Love all this videos that show what one can do with one light source! Daniel Norton maybe in the future it will be nice to see how to go about using the one light source but in a full body shot(head to toe). Thanks ADORAMA for having all these great content on your channel in order to have a better idea when one shops at your business!
@@DanielNortonPhotographer Thanks for your comment Daniel Norton! However just watched another On Set episode you did a year ago in which you shot using a 5 foot Octagon as a light source and you did a full body shot. Anyway, we learn so much from these great videos through the ADORAMA channel!
Awesome Daniel!!! I really like Beauty Dishes and your tutorial has given me more ideas to experiment.... Thanks a lot!! great video and great teaching!!!
Great as always Daniel, sorry for the gear question but where is the stainless boom arm with the rotating head from been looking for one for my rolling stand thanks again, your content has really helped me this past year
Great video Daniel! The Beauty dish is my favorite modifier hands down. I never thought of using it for a full length shot to mimic the sun. That's going on my next to do list for the beauty dish. Thanks again for a Great tutorial!
Daniel, really good to see you work with harder, more interesting lighting in this video. I noticed something and I'm not one to usually comment on youtube videos. Your images popping up were inconsistent in exposure shot to shot. I've used legacy Profoto in my studio for some time (B4, D4) and really depend on their shot-to-shot consistency (it's a substantial factor why I use Profoto). I'm thinking this inconsistency may be due to Profoto's new direction of more consumer or pro-lite lighting, which you were using. Anyway, I'm not intending to critique anything, I like your lighting, I just wanted to point out what I observed.
This was caused by the fact that I had the strobes set to TTL, thus it was "re-metering" with every frame. If you noticed, when I switched to manual, the exposure normalized. Having been a Profoto user for many years, I can say that they are just as consistent now as they ever have been in my experience.
Hi Daniel, I bought my first beauty dish , it's a 50cm silver Bowens mount...I'm planning to use it with constant lighting for video interviews etc. but I notice that around the edges of the light, it casts a distinct ring shadow ( perhaps caused by the fold around the inside edge of the bowl ) the light doesn't fall off to the edges cleanly like a fresnel lens produces...I don't want to eliminate that shadow by using a diffusion cloth because I like the hard quality of the silver bowl...do you have any suggestions? should I look for a bowl that doesn't fold in at the end? does a white beauty dish also creates that ring shadow? Thanks!
Thank you for this in depth video. I especially like the first and last way of shooting. Not the second one because you had two lights showing in her eyes which for me didn’t felt natural. The second light came from the silver reflector and showed below her eyeball. But as mentioned, thank you for this in depth video. Just a request can you show a more home style way of getting great professional light, also with shooting with a Fujifilm camera like the x series? Thanks, Michael
Thank you again for the great video! I'm trying to decide which grid to get. I saw one from adorama. It's for Glow 22" silver beauty dish. There is 40, 30, and 20 degree grids. Can you recommend which grid will be most useful? Thank you.
Dear Daniel, first of all: thank you so much for your great content. It is always a pleasure to check out you content. Without being cheesy I can tell that I saw them all so far :P I have a question: where do I find (or how is that thing called) that "joint" you are using to connect the flash with beauty dish on the c-stand arm, as seen here from minute 5? I really appreciate your help. Kind regards from Germany :)
great stuff enjoyed this - wonder whether using a strobe or speedlight without modifier is closer to look of sun in your view or better to add some sort of modifier like a reflector to avoid too mauch harshness but still retain the punch with defined shadows
Hi Daniel Ive been binge re-watching your amazing onSet shoots and one item burning in my mind in case you might respond! For reasons of space and travelling light for location shoots Ive only ever been using speedlites but I do wonder in your wisdom and experience whether apart from strobes having more power, faster recycling etc if there is any difference in actual light quality once a strobe or speedlite is using a modifer like umbrella or softbox ? Thanks so much !
Like most things, that depends. If it's a very small softbox for instance and your speedlight does not have a wide/even spread it may be different, but I would say in most cases the actual quality of light from a good speedlight is the same as a good strobe when going through the same modifier.
@@DanielNortonPhotographer awesome thanks really appreciate your insights as I strive to create pro level photos on my budget and build potential new career direction
TTL metering will make adjustments for each frame you shoot, and since it is based on the reflected meter in the camera. They can sometimes be a little inconsistent, so switching to manual gives me consistency
Question, please...I own a "Glow" 32 or 36 inch collapsible beauty dish with a grid. It is NOT the hard metal one as you show. Can this "dish" in theory, give me similar results or can your looks be accomplished by having the huge metal beauty dish?? (Thanks!)
In my experience, the "soft" type beauty dishes create a cool look that in some ways can be compared to a "true" beauty dish but are not exactly the same, even in the case where deflectors are available. In addition, your modifiers are larger so will be a bit softer in general (The Profoto dish is 22 inches), that being said, give this a shot and see how it works out, I'd love to see the results.
Daniel, great video as always from you. I don’t have a beauty dish but I plan to use a small octa by Elinchrom and not add any of the diffuser panels but, I do have their different coloured discs that you can insert in the body of the light, which looks similar to the disc you have in the middle of a beauty dish. Do you think this will give a close match to an actual beauty dish?
In my experience, the "soft" type beauty dishes and small octa-softboxes create a cool look that in some ways can be compared to a "true" beauty dish but are not exactly the same, even in the case where deflectors are available. That being said, give it a shot and compare the difference for yourself, it's a fun experiment... And let me know what you like!
Honestly, who cares. Why are people so fascinated with what people use to shoot? I just don't get it. Every camera sold today blows aways my old Nikon D700 out of the water and I took some amazing photos with that camera. It doesn't matter. Whatever a photographer prefers to shoot is the best camera for them period.
I guess that I'm missing something. I think the light is too hard and doesn't flatter her at all. That shine exaggerates her forehead and IMHO, it's not very flattering at all.
Wow, her skin look absolutely beautiful, but what about those shadows on the backdrop.........that's a lot of work to take them out......but the beauty dish is doing a beautiful job
A mask with an exhaust valve does not filter the air you breathe out. Such a mask therefore doesn't protect others in case you have an asymptomatic infection. It's kind of "asocial" to wear such a mask. Be considerate of the health of your model, and wear masks without valves.
As it turns out, I have added an additional 2.5 filter inside the mask to prevent such things, but it's good to know we have you out here protecting the public with your assumptions.
That mask is useless, you know? It gives little protection to you and no protection to the ones around you. Those exhaust valves would expel any particles right out without a filter!
Daniel, you make it look so easy. Small light movements, slight power adjustments. TTL=get close then fine-tune. Thanks and keep making videos.
Thank you!
Simply the best photographer. Daniel makes things easy and do not advertise gear too much but emphasise importance of lighting techniques. Thank you
Thanks, Baz!
I have to say you have some of the best photo tutorials on RUclips. Very practical and sage advice!
Thank you very much!
Thanks Daniel! I love your videos!
Don't know how I missed this one, but watched it now. You find beautiful models. Thanks.
Great Video!!
Love all this videos that show what one can do with one light source! Daniel Norton maybe in the future it will be nice to see how to go about using the one light source but in a full body shot(head to toe). Thanks ADORAMA for having all these great content on your channel in order to have a better idea when one shops at your business!
Great idea!
@@DanielNortonPhotographer Thanks for your comment Daniel Norton! However just watched another On Set episode you did a year ago in which you shot using a 5 foot Octagon as a light source and you did a full body shot. Anyway, we learn so much from these great videos through the ADORAMA channel!
Awesome Daniel!!! I really like Beauty Dishes and your tutorial has given me more ideas to experiment.... Thanks a lot!! great video and great teaching!!!
Excellent, thanks!
Thanks for the awesome 3 looks tutorials. Never knew Monica Bellucci was a portrait model.
Excellent, Daniel and Larena! (To me, that's the signature "Daniel Norton look".)
Thanks, Mike!
Thanks Daniel. Another great video and, I just added a beauty dish to my kit a few days ago. Looking forward to giving it a test.
Excellent, let me know what you think!
Nice work Daniel 👌🏾
Great, you definitely showed that you can get great shots with one beautydish. Nice model too! Appreciated the video!
Thanks!
Informative, entertaining and educational. No beauty dish in my arsenal yet. Thanks Daniel and Larena
Thanks!
Wonderful video Daniel.
Thank you!
this has been very inspirational.
Awesome
Great stuff, yet again
Thanks, great video. Nice to see you back on a Canon 😊.
Thank you!
Great as always Daniel, sorry for the gear question but where is the stainless boom arm with the rotating head from been looking for one for my rolling stand
thanks again, your content has really helped me this past year
jimmy lee I’d like to know that myself.
That was so helpful. Thank you very much.
Great video Daniel! The Beauty dish is my favorite modifier hands down. I never thought of using it for a full length shot to mimic the sun. That's going on my next to do list for the beauty dish. Thanks again for a Great tutorial!
Thanks Adaroma
Daniel, really good to see you work with harder, more interesting lighting in this video. I noticed something and I'm not one to usually comment on youtube videos. Your images popping up were inconsistent in exposure shot to shot. I've used legacy Profoto in my studio for some time (B4, D4) and really depend on their shot-to-shot consistency (it's a substantial factor why I use Profoto). I'm thinking this inconsistency may be due to Profoto's new direction of more consumer or pro-lite lighting, which you were using. Anyway, I'm not intending to critique anything, I like your lighting, I just wanted to point out what I observed.
This was caused by the fact that I had the strobes set to TTL, thus it was "re-metering" with every frame. If you noticed, when I switched to manual, the exposure normalized. Having been a Profoto user for many years, I can say that they are just as consistent now as they ever have been in my experience.
Great tutorial Daniel and awesome work Larena. What happened to the Brooklyn reflector?
Hi Daniel, I bought my first beauty dish , it's a 50cm silver Bowens mount...I'm planning to use it with constant lighting for video interviews etc. but I notice that around the edges of the light, it casts a distinct ring shadow ( perhaps caused by the fold around the inside edge of the bowl ) the light doesn't fall off to the edges cleanly like a fresnel lens produces...I don't want to eliminate that shadow by using a diffusion cloth because I like the hard quality of the silver bowl...do you have any suggestions? should I look for a bowl that doesn't fold in at the end? does a white beauty dish also creates that ring shadow? Thanks!
Thank you for this in depth video. I especially like the first and last way of shooting. Not the second one because you had two lights showing in her eyes which for me didn’t felt natural. The second light came from the silver reflector and showed below her eyeball. But as mentioned, thank you for this in depth video. Just a request can you show a more home style way of getting great professional light, also with shooting with a Fujifilm camera like the x series? Thanks, Michael
Very useful!
Good tips, Daniel. I will try out these methods on the next shoot.
Excellent
Very informative and simple to follow. Also, Larena kind of looks like Kate Winslet in this shoot! :)
Thanks! Oh yes, I can see that.
Great video what lens do you use? 50? thanks
Awesome
I liked the fact you shot with Canon again 😇
I've had some requests :) I use the camera quite a bit, just turns out I wasn't using it on video shoots.
Thank you again for the great video! I'm trying to decide which grid to get. I saw one from adorama. It's for Glow 22" silver beauty dish. There is 40, 30, and 20 degree grids. Can you recommend which grid will be most useful? Thank you.
What kind of reflector is that? And where to buy?
Great video, actually the best I’ve seen from Daniel.
Thanks!!
Great video as always. Why do you dial down the flash in the camera rather then lower the power setting on the trigger?
When using a single light the Profoto TTL system prefers you do it that way.
Dear Daniel, first of all: thank you so much for your great content. It is always a pleasure to check out you content. Without being cheesy I can tell that I saw them all so far :P I have a question: where do I find (or how is that thing called) that "joint" you are using to connect the flash with beauty dish on the c-stand arm, as seen here from minute 5? I really appreciate your help. Kind regards from Germany :)
Daniel? :)
Cool vid! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
great stuff enjoyed this - wonder whether using a strobe or speedlight without modifier is closer to look of sun in your view or better to add some sort of modifier like a reflector to avoid too mauch harshness but still retain the punch with defined shadows
The main issue with just using a bare strobe or speedlight is that it will not be even and sunlight tends to fall evenly
@@DanielNortonPhotographer great point i hadnt considred this many thanks!
Hi Daniel Ive been binge re-watching your amazing onSet shoots and one item burning in my mind in case you might respond! For reasons of space and travelling light for location shoots Ive only ever been using speedlites but I do wonder in your wisdom and experience whether apart from strobes having more power, faster recycling etc if there is any difference in actual light quality once a strobe or speedlite is using a modifer like umbrella or softbox ?
Thanks so much !
Like most things, that depends. If it's a very small softbox for instance and your speedlight does not have a wide/even spread it may be different, but I would say in most cases the actual quality of light from a good speedlight is the same as a good strobe when going through the same modifier.
@@DanielNortonPhotographer awesome thanks really appreciate your insights as I strive to create pro level photos on my budget and build potential new career direction
Daniel, I'm new to portrait photography and have a question. Why do you switch from TTL to manual during a series of shots? Thanks.
TTL metering will make adjustments for each frame you shoot, and since it is based on the reflected meter in the camera. They can sometimes be a little inconsistent, so switching to manual gives me consistency
adding the soch (silver beauty + grid) what kind of effect I will have?
What’s the arm you’re using on the dish that gets it to tilt and move like that?
Question, please...I own a "Glow" 32 or 36 inch collapsible beauty dish with a grid. It is NOT the hard metal one as you show. Can this "dish" in theory, give me similar results or can your looks be accomplished by having the huge metal beauty dish?? (Thanks!)
In my experience, the "soft" type beauty dishes create a cool look that in some ways can be compared to a "true" beauty dish but are not exactly the same, even in the case where deflectors are available. In addition, your modifiers are larger so will be a bit softer in general (The Profoto dish is 22 inches), that being said, give this a shot and see how it works out, I'd love to see the results.
You're using a canon 5D mark iv and an 85 mm 1.2?
Daniel, great video as always from you. I don’t have a beauty dish but I plan to use a small octa by Elinchrom and not add any of the diffuser panels but, I do have their different coloured discs that you can insert in the body of the light, which looks similar to the disc you have in the middle of a beauty dish. Do you think this will give a close match to an actual beauty dish?
In my experience, the "soft" type beauty dishes and small octa-softboxes create a cool look that in some ways can be compared to a "true" beauty dish but are not exactly the same, even in the case where deflectors are available. That being said, give it a shot and compare the difference for yourself, it's a fun experiment... And let me know what you like!
Daniel Norton Photographer - thanks very much Daniel.
what's the ball head at the end of the arm onto which the light is mounted, please? Thanks.
Never mind, found it in the list of products. My bad. Good video, as usual, by the way.
What white balance was u use?
What size is the beauty dish?
I tuned in expecting Daniel Norton and I got Darth Vader instead. 🤣 (Thanks Dr Fauci)
May I know the brand and model of the tripod he is using in this shoot?
Looks like a Manfrotto MT055XPRO3 to me 😉
@@dunnymonster That's correct!
you made me shift my career Daniel..
I think Daniel likes Kate Moss 😊
Yes, yes I do
🙂👍
Thanks!
Where is Daniel's nikon?
In my bag :)
Next time please use it :)
Honestly, who cares. Why are people so fascinated with what people use to shoot? I just don't get it. Every camera sold today blows aways my old Nikon D700 out of the water and I took some amazing photos with that camera. It doesn't matter. Whatever a photographer prefers to shoot is the best camera for them period.
Model IG ? great video
In the description
She looks like Saoirse Ronan a little bit... :)
I haven't used my beauty dish in years - But then again most of the people I shoot don't have great skin like your model...
Yes, it is a bit punchy for some subjects
This is not a result of one light. You should mention fill light sources as well. Otherwise it's misleading.
I guess that I'm missing something. I think the light is too hard and doesn't flatter her at all. That shine exaggerates her forehead and IMHO, it's not very flattering at all.
Not every style of lighting is for everyone.
Wow, her skin look absolutely beautiful, but what about those shadows on the backdrop.........that's a lot of work to take them out......but the beauty dish is doing a beautiful job
A mask with an exhaust valve does not filter the air you breathe out. Such a mask therefore doesn't protect others in case you have an asymptomatic infection. It's kind of "asocial" to wear such a mask.
Be considerate of the health of your model, and wear masks without valves.
As it turns out, I have added an additional 2.5 filter inside the mask to prevent such things, but it's good to know we have you out here protecting the public with your assumptions.
That mask is useless, you know? It gives little protection to you and no protection to the ones around you. Those exhaust valves would expel any particles right out without a filter!
I have added an additional internal filter, but thanks for commenting and making assumptions
This is so helpful. Thanks.
Great!