Fujifilm XT3 Engagement Photography Behind the Scenes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2024
- If you're looking to get started in wedding photography or need wedding photography education this is a great place to start. In this video I'm going to take you on a full engagement session and show how I talk and interact with my couples. I'm photographing this session with 2 Fujifilm X-T3's and everything has been edited on Lightroom classic with my Natural Feels Preset which you can find here: bit.ly/naturalfeelspresets
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Video Index:
0:00 - Introduction | Fujifilm Gear I Use for this Engagement Session
0:50 - Engagement Session First Location
9:27 - Engagement Session Second Location
15:50 - Closing | Engagement Session Review
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Make sure to check out the live stream where I edited the photos from this session th-cam.com/video/A_wBrJ_bOro/w-d-xo.html
Man I’m doing my first engagement photo shoot tomorrow morning so you know I had to bidge ALL your videos!!
Great work John! I love seeing behind the scenes and how other photographers direct their couples👍
It's always fun isn't it? Everyone really directs SOO differently. Thanks for watching. 🙌🙌
You are so talented and have such great info! I’m too nervous to start my photography business so I only take pictures for friends and family right now but I’ve been devouring your videos for new info as a Fuji xt2 user. Your work is so beautiful, thank you for creating videos!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying the video and honestly taking pictures of family and friends is a great way to start. Before you know it you’ll be running your own business when you get a bit more comfortable. Thanks again for watching and good luck with your future with photography.
How its been?
Your content is addictive! Great work man, you are a real inspiration for me! Great attitude as well, you really seem like a cool/ good person! Love it, keep it up!!
Really enjoyed your content always great advice and photography tips.
Love the Fujifilm lenses and color
Your joy for life is palpable. Love watching your content!
Thanks! 😂😂 I'm totally a very overly optimistic type of person.
Yet another enormously helpful video, John. Thanks, and keep it up!
Thanks so much. I'm working on the next one as we speak!
Great session to watch! Thank you
Thanks for watching. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks again for another amazing BTS John! I’m impressed with the dynamic range of the XT-3.
Thanks so much for watching. Yeah it's always surprising at how much dynamic range you can get out of it even being crop sensor.
Beautiful session! We love your content, keep it up John. We are learning so much from you.
Thank you so much. I'm glad to share the knowledge.
Another great BTS! You are my inspiration JB. Always waiting for your next BTS. Hope to get your natural feel preset soon. Good job!
Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
John you are an absolute inspiration to all of us Fuji users, and photography fans of all kinds. Your videos are amongst the most educational and enjoyable to learn from that I have ever seen. Thank you for all that you share with us :)
Thank you so much. I'm glad you're enjoying the content and that it's really helping out on your end of things. I hope to have much more awesome content this year.
Just found your channel today and I can´t stop watching your videos ! Great pictures and great videos. Keep it up!
Thanks a bunch and thanks for watching. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!
Look forward for more awesome bts like this. Very inspiring!
Thanks so much. Glad to pass around some inspiration.
John! You definitely have talent, thank you so much for all the information you share with us!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching.
You are both professional and relatable. I love the idea of a bit of technical talk and showing the couple a few of the photos. It shows that you know what you are doing and the preview of a few photos makes them super excited about the finished product. Keep up the great work!
Thanks a bunch. I'm glad you enjoyed the video as well. I always love letting my clients be a part of the process of creating photos. It's always a fun time.
I thought this was an awesome session! I love your flow and ease with your clients!
Glad you enjoyed it!
„How good is this video again“ .. so good. thx John
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Great session John. I'm familiar with all of these spots here in Charlotte and you definitely did them justice ! Thanks for the video !
Thanks so much. It was my first time around that area.
Amazin John! Love this video! Thanks for sharing.
your channel is very addicting.. I enjoy watching and love how you present, your work. great work John.. cant wait to see more subscribed
Thanks for the sub! And I'm glad you're enjoying all of the content.
That was dope,you kept them smiling and laughing which is awesome. Good work 👍🏿
Thanks a bunch! e-sessions are always so fun. Thanks for watching.
Great! Thanks for your helpful explanations!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
I love that style!! Thanks for showing us 😊
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Oi John, Agradeço pelo canal incrivel que você tem!
Me inspiro muito vendo seu trabalho! Parabens!
Congrats!!! Well done! Keep inspiring people 🤩😍😊😁
Thank you so much!
I have just discovered your channel and am loving it ! Favorite part , your behind the scenes go pro - how you utilize your lenses and make them flow !
Awesome! Welcome to the channel and I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the content!!
Awesome work!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching.
those colors ❤️ amazing Photos.
Thank you so much! I've worked so long to get good tones.
Brilliant John
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like the way you engaged the couple. Customer service is important.
Yep yep. It's number one when working with people.
Perfection.
thank you!
Do more this kind of behind the scene! Like it so much!
Awesome. I'll keep them coming!
Amazing work and excellent guidance for the couple. Well done sir
Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
I love your video! I’ve been doing photography for 4 years now and now going into wedding and engagements. I love this video because that’s where I took my engagement photos in Charlotte and my husband and I now live in LA. I would love to connect outside of TH-cam.
You make me wanna become a photographer. This was very informative.
Man I don't even remember how I stumbled across your channel but I'm glad I did. John I could do an engagement shoot, but there's no way I could be a wedding photographer. It's way to complicated for me. You make it look easy. Love your work and thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks so much. Glad you're enjoying the content. Yeah weddings are a lot, but once you get the process down it's not too hard to do them. High stakes however.
Hi John! I'm not a Fuji user but I absolutely love your work! Yours style, your approach to the couples is incredible and one day I would love to be as good as you! Your videos are so helpful thanks for all your hard work! 😊
Wow, thank you!
🔥 dope!!!
You are my favourite TH-camr .. thank you for your content
Thank you so much. I really appreciate that. Thank you so much for watching and for loving the content.
Brilliant
Thanks so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
So good.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it
Well done...
Following you closely... best wedding photographer tutor....
I really appreciate that. Thanks for watching.
Very nice thank you, I will get a few of your ideas.
Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it.
awesome
Great Video , thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey! I recognize this place! I’m from Charlotte! Thanks for the helpful videos! 👌📸
Awesome! It's a great little location to shoot in.
Super video once again! Is the 16mm a new addition? Loving the brenizer shot, can’t wait for the tutorial!
Thanks! Yeah I just recently picked up the 16mm. Loving it so far. Especially for video.
Legend !! Thank you for posting this content totally enjoy watching as a beginner it’s inspiring me everyday.
I would love to see you explain and exemplify your poses at an event
Great video john, i wish i had seen this before i did an engagement shoot ...oh well .
Maybe it’ll come in handy on the next engagement session you do
Love the way you direct your subject. Any advice for introvert photographer?
Really awesome shots and behind the scenes. Hopefully I can apply some techniques on the XT3 on my cinematic channel. Thanks for sharing. Nice work!
I’m glad you enjoyed the video and learned some stuff. Let me know how some of your sessions go and how everything works out for you.
@@jbivphotography great! Cheers!
I love your stuff man!! I have my new fudjifilm xt3 and I'm waiting next year for start to be wedding photographer!! So thanks for all your videos! it's help me a lot. I wanted to know if you will make video about price and sell like package... sorry for my English haha ;D
Wow,awesome 👍👍👍
Thanks so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Nice to see you use the XT3 as photo camera. Seems perfect for these circumstances. It looks really good!
Though I just can't get used to use my XT3 for photography as well. I prefer my 'mirror' Canon camera because of the hand placement and skin colors.
But I do use the Xt3 for filming and that's amazing.
Nice! And thank you. I know exactly how you feel. Sometimes you just get so SOO used to the system you're on it's really hard to transition to something else. I feel that way about my Fuji's now.
Your videos and content are fantastic. When u use zone afc ,do you use the 3x3 square ? Can u please do a video on the specifics of your afc setup for walking and isle shots etc. Thanks john
Hey John, loving this! 1 quick question tho. How come I hardly see you take full body shots including their shoes?
Hi John, I love your videos, you inspired me to go with fuji xt3 over getting the xt4 your super informative thank you, If you can give some advice on where to get some photography training I would appreciate it, I'm retired and I'm looking for a new career that I can control, I think photography would be perfect. Please give me some info on how you learned photography, and how you got to be so good at what you do. Thanks. God Bless Keep up the great work.
That gif was very nice
I love making GIFs at my session. They’re a great time.
Interesting choice with lenses also. Most photographers would use a long fast prime when doing a portrait session like an 85 f1.8 or 70 - 200 f2.8, but with your shots just about the entire frame is in focus i.e. very little bokeh
I've always been a huge fan of how intimate photos feel. While bokeh is nice on longer lenses you and see/feel the fact that the photographer is so far away from the couple. Loosing that bit of intimacy like you're actually there. Or the same intimacy that the couple is feeling. Where as with wider lenses you really feel like you're there with the couple and can feel the moment. That's why I tend to use shorter focal lengths.
Awwe, Shes so inlove with the guyyy *^-^*
Their wedding was amazing as well. They're so fun!
Hi John, really like this and your style. As an owner of Xt3 myslef just wondering what setting do you use when they were dancing? And looking forward to your brenizer video in the near future I guess.
Hey John. Love the channel. I notice in many of your photos you compose out their feet. Cute the frame at the ankle’s. Curious why this is?
I knew this place looked familiar 😄 i shot an engagement session there too ☺️ amazing video!!!
How awesome. It was my first time taking photos in that area. I hope to make it out to Charlotte more often. Thanks for watching.
Nice mate, though I don't totally agree with saying that on a sunny day you need to keep your subjects in the shade. I think even lighting is more important which can be achieved both in the shade or in the sunlight.
True. I just find that typically in shooting in super sunny situations that I get too much eye squinting from my subjects unless I backlight them. Which I don't prefer backlighting.
always love watching your videos! question are all these shot with the aperture wide open?
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, for the most part every photo was taken wide open. Fuji is just so sharp wide open!
Good day sir john i am one of your avid follower here in the philippines just wanna ask if your using off camera flash on your shoot like this? Godbless...
Hi John! Nice work! As someone new to this genre, i’ve been hearing that one rule to shooting people is not to cut the limbs/joints. I noticed most of your shots are like this. But even, they look natural to me and doesn’t look like a cut limb or what. Do you follow this “rule”?
Great job John. still learning Wedding/Portrait works from you.
Want to join photo walk with you if you come to Thailand :)
I’d love to visit Thailand sometime. Glad you’re learning some from my videos.
I laughed out loud when he said “throw a kiss in there.”
They kissed and he goes “exactly…” 😂😂😂😂
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Didn’t realize you was in the nc area, I’m here in Greenville, NC
Yep yep. Over here in Raleigh. Hoping to do some in person stuff at some point. Like a meetup or workshop.
i love these videos. i'm still struggling to fall in love with my xt3, since I've been used to my canon for over 10 years. i really believe once i get used to how fuji does color, and when i can buy a prime lens (all i have is its kit lens), it'll be better. the camera really impresses me, but i do need a lens that will give me some confidence. I'm so used to my 50mm for my Canon, and its hard not be able to have that bokeh for my xt3, atm.
Yeah. It can be a weird change at first and does take some getting used to. What camera profile are you using while you're shooting? That can also help with the colors and things as well. But it does take some time. Just stick in there with it. And honestly maybe it's just not for you. It's something you have to sit down and really think about.
@@jbivphotography oh, i'm going to sound like a noob here, but i'm not sure. I don't know too much about those settings, because i got the camera and set the images to raw and started working.
Jennifer L R Fuji has just come out with a cheap xc 35mm f2 lens, equivalent to a 50mm, which is basically like the xf counterpart without weather sealing and aperture ring. Image quality and bokeh is just as good, for dirt cheap!
John, what setting do you normally keep your top left dial on - S, CL, CH? In the videos I've been watching I don't notice you changing that dial, so I'm guessing maybe CL? Whenever I have it on CH it tends to double-shot each picture. I actually shoot JPEG (I know, I know, but it's Fuji, so come on!) and I tend to take most of my shots on BKT with 3 different film sims and when I want to rapid fire I just use my finger, and it always keeps up with me, even with little children running around, but I'm going into weddings and thinking about how you do the ceremony kiss/twirl shots. Thanks!
with regards to your color grading, are you using adobe lightroom?
Hey beautiful work! Where in Charlotte is this?
I can’t remember the name of it. It was a nice spot.
It'd also be quite beneficial to show the before shots SOOC and the edited versions side by side
Great suggestion! I might start doing that for the next couple of videos.
Dope video! Okay please I just have one question? How are you focusing your xt3 during 6:48-6:55? Like you are getting consistent focus and I just can’t get my xt3 to get that hit rate in focus. Otherwise great video and thanks for this video I learned a lot!
So for those shots I'm still using single point focus and I just move the square with the little joystick. I don't shoot them the whole time they're walking, just closer to where I want the actual shots.
Basically at the end of the day I don't trust continuous auto focus.
Good stuff John! I would try to avoid some of the mirrored hand positions in some of these poses. You always want to make sure the couple is not matching each other’s hand/arm placement. Also on the spin/twirl shot it’s best to have them use the hands away from the camera so neither of their faces are blocked.
Great tips. Thanks for sharing.
You should have your own Netflix show
Great video again, John. BTW: Have you replaced your 14mm 2.8 for the 16mm 2.8 ?
I think so. The 16mm 2.8 focuses much faster and is more reliable for video which I've been doing much more of recently. There's a lot of distortion on it which I don't remember on the 14mm but I'll have to test that.
@@jbivphotography Alright. I own the 18mm F2. So I was wondering how they compare... Thanks for reply! ;)
Plz say about this color tone
It seems like you are shooting in single frame at times and fire off two shots relatively fast. Is this due to a setting change or is it relative to the write speed of your SD card? I am not referring to low/ high speed burst.
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do you also shoot family portrait? i would love to see it
I shoot some but I only do it on request currently. Maybe I’ll do a session video sometime. Once we’re able to actually go out and shoot again. 🙃🙃
Hey john, Do you use auto eye detect tracking system while photographing couples or events like these?
I don't actually. I plan on making a video on autofocus soon but I tend to not use continuous auto focus modes. Unless someone is walking towards me or away from me.
Hey john! I want to know if you’ll be “upgrading” to the xt4 when it’s released? I’m not sure whether I should get an xt3 or hold off for an xt4. The main thing im looking forward to is IBIS for low light situations. Thoughts? Thanks man
I’m probably going to grab one and test it out. I honestly think for a stills shooter it’s not much of an upgrade. IBIS is cool but if your shutter gets to low you’re growing to get blur from moving subjects. So I
M not sure if I’m goi
No to be keeping my X-T4.
@@jbivphotography thanks for the reply. im still debating whether or not i go with an xt3 or a7iii as there so close to the same price at the moment. great video btw, so much useful information.
Beautiful session John were you shooting wide open with the 56mm?
I switched around. I would say I used the 56mm the least on this session.
@@jbivphotography I'm interested too. Do you shoot a lot at f1.2 (with the risk of having only the bride or groom in focus) or do you stop down a bit? Thanks!
Do you use ND filters? Great works btw!
I don't usually. I actually just bought my first couple of ND filters a couple of months ago. Mainly for video.
What aperture do you normally use? Do you shoot with the lenses wide open. I find it hard sometimes to get the both individual in focus when shooting wide open
I do normally shoot wide open. Since I'm using the f/2 lenses and Fuji is crop sensor that equates to almost f/4. So wide open is really good as far as getting things in focus. The only other thing that could throw that off is how you're posing your couples. Are they really far from each other as far as how you're posing them?
I'm new to photography and came across your channel. Any reason why you have specific focal lengths for lenses instead of a 16-55?
I shoot with Prime lenses only and don't use any zooms which is why you're seeing the specific focal lengths. I think primes are a much better place to start learning on and they have a bunch of different advantages to them as well like letting in more light, typically sharper, etc.
@@jbivphotography I'm eyeing the xt-4 as my first starter camera. I saw your other video on how to get started. So 4 prime lenses. Oh man this is getting pricey 😂😂
Benheizer shot??
Can you do brenizer method using your lightroom mobile?
I know you can do it on Lightroom CC on the desktop (not classic), but I don't think you're able to do it in mobile yet. But I haven't tried that out.
Sir, how do you edit such beautiful photos?... 😱
Thanks! I always use the Natural Feels Preset. You should check it out. bit.ly/naturalfeelspresets
What is the advantage of the big leather camera harness, with the cameras hanging upside down by their tripod sockets? Why not just use the regular camera straps that come with the camera?
So with the normal camera straps it's SUPER cumbersome to carry 2 cameras. It also allows me to quickly use my 2 cameras. And last but not least it takes the weight off of your neck.
@@jbivphotography Ok, thanks for the info.
Hey I’ve been wanting to get the fuji tx3 for portrait and maybe for personal videos as well but is it good for portraits with the 35mm 1.4?
Im asking cause i really only see the camera used for mostly wedding photography or film, not much about portraits
Yep yep. I think it's great. I've been using it with the 35mm f/2 and I think it makes for awesome portraits. Even better with the 1.4 lens as well.
John Branch IV Photography ohh nice i see, thank you !
Do you shoot RAW and how do you set your WB for shade?
I typically use auto white balance. But if it's a little too blue I'll just go into kelvin and make it warmer.
Please I always follow up on every video you upload am I love with almost of them, but I have a little issue, the issue is how can I get this camera In Nigeria have been search for long I can't get it, can you help me on how to get the camera please
Oh no. There's not a way for you to order one and have it shipped? I'm not familiar with how to get things to Nigeria so I'm unable to help out. Maybe there's someone else watching who's familiar?