I thought I knew everything about portrait work but you really added enough to make this a great video. Subscribed... And Juliana has a great pair of eyes.
What if they don't have someone they love, or the one they did just died in a horrible accident? Now you have a picture of someone crying. I hope you feel real happy with yourself for making them cry you big jerk
3 minutes spent okay. Skillshare and "Like/subscribe/comment" ate the rest. I was actually looking for something more related to the thumbnail. That wasn't just a lighting change.
My personal tip as a commercial printer,as opposed to your first tip: ALWAYS have headroom on all sides. You need them for both cropping to your required aspect ratio and for filling your bleeds. This works for personal 4R prints up to professional publications like magazines with sizes/ratios ranging from 8x10, 8.5x11, to A4s and 9x12s. Bleeds is where you lay out your photo in a full-page with the intentions that your sides will be cut intentionally but is there since printing and cutting is never perfect. You allow the printer up to 3mm usually to have this margin of error for the trim. So if you don't have this, the printer will either just print a shade of rich black, white, a mirrored version for you edges, or zoom in your photo even more so we can fill your bleed gaps. Think of yourself as a videographer -- Cinema cameras always have these rectangular crop guides with margins that still capture footage outside these guides knowing they will intentionally be crop out or be used by editors for leeway in editing. Tip2: Most commercial presses use FOGRA39 as a baseline for CMYK color profiles. To predict and more or less control the final outcome of your print, always put down the brightness of your monitor to match a white piece of paper at the base of your monitor. Then use Photoshop's softproof mode in FOGRA39 with black ink and paper simulation. Depending on your printer, they may or may not use Black Point Compensation -- in our case as a printer, we don't turn it on so we can maintain the vibrance of your colors. Turning it on preserves the details in your deep blacks at the expense of washing out your colors (which is print's way of increasing brightness). You can work while in this mode to create a "print" version of your work to recover unprintable colors or flattened details. As a person inside whose job used to be to match our clients' monitors who know squat about optimizing and designing for print, I notice that with people with normal monitors, I at least have to add Brightness+20 to 25; For bright monitors, I at least have to add Brightness+40 to 50. I might then remap certain unprintable colors that become "flat" like reflex blue to closer to cyan-ish (C100M60) and fruit orange to closer to vermillion (M40Y100). If you have your printer's go ahead, you can also convert your work to CMYK using Photoshop's Convert To Profile command and using FOGRA39 as your target CMYK profile. You may also use whatever profile your printer uses or if they provide you with one. If working with uncoated papers, FOGRA29 is a good reference point. You can play around with Black Point Compensation and a host of rendering techniques to preserve your RGB work. Usually its Relative Colorimetric, but my favorite is Perceptual for photos. It is less accurate color-wise, but it preserves the impact of a photo and usually a good perception of your photo in print. Be advised though that printers still have color delta margins and will not be always the same. Mass-produced publications also will have prints that range from dark to washed out as the print machine stabilized per signature/face. Tip3: If you are printing black and white, do the same above to convert to FOGRA39 or your target profile but make sure your CMY values are not equal or too close to each other. Having them perfectly equal or close will yield prints or spreads that don't have the same shade of rich gray. Control this by using Selective Color > Blacks and make sure you have a healthy margin where each CMY ink is more or less 10% ahead of each other at around the 50% grays. I usually go for cool grays as a bluish gray (Cyan+Magenta) tends to look neutral in human perception, so I will go for something like Cyan 60, Magenta 50, Yellow 40 as a reference point for midtone grays. If you want a warmer print with a tendency to go yellowish/red, then you make Magenta 60 Yellow 50, Cyan 40. Tip4: A competent printer will always respects your RGB profile so always attach your color profile. Some disregard your CMYK profile but thats fine as most people really don't know how to use CMYK and you will pass on your file in a press-ready CMYK PDF anyway if you do know what you're doing. Tip5: Finally, even after all you could do, always remember its not about color accuracy -- its about how the viewer sees it. The viewer doesn't know that the sky was originally this shade of teal but if it looks great and the impact is preserved, leave it at that. Printing is an art in and of itself and we should learn to let go. Our prints look different in every situation ranging from outdoor lights to indoor 6500K lights to professional 5000K lights to LED lights to flickering bulbs. Heck, even 50 and 60Hz lights will make colors and print look differently. Knowing that, you learn to just admire the beauty.
Only those who are in both industries understand this more. From Photography - Design & Layout - Print & Finishing, once you get those right you will be able to comprehend the info above.
I am an Industrial photographer, and the most important technique I use is an on-camera flash set for about 1 f-stop less than the available light to highlight the subject eyes and put a white highlight in them. It makes a world of difference when the editor chooses photos for publication. The ones with the flash almost always get chosen over ones without the flash.
1/ fill the frame (remove the headroom) 2/ Catchlights (get a good reflection from the eyes) 3/ Eye placement (shy people look away showing less iris) instruct them to look in same direction of their nose 4/ Lighting (golden hour nice soft light / midday harsh light) 5/ Draw a great expression - get them to perform a pose etc link in the flash card
Tell the subject to do a powerful pose with their feet, even if you can’t see their feet in the photo when you are just starting the session with them. You may have to demonstrate. I find telling girls to give a sassy pose (whatever their interpretation of that is) empowers them to feel confident in the photos. Even if you don’t use these photos in final product - it’s about getting them confident and getting expressions
Love the last top, that will make them give you all types of expressions, confused, questioning, elated because they want to be that character, embarrassed, happy, laughing, intense, inquisitive, the beat goes on, demure. DG 71 and still learning.
Tip #1 Shoot wide and crop. This is so underrated and something I’ve started doing regularly. The extra space allows you to play with the print aspect ratios in post and gives bleed room for printing. Anything over 24MP will have plenty of resolution to leave 10% extra room around the subject, and it will be needed when the client is deciding what sizes they want to print, as the ratios change for different sizes.
Longer focal lengths tend to flatter human faces. Shooting wide just to crop later is frankly counterproductive. You're not in any rush so compose what you'd like to capture. Don't use some 35mm lens and crop 100% in post.
@@mikerichardson60 By shoot wide I mean take a step back. I'm not referring to using a wide angle lens. Typically I shoot 80-120mm for portrait shoots and just make sure I have enough room around the subject to recompose in post if I have to.
I love using catch light even if a mini led torch in hand or on side. I use the relaxing techniques as well & will have them tell me a fun story or talk about something they're passionate about the when ready "say froggy"
Hey Miguel. I found tips 2 and 3 about the eyes extremely helpful. I followed so many Utubers over the years, but no one has mentioned and explained those ideas so simple as you have. Thanks, Bro, I will definitely use them. Bookmarking this vid too.
Do you have any time place markers so we can skip the in-video advertisements?? Cause we love your content BUT we want to get to good parts without being sold anything or subscribing to anything. Great work! Keep it up. And Hard!
Thanks for watching! Those sponsor ads are what help keep the content free, but of course you can always feel free to skip it if it's not the right fit for you. Much more to come very soon that I hope you'll find helpful! 👍
Do the lemon face! when working for the first time with a model I'd recommend to do just that, act as if you were reacting to eating a lemon and keep the expression for a couple seconds, it helps to release a lot of tension, plus it's always awesome to start a session with a good laugh :)! and same as other people here, more of you with Juliana for sure.
Thanks for a great video and tips, your personality was awesome. My fav tip was about lighting, no matter how great everything else is lighting needs to work with you.
Hi Miguel, Truly enjoyed your video (probably because Julianna is so gorgeous . . . :) - found your video by accident, glad I did. I'll be subscribing. Even if you already know what you talked about it's always good to get a refresher because we often get "stuck" doing the same thing over and over.
Nice video. Never thought about looking at reflections in the eyes. Of course, that doesn't mean much as I'm just learning, but still, great point. Earned a subscriber.
As an audio engineer, I'd like to say, please record vocals in mono. It's strange to see the right channel on my interface whisper at -24 dB.. Apart from that, thank you, brilliant tips!
Great contribution. There are two types of portrait techniques. One is used by those who use models as a focal point that leads the viewers into the picture of a great landscape. Others are shooting models with the intent to capture the inner beauty" of a model and the landscape is merely used as a non-distracting out-of-focus frame.
Hey Miguel, thanks for the great content. By the way what flash trigger are you using for the Sony a7riii camera? Thanks in advance. I have Godox flash.
About the headroom tip, it only applies if you're shooting beauty/fashion/standard portraits. But in a more author/artistic portrait there're infinite bizarre ways of composing your shot to give a certain feel. Exemple: a lot of head room may leave your subject like he's feeling alone or distant (used a lot in drama films).
One thing I would say about filling the frame, is that if you are using older/vintage glass, it often won't perform well near edges when shooting wide open. So if you are shooting character lenses wide open, I would actually advocate for putting your subjects face in the dead middle of the frame, and backing up if you need to. Modern digital cameras have plenty of resolution already - it's easy enough to crop in post IMO
I was always applying tip 1 but for certain of my younger models including my wife, it is important that I let a decent gap above their heads on every shot, bc of instagram format (4:5) and feed aesthetics purposes. (Basically if you look at the feed they want every pic to be centered, and the head not being cropped. I had alot of difficulties doing it on purpose at the beginning and I was never letting enough space above the models 😂.
Hi miguel, any tips for photographing nail polish that has a shiney topcoat? I want that reflection shine coming off, but also want the holo glitter in the polish to be apparent. What kind of light should I be using(-i tried a light box and it was no good.)
You're amazing! I just found this looking for a video to help amateurs shoot a small group. LOVED it! I'm hosting a retreat & want to take some group photos. We'll have a Red Carpet, Step & Repeat banner, a CELL phone & a Ring light! Can I just use a Ring Light on a Tripod to get decent group photos? I waited too long so available photographers are WAY too expensive. The photos are just for the attendees memories. Thanks for any help!
Thank you! You could definitely get away with a ring light and cell phone for that kind of setup. Just make sure it's a good one so it doesn't mess up skin tones. 👍
These were great, subscribed. My favorite one was to have them play a character. Because I do this in my head when I want to feel confident! How can you present this idea to your client?
Thank you for not talking too fast. Easy to get what you say, and you also had a smile on your face. That is respect. Well done. The details of the eyes was nice !! Thanks
That's interesting. I tend to have the gap above head due to auto focusing on the eye and not panning down for the shot. It works out sometimes because I crop most of my social media and photos that are going to phones to 16:9. . I watched this some time ago and glad to have been reminded of your helpful tips :)
Could not keep my eyes off the model and don't think is was your awesome photography techniques. No "dis" intended by the way, you are a great photographer and teacher and I appreciate your tips. Thank You and keep it up,
I usually leave space around the portrait to leave room for cropping. 8x10 frames are way different dimensions than 4x6 frames, so I zoom out enough to cover my bases.
It's definitely a smart thing to do for printing, but I tend to nudge my clients towards getting 8x12 instead. That way they get the images in the original crop that I intended them to have. For magazines though it's a good idea to give some space to stay safe 😀👍🏻
It doesn't hurt, but you still have to do your part as the photographer. I've seen plenty of good looking people that looked terrible in photos due to poor lighting, tacky styling, poor composition, etc.
+Always shoot towards the strengths/rules of the destination formats' display area. Social media? do whatever you want. For magazines, there typically needs to be dead space top/bottom/around the image for copy. Only covers tend to be highly zoomed in. Same for beauty. I work for a magazine and that's the way everything is shot.
Yes I’ve been paying more attention to eyes & hand gesture that also can greatly impact a photo so I been trying show my models what I want more less by striking the pose Lol,I look probably stupid but they get it and of course do better than me..mission accomplished.
I thought I knew everything about portrait work but you really added enough to make this a great video.
Subscribed... And Juliana has a great pair of eyes.
there is something to be learnt
Ken Konard thinking you know everything automatically means you suck
Amazing MAKE person laugh
Tip 6: ask sitter to look at a point behind you. Tip 7: ask sitter to think of someone that they love.
Think about someone they love? That's a thing?
@@elliottdavies3528 Yes, try it.
@@simmo303 Interesting.
Facts
What if they don't have someone they love, or the one they did just died in a horrible accident? Now you have a picture of someone crying. I hope you feel real happy with yourself for making them cry you big jerk
That was 5 minutes well spent, a few tips from someone who is willing to share his knowledge, no annoying music or intros, keep up the good work.
Nick Brown the 1st 20% was an annoying ad... Try being truthful kthx
3 minutes spent okay. Skillshare and "Like/subscribe/comment" ate the rest. I was actually looking for something more related to the thumbnail. That wasn't just a lighting change.
What are you talking about man it was 1:30 before he even started talking anything about portrait tips
@@70mjc hell yeah brother speak that truth
My personal tip as a commercial printer,as opposed to your first tip:
ALWAYS have headroom on all sides. You need them for both cropping to your required aspect ratio and for filling your bleeds. This works for personal 4R prints up to professional publications like magazines with sizes/ratios ranging from 8x10, 8.5x11, to A4s and 9x12s. Bleeds is where you lay out your photo in a full-page with the intentions that your sides will be cut intentionally but is there since printing and cutting is never perfect. You allow the printer up to 3mm usually to have this margin of error for the trim. So if you don't have this, the printer will either just print a shade of rich black, white, a mirrored version for you edges, or zoom in your photo even more so we can fill your bleed gaps. Think of yourself as a videographer -- Cinema cameras always have these rectangular crop guides with margins that still capture footage outside these guides knowing they will intentionally be crop out or be used by editors for leeway in editing.
Tip2:
Most commercial presses use FOGRA39 as a baseline for CMYK color profiles. To predict and more or less control the final outcome of your print, always put down the brightness of your monitor to match a white piece of paper at the base of your monitor. Then use Photoshop's softproof mode in FOGRA39 with black ink and paper simulation. Depending on your printer, they may or may not use Black Point Compensation -- in our case as a printer, we don't turn it on so we can maintain the vibrance of your colors. Turning it on preserves the details in your deep blacks at the expense of washing out your colors (which is print's way of increasing brightness).
You can work while in this mode to create a "print" version of your work to recover unprintable colors or flattened details. As a person inside whose job used to be to match our clients' monitors who know squat about optimizing and designing for print, I notice that with people with normal monitors, I at least have to add Brightness+20 to 25; For bright monitors, I at least have to add Brightness+40 to 50. I might then remap certain unprintable colors that become "flat" like reflex blue to closer to cyan-ish (C100M60) and fruit orange to closer to vermillion (M40Y100).
If you have your printer's go ahead, you can also convert your work to CMYK using Photoshop's Convert To Profile command and using FOGRA39 as your target CMYK profile. You may also use whatever profile your printer uses or if they provide you with one. If working with uncoated papers, FOGRA29 is a good reference point. You can play around with Black Point Compensation and a host of rendering techniques to preserve your RGB work. Usually its Relative Colorimetric, but my favorite is Perceptual for photos. It is less accurate color-wise, but it preserves the impact of a photo and usually a good perception of your photo in print.
Be advised though that printers still have color delta margins and will not be always the same. Mass-produced publications also will have prints that range from dark to washed out as the print machine stabilized per signature/face.
Tip3:
If you are printing black and white, do the same above to convert to FOGRA39 or your target profile but make sure your CMY values are not equal or too close to each other. Having them perfectly equal or close will yield prints or spreads that don't have the same shade of rich gray. Control this by using Selective Color > Blacks and make sure you have a healthy margin where each CMY ink is more or less 10% ahead of each other at around the 50% grays. I usually go for cool grays as a bluish gray (Cyan+Magenta) tends to look neutral in human perception, so I will go for something like Cyan 60, Magenta 50, Yellow 40 as a reference point for midtone grays. If you want a warmer print with a tendency to go yellowish/red, then you make Magenta 60 Yellow 50, Cyan 40.
Tip4:
A competent printer will always respects your RGB profile so always attach your color profile. Some disregard your CMYK profile but thats fine as most people really don't know how to use CMYK and you will pass on your file in a press-ready CMYK PDF anyway if you do know what you're doing.
Tip5:
Finally, even after all you could do, always remember its not about color accuracy -- its about how the viewer sees it. The viewer doesn't know that the sky was originally this shade of teal but if it looks great and the impact is preserved, leave it at that. Printing is an art in and of itself and we should learn to let go. Our prints look different in every situation ranging from outdoor lights to indoor 6500K lights to professional 5000K lights to LED lights to flickering bulbs. Heck, even 50 and 60Hz lights will make colors and print look differently. Knowing that, you learn to just admire the beauty.
This is the most informative youtube comment I've ever read. Thank you.
I wish comments could get bookmarked… you should turn this into a medium post or something and let us know!
Yeah..I was totally perplexed by his tip here too, so much so, that I couldn't even tell from his example, which one was the goodie!
Only those who are in both industries understand this more. From Photography - Design & Layout - Print & Finishing, once you get those right you will be able to comprehend the info above.
Liking this to bookmark.
I am an Industrial photographer, and the most important technique I use is an on-camera flash set for about 1 f-stop less than the available light to highlight the subject eyes and put a white highlight in them. It makes a world of difference when the editor chooses photos for publication. The ones with the flash almost always get chosen over ones without the flash.
How it is done sir. I am new to photography
Kodak spots? They made in Ireland several spots, with sth looking like a gallows, spoiling beauty
1/ fill the frame (remove the headroom)
2/ Catchlights (get a good reflection from the eyes)
3/ Eye placement (shy people look away showing less iris) instruct them to look in same direction of their nose
4/ Lighting (golden hour nice soft light / midday harsh light)
5/ Draw a great expression - get them to perform a pose etc link in the flash card
Thank you so much. You really helped me a lot.
Love the way how he rocks backwards & forwards like a giddy little school boy talking to the rest of the class 😘
Tell the subject to do a powerful pose with their feet, even if you can’t see their feet in the photo when you are just starting the session with them. You may have to demonstrate. I find telling girls to give a sassy pose (whatever their interpretation of that is) empowers them to feel confident in the photos. Even if you don’t use these photos in final product - it’s about getting them confident and getting expressions
Yeah that’s very important
As a guy who is trying to learn Portraits, these were helpful tips! The eyes tip was very helpful
Love the last top, that will make them give you all types of expressions, confused, questioning, elated because they want to be that character, embarrassed, happy, laughing, intense, inquisitive, the beat goes on, demure. DG 71 and still learning.
Extremely helpful, thank you! And Juliana is GORGEOUS!!
my left ear really enjoyed this video :))
Just showing the left one some love 😉
Tip #1 Shoot wide and crop. This is so underrated and something I’ve started doing regularly. The extra space allows you to play with the print aspect ratios in post and gives bleed room for printing. Anything over 24MP will have plenty of resolution to leave 10% extra room around the subject, and it will be needed when the client is deciding what sizes they want to print, as the ratios change for different sizes.
Longer focal lengths tend to flatter human faces. Shooting wide just to crop later is frankly counterproductive. You're not in any rush so compose what you'd like to capture. Don't use some 35mm lens and crop 100% in post.
@@mikerichardson60
By shoot wide I mean take a step back. I'm not referring to using a wide angle lens. Typically I shoot 80-120mm for portrait shoots and just make sure I have enough room around the subject to recompose in post if I have to.
I love using catch light even if a mini led torch in hand or on side.
I use the relaxing techniques as well & will have them tell me a fun story or talk about something they're passionate about the when ready "say froggy"
Excelente video
1. Fill the frame
2. Catch light
3. Eye placement
4. Expression
5. Time of day
Your model has the most beautiful eyes! I love photographing people with intense eyes.
video starts at 1:14
Great video, and you are an amazing teacher. One of the best!
Thank uuu👏👏👏
Hey Miguel. I found tips 2 and 3 about the eyes extremely helpful. I followed so many Utubers over the years, but no one has mentioned and explained those ideas so simple as you have. Thanks, Bro, I will definitely use them. Bookmarking this vid too.
On the last note its very true. This past Sat I worked with a model that knew her poses. It was like magic. Its important for models to learn it.
Awesome video! Thank you! Model is STUNNING!!!!!!!
It was great and simple way to explain what’s to take a portrait picture.
Thank you for the tips it was plain and simple.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
So cool great advice will certainly use it thanks 😊
Great advice for a total newbie, thank you.
Do you have any time place markers so we can skip the in-video advertisements?? Cause we love your content BUT we want to get to good parts without being sold anything or subscribing to anything. Great work! Keep it up. And Hard!
Thanks for watching! Those sponsor ads are what help keep the content free, but of course you can always feel free to skip it if it's not the right fit for you. Much more to come very soon that I hope you'll find helpful! 👍
Look straight with your nose! Well done. I like it.
Do the lemon face! when working for the first time with a model I'd recommend to do just that, act as if you were reacting to eating a lemon and keep the expression for a couple seconds, it helps to release a lot of tension, plus it's always awesome to start a session with a good laugh :)! and same as other people here, more of you with Juliana for sure.
Great tip Alex! Thanks!
Dope video. Very helpful and I can’t wait to try these out!
This video is so well done. Super soft...nothing crazy. Love this guy. Thanks man you are awesome!
Thanks for a great video and tips, your personality was awesome. My fav tip was about lighting, no matter how great everything else is lighting needs to work with you.
Great tips! Love that shirt! Where do I get that!???
Thank you! Here's the one I picked up. amzn.to/3MyUp2q
Hi Miguel,
Truly enjoyed your video (probably because Julianna is so gorgeous . . . :) - found your video by accident, glad I did. I'll be subscribing. Even if you already know what you talked about it's always good to get a refresher because we often get "stuck" doing the same thing over and over.
Great video! Excellent information!
That model is unbelievably gorgeous
Great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
50mm + focal length is important too, shooting too close to the subject will create distortion ( Gopro look )
Nice video. Never thought about looking at reflections in the eyes. Of course, that doesn't mean much as I'm just learning, but still, great point. Earned a subscriber.
Thanks for the tips! I am in a photography class and this will help me later in the class.
As an audio engineer, I'd like to say, please record vocals in mono. It's strange to see the right channel on my interface whisper at -24 dB.. Apart from that, thank you, brilliant tips!
Seriously man.. its so annoying😣
Do you guys do ear test as well?
Lmao
Yeah, even on my TV the audio seems to becoming mostly from the left side.
Just hold the phone to the left. Fixed!
Great contribution. There are two types of portrait techniques. One is used by those who use models as a focal point that leads the viewers into the picture of a great landscape.
Others are shooting models with the intent to capture the inner beauty" of a model and the landscape is merely used as a non-distracting out-of-focus frame.
Hey Miguel, thanks for the great content. By the way what flash trigger are you using for the Sony a7riii camera? Thanks in advance. I have Godox flash.
Very useful great tips. And gorgeous model.
Great Video....short and to the point.
Where is that shirt from? lol i love it
All good ideas, this unlike others on UA-cam, makes some good points grounded in real photography.
Great tips! Your model has the most beautiful eyes
i LOVE your persoonality!! And she is beautiful!!!! xox great video! Thank you!!
Aww, thank you! And yes, she's quite amazing. Always love working with her 😃📸
all your tips are excellent Miguel - many thanks
About the headroom tip, it only applies if you're shooting beauty/fashion/standard portraits. But in a more author/artistic portrait there're infinite bizarre ways of composing your shot to give a certain feel. Exemple: a lot of head room may leave your subject like he's feeling alone or distant (used a lot in drama films).
Before you can break the rules you need to understand the rules and have a good foundation
One thing I would say about filling the frame, is that if you are using older/vintage glass, it often won't perform well near edges when shooting wide open. So if you are shooting character lenses wide open, I would actually advocate for putting your subjects face in the dead middle of the frame, and backing up if you need to. Modern digital cameras have plenty of resolution already - it's easy enough to crop in post IMO
Thanks 🙂
I was always applying tip 1 but for certain of my younger models including my wife, it is important that I let a decent gap above their heads on every shot, bc of instagram format (4:5) and feed aesthetics purposes. (Basically if you look at the feed they want every pic to be centered, and the head not being cropped. I had alot of difficulties doing it on purpose at the beginning and I was never letting enough space above the models 😂.
Chose this vid because it was the shortest in the search! Turns out it had some of the best pointers I've seen!
Happy to hear it!!
Hi miguel, any tips for photographing nail polish that has a shiney topcoat? I want that reflection shine coming off, but also want the holo glitter in the polish to be apparent. What kind of light should I be using(-i tried a light box and it was no good.)
Great tips, and great shirt!
You’re so happy and nice
You're amazing! I just found this looking for a video to help amateurs shoot a small group. LOVED it! I'm hosting a retreat & want to take some group photos. We'll have a Red Carpet, Step & Repeat banner, a CELL phone & a Ring light! Can I just use a Ring Light on a Tripod to get decent group photos? I waited too long so available photographers are WAY too expensive. The photos are just for the attendees memories. Thanks for any help!
Thank you! You could definitely get away with a ring light and cell phone for that kind of setup. Just make sure it's a good one so it doesn't mess up skin tones. 👍
my friend...very cool video. thank you for sharing! i learned new stuff!
Great pointers!!! Thank you :)
My god! I just love Juliana!! She also models for Vanessa Joy!
she's amazing
Thanks for sharing!!!, this is really helpful for me!!!
These were great, subscribed. My favorite one was to have them play a character. Because I do this in my head when I want to feel confident! How can you present this idea to your client?
She's gorgeous 😍 omg
🙂 Well worth watching. Great tips and presentation 👍
Another good tip is to have beautiful model :)
Miguel I always like that you are willing to share what you know and helping other take better photos. I know they have always help me.
I try my best to help out, so happy the tips are helping!!
Thank you for not talking too fast. Easy to get what you say, and you also had a smile on your face. That is respect. Well done. The details of the eyes was nice !! Thanks
Long introduction but your information was crucial and well explained; thanks. BTW, your model's eyes are awesome!
thank you, great tips!
That's interesting. I tend to have the gap above head due to auto focusing on the eye and not panning down for the shot. It works out sometimes because I crop most of my social media and photos that are going to phones to 16:9. . I watched this some time ago and glad to have been reminded of your helpful tips :)
Could not keep my eyes off the model and don't think is was your awesome photography techniques. No "dis" intended by the way, you are a great photographer and teacher and I appreciate your tips. Thank You and keep it up,
Excelente informacion hermano 😎
Love the shirt!!! :)
Some awesome advice I haven’t heard anybody else about! Thanks Miguel. And yes, put her in the videos more.. she hasn’t said a word.
Great smile you got there, buddy 😊
I really like your energy and helpful tips. New subscriber here!
Thanks Miguel for the tips and Julia is a gorgeous model to shoot it ! It helps a lot
Thanks for the tips It's awesome stay connected
I usually leave space around the portrait to leave room for cropping. 8x10 frames are way different dimensions than 4x6 frames, so I zoom out enough to cover my bases.
It's definitely a smart thing to do for printing, but I tend to nudge my clients towards getting 8x12 instead. That way they get the images in the original crop that I intended them to have. For magazines though it's a good idea to give some space to stay safe 😀👍🏻
@@MiguelQuilesJr that's genius. You're selling art in comparison to me!
Really great tips !! Good job !
It always helps having a model who is drop dead gorgeous..
It doesn't hurt, but you still have to do your part as the photographer. I've seen plenty of good looking people that looked terrible in photos due to poor lighting, tacky styling, poor composition, etc.
@@MiguelQuilesJr
👍👍👍👍👍
Having a subject role play a famous character is a really great idea.
This was so helpful! Thanks!
Very useful tips! Thank you!
Those are wonderful tips, and could the model be any more beautiful?
That model is killing it 🤑
Thanks bro great tips
Wow great ideas and one of the most beautiful modell use her more often... Thx Miguel
I liked the play the character idea
very helpful and i've subscribed!!
Hi
Do u hv a video for using a light meter?
Thanku
William
+Always shoot towards the strengths/rules of the destination formats' display area.
Social media? do whatever you want. For magazines, there typically needs to be dead space top/bottom/around the image for copy. Only covers tend to be highly zoomed in. Same for beauty. I work for a magazine and that's the way everything is shot.
Yes I’ve been paying more attention to eyes & hand gesture that also can greatly impact a photo so I been trying show my models what I want more less by striking the pose Lol,I look probably stupid but they get it and of course do better than me..mission accomplished.
I’m a newbie photographer and I truly learning every single day from your videos!! Thank you very much for sharing such a informative content!!!
So happy to hear it! 🙏
Great video!!!!
You are so nice, Miguel, to share these tips! Thank you.
I love this shirt!