image-vision wrote:
As far as I can say from one time viewing (on a foreign language) there’s nothing wrong what you were saying but the video is in parts very much misleading!
Also, knowing the rule before viewing this video I expected more questions to answered – may be that is something you can cover on your next videos.
Misleading:
You say , the farther a group of people (or a face lid from the side) is away from a ligjt source, the less is the light fall-off within the group (or within the face).
This is absolutely true!
BUT the photos, you shot, in the studio (face) – you are using ambient light. That is, the Octobox is not the only light source. So the photos you show in the video are not correct, since you use other lightsource(s) too, not only the Octobox!
The photos (and your words) give the impression: If you don’t want to have hard shadows in the face of a person your shooting – improve the distance between the person and the lightsource. – Which is ( I hope you know this) absolutely wrong – especially is you use such a large Octobox as you in the video.
The hardness, (harshness) don’t know the correct english word, is determined by the size of the lightsource versus the size of the object and the distance to the object. The bigger the lightsource the smoother the light, but the greater the distance between lightsource and object the harder (harsher) is the light.
(The best example is the sun – it’s millions of km or miles away. If on the early morning after sunrise, or late evening befor sunset, the sun is coming form the side you, get a huge fall-off in light – even bigger than you showed on the first picture when the girl ist just 1 feet away from the octobox – but the sun is muuuuuuuuch further away. So the way you explained it there should be no light fall-off, since the sun is really far away. You’r proven wrong!)
So it’s basically the opposite of that (what you don’t exactly say, but what you can see at the face-photography at… 8(?) feet) – actually at the end of the video you even say it – if you want to shoo a group, bring a greater distance between the group and the flash – this is (I’m sorry BULLSHIT). Please tell me who the heck would place a flash (if it’s only one flash) on the left or on the right hand side of the group (only in that case you would be right) instead of in the front of a group?)
What did I expected more and did not see in the video:
You shot this video in a photo studio, that’s the best location, to explain the correlation between (intensity of) light, aperture, ISO and shutter speed.
Let’s say, I already have the correct settings for a shot, but I want the model to move closer to me or further away (and that could be for example double, or half the distance (away from /towards to) the flash ---- How do I adjust my camera settings to have the same correct exposure? This is what I expected to see in the video.
Aperture (F-stops), ISO, shutter speed, are directly related to the inverse Square Law. (And it’s not too difficult to explain, with respect to the amount of light) Unfortunately you didn’t loose any word about that.
Please don’t get me wrong. But I see so often that people see the number (5.6. 8, 11…) of f-stops but they have no clue what it means in terms of “amount of light” and how it relates to ISO, or shutter speed. And a lot of it is explainable with the inverse square law – or “what to to if the distance between light and object changes?” – And btw. why are the Aperture numbers so odd – all explainable with this law….
Unfortunately you didn’t explain it. Hopefully in the near future?
MLKstudios wrote: An example of a Week 4 student, posted today (shot yesterday). There's a lot wrong with it, she's still learning. She's had her T2i camera but a few months.
Can anyone tell me, after watching the video above, how come the second girl isn't darker than the closer one? It's lit entirely by on camera flash she got yesterday. Not off camera flash.
Tow seems to "get" what the video is really about. You watch it and want new lighting. The tools he's using are very expensive, especially for a beginner. The impression he gives us, is one can't achieve great lighting, without buying fancy gear and having a big studio to work in with lots of light modifiers (umbrellas, softboxes and whatnot).Towcestermark wrote: I think that we must remember here that Mark Wallace produces marketing videos, not instructional videos. And, I mean that in the nicest possible way, the videos are made to gain revenue, sign ups, advertising, selling products that their company makes on.
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Don't be too harsh, he's gotta present this stuff...!
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