Love this episode, I especially loved how she said "if you give a client a photograph where they feel something, they don't see anything about themselves that they can be critical about."
I love the “Write me a love letter” question in the questionnaire. It communicates your true interest in their family, as well as their love for their own family.
I absolutely love this, thank you for this video Elena (and B&H). To Elena, your shots are gorgeous, and I noticed that your clients are not "styled" - meaning, they seem to be wearing not necessarily coordinated clothing, or colors, and that there are often mixed patterns in their clothing - but it still WORKS! And I love that. I'd love your thoughts on clothing for a shoot.
I like that a lot are backlit sunsets. I struggle with worrying about exposures and sometimes blowing out some backgrounds. But I kinda need to let em happen. These look phenomenal
Thank you for sharing your camera settings! This is the area that I need the most help with, I love your creative energy and your willingness to share.
Great video! Love Elena's energy... I mean, I don't have Elena's energy, but I love it. This will be a helpful video for me as I have been a photographer for a very long time (i.e. since before there was digital), but I am quite new to doing family shoots. I've done a few and am finding there's a bit of demand, so want to improve my skills in this area. Thanks again for such awesome information!
I'm watching your video and learning so many new things. I have a question, please help me out of this. I saw all of your photos are clicked by under 2.8 f stop. How do you focus everyone's face in the photos. How you use your focus point. Please help me with this. Thank you so much. 💕
This is amazing and has got me thinking in a whole new way. What mystifies me is how (esp. on DSLR) you are varying the camera settings so much and nailing the exposures. I am still in that place where I take a test shot first and usually am way underexposed. Can you make a class on how you determine those settings (seemingly on fly). Thanks!
Why in God's name would you have a ss of 1/4000 after sunset with iso of 2000. No need for that fast of a ss, slow it down a bit and get rid of that high iso.
She likes to shoot with a super wide aperture and and also says that a fast shutter helps keep her subjects all in focus. I imagine she has to up her iso in order to balance it out. At least that’s what I got from her lecture.
Because why not? ISO 600 and a shutter speed of 1/1000 at sunset would look the same on modern mirrorless full frame cameras. With the low contrast of sunset, I wouldn’t notice the higher ISO at all. The photo looks great, the settings don’t matter.
It's weird for you to focus on a minor detail like this, when clearly noise was not an issue for her photos. .... and more importantly, she mentions multiple times in the talk that she uses high shutter speeds because kids can move really quickly. She mentions that in her teaching, students often have issues with picture sharpness, and it's actually caused by blur from movement. A hand gesture can easily move a few metres per second, which by my calculations can be several pixels worth of blur if you're only at 1/500 of a second.
Oh my god, this video was needed for me today! I have my first family shoot tomorrow and thanks to you guys, I feel more confident now! Thank you!
Glad you found this video just in time. Hope your photoshoot went well!
Love this episode, I especially loved how she said "if you give a client a photograph where they feel something, they don't see anything about themselves that they can be critical about."
I love the “Write me a love letter” question in the questionnaire. It communicates your true interest in their family, as well as their love for their own family.
Elena is so insightful! She's as much a psychologist as she is a photographer. Her emphasis on feelings, authenticity, etc., was so informative!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Love this. Not done with it but it’s already so helpful as a new photographer
I absolutely love this, thank you for this video Elena (and B&H). To Elena, your shots are gorgeous, and I noticed that your clients are not "styled" - meaning, they seem to be wearing not necessarily coordinated clothing, or colors, and that there are often mixed patterns in their clothing - but it still WORKS! And I love that. I'd love your thoughts on clothing for a shoot.
Glad you enjoyed the presentation, she had some great tips.
I like that a lot are backlit sunsets. I struggle with worrying about exposures and sometimes blowing out some backgrounds. But I kinda need to let em happen. These look phenomenal
Man! This was so good!!
In tears listening to you. Headed to the beach for a cloudy day shoot, prayers for a lovely golden hour. Canon 5DM5 Nifty 50/SIGMA 150 1:2.8
I like shooting on cloudy days.. Natures Softbox :)
Thank you for sharing your camera settings! This is the area that I need the most help with, I love your creative energy and your willingness to share.
Thank you so much for these formulas! I am learning how to pose people and I really appreciate that you explain what and how to direct folks.
Great video! Love Elena's energy... I mean, I don't have Elena's energy, but I love it. This will be a helpful video for me as I have been a photographer for a very long time (i.e. since before there was digital), but I am quite new to doing family shoots. I've done a few and am finding there's a bit of demand, so want to improve my skills in this area. Thanks again for such awesome information!
I'm watching your video and learning so many new things. I have a question, please help me out of this. I saw all of your photos are clicked by under 2.8 f stop. How do you focus everyone's face in the photos. How you use your focus point. Please help me with this. Thank you so much. 💕
This is amazing and has got me thinking in a whole new way. What mystifies me is how (esp. on DSLR) you are varying the camera settings so much and nailing the exposures. I am still in that place where I take a test shot first and usually am way underexposed. Can you make a class on how you determine those settings (seemingly on fly). Thanks!
Thank you so much!
thank you!
Great tips, thanks you so much 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
great interview!
this is awesome. thank you for sharing! keep it coming
Where are your focal points that you are able to keep the kids in the background in focus on pose 6 while having a 2.2-2.5 ?
How would you do lying down shot with older kids that can’t straddle mama?
Amen 🙏.
Why take o8cture and not looking at canera. Well i guess its another great style
Why in God's name would you have a ss of 1/4000 after sunset with iso of 2000. No need for that fast of a ss, slow it down a bit and get rid of that high iso.
She likes to shoot with a super wide aperture and and also says that a fast shutter helps keep her subjects all in focus. I imagine she has to up her iso in order to balance it out. At least that’s what I got from her lecture.
Because why not? ISO 600 and a shutter speed of 1/1000 at sunset would look the same on modern mirrorless full frame cameras. With the low contrast of sunset, I wouldn’t notice the higher ISO at all.
The photo looks great, the settings don’t matter.
@@I922sParkCir Yuuup.
Maybe it was a mistake. In the end, did it matter? Anyway, this isn't about camera settings.Did you miss the slide with "connection>perfection"?
It's weird for you to focus on a minor detail like this, when clearly noise was not an issue for her photos.
.... and more importantly, she mentions multiple times in the talk that she uses high shutter speeds because kids can move really quickly.
She mentions that in her teaching, students often have issues with picture sharpness, and it's actually caused by blur from movement. A hand gesture can easily move a few metres per second, which by my calculations can be several pixels worth of blur if you're only at 1/500 of a second.
Omg it’s taking forever to get into the instructions 🤯🤯🤯 so much chatter, it’s losing me.
1 hour video for 8 tips is wild!? No one has time specially anyone researching quickly for tips
To much chatter…I’m out