Lighting techniques workshop BTCD July 21 2017

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In todays episode we take you BTS during the brand new workshop “lighting techniques”

In the video you see the new Rogue reflector, I absolutely love that one, I never was a fan of the round ones and this one is just amazing, get it here : http://amzn.to/2tnHAwA

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Sony Pro Touch & Try, July 14 2017

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Op de Sony Pro Touch & Try dag in Almere kon je zelf een Sony camera of lens proberen. Frank Doorhof gaf tijdens een live shoot aan waarom hij voor Sony kiest. De 2 gratis sessies waren helemaal vol geboekt. Ruud Hofman van Bruutworks maakte een leuke aftermovie van de eerste sessie.

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It’s all about position

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Composition is king
It's all in the lines
We can photoshop that out

Which one is not part of the proper photo shoot?

Sometimes we are in positions where it's not possible to do everything in camera. We do have to do some post processing. However this is not an excuse to be sloppy.

In 90% of the cases you can fix it in camera or at least make the shot less work afterwards. Take for example this shot.

Shot on the Brooklyn bridge in a VERY busy period. Still you hardly see any people. And trust me it was busy. It was a stream of people walking by. So what did we do?

By letting nadine pose on the side of the boardwalk and me leaning all the way to the side and slightly tilting the camera and coaching annewiek to keep the clothing a certain way I blocked off 99% of the clutter (in this case people). You can still see some people which I left in for the simple reason that cloning hem out is a tremendous job and I don't think they really bother me now.

Often people spend hours and hours on Photoshopping things that could easily been taken out by just a slightly different angle, position or positioning of the clothing.

Be smart and shoot it right (or as right as possible) in camera.

Feel free to share your stories below.

TIP solve that black screen on EVF cameras in the studio

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If you have a modern camera with an EVF (Electronic Viewfinder) this tip might save your studio experience.

On most of these cameras the performance outside is great, you see what you get and this really speeds up your workflow, however in the studio it’s often a dissaster because the screen is totally black, when you come to think about it, that’s actually how it should be right…. hardly any light and f11/f16 with a 1/125 shutterspeed.

So are these cameras useless in the studio?
No of course not, there is a setting that will solve that problem in an instant, on Sony it’s called Setting effect, see the video for the tip.

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