You never fail to make home runs with your tutorials! Bravo. I'm an old dude and have always been a fan of the "Hollywood" noir photographers of the 30s through the 50s. Even installed an Elinchrom's innards onto an old-school Mole Richardson to make use of the adjustable Fresnel and barn doors. Hard light wins.
Ciao Salvatore, alla tua bravura e professionalità aggiungi anche quel tocco di simpatia ed allegria, rende il tutto molto leggero e di gacile apprendimento. Guardare i tuoi tutorial è sempre un piacere. Grazie per le perle di saggezza che ci proponi. Un sincero saluto dalla Sicilia 🤗🙋♂️
grazie mille per le tue gentili parole Essendo io stesso un orgoglioso siciliano, è un onore sapere che stai guardando. continua ad imparare. continua a crescere.
Good video, appreciate it. Although a bit confounding to use a grid on hard light and not on the soft light. Think people like the spotlight effect but that is coming from the grid.
I love your videos, but your soft light example was a head and shoulder shot the hard light that is usually not flattering to skin you showed a 3/4 length shot . Soft light would win if both images were head and shoulder shots
Ciao Salvatore, sono sicuro che hai origini italiane, intanto complimenti per il video, io adoro la fotografia con le luci artificiali, quando guardo un professionista come te m'incanto a vedere questi grandi consigli...complimenti davvero!!!!
Grazie mille. Sì, la mia famiglia è siciliana. Vengo in Italia ogni 2 anni per visitare. Naturalmente, è il mio posto preferito da visitare nel mondo. Grazie per la visione.
@@SalCincotta1 anch'io vivo in un isola bella come la Sicilia...è la Sardegna...comunque ancora complimenti per i tuoi video, sono molto istruttivi...grazie
Sal I must say it all depends on how you look at the photo. The way I look at most of my photos I am drawn towards soft light in almost every way, but looking at the final product side by side I have to say it’s the eyes that define the final image and the hard light wins hands down. The whites of her eyes just pop out with the colour and then it’s making you look beyond her eyes and I see how every colour, every nook and cranny of the dress and all the way to her ear rings it’s making a huge statement pick me.
Using soft light is like trying to cook with a single condiment, sugar. If your subject tastes like nothing and has nothing interesting on it, it works. If you have an interesting subject and want to show what the situation requires, age, beauty, ugliness, modeled volume, texture, shadow, contrast,, etc, you need hard lights. Hard light can achieve a variety of angles if you use many lights. It can look artistic, artificial, realistic, or fake. In order to discover hard light, you need at least three lights, with lenses that allow serious focus range (not any typical fresnel or ellipsoid), and barndoors. I have a friend that is considered a good photographer and mostly uses a huge soft light and some soft fill. He lights celebrities in their 40s and 60s, people that work nights for a living, smoke, drink and do drugs. The only thing they need is to look young, and their faces have become ugly from the kind of life they are living. He heavily edits the photos. They are extremely happy with the results. He spends zero time on lighting and mostly works on his public relations and making them feel good. He makes a lot of money. But if you have an interesting subject and you want to produce a certain impression, you need hard light. This is true in drama, but also in photography, even commercial protography if you believe there is room for art in the profession.
Thank you for your videos and replies! I've tried after your videos and tips to light myself with speedlight under bright sun. Even with 90cm softbox without external diffuser (inner diffuser left and silver interior) I could get decent lighting at f22 iso 100 and 160 at fullpower) softbox edge was at 1,4 meters!) With bare speedlight got enough light far away but very hard)
I like the soft light better but the hard light isn't super hard, some of the old masters and the stills they used for the motion picture industry used very hard light but it looked good.
I like the hard light on the face and then I would add soft light from the neck down. Thanks for the video and have a drink of balvenie 21 and thanks for getting me hooked on that scotch its so smooth.
@@benoitnarbonne9266 yeah this was a tough one for me too - i almost always like soft light portraits, but the hard light on this one popped off for sure.
Wouldn't it have been better for the model to project identical poses for both lighting types? This would have rendered truer results for the image comparison. Otherwise, a good video for instructional differences for new portrait photographers to discover.
You never fail to make home runs with your tutorials! Bravo.
I'm an old dude and have always been a fan of the "Hollywood" noir photographers of the 30s through the 50s. Even installed an Elinchrom's innards onto an old-school Mole Richardson to make use of the adjustable Fresnel and barn doors.
Hard light wins.
Appreciate the support!!
Man, your channel is life. Straight to the point and makings sense without a bunch of blablablabla. Thank you for your videos.
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Thank you for this simple but great explanation. I admire people who share their knowledge. Great job !
Glad it was helpful!
Ciao Salvatore, alla tua bravura e professionalità aggiungi anche quel tocco di simpatia ed allegria, rende il tutto molto leggero e di gacile apprendimento. Guardare i tuoi tutorial è sempre un piacere. Grazie per le perle di saggezza che ci proponi. Un sincero saluto dalla Sicilia 🤗🙋♂️
grazie mille per le tue gentili parole Essendo io stesso un orgoglioso siciliano, è un onore sapere che stai guardando. continua ad imparare. continua a crescere.
Thank you for taking the time to put this video together, much appreciated. I prefer the hard light.
Glad it was helpful!
Loved the hard light as well. The Westcott Deep Focus Reflector with the grids is one my my favorite light modifiers.
Mine too!
Great video with lots of opinions on what people like. Word being opinions. Thanks😊
good concise video on hard /soft light.
Glad it was helpful!
Big fan of hard light!
Good video, appreciate it. Although a bit confounding to use a grid on hard light and not on the soft light. Think people like the spotlight effect but that is coming from the grid.
I love your videos, but your soft light example was a head and shoulder shot the hard light that is usually not flattering to skin you showed a 3/4 length shot .
Soft light would win if both images were head and shoulder shots
Ciao Salvatore, sono sicuro che hai origini italiane, intanto complimenti per il video, io adoro la fotografia con le luci artificiali, quando guardo un professionista come te m'incanto a vedere questi grandi consigli...complimenti davvero!!!!
Grazie mille. Sì, la mia famiglia è siciliana. Vengo in Italia ogni 2 anni per visitare. Naturalmente, è il mio posto preferito da visitare nel mondo. Grazie per la visione.
@@SalCincotta1 anch'io vivo in un isola bella come la Sicilia...è la Sardegna...comunque ancora complimenti per i tuoi video, sono molto istruttivi...grazie
Sal keep this great education coming
ty!! glad you love it. appreciate you.
Love the soft with her feminine features!!
we all had a tough time deciding!
Love love love the new intro!!!
Hell yes. Ty! I love it too!
I'm a fan of the hard light here!
Sal I must say it all depends on how you look at the photo. The way I look at most of my photos I am drawn towards soft light in almost every way, but looking at the final product side by side I have to say it’s the eyes that define the final image and the hard light wins hands down. The whites of her eyes just pop out with the colour and then it’s making you look beyond her eyes and I see how every colour, every nook and cranny of the dress and all the way to her ear rings it’s making a huge statement pick me.
Using soft light is like trying to cook with a single condiment, sugar. If your subject tastes like nothing and has nothing interesting on it, it works. If you have an interesting subject and want to show what the situation requires, age, beauty, ugliness, modeled volume, texture, shadow, contrast,, etc, you need hard lights.
Hard light can achieve a variety of angles if you use many lights. It can look artistic, artificial, realistic, or fake. In order to discover hard light, you need at least three lights, with lenses that allow serious focus range (not any typical fresnel or ellipsoid), and barndoors.
I have a friend that is considered a good photographer and mostly uses a huge soft light and some soft fill. He lights celebrities in their 40s and 60s, people that work nights for a living, smoke, drink and do drugs. The only thing they need is to look young, and their faces have become ugly from the kind of life they are living. He heavily edits the photos. They are extremely happy with the results. He spends zero time on lighting and mostly works on his public relations and making them feel good. He makes a lot of money.
But if you have an interesting subject and you want to produce a certain impression, you need hard light. This is true in drama, but also in photography, even commercial protography if you believe there is room for art in the profession.
I like both..tastes good
Color of light source was warmer on the soft. Could have used an ExpoDisc.
or... i chose to edit it that way and create a cooler toned image. so... there's always that option. :)
I like both types for different reasons. I like being able to see a brighter face but not looking like there is a flash on
Thank you for your videos and replies! I've tried after your videos and tips to light myself with speedlight under bright sun. Even with 90cm softbox without external diffuser (inner diffuser left and silver interior) I could get decent lighting at f22 iso 100 and 160 at fullpower) softbox edge was at 1,4 meters!) With bare speedlight got enough light far away but very hard)
thats awesome!!
Great info and I prefer the hard light photo better.
Good choice!
I like the soft light better... both was nice...
The hard lighting definitely looks more stylish to my eye.
agreed.
SNAP! New intro is cool
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Yesssssss Hard Light!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I like the soft light better but the hard light isn't super hard, some of the old masters and the stills they used for the motion picture industry used very hard light but it looked good.
They used several Fresnes Spots and did EXTENSIVE Negative retouching (George Hurrell). I have his book of images.
Hard Light in these 2 examples. On another shoot maybe it would be the soft light.
It’s relative both are nice. But I liked soft
I prefer the soft light, BUT, ironically if I wanted a more Old Hollywood look, it would be the hard light, to b/w with a little film grain.
love it!
In the studio, I shoot soft light for like 10 minutes, then an hour of hard light haha
I like the hard light on the face and then I would add soft light from the neck down. Thanks for the video and have a drink of balvenie 21 and thanks for getting me hooked on that scotch its so smooth.
haha... its soooo good!! im trying to plan a trip to scotland in 2024... 100% stopping by balvenie for a tour!!
soft light!
But with the hard light her dress has a false color. How to make it look original?
Soft it's better for the skin
very true... but which one here do you like better? always soft light?
@@SalCincotta1 But for the color of the eyes I like more the hard light ??? I vote for hard light!
@@benoitnarbonne9266 yeah this was a tough one for me too - i almost always like soft light portraits, but the hard light on this one popped off for sure.
Wouldn't it have been better for the model to project identical poses for both lighting types? This would have rendered truer results for the image comparison. Otherwise, a good video for instructional differences for new portrait photographers to discover.
I'm a hard light kinda guy most of the time.
ty.
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Lights don't cast shadows Opaque Objects Do!
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awesome. welcome to the channel!
Either. Both work well for what one might want to accomplish