How To Shoot A Portrait Photo
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In this episode, I teach you how to take incredible portraits without lots of expensive gear.
I show you how to work with the available light, supplement it with a single light, and create dramatic Rembrandt lighting, easily!
If you want to make your portrait dramatic, this tutorial can help you!
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Its the little things that make such a difference. There was a time when i might be wrestling with lights for 15min to get what you got in 1-2min. As we improve, our ability to troubleshoot happens faster
Awesome!
It is very appreciative how you pass on years of experience in a easy to follow way.
Thanks, Don!
Thanks. My lighting hero!
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Thanks, You are a real pro with a gift for teaching.
Thanks, Paul!
It's great to see pro's willing too share their knowledge & inspire others to create or enter the field. I just turned 48 and help like this gives me the skills, confidence and inspiration to do something radically different from what I've been working in my whole life. No matter what gear you are using, high-end or consumer, your content is always presented in a way that allows me to apply the same techniques. The results aren't at your level of course but it's in the ballpark enough for me to get good about the end result.
Fantastic Richard! Keep up the good work!
very nice tuto. did you use FJ400 in TTL ? if I understand the softbox is parallel to the face, just to lick on face ? does rectangular size help ? all my softbox are octogonal at 85cm. It would be nice to surimpose camera and flash parameters on video. helpful, especially for french people.
Good suggestion. No, it is not in TTL. You can use either rectangular or octobox.
this was a perfect tutorial. shows how to start out, how to improve the photo, why to do it, how to do it cheaply, and the great results, thx!
That was the goal! Thanks for the comment Michael
Oh my goodness i am learning so much from you.. I am a beginner, I have been an NURSE for 40 years, so I love people, my dad got me hooked on developing B & W photos as a Kid, he told me it was just a matter of looking through the lens, and shooting whatever gives you that goosebump moment, you just know it's gonna be a great shot
Awesome stuff!! Keep going!
This set up is simple, but so effective. Thanks Joel!
Thanks for watching Sue
That was great, really nice to see how you took an image from simple to stunning with just a few pieces of equipment. The idea of using black cloth and tape is a good one, I'm going to add that to my bag of tools for sure! Really like how you did this whole thing in under 10 minutes too.
One concept, simple to stunning, under 10 minutes. Love it!
Thank you, John!
This is a concept I first heard in 1973 in Toronto at the 1st and only international PPA/PPOC annual convention run by Al Gilbert a world renowned MPA in both countries, plus more awards than I can possibly remember. While working for him I was photographing the events and attended briefly one seminar by Leon Kennemar and he spoke of Subtractive Lighting -- the creation of shadow by blocking light from one side of the face. Nicely done by Joel in this presentation. It can also be done easily outdoors and at the time Leon also created a blocking device which I think Wescott may have sold that not only blocked the light from one side but also had a portion that covered the head of the subject(s) to assist keeping out from under the eyes what is known as raccoon eyes. Even without that the judicious choosing of a location with hopefully some over hanging branches from trees the same result can be achieved. With time and the right location, one can also find an are as described that may have some nice back lighting coming through to accent the hair of the subject as well as doing edge lighting on the face.
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Sharing your experience is valuable. Thanks 😊
My pleasure 😊
Love this guys work.
You rock!
I've learned so much from your online tutorials. I can't wait for your next in person workshop. Thank you so much for all your hard work Joel.
🤩 Thanks, Jimmy!
the master at work. absolutely love your work
Thank you, Nelson!
It's very nice to see you Joel 🙌🏻
You know what I like the most about your films ⁉️ The way you talk about photography 🙂
Thanks for the very valuable material 👏🏻
Thank you, Michal! I appreciate the kind words
My camera is incapable of high speed sync. However, I have seen people demonstrate an ND filter to allow wide open apertures and flash.
I enjoy your content. Good short instructional video on how to take a portrait. Looking forward to more videos
You are correct. An ND filter is a good option.
Just like a pro. Thumbs up.
Always great instruction. Thanks, Joel!
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Thanks Joel. I love the simplicity. Keep it coming!
Thank you, Lola!
Thank you Joel
Very easy to understand, and impressive results. 40 years of experience. It's fantastic you are sharing these skills.
Thank you very much!
Great video, I love the Rembrandt lighting look, it's my favorite lighting method.
Glad you like it!
I love how you enjoy what you do. Your enthusiasm is contagious.
Love your simple explanation of your shoots
short and to the point, but soooooo informative, Thank you Joel.
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The best, fantastic explanation.
Glad you enjoyed it Carlos. Thanks for watching!
Amazed at how simple you were able to make this (or at least how simple you were able to make this *look*). It gave me hope that I could actually begin to achieve striking results once I'm able to get a strobe that supports HSS. Thanks for an excellent tutorial!
Thanks for that brad. You can do it!
Thanks Joel. This is exactly what I'm looking for at the moment.
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Thank you. I’ve been focusing on lighting and composition with my iPhone as well as editing techniques. I have a Nikon D7000 with kit 18-105mm, but I need to learn about speed syncing among other techniques. Your channel helps a lot.
Great to hear!
Very accessible video - very many thanks - I am inspired to go off and practice now !!
Best of luck!
Genius, simple and great. Thanks
You're welcome!
Just bought all of your courses online. Thank you. You are providing so much value.
Wow, that's awesome!! really happy to hear that!
Great content Joel, concise, to the point and educational. Excellent! Thank you for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks, Anthony!
Joel Grimes Photography from my point of view concise to the point content is ‘on point’ I’ve been following your work for some time following a recommendation by my buddy Glyn. (Loved the Podcast you did with him BTW, really inspiring) I have a few of your start to finish tutorials and find they really motivate me. Keep up the good work. Best regards, Anthony 👍👍👍
Thank-you! As always, your content is fabulous - instructive, real, and to the point!
Thanks for the kind words!!
Nice simple technique and good explanation . Could do this with a speedlight....
Yes, you can do it with a speed light as well.
I love the way you teach photography, that is way I admire you, for your humility;ity and creativity, learned from both of you guys, Joel Grimes y Kelvin P as well.
Thank you for the kind words Cristian
Thanks Joel! As a beginner your instructional videos are extremely helpful! FYI - I did purchase your "Start to Finish" bundle and it is absolutely worth it! Thank you!
Glad to hear that! Thanks for your support.
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Thanks Joel! You are a great teacher and very knowledgeable. The best explanation I have ever heard.
You're very welcome!
Hey, awesome video. I just purchased the mega bundle, I can’t wait to get into it. I’ve been doing photography for 10 years, now I want to step up my game.
That's awesome Shayne! I look forward to seeing your images!
Thanks! I found you by your photography, not just random youtube recommendation.. Great you're getting the results in camera not by silly ''over editing '' process like many content creators here.
Awesome, thank you!
Wow, what a great tutorial, very easy to follow and you explain what it is you're doing and why. Excellent!
Thank you very much!
Great info as always Joel!
Thanks David!
brilliantly simple and effective. Thank you for a great tutorial
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You make it look so easy! Beautiful results.
Thank you! Cheers!
It's a pleasure to see your videos as your life long experience and your willingness to share it with viewers comes through. Shooting portraits that makes people feel good about themselves makes us photographers proud.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching
amazing light control
New to channel but very excited. I have shot candids (news) and sports for some time, but keep being asked to do private shoots. I am terrified of that and pretty much turn them away as it's a totally different skillset IMO. Im learning so much from your videos and its REAL useable information. TYSM.
Great to hear! You can do it!
enjoyed the tutorial Joel. Amazing all the changes since I retired in 2000. For years, one system -- Hassy. Now I think I have gone through half a dozen and have a bunch still around since 2001 but all for pleasure now. Will watch for other videos.
Glad it was helpful!
That is such a good video, clear, unfussy and to the point.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love seeing your videos. Iv enjoyed your tutorials for years now.
Thank you so much!
Thanks
Thanks!
Hello Joel
Always great to watch your videos and how you create your beautiful outstanding work. Thanks for posting this video 🙏
So nice of you
Thank you. From flat to fantastic is what every client deserves. Appreciate you sharing your wisdom.
You are so welcome!
Wonderful how beautiful the light is when feathered so much. Thanks for the look into your process.
Thank you! Cheers!
This helps. I need to understand the science and art of light a bit more.
This is great! Thanks for sharing. Do you have any videos on environmental portraits? I would love to see how you would approach those style of shoots with lighting etc
Masterful, approachable explanation. Love your work and passion, Joel.
Thank you!
I’m an experienced professional photographer, but I can always learn something more.
Good to hear. Me too!
Great video! Can you do a video specifically on the FJ400 strobe? How to set it up and use. 😊👍🏻 That would be awesome!
Great idea, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll try to do that soon.
I really like you simple approach here Joel using a single light and negative fill. It becomes a very slippery slope when you begin complicating and you're just starting out.
Glad to help
Great work Joel... what a difference... keep them coming
I'll try!
So much good info here - even for a non-photographer like me. I could get hooked. Thank you.
Thanks so much!
Hi Joel! I haved seen some of your videos. Thanks for to share your knowledge! Greetings from Spain
Glad you like them!
WOW Great!!! Never thought black could so much with a flash. Thanks Fred Partyka
Thanks for all the videos Joel.
My pleasure!
Thank you for sharing . very helpful and useful ..😇
Glad it was helpful!
Sir. It’s obvious the hard work you are putting into everything you do. Your work is absolutely cutting edge. I will be purchasing your lessons. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Hello Joel thanks a lot I love your art for me what you do is not only photography its an art
Joel what can you do when your camera dose not spurt high speed sync my camera is for beginners ( Nikon d5100 )
thanks
You can use a 3 or 6 stop ND filter.
Thnaks :) a very helpfull video, i was always the natural lightning guy lol. I bought strobes, lihgts, reflectors and stuff, and learning how to now :)
Very cool. Very simple but great results with minimal equipment. Great to hear why you are doing what you are doing (HSS for shooting 1.4 to achieve a shallow DOF, Black foam core to suck in light and create a shadow, etc). Also good to hear the tips in there from your past experience (hanging block cloth as a substitute to the foam core).
It' lovely to see a proper professional approach from another photographers perspective. Although I'm fully aware of this technique, your video has reminded me about the importance graduating the light fall off as opposed to just directing and bouncing the light. I always say to others, "sculpture the light!" We're always learning. Thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is beautiful I have learnt a lot as a beginner photographer
Awesome Bob!!
Hi Joel, thanks for this video and the useful hints.... regards from Germany.....
Glad you enjoyed it!
Exactly what I was looking for! Love this style and also that beautiful image of the little girl on the wall! Thanks Joel!
Glad you like it!
Great Great VDO, Thanks so much Joel
Glad you enjoyed it
The simplicity of it all...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the comparison between natural light (@2:45) and with soft-box lighting(@4:53) doesn't seem to be an apples-to-apples comparison because the hue of the picture as been changed with a lot more yellow in the natural light and a lot more of a nice red tint with the soft-box which looks to make a big difference in making a better picture.
Simple and doable- thanks Joel. I will continue to buy your stuff. How can I get a tack sharp portrait shot shooting from watet to land?
The new Canon R5 has 8 stop image stabilization will give you handheld sharpness.
@@joelgrimes7822 thanks Joel.
Another excellent and motivating video
So glad!
This was a great video! One of the more informative ones I have seen in a long time! Thank you!
Happy to hear it!
Besides the great information, I really enjoy how you talk to us as if we are there standing next to you - not like a lecture. Thanks!
Thanks, mike! That means a lot!
Very effective video. I appreciate you walking through the problem solving process. If you don't have the newer studio strobes the can do high speed synch, could you use a ND filter to get a similar effect?
Yes you can. I use ND filters all the time.
Excuse me, hi. 👋 this was pleasantly done and informative in a simple way. Many thanks and be well.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice! That portrait captured just what I like in a picture: you stare at it and the subject's expression seems to change as it's viewed and the mind combines parts of the face with guesses what the subject was thinking.
Thank you very much!
I took my first portrait photo the other day, I don't have any lighting but I will now definitely invest in some inexpensive lighting, this was great.
Great to hear!
Great nugget of information!! Following now! 😉
Awesome, raquel. Happy to have you!
Nice end result Joel. Surprised you didn't close the blinds to eliminate the window in the background. I find any highlight like that very distracting.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much. I really need to learn to SEE the difference in the photos. To me, it was hard to see the difference between the photo when using the black wall and the white wall.
I hope you will show us some photos, where you talk and talk to tell us the difference in the shadows, lights, highlights and so on...
Thank you again from Mona, Denmark, Europe
I'll try and be more detailed in the future. I wanted to create a quick and information packed tutorial. The black wall stops reflection and as such, I can control where the light is falling, this is how the remrandt lighting is created here. Without the black card, Kelvin's face was being lit from both sides - which wasn't very dramatic. This is an easy and very cost effective trick!
@@joelgrimes, thank you for your answer. 😃
Yes, I stared and stared on the shadow on his left cheek, and I WAS able to see a little difference in the shadow, but because this is something, I'm not used to look for, I realize, I have to try to do it over and over again.
An so I will do!
Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to learn for free. 🙏🏻 ❤️
I will try and see, if I have enough money to be a member of your class. 🐺
@@MonaRasmussen Mona -- check the right cheek of the subject which is the shadow side of the subject when the main light is coming from the right hand side of the camera.
I think the pattern is closer to being Modified Butterfly than Rembrandt which has the nose shadow touching the cheek shadow unlike the MB pattern which is also known as Loop Lighting as you will see a bit of a loop created by the shadow from the nose.
You’re very talented!
Thank you so much!
Great share Joel! You rock!Demonstrating your start to finish process. Plus teaching why a basic photo is average, vs exceptional!
Very helpful!
How would you modify this technique working with a low budget light & crop sensor 80D 50mm or 85mm lens?
Thanks Joel!
Hi Steve, thanks for your comment. Really the principles apply regardless of the gear.
Happy shooting!
Thank you! I learn something today
Amazing, that's my goal!
Thanks Joel those insider tips are super helpful. But what if you then want to shoot him at the table or by the window? How do you transition your setup to flow from one shot to the next?
Just a minor suggestion. The two bright light sources in the back, (window and door), are, to my view, quite distracting. I find that bright areas like this distract the viewer from the subject.
The door can be easily cropped out and the window shade could be closed; or, you could alter your angle of view to subject to the left, thereby eliminating both of these distractions.
This is nice, thanks!!
Great, quick tutorial about portrait shooting! Thanks Joel, love your work!
Wonderful. I just bought one of your courses.
Hope you enjoy it!
Great Tutorial Joel. Thank you for explaining the reasons behind using certain lens and a shutter speed. Please do each time if you can.
Thanks, will do!
I am one of those photographers who used dark room ( 1987) to put ... honestly saying raw coil of film ( 19 din sensitivity ) bought in Poland on the local market, which was an equivalent of 100 ISO :) now great for contrast photos. 21 din was 200 ISO. To put the film on the roll .. you had to take a roll ( round plastic cassette where film is rolled on. To roll this film on you had to be in a complete DARK . I used to do this under my bed shits at night. Sometimes it was annoying because someone would enter the room and all was lost .
As a child I was in orphanage in Poland. Many of my colleagues were twats and it was not always easy to o ever come certain situations. But I never gave up. We had a very nice care worker at children’s home, who was running 2 studios: 1 Audio Video and second one photography one . I still know how to work in dark room , how to operate the machines, how to throw the light on the paper and what to cover during lighting the paper ( white was black ) so if the light image on the paper was very bright ... it was actually very black, so you had to cover that part . It’s one of the techniques to control the amount of light hitting the paper to activate a chemical reaction as an image !!! I loved that . but don’t remember the chemicals content :) I am not that old yet (44) so first contact with photography at 11 :) then life was not very easy for me. Probably if I lived in USA, we would meet :)) Finally after so many years I picked your videos on fb and honestly loved your approach to old photography. Endless discussion would emerge from it.
In my words to summarise this text.. The new methods of photography are actually connecting the past.
I wish I could work with you, I feel like Luke skywalker at his last lesson with Yoda .
Great stuff , let me know when you are in Poland :))
Thank you Joel!
You're welcome!