 Na kwa ni mwazimu hona maia accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Ya, so, Gerard, I'm a TV and Film Director and a professional photographer. Then I'm based on making photos on films, cinemas, movies and anything to do with camera work. Alright, maybe the two of your models can introduce themselves. Ya, okay. Just share the mic with them. I'm Jany Tronza, a model for three years now. My name is Anna Amondi, a student at Kenyatta University. Posing a bachelor's degree in education, I love photography, I love modeling and most importantly, I believe in the power of prayers. So thank you. Currently, I'm Miss Kenyatta University. Alright. Thank you. Thank you so much for coming through. So maybe I can just start by asking Gerard. They say that a photo is worth a thousand words, a thousand unspoken words. Is this always the case in all photos that we take? Okay, that's not the case. Anybody can be a photographer. You can make as many photos as you can. You can use your phone, you can use a camera, you can use anything that takes photos. But the reality that comes in photography is that how do you make your photos presedable to the other people, to the client and to anybody that wants to make photos out of you? Now, when it comes to photography, you have to know the basics and what it's needed in our photo. Are you using the right equipment and then are you making the right writing sequences? Are you ensuring that the portraits and the full photos or the close-ups and the full photos are in place? So the most important thing in photography is to identify the basics and everything that you do in photography that a client wants to get out of you. So how did you get yourself in this industry? How did you get yourself in the photography industry? Okay, photography is passion. I did not start with photography. I started as a procurement officer. I was a storekeeper. But then after that, I got inspired by my bishop. He's a bishop, Nikola Smuli. I appreciate so much. He used to give me his camera, his phone that is to take photos in the church while he's preaching. And then inspired me. Everybody was saying, hi, Gerard is making good photos with the phone. So I got the passion and at the end of the day I found myself doing photography. All right, maybe you can just talk to the ladies. Let them not say I'm discriminating them. So how long have you been working with Gerard Fotos? Since I started modeling, actually when I was training as a model, he was my photographer. When was that? That was about three years ago. Yeah, three years ago. And you're liking it so far? Yeah, it's amazing. He's great actually. What about you, Anna? I've worked with Gerard for about four years now and I can assure you he gives the best photography so far. Because most of the time when he takes pictures of me, my classmates would ask me who took that photo and definitely market him. All right, so Gerard, maybe because we want to learn, maybe you can just start us by telling us the first steps that I need to consider before taking a photograph. Yeah, one, the first and foremost thing that you have to know when taking a photo, do you have the enough light for that particular subject? Okay, does the model have the right process to take that particular photo? First you have to do the three-point lighting. You need to have the backlight, you need to have the key light, you need to have the field light. When it comes to overdose, you can use the reflectors and then use the natural lighting from the sun and then make a good photo. But when it comes to overdose, you should do your own lighting. And for like this scene, the lighting is good, but we don't have the backlight. So we have to do the backlight. First. Yeah, you can use, these are portable images. All right. We can start with the janet to make the photo. Okay. What you do is make sure now she has the, she has the light that is needed. Yeah, you have enough light from the back. That's the backlight. All right. As you can see, there's a good light there giving me the key light here. All right. And then I have another light from that point. It's giving me the field light. So this one, I don't need any flash, I don't need anything. So what I do is... Can they use the microphone? I'm going to switch off my speed light because I really don't need it. But because I have enough lighting for that, what I'm going to do is to check the settings on my camera. Whether I got the right settings for that, we can play with ISOs, aperture, shutter speed, then balance the color tone. That's the white balance. All right. So what am I going to do? For, let me just interject you a bit. For people that don't know what ISO, aperture, oh, what are those? ISO is sensibility to light towards the subject. A aperture, these are the number of frames that will be taken out of that photo. I think I've seen someone taking a photo and then it's shaky. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, those are frames, we call them frames. If the frames are low, the photo can be shaky. You should be steady while making it. And then we apply the ISO when the room is not well lit up. Use the microphone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When the room is not well lit up, that's when we use the ISOs. So if we adjust the ISO to a higher level, the camera opens the lighting well. But when the ISO is low, then you have to do enough lighting to that particular subject. All right. So take us through how this work goes. One, what do I need from her? If I need an extreme close up, I should have the right lens for that particular shot. So I have that five millimeter lens here and then I have a zoom lens here. These are 55 to 200 millimeter lens. This one can make a portrait but I can make it while I'm at a far distance. I cannot make it on a close up. But when it comes to these 35 millimeter lens, I can do it on a close up area. Yeah, but when making a group photo, I don't need these ones, I need a wide lens. That can be 10 to 24 or 18 to 55. But for now I can start with these 55 millimeter lens and then make a good photo out of her. All right. While you are making the photo, and then your model should just be prepared to make the photo. And then standby? You have to remind them that they have to be on standby. Yes, yes, you have to remind them. You have to tell them that the camera is rolling and then you should say action. All right, before you do this particular job, just move a bit closer. Have you ever had situations where you've taken a photograph of a client and then they come claiming that they didn't come out smiling? And who do they blame? Is it you or themselves or are they just naturally ugly? Yeah, it happens. There are some people who are photogenic. Even sometimes I go to an event like a wedding, but my camera is still on one particular person. Why? Because that person is photogenic. Yeah, hana kubari kana camera. All right. But for this case, when I find a client complaining something like that, I normally ask her what do you want? What kind of photo do you want? She tells me I'm black and I want to be brown. I go into my software. And Photoshop? I Photoshop. Then I send it back to her. Look good. That's what they normally do. But that is actually the fake image of them. That is what Kenyans love, so you didn't blame them. Yeah, but I just deliver what my client wants from me. All right. Now we can take a photo of her. Yeah, now we can position her now. You can be on my start by mode. And then today I'm using my Nikon D5300. It's a nice camera here for photos, but they are more good cameras than this. So we can start with portraits. I need an extreme closer. So let me interject that. Do you give them poses or they already know what you want? Okay, professional models, like I know they are professional. I don't need to tell them I need this pose. They know what we need. But a new client, it's not a model. Don't know these shorts. I just show them some poses. All right. Yeah, but for them they know what we need. So it's just a matter of giving them the extraction. I need an extreme close up, they know. I never need them short, they know. All right, let's take their photo please. I've taken most of your time asking you. You're taking extreme close up. Stand by, stand by. Camera rolling, action. And in a medium close up. So maybe you can come a bit closer. Yes. Stand by. So how do you determine the length that you're supposed to get from the person you're taking a photo from? Yeah, sure. That's why you are telling me come close up. Yeah. I don't want you to move out of there. No, as I told you before, I'm using two lengths here. I'm using the portrait kit. This one is for the extreme close ups and the medium close ups. But for this zoom lens, I can take subjects on a far distance. But this one blasts the background easier than this. So you should master the focus of this when you are taking the photos because in some way or one another, you are going to lose the focus of the subject. All right. So I'm using this one because I had done the distance between the subject and the camera. You just estimate or you use your eyes to just look and you can tell. There are some things we call focus points in camera. Focus points, when you start taking photos, you should know when you are here and then focus on that subject. You should know where that focus point is. Then the camera will automatically show you. All the lens will automatically show you. All right. Maybe you can just have a look at the works that you have on your online portfolio. Let's get to look at some of the photos you have on your online portfolio. There it goes. A very beautiful picture. What inspired you to doing this? I want to appreciate the amam. Amam is Mary. She is Brielle. Amam is a group of ladies in Kitingela. They call them themselves pretty moms. They love my job. All right. I understand children are so difficult to handle. Unataka kumpi, gapiche apa, nde ule uko, amekin bilia maua, ame una suiti mahali, and they want to go for it. How do you manage to contain them? Amat, you tell them, this is how you are supposed to pose. Actually I was coming to that point for that kid. It was an ektik moment for the photography shoots that I did. What happened? Once I arrived there, the kid slept. Mam told me how we are going to do it for the kid to wake up. Then we are going to do the shoot. Must be interesting. Then I have to be patient at the same time. I cannot tell my client how we should do this now. I have to go according to the time limit that I have given my client. So what happened? While taking that photo, the kid slept, but after 15 minutes she woke up and then we started taking the photos. All right, we will be continuing with this discussion in a bit. Remember you can be part of this conversation tonight by simply tweeting us, beginning with the word why news. Atifon Anula at Y254 channel, the hashtag to use is Y254 updates. We take a very short break and we'll be back. So don't you go away.