Dramatic Portraits using a Beauty Dish with Joel Grimes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
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Collapsible Beauty Dish: www.fjwestcott...
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In this detailed tutorial, renowned commercial photographer Joel Grimes uses a single light source and a beauty dish in his studio to capture dramatic male portraits without a ton of gear.
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Joel, love you and Amy and can't thank you enough for allowing me to work with you on so many occasions. Thanks to Wescott, the guys were great!
vincent alfonzo jamal.....great work....
Thank You! Joel makes it easy...
vincent alfonzo jamal awesome job Vincent. You killed it!
Well done mate...great job Vincent!
Brilliant stuff Bro🌹
Never seen anybody master the use of a 24mm lens for headshots the way Joel Grimes does. Really incredible stuff.
yep, fantastic work...
Totally agree. I love that he doesn't let convention get in the way of his vision
Really really incredible
'Beautiful! Beautiful!' ... Indeed.
Joel's work is incredible, and, he's not what a "technical" photographer would be in that he experiments. Lots of photographers are stuck on the science, and do not push the boundaries of creativity.
Love how J. Grimes takes the time to explain everything while encouraging you to experiment. Such simple setup.
Joel is the best portraits photographer out there
And just ... BAM! There it is! Nailed it.
Shout out to the model who took that direction and ran with it. After Grimes directs him to look off then look back, he does it every time.
I love watching you step through your thought process as you dial in the portrait. Great shots. Thanks
Joel, I always learn something every time I view your tutorials. Just goes to show you can teach an old dog new tricks. Share the Light, Bob & Dawn
Very nicely done excellent presentation it was great to see a professional who knows what the hell he’s doing
Thank you kindly!
Omg, I went tehehee, when Vincent smiled. Didn't expect such a big beautiful smile.
I'm one of those that likes to use an 85mm for portraits but because of you I did some test shots using my 24-105 f4 lens at 24mm. I like what I saw! So now I have another option. Thanks, Joel!
Joel Grimes is a national treasure.
Excellent model. Character face, eyes and rest...
Love the technique tweaking the 24-70mm lens 👏🏾👏🏾
Great work. Joel Grimes is so generous!
The simplicity always catches me off guard. Great video. You're helping a ton of us shoot better images. Thanks again!
So refreshing to see a video showing a photographer at work producing great images, sad to think many people just view gear vlogger pro's droning on about cameras.
It's kind of sad to see how photographers who just use a camera and simple adjustments get view as "the best photographers" just because they are mainly vloggers. Not saying their photos are bad, but they really don't tell much or require skill. The skill these vlogger photographers posses is entertaining people. The only thing that sucks is seeing instgram full of same meaningless photos, shot at less than 2.0 aperture, orange/yellow skins, and grainy looks
Joel Grimes is a magician.. Love this work.
Thanks for this. We need more tutorials on photographing darker skin tones.👍
Straight to the point. You're awesome!
Beautiful Effects of lighting.
Congratulations !
The Master at Work !!!
Awesome shots joel
awesome portraits.....vincent fits the dramatic role on the money. i feel like the combo of his confident look and the suit together should be selling for a higher end manufacturer suit company. great work....
The images are simply stunning. Great teaching and flow, hope to see more awesome videos from you. Cheers.
Brilliant! I never would have thought to use a 24mm!
wow ... that is a awesome tutorial for just 1-3 light with 24-28mm!
Love this video!
Great shoot. Good to see some quality portraits at 24mm
I Love Joel Grimes. I picked up a camera because of him.
Joel, you are my inspiration! You were the guy who encouraged me to use a lens shorter than 50mm for portrait work. Outstanding tutorial! When will you come to Hungary with a workshop? When you do, I'm sold instantly.
Thanks Joel! Very helpful!
Happiness..
Thanks for the good advice
Thank you very much. Appreciate you.
wish I could have seen a better view as to see how the side lights were positioned as he was being photographed. I dosee at the end the set up. Just not sure if they were more behind him or directly cross lit.
World class tutorial!
Thanks for watching Jimmy!
Thank you so much, this video explains and shows exactly what's needed for a dramatic photo 👏🏼
Thank you for your videos Joel, truly appreciated 🙏
Glad you like them!
Thank you so much.
absolutely beautiful work from a master photographer. great communicator as well. keep inspiring us!
You are a genius.
It's really awesome 👌🏻
Glad you think so!
Very instructional to me. Thank you very much. I understand that you like to crop out the top of the head, but my clients don't like that look. Can you show us what his hair looked like up top in the last images of the video?
Using the 24mm for portraits is very challenging !
I loved the video and the result
Thank you
This guy is a powerhouse
this was helpful! great job! I am learning😁
the best 12 min ever!
My Man looks sharp!
Beautiful Pics
Fantastic information & inspiring.
Thanks for watching Basil Rodericks! Glad you found this video useful.
Nice video.Please tell me what Matthews support and arm are you using to support beauty dish.
May I ask what kind of backdrop that is? Also, how do you address the lens distortion that occurs near the edges shooting that wide?
Joel you are the best .....
I stayed for the patience of the model.
The light effect at 11:15. It's fantastic! Thanks from Brazil - I'm still learning! :)
Vincent is amzing
Good work... can you please tell me what's the measure of the edge soft boxes .
Excellent tutorial. Can we know what boom arm and stand you used I like the look of it. Looks pro but won't break the bank (I hope) also what kind of strobe are you using. Thanks
This was a great tutorial. Thank you!
Great tutorial. I will try to replicate this.
Great work
Could someone share what the heavy duty rolling stand, as well as attached boom, are? What I've been looking for, thanks.
Very interesting look you got there. I think I'll have to try out some wide angle portraits in studio sometime.
These are great pictures fantastic job!
thank you so much. love your tutorials.
Anyone else think the thumbnail was the Gigachad meme for a sec?
Great Video learned a lot , impressive!
I really liked this.... Good Job
Nice, crazy shots 😀👍🏼
Thanks for watching!!
Great video
Wow. U r really good..
Excellent video, thanks!
Excellent.
Curious what are the sizes of thse soft boxes with grid .
that's so badass
Thanks for watching Sean!
@@WestcottLighting it was inspiring and well done. I learned a lot.
excellent stuff! Thank you Joel!
Amazing job !! Very inspirational !
What is the light stand and boom arm youre using?
I want to do the same thing with Canon Speedlites
Is there a chance to get some informations about post production, especially of the first shot. It´s great!
Great Video. Final Song actually took me by suprise xD
love
What are the edge lights ?
Nice to see Einsteins getting some respect! Love these units
Why the 24" beauty dish? What would be the effect of a larger or smaller sized dish?
Anyone have a link tp the texture background thing Joel was talking about?
awesome!
Great video!
I love lighting, awesome video
how exactly did you use the softbox? (the defusion fabric and the metal plate?)
Really awesome pictures Joel👍🏻. Great Lighting. Can you tell me what song starts at 10:57 ?
Any photoshop/ editing tutorial or run through? Thnks for the lighting and posing info
Ben, Joel offers complete tutorials on his editing at www.joelgrimesworkshops.com/
Got to duplicate this into a self portrait....... Awesome video tutorial!!!! Thanks
Hi Joel,
Is it possible to get these kind of shots with speedlights (with modifiers)? Or is the power output of a studio strobe required?
Love the tutorial... but... why on earth did you not use a gimbal to stabilize the camera lol
Could you tell me what brand Vincent's watch is, please? :)
what is that boom called?
Great. Link to light source?
The main light modifier is Joel's signature Beauty Dish from Westcott. www.fjwestcott.com/rapid-box-beauty-dish
what is that post processing? blending mode with texture?
For insights into Joel's post processing you might check out his website joelgrimes.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=12191&AKey=P7FJP8B4 or facebook page.
what backdrops did u use?
It looks like it's a black paper backdrop, hope that helps!