Sidenote about describing the light as "soft". I'm aware that the terms "soft" and "hard" lighting are used to describe the HIGHLIGHT to SHADOW transition from a light source. However, when I describe the quality of light in the pictures in the video, I use "soft" in "soft sunlight" more loosely to describe the level of contrast (which varied depending on whether I added the second light source or not) even though the result still showed a sharp shadow edge. Anyway, I hope you find this video helpful. Thanks for watching and have a great rest of your week!
Honestly blown away by the level of clarity and quality of these lighting lessons. You break down a complex subject into simple steps. Thank you very much!
This is what I've been looking for these past months. I was wondering, "How do I create hard shadow pattern on a wall while maintaining an overall soft inside a room?" Can't believe it's as simple as, "just put the hard light in front of another big source." Thank you for always trying out new things and sharing it with the rest of us.
Pleaaase please please keep creating videos!! I am fascinated by your account, and I'm blown away by how easy this actually is to understand. You explain it so well, your voice calming, you show the before and afters.. your content has everything one can wish for :) Thank you for your amazing work and for teaching us so many things!!
Till I discovered your channel, I used to think soft light trumps hard light in 80% cases. But man, you've made me fall in love with hard light! Also, patent that GOBO already!!!
Yeah this was super helpful! I love soft natural light and don’t want white light in my videos. I could just try and film in the day time but all zoom stand up mics are at night. I love warm light, it just feels more welcoming to me. Normally only painters understand this relationship with light. Thanks for explaining it easily! :)
Im a trained teacher and you have 'it' the natural ability to expound ideas clearly to people without being condescending or taking up too much time. Honestly such an underrated skill. Thanks for this :)
This is AMAZING as always! I have a question tho, do I need to use the same brand for the light? Cause some people say that each brand has a difficult wb or smth like that.
Thanks Mawya! My short answer is no. You don't need to get an expensive light. Some flashes, I think, do vary in color consistency from picture to picture, so that is something to consider. Expensive flashes like Profoto differ from other flashes in these little details like how quickly it responds to the camera when I press the shutter in fast situations, how fast can the flash recycle before being able to fire another pop of flash and consistency in color from shot to shot. Some of these, however, I don't think would be a big deal in food photography. For the color inconsistency, that can be managed very easily in post production.
I'm sorry, I'm maybe seeing things differently here but the double shadow affect is something I am finding a bit 'unnatural' and not pleasing. I just don't think in nature we see many situations where the light source has both fill and key from the same direction. With my house I might have hard light coming in from the sun, but the light is being bounced off my walls and thus acting as a fill and softening and filling those harsh shadows where walls and such exist. My mind thinks a reflector to bounce the hard speedlite to fill the shadows would look more natural, or a fill light gently filling the shadows on the opposing side. I've seen Rob Grimm do exactly that. Love the DIY gobo tho, worked a treat.
You man. You are gonna have a million subscribers. You are genius. Can you recommend me a book for learning color and light? That would be helpful, I love you!
Like, subbed, and commented. So paid in full. I've been looking for this tutorial for the longest time. Nobody really explains it... I've this lighting setup, I've seen where they place the lights... just never understood it, until today! Thank you @figandlight
Curious, for those who do use flash (yet). How do you create this using a continuous light source like the godox 60w. Balling on a budget over here! Thank you!
figandlight--nice example of mixing your lighting to recreate natural light. One thing you might contemplate is that light travels in straight lines (unless it's lensing around a planet). The "soft" quality of a diffused source depends upon its size, position, diffusion material, and the distance of the light source to the diffusion material. The light is not "bending" around the subject to soften the shadows; rather light rays from the edges of the "soft box" are filling the shadow created by the key light-point source. 'Nuff said. Now, what you call a "gobo," we (us old farts) used to name it a cookaloris. With time perhaps nomenclature has changed, and "gobo" used to refer to the arm off of a C-stand that would hold a flag or anything else that was suspended over or around a set. Perhaps we got it wrong because cine terms and still terms were not always interchangeable.
Thank you for your insights. Regarding your GOBO setup, are you using a custom clamp? It looks like you screwed a c-clamp to a spring clamp to mount it to the arm. Thanks.
I've practiced photography using OCF for quite some time now and have consumed countless hours of videos on the subject. And, seriously, the videos you make are among the best. Clearly communicated with clean examples. If you keep this up your channel is going to be massive, no doubt.
Hi Brandon, how do you think that having the fill light pointed to a white ceeling or wall would affect this shot? Do you think it would better mimic natural ambient light reflected from the sky? I've seen you use this setup in other videos and wonder why you didn’t use it this time. Your content has been helping me a lot! Thank you!
Been binging all your lighting vids since I discovered your channel. The way you teach and show your thought process is seriously top notch! Really appreciate uploading these. Looking forward to future content!
Nice setup. For me I would try to eliminate the double shadow. The strength of the double shadow can be reduced somewhat by finding the center area on the large soft box and situating the smaller light there and making sure both lights are on the same angle/path. Also, sending the larger soft box into the wall for a very large source can help too. Using a v-flat (if you have that resource and space) and shooting a strobe into the v-flat with a second light at the same angle pointing towards set looks good too. You can even drape light diffusion (two- 1/4 scrim jim) with an opening between them. This gives a stronger center light.
Hey champ, loved the video. I’m on a mission myself to gently improve the ambient light of a room with the least amount of equipment. I’d love to learn more on how to do something like that. Keep up the excellent content !
Hello. thank you for this video. It is very informative. I just want to know more about type of stand and supports do you use here for your top down angle setup? I am trying to look for it and it only lead me to tripod with short horizontal arms. Thanks in advance.
I have come to a point to use mostly this kind of lighting in studio, mainly jewelry photography. I use a couple more lights and accessories but the principal is almost the same. I have to keep my light white balance the same on all lights though, cause from what i see you dont really need that.
I'm sorry but your voice is so soothing. I heard it and I had to subscribe and thanks for the video it was specific and it gave me the information I was hoping to find🙂
loving this!!! thank you so much! could you maybe (if you want to of course) make a video on where to get cheap backdrops like the beautiful stone one you're using in this video
Very interesting information, I wonder if it is possible to create natural light in a room with very little light or dark, because in given presentation still there is natural light that are coming from the window. Thanks
first up great video its so good to see you using really affordable gear and churning out great photos out with it, we dont all need broncolor or profotos
This is a great lesson, Brandon! I really didn't think of light in this way before. I'm going to apply these ideas to my next job. I'm looking forward to your other ideas.
Sidenote about describing the light as "soft". I'm aware that the terms "soft" and "hard" lighting are used to describe the HIGHLIGHT to SHADOW transition from a light source. However, when I describe the quality of light in the pictures in the video, I use "soft" in "soft sunlight" more loosely to describe the level of contrast (which varied depending on whether I added the second light source or not) even though the result still showed a sharp shadow edge. Anyway, I hope you find this video helpful. Thanks for watching and have a great rest of your week!
hey
your videos is amazing!
where I can get your lessons?
Honestly blown away by the level of clarity and quality of these lighting lessons. You break down a complex subject into simple steps. Thank you very much!
This is what I've been looking for these past months. I was wondering, "How do I create hard shadow pattern on a wall while maintaining an overall soft inside a room?" Can't believe it's as simple as, "just put the hard light in front of another big source." Thank you for always trying out new things and sharing it with the rest of us.
Thank you Willy! I'm glad this video came just in time then haha 🙌
Really amazing ❤️, and that voiceover of the sea part😂
Pleaaase please please keep creating videos!! I am fascinated by your account, and I'm blown away by how easy this actually is to understand. You explain it so well, your voice calming, you show the before and afters.. your content has everything one can wish for :) Thank you for your amazing work and for teaching us so many things!!
Till I discovered your channel, I used to think soft light trumps hard light in 80% cases. But man, you've made me fall in love with hard light! Also, patent that GOBO already!!!
Hey teach, can't wait for your course to come out! 🤗
me too! 😅
Yeah this was super helpful! I love soft natural light and don’t want white light in my videos. I could just try and film in the day time but all zoom stand up mics are at night. I love warm light, it just feels more welcoming to me. Normally only painters understand this relationship with light. Thanks for explaining it easily! :)
Im a trained teacher and you have 'it' the natural ability to expound ideas clearly to people without being condescending or taking up too much time. Honestly such an underrated skill. Thanks for this :)
4:00 for a second i thought some netflix trailer kicked in 😂😂
hahahah
Dude amazing channel. Just found you. Subbed 🤟🏽
Very helpful, thanks 🌹
This is your first video that I’ve watched. Very impressed with your content! Thank you for your insightful work!
Thanks , very helpful. Grtz. from the Netherlands.
Thank you Geert!
showwwwwwwww....light beautiful ..Thanks. (Brazil/RN)
Thank you!
haha, loved the video, very informative and funny :D
Amazing, today im going to try it.. i’ll keep u posted with the results 👍🏻👍🏻
I have never seen this technique. I'm so glad I found your video, love your style too! subscribed.
This video is awesome thanks for simplifying it. How about temperature and kelvin settings?! Thanks
This is AMAZING as always! I have a question tho, do I need to use the same brand for the light? Cause some people say that each brand has a difficult wb or smth like that.
Thanks Mawya! My short answer is no. You don't need to get an expensive light. Some flashes, I think, do vary in color consistency from picture to picture, so that is something to consider. Expensive flashes like Profoto differ from other flashes in these little details like how quickly it responds to the camera when I press the shutter in fast situations, how fast can the flash recycle before being able to fire another pop of flash and consistency in color from shot to shot. Some of these, however, I don't think would be a big deal in food photography. For the color inconsistency, that can be managed very easily in post production.
I'm sorry, I'm maybe seeing things differently here but the double shadow affect is something I am finding a bit 'unnatural' and not pleasing. I just don't think in nature we see many situations where the light source has both fill and key from the same direction. With my house I might have hard light coming in from the sun, but the light is being bounced off my walls and thus acting as a fill and softening and filling those harsh shadows where walls and such exist. My mind thinks a reflector to bounce the hard speedlite to fill the shadows would look more natural, or a fill light gently filling the shadows on the opposing side. I've seen Rob Grimm do exactly that.
Love the DIY gobo tho, worked a treat.
Hey for videos, is this technique good too?
You man. You are gonna have a million subscribers. You are genius.
Can you recommend me a book for learning color and light? That would be helpful, I love you!
Like, subbed, and commented. So paid in full.
I've been looking for this tutorial for the longest time. Nobody really explains it... I've this lighting setup, I've seen where they place the lights... just never understood it, until today! Thank you @figandlight
Curious, for those who do use flash (yet). How do you create this using a continuous light source like the godox 60w. Balling on a budget over here! Thank you!
figandlight--nice example of mixing your lighting to recreate natural light. One thing you might contemplate is that light travels in straight lines (unless it's lensing around a planet). The "soft" quality of a diffused source depends upon its size, position, diffusion material, and the distance of the light source to the diffusion material. The light is not "bending" around the subject to soften the shadows; rather light rays from the edges of the "soft box" are filling the shadow created by the key light-point source. 'Nuff said. Now, what you call a "gobo," we (us old farts) used to name it a cookaloris. With time perhaps nomenclature has changed, and "gobo" used to refer to the arm off of a C-stand that would hold a flag or anything else that was suspended over or around a set. Perhaps we got it wrong because cine terms and still terms were not always interchangeable.
Wow this video was insightful. I'm definitely subscribing!!
Thank you for your insights. Regarding your GOBO setup, are you using a custom clamp? It looks like you screwed a c-clamp to a spring clamp to mount it to the arm. Thanks.
I've practiced photography using OCF for quite some time now and have consumed countless hours of videos on the subject. And, seriously, the videos you make are among the best. Clearly communicated with clean examples. If you keep this up your channel is going to be massive, no doubt.
Hi Brandon, how do you think that having the fill light pointed to a white ceeling or wall would affect this shot? Do you think it would better mimic natural ambient light reflected from the sky? I've seen you use this setup in other videos and wonder why you didn’t use it this time. Your content has been helping me a lot! Thank you!
Love your channel! I'm learning so much from you 🙏 could I ask where you purchased the device that attaches the clamp to the cstand?
Very very helpfull
Thx a lot for sharing your knowledge 🙏🙏
Very well explained and useful, but the ocean clip with piano and voice over gained you the like hahaha
same
5:02 setup
Hi! I became your fan! I love your videos. I'm curious where did you buy your backgrounds. Thank you 😊
Excellent video and good description of how we can create quality light that we see every day👏👏👏😎
Been binging all your lighting vids since I discovered your channel. The way you teach and show your thought process is seriously top notch! Really appreciate uploading these. Looking forward to future content!
Hi thanks for your amazing tipss!! Can you tell me which light do you use as a "flash" ?? I can't find it on your list. Many thankss
This hands down one of the best photography channels
Nice setup. For me I would try to eliminate the double shadow. The strength of the double shadow can be reduced somewhat by finding the center area on the large soft box and situating the smaller light there and making sure both lights are on the same angle/path. Also, sending the larger soft box into the wall for a very large source can help too. Using a v-flat (if you have that resource and space) and shooting a strobe into the v-flat with a second light at the same angle pointing towards set looks good too. You can even drape light diffusion (two- 1/4 scrim jim) with an opening between them. This gives a stronger center light.
I only have two godox strobes ad600pro- could I put one through a soft box and one in front of it? They both seem intense...
Try using a much larger diffusion source for your fill light or even bouncing off a wall. You're getting a double shadow on your subjects.
Your videos are such a life saver 😍😍😍 thank you so much!!!!!
Thank YOU for watching them!
Hey really good video ! But, where do you find your boards ? Which ones you use as "background".
Brandon, can you list the key & base lights you used in this video? I can't seem to find them on the description. Thanks!
Brandon, can you list the key & base lights you used in this video? I can't seem to find them on the description. Thanks!
Brandon, can you list the key & base lights you used in this video? I can't seem to find them on the description. Thanks!
Hey champ, loved the video. I’m on a mission myself to gently improve the ambient light of a room with the least amount of equipment. I’d love to learn more on how to do something like that. Keep up the excellent content !
If I want to achieve this sunlight look indoors for video only, what would you suggest?
Can I use these lighting products for non food photography? Like…for selfies or just self portaits?
Look at DSLR video shooter’s use of mirrors to creature natural light. It’s awesome!
Hello. thank you for this video. It is very informative. I just want to know more about type of stand and supports do you use here for your top down angle setup? I am trying to look for it and it only lead me to tripod with short horizontal arms.
Thanks in advance.
Awesome video...thanks for this video. I will try out this. Hope I get it.
I have come to a point to use mostly this kind of lighting in studio, mainly jewelry photography. I use a couple more lights and accessories but the principal is almost the same. I have to keep my light white balance the same on all lights though, cause from what i see you dont really need that.
Can this be used for portraits in a really small space? ( 5ft wide + 6 ft deep OR 4ft wide + 7ft deep)
You just got yourself a new subscriber
Thank you 🙏🏼
thank you so much for this video! love it! great reminder for me doing mix lighting! kudos to you and your channel!
Can’t wait for the course!!!! You’re such an inspiration for me. Thank you!
Thank you Ashley! That's such an honor and I'm glad my videos have been helpful 🙏
Thank you sharing your valuable rich knowledge about lightening
Awesome video, WOW! At 4:13, what was this shot taken with? a drone? Amazing shot!!
I need the link to your wireless mic! Lol thanks 😊
What would I do different if I was trying to get the Same effect but for videos using continuous light?
Can you recommend any cheaper alternatives to what you’re using?
I'm sorry but your voice is so soothing. I heard it and I had to subscribe and thanks for the video it was specific and it gave me the information I was hoping to find🙂
loving this!!! thank you so much! could you maybe (if you want to of course) make a video on where to get cheap backdrops like the beautiful stone one you're using in this video
Very interesting information, I wonder if it is possible to create natural light in a room with very little light or dark, because in given presentation still there is natural light that are coming from the window. Thanks
this helps so much! finally a good explanation! thank you :D
Love your videos! Hey what clamp did you use to hold your gobo and where can i get one?
I'm also trying to make my images warmer other than adjusting WB in post, is there a way to make them warm like its golden hour?
first up great video
its so good to see you using really affordable gear and churning out great photos out with it, we dont all need broncolor or profotos
Very artist in explanation and very beautiful picture😍😍
Question: aren't you creating a double shadow?
This is a great lesson, Brandon! I really didn't think of light in this way before. I'm going to apply these ideas to my next job. I'm looking forward to your other ideas.
Thank you Jack! Hopefully it turns out well!
what if I use a regular flash like yongnuo 560 as key light instead of what you use?
Interesting approach, but the two shadows looks a bit weird.
thanks for the video is very well done. My question when you mention key light this is the flash without modifiers or the one within softbox?
Very informative. Thank you🙏🏻
Request you to share more content related Product Video lighting.
How would you set this up for taking pictures of hair in a dark salon?!
Very well explained. Nice video-good work. Keep it up
Thank you for this video, mate!!!
Can you recreate the cooler reflective light by slightly gelling the softbox with a blue and the bare bulb with an orange ?
What do you use for audio?? The quality soooo nice!!!!!
This special light template is incredibly helpful.
Very helpful and inspiring, thanks!
AMAZING!!! Can not wait for your course!!! I will definitely pay for it
Thank you Lucy! I appreciate that! looking forward to having you on-board 🙌
Wow epic and clear explanation, thank you!
It helps a lot, great work
Thanks Chan!
Thank you for the lighting techniques and I do like the 4:04 ,, hahahah
I hit like as soon as you started narrations with the BG music.
the cardboard thing with holes, is it for making light obsticales for shadow like trees and leafs or is it like light resister
The way you explained it is so helpful
Softness/Hardness and Contrast of light are two different things.
why did you stop making videos? you're so goooooood
does that mean that the sky reflects the light from the sun?
Thank you so much. Really good
I didn't know you are a Marvel fan
hey new to food photography and i was wondering are you using plywood as your table
Amazing, keep the good work coming!
Thank you