It's not cheap, but if you're willing to pay a premium, you're going to get one of the most convenient and powerful lights on the market today. Yes, Profoto did sponsor this video, but regardless of that, this is by far my favorite light of all time.
HOW TO CREATE COLORED SMOKE USING ON1 PHOTO RAW 2018 SOFTWARE
Instead of a standard ad read, we thought we'd try using the products and software that advertisers want to promote to actually create the photography in these tutorials. This shoot and the tutorial video was made possible by five different sponsors. Surprisingly, this ended up being Moreno's favorite shot. I made what felt like a strange decision to get Moreno to stand on top of a red bench in the back of the gym, but I think it worked out. I would have fixed it for this post, but since it made the video, I decided to leave it.įor the final shot, I decided to take a more stereotypical martial artist portrait by shooting Moreno standing, straight on. After the video was released, Patrick noticed that I had a retouching error above Moreno's hand. To add a little bit of ambience to the room, we added a little smoke to add a slight haze. I placed Moreno on the left side of the frame and had him look away from the camera. I purposely left in the perspective distortion, as I feel like it adds to this image.įor the second shot, I wanted the image to be just as much about the gym as it was about Moreno. I got close and shot wide, and I made this image more about the subject than the environment. To learn about my thought process and how I lit each shot, you can watch the video above, but my final images are below.įor the first shot, I wanted to capture a true portrait of Moreno.
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This created a dark "cave" that was bright at the entrance and completely black in the back.
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The gym was extremely deep and has natural light coming from only one side. The gym has a fantastic vibe, but it also posed some difficult challenges. I wanted to try to do something different. There is a joke within the martial arts world that every portrait looks exactly the same, with the subject's arms crossed or holding their belt. The goal for this shoot was to shoot environmental portraits of Moreno in his Gym in Humacao, Puerto Rico. A couple weeks ago, I did a quick photo session with my Jiu Jitsu coach, Rafael Moreno, and I filmed the process from start to finish.