Hey this is Daniel Norton,
I'm in the valley of fire in Nevada with Marissa,
and we're driving through.... careful,
she's good, we're kind of driving through,
and it's such a beautiful... we're in a bit
of a cloud right now, the sun's coming
down in this video, we're just kind of
out here shooting, we decided we're gonna
take a drive out here, we were in Las
Vegas for some work, and you know this is
kind of just a beautiful area... of these
beautiful like crisp red rocks, and when
the sun hits them we get super saturated
color, and when we're kind of in the
shade or in the clouds right now,
we get like a duller color, kind of a different
look, so we're gonna explore both options.
This is gonna be super simple, this is
all about timing and positioning right?
We know where the sun is, we picked the
right color dress, we found a good spot
and we're basically just gonna shoot it
with the beautiful light that is available
here, so it's simple but it's also
requires a little planning.
So I've got my computer over here set up,
it's in Capture One plugged in, and let's see what
we're gonna get.
So this is the cloudy look,
we'll start here, this shot is all
about grandeur, you're right so
essentially what I'm gonna do is, shoot
wide, and I'm just gonna use the meter in
my camera, and I was gonna explore the
exposure until I get it where I want it.
Looks like about four and a half at 200th of
a second, we'll take a shot and
so that looks like cool, that looks
pretty good.
You know we're getting some
kind of saturation, some kind of
interesting vibe here, going on, she looks
great.
As always the best blue sky, a polarizing
filter would probably help here.
Didn't have one with me though, cuz we
kind of came upon this, so that one part
of the planning that would have been
nicer, and what we're gonna do here is
hope that we get some more bursts of sun,
but I'm not going to stop right, we're
gonna shoot because it won't take long
to get a good shot here, but let's just
shoot and get some varying light, I'm
just gonna watch the light levels,
control my camera as we go, I'm set
about 35mm, because I
want to create kind of a vibe of,
and I'll try and change my angle to like,
I'll come down for some and shoot up
at her, so she's really kind of strong
and powerful.
I'll go even wider for some,
and just show the whole grandeur of the
area and all along you know, we're just
looking for that right angle, beautiful,
just like that, nice and simple,
cool that looks pretty good, let's give
it a second, see if we get, I think we're
gonna get a little burst of sun, let me
just quickly look at these, it would be
nice just to get a nice little burst of
sun, cuz we can see that she's a little
low contrast here, I mean it looks fine,
it's just a bit low contrast, it'd be
nice to get a little sparkle in on her.
Some flash or something will probably
help, but I really want to get the vibe
of the sun, yeah I love that, I like that
a lot actually.
So it's working with the dress, good, good, good,
here we go beautiful, good, nice one, more,
beautiful, yeah, do you like, like swoop it.
like yeah, go, there we go, beautiful, it's
kind of playing around, there we go,
that's nice, beautiful, okay, standby,
good, beautiful, nice, that's it, yeah and try
somewhere a little more turned, the other
way, there we go, and then just, yeah, there
we go, that's it, that's it, that's nice,
that's like, that good, perfect, kill and
then switch, good, there we go,
out like this good, that, they, yeah yeah, let go
like this, almost like over the top,
and looking this way with your face, yeah it
looked the other way though, with the
face, there we go, that's it, perfect,
perfect, beautiful.
So patience is key here right, it's it's
almost, it's basically shooting a
landscape shot with a beautiful model in
it, or Marisa...
you know so basically we're set up here,
we've got the whole thing, I'm just
waiting for the sun to be exactly right,
you know, we came at the right time but
we also just want to be set up and ready
and I can actually feel it.
I can actually feel the Sun starting to
come out, I want to get that extra pop,
not because I need light,
I mean I have plenty of light,
it's just the contrast to the light that I want.
So let's see, I can see it's coming,
there we go, that's beautiful.
Good, turn a little more this way with
your body yeah.
Good, kind of fix this, good, good, good,
there we go, got the sun's out now,
powerful, good.
we'll shoot a few like this, this is it,
it's funny guys, the exposure hasn't
really changed that much, but it's just
the contrast that's different.
Now I'm gonna go a little bit darker
though my shutter,
see if I can get some, some
of this kind of saturation to come back
up, good, good, one more, beautiful,
take a quick look, oh yeah, I kind of like it
dark, it's kind of a little underexposed
but it really adds something to it,
because it gives you that feel of sunset,
beautiful.
Oh yeah sun's really coming out now, let
me see, beautiful, just like that powerful
good, and again I'm just kind of shooting
several exposures, to see what's working
best for me.
I'm gonna come in here hey,
there believe it or not that's a
naturally occurring thing, that just
hangs out here.
Here we go, strong perfect
chin up a bit, there it is, I love how
it's creating almost like a, the shadows
coming in on the one side, creating this
like vignette, almost, good one more,
good, good, I'm gonna go a slightly darker on
the exposure, beautiful, like that good.
I'm really overshooting it, because I
can't see her that much, so I gotta
really watch the expression and also
she's moving, plus that light it's so
beautiful, beautiful, awesome, okay good,
that is oh, wow okay, good yeah,
these are great, that's what we're waiting
for, our patience has paid off.
Oh yeah,
oh yeah the contrast is there, she's got
that glow in her eyes, because she's
blinded probably,
all right since I got that, can you how
close can you get down without being
dangerous, okay, be safe, be safe,
yet can you go down, yeah, yeah I think so we've
got, oh yeah good all right here we go.
Trying for some variations here, good,
yeah oh yeah, beautiful.
Oh I like that, uh with the arm, oh yeah,
there we go, there we go, just like, nobody
would ever do it, but that looks good in
pictures, all right, good, good.
Whoa, whoa, careful beautiful, oh I like the
messed up hair, that's good, good, good,
beautiful.
Wow I'm shooting so fast - I never do that!
All right let me come over here.
The only problem is the tether, beautiful
beautiful, good good good,
Yeah that's it, sit nicely that's
beautiful, good good good,
beautiful, nice, I'm gonna come back now.
I like this new position, so I'm gonna get
it from further back, oh yeah, oh yeah,
good, beautiful, chin up, just like that.
Wow beautiful, awesome,
that is amazing, let's quickly check,
yeah,
I'm keeping my exposure a smidge dark
to keep maximum saturation, and I'm off but
actually I love it, it has that vibe,
Wow okay it has that vibe okay,
we're losing the sun now,
so I think we've got that,
Cool so that's it, you know uh, I mean you
could drive around if you're in just a
beautiful location, just look for the
light, look for the time, get those
subject there, do something really cool.
We're actually gonna now, the sun's done,
I want you to, another shot kind of in
low contrast, we're just gonna go on the
other side and shoot kind of the muted
colors, and see what that looks like, okay,
So here we are tethered, I get, I just sit
the laptop right on top of my bag, keeps
us out of the dirt, and allows us to see
exactly what we're shooting.
We are over here in
the second set up now,
We literally are on the second or the
opposite side, you see
how blown out the sky is, but in here
the lights can be much more muted and
soft, so let's shoot something like this,
and see what we get alright.
So the light is fading big-time,
but it's very soft right,
because essentially the sky over
here which doesn't have the sun in it
anymore, is, is our source.
It's coming in just this really
soft light, and the color is gonna be a
little muted which is kind of cool,
because we have such a bright color, so
it'll kind of tone the whole thing down
a bit, and let's see if we're gonna get here.
Again I'm just using the meter in
the camera, it's really simple, I'm gonna
bump my ISO up a little bit, though I'm
gonna go 200 ISO, f/4, and let's see what
we get.
Yeah, that's pretty I'm so gonna
go horizontal, I like this idea of using
the space next to her, it's part of my
shot, oh yeah that's pretty all right,
that's a smidge on the dark
side, so again I don't want to go too
slow on my shutter to get blur,
so I'm gonna go to ISO 400.
That's really pretty okay,
also I know I'm gonna lose light as we go.
So start at ISO 400, with a slightly
faster shutter, and then I can drop it as
we go, good, is you're kind of cool like
this, good good good.
I'm gonna come back over here, yeah this
is nice, you're good, there, let's do it
again, that's nice with the arm, bring
your face around slightly towards me.
Right there, chin up, good good, pretty,
like that, beautiful.
Then again I want to maintain saturation,
I'm gonna try to be a little bit darker,
you know you guys probably see that a lot of
times, I keep my exposure slightly
lighter in this case, I want to keep it a
little darker, not crazy dark, nice like that.
Good good good, focusing, hold, good,
like that, and the dress,
there's lots of interesting hair going
on this particular shot, I like it, it's
like very fresh.
That's pretty, like that, that's really
pretty, just like that, hold hold hold, hold.
Okay good, adjusting my exposure, hold
that, great pose for 25 minutes while I
get ready, okay good good.
I like that perfect, good, like that, good
good, good again, cuz this is like kind of
a grand, although it's not the Grand Canyon,
Well because it's kind of a grand shot,
I'm trying to leave lots of kind of
breathing room and stuff around, actually
just think it really worked with the
setup, so I'm just getting into super tight.
Cool, more, nice, cool, vertical just
to do it ,you know it's always good to do
one vertical, ready, might be too much
color ther,e can we have too much color?
Good, good good,
that's pretty like that, so what I'm going to
do here guys is, I don't want to tilt the
camera up, because if I do, I'll do so you
can see how it gets all distorted, so
I'm actually gonna back up and shoot
wider and then I'm gonna crop the
bottom of this in some post, cuz I want
to put her down in the lower corner, I'm
kind of framing it, would look good with extra
space, good like that, yeah, good, nice one.
More looking off this way,
just like that, pretty just like that,
focusing, here we go, here we go,
good nice, okay, I think we got that, it's
a quick peek, yeah, so guys I'm gonna
come in here, although I actually kind of like
all the space, as I was looking through the
camera I was thinking to myself, what I
would probably do, so I guess we'll
decide, is come in here and do this,
that's kind of how I was imagining,
sometimes you can imagine a crop as
you're going, yeah to create kind of like
a little bit more drama, but then again I
kind of like the other way too.
I like the other way too, and that's why we shoot
it, I think I'm gonna take one more quick
look and make, nope looks good.
I think we're good, come on down,
okay so there we go.
We got some great shots, this is a
great example of kind of like thinking
about where you're gonna be, and like
kind of planning for it right, we knew we were
coming out here to Vegas, we were like
ooh Valley of Fire, bright colors,
cool dress,
Right, let's just come out here and do it,
and while I do actually have a lot of
equipment with me, I thought if we wait
till sunset, we're gonna get beautiful
light out here naturally, and it's just
really gonna work, you can do all kinds
of over-the-top strobey stuff,
which maybe we'll do in another video,
but I just thought it was really nice,
just worked naturally, and the idea
between shooting with this kind of more
mellow shadowy stuff versus the
beginning stuff is just
really that's a decision you can make.
And even when the sun was really hard, I
could have still come over here and done
the same thing, so I'm on the shadow side
of it right.
You've got your south light as it would
be and you have your north light, and you
can decide which one you think is gonna
be better for the shoot that you're doing.
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