Hi, In these videos I simply share my experiences as a modestly successful pro. On many commercial / advertising shoots the clients are on location / studio while we setup. It's a good way to make changes that will save time, stay creatively "loose", and to map out the shooting structure ahead. Choosing gear that suits the photo session best makes the day much easier and (hopefully!) more profitable which is why we had a deep selection of cameras, lenses, imaging stations (rolling carts) lighting and light shaping tools in our 5 bay studio in Aurora, IL.

You are absolutely right. We have always suggested for photographers to buy premium filters and the largest size of their entire lens collection. Then simply use step down rings for the smaller diameter lenses in your pack. Thanks for the comment, you are spot on, sir!

Ha ha, Yep! Back in the day we delivered a lot of information per minute. Thanks!

Hi Chris, you are so correct. The G5 was way ahead of its time, and the Panasonic engineers poured all kinds of excellent imaging technology into that camera. Of course, it was not a professional camera so we didn’t use it in our client work, but my team and I did enjoy taking it around for travel photos. Glad you like it.

Wow, I have a g9 and was offered a g5 for £79.00 this morning and said YES PLEASE, it will be interesting to try my panasonic leica lenses with it, Just wondering which lenses you used yourself, Thanks.

Hahaha me too! I’m glad I was able to test it out for you. I hope it helps!

Thank you, it’s my pleasure to share what Fujifilm taught me. They had an outstanding tech team in LA for development that trained me well.

Hi Alek, Glad you are into controlling color too. I come from the film days (obviously) and learned about managing color the hard way. haha Glad to share it with you but I think my photo education days are behind me. If you need help, you can reach me thru my website via email and I'll be happy to help. Crockett.pro is my portfolio. Thanks! -Will

Not really for skin tones, too red. Astia has the best skin tones as it gives some gold yellow look to the skin, but Provia is really too red.

@@BojanBojovic I should say only color sim. I only shoot BW, so it doesn’t really matter. On the rare occasion I shoot color, it’s also the rare occasion I shoot landscape. However, going to do some portraits for my son’s senior pics soon, so I will give astia a go. Thx

Thank you Liz, sounds like you are doing great! SO happy I was able to have some sort of impact on your career. You made my day! - Will

@@HybridphotoPro It was our first year with digital workflow and our Christmas angels (white) were turning pink. Also, Kodak had demonstrated the latest and greatest Kodak Canon 1 mp for $10,000. Also have most of your tutorial disks. Thanks again.

Hi David, thank you for the kind words - AND the heads up on my shipping "oops!" too. Please let me know if I can ever be of any help.

haha "Starsky & Hutch" Good one. Glad you like my info, I'm happy to share.

I could not agree more - take a look at the recent videos on the ShootSmarter channel and see the improvements: kzbin.info

I love it.its cheesy but accurate for the time period in which this video was originally released.i appreciate the dad jokes as well.

What a great surprise, thank you for the warm words my friend. They are much appreciated, particularly this week with all the Covid stuff happening in Los Angeles. Stay safe!

@@HybridphotoPro You too and thank you for sharing your knowledge, you're very much appreciated, more than you'll ever realise. xxx