@@GreggObst Agree!

@@hilweh_builders_llc Mahalo! I’m looking forward to it too!

@@ahargusphoto Both are great lenses. I use the 24mm way more often than the 17mm. But it just depends on what you shoot and how you work. Only you know what’s best for your workflow.

@@chinee7901 I’ve never used them, so I honestly have no idea! Haha.

@@papodiario-commaiconfelix.1047 I’m actually not sure! I’ve only used it with iPad/iPhone.

@@Ancaja123 My pleasure!

Awesome!

The CamRanger app is just a better user experience than the native Canon app and has more features that are helpful for my work.

@@adamtaylorphotos Can you describe please? I am thinking in order to spend 500$ in a camranger or just using the camera app where too i can remote control.

@@SergiuIlisie It's been a long time since I tried the Canon app, so I don't remember exactly... But I think part of the problem was that every time the iPad went to sleep or was clicked off I had to go into all kinds of settings to reconnect the Canon app. Also, I like to use AEB / bracketing, which I don't think was a feature in the Canon app. CamRanger also has optional grid lines that I find helpful when lining up shots.

@@manishpanwar6969 My pleasure

@@zacheriahjakowski3424 Mahalo!

@@realvandelayindustries Thanks! Probably about an hour.

Thanks Steve! Glad it was helpful!

@@chrisboekestudio Mahalo Chris!

The way I personally work is that my clients are on site with me helping to direct the shoot and curate the shots. Each one of the photos I make takes a long time... We test a bunch of angles, then collectively decide which one is best to help meet the client's goals/needs. Once the camera is locked down on the tripod I work with my clients on dialing in the staging. This can also take a long time. Then I work on lighting the scene and getting all the frames and components I need to composite the images together in post. So because of the way I shoot (each photo is very time consuming), the client pays for each photo. There are no "extras" to choose from. Not everyone works this way, but it's how I like to do it. I think it makes for the best results.

@@vaylenjpevans7880 You can, but it won’t give you the same results. Sometimes it might get you 80% of the way there. But I strive for 100%. The kind of clients I want to work with know the difference between HDR and high-end.

My pleasure!

@@YogueDaddy I have never even heard of that.

@@junaidhasanpranto Thanks so much!

@@Matt369oi Canon does have an app, but it’s not as good or as reliable.

@@leamonkits Yeah, it’s great!

@@davidporterrealestate FF to 15:16 to hear about expenses. The $148k was pre tax, pre expenses. That’s some expensive health insurance! Thankfully we have family health insurance through my wife’s employer.

@@toddmcvey4088 Hi Todd, of course that’s also a valid way to bill for commercial photography. All of the people who allowed me to share their invoices simply include post processing in their licensing fee. Personally, my agreement says that my fees include “basic” retouching and anything above that is billed by the hour. However, my “basic” retouching is already very high end, so I rarely get asked for anything beyond that.

@@adamtaylorphotos I see. Interesting that some guys include it in the licensing fee. I see them as a totally separate element and show it as such. Maybe it's my background coming from the advertising commercial side. Again, thank you from the video and all info. btw, your work is beautiful.

@@toddmcvey4088 I totally understand where you're coming from. And I actually do agree with you. Part of my thought process behind this is that there's already a lot of (challenging) education going on when billing clients. So adding in another line item on the invoice just ads to that...

@@thamsadonald1681 My pleasure!

@@elinstrom288 Thank you! I really try to make my videos straight to the point with no fluff!

@@williamwidmanphotography I honestly don’t use different modes often and don’t know THAT much about them. But basically I use lighten when I only want the lighter parts of that layer to show, use darken when I only want darker parts of that layer to show, and luminosity when I want to use the color information from the bottom layer, but the exposure or other info from the top layer. And a lot of times for me it’s trial and error when I try out the different modes.

@@adamtaylorphotos Thanks Adam! 😎

@@JohnnyMcMillan I don’t think they had that when I started using CamRanger years ago. I only recently heard about it and haven’t tried using it yet. Interested to test it out some time though!

My initial search shows that for Capture One on iPad you'd need to have a computer on site to act as the wifi server. And it doesn't have live view. Am I missing something?

@@spencerborgeson94 Funny enough I had recorded a section about my iPad and then chopped it out of the video while editing. My iPad is super old and I got it refurbished. I have an 11” and 13”. The larger one feels too large…it gets in the way. Also, the screen isn’t as bright on that one. So any iPad with a bright screen and good battery life will work. No need for a lot of storage.

I didn't use a flash at all. That glare on the right window was a reflection of the white lamp shade. By holding a black curtain in front of the white lamp shade the window was only "reflecting black", which doesn't show up on camera.

@@adamtaylorphotos oh that makes sense thank you so much. This is very helpful.

@@stevengoans422 Awesome, glad it was useful!

why? there was no need :)

None needed on this one. :-)

@@robertchmara8818 Maybe you and could better explain “when flash is needed” in your photography. For my work, flash is used to get proper colors, reducing color cast.

@@adamtaylorphotos Thank you. Could you respond to my other comment? Do you explain when flash is needed versus when it’s not?

@@skymakai I basically only use flash to solve specific problems. I just did a whole workshop all about how/when/why I use flash... adamtaylorphotos.com/lighting/

Thank you!

@@LiamSmell Great question! That first shot in both images WAS with a CPL. Filters only get you so far in certain situations…

@@diogoguerreiro3011 Yep! If I can’t bounce the flash off a white surface, then I usually bounce it off a reverse umbrella.

@@wilbignal It’s different in every scenario. For this one I had to bump up the ISO quite a bit and then increase the shutter speed so the scene was basically completely black. And of course keep the aperture the same.

@@skymakai 😂😂😂

@@Ancaja123 Breakthrough Photography

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@@Garciarage Could be a fun test to do!

Big difference. Correcting in PS results in having to crop the image and make it a lot smaller due to the fact that the corners of the image disappear due to correction. It doesn't do the job.

@@HariS.-gp2te Agree!

Haha, I know! I have only used it a few times ever!

​@adamtaylorphotos I used to have one that size, but it was a Paul C Buff and it was specular.

@@senoe80 I’ve never used them actually so I can’t compare!

@@Treviso100 Yeah it’s different in Hawaii. I also don’t have to add tax for companies paying me from outside of Hawaii. It’s weird.

@@christhompsonphotography6783 Haha for sure!

Thanks so much! That kind of comment truly means the world to me!

I am in Georgia and my accountant has told me that I have to charge sales anytime a product is created. Images that I create are my product and therefore I must charge sales tax on those. The only difference is if my client is out of state then I am not required to charge sales tax.

Thanks!

I work with my clients to curate the images on site so I only make images they agree on. (Almost all images take a lot of time to set up and produce.) So all are edited and billed for. Only on rare and specific occasions will I give them any additional to choose from. And if I know that will be the case I can increase the creative fee since it will entail extra work on my end.

​@@adamtaylorphotosGreat video. Is someone charges per hour, do they charge extra to edit images?

@@MichaelCTruth Depends on the person. There are infinite ways to do it. Many people charge a fee per image for editing. I roll that into my creative fee and licensing fees so it’s included in there already.