yes my friend it is in a Kabaw, a small city in Nafusa Mountain north east of Libya, and this is my vlog about this festavel ruclips.net/video/_vp_A4BNIOw/видео.html
707 pictures, that is exactly what it takes to make something amazing. Out of my +-50,000 pictures, I have only around 1500 decent pics. I do enjoy your channel.
the vast majority of photos I take are with flash. And also cropped in post. And yes it's shot on a Panasonic micro four thirds camera, which a tiny lens. While getting light from ambient and practicals can give it a really nice looking result. It's close to what our eyes see, therefore it ends up being convincing. The "festivals" and events I photograph are often indoors, late and light by some light show or barely anything. But it's similar as people are dancing and interacting in social activities It's the look at works for me and I am still doing it as my style developed over the last few years. And ending up with 830 was the reality I faced today before my editing session. My photography usually involves drinking and recently it has been more common to give my camera to other people so they can capture some scenes and also myself. I don't remember taking a lot of the photos in front of me - which could be a bad sign for the longevity. I am a month away from doing it for 5 years and feel settled in what I shoot and how I do it. I am trying to get an extremely wide lens to get more variety and give a new perspective to the audience once the results are edited. I won't have the camera sensor or lenses to no longer use a flash. Perhaps one day I get my thermal cameras to work, which don't need long integrations and will get most of their illumination from emissive human bodies - which is something very special and natural. Human bodies being the 'light' sources. Yet it's unlike anything we can see or even imagine with our eyes. All the colors and even the direction of the luma curve are all made up by me at the end.
I can attest to the altitude induced delirium one can experience in Peru, and I surely wouldn't have survived above 4000m let alone 5000m..That would be suffocating. The longer course version of this video is very enlightening and adds the back story color context to the annotated illustration in the book. Pure gold. 👍
If you got a hammer, everything is a nail. Recently started to learn a bit of lighting for portraits. Here you could use an off camera flash, with a cto gel, hidden behind, or in the tower of stones. Not trying to be smart, basically just wanted to ask if you use lights in this situations? Is it worth carrying around lights, midifiers and if the answer is yes, what would be esential in a journalist bag?
Probably better not use flash, since there is and needs to be a difference between a photo shoot and a traditional event. Along the lines of what Mitchell explains: better have a superior (prime) lens, look for scenes near light sources, and don’t be afraid of high ISO.
@@JoachimSchlosser it is still a limitation. Yes, that has to be in your toolkit as well, you have t know how to manage high iso and slow shutter, but off camera flash can be done properly as well. It is just another skill, you have to learn how to mimic natural light. I've seen people doing magic with one speedlight. I think if you are a professional, and they are waiting your story in a newsroom, you can't ignore artificial light. But again, this is just an opinion, not an axiom.
@Dorjan669 First of all, you are being a bit of a dick with your hammer and nail comment. You're JUST learning about off camera lighting. I'm glad for you. While you must be very excited, you should consider that others might have already tried this... like last decade 😊. But, I'll refrain from being a smartass and comment in a way which is useful for people. I USED to LOVE the off camera flash, in a softbox, gelled to emulate whatever light soruce I had. Even made a little book with different setups in 2009. BUT...the reality is - it's INCREDIBLY impractical in most situations. It's not something you can just setup anywhere and off you go and make photos. In a documentary situation - first you need an assistant to move it around for you, to tweak the power of it . Yes, you could try everything yourself, but you'll lose most of your moments. In fact, you WILL with an assistant anyway. If I were to setup the whole scene - fine, flash is great. If I were in a studio - sure! Even if things weren't unfolding quite so fast and it wasn't quite so cold and hard to breathe - maybe. But THEN, just imagine - here's this sacred moment and my flash in a softbox just "exploding" with light every now and then. Suddenly everyone is looking at the flash, some people are pissed off, some are amused, start laughing and it's all a bit of a circus show. No longer am I a discreet photographer in the dark. So yeh... Valid question, since an off camera flash IS a great tool, in very limited situations. But, not here. Not in most situations. Been there done that. THANKFULLY we can manage without it these days.
@@mitchellkphotos First of all you're a bit of a dick with this answer. My hammer and nail comment was regarding to me(that's why I mentioned that my interest is in artificial light, as I am learning to use it in for the last couple of years) I just wanted to ask a question in general... is it practical to carry around a speedlight, some basic modifiers on a newsgathering trip? I asked here, because you are an experienced photographer, I tought it may be an interesting topic, I definitively would buy a course like that. Mate, really I didn't want this to end in a dick swinging contest. I spent the aforementioned decade as a tv reporter and editor as well, all I wanted is to ask a question regarding the equipment you regularly use as I am interested in that topic. And yes, I am still learning the technical part of photography, that's why I am watching these videos. I tought thats obvious, I really don't see the need to flex
@@adorjan.botond Sorry, I totally missunderstood you then. 😂I thought you were referring to me with the high ISO camera. So much gets lost via text. I did answer your question the best I could. And, yes, I am a bit of a dick... sometimes, but, I'm glad you're not too sensitive. You don't need to buy the course, drop me a line on my email on mitchellkphotos.com and choose contact. I'll send you the little ebook. Don't know how useful it will be with the current technology, since it's a bit old, but all the main principles are exactly the same.
@@mitchellkphotos you may realise one day the limitations of m43 on your art and wish you could have done it in some other format. So the sooner you made the transition the less the chances of regrets.
@@dimitristsagdis7340 I'm not sure that I agree with you completely. I mean, I like to look at the bigger picture. Life is nuanced. Photography is nuanced. Yes, there are limits in some things, but I could take those cameras with me EVERYWHERE. So the question is - would I have even made some of my photos without those cameras? Of course, if a camera as small as those m43 existed and was full frame, I would have never bothered with m43, but it didn't exist, and still doesn't. However, there ARE options close enough these days, hence I moved. 😊
@@mitchellkphotos I’m sure you would have managed with FF like most pros throughout history. Some of them managed with even larger formats. And if you didn’t get these shots you would have gotten some others, maybe even better ones (God forbid :-). Nuance does not only flow in your preferred direction :-))
@@dimitristsagdis7340 Haha! 😂Well, in all seriousness, the m43 changed the way I shot and saw photography, so I needed to go through that stage for sure. There was a time when I just didn't want to carry my Canon 5D with the big ass 24-70 lens. I was missing a LOT of images.
A guy with a black bird above him, here a guy eith candles. While more than 20 daylight shots of this events were magnificent, one has to ask if its part of the fotographer’s mindset to not fotograph female beauty because its easier to fotograph dudes or perhaps avoid being framed as a creep.
Its a waste of talent just fotographing kids, dudes and grandmas. Nobody would have heard of Mona Lisa if it was a dude with a candle in his hands and a bird on his shoulder.
@@chrisscholter3399 Chris, I don't know whether to take you seriously here or whether you just wanna stir things up. I do think that what you say here is beyond nonsense. What Mona Lisa? It's not what I do. Plenty of photographers do that shit. You won't see me doing that. Is everyone who doesn't take photos of women wasting talent? Are you for real?
Have you visited any interesting festivals or gatherings since the pandemic began? Please share some stories.
yes my friend it is in a Kabaw, a small city in Nafusa Mountain north east of Libya, and this is my vlog about this festavel ruclips.net/video/_vp_A4BNIOw/видео.html
707 pictures, that is exactly what it takes to make something amazing. Out of my +-50,000 pictures, I have only around 1500 decent pics. I do enjoy your channel.
I mean, there's no number, but yeh, most of the time, it's not like we come make 1-3 frames and walk away with something amazing. Thanks for watching!
Again nice video our teacher, thank you for sharing, and waiting for the third part
Coming soon. 😊
the vast majority of photos I take are with flash. And also cropped in post. And yes it's shot on a Panasonic micro four thirds camera, which a tiny lens.
While getting light from ambient and practicals can give it a really nice looking result. It's close to what our eyes see, therefore it ends up being convincing. The "festivals" and events I photograph are often indoors, late and light by some light show or barely anything. But it's similar as people are dancing and interacting in social activities It's the look at works for me and I am still doing it as my style developed over the last few years. And ending up with 830 was the reality I faced today before my editing session. My photography usually involves drinking and recently it has been more common to give my camera to other people so they can capture some scenes and also myself. I don't remember taking a lot of the photos in front of me - which could be a bad sign for the longevity. I am a month away from doing it for 5 years and feel settled in what I shoot and how I do it. I am trying to get an extremely wide lens to get more variety and give a new perspective to the audience once the results are edited.
I won't have the camera sensor or lenses to no longer use a flash. Perhaps one day I get my thermal cameras to work, which don't need long integrations and will get most of their illumination from emissive human bodies - which is something very special and natural. Human bodies being the 'light' sources. Yet it's unlike anything we can see or even imagine with our eyes. All the colors and even the direction of the luma curve are all made up by me at the end.
Would you recommend purchasing the a6400 over the a6500?
Thanks for sharing!
I can attest to the altitude induced delirium one can experience in Peru, and I surely wouldn't have survived above 4000m let alone 5000m..That would be suffocating.
The longer course version of this video is very enlightening and adds the back story color context to the annotated illustration in the book. Pure gold. 👍
Thanks SO much!
Nice vid
If you got a hammer, everything is a nail. Recently started to learn a bit of lighting for portraits. Here you could use an off camera flash, with a cto gel, hidden behind, or in the tower of stones. Not trying to be smart, basically just wanted to ask if you use lights in this situations? Is it worth carrying around lights, midifiers and if the answer is yes, what would be esential in a journalist bag?
Probably better not use flash, since there is and needs to be a difference between a photo shoot and a traditional event. Along the lines of what Mitchell explains: better have a superior (prime) lens, look for scenes near light sources, and don’t be afraid of high ISO.
@@JoachimSchlosser it is still a limitation. Yes, that has to be in your toolkit as well, you have t know how to manage high iso and slow shutter, but off camera flash can be done properly as well. It is just another skill, you have to learn how to mimic natural light. I've seen people doing magic with one speedlight. I think if you are a professional, and they are waiting your story in a newsroom, you can't ignore artificial light. But again, this is just an opinion, not an axiom.
@Dorjan669 First of all, you are being a bit of a dick with your hammer and nail comment. You're JUST learning about off camera lighting. I'm glad for you. While you must be very excited, you should consider that others might have already tried this... like last decade 😊. But, I'll refrain from being a smartass and comment in a way which is useful for people. I USED to LOVE the off camera flash, in a softbox, gelled to emulate whatever light soruce I had. Even made a little book with different setups in 2009.
BUT...the reality is - it's INCREDIBLY impractical in most situations. It's not something you can just setup anywhere and off you go and make photos. In a documentary situation - first you need an assistant to move it around for you, to tweak the power of it . Yes, you could try everything yourself, but you'll lose most of your moments. In fact, you WILL with an assistant anyway. If I were to setup the whole scene - fine, flash is great. If I were in a studio - sure! Even if things weren't unfolding quite so fast and it wasn't quite so cold and hard to breathe - maybe.
But THEN, just imagine - here's this sacred moment and my flash in a softbox just "exploding" with light every now and then. Suddenly everyone is looking at the flash, some people are pissed off, some are amused, start laughing and it's all a bit of a circus show. No longer am I a discreet photographer in the dark.
So yeh... Valid question, since an off camera flash IS a great tool, in very limited situations. But, not here. Not in most situations. Been there done that. THANKFULLY we can manage without it these days.
@@mitchellkphotos First of all you're a bit of a dick with this answer. My hammer and nail comment was regarding to me(that's why I mentioned that my interest is in artificial light, as I am learning to use it in for the last couple of years) I just wanted to ask a question in general... is it practical to carry around a speedlight, some basic modifiers on a newsgathering trip? I asked here, because you are an experienced photographer, I tought it may be an interesting topic, I definitively would buy a course like that.
Mate, really I didn't want this to end in a dick swinging contest. I spent the aforementioned decade as a tv reporter and editor as well, all I wanted is to ask a question regarding the equipment you regularly use as I am interested in that topic. And yes, I am still learning the technical part of photography, that's why I am watching these videos. I tought thats obvious, I really don't see the need to flex
@@adorjan.botond Sorry, I totally missunderstood you then. 😂I thought you were referring to me with the high ISO camera. So much gets lost via text. I did answer your question the best I could. And, yes, I am a bit of a dick... sometimes, but, I'm glad you're not too sensitive. You don't need to buy the course, drop me a line on my email on mitchellkphotos.com and choose contact. I'll send you the little ebook. Don't know how useful it will be with the current technology, since it's a bit old, but all the main principles are exactly the same.
Tnx for sharing, glad to hear (also in your previous video) that you moved away from m43.
Why would you be glad? What a strange thing to say. Haha. 😂
@@mitchellkphotos you may realise one day the limitations of m43 on your art and wish you could have done it in some other format. So the sooner you made the transition the less the chances of regrets.
@@dimitristsagdis7340 I'm not sure that I agree with you completely. I mean, I like to look at the bigger picture. Life is nuanced. Photography is nuanced. Yes, there are limits in some things, but I could take those cameras with me EVERYWHERE. So the question is - would I have even made some of my photos without those cameras? Of course, if a camera as small as those m43 existed and was full frame, I would have never bothered with m43, but it didn't exist, and still doesn't. However, there ARE options close enough these days, hence I moved. 😊
@@mitchellkphotos I’m sure you would have managed with FF like most pros throughout history. Some of them managed with even larger formats. And if you didn’t get these shots you would have gotten some others, maybe even better ones (God forbid :-). Nuance does not only flow in your preferred direction :-))
@@dimitristsagdis7340 Haha! 😂Well, in all seriousness, the m43 changed the way I shot and saw photography, so I needed to go through that stage for sure. There was a time when I just didn't want to carry my Canon 5D with the big ass 24-70 lens. I was missing a LOT of images.
A guy with a black bird above him, here a guy eith candles. While more than 20 daylight shots of this events were magnificent, one has to ask if its part of the fotographer’s mindset to not fotograph female beauty because its easier to fotograph dudes or perhaps avoid being framed as a creep.
I am really lost for what to say to you. I'll just refrain...
@@mitchellkphotos Me too! Jealousy perhaps.
Its a waste of talent just fotographing kids, dudes and grandmas. Nobody would have heard of Mona Lisa if it was a dude with a candle in his hands and a bird on his shoulder.
@@chrisscholter3399 Chris, I don't know whether to take you seriously here or whether you just wanna stir things up. I do think that what you say here is beyond nonsense. What Mona Lisa? It's not what I do. Plenty of photographers do that shit. You won't see me doing that. Is everyone who doesn't take photos of women wasting talent? Are you for real?