Medium-long time lurker, just had to drop a huge thanks for your channel and continuous effort. You give off the type of confidence and experience that makes it all the more easy to follow and learn with you. Keep up the great work!
That trick with the diffusion paper over the barn doors brought back something I was taught as a kid, using greaseproof paper (I think you call it parchment paper in the States - stuff pastry cooks use for lining a cake tin) over a hard light source. That was a long time ago when much less stuff was on the market and you couldn't just get online and call up anything you wanted on 24-hour delivery! Nice video, thanks for going to the trouble.
Just found your video and it was great! I have been using an LED light panel for portraits for a couple of months now (just a hobby) and had some frustrations with how to apply a diffuser since mine is a budget model and does not come with any type of diffuser. I have been using a couple of different umbrella diffusers clamped to the light stand. You have given me several differnet ways to do it and I am excited to try them. Great presentation that keeps is simple to understand. Much appreciated!
Hello all….I’m new to this, and purchased a few cheap cameras and camcorders just to see if this could be something I could really get into. Thanks for the tutorial!! …explaining step by step. I appreciate the in-depth explanation with visual backing so that we can see the before and after. Let’s see how this goes. Thx!!!
Ive seen you demo LiteCloth lights before. I use 1x3 and 1x2 Litecloth panels for headshots and they are fantastic. I use 2 strobes to white out the background. Try some rectangular LED panels next time. Much better. And get the lights muuuuch closer to the model so you can take advantage of the inverse square law.
The Kinotehnik 805 is a rectangular panel. And if you watch the whole video you will see lots of different techniques of placement of the lights. Thanks for your comment!
Speaking of Dollar Tree, last week I bought a $1 hula hoop at Dollar Tree and taped a plastic table cloth around it for a 2 dollar DYI diffuser. it probably isn't a durable as your, but it works fine.
Brilliant walkthrough for the positions and changes subtle add-ons make. However how does this change when I am shooting with a window in the room with a sourse of natural light. Would a 1 light setup sufficient to start with. Anything specific while working with a Natual + SoftBoxes combination. I am in market to get correct equipment for my small studio at home without burnin my pocket. Still learning so a long way to go. Thank you Much !
You might want to check out some of these videos that talk about natural light and combining natural light with other sources: ua-cam.com/users/TheSlantedLenssearch?view_as=subscriber&query=window+light
Excellent video. I have an indoor portrait shoot coming up. Just a couple of questions. I have LED lights and reflectors. I assume a flash is not required in this set up and what about camera settings, dept of field etc.
This is the set-up using LEDs. You will probably have to use a higher ISO depending on how powerful your LEDs are. If you are photographing a portrait you will need at least f/4 and you will not want to shoot at a slower shutter than 1/60 sec. Then set your ISO accordingly.
JP, I admire your struggle with that lighting and from the first shot I am all the way with you, in your approach to fight those specular highlights cause (although people claim they are in fashion now) in my book it is still bad photography. (not bashing you, the steps you took and explanations were solid ). However, watching the first second I knew you had no chance cause her skin (nice woman though and I love her hair) is to oily. She also has darker skin which makes your job not easier but remember there is a point where you as photographer are out option and a good makeup artist has to do your job to get the shot right (cause you never gonna cover that white LED on the tip of her nose hehehe) Nevertheless, for educational purposes it was a good video and you deserved your thumb up (and all of them) and as always , thanks for sharing !!
@@TheSlantedLens Well that is a misunderstanding, specular highlights tend to be overexposed so there is no information. Blending them would turn them into grey sludge. Cloning skin is the only option but that is the last resort and let's be honest, the more you do in post the worse you are as a studio photographer. There is always work in post, but rule 1 is, get it right in camera !
Go figure - the same day I get a used flash from a pro friend who gone to strobes - for the reason of lighting the backdrop: 2 + 1 = "3 light setup". Thanks. Although for me it's just speedlites, the video is great for home (or not) studio for the fundamental theory, regardless of light source, can still apply. Question: Any tips (if using exactly the lighting you have here) would you suggest for a portrait mode 100% full frame image of subject (say 6" headroom and 6-8" in front of shoes)? Identical, with upping the stops for lights being pulled back from the subject? Thx, Frank
For full frame you are going to have to back your light out, inverse square law. When you double the distance from the subject you lose a stop. When you cut the distance in half you gain a stop.
while technically 3 actual lights were used, this was a 4 light setup. Key, fill, kicker, bg. Also what began as a lighting setup of Rembrandt lighting pattern, it finished as a Modified Butterfly which does not even need to have continuous lighting to accomplish. Also with MB lighting, likely it could easily be created by taking the original main light and just by use of the edge of the light source and then bouncing the light off the reflector panel to get the fill. Setting the key without having continuous light can be done by creating the pose desired and a 2/3 facial view and leave the camera alone in that position. Move the light so that the photographer is now looking at the subject in full face. Move the light an arms length to the left of the subject about 5 feet away and about 18" above the subjects head. Return to camera position and complete the pose with hands etc (this assumes that the body is 2/3 to the camera and either in the masculine pose or the feminine pose) obtain the desired expression and take the photo. HTH YMMV
The Slanted Lens I get your point, however, because the technology is going at speed light, are you using today the same lights you used to when you started? I wish I have the money to pay the light you are using. Everyone will agree as we are all learning from your experience. I truly respect that. However, I believe you could also suggest workarounds, and maybe one day we will be able to afford such investments as our business grow. Respectfully.
@@TheSlantedLens Well, big compliments to your work, it's a well I'll be drinking from frequently and already helped me on a shoot yesterday, I do know "the basics" but it's helpful and enjoyable to watch someone else work the nuances and problem-solve!
Really Intuitive! I like the concept however, Far too much setup Time. Seems I can get same results almost immediately with a strobe and softbox. Time is money
Some scenarios where I dont want to use strobe lights are children who get easily distracted with the flash and can never stay put. Also those with eye problems who are sensitive and makes them blink each and every time. As for Led, i prefer cob bowens mount tho. But this rectangular light also works as shown in this video.
If you can get the shot that's all that matters... plus clients don't really know the difference in "quality" lighting. You think they'll look at the photos and say "you need that $4k Profoto because your LED panel is not good enough for me
@@qtben17 you need a powerful LED light to freeze children as you say they are on the move all the time . You are trying to tell me that strong powerful LEDs are the answer burning thier eyes to get the shot why dont you ask them to look at the sun you might as well.?????
way too many ways too shoot this portrait. You are using diffusers and then take away and then soft boxes and change that...good Lord man you are showing way too many examples. Just show the one that works best. I dumped out of your video after about 2 minutes in because my head was spinning.
This is a more advanced lighting tutorial. Perhaps start with our one light videos: studio.ua-cam.com/channels/UbAIlQq6qdOCW7nURh9Qog.htmlvideos/upload?filter=%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22TITLE%22%2C%22value%22%3A%7B%22name%22%3A%22CONTAINS%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22one%20light%22%7D%7D%5D&sort=%7B%22columnType%22%3A%22date%22%2C%22sortOrder%22%3A%22DESCENDING%22%7D
I love how as you explain what your talking about you show us in real time. Truly helpful for us visual learners. thanks.
My pleasure! Glad it was helpful!
Oh man...so concise and step by step results. So perfectly done! Thank you so much!!
Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful!
Medium-long time lurker, just had to drop a huge thanks for your channel and continuous effort. You give off the type of confidence and experience that makes it all the more easy to follow and learn with you. Keep up the great work!
Much appreciated! Thanks, you make my day!
Fantastic tutorial, I'll practice this on the weekend, thanks for great tutorials. 😁
Thanks for your comment! Have fun!
Waiting for this kind of video since long... Thank you 🙏
Most welcome 😊. Appreciate your support!
I'll be using this set up immediately. Thank you very much.
Excellent! Glad you found the video helpful!
Sir, you indeed are a genius!!!
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great light lesson!!! Thanks a lot!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for the informative tutorial.
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!
That trick with the diffusion paper over the barn doors brought back something I was taught as a kid, using greaseproof paper (I think you call it parchment paper in the States - stuff pastry cooks use for lining a cake tin) over a hard light source. That was a long time ago when much less stuff was on the market and you couldn't just get online and call up anything you wanted on 24-hour delivery! Nice video, thanks for going to the trouble.
Yes, waxed paper, parchment, they all work. Thanks for your comment!
Learned a lot and I know what I was doing wrong and I need some items you had in the video! Loved jt!
So glad it helped you out. Thanks for your comment!
Thanks for the video really informative.
Glad it was helpful! Hope you learned some good tips!
thank you very much for your great tutorial
You are very welcome. Hope you learned some good stuff!
Very helpful. Thanks!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
This is gold Jerry, gold.
Glad you found it worthwhile!
Definitely trying this
Go for it. Hope your images turn out great!
Thank you so much!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Superb vid; thank you. I particularly like the Smartphone as a controller (06:45).
Yeah, that is a really nice feature and easy to use!
Just found your video and it was great! I have been using an LED light panel for portraits for a couple of months now (just a hobby) and had some frustrations with how to apply a diffuser since mine is a budget model and does not come with any type of diffuser. I have been using a couple of different umbrella diffusers clamped to the light stand. You have given me several differnet ways to do it and I am excited to try them. Great presentation that keeps is simple to understand. Much appreciated!
Glad it was helpful! Have fun experimenting with your lights!
Thanks for the info! :)
You bet! Thanks for your support!
Thank you!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Awesome video! A lot of help thank you
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
Great! Fundamentals!
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!
Hello all….I’m new to this, and purchased a few cheap cameras and camcorders just to see if this could be something I could really get into. Thanks for the tutorial!! …explaining step by step. I appreciate the in-depth explanation with visual backing so that we can see the before and after. Let’s see how this goes. Thx!!!
Wishing you luck and enjoyment in your photography!
good job! keep posting!
Will do! Thanks for watching!
whoooo........... you look great sir............ i much prefer this than your old style.
Wow, thanks! Appreciate the compliment!
Nicely explained !
Glad you liked it. Thanks for your comment!
Very useful video , I learned lot from it, looking forward more videos like this keep it up good work, R.manohar , india,
Thanks, will do! Have a great week!
Ive seen you demo LiteCloth lights before. I use 1x3 and 1x2 Litecloth panels for headshots and they are fantastic. I use 2 strobes to white out the background. Try some rectangular LED panels next time. Much better. And get the lights muuuuch closer to the model so you can take advantage of the inverse square law.
The Kinotehnik 805 is a rectangular panel. And if you watch the whole video you will see lots of different techniques of placement of the lights. Thanks for your comment!
amazing
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!
Speaking of Dollar Tree, last week I bought a $1 hula hoop at Dollar Tree and taped a plastic table cloth around it for a 2 dollar DYI diffuser. it probably isn't a durable as your, but it works fine.
That's awesome. Sometimes photography requires DIY solutions. Thanks for watching!
Brilliant walkthrough for the positions and changes subtle add-ons make. However how does this change when I am shooting with a window in the room with a sourse of natural light. Would a 1 light setup sufficient to start with. Anything specific while working with a Natual + SoftBoxes combination. I am in market to get correct equipment for my small studio at home without burnin my pocket. Still learning so a long way to go. Thank you Much !
You might want to check out some of these videos that talk about natural light and combining natural light with other sources: ua-cam.com/users/TheSlantedLenssearch?view_as=subscriber&query=window+light
the lady did a great job staying completely still hahaha
Hope you learned some good lighting tips!
Ooh i see. Now I know why my eyes wants 3 lights for my subjects. It's an actual basic in photography.
Glad you found it educational!
Thank you for the video. Would you please advise what was the exposure setting that you used for the last setup and what ISO?
Thanks for sharing your opinion!
Excellent video. I have an indoor portrait shoot coming up. Just a couple of questions. I have LED lights and reflectors. I assume a flash is not required in this set up and what about camera settings, dept of field etc.
This is the set-up using LEDs. You will probably have to use a higher ISO depending on how powerful your LEDs are. If you are photographing a portrait you will need at least f/4 and you will not want to shoot at a slower shutter than 1/60 sec. Then set your ISO accordingly.
@@TheSlantedLens ThankYou
This was really helpful! How many LED lights do you think I would need to light up a full body, in a studio with white colorama? Thanks!
Probably 5 or 6 lights, 2 or 3 for the background.
Super
Glad you liked the video!
JP, I admire your struggle with that lighting and from the first shot I am all the way with you, in your approach to fight those specular highlights cause (although people claim they are in fashion now) in my book it is still bad photography. (not bashing you, the steps you took and explanations were solid ).
However, watching the first second I knew you had no chance cause her skin (nice woman though and I love her hair) is to oily.
She also has darker skin which makes your job not easier but remember there is a point where you as photographer are out option and a good makeup artist has to do your job to get the shot right (cause you never gonna cover that white LED on the tip of her nose hehehe)
Nevertheless, for educational purposes it was a good video and you deserved your thumb up (and all of them) and as always , thanks for sharing !!
Very good and thorough comment. And those oily skin highlights can easily be handled in post.
@@TheSlantedLens Well that is a misunderstanding, specular highlights tend to be overexposed so there is no information. Blending them would turn them into grey sludge. Cloning skin is the only option but that is the last resort and let's be honest, the more you do in post the worse you are as a studio photographer. There is always work in post, but rule 1 is, get it right in camera !
Go figure - the same day I get a used flash from a pro friend who gone to strobes - for the reason of lighting the backdrop: 2 + 1 = "3 light setup". Thanks. Although for me it's just speedlites, the video is great for home (or not) studio for the fundamental theory, regardless of light source, can still apply.
Question: Any tips (if using exactly the lighting you have here) would you suggest for a portrait mode 100% full frame image of subject (say 6" headroom and 6-8" in front of shoes)? Identical, with upping the stops for lights being pulled back from the subject? Thx, Frank
For full frame you are going to have to back your light out, inverse square law. When you double the distance from the subject you lose a stop. When you cut the distance in half you gain a stop.
while technically 3 actual lights were used, this was a 4 light setup. Key, fill, kicker, bg. Also what began as a lighting setup of Rembrandt lighting pattern, it finished as a Modified Butterfly which does not even need to have continuous lighting to accomplish. Also with MB lighting, likely it could easily be created by taking the original main light and just by use of the edge of the light source and then bouncing the light off the reflector panel to get the fill. Setting the key without having continuous light can be done by creating the pose desired and a 2/3 facial view and leave the camera alone in that position. Move the light so that the photographer is now looking at the subject in full face. Move the light an arms length to the left of the subject about 5 feet away and about 18" above the subjects head. Return to camera position and complete the pose with hands etc (this assumes that the body is 2/3 to the camera and either in the masculine pose or the feminine pose) obtain the desired expression and take the photo. HTH YMMV
Thanks for watching and keep on clickin!
Great Light setup video, the LEDs are way out of my price range.
Look up "Yongnuo" LED lights, they're quite affordable and not half bad. You can get extra kit stuff for most of them.
Lighting is an investment. Once you make that investment they will last you forever.
Careful, you get what you pay for.
The Slanted Lens I get your point, however, because the technology is going at speed light, are you using today the same lights you used to when you started?
I wish I have the money to pay the light you are using. Everyone will agree as we are all learning from your experience. I truly respect that. However, I believe you could also suggest workarounds, and maybe one day we will be able to afford such investments as our business grow.
Respectfully.
Sir, what were the camera settings? Kindly let us know.
Shot with the Canon EOS R and Tamron SP 24-70mm, f/2.8, 1/50th sec, ISO 250
Is 1500 lumens ideal for a keylight softbox in your opinion? I have a 10×10 room!
I don't have that number. It depends on the ISO you are shooting at and the surfaces of the room.
@@TheSlantedLens thank you
I don't interact much in forums like this but I gotta ask. What's up with downvotes on a straightforward, helpful video such as this?
Search me. Some people pride themselves in being haters. Hope you learned some goos stuff!
@@TheSlantedLens Well, big compliments to your work, it's a well I'll be drinking from frequently and already helped me on a shoot yesterday, I do know "the basics" but it's helpful and enjoyable to watch someone else work the nuances and problem-solve!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!
Are LED's powerful enough for outdoor photography ?
Very few LEDs are. The Aputure 300D2 is powerful enough to work in the shade but not in direct sun. You can learn morn here: bhpho.to/2FYBlKW
Model's face still has specular highlights that could be eliminated by face powder. Look at tip of nose.
Yes, that is true. Thanks for your comment.
Really Intuitive! I like the concept however, Far too much setup Time. Seems I can get same results almost immediately with a strobe and softbox. Time is money
Fair enough! Time is money for sure.
Excellent point as well. Thanks for watching!
How much
Not sure what you are asking is "How much"?
whats a fresnel light?
The quick answer is an LED continuous light.
@@TheSlantedLens Oh, so any LED continuous light, or a specific one? The only time I’ve heard the word ‘fresnel’ if with focusing screens
Rivera or Ivera?
Rivera but ivera on instagram. Thanks for watching!
That's a lot of lightstands
You can light with fewer like at the beginning of the video.
Every guy looks better with a beard ;)
LOL. I seem to be getting a lot of Thumbs Up!
@@TheSlantedLens Yes, that's why ;) Lol... Pretty good damn work BTW
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏🤗🇨🇭
Glad you liked the video! Appreciate your support!
The amount of work for LED is somewhat comical...Why not use flash and softboxes...
It is showing that you can use LEDs as well.
LED lights not my cup of tea. they will never match the quality of the Xenon tube, also they are no lighter than the studio flash lights.
We found them to be great lights to work with.
@@TheSlantedLens That's your choice . but i much prefer to use flash or mono lights the only LED that i use are modelling lights in the mono lights.
Some scenarios where I dont want to use strobe lights are children who get easily distracted with the flash and can never stay put. Also those with eye problems who are sensitive and makes them blink each and every time. As for Led, i prefer cob bowens mount tho. But this rectangular light also works as shown in this video.
If you can get the shot that's all that matters... plus clients don't really know the difference in "quality" lighting. You think they'll look at the photos and say "you need that $4k Profoto because your LED panel is not good enough for me
@@qtben17 you need a powerful LED light to freeze children as you say they are on the move all the time . You are trying to tell me that strong powerful LEDs are the answer burning thier eyes to get the shot why dont you ask them to look at the sun you might as well.?????
too complicated too crowded..
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Stretch yourself!
way too many ways too shoot this portrait. You are using diffusers and then take away and then soft boxes and change that...good Lord man you are showing way too
many examples. Just show the one that works best. I dumped out of your video after about 2 minutes in because my head was spinning.
This is a more advanced lighting tutorial. Perhaps start with our one light videos: studio.ua-cam.com/channels/UbAIlQq6qdOCW7nURh9Qog.htmlvideos/upload?filter=%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22TITLE%22%2C%22value%22%3A%7B%22name%22%3A%22CONTAINS%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22one%20light%22%7D%7D%5D&sort=%7B%22columnType%22%3A%22date%22%2C%22sortOrder%22%3A%22DESCENDING%22%7D
Clichéd, be more creative! 😅
Thanks for watching and keep on clickin!