PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY LIGHTING MADE EASY: Rembrandt Lighting 

Wrong side of the world to catch you live. I'm so greatful that you made this excellent video available online. Cheers Glyn

No problem...thanks for taking a look ;)

Thanks so much Ken

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Paula

Very kind of you to say Alan...thank you

Roger, thank you so much for such a wonderful comment. Feedback like this is so good to get and very much appreciated.

Thanks so much for the kind words John ;)

Rob...thanks so much for commenting and for the kind words; so glad you like the video

Thanks Bill

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Thanks so much Pradeep :)

Very kind...thank you

Cheers Ronnie

You're welcome...thanks for tuning in

Thank you so much Rob; well happy you're pleased with it :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and for commenting; really appreciate the kind words 👍

Thank you Pat

So glad you like the content Karen; thanks for watching

Fantastic to hear....cheers Rob

Thanks Graham

You're welcome :)

Thanks for watching Jeff; glad it was useful ;)

Go for it mate! ;)

Cheers Tony ;)

Thank you Graham...time to get busy on the keyboard huh :)

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Thank you Paul

Cheers for watching John :)

Thanks

Thanks and yeah will do ;)

Thanks :)

Very kind of you to say...thanks David

You're welcome Ted

Thanks for tuning in ;)

Allan...thank you so much for commenting and for your kind words; chuffed to bits you've found the video useful. Cheers, Glyn

I shot my first wedding the other week and guess wot created real class = bringing a studio backdrop kit , one strobe and a 5 foot octo positioned just like you have done but more vertical coz it was a wedding and wanted I bit more open look but the dimension was there . I have found that like Annie and classical artists one thing stands out which is capturing from our 3d world into a 2d dimension and creating dimension and I found people may not know why but they feel it and see the diff so now I stand by this , classical is classical and has stood the test of time for good reason . I had the cheesey fun photo booth stuff happening but guess wot ? word got out and people flocked for a decent portrait while they had a chance . I could have easy created flat lighting which would have worked but people see the diff .

Cheers Mick ;)

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Cheers Jerry

Cheers Geert

Cheers ;)

Thanks Fran ;)

Nice one...you'll love the Octa ;)

You're welcome...thanks Steve

Craig ... So good to hear that the video is useful and yes for sure will pass on your regards to Dave. Very best wishes to you Craig.

Cheers Glyn. looking forward to your next video and live stream.

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Grey card yes, color checker maybe not so much. Only tend to use that if I'm doing a series of pictures from the same shoot and consistency is vital eg photographing for a client when the colours being a perfect representation of reality are an essential part of the final picture...does that make sense?

No worries ;)

Great to hear...thanks

Paul Wills Thanks Paul. The software I use is Sylights.

Flash gives you much more control over the lighting in a scene as you can use faster shutter speeds to knock out the ambient. Continuos light also doesn't freeze motion like flash. There are advantages and disadvantages of both but I prefer flash due to it being so flexible in use.

Alvaro Freire Cheers. Re the 1080, a live broadcast would and has buffered too much for some folks with a slower connection which is why they’re at 720. Pre recorded are at 1080 though 👍🏻

Hi Glyn, thanks for clarification. Cheers

Fantastic...cheers Edward

500px.com/photo/235781685/cariad-in-red-by-edward-millership?ctx_page=1&from=user&user_id=1564453 I did try..

Bill I use the Sekonic L478 DR but an entry level Sekonic such as the L308 would be perfect

I'm announcing it for definite this coming week as it is all now done. I do want to ask if there's anything else folks would like added in and I'll email the group to ask that but yeah pretty much ready for launch week commencing 29th January ;)

Sure thing Andrew. I cover this in the full tutorial later this month but if you go for a shutter speed of around 1/125sec that will give you a great starting point ;)

Paul ... that'll be available in the next week or so; I'm just putting some extra contents together for it.

For my own work I wanted Focus Peaking, Higher Resolution, the ability to use files that wouldn't break down so quickly when colourising and the incredible G Master lenses..these are some of the main reasons I can think of ;)

Thanks! Love to see a video on this.

Tammy Bogestrand Hi Tammy. Ok so this is because of Inverse Square Law which basically says that ‘when you double the distance from the light source, the power / output is halved’ and so it’s all about placing the people / group in an appropriate place. I’ll do a short video photographing a group to show this in the next couple of weeks 👍🏻

Oh, wait...just remembered. You had used two softboxes in conjunction, correct? Ok...I think I can see it now. So you have one BIG light source at a 90˚ angle to your subjects, feathering the light, so the fall-off is the same 'pattern' as with a smaller light source and one person.

Tammy here's some links to Behind the Scenes for the group photo shoot: www.glyndewis.com/save-shadows/?v=79cba1185463 www.glyndewis.com/ewm_bts/?v=79cba1185463 www.glyndewis.com/ewm/?v=79cba1185463

Cool, thanks! I will have a look!

Anthony...thanks for commenting and glad you find the tips useful. As for chat, you should see a chat window on the right of the screen when watching the live broadcast ;)

Doesn't really matter

Wow! Will have to look him up :)

Rob...so sorry to hear of what happened to your Dad. Rest assured I'll be requesting the test and encouraging others. Best wishes to you, Glyn

It,s ok my dad had a good life, he was his own man and he took the news the same way as he always did, "cant live forever" he said to the doctor, if what i have said helps anyone then this could be my dads last bit of good as i had never heard of a PSA test before, so it could do some good btw my dad was 81 when he died