Lessons
One Light Outdoor Portrait
17:01 2Focus Umbrella Outdoor Portrait
09:49 3Outdoor Athlete Hero Image
10:17 4Cross Light Outdoor Portrait
04:37 5Edge Light Outdoor Action Image
10:21 6Clamshell Light Outdoor Portrait
17:50 7Mid-Air Basketball Action Poses
13:24 8Refine Mid-Air Basketball Action Image
06:44Dynamic Mid-Air Basketball Image
16:02 10Natural Light Indoor Portrait
12:18 11Action Image With Shadows
18:30 12Stroboscopic Action Image
21:11 13Backlit Indoor Portrait
07:39 14Environmental Portrait
06:11 15Incorporate Architecture Into a Portrait
09:30 16Mixed Light Athletic Portrait
10:12 17Cyclist Action Image
17:45 18Adding Motion to
09:47 19Environmental Light for Runner Action Image
17:19 20Add Haze to Runner Action Image
11:11 21Create Your Own Environment
14:50 22Swim Outdoor Portrait Poses
05:18 23Action Images in Water
11:40 24Freeze Motion in Water
06:45 25Selection Process: Basketball
23:49 26Camera Raw Post Production: Basketball
11:47 27Finalize Images in Photoshop CC: Basketball
13:15 28Selection Process: Fencing
13:17 29Capture One Post Production: Fencing
07:05 30Finalize Images in Photoshop CC: Fencing
15:13 31Selection Process: Triathlete
13:43 32Camera Raw Post Production: Triathlete
07:47 33Finalize Images in Photoshop CC: Triathlete
27:42Lesson Info
Environmental Portrait
So, uh, we're currently on the Helix Bridge with Miles. We thought it'd be a really cool place to shoot a fencer in a non-fencing location. We just think the architecture is really cool and the mesh kinda reminds me of fencing mask. So, just showing that you can shoot somebody in a place you would not suspect. So we're using the architecture right now. We're kind of framing him in this little opening right here and trying to get some dark, dramatic clouds behind him. And then we're gonna open it up and get the whole, the whole bridge and show the architecture of it a little bit, a little bit better. We're just testing our lights right now, not really dialed-in. We're going to be in hyper-sync for our first shot so we can really pull down those clouds and make it really dark. Currently I'm at 800th of a second, 5.6 100 ISO and that's at full power at 10. Okay, so let's have you step back in once this gentleman passes on by. Thank you very much sir. (man mumbles) You're a gentleman and a...
scholar. Okay, step forward towards me, Miles. A little bit more, this is super wide lens. So we're gettin', you're gonna look like a giant. Scoot back that way. There ya go. Perfect. Great, good, light's in a good spot. (camera click) So, right now we're at 1250th of a second, 5.6, ISO is at 100. We're kinda side-lighting him from up top here. We're utilizing this little triangle thing in the background of this bridge. We're adding a little bit of separation light on the side over here because it's such of a hard transition so it kinda helps balance out the face with the lighting. And we're trying to get the clouds really dark. So, he's just kinda standing there right now. I'm gonna move him a little bit and get him into a cooler position, something more heroic. So I think what I want you to do is, coming to me, pull back your right, actually I like how you're kinda doing this just emphasize it a little bit more. Yep, there ya go. Perfect. There ya go, look right at me, perfect. (camera click) We get a little wider. (camera click) Good, look off towards that way. (camera click) Good. (camera click) One more of those, we're gonna wait for this recycle. (camera click) Good, let me check this out really fast. (camera click) Look out towards the edge, yep, perfect. (camera click) Glance at me. (camera click) Let me check that out. Nice. Let's do that again. Keep that up, keep your foil up real quick. I'm shooting a little tighter now, it's more of a waist-up shot. Kind of cropped out all the architecture but really we're just shootin' for the sky. Take about a foot to your right, a footstep to your right. Over this way. Yep perfect, just like that. Okay, right here at me. (camera click) Good. Rotate your right shoulder back more again so we can see the foil longer. Great, just like that. I'll show you one of these in one second. (camera click) Good. One second, let me look at this. Great, let me come in, just one more. Actually, I'll come in right here. (camera click) Good, don't move. (camera click) Look out that way again. Not so much, kinda just keep your face a little bit this way but eyes turned. There ya go. (camera click) Good, give me a little grin at me now. (camera click) Good. One second, wait til that recycles. (camera click) Give me a nice smile. We haven't gotten any good smile shots of you. (laughing) (camera click) So it's basically sky, yeah, just looking for some dramatic sky The clouds look really cool. (Miles mumbles) Thank you, yeah. I mean you look cool in it, so. When we pull back a little bit more and we kinda open up to this kind of space here so it's kinda like darkening it out. And it's looking pretty dark in the sky, it's pretty cool. There's a lot of nice clouds back there. I think I'm gonna get up a little higher though now because most of the really, really dramatic clouds are actually at the bottom so I kinda wanna shoot out a little more towards the water. Just hoping I don't get the top of the building, so. Miles, can we have you come up just a little bit? Stop right there. This is going to be a little bit more head-shotty, so, let's turn your shoulders again, like this, give you a little bit of depth. I like seeing this in the foreground. I think because we're shooting like this-up, we want the foil back up again. Okay, right here. (camera click) Good. One more. (camera click) Oop, didn't fire, one second. (camera click) And let me get a little wide one. Look off this way, straight down that way. Actually, take a half step forward. Okay, stop. Great. (camera click) Pull your foil back a little bit. More right, yep, there ya go. Chin up a little bit. Good, looking off. (camera click) Couple more, hold up. Take your right foot, put it out that way more. Pull more forward. There ya go, just like that. (camera clicks) Oh yeah, perfect. We'll take a few more. (camera click) Good. One more, I'm gonna block this extra light over there. Look right at me. You are, I can see it now. My eye was coming off that way. (camera click) I'm gonna jump back just a little bit more. (camera clicks) Drop your foil to your side. There ya go, just like that. Great. (camera clicks) All right, let's go to our other location.
Ratings and Reviews
awynterphotos
Loved all the ideas and why he's positioned his athletes the way he did, and positioned the lighting. I met Dustin a few years ago at and NPAC conference. It's nice to see him doing these teaching videos. His work is very inspiring to me.
a Creativelive Student
Less talk and all action.. This is the best no mumbo jumbo talks and straight to practical work..
Alexandra Schaede
I really enjoyed the multiple exposure video, the pity is that they are no videos to talk about the post processing of this image.
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