White Background Photography Tutorial: How to Take High-Key Pictures
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Chelsea slays me with the looks she gives as she waits for you to go from segment to segment. Good stuff.
your videos are amazing you are the one photographer who is trying to actually break down the craft simplistically. ive watches hours of videos from many youtubers and have realized i should have been watching you the whole time
i love the ad Chelsea did at the end. it's hilarious!!
😁😁😁
Great Video Tony!!!! I'm a new photographer and this really help me understand how to do a crisp high key white back ground, as well as the moody, sultry one as well. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
All of your videos that you've uploaded are the finest and most understandable videos.
I am pretty new on digital photography yet, I am getting better as I watch your uploads here than others. Thank you!
LOL, Chelsea's expression when you said "cheap Chinese stuff".
Wait...can he say that!!?
Tony I have your book watch you videos on youtube and in the bar code in the book ....... Thank you for helping people like me to Better understand photography and be better photographers
Lol I'm always amazed how Chelsea patiently waits for Tony to finish explaining 😂
You two are the best. Love you videos and your book too!!!You two are pure class and intelligence mixed with lots of humor...The best on You Tube.
Simple yet full of information. That's how you want to learn things. Thanks from Italy!
The way Chelsea is looking at you on the second shots session is priceless! 😂
Wonderful video, keep them coming you two are great together. It is great to see people have clean fun these days. I will try this high-key method soon. Thanks so much
I have watched so many photography tutorials on so many subjects by so many teachers and you by far explain things in ways that makes it so easy to understand. I have never been disappointed by your videos. I've learned so much from you. Thanks for posting these. And....you both have beautiful teeth....:-)
You are such a big help and inspiration. Thanks Tony and Chelsea!
This is great! And I love the acting from Chelsea. Can't wait to try this.
Just bought my second book of yours (photography buying guide)! Thanks for helping us beginners out :)
I use a plain white sheet with a speedlight on the floor behind the sheet, and a diffusser in front of the light. I illuminate the sheet from behind and use soft boxes in front. Awesome control. You can even use color filters on the speedlight to change the color of the back drop. Give it a try.
Thank you Tony & Chelsea for your excellent explain of the setup and expectations for High Key Photography. I greatly enjoyed the video!
Great information as usual. One thing that I overlook when using off-camera flash is turning my flash to a portrait mode. Thanks for the reminder. And Chelsea, keep up the fun!
Cool, Calm and collected but very detail oriented. I like their natural non commercial approach selling their know how.
Thanks for posting showing your setup with strobes. Would love to see another one as this video gave me some ideas.
very helpful walkthrough- both principles in studio and use in domestic settings. many thanks
Chelsea's goofy ads at the end got me to buy the book. Can't wait to go through it!
I haven't done high key shots in years but they do have that studio look. Its great for special projects.
Thank you both for the information, Chelsea thanks for your patience. used the technique last night with Sony a6000 and God-ox lol ad200 directly behind subject with two Cowboy Studio for constant lighting on the left and right side of subject.
Chelsea is hysterical!!! Great vid you guys!!!!!
Nice video tutorials sir northrup.. it gives me a lot of knowledge and inspiration on capturing great photos.. and by the way, chelsy's very lovable and funny.. you two does make a great couple! Please keep teaching us how to be great photographers someday.. god bless sir!
Great video. Both well produced and informative. Looks like you’ve hit the jackpot with Chelsea 👍🏻
Thanks for mentioning the tone caused by the shadows.. It's a great thing to keep in mind.
Love watching you guys. Inspires me. Thanks.
Great video, very straight forward explanation. By the way I ordered your book, can't wait to check it out. Thank you Tony & Chelsea.
Chelsea was awesome in the video but at the end with your products she was incredible!! She reminded me of back in the day on the Bob Barker show!
Nice tutorial... Chalsea so fun as product model ! :D
Wow Tony glad you produced this technique
I watched this tutorial right before I did an indoor photoshoot using a white background with my fiance last night and it helped me so much they came out perfect.
HAHA. very good tuturial. Tony and Chelsea bad ass photographers. Always a pleasure watching your kool videos. thanks.
Ha! Love Chelsea's fooling around at the end. Great informative video Tony.
Great tutorials. Very hands on, great explanations. Brilliant.
Thank you for making it easy to understand.
Superstar!! Outstanding video! Thank you,, Much Appreciation!!!
Hi, I stumbled on your channel just over a year ago. I wish I had stumbled upon your site years ago. You and chelsea (for what ever reason my computer won't make a capital c, it's an old Dell and I hope you accept my apologies), have provided much insight. I purchased a Nikon d5300 recently, upgrading from the Fuji point and shoot series. My last Fuji being one of the 8200 series. It was a great camera to me and has taken some great pictures along the way. My new camera is amazing, and a learning curve as well. I want to thank you as well as all the people who support your effort to make me a better photographer. Thank you for all your videos on different gear. It has helped me select gear and lenses for my camera knowing I'm getting the best I can for what I spend. Thanks Tony, chelsea, and everyone behind the cameras. Thank You guys for sharing the love of taking pictures and what the final result can be. :-))
Thanks, I enjoyed your knowledge in your professional photographer. I just purchase your book. Looking forward to future video from you.
Chelsea's definitely not low key! LOL!
I love that you walk through it all. It really makes it easy to understand! :-)
Another great training video, I will give your second method a try. Continue giving us the home style techniques, as many of us do not have studios. Thanks so much
Great video Tony and Chelsea. Thanks !!
Impressive skills... hats off !
thanks so much for the clear and concise tutorial - great as usual.
Excellent tutorial guys!
Great tutorial. Perfectly explained. You sold me on your book btw
great delivery guys cheers
Really good video and channel. Easy to understand. Thank!
This is the chemistry man,,, I dont just watch the video for photography stuff...I just want to see you guys ... Now I've reduced my F.R.I.E.N.D.S time watching you guys
Anish Mohan so in other words ur using ur time correctly
I hope
I feel like the photo with the Yongnuo flashguns is a little over exposed on the left side and the background flash should have been on another light stand ... Pops though to tilting the flash on the side. Never thought of that
Lol..Chelsea trying to stand still in the background. She wants to make funny faces. But wait, at the end she gets to shine. The end is the best part. Great video guys. I'm loving the easy simplified delivery from both of you. The lack of techno babble makes this a great channel to recommenced.
Its hilarious watching Chelsea posted up while you explain stuff
Thanks Tony, Keep up the Great work
Thanks for this! I needed it for high key videos!
Thank you Tony, this is exactly the type of video I need.
Watching this in 2019 and Tony seems to look YOUNGER now
Thank you Tony & Chelsea! Great info as always!
Great fun to watch!
both of you are amazing, thanks guys
Nice to see you guys showing some basics....made all the more entertaining thanks to Chelsea's antics....you crack me up! We need more Chelsea outtakes I think 😊
Yeah, Tony, lets have a whole video just of Cheslea outtakes!
Great video, Chelsea's expressions are really funny at 12:00. She looks like one from late night Teleshopping person.
Love your style of teaching! and your wife is gorgeous!!
is she??
@@MrLeftsaidfred Yes.
That expression at 9:18 . Too funny. Thanks for making all of these great videos. I'm trying to gather as much information as possible before my Sony A6000 gets here (thanks for the great review on that as well).
TRD1911 Enjoy the camera! Be sure to watch this: czcams.com/video/OQ1-lTg6AoQ/video.html
Woohoo! I see some Einsteins there! Just got a set and I love them! (And thanks for another great video Tony - your stuff is always so helpful and clear in the way it's presented.)
es bueno ver a Chelsea con esa actitud, me alegra mucho, feliz año!!
Great video thank you!
Hello, Tony and Chelsea. Thank you for providing all the useful tips for us. It is very helpful ! May I ask which brand you use for background light. I searched online but could not find much information. I am a new studio photographer and for now using only two continuous lighting. The main light and fill.
Amen on getting it right in camera!
Really interesting approach to balancing the background and foreground exposures. Classic building a shot “one light at a time”. I’m a light meter and flash meter person and I have never done it this way. With me it would be just a matter of getting the exposure on the face right and then setting the background three stops over. Without being critical, this not the method I would choose but it’s a great option for those who don’t use or like hand held meters. To be honest, I had never thought about it that much. And yes: 100% agree on cheap Chinese flash kit, though I’m using Godox. Lighting is an almost bottomless pit of possibilities.
Thank you guys , I learn a lot from you
Thanks for another great vid. The look on Chelsea's face when you called the Yongnuos 'cheap Chinese junk' was priceless. I plan to by some 560 III flashes with the 560 TX controller myself in the near future.
Obviously meant 'buy' vice 'by' above.
obviously meant "chinese stuff" vice "chinese junk" ;-)
KimTuckerFr Correct Kim. No idea why I mis-heard that.
Excellent and very helpful. Thanks
Great Job guys..
Best teacher I will be purchasing material
you sir are the best, and a real gem!
I accidentally figured out how to fix this in lightroom. My particular issue was that my model was being shot against a beige background (my wall) as I did not yet have a white back drop. This was a problem, since I was lighting my model with one light and had a broader light filling in some shadows on my model but also spilling around her onto the background (bounce umbrella). I fixed it by using two graduated filters, at about 30-45 degree angles on their side of the shot (I shot from bust to mid forehead) and over exposed the filters 3 stops. I found that it gave me an amazingly white background, but also that the edge of the filters lit up my model's shoulders a little, which made her look generally better lit. It was a pleasant surprise when I learned I could do that so easily, and even though I'd like to do everything in camera as much as possible, it's a nice option to have when you're in a bind.
Nice tutorial ! Nice work !Thank you :-)
Fantastic tutorial will use for my own products I designed
I been searching everywhere but can't figure out how to get pure white background when taking flat lay clothing photos. I hang my clothes on a white wall but everytime I take the photo with my canon m100 it makes the background bit greyish or something bit of yellow on it. I tried every settings I can think of. Also tried many set up with the lights and flash etc..
Your professional guide will be really approciated Sir.
Many thanks.
Eva xx
Watching in 2020 to see how much you guys have grown 🙂
Thank you so much guys for this great video :)
Appreciate the tips Tony. I use to use the yn triggers and flash for my nikon d800, it worked just fine and they do hss too. Would you say that the high key would be good for like photographing food, or products? I sold all my nikon gear by the way and more use the Sony a7riii with Sony lenses. ..love it!
thanks Tony , really helpful
Thanks for this video, i'm trying to understand the process, now i could.
Great video....thanks.
awesome it was a great help for me
This is amazing ! Thanks !
3 years later and your videos are still helping noobs like myself. Quick question though, I am wanting to do a high key photo shoot and as I purchase some flash speed lights / strobes for the shoot I’m thinking of getting a octobox 48” and a Godox ad600 for the main light and two godox flashes for the background with two rogue flash bender flags . Before I make any specific purchases would you say I should go for that set up and is the Godox ad600 necessary or would I be able to achieve some good main lighting with just a flash speed light (Godox or Yongnuo in the octobox ? All advice would be very much appreciated.
12:10 Chelsea is lovely xD Great video!
Thank you soon much.. I had to Travolta again to be prefect.. does it have an effect with different color toned models?
Awesomeness
Chelsea is great... so is Tony. Thanks!!
I have a backlit 5'x8' opaque acrylic panel (750 w/s strobe into an umbrella,) so my problems are even worse, but I suspect given the link between the histogram and backlight intensity I've got a starting point from which to develop understanding :) Thanks a lot :)
Thank you for the Video, I am Intellectually handicap Disabled Veteran and photography has been very good therapy for me. I'm just learning on my new 5D Mark III. is the back ground light in front of Chelsy just pointed to the background?
Joell Photos I think one light is pointed at background and the big one at subject
Very good video! Simple and very clear! Can you post the list of all the equipment of the two flashes and the light stands, very much in love the simple setting turn into anywhere in studio! Also, is it better use both light actually? Cuz, the right side is not lit up well!