B&H Prospectives: Headshot Photography | Peter Hurley
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- In this second episode of our new series Prospectives, much sought after headshot photographer Peter Hurley explains his approach to taking a headshot. From the tools he uses to creating rapport with your client, Peter demonstrates the different elements that will take one's photography to the next level.
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What models love most and what inspires them to be animated is to put them in front of a mirror at all times. I have a 4' wide x 7' tall mirror on wheels I put on the set whether I'm shooting headshots or figure. Tell them to primp and pretend they're all alone in their room. They love it! And they give me some wonderful looks. It also loosens them up tremendously.
Please contact Peter Hurley directly at peter{at}peterhurley{dot}com. Thanks for watching.
I think you'd find it difficult to watch a guy who is so honest and truthful with his delivery. He speaks loads of common sense, great video.
Peter Hurley is a super instructor - I could listen to him for hours. Thanks for the super video!!
Ah, my first man-crush. Seriously though, this guy knows his stuff and inspires me. I have no idea how to make people feel comfortable in front of the camera and spend too much time caught up in the technical details. This is gold and exactly what I need.
Most welcome. Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching. We have 2 more long form videos from this presenter on the channel. Just do a search on "Peter Hurley" and you will find them.
Peter is the real deal... he's been a mentor to me for years now and I'm glad to call him a good friend. Hop on his PH2Pro site to join in on the headshot community. We have a blast over there!
I could listen to this guy all day long.
I went and watched his "The Basic Headshot" lecture here on B&H - he's awesome. The approach he has with his subjects is brilliant. I think it helped him tremendously that he's been in front of the camera as well as at the back of it.
peter hurley is amazing. the art behind the headshot is one of the best photography videos i've ever seen. dude's a pro and seems like a great guy.
Know your equipment then mix in some humor and personality - that's Peter Hurley! Fun and informative to watch him teach.
Awesome video! Peter really is an excellent presenter. Peter, if you don't have a channel, you need one.
I enjoy the classroom lectures, this format though is outstanding! Thanks!
I love this guy he has such a great sense of humor...thx 4 this video
Amazing instructor, thank you!
90% therapist and 10% photographer!
Great info! Communication is the key. When I get the shot you hear...."Nailed It"
I think he is one of the best photographers in the world.
Love your work Peter, you are an inspiration! Glad to see you have upgraded your 33 Mp camera to the new H5D 50. I bought a discontinued 31 Mp H4D and the quality and tonal range is like nothing I've ever seen before. Amazing. Your tutorial on head shots was brilliant and have put you advice to good use. Thank you, and of course thank you B&H
One of my favorite photographers. #SHABANG! - Gratz B&H, you've started in the right way! Keep on with the B&H Prospectives! xD
Thank you, Peter. This was great. I really enjoyed how you communicate with your models.
Great video, being able to take a properly exposed image should be a given. It is the relationship between photographer and subject that makes the difference.
I really dig his perspective on headshots and people in general.
Nice post. Straight.
Love the facial expressions towards the end! Great info!
Paper's great in a studio, but it's awkward to transport (even if you stick to 53" rolls). For location, muslins are great - if you scrunch them up rather than folding them. You can't avoid creases, so make sure there are so many of them in so many directions that they fade into, well, the background and don't form a pattern. Jerseys can be stretched out to eliminate wrinkles, and work really well as pop-ups (same sort of thing as collapsible reflectors).
Its raining outside!! Nice video
Fantastic video!the last part is the most useful for us the photographers, after 40 years photographing people even I learned today a new trick or two from you Peter, thanks a lot.;) ---from Maria in Washington DC
SHAMMOOEEEY! Is now my word I use...close to Shabang! but mine. Your advise is magnificent. I use it all the time, and get amazing every time I take photos with excellent results. Thanks Peter.
Wow this really helps me! Thank you!
Very helpful info, Peter! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
Guy is dynamic interesting and good. Thanks for posting.
We used the Sennheiser ew100 G2 wireless microphone system. The newer version is the G3 - please see B&H product code #SEEW100EN3A. Thanks for watching!
INSPIRED,THANX for all the tips i just got into photography could u tell me whats the most important things to work on when starting and whats the best way to get your work out there i like to shoot portraits and boudoir
It's a perspective vid, not a straight up tutorial. Read the description people.
i liked this mans ideas an i will look at his website for more to come
Amazing, I like your style of shooting. Your images rock.
Love you!
To the guy who asked about backgrounds: Never fold a fabric background. Scrunch them up, roll them up into a ball and throw them into a box.
This was so useful!
Great tips man. I have a questions about backdrops. i carry backdrops to locations and need to fold my back drops to carry. but then don't like the folded marks on it. any tips for location shooting with backdrops? do you prefer paper backdrops?
Great info!
Yes! Love PH!
awesome idea...
Awesome!
Good stuff!
Mind blasting
its always an informercial with peter
there is a camera that does both medum format and stanard format digital the photographer i worked with used it cannon digital camera i think
Brilliant ! :)
Hello,
I was wondering what microphone you used for Peter during this shoot. I thought you would pick up echo or a hollow sound since he is in a studio but his audio is crisp and clear. What microphone brand or type do you recommend when recording audio in a studio type atmosphere or a small room that picks up echo background sound?
Thank you!
Paper will not be easy to carry. The best way to deal with cloth back drops is to invest is a small portable streamer or steam iron. Steam is the best way to get rid of creases in material.
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Just out of curiosity, I've noticed that with your light set up, there's a strobe going off , where is that placed actually. Thanks
I think models would benefit from his advice. I've seen models that have no idea what they are doing or are aware of what their face is doing.
nice!
Nice video, I felt bad for him when he was describing dissecting the face into quadrants for lighting; this set up was very boring flat lighting. Barely saw a 2:1 ratio but it is a nice interview. Mostly about his insight which is good to learn from.
Since you are using continuous lighting, why was a strobe going off? Was that for the background only?
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StupidPeopleSuck3 ProFoto B1 - Battery operated, hence, no power cords and I bet for his case, it was only for background.
For the background
Yes, to keep the background white.
"I don't own a DSLR, I never owned a DSLR. I have an iPhone, I have a Fuji X100s...and I have a Hasselblad H5 D50 and that's it".
amazing tutorial, but whats that shebang at 10.55? what does it mean?
he was going to say something like "that last one i felt how it should have been" and he rumbled and made the "should have been" to "shebang". watch carefully ;)
peter recently sold his hasselblad and now uses a Canon. LMAO
I wonder why he made to switch from Hasselblad to Canon.
Hi Peter , I enjoyed your head shot tutorial very much. I 'm looking forward to checking out your web sites . Thanks DAN.B
Uhm die Hasselblad _is_ a DSLR...
DSLR = Digital single-lens reflex camera.
that camera has so many limits and a Nikon d800 will perform all around better - my thoughts...
a Hasselblad ist actually (4:15) a dslr... just MediumFormat...
The Hasselblad H5D is a DSLR. Hasselblad is a Single Lens Reflex system.
Hey...everybody started from scratch....not only you....
14:23 is the Shabang shot
now get out there and learn how to use strobes.
Shebang!!!
$700 tripod $27k camera. This is more of a product endorsement than anything else and more about him. Or is it just me. And I like this guy too
I think him explaining his experience being in front of the camera is very valuable when translated to his knowledge from how to communicate with talent from behind the camera. Regarding the equipment, he said himself it doesn't matter what you have, these principles still apply.
What I don't buy is that this guy was ever a model maybe he was one of those before model
Please Translate on Russian Language
You are obviously a very experienced photographer. But let me express this idea. When you start directing someone, and that is the essence of your area of photography, you are changing who they are, their very nature. In effect, you are making something that is artificial. I can appreciate the art of directing in photography but I also criticize it for the very reasons I've just expressed.
David Kjoller Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. His style may not be your style. That's the beauty of photography.
All this guy talks about is his model carrier, hasselblad and Olympic team. A little annoying. Just, please, teach us smth.
riot the one that can teach you is his retoucher since he is the one fixing all the crap this guy creates by shooting so close to the subject.
That was a waste of time
This guy doesn't know WTF he's talking about. He says his continuous light brings out the color of the eye because it makes the pupil small. I'm here in my bathroom at night looking in the mirror with nothing but a 7-watt nightlight and my pupil is tiny. So, unless he's shooting at night with ALL the room lights OUT and NO modeling lights, eyes will have plenty of light and plenty of color for strobe photography. And what model/subject wants all those bright lights around their face, so close and confining?? He's just selling equipment for B&H. "SALES Perspectives". LOL
"This guy doesn't know WTF he's talking about." - Really?
...and how close to his New York Studio are you working?
How many people are asking you to educate about headshot/portrait photography?
How many customers do you have queuing at the door to pay you $2500 to have their picture taken?
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Incidentally, the further you pull a light source from the Subject the harder you make that light source.
A Softbox should be, almost, touching the Subject, to achieve maximum softness.
He may be good and successful but im so sick of him already
haha. No, he isn't.