound using barn doors to create a shaft of light leading to the subject.
Yours may be the best and most detailed tutorials I have ever seen. Cheers!
thanks so much!
One of you best. Intensity is through the roof. Editing flawless. I love the thoroughness and confidence of showing the most basic shot through to most outstanding portrait. You cut through the extraneous like no other. Video quality is impeccable. 5 stars.
Wow Allen! Thanks so much for the feedback. That’s really kind of you!
Wow. I havent heard anyone explain lighting with such clarity. Awesomeee n thanks 🙏
Fantástico Jerry! Agradecido con Dios de haberme puesto tu canal en mi camino al éxito!
Unreal. Thank you.
Your explanations and reasonings have fundamentally changed my way of looking at how light is expressed and what to keep an eye out for. Example, when you described how to position the face enough so the light fills the entire eye socket of the eye on the shadow side @5:50.
Also, so many tips on how to deal with different faces, gender, age and "attractiveness", to emphasize and not emphasize certain features. Magnificent!
That's amazing! And I'm sorry - being obsessed with light like that means you'll see it everywhere now. Walking down the street, driving to an appointment. lol
Ice light stimulated me to pick up my photography hobby again :-). It helped me in 2 ways 1. to study lighting as a hobbyist, without having to go through all the knowledge about controller, softbox, battery mount, etc. 2. easy to set up on location once you get a taste of its benefits. I think the next step is to come up with a kit of 1 light stand, 1 ice light, 1 carrying case to help people shoot more. If it can make people feel easy to carry 1 bag on board for travel photography (as a hobby not for business) and set it up without an assistant (there is an assistant in almost all UA-cam videos for outdoor shooting), I believe it will make ice light more popular. At the moment I can't seem to find a decent light stand carrying case to pack everything, either the case is not padded, or too big to get on board, or no case such as nano light stand, or no room for ice light...
Excellent! Loved the way you teach step by step, slowly, showing us how simple it is to achieve that classical, professional result, with very little gear. great video!
Glad it was helpful!
Jerry you are such a gifted teacher. This information is priceless for new photographers, and a great reminder for us old ones. Simple beautiful light. The qualities of a great portrait never change. And you make it easy and doable. Thank you for continuing to share your gift with us. 🙏🏼❤️
Ah, Jacqueline, that’s really nice of you. Thanks so much for watching! Glad to hear it was helpful!
Very informative! Love you showing the gradual changes. Well done! I’m buying an ice light ASAP!
Haha, thanks for watching Rebecca! Enjoy
Never enough of your videos. Very helpful, thanks a lot for your time. Best photograph ever for me
Thank you so much - I appreciate it!
Dude providing straight up value!!! Thanks Jerry!
Cheers, Chris! Thanks for watching. Trying to pump some more of these out!
Amazing tutor! You first time impress me at 2008, and now is still happen! Thank you
Thank you, mate!
I first watched "Posing Everyone" and that changed my whole outlook of photography.
Amazing! 👍🏻
I'll have to check that out.
Which video is that? Can't find it. Or is it not fro Jerry?
So good video! I really enjoy your videos, they are well made and explained, easy to understand, you rock!
Thank you Jukka! I'm so happy you are enjoying them. More to come!
Can’t tell you how much I appreciate your lesson. I’m trying to do some portraits of my son. This is immensely helpful. Thank you, Master!
Wonderful!
Always a pleasure to check out what Jerry is doing and how he is doing it!
Thanks, David!
Brilliant, lots of great advice, thanks man 👍🙌
Always love your tutorials always informative and simple to follow. I wish I had the money to pay for some of your courses, I’m sure I’d benefit great from them , your a genius 👍🏻 thanks for the free snippets .
So glad you're enjoying them. I plan to share much more here on You Tube as well so stay tuned!
@@JerryGhionisPhotography excellent thank you so much. I do understand that your industry is suffering during Covid, and I wish I was able to purchase some of your tutorials, to help you through this period. Your content and free tutorials help the rest of use looking for some distraction and gives use stuff to practice during lockdown . Thanks again. Stay safe
Great video as always!
Awesome as ever..i enjoyed your episode on lighting..You make it look so simple. you have made notice and watch light everywhere i go. Thank you Sandra, Malta
Thats fantastic to hear!! Lighting can seem scary, but if we can embrace light and use it to our favor as photographer, we are golden!
@@JerryGhionisPhotographyso true, thank you
Lovely old school lighting 👍🏻
I am so so glad you are back up on UA-cam again. From Sydney, stay safe and see you back home again when safe. Bye mate.
Thanks, Edwin!!
Great tips, Jerry. Ice lights.. 🔥
muchas gracias Jerry, sensacional
Alway enjoy watching your portraits shooting video. Thanks!
Thanks, Jun!!
Great tutorial! Thank you Jerry!
You're welcome!
A really cool piece of content. Appreciate the knowledge you're sharing.
thanks for watching!
Amazing instruction I am a professional photographer in Long Island New York and have watched thousands of portrait videos by far yours have been the most helpful and insightful never heard the lighting explained this way thank you thank you thank you thank you
You're very welcome! Thank you so much for that feedback.
Really great tutorial! Thank you very much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just found your channel and I just love how some of this is applied into your profile picture
Thank you! Peter Hurley took my headshot and that's exactly what he was doing for sure. :)
Marvelous. I already bought your educational package and I love it. Your work stands out compared to most photographers.
Thanks a lot Joakim! That means a lot 😍
@@JerryGhionisPhotography Your welcome mate!
Very informative, thanks a lot.
Great tips!! I loved the video. Thanks
Thanks a lot!!
Keep uploading these videos about photography because they're really good 👍🏻
More to come!
When someone asks me who I think the best portrait/wedding photographer is my standard reply is "You mean after Jerry Ghionis?"
Haha, thanks Jon, you’re too kind!
Without a doubt.......
You are a BRILLIANT teacher
Good stuff Jerry
Awesome tutorial. Keep 'em coming and stay safe
Cheers, Don!
Τελειες συμβουλές !!!! Είσαι εξερετικος!!
Ευχαριστώ πολύ!
This channel clearly should have at least a million subscribers.
You were born for this. Thank you for the amazing video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, u know a lot. Learned a lot here.
Every photographer must watch this...if i can hit the like button more than once..ill hit 1000 times...pls keep more video
Ah, cheers Ramtea. Thanks for watching!
very nice work, well done
Thanks, fadel!
G'DAY mate, very good tutorial on lighting. Have learnt a lot from your videos and courses, also totally agree with the comments below by Joh Photo.
Thanks, mate! I truly appreciate it.
Wow good lesson! I wish i have the same studio’s
An exquisite model like this would make any click outstanding
That was fricken awesome.
This is gold thank you so much!
big thanks ! it's exciting !
Good stuff .
I'll put that in my guide
🤓
Very helpful video! Thanks a lot! Could you tell me where I can find the lamps you´d used?
Very good school of photo art
Thank you for this !
thanks for watching!
Hello Jerry!
When you shoot for example in this situation outdoors, you do it in camera aperture mode!
G’day Jerry, fantastic information mate. Do you have a video on controlling light banding or falloff and how to stop or avoid this banding effect on your backdrops. I often get quite dramatic banding rings when shooting against a grey or black backdrop.
Cheers mate
Hey mate. That's a great question. It's more something that I would have corrected in postproduction. But I outsource all of my editing so that's not really in my wheelhouse, I'm afraid.
Writing from Taiwan! Thanks for the great video!
Vous êtes MAGNIFIQUE !!!
Merci!
Wish you could photograph my daughters wedding next June. Love your work. As a former Creative Director in an ad agency I love watching your tips! (Unfortunately, booked photographer just broke her back in a boating accident).
несколько лет я ждал новое видео на этом канале. Дождался!
Thank you! I will do better and post more frequently!
Он лентяй и тунеядец😂!!!
Мы все ждали! И оно того стоило.
Amazing and simple
Thanks a lot, Steve!!
Thank you for showing the camera settings. It's so frustrating when you're watching a tutorial for photography and they don't tell you the camera settings. :)
I totally agree! Thanks for watching!
@@JerryGhionisPhotography Is there a reason why you were shooting with ISO 400 and such a high shutter speed? Since the subject isn't really moving, why the high shutter speed? Why not just do ISO 100 with shutter speed of 100?
Great stuff!
Thank you!!
6:40 That’s basically how you go from split lighting to Rembrandt lighting.
Good stuff!
I learn so much from your videos
So fantastic, thanks for watching!
Thanks, Master!😃
🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇
In shadow, in backlighting, and in window light, you've done a lot of white-balance correction against skylight cooling in the flesh tone.
Love your work and have learned so much by watching you. I do have a question though. I noticed that you didn't zero your meter and it looked like it was about 2 stops underexposed, right? So how come his eye isn't in darkness or the bright side of his face over exposed?
Great question. It's all in how I work out what my exposure will be (which I do every time I photograph in a new scene or if the lighting conditions change, of course). I can go into much more detail but I'll (try!) to keep it brief here. I photograph using evaluative (or matrix) metering. When you use evaluative metering, you are just telling your camera what you want it to take into account what it sees the exposure in the viewfinder. That you want it to take the entire frame into account. Not just a specific point (as in the case of spot metering).
I also always shoot in manual and that allows me to choose my own ISO, shutter speed and aperture. As you adjust any one of those 3 settings you will see your in-camera meter moving accordingly. The classic example that I like to give is that if you are photographing a black cat on a black rug and you are shooting in aperture priority, your camera will see all black and will try to bring the scene back to mid gray (thus overexposing the scene). So whilst shooting in manual, I COULD look at the black subject matter, adjust my ISO, shutter speed and aperture before I take the shot so that the in-camera meter is set to the middle (or zero) point. But I know that the camera is going to see all that of that darkness and want to make it mid grey. Therefore overexposing the image. So I adjust my settings so that the meter moves to the negative side, looking as though it will underexpose the image, but in reality, representing the true colors of the black cat and the black rug. You would face the same situation if you were photographing a polar bear in a snowstorm. If you allowed your camera to determine your exposure automatically, it would see all of the white and want to make it mid grey. But a polar bear isn't mid grey. It's white. So the camera is therefore underexposing it. So if I am in a bright situation with a lot of pale colors I would them have to "compensate" for that by adjusting my settings so my meter moves to the plus side. Looking as though I am overexposing the image, but in reality representing the true colors of the polar bear and snow. The best way to understand this is to go out and practice exactly this scenarios and see what happens to your exposure when you have your camera set to "P" or aperture priority or shutter priority. And then follow the steps above while shooting in manual. Good luck!
You deserve a million subs
Love it thank you
You’re welcome 😊
Great video on male lighting!! Very informative! Thank you!
Thanks, Mario! Happy to hear that!!!
Where can I buy that light?
@@mcabassa70 you can purchase them anywhere, try Amazon you can search "light wand" there are several brands! Hope this helps.
I loved your profile pic Mario, it looks really charismatic and charming
@@ilkemagic7721 Thank you so much! You are very kind :)
Amazing tips! I have your videos on repeat!! You provide invaluable insight into lighting!! I am wondering what tripod you are using here? In the market for a new tripod and light stands for wedding photography. What equipment would you suggest? Thank you for all you do!!
Thanks, Kelly!! I use a Manfrotto tripod (this one: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1034139-REG/manfrotto_mt055xpro3_aluminum_tripod.html) along with a Benro tripod here (this one: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1410665-REG/benro_gd3wh_3_way_geared_head.html) . Hope that helps!
@@JerryGhionisPhotography thank you! I really appreciate your response!!
You are really a master 👍🏻
That’s really kind, thanks Christopher
Jerry, what is the brand and model of the head that you have on your tripod? It is awesome!
Thank you ❣️
You are so welcome
Excellent tutorial on lighting for men
Thanks, Jerry!
Excellent
Really concise instruction - I always enjoy and learn from your videos. Are you tethered to your phone and what software do you use to do so pls?
Thanks, Alison. I appreciate that. I am tethered but I'm using something called Blackmagic video assist. It's purely to allow you to see what I see in my viewfinder. So when you see those sections where it looks like you're looking into my camera, that's how we're doing that. It's great for educational purposes.
@@JerryGhionisPhotography Very generous of you to reply Jerry - as swift as you were to reply I worked it out today. I was looking to tether for my macro work hence why I was curious. Really enjoyed, not only this video, but also your 'story images' with the Chanel bag - you're inspirational!
The broad side is the side facing the camera even if it is in the shadow!
Can you make video about right using white balance ?
How to make right setting of WB at lighter ? How to balance WB between natural light and flashlight ?
How it happens at you worx ?
I'd be happy to! I have a list of upcoming videos I plan to film and I'll add this to the list.
How can anyone dislike videos like this? Come on.
I have a question. I was always taught that there is only one light source and light coming from the opposite direction is a bit distracting. What would this last portion of the video look like if you brought your ice light coming from the same direction as the model's head is facing(into the light). I am curious. BTW I absolutely loved your presentation. I have not seen one better in 30 years.
You can certainly illuminate someone with one light source but it's common to also use multiple lights on a subject. When you see someone in a movie or a TV show, there will almost always be lights coming from at least 2 directions: one main light to light the subject and one behind to separate them from background. That's very similar to the set up that I had at the end here. If you put the Ice Light in the same direction as the natural light, the light would blend in and perhaps give a little bit more punch and contrast.
It there a way to take hard ambient light and exposing it as a strobe? Using silver of mirror reflector to strobe the light. Try to prevent blinding him.
I really like the focal length of these images. May I ask, which one you are using?
It look like an 85mm 2.8. that's what i think.
I was actually using the Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 (Z mount).
Hi! Love your channel, can you please say what camera do you use? Great work!
I love NIkon, and have many different bodies. Working with the z9 these days 🤓
Obviously great work. I have a question, however. Why did you cut off the top of hid head/hair in every shot? The shots were still excellent, and I'm sure you had a reason, but I can't imagine why.
These subltle movements make a huge difference. I am going to try them thank you. Question: what are you tethering into.? I see a small screen attached to your tripod. Looks super convenient. Love to hear Jerry. Thank you. !
Thanks Sylvia! That's actually a video monitor recorder and that's what is allowing you see what is in my viewfinder when I'm looking through the camera. Here's the link to the exact recorder from B&H's website: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1578060-REG/blackmagic_design_video_assist_3g_5.html
@@JerryGhionisPhotography Hi Jerry ! Thank you so much for sharing. ! :)
Brilliant
your cam and lens specs ???? please i love this
Its good to know wats de best side of the models face and use it as the side facing the camera eve if its the darker side