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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.94,0:00:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey photography friend! How is it going?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.54,0:00:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am Michael Zelbel. I'm still here in Beijng.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.08,0:00:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today is my last day. Tomorrow I will be flying back to Germany,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.90,0:00:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but today I still have one spontaneous shooting with a new model, Amelia,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.26,0:00:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she just signed up for the model forum three days ago and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.99,0:00:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought she got a wonderful face for a couple of portraits
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.74,0:00:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what we are going to shoot today: some crazy portraits.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.98,0:00:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will be very interesting so keep on watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.94,0:00:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This lighting setup will be all about flexibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.02,0:00:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't really plan the shooting, but I know that I just want to do some simple portrait.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.30,0:00:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are so many variations. I dont know the model.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.98,0:00:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dont know whether face is better from this side or that side,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.18,0:00:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means: Should have my main light coming from the right or from the left?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.74,0:00:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know whether it's better to have her long black beautiful hair open
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.74,0:00:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and probably place it in front of a black background or whether we should tie it up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.70,0:01:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and place her in front of a white background, we will try out and learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.82,0:01:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For that I need a really, really flexible setup.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.74,0:01:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what I am going to do:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.34,0:01:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will use two speedlights as my main light sources.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.42,0:01:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is speed light A, and I will have the model sitting over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.74,0:01:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will have the speedlight a bit higher coming from this side. Like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.26,0:01:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just above the table at a 45 degrees angle. That's speedlight A.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.58,0:01:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same on the other side with speed light B.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.14,0:01:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good thing with those speedlights is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.08,0:02:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can control them from the camera or from the on-camera flash.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.98,0:02:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can control which one of those is my main light.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.18,0:02:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just have to dial one control and say the ratio is now 2:1,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.62,0:02:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so two times the amount of light from here and one time the amount from the left.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.10,0:02:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I tell her to turn her nose to this side, then I just have to dial
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.86,0:02:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two time the amount of light from here and one time the amount of filling light from over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.58,0:02:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In just on second I can change the position of my main light.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.99,0:02:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will shoot from over there to over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.86,0:02:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to fill in from below, and for that I just put some white towel ontop of the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.22,0:02:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will reflect a decent amount of light.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.02,0:02:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Voilà! Beauty light from all sides and nothing can go wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.58,0:02:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ETTL - Even I cannot mess it up!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.86,0:03:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good, now the background! Over here I have got windows.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.38,0:03:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can let down the curtains and then it's a bright background, creamy white.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.58,0:03:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a really bright one, which would need some more light to appear pure white.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.62,0:03:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I want to have it black. Black is very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.06,0:03:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got my big reflector.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.99,0:03:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just put it over here, lean it against a chair,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.66,0:03:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I shout from over there, then now I have got a black background.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.08,0:03:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since she has got black hair and probably I will have her wearing a black hat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.34,0:03:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will need some head light and for that I will use another little speed light.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.14,0:03:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will hang it under the ceiling and zoom it to 105mm,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.78,0:04:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's emitting a very directed beam of light.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.50,0:04:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will hang it this way around, right over here so that it will just hit her head over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.06,0:04:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In case I want to have the bright background,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.32,0:04:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just have to remove this reflector, turn this speedlight around,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.98,0:04:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pull out the built in diffuser so that it zooms out to 14 mm.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.24,0:04:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then it's emitting a very broad cone of light
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.82,0:04:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the whole window wall over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.24,0:04:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I now shoot her against the light,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.86,0:04:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then this will be brightened by this speedlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.34,0:04:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's set to group C, so I can control it from the camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.86,0:05:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To brighten up the wall I would probably dial to plus +1, overexpose the wall by one f-stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.62,0:05:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have just a bit of delineation in the hair I would set it to -3,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.90,0:05:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have just a little it of light over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.50,0:05:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a matter of two seconds to change the setup.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.94,0:05:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, now we can try out lots of things within a few minutes. Let's do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.16,0:06:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There you have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.91,0:06:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a little portrait shooting, but with quite some variation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.02,0:06:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The speedlights, especially the ETTL element of the speedlights,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.90,0:06:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was quite helpful. It makes it a whole lot faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.02,0:06:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you have fun with your shoots!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.91,0:06:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope to see you soon!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.46,0:06:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until then, I wish you good light!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.02,0:06:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bye bye