One Simple Trick for Better Portraits | Mark Wallace

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In this episode, Mark Wallace shows you his favorite trick for getting better portraits. It's simple; add a kicker light. Ideally, the kicker will be metered one stop less than the key light. That's about it. It's simple and effective. Watch as Mark walks through all the steps.
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0:00 - Welcome to Exploring Photography
0:15 - Meet Juana Espinola
0:41 - Key Light Setup Overview
1:09 - Posing for Better Portraits
2:25 - Hairstyle Changes for Light Shaping
3:20 - Adding a Kicker Light
3:50 - Metering the Key and Kicker Light
4:53 - Comparing Kicker Light Off and On
5:15 - Final Results
5:44 - Credits and Thanks
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@miladelmukahal4967 Год назад

Thank you for the great tutorials, Mark Wallace's method and voice tone are great for teaching without annoying viewers with noisy excitement. Thank you. Always great.

@Alex_science 3 года назад

Great photos! Amazing beautiful model.

@jackyleecs 3 года назад

Beautiful Juana. I love the catchlights in her eyes. Thanks for the video!

@MikeJamesMedia 3 года назад

Thanks, Mark and Juana. Simple, but effective setup, with nice results!

@T-Slider 3 года назад

Mark rules as per usual! Obviously the best Adorama has to offer! Thanks Mark!

@xPaulie 3 года назад

Awesome Mark. I've learned a lot from you over the years. Thanks so much.

@tmewborn1 Год назад

Learned a lot, Thank You Sir, and Your Beautiful Model.

@Aspire2Cycle 3 года назад

Any thing from Mark Wallace gets a 👍 from me. Thanks Mark!

@pattymattes7124 3 года назад

Glad to know a modifier is not needed for hair light. Thanks!!!

@gentlegnt 3 года назад

Yes...I keep forgetting about a kicker/hair light. Will do more of this. Thank you so much.

@josephchan4198 Год назад

I been a fan of Adorama for awhile. Hope to see more of Mark if he available to do another video. Awesome instructor.

@charleyl264 3 года назад

Good demo, pretty model. Thanks to both of you.

@MarkWallaceVideos 3 года назад

Thanks!

@LucasRafaelDesenhista 3 года назад

very good as always. Great lighting, beautiful model. I love Adorama videos :)

@joalva63 3 года назад

Nice video. Thanks Juana and Mr. "Masked" Wallace.

@veselinvasilev9362 3 года назад

Thank You!

@alyamaut 3 года назад

Great🤘🏽

@isoldo1 3 года назад

Great video Mark! I thinhk Quarentine is just over un BA.

@MarkWallaceVideos 3 года назад

In the city things have moved to "social distancing" now. These videos are filmed weeks in advance of publication.

@frankifinch225 3 года назад

Well Hello there old friend... we went to high school together! Great video

@peterguman7298 3 года назад

good video. I always think of lights in terms of power vs f stops, so that's a bit confusing. any videos to explain that? thx.

@stanspb763 Год назад

A light meter removes and confusion since it is not concerned with power, but on measure light falling on the subject, regardless of distance or modifier attenuation. A decent incident light meter speeds up any session a lot and has a faster pay-back than almost anything else in the kit. I used one alot in the film era but when I went digital I was living far from home, 7000 miles, so had a minimal kit. Last spring I finally got another and it made a dramatic change in session duration

@darrylharris9344 3 года назад

What are you using on your seamless backgrounds at the bottom to prevent them from rolling up?

@AlirezaS 3 года назад

Great tip at 1:31 👍

@afonsosantos8364 3 года назад

Nice background. Savage paper ?

@iankellam6440 3 года назад

Hey Mark, loving the tutorials. Couldn't you use a reflector rather than a kicker light in this example?

@stanspb763 Год назад

A reflector could work but it requires experimenting with distance and angle while a kicker has an accurate repeatable light power so set ups between poses or models is more consistent. That is particularly important in head shots where often a large number of portraits are done for different subjects. For example corporate head shots or in my case actors where I might to 20-60 subjects in a short period of time. For portability, I just use a speedlight that is RF remotely controlled which is small, light and means I can go to a remote shoot with everything in one backpack and 2 collapsible light stands. I often use large reflectors and v-flats in the studio and more complex lighting formulas.

@RickValasek 3 года назад

Putting a 1/4 CTO in front of the hair might give given a little warmer light (seems light the kicker was a bit cold). Just a thought!

@michaelmorrison4846 3 года назад

,...pretty sure it would, but if you were paying attention, the video was about creating depth, not about warm or cold,....or anything else.

@fredpecanha2588 3 года назад

Olá que tal? 😁 Why is the octa so low? Is there a reason for that?

@michyjua 3 года назад

Es solo un estilo de iluminación que normalmente es halagadora para la mayoría de rostros, disminuye la sombra debajo de la barbilla, y debajo de la nariz , los ojos quedan bien iluminados, aun asi produce volumen, si te fijas en los ojos el destello de la luz esta colocada a las tres. examinar la imagen el minuto 1:44 y 5:22 .

@yoruben86 3 года назад

What!? Buenos aires!?? 🥰

@djnegroelmaestro 3 года назад

Your spanish sounds good brother 👍🏼👍🏼

@MarkWallaceVideos 3 года назад

Gracias :)

@bobniel8314 3 года назад

Great video as usual. A tactical question ..... Someone wanted to give me a well-intended tip for an upcoming fotoshoot. They told me to have my model not look at me (into the camera) all the time with each shot as this would tend to look a bit rigid and boring. They suggested that the model look past me or away or to the side etc.etc. I said, I like the model to look at me because I get a better connection with the eyes. So what is right?

@davidmcbee2987 3 года назад

I get confused when it's said that the kicker light will be set to a stop less when, going from f8.0 to f5.6 is actually going to more open, brighter, right? Are you referring to the f number, or to the size of the aperture opening? Please explain. Thank you.

@sitthixayditthavong6468 3 года назад

The kicker light is a stop less, ie half as bright as the main light. As the main light is exposed correctly at f/8, then the kicker, being half as bright, has a reading on the light meter of f/5.6. The numbers let you know the relative intensity of each light in the photo.

@Burritosarebetterthantacos 3 года назад

No its metered down to accommodate the lens being more open which means less light needed. So metered for f8 vs f5...f8 needs more light for smaller opening. If course I may be wrong so id look it up.

@stanspb763 2 года назад

The meter is reporting the aperture needed to fully expose the image at the shutter speed and ISO selected. The main light is metering for f/8. The kicker light meter reports for full exposure would require a larger aperture of 5.6. Since he is shooting at a smaller f/8 aperture, the kicker would be 1 stop lower than the level required to expose the contribution of the kicker fully. It is an easy way of visualizing the contribution of multiple light sources. A good light meter makes shooting more efficient with less trial and error but it can be done without one by visualizing the contribution of each light source.

@javiergodoy9811 2 года назад

Focus manual o autofoco? Tamk!!!!

@miladelmukahal4967 Год назад

Is it possible to make a video about photographing men with big belly, in a suit(formal shoot) and on beach?(swim outfit)?. I have big belly and I am a company director, I don't want to look slim(fake), but I want to look good.

@Enrique-the-photographer 3 года назад

Great video/tutorial Mark, easy to follow and understand. You're still second to nobody. Stay safe.

@Batteristafoto 3 года назад

Natural light is so much better

@wondergolderneyes Год назад

why do you cut the top of her head off in the framing?

@mibpro3030 3 года назад

How can I reach out to the model?

@Adorama 3 года назад

Mark added her Instagram account in the description.

@piotrtrocki3842 3 года назад

There are do many beautiful women in Argentina. All you have to do is go out on the street and ask them to be a model.

@rafael55 3 года назад

Cool. Now, how do we do better if we don't have the lights?

@MarkWallaceVideos 3 года назад

Give this a shot. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hCA1DIYOKTU.html Or try this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k9jxohkoQFM.html

@MarkWallaceVideos 3 года назад

And this is one of my favorites: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9qjR1qF3F4.html

@MarkWallaceVideos 3 года назад

And this one too: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TPPXRp_CliU.html

@caiodlimaM 3 года назад

why are u living in buenos aires mister wallace?? the market there is good 4 photographers???

@MarkWallaceVideos 3 года назад

www.markonabike.com/2020/07/quarantined-in-argentina/

@MarkWallaceVideos 3 года назад

www.markonabike.com/2020/11/flying-from-argentina-to-colombia-im-almost-free/

@wallytuescher2175 3 года назад

When you're asking a women if she's ready say "lista" not listo.

@sijilo 3 года назад

Mask 👍

@piotrtrocki3842 3 года назад

That kicker light is much too strong and makes the light look unnatural. Also the hair in front of the face makes it always slimmer.

@catielang2582 3 года назад

Exactly, I felt the kicker light made it worse. He was saying it “added dimension” but the first photos with her face kind of shadowed had dimension, not the flat bright look of the kicker light. I was really confused lol

@michyjua 3 года назад

I think is one of many styles of lighting. I have seen many excelent pictures with that kind of lighting, is a matter of taste and variety.