Artificial Lighting Series, PART 2: How to Make Artificial Light Look Natural
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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I gotta hand it to you Joanie, I get bored watching a lot of tutorial UA-camrs, but whenever I'm watching yours, I feel like I'm having a casual conversation with a good friend. Keep up the great work!
True this
FINALLY!!! Have been waiting 10 million years for this video from you!!! Am having to do my shoots at night so these have been SOOO helpful. You're too good to us. Thank you :)))
10 million! DUUUUUDDDEEE! :) Side note, showed someone your bacon video the other day. Never ceases to crack me up.
Wahey! That's cool. Thanks for the free marketing. Just to reiterate, thank you so much for your videos. They're so pleasant and always so informative. They really have helped me improve my photography. Congrats on the continued success.
Ok I checked out the bacon video and yep by far the most entertaining cooking video I have ever seen! I can’t stop laughing. It was a no brainer subscribing to you...I hope the rest are just as good!
duuude I love your videos! So good to see you here lol
The 50 Cent part gets me every time 🤣
My new favorite UA-cam University professor. THANK YOU 🙌🏼
SHE'S THE ONLY ONE ,THAT MAKES SINCE-TO ME!!!
I am consuming your videos like crazy. Thank you for providing easy, concise, and fluff-free content. I cannot stand when people drone on and on forever. My ADHD brain thanks you!
So happy to help!
I have been watching these videos for years. I just love the author personality and knowledge
Thank you!
Thank you so much Joanie !!!! Now the days are getting shorter and the work bigger, i was having a hard time taking all my pictures during the daytime for the great natural light. But today, I couldn't .... suddenly a big dark could arrived and I was screwed !! I tried with different artificial lights but it was terrible .. I just watch your video and took some awesome gorgeous shots , i'm so proud thank you so much !!
I've watched tons of videos about flash and diffusion materials and this is the simplest explanation I have heard!! 😭❤️
My first nifty fifty lens that I bought overseas will be delivered this weekend!! ❤️ I'm now ready to save up again for a flash and diffuser!! Thanks for this wonderful content!! ❤️
Ohhhh! So thankful that I found your channel. As a commercial design student who is interested in cooking and photography, most of your videos and professional tips of food photography are sooooooo useful for me. Thank you so much!
I have to admit that when I got my soft boxes I didn't realize they came with baffles. Next problem, I didn't know where I had put them after setting up the kit. After a couple of hours searching my studio, garage, kitchen drawers I found them in the loft in the original packaging (Under the Christmas decorations, spare duvet etc). Thanks again for a great video!
Isn’t that always the way!?! Cheers!
Nicely eggsplained Joanie, especially considering how many aspects there are to explain. It's so freeing when you can use artificial light, once you get to the root of how to use it. Now, no matter how grey and rainy it is here in the UK, it is possible to shoot all day, anywhere. It's the cherry on the cake. Lettuce spread the word so more pips get the tang of it, and they'll love it, then there won't be mushroom for natural light in their photography... ;)
Ha ha ha!!! I think you win for puns, Jonathan!!!
When I was teaching college photography we talked about the size of the light source controlling whether it was diffused or specular. Of course, moving a light back, as you said, makes it smaller and moving it forward makes it bigger. Thanks, always great to watch your videos.
So cool! Where did you teach?
I thought at a school in Dayton, Ohio called the Ohio Institute of Photography.
I always Love The Way You Explain All These Complex Matters Soo Cheerfully 😊❤️❤️
This video lighting look so natual. How do you light her like that? Wow!
I really appreciate your teaching style. I like that you introduce a concept, talk through it, and provide examples of how the concept changes the look of a photo (with clear call outs in the photo identifying the change). I've learned so much from your videos and have been able to take these concepts and apply them to my own photography. Thank you so much!
I can watch your videos all day. Thanks for this amazing treasure source of learning
How do you light yourself in your videos? I just love the soft light you use. And please stop being so good looking. Gosh.
Next week's video is all about how I make my videos including lighting. Stay tuned!
suddenly I feel so confident. Now, practice time !!!!! Thank you thank you so much
Have fun!!
Super informational video😘
A lot of what you are talking about in relation to proximity of light sources, is called “light depth field”. However, you are using it in terms of which people then can understand which is awesome.
I literally have no experience with photography but I love taking pictures of food but I use your window light hack and the camera I use is a canon g7x mark ii it takes ok pictures but nothing of your quality My goal for the future is to learn the basics and then upgrade when I get comfortable with everything but let me tell you, your tips and tricks make the world of difference to my pictures already even using just what I have I wish UA-cam allowed pictures in the comments lol
This is the best channel ! Thank you so much for these videos, they are so helpful, I work for a restaurant and I'm trying to learn how to take better photos :)
Love it! I really love this Channel! The best recomendation that UA-cam give me this month! Thanks a Lot lady!
Sorry about my bad English, i speak Spanish.
Best wishes from Argentina
Hi Joani, been a while and missed the Bite shot alot...work and more word...and no play. As soon as I can, I will be subscribing for your course on artificial light. You are one amazing tutor and keep it going...Greetings from South Africa.
A scrim will be effective in light dispersion. The light on that huge state fair championship size pumpkin will be so soft.
Thank you, you are a real professional and your videos are really helping! I have to listen to all of them now ;)
Very nice teaching on proximity, the relationship between light source/diffuser and food/diffuser!! :)
6:05 after 5 years trying to do product shoots and flat lay shoots, I finally learn what the F is wrong with my setup. I need a beter/bigger diffuser and put the D thing near. OMG Thanks!
I'm loving your photography tutorials
I just had my ahhha moment!!!!!!!!! Thanks 👍👍👍
How many light you have inside / outside, really, beautifull congratullations, and thanks a lot for you knowledge & kindness presence
Again, excellent information explained in a simple, easy to understand way. Thanks Joanie!
Your tutorials are absolutely changing my life! Thank you fof sharing your skills and knowledge with those of us just starting out!! I love your work so much and you have the best personality for teaching. I have been binging like crazy 😂
Thank you so much for this, Joanie! This was just what I was searching for. ;)
oh wow, I just discovered you and how you shine! I love your videos, but gosh, I have platonically fallen in love with you and your good mood. Keep it up, you are awesome, chica! *platonically cause I'm sooo in love with my wifey, yay!
Thanks for the tip. And...you're so beautiful!
HAHA OMG, I love you! Your videos mean a lot to me! They help me so much! I've been doing photography for almost a year. I've been watching your videos and applying them to my portraiture.
So here is my food pun:
We are rooting for you! haha
Ha ha!!! YES!!! Way to be punny
Thanks! haha Also I have a question, do you think you could do a video on best angles for desert photography?
I love it, thank you so much!
What a great video! I definitely am thinking about getting a diffuser because a lot of my overhead light is too harsh with the natural light.
"I didn't mean to buy it." That's exactly what I tell my wife. The struggle is real.
Your amazing 💐
Very, very useful. Thank you so much!
Great video, good explanation and advice. With the light intensity and the the shadows it's all about the inverse square law, and remember, where your light source is also effects exposure and consequently your depth of field.
I am binge watching your videos, you seem to be a great food photographer and even a better video explainer, LOL. BTW, where did you get your faux marble on top of the table?
Love these tips! Everything about my brand is super natural light driven... so loved all of this info!!
Hi Joanie, great video series, I have been looking for this kind of information for the longest time. Thank you.
My question for you, not really a question ... but I noticed that with all the different lights you used, they all faced forward, not angled down towards the subject food. Is this important? or is it because it really doesn't matter and the diffuser just spreads the light around so much?
Also I am going to set up a UA-cam cooking channel. Would love to see a behind the scenes of one of your cooking videos from beginning to end including the photo for Instagram at the end.
Daily VLOG please, love your videos ❤️❤️❤️
how do you make thr speedlight go off when you take the photo
Awesome video and this makes more sense to me now. Now to go and practice!
As always, SO helpful! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for your tips! I love your content.
Thank you so much!
LOVE this, THANK YOU JOANIE!
A generous amount of advice!!!!!!!!
Please do a tutotrial on strobes.
Your jokes are grate, even if they are a bit cheesy. Consider persimmon granted to go bananas! 😜
OMG! This takes the cake! Hope you're well Stefanie!!
One questions what do you find easier working with strobe or working with LED constance lighting when working with food?
Those look per-licious!
Great video! I’m definitely going to start experimenting with artificial lighting.
Some quality information. Thanks so much. I want to get in to food & product photo-/videography. Will use what I learned here to create recipe videos soon (i hope)
Nice video!
Very interesting. I think there are techniques used in 3D concerning lights, that are similar to what this video is talking about
I recently got a EZ LOCK
Octa Softbox. It not only has the inner baffle but also comes with a silver metal concave/convex (it’s reversible) disk to go inside and I don’t know how to use it. Yes I know I need to do test shoots but wondered if you have knowledge, experience, recommendations for using that disk. I haven’t tried it yet. Thanks!!!
Great tips ! I love your spanish ! 😂😂 keep inspiring people, big hug to you and family !
Muchisimas gracias!
Love your videos. Have learned so much from your videos and the FB group. Wanted to inquire, if your course on flash photography includes learning the settings on a flash. If not, would love to see a video on that.
Yep, the course takes you from walking through all the gear, all of the settings on it, setting it up for a scene, how to create a proper exposure with flash, modifying and manipulating the light, comparisons of different kinds of flash gear, real life demonstrations of setups with artificial light including a setup of dark and moody, light and airy and somewhere in between. It's a start to finish guide of all you'd need to know to rock some flash.
Again great work! Thx 😘
YOU ARE AWESOME!
Great video! Curious about camera settings that you use with that set up. Do you do any special custom settings?
Love your video. Now I gotta order some diffusers haha
What type of clamps do you use to hold your diffuser? Love your videos 💚
Interesting! Really helpful information.
You are amazing👍😍
What camera and light set up are you using to film this video please?
You're definitely my photography mum now 🤣😘 just found you through your "8 Things I Didn't know Before My First Paid Shoot Video" 😊
Always good to hear your tips. I was actually looking to buy another softbox, no i have a good idea which one to use. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the Inverse Square Law. Since I learned it, it has changed my perspective a bit on artificial light, specifically flashes.
Yep, I pretty much always just think about the Inverse Square Law as the proximity to the scene. Closer is brighter, further is darker, exponentially.
I enjoy your videos and have to say, since you are very pretty, that makes it easier too :)
Love love the uno, dos counting😀👍. I went to the bite shot blog and I was trying to see the online courses but I was not able to login. I did sign up a few days ago but for some reason I have no access to the courses. Can you please send me a link to the courses. And I have to say this 😊. I love your videos. You are so clear in your explanations. I started food blogging a few month ago and your videos have helped me so much with my food photography 👍 to you!
So happy to help! If you can e-mail me your full name and the e-mail address you used to purchase the course, I'll look up what's going on and send ya what you need. My e-mail is food@joaniesimon.com. Thanks!
Awesome tips for artificial lighting. Now that I am shifting to another house, I could use your lighting tips for my stock photography. One request is while most of the time we use off camera flash for food photography, there might some rare scenarios where we are forced to use on camera flash. Can you suggest some tips?
On-camera flash is great for shooting at events and for portrait work. Perhaps there's someone out there who uses on camera flash for food, but I haven't ever personally found it to be flattering to the food in the way that I like.
@@TheBiteShot thanks
You could use the flash on camera but bounce it off a white wall next to you, maybe off the ceiling, even if the white wall is behind you, turn the head of the flash to bounce it. It may not be perfect, but it can work at a push. If you want to buy a small softbox for a speedlight, use the Lastolite Ezybox Speedlite 2. It was designed for a speedlight used on the hotshoe. I'd stay away from using the popup flash and use a speedlight on the hotshoe, which will allow you to bounce the light, or use this small softbox.
@@JonathanThompsonStoryteller Thanks for the tip. I have two manual Speedlites which I normally use and have given me fairly good results. Would look out for the softbox online.
You're very welcome. Here's a link www.amazon.co.uk/Lastolite-Manfrotto-Ezybox-Speed-Softbox/dp/B0161Q1FMS
adoro il tuo italiano!
Thanks so much for the video! So informative as usual. I have a silly question but can’t seem to find the answer anywhere. I use my black wooden dining table as the background and when I use artificial light it reflects SO much in the table surface. Am I doing something wrong or is it just because I need to get a background from a different material? The table is not particularly glossy, just standard wood so I worry I will have the same effect if I invest in a background.
Where did you get that shirt? I want to buy it. Thanks
I admit it’s one I’ve had for years and can’t recall where I bought it 🙈
Nice
Ola Joanie, first of all I want to thank the wonderful videos that you make available on your channel, I'm from São Paulo - Brazil and I'm starting the gastronomy photography career. with the high values of equipment here in Brazil limiting my choices, I am using a Canon 80D for the jobs and I have two lenses that I have used more (50mm 1.8 USM and 18 - 135mm) but I would really like to be with a L series lens Which would you indicate most for this kind of work? taking into consideration that we have a very similar style of photographing, but I'm far behind you technically. Thank you very much if you can give me an orientation.
Thanks so much. Really a lovely and helpful video. Learns a lot.
But, I am still have a question on selection on either a softbox or a diffuser. I have just got a led panel Yn300 iii. Is it good to get the 120cm godox softbox?
!Hola guapa! Include more spanish words into the videos! ¡Love it! Regards from a latino. 😉
My problem is that i have tiny detail, like stitching and lace on a slightly bigger item. The light seems to take away from that details. Any advice? Anyone?. Thank you
I do enjoy your videos, but I feel like you use the words “soft” and “ diffuse” interchangeably. And they really aren’t the same. Also, I was surprised you didn’t mention your speed lights ability to zoom when you were discussing proximity. Learning much. Thx.
Hello Joanie, what lens do you recommend me for food products? Thanks
Love persimmons 😍
Totally off topic, but you have a really great voice. You'd be a great audio book narrator.
You're so sweet!
Those diffusers really are a bear to fold up!
So true! :)
What is the use of mech in softboxes?
_Very important vlog, one more thing did you change the hair color?_
Ha ha!! I did! It's now a combo of deep blue and purple :)
Hiii! I dont think you mentioned this, but do you recommend flash or constant artificial light source? If so with flash as you used in thew video, how do you know to adjust aperture.? thank you and loved the video!!
I personally recommend flash when starting out because of the affordability factor. Check out the video published right before this one for more detail on that. As far as aperture, I usually select that based on the kind of scene/subject I'm shooting and the look and feel I'm going for....wide or narrow depth of field then adjust my other settings to adjust for the proper exposure.
My bf likes to call say persimmon paper because to him persimmon and parchment paper sound alike lol.
This Channel is great :-) I have got a question. Does anybody know the name of her Microphone? Awesome sound!!!
All my gear is at joaniesimon.com/tools-i-use
Ohhh 👍 Thanks a lot for your answer. I always thought my UA-cam Videos would look and sound great. But yours.... AWESOME 💥💥💥 Specially, your "ON A TABLE WITH A MACBOOK" Videos are fantastic. A very personal "sunday"-atmosphere. In German we call sunday = Sonntag 😊 (Sorry for my english 😅 This was better once...) Regards from a small town in Germany ✌️
Persimmon doesn’t sound like permission it just looks like permission
Hi all, How much is that WestcottLed flex light? Thay have so many kinds in B&H . Thanks for the help!
It's the 2 x 2 and I have my exact one linked at joaniesimon.com/tools-i-use
Hi. Do you ever use a reflector to fill shadows? Do you ever light from the rear?
I light from behind a lot, you can see examples if you visit my Instagram. I sometimes use a reflector, but honestly, I love shadows
Thank you. I'm keen to try out food photography - as a portrait photographer I have the gear ... it's just a shame that my cooking is so average!
Eggcellent! 😂🤣😃