Love the video. Quality work.

This give a idea of big commercial photoshoot should look like. Kudos to phase one, team, and photographer for a good video.

Such an elaborate setup for what boils down to a model against a white background...

focus device guy is my hero

She's a posing Queen!!

Thank you..

This great if you hire or do a trade for social media or E Commerce. May do selfie testing posing and costume jewelry at some future date as a hobby and learn new skills. Thanks for the video.

thank you for uploading

masterpiece of work!! well done!!

Awesome!!

For those saying he's an @sshole: I've shot fashion (at a high level) for quite some time, and to be honest, I was one of the very best photographers in my market. I was also the nicest guy. I provided a very healthy and happy working environment for everyone around (from the client, to the model, down to my assistants). Guess what? At the end of the day, being nice is bad for you. You lose deadlines. You get late into the night on the shootings. Everybody feels too relaxed, so we often got late on the shootings. You get pissed off clients. The production team doesn't give themselves 100%. And not a single client care if you're nice or not. Actually, I've lost many clients due to being extra nice. Maybe they would respect better an arrogant @-hole, than a genuine nice, humble guy. I understand why this guy is such an @-hole. That's the only way to make things work.

awesome shoot, i love this

Superb shoot with awesome model

wow, good one,,cheers

Great video! Good job Phase One!

Everybody here can kick and scream and call him a "poser", but at the end of the day, you have to remember--he's the one that got the job, and you're the one watching on youtube. People become different both in front of camera and under pressure on the job when a client is breathing down your back. I resent some things that he said (and that I saw) in this video, but cut him some slack. The shoot went smoothly.

This is one of the best fashion photography shooting ever. BIG Like :-)

Buncher Koonts is my favorite

OMG "am I on the 150" this guy I can not stand.

I really don't like that type of people either. But with that said we have to keep in mind that time is money - especially for a photographer, designer, model, and make-up artist. The studio costs a lot of money to rent per hour (or maybe even per minute). Those people are hired to do that job and they probably have a schedule that they have to keep up with.

It seems to me that most people that are commenting on here with some negative remarks have never worked on a set like this and BTS footage is being shot. The most likely have 3 to 4 hours of footage... which has to be edited down to 12 minutes... Also, time is literally money... the client is watching over the shoulders, have expectations... if you are running overtime... that also cost the client money, for studio rental, staff, the model and creative team. Delays always happen and he's not trying to "cure cancer", but to deliver the product for the client that pays his bills. That's pressure, lots can go wrong, etc. People who advocate for "taking time for the art and creativity", don't know how to perform under such conditions. It's a business and as a professional... you have to deliver, or you are out! So, cut him some slack. My tone on a set is a little bit softer, I like to have fun on my sets, as I find that a set that works well together and has more fun, the results are better and achieved faster, but that's my style, but for this video... it's David's style and he delivers... that's all that counts!

Don't know what everyone’s problem with this. Apart from the hurry up at the beginning he was ok- very complimentary to the model overall. Cant believe how much equipment these guys have at their disposal- no wonder my shots of the wife look ordinary.

He seems like a nice guy...I've always hated photographers who treat their assistants like dirt, he seems to have a good balance between being in charge and being likeable.

Sir the way you did show off for lightning ... and the end result was not that up to mark ... but anyway to impress clients all these tactics needed ... all the best ...

Good video... I'm I the only one that's almost pretty sure that the model in this video is Carolina Kurkova? They had a different name for the model.

Previously I've really really enjoyed the Phase One videos, but the two I've just watched (including) this one aren't a patch on previous ones. The video work seems like it's been done on the cheap and this particular photographer voice sounds a bit belittling and as if he likes the sound of his own voice. These two videos seem at odds with the quality I've come to expect from a Phase One experience. Check out the Volvo truck shoot.

not bad

she is beautiful ??????????? are crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

How did David Thompson die you ask? A light frame fell on him.

I ponder how on Earth anyone would afford a Hassy, Phase One, a Mamiya, a few good lenses and lights to boot, and a studio bigger than a square metre and two meters high. Utterly incomprehensible to me that these things are sold here, despite all odds...

LOL - (in fact fell off my chair) what a ridiculous overkill on heads and flats (I can only assume it was for the movie). Clean white BG needs four heads in brollies and for all that mucking about you ended up with an Octa. A bit silly really. And after all this you still have to ask your retoucher (in your other video) to give you a "clean white background". Good luck to you mate but Oh dear....

The man can shoot, maybe a bit cross at times but time is money. That's life isn't it?

1:24 I hate when anyone does that...

this might be the most annoying photographer i've ever seen. maybe it's the way they edited the video, but i just get the feeling that everyone on that set can't stand him.

his assistants have more talent than him.

so what does he do !? just checking the time perhaps !

Seems like all this poser does is press the shutter button and yells at his assistants. What a shame.

At 6.54 they're all laughing at you. Your working with Kim Hunt, she looks like she's having a laugh.

A proper shot with Art Direction, Assistants, Retouchers, etc. In The Netherlands this sort of thing hardly ever takes place, for these poor little bastards won't afford to pay anything like a proper photoshoot. Perhaps, a couple of multinationals, but by no means a local client. It's between London & New York, or forget about photography!

Thats super fancy setup , you can get same results with way less equipment

A lot of bs pretentious attitude for not much substance.

That's a shame that PhaseOne videos feature only not so-talented photographers. I would rather prefer a PhaseOne behind the scene video from Mario Testino, Tim Walker or Frank Ockenfels for instance.

А что у модели нельзя было заусенцы на пальцах подстричь))) Кошмар!

He sounds like a pain to work with.

This guy is so condescending to the people that are helping him. Wouldn't work for him.

stopped watching...can't take Divas.

completely exaggerated construction I do not understand why he does not use backgrounds of Chameleon Art Backdrops ?? I think that's so boring .....