White Background Photography Tutorial: How to Take High-Key Pictures
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Chelsea slays me with the looks she gives as she waits for you to go from segment to segment. Good stuff.
i love the ad Chelsea did at the end. it's hilarious!!
@SHOWTYMESHOTS
5 жыл бұрын
😁😁😁
your videos are amazing you are the one photographer who is trying to actually break down the craft simplistically. ive watches hours of videos from many youtubers and have realized i should have been watching you the whole time
Great Video Tony!!!! I'm a new photographer and this really help me understand how to do a crisp high key white back ground, as well as the moody, sultry one as well. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
All of your videos that you've uploaded are the finest and most understandable videos. I am pretty new on digital photography yet, I am getting better as I watch your uploads here than others. Thank you!
You are such a big help and inspiration. Thanks Tony and Chelsea!
You two are the best. Love you videos and your book too!!!You two are pure class and intelligence mixed with lots of humor...The best on You Tube.
Thanks for posting showing your setup with strobes. Would love to see another one as this video gave me some ideas.
Love watching you guys. Inspires me. Thanks.
This is the chemistry man,,, I dont just watch the video for photography stuff...I just want to see you guys ... Now I've reduced my F.R.I.E.N.D.S time watching you guys
@jjbenz9633
7 жыл бұрын
Anish Mohan so in other words ur using ur time correctly
@anishmohant
7 жыл бұрын
I hope
Simple yet full of information. That's how you want to learn things. Thanks from Italy!
very helpful walkthrough- both principles in studio and use in domestic settings. many thanks
Thank you both for the information, Chelsea thanks for your patience. used the technique last night with Sony a6000 and God-ox lol ad200 directly behind subject with two Cowboy Studio for constant lighting on the left and right side of subject.
Thank you Tony & Chelsea for your excellent explain of the setup and expectations for High Key Photography. I greatly enjoyed the video!
Tony I have your book watch you videos on youtube and in the bar code in the book ....... Thank you for helping people like me to Better understand photography and be better photographers
Wonderful video, keep them coming you two are great together. It is great to see people have clean fun these days. I will try this high-key method soon. Thanks so much
The way Chelsea is looking at you on the second shots session is priceless! 😂
This is great! And I love the acting from Chelsea. Can't wait to try this.
LOL, Chelsea's expression when you said "cheap Chinese stuff".
@robertf1608
10 жыл бұрын
Wait...can he say that!!?
I use a plain white sheet with a speedlight on the floor behind the sheet, and a diffusser in front of the light. I illuminate the sheet from behind and use soft boxes in front. Awesome control. You can even use color filters on the speedlight to change the color of the back drop. Give it a try.
Thank you for making it easy to understand.
Great tutorials. Very hands on, great explanations. Brilliant.
great delivery guys cheers
Nice video tutorials sir northrup.. it gives me a lot of knowledge and inspiration on capturing great photos.. and by the way, chelsy's very lovable and funny.. you two does make a great couple! Please keep teaching us how to be great photographers someday.. god bless sir!
Great information as usual. One thing that I overlook when using off-camera flash is turning my flash to a portrait mode. Thanks for the reminder. And Chelsea, keep up the fun!
both of you are amazing, thanks guys
Thanks for mentioning the tone caused by the shadows.. It's a great thing to keep in mind.
thanks so much for the clear and concise tutorial - great as usual.
Great video Tony and Chelsea. Thanks !!
Cool, Calm and collected but very detail oriented. I like their natural non commercial approach selling their know how.
Nice tutorial... Chalsea so fun as product model ! :D
Lol I'm always amazed how Chelsea patiently waits for Tony to finish explaining 😂
Thanks for this! I needed it for high key videos!
Great video, very straight forward explanation. By the way I ordered your book, can't wait to check it out. Thank you Tony & Chelsea.
Just bought my second book of yours (photography buying guide)! Thanks for helping us beginners out :)
Impressive skills... hats off !
Excellent tutorial guys!
Really good video and channel. Easy to understand. Thank!
Wow Tony glad you produced this technique
Thanks, I enjoyed your knowledge in your professional photographer. I just purchase your book. Looking forward to future video from you.
I haven't done high key shots in years but they do have that studio look. Its great for special projects.
Thanks Tony, Keep up the Great work
Thank you Tony, this is exactly the type of video I need.
I have watched so many photography tutorials on so many subjects by so many teachers and you by far explain things in ways that makes it so easy to understand. I have never been disappointed by your videos. I've learned so much from you. Thanks for posting these. And....you both have beautiful teeth....:-)
I love that you walk through it all. It really makes it easy to understand! :-)
Great video thank you!
Thank you Tony & Chelsea! Great info as always!
Superstar!! Outstanding video! Thank you,, Much Appreciation!!!
I feel like the photo with the Yongnuo flashguns is a little over exposed on the left side and the background flash should have been on another light stand ... Pops though to tilting the flash on the side. Never thought of that
Chelsea is hysterical!!! Great vid you guys!!!!!
Another great training video, I will give your second method a try. Continue giving us the home style techniques, as many of us do not have studios. Thanks so much
Chelsea's goofy ads at the end got me to buy the book. Can't wait to go through it!
Ha! Love Chelsea's fooling around at the end. Great informative video Tony.
Great video. Both well produced and informative. Looks like you’ve hit the jackpot with Chelsea 👍🏻
HAHA. very good tuturial. Tony and Chelsea bad ass photographers. Always a pleasure watching your kool videos. thanks.
Chelsea was awesome in the video but at the end with your products she was incredible!! She reminded me of back in the day on the Bob Barker show!
Great fun to watch!
Thank you guys , I learn a lot from you
Excellent and very helpful. Thanks
Great Job guys..
Amen on getting it right in camera!
I watched this tutorial right before I did an indoor photoshoot using a white background with my fiance last night and it helped me so much they came out perfect.
Hi, I stumbled on your channel just over a year ago. I wish I had stumbled upon your site years ago. You and chelsea (for what ever reason my computer won't make a capital c, it's an old Dell and I hope you accept my apologies), have provided much insight. I purchased a Nikon d5300 recently, upgrading from the Fuji point and shoot series. My last Fuji being one of the 8200 series. It was a great camera to me and has taken some great pictures along the way. My new camera is amazing, and a learning curve as well. I want to thank you as well as all the people who support your effort to make me a better photographer. Thank you for all your videos on different gear. It has helped me select gear and lenses for my camera knowing I'm getting the best I can for what I spend. Thanks Tony, chelsea, and everyone behind the cameras. Thank You guys for sharing the love of taking pictures and what the final result can be. :-))
Great tutorial. Perfectly explained. You sold me on your book btw
thanks Tony , really helpful
Great video....thanks.
This is amazing ! Thanks !
you sir are the best, and a real gem!
awesome it was a great help for me
Lol..Chelsea trying to stand still in the background. She wants to make funny faces. But wait, at the end she gets to shine. The end is the best part. Great video guys. I'm loving the easy simplified delivery from both of you. The lack of techno babble makes this a great channel to recommenced.
Hello, Tony and Chelsea. Thank you for providing all the useful tips for us. It is very helpful ! May I ask which brand you use for background light. I searched online but could not find much information. I am a new studio photographer and for now using only two continuous lighting. The main light and fill.
Really interesting approach to balancing the background and foreground exposures. Classic building a shot “one light at a time”. I’m a light meter and flash meter person and I have never done it this way. With me it would be just a matter of getting the exposure on the face right and then setting the background three stops over. Without being critical, this not the method I would choose but it’s a great option for those who don’t use or like hand held meters. To be honest, I had never thought about it that much. And yes: 100% agree on cheap Chinese flash kit, though I’m using Godox. Lighting is an almost bottomless pit of possibilities.
Thank you so much guys for this great video :)
Nice tutorial ! Nice work !Thank you :-)
Great video
Fantastic tutorial will use for my own products I designed
great video!
Awesomeness
this was awesome. tyso
es bueno ver a Chelsea con esa actitud, me alegra mucho, feliz año!!
Great tutorial.
Great tutorial 👍
Tony idk why but at timestamp 4:55 the photo that was completely “washed out” was also my favorite photo of the video. Something about it that just popped
Appreciate the tips Tony. I use to use the yn triggers and flash for my nikon d800, it worked just fine and they do hss too. Would you say that the high key would be good for like photographing food, or products? I sold all my nikon gear by the way and more use the Sony a7riii with Sony lenses. ..love it!
Thanks for another great vid. The look on Chelsea's face when you called the Yongnuos 'cheap Chinese junk' was priceless. I plan to by some 560 III flashes with the 560 TX controller myself in the near future.
@billjordan1173
9 жыл бұрын
Obviously meant 'buy' vice 'by' above.
@KimTuckerFr
9 жыл бұрын
obviously meant "chinese stuff" vice "chinese junk" ;-)
@billjordan1173
9 жыл бұрын
KimTuckerFr Correct Kim. No idea why I mis-heard that.
Very helpful thanks
Very good video! Simple and very clear! Can you post the list of all the equipment of the two flashes and the light stands, very much in love the simple setting turn into anywhere in studio! Also, is it better use both light actually? Cuz, the right side is not lit up well!
Best teacher I will be purchasing material
U 2 have great smiles .
Good video!!
I been searching everywhere but can't figure out how to get pure white background when taking flat lay clothing photos. I hang my clothes on a white wall but everytime I take the photo with my canon m100 it makes the background bit greyish or something bit of yellow on it. I tried every settings I can think of. Also tried many set up with the lights and flash etc.. Your professional guide will be really approciated Sir. Many thanks. Eva xx
Nice to see you guys showing some basics....made all the more entertaining thanks to Chelsea's antics....you crack me up! We need more Chelsea outtakes I think 😊
@paulmoss4199
10 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Tony, lets have a whole video just of Cheslea outtakes!
Its hilarious watching Chelsea posted up while you explain stuff
That expression at 9:18 . Too funny. Thanks for making all of these great videos. I'm trying to gather as much information as possible before my Sony A6000 gets here (thanks for the great review on that as well).
@TonyAndChelsea
9 жыл бұрын
TRD1911 Enjoy the camera! Be sure to watch this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYVlj86Nl5mnn7Q.html
I have a backlit 5'x8' opaque acrylic panel (750 w/s strobe into an umbrella,) so my problems are even worse, but I suspect given the link between the histogram and backlight intensity I've got a starting point from which to develop understanding :) Thanks a lot :)
Love your style of teaching! and your wife is gorgeous!!
@MrLeftsaidfred
6 жыл бұрын
is she??
@oshawaxpress
5 жыл бұрын
@@MrLeftsaidfred Yes.
12:10 Chelsea is lovely xD Great video!
Thank you soon much.. I had to Travolta again to be prefect.. does it have an effect with different color toned models?
I accidentally figured out how to fix this in lightroom. My particular issue was that my model was being shot against a beige background (my wall) as I did not yet have a white back drop. This was a problem, since I was lighting my model with one light and had a broader light filling in some shadows on my model but also spilling around her onto the background (bounce umbrella). I fixed it by using two graduated filters, at about 30-45 degree angles on their side of the shot (I shot from bust to mid forehead) and over exposed the filters 3 stops. I found that it gave me an amazingly white background, but also that the edge of the filters lit up my model's shoulders a little, which made her look generally better lit. It was a pleasant surprise when I learned I could do that so easily, and even though I'd like to do everything in camera as much as possible, it's a nice option to have when you're in a bind.