Loved the burn and dodge aspect... it also helped me to hear you say that you didn't know what pose to do! Nice to know it happens to seasoned photographers and not just beginners haha. I would imagine it also makes the client giggle and relate more to the photographer, shows your human!
I personally enjoyed watching you struggle with the posing, as if you were human like the rest of us. :-) I've learned a lot from your work over the years keep 'em coming!
I appreciate you going into depth into the edit after the shoot, showing both how you direct the model and work with the lighting as well as how you finish the photos. Very helpful information
Your videos help me out tremendously!! I love how you go into detail about your posing and settings and what presets are best for what poses and whatnot! This is highly helpful! Your work is completely amazing!! I aspire to be this great someday!
Nice, good to see you finally get the chance to use some pro equipment. Just kidding, your pictures are wonderful even if you are one of those types who normally shoots Sony. LOL. Great to see a new post from you, always enjoy and learn from your videos. In case it isn't obvious, I have an R5 and 50mm f1.2.
Having recently discovered your channel, I’ve found myself 'Binge Watching' a lot of your previous stuff! I’ve used Dodge and Burn before, but never thought to Gaussian Blur it, what a revelation! Thanks for this awesome tip, will definitely be using the subtle improvement in future edits. Thank you for sharing this. Look forward to more content. KJ
I'm retired now but I used to like to over expose a little when I thought the image could benefit. Not enough to blow out important highlights but to bring up shadow detail, which if I tried to do in post would lead to a lot of noise.
For me, I'd get rid of that very white branch stump in the upper left, or darken it so that it doesn't distract so much. Other than that, it looks great.
The editing was a huge help! I wasn't sure how to incorporate Photoshop edits in without over doing it. I'm new to the whole photography scene and I shoot my girlfriend. She want's to more outdoors and we're stuck with a lot of that hot Texas sun and light. This is going to make a big difference.
Thanks for sharing the RAW vs final result! I have your presets and sometimes frustrates me not to see the original picture to have a better idea on how to deal with the white balance.
Loved the shoot. A lot of great info there. I also loved the processing with one exception. In the upper left corner of the photo there is an annoying and distracting piece of tree trunk that ruins the shot. It kept drawing my eye to that corner. Some content aware fill could have removed that without affecting the crop.even just darkening that corner would have made it better.
I feel like you might get better / more interesting results if you let your models pose more. I much prefer that over photographers who direct posing a lot. Just my opinion 🤷🏼♀️
Mike, great job again! You mentioned getting it ready for IG...outside of the photo edits what in particular do you do with regards to resolution etc to get an image IG worthy?
A great video, and I still learn a lot from them. Unfortunately here in Arizona our outdoor backdrops consist of sand and cactus, so I envy the water scenes. The one question I have is that in all your videos Ive not seen you use a color correction/calibration card as a first shot with the model. Do you find them unnecessary? I've not developed a good eye for those subtleties yet so I thought that aid would be helpful
Michael your all previous work was amazing but this new canon system is not reflecting the quality of your shoot. Its may be a new stuff and need a bit more practice. But waiting for mord shoots to see. 😊👍
When is the next time you’ll be in Hawaii? There are quite a few photographers here (myself included) that would love to buy you a beer and pick your brain!
Hi Michael! Very good BTS content. I am a huge fan of your work. Say, what's your opinion on trying out the Canon? You don't seem to be too puzzled. But what about the results of your shoot? Satisfied?
maybe if you would have been a bit closer to the water line... the camera i mean... i know it kinda freaked you out being in salt water but the pose and shot would have been awesome!! The final editing process was cool... but would have loved to see this same photo from a lower POV... just my 2 cents.
That's the type of shoot where I'd love to have the Canon 35-350 zoom. For me, that lens' huge zoom range giving me the ability to change perspective, would be more important than shooting with a fast lens wide open. In fact I used the 600mm once for a shoot like yours and if I could have afforded it I would have kept it. (and later added a teleconverter.)
Natural light doesn't suck, but it can be limiting. What sucks is when a photographer posts a photo saying it's straight out of camera/natural light as if that makes it better when all you can think is that it'd look a lot better with a little more light.
