Fantastic content like always Mr. Karl Taylor thank you! I was approached to do Digitals for few models and after watching this video my wheels got turning and have many ideas. Much success and Health to you Mister!
You cannot beat genuine experience driven by passion and persistence. You create incredible imagery because of the time and focus you have invested in the art but also the science of photography! You are the masters indeed !!
Thanks for posting these BTS tutorials...concise, clear and impactful...The information provided has a way of residing within the "tool kit" while on shoots!
Great video Karl. I think it's so important in this day and age of AI Plagiarism (AIP) that we show photographers not only how to improve their photography but how to create amazing photos using affordable tools. Thanks for sharing mate.
Love that last setup. As a hobby photographer Would love my own studio space someday with high ceilings! all my work is done in a buddies kitchen so dealing with 6x3m room size and 2.4m high ceilings, so not a lot of room to experiment with modifers up high, WOW that is a lot of studio space you have love it.
Great Video Carl, thanks a lot for all your explanations and hints! What a great learning experience... One thing you might want to improve: Whenever you are working on your Mac (opening another file, browsing, ...) we can hear your harddrive(s) working. Not too bad, but watching your video on proper speakers or headphones could probably be improved by isolating your microphone from these sources of noise.
A question please: using a long softbox, the actual light source (bulb) is in the middle. My observation is that the middle area of the subject receives the most light and the area covered by the top and the lower part of the soft box doesn't receive the same amount of light. Am I observing this 'fall off' correctly? I have started to photograph long objects (e.g. fishing rods) with constant lighting now not flash, i.e. very bright LED strip lights, so that the whole subject receives the same amount of light with no fall off. Any comment please Karl?
Hi, a poorly designed softbox will not spread the light evenly. The purpose of a softbox is to provide an homogenous surface of light (the opposite of gradient lighting which we cover here: visualeducation.com/section/getting-started-in-product-photography/) a good softbox should have a shiny silver interior, a first layer of diffusion and then a second layer, in shallower softboxes such as an octabox they thicken the first layer of diffusion in a circle just in front of the flash tube. Some softboxes also have the option for a third front layer but this is usually not necessary.
This is a great video, but I'm struggling to find a UK supplier of 8ft x 4ft poly boards for the equivalent of $10 each, as mentioned by Karl at 7:30. Best price I could find from an online supplier was £42 + VAT each. To recreate Karl's setup, I need 3 of those (one for the lid on top), plus two poly board stands at £45 + VAT. The kicker is the delivery charge: an extra £100. So that's £379.20, altogether... Not exactly bargain basement, in my world!
Have you been to your nearest large size builders merchant and asked for polystyrene insulation boards? Our local DIY merchant has them but some now have silver on one side but you can still paint them black one side and white the other. Get a mate with a van to help you collect them.
@@VisualEducationStudio @VisualEducationStudio Thanks, this is really helpful. I made the mistake of including the word "photography" in my search for polyboard - I should have remembered that any product sold specifically to photographers is far more expensive than the exact same thing sold to normal people! It turns out, my local Wickes sells "Jabloor Polystyrene Insulation Board - 2400 x 600 x 50mm" for £11 + VAT - and delivery is just £7. Not bad at all. And for a stand, I'll be following a suggestion from Jake Hicks Photography, to use a simple, aluminium bicycle stand (just £14).
Thank you! Could I use just white cardboard panels instead of polyboard white panels? Or will that not give the same light effect? I ask this because I already have white cardboard panels and after watching your video I am not sure I am getting enough good quality light and maybe I should change to polyboard.
My lights have a maximum power output of 3200J of flash if used at power 10 but they are most often used at around power 7-9 so that would be 400-1600J
I would like to see how to light for a group shoot. Not a "family portrait" but something more like a music group. 3-6 people, or a group fashion shot.
Fantastic content like always Mr. Karl Taylor thank you! I was approached to do Digitals for few models and after watching this video my wheels got turning and have many ideas. Much success and Health to you Mister!
You are the lord of the photography! Thanks Carl
agreed, but he is also a commoner of the audio
Thank you kindly
@Ifatc ha ha we've since made some improvements on the audio.
@@Ifatc 🤣 Nobody is perfect
@@VisualEducationStudio I do agree that audio could be better. Mouse made us crazy :)
You cannot beat genuine experience driven by passion and persistence.
You create incredible imagery because of the time and focus you have invested in the art but also the science of photography!
You are the masters indeed !!
Thank you kindly.
Another host of great tips, thanks Karl!
Thanks for posting these BTS tutorials...concise, clear and impactful...The information provided has a way of residing within the "tool kit" while on shoots!
Thank you Karl. This was just wonderful!
Watching the video again. Great tips for personal work or Campaign for the holidays or have a special event. Awesome!!
Thank you very much for the light diagrams and detailed explanations of how the light works on the model.
Thank you Karl. Very very interesting and useful ideas. I will try a few of them.
Many many thanks for that video. So interesting. I learn so many things !!
I enjoy watching you.
I love your style, studio, and amazing energy,.thanks for sharing
Thank you.
Great for parttime work, hobby, or personal work. Thanks.
Great video Karl. I think it's so important in this day and age of AI Plagiarism (AIP) that we show photographers not only how to improve their photography but how to create amazing photos using affordable tools. Thanks for sharing mate.
Welcome, thank you.
thank you for the another master class my honorable teacher
Thank you.
Thank you Karl, very interesting - great BTS views
Great tutorial of using light air.
Love that last setup. As a hobby photographer Would love my own studio space someday with high ceilings! all my work is done in a buddies kitchen so dealing with 6x3m room size and 2.4m high ceilings, so not a lot of room to experiment with modifers up high, WOW that is a lot of studio space you have love it.
great little vid Karl, thanks
No worries
Thanks for sharing!
Great video. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Me encantó, gracias.
thank you Carl
Great Video Carl, thanks a lot for all your explanations and hints! What a great learning experience... One thing you might want to improve: Whenever you are working on your Mac (opening another file, browsing, ...) we can hear your harddrive(s) working. Not too bad, but watching your video on proper speakers or headphones could probably be improved by isolating your microphone from these sources of noise.
Fantastic, thankyou.
Thank you too
Amazing
Carl, a short suggestion on medium format camera, which is the best one at present?
I use the Hasselblad X2D.
A question please: using a long softbox, the actual light source (bulb) is in the middle. My observation is that the middle area of the subject receives the most light and the area covered by the top and the lower part of the soft box doesn't receive the same amount of light. Am I observing this 'fall off' correctly? I have started to photograph long objects (e.g. fishing rods) with constant lighting now not flash, i.e. very bright LED strip lights, so that the whole subject receives the same amount of light with no fall off. Any comment please Karl?
Hi, a poorly designed softbox will not spread the light evenly. The purpose of a softbox is to provide an homogenous surface of light (the opposite of gradient lighting which we cover here: visualeducation.com/section/getting-started-in-product-photography/) a good softbox should have a shiny silver interior, a first layer of diffusion and then a second layer, in shallower softboxes such as an octabox they thicken the first layer of diffusion in a circle just in front of the flash tube. Some softboxes also have the option for a third front layer but this is usually not necessary.
This is a great video, but I'm struggling to find a UK supplier of 8ft x 4ft poly boards for the equivalent of $10 each, as mentioned by Karl at 7:30. Best price I could find from an online supplier was £42 + VAT each. To recreate Karl's setup, I need 3 of those (one for the lid on top), plus two poly board stands at £45 + VAT. The kicker is the delivery charge: an extra £100. So that's £379.20, altogether... Not exactly bargain basement, in my world!
Have you been to your nearest large size builders merchant and asked for polystyrene insulation boards? Our local DIY merchant has them but some now have silver on one side but you can still paint them black one side and white the other. Get a mate with a van to help you collect them.
@@VisualEducationStudio @VisualEducationStudio Thanks, this is really helpful. I made the mistake of including the word "photography" in my search for polyboard - I should have remembered that any product sold specifically to photographers is far more expensive than the exact same thing sold to normal people! It turns out, my local Wickes sells "Jabloor Polystyrene Insulation Board - 2400 x 600 x 50mm" for £11 + VAT - and delivery is just £7. Not bad at all. And for a stand, I'll be following a suggestion from Jake Hicks Photography, to use a simple, aluminium bicycle stand (just £14).
Thank you! Could I use just white cardboard panels instead of polyboard white panels? Or will that not give the same light effect? I ask this because I already have white cardboard panels and after watching your video I am not sure I am getting enough good quality light and maybe I should change to polyboard.
Any white board would work as long as it's white, it's the size that matters.
@@VisualEducationStudio Thank you!
where do you get the white prop boxes from?
visualeducation.com/class/studio-blocks-and-frames/
how many watts were the lights
My lights have a maximum power output of 3200J of flash if used at power 10 but they are most often used at around power 7-9 so that would be 400-1600J
I would like to see how to light for a group shoot. Not a "family portrait" but something more like a music group. 3-6 people, or a group fashion shot.
visualeducation.com/class/group-photos/
Even Karl's assistants look like works of art.
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the sound when you using the mouse is quite annoying, buy mousepad :D
nice video btw
Yes sorry about that we've since made some improvements on the audio.