Love this. So helpful. I'm just starting my equine photography journey...at age 65! More of these please! Thank you!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Will do!

Absolutely loved this x

Loved your video, this is something that I have been wanting to try with the black background. Thanks so much and I look forward to watching all your videos.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Arlene! I hope you have a lot of success with it!

I still tend to "point and shoot" - most often with my iPhone - but I would NEVER skip watching your videos. You pictures are in a class by themselves, Shelley, and you are a great teacher. Thanks.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

You are so sweet Nancy - thank you!!

Loved that thank you, eager to go and try it out.

Loved watching this and found it very helpful. Thank you for the taking the time to make the video.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words - I'm glad you found it helpful!

Great information thank you Shelley, can't wait to try your lightroom techniques.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - I'm glad you liked it!

Thank you for sharing! I Always learn when I watch your posts an videos.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks for letting me know my videos help you learn!

Thanks, Shelley..........you make it seem so easy that I'm going to try it.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 жыл бұрын

Great - let me know how it works out!

This was great! Thank you

I’m a photographer down in South Florida and I’m just getting into horse and pet photography your video was very informative and I appreciate you taking the time to share and show your methods ThankYou Very Much.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

5 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thanks for sharing! Being an equine photographer myself, I love watching your videos and see how you do it. I always learn a tip or trick that I haven't known.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Anett! I'm glad you enjoyed it!!

Loved the tutorial ! Thank you for sharing

@shelleypaulsonphotography

5 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome - thanks for watching!

wow! cool

Can you do a video of you export setting fro LR to PS please! Love the video!

Thank you so much. This is very valuable information! I am a photography student looking to get into equine photography. I wanted to get some black background shots for my projects this semester and this will help me so much! Looking forward to your next videos.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy this video will help with your project! I would love to see some of your results!

We are standing a stallion and need photos to launch the stud service and that dramatic headshot has become the standard… this was so helpful!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful! :D

thank you for the video, it was very helpful. I do hope to see more editing videos in the future. I enjoyed it.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

This is perfect, thank you!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Great video! Loved seeing some of your process, especially in Lightroom.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I am not yet into photographing horses, but I would love to and I loved this video of yours. Hope to see more.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I have lots of ideas for more videos, so stay tuned!

Thank you so much! This is the information and inspiration I needed to give this a try. I really enjoy your teaching style, and all that you share.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sabrina! I'm so glad you found it helpful!

@islatiley9493

2 жыл бұрын

@@shelleypaulsonphotography hey, love this video so much. I was wondering what app you use to edit?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

2 жыл бұрын

@@islatiley9493 Lightroom from Adobe!

Thank you, excellent!

Great video. Stuck to the topic and easy to understand

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I enjoyed seeing how you edit your image! Thanks!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This is super helpful! Thanks for sharing!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

2 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Generous as it comes. Thank You

@shelleypaulsonphotography

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome - thanks for the kind words!

Awesome thank you

Super Vlog, you have such a calm kind approach, so nice to be able to share mistakes or changes you would make, will subscribe and be following you from now on, thanks for a great tutorial:)

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words - they really lifted my spirit today. And thanks for the subscription! I hope to have some new content soon!

I know I'm late to the party (it's now Jan 2020) but I'm really enjoying your videos and photos. The technical side is my favourite with you showing your shooting set up and then your processing. Excellent stuff!! Greetings from Newfoundland.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Pat! That means a lot to me!

Thank you so much! Very helpful!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

25 күн бұрын

You're welcome - glad it was helpful! 😊

Helpful another new way to try these edits and I like the idea of a mop to attract the curiosity of the horse just when you require it.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Little extra tip: You can also hit the 'o' key in LR when using an adjustment brush to show the overlay :)

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 жыл бұрын

qrosdunkit thank you! That's going to be a great help when using adjustment brushes!!

@MD-fq8xl

3 жыл бұрын

ahh super handy tip!! thanks a mil for sharing!

@andyhouse9084

3 жыл бұрын

@@shelleypaulsonphotography.

Thank you for sharing! Really inspiring. What lense do you use?

So helpful!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video Shelly!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Marie!

I also live in mn and LOVE horses!

@norazimmerman7530

3 жыл бұрын

Same!!

Great video for those of us who are new to all this!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! Thank you!

thank you for the video. it was very good to unterstand, how to black background horse photography

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Love low key. Nice pic.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

very beautful

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Thank you. I will be trying this in the UK x

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 жыл бұрын

Yay! I hope it goes well for you!

@WendyLilygreen

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, tomorrow 29/06/18 is my first shoot for a long time and I'm changing everything! I am trying to be more structured in my shooting workflow, streamline in my after shoot workflow too.

Excellent

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Love your work, so glad I found you! Do you have a video on how to deal with not losing the whiskers when doing a black background? Or putting them back when they get lost in the editing of black backgrounds? Appreciate your help!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes you can fudge around the whiskers using content aware fill or the healing brush. Or you can just let them disappear. 😉 Honestly, in my area, the background is usually black enough that it's not a big issue.

Hi Shelley, i love your work. On this video i see a backlight for separation but are you also using a light at the front.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The only light source at the front is natural daylight. 😀

Wow. Great little video!!! I tried this the other day at my barn and failed miserably...thanks for the help!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

I hope your next try is a great success!

That was so useful, Shelley. I love watching how you shoot and edit. You briefly mentioned a preset at the start of your LR workflow. Is there more detailed info on that somewhere, or do you have plans to share that in a future video? Beautiful work. Thank you!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Molly! My preset is something I probably won't share in detail because it's a big part of my signature "look" to my photos. I might share some Lightroom tips and tricks in the future, though!

@1mollymom

7 жыл бұрын

I understand. Thank you.

I love this video, the best one I have watched, so informative but yet simple (explaining the editing wise!) I am now hooked on your videos! Thank you so much!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you found it helpful! Thanks for your kind words!

Thanks so much for this. You make it so easy to understand. Any done in PS6?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

5 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! In this case, I worked only in Lightroom, but most of these things can also be done in Photoshop.

Love this. I suggest you open with a few example then explain how

Wow, Nicely done! What flash did u use and what setting was it at?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you - great question! I used a Canon 580EX. I started off at like 1/64, but ended up at 1/128 because I wanted it to be super subtle.

Super sharp images with animals is a hell of a lot easier using back button focus and AIServo. No focus recompose though. You have to pick your focus point.

Great tutorials ! Can I ask what was the preset you used?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have my own that I've developed over many years. 😊

Shelley, do you use bbf and focus and recompose? If you do recompose, what's the best method for not having the focal point moving. Having trouble with that. Thanks

@shelleypaulsonphotography

5 жыл бұрын

I do generally focus and then recompose. There are times when I am shooting at a more shallow depth of field or far off the center of the frame where I will use a different focal point. It’s probably 75/25 between them. I think the key to keeping your focus with the first method is to move as little as possible so as not to move out of the plane of focus. I hope this helps!

Hi what do you use to edit you pictures ? Great video and love love love the pictures

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

Adobe Lightroom!

Very nice. Especially the editing. Very minimal. Great result.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Hi Shelley, thanks for great tutorial. I'm an underwater photographer, howver I'll shoot some horse photos for my friend. Just wondering using flash, does it disturb the horse ? Kindr gds, Cem

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

I've only ever had one horse not acclimate to it. You can certainly do this type of photography without the flash as well!

Hi! Can you post a tutorial solely editing eyes for a black background? Thank you! I’m still learning how to use light room and photoshop but so far I prefer Lightroom !

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

I actually keep it very simple with eyes. There are other photographers who do a lot to enhance eyes, but I only lighten them slightly. I recommend looking at resources from www.katiedamon.com/shop if you want to go more in depth!

Hi Shelley, am working in LR Classic now and am trying to go through the selection of a horse from the bg. However, the mane, forelock and tail are not cut out well. Do you have a tutorial that shows how to achieve that goal? I'm kind of stuck there regarding the brushes and don't know where to go with it. Thank you!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Anne! Did you see this video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIWBlK6EnZjeh6w.html

Did you position the hair light behind the horses as a backlight? Or was it from the side? This was such a helpful video!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

I did! It was off and slightly to the side so the stand wasn't in my photos. :)

I’m really wanting to give this a shot, but don’t have a clue what lighting equipment is best/needed. Would you possibly be able to advice? I have the Canon EOS 1300D if that helps for compatibility. Thank you!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

Hi there! The main thing you need is a lens 85mm or longer. The lighting equipment is totally optional and not commonly used among photographers doing black backgrounds.

@x0xstaceyannx0x

4 жыл бұрын

Shelley Paulson thank you so much for your reply! I have a 75-300mm zoom lens if that’d work? Ah right, in all the tutorials I’ve looked at for black background photography, they’ve all used a flash light kit. Thank you for your help again though, I’ll definitely be giving it a shot :)

Is Lightroom and photoshop what you usually use? How do you like those two? I’m trying to find a good way to edit on my laptop, and I don’t want to buy these twos plans if they aren’t the greatest with editing my horse shots.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

They are really all I use for editing, so I do highly recommend them!

Have you tried to completely kill the ambient with low iso, max sync and aperture? Probably need 2 flashes then though. Nice work!!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have, but then I would need to light the horse as well and would lose that natural feeling. If you look on my site, there are some images on a backdrop. I used two strobes in soft boxes for front lights, and a strobe behind for a hair light. www.shelleypaulson.com/photography/

Thanks for this video, so nice made. Why do everynody want the black background?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

I think because it's a classic, clean, fine art look.

Thanks for Sharing Shelley! Do you think I'd get away with using a speedlite remotely triggered off camera or were you using something more elaborate? Thanks in advance M

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

I was just using a speedlight with no modifiers so that should be fine!

@MD-fq8xl

3 жыл бұрын

@@shelleypaulsonphotography thanks a mil for getting back! just invested in a remote shutter trigger (self portrait challenge ;-) so flash trigger might be the next investment!

@MD-fq8xl

3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the tutorial, super concise, its kind of how I started approaching it myself (with no other training) so nice to see a pro using a similar approach and that its not always necessary to go masking super carefully - i sometimes think the results of some of those can look a bit too fakey (for me ;-)

My photo looked great - but when i printed it - there was a sort of halo banding effect - any ideas what i did wrong - great tutorial

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 жыл бұрын

Did you print it yourself? Many printers cannot handle that much black ink.

I really want to do this black background effect.

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

Give it a try!

@sbwright1420

7 жыл бұрын

I Will! :) To do this correctly the background needs to be all most black?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

7 жыл бұрын

It's the least amount of work! Some people will just cut the horse out of the background in Photoshop.

@sbwright1420

7 жыл бұрын

Okay. I like your idea! 😊

Sadly I don’t have a professional camera so I will attempt to take a quality photo on my iPhone 🤣 might take some trial and error but I’m determined to get some cute Christmas photos of my horse that I have the skills to edit 💃💃

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

The iPhone just gets better and better! I hope you're able to get some great shots of your horse!

What software are you using to edit the pictures on the computer?!?!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

Жыл бұрын

Adobe Lightroom 😊

What kind of flash do you use? TTL of manual?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

Canon 580exII. I use manual - I like to control the amount of light!

What Lens did you use?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

I used a 135f2 for this video, but I normally use a 70-200 2.8.

Do you use flash?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

I did for these as a backlight, but I don't always.

I am a portrait photographer and work at an Arabian barn and will be trying this tomm.......wish me luck

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 жыл бұрын

I wish you great success!

I'm not familiar with LR, is there a video in photoshop I can watch and learn to do this background with my horse?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sonja! If you search "photoshop remove background" in KZread, there are a ton of tutorials. You just want to make sure and retain the floor underneath the horse so they don't look like they are floating.

@sonjasmith5527

4 жыл бұрын

Shelley Paulson thank you!!

Is it possible to know what flash you used ?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

I was using an older Canon 550ex flash. I have since moved to Godox flashes and flash transmitters to allow for high speed sync!

@kettlyrancourt9927

3 жыл бұрын

@@shelleypaulsonphotography is their a flash tha you would recommend ?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

@@kettlyrancourt9927 Here's the one I use: amzn.to/3rafZfU (affiliate link!)

Don't flashes scare horses?

@shelleypaulsonphotography

6 жыл бұрын

Not usually. I've had maybe 1 or 2 that didn't like it, and if I just let them check it out, they got over their fear.

That was so cool. I am a fine artist (judilyautey.com) and an Arabian horse owner too. I am always searching for ways to capture pics of my horses. Your vlog was informative and articulate. Just spot on! Thank you!

@shelleypaulsonphotography

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much - glad you enjoyed it! 😊