Bert Stephani

Bert Stephani

KZread channel of Bert Stephani, photographer, videographer, educator and visual storyteller.

This channel is all about creating: trying new things, behind the scenes, the tools I use, techniques and adventures. The process is more valuable than the end result, therefor this is a place in which the experiment takes center stage. I want to learn and grow so I can't stay within the comfort zone of only the things that I know will work. I value each comment as long as it's done in a polite way.

Fujifilm X-S20 - first look

Fujifilm X-S20 - first look

Fujifilm X100V Review

Fujifilm X100V Review

Fuji GFX50R Review in Tokyo

Fuji GFX50R Review in Tokyo

Introducing the Wild Project

Introducing the Wild Project

REBIZZ #2 - My New Portfolio

REBIZZ #2 - My New Portfolio

koneksi

koneksi

17 12 GFX first impressions

17 12 GFX first impressions

February Q&A - part 2

February Q&A - part 2

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  • @TheKamrenB
    @TheKamrenB7 күн бұрын

    About 95% of all my portraits shoots are free flow and has a max of 2 lenses. I can't imagine doing it any other way.

  • @user-lm4uo8bm4d
    @user-lm4uo8bm4d8 күн бұрын

    Good advert for Nikon there

  • @dmgfilmproductionandphotog1567
    @dmgfilmproductionandphotog156716 күн бұрын

    how many minutes waiting time to get the fog start to come out?

  • @mattkitchin9876
    @mattkitchin987625 күн бұрын

    Thank you for an informative and pleasant video!

  • @headsup4325
    @headsup432529 күн бұрын

    How did you guys deal with the smell? the fog coming from this machine smells like burnt carbon monoxide.

  • @ricardogroenke5411
    @ricardogroenke5411Ай бұрын

    I enjoyed the process and the images I think the fit the aesthetics, the place and the overall mood. The muted tones, the soft-like focus and the intimacy that comes acorss feels just right. I love moody images so this is perfect for me. Thanks for the detailed explanation :)

  • @brauliomillalaf1709
    @brauliomillalaf1709Ай бұрын

    Insane that this is free. Thank you

  • @efreutel
    @efreutel2 ай бұрын

    Superb presentation. The best. Many thanks!👍👍👍

  • @JWS1968
    @JWS19682 ай бұрын

    I love this device. It's portable and cheap. We all know you can get a better machine if you have deep enough pockets. But the headline hear is the price and the partibility. OK there are a couple of kinks that will most probably get ironed out on the upgrade, but will that then mean a price increase? If it does than I'm happy to stick with this one. Battery life? Was it an issue. Is so what is the solution, Buy 2. They're cheap enough.

  • @jigjitsu5599
    @jigjitsu55993 ай бұрын

    2024 Nd i still watch this

  • @IRK-pd7lc
    @IRK-pd7lc3 ай бұрын

    Holly heck bro the 2020 thing... maaannn. I Remember favourating this 10 years ago when I was first working with off camera flash.

  • @studiojege287
    @studiojege2873 ай бұрын

    Nice portraits!

  • @sebichaos
    @sebichaos3 ай бұрын

    what camera what this shot on

  • @johnnelson7625
    @johnnelson76253 ай бұрын

    cursing in a review goodbye

  • @Mvil9
    @Mvil93 ай бұрын

    Nice video. Music restarting every time is a little tiresome. Maybe lower into the background and raise it back up. But then again Idk, I don't make KZread videos 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @lionheart4424
    @lionheart44244 ай бұрын

    I love natural light portraits, this video is awesome. Thank you!

  • @saman.artman6845
    @saman.artman68454 ай бұрын

    I did not understand, how do you soften the light?

  • @portmann4700b
    @portmann4700b4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video. Indeed I am looking for a battery powered light. But for now the Ledlenser P7R with 1000 Lumen and a homogeneous beam for less then 60 Euro makes it. Should make a test with an umbrella in front of it. Have fun.

  • @Necron990
    @Necron9904 ай бұрын

    PLEASE NOTE: firmware V1.0.6 is out for all 3 lenses. Nice job sir, new subscriber!

  • @pulseimages
    @pulseimages4 ай бұрын

    My X30 is going strong in 2024.

  • @GlennVanderbeke
    @GlennVanderbeke4 ай бұрын

    Mooie video Bert! Knap beeldmateriaal 🤟 De x100 ziet er idd beter uit met wisselbare batterij

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani4 ай бұрын

    Thanks Glenn

  • @SummersSnaps
    @SummersSnaps4 ай бұрын

    5:48, the focus is not off, its simply on the wrong eye. Fuji eye AF will often choose the further away eye if that eye has more light and contrast, so you need to toggle to the other nearest eye. Her further away eye is however perfectly focused and with enough sharpness.

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani4 ай бұрын

    It happens occasionally with native glass but far less than with these lenses.

  • @Tammyleesuper
    @Tammyleesuper4 ай бұрын

    Good video!

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani4 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @Neopulse00
    @Neopulse004 ай бұрын

    What a coincidence I got this suggested. I'm torn now between this model and the FIVERAY 20C. They are a similar price, but this one has more power and no RGB settings while the 20C is much weaker, but with RGB if you want to add effects. It's gonna be tough choosing.

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani4 ай бұрын

    Thanks, keep in mind that this light and the 20C are completely different lights. I love using the small RGB panels for accent light, products, ... But for portraiture (definitely if you have quite some ambient light), something like the CX100 is the better choice.

  • @carlosvenu
    @carlosvenu4 ай бұрын

    Did you use a recipe for the black and white portraits or are they edited afterwards in lightroom?

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani4 ай бұрын

    I edit the RAW's with my own preset based on Acros

  • @Paulo_das_Neves
    @Paulo_das_Neves5 ай бұрын

    Nice! This is the photo from the official lens' website page 😊

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani5 ай бұрын

    Indeed, always crazy to see one of my images on their website.

  • @Squigmeister1888
    @Squigmeister18885 ай бұрын

    Hi mate, good to see you making videos again. Hope you and the family are all good. If you're ever in Scotland again you know where we are :)

  • @badhabit714
    @badhabit7146 ай бұрын

    😂Foirst😂

  • @fidiak
    @fidiak6 ай бұрын

    Nice, thank you

  • @betolov
    @betolov6 ай бұрын

    This video just popped up on my feed. I think I missed the Deadline.

  • @betolov
    @betolov6 ай бұрын

    I want that lens case.

  • @EllyJellyfish
    @EllyJellyfish6 ай бұрын

    Thank your for this!

  • @ShahabZargari
    @ShahabZargari7 ай бұрын

    My brand new one won’t start, and when it does it dies instantly. Any ideas? kzread.info/dash/bejne/d66n2peontabo5M.htmlsi=m_cKvViZcIh2iYvu

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani7 ай бұрын

    I've read that with some units you have to screw in the tank a bit tighter. Some seem to be not completely screwed in. If that doesn't work, contact PMI or the local distributor.

  • @ShahabZargari
    @ShahabZargari6 ай бұрын

    @@bertstephani None of the tips worked, but ​PMI sent me a new one! So happy they honored the one year warranty. New unit works exactly as promised.

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani6 ай бұрын

    good to hear@@ShahabZargari

  • @sellignomod83
    @sellignomod837 ай бұрын

    Merci pour cette vidéo. Inspirant…

  • @iaincphotography6051
    @iaincphotography60517 ай бұрын

    Loved that my type of gig. I liked the bit about the camera club president too as the great Harry Callahan said "Being a member of a camera club taught me the type of photographer I never wanted to be".

  • @trudeyneidig4558
    @trudeyneidig45587 ай бұрын

    ☀️ promo sm

  • @jankuzan
    @jankuzan7 ай бұрын

    PMI hasn't been fulfilling their Kickstarter orders.

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani7 ай бұрын

    Sad to hear. i had to wait pretty long for mine. Just to be clear, I have no relation with PMI whatsoever, just backed the kickstarter.

  • @pmi_gear
    @pmi_gear5 ай бұрын

    Hey there! We really appreciated the concern; besides individual cases of missing address from specific minority of backers, we have fulfilled all orders from our smokeNINJA kickstarter! We have learnt a lot from this process and will continue to improve on our customer service quality. If you know any specific backers who didn't receive their units yet, please let us know immediately!

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani5 ай бұрын

    @@pmi_gear Thanks for clarifying. Mistakes are made by everyone, admitting them, fixing them and then preventing them for happening in the future ... that's the way to go!

  • @ghostgums
    @ghostgums7 ай бұрын

    Have you noticed that the camera’s IBIS does not function with this lens attached?

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani7 ай бұрын

    I must admit that I haven't tested it. I shot mainly stills at decent shutter speeds during my test.

  • @cebrium
    @cebrium7 ай бұрын

    This is one good video. You just got a new subscriber 😊

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani7 ай бұрын

    Welcome aboard!

  • @notyourkeyscrypto
    @notyourkeyscrypto7 ай бұрын

    You have a real gift for expressing your ideas in a way that will help open the eyes of thousands of people who will watch this video. I have been photographing for two decades and have not seen any video that comes close to how well you have explained this process , how to keep things simple and adapt to any situation that is presented to you on the shooting day and not try to sell me anything. Very well done. Subscribed, and will share with others. Thanks

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani7 ай бұрын

    Thank you, that means a lot to me.

  • @rdices
    @rdices7 ай бұрын

    Great video…thanks for sharing

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani7 ай бұрын

    thank you

  • @studiojege287
    @studiojege2877 ай бұрын

    Great - not only gear talk - video. And indeed, well done both ⚡️

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani7 ай бұрын

    I always try to make it more about what you can do with the gear. :-)

  • @studiojege287
    @studiojege2877 ай бұрын

    Thanks Bert, indeed, content with value 👌@@bertstephani

  • @sigurdrille9693
    @sigurdrille96937 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Refreshingly different and yet to the point! And thank you for the fotoshoot footage, really nice pictures, and what a lovely model. I am just now looking for faster primes below 56mm for a choir concert fotoshoot in a few weeks and so your review came perfectly timed.

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani7 ай бұрын

    Thank you, glad you liked the video

  • @love2huntbooks2
    @love2huntbooks28 ай бұрын

    Dumb question, hope someone can help. I'm looking to purchase the gfx 50r and love it for the 65:24 panorama (closest I'll get to xpan). Does anyone know if i can still shoot 65:24 with Minolta lenses?

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani8 ай бұрын

    You definitely can! The X-pan format will get rid of the vignetting in the corners.

  • @love2huntbooks2
    @love2huntbooks28 ай бұрын

    @@bertstephani Appreciate the reply. Thanks!

  • @sigurdrille9693
    @sigurdrille96938 ай бұрын

    Thank you! The right video for me just now, very inspiring! Love your approach to photography!

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani8 ай бұрын

    Thank you, I'm happy that you got something out of it.

  • @MinhNhat-oe1tq
    @MinhNhat-oe1tq8 ай бұрын

    Can u share the recipe of the B&W pictures?

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani7 ай бұрын

    Nothing special really, I almost always shoot RAW and usually start from the Acros Green film sim.

  • @studiojege287
    @studiojege2878 ай бұрын

    Love the video and the experiment! Some very interesting images, well done Bert (en Kim)!

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani8 ай бұрын

    Thank you Jeroen!

  • @iamyodaok
    @iamyodaok8 ай бұрын

    Great lighting. Back to basics!

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani8 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @ginger9049
    @ginger90498 ай бұрын

    Name of song?

  • @sigurdrille9693
    @sigurdrille96938 ай бұрын

    Thank you, very inspiring!

  • @bertstephani
    @bertstephani8 ай бұрын

    Thanks