Absolutely gorgeous images! Really love your videos.

You teach so much original technique that I don't find anywhere else. Yes, please keep them coming.

Thank you so much Nathan for the informative and helpful tutorial! I love the way you teach and breakdown the matters! God bless you and good luck!

Always great to see coming back. Very inspiring

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Remigijus!

These are some great shots. Very clean. Thanks for going over the process.

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Anytime! Thanks for taking the time to check it out.

This really helped me so much!!!! Thank you

Glad to see you back! Great video!

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom! Good to be back :)

You are certainly one of my favorite follows. Keep them coming!

@NathanElson

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Omar! I appreciate that 😉

It's great to see you back, Nathan, and I loved this video. Dig your aesthetic and style, man.

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce. Glad you enjoyed the video!

Love these videos where the photographer actually has the passion and explains the process behind the shoot.. Quality content as always

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much C Dat :) Glad you enjoyed the video!

Great video my friend! Love watching you do your thing and explaining the process. I learn something new every time!

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keem! Glad you are picking up some new ideas.

I love your work, great with new material👌

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I watch your videos with interest and learn a lot of new things.Thanks!

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

these are awesome thank you

Will be nice to see your future videos. I’ve enjoyed them greatly in the past. Love that huge scrim that requires two umbrellas to illuminate! Produces some enviable lighting.

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Edward! And yes, that scrim is a big fav of mine as well.

Amazing shoot and amazing work. Very thorough break down! Keep this kind of content coming man!

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! More coming soon for sure :)

Great video! You explained things very well and your photography is amazing! Well done. Thanks for sharing!😊

@NathanElson

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

5:39 love this composition.....you inspired me a lot , thanks

always amazing work

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I love these video ,so professional bro

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sam, much appreciated.

Welcome back Nathan!... I missed your video's a lot!.... I think by far you have the most engaging method of teaching your craft and I hope to see many more that you do. They are a continual inspiration for me and 98% of the others (tog's) on KZread suck!! :)

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words Silva. More to come soon :)

Great BTS video, full of Nathan's passion to show his workflow and light settings. Top content. 👏

@NathanElson

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anze! I appreciate you being here.

Жыл бұрын

@@NathanElson The video gives some great ideas, how to do a studio photo-shoot with minimum of light and experience.

Great content. Love your work and hope you continue to make videos. The split view at 2:56 is so helpful. It lets viewers see your light positioning as you discuss it.

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Trevor, glad the split screen helped!

Great to see you back Nathan! Love the attention to detail with your lights. Would be interesting to hear more if there are some more techniques how to create similar effects in smaller spaces (basically how to make a small space look bigger). Also fun to see you include a bit of the scenery in some of the photos, for a behind the scenes look. Been playing a bit with that also lately.

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Johannes! I did a video comparing my studio to a small room in my basement here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4prxrinpqjKhbw.html

@Johannes

2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanElson Awesome, thank you! :)

Okay so, this was a fantastic explanation of your process. I've seen people say certain "settings don't matter in the studio" but they don't always explain which settings they use in their workflow that DO matter. Like, I come from a cinematography background and for my personal work, I tend to meter my key and fill lights the same; never would have considered to meter the fill light one stop below my key light, but it looks so gorgeous. So thank you. Subbed!

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks Montee, and glad you picked something up from it.

This was just mind blowing 👌🏼🤯 Amazing job man! Best wishes from Ecuador 🇪🇨

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nicholas! Glad you enjoyed the video :)

Thanks Nathan - very good!!

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Anytime Peter!

Thanks. Very interesting setup.

@NathanElson

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

Photography lovers from China, thank you very much for sharing, I have learned a lot, thank you

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Nice shots!

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rico!

Great presentation nicely done I’m sure a lot of people got a lot out of your video!

Love this type of videos, I'm just wondering how did you get those types of clamps to use it with the big backdrop to create the window light effect

Your videos always make me want to shoot more.

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay! That is the purpose. so glad you are getting motivated by them :)

Great class … send regards from Brazil

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tiago! Cheers from Canada.

this a good editorial one😘

@NathanElson

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks, cool 💪🏻

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Anytime Roman

thank you

Awesome

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Seb!

Great to see you back Nathan! I have always been inspired by your videos and now that I have a studio of my own hope to implement some of your lighting setups. Question: Where do you get your posing blocks from?

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Bryan! Congrats on your new space :) As for the posing blocks, they were custom built. I'm not sure you can actually buy them from anywhere, and likely a whole lot cheaper just to go down to your local hardware store and buy some wood and paint and put some together.

@YorkBryan1

2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanElson Thanks for the tip Nathan. Happy shooting!

@svenhanefeld7240

Жыл бұрын

@@NathanElson What are the dimensions of the block. I tried to measure them but I am not sure. I would guess they are 80x35x35 cm. What is the exact size of the block?. Would be great to have an answer.

great! thx

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

welcome back 😋

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Blerim :)

would be interesting to see the diff with a simple big octa

Awesome! really like your work. I am from Toronto and want to be a photographer, could you please guide me from where I should start?

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Buy a camera, take lots of photos, then take more photos, then take more photos, then take more photos, and keep on repeating.

Hello I’m pretty new to the camera scene. What do you use for your back drop frame.

Thank you for the turorial. Where did you get the large white support rectangular the model is sitting on?

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

They were built by another photographer at the studio

I love the subtility of the first lighting setup. But I don’t understand how you end up with a full light which direction and axis seem to be the same as the key light. Could you explain ?… Again, thanks for this inspiring content.

🔥🔥

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys! Best v-flats on the market :)

Awesome video! Im curious why the power settings for the key were f8 for the first shot, but lower in the second at f5.6 key ? Is this because you moved the key light closer in the second shot or feathered the light differently?

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

With the second shot I was using more of the studio background (fake walls, etc) to create more depth in the image, and I just wanted them to fall ever so slightly out of focus, so I dropped down to f/5.6

Wizard!

@NathanElson

9 ай бұрын

Thanks

Hey! May I know where did get that posing cube that the model was sitting on? And how much it cost? Thank you :)

@NathanElson

11 ай бұрын

One of the guys at the studio built it by hand.

Missed you bro

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Good to be back

Hi Nathan. Thank you. One question. How do you use the light inside the white umbrellas? I mean, do you use a bare bulb flash, or use a reflector bowl attached to the light?

@NathanElson

Жыл бұрын

It has the reflector attached because then the bulb is protected, but you could do it either way really. Having the reflector on does make it so that all of the light is being bounced vs having some hotter spots via a bare bulb, but I don’t think it would be a huge difference in any way.

Thanks for another informative video! In the second look I noticed that you were doing the focus and recompose. I'm assuming you were still using the z6ii, if so, I'm wondering why you were not using the eye detect focus feature? Is there a benefit to fo us and recompose? Thanks again!😊

@NathanElson

11 ай бұрын

Old habits die hard

@marcthibault8723

11 ай бұрын

@@NathanElson Yup! 😊

Great Video again Nathan and good to see u back! Looking forward for more bts stuff :-) Got one Question, you shoot with a nikon z6 m2. How do you manage to get the full photo on IG without borders? Or do you shoot in generell larger to have "space" for corpping 4:5?

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin! There are a couple of options: 1) If I am shooting against a solid backdrop, I will just bring the image into PS, lay it over a 2000px x 1600px template, and then content aware fill in the missing areas. 2) Just add a border around the image in PS like I did in my latest IG post for the second set of images shown in this video. Hope that helps!

@Thewanjiii

2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanElson your welcome Nathan! Yeah thanks - that helped! Appreciate it

Great video! you held onto the D800 for so long, what made you switch to the Z6II?

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

It was just time. I had the D800 body for 10 years, and I wanted somethting that could do both stills and video. I also wanted to take advantage of some of the benefits in regards to the better focusing systems and low light abilities of the new generation of mirrorless cameras, plus it just feels comfortable in the hands. I've been really happy with the z6mII so I will likely add a second one to my bag and officially get rid of both of my D800 bodies (currently keeping one in my bag as a backup body).

@TonyCaptures

2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanElson thank you for detailed response!!!

Glad to see you back brother! True inspiration...Hope you can smell pizza now!...haaahhaaa

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rich! Food smells are all back, which is great. Still for whatever reason though, I can't smell a fart, which I guess I can take as a win.

@RichardJPhotog

2 жыл бұрын

@@NathanElson LOL...#Winning

Can you explain why both key and fill are initially on the same side of the model? I thought key should be one side and fill on the other- both, sort of, 45 degrees from the model.

@NathanElson

5 ай бұрын

I do this when I don’t want to change the direction of the shadows and I want the light to feel more natural.

can you give me link to backdrop stand please

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

I use two c-stands (listed in the description) and the manfortto background pole.

Standing wall? Can you tell me more? How to build? Uses?

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Just some framed walls that are on stands that can be moved around as needed to make corners, or fake rooms, etc in the studio.

In look #2, should get some more light on her legs, the uneven-ness is very jarring. If shooting full body, consider a larger modifier like an Elinchrom Indirect that lights evenly top to bottom and wraps just a little better while retaining contrast.

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

If you seen look #1 you know I have large enough modifiers to cover the full body if that's the look I am going for, but in look #2 the lighting was intentional :)

Too long mate.. too long!

@NathanElson

2 жыл бұрын

Haha well here's hoping to no more long pauses.