How I Got to This Shot: An Image by Image Walk-Through

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4 жыл бұрын

In this video, I walk you through behind the scenes on how I shot this bowl of lentil soup including the food photography lighting setup, my camera settings, the specific type of diffusion material I use, how I styled the photo, and much more!
For you visual learners, I hope this helps a ton! because I don't say a word in it haha.
Links to BOTH of the diffusion rolls used in this video:
1/2 density soft frost:
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Tough white diffusion:
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@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

What do you think of this "no talking" type of tutorial? I'm trying something new and would love some feedback, thank you! Also, a link to the diffusion material I used at the end I updated in the description.

@light_and_stories 4 жыл бұрын

It's visual storytelling, your images are strong enough to tell the story and it can still be informative - I also enjoyed your constant light demo shoot with the same concept.

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

That's good to know, thank you!

@ascauri 4 жыл бұрын

I loved it! I've learned so much from your channel.

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

🙏

@francismelendez5596 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely works for me!!

@sabrinawang6419 3 жыл бұрын

I love how you use the most simple food choice(an apple, a lemon, a bowl of cereal, a muffin, etc) for demonstration. Sometimes, it's harder to photograph simple foods compare to a fancy plate. This makes lighting more important in order to create an interesting photo that tells story using simple ingredients. Learnt so much from you. Appreciate it!

@MrOmartaj 4 жыл бұрын

Man this is excellent. We feel the passion.

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

thank you! 🙏

@ik2keg Жыл бұрын

I have been binge-watching your videos. They teach me so much. Thank you!

@waseemmehmood5685 3 жыл бұрын

Someone give this man an award ! 👏

@stevebrown164 3 жыл бұрын

I only discovered your channel last week. I’m really enjoying these videos and feeling so inspired to try more things. Thanks.

@sanketk 4 жыл бұрын

Your content us clean and innovative! The best content about food lighting yet on youtube or anywhere else. Awesome work and presentation! Thanks 🙏

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sanket! I really appreciate that 🙏🙏

@EfthimiosPetrakis 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome work and breakdown! Thank you so much

@dharmrajshah1378 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Learnt a lot about lighting from your videos. 🙌🏻

@light_and_stories 4 жыл бұрын

Loving this mix of soft light & hard light! Thanks for the video!

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

It's such a great look! Im always finding myself resorting to it. Thanks for watching!

@drewzytran 4 жыл бұрын

Omg, this is awesome! I loved how you used the oatmeal bowl as a test/sample subject beforehand. Never thought of that before, such a neat trick. Keep up the amazing work! 🙌🙏

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I didn't want the lentils to get cold and dry up so oatmeal did the trick for me haha. Thanks for watching!

@zuzukaegge273 3 жыл бұрын

I am binge watching your videos even though I have so much to do. But I'm not mad at it!!

@newpix7555 4 жыл бұрын

Great talent and lovely way of teaching, keep it on!

@amgadelfeshawe2365 3 жыл бұрын

i'm from egypt and i really learned from you thank you very much

@katarzynabuksinska1305 2 жыл бұрын

You are so talented and I love how you play with light to get different results. Still a lot to learn for me :-)

@gabmilitao 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and great soundtrack. Keep it up, man.

@kyawsithu4186 3 жыл бұрын

Just simple aesthetics, great stuff! Subscribed

@priyankbhadkamkar 4 жыл бұрын

You are a perfectionist. Glad to have found your channel. Great videos. 👏🏻

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Priyank!

@junkoakita2049 4 жыл бұрын

OMG! The video made me feeling like trying it myself! Thank you for sharing this and stay safe :-)

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thanks for watching Junko 🙏

@kenduejones Жыл бұрын

Awesome job bro 💯

@gluteusmaximus7608 Жыл бұрын

you are such a great talent

@simonsiffons4316 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful tutorial! Thank you!

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon!

@Yummycash 2 жыл бұрын

Anytime I come on YT, this channel is been recommended to me, I watched almost all of his videos at a sitting and I must say, am really learning.. This year I want to change my thumbnails and hopefully I can

@santasorokhaibam57 4 жыл бұрын

Just amazing 👍 Brandon

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

@zaahirhamid8843 4 жыл бұрын

Found your channel.today! Great work love the way you show your process in this style of video! Keep it up💪🙂

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Zaahir! 🙏

@safeerhd 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing dear ,learned some ideas from you

@hetalsindhwad579 4 жыл бұрын

wow lived this video

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@junj2039 3 жыл бұрын

It is so kind of you to do that.

@Frostroomhead 4 жыл бұрын

Great video and result !

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rodion! Appreciate it

@wm6020 3 жыл бұрын

From china.love your vedio.thank you for share.they’re very very helpful

@daniahalsalim268 4 жыл бұрын

You’re really talented 😻

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Daniah!

@DearArzu 6 ай бұрын

I love this series i am learning so much but can you also do a series where you explain how food videography works how to style or the basic editing.

@bhanuadla2419 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir ❤

@MiguelACoronaDM 4 жыл бұрын

LOL, I just made some red lentil soup and now it seems I might make more. Great video! I like the variations with the light set up including moving the scrim to provide different feel for each of the scenes. I was going to ask about the rolls you're using but I see you've provided it below. Thanks again!

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

hahah I just barely finished today the batch I made for this video. Might be a while befor eI make it again. Thanks for the feedback!

@vishalnrz 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you make simple things look so good . What boom tripod are you using ?

@nickee313 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ucarcam 3 жыл бұрын

bravooooo

@gbernm3 2 жыл бұрын

Hi I love your amazing video! Thanks you and I'm wondering where did you buy that kind of black background? Did you make it by yourself?

@bartfire 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely learning more about light through your videos. Thank you! Off-topic: what's the music in this one? Can't get it out of my head.

@gurus6347 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Subscribed..

@jpalczewski 5 ай бұрын

Love your stuff .. thanks for sharing … where did you get that table top surface for this shoot

@jaguarjj 4 жыл бұрын

I learned something new, thank you Btw, do you happen to have a link to that light diffusion roll you used at the end?

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Mohamed! I bought mine from the rosco website, but I found it on B&H as well: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/43987-REG/Rosco_101030044825_3004_Filter_1_2.html

@slavagalaka8830 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you)

@TheOnlyGuess 2 жыл бұрын

Great

@malikswife21 3 жыл бұрын

Hello! Loved your video🤍 whats the name of those dark things you used to keep the black and white cardboards standing? Thanks

@ap4exlancer848 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will practice according to 😁😁

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching! 🙌

@bobby350z 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Only yesterday I was trying to do something similar where I added a second flash to create a sun streaking in kind of effect. Two questions, the diffusion material you using, is it something like translum? And what strength translum you recommend, when starting with one? The roll is like $90 and amazon only has 2 stop one (heavy).

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Bobby, thanks for watching! 1. I think it's very similar to translum actually (based on what only saw through a youtube video haha). But I'm not 100% sure. 2. It's hard for to recommend something I haven't tried. But ultimately I think it depends. My first roll was the 1/2 density soft frost cause i always tend to lean towards hard light. So if i were to pick one to recommend for you I'd pick the lightweight option. Hope that helps! Thanks again

@JacoboCastroCristo 4 жыл бұрын

Hello! thanks you videos are really helpful, do you recommend or use mist filters for food photography?

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jacobo! They're definitely a different look and can work in some cases. Try it out!

@umbertoaverardifotografo 3 жыл бұрын

mi piace guardare i tuoi video, sei molto bravo e mi hai fatto vedere che le foto non son necessariamente da post produrre.

@manu.pixels 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful results. Can I know kind of diffusion papers are they what they called? I am looking similar in local photography shop in Melbourne Australia but couldn't find. Regards

@Zainphotography 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. Which light stand do you use?

@Tezuka-gs8eb 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative. big fan can you pls give me the link of the stand that you used for hanging diffusion cloths.

@RoryFisher 2 жыл бұрын

where do you get these textured boards? they'beautiful

@szkhokhar 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing ,I learned alot from your channel, can you plz post the link of first diffusion roll? Thanx!

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sadia! just updated it!

@trentrouillon1732 4 жыл бұрын

Love your content mate. What surfaces are you shooting on in your videos? They look great!

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Trent! I use surfaces from a company called Erickson Surfaces.

@trentrouillon1732 4 жыл бұрын

figandlight thanks so much! I’ll check them out!!

@rendangnekda2931 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work, can you let me know what size of your backdrops, ty

@kigabuma 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@simonelewis8276 11 ай бұрын

5:45 light setup to try! 8:42 another

@kalliopesgift8336 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes is good to just observe, so I like a quiet workshop like this one, from time to time. Good choice of music! Many videos include extremely annoying music and that ruins it. I would like to know why f7.1? Why not a full stop, f8.0 in this case?

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

That's good to know, thank you! Good question. I don't have a specific reason for 7.1 itself, but it was just a matter of exposure. I'm always looking at my histogram in Capture One to see if I either need to adjust my flash power or my aperture. I rarely change my shutter and my ISO when shooting in a studio setting and 7.1 just happened to be a sweet spot. Is there a benefit to shooting at a full stop (i.e. 8.0) that I don't know about?? haha

@user-bq1lp5qp3j 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!How can I buy the same clip, the one that holds the background panel.

@legoEndeavourStudios 3 жыл бұрын

hardware stores tend to have them. Look for 'pony spring clamp'

@dectel257 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Brandon! What’s the palette of colors for??? As usual. Excellent shots. Thank you!! lovelybakes

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christel! The palette of colors is meant for color calibration of your computer monitor. In this case I just used it in the photo so that I can have a proper reading of white balance when I take the photos into my editing software.

@dectel257 4 жыл бұрын

figandlight Galing!!

@mouryavijay7 Жыл бұрын

HI!! Is that a 1stop or a 1/2 stop diffusion paper roll??

@figandlight Жыл бұрын

hello! both diffusion rolls I used are 1/2 stop

@Tisha36116 3 жыл бұрын

This is the type of video you make/send to your client when they ask why are your prices so high.

@supriyagupta7619 3 жыл бұрын

What do you recommend if we don't have the diffusion roll?

@figandlight 3 жыл бұрын

I've been told a shower curtain may work just as well

@supriyagupta7619 3 жыл бұрын

@@figandlight thank you, will try that

@gretam9115 4 жыл бұрын

What is the roll-up diffuser stuff that you use called?

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

It's kinda a mouthful lol but the grade of diffusion is called ... 1/2 density soft frost and these rolls are made by a company called Rosco

@gretam9115 4 жыл бұрын

@@figandlight thank u so much Brandon. Actually I'm looking for something which can be stored easily. My current diffuser is too huge and is a hassle

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Oh definitely. These rolls are great diffusers, but mounting them does take up space having to set it up on a c-stand and all.

@gretam9115 4 жыл бұрын

@@figandlight can't u use it on a light stand/ backdrop stand?

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried it on a regular light stand or backdrop stand myself, but I'm thinking that would work in terms of portability and saving space. Perhaps it'll take just a little bit more setup/breakdown time?

@user-on5bu7xp3u 4 жыл бұрын

I see u using different lights in the videos, wondering if you explain the different lights u use

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

I think I do explain in other videos. But I will note that, thank you!

@tc3458 Жыл бұрын

Great video but please do look up how to carry/travel a c-stand safely :)

@Motshwane.Letsoalo 4 жыл бұрын

Question: can this be done with a speedlight?

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. The only problem I'd run into is finding a modifier similar to the one I used in the video, which all it did was increase the size of the light source, BUT kept the light specular (by taking off the diffusion material attached to it). With a speedlight, what I would do is bounce the flash into an umbrella and point the umbrella's backside into the scene for a similar effect. Hope that helps! thanks for watching Mo! hope all is well.

@Motshwane.Letsoalo 4 жыл бұрын

@@figandlight Thanks, Brandon. I'll definitely give it a try

@figandlight 4 жыл бұрын

One thing I forgot to mention, if you do turn the umbrella around, the umbrellas front side that is turned around would need to be flagged off so as to not bounce any light into from whatever's behind it. hope that made sense