Far out! I swear every time I watch one of your videos Peter, and Bec, I learn something new! Epic session, fantastic explanation of your process and excellent work from Ana ❤
The closing comments of creating images that move from ordinary to extraordinary was well illustrated in this tutorial. Thanks for the inspiration to keep pushing beyond our “safe zone”.
Finally see a video with the Hair to make it look cool (10 min mark) 💇 One of the first things I learned was to have models wear high heel shoes even if they are not in the shot to create the look you talk about, and if I recall it was with Fashion, I love shooting models in High Heels.
Peter, this was so informative, some great under the radar stuff that we can take loads from and the images are stunning. Anna has a future, such a versatile look, beautiful but also characterful, I think that’s a word! Thanks guys, loved it and Bec’s still manages to be the star of the show without really trying. 👏
I come here to improve my posing and lighting skills, but really love the way Peter and Bec interact. Anna is another of the awesome models you guys work with. Much love from the States, keep it up!
Wow! Really enjoying your videos. Great to see your work, and, how you work. You take Gorgeous models and make truly exceptional images - on another level!
Actually was very instructive. Interesting images. Strong rather than pretty, as you said. Bec did her usual fine intro and outdo as well. Thanks to all three of you.
I’ve watched a ton of videos as I’ve been learning to improve my photography, especially studio/setup (since I normally do street), and while I almost always learn at least one thing new from one of your videos, this one taught me three, and I don’t think any of them are things that other portrait/fashion photographers have talked about, at least that I’ve seen. Sheen, octa-corners, toes, hair; not to spoil anything in the comments. Thank you.
comment i watch these because of the assistant sorry Peter i do like your work and sometimes i want to try some of the things i have learned from you but your assistant with her expressive demean-or is simply fun to watch
Managed to improvise, adapt and apply one of these set ups in my studio (sorry, garage) using a model from the "will this take long?" agency. Good stuff.
As ALWAYS- love watching your videos! The tip of wetting the ends of the hair/Banana Boat spray/ and getting up on the toes are all wonderful 'extras' (I always tell models that no matter how tight I am cropping on their faces the rest of the body 'reads' - being flat footed shows even in close-ups). I also love to really feather a soft box as you did at the start- I usually use that as my 1st lighting setup because it is so soft and forgiving to a model's positioning/pose - great while everyone gets warmed up and for less experienced models used to working with studio strobes...
One of the very rare videos, where I left my coach to search a pencil and a piece of paper ( was very stressful ), just to make some notes. Thx, very effective and helpful !!
This was fierce really loved what you created here with jsut one light, finding your narration and direction really useful to learn how to work with models/#notamodel ;)
Loved when you got the model to flip her hair and got her on her toes the shots changed instantly to stronger eye catching shots when more of her face was seen (compared to the start) Also nice to see the distance where the octa is compared to the model. Sometimes when watching these videos because of the camera angle and looking at the background and floor which is white is hard to guess accurately the positions. I'd like to see how the Octo appears from the models eye view which I think is better than trying to estimate when looking from the the recording footage behind the photographers shoulder type of view. Around 5:20 in the video where Peter steps in beside the model and the camera follows is a great viewpoint to see just how far the octo is from the model and its direction. Always loved Peter's lighting when feathering light with a single light source. Its more difficult to do if you've dark walls and a small tiny room. (be cool to see some working in an extremely tight space vids)
Thanks so much, I use the toes trick a lot because posture changes models faces a lot. I'm glad the video was helpful for you to see the octa's position. We have some videos on shooting in small spaces on Inspire but will try do something for RU-vid soon, thanks again
I like the domino lighting effect, too, where you put the lit side of a face over the shadow cast by the modifier, and the shadow side of the face in the feathered portion of the light hitting the background.
Peter I want to thank you , I learned great stuff today that I will use on my journey, Ana I wish you well on your modeling career . O yeah Cheers BEC 🥂
thank you so much for this content peter! your workflow is fantastic! i have worked in a very similar way to you in the past. i have gone down the gear rabbit hole for the past decade or two. you have re ignited my passion for single light photography. really great i will definitely add you to my patreon list ive got a big smile on right now watching you work!
Long ago when I did a little studio work, I used glycerin and water in a spray bottle to give a shiny appearance to the skin. Worked great particularly on darker skin tones. But, it probably felt a bit sticky.
Who the fu£k comes here, watches videos and decides to press the "Dislike" button? People go to workshops and pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to get this kind of information - check model and photographer interaction, terms, lighting setups, extras. I've been spending money on "Egyptian Magic" to get a nice shine on the skin...big tub is like 60 dollars, while this spray on "Banana Boat" is 13 dollars. Your teamwork and models are fantastic - please share your content! Once this menace is over, hopefully, I can come to some of your workshops. Thank you!
It's a spray on sunscreen, we list everything in the description :) Spray used: Banana Boat Spray On Sunscreen www.bigw.com.au/product/banana-boat-ultra-spf-50-sunscreen-spray-175g/p/763695/?store=399&gclid=CjwKCAiAyc2BBhAaEiwA44-wW8OMg_g4wAwAgO6gh20Q6PjRcPyM6IqxgnitaLgPIZ5vWuOXMiFTExoCsvgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
The structure of the video is great. Because of my Englisch i have to watch the video twice. Great ideas, great intro and great model. But the Banana thing i didn‘t find it in Germany.... Looking for another...
What a great video! I really liked the halo bit of the first look and the second look is awesome! Looking forward to trying out that one. Regarding the magic potion ... is that regular Banana Boat aerosol sunscreen or a specific product of their sunscreen range?
the models came to take pictures, just when the photographer was throwing mechanics las modelos llegaron a tomarse fotos, justo cuando el fotógrafo andaba echando mecánica jajaja es broma, excelente video Peter!
Thank you for the interesting video! 6:20 Could you please explain, why Capture One is not good enough for this look? If I understand it well, the contrast is more global and not localized on one spot. But you could work with brushes in Capture One. What's the difference? Thanks in advance for the reply! 🙏🙂
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it. Using brushes in Capture One is no different to what I need to do in Photoshop, which is treat every image as an individual, but I will have a Capture One tutorial coming soon
Amazing work. Loved the hair trick and the tip about asking the model to tip toe even when it's a beauty shot. These kind of tips only come from very experienced professionals. Can I ask what are the light stand and superboom that you are using?
@@PeterCoulsonPhotographer Thank you very much Peter for your reply. Keep on bringing these tutorials of tricks that only experienced professionals can teach.
very informative as usual, though I think you should give C1 another look. Thanks to you I'm converting to B&W and C1 seems to work. How long since you tried it? And that spray stuff you were going to post?
Thanks heaps. Funnily enough I just upgrade Capture One to give it a try again :) and oops sorry, just added it in the description, it's Banana Boat Spray On Sunscreen
Hello peter, very good your video and the tips you share with us, what do you think about using flash without light modifiers to soften the light? I'm a beginner and I still don't have access to light modifier equipment like this and this size, so I was in doubt if it was possible to use the light source without this smoothing if it will be able to fill a large area like the example of the light of this modifier that you used and if you have any tips for using direct flash light when photographing models and looks in B&W. Thank you in advance, I'm marathoning the channel and learning a lot from you!
Thumbs Up as always!! Do you change your lighting depending on the bone structure of the subject? Or does the Genre dictate your set up? I liked both set ups with Anna.
Yes but that's no different to me painting in brush strokes in Photoshop, I have to treat every image individually. When I'm shooting with a client tethered I can't do that to every single photo that comes up
Thanks Peter and Bec for doing this tutorial. I have a question. Is your white cyclorama helping to fill in the shadows in your top down lighting setup? I was thinking of trying it with a roll of white seamless paper, but I feel like I would need some v-flats to fill in some shadows.
Peter, have you told us which agencies you get your models from.?? Do you do test day(s) to give your art director some picks? That's how I used to work plus I had 2 make-up girls to get them looking nice. I built a 5m long bathroom so both make-up girls could work together. If I were there I would have given her a black scarf prop to play with.
Hi Martin, there are a few cool agencies in Europe but not many in Melbourne, and I also don't use art directors as they always want to change the vision I had
I love your work. You explain very well the lighting techniques. Which is very cool. Question: do you ever shoot any other types of model’s. Other than white young lady. Like for instants Asian, African-American,and Brazilian models and else... I would love to see you work with a nice rich chocolate skin model...
Thanks so much, glad you are enjoying my tutorials. I shoot with people of all different backgrounds but in Melbourne, Australia we don't don't get many dark skinned models, or ones that want to work with me. But when we travel I shoot a wide range of models :)
@@PeterCoulsonPhotographer You could change the default sharpening to a smaller value. That's what I've done because I think C1's default sharpening is too aggressive. I changed mine to 100 instead of the 140 to 180 C1 defaults to.
