I’ve trained up a handful of photographers now, and when they ask me if I went to school, I tell them a plethora of sources of how I educated myself, read every book, and learned in the field. The main source of learning things I wanted to learn, came from Karl Taylor courses. That was 15 years ago now, and I’m not afraid to come back to learn advanced techniques or even basic ones over. On the newest quest to set up wildlife camera triggers, led me right back to you. Thanks Karl!
You continue to be the most knowledgeable photographer out there, communicate what you're doing quite well, have the coolest studio I've ever seen, seem to have a hell of a lot of fun, and produce the most stunningly beautiful shots. I so appreciate your videos. Thanks so much.
In addition to being a talented photographer, you seem to have innate gifts for modern painting ! Once again this is a very useful and interesting video. Thank you so much.
Non-stop learning from you, Karl. I cannot express my gratitude to you. Was thinking about buying such a trigger, but I don't shoot so much such scenes. So, releasing shutter on the camera by is more fun. and you can get more awesome results, then with the proper trigger Best regards from Mother Russia
It's not that I haven't tried it, I have... and my kids were amazed by just playing there and taking pictures of their "monster trucks"... next time I'll try the electronic version of it. (With no kids around :D ) Now to the matter, the spontaneous moments of your models have to be prepared very precisely and in that my friend, you're again the best. Thanks a lot for sharing the ideas.. one day... one step.
This is some interesting stuff and seems like a lot of fun but could be frustrating at the same time if you are trying to catch an exact moment. Thanks for the video.
I never knew all the options of triggers available, Thank you for the great information, I did a water drop shoot at night using color gels and I love the results I got, but it took many many shots to get the perfect one.
I have that orange black trigger. Cost 200€ and I only used it like couple of times to take timelapse lol. I wished to ise it for lighting but I never did... Now this video reminded me that I got this expensive thing laying in my backpack. Need to brake something in my studio with laser!
Nice video Karl but what you IMO forgot to mention is that the burst rate of shooting of a MF Hasselblad is not that high (cause it is not designed for sports and action photography and therefor this way of shooting) Your strobes could probably handle it cause they are massive. Someone could think, why don't you use a Canon Dx1 , AKA the Gatling of Camera's ;-) But you need that high pixel output, dynamic range etc. But you showed us some interesting tools and ways to deal with that problem. Thanks for sharing
Thanks RS and yes the Hasselblad will only allow me to shoot about 1 photo per second and clearly 35mm can be an option for 7-10 frames per second with flashes that recycle fast enough. That technique can also be very beneficial and I should have mentioned it as you can have a series of images to choose from.
Great video! I used the Triggertrap until it was no longer supported. The MIOPS + is now my go to! Great for lightning and time lapse! Question: could the MIOPS + be combined with the Pocket Wizard Plus III to trigger speedlights in a similar setup to the studio lights?
Do you think a Canon R5 is fast enough for shots like this? 12frame per second mechanical and 20 electronic? You have such great knowledge that I’m really impressed
Well then it's plenty fast enough if that's the way you want to shoot, but the camera I was using on these shoots can only take 1 photo per second. For me it's about timing and calculating when the best time is and using a trigger to help you capture that particular moment. The method you are talking about is often referred to as 'spray and pray' but it can be useful in certain situations.
@@VisualEducationStudio thank you for your time! Like others say, you are a great professional photographer and your way to teaching is absolutely outstanding. I do mostly video but since I discovered your channel I’m very attracted to photography. Keep up the great work sir!
Fun fact: Merlyn Severn, a photographer for Britain's “Picture Post” in the '50s, made the first photo ever of a chameleon's tongue catching its prey. Her method: she bought a chameleon, kept it as a pet, and fed it by hand every day as she watched its reactions very closely. Eventually she learned her pet's behavior so well that she was able to time the photo by eye. Of course today scientists could do this easily using a laser trigger, but I think Merlyn's method is more endearing...
I have a shoot coming up of a hockey players. I wanted to capture the bend in the stick during a slapshot. Does any sort of automated triggering make sense for this? Sound might be too slow because the bend in the stick is right at the puck on the ice. Laser might work because I could setup the beam behind the puck and have the stick trigger it. Or I could just manually do it, but hockey is such a fast moving sport it might take more tries than we have ice time for.
Knowing the quality of the photos you take, I am very ashamed to have thought that the Tennis photo was composed in PS. I'm very sorry sir. It will not happen again.
Ha Ha no worries. The front tennis racket had to be shot seperately to the back one with the ball because of the the depth of field but the ball and the racket at the back were captured as one.
I’ve trained up a handful of photographers now, and when they ask me if I went to school, I tell them a plethora of sources of how I educated myself, read every book, and learned in the field.
The main source of learning things I wanted to learn, came from Karl Taylor courses. That was 15 years ago now, and I’m not afraid to come back to learn advanced techniques or even basic ones over. On the newest quest to set up wildlife camera triggers, led me right back to you.
Thanks Karl!
Thank you.
You continue to be the most knowledgeable photographer out there, communicate what you're doing quite well, have the coolest studio I've ever seen, seem to have a hell of a lot of fun, and produce the most stunningly beautiful shots. I so appreciate your videos. Thanks so much.
Wow, thank you very kind.
Karl is simply the BEST artist in the modern time
very kind thank you but I can think of many that would be much much higher up the list.
@@VisualEducationStudio haha very humble, Karl. You’re on top of my list for sure. Hope to one day meet you and attend one of your workshops
In addition to being a talented photographer, you seem to have innate gifts for modern painting ! Once again this is a very useful and interesting video. Thank you so much.
Thank you very much.
Probably the most info about triggers anyone can squeeze in 5 minutes. Those were the fastest ever 5 minutes in my YT viewer career.
Thanks.
Çok güzel bir video. Çok faydalı. Çok önemli deneyimlerinizi bizimle paylaştığın için teşekkür ederim bay Taylor. Yeni videolarını bekliyorum.
Non-stop learning from you, Karl. I cannot express my gratitude to you.
Was thinking about buying such a trigger, but I don't shoot so much such scenes. So, releasing shutter on the camera by is more fun. and you can get more awesome results, then with the proper trigger
Best regards from Mother Russia
Thank you and greetings to mother Russia.
Great explanation. Thanks, Karl.
I was looking for kind of content for a long time. thank you Carl for great explanation!
Happy to help!
Thank you 💗
No worries!
It's not that I haven't tried it, I have... and my kids were amazed by just playing there and taking pictures of their "monster trucks"... next time I'll try the electronic version of it. (With no kids around :D )
Now to the matter, the spontaneous moments of your models have to be prepared very precisely and in that my friend, you're again the best. Thanks a lot for sharing the ideas.. one day... one step.
Thank you.
This is some interesting stuff and seems like a lot of fun but could be frustrating at the same time if you are trying to catch an exact moment. Thanks for the video.
Thank you.
Always the best .. Best of the best :) .. Thank you very much Karl and specially Ashley :)
Our pleasure!
Great tips and thoughts. Keep safe, keep well and be happy.
Thanks, you too!
I never knew all the options of triggers available, Thank you for the great information, I did a water drop shoot at night using color gels and I love the results I got, but it took many many shots to get the perfect one.
Thanks and glad it worked out.
Great, Karl. My Miops trigger has been getting quite the workout this past year or so!
Great to hear!
I have that orange black trigger. Cost 200€ and I only used it like couple of times to take timelapse lol. I wished to ise it for lighting but I never did... Now this video reminded me that I got this expensive thing laying in my backpack. Need to brake something in my studio with laser!
I'm happy to have motivated you to try something with it and get your money's worth. Good luck!
You and your videos are the best. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼😘🍻
Thank you.
Great as always. 😊
Thank you! Cheers!
Top notch as usual.....
Cheers.
Thanks for this great video Karl 👌🏻✨
I hope you’re doing great
Thanks! You too!
Trigger in your video is the MIOPS but you mentioned there are many. do you have knowledge on other brands?
Thank you very much for the video Mr. Taylor. Could you give any recomandation on which accoustic and which laser trigger to buy?
Take a look on "miops" trigger
I love it!
Thanks
do you have any tips for tethered shooting when the USB port on your camera is broken?? all the tethering tools I find need the USB port.
Nice video Karl but what you IMO forgot to mention is that the burst rate of shooting of a MF Hasselblad is not that high (cause it is not designed for sports and action photography and therefor this way of shooting) Your strobes could probably handle it cause they are massive.
Someone could think, why don't you use a Canon Dx1 , AKA the Gatling of Camera's ;-)
But you need that high pixel output, dynamic range etc.
But you showed us some interesting tools and ways to deal with that problem.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks RS and yes the Hasselblad will only allow me to shoot about 1 photo per second and clearly 35mm can be an option for 7-10 frames per second with flashes that recycle fast enough. That technique can also be very beneficial and I should have mentioned it as you can have a series of images to choose from.
Great video! I used the Triggertrap until it was no longer supported. The MIOPS + is now my go to! Great for lightning and time lapse!
Question: could the MIOPS + be combined with the Pocket Wizard Plus III to trigger speedlights in a similar setup to the studio lights?
Yes I would think so but you best email miops to be sure.
Do you think a Canon R5 is fast enough for shots like this? 12frame per second mechanical and 20 electronic?
You have such great knowledge that I’m really impressed
Hi Angelo, do the specifications of the Canon R5 say it can shoot 12 fps or 20fps?
@@VisualEducationStudio it can shot both, 12fps (photos) mechanical shutter and 20fps electronic shutter
That’s why I’m asking because R5 is a speed photo camera, I think for this kind of photos, that burst mode is ideal
Well then it's plenty fast enough if that's the way you want to shoot, but the camera I was using on these shoots can only take 1 photo per second. For me it's about timing and calculating when the best time is and using a trigger to help you capture that particular moment. The method you are talking about is often referred to as 'spray and pray' but it can be useful in certain situations.
@@VisualEducationStudio thank you for your time! Like others say, you are a great professional photographer and your way to teaching is absolutely outstanding. I do mostly video but since I discovered your channel I’m very attracted to photography.
Keep up the great work sir!
Fun fact: Merlyn Severn, a photographer for Britain's “Picture Post” in the '50s, made the first photo ever of a chameleon's tongue catching its prey. Her method: she bought a chameleon, kept it as a pet, and fed it by hand every day as she watched its reactions very closely. Eventually she learned her pet's behavior so well that she was able to time the photo by eye. Of course today scientists could do this easily using a laser trigger, but I think Merlyn's method is more endearing...
Hats off to Merlyn!
I have a shoot coming up of a hockey players. I wanted to capture the bend in the stick during a slapshot.
Does any sort of automated triggering make sense for this?
Sound might be too slow because the bend in the stick is right at the puck on the ice.
Laser might work because I could setup the beam behind the puck and have the stick trigger it.
Or I could just manually do it, but hockey is such a fast moving sport it might take more tries than we have ice time for.
I'd say the laser sounds like your best option.
My brain hurts😂🙌
i was looking at getting one of those triggers for my M50 but it doesn't have a physical cable release input so its eyes on target for me.
Love this! What brand of trigger box are you utilizing?
Miops
Prof.
Again, trigger photography is a messy (and funny) thing😊
Infrared is visible to some animals though. Like mosquitoes.
Thank you. I should have said most animals.
im as quick as a badger in winter.
😊
Knowing the quality of the photos you take, I am very ashamed to have thought that the Tennis photo was composed in PS. I'm very sorry sir. It will not happen again.
Ha Ha no worries. The front tennis racket had to be shot seperately to the back one with the ball because of the the depth of field but the ball and the racket at the back were captured as one.
@@VisualEducationStudio Great Work Sir.