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Great video!! Love your sense of humor!!! You just pushed me from hesitant to order!❤

Hi Roberto! I have a problem, My r6 doesn't want to focus on front eye of a profil person. It want to pick the farthest eye It is anoying

This video just came across my feed and reminded me of apprenticing with and assisting top US wedding photographer Monte Zucker back in 1972-74 when was looking for a start as a ‘professional’ photographer (i.e., someone who can actually make a decent living selling their photos). Monte developed a much copied style by using Northern skylight and a reflector for his formal wedding portraits of bride, groom and their parents with backgrounds he painted himself on roll-up linen window shades, one in dark browns in the style of Rembrandt paintings and the other in cool pastels in the stye of Monet. A North facing window was always used because it faces the diffuse skylight and exposure is consistent most of the day. The method of posing was simple; just turn the face to the window at a 45° angle and then adjust based on how the light models the shape of the nose, raising the face up into the light as needed to get light past the brow into the eyes. Once the face was posed that way to the light it was simply a matter of walking around the face with the camera from near the window for a full-face (both ears equal), oblique >o / o (eye socket notch profiled), or profile (face split exactly in half) with the background suspended from a single heavy duty stand in the center rotating around behind the subject. I square Reflectasol reflector was used on a wheeled stand (actually a modified medical IV pole) which was wheeled around keeping it forward of the face to avoid over filling the side. The way Monte explained lighting strategy is that the human eye will reflexively be attracted to to the thing which CONTRASTS the most with the tone of the background and his ‘low key” strategy was based on highlighting the front “mask” of the face, eyes and mouth, with the 45° light angle to nose then making sure EVERYTHING was darker by degrees: shadows on front of face, shadows on back of head, hands if in photo, clothing, background to create a contrast gradient and eliminate anything which would pull attention off the face. The other part of his trademark wedding style was using that same 3D modeling 45° to nose lighting strategy with careful attention to facial angles by using dual flash in an off-camera KEY over FILL provided by an identical flash on a bracket which keeps light 16-18” above lens. This is common today with ETTL wireless flash but he was the one who introduced it to wedding photography over 50 years ago using the very first portable electronic flashes and photo-cell trigger on the slave flash. At weddings we put the off-camera KEY flash on the same rolling IV stand used to hold the reflector which made it easy to roll around and place it 45° from the noses, Ratios and exposure were controlled entirely by distance using a clever method he created based on the inverse square law. If shooting from 11 feet we put the off camera flash at 8 feet which makes it 2x brighter per inverse square. Moving into 8ft to shoot, the off camera flash moves in to 5.6 feet to keep the ratio the same (2x stronger than Fill) and the aperture was closed one stop to keep exposure the same. Move in to 5.6 ft for a close-up? Off camera flash moves to 4 feet and aperture is closed another stop. Reenacted ceremony photos taken with dual flash that way have the same look as the daylight portraits and blended together perfectly in the album which back then consisted of 50-80 photos. The same two flash strategy was at the reception putting the off camera flash 45° to the noses when possible or a 45° angle from behind and to the side to mimic the look of sunny backlight.

Extraordinary tutorial. Your videos are the best I’ve found. Straight and to the point but sufficiently broad for a thorough understanding. I love your explanations on Why you chose a particular setting!! Thank you!

So incredibly helpful! Did you make the personal functions video?

sir i want your help , please help me , i have a big problem , mf is enable but dont have one shot & Servo option , i Dont undrestand how to enable autofocoush , It,s urgent

I have the holy grail rf combo: RF 28-70mm F2L + RF 100-300mm F2.8L I’m waiting to test the 100-300mm. Great review

Never delete these videos about the R5 set up. I have revisited these videos many times to help with 2nd camera set up and other tweaks I’ve needed as I become more experienced photographer. Thank you for these.

Great vid and lights, Roberto. Those kids do sure grow up so fast huh?

This is a fantastic explanation!!!! THANK YOU!🎉

Thanks for the great video. I believe I am still doing something wrong. I was using Canon 5D Mark II, and my photos were absolutely sharp, eyes really sharp at F2.8. Now, I just bought a R6 Mark II, and I have tried all settings, Spot AF, One Point AF, Eyes AF, but the photos are not even close to how sharp they were with my 5D Mark II. I am kind of frustrated, because I have watched so many videos on CZcams of people so impressed with R6 II focus. I am starting to think that I should have upgraded to the 5D Mark IV. :(

What a beautiful testimony of a father’s love for his children. I can’t help to tie in the parallels going into Holy Week the immense love and sacrifice our Heavenly Father has for all of His children. To be loved so immensely and capable of loving others just as much is a beautiful gift. Thank you for sharing your story.

Great story, and Congratulations for staying the course through all of that adversity! I'm motivated to seriously pursue my own goals!

Awesome! I went running and picked your video to listen to as a tutorial not knowing it was based on story about running...had a great time listening to it

Roberto!!! UNREAL!!! I can't believe you put yourself through all that. It's hard to believe but the reality is that with Courage, Strength (both mental and physical), Willpower and Passion, you can accomplish anything. Thank you for sharing this amazing and inspiring story. Definitely an admirable feat. God Bless you and your family.

Thank you for sharing this. It's more than setting goals, but following through, even when it's much more difficult than expected. You definitely got out of your comfort zone on this one, both mentally, and especially physically.

What an amazing story Roberto. A lot of times we search for excuses to not do things that are uncomfortable or even challenging, whether consciously or unconsciously. And I can definitely include myself doing that too often though luckily not always. This is a great example of what is possible if we keep pushing and not let these voices in our minds telling us „you can’t do this, you’ll never make it, it’s way too much and too tough“ take over!

I am humbled and inspired by your story. You have always and continue to inspire me! I am proud to know you, my friend. Congrats on your achievement!

Incredible, Roberto!!! I've read your books and have been inspired, but this is a totally another level. Thanks for more inspiration.

Amazing story Roberto! The good Lord was watching over your son and your family. That's the truth. I saw you posting on Instagram training and thought what else can this guy do. I've followed your photography journey since Creative Live. I've learned a lot from this story to take little steps to reach goals and don't give up. I like comfort too much. How long did it take for you to heal from all of your issues with the flu, blister, and surgery issues? Your wife and kids I'm sure are very proud of you! Runners World needs to do a story on you.

thank you so much for breaking this down. so much better learning "on the job" watching you and your amazing video(s). Thank you for taking the time to educate so clearly. The R5 has alot to offer and I'm no longer scared! lol

This is outrageous! I love it! lol 😂

Will this be made available to rewatch for those of us who can't make it to AZ or are disabled? Thank you sir!

@roberto dumb question i have EL-1 now how in the hell to you get them to trigger in Slave optical now its reciever yeah but cannot trigger.

Can the LED burst trigger speedlights in slave mode?

how to switch lefft eye and right eye

Thanks, Roberto. I just received my R5 C, and these videos helped more than you can imagine. I've been shooting Canon for years, and you've enlightened me on features I know I would have overlooked with this camera.

You definitely enjoyed doing this alil too much 😂😂😂

Would the heat coming from the Reflex S melt the Magmod modifiers?

So good .... thanks a lot, you two !!!

Belas dicas, muito obrigado!!

I've had this camera for years and I learned so many new things. Fantastic video Roberto!

Awesome series and excellent photographer and educator who I been following and learning from for some now! This absolutely helped speed up the process getting to know my canon R5 so thank for that! The only issues I ran into is that my lens ring dial in my canon RF 24-70 2.8 L IS doesn’t seem to work with exposure compensation nor color temperature but all other functions do. Ugh Any help with that would be so appreciated!

Crop sensors don't make the lens longer, they just photograph the center half of the image. Your claim is like saying that viewing the photos with a magnifying glass increases the resolution (it doesn't).

Great video, the lamp stuff applies to the Canon EL-5 as well, thanks

I've been hoping for something like this no youtube. Thank you for fulfilling it. Very enlightening. Hope there'd be more.

Great explanation, when you think and you plan all happens this was very interesting and adding to creativity with this lights.

Great Video!

When I try to focus on a people I first put the square on the people who I want to focus. Is it possible to select and focus people without moving square manually to track?

Sir please do a video of R6 mark ii

Best video I've seen mate !!

Thanks. Is it a big difference with reflex, not the s one?

Gracias. Oye y se podrá usar con un power bank sencillo de salida tipo c?

So cute that you have your son in your video

Hi sir my name is Purushottam click photography I ned Wi-Fi setting class sir

Hi Roberto. Just want to first say thank you for your tutorials. They have helped me out a lot. After watching this video, I customize most of my settings very similar to yours. There is one question that I have. Towards the end of the video you talked about the camera’s cropping and aspect ratio and you have yours set to 4:3. In the video it looks like it shows you the two bars for where the 4:3 is and then just outside of those two black bars you can still see where the rest of the picture will be and it’s translucent. How did you get it to be translucent? On mine it’s still showing that it’s blacked out on those sides?

Hello! Fantastic video. Can you tell me about in M mode I change shutters with wheels on top at the far end. and when I hold down the Star button and at the same time turn the same wheel I change the Blender. but a Star is lit and has managed to lower it from 8 seconds to 4. Is it so much easier to adjust shutter and aperture with the same wheel and not use the wheel in front. but why can't you turn off that star. etc. Gunnar

I bought this piece of crap and I regret it. It’s so expensive for nothing. 9000 lumens from an LED lamp is about 100w, or the equivalent of a Godox AD100 or a common Speedlight. It’s weak, especially with its base battery power, it’s only 66 watts. I have this damn thing 4 feet from a person sitting in front of a window backlight by the mid day light, and it’s barely a glow on their face. It’s hard to even tell the thing is on in my shots. The price is crazy! And it malfunctions so much! If you turn it off after intense use and try to use again, even thought the battery pack is rated for several hours, after 5 minutes of use it wouldn’t turn back on. It gets stuck loading the boot animation. Then it wouldnt pair😮 to my Godox trigger/controller. I’m pissed off I spent $900 of this shit. I bought it several months ago and only used it a few times, never as an off camera flash, which I just tested today for a shoot tomorrow and I can’t stand how ripped off I was without realizing. I could have bought a strobe and a constant light for $900.

What AF option do i pick if I don’t want my R6 to focus on one thing, i’m trying to capture landscape and get everything in focus but the af is always picking like a rock or something

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