Hey Guys, thank you for watching I wanted to explain my settings as i know i will get questions about it :) f1.2- I love shooting wide open, but here it's actually important to shoot high f stop if you want to achieve the "bokeh " effect ISO 500-800 and 1/250 - I prefer to go up on my ISO rather than lower on the shutter speed, because i am shooting wide open in a low light situation. I would rather avoid blurry out of focus images and stay at 1/250 and up. I don't mind a bit of noise, and because i am shooting with a full frame camera on RAW, its not that big of a deal ;) hopefully that helps !
Hi I notice that you are not using the lens shade. Is that random (like is not needed) or does it help to get the look? The results are great as always.
Love watching you create. You are so alluring. Your voice and your beauty are very intoxicating. Don't want to make this strange or creepy because I love and learn so much from you. But I think I get as much of a rush from you as I do from your work. I've been shooting for decades in the entertainment biz and primarily love to shoot beauty and fashion so I'm no stranger to beautiful women. I love the unity of this photographic community on TH-cam so I have many faves but I truly feel you have a very exceptional talent and a very fresh presentation. You are a great teacher Irene and an inspiration to so many. Thank you f
Loved the idea! I work in tv and my good friend and great photographer always tells me “manage your available light”. This is a great creative example of that! Going to share it over on my work FB WCNC Bill McGinty.
Very nice quick tutorial and demonstrating lights I already have laying around. Very much appreciated, I'm so glad I found your channel today :) Happy Image Making! Thumbs UP!
I always get excited when you post, I just wish your vids were longer cause I can't get enough of them lol but anyway the lights, the music, the theme, the model, the atmosphere everything just made me feel all kinds of winter vibes, warm and cozy
Great! I found similar christmas lights powered by batteries and intended to do the same here. I pay atention and apreciate your style decisions too. Cheers.
Excellent video, very enjoyable, I'll try playing around with the Christmas lights myself & see what sort of results i can get, thanks for the inspiration.
I love this 😍 your work always blows me away and continues to inspire me to keep learning and practicing the best that I can. Would love to have a meet up one day! Gonna have to go out and get more lights
OMG Irene I have been watching all your videos for a while now and you are mi idol! It's just amazing what you do. Congratulations on your amazing talent!
kevinr ruiters I did search. But she gets a lot of responses.....so sometimes it helps to answer it twice. Regardless I'll do a search from a desktop because I dont see that option on my phone
She did video called "How I Get a Sharp Image at Low F Stop , 1.2" th-cam.com/video/rNh5VJpUQz4/w-d-xo.html It has non public status so that's why you could not find him. But she doesn't talk in this video about what focusing option she use. She using focus and recompose technique photographylife.com/focus-and-recompose-technique
Hi Irene, I love your videos! They're so helpful and your images turn out beautifully! I was wondering if you alter your white balance settings often depending on the environment, such as very warm/yellow lights here in this shoot. I only have a Nikon D7000 right now and am looking into a setup like yours, so I'm not sure how different the cameras are other than mine not being a full-frame camera. I have trouble when setting my white balance with my camera.
Great work! Just want to know how did you control the sharpness? Shooting at 1.2 is pretty challenging, especially when you focus and re-composition. Thanks.
I really like her outfits. She seems like a strong and sassy type and the typical soft fairytale stuff might not have been the best choice. She looks so good. There are a lot of strong and empowered type where I live in SoCal. I think photography is like cooking, we got to adapt to the models' innate personalities, like how a chef must adapt to the ingredients and their natural flavors. I think this might be something interesting to try. Rather than imposing your fairytale artistic vision on the models, maybe pick out a model with some strong and distinctive personalities and design a shoot around that. I think that would be very interesting. :D
I wondered the same thing. It is so easy to miss focus at f1.2 . I think she must be missing it somewhat, especially in that last image, but as we are only seeing the image in a small window on youtube it is hard to tell. In lightroom, at 1:2 mag, the focus of f1.2 shows up glaringly. I only shoot sometimes at f1.2, but always take extra safety shots at higher f-stops. Also, at f1.2 sharpness is never the best the lens can produce, and so shooting at f1.8 is almost always better, and the bokeh is not really much different. I think most people shot at f1.2 when they can because they paid the money for lens so they want their monies worth! But for me, it is mostly just a good thing to have if really needed in low light situations.
Achoo yeah, I think you are right. So many people say, "shoot wide open" and I just wonder what they're ratio of in focus shots is, cuz it can't possibly be that great. When I'm wide open like that I take two times the amount of photos just to be sure I get one tack sharp.... sometimes it's not worth that trouble.
Hey Guys, thank you for watching
I wanted to explain my settings as i know i will get questions about it :)
f1.2- I love shooting wide open, but here it's actually important to shoot high f stop if you want to achieve the "bokeh " effect
ISO 500-800 and 1/250 - I prefer to go up on my ISO rather than lower on the shutter speed, because i am shooting wide open in a low light situation. I would rather avoid blurry out of focus images and stay at 1/250 and up. I don't mind a bit of noise, and because i am shooting with a full frame camera on RAW, its not that big of a deal ;)
hopefully that helps !
How did some of the bokeh blur get deformed like that tho? That's why I came here hahah
Tq irene
SteashEdits
the string was in a way of some of the light
Hi I notice that you are not using the lens shade. Is that random (like is not needed) or does it help to get the look? The results are great as always.
awesome as always ....i love ur work
Who knew Christmas lights could make such beautiful photos? Lovely.
Thanks for using our cover song in here!!
Amarante Music I wish it was on Spotify...
@Amarante Music - Very nice! What's the name of this track, and can I listen on iTunes or Amazon Music? Thanks!
@@gerdawg Ventura highway by America? Not sure if they changed the title tho. Hard to scroll on the mobile
a little tape, imagination, some good light, + Irene = great images! nicely done!
Beautiful work. That f1.2 is a dream maker.
What a great idea with the string light! Awesome job. Thank you.
Love watching you create. You are so alluring. Your voice and your beauty are very intoxicating. Don't want to make this strange or creepy because I love and learn so much from you. But I think I get as much of a rush from you as I do from your work. I've been shooting for decades in the entertainment biz and primarily love to shoot beauty and fashion so I'm no stranger to beautiful women. I love the unity of this photographic community on TH-cam so I have many faves but I truly feel you have a very exceptional talent and a very fresh presentation. You are a great teacher Irene and an inspiration to so many. Thank you f
Yeah, it's easy to fall in love (or get really infatuated) with Irene, I'm sure she gets that!
That was great. Made me want to go buy a 85mm prime and some Christmas lights.
I felt it so short I didn't get the chance to blink. Beautiful!!
It's awesome! Cool idea, good work, beautiful model and photos!
Good job and very imaginative use of props, space, lighting!
Your ideas are so simple but yet so great!
I loove when I get the notification that you have a video out!!
Loved the idea! I work in tv and my good friend and great photographer always tells me “manage your available light”. This is a great creative example of that! Going to share it over on my work FB WCNC Bill McGinty.
Great video - I especially like the effect produced when your model held the lights!
A good inspiration for some Christmas photo. Thank you
Irene you are so amazingly talented. I can't wait to try this. Thank you so much!
You’re so professional and the model is so beautiful
Love this . wonderful idea . great images , wonderful Creative work of art .
Oh gosh! It looks so cozy! And I love those huge windows you have! Love you and your work! :D You truly are fantastic!
oh my, all of it is so beautiful
I guess I got to give this a try as well,thank you for sharing
Thank you!! So cute for a winter photo shoot 💚 thank you for the inspiration. I'm going to try this out this weekend
Very nice quick tutorial and demonstrating lights I already have laying around. Very much appreciated, I'm so glad I found your channel today :) Happy Image Making! Thumbs UP!
Lovely work! Airy romantic wintry feel to the portraits. Emily is a delight.
I always get excited when you post, I just wish your vids were longer cause I can't get enough of them lol but anyway the lights, the music, the theme, the model, the atmosphere everything just made me feel all kinds of winter vibes, warm and cozy
thank you so much!
Nicely done. Can't wait for next one
Stunning! So beautiful! Thank you for sharing! God bless you! 💖
Some beautiful images and awesome modeling Emily :)
great photo, simple explanation, and beautiful model (y)
Simple but so effective.....Wonderful job !! keep them coming .....
Wow, besides of you technical work, you have an exquisite taste for pictures.
Outstanding. I love your style, just brilliant.
Your'e portraits are so stunning, thanks for sharing!
Great job as usual. Love your work
These photo are so gorgeous
Good choice of using a blonde model and only this colour of lights. Makes a really nice warm vibe without too much distraction
Ver beautiful photo shoot! Loved the ligh, the model, the editing, everything! :D
Merry & Bright Christmas
Love how the pictures turned out! 😍 Last week I though a shoot like this would be fun and now your video is up 🙊
She's stunning!
Great video Irene ;)
results came out fantastic
Great! I found similar christmas lights powered by batteries and intended to do the same here. I pay atention and apreciate your style decisions too. Cheers.
I am so love this. Amazing. Thanks for the tutorial
Great video. Love the idea...and images!
Irene is goalssss.
Very good! Merry Christmas Irene!
So gorgeous! Makes me pine for a 1.2 lens. 😍😍😭😭😂
Beautiful as always.
from belgium, many thanks for your videos
Ireally appreciate ans Merry christmas Irene
Merry Christmas :)
This is a beautiful shoot
Excellent video, very enjoyable, I'll try playing around with the Christmas lights myself & see what sort of results i can get, thanks for the inspiration.
so simple yet so effective!
This is so beautiful Irene 😍
What a great Video! I can't wait to try this.
Thank you for this video. You've inspired me to give this a try. I hope my results will come out as good as yours.
Great setup and images Irene
I love this 😍 your work always blows me away and continues to inspire me to keep learning and practicing the best that I can. Would love to have a meet up one day! Gonna have to go out and get more lights
This is adorable
I love your work ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG Irene I have been watching all your videos for a while now and you are mi idol! It's just amazing what you do. Congratulations on your amazing talent!
just saw the thumbnail and i already hit like
Purely amazing :) thank you!
Muito Lindo, parabéns Irene, você como sempre apavora!
its really great to watch u...superb...thanks for ur knowledge...
Emily again, Yes!
your editing is superb
Beautiful work.
Wonderful photos
lovely as always ! Will try this set up on saturday ;)
awesome, tag me in the picture you come up with ;)
You really are a beauty Irene! ❤
Irene can you talk about what focusing option you use? Do you use a single spot sensor or do you activate zone focusing?
She has already answered this question in another video specially dedicated to it. Please search around in her collection.
kevinr ruiters I did search. But she gets a lot of responses.....so sometimes it helps to answer it twice. Regardless I'll do a search from a desktop because I dont see that option on my phone
She did video called "How I Get a Sharp Image at Low F Stop , 1.2" th-cam.com/video/rNh5VJpUQz4/w-d-xo.html It has non public status so that's why you could not find him. But she doesn't talk in this video about what focusing option she use. She using focus and recompose technique photographylife.com/focus-and-recompose-technique
Beautiful!!
Super cool! 😊😊
Really nice shoots !
I learn a lot thanks to you by bacsktages and your tutos on PS. Sorry if my English is not perfect I'm French 🙂
I really like the relaxed feel of this. Nice work! The photos all look good but the one at 3:08 is fantastic. Keep it up! ^_^
Hi Irene, I love your videos! They're so helpful and your images turn out beautifully! I was wondering if you alter your white balance settings often depending on the environment, such as very warm/yellow lights here in this shoot. I only have a Nikon D7000 right now and am looking into a setup like yours, so I'm not sure how different the cameras are other than mine not being a full-frame camera. I have trouble when setting my white balance with my camera.
Loved it!
Beautiful!
10/10 Love it !
Dobre pomysly - dzieki...
Beautiful Images Irene. :)
Бесподобно, очень красивый результат. Спасибо за такой понятный и интересный процесс съёмки.
Really cool idea thank you
thanks for the set up it helps a lot :)
Interesting video! I like your style.
Awesome work
Amazing!
Love it!!
I love your voice!❤ And ofcourse the videos too😍😉... You're so lucky to have that 'Bokeh King' lens - The 85 - 1.2😥...
Awesome!
Great video - thank you!
Great work! Just want to know how did you control the sharpness? Shooting at 1.2 is pretty challenging, especially when you focus and re-composition. Thanks.
th-cam.com/video/rNh5VJpUQz4/w-d-xo.html
I really like her outfits. She seems like a strong and sassy type and the typical soft fairytale stuff might not have been the best choice. She looks so good. There are a lot of strong and empowered type where I live in SoCal. I think photography is like cooking, we got to adapt to the models' innate personalities, like how a chef must adapt to the ingredients and their natural flavors. I think this might be something interesting to try. Rather than imposing your fairytale artistic vision on the models, maybe pick out a model with some strong and distinctive personalities and design a shoot around that. I think that would be very interesting. :D
This is one of my favorite photo shoot videos, very inspiring :)
With the sales tag left on, makes me wonder if you were you able to return the clothes?
That's what I was thinking...
*iijhtwa
How do you get the model's eye sharp with such a small depth of field? I struggle terribly with that :(
I wondered the same thing. It is so easy to miss focus at f1.2 . I think she must be missing it somewhat, especially in that last image, but as we are only seeing the image in a small window on youtube it is hard to tell. In lightroom, at 1:2 mag, the focus of f1.2 shows up glaringly.
I only shoot sometimes at f1.2, but always take extra safety shots at higher f-stops. Also, at f1.2 sharpness is never the best the lens can produce, and so shooting at f1.8 is almost always better, and the bokeh is not really much different.
I think most people shot at f1.2 when they can because they paid the money for lens so they want their monies worth! But for me, it is mostly just a good thing to have if really needed in low light situations.
Achoo yeah, I think you are right. So many people say, "shoot wide open" and I just wonder what they're ratio of in focus shots is, cuz it can't possibly be that great. When I'm wide open like that I take two times the amount of photos just to be sure I get one tack sharp.... sometimes it's not worth that trouble.
You need to hold the camera like her. But may easily fall and brake.
Irene has already made a video to answer exactly this question. Check thru her set of videos.
kevinr ruiters I've looked before and couldn't find it
lovely video @IreneRudnyk ♥
Amazing!!
I be glad to be your assistant to hold the string lights and setup your studio for you.