Confessions of a Photographer - episode 01

[David63190]

Nice video thanks 

[antoniofotografia]

Thank´s Bert!!!

[icekiller151]

how do you do to have this black background in a full light scene

[woodenpalette]

thanks dude! great that you are sharing this.

[TechnomTigerGeek]

wow this is so what she said. I mean the whole video is what she said. Well, almost

[Sixdex]

Hi thank you for your lesson. It's helped me alot. watch my video at /watch?v=XkiOcFYyjZI and give some comment about it please =)

Thank You in advance.

[BlinkPhotoGalleries]

I like your video, Check out my review channel! Thanks!

[prmass1]

great tips on this one thanks for taking time to put it togehter

[saffyre00]

Heel mooi :)

(Sorry ik ken alleen Nederlands)

[pooh1234567890]

These are good videos cheers, but you need to get rid of the music, it's seriously annoying!

[geronimo925x]

This is indeed a well thought out and entertaining series. You take practical and creative ideas away from it and that is what this should be all about. Keep up the good work!

Dirk

[fusionstar916]

that girl is really hot.

[whoppers1000]

do you ever measure the light before a shoot? Just wondering. great photo shoot.

[sabbathack]

Great tips! Thank you!

[global001]

thanks

[threefourninetyfour]

What the heck is the soccerball for at the bottom of the video??

[ghod1888]

like the way he usses gaffer tape, works every time haha

[HoojoASS]

This guy should do a "Confessions of a Porn Photographer" series.

[chuda99]

Thanks for the video. The suggestions are really helpful!

[lmagined]

Please help me get to 20 subscribers !

[ressby]

wow...this is awesome...i've learned something new!! great job..

[smartyfeet]

I find this guy interesting Ron have you seen his portfolio. Rivchin likes this narration

[rodmuellerphotograph]

Great stuff Bert,thank heaps for this series.

[1stab]

Oh my God! It's Karl Stromburg from the Spy who loved me movie, narrarating this clip!!

[ModulatedSignal]

This guy is awesome but he sounds like a pornstar lol

[fukenred]

lol.

nice tips tho

[13zedna12]

@ModulatedSignal he's awesome BEEECAUSE he sounds like a pornstar too!

[zeegee24]

@ModulatedSignal I've been laughing about your comment, I was thinking the same thing LOL

[prmass1]

@ModulatedSignal Hey even porstar have to have alittle bit of fun.

[Lainer1]

@ModulatedSignal That's why I like watching these videos. I love this guy's voice!

[zzxzqwq]

Nice tips./

[apodo360]

nice more pleaseeee

[Isid0r0s]

Great video

[sarumitai]

1:52 I'd like to see one with and one without the back light.

Otherwise, great video. Thanks.

[aimanni99]

2:12 how to edit pic like u?

so nice

[1gmarquez]

Boring!!! same photo, same amatuar pose!!... the camera makes it easy to take that kinda boring lighting so why are guys like this so looked up to, because most people lack creative understanding as consumers dont create/make, they buy!!,,, and find comfort in mediocrity

[diversq]

where are your creations? You offer up words without anything to show, why? There are always so many people like you ready to bash other people yet offer nothing themselves. Please put the keyboard down sir we have enough armchair quarterbacks as it is!

[rocklobster2112]

I really enjoy your work and willingness to share with everyone how you do this. My next 2 purchases will be wireless flashes.

[yawron09]

Could you comment on what wireless flash control you use, pls? I hoped you'd tell in your equipment film but you skipped the light part. thanks!

[Simenevil]

pocketwizards - best stuff you can get

[JeremyAaronKester]

It appears that he is using a pocket wizard, which good. I have found that Alien Bees is fantasic and reliable as well.

[Quex01]

those staged photos are so phony and irritating, i preffer more henri cartier-bresson type of school.

[MrBuddha76]

Fatastic insight. Thank you for sharing!

[niallswand]

I'm taking pictures of the WWI memorials in Belgium soon - any tips for a good photo?

[LETONEIN]

Bin the music!

[hubulaba]

you gotta get another piece of music in the background. this is irritating.

[abdulgha]

just a quick question.... is there any difference in using umbrella and without it???

[slak18]

A shoot-thru umbrella will soften and spread the light. Witout, the light will be harder/harsher. The snoot tightens the beam so theres a lot less spill.

[AchtKore]

Yes, thank you for the vid, I want to use that kind of flash but it's not cheap...

[youutubestinks]

is so strange a professional share his knowledge, thanks :D

[Therapix]

Great video

[m8bilder]

Well done. Very nice tutorial :)

[AKphoto101333]

thank you

[artidmembers]

informative!

[MattheViking]

Quality Bert ... I'm a big fan of using off camera speedlights on location, and im often making light modifiers out of card, toilet roll tubes and scrap myself ... good stuff

[moffe247]

That's a serious lens!

[sunlife]

can you please give me the set up you made in your camera.. 1/8 ,f 18, portrait?

to photo shoot your model... thanks

[INBLEW]

What type of light stand do you use when your out on location like this?

[cristalcircle]

maar zonder background kunt ge al goe foto's maken

[PimpMyAbstractivity]

Thank you so very much! *bow*

[NoJake]

Excellent! Not overly detailed, tells you just what you need to know. Great photos too!

[nicholasjohn44]

this guy is a mastermind at off camera flash. I've been trying his techniques for months with little success. not the best teacher ever, he's leaving out a LOT of important details, like white balance ... flash is blue, sunlight is orange, how does he deal with that??

[CirkusBolgen]

Well, shooting RAW is an option of course. With a greycard in addition to adjust.

[danman281]

strobes are around the same color temperature as natural sun light.

[nicholasjohn44]

Yeah, natural sunlight, not shaded areas or overcast. Also when you have camera models lower than Canon Mark II's or Nikon D3's they tend to not handle white balance very well.

[DrDougRoss]

Nicholas...

I don't have a 1D neither a D3...

Its the photographer, not the camera.

Bert now has 2 1D's but the camera you see on the video was his 30D...

Shoot in raw and use CTO's.

[pastori70]

This is photographing! Nice vids and photos indeed!

[qincheyne]

very useful introduction!

[carpetoday]

This is exactly what I have been searching for for the past six months. Keep the episodes coming. Thanks!

[prodgl]

crazy music hehe

[l33thustla]

:) very nice pictures. I don't think small flash is more creative... I think the photographer should be creative :)

You can still using studio light for this kinda a thing also.

[MauriceFlower]

Very good. Pedagogic. Easy to understand.

[rustynasty143]

Nice technique, this is a photographer who really really really knows whats his doing and apart from that he has all the nice gears,lucky bastard and he can draw too. Very talented indeed.

[eaglefish007]

awesome photos and the model is amazing...thanks for sharing

[naignik]

hahaha you are funny putchkash!!!

[PutchKash]

thats your confession ??!!!! use flash ????

[chardos]

thank you so much mr stefani, your videos really teach me a lot of things

[61862006]

what would you recommened for portraits. the Canon EF 85mm F/1.8 or the Canon EF 100mm F2???????????????

[MattLew]

Depends if you're on a 1.6x body or Full frame. 85mm is really tight on a crop body, so go with that if you have one of them.

[chompychomps]

Crap man, you gave your model a bird beak!

[ur105joephoenix]

thanks for sharing the knowledge! much respect from the Philippines! =)

[junnabriza]

very nice

[NathanaelGassett]

Very well made video, and nice use of a DIY snoot!

[narutokalvin]

Nice video it helps me.

[jinx4848]

amazing photos too

[Gavtastix]

Informative, educational and well presented. Your a good teacher as well a photographer

[maxxim86]

what kind of flashes are you using??

[tommytucker8157]

very interesting, thanks for the great vid

[bigfuzzy74]

Well done.. I've seen several crap videos about photography, but this one was quite good.

[pigshitpoet]

i hate to say it, but the live video footage is better (ie. more natural) than the photos of our illustrious photographical voyeur

"everything we find in nature, can be found in human nature..." ~ lugz

[falllawi]

thaaaannk youu soo mucch.. very helpful..

tho i'm still having trouble with measuring the output power of the flash.. can you plz tell us what was ur aperture, shutter speed, and power output?

THANXX again =)

[Rezaroth]

this ved is the best of all I've seen :) amazing :)

[khomatech]

PLEES NOAT MY DROAHING TELENT

[dogfish33]

lol

[c11umw]

Clever ... like that

[alexpoulin]

i like this guy's voice, finnally a tutorial without an annoying voice narration!! Halleluyah!! haha

[waleedaziz]

1- your drawing is very good :)

2- the whole video is fantastic even the music is wonderful thank you so much.

[lhmodel]

great input. always enjoy your confessions..btw: your drawing talent is overwhelming :-)

[0zgon]

Wow, it's amazing how perfect the lighting is in your pics... and to think that they were shot at noon! Amazing tips, thanks.

[floryan19]

thanks :)

[pilic13]

brilliant

[Southwade]

thanks.

[digurgel]

is fantastic the way you just share your knowledge!!! congratulations!!!

[kohamajima27]

thanks so much for the tip! You're doing a great job!

[EnzoToretto11]

Thanks for sharing... I love this series of yours...

[aquaphotoboy]

Thanks you! this video is very informative.

[bbtel]

Here's a little secret contributing to your success....

Any pictures you take with that Model are gonna be great...

Keep up the good work

[kenthephotoman]

Very good work. Could you give a little more detail like exposure etc... I really like your results.

[thevasilakis]

Thank you Bert, you come across as a very sincere and genuine person. This series is extremely helpful.

[fzinggl]

great photos

[xberg]

Love this series!

[visitorgrowth]

Nice video....keep them coming!

[docteejay]

Thank you very much. Very useful.

[dohimmah]

thank you so much

you are amizing.

Im fan of photography

from Jeddah, KSA

[nycool2]

Your amazing

[flashmxfreak]

great job, thank you!

[Martinator69]

Thank you very much for this great and informative videos!

Best regards from Germany!

[sandykeanufan]

That's really useful information. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[autum286]

Your amazing!! I want to be as good as you are someday

I'm just starting. I have a Nikon D200 and I'm having so much fun learning all that you can do. I'm about to buy some flashes and lighting. I'm so excited. You are a great teacher. Please post more video's

I love them. I love episode 4. That is awesome.

[drandtus]

Thank you for posting this, very informative!

[kelly075]

Great, thank you!!!!!!!!

[Chordwayze]

Thanks for the tips on lopcation-lighting.

You use film or digital? If digital, do you have an 'anti-shake' mechanism in the camera?

[kenjiari]

as a photographer speaking, you do a really good job! thanks for sharing this

[clemskismet]

great video...kudos

[MadEuro]

wow great tips

[dkocsis45]

awesome! thank you for sharing. too bad you live so far away. would love to shadow you/apprentice.

[Jenbung]

More!!! We need more!!!!

[shibuya86]

I agree. We need more!

[wildone106]

Awesome, inspiring!

[keithgreenberg]

thanks! for the insight and inspiration. Please post more about small wireless flashes...there is much interest.

[bottled1013]

thanks! I appreciate what you had to say!

[wisie]

That was great! Thank you very much for sharing

[buterux]

Thanks for sharing the tips!! Looking forward to second episode!

[EveIll8tone]

Ausgezeichnet!

[jackm2211]

Thank you very much...!!!

[Jenson69]

hi, just wanna say thank you for this little "workshop". i really appreciate it.

[bertstephani]

Thanks guys. I'll try to produce episode 2 as soon as work and family-time permitts.

[StagsRoar]

Excellant to see some intelligent stuff on Youtube verses some of the crap that people put on it. Thanks

[eduardofrances]

Amazing tutorial thanks for sharing!!!

[James7104]

Great tutorial, look forward to seeing more of your work !

[patriciakozlowski]

Finally something worth watching. I wish there were more educational videos like this excellent one. Thanks

[fact30]

thnaks for the video, keep on strobing!

[rataplan1967]

Great video Bert,

Strobist rules :D

[spongheadwill]

Strobist brought me here.

Thanks great vid.

[ioioio3]

Great video, hope you will make some more! :)