Mediumformat, for me,
is about the multiple things. I mean, there's the color, which is really
important for me because I shoot a lot of skin, and the skintone just needs
to be perfect for me.
I've been using Capture One for about six years,
it gives me the best results, personally. You know, fashion photographers, on set -
they're using it on a day-to-day basis, because its industry standard.
I mean if you are using something else then you're probably not top of your
game.
-It's amazing how much detail you get out of this. -Yeah. -The subtle shades of tones that it picks
up, even within the freckles themselves. -That's why I shoot more or less all my
stuff on medium format.
-Just look here.
You have a bigger chip, and you have a bigger viewfinder. It makes it easier to actually see what's there,
even though you're looking through a lens, and that makes it easier to
capture the moment.
How do you like it, coming along so far? -Very nice. -Maybe drop some of the highlights to see if we
can add some depth in the skin.
I can take down highlights, I can push up shadows, get a lot more information in the
file than I can in any other file, that's medium format to me, and for me the
quality will always make up for whatever other features, that can get in a small
camera.
What do you think? -That's really cool. Try to zoom into it. Yeah, I love these files.
It really does remind me, of how some of the old film look. Even the way the subtle
shades between the hair, from gold to browns, really pops. This is beautiful. My
favourite is the eyes. -Yeah, me too. The different levels of blue that you can pick up.
-Yeah, it's just crazy.
-What do you think? I'll just loosen the shadows maybe? -Yeah. -Shooting with
Capture One is just so much more straightforward for me. I can easily
see focus and come very close to the final look, which could be very
important for the client, because often they don't see how it will be in the end,
and they think, "uhh, but wasn't it supposed to be more yellow" or whatever, and you can do that
within Capture One, and it will apply it while you shoot tethered. -Photographs are very
emotional pieces of art, and to communicate that with tools that are
very intuitive and easy-to-use, makes it easy for me, as a retoucher, to finish
that vision, when I get it on my side.
-When everybody has a camera, it means that everybody is taking pictures, and for me
it's still an art, photography, and to me that means that it needs to
have the right, um.. It needs to be materialized in the in the right way, and
I feel more the present, and I feel more like it's photography, when it's a medium format.
That's why I shoot, what I shoot.