I agree with you 110% This has been my way of doing things for the 37 years I have been a photographer. I do mostly people photography and my most used lens is the 70-200 or a 90mm. Now no one asks me what I'm using to get the results, I just use these lenses and everyone is happy. They sometimes wonder though why I'm so far back in the camera room...
Hi Sal, I took the liberty of making a reaction video to this excellent boudoir video of yours! I can only confirm all your tips! FANTASTIC MODEL by the way!
Love this one Sal, great heads up about good Boudoir lighting techniques as well as the best focal length to use. I personally like a 50mm but I might have to rethink this seeing the 100mm
Very helpful video! Thank you. Your photos look amazingly crisp and detailed yet dreamy at the same time. This is the style that I'm aspiring to as well.
Thank you!!! I have been wanting to practice more with different focal lenses, but as I am shooting things go so fast! This comparison does wonders for me!
Great video very informative super looking model fabulous clothing great start to a brilliant photo. My favorite lens is a 85mm but for most people they might think about a short zoom so they can easily frame there shot up and not have to play about with there light, I would also use a large reflector to bounce and fill light and one side so it doesn’t completely disappear on the dark side of the model but that’s just me!
only have limited space in my studio , however still love the 85mm for portraits also interesting to see f stop at 2.8 not wide open ? love the video.😀
I have to use the 50 because most of my clients want to have their photos in their own bedrooms and they're usually small. When in my studio, I use the 85.
If I were able to come up with any of the three photos.....I would die a happy photographer. However, I like the 50mm best because she is looking right at us.
i personally think so... wider lenses tend to distort body parts and make things larger the closer you get. sometimes you might not have a choice, but for mid shots - i really like 85mm as a focal length.
i do. wysiwyg is so much faster to work with especially for corrective posing. i could have shot at ISO 200 without issue - plenty of room for that if you look at the shutter speed. but todays cameras have no issue at iso 800 hth
I just started my boudoir photography business. I did not have money to hire models so I used A.i. models. Bought a camera off of Craigslist from a guy named Tony he said its not stolen a Canon R3 for $250 dollars. All my photos are coming out really good I shoot in auto mode exclusively.
@@SalCincotta1 Thank you, I will. I notice a little distortion when I step on a chair to reach just above my maternity clients to give the illusion of being less curvy. But Now I shoot at my height 5'1 ..ugh.. I notice less distortion but my clients seem curvier. I'm conflicted on this because my clients want to look slimmer.
@@michellepena1154 exactly you are understanding it. so i think the solution is knowing how the optics work on your camera and adjusting your vantage point based on what you are trying to accomplish for your clients!
Well, much the same repetitive lighting process and lenses for portrait photography. But how about showing lighting on a scale for those with small / tight budgets using existing flash heads, and temp make-shift living room studios?
I mean think about what you’re asking me to do so now I have to make a video in my living room for it to be applicable for you? You have to take the techniques I’m showing you and then apply them with of course the camera gear you have the lenses you have the lighting equipment you have but the techniques I’m showing you are applicable, regardless of your space or equipment that you have.
The point to be made is to show others that applying the use of high-ended and expensive gear can give fledging photographers the impression that this is what is best used to create professional looking photos. Your examples are correct, but perhaps using what amateur photographers may have in their bag to stage portrait creations without feeling their setups can't compete with the luxury of finer gear.
@@JGZphotography so you just stop by to add to the absurdity of what’s being asked? So I can’t use the equipment I have the equipment that I’ve built over 16 years as a working and successful professional photographer? I have to now go buy and acquire low end equipment just to show your point? How in the world does that make any sense? That’s like asking a tennis coach or golf instructor to show you how to hit shots w clubs or racquets from 30 years ago because someone might not have current equipment. That’s not the point of this video. If it were I would have called it “corrective lighting on a budget” then I would have complaints from people who have professional lighting. So like i said. Take these techniques and apply them w what you have. Or…. OR! Ask a question that applies to your situation. you know like, for example hey Sal, I’m using XYZ lighting. Can you tell me how to apply what you just showed using the lighting that I have? And then I would answer that question vs trying to shame me somehow for using the gear I actually own.
great question! i chose a strip because i wanted to create a more narrow light source w more control over the light. a square would have been larger and lit more of her body. so i wanted to be in complete control of shadows for this type of shot. hth.
I appreciate your tips and how u want to do corrective images in camera but I personally think it's too much for me and I use Ai Portraiture to take care those issues. It works for me and I don't have to spend too much time on trying to get the right settings with my clients..
I think of it less as "corrective" lighting and more as "sculpting" lighting. Very good tips and excellent examples! 👍
Totally agree!
I agree with you 110% This has been my way of doing things for the 37 years I have been a photographer. I do mostly people photography and my most used lens is the 70-200 or a 90mm. Now no one asks me what I'm using to get the results, I just use these lenses and everyone is happy. They sometimes wonder though why I'm so far back in the camera room...
lol love it!
Hi Sal, I took the liberty of making a reaction video to this excellent boudoir video of yours! I can only confirm all your tips! FANTASTIC MODEL by the way!
Love this one Sal, great heads up about good Boudoir lighting techniques as well as the best focal length to use. I personally like a 50mm but I might have to rethink this seeing the 100mm
FANTASTIC WORKSHOP!!!! Just in time for a boudoir shot I have in a couple of days. Subscribed!
Awesome video. I actually had a bride wear a black dress. Gotta say, it looked really stylish.
only happened twice in my career - but im with you!
Great tips, much appreciated. Looking forward to applying them. Oh, and making the ladies excited about the results.
Excellent Tutorial as always thank you Sal!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
outstanding tips! I learnt so much in only 9 minutes
Very helpful video! Thank you. Your photos look amazingly crisp and detailed yet dreamy at the same time. This is the style that I'm aspiring to as well.
Thank you!!! I have been wanting to practice more with different focal lenses, but as I am shooting things go so fast! This comparison does wonders for me!
Very Nice work Sal! Love all those tips that brings your images to the next level. I love my 105mm lens for portrait work along with an 85mm.
Great tips Sal. In fact, I bought the RF 100 based on talking to you at Imaging this year. I will use it for an upcoming shoot.
~Daniel
Awesome work Sal, Maybe one day I can be like you!
appreciate you!!
Great video very informative super looking model fabulous clothing great start to a brilliant photo. My favorite lens is a 85mm but for most people they might think about a short zoom so they can easily frame there shot up and not have to play about with there light, I would also use a large reflector to bounce and fill light and one side so it doesn’t completely disappear on the dark side of the model but that’s just me!
love it!
bravo! Love this video man! Fantastic shots...
My selection, the 85mm. Wow, comparing the three photos, I love the photo taken with the 85mm.
ty ty!!
waooo muchas gracias Sal, gran clase....lo voy a poner en practica....
eres muy bienvenido.
only have limited space in my studio , however still love the 85mm for portraits also interesting to see f stop at 2.8 not wide open ? love the video.😀
Sal Cincotta - " Hiding shit, in the shadows." Great tag line 😂
Thanks for sharing this, Sal. Appreciated.
thanks for watching!!
Great video. Thanks Sal!
Ty!
100-105 is my go-to. Such a great look. I actually hate the 85mm look. I may get heat but that’s MY taste!!
lol no heat from me!! :)
I have to use the 50 because most of my clients want to have their photos in their own bedrooms and they're usually small. When in my studio, I use the 85.
Very good demo. Gorgeous model 😁 Why using such a high ISO?
If I were able to come up with any of the three photos.....I would die a happy photographer. However, I like the 50mm best because she is looking right at us.
good call!
Great info
Great! Thank you!
You are welcome!
How much power are you giving to the flash ?
When I saw Sal's face, I'm like, I'm in!
haha love it!
u da best!@@SalCincotta1
he's right about focal length. -there's a reason why swimsuit photographers for SI use 600mm lenses
I Love the 85mm
agreed!
it's amazing
ty ty
Great video 👏🏻 is the longer focal length like a 85mm or longer always better for boudoir shots half body?
i personally think so... wider lenses tend to distort body parts and make things larger the closer you get. sometimes you might not have a choice, but for mid shots - i really like 85mm as a focal length.
Genius!
ty ty
800 ISO? Guessing you are using continuous light. Do you prefer that for boudoir shoots over strobes?
i do. wysiwyg is so much faster to work with especially for corrective posing. i could have shot at ISO 200 without issue - plenty of room for that if you look at the shutter speed. but todays cameras have no issue at iso 800 hth
I just started my boudoir photography business. I did not have money to hire models so I used A.i. models. Bought a camera off of Craigslist from a guy named Tony he said its not stolen a Canon R3 for $250 dollars. All my photos are coming out really good I shoot in auto mode exclusively.
Mr. Sal, I still going for 85mm, even the 100mm look much better then 85mm.
What a beautiful model!
We agree!
Hi Sal, can you tell me where you got the backdrop? I see all your gear info below but nothing about the backdrop. Thanks!
its from intuition backgrounds - the harold i believe.
Sal, were those L60 Wescott lights constant or strobes you were using?
constant. makes life super easy... wysiwyg
I have a small studio and can only use prime lenses , what do you suggest then ?
i suggest you use the primes. :) what changes based on what im teaching you?
@@SalCincotta1 Since your video I have not tried anything else. Just was worried about the prime lenses I'm using.
@@michellepena1154 I think they will be ok give it a try!!
@@SalCincotta1 Thank you, I will. I notice a little distortion when I step on a chair to reach just above my maternity clients to give the illusion of being less curvy. But Now I shoot at my height 5'1 ..ugh.. I notice less distortion but my clients seem curvier. I'm conflicted on this because my clients want to look slimmer.
@@michellepena1154 exactly you are understanding it. so i think the solution is knowing how the optics work on your camera and adjusting your vantage point based on what you are trying to accomplish for your clients!
Well, much the same repetitive lighting process and lenses for portrait photography. But how about showing lighting on a scale for those with small / tight budgets using existing flash heads, and temp make-shift living room studios?
I mean think about what you’re asking me to do so now I have to make a video in my living room for it to be applicable for you? You have to take the techniques I’m showing you and then apply them with of course the camera gear you have the lenses you have the lighting equipment you have but the techniques I’m showing you are applicable, regardless of your space or equipment that you have.
The point to be made is to show others that applying the use of high-ended and expensive gear can give fledging photographers the impression that this is what is best used to create professional looking photos. Your examples are correct, but perhaps using what amateur photographers may have in their bag to stage portrait creations without feeling their setups can't compete with the luxury of finer gear.
@@JGZphotography so you just stop by to add to the absurdity of what’s being asked? So I can’t use the equipment I have the equipment that I’ve built over 16 years as a working and successful professional photographer? I have to now go buy and acquire low end equipment just to show your point? How in the world does that make any sense? That’s like asking a tennis coach or golf instructor to show you how to hit shots w clubs or racquets from 30 years ago because someone might not have current equipment. That’s not the point of this video. If it were I would have called it “corrective lighting on a budget” then I would have complaints from people who have professional lighting. So like i said. Take these techniques and apply them w what you have. Or…. OR! Ask a question that applies to your situation. you know like, for example hey Sal, I’m using XYZ lighting. Can you tell me how to apply what you just showed using the lighting that I have? And then I would answer that question vs trying to shame me somehow for using the gear I actually own.
What was the reason you chose a strip box for a main light? Would you have gotten a similar effect with a square soft box?
Great video, SUB for me!!!!
great question! i chose a strip because i wanted to create a more narrow light source w more control over the light. a square would have been larger and lit more of her body. so i wanted to be in complete control of shadows for this type of shot. hth.
sir ihawe fuji 90mm &56mm wech is good for portrait this taip
Yes, definitely
Apparently the 100mm makes the shawl come down too 👀🤭
haha.
100mm suits this kind of shoot best!
agreed. i love that look.
Who has a link to her Onlyfans page?
check with your mom - she has a page of her own.
@@SalCincotta1I made a compliment and this is what I got in response...(
@@CEKTAHTb yeah pretty sure no one is seeing that as a complement. but nice try.
I appreciate your tips and how u want to do corrective images in camera but I personally think it's too much for me and I use Ai Portraiture to take care those issues. It works for me and I don't have to spend too much time on trying to get the right settings with my clients..
nothing wrong with that... just know how to do both and adapt as needed to your workflow!
I use my 70-200 in hotel rooms often actually.
as long as you have that room its perfect.