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- It has always bugged the hell out of me that every video talking about harsh daylight always just resorts to finding shade... If you're trying to be an editorial/fashion photographer, this is the trick to getting those high end looking shots in natural light.
And obviously hard light isn’t meant for every fashion situation. My statements earlier in the video come off a little too matter of fact 😂 but I was just focusing on the hard light technique. You have to chose the light that works best for your story and subject. And sometimes you just get stuck in shitty light that you have to work in.
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Photography is painting with light. You can't complain as an artist if you have too much paint :)
That's a beautiful saying! Thanks for sharing it!
I’ll have to remember that the next time my flash is too powerful and the subject is pure white.
You can if you’re not planning on that look
What a nonsense comment
I don’t think paintings have a lowest iso
I appreciate how you simply keep things real. It’s refreshing.
I know I personally feel robbed anytime I watch TH-cam video that’s full of fluff, so I try to cut to the chase in my own videos!
Thanks for bringing up some real examples from masterful photographers. I agree that photography shouldn’t be about following a trend, It’s timeless.
And only way to be timeless is to be yourself
What I’ve learned over the 7 years of shooting is that there is no rules. Of course when you’re starting out it’s good too know the basics but once you understand your camera and everything else you can decide what your photos look like.
"What I’ve learned over the 7 years of shooting is that there is no rules."
Wrong. There are rules. "Know the basics" = "know the rules".
You need to know the rules, otherwise you won't know how to bend the rules and create your own style.
Hi. "Know the basics" = "know the rules"..... *Wrong.* According the Merrium Webster, the definition of the elglish word "basic" derived fro plural form "basics", does in fact not equal the word "rules". Upon further investigation it's evident and clear to see that your condescending lessons in semantics, which was actually, and quite ironically... wrong @@Qaosbringer thanks
"Get off the Instagram". Just that one sentence is worth a like.
What a great tutorial! This five minutes were so well spent for me. THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge.
Hope it helps ya!!!! Thank you for watching 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
First photographer/cinematographer I’ve seen to show this. Thank you
Cam, please do more of these. I know you’re right into the film making, but the people love your fashion/beauty photography as well! Please don’t forget us :))))
Love it. I always thought it was lame that many people will only shoot at golden hour. I never say no to a shoot regardless of where/when. You have to be able to make it work regardless of the conditions. Otherwise you're not really an artist, you're just a person who knows how to follow a formula.
Awesome when I did my degree in fashion / editorial photography my head tutor was a real pain used to complain about harsh shadows like this it got so bad that he would mark your work down if you tried to submit it. Really refreshing to hear someone who knows what they are talking about instead of the fool who taught us all wrong :)
That was great! I love all the examples used to drive home the point.
Dude your content is wildly underrated. I appreciate how accessible you make everything. Appreciate you. Keep on keeping on.
Thank you for the kind words brother 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Solid advice as usual. Also, one of the things that you constantly teach (maybe even without knowing that you’re doing it) is how to communicate and direct your model. In awe of your work man, great stuff
Great advice. I was always afraid of hard sunlight until now.
This is the first time I have seen your photography. You hit a Grand Slam! Out of the Park! I have been shooting in the shadow forever, and in five minutes of your tutorial has me convinced to shoot in the open light! Great advice!
Thank you thank you 🙏🏽 excited for you to try!!!!
This has to be the best video on how to compose better in sunlight. Thank You So much, i'm just a beginner but i have watched countless videos related to this.
This video is gold
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Lately, I find myself repeatedly in situations where I do the exact opposite of what all the "experts" advise. I think it's no coincidence that this video was suggested to me. I have always avoided the time around noon and have just had many aha moments. Thank you for the video. I can't wait to implement the tips.
I think this is the first video ever where I hear the author encouraging us shooting in harsh light (which I also like), so thank you very much for staying true and spreading the word. those examples you presented here are just amazing and should make people shoot at the time of harsh light, too :)
I dig your blunt 'can do' attitude with photography and video. Definitely given me some more inspiration, thanks man!
I love how you condense so much info into one video! Thanks Cam!
You're the first person that backs up what I've been trying to tell people around me recently. They just look at me crazy... to shoot in harsh light as well as soft, and IG can be the devil to photographers. I've been telling people that I want to be a great photographer, and by great, being able to shoot in any lighting condition that is given to me. That is how I could stand out... shooting in situations people are scared of and walk away from.
On fashion campaigns, you have to be able to deliver in any lighting conditions. Which is why we have scrims and lighting of course. But there’s still a lot of basic things that we follow (like in this video) while combing lighting. It just baffles me that no on TH-cam really talks about any of that.
@@cammackey yea, I agree. It baffles me, too. Thank for the awesome video 🤘🏼
Love this video, I want to understand more on what makes a photo timeless though. When we're talking about timeless photography, are we talking more about photographers who have made a career of it, or are we talking about mastering a specific art form? I think there's a longer discussion we could have there on what each person would consider timeless photography. Either way, absolutely brilliant work, I've always enjoyed working in outdoor hard light.
You're right on. I'm a long time model, glamour, photographer and have done tons of shooting in what most people would consider lousy light; midday, etc. But using a scrim, and/or reflector or wall etc. as you mentioned, I'm able to get loop and/or Rembrandt lighting and the hard lines accentuate the angles of the face. You have to learn to "see" light. Good work, and good advice particularly to photographers learning lighting, posing and are being told "head for the shade."
I mean, most people saying "don't shoot in harsh light" are teaching beginners to have an easier time. You actually need to know what you are doing there. In my opinion it's not bad advice for beginners, but of course, if you're looking to become a professional you shouldn't let yourself be bound by such things
When I started shooting I felt like I was taking crazy pills because I dislike soft/diffuse lighting yet that's what I kept hearing "the pros" say was the best kind of light (which, of course, is reinforced by a lot of big TH-camrs and IG). You even see it more and more in cinema now, with Marvel movies using the most dull, flat, lifeless lighting and color. Everyone's skin looks dry and dusty and no one pops off the screen--we are living in the dullest, most boring era!
Hard, high contrast lighting doesn't look great on digital cinema cameras. The exposure latitude just isn't there. You could get away with some rim light, but too much neg fill and you've got an overly sharp, harsh mess.
@@into.the.wood.chipper. Cam specifically mentions how to get around this - expose for the highlights. It was impossible on the Canon cameras (I had a 5DIII) where one had to ETTR to keep information out of the shadows (filled with chroma noise) but with the Sony sensor cameras (Nikon, Panasonic FF, Sony) one can reach deep into the shadows in digital darkroom and expose for highlights. Huge dynamic range.
One of the most useful videos that I have seen in a while.
Just dont be scared of that anymore. Best advice ever.
Awesome tips, especially with how to use rembrandt lighting to carve out the features of the face! I"m inspired to go do a photoshoot in harsh light now.
Props to the model for not squinting
I like hard light, the contrast can really add a lot to the photo or video. I shoot nearly 100% available light. I try to shoot early or late in the day, but sometimes I like the midday sun too.
I think soft light gets boring fast.
Yeah I get pretty bored with soft light as well unless I can manipulate some how
Great video!! So true, you gotta love & embrace harsh sun light but know to use it in the right situations!! It's perfect!!
as a traveler, dealing with harsh sun all the time, this motivates me 😊
love this perspective, totally agree and I will look into more of non instagram photos for sure, thank you so much for your advice
This has gave me confidence to experiment with lighting, thank you!
Yesterday I told someone the exact same thing that you wrote in the description. Why are like 99% of TH-cam videos about harsh light the equivalent of a studio tutorial going like "My biggest tip to use a bare bulb strobe is: find a softbox!" 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Thank you for bringing some sense to this. 🙏🏻
great video! I'm definitely guilty of trying to overpower the sun with strobes. this makes me wanna get out and play with the sun. good stuff, man.
Skrim 12x12, back light EVERYTHING lol don’t care where the sun is as long as it’s behind 😂
For commercial stuff, scrim everything 🤤
Tips like these can reduce GAS, especially for those saving up for higher GN, HSS flashes just to fight the freaking hard sunlight!
Def! I do love using flash tho. But there’s a time and place for everything
So True!! Great tips!! Too many photography TH-camrs are wannabes who just cluelessly reviewing gears instead of really talking about the art of photography. All they do are pretending they shot a lot, but the whole videos is just them talk talk talk...about nothing.
Interesting point and it all makes sense. I only avoid harsh light, because I mainly do video. For photos IMO it's much easier.
Dude, this changed my perspective thanks for sharing.
Killer advice! Much appreciated! Please make more!
One of the best short guides to hard light I've seen on TH-cam. Great practical demonstration and good advice re. look at the iconic photographer's work. Thanks.
Thank you! Once again Cam you have inspired me to ignore the hacks on Instagram and TH-cam and just shoot. Your videos and IG are what inspired me to purchase my first professional light.
Dude thats rad!!! what light did you get?!
@@cammackey I got the Aputure LS 300x and I got the Light Dome II to go with it. It was definitely more money than I would have liked to spend, but I absolutely love it so far. I decided to go with a constant light source instead of a strobe just because I wanna use it for video and photo work. My broke ass definitely can’t justify more than one light rn lol. I definitely didn’t realize how expensive V Mount batteries were beforehand, but live and learn lmfao. Keep up the good work, I like how your just real, and your not like other TH-camr’s.
@@mattwoodyyy_3597 that’s a great light! That’s why I personally prefer Nanlite stuff, it’s more affordable and pretty much jsut as good. They both get the job done. Be careful not to fall into marketing hype. That’s why the PMVND is the #1 selling VND yet from my tests is one of the worst VNDs specially for the price. Same thing with cameras and shit. These company’s know what they’re doing. The mroe people who are bragging about what camera they own the more people buy them. VS buying what’s right for you.
@@cammackey Amen! 90% of the camera channels are basically the modern version of infomercial’s that used to run on cable TV. I unsubscribed from most of them because I realized that it’s better just to figure out what works for you and run with it. That’s one of the things that makes people gravitate towards your channel, like it’s not all about selling you gear that some company is paying you to promote like PM and others. I refuse to buy the PMVND’s I would way rather just stick with the ones they recommended at my local camera shop, than over hyped filters.
Thank you. I did not know this and will experiment tomorrow with hard light.
love this video very useful and no nonsense and straight to the point.
Using only super soft light is for lazy/boring people who are scared of committing to intentionality and directionality in their lighting. Bravo Cam. Great vid man.
Light is light. The only time I dont like shooting outside is on overcast days when there is no direction to the light.
But if it rains everything is suddenly shiny, which makes up for it.
I'm so thankful for finding your page today! I can tell you have a serious knowledge and respect for the traditions of the craft and I'm learning a ton.
Rules are always meant to be broken, great video and tips.
Im so happy a video with decent views is going against all of the other youtube videos on lighting. I choose to shoot in harsh light for all of the reasons you pointed out. Great work!
As David Bailey famously said, “Only mad dogs and Helmut Newton go out in the midday sun." I guess he missed a few others.
Woof.
Helmut Newton learned how to work in brilliant sunlight in Australia, and when I worked in foreign film and tv productions here, Australian cinematographers were hired specially for the outdoor scenes due to their innate knowledge of hard sunlight.
I do love shooting in harsh sunlight! Like any other type of lighting, just have to learn how to use it.
I love using hard light as a backlight. gives a nice glow to the model.
Finally someone who understands harsh light 🙏🏼
this video also just taught like 2 years of film school in 5 minutes. every beginner DP should watch this.
I love hard key with fill slightly lower in intensity. The old Hollywood lighting can be really great; all hard lights.
Hollywood used a lot of bounce cards. It wasn't all hard lighting. Read older issues of American Cinematographer. You will see all kinds of bounce lighting. One example that stands out is The Crow behind the scenes in the big conference room where the drug dealers are meeting. Huge bounce card overhead.
"Soft light is for Amateurs" lol.
Lol my click bait attempt. Obviously soft light is beautiful! just tired of hearing people advice photographers to run away from hard light
@@cammackey I'm doing a fashion photoshoot in August and will schedule it for mid afternoon. Great advice here. Oh, and that model is beautiful, she'd look great in any light!
Dude, your so honest and helpful, thank you!
Nice demo of how the positioning makes a world of difference!
Me a landscape photographer "yep, nope, hard-sun is no bueno". However, I never quite thought of it for people, I'll give it a shot soon!
Wow! One of the best lessons about harsh light I've seen.
Okay dude, you totally sold me when you said: Rembrandt lightning. Nice one!This guy knows what he is talking about.
This video is an OK start to shooting in harsh sunlight. He is still shooting models which look good anyway. I work in the Hawaiian islands so midday sun at most of the day is a guarantee. My clientele are mostly vacationers celebrating multi decades of anniversary sessions. So my clientele or not models the regular people with the wrinkles age not confident, taking pictures to begin with. The Hawaiian scenery is generally only in one direction, so no matter where the sun is. I had to get either the beach or the mountains in the shot. I have no assistance, so I found the easiest is to invest in a high-powered strobe and shape the light as needed. It just takes practice. Good luck.
First time I hear of being afraid of shooting in hard light. Not saying I'm any good, I leave that to others' opinion (it's usually good, but I'm not known at all). I don't even shoot professional models, usually ask a friend to be my model and avoid giving directions, I shoot as we are talking, wait for them to be in a pose I like so they look natural because they are being natural and also, directions scare non professional models, only direction I sometimes give is "STAY RIGHT THERE" and shoot as quickly as possible. But hard light it's way more entertaining to me than soft light, I hate wedding's lighting, I don't like not having contrast, I don't know why anyone would avoid it when trying to make strong pictures and not memories (like a wedding, which I only do if asked as a favor). Still a great video, though. Great tips. Thank you.
You gave me a fresh way to look at harsh midday sunlight. Thanks.
You are the man straight to the point... shoot and play until you find what works for you best, I love shooting in all conditions, hard, soft, 120clock, sun down, even in dead darkness, one Tip i can give folks is when shooting always shoot for the shadows, and and watch your highlights, shadows are your best friend when shooting in harsh light, I like how you did this so fresh. What is IG again? get out and play people.
Tons of my favourite photos are mid-morning before the sun melts away all the morning mist. The light is still hard but you still get to play with the atmosphere. Great video.
Yeah I absolutely love tbay light. The perfect mix of hard and soft with lots of ambient colors to play with too
Your videos are such a breath of fresh air 👍
this video breaks every wanna be photo teacher, nice
Love the way you explain things. Subscribed.
Traditionally you place the sun behind the model, as a backlight. Then you get some shadows and your photo won't be totally burnt out by the sun directly shining into your model's face. The only issue with backlighting is that often times the shadows don't work. Which is where you could fill them in with a reflector or a flash.
I like your no nonsense style. And really in control
Now this is pure classic
Amazing video learned a lot actually short and to the point loved it
I completely agree! I was shooting video with a photographer once and she was refusing to shoot in a certain place because the sun is too hard. My wife was with me so I turned to her and I said the photographer just needs to get good. Honestly shooting in harsh sun is pretty fun.
I use to be scared of soft light!!!!
This is the first time I watched your videos. Almost didn't click because of the click baity title.
Love the video and love your energy. Thank you for your work.
👍🏻 5 minutes definitely worth it 👏🏻
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You are kicking the sh!t out TH-cam right now. Awesome stuff. 😎😎
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Wonderful. Concise but depth in descriptive examples. I'm only a hobby shooter and most lighting is going to be meeting friends for lunch, so this is useful.
great video, about use of a light that i really love. very good examples and explanaitions!
Great video not seen one on this topic before and learned a lot. Thank you!
You are the man. Super real and down to earth. You explain things so clearly. Subbed.
I got the opposite challenge - the light in my country, often demands high iso, and there is little light to work with. But I like your approach very much 🎉
Fantastic! I mostly only shoot sunrise or right after mid day.. not a big fan of sunset light.. It was refreshing to hear someone talk so positive about harsh sun light!
Perfect combination of style and content - super educational. Seriously great video!
First time I've seen a video from you. It was very direct with excellent information. No rambling or pointless chatter. I subscribed.
Thank you!!! My sense of humor is pretty dry and I like to cut to the chase cause life’s short!!!
Phenomenal advice. I’ve always told to avoid the hell outta harsh light.
Yeah, even in photo or film school they're always talking 'golden time.' No guts, no glory!
Straight up killin it!
OK! This is the best photography channel. I'm stunned and glad I've found it! Thanks for the great videos!
This video made me appreciate photography a lot more thank you
This is great! I really like seeing your thought process on everything. These are such great tutorials/explanations compared to the typical “these are my presets in Lightroom”
Awesome awesome video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and for being real
OH GOD, i feel so relieved when I see real pros making art no matter what the light. Those wedding-youtube-fake-photographers stuck forever on soft light addiction make me sick. They have flooded YT and are replicating their crap to new photographers. Even worse, YT´s algorithm keeps their dullness on top of search results. Thank you for showing up! Your art was so gorgeous i almost had an orgasm here.
I used to use direct sunlight some times back, but these TH-camrs, misinformed me so much, so I stopped it, but now u opened my eyes.
Thank you for showing this! Shooting in the harsh light is now made easy.
Really greate advice! I love photographers like you who share actually useful things on their platforms. Thanks!
Great insight. Only challenge is squinting in the harsher light or sun in the direction you want it based on the location. But love the sun making a background vibrant and casting interesting shadows perhaps and using flash to fill as the main light.
I NEVER use full flash out doors. Fill flash fills the shadows, but it still doesn’t soften the lines of the sun if the model isn’t pose correctly. On top of that it creates a second light source thay if not diffused cause start looking confusing sometimes. I personally prefer to scrim and flag the sun and then relight
yewwwww! As soon as I started shooting in hard light it opened up so much more creativity. When I first started out shooting fashion, I was always so afraid to shoot anything beyond golden/blue hour, but once you get the hang of hard light, its soooo good! Great to see photogs like yourself speaking up on this.
Dude I use to be scared of soft light!!! Like after you learn you can shoot in hard light, there’s so much more you can do. From creating natural contrast with shadows, creating more shape, and just shaping the light itself