Before this video RU-vid suggested me one from 2009, water drops photography. It immediately reminded me when I was watching your amazing videos when I started learning photography as a hobby back in 2010. I've learnt so much from you and from your videos. I've opened a photography studio back in 2013 and then after 8 years of professional photography in my homeland (Italy), just 2 months before the pandemic, I moved to the UK and started working for a fashion studio! Thank you Gavin for your help, I always appreciated the way you explain techniques and photography in general!
Im like you. I like tea but love the smell of coffee. I just wish I can stop drinking coffee because I add coffee to my cream and sugar..lol. Great video! You give great informational videos!!! Thank you
I've been following your Olympus series over this year (as well as your previous videos) - thank you for all the work. Thanks for illuminating the subject - I thought Loki was Tom Hiddleston 😀
Hi Gavin , When lockdown is all over, would you do anymore of your 15 minute photography shoots again. I loved all the ones you done before. Great studio photography in lockdown.
I love this work! I can't afford to buy the lights I need, so all I do is lowkey Photography. Thanks for your work Gavin. I always learn a lot from you.
Own a Speed light? Put a small soft box on it. It is a start. Also , cheap foam from a hobby supply store in black, white, etc. You can shape it into a snoot or make other shapes to shape your light.
There are so many options for light now, from very low-cost LED strips stapled down in rows on a thin board, to low-cost flash under $50.For studio work, you do not even need TTL but even the lowest cost flash now, is full-featured. Modifiers are really low-cost to many. Going to a hobby shop for some Foamcore is very low cost. I have 3 large studio strobes I built myself 8 years ago but 90% of the time I use flash units. The first 3 Nikon SB900 cost me a total of $`1800!! The next 3 I added were Chinese Yongnuo 968ex flash for and one 560n model for $90 each for the big ones and $48 for the 560 models. The 968 has everything an SB900 has plus full 622 wireless flash 4 channel controller and receiver in each one. They also have a built-in Video light/modeling light so they get used a lot more than the SB900s. I do a lot of actor headshots and full-length 3-4 light setups during master classes.. I will do full sets of images for up to 60 actors 1 set of batteries lasts for the duration. Be creative in making modifiers. I have a well-equipped studio with a 30ft wide Cyclorama but most of my shooting is on location so everything fits in a backpack.
Thank you for yet another wonderful video. Love the content. Could I ask a question please? I have noticed that you tend to shoot your studio shots at F8. Is this to ensure you get the maximum depth of field before hitting the limit of diffraction? I have noticed that other professionals using full frame also shoot at F8 and wondered why you wouldn't use F4 on MFT. Most of MFT lenses are sharper at F4 and give the same depth of field as F8 on FF. Love to hear back from you. Paul
Hey Gavin, I've watched your videos for a long time. I realized today that you haven't posted in some time. I just wanted to pop in and say that I hope you are well, and I miss seeing your videos. Cheers.
It would be interesting to see if your flash meter nailed it first time by measuring the light falling on the subject and ignoring the tones of the subject itself. In theory, that should work...?
Hi James. I'm using TetherTools USB-2 cables connected to my laptop. Olympus Capture software grabs the images and Olmpus Workspace software displays them. I go into this in a lot more depth here facebook.com/OlympusUK/videos/2565900313722846
