Grids will Change Your Life | Inside Fashion and Beauty Photography with Lindsay Adler

[@dlanska]

Excellent presentation.Organized, systematic, and detailed, Clear illustrations to demonstrate key points. It is great to see an master studio photographer at work, manipulating/"shaping" light to produce stunning images. Articulate. Very intentional. No fumbling around.

[@thomastuorto9929]

Is she paying you to say this? Just Joking. I agree with what you said here. Beautiful work.

[@cgmed1790]

You are by far the best photography teacher I have ever had. Thank you ma’am.

[@queenesther89]

Favorite photographer ever💕

[@geartechstuff3592]

Great tutorial! Grids really make the lighting highly controllable!

[@alexanderpons9246]

Great video Lindsay Adler! After picking up a camera and discovering a world of shapes and forms one starts realizing how light comes into play. This presentation show us how to create details to an image while making it look natural and effortless. Thanks for always sharing such great content in the ADORAMA channel.

[@Jackbrsp]

Every video Lindsey appears makes me speechless. Her lighting skills are absolutely remarkable. My number one reference in portraits today!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

[@MrSunamo]

Great video Lindsay! Grids are always so much fun to use. Your Profoto grid has sure seen a lot of photographic adventures and gotten some love!

[@rachelg7371]

You’re a true master at lighting!

[@andreak4280]

GRIDS!! i use them!! 👁 💓them… great tutorial as usual Lindsey, as well as the image, stunning results 🙌🏼🙌🏼😍

[@ricb4195]

Lindsay is the BEST!

[@luissalazar2021]

She is the best on her passion. Thanks for sharing. Shalom!

[@you2hoho]

Love this video!!!! Once again the Goddess of light shares her mastery with us. Thank you Lindsay!!!!

[@ohroonoko]

Great stuff, I learned a lot. Thanks, Lindsay!

[@r.f.thompson4955]

Fantastic. Clearly organized and concise. Thanks

[@visionz_n_media]

Nice tutorial. I love Your work. I own a few Lindsey Adler books but It’s always nice to have visual representation of the results.

[@Nicosalgadophotography]

Excellent . This is almost like the technique I learned from you at the workshop . 😊 love it

[@AlishaTodd]

Love! Another great lesson, thank you

[@MORPHPICTURES-m7c]

Excellent explanations and quality! This saved me so much money!!!

[@matrixmom3300]

Thanks for your video...though I am not a pro photographer, I am always trying to learn about lighting for halloween home haunts that I do. Your teaching style is so easy to follow, and I appreciate how you explain the "before and after" with the grids. I will def be looking for your videos!

[@rytisLT735]

As always - amazing tutorial! Thanks ;)

[@viktoriozzz]

I think this shots are beautiful too ;) 💃😍😍

[@jshetley2]

Great video Lindsay! You explained it all perfectly and kept it very interesting. Love the final shots too!

[@ivansmiljkovic88]

Once more, one great video with Lindsay 😊She's an amazing teacher.

[@rohanaperera1005]

Excellent, as always!

[@supremeomegacompany]

Honestly if i say this that the reason why i love you is bcos of your teaching, videos and other am just joking. Wow this is awesome! Pls keep it up

[@nuageproductions3155]

This one video literally is the answer I been looking for OMG LIKE I truly love you for this I’m definitely signing up to your lighting course. You are truly phenomenal. I can’t thankyou enough!!!!

[@isaiasyoyo]

There is I thought we were talking about a different grid but this is great. Thank you for sharing this!

[@MrAllenMo]

Awesome tutorial Linsday. I never used grids, even though I have them, but now I'm definitely adding them. Guess I'll be signing up for your tutorial now 😉👍

[@millicentgarland4808]

Excellent video! Very informative!

[@josephchan4198]

Awesome!! Good refresher course to take you next level at home or rental studio. Thanks for having these training videos. Kudos to Lindsay, Adorama, and her team for great content.

[@khalidshawwa3044]

Thank you that was very professional

[@otavioleitefotografia]

Great shots! Congrats!

[@deenugent473]

Excellent tutorial Lindsay 👍

[@terryjstudios]

Simply Amazing!!! Thank You!

[@santiagohernandez6066]

beautiful presentation and explanation, you’re so good at making things clear and easy to understand, thank you so much for this video Adorama and Lindsay, you’re doing a great job and helping us so much by doing so :)

[@class_a]

Great results and to the point explanations. Great stuff, Lindsay!

[@gregorylagrange]

What grids also do is, if you shoot with just a soft box you can vary the look of the shadows and vary the feeling of drama to a photo by moving a soft box closer or further away. The same as standing a few inches away from a window vs standing a few feet back from a window. So if you want a stronger shadow for more drama, but want to maintain soft highlights, move a soft box away from the subject till you get the look you want. But if you don't have much room, add a grid to the soft box to make the light more directional but still keep the softness of the highlights.

[@lebavu8260]

🙌 this is awesome!

[@gazyoung8490]

Amazing work to be fair

[@jasonmays1844]

I love that background oMG

[@kenyee88]

Love grids... 🙂

[@mrsdepp78]

I can't wait to try this! Where did you get that gold backdrop? The Products Used section doesn't exactly align with what's being featured in the video. Thanks!

[@marthabennett9931]

I want to know where she got that gold backdrop too!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Gravity Backdrops! Tell them I sent you. :D

[@foursite]

Love your confidence! Keep it up!

[@oneilthompson5843]

Yes amazing tutorial from Lindsey Adler… However most photographers don’t have that many lights not to mention those are profoto lol over $2000 a pop. I’ve used many different lights going back to even speedotron ppl now I’m dating myself but for the new shooters I would like to see tutorials using more reasonable lights. And yes the example applies to all light sources but lots of new shooters especially the ones who rely on KZbin tutorials usually use what they see. Amazing stuff Lindsay 💯👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

You don't need $2000 worth of lights. Grids can be used on any lights typically, no matter the cost. I use what I use because that is what I like, but the techniques shown here are universal.

[@PeterBielack]

Lindsay, I love listening to you and absolutely love the way you teach! (The fact that your photos make an electrifying impression I will not even mention😀) I have a request for you: can the music in your films be a bit quieter? When you finish speaking, the music is very welcoming and when you speak again, you are hardly heard. Best wishes😃

[@randycamera]

Excellent info! Do you ever use the beauty dish grid in conjunction with the sock being over the dish?

[@p.burley4533]

Highly informative! Even though I’m not shooting Vogue covers, I am interested in perfecting my craft. Will be getting more of your tutorials.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Thanks so much!

[@250GTOAJ]

😎👍🇨🇦 I bought a box of grids for my Speedotron heads, I misplaced them for sometime, I found them when I was flipping around my mattress. Now they are safely tucked into a bag for future use.

[@PhotogenicProperties]

Well done! Great content..thanks.

[@tmwprojekt]

Great explanation, thank you.

[@SwoleBeastTribe]

A D O R A M A IS 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 - Swole Beast🤙🏽🙏🏽✌🏽 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@alejoperex]

Amazing tutorial!

[@prabhuramkumar8758]

Skill, technique and talent 👍

[@angilewis6073]

So inspiring! Makes me want to break out my grids and have some fun!

[@JohnChubbSr]

Amazing!

[@patrickb4321]

Beautiful work and great content.

[@erikadvorsak]

Awesome!

[@davidalanmedia]

Great video Lindsay with lots of great info on grids! That gold distressed background is AMAZING! Could you post where you purchased it? Thank you!

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

Gravity Backdrops! Tell them I sent you. :D

[@_Eye_Of_Ry]

I have learned so much in this video alone😳

[@bobby350z]

Really good video. Thanks.

[@brucehargrave4837]

Great video - thank you! What background are you using for the final shots with the model in the reflective dress? It's definitely NOT the Savage Universal White that is mentioned in the 'products used' section. Is it a painted canvas?

[@davidandrews7544]

Well demonstrated!

[@InkDropCustoms]

Excellent presentation

[@luislehmann9929]

lindsay the great! greetings from orange county ca, teacher

[@jedi4355]

What kind of backdrop did you use? Love the colors on it.

[@613dawn]

I’ve been inspired to get more creative with Lindsay’s videos. I’ve recently purchased several modifiers for studio strobes. What kind of hooks are on the wall to hang the reflectors etc?

[@madhusoodanshimoga5725]

Another great tutorial, clears all the doubts with regard to grids. Thanks for that. However I would have loved to see a value addition by mentioning the flash power settings of each flash. It helps a lot in learning for new comers. Mainly the difference between Key light and other lights. Though it can be learnt by trial and error method, it would have been a great value addition to this tutorial. I checked the article also, couldn't find the info.

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

The video is primarily about the use of grids therefore the power settings weren't relevant in this context. The shoot was just an example. I encourage you to try it on your own and dial in your settings. :)

[@danielmedrano8071]

Love your comprehensive explanation on grids and how to control light. Quick question: could you have substituted an octa with a grid for the second beauty dish on the lower part of the dress?

[@lindsayadlerphoto]

That would probably be fine. I usually find the beauty dish does give a bit more control with the grid, but I think it would be quite similar.

[@kennypringle4580]

Well done👍

[@artemusburton7011]

I like how you hang your modifiers on your wall, how do you hang them?

[@vincent121987]

Learned alot thanks

[@TheRBYiv]

Beautiful

[@theapocalypsechronicles3]

Thank you. Something to consider to improve.

[@donnamariajones8960]

Excellent tutorial! Time to break out the grids. I’ve only used them a few times and only on the key. I just hadn’t given much thought to utilize them with my fill or kicker. Off-topic: may I ask about the backdrop? It’s beautiful and the texture adds another layer of dimensionality to these gorgeous portraits.

[@DaveBoatBuilder]

Fantastic

[@josephklynephotographer298]

Lindsay Adler top Tutor

[@henningganselphotography]

Where to get this beautiful golden metallic background?

[@manilamartin1001]

Cool. I guess I'm so old school. I grew up shooting for playboy and we used grids like a religion. There were days when we would use a dozen lights and we would grid like crazy.

[@Nicky411]

Superb.

[@bsant7]

Beginner photographer here , I noticed you didn't mention your flash or trigger much and their functions and settings, any specific reason?

[@TerenceKearns]

wxcellent video. also you can put a grid on your camera by using a circular polariser filter. Im sure there are studio applications for this.

[@vaidyanathan9284]

Hi Lindsay You are really great. Pl give more classes. Regards

[@retroundercover]

I'm a beginner... where do you put the flash light ?

[@markpatterson2718]

Guess I'll take another look at how this light combo brought out this dress from not much light to wow it brought out texture so nice: mainly how to uses a fill light is so important, the background light brought a real touch of chic in my opinion_ without it it's a portrait _with the back light it looks chic fashion

[@MrKuronekohidoi]

so helpfull, thanks u so much

[@gregshawphotography8828]

Lindsay, I travel a lot for on location shoots, and I want to try this technique with my A1’s. I have five of them. Do you think I can achieve similar results?

[@eccod]

I shoot primarily in my small-ish living room. I would be completely lost without grids on all of my modifiers. Without them, light bounces all over the room and makes everything flat and boring, no matter where I point the flashes.

[@codyconrad7333]

Grids do not eliminate flare. Flags eliminate flare. Grids eliminate off axis photons from leaving the modifier. It will also lower the overall exposure. Think of a grid as a polarizer, for your lights.

[@rickfarber4243]

Thanks for a really interesting and instructive video. I'm curious if there are times when you would avoid the use of a grid. Are there artistic strategies for which you want the light to spill more?

[@lindsayadler9871]

That usually just means bouncing the light so it goes everywhere!

[@eszterszabo6640]

❤

[@photo.frankg]

💗💓💗

[@hawg427]

You could always use that first metal grid to strain your spaghetti when your done shooting ;-)

[@TechnikMeister2]

The traditional Hollywood photographers and those doing it today use continuous lighting to get their effect, not strobes.

[@codyconrad7333]

The cheapest modifier is a seven inch reflector, and then you buy a set of grids. People really need to learn the principles of light before they start buying multiple modifiers.

[@ossinaveri3187]

I wouldn’t say a grid concentrates light because that sounds a bit misleading. All it does, is it narrows the light beam down. You get less light output with a grid and the light falloff is altered as well. Otherwise a superb video!

[@broskies2598]

Damn those stand holding that grids cost more then my Truck. Uhh

[@GPhotoFashion]

you crazy! 2 beauty Profoto Dish? hell naaaah!

[@kingmuhu]

Awesome!