How to Photograph Portraits on PURE WHITE

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In this video Lee Morris teaches how to take portraits of people on pure white backgrounds without losing contrast.
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In this video Lee Morris and Patrick Hall have another photography competition but this time the rules are a bit different. Lee is forced to shoot with the iPhone 12 pro and Patrick gets to use a professional DSLR. Both photographers are allowed to use the Profoto B10 to light their subject.
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@FStoppers 3 жыл бұрын

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@rosssayer6524 3 жыл бұрын

Really helpful, appreciate the way you presented this tutorial 👏👏👏

@petrvokurek2286 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Btw, the model looks gorgeous!

@youknowwho9247 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. I'd love a similar video on high contrast, form sculpting, low key photography.

@humrj 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting take, without any modifier.

@Ronin760 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. I appreciate the step-by-step adding of the lights and fine tuning the shot. Very helpful. Thanks!

@CharlesKaram 3 жыл бұрын

Solid tut

@wilmotta9237 3 жыл бұрын

Love your content. Hope all is well in the East Coast of the Island. Saludos!

@MsAndreaskastrup 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks alot! But i would have liked to your lens and settings also:)

@manfredmakiseni 3 жыл бұрын

Luminar is taking over now ☺️☺️☺️

@aussie2uGA 3 жыл бұрын

1:57 has always been my #1 issue! I want pure white but dang if it doesn’t always kill the crisp sharp edges of the subject, even when I pull them farther away.

@bethlenfalvydavid 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the educational content, but allow me a question here. Did you guys film this on an iPhone?

@wendystumbaugh695 3 жыл бұрын

When you use a white ceiling as you are doing (love it, btw!), do you suggest more of a flat or gloss sheen? Awesome results!

@FStoppers 3 жыл бұрын

Flat

@itswaleed6904 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vedio ,also make a vedio on low key photography

@iamkzonjames 2 жыл бұрын

I tried a simple 1-light(speedlight with light through umbrella) on a white background bjt i am getting ghosting(shadow) right beside the model. What could be the problem?

@garryg268 3 жыл бұрын

I have to renew my son's bus pass and they require an updated picture on a white back ground and i hade a hard time getting a good result but this tut help me out perfectly, thank you.

@Camille-accessories 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@cransaxbeth Жыл бұрын

Hi , where did you get the small light stand?

@lylestavast7652 3 жыл бұрын

nice demo and very pretty young woman :)

@lorenzofortunati 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting add, the third light towards the ceiling, though I can't imagine myself choosing this option over a large softbox. Maybe if I can't use it for some reasons and have a low white ceiling...

@JagaatBhari 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please do similar video for PURE BLACK especially for portraits, Products? TIA

@grnmtnskier 3 ай бұрын

If the key light was a softbox 45 degrees camera left and the fill light was a white reflector camera right, I believe the lighting setup would be much simpler. It would also provide more contrast rather than flat lighting falling directly on her face with an unmodified strobe.

@Coolcatgrooves 3 жыл бұрын

Can anyone tell me what type of stand. He is using behind the subject?

@debbieterrell8480 2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't the Super White backdrop be a better option and eliminate the lighting issues?

@mayeshtamang5201 3 жыл бұрын

Since you guys did high key can you do low key too

@hobbiesgeeks 3 жыл бұрын

the model is so beautiful, and you looks like a tom brady ;P

@romiemiller3093 3 жыл бұрын

White walls also keeps the color balance from being effected by the wall color.

@joseph-the-seventh 3 жыл бұрын

Unusual approach but it works. For these types of portraits I would use a softbox or beauty dish probably 100% of the time, but this seems to work too. This video should have been titled “How to shoot portraits without a modifier”.

@speliotis 3 жыл бұрын

Most of us dont have three lights available ~ So I wonder why you didnt use a modifier / soft box / on the key light for soft skin & shadows. Soft box & hard light on the background would have done it....

@youknowwho9247 3 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily to the same effect though.

@Gunz2k7 3 жыл бұрын

Fixed it lol

@mariokuehni 3 жыл бұрын

she is beautiful...

@dimitristsagdis7340 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t your goal to eliminate the shadow under the model’s chin or did you just want to lighten it? At any I think the shadow under the chin is still noticeable/distracting for me. Tnx for sharing the tips I now need a larger studio :-)))

@youknowwho9247 3 жыл бұрын

Why would you want to eliminate the form by filling the shadows completely when you've got a model with such stunning jaw line and cheekbones? I feel like making everything look flat like that is one of the worst things a photographer can do to a subject.

@dimitristsagdis7340 3 жыл бұрын

@@youknowwho9247 there are several 'worst things a photographer can do to a model' :-)) Don't be so dramatic. I thought he was going for a chin shadow look, like this: jooinn.com/img/get [PORTRAIT-119.JPG] when he brought out the reflector and commented on the earlier harsh shadow. So I assumed he wanted the chin shadow eradicated. For the record I have no connection to the site, photographer or model just a convenient example I found on line. And I'm not saying this is a good portrait just an example of how much I was expecting the chin shadow to disappear given the peptalk in the video.

@youknowwho9247 3 жыл бұрын

@@dimitristsagdis7340 I'm not quite sure which video you watched. He specifically said that he wants a little bit of fill and not eliminate the shadow completely...

@dimitristsagdis7340 3 жыл бұрын

@@youknowwho9247 the next immediate sense of what you are quoting me min 5:10 says he wants more light than (after the reflector) and that instead of a large light-box he is adding a 3rd flash to bounce on the ceiling. Well for somebody that wants even less shadow and uses 3 flashes and a reflector this had a tad too much shadow for my eyes.

@youknowwho9247 3 жыл бұрын

@@dimitristsagdis7340 That reasoning doesn't make any sense. Why would someone who wants no shadow under the chin at top lighting? By his use of that alone it's perfectly clear that he wants some emphasise on the jaw line, because that's precisely why you'd add top lighting as opposed to front lighting with a large modifier in this situation.

@bubuli 2 жыл бұрын

so complicated for the foreground lighting. this would have been a lot simpler and better with just a large softbox with better catchlights softer highlights and also better controlled white balance.

@pablofernandez66 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video, but that's not high key. Because the backround is pure white the photo is not high key, and if it is black it isn't necesarily low key

@marcelplavec6453 8 ай бұрын

for XMASS i wish 2 maybe 3 maybe 4 PROFOTOS? hehheh...

@ajayappu4690 3 жыл бұрын

❤👌

@LMoProVisualComm 2 жыл бұрын

The problem I have with these videos is that you already knew having your subject to close to the background will SPILL LIGHT... I think the better teaching moment is just go right into the setup instead of going through all these failed attempts... Give the impressions that you don't know what you're doing.. reverb though I know trust you know...ijs

@saldebeer3496 3 жыл бұрын

this is so complicated...

@LifeofDray Жыл бұрын

Nah you need a better camera. The background still had a cream off white color. She didn’t have color to her skin tone. I shoot with the Panasonic S1H with a sigma lens

@MikeLikesChannel 6 ай бұрын

It’s rarely the camera in a studio. It’s about lighting.

@dayoneshemuyl9464 Жыл бұрын

Wtf are his shoes off?

@FStoppers Жыл бұрын

Do you wear shoes on carpets? -P

@dayoneshemuyl9464 Жыл бұрын

@@FStoppers Did the female? Also, you had carpet?

@amilton1015 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats. But ...why music??? Very boring....

@travis8665 3 жыл бұрын

We have someone that doesn't like music folks. The music makes it easier to watch you fool. It give sit pace. Thats why they use it in movies.

@amilton1015 3 жыл бұрын

@@travis8665 thank for your information. Now I like your music. Sorry for my first comment.

@Changhyun84 3 жыл бұрын

Three B10's to get a shot like that... hmm. You can use 2 $50 YN flashes, one with an umbrella and get better results for 5% of the cost. Even getting the reliable 2 Godox AD200's and a decent softbox for 20% of the cost will provided better results than this...

@youknowwho9247 3 жыл бұрын

What's wrong with his results?

@Changhyun84 3 жыл бұрын

@@youknowwho9247 I'm not the best either and still on my journey as a photographer, but the light is flat and shadows are still harsh. I also know that he's normally a much better photographer that understands light, so I wonder why he made a video like this... He always harps on the direction of the light, but he just sprayed light everywhere.

@youknowwho9247 3 жыл бұрын

@@Changhyun84 Too flat and too harsh seems a little incoherent to me. Saying it's too flat suggests there's not enough shaping, saying it's to harsh suggests there's too much contrast. Not only is that somewhat contradictory, I also see neither of those problems in his results. Care to elaborate how exactly its too flat and harsh, and how it could be improved in your view?

@FStoppers 3 жыл бұрын

You can also use 3 Rusty dynalites bought off eBay from the 80s and get the same results🤷🏻‍♂️-P

@Changhyun84 3 жыл бұрын

@@FStoppers right... But why no light modifier?

@darrinyo-mamakimble7002 3 жыл бұрын

And again another example of why I don’t subscribe… Your sponsored from 10 different angles why do you need so many commercials.

@travis8665 3 жыл бұрын

To make money. Thats why they do this stuff.

@level80888 3 жыл бұрын

pathetic. $1600 x 3 worth of equipment to make this shot. Good luck guys.

@travis8665 3 жыл бұрын

Yes but we charge for it. Im shoot ng head shots for a large company thursday and the lights will earn me $2000 for the day including editing. I shot today for 4 hours and my bill will be $6000 before the end of the week. My lights earn me 30k a month.