Senior Portrait Photoshoot Lighting Tutorial - Mixing LED continuous light with flash

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In this video I breakdown how I captured this sports portrait of a high school golfer while blending LEDs and flash together during a two second exposure.
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Camera
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Camera Stand
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Lighting Gear
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Modifiers
Parabolix 35D (89cm)
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Grip
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How we made this video
Canon Cinema EOS C70
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and lit with a
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:37 Main light
03:19 Kicker
03:43 Gelled rim lights
04:01 Save on your PPA membership
05:01 Exposure
05:42 Rear curtain sync
06:02 Extending the backdrop
06:52 Controlling ambient
07:52 How many LEDs do you need?
09:16 Posing
10:06 Avoiding reflections
10:21 Retouching
10:45 Generative fill
11:51 Regrets
12:47 Conclusion
Music: Evolution and Going Higher and Birth of a Hero by Bensound bensound.com/

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@jeffreyrosenberg7765 7 ай бұрын

Very cool shot! Prime example of hiring a photographer with lots of problems solving experience to get what the client wants!

@JohnGress 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Jeffrey!

@sirBumpyCase 2 ай бұрын

This actually masterful. You know exactly what you're doing.

@JohnGress 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@QuantzPhoto Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video and result! That "generative fill" highlight, wow!

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thanks James! It's still shocking to see whats possible with this technology, It kind of makes me want to go back and fix some mistakes in my portfolio.

@MrJupton1 Жыл бұрын

Very cool! Great idea! Beautiful final image !

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@DavidJosephPhoto Жыл бұрын

What a cool concept! #LuvIt❤️

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thanks David! I really appreciate it!

@brainmt Жыл бұрын

Great teacher. Thanks for sharing!

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thanks and thnks for watching!

@AlisonCarlino 6 ай бұрын

Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

@JohnGress 6 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! If your flash trigger wont do second curtain you could use a speed lite to tigger the photocells on real lights.

@simonekakabor9020 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for this tutorial 🔥🔥

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thank you Simon!

@andreak4280 Жыл бұрын

super cool image!! 💙

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you like it!

@PraveenKumar-fs6of Жыл бұрын

Genius light man ! 👏👏

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@Jgilbert232 Жыл бұрын

Yeah Kyle!!!!!

@lkfs55 Жыл бұрын

Very cool 😎- will try some time

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thanks! You should!

@bobsykes Жыл бұрын

Whoa, I’ll say that’s advanced! I really like the shot of Tiger! I guess I’m just a fan of natural light, real world/street/etc. sorts of compositions. This is fascinating, though, and I could see how for an artistic production like modern dance, you could do some really cool things with variations of this idea.

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob! I really appreciate it. I really want to try doing that some time.

@Just_Samson 4 ай бұрын

My inner child has so many comments but I will refrain for the sake of the channel. 😂 Great vid. Appreciate you

@tomhuppmann4805 5 ай бұрын

Such a cool shot and great tutorial. Thanks. Quick question... What is the red light at the 06:00 mark in the video and is that to provide a little ambient light to focus?

@JohnGress 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! The yellow Light on the top left indicates that that light is in group 2 for Elinchrom’s radio system.

@TheRunningMod 5 ай бұрын

Amazing shot! Would love to give this a go at some point. Can I just ask, what lights did you use to attach to the club? I have some lights but feel they’d be far too big for the club shaft. Many thanks.

@JohnGress 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I linked to them in the secretion.

@dwanelindsey6249 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the BTS and some of the things you’d do differently. How did you attach the lights to the shaft so that they didn’t come off?

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Sorry I forgot to mention that they were attached with scotch tape.

@waynedennyphoto Жыл бұрын

Great vid, John! Two things, does AF continue tracking the face/eye through the exposure, or does it stop once you hit the shutter? And for the black background, Daniel Norton has recommended using Duvetyne because it basically absorbs light and doesn't reflect/get washed out like black paper or even normal fabric. Best part is that it's $40 for 5 yards on Adorama.

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Thanks Wayne. I am not sure if the AF keeps tracking during the exposure, but the head to camera distance doesn't change much during the swing. Shooting at 5.6 will keep it all sharp even if there is a little variance.

@waynedennyphoto Жыл бұрын

@@JohnGress Ok, gotcha. I bought some of the lights through your link, I think I'm going to try it with a gymnast and have them tied to her hair. No idea what that result will look like, lol. Also going to do something similar to what you have here with some softball players with the lights on the bat. Really appreciate you putting this out there!

@JohnGress Жыл бұрын

Oh nice, that sounds great! Have fun!