Going to be doing a lot more BTS stuff for you guys. This was shot with the Nikon Z6ii, 28mm 1.4E lens, Godox V860 with magmod grid at 1/32 power. Hope it helps! - Will & Sara
Love stuff like this - interesting / motivating / helpful! I'm starting to see how wedding photography is such a cool blend of portrait & photojournalism, if that makes sense. The shots you posted the other day are gorgeous too 👏🏻
Thanks Craig, and yeah weddings are a blend of a few different types of photography. It’s the most challenging I think because in all the things you have to be skilled at you have to do it in front of lots of people usually given very little time.. truly a challenge
Great idea! What a lens too! I've never tried that light as I bought a couple of AD200s before they were released but I'm impressed. It made me smile to see you and your wife surfing that wave of excited energy in a wedding prep bedroom 😅. Do you always have someone else in filming?
Man it’s so true that the key to all of this is having fun doing it. I love when we get a banger shot and it’s both of us who created it rather than just one of us 😁.. we never used to film us working but now have started to for BTS stuff for the channel.. I think it would help a lot of people to see complicate footage without any editing.. not only can they see how the shot was done but they can see how we talk and interact with the clients which is like 75% of the shot in itself
Will that’s excellent interaction with the client and excellent teamwork with you and Sara. No wonder Perla Images gets top quality results! Great video Will!
My favorite part is you can tell you're having fun with the process. Such a good feeling, man. Love the creativity of this shot. Definitely adds a nice touch to the album for sure. I have a few wedding videos I uploaded using the Z6 and z6ii as well as pretty much everything else I shoot if you're curious as to how that looks. Cheers, dude and keep up the good work.
Astonishing work guys ..and those BTS are soo inspiring..definitely what we need on the Tube ! Thanks for your work and most of all thank you for sharing this video with the shooting details !!
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs I think you are one of the few that is actually teaching on TH-cam, bless you.for it ....shame that I live in Uk otherwise I would have done anything to be your.apprentice an learn from you and Sara on the field!
That was an eye opener! 😮 I need to dig out my good old SB 900 and experiment with indirect flash again some time. Thank you for this! The result is remarkable!
Yes, great work. Note that the flash is fired "direct" here - directly at the subject. It seems to me that the flash angle was set to a rather narrow angle. Although at 1/32 power the flash is so strong that correct exposure for the flash removes the ambient light entirely. So, if you want to recreate this style, then start with a "black shot" (without flash) at the exposure setting as if you use a flash. So if you were to shoot at 1/200 sec, ISO 100, and f/8 then fire that without flash. That shot should be black and next switch the flash on. The flash angle is a matter of experimentation - but you can easily visualize that in a test shot with the flash firing along (parallel to) a wall in a way that the width of the beam of light becomes visible on that wall - the camera at some distance takes the shot of the wall and thus you have your visual. In this case, an indirect flash would have lit the room and you would have had a shot with zero impact.
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs - that's what you did with the MagMod. I shoot a bunch of Nikon speedlights that I bought when the Holy Cow (*) firm did not have consistency of flash power and color temperature under control, and their devices had too long flash duration at full power (i.e. slow circuits). They fixed that in a number of models now, I believe. Or, I am not familiar with the models or the one you use here. They have some with "zoom" reflectors and maybe the bigger one you use here does not have that (so you need the grid). My point was about the SB-900 that has a zoom reflector and I would guess does not need the grid. Talk about Holy Cow - that thing was fast. I know it's only 1/32 and it could do some 32 of those flashes without recycling, but still. (*) The Chinese name of this brand translates - Google Translate - as God Ox that is synonymous to Holy Cow and I think that the founders had "so much fun" when they named their company. Nothing Go Dogs here ;) Of course when they wanted to sell the brand outside China they needed to be careful with the godly word.
@@jpdj2715 My bad. Didn’t know the correct English terminology. In German it’s called „entfesseltes Blitzen“ - meaning the flash can be positioned freely and not just attached to the camera („unshackled“). What do you correctly call that in English?
Will Another thing came to mind when on your other video where you were talking about storage space on large files you said you take thousands at one wedding. With that many photos are you even reviewing any of them to make sure you're close to a correct exposure or you just keep shooting w/o occasionally checking? Best Duane
Hey Duane, So I set up the correct in camera exposure whenever we step into a space with new lighting then we start shooting. Normally Ill shoot a few in the beginning then dial it in, after that its run and gun!
Going to be doing a lot more BTS stuff for you guys. This was shot with the Nikon Z6ii, 28mm 1.4E lens, Godox V860 with magmod grid at 1/32 power. Hope it helps! - Will & Sara
My favourite part is the excitement at the end of it! The best feeling!
Sure is! Can’t do this job if you’re not having fun
Thanks for sharing such BTS shoot, hoping more videos like this coming soon
Outstanding! 👏👏👏
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful result! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
Genius at work
hahah that is a strong statement Ash but we definitely appreciate it
Great job guys you’re an awesome team and loving these BTS videos 👍👍
Thanks for watching Garry 😎
That was a very interesting video!! Very cool watching you work!!
Best wishes
Duane
More coming for sure! Thanks for watching buddy
Damn bro. this is some killer stuff. Love the BTS and the final result looks like a museum piece shot in a studio. Very good job.
REALLY appreciate man! 🫡
Love stuff like this - interesting / motivating / helpful! I'm starting to see how wedding photography is such a cool blend of portrait & photojournalism, if that makes sense.
The shots you posted the other day are gorgeous too 👏🏻
Thanks Craig, and yeah weddings are a blend of a few different types of photography. It’s the most challenging I think because in all the things you have to be skilled at you have to do it in front of lots of people usually given very little time.. truly a challenge
And two videographers in the room too - that was crowded. Great work, demonstration.
Oh man if you could see behind the wedding planner that was filming 🫢.. there were probably 6 other family members in that hotel room also
Great idea!
What a lens too! I've never tried that light as I bought a couple of AD200s before they were released but I'm impressed.
It made me smile to see you and your wife surfing that wave of excited energy in a wedding prep bedroom 😅. Do you always have someone else in filming?
Man it’s so true that the key to all of this is having fun doing it. I love when we get a banger shot and it’s both of us who created it rather than just one of us 😁.. we never used to film us working but now have started to for BTS stuff for the channel.. I think it would help a lot of people to see complicate footage without any editing.. not only can they see how the shot was done but they can see how we talk and interact with the clients which is like 75% of the shot in itself
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thanks for watching!
What to say, THANKS for sharing this BTS. It's so inspiring. You two influenced my work so much. Nothing but respect 🙏
Amazing comment man thank you!
OMG that looks amazing. More BTS like this please. Keep up the great content
Glad you found it helpful! More to come for sure 😁
Gorgeous Will and Sara 🙏🏾 Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Will that’s excellent interaction with the client and excellent teamwork with you and Sara. No wonder Perla Images gets top quality results! Great video Will!
Thanks for watching brother!
My favorite part is you can tell you're having fun with the process. Such a good feeling, man. Love the creativity of this shot. Definitely adds a nice touch to the album for sure. I have a few wedding videos I uploaded using the Z6 and z6ii as well as pretty much everything else I shoot if you're curious as to how that looks. Cheers, dude and keep up the good work.
Man it’s true we really do have fun at these weddings.. thanks for watching will definitely check out your videos too 🔥
Astonishing work guys ..and those BTS are soo inspiring..definitely what we need on the Tube !
Thanks for your work and most of all thank you for sharing this video with the shooting details !!
Happy to do it! Love teaching this stuff bro 🤝
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs I think you are one of the few that is actually teaching on TH-cam, bless you.for it ....shame that I live in Uk otherwise I would have done anything to be your.apprentice an learn from you and Sara on the field!
Yeah this is an awesome video. Love seeing other people's processes. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful
💯💯💯
Supercool video. So interesting and inspiring to see this!
Thanks for watching Gustav 🫡
Omg these are epic 😨
😁😁😎😎
Looking forward for some more BTS Will! This is so inspiring and helpful💪💪
Glad it helped my man!
That was an eye opener! 😮 I need to dig out my good old SB 900 and experiment with indirect flash again some time. Thank you for this! The result is remarkable!
So happy it helped you see a different perspective 😁. The goal is definitely to motivate people
Yes, great work. Note that the flash is fired "direct" here - directly at the subject. It seems to me that the flash angle was set to a rather narrow angle. Although at 1/32 power the flash is so strong that correct exposure for the flash removes the ambient light entirely. So, if you want to recreate this style, then start with a "black shot" (without flash) at the exposure setting as if you use a flash. So if you were to shoot at 1/200 sec, ISO 100, and f/8 then fire that without flash. That shot should be black and next switch the flash on. The flash angle is a matter of experimentation - but you can easily visualize that in a test shot with the flash firing along (parallel to) a wall in a way that the width of the beam of light becomes visible on that wall - the camera at some distance takes the shot of the wall and thus you have your visual.
In this case, an indirect flash would have lit the room and you would have had a shot with zero impact.
@@jpdj2715 exactly this! Also note I’m using a grid on the flash, would’ve lit up the walls too much without one
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs - that's what you did with the MagMod. I shoot a bunch of Nikon speedlights that I bought when the Holy Cow (*) firm did not have consistency of flash power and color temperature under control, and their devices had too long flash duration at full power (i.e. slow circuits).
They fixed that in a number of models now, I believe. Or, I am not familiar with the models or the one you use here. They have some with "zoom" reflectors and maybe the bigger one you use here does not have that (so you need the grid). My point was about the SB-900 that has a zoom reflector and I would guess does not need the grid.
Talk about Holy Cow - that thing was fast. I know it's only 1/32 and it could do some 32 of those flashes without recycling, but still.
(*) The Chinese name of this brand translates - Google Translate - as God Ox that is synonymous to Holy Cow and I think that the founders had "so much fun" when they named their company. Nothing Go Dogs here ;) Of course when they wanted to sell the brand outside China they needed to be careful with the godly word.
@@jpdj2715 My bad. Didn’t know the correct English terminology. In German it’s called „entfesseltes Blitzen“ - meaning the flash can be positioned freely and not just attached to the camera („unshackled“). What do you correctly call that in English?
that was such an awesome video! I love the ease and flow.
Thanks for watching Allan
Wow
💯
Will
Another thing came to mind when on your other video where you were talking about storage space on large files you said you take thousands at one wedding. With that many photos are you even reviewing any of them to make sure you're close to a correct exposure or you just keep shooting w/o occasionally checking?
Best
Duane
Hey Duane,
So I set up the correct in camera exposure whenever we step into a space with new lighting then we start shooting. Normally Ill shoot a few in the beginning then dial it in, after that its run and gun!
Filmed on portrait mode? 😳😳😳
iPhone came in clutch as always 😁
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs but you can use it horizontally, right? 😁😉
@@carlosandreviana9448 hey bro the wedding planner isn’t a videographer give us a break 😆😆😆
@@TheMonochromeMemoirs 😅
WOAH that is so cool
Thank you!