Product Photography, still life photography HACK by Karl Taylor
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- I love my broncolor studio lights but recently I've been accused of only making great pictures because of my equipment. Let's see what I can do with just four table top desk lamps instead!
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Very true. Not so much about equipment but knowledge. Your (Karl Taylor) images and work is good because of your experience and vast knowledge over the years. Thanks for sharing and educating us all.
Thank you.
Thanks Karl...you have demonstrated quite convincingly that it is more about knowledge than gear...love your videos ...👍👍👍
Like you stated, the proof is in the pudding. If you have a passion, in this case photography, and whether on a budget or not, you can adapt, overcome and improvise and "still" pull off the desired shot with items readily available around you or within a reasonable budget. Great job on the tutorial!!!
Thank you Karl Taylor for prooving that their is no excuse of budget to learn about lighting. Bravo bro!
Well, the thought “if only I had better gear” actually drives the sales of the photography industry.
“I need that full frame….”, “I need that 1.4…” when most people need vision and skill more than gear.
The mark of a good photographer is not the gear, but the vision he has of the image and the skill to get it.
Many hobbyist would not even think of having the patch of light on the background and the spot light on the label, which really help to “make” this image. Could be a full-page ad in magazine, no worries.
Great work Karl, very helpful!
Probably the best product photography little tutorial I've seen. Good job!!
I love Cahl Taylah.
Ahhtside!
I want to thank all the trolls encouraging Karl to make this.
Me too, nothing I enjoy more than beating trolls into further inferiority than with facts.
I've been a fan of this kind of explanation and demonstration for years and I'm so pleased that someone with a big audience is able to dispel the myth that you need expensive set up to get a brilliant image. Nicely done!
Thanks
A great alternative to masking to get it RIGHT in camera! Excellent workphlo
You have the knowledge, experience and talent. It has nothing to do with equipment. You are a very good teacher, you inspire with your work. Thanks for posting!
Karl, you really are a hope-maker!! Amazing!!
Great analysis on budget friendly equipment, I was introduced to your kind of work a little late, but never too late. Glad I did because not only you talk professionalism but you act on it too. Please continue teaching..
Amazing lighting with simple lights, thank you Karl.
I think the fact you have all the expensive kit proves that you are an amazing photographer, clearly hard work has paid for it all.
Pffft you can only take a great shot like that because you own 4 desk lamps, how are we meant to do that 😆
+Simon Anderson thought someone would say this ;)
Nonono.... it isn't the 4 desk lamps, it is the big studio and the "Full Frame"... the lamps are just the excuse ;-P
+Simon Anderson Glad I saw your comment cause I was going to make the same joke. Great minds... :P
+Simon Anderson think of what Leonardo Da Vinci could have done with a digital camera and electric lighting.....maybe the Mona Lisa would have been just another model shoot
+Simon Anderson LOL!
Karl is awesome and his every tutorial is just amazing. Hats off to you Karl for this tutorial showing how to create lovely pro level pictures by using inexpensive lights.
Thanks Karl. Truly inspirational.
That was one of the best explanations of real photography I have seen in the space of a mere 10 mins. Nailed it !
I just love it sooo much!
Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate a point sooo obvious (to me).
Know your gear.
Know your stuff.
Gotta love this guy! He's an excellent photographer and many of us know this around the world. He did not have to do this but im glad he did. So many people think its about the gear. Sometimes yes, you do need - or its better to have certain pieces of equipment to work more efficiently - but not always. Thanks Karl for this video.
Great video as always Karl! And a great proof that it's not all about the gear, but about understanding light and being creative.
Karl, No need to prove anything to anyone. Your work speaks for itself!
your work proves its self. the still life tutorials are fantastic. thank you for sharing some of your techniques.
This is why I like watching ( and learning from ) Karl Taylor's videos .
He is a genius .
:)
I know this is quite an ‘old’ clip….But it’s SO inspirational, Thank you Karl - I just need to clear out my garage!!
Love this sort of video Karl. It always inspires me to get my gear out. Thanks.
I watched the "How to shoot red wine" tutorial with the pro studio lighting a while ago, and loved the result. This result is equally good and shot with budget lighting anyone can afford, proving that great results isn't all about about the equipment, but more about the creativity of the one behind the camera. Great tips and inspiration, I am definitively going to try out and experiment with this!
I've known this all along (that equipment can help, but an understanding of light is much more important) - so I didnt learn so much here. HOWEVER, thank you for making this video as visual proof that you can do this without spending tons of cash. As you said, there is no excuse (in this case, for people to blame equipment for their shots not coming out looking as they wish)
Whoever thumbs down this video is just jealous. Karl, you're work is amazing, thank you so much for your great tutorials and breakdowns.
Karl, this is a superb demo. Thank you. I think you should have also taken a picture of the same setup without any of your light modifiers so we could see the differences between the two cases. But this is already great the way it is.
Amazing, i have learned a lot from your youtube channel, and will purchase your full course soon, my greetings.
Great video, knowledge is key regardless of gear.
Nice Video! No bla-bla. Useful and inspiring! Thank you!
I am glad you made this video. Before I purchased some of my studio equipment I was using camping lanterns and flashlight torches to photograph things. You don't need expensive equipment, you just need to understand the light. Kudos!
Hi Karl, I been watching your videos for 4-5 years you are great ! Thanks for all the tips ! keep it up learn all the time from you Thanks Walt !
Thank you Karl for the demonstration. I appreciate the tutorial. People need to understand. You've earned your spot in ohotography.....they need to do the same. Thank you!!!
You're one of the best, Karl.
And there you have it. Thanks Karl!
Thank you Karl! I actually stopped watching your videos because I thought the content was becoming more high end gear driven rather than photography driven. I like the basics. I shoot with Nikon D700 (x2), a D3s and 2.8 trinity (VR1 & non VR). Working on the craft rather than chasing the kit.
You are the first professional i think is really worth paying attention, subscribe and follow. I will subscribe to your courses as well. Great stuff, all your videos are gold. Love your accent 🎉🎉🎉
One must be really blind to not see the amount of knowledge behind the use of any gear!
Thanks for another outstanding video and for sharing all that knowledge with us!!
Your work never cease to amaze me...
Bloody brilliant! What a shot! Thank you Karl! Going to try this with our Arbonne products.
Great ideas as always Karl, thanks very much. Having started my photography with your DVD Masterclass you've been a superb guide on what is a steep learning path (for me anyway!). Please keep them coming.
Brilliant !!! As always very informative, as Karl said "The proof is in the pudding""
truly awesome !!
Love your videos Karl!!! Fantastic work. Keep up.
Awesome tutorial, Karl! Don't worry about the trolls. Some people are just jealous of your stunning work.
Sir you are realy master of the master of light photography. You have blown my mind. You just become my God on the light photography. Thank you very much sir for sharing your helpful idea.
Wow, this is just amazing! Looks so easy and yet so brilliant!
I hear ya Karl, I've been following your videos and social media for some time. There will always be a crowd of people who pay attention more to the equipment/tools than the actual creative process. But I get why you have these tools though, makes working so much easier and faster.
+Neopulse00 Yes that's right, my bron gear makes the commercial work more efficient and repeatable. There are also a greater range of modifiers and precise control plus the fast flash durations that open up a greater range of possibilities. Thanks for watching.
+Karl Taylor Again I state what you stated... experiment over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again... and again and again and again and again and again and again and again... and so on. Learning is lifelong fun if one allows it to be.
+Karl Taylor good video. which lens do you use for doing chocolate, watch and bottle photography? (cheap to pro grade glass).
Pick a lens. Use that lens. Use one lighting setup. Use another lighting set up. Damn people, get over the rule crap. Just do something, then something different, and the something else again or anew. In the end, it is what the client wants (no matter how stupid or conventional they are). Unless you are independently wealthy, you have to comply to what the client wants. Get over you ego and just learn yourself to do the effin shot. How hard is that to understand? If you do not have a studio, and you need one, then get one... even if that means divorce. You doing fine photography is way more important than any piece of ass anyway... for all they want is your money and utility anyway.
Gerard Kuzawa steady on gerard. no need to get ventilated. i am in the process of getting into product photography. i want make sure i am heading in the right direction. savvy?
Great video Karl. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I can't wait to try this technique at home.
It's all about how you use your knowledge and skills to take the photos as always Karl fantastic work 👍
I totally agree with you Karl Taylor, what you really need to understand is LIGHT and how it behaves; from that starting point, you can create amazing jobs. It's all about knowledge.
Ok now I bow down to the master ! That is quite impressing !
Great Tutorial. This is truly the best way to learn lighting Technics.
Goals, good job. You once where I am. The beginning. Now look at you!! Congratulations, I want to be wonderful. I'm very excited to have found your videos.
You're super creative! Great work :)
the trick of the paper cone on the ligtt alone is worth of the video! Plus the other tricks. great tutorial
Karl you are just simply the best.. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. People like me who can't afford to buy those kind of studio lights now have a way to practice and learn more. thank you again for inspiring us and more power to your career and to this channel.
I will like to add to this video if you don't mind. I have taken some portrait shots and what I used were 4 CFL light bulbs in Par 38 cans. In the front and side were 75W bulbs with difuser, the backdrop had a 75W bulb on the floor pointed upwards and on the top opposite of the side light was a 40W bulb. I got a lot of compliments on those pictures.
Inspiring. I am very new to photography as a hobbyist. Last week I was about to trade my camera as I was having trouble with small stuff like the proper focus, proper exposure, and others. I saw a video where you said something close to don't think about upgrading until you can take great shots with the one you have. I followed that advice and I still didn't overcome all the issues but while finding out what I was doing wring I learned 2 things: 1. It was my fault 2. There is still a lot which is my fault and the path to understanding that is probably much more rewarding with a 1300D than with a 5D iv. So I will keep it, follow your advice and learn more before hitting the button and getting frustrated with the results. It is very rewarding to focus in one problem at a time and solving it. Hopefully I will send you "that" amazing photo with bargain gear soon and thank you for the inspiration. Good work
Great video! I totally agree, you just need to understand light and use what you have... I also started with table top lights
Thanks Karl. Great tutorial! Proof was indeed in the pudding. I like how you've really brought your tutorials down to earth and show off pro techniques with a more lo-fi set up. Goes to prove that when it comes down to great photography, equipment shouldn't get in the way of knowledge and talent. A lot of pro-tubers rattle on about the best this and best that; it's nice - but a great photographer, high-end tech does not make.
I just have no words to describe this video...!!!
That's exactly how I learned studio product photography back in the old 4x5 film day, except for the common lamps. We just had balanced photo lights, no strobes. This same excuse is the same as some people say in the music videos. He uses blank gear that's why he plays so good. Your gonna get it no matter who you are. LOL Just keep on making great videos :-)
Hey Karl,I always have that smile with your answers to all these trolls out there...Be creative and inspired everyone!Thanks for your video Karl,greetings from Greece:)
its such a shame that some people and have nothing better than bring negativity to others. The reality is they blame others because of their inability to achieve great result like you achieve. Love your work
Awesome video. I've been using your techniques from your Advertising 6 Disc DVD for my stock photography and they've been most helpful. Thanks for all your hard work mate.
good work as always, Karl. This was explained very well.
Thank you Karl for a very inspirational Video using nothing more than desktop lamps to show us just how good you are, yes you proved that knowledge is the key factor to being a good photographer.
Karl, very well done, sir! Your point about creativity with 4 desk lamps is well taken...it "almost" makes me feel better that I can't afford those Broncolors! :-)
That picture is AMAZING!
You work very hard to perfect your craft, you have a very high standard. It makes sense that your images are fantastic. What we do not get to see is the effort behind the scenes and the time you take to create your images. I enjoy your Channel very much. Cheap people with cheap comments, should know why their photos are shit, cause they're to lazy to put in the work..... Keep it up bro.
Very informative, it makes me to learn much easier... i like your teaching style and a big fan of your photography Karl. Lots of respect from Pakistan
Don't worry about trolls, they will come and go. You're doing great, inspirational job. Love your videos
Fantastic ideas I’m a beginner and I shoot stock images with a 90D and sigma EF 105mm Macro, this video has inspired me to continue as I have simple kit to work with. Thanks great video.
Now people are going to say; "you only can get this result because of the expensive bottle of wine" , and "We can't all afford an expensive cameraman's reflection on a wineglass" 😉
simply awesome karl
Wow... Thanks for this video. It's Very useful and motivating for someone like me, who is starting build small studio.
When I discovered your photography Karl I challanged myself to "I Want to shoot stuff like that" And though I don't have the Bronchoror kit using what I do have using the physics of lighting has exponentially increased my quality of images!
Anyone who thinks that creating great photos comes down to how much money you can throw at it, just doesn't understand photography.
+Mike Berry Indeed. All the better gear does it allow a good photographer fewer limitations to achieve their vision.
amen to that!
Completely agree with you, Mike B.
That is not true, histrory of photography and most iconic images of last century has been shot mostly with simple cameras, and not superexpensive or super sharp lens... What the expensive gear gives you is the speed and the coherence of results. Money in the studio pays off only when you have to take hundreds of shot like the one in the example.
Excellent tutorial, many thanks for sharing!
For the time being, only four questions (if I may ask, of course):
1. Why the inner blackness of the LED lamp "DIY snoot" has not been mentioned, i.e., why did you not mention that such a snoot should be as black as possible on the inside?;
2. What is the explanation for the inclined / not perpendicular angle (with respect to the optical axis) of the second diffusion screen (the right-hand one as we watch) and after how many trials can we discover that precise angle?;
3. What would be the most appropriate white balance setting, given the number of light sources?;
4. Taking into account that three of the four lamps have tungsten / halogen (I truly confess that I do not know if they are all the same or not) bulbs, whilst the fourth is a LED-powered one, how long should we let them "warm up" to get a colour temperature as steady as possible?
Once again, thank you for sharing this great video and thank you very much indeed for some more additional hints!
Bloody brilliant tutorials.
+James Kirk Thanks Jim!
Thank for your inspection
Working with non LED lights and modifiers can create a fire hazard if you are using paper as a snoot. Plus foamcoar does not like a lot of heat either. Back in my early days of photography before the pop up soft box we used to make them out of foamcoar and I used one with a 1K once and it started to catch on fire.
Back in the day we used to tape silver paper on the backside of the glass. Make sure it is hidden behind the wine in the glass. It makes the wine glow and looks really nice.
Back in the 80s I purchased my first Hasselblad 500 cm, manfrotto tripod and light stands for a megablitz studio in a suitcase. It was a lot of money for the time but using the Hasselblad that performed flawlessly every time I used it gave me a great feeling of satisfaction. Today forty years later my equipment is still in awesome condition because I took great care of it although sadly I parted with my Hasselblads because I went digital. My point here is you can take great shots with cheaper equipment but using the best you can afford makes it easier plus often it lasts a long time because of the quality of manufacture. Karl obviously has skills and the motivation to buy the best to make his job easier but the equipment is not the point of these videos. If I had the money and justification I would shoot with this level of equipment because if for no other reason it’s satisfying to use reliable equipment that functions as it was designed to do. Great tutorial that makes me want to photograph wine bottles and objects again. Cheers
Thank you.
Great hack!Hope more photography hack coming.
Hey Karl, thanks for this video.
I feel inspired :)
Had the itch to set up a small scale product shoot area, but was weary because I don't have X or Y or even Z (as a lot of people in certain photography communities say), I will set it up on the weekend, Thanks. :)
Excellent video Karl,
I do clothing photography at work with a budget of £0,
I've been using an entry level camera and lights for 9 years,
I often have to make things work with what is lying around.
As you said, the proof of the pudding is ,,,,, Well demonstrated. Great Job.
Thaks you
That was a really good video, point very well made!
it is great! Thank you. Just one thing i noticed is the battle of wine is uncorked... that makes photo a bit unfinished.
Yo Karl. Totally love the lesson. Very encouraging for a bloke like myself who can't afford the pro equipment. I use a Nikon D7100, which is a terrific camera. Stunning image above with everyday equipment...if you know what you are doing...as you obviously do. Thanks for taking the time to make this video for "the rest of us"
Superb video Mr Taylor, Ignore all the haters they are not intelligent enough to even get out of Auto mode !
Hi Karl. Thank you for your always very instructive videos - they are really amazing. Just one question I have, what WB-setting did you use? Thanks in advance for your answer.
+Simon Kuyvenhoven For this I used 3200K or you could have used the tungsten (lightbulb) setting which would have been approximately correct for this.
+Simon Kuyvenhoven You could always shoot in raw and then adjust it in post to what looks best aswell
Thank you for all you're effort
absolutely great video and advise. i shall buy some new lamps.
That was BADASS Karl!!