@Ariellex0 I'm not stupid. I'm not a bastard either. I loved my father. He served in the Korean War.
There isn't much point in showing photos in a video like this. The look of a photo is created more by the light modifier used, not the strobe inside the modifier. For example, whether you use a hotlight or a strobe inside a softbox its going to look pretty much the same. The real difference is you shoot differently when using hot lights and strobes and that is what the video details.
Quite shocking. At 4'28 you say there are problems with using hot lights that they have no flexibility yet at 6'48 you move the hot light and say its an advantage as you can put the light right where you want it and see what you are getting. That could have been done when the hot light was behind her.Big contradiction here.
@danielhicksnz Nothing shocking or contradictory. Video wasn't scripted so some of my language may be confusing, however the 2 statements stand as true.
1) Hot lights are extremely limiting in that you have no power settings. They are always full power and sometimes this forces you to put a light a certain distance from the subject.
2) Hot lights are great in that you can see the actual light on the subject and this makes it easy to see exactly where your shadows are falling.
Uh.. are you sure you don't mean 100 watt seconds? 1,000 watt seconds is incredibly powerful, and 10,000 would be ungodly. Or am I mixing this with something else? 100 x 10 = 1,000 makes much more sense to me.
@ChrisWeissPhoto I'm not sure exactly which part of the viddeo you are referrring to. However, your living room lamp may have a 100 watt bulb, but that isn't very powerful. The Profoto hot light takes a 1000 watt bulb.
That should not be confused with 1000 watt seconds b tw. Watt seconds only refers to strobes -not continuous lights.
I don't know much about the video chip. You may be right. Maybe it happened when I was shooting a video where a light was firing into the same spot on the chip for a long period of time.
awesome dust spot on the lens. Man i'm really liking your videos. It gives me tons of inspiration on how to set up something of my own, though i don't have nowhere near your lighting setup. Just one d-lite4, white seamless paper, and will soon grab a plm. gotta get the plexiglass from home depot so that i can work on carpet.
The odd thing about the dust spot is that my camera is a Sony 3 CCD camera with a non removable lens. I have no idea how you would get a dust spot off the chip.
@ChuckWilmore here....Thanks John. This was super helpful.
myanointed1 4 weeks ago
Thank you so much for this upload.
I found it very educational.
It would have been nice if you could have shown us what the photos looked like that were taken you stupid bastard
Ariellex0 3 months ago
@Ariellex0 I'm not stupid. I'm not a bastard either. I loved my father. He served in the Korean War.
There isn't much point in showing photos in a video like this. The look of a photo is created more by the light modifier used, not the strobe inside the modifier. For example, whether you use a hotlight or a strobe inside a softbox its going to look pretty much the same. The real difference is you shoot differently when using hot lights and strobes and that is what the video details.
photoJohnRicard 3 months ago
I like your stand for the backdrop. Very unobtrusive. Did you get that from B&H? I have 10' ceilings
kev121 6 months ago
@kev121 Yes. It's called an Auto Pole.
photoJohnRicard 6 months ago
@photoJohnRicard Thank you!
kev121 6 months ago
All the model hears is; blah blah blah blah blah.
darksidehero 9 months ago
Quite shocking. At 4'28 you say there are problems with using hot lights that they have no flexibility yet at 6'48 you move the hot light and say its an advantage as you can put the light right where you want it and see what you are getting. That could have been done when the hot light was behind her.Big contradiction here.
danielhicksnz 10 months ago
@danielhicksnz Nothing shocking or contradictory. Video wasn't scripted so some of my language may be confusing, however the 2 statements stand as true.
1) Hot lights are extremely limiting in that you have no power settings. They are always full power and sometimes this forces you to put a light a certain distance from the subject.
2) Hot lights are great in that you can see the actual light on the subject and this makes it easy to see exactly where your shadows are falling.
photoJohnRicard 10 months ago
Nice video. Where did you get the backdrop?
dvdragon 1 year ago
@dvdragon The backdrop is standard 9' Seamless paper made by Savage. It can be ordered by BH Photo, but I imagine the shipping is very high.
photoJohnRicard 11 months ago
How many watts are those hotlights?
piergi 2 years ago
1,000 watts which is not very powerful compared to any studio strobe or even camera flash. They have maybe 10% of the power of a studio strobe.
photoJohnRicard 2 years ago
Uh.. are you sure you don't mean 100 watt seconds? 1,000 watt seconds is incredibly powerful, and 10,000 would be ungodly. Or am I mixing this with something else? 100 x 10 = 1,000 makes much more sense to me.
ChrisWeissPhoto 1 year ago
@ChrisWeissPhoto I'm not sure exactly which part of the viddeo you are referrring to. However, your living room lamp may have a 100 watt bulb, but that isn't very powerful. The Profoto hot light takes a 1000 watt bulb.
That should not be confused with 1000 watt seconds b tw. Watt seconds only refers to strobes -not continuous lights.
photoJohnRicard 1 year ago
omg who's that angle standing behind you
thanks 4 your vids
almogas666 2 years ago
I realy enjoy how he communicates through these videos, it comes from the inside....
Well done John.
2progressive 2 years ago
It's not a dust spot.
Probably it's a very bright light that impressed the ccd.
capitanharlock 2 years ago
I don't know much about the video chip. You may be right. Maybe it happened when I was shooting a video where a light was firing into the same spot on the chip for a long period of time.
photoJohnRicard 2 years ago
awesome dust spot on the lens. Man i'm really liking your videos. It gives me tons of inspiration on how to set up something of my own, though i don't have nowhere near your lighting setup. Just one d-lite4, white seamless paper, and will soon grab a plm. gotta get the plexiglass from home depot so that i can work on carpet.
c2thew 2 years ago
The odd thing about the dust spot is that my camera is a Sony 3 CCD camera with a non removable lens. I have no idea how you would get a dust spot off the chip.
photoJohnRicard 2 years ago
Peccato per la cellulite...
:-|
capitanharlock 2 years ago
Great video. But I wish you had shown photos taken using hot lights vs using strobes.
hhxlegacy 2 years ago
I agree, that would be nice.
bullmeecham 2 years ago
good vid.
luzsanjurjo 2 years ago