Hands down one of THE BEST instructors out there.. and I've been a DOP for 34 odd years.. You can NEVER stop learning and THAT'S I why I come back to this channel time and time again.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

WOW! Thank you so much! Always learning new things has been the key to my success.

You're one of the best educators/photographers out there. Alot of great info to digest. Your work is great.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@russellwright9961

5 ай бұрын

I agree with this!!

John, this is my first time watching your content and I can easily say that you have dropped some gems in this video! I shoot Senior portraits and since I've realized that athletes are my ideal Senior client, these type of sports portrait photo shoots are becoming essential for me. As complex of a setup you had for this, and me realizing that I'm not quite on this level, there is a lot to learn from this, so thanks, I appreciate it! I'm subbed...

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Russell. I was probably doing more than most of the people shooting for other clients on this even because I just love anything that is complicated! I am sure you could pair it down to 2-3 look or at lest put into action a few of the ideas. Best of luck in your endeavors!

@russellwright9961

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnGress Thank you. I can't say that you're wrong for being complicated, you seem to handle it well for sure!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I rarely comment but this definitely deserves praise and a comment for the algorithm. Not only were the results insanely good but you also managed to put this in a perfectly structured video. Many great insights! Cheers

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you so much!

One of the best presentations you've done! There is so much food for thought, even for non-professional/commercial photographers! Kudos!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I've been watching your channel for quite a while now, and this one is just amazingly over the top. All the photos look fantastic, and the process is beyond belief in how you met the needs of this very unique project. I guess what I really take away from this is if anyone thinks they can save money by not hiring an established professional for whatever their shoot requires, they are totally missed the boat. So many KZread videos talk about some super small detail about some amazing new camera or new lens, while it seems obvious that experience and willingness to learn from that experience is everything. Admittedly, I'm looking forward to the next lesson actually applicable for an amateur, enthusiast photographer, like how to shoot in ambient light with one reflector or one strobe and nothing else, but this lesson is filled with valuable advice for any situation, regardless. Very cool, and beautiful work.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. Using a reflector in general will have to go on my list. 😊😊

Great video and great work. Thank you for the advices!!!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I hope it was helpful.

Thanks for sharing John!

@JohnGress

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure

This is gold!

@JohnGress

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad to hear it!

John! Hands down one of the best, most insightful and inspirational videos I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you for capturing this shoot & sharing it. I have so many questions and will go back to watch it over again. Really enjoyed this and great job!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Frank! LMK!

Right on John! Great explanation on the set-ups. All yield truly amazing results. Thank you for sharing your knowledge my friend!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

You bet! I hope to see you soon in the Valley of the Sun!

This is amazing, John! Thank you! I enjoyed seeing you helping out the presenter during the maternity session at Imaging USA 2024. You handled the technology great and made sure everything kept going smoothly.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! If you can't help your friends what good are you! She helped m during my classes too.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your channel!!!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Incredibly thorough and GENEROUS! Thank you so much for sharing!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris! I hope it was helpful.

Another great video! I really enjoyed watching the photoshoot for the cards last year and how you laid out multiple setups. It’s great to listen to how you planned out the shoot, and cover different aspects. At least rate your workshops will be filled up for two years out! Keep up this great content!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Travis! I hope to see you soon🙏🏼🙌🏼

I should check more of your videos. Great ideas.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Awesome, thanks for sharing

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Impressive setup. Thank you for sharing.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This is an exceptional clip. Thank you for posting. Laymen do not understand the amount of work needed to create images of this quality. It is not like, "Your photos turned out good; what camera do you have?" Years of study, practice, and persistence. My highest respects.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I have a very nice camera too 😜

Outstanding work. Looks beautiful

@JohnGress

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Good tips. Thanks for sharing.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

No problem! Thank you!

this video is absolute gold, I’ve found myself in these shoots and couldn’t agree more on everything you shared.

@JohnGress

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Now that’s a day in the life of life of a pro commercial photographer. Thank you so much for a lucid explanation of your shoot process.

@JohnGress

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Drew!

exemplary video John, so much respect for your ability to adapt and overcome

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Darcy!

Thanks very very much for your video. I enjoyed it very much as many of your other videos. super impressive work. And as lightning is my weak spot its always interesting to watch someone who knows so much about it. I think are absolutlyl crazy reusing various lights in different setups but crazy in a cool way. I want to do that tooo. I will try to figure out how to control my flashes from an iPad or Mac. Sounds very smart although i usually only have 3 flashes..... I also understand the part of the flash duration (in case you were wondering). keep up the good work.....

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Christian. I usually only use the APP when I am using 4+ lights because thats more than the trigger and my light meter can usually manage =)

Thank you! I'm a local sports photographer for some schools in my area. I will definitely take information from this video and use on my next session.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Awsome! I hope it will be helpful!

Good video John. Thanks for the information! 🥰

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thank you!

wow! you are the best! photos looks great!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

This is a very thoughtful and interesting video. Thank you!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Great Video!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

This is a next level. RESPECT!!!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

This is the best free education from a true working professional. Thank you! 🤙

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

As a professional photographer myself who used to be a photo assistant, this is a fantastic explanation on how a commercial set is run from EQ and problem solving. Kudos.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It’s a lot of fun building and running a factory!

fantastic!

@JohnGress

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

very informative, thanks

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Wow, my hats off to you John Gress and to Anthony Toglife that was a complex Shoot! But thank you for sharing the process as well as the way you made it work for the time frame you had the Athlete's. For sure having the Art Director right there directing the Athletes made your life easier as you can concentrate on shooting. You standing on the apple box(although you are tall) made sense as well, I am short(5'4") and encounter the same when shooting Digitals for Models especially the Head Shot. Its better for them to stand up (posture wise)but then I have to stand up on something in order to be at eye level. Thank you Sir for your generosity of sharing so much in this great channel of yours!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Another photographer was shooting in the same room for a different client and he had a step ladder!

Fascinating workflow

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thankk you so much!

Wow. Really great video. Its speaks to volume shooting, effective studio management (can be used outside of photography), light management, and sound photography principles regarding flash power. In addition, discussing how you configure modifiers is powerful and provides clarity to the BTS content. Wow.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much Bryce!

Holy moly! What a shoot! I can’t believe you created 8 different lighting scenarios. 🤯Impressive! I love what you’re creating with AI too. Very inspiring work as always. Thanks for sharing the video!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! The whole process was a lot of fun!

Lots of helpful nuggets in this one John!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks James!

John- just discovered you and your work; ❤it! Kudos on the talent👏

@JohnGress

14 күн бұрын

Wow, thank you!

This was fascinating. Incredibly interesting shoot and methods. Thank you!🔥

@JohnGress

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much !

Thanks for the informative video John! Always appreciate your concise explanations in all your videos. I had a shoot a couple of years ago with 38 athletes that I was making composite banners for. I shot each one in 16 different poses and got it done in about an hour and 15 minutes. Granted, I didn’t move any lights around like you did but it was a daunting shoot for me. I had an assistant that helped me, which is a must for a shoot of this size.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. It's sound like you were working in record time!

@jmarshallky

5 ай бұрын

I honestly surprised myself, especially since I was working with Middle School aged kids. 😂 Thanks again for sharing. I really enjoy your photography and the level of technical detail that goes into each shoot. Hoping to attend a class of yours one day. @@JohnGress

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! That would be great!

I am completely in love with all the images that you created. I aspire to be this good

@JohnGress

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! You can do it!

As usual, I really enjoyed your presentation.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad to hear it!

Very useful video (as usual)…Thank you from southwestern France

@JohnGress

4 ай бұрын

Merci beaucoup!

John!!! Thanks for this info!! You put out a lot of information especially how to stay on your toes and be quick to take each player photos within a small time. I also like the information about lowering your strobe power for fast recycling during action shots Of course I do not have all of the gear that you have, but I believe I can set this up in a smaller scale. Great video as always!!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Fred! I hope you had a great time at imaging. I am sure you know a thing or two about staying calm under pressure and backup plans.

@fcoker73

5 ай бұрын

@JohnGress I did have a great time at imaging! It was an awesome experience learning new things. It was also great meeting you! I hope to see you again soon!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Likewise and that sounds great!

Great content John! It was great seeing you at Imaging and hanging out at the Late Night Lounge. Let me know when we can talk about coming to California.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Kevin! It was great seeing you too. I should have emailed you on the spot. Now I have to go through my pockets 🤦🏻‍♂️

Wonderful process to get nice images in the alloted amount of time. Good teamwork

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! It was a pleasure!

thanks for this video sir

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Most welcome!

John, hello from Scotland. I really like your style of communicating, such valuable content. Can I ask please if you gelled the lights? (e.g. CTG). It looks like no. If so, is this because you cut out the ambient light? Many thanks, Colin

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Colin! I didn’t use any gels and I over powered the ambient light by about 3-4 stops.. 🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Really nice video and great forward thinking setup. I love these kinds of "problem solving" shoots. Never found a use case for the pre-programmed setups in the Elinchrom software, but you just found the perfect way to use it. Also nice to see 4 Indirect Litemotiv strips at the same time. Kind of a dream setup to shoot competitive pole dancers.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Now that they have been discontinued I feel pretty lucky to have access to them.

@YogueDaddy

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnGress Didn't even know they were discontinued!

Would love some more info on using the eos tethering with capture one to have files written both to the camera and the laptop. Can you elaborate on this workflow? Would it work with Capture One for iPad?

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

I can do more than Elaborate! Here is a video. I am not sure how the iPad tethering would work. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oHugxbFmgMWcZKg.html

The apple box was just as important as your lights 😂

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Ha! In addition to that, try getting up and down off the floor that many times per day!

Congratulations for mastering this challenge- regards Juergen

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Danke Schone my friend!

Like others have noticed, the minimum output of the Elinchrom flashes can still sometimes be too strong so I’ve not opted to buy ND gels from Lee Filters to cut down the output. Grabbing the 0.3 (1 stop) means it can be stacked easily enough but gives a lot more headroom and granular control of fill lights when 0.1 is still too hot.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Based on some WB tests I conducted, I would avoid going below 1.0 in action mode..

Shooting must have been tedious, editing must have been an absolute nightmare. I have done low budget shoots alone (difficult clients) but this shoot is on another level.🎉🎉. I've learned something today.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

On the contrary. The shoot was an absolute job and the editing was fun too. I’m glad you learned something.

@shadyninja1

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnGress is it possible to just pay monthly for your lessons just for a few months

Talk about problem solving. I was stressing just thinking about managing that many lights, stands, and modifiers, let along repositioning them. Now I'm wondering how you balance all of the lights. If the ambient lights were on the whole time, but you wanted to shoot at lower power to ensure shorter flash duration, it must have been tough to ensure proper exposure. I know my lights take a while to recycle at high power which would have made shooting continuous photos difficult. Fantastic work as always. It's fascinating to see the behind the scenes on such an elaborate shoot and with only one assistant!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Oh damn, I forgot to put the time tapes in there at the end of us packing up! Thank you so much. You just have to make sure that your ambient light isn't effecting your images. So the best way to check is to use manual exposure and set your camera up to the correct exposure setting for your flash units and then take a photo without flash. If it's eventually black or blank then you're good. If you can see stuff then you will need to power up the flashes so you can over power the light in the room.

Very insightful in terms of multiple portraits literally from one spot for the model (within reason). No doubt a LOT of thought has gone in to this to achieve all the images with such a quick turn around. You mention though the post was done by the client - are the files automatically uploaded to the cloud that the clients' post have access to?

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I handed a disc off to them on set.

Great! Stripscraper :D

John you are brilliant in your work and explanations.May I ask what lens you used , aperture , and did you use eye detect for focus on Canon R5

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, but you are too kind! I used eye detection and I shot at 5.6 with this lens: Canon RF 85mm F1.2 L USM Adorama howl.me/cjCnaWYcCHb Amazon amzn.to/3tHbPxm B&H bhpho.to/3L6f1Na

@prosunsport1

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnGress Thank you =Vasili (South Africa)

Incredible breakdown of a cool shoot. I can only imagine how much time you spent planning this out in advance.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Maybe half a day of thinking and a day of pre lighting and testing.

I will be very interested in a video where you explain how to use and program the Elinchrom mobile app. Best regards

@JohnGress

4 ай бұрын

This video covers it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dINn0pKPmtyxmrg.htmlsi=43pckweyem3oH1sM

Are you using the term "motor drive" to be synonymous with "continuous shooting mode" as opposed to single frame drive mode? I hadn't heard the term before (had to look it up) and so at first thought it was referring to some external device as opposed to the camera setting.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Yes! That is what I meant. In olden times when I was a newbie motor drives were external devices so now I feel old 😂

You mentioned occasionally missing shots from the shotlist, was that more a misfire, forgetting, or both? Did you have a printed checklist of shots for each player or was it a mental list?

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

It was a mental list of poses we needed

Great video John. Can I suggest a different shirt as I got a lot of aliasing artifacts.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I wasn't thinking about that when I bought it, but hopefully you wont see it again on camera!

And here I am struggling to put up an umbrella!😄

@russellwright9961

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

How are you changing the background?

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Hers a step by step. Using AI to Make Composites : Firefly, MidJourney & Generative Fill in Photoshop Beta kzread.info/dash/bejne/k5Wrp5OTdtvSZ5s.html

Great tutorial, nicely done.. In the future please use a camera with an aa filter or change the shirt...

I am guessing that you did not unroll the background paper more (for a seamless look) because of the movement that would be happening? Great video.

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

It think it would have been unsafe and they would have likely ripped it

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Do you prefer Elinchrom strobes to Profoto?

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

I switched from Profoto to Elinchrom in 2019.

Thank you so much for the thorough and very informative video, John. Some feedback about the talking head segment: your skin colour temperature seems a bit warm/orange and the occasional moire pattern on your shirt is slightly distracting. Otherwise a great video!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Thanks. The shirt will be retired!

My question for you is the wattage of the lights and the distance How do you balance them, or calculate them, when mixing lights of different wattages?

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

I used a light meter to determine how to set the power of the lights. The watt second ratings of the lights indicates their maximum output. They can all be powered down in 1/10th stop increments so my choice of what to put where would be based on if I needed more than the maximum power of my weakest light, but I didn't exceed this amount on any of the lights in this shoot.

@sentand-sg3yr

5 ай бұрын

For example, if you have 2 lights, one 800 watt and one 400 watt, and the 800 watt is adjusted to 1/2, and the 400 watt is adjusted to 1/1, are they the same?-------------I still don't quite understand if it would be possible to do a member's course on these Thank you For example, power and distance, I've never been able to find the answer on the internet@@JohnGress

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

The watt seconds is the input power, not the brightness, but they might be the same in that scenario. If you need them to match you would want to use a light meter to adjust the power until they do.

@sentand-sg3yr

5 ай бұрын

You mean the watt-second output size only affects the intensity contrast and not the brightness, right? How can I understand the relationship between watt-second and brightness in a simple way, but in reality when I turn up the watt-second, the picture is really exposed, and I've spent a lot of time not being able to find the answer, thank you for helping me!@@JohnGress

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

What seconds is a measurement of how much energy the light consumes to output the flash burst. It's like how much gasoline your car uses. More gas may take your further, but it really matters what car you're putting the gas in. Light models from the same generation from the same brand are going to likely get the same mileage per gallon, but that is not always true. WS is simply an indication of potential output and not a measurement of brightness. So if you want two different models to output the same brightness, then you have to use a light meter to help you adjust their power settings to make sure the brightness is the same. On the other hand contrast is controlled by the materials, shape and size of the modifiers and has nothing to do with brightness or watt seconds.

Me: the what now...? There's an APP to save scenes/settings?! Gamechanger!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

It’s pretty cool!

I really don’t understand why you say light warms up when a diffusion is placed. We know blue light is hotter and energy of the same wavelength has similar effect whether red or blue Now the second part light is not softened when another diffused material of same size is placed on top of another. What it does is rescatter light allowing light that was previously not allowed to pass through as its quantum probability has changed. But at the same time cutting power. Am I misunderstanding something?

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

Usually the color temperature in Kelvin of light is lower after it passes through fabric.

@000CloudStrife

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnGress so that’s why it goes toward red. The part of that question is then why do we make higher kelvin head toward yellow and lower kelvin towards blue. Isn’t that backwards? Of course like I mentioned that doesn’t change the similarity of energy of the “wavelength” yes more than likely the answer is perception of color. But is that really all there is to it

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

I get this a lot. The WB slider in editing programs iapplies a correction. It's blue on the left because you are adding blue, not because the light is blue.

@000CloudStrife

5 ай бұрын

@@JohnGress thanks for replying. I know the other questions I asked weren’t answered and I’m wondering if it’s because it new information (some of it) about light so it hasn’t been incorporated yet?

How much would you charge for something like this? I’m guessing no less than $10K

Where's the link to your assistant's Instagram account?

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

My bad! instagram.com/anthonytoglife/ and www.youtube.com/@AnthonyToglife

Ok, so I left a comment on a different video of yours, complaining about the prices of courses nowadays. I like you though I might have to save up and check you out.

@JohnGress

3 ай бұрын

Thanks. There is no subsitute for in person learning so I hope to see you at a workshop some day. Until then, I will be looking forward to your next comment.

YOU SHOT WEMBY?!

@JohnGress

5 ай бұрын

😉