Controlling Light in Small Spaces with Chris Knight | Photography Demo

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • Join us for a live demo in our event space at Adorama with Chris Knight, a Profoto Legend of Light and Fujifilm Creator.
    Working in small spaces that bounce light around can become a constant challenge for photographers. Chris uses these tricks and techniques to create absolute control in whatever space you're in.
    ⚪ Chris Knight
    Photographer and Educator
    Chris Knight was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, and hardened by the sweaty, nearly chewable, humidity of Florida. He combines his unconditional love of art history with his conditional love of technology, topping it off with a flair for the cinematic and an uncompromising eye for detail.
    His work has appeared in or on Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, L Officiel, GQ, People, MSNBC, ABC, Oxygen, Ocean Drive, and others.
    Chris is the author of The Dramatic Portrait, a Fujifilm Creator, Profoto Legend of Light, and an instructor at Pratt Institute, as well as, the New York Film Academy.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 49

  • @josephchan4198
    @josephchan4198 Рік тому +7

    One of the top instructors like Gavin, Lindsay, and Daniel. Great for startup or shows.

    • @jaym5938
      @jaym5938 3 місяці тому

      Lindsay and Daniel? I bet you haven't learnt a darn thing from either.

  • @geraldinebryce594
    @geraldinebryce594 10 місяців тому +2

    Love watching Chris in action,he is amazing !!!!!

  • @mariuszkaczanowski7405
    @mariuszkaczanowski7405 11 місяців тому +1

    master in his job. Great examples step by step. Nice job!

  • @NassifHaber
    @NassifHaber Рік тому +5

    Chris Knight the king , thank you Adorama :)

  • @mdbphotographycinematograp2092

    Excellent as always, from Chris. Such a master of light.

  • @josephchan4198
    @josephchan4198 3 місяці тому

    I will check other videos also to get ideas for my next personal project. Great work by the photographer and Adorama. Thanks!!

  • @Royalflush168
    @Royalflush168 Рік тому +1

    Studio lighting is my favorite thing to play around

  • @RobinPrichard
    @RobinPrichard Рік тому +1

    I've not seen Chris before and really enjoyed watching how he used so many lights in that restricted space and created such great images.

  • @weronikamamot2654
    @weronikamamot2654 Рік тому

    I might have missed that info but that is his lens? The depth it gives is quite nice!

  • @katherinepinaphotographer
    @katherinepinaphotographer 9 місяців тому

    I'm four months late...Chris Knight!!! Love this!

  • @jeffreyrosenberg7765
    @jeffreyrosenberg7765 4 місяці тому

    Profoto not firing! 😮

  • @AaronAubreyPhoto
    @AaronAubreyPhoto 11 місяців тому

    Never seen one of those Avenger D570 grip arms w swivel before..now I want one!!

  • @Stevie-F
    @Stevie-F Рік тому +1

    Fantastic video. Really useful 👌🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @brett_s_photography
    @brett_s_photography Рік тому +2

    Seth, Gavin, and Daniel are my go to people with portraits but Chris is right up there with them. Love every demo this guy does.

    • @AdoramaEvents
      @AdoramaEvents  Рік тому

      Agreed, what a list 🙌 🙌 🙌

    • @malthus101
      @malthus101 5 місяців тому

      who are Seth, Gavin (Hoey?) and Danile? thanks!

  • @8806gavin
    @8806gavin Рік тому

    Pro demo. Excellent work from the model as well.

  • @MartinV.
    @MartinV. 4 місяці тому

    Great Video!

  • @andreak4280
    @andreak4280 Рік тому +1

    wonderful presentation! Always enjoy Chris’s teaching style & lighting.

  • @andrewgonzalez6208
    @andrewgonzalez6208 10 місяців тому

    Love what was explained at 11:00. Makes so much sense

  • @Elassyahmed
    @Elassyahmed Рік тому +1

    This was great and very informative. Chris is an amazing teacher and photographer

  • @omidincarnation4723
    @omidincarnation4723 Рік тому +1

    very helpful and hope you do more complicated lighting.

  • @alhardy1644
    @alhardy1644 10 місяців тому

    This was dope, definitely saving this

  • @420sigmapower
    @420sigmapower Місяць тому

    A deep indirect umbrella without diffuser is great in a small space. I guess umbrella's are not expensive enough, so they use beautydish and grids to be the cool kid on the block. I still stick with my deep umbrella (and a histogram). thnx for the demo though.

  • @carlodipaolo5826
    @carlodipaolo5826 Рік тому +2

    This was excellent

    • @AdoramaEvents
      @AdoramaEvents  Рік тому

      Thank you for joining us! Chris is awesome 😊

  • @jamesg1974a
    @jamesg1974a Рік тому

    Always interesting to learn. I will say that it would have been better if the model did the same pose each time instead of moving his head in different directions. That way we can compare apples to apples

  • @jaym5938
    @jaym5938 3 місяці тому

    I stopped watching Adorama years ago. My photography has accelerated immensely.

  • @AeonGotBeats
    @AeonGotBeats Рік тому +1

    now THAT
    is a portrait model. wow lol

  • @inaflashnetworkinaflashpro918

    Were you once a sales person in Donaldsons in Sayville NY?

  • @Elassyahmed
    @Elassyahmed Рік тому

    Great video. I am guessing the 100s is a medium format camera, so the conversation lf focal lengths to 35mm would increase not decrease the equivalency? I.e. a 55mm on medium format is possibly 70mm and not 40mm?

    • @andreak4280
      @andreak4280 Рік тому

      @glassosiris - MF goes down in mm fov, crop sensor gives more mm fov … mf 55mm will equal 44mm fov in FF

  • @andrewgonzalez6208
    @andrewgonzalez6208 10 місяців тому

    He’s a good model

  • @barneylaurance1865
    @barneylaurance1865 Рік тому

    I think if the subject was very close to the modifier, or the modifier was very large then the grid would have to make the light softer, because the angle from the furthest part of the modifier would be greater and so the grid would block that light and effectively make the glowing surface smaller. Maybe that rarely happens in practice.

    • @memcrew1
      @memcrew1 Рік тому

      Grids don’t affect the hardness or softness of a light.

    • @barneylaurance1865
      @barneylaurance1865 Рік тому

      @@memcrew1 Why not? If you look at a grid from very close you'll see it makes the effective part of the light smaller, as it blocks light coming from the edges as that would require an extreme angle.
      And a smaller light is a harder light.

    • @memcrew1
      @memcrew1 Рік тому

      @@barneylaurance1865 Again, a grid doesn’t affect the hardness or the softness of a light.

    • @barneylaurance1865
      @barneylaurance1865 Рік тому

      @@memcrew1 You said that but you're not giving any substantial evidence for it or explanation of it or engaging with my argument that it must make the light harder in some circumstances.

    • @memcrew1
      @memcrew1 Рік тому

      @@barneylaurance1865 I don’t have to give you anything. There are plenty of ppl in the business who have explained this, even the guy in this video said the same.

  • @AP_alias
    @AP_alias Рік тому +6

    interesting, thank you. although taking a headshot of a model looking into a light didn't really illustrate the struggle of lighting a portrait (lets say at least half body) in a small space.

  • @blackamus
    @blackamus 9 місяців тому

    Chris sounds like Kenny Florian.

  • @ralfpassing
    @ralfpassing Рік тому

    First time I saw a profoto light failing