Dark Skin Photography Tips for Beginner Photographers | How to Photograph Dark Skin Tones

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Dark Skin Photography Tips for Beginner Photographers | How to Photograph Dark Skin Tones

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Dark Skin Photography Tips for Beginner Photographers | How to Photograph Dark Skin Tones
A lot of photographers are struggling with taking pictures of dark skin tones and often avoid working with people of color altogether.
I'm here to educate you because I can't hear another story of my clients complaining that another photographer told them "it's challenging to find a good light for you" or made them look ashy, orange, too dark, or too light. This is not professional, and I'm on a mission to make it right!
If you're not sure what settings to use or how to lighten dark skin - watch this video!
I moved to the US from Russia 8 years ago and within my first year started working with a variety of models with diverse backgrounds, and it turned out that I was one of the few photographers who could capture beautiful portraits no matter how light or dark their skin was.
Any skin tone can look beautiful in the pictures, from dewy rich dark tones to bronze browns and porcelain fair skin - you just need to learn how to control your camera and light!
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@tasmanholloway1104 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for creating this content

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Of course! This is a no brainer for me, but I see how a lot of photographers struggle and this affects the quality of the services our industry provides and the separations that's created. Time to change that

@zakariyeawnur2558 3 жыл бұрын

I started travelling through Africa for the first time, even though I’m African myself, and it was very difficult to shoot dark skin tones in bright sunlights. I have always shot black people in the northern hemisphere. It took me a while to get rid of the high contrast photos I was ending up with. This video is quite helpful. Black person learning how to shoot black skins from a Russian is both amazing and hilarious to me. Big ups and thanks.

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

It is quite amazing! Thank you for sharing! But honestly this issue has nothing to with race, but everything to do with how camera is registering tone and how to prorotize a certain tone. Also if you can find even natural light it will make your life easier

@tabuchoo837 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! All of this is so foreign to me (no pun intended), but it feels so natural so I'm grateful for all of this cool info.

@hudonedem8517 2 жыл бұрын

When she said “ see what the camera does?” I felt pain in my chest. Bless this woman. She understands 🙏🏾❤️

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@beatrizyoda Жыл бұрын

You saved my life. I work in Guiné-Bissau where most of the people have the darkest skin tone that I ever seen. As a content creator I want to embrace and respect that and use it as part of my representation. Like you I started to work by intuition and many times I still do mistakes. That's why this video was so helpful and I definitely will check your courses

@kseniaprophoto Жыл бұрын

Omg that just made my day! I'm so glad you found my video and yes, please take full control of your camera and lighting to make all the these beautiful rich skin tones stand out in the photos!

@sareng2005 2 ай бұрын

Wow thank you so much.

@mfieldsphotography 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, Ksenia!!!

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support 🙏

@ddaizy1516 3 жыл бұрын

I was searching for such video for so long!! Thank you so much!

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found this! Let me know if you have any questions

@crystalraeproductions1505 Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@EgipteTV Жыл бұрын

I love her attitude!!

@ameliadrin1320 3 жыл бұрын

wow, that's so amazing. I appreciate your thought

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, but it's literally just the basics )))

@TheusDjehuty 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for addressing this issue of skin tone. I’ve watched hundreds of videos from good and great photographers but they only use white or white Hispanic models and only address lighting for that skin tone uuugghhh so much of a let down! I appreciate your approach and inclusive attitude much ❤️

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, appreciate you taking the time to share this with me 🙌

@loredanagasparotto5677 2 жыл бұрын

this was great! thank you!

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@selenabostick5844 2 жыл бұрын

I'm taking notes for my very first photoshoot and I got a lot of information from this video. You explain everything in detail and in a way a friend would teach you something. It's a lot less intimidating than other videos where they say "do this/that" but don't explain why or what effect we're looking for. You deserve more recognition and subscribers and I hope they come to you soon. Thank you for making this video ❤️

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying that! I hate when people make things more complicated than they are 🙌

@ansar67 2 жыл бұрын

That was a brilliant demo . Love it.Thank you for sharing

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@liz2959 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!Great teaching

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@UniversalKofi 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best videos on this particular subject matter that Ive ever seen. I run into the same problem with shooting scenes with my BMPCC4K, especially when I have an interracial pairing.

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback! Spread the word )) a lot of times you have to do your best with lighting and then a lot of work is done when editing to make sure the tones look realistic

@hannahdaisy80 3 жыл бұрын

Big respect to the moment! Diversity is important

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, but I also think that all photographers who all themselves "professionals" must know how to make everyone look great, or at least true to their color

@tallisonrausch5719 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a white amateur photographer who will be shooting a friend’s nephew as favor who’s quite dark skinned soon and I’m so excited/nervous about doing it right, I’m grateful to this channel to for helping!

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! I sure hope that was helpful

@nieco2528 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing explanation!!!!

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you 🙏 glad it was useful

@lolao.o.8285 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@nikthegator8522 2 жыл бұрын

Your command and understanding of light is so impressive!

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm still learning like all of us

@petersonfamily5442 11 ай бұрын

This has been SO helpful! I will probably watch a few more times just to really soak in the information. I've done 3 events so far, VERY different lighting scenarios but all dark skin tones. First event was in an apartment rooftop loft that was surrounded by windows. Tons of ambient light all around. Second event was outdoors, an evening all-white attire party that started at sunset. I think the white tablecloths and white clothing everywhere helped me with that one LOL. And the third event was indoors, basically no natural light at all. This is when I realized that the dark skin tones really absorb that light whereas my pale self does not... because I had a photo booth set up and the ring light worked OK for me, but was absolutely lost on the dark skin. I'm thinking I need to find a stronger/brighter one for next time I'm in the same type of setting.

@tabuchoo837 2 жыл бұрын

This video is LIFE for a completely inexperienced camera owner

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Oh great! Glad to hear it was helpful

@Kadasberry11 2 жыл бұрын

Come on ally! Love to see it 🙌🏾 (and she’s good y’all 😉)

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

🙌🙌🙌 thank you for your support!

@bellebreeze8674 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooooo much. 💕💕

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@aggydreams 11 ай бұрын

Lord I love this girl, she Carrie’s lotion around for the ashy skin. Love her! 🎉 Do you have a course specific to this on your website?

@thisisnotrobi 9 ай бұрын

The moment she said ashy, i knew she had experience. ❤

@milaiam610 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

@lawrencediggs7957 2 жыл бұрын

You go girl. I felt respected

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your feedback, of course you should feel respected, that should not even be a question

@Michaelajacksonfilms 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@TayloRavyn 5 ай бұрын

#4 Sculpting…just got me thinking about form + portrait in a different dimension

@missashley2u281 2 жыл бұрын

I like how she asked if it’s ok to say black ppl. Respect I like her lol

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and to be honest being a white foreigner it's hard for me to navigate the cultural & political field in the states, because I didn't grow up in this environment and I'm always afraid to say the wrong thing even if I don't mean it. Over 80% of my clients are men and women of color and they love me because no matter how polite you are, what you say and MEAN has to come from the heart and it shows ))

@missashley2u281 2 жыл бұрын

@@kseniaprophoto ABSOLUTELY 💜

@wendyglover4853 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for creating the video. It was very helpful. Would you use a handheld meter instead of adjusting exposure with exposure compensation and if so would you meter on the shadow side or highlight side of the person skin?

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

I don't use light meter, and never will. It's uo to your artists choice whether to expose for highlights or shadows )) I normally expose for midtones and can always adjust later in post. But you choose to expose for highlights, the photos will be darker and more dramatic with less details in the shadows, if you expose for shadows- the picture will come out bringter, but you might lose some details in highlights. Again, it all depends on the light, composition and artistic choice

@PastelitoBombon 3 жыл бұрын

The grace of eloquence is seated on your lips

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

You don't stop surprising me

@thaddeuscorea Жыл бұрын

helpful and cute. lotion. no. doubt.

@kseniaprophoto Жыл бұрын

Yessss

@alenisegardner 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you! Is there a link to that flash stand?

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

No link, but you can get a regular light stand on Amazon, the cheapest one are flimsy but they work for light cheap setup, the heavy duty ones are better and the best ones are called C Stands

@effytraveler6155 2 жыл бұрын

I want to ask people if I can take their photos or of events they are having. I live in a predominately black community and recall a picture from a friend’s birthday party where one of us blended in the background. I don’t want to over or under expose someone.

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

Know you camera settings, learn how to use flash and pick background wisely too. If you know how you want the photo to look like and learn the tools, it's all very intuitive

@terrellsimmons7029 10 ай бұрын

😫🙌🏾🙌🏾👍🏾🔥

@tedk2814 Жыл бұрын

nice tutorial but I couldn't help thinking " you're gonna poke someone's eye out Ralphie" with those wires sticking out of the light modifier. Thanks for sharing your experience...

@kseniaprophoto Жыл бұрын

Haha yes it's an old cheap one, I don't use it with clients, just wanted to demonstrate that you don't need fancy stuff

@jaym5938 3 ай бұрын

These cameras have face-recognition/registration and eye-focus. In spot-metering it can identify proper skin tone. But a light meter is the best - the LCD lies.

@marcytumbarello6465 2 жыл бұрын

What is your white balance setting on? thank you

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

My wb is always on auto, I adjust it in Lightroom if needed, but it's 99% accurate

@acosiak6191 3 жыл бұрын

Wow your photographs are high quality! You are talented. These are great shots.

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@mrkariokareal 2 жыл бұрын

where is your instagram? pls

@kseniaprophoto 2 жыл бұрын

@kseniaprophoto and @kseniaproeducation

@mroblige1018 6 ай бұрын

The fact this is an issue and we need videos like this is a problem. White photographers who say they "can't find" models or clients with dark skin is a lie. WE EVERYWHERE

@captaincook6283 3 ай бұрын

I really watched all the way through, but these pictures you presented with the model have nothing to do with the first pictures you showed from four years ago. We wanted to know how to get these fantastic pictures and the pictures in the video are just hobbyist photos that’s disappointing

@storyvi9530 3 жыл бұрын

Before anyone accuses me of any kind of racism. I'm just saying skin that's too dark or white can be difficult. White like mine is unhealthy and burns easy. Dark skin is difficult to capture on photos etc. Maybe it will be more simple if pale and dark ppl got married and had some medium toned kids? No sun cream and easier to picture.

@kseniaprophoto 3 жыл бұрын

It is certainly challenging working with extremely light or extremely dark skin tones, and especially if they are together in one photo. However, it's our job as photographers to make it work and not blame the results on the way our clients look. I had photographed couples and mixed families that had extremely bad experience with other photographers who were lacking technical and communication skills and totally ruined their photos and hope to look good in the same picture. This is not ok. So please, everyone spend the time learning and practicing

@jackkraken3888 2 жыл бұрын

@@kseniaprophoto Excellent comment.

@faizokawuma7576 2 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

@storyvi9530 2 жыл бұрын

@@kseniaprophoto So technology can make me look darker? Excellent. What about beaches. Sometimes I go to the beach I look like a ghost washed up on the sand.

@coulorfully 2 жыл бұрын

No ppl should not eleminate their genes to adjust to biased technology. Camera companies need to catch up...they are still all based on light skin tones. It's 2022...decades have passed and no updates.