- Hey everyone.
Welcome to a new episode of The Low Down.
We are here at Coronado Beach.
- Today we're gonna have a fun time
because we're hanging out
with a fellow content creator friend of ours,
talking about photography, filmmaking
and content creation in general.
So stick around.
- Today we are in San Diego
and we have a very special guest.
- This is our very good friend, Henbu.
He's a San Diego native.
He's a content creator, filmmaker extraordinaire.
He's an amazing photographer,
and we're gonna hang out
and chat more about his creative process.
Henbu, thanks for joining us.
- Thank you for having me.
It's an absolute pleasure to be here
and I'm super excited for today.
- So we know you personally, but for everyone else,
how did you get started into content creation?
- Back when I was 17,
I saw this documentary about space
and they were showing all these Milky Way photos
and Milky Way time lapses.
It just really piqued my curiosity,
so much so that I basically went
to go pick up my very first camera
which was the Sony a6000.
And yeah, I remember I was obsessed
with shooting Milky Way photos,
and that's kind of what got me
into picking up the camera in the first place.
And it eventually kind of led down into creating videos,
doing YouTube, and getting into cinematography.
And that's where I am today.
- [Jenna] Everything that you've learned is self-taught.
Would you say you learned a lot from YouTube
and from social media about cameras?
- Yeah, actually I would say maybe about 90%
is from YouTube and trial and error.
- Well, I'm excited to see some of your photos, your work,
on the Bravia TV that we have back at the studio.
So let's head back over there and check 'em out.
- Yeah, let's do it.
- Sweet. - Cool.
- Welcome to the studio.
It's a pretty cool spot, right?
- Yeah, it's actually really sick.
- Now, what is your creative process like?
- I think it first starts with an idea.
I'll kind of plan out
the talking key points that I wanna illustrate
and explain it clearly so they can understand.
Then obviously it goes into shooting.
From there goes to uploading.
- So we actually have some of your work here
showcased on this incredible A80k TV.
So let's talk about this shot,
because first off, it's amazing.
- It's beautiful.
- Thank you.
Yeah, me and my girlfriend went on this trip
to Inyo National Forest.
It was a seven hour hike all the way uphill,
and, yeah, we were just exhausted.
But the view was absolutely worth it
and I'm really happy that I was able to capture that.
- [Sidney] Now what did you shoot this on?
- [Henbu] Oh, actually I shot this on my Sony A7IV
with my 16-35 mm F4.
- [Jenna] It's like looking at like the texture,
like you can see the texture in the mountains,
like the colors, the contrast.
It's really like, this is absolutely beautiful.
- Let's take a look at some more of your work.
- [Henbu] This is a time lapse of Pacific Beach
here in San Diego.
- I just love the way it looks, like,
the sun obviously starts in the middle, it's really bright,
but you could still see all the brilliant colors
as the sun sets, and it just looks stunning.
- You use S&Q or you use the-
- I actually use the built in- - [Jenna] Interval?
- Yeah, the built in interval.
Yep.
- Oh, you don't go the easy way.
Nice, a real professional.
Yep.
- So what is in your gear bag?
- I am shooting with the Sony A7SIII as of right now.
Some of my favorite lenses that I love to shoot with
is the 24 mm F1.4 G Master.
And I actually like to float in the 35 mm F1.8 as well.
- Now we have to talk about this shot.
I love this shot, dude.
There's a lot of cinematic storytelling going on,
so yeah, tell us about this shot.
- Yeah, actually I shot this out in Maui
with my Sony A7III with the 16-35 F4.
And I shot this in 120 frames per second, so super slowmo.
And I really love on this TV
how you can see all the little details, all the colors,
and even like the little droplets you can see on this TV.
So it's pretty impressive.
- So the beauty of OLED TVs
is you're gonna have that contrast,
you're gonna have the deep blacks.
Like, look at the colors.
Look at the reflection on like the water from the sky.
You can see the blues, the pinks, the yellow.
It just looks so good.
It's incredible.
- And this was shot on the-
Let me guess, let me guess, let me guess.
The A7SIII?
- Actually, yep. - Boom.
- A7SIII.
This looks like a scene out of a movie.
This is an incredible shot.
- And yeah, I actually shot this
with my Sony A7SIII with a macro lens
and I shot this in 120 frames per second,
so we're getting super slowmo.
- Now, I love this footage over here,
like what you shot just looks beautiful,
especially on a big TV like this.
And not many people know this, but with the A80k,
there are billions, literally billions, of colors,
thanks to a feature called XR Triluminos
where none of the colors like really bleed out.
But talk about this shot.
You were in a helicopter?
- Yeah, and I believe I had on the 24-70 G Master lens.
And I shot this with my Sony A7SIII.
- Yeah. Beautiful.
Would you go on that rollercoaster over there?
- I think I would, honestly.
- Would you?
- Nah.
- Thank you so much for being here
and showing us your incredible work,
especially on this Sony BRAVIA XR A80K.
If you guys are interested,
Sony has a whole bunch of TVs across their line.
Be sure to check them out,
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because we are gonna be back with more episodes
of The Low Down.
Bye.