How to Use Angles and Perspectives to turn a city scene into an abandoned backdrop by Jason Lanier 

+Alan Newman Yep, I love showing what you can do with minimal gear.

Triggered, Do you really think he was being disrespectful? Lighten up.

not really about being disrespectful… it can be off putting and sour the mood…@@Wightzebra

Yes he meant to disrespect her, LOL. SJW's are ridiculous.

Thank you so much!!!

+Alexandra Starr (the girl within) seriously? what have you been doing for the last 27 years???

+Dancho Slavov for the past 27 years i have been saying "i prefer natural light"... translated means "i know fuck all about speedlighting and i am lazy" but hey, better late than never hey =)

+Alexandra Starr (the girl within) :)))) true story

+Alexandra Starr (the girl within) Check out Neil Vanb Niekerk. His Tangents blog has an ABUNDANCE to info on on and off camera flash. Great pro photog. The guru of flash.

+Stephen Soukup, Niekerk is a new name for me, and to be honest i have only been watching jasons videos for a few months at most now, so i am well behind with speedlighting, though i did studio work a few years ago quite a bit with models, the only time i really mixed bright ambient lighting (almost like the light on this video) with off camera flash and a homemade mod on top, the results were actually pretty hot, but i think i got lucky with that one, and i guess in my mind i was like, well i done off camera flash now, i can stop lol Certainly going to document my shoots from now on, though i would hate it if people thought i was directly ripping Jason off, with his urbex and strobist shooting, but i have used abandoned places to shoot in for the past 15 years or more, absolutely love derelict places, so much character, history, potential, decay, grit, even romance, which is why i am really envious of my fellow americans over the pond, you have some amazingly preserved dereliction there, entire industries laid to waste, just mesmerising =) hell, im gonna go out and shoot today!

+Bryan Campbell I agree with you. That harsh on camera direct flash always looks pretty nice, when shooting against the harsh sunlight. I don´t think that a soft off-camera flash with a big softbox would have looked as good as the oncamera harsh flash.

You are welcome...and thank you..:)

+Chris C Thanks. You're the first person to ever say that to me. I will forever not touch a female again.

LOL!!!!!

+Brandon Gray You don't need much if you understand light.

Draht Video it's just right next to his lav mic in his shirt

+Jenna Poole So Cool!

+Jenna Poole no one cares about grandpa.......we came for the photo shoot

watercloset99 Well I care, and that is very rude of you to say. No need for that, just scroll through the comments and watch your video.

+watercloset99 STFU you condescending piece of shit.

In this video he's using the Rokinon 14mm lens with a Nikon manual adapter for the camera.

+josiah frazier I'm not sure where that is...but I'm coming to Detroit next week!

+Jason Lanier it's in the middle of the pinkie

@@josiahfrazier5197 no its not. It's all the way up to the top left of the mitten. It's on Lake Michigan, not Lake Huron. The thumb of the mitten is on Lake Huron. You can't go wrong wherever you go, but Traverse City is gorgeous and has big sand dunes.

+javier javier He said he is shooting with a Nikon flash in the video @ 12:56

Yea, but i dont know anything about flashes.. So I don't know either if is good enough for low key, the only thing I know is that if is a slow flash it won't give that effect... I have seen videos of jason recommending flashes for a6000, but I see numbers and not idea if that's what I need.. :(

It's awesome if you don't need Auto Focus

+Brandon Emmanuel Get a life. If I'd called the model sexy you'd have a heart attack. You PC police are unreal. In the same sentence I called myself "bad crap" and that was after explaining the difference between good crap and bad crap. It's all about context, and also about not taking yourself too seriously. You're right though, the model was mortified by my rudeness...so much so that she refused to shoot and walked off the set. Oh, that's right, that never happened.

+Jason Lanier Like I said, that was my opinion alone and of course the model is not going to run away since she has already devoted time and expenses to be there with you. I'm just simply stating what it was said and done as a friendly advise as a customer's perspective.

+Brandon Emmanuel Everyone has opinions, that doesn't necessarily make them correct. Sometimes it's hard for you guys watching because you come into the scene abruptly. You haven't spent the day together like we have in real life. So you're seeing us without any of the benefit of having spent the day(s) with us. It's important to remember that when you're watching.

+Jason Lanier true and not true. As a photographer and youtuber you should present yourself as how you want to be depicted. Again, that's my opinion, but in the true world you should need to be more alert to what you say to your customers. There again they are your videos and these section are what your viewers think. If not satisfied with what your viewers are saying, then might as well disable the comment section. I was just stating my opinion, not for you to take at heart. I guess afterall you just wanted a "good job" in the comments instead of us, the viewers, to connect with you and interchange thoughts and ideas to provide a more better experience just like the other photographers are doing to make them look more professional.. just saying. then again, it might just be me.

My clients hire me for my style, not yours. Your clients may not like my approach, mine do. Your clients might be offended by my style, you'd probably bore mine. Don't assume your style is for everyone. I know mine isn't but I don't go around telling others what they should do. That's pretty presumptuous brother.

+just4all1 It's a live view watch for the Sony Action Cams

+Jason Lanier thanks for ur answer , .. u took some breath taking images , thank you for sharing with us

+Mune Pi Thanks!

+paute68 Thank you!

Thank you!