How To - Studio Portrait Lighting Setup

[chipsher42]

I love your vids. I also love that you make a mistake once in a while, even though you could have edited it out. Hey you're honest and "real" with us, that's awesome. It makes you even better I think.

Thank you soooo much for all you give to us. Knowledge is like wealth, and you make us richer by your giving.

[Slipknotsico666]

Personally the lighting on her face is basically blown out and overexposed. not sure if thats the look you're going for (not that you would) but ya, thats how it looks to me bud.

[JaredPolin]

@Slipknotsico666 this is a projection of an image onto the screen the original is spot on.

[Slipknotsico666]

@JaredPolin

ah, understandable. Really kinda throws off the image though for the viewers...Great lighting diagrams though, those are very helpful.

Cheers dude.

[Biomech011]

Greg, Jared, When using FLASH, do you guys ever use a light meter, or is it all trial and error? If so, would you guys add that to the FLASH lesson?

Keep up the good work.

[argmax10]

Greg, do you recommend buying an SB 600 for the D3100 or saving more money for the SB 900?

[justsaymusic]

what music it is? please please please please tell me!

[redman68au]

GREG IS THE MAN! NO ME,ME,ME AND I, AND NO CAPTAIN CHARISMA BULLSHIT!!

lose the fro knows intro greg cause you aint fro and just intro yourself! love your work best on the tube bro!

[whoisthisthenno]

I really love these hands-on videos. Lighting has always been a big mystery to me, how to make it look good. So, thumbs up!

[kentak47]

Good video with good style, Greg. Short and to the point--and you had your comments planned out ahead of time (at least it seemed so). The umbrella used as fill on the shadow side, that was without a flash, just as a reflector, is that correct? I like that, sometimes flat reflectors are a pain to position and hold where you want them.

[maultreehill]

Great video and perfectly timed once again. I just started accumulating pieces to my own studio set up, and as a beginner, it's hard to know which setups are the best or widely used. This outlines it perfectly (after seeing the diagram on the website of course).

You are building quite the empire here, you realize this right? You're gonna be the Bob Ross of photography. FRO FTW.

[franklinlevy]

outstanding info sir...thanx a lot!!! 

[nwarken]

i liked the single light source the best.. keeps it cheap too :)

[yel75]

*where was

[yel75]

Where's was your light Greg? We couldn't see you.

[Leinadi]

it would be more enlightening if the girl did smile in every snapshot,and not just in the last one.

[desmondlaugh]

great vid Fro and Greg plz keep them coming on portraits love it

[BigCatsWildlife]

Hey Jared, quick question. When you are taking photos, do you have preset contrast, saturation, sharpness, etc, levels in your camera or do you leave all that at neutral and adjust them in Lightroom only? The Canon DSLR's have "picture style" options with preset contrast, etc, for different environments like portrait, and landscape. Should I leave those settings at neutral in the camera and adjust all that in Lightroom or adjust some of it in the camera and more in Lightroom? Thanks.

[JaredPolin]

@BigCatsWildlife i set them but they do not effect my images its only for preview on camera.

[WestCoastMods]

Greg do you have your own channel? Love your vids, keep them coming. However in this example, I personally thought that the light was a little to harsh, couldn't see much detail in her face and skin tones were washed out a little.

[bpmuzik808]

Can you say Gregknowsphoto next time?

[ROCKnROLL4NGEL]

excellent work boys, keep them coming.I LIKE!!!!

[jhcentrl]

@JaredPolin I meant more as in video Strobox diagrams. I end up watching 90% of these videos on the iPhone as I'm constantly on the road. I've been signed up on the website for quite a while now.

[JaredPolin]

@jhcentrl they will def get cut in in the future.

[eleventhphotograph]

I bought me a three-piece continuous umbrella lighting kit. I need to play around with it more, its not amazing at about $175, but its a good starter kit.

[UAOleg]

First photo still not bad.

[TheNeonWorm]

I'm into portraiture and actually liked the one with 1 light better, I personally think that the face on the second, third, fourth images were a bit whited out, and there wasn't a lot of detail there, it was almost all just white.

I prefer natural skin tones and a softbox with either a silver or gold foil reflector is a brilliant way to go for this.

[WestCoastMods]

@TheNeonWorm Agree 100%...you took the words right out of my mouth.

[rich999uk]

Quality Greggster, short n sweet n to the point, cheers,

[citizenofvirginity]

how do you eliminate the harsh harsh on her face from the key light?

[Wuzzysbrand06]

You need to put more enthusiasm into your "Fro Knows Photo" intro like Jared does :P

Just kidding Greg...awesome video once again :)

Thanks!

[WarrenAckary180]

I like it Greg, make it look so easy yet it must be hard to get the lighting right

Have you guys ever thought of putting these on DVD's for a small price to cover costs and make some money for the Fro Website?

Once again Kudos to you Greg!

[Nron13]

Nice video, should of added a diagram of the light positions so ppl can get understanding of the set up.

[BennyDanny]

Love the video Greg... but in this specific case, I think it's too much light in the face, it lost some details.. how to fix one situation like this?

[jhcentrl]

Loving the flash series, Greg.

Something that you may use to help teach this better is to use a format like the diagrams on Strobox. I could definitely learn even more that way, as I'm sure others could too.

[JaredPolin]

@jhcentrl the strobox is on the web site so be sure to sign up on the web site fro knows photo dot com

[D0SI]

what is the into song ?

[Olphus]

She has a bigger smile for every light added.

[Dlingz]

I'm always happy when I see a new video of you two, in my SUBBOX :)

[movania89]

what kinda lights could i use if i wanna make my own home made lighting system ?

please make a video on it or please answer me ! thanks !

[tmlim526]

I kinda prefer the 3 light setup.  I like the black background.

Overall, great photos and great video!

[spikedupleo]

Hello, I plan on buying my first DSLR (Nikon D3100) this Friday, I'm extremely stoked about it! And I have watched a lot of your videos and have learned a lot, thank you! But I do have a couple of questions with lighting.

1. Can you make a video about how to do proper lighting? For example, how to angle the lights, stuff like that? I would really appreciate it. :D

2. Like @AlTyler138 asked, what is the main difference between shooting with an umbrella and a soft box?

Thanks guys!

[AlTyler138]

What the main difference between shooting through and umbrella and a soft box..?

[Gordonafloat]

Gregg may not be as flash with his chat as the Fro but what he says often makes more sense! Keep it coming Gregg :-)

[artifical007]

@Gordonafloat Aye. Straight to the point he is. Well done Gregg.

[mikenyesi123]

i would really like to see fashion lighting setups vs just portrait lighting setups..and i would really like to hear more bout different light modifiers like beauty dishes, ring flash, bulb reflectors, octabox's strip boxes

[CYNFELYN23]

Great video. I need a hair light because I have dark hair and It wasn't showing up with a black background.

[MrJubblegum]

440'th Vid. Love your vids :D Thank you for all the tips :)

[moviemyles100]

no great

[moviemyles100]

good vid

[moviemyles100]

what happened to greggs head ?