yes please. do it i wanna learn how get right the angle and from which distance in should be shooting

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I am so happy to have found this channel! I have been a tog for several years, but am only now setting up my own studio, specifically for CAKE SMASH sessions (yup, I am giggling about the "smash cake" comments)! 🙈😂♥️👌📸

Plz also share editing video

Perfect. Thanks for the feedback!

Aww thank you so much 💓🥰

Awesome thanks!

Thank you so much!

Thanks for the feedback 😊.

Happy New Year to you as well! I will add that topic to my list of upcoming videos. Thanks for the input and again have a great New Year.

I wish I had a million-dollar answer for that question about the banter but the truth is my go-to...fart noises. Blow a bunch of raspberries at your subjects! They think it's hilarious. Mix it up with some peekaboo and then finish the whole thing off with the old blanket on the photographer's head trick. BTW This also works on real estate agents during a headshot session! Just saying.

After 5pm eastern. Got it! Thanks for the feedback and tell the folks at design revolution we said hi!

Kathleen thank you for the comment. I mainly shoot through the viewfinder because live view wasn't around while I was learning. But a few years back, I switched from Cannon to Sony and found that using the back screen during a smash cake session was so much fun. But it really depends on what I'm shooting. For example, I would never use the back screen for sports. Thanks for checking out my videos and feel free to hit me up again if you have any more questions.

I have never attempted live view for sports. I shoot canon and have tried live for some practice modeling session and I cant seem to get the focus right. Its all over the place. Is there a certain setting i am suppose to chose.@@troutmanphoto

@kathleendolan1842 I really can't speak to Cannon cameras. The last Cannon I used was the 5dm3. I'm sure alot has changed since then.

Thanks for letting me know. Is there a time of day that works best for you?

@@troutmanphoto whatever works for you :)

All of those are excellent questions. As far as pricing goes that is my wife's side of the business. She does have a guideline for pricing and she will be teaching that on our channel in the future. At the moment I'm having a hard time getting her in front of a camera. So be patient and eventually I will be able to get her to teach all of you guys her strategies on pricing. 😀 We have from time to time gone to the customer's home but we do find it easier to have customers come to us because that's where all of our props and lighting equipment are. We used to drag all that stuff to the clients home but inevitably we would always forget something and it just became easier to have them come to us. When it comes to clothes we always have an outfit on hand. Even if the parents have already purchased something and they want to use that, they rarely try it on their child and make sure that it fits. So the day of the shoot you end up with an outfit that won't work so for that reason we always order an outfit of our own, if not two. If you don't use them just send them back to Amazon or keep them for future shoots. All of those are excellent questions. I will definitely be doing a video that touches on each one of those topics you just mentioned. So thank you very much for the new video ideas! I hope you have a great day, Daniel

We upload a lot of these videos ahead of time but I promise there is one on camera settings coming up.

Where i can see the camera settins

@@troutmanphoto Thank you!

We've used plexiglass sheets in the past but unfortunately when you smear buttercream frosting all over them they get really slick. We've been concerned at times that it was unsafe for the babies.

@@troutmanphoto I understand thank you :)

@@troutmanphoto I sent you an email about the cake smash photoshoot for a posible critique video please

I love the Tamron 28-75 f2.8. It's an absolute work horse of a lens. The ability to take wide shots and then zoom all the way in to grab close up portraits without having to change lenses is amazing. But there is one thing you should watch out for. It's a wide angle lens and if you get to close to your subject it will distort them a little bit. So just remember to stand back from your subject and you'll be fine.

@@troutmanphoto thank you 😊

I use a budget friendly 60 in octabox by Fovitec amzn.to/2YNLqnj and a 7 ft Impact Luxbanx octabox 7' Octobox: amzn.to/3iyOXwb As far as the camera and lenses I use Camera: Sony a7III - amzn.to/2QFRwTd Lens: Tamron 28-75mm F/2.8 - amzn.to/3ubuCkd Lens: Sony G Master 70mm-200mm Lens - amzn.to/3qtiOJ8 Lens: Sigma Art 50mm 1.4 Lens - amzn.to/3djrpu4 For most of my main shots that show the whole set I use the 70-200mm For close ups I use the Sigma If the child is really moving around the set and I need to be able to take wide shots and quickly zoom in for tight portraits I use the 28-75 Thanks for the great questions and have a wonderful day, Daniel

@@troutmanphoto i got me a 7' westcott umbrella will this work same as the luxbanx?

@@abbacuentosdelalma7005 If it's a white one then yes the light will be pretty close to what comes out of an octabox.

@@troutmanphoto yes i got the white When u going to do the live ? 😍

@@abbacuentosdelalma7005 Not sure yet. I've got a ton of US east coat viewers so I'm thinking after 5pm pst but the day of the week is still up in the air. On top of that my studio is booked solid for the next three months. But I really want to give live streaming a go so I'll find the time.

I googled it, same link to the website but it won’t open?

Btw would love a live q n a after 10pm PST. Love your informative videos. I knew/guessed a lot from experience (I do event photography) but there was no way of confirming my gut feeling. And you just cemented it. It gave me so much confidence. Thank you for your lovely lovely content.

I just tried the link and it looks like Design Revolutions security certificate on their website has expired. Untill they update it Google will assume it's a dangerous website and block incoming traffic. I'll try to get ahold of them and let them know. Sorry about that.