I followed your tutorial step by step, Andrew. With two photos with different light angles. The result seems good to me. Thanks for your work and the extreme clarity of your explanations.
Following you and thank you for this one! I was just about to splurge big time on a huge setup of lighting gear for macro photography and I even as the shopping cart is filled up and ready for checkout in the next tab, I see this. You just saved me a tonne of money, for now at least while I try your techniques as see what I can come up with. Thanks again.
just want to thank you so much for all your videos, I am learning so many new things every time I watch one of your videos as a photographer I love to learn new things, thank you and please keep making this videos, from Hamilton ON Canada.
I liked the way you explained the setup and lighting options as well as some of your post production work flows. I had not seen it done quite the same way. Nice.
I have learnt so much from this Andrew, thank you so much for sharing. It’s just fantastic how you explain everything as you go along. Now I know how it’s done x💕😊
I have a Nikon D800 that has a pop-up flash, I use this as the commander and can then use my Speedlight as the slave, this allows me quite a bit of creative freedom at a low cost.
This is great!!! I was thinking this would have required detailed masking.... A very good reminder that I need to pay attention to the blending modes! I'll be using this in the field when using my tripod.
Thanks for this great idea. Did you use the same flash setting for each of the three light directions on the coffee bean or did you use a higher setting for the first one ?
Hi Andrew, really enjoy your instruction and have learned a lot. In this tutorial you go through the radial gradient pretty fast. Can you explain this in more detail? Have you already done this in a previous tutorial? Many thanks for you efforts.
A couple of things I have noticed from your editing. I didn’t realise you could bounce back to Camera Raw within photoshop. Also, how the HSL set can have such an impact on the final image. I have briefly tried using HSL and have begun to notice subtle but pleasing changes to an image. So thanks Andrew for those insights!
Thank you for a really informative & helpful tutorial. I am new to the canon 90D & macro photography. Just subscribed. Really helpful also about photoshop. Thank you.
Great video. I aspire to be anywhere close to how good you are one day. Question: I have a speed flash but what is it I can buy that will allow me to use it off of my camera? Is that remote on your camera something I can buy independently? And what would that be called for searching purposes? Thank you. I learn so much from your videos. I’m 57 and am learning photography over the last year from a couple folks like yourself. I appreciate you show Lightroom/ Photoshop in your videos.
Thanks Tamara, that's really nice to say! It depends on what flash you use. If you have one that goes on the camera's hotshoe then you can use an extension cable (these are quite cheap on amazon) so you can use it off camera. Alternatively you'll need to use wireless radio triggers which can be much more expensive and depends on what brand of flash you have. I'd suggest starting with a generic flash extension cable and see how you go from there. Good luck!
You don't need to build your photo from composite images to light the whole thing. You can easily achieve a balanced lit image with a single torch. Just pick a nice dark place and set shutter for a few seconds. 100 is or lower and because its macro use the best f stop for sharpness. Then click the shutter and with rapid hand movements paint your image repeatedly until the image has balanced light and you are happy with it. I photograph flowers next to a window. Sonthe left us always darker. I always have to paint left and middle to balance it out beautifully.
The final feather of 3 pixels seems too much. I've gone to 1 pixel because apparently it gives a 2 pixel edge which is excellent for most of what I do. Try it. You may like it.
I followed your tutorial step by step, Andrew. With two photos with different light angles. The result seems good to me. Thanks for your work and the extreme clarity of your explanations.
Following you and thank you for this one! I was just about to splurge big time on a huge setup of lighting gear for macro photography and I even as the shopping cart is filled up and ready for checkout in the next tab, I see this. You just saved me a tonne of money, for now at least while I try your techniques as see what I can come up with. Thanks again.
just want to thank you so much for all your videos, I am learning so many new things every time I watch one of your videos as a photographer I love to learn new things, thank you and please keep making this videos, from Hamilton ON Canada.
I liked the way you explained the setup and lighting options as well as some of your post production work flows. I had not seen it done quite the same way. Nice.
Excellent video, love the tweaking at the end with the direction of the light source. Thank you 😊
Good tutorial, showing the whole end 2 end workflow is so useful.
I have learnt so much from this Andrew, thank you so much for sharing. It’s just fantastic how you explain everything as you go along. Now I know how it’s done x💕😊
Excellent tutorial Andrew. Very clearly described. 👍👍
Thanks Julian, much appreciated!
Your videos are so good I could binge watch them so easy!
Thanks - I learned something. But, if you are worried about hauling an extra flash out in the field, that's less than taking a tripod and other gear.
I have a Nikon D800 that has a pop-up flash, I use this as the commander and can then use my Speedlight as the slave, this allows me quite a bit of creative freedom at a low cost.
Clearly explained - many thanks for an excellent tutorial Andrew!
Love it, simple but very effective. 👍
Thank you!
Excellent tutorial, thx Andrew!!!
This is great!!! I was thinking this would have required detailed masking.... A very good reminder that I need to pay attention to the blending modes! I'll be using this in the field when using my tripod.
How old is amazing tutorial very clever I actually think it’s a fantastic photo very clever indeed thank you for sharing Andrew appreciated
Bloody marvellous. Cheers
Cheers Peter, much appreciated!!
This is absolutely fantastic training, I learned so much. Thank you once again.
Excellent lighting tutorial. Although I would create a shadow on the background because the bean looks like is floating 😊
Superb video, so clearly explained. I will definitely give this a go. Thank you!
Thanks so much! Good luck with your own shots!
Thanks for this great idea. Did you use the same flash setting for each of the three light directions on the coffee bean or did you use a higher setting for the first one ?
Hi Andrew, really enjoy your instruction and have learned a lot. In this tutorial you go through the radial gradient pretty fast.
Can you explain this in more detail? Have you already done this in a previous tutorial? Many thanks for you efforts.
👍👍👍
Thanks!
This videos invaluable
Very great tutorial!💯
Thank you!
Nice one, definitely going to try this.
Cheers Craig! Good luck with it!
Very nice way you have of explaining the way you do things, simple is 👌 but looks great.
A couple of things I have noticed from your editing. I didn’t realise you could bounce back to Camera Raw within photoshop. Also, how the HSL set can have such an impact on the final image. I have briefly tried using HSL and have begun to notice subtle but pleasing changes to an image. So thanks Andrew for those insights!
Thank you for a really informative & helpful tutorial. I am new to the canon 90D & macro photography. Just subscribed. Really helpful also about photoshop. Thank you.
Thanks so much, Eamon, good luck with your 90D!
Love your work!
Thank you. I will try this
Great video. I aspire to be anywhere close to how good you are one day. Question: I have a speed flash but what is it I can buy that will allow me to use it off of my camera? Is that remote on your camera something I can buy independently? And what would that be called for searching purposes? Thank you. I learn so much from your videos. I’m 57 and am learning photography over the last year from a couple folks like yourself. I appreciate you show Lightroom/ Photoshop in your videos.
Thanks Tamara, that's really nice to say! It depends on what flash you use. If you have one that goes on the camera's hotshoe then you can use an extension cable (these are quite cheap on amazon) so you can use it off camera. Alternatively you'll need to use wireless radio triggers which can be much more expensive and depends on what brand of flash you have. I'd suggest starting with a generic flash extension cable and see how you go from there. Good luck!
You don't need to build your photo from composite images to light the whole thing. You can easily achieve a balanced lit image with a single torch. Just pick a nice dark place and set shutter for a few seconds. 100 is or lower and because its macro use the best f stop for sharpness. Then click the shutter and with rapid hand movements paint your image repeatedly until the image has balanced light and you are happy with it. I photograph flowers next to a window. Sonthe left us always darker. I always have to paint left and middle to balance it out beautifully.
Cool
Thank you. Good information.
You are good! Great video!
6:46 the way you said “wood grain” almost sounded like you were about to start preaching the macro gospel
Superb!!!
Tape a small flashlight to the top of your flash as a modelling light.
Very interesting video!
Is there an editing program you recommend for beginners?
The final feather of 3 pixels seems too much. I've gone to 1 pixel because apparently it gives a 2 pixel edge which is excellent for most of what I do. Try it. You may like it.
i don't understand - why wouldn't one simply hold a flashlight on the subject instead of using an expensive flash?
Give it a try and see how it works :)
My sick perverted mind interpreted the coffee bean on the first shot as a vulva region of a black person
Too much photoshop for me. Nice idea just not for me.
"Just a bean trying to get some sleep"
;)
Great tutorial!
Thank you!
Brilliant!
Perfect. 👍