Full-frame portraits on a budget | Canon 5D Classic
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- You don't need the latest and greatest gear to shoot beautiful portraits. Join me on a summer evening natural-light photoshoot using the Canon 5D Classic paired with the 50mm 1.8 'nifty fifty', probably the cheapest full-frame setup you can easily get hold of. We're shooting in the historic streets and parks of the city of Bath in the UK. Everything was shot in Aperture Priority mode with the aperture set at f.2.8 throughout. The model is Jess Johansen and the videographer is Heather Bailey www.heatherbai...
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I am keeping my 5d classic until one of us dies.
Haha, same here!
😂👍
@@DavidShoukry i have a canon 2000d and kit lens and have the chance to swap it for a 5d mk1 and 50mm f1.8 lens. should i do it ?
@@scottwesterman221 yes definitely!
Glad to see your using the 5D classic, I am still using one after over 300 weddings
It's a beautiful camera - I love it.
@@DavidShoukry great video and lovely images. I currently own a T7 rebel camera but could swap it for a 5d mk2 and a 50mm f1.8 mk2 ! Would you recommend the switch ?
@@scottwesterman221 yes that's definitely an upgrade. Having owned the 5D2, I actually prefer the 5D Classic. It's a bit less sophisticated but I still prefer the pictures it produces!
@@DavidShoukry many thanks for the reply !
@@scottwesterman221 my pleasure 🙌🏼
Gorgeous model, beautiful location and you made it work and the photos are great!
Much appreciated, thank you so much 😊
I watched many videos on photographing portraits during the last few days, your video is the best.
Its the man behind the lens not the lens that makes the magic. Great location choice. Great color choice for you model she blends in with your setting. Fantastic job all around.
Yes absolutely. Was hoping to show that you can produce good work without breaking the bank!
Great images. Great model. Love seeing an older camera get it done.
Thanks Martin :-)
The model is absolutely beautiful and the pictures are stunning! great job sir!
Thanks for your very kind comment - much appreciated :-)
Love it! Got me a Canon 5D Classic with the 40mm F2.8 a few weeks ago. Absolutely love how simple the camera is, and the images I am able to get are incredible! All in cost me $400
It’s a wonderful camera; I’d never get rid of mine!
Where did you bought it?
@@captainstrong2517 Local camera store in Louisville, KY
I was thinking about getting the 5D Classic, this video has made my mind up, beautiful model and well captured.
Thank you. It's a really beautiful camera and I wouldn't want to be without mine :-)
the model is photogenic and you can capture her well
Much appreciated, thanks!
Very good shots! And just acquired one of these, and immediately after fell in love with the simplicity of the whole process. I have tried out many mirrorless cameras, most recently the R6II and I can't help but admire the photo experience when I use a 5D classic.
What a beautiful classic mood images. I love it.
Many thanks!
Canon 5D is a beast!
After having a wide range of full frame and crop sensor bodies, I have come to the conclusion that this is the ultimate portrait camera offered by Canon. The skin colors are beautiful and vibrant, the file is forgiving being older and less mp, but not too forgiving - giving sharpness that feels just right and natural. Paired with L lenses and good lighting this camera can put up with anything you throw at it.
I agree with you. I have shot with virtually every DSLR on the market and I still come back to the 5D. It's a very beautiful camera!
@@DavidShoukry It is. I came to it because I wanted a second body to my 5D Mark IV. After using it for a few months I was so in love with the files I bought another body and use it all the time. I also shoot film and it gives me a portra 160 - 400 look sooc. It is funny how you look at the back screen and think every photo is rubbish but when you import the files they all look amazing.
@@gltzddonut yes! It shoots files that have that Portra/Fuji 400 look. The screen is terrible and so you have to know what you're doing with the camera, but I can't argue with the results.
Love these and just proves it not the camera it the photographer and model coming together o create great images The results speak for themselves. 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Thank you for subscribing! 🙌🏼
best composition 7:32
I really appreciate this! I just grabbed a 5D mark II and have a nifty fifty laying around 😊
if you know what you're doing, the 5d classic is perfectly fine for portrait photography. i have 5d classic for years, and the results is just amazing. no one notice that the picture i took is come from 15 years old camera
It's a lovely camera. Not without its limitations but I really enjoy using it.
I strongly think , photography with this setup will come back In fashion. Really like the editing. Picked up a used 5d mark ii. Now need to get a 50mm
Great camera: enjoy!
The model is stunning! I am here because I've heard so much about the 5D and I am looking for one. I have the 1d Classic so I am convinced that people aren't crazy!
The 5D is absolutely lovely, no question. Obviously there is loads of BS spoken online about 'legendary' cameras but I think the 5D does live up to the hype - it's not perfect for every situation but what it does, it does very well. I had a 1DS Mark II for a while and found it very difficult to get on with - the pictures were fine sometimes but I had a really hard time with the autofocus.
1D classic is a solid camera too
I haven’t shot the original 1D. I had a 1D MK2 and found the autofocus pretty tricky!
Wonderful, David! Love the quality of the shots, the light, and your subject!
Robert van Hall thank you so much, Robert. She’s a great model for sure!
Impressive photo shoot, excellent feel for the b-ground and its composition. I will need to see it few times to figure out all of your tricks applied here. Great job David.
Thanks for watching 😊
Canon 5D classic ❤ Beautiful natural looking girl, without tons of silicone :-)
Great video 📸😊
Glad you enjoyed the video, thank you.
Great job 👌 I've been waiting for this video 📸 nice pix
Thank you 🙏🏼
All images SOOC jpegs? Beautiful photos. My favorite camera to shoot with.
Amazinggggggggggg
Thank you 😊
Amazing Fotography here!
Wow, thank you for sharing this with us. Love your vids and content. All the best for you sir
Thank you for watching 🙏🏼
Gorgeous model. Love that soft light. Would love to have seen what 1.8 looked like in those settings. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for commenting! It’s a lovely little lens and such good value for money. The reason I didn’t shoot any at 1.8 for the video is that the hit rate for in-focus shots can be a bit temperamental wide open. Hopefully gives you a flavour of this combo though. 🙏🏼
Ha, both - camera + lens - can be bought for less than 300€ on the used market - shouldn't keep anybody back from making beautiful photos. Yet, it takes an experienced photographer to make the files come out that consistently good! Model, perspective, backgrounds, processing, everything. The skin tones are beautiful. I remember specially ISO100 having a special quality.
It’s a lovely camera, for sure. That lens gets a pretty bad press but I’ve always liked it and it’s great value for money.
Hi, great video! And great results. Wondering from your experience what Canon Picture Styles gives best result for producing JPGs which is closest to the final result you get after RAW processing. E.g. in this task - golden hour portraits, what PS you would use? Standard / Portrait / Natural / Faithful? If just a light color grade needed perhaps those color shifts for some channels (orange/yellow/green) can be done in Picture Style Editor and upload custom one into User1,2,3 slots?
Hi there, I think I just used the standard picture profile here.
Your model is so beautiful 😻
The images are outstanding really. The look and feel of those images cannot be produced by any modern camera. I bought this gem recently after a long search and create landscape photos with it plus some street stuff. I'm an enthusiast and have operated more modern cameras like 5DIII and 1 DxII. Those equipment do produce sharp images with great clarity. However, the subtle smoothness of 5D Classic results are absent there. That's why I love my 5D Classic and use it everyday.
Great to hear you’re enjoying the 5D!
Love your work
Six6 Nine9 thanks so much!
I still own 5d mkI. One day I will get 50 1.2 instead of 1.8.
awesome work
Much appreciated, thank you!
У того, кто снимал видео были гораздо более интеерсные ракурсы чем у того, кто снимал фото. Просто надо брать скрин с видео и будут отличные фотографии
Some really nice portraits there. One tiny criticism/observation… drop the music and let us viewers hear how you direct the model. That would be a far more valuable thing to hear.
Beautiful photos from this camera. Unfortunately mine (had 50mm 1.8) had issue of back focusing so I sold it. But gonna buy another. Hopefully next copy will be a good one.
Que bonitas fotos, saludos
Thank you 🙏🏼
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Thank you :-)
I have buy the 5d classic for 130eur :) but i like not the megapixel from landscapes
amazing girl
Its been a while since there were comments on this beautiful video, but I was wondering how big you can blow up the photos from the Canon 5d classic? My photog "mentor" and friend is saying you need at least 26 mp to make big wall portraits 40x60 inches? My friend learned during film days, so has been thru all the three recent phases of photography - film, digital, and mirrorless. So I hate to doubt her, but is this true? It seems like Canon would not have produced a.full frame camera that you could not enlarge to billboard size, if needed, by their pro photographer customers. Of course, on an actual billboard, it would be okay to lose details. But wld a 5d classic make images you cld blow up to say 40"x60" and not lose fine details or pixellate?
Hiya, I think A3 is probably about the biggest size for prints (without upscaling or similar). When this camera came out (2005) it was probably the most accessible digital camera without spending serious money. I think at that time the billboard stuff would have been Hasselblad MF etc.
@@DavidShoukry Okay, I see! So I shld probably look at the 5dm2. I have been trying to get my Sony full-frame mirrorless images to look like these (well, my images will not look like these beautiful shots but maybe one day :) ) and I am thinking why not just get an actual Canon 5d series? Thank you for your reply and for this video!
Beautiful images, how much editing was needed to achieve those looks? Do you have any examples of sooc images with this setup?
Thank you, Brian. They were very lightly edited, just a basic colour grade and a little dodge/burn to retouch the skin. Shooting at golden hour and matching the wardrobe to the surroundings is a big part of this look.
Hi Sir David, I'm amazed on the results of your photos and they're all beautiful. May I know if you shot wide open? or if not which aperture? Thank you!
Hi, and thank you. They were shot at f2.8.
I like the shutter sound on this thing it sounds like you're racking a shotgun. If a burglar enters your home take a snapshot of him they'll think you racked your 12g and bug out.
Yeah it sounds awesome!
Great results, David! The colours are amazing! What were the settings that you have used (ISO, shutter speed and aperture)? Marcin
Hey Marcin, thank you! So I shot everything at f2.8 in aperture priority mode, with ISO between 100 and 400.
So the shutter speed would have varied between about 1/400 to 1/60 sec as the light lowered in the evening.
What kind of editing was done. Was it basic Lightroom or also some D&B. Excellent video
Thank you 😊. Yes, just a very light colour grade and D&B.
I learned photography from a fundamentally sound old school women. It's weird when I see older photographers I think they would be more fundamental style wise. You know the cliche rules. No angles, no full body, no RO3rds, my teacher hate everything dead center. I'm 19 but learning your style is your style. 👍 Canon 5D classic is awesome. 📸
Appreciate the comment, thank you.
Thanks David. These look fantastic. I have just bought a 5D Classic, largely because a) it's incredibly cheap for a FF 'pro' body, and b) its reputation for unique colour and rendering. Do you have a preferred processing method on modern software to keep the original look of the sensor?
I’m sure you’ll love it! Re processing I just a do a light colour grade and dodge/burn, nothing special. The pictures look so good straight from the camera 👌🏼
@@DavidShoukry Cheers mate. I should add that I'm only using the 50/1.8 STM , so it's a very cheap way into a FF system! Go well.
Cutting off the arms below the elbow is different. That doesn't bother you?
No it doesn't bother me.
Hello David, i can see that you are a master at his job. I know it is difficult, but I still hope to hear from you about your post processing with a few sentences.By the way, everyone in the video is very nice. You, the model and the cameraman.
Hey Kuzey, thanks for your comment. For these images the post processing was fairly simple (I'll explain in a minute) but the success of these photos is largely down to shooting at the right time (golden hour) and matching wardrobe to the surroundings we were working in. It meant that the colours were coordinating well with the buildings! My post work, although detailed, just uses typical techniques. The skin work was just heal/clone/dodge/burn (no skin smoothing or anything like that). Colour grading was mostly using Photoshop's Color Balance and Selective Color adjustment layers. And of course making small adjustments to contrast and exposure.
@@DavidShoukry Thank you very much, this answer enlightened me.
You give an answer that would not be correct to focus only on the post processing part and it would make me think in a wider angle.The wardrobe is an important detail. I had used 60d before and I believe 5d can do. I think I'll buy one. Thanks again for your answer.
@@kuzeygocebesi my pleasure. The 5D Classic is such a beautiful camera. I know it doesn't fit the narrative of the photography industry to recommend old digital cameras, but the 5D was special and is definitely one of the best models Canon made. Obviously it helps that they are cheap too :-)
@@DavidShoukry hi David what are the newest high end canon cameras that you would recommend in recent times?
@@joaorangel9950 if I was buying Canon now it would be an R5/R6.
Can you tell me which lens you are using? Thank you
In this video it's the Canon 50mm 1.8.
Lovely, but you forgot to show the picture specs...
F2.8, shot in aperture priority.
@@DavidShoukry Thank you!
are those straight out of the camera? Or did you use photoshop?
They’re lightly retouched and have a gentle colour grade but they look very similar straight from camera.
Amazing shots, did you use some reflectors here, or just natural light? Impeccable light and colors, stunning model !
Hi, thank you. All these images were just natural light with no reflector.
What.camera lens was used to shoot this video though
Hey Chris, the camera is a Canon 90D and lens is a Sigma Art 20mm f1.4.
Someone have unused DSLR camera?
I got my first real full-frame, bought it at five and dime. Clicked till fingers bleed. I Was shooting at 2009....
Its a parody of "summer of 69"
Haha 😆
PLease links to the model?
What lens do you make sir ? I'm planning to move from Nikon d700 to Canon
This lens was the Canon 50mm f1.8. It’s Canon’s cheapest 50mm prime and is very good (especially for the price). I have owned both of the other 50mm primes: they are better but much more expensive.
@@DavidShoukry oh my god, I used that lens when I was learn photography in 2011 with a canon 600d. I want to go back to photograph with portrait photography focus, and I miss canon. The last camera I have is a nikon d700
And maybe now I'm sure I'll buy 5d classic to restart my career in photography, because the colors are amazing and very crispy
Your work is amazing, thanks for inspiring me 😀
Nice to hear from you, and thanks! So all the photos in this video were made with that cheap 50mm lens.
Did you shoot raw or jpeg? And did you edit your photos
Hiya, yes they were shot in raw and edited afterwards.
Not much editing though, to be honest.
@@DavidShoukry thx for your answer. Photos looks like kodak portra stock film. Old dslr cameras has better color reproducing though
Anyone who knows where to buy it?
Best place would be eBay - they go for pretty cheap.
@@DavidShoukry Thank you
is it5D Mark 1 ?
Yes, it's the Mark 1.
At 8:20 the lense doesn’t look like a 50mm 1.8 It looks more like a 1.2 . Did you change lenses. Btw , the review was good.I have a 5d classic and for the last one year since I have it, I don’t use my 70d that often.
It’s still the 1.8!
It’s 1.2
I regret selling mine...
They can still be bought pretty cheaply!
Nice rak
Technology advancement is nothing more than a sales gimic. You lose too much character with "Technology"
Im cringing here , Jesus christ all the shots same , the poor model doesnt know what to do any more , its like come on , get my legs as well but hte photographer , noo , this is how you do it , each time same body position , look at his , it gets annoying , every time the does this same body pose and Video camera gets better shot each time
Lol thanks for your feedback.
@@DavidShoukry Isnt it true , . You can see it ,
I do get that this is a professional pose, its how its done , i get that photographer spends days in that pose , it gets burned in to his soul but still poor legs and dress , tough luck :)
Not meant as criticism
@@dedskin1styles differ...tune down de obsession to have poses your way😂
@@amehraphel4027 so dial it back to camera selling gear , lets buy the camera , oh what is that lens , i could not care less about camera and lens , but pose and light , now that is an obsession and not only mine , pictures were made before camera was invented and even then pose and light were everything and are now .Some things never change , its not an obsession to know and respect the God , the Creator , the only difference between Gods creation and mans creation of which pictures are a thing is that God makes living things , everything is alive even the rock you sit on or chair . Always changes , now its different .
While man create static , its made and never changes . Like Nikola Tesla motor .
Life is art , let there be light , and a pose for that light to shine on because the pose or what is on the image is the soul .
Im obsessed by light because you cant take pictures in dark , and im obsessed with poses and frames because without one your picture is worth nothing . For it has no story , no soul .
So to be obssesed here is not only natural , its even Spiritual , like deep .
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