Sony A7IV with GM 35mm, 85mm and 135m + Composition Tips

[@tempertramp]

Lydia is an amazing model!! I love her movements, was very relaxing to watch!

[@juliatrotti]

I agree, so much fun working with her :)

[@igauravarora]

Just discovered your channel while looking up for A7IV reviews. I am saving up for it and it's going to be my first actual camera that I'll own. I am learning about the features and terms that professionals use while shooting. Your content is quite fun as well as informative for a noob like me. Keep it up :)

[@BritneyORourke]

This video was stunning. I could never pick a favorite from all of those. They were so fantastic!

[@brandonlee3848]

The 35mm 1.4 lens is special. Lydia has great movement!

[@bananro93]

This girl's posing skill is phenomenal!

[@ollenilssonen]

Absolutely love the look of the 85!! I want all of the lenses though😩 Great vid Julia!!

[@anna_murawski]

God I love the way Lydia moves and creates shapes!

[@yeagershots]

This is one of my favorite videos! The last shots laying down are incredible!

[@juliatrotti]

Thanks so much! That last shot is my favourite too :D

[@kaylanicholesolo]

We all NEED a Lydia! Are you kidding? She’s amazing!

[@albertw251]

Great video and photoshoot. My go to setup is the A7 IV + 35mm GM or if i need to get closer 85mm GM. Never considered the 135mm. I just love the bokeh on the 85GM it is "creamy". The detail it captures is amazing when it comes to headshots. You can see the reflection of the background in her eyes.

[@SVcreations43]

Your model's style of posing is my favourite. Love the flowy dance like moves. I wish more people would do that. But they usually think they are being silly

[@orendo]

Always happy when the weekly video is up!

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you!

[@arthurgphotography]

The black and white ones with the plaid jacket are 🔥🔥🔥

[@chryseass.5143]

This was a very useful and engaging video, Julia. I will be watching it again to pick up all of your tips about composition.

[@mussio.estudio]

Julia, congratulations on your channel. I'm your fan. I like to see your model directing techniques and the final result of your photos. I know that for most people it's a dream to have cutting-edge equipment, but this doesn't replace each one's talent. Make your creations with what you have on hand and don't be limited by the technical details....

[@pedrol.5417]

The 135 has something magic

[@nahkanukke]

The last shots close to the water was so amazing. I will try something similair with 85 mm lens.📷

[@sarahcuellar2450]

Ugh just stunning. I can’t even lol also…makeup was on point! The dewey look 👀 killin!

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you and omg I complimented Lidija on the makeup she did many times throughout the day. Lydia was glowing and it suited the moody weather so well!

[@chanfi111]

Always enjoy watching your videos! 😊

[@pernilleaug]

Love the model and the photos! I usually just used 85 mm before but now I’m getting into the 35 mm more and more. It’s so fun to be able to have more space to play with.

[@joshuachubbphotography]

I love everything about this video the photos are amazing the model is just next level!

[@michaelrc6282]

Love the video. The photos are fantastic 😍. Thank you so much for sharing those tips on the 85mm composition.

[@NicholasSpeaks]

love your videos, one of the only ones i watch. Would love to see more Fujifilm videos!

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you! And yes I need more Fujifilm in my life too, I am planning some videos with the new Sigma lenses for Fuji. I will hopefully be able to shoot that soon!

[@NicholasSpeaks]

@@juliatrotti you da best!

[@danfarmer_photo]

Another amazing video. Thank you. For a long time, I have been an 85 and 35 shooter. However, for the last 4months having the 50mm f1.2GM, I can’t put it down!! I know you’ve already covered this lens, but I would love to see you do another shoot with it! Thank you again ✌️

[@djrease7354]

The 50mm GM is glued to my camera .. lol

[@AyeMinAFS]

Absolutely stunning and informative. Thank you so much for these behind the scenes and commentary!

[@Jon_bodhi]

She is such a good model!

[@juliatrotti]

Yep she's amazing to shoot with!

[@feydanmedia]

The photos came out soo good, the model was really photogenic.

[@QuadCore96]

I See Your Busy Missing Your Sunday Post Bu Ty For This Upload 😝😝😝😝

[@kersakdave]

Great video!! As always :) Julia, what auto-focus settings and shooting mode did you use?

[@maszekmeans]

This is perfect and beautiful 🧡🧡

[@chivyp]

Omg yesss just what I needed!

[@xMysticJulia]

Will you be willing to try out sigma art dg dn lenses? Like 35mm,50 & 85?

[@KryptoKus]

I absolutely love the 135mm

[@davetv8171]

Amazing compositions! I just ordered the 7IV to go with my A1. Ive heard some negatives on eye AF being less accurate than the 7III, but you dont seem to be having any. I just ordered the Tamron 35-150 f2/2.8, so im looking forward to that.

[@nogerboher5266]

You heard false. Eye/Face AF is WAAAY better than a7lll, almost on par with the A1 (I tested them both side by side on a tripod with my brother as a test subject, doing 150 shots in total, over 2 hours of shooting in all kinds of situations and both got 140+ shots in focus - a7IV got 142 out of 150 in focus and a1 got 145 out of 150 in focus.) It's the minimal distance focusing bug/glitch that causes the camera to front or back focus slightly, that's the issue, nothing to do with AF being bad. Will be easily fixed with the next firmware, along with the overheating bug/glitch. Also, that 35-150 from Tamron is surprisingly good and produces very, very clear and sharp images but without them looking clinical. I have to admit tough, it is a bit too big and quite heavy for that focal length. When you shoot at 30-40mm, 50mm, 60-70mm, 85mm and around 120-140mm, images look like they are shot on a prime lens, not on a zoomie. Amazing lens! Feels like it's a 10,000 EUR lens - at least to me it did!

[@davetv8171]

@@nogerboher5266 i can see why that Tamron is so hard to find.

[@teevorian]

OMG so much beauty to process... can't say what I'd prefer, I think the context of the 35 is nice also through careful composition on your behalf it looks really interesting and engages me emotionally, anyway, the 85 delivers more engaging faces to me, but I'm not sure I would trade it for the extra context, since the location is nice. The last shots and the shots between the arcs were especially touching for me.

[@tireursaucentre]

👍 La dernière photographie 🥺 Sous la pluie, fumée, poussière, particules, etc

[@tra-aungreen]

Ugh your videos are so AMAZING & they help me out a lot considering I’m both a model and a beginner photographer. I have a 50 mm lens already, but what would you recommend for a Canon EOS Rebel T7 (as far as 35mm & 85mm)? Something that’s more affordable as well!

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you! It depends what kind of photos you like taking. If you like environmental portraits I use a 35mm for that, bonus with a 35 is that you can use it for travel/landscapes and other kinds of photography too. If you're more into classic portraits then an 85 or 135 is great too, you can also use those for street photography. I have lots of videos with different focal lengths (primes + zooms) and comparison videos too which all revolve around portraits, not sure if you've seen many but that might help you decide too!

[@tra-aungreen]

@@juliatrotti I’ll take a look at some more videos for a better understanding. Thank you, I greatly appreciate it!! ❤️

[@gregkiserphotography]

@@tra-aungreen Also keep in mind that you are shooting with a crop frame camera so the focal lengths won't be exactly the same. Your 50mm is actually equivalent to an 80mm lens for this conversation. The 35mm will be equivalent to a 56mm lens. Just multiply the stamped focal length by 1.6 for your Canon and that will give you the full frame equivalents that are being discussed here.

[@tra-aungreen]

@@gregkiserphotography Okay that actually makes a lot sense because I’ve always wondered why the picture looks a lot lengthy. Thank you so much I’ll definitely keep that in mind!!

[@kevincheung2066]

I got my a7iv at the end of Jan this year, and I just got the Sony 35mm f/1.4 GM last week!! After watching this vid, I wanna go out and shoot now! Also kinda funny that 3 of you are all wearing Doc Martin boots 😄

[@juliatrotti]

I hope you have fun when you get to take your camera and lens out!! Haha and yep, even Dan who you can't see on video is wearing docs too. They're perfect for rainy weather so your feet don't get wet from any puddles 😄

[@saudihermawan6599]

Love 135mm lens 😍👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💕💕💕

[@DarthGold]

Photos are amazing, whats the wireless video sender you use

[@HIDROJEN77]

I love your videos Julia!

[@BlastTheBeatTV]

Hey Julia, love your videos. How do you screen record your screen on the camera for these videos?

[@EltonAlexandrino]

Same question..

[@BlastTheBeatTV]

@@EltonAlexandrino I think it could be the Dji Raven eye after further inspection but not 100% sure

[@tomberishaj4401]

She’s a natural her body movement is great

[@lisawilliams1750]

Julia!!! Always love your content, but your Model Lydia is amazing! I love her movements, gestures and her transitions with each click of your camera. Great job!

[@coltenmolnar4315]

Just recently came across your channel! Love the videos so far! Would you ever do a composition video like this with a male subject? I feel like it can be more daunting without the movement you get from longer hair/ more flowy outfits.

[@rodica108]

I recently discover your chanel.I love it.

[@trianariwibowp9476]

alwasy stunning.. i love that.. go more creat some video like this. and amazing muse.. so perfect.. no words can explain this tutorial..

[@josedosanjos2200]

That's so interesting post. Very nice work. Thanks for sharing this.

[@BeSpiffyBeYou]

Great video ♥️ gorgeous model 😍

[@kcpankaj8871]

Huge fan of your video from nepal 🇳🇵

[@mohamedashry3337]

My first time to comment on photographer video but really u are special...I note the 35mm in crop mode more details in face than 135mm

[@Libinkttm]

Nice nice, I hope you try out new Fuji line up ..18 f 1.4 , 23 f1.4 and 33 f1.4 ...these lenses are just amazing. I've no words..

[@juliatrotti]

Thanks and yes! I really want to try them out. I will make some videos when I do.

[@Libinkttm]

@@juliatrotti 33 1.4 is my favourite out of the three..They are all great..Looking forward to see those lenses in your hand ❤

[@cmenjivar813]

You inspire me so much.

[@heysoniher]

Another great video! Love these 3 lenses. Is that a grasshopper 🦗on the model’s jacket when she’s sitting in the chair?

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you! No, it was just a leaf.. which I'm not sure where it came from honestly lol. It must have been on the chair.

[@jliang70]

Nice video. I have been all over the place with different focal length, 40mm, 58mm, 85mm, 105mm and 135mm. 58mm was manual lens at F1.4 . 40mm is technically the sharpest but I prefer the next three 58, 85 and 105.

[@matthewwatt3650]

Great location. Is that in Paddington Julia?

[@juliatrotti]

Yeah, its a goodie while its raining haha

[@JairusJoy]

Really love the content, this is some good stuff. can you do a shoot with the budget lenses and compare them? like the kit lens, the nifty 50 the 85 1.8 and even the 35 1.8 budget?

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you! I’ve done a shoot on the kit lens already, one whole video and I also used the newer kit lens during my A7C review. I also have a video with the Sony 85 1.8 vs GM 85 1.4 and I have some 35 1.8 examples in my 8 budget prime lenses for Sony video 😄 there will be more budget lenses on my channel throughout the year, but those are some I have up already in case you haven’t seen them!

[@KenGreen-tm7si]

No 50mm??? Photos look amazing though!!

[@sydneyraab]

I wanna make beauty sit down videos. I heard there is a lens that makes you look better than in real life... not my goal, but it sound nice haha. I would also like to take editorial beauty images. Is there any lens you would recommend most for that? I just received my a74 and I can't decide what lens to get. Your videos helped me so much already, you are amazing !!!

[@NicoleKahler]

I lovee the video 💜

[@northcarolinalee1441]

Do you think Fe 16- 35 mm/f2.8 would be great to pair up with A7IV? My main shooting is landscaping photos. What about Fe 24-105mm/f4 OSS?

[@galaxystars6409]

Sigma 35 1.2

[@IQRAAlfurqan]

My dream camera

[@mayank40994]

hi julia, could you please do a video on with and without lens hood? thanks.

[@angeelbarrera]

Amazing video, like always! :) I noticed multiple people are experiencing overheating issues with their A7IV. Has your camera given you this problem? I’ll be purchasing one as soon as it’s back in stock.

[@adityathakkar9014]

Hi Julia I click potraits and kids... I am planning to buy a sony... Should I go for a7iv or a7riv...

[@leomedeirosrj]

I love your work! Beautiful colors! How do you usually set your white balance? Tks :)

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you! Since this is a creative shoot where I don’t need perfect colours of the outfits, I manually set my white balance so it looks good on the back of the camera for when I show my team photos. Usually that’s between 5000-5500K outdoors. Since i shoot in raw, you can adjust the WB to suite what you’re after in post. If I need correct colours for outfits with an e-commerce shoot for example, I would use a grey card to measure WB properly.

[@leomedeirosrj]

@@juliatrotti ❤️

[@bahaatamer1245]

Oh nice, was waiting for this one... I bought a Sigma 70-200 Sports a few days ago though, my first ever 70-200 😂

[@Justmakesomenoiz]

Superb video but I must ask are u shooting with eye AF on these shoots? Beacuse when I shoot my R6 and my subject moves just a tad I get super soft pictures. So I'm pretty curious what your shooting with in these shots. Never had this issue with my A7iii before.

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you and yes I am consistently using eye AF on the A7IV. I also have it set to continuous AF which is great when shooting moving subjects, have you tried that setting on the R6?

[@Luca_2]

sorry Julia, what's the object attached to the base of the sony a7 4? a battery pack?

[@maryamka9262]

great video thanks! Please give me some advice Which lens is better for portrait photography and why? Sony FE 85mm F/1.8. sony 90mm macro .85mm sigma art.

[@irmaocarmo8296]

This is a good question for anyone who doesn't have a lot of money and consider a macro lens. As an amateur, based on the tutorials I've seen, I've opted to buy the sony 90mm f 2.8 macro. I don't intend to buy the 85mm and this way I can avoid excess of weight in my backpack. The 90mm macro is multifunctional: portraits, macro shots and with its integrated stabiliser you can make video clips without a tripod (although, whenever possible, video should be made with the support of a tripod). Merry Christmas.

[@ericlin158]

I gotta respect the model. Had to take headshots for work and I could not figure out how to move or be. Lol. I felt like my body was looking for software that got deleted. Just emptiness there.

[@OscarXpeed]

Please what device do you use to record your EVF while having the shoot?

[@senjucam]

What are you using to record the screen of your camera?

[@MichaelChee]

I'm also interested

[@husnainphotographer2193]

julia love your work..

[@katarzynabiequs]

How do you record your screen while shooting, please?

[@iamchadstrong]

How do you get your atomos ninja to record your screen without it going black while shooting?

[@nilutpaldas6198]

Unedited pictures are so awesome.. it gives a monochrome vibes ..

[@reecord2]

I most definitely call it the 'flippy screen' too. :-)

[@gregklugiewicz5037]

How do you find those beautiful locations/sites for portrait work like this?

[@juliatrotti]

I spend a lottttt of time location scouting :)

[@gregklugiewicz5037]

@@juliatrotti Just as an example please.... How long did this photo shoot last.... and how many pictured do you think you took?

[@randomness7053]

Julia, do you use ND filters? My ND filter seems to affect my color gradings or presets.

[@juliatrotti]

I only use NDs for video. And yes they can affect the colour of your photos/video - every filter has its own colour cast!

[@sudipchand2371]

Yeah A7IV, its great to have 10bit 422 4k but do we have option to shoot 8bit 4k ?? Just when we need more storage in memory cards..

[@kifley19]

Yes

[@TANZANIAFILMMAKINGTV]

HOT! lovening

[@KottoKTG]

At 6:57 why was your shutter speed so high?

[@juliatrotti]

The light was changing a lot and it was brighter during those photos since the rain stopped. So I needed to increase my shutter speed to correctly expose my photo.

[@KottoKTG]

@@juliatrotti the off set the harsh sun, do your prefer to raise/change the shutter speed first before adjusting the other two?

[@juliatrotti]

@@KottoKTG yes! Aperture I usually pick depending what I want the photos to look like. ISO I usually increase to stop my shutter from being too low. I have a video about how I shoot in manual mode with on location examples if you wanted to see ☺️

[@carlblay2114]

Sometimes versatile models really spice up your photography..

[@TheMastanbabu]

Love you Julia

[@abhikaulavkar]

What type of device u connect to ur camera below???

[@marcusmichel84]

What kind of hdmi recorder she use ?

[@primetimegrant]

I’ve never been this early 👀

[@ab-syed16]

Recommend Camera and Lense ? beginners

[@sudipchand2371]

8bit 4k Vs 10bit 1080 which one is sharper/ Better??

[@firpofutbol]

It is more helpful to shoot the same photo (framing, pose, composition, etc) on all three lenses so we can compare the same photo side by side.

[@tommykurnia1416]

1st?

[@_cjmccullough]

Did you hear about the new Samyang 35mm 1.4 Mark II lens that just released today Julia? I know you get lenses quick like Samyang, and would love a review comparing it to the GM 35mm 1.4 that you currently use.

[@juliatrotti]

Yess super exciting! Can't wait to review it soon :)

[@playboiijudah4803]

Heyy, I wanted to know if we could hop on a call and you give me some tips

[@mr_gk_099]

love julia form india🇮🇳

[@KazuyaMASUDA1982]

👍

[@photographersoumen8762]

Shear camera setting

[@kidblazer16]

anyone know how julia is recording her camera screen without an atomos?

[@kidblazer16]

nvm accsoon cineeye!

[@photographersoumen8762]

plz shear colour profile

[@carlossantini]

So you did used the flippy screen lol

[@juliatrotti]

Hahaha if I have it, I may as well use it right?

[@carlossantini]

@@juliatrotti amen! 🙏