hey guys my name is Francisco Hernandez and today I'm finally sharing with you
guys another behind-the-scenes video it's been a while since I've made one
and in today's video I'm not just gonna be showing you one photo shoot but I'm
gonna show you a couple of different photo shoots I haven't made a video like
this in a while because of a couple of different reasons but the two main
reasons why I haven't is because I've been mainly assisting other
photographers I know in my area like my friends Eli Infante roland Sanchez or
Marco Jilpas all photographers you should definitely check out and follow
I've been assisting them and whenever I assist them I don't want to take all the
time of their photoshoots so I just take a couple of shots and sometimes it's
just easier just one two maybe three shots so it's it's not enough for its
own video and then there's times where I either forget to record behind the
scenes footage maybe grabbing enough footage for maybe two to three
shots and not the entire shoot which is not gonna be enough for its own video or
there's times where the weather gets unpredictable or some other stuff come
into play and I can't worry about that camera being recorded or recording while
also focusing on the shoot and giving my attention to the subject so in other
words I held on to this footage and only maybe shared them on my Instagram or on
Facebook you know just quick little clips showing that shot being taken but
I want to share with you guys as well I don't want to just keep it to you know
Facebook or Instagram I want to share with you guys here on YouTube as well
for anybody out there who's addicted to YouTube like myself so I wanted to make
this compilation and I asked you guys on Instagram if you would be interested in
seeing something like that and you were I'm also gonna be adding commentary to
the behind the scenes footage so you guys can learn a little bit about we
know why I chose that certain exposure why I chose that gear or maybe the
models position or the lighting position I want you guys to learn and that's
going to be the best way to do so by explaining you know why I made those
decisions so hopefully you guys learned from that
commentary because that's something that I wants you guys to do always when
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with your thoughts on how I can improve videos like these in the future and if
you guys want to see more compilation videos also let me know because that'll
let me know to make more more of these videos alright take care guys and I'll
see you in the next video so what I went ahead and did is add the lighting set up
for every single shot on the bottom of the screen so in case you guys are
curious about that it's gonna be there this was a interesting shoot for me
because it was my first time using a three light setup in a long time and
also my first time using the mag mod mag block system I wanted to use both of the
ones that I had with 8,200 and really control my environment I exposed this
scene kind of dark so I needed those lights to add dimension to the shop and
basically create the lighting I wanted so I have one lighting her dramatic in
front have another lighting the boxing bag that's behind her in that comes out
in the final shot another for Remley
so this is my first time using the sigma art 105 this was back in November I
believe and I was using the five foot Glo octa box cuz I just got in it and I
wanted to test it out but it was a windy day so one thing I wanted to let you
guys know is that if you're using a big modifier on a windy day that's gonna be
something to struggle with I have an assistant so it's not that hard for me
but if I was shooting alone then I would use something smaller I also wanted to
point out that in this shot it's really good to have a model that knows what
they're doing because you can see Clearasil laughing and then she gets
very serious here's another shot of Karissa at the exact same photo shoot
with the exact same equipment 8400 pro with the fight for octa bucks but one
thing I wanted to point out here was that light position change that's going
on right now so when I have the light higher it was nice and soft and there
wasn't too much shadows going on at all really but there was a little bit lack
of light on the was underneath the eye so when I lowered the light it really
filled it in and also specifically in the test lights the Consulate's really
showed up after that light change
the setup right here was actually from photo plus last year in front of the
Javits I'm taking pictures of my friend and model Jasmine I'm at a lower angle
cuz I wanted to highlight not just that grass thing was a week behind her but
also that blue building that was coming out in the background at that little
angle in the final shot you will see a little bit of it I did take some closer
shots but this shot was one I really liked you can also see that the light
spray up and aiming down that's for that drama again which I always love and you
can see that it was pretty hectic there so I was trying to time my shots
sometimes people would actually walk into my shots but I got lucky with this
one so these next clips are gonna be a little bit weird because actually was
just filming a little weird but you can see that Jasmine is in that position
mixed the Javits and I'm gonna let myself explain what I was doing right
now
perfect I see you what that's a great pose kind of like just a little bit like
you're looking down a little gag down
so sometimes the models come up with great poses and I just modify them a
little bit the final result that's in the end result here the only thing I did
was just raise her arm special things to Don for attending she's on the left
there and also Kerwin he actually has a channel and he's an amazing photographer
you need to check out this photo shoot right here is actually set up with my
friend Eli Infante is so big thanks to him for letting me take a couple of
photos at his photo shoot and also check him out on YouTube because he has a
YouTube channel I was using the sony a6000 with the sigma 56 one point for
both crop sensor lenses and camera and I was using the 36 inch glow Easton lock
octa box double diffuse just because it was a new monitor that I got so I wanted
to test that out and I also wanted to show you guys that crop sensor can take
great photos as long as you have great lighting and of course the great model
helps as well I had the light close for that softness
and at an angle for that drama and I was very fortunate I was working with Betsy
key she's an awesome model she was giving me a lot of great poses to work
with so I just shot along one thing that is very crucial to a lot of photo shoots
is a good assistant and you can see Ashley here being the
best ever she's struggling and tell her to put it down I was shooting with the
sony a6000 with the 56 1.4 but i'm all of those spoiled by my gear so I busted
out my a 7-hour 3 with a sigma art 105 1.4 to just eliminate that background
and get it nice and blurry so I think I started out a little bit further away
and with the light to the left but I realized that with the light to the
right I get a little bit more pop since that still lights coming from the left
so I kind of just sounded whitshire between the light and then I get a
little bit closer for a nice headshot which is what you're about to see right
now
at the end of the shoot I did want to go ahead and switch back to the crop sensor
combo because I wanted to show you guys that you know again it is possible to
take great photos with it so I put away my ace 1 or 3 and the 105 1.4 and ask
Betsy to kind of pose in a position where you would get a nice sky behind
her because although it's exposed a little bright in the video it was really
nice and dramatic and I wanted to capture that drama so again I always
have the light a little bit up and angled down for dramatic shadows but I
was at a lower angle to get that sky in the background
so Betsy was giving me some nice opposes again because she's a great model and I
was just shooting away and this is the shot that I came up with the one thing
that I love about photography is you can make any location beautiful so although
there are dumpsters right there in the shot I didn't pay attention to them I
paid attention to the way that the light was falling on those leaves and since I
was in heaven next to them and using the window 51.4 I knew that the dumpster
wasn't going to show up you can see that I'm actually asking Julie to do a couple
different things I tell her to kind of pop her shoulder a little bit back and
also pop her leg a bit up so that you can see a little bit more of the angles
and one thing I learned from sue Bryce is that if there is something that can
bend you want to bend it so you can see Julie here paying attention to what I'm
saying she pops the leg up puts the shoulder back and then I take this shot
for this specific shot I initially thought I wanted a kicker light which is
why you can see my nephew in the back there holding a godox 8200 bear he got a
little bit tired though and sat down but I was thankful he did that because I
ended up taking a shot with outside kick your light and it ended up being a lot
better to me you can also see that Ashley's a little bit tired there
wanting to put the light down one thing that's very very appreciated and one
thing that you guys need to take advantage of is if you have an assistant
that knows what they're doing but seriously worth its weight in gold
she's amazing and I want to give her one more shout out because right when I'm
about to take a shot she puts it exactly where I needed to be and I just love
that she did that I used the Glocks 8400 pearl always with the 34 inch globe you
dish it's my mobile setup because it's light and it has a lot of power