This is a bonus “fact” that Manny adds near the end of the video. Bonus: You have to be better than your last photo Plus, if you use a lower quality UV lens, it can lower the image quality. I take good care of them, they’re in mint condition and they’ve all lasted me for years. I mean, I never used a UV filter to protect my lenses. We have discussed this a couple of times, and I tend to agree.
All of us take bad photos, no matter how experienced we are. Experienced photographers don’t take bad photos
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Learning how to use flash is only an extension of this knowledge. Manny and Miguel put it nicely – you have to understand light in the first place and know how to use it. While I know how to use a flash, I don’t think I have to (at least not for what I do). Both Miguel and Manny believe this and always try to do it, and all I can say is that I completely agree with this approach.
This way, both of you will enjoy the collaboration and you’ll end up with nicer and more natural photos. But I think we should put our subjects at ease.Īs a portrait photographer, you want your model to feel safe and relaxed in front of your camera. Now, Annie clearly knows what she’s doing considering her success and how pretty her photos are (although some would disagree). In the ad, she says that it’s not the photographer’s job to set the subject at ease. It’s not your job to set your model at easeįor this one, Miguel and Manny refer to an ad for Annie Leibovitz’s Masterclass.
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The editing should be all about clearing up tiny “imperfections” here and there, not making the entire skin surface smooth, often to the point it starts to look unrealistic. Then, their makeup has to be on point to hide blemishes and small “imperfections.” It’s up to you then to set the lighting to be flattering to their skin and make it look even nicer. Your model needs to have decent skin to begin with. The reality is that there’s much more to achieving it. As photographers, we’re always learning-new camera techniques are born every day.One of the biggest myths is that you’ll achieve perfect skin by applying smoothening techniques in Photoshop. He goes a lot more in-depth into his technique in the video and we highly recommend you watch it from start to finish.
This helps him find the elements of the background he’s shooting that don’t look good to the naked eye but might look great as an out-of-focus element in the shot. What Manny does is, while shooting “wide open” at f/1.8, he focuses on the ground in front of him-or wherever he thinks the model is going to be-and then he raises his camera, giving him a de-focused preview of the background. There isn’t nothing that’s just smacking me in the face like, ‘Hey, shoot me!.’ You’ve got to make things happen.” Manny doesn’t see these locations as boring because he’s learned how to take the ordinary and make it extraordinary! His goal in shooting this tutorial video was to show his viewers and followers how he achieves such impressive compositions in such a small area of space-what some might perceive as a boring location. “This trick, you can apply it to your photography right away,” Manny says at the start of the video. Making the Ordinary Extraordinay with Unfocused Compositions
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