Speedlight Portraiture EP4.1- Creating Professional Studio Images with Small Flash Units - GODOX V1
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- Episode 4 /Part 1 - Portrait Master, Tim Kelly, has set up a complete portrait studio with small lights and inexpensive modifiers, and proven you don't always need the expensive gear to get top pro results! In the quest for a new, lightweight remote kit, Tim has done three episodes detailing the equipment he's using for remote assignments. NOW, LET'S SHOOT! We have two lovely client/models to demonstrate the techniques needed to obtain gorgeous headshots and simple portraits. Be sure to watch Part 2 when released, for even more dramatic studio-style portraits.
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I have made a lot of portraits in the last 40 yrs.and this is top notch. I love your use of inexpensive flashes and modifiers. I seen some guys that use only expensive stuff and their photos are not any better.Every 6 mos i take my grandkids portraits.I take even their kooky ones. I threaten to pull them out when they get married.
Great content!! Will watch more videos.
Amazing. You made this 4yrs ago. Looks like you just put together some random things you had laying around and did more with less compared to a lot of what I'm seeing. You have redefined my perception of what I want to become as professional photographer.
Thank you.
Astounding Dr. Kelly!!!
Tim great results and great workflow in real time! Priceless
You are the MAN ,I KNOW YOUR A PRO BECASE YOU MAKE ME THINK I CAN DO THIS.AND I WILL KEEP TRYING AND BUYING MOORE GODOX. THANK YOU ITS LIKE GOING TO SCHOOL FOR FREE
Glad it helps you!
Master tim kelly's thank you for your wonderful videos it's helping me alot
Tanks !!! Really good content! I will see ALL YOUR VIDEOS !
Thank you! Enjoy them all. We have some new ones coming VERY soon!
First video ive ever seen from you. Glad i stumbled upon your channel. I really appreciate the slower pace you have, and you packed a ton of useful information in just this one video. Ive watched many MANY photography videos and im pretty sure this one video had more useful tips than any other video ive seen, plus youre all about what youre doing, theres no nonsense or jokes etc..Thats incredible, im definitely watching all your content and subscribing. Thanks so much!
Wow! Your lighting is goal! It's so beautiful!
Your drive for perfection and knowledge of every piece of equipment is inspiring! Glad I found your channel! Was kind of disappointed in some of the comments. Clearly you are doing today what years for experience have taught you to do. If you have to physically help assist a subject in positioning there’s obviously a reason for it. It can get be even more awkward and frustrating when your verbally repeating yourself to someone, at some point, especially with a new subject you may have to help assist their posing. Especially if it’s not something they have ever done before. Anyway, fantastic video and photos! I learned a lot from watching! I’m pretty much a newbie so I’m soaking it all in!
Great stuff Tim!
Thank you!!
Me again #3 time on this one! I learn something different every time I watch, Tim your words best.
Glad it helps!!
This was inspirational. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching! We've set up our "Location Kit" in our main camera room to get through the testing of the small flash gear we will use as a mobile studio. This video is the first (with models) that prove whether or not it will work for me. ANSWER: The size of the outfit is great and the power is more than adequate (and can be upgraded), of course. The modeling lights on the V1 will only prove that the unit is on. The 24" x 24" soft box produces excellent quality, and is SO easy to use, but is only big enough for head and shoulder portraits. I will be looking out for, and testing larger, quick setup modifiers for my GODOX lights. STAY TUNED!
appreciate it
congratulation for your successful work
Great portaits. Model is beautiful.
Thank you!
Still watching and learning
Love that Gowlandflex on the camera stand.
It's my favorite camera.
Thanks!
Hello Tim it’s me again I learn something every time I watch you. Even if it is the same one 5 times. Thank you for making all these photography videos. I I actually know how to make portraits now thank you thank you thank you
You are very welcome.
The gobo is a 32" round on a bogen articulated boom arm on a Photogenic background light stand. I think the list of parts is on a video called " The Most Emulated .. czcams.com/video/LuJbbMLNiPs/video.html
Very nice portraits
Tim, love your tutorials! But, the “Good girl” sounds like you’re either talking to a toddler or puppy. Phenomenal lighting and results.
I know. Bad habit (having done mostly little kids day in and day out for decades). I cringe myself at times. Hey, thanks for watching.
Oh my gosh! You make me laugh - you’re awesome, Tim. Used your feathering technique on Saturday with fantastic results. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. My headshot photography has grown leaps and bounds. One more thing - it helps to see the time you take to really land the perfect look. It allows me to give myself that same permission to do the same. I used to think if I fiddled a bit that my client would think I didn’t know what I was doing.
It’s basically a gentle term of endearment, very respectful, complimentary , reassuring , confidence building. ,not condescending nor patronizing- true traits of a professional , experienced ,creative and most dedicated disciple of the arts. Thank you
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Thanks for subscribing!
Excellent way to get her to move past her attitude. IT was clear that she came along after a few shoots when she realized you are the man and you know what your doing. Great work and yes you are great at what you do! Thank you Tim Kelly!
Thanks for watching! Yes, it takes a few minute to get subjects relaxed.
this is amazing, you are amazing... thank you
Thank you too!
amazing how fast and accurately you move your light where you get your shot...MASTER..!!
Thanks. Just a lifetime of it!
SUPER. SUPER , THE BEST
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Hey Tim, great stuff as always, sir!
Just moved to Godox ad400 & 3 ad200's for location stuff myself and am still in shock at their low cost vs great performance/value over what studio lighting used to cost us back in the day! btw, I used to deal with you and your interns when I ran front counter at Ross-Ehlert Orlando in the earliest digital days when head swaps from 120 film were small miracles. Like that old saying, "we've come a long way baby!"
PS - did I spy a Gowandflex in background??
Thanks! Yes, I still do use my Gowlandflex. No longer a PN55 camera anymore ... just film and a little "new55".
Thanks for joining in, Eric!
Thanks Tim for another great tutorial.
I would like to see what each of the lights does in action...will help me build up my light. For instance, with only the main light on and observe what it does to the subject, then the fill light by itself and so on for base and spot light. Just curious to see each individually and then having them all on together. Also, if you can let us know light power ( main vs. fill vs. base light pointing up...do you go for specific ratio). Is the base light that points up used just to get the background the way you want it?
I'm really liking the look of having the main and fill light on same side..never knew it could be done.
Thanks again!
I will revisit that. I've taught that way for 35 years. I believe you will find it covered on my Studio Lighting video in the CLASSIC LIBRARY, from the 15 DVD's I've put out. Every principle remains the same.
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques Thanks! Will lookup the 15 Classic DVD Library
Wow amazing master... What f no you always used to shoot portraits like this. Thanks
Love the backdrop. Can you tell me size and possibly who sells it?
Thanks, Stephen! In this video we started with a small, classic (headshot) gray canvas from David Maheu. www.backgroundsbymahue.com. Then we used seamless medium gray paper from Savage, and finally, a 10'x20' hand painted muslin called "High Seas" that was mad by Les Brandt Backgrounds. I think the Les Brand designs are now made by "Shooting Gallery Backgrounds" since Les retired.
Much success!
I love the Godox system....
I use Godox on my high school seniors that I shoot on my CZcams channel.
Does your 42” wrap around and give undesired results on the face?
Thanks for watching! I've been using the 42 as a fill, and 24 as a key light. The 42 might be too large for a headshot, but its all relative. Your distance from the subject and the size of the modifier creates the lighting quality (sharpness/softness) you're looking for. If you're getting too much overflow (uncontrolled) light, you might want to flag or gobo. A deep recessed edge around the front diffusing fabric is the best solution. That's why I've always used the Larson / Sweetlight RS soft boxes. Black gaffer tape can solve a multitude of ills.
It's seldom the light - it's having the right working distances (isolation) and the right modifiers from the right position (direction). Each light has a specific task and you always have to watch for lighting contamination, that is unwanted crossover.
You may know all that, but often these issues are easy to find if you test and adjust one light at a time. Good luck!
How is it i have been a photographer perusing CZcams since 2010 & have never come across your channel?, i am always looking to add to my skillset & you sir are full of information.
Thanks for watching!
Awsome! where can you get the PVC light panel please?
I find the Photoflex Litepanel to be the best replacement for homemade or older "lightform" products. A link is in our description.
Thanks for watching!
What type of Fabric do you have sir? Love the video!
Our backgrounds are all hand-painted on high quality, heavy canvas or muslin. They come from www.backgroundsbymaheu.com
Thanks for watching!
Nice video what's soever i shoot a lot of film and as you know with film you have to use your best judgment. i will love to see a video were you are setting up for film and give us a few tips thanks
Thanks for watching! I shoot film often, but usually WITHIN a digital session. Therefore, my digital becomes my test shots. See my video on shooting the president of PPA, Greg Daniel.
czcams.com/video/LrzNu8kN1HE/video.html
Check out "Lady in Red" film shoot too.
Great as uasual Tim, thanks for sharing. I just wondered why you normally shoot in landscape, where some of these will be shown in portrait?
Some will be .. we show a lot of tests which are Horz because I care about the background and I want all the space to be ready.
Also I love great, artistic backgrounds and I show a lot in most of my finals.
i want to try photoshoot
What are the constant lights you use? Also do you think silver or chrome light stands cause any reflections?
I don't use any constant lights except for video. GVM
No, equipment reflections, but any cameraman should try to stay out of the light to avoid being reflectedin the subjects eyes.
Fantastic backdrop you have there! Did you Handpaint it yourself?
Nearly every background has been painted by David Maheu at Backgrounds by Maheu -many I designed for him, but he has a large catalog of great ones.
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques thank you Tim I am glad I found your channel 😊
I just saw were you have a 3 day classes. I just missed I will be at one soon
It was our 33rd! We only do one of these per year, but in the next couple of months we will be starting a live online seminar series.
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques ok you have taught me so much, for free and I would like to help out some, and I want to enroll in your classes, were and how
Hey Tim you didn't mention the power of each light which you are using from different directions. Please mention it. It will be helpful for the beginners.
Hi Tim,
I have a Godox 860ii and would like to get one softbox for portrait and beauty photography. Which size would you recommend if I only can buy one only.
- Godox 120cm Octagon or Godox 80 cm x 80 cm
I will be happy to get an answer from you
Thank you very much
Hey which softbox did you end up getting?
I love your tips! They have helped me a lot! I have done 90% child and baby shoots and like 10% adult. Any tips on how to not call them sweetie or baby or soooo cute while taking adult pictures. The whole calling me monkey does not resonate for some odd reason 😅
You're right. We all have to choose our words carefully!
What do you call that little Stand that the lobo is on I need one and what do you recommend. Thanks
It’s also refreshing to see you using such small soft boxes compared to the 3 x 4 main and the 4 x 6 feel that you normally use in your regular studio
please Tim a request hopefully it can be accommodated, is it possible to have a video with the (main, fill, hair , kick , spot ) each turned on one at the time with its value so we see in the camera what is the look for each individual light alone? I know you have mentioned you do not meter, and you said the fill is half of main, also the ceiling fill is less than both , but having each light alone with all lights turned off is going to give us an idea how the look is since we are not metering, I realize it is a hassle for you to do it but it will be a great tutorial especially with speed lights that most of us can work with and afford, thanks anyway
We've done it a couple times before in our older "Classic" videos, but we'll try to create a new one.
never mind I found it thank you:
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Tim, stupid question please. I have two Canon Speedlite 430Ex and 430Ex ii, I you aware if they would work with the Godox Xpro trigger?
I'm no expert, but I believe you'd need a Godox receiver on them. I use one on my Canon EX550
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques Thanks Tim
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques I am pleased to say that they do work on both. Thanks for the video
How do you use the color checker to enhance skin tone in post?
The checker gives us a reference with it's neutrals (white balance) exposing the actual accurate skin color. It's primary job in our studio/lab workflow is to record THE ACTUAL COLOR TEMP of the light we are shooting in. With profile software you'll create a custom profile for that shoot or location that corrects for the color of the light you were shooting in. Something you cannot do with white balance only.
Tim, I've started watching some of your videos. Forgive me if you have covered elsewhere, but you seem to always use the 70-200mm lens. Do you have any thoughts on other lenses, like fixed focal lenses, etc?
Thanks again for watching. I do use that particular zoom a majority of the time on my small digital camera. All my other formats have fixed lenses, so I'm quite used to lens selection. I know there are a lot of specialty looks available using prime and unique lenses, but I havent gone there since the Mamiya soft focus and the Imagon lens.
Mr. Kelly, Great work, I like,
I have a question. I had been told that a rule is always put the hair light on opposite side from main light( something i had heard in convention like 20yrs ago). I see that you don't do that. I there a rule not too or it just a matter of preference?
Thanks for watching! The hair light concept is still accurate. It's usually safest coming in from the opposing side. It's more important in most circumstances that any KICK light be handled that way. It helps create shape and dimension.
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques Thank you for the quick response. I appreciate it.
Hi sir can you explain what mode are you using & what is tha ISO , what F , what is speed
I do everything MANUAL with POWER OUTPUT controlling the results. Every set up is quite different. I try to start with ISO 100, 1/125th second, between 5.6 and f/10 (depending on plan with the image), THEN I set distance and power on my lights, beginning with the main.
so you use both continuous light and a flash? ok
I only base my exposures on the strobe. I have continuous lights but don't generally use them.
good video, but some of the shots towards the end were over exposed. regardless its good content
If you used a meter you could cut all that faffing about out. You can not know your lighting ratios when you use the " Suck It and See " method.
Thanks for watching. I used meters for decades, but also learned to acquire near perfect exposure (during the film days) without them. They provide only photo-mechanical information. They fail as much as histograms. However, for those who are "shooting in the dark", (re:exposures and lighting ratios), they are a big help. They are not necessary for a master in his "fixed" environment, or in using the tools he or she knows well.
I don't know these lights well, yet my first tests are still solid because I can do the math. Everything from that point on is SUBJECTIVE. What do I want to see, how each light affects the subject, and measuring values at this point is light management. I am a dedicated ZONE SYSTEM technician and I look for absolute perfection from deep shadow to highlight retention and fine, full and complete dynamic range.
Please remember the earliest days of professional digital cameras, (of which I was a test studio for Kodak and Foveon) there was NO latitiude, no raw adjustment. It had to be dead ON. Long before this time I stop using meters. I shot (and still do) 8x10, 4x5 and 2 1/4 FILM. Polaroid gave use the needed feedback for final adjustment. Then digital became, and still is used like my polaroid had been.
Whether or not you can see how my 53 years in this business has brought me here, I have taught thousands upon thousands of photographers in the last thirty years, including some of the most well known in the portrait industry. I have a very successful photography business and I am only here, sharing now, because I enjoy teaching - and learning!
Thanks for your comment - but flash meters and histograms are clumsy and inferior to the trained artist and craftsman.
Best wishes and success!
@@TimKellysMasterPhotoTechniques well said, Tim.. love the video. Thanks for the upload
Plenty of professionals don’t use light meters. You could just learn how to get the explore right instead of constantly relying on something else
I agree.
She is so pretty that, even if you click picture using your phone, she will look beautiful :)
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Thirsty much?
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Great video but one observation is that I noticed you touching a young female model. Maybe she's your daughter, I don't know. But I've always thought physical contact between photographer and model is not advised.
Would like your opinion on this.
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Im a model and would feel highly uncomfortable by all the unannounced touching that's happening in this video.
I appreciate your comment.
There is no need to touch a model, and I do not shoot models. Ever. I serve those who need what I can do for them. This is extremely high-end retail and commissioned work.
A regular client, be they child or adult, often need posing refinement to get the very best image made. When spoken directions work, they work. With their permission, many that need clear posing assistance initially, no longer do by the end of the session.
I do my job professionally and thoroughly strictly for the benefit of my customer.
Thanks for watching.
Also, we don't know that Tim didn't speak with the young lady prior to the session in regards to whether it would be alright to physically assist in posing.
Tim and I (I don't know Tim, by the way) started in a time that wasn't so politically correct... a time when straightening a bracelet or watch clasp or adjusting hair would never be thought of as inappropriate touching.
I agree. Tee model did look uncomfortable.
don't touch the model...
Helping pose is professional. Being afraid is amateurish. However, speaking with the subject prior to the session was probably done and should be done. If the subject refuses or doesn't want posing assistance then that is alright, too.
yes he was very touchy and the model almost looked uncomfortable.
Try not to touch your models as much. Possibly at all? As for models hands, Sir. I see terrible hands position in all photos, am I wrong?
Thanks for watching. These are lighting demos on head and shoulders portraits, not hands. I have many, many videos on posing. SEE: Bridal and Formal Portraiture. Also many others if you wish instruction on body, legs, feet and hands..
The Photographer should NEVER TOUCH the subject/model.
Surprised that someone with such credentials would give such inaccurate advise! Histograms and internal meters cannot compare to the accuracy of a light meter, which measures pure light! So while you hunt and peck and chimp and monk with your inaccurate unprofessional approach, I'll take a couple of readings with my meter and be professionally shooting while you're still trying to figure it out! Additionally, your process does account for light to shadow ratios!
Hi Walter. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I am not against using measurement tools. I have owned and used the VERY BEST of them. I come from a commercial background shooting large format color transparency, so be sure I had sophisticated light and color meters and desitometers on hand in my studio. Simultaneously, in portraiture, we also used polaroid to confirm exposures and ratios. You DO learn to see ratios! If you do this everyday, process and print your own work, your experience will perfectly train your eye. Histograms are worthless and I can't remember ever referring to one unless I'm answering an amatuer question regarding it.
Now, here's the important part as it relates to the studio. With testing and experience, carefully and continually analyzing results, you will fully understand your cameraroom, your lights, reflectors and how they will react to your subject's reflected luminance, background values and light absorbsion.
Since you seem to advanced and serious, understand this: When I "chimp", I'm not looking for exposure. For a split second I will consider pose and composition. However, the the ONLY thing to truly be accessed at that moment are THE THINGS THAT CAN'T BE ALTERED LATER. Such as lighting balance (ratio), lighting direction, and quality of light. (flash meters don't provide that), Is the kick light too strong? Is there enough hair/separation light? Is the background level exactly what's needed to properly separate? Density relationships. These are the things that can't easily be fixed later.
So, Walter, I am not guessing. I am not hunting. I am considering the things I see at a level few photographers will ever reach. That's not pride, it's full-time professional studio experience of fifty-three years. I love my profession and only wish to share with those whom it will help.
what a doh pictures! Master you can do better than this.
I understand that these are very basic hs images. I think that's the right place to start with new equipment; evaluating what it looks like and how it acts in its fundamental use. It is different from my standard lighting gear, and from this point of understanding them, we can go further.
Thanks for watching.
Astounding Dr. Kelly!!!