How I Shot 2 Photography Campaigns In 48 Hours

[@landon1460]

Please please please more of these vids explaining how you get these amazing shots

[@willysheepskin]

There will be many more!

[@rzcrzc1449]

You da man

[@BryanBirks]

I know so little about flash photography that it scares me. Thank you for explaining it to me like a five year old.

[@willysheepskin]

Ahah the trickiest part of the whole scenario is braving the act of just using the flash since it's such an unknown at first! Once you've got the hang of it it's easy peasy, I'll come show ya someday ;)

[@shotbysreeku]

How pretty are these pictures 😍😍

[@willysheepskin]

So happy with how they turned out! Hope to continue making things this pretty haha!

[@theyelllowbutton]

Your color corrections on these photos are SO stunning + warm feeling. Seeing the contact sheets + then your edits PHEWWWW!!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you so much Kelsie! Always been super focused on figuring out color things so it's great to hear that the difference the tweaks make is apparent haha!

[@stdoval]

Watching this, one would think anyone can do what you do. You make it look so simple and, let me tell you all, this shit is all but simple. You're the goat. Everything from the planning of the shots to the editing is top notch, world class photography. Hats off.

[@willysheepskin]

Ah I really appreciate that David! It's taken a while to get here but glad to be in a place where things feel quite natural all round now haha! Thanks so much!

[@lastesupper]

There is no greater source of inspiration than seeing a master breakdown his own science. Much love and thank you for always being a beacon of inspiration :))

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you for such high praise! Always trying to learn new things and add them to the process though haha, maybe someday I'll feel like a master all round!

[@MrSindriSvan]

My man! That top down shot from the tree is just top notch! The portraits are also cash!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks a ton Sindri! Was worth giving myself motion sickness wrangling that camera upside down in the end haha!

[@flowermaze___]

You + the RB are photo soulmates, the way you handle it for shoots is the best. Upside down and all angles. Inspiring shoot, great colours and frames 📸 Always good to see SA and the scenes also 🗻

[@willysheepskin]

Ahh thank you so much! It’s still a bit of a headache upside down but it was worth it to make it happen for that shot in the end haha! Big scenes to come in the near future!

[@JeffreyFilman]

Lovely editorial and fashion photos! Also love the sneaky bee and flower shot you snuck into the video! 🐝🌻🧡

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Jeffrey! Had to get the bee involved haha, it was the first shot of the day on that shoot and got things off to a great start!

[@jonathanforlee1961]

we love fisheye-will

[@willysheepskin]

Fisheye- will loves you!

[@analogfisheye]

One of your best episodes yet

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you so much I really appreciate that! Took my time with the video bits and am very glad with how it all came together!

[@oringe7326]

one of my first workshops at school was strobe photography on analog medium format and i really wanted to try this kind of lighting and never got it the way i wanted it to look and this motivated me to try again!! love the shots of the look book too, and so interesting to know that you metered the inside a bit higher to create contrast

[@willysheepskin]

You should definitely have another crack at it! Once you've got the metering aspect down and are confident in the strobe it's just about experimenting a bit until you figure out a way that works, then you can just roll with that! The right modifiers help a bunch too, like a white shoot through umbrella can be super versatile and a lot less of a headache than an octabox haha!

[@qozeempersonal]

i couldnt have wished for a better video the best video ever

[@willysheepskin]

I am very glad to hear that you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@eyeofalchemy]

Every single shot is insane!😭🔥🤌🏻

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks ya legend! Hope you're keeping well!

[@alessioferreri]

I dont understand how you get so cool and precise focus with the RB, it's super hard for me! Awesome video William, amazing shots and project!

[@Sekai_no_yosa]

your work looks amazing

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you so much!

[@Miguelcortes87]

Pure art as always Will! 🖼️

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks a ton Miguel! Trying to do as many things as possible this year haha!

[@jasonarrandavis]

beautiful results!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks so much Jason!

[@simonr1chter]

Awesome! The portrait at 8:54 is so beautiful ... Also it's the first video of 2025 - happy new year, Willy! :)

[@willysheepskin]

Haaaaappy new year ya legend! Stoked you dig that portrait! Keep an eye out for an email from me in the near future btw might need some further details from ya!

[@kiangannonn]

these photos were unreall

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks so much Kian! Very stoked with how everything came together!

[@streetwithane3382]

What I like about this your video is it isn't just informative but creatively shot. The shoot was also great but the video itself I really loved

[@willysheepskin]

I'm so glad you enjoyed that aspect! Took my time with it and ended up reshooting some bits where the audio tweaked out but am glad with how it all came together in the end haha, really appreciate that you liked that element!

[@clairescheepers]

Your colours are simply sublime ❤

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you kindly! I took my time with these and am very glad with how they turned out haha!

[@robbiemurrie7562]

Those straight up and down shots are excellent. All of it’s great man but the colours inside are brilliant.

[@robbiemurrie7562]

I have the godox/pixapro citi 600 and a photek softlighter I bought when I was in college and I’ve never used since leaving, I may have to remedy that.

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Robbie! Was really pleasantly surprised with just how nicely they worked out haha, want to try do more stuff in that vein in different scenarios now! Thanks as always for checking things out!

[@willysheepskin]

Sounds like a worthy investigation! They make great stuff, just infuriating when things misfire and waste a frame but that’s about it ahah

[@eguanzon17]

AHHHHH I love these kind of videos from you, Will. Also, huge fan of Wide-Angle Will to start it off

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Evan! There's likely going to be a bunch more wide angle Will around these parts going forward! Need to make use of this fisheye I scored on marketplace haha!

[@nclrnld]

I wasn’t familiar with your work before, but I’m happy to have discovered you here on KZbin! Great job ! your jewelry shooting is amazing!

[@willysheepskin]

I'm very happy for you to have discovered this too! Thank you very much!

[@LaiN900]

pics look great William, good job dude

[@johnflorianalsina4225]

Great video and images Will! Thanks for including how you set up and metered your shots, very insightful!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks for checking it out John! Glad you enjoyed the setup bits too, trying to be conscious of things that I do subconsciously at this point that might be useful to break down for folks haha!

[@NunoAlmeidaPhotography]

These shots look so clean and sharp, love it! Awesome work as always man, well done.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Nuno! Super stoked with how they turned out!

[@zfrancisdumas]

Awesome work William. Very tasteful shots and very tasteful retouch!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks a ton Francis! Glad you enjoyed them!

[@sleepybf]

ur so cool! first impression of you btw.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks so much!

[@adtechniques]

Thanks for sharing. The colors in the photos are really great. Looking forward to seeing your film scanning process video soon.

[@willysheepskin]

Only a pleasure! Thanks so much for watching!

[@username_horse]

Been watching your videos for years. Still by far my favorite photography videos. Thanks for the great technical breakdown

[@willysheepskin]

I appreciate that so much thank you immensely! Have a bunch in the edit at the moment so there will be a great number to come in the near future!

[@diceryuri]

Im beyond impressed with this video, very fun angles and the drawing of the light set up was grand! All the photos turned out so well. After you explained the lighting for the inside shots alot of things clicked on how ive been using flash and lighting incorrectly. Those inside outfit shots are wonderful, im sure the clients where ecstatic!

[@willysheepskin]

Ahh thank you so much man! Glad you enjoyed the drawing of the light haha, my printer tweaked out and didn't want to use a janky epson print so figured this would look better lol! So stoked that the breakdown could help you! Folks were very stoked with the photos which is always a lovely feeling too!

[@lol34521325647]

We need a scan edit video!

[@willysheepskin]

One of these days there will be such a video I reckon!

[@iainlaurence]

Really cool to see the process!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Iain! Was good fun making it happen haha, hope to do more things like them in the future!

[@OlgaMarsay]

Interesting, as always. Your explanations giving insight into what it takes to make the perfect picture. Beautiful work Will.😍😍

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you so much! Not quite perfect yet but always working towards it!

[@Miranda-zq3du]

Your work is the most beautiful thing I have seen I aspire to take film photos with your level of skill, thank you for this awesome video!!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you so much for the kind words, and for watching! It just takes time and patience I reckon and things will come together eventually!

[@rockindude3001]

Madness. Those shots look so good. Love how different in style yet still very much yours. Big shoutout to art-department, hair and makeup, the models and generally everyone involved. So cool to see such a production!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks so much! Very pleased with how it all turned out, will be sure to make more bts stuff if I get to make more things in this vein! Shoutout to the team indeed!

[@drewcigna8197]

still don't know how to use flash with my rb67 so seeing videos like this is awesome.

[@willysheepskin]

Very glad to be able to give some pointers Drew! It's scary in the beginning but once you've got the hang of making sure things are getting exposed properly and you aren't shooting blanks it gets really fun to figure out what to do with the light to accomplish different looks!

[@RudyMartinez-o6j]

these are amazing images!

[@gunnarelgersma5215]

Wow dude! Great photos and thanks for the flash photography breakdown!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Gunnar! Glad to know that the flash breakdown scenario was useful!

[@CMCairo]

These are amazing. You need to do a film retouching video, the colour you pulled is incredible.

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Cairo! I'll be doing something like that in the near future I reckon!

[@alexcuee]

would love to learn more about lighting from you 😭❤️

[@willysheepskin]

Might make a full on "everything I know about lighting" video at some point if I can figure out how to do it nicely so keep an eye out haha!

[@alexcuee]

@@willysheepskin Thanks a lotttt!!

[@pascalkung7536]

very talented - lovely work here william!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you kindly! Having good fun with the fashion things at the moment, have some cool adventures to put out in the near future too!

[@pascalkung7536]

@@willysheepskin looking forward to it. always loving watching your video/process. keep it rolling.

[@anthonymorton3074]

Nice Toe artwork 🖼️

[@willysheepskin]

Ayyyyyy you're the first person that's ever commented on it! Asked for it as payment for some work I did with them a while ago, probably my most prized possession haha!

[@anthonymorton3074]

@ takes one to know one

[@User-eq3hf]

❤ from kerala, india

[@willysheepskin]

Big love to you in return from sunny Cape Town! Thanks for checking this out!

[@tristan_lyons]

I like the lighting breakdown, thanks for sharing! Glad to see you're lining up these fun projects!

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Tristan! I’m on a mission haha, want to try make photo maneuvers and these videos the only thing I do so I’m pushing to end up there somehow!

[@Keckegenkai]

all those model shots are clean ~~~

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you kindly! Very happy with how they turned out!

[@shotbucket5004]

this is dope. Need more videos of your workflow

[@willysheepskin]

There are more to come! Gonna do a printmaking one in the near future hopefully and nerd out about that process a bit haha! Cheers!

[@KillerTacos54]

Fantastic

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you so much!

[@damian8475]

This was great, good job man, keep creating!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Damian! I most certainly will!

[@velyvely6479]

Happy New Year, Willy! I was waiting for this one! I'm studying photography here in London and want to try out some fashion photography. I've picked up so much from your other videos over the years, so I was excited for this one. The photos turned out so well, it's hard to say what sets I liked best, the one of the boy sitting on the grassy hill was one of my faves, tho, and the lookbook. It would be lovely if you did more fashion photography videos. oh, and happy to see a wasp? make an appearance

[@willysheepskin]

Happy New Year Vely! Glad to have put it out haha! Fashion photography can be good fun and is definitely worth pursuing in London, tons of opportunities to make cool things out there! I'll be doing more videos in this vein for sure, even if they're just test shoots haha! I think it was actually some variety of bee that graced me with some stillness for a photo, but well spotted haha! Thanks for being around as always!

[@MauiKao]

Such good work and video

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks so much Kao!

[@nickfiala8588]

lovely video Will! flash photography is still tricky ngl, thx for the explanation. It changes so much. I also liked the little photoshop insights though!

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks Nick! It’s a really useful tool in the right circumstance for sure! Might put something more in depth together talking about flash things sometime, but really so long as you’ve got the right exposure reading you can get away with a lot haha!

[@fotofernansj]

Dope!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you!

[@ThePhotoDept]

damn, these are GOOD

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks duuuude! Trying to make some moves at the moment and push myself haha!

[@leiphf]

insane 💥

[@willysheepskin]

Many thanks!!

[@JacoxNovak]

Nice!

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers!

[@LawsonPhotos]

This is the way.

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers Lawson!

[@domgreen1859]

will... you're an absolute monster wtf man

[@willysheepskin]

Ahh thanks Dom! Always trying to push myself haha!

[@kenneth9762]

i love the photos turned out!! u earned a sub!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you very much Kenneth!

[@studiojege287]

Very inspiring indeed, great work! Need to go out and try some flash with my RB, just need that little cable thing 🙂

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you! That little cable thing can be a bit tricky to track down but theres an old camera shop here that has a bucket of em that no one ever buys thats become my plug for em ahah

[@pain6154]

WILLYY!!!

[@willysheepskin]

PAIIIIIIIN!!

[@villegas24]

WIlliam went for that 90's emo nu metal cd cover perspective

[@willysheepskin]

Hey you can't go wrong with that vibe what can I say ahhah

[@gidipridan]

"but a..... " you are the king

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you Gidi!!

[@shotbysreeku]

I missed you Willyyyyyy….. ❤

[@willysheepskin]

I missed you Sreeku!!

[@Rob-wu7vz]

Hey could you tell me how you meter your shots? Im really struggling with that right now. do I overexpose a stop and then meter for the shadows when I shoot portra 400 and 800 ? would help me out a lot

[@willysheepskin]

Hiya Rob, I aim for like half a stop to a stop over always pretty much and that's about it really, the rest of the process is just feeling it out and deciding when to split the difference between highlights and shadow! I'm not very scientific about it for the most part these days, I just go with what feels right since I've shot mostly the same stock for like 9 years now and have a good feeling for how things should be exposed. Always aiming for at least a bit over is the main thing!

[@Rob-wu7vz]

@@willysheepskin thank you so much, this helps me a lot! really appreciate that you took so much time answering! watched your videos when you did the portraits with the tele lens on the Mamiya rb, so nice to see where you are now!

[@giftdotmsomi]

What was your go to film stock for these projects? Amazing work btw!

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you so much Gift! I shot it all on Kodak Portra 400

[@thevoiceman6192]

Nice work and pretty models. What film did you use?

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you! Was all shot on Kodak Portra 400!

[@theesbros]

🧡

[@willysheepskin]

[@davidobryen5653]

Dayum

[@willysheepskin]

Cheers David!

[@Sushant.Deshmukh]

Hey Will! Are you using any diffusion filter on your lenses? The pictures are dreamy!

[@willysheepskin]

Hiya Sushant! I don’t normally run filters on lenses unless I’m going for a specific effect! There’s one image in the viddy from the jewellery shoot of the models hand on the grass that I used a homemade star filter for though! Should’ve pointed that out in the video actually haha!

[@Sushant.Deshmukh]

@ Ah! So I wondered :) Thanks for insights!

[@JosephAlAliPhotographer]

Hey dude. Great video - complete professional! At 6:19, is the left the raw scans and the right post editing on lightroom/photoshop? Id love to see you make an editing video showing your process. Cheers Joseph

[@willysheepskin]

Thanks so much Joseph! Left is raw Imacon scan indeed and right is post after editing in photoshop, I scan things as flat as I can so I can get the most out of em in post! Have been mulling over the idea of putting together a color process course video type thing for a while now, will be sure to let folks know if I do ever do it haha! Cheers!

[@pizzaface28]

I have a question about the navy blue sky. Is it only the fast synchronization time (overpowering the sun) with medium format + film that is responsible for this effect, or did you use extra a polarizing filter?

[@willysheepskin]

No polarizing filter! Was just the shooting at like f/16 or f/22 that darkened it down and resulted in the color shift!

[@niklaskremerfilm]

great man!! which Filmstock did u used?🎉

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you! It was all shot on Kodak Portra 400!

[@subtletherapy]

What film back are you using? Mine crapped out and I'm not sure which back to get for my pro s, like should i get the same or get that weird motorized 6x8?

[@willysheepskin]

I have the Pro SD and used to use it with that back, it's my favorite back for the RB when it's working ahah! In this Video I was using the Pro S backs. The motorized ones are fun, I actually made a video trying them out once, the title was something like "turning an RZ67 into an RB67", but I don't dig 6x8 really and adding electronics to a mechanical camera feels like asking for trouble haha. I reckon the Pro S back or Pro SD depending on the price difference should sort you out!

[@subtletherapy]

@@willysheepskin Ok! I was afraid of getting the same pro-s back in case it would crap out again, basically the film counter doesn't advance anymore which confuses the whole mechanism when trying to advance the film. But if the pro-sd back works with the pro-s back, then I'll try to get that one then. Rather invest more money to ensure that something is more reliable then cheap out. Thanks for the tip!

[@RamikoProductions]

what's the hook you use on the sekonic??? I need that!

[@willysheepskin]

I wiiiish I could tell you but it was a stocking filler president from the chinese store a few christmases ago haha! I think my mate David found a similar one on amazon a little while ago, I'll see if he has a lead and get back to you!

[@RamikoProductions]

@@willysheepskin thank you!!

[@Ari_12j]

How do you find the reference source?

[@willysheepskin]

I put out a video recently where I spoke about it a a bit, but I spend a lot of time compiling references in folders that I can revisit at a later date - the video is called " New gear, a cool photobook and some workflow things" !

[@Todd_Kuhns]

From a business standpoint, could you explain why you shot film? I mean, you scan them and heavily retouch the digital file anyway, why not save the cost of film and time involved and just shoot digital in the first place? You can make a digital image look like film if that is the desired look........

[@willysheepskin]

A very reasonable question! I think the point you make regarding scanning and retouching being similar to shooting digitally is a bit reductive though. To a certain degree you can make things look alike, especially with 35mm and the more grungy film look.I actually made a video recently doing just that, but I have yet to find a way to truly match the rendering of a 6x7 medium format film camera paired with a Hasselblad scanner. That's having used the Phaseone, Hasselblad, and Fuji Medium format digital systems, and working for years as a retoucher and color matching film and digital things. A large part of my process is also darkroom printing things to use as color reference and part of my portfolio, and there are certain effects and color tweaks one can do in the darkroom that also can't be replicated digitally - yet, haha! Hope that makes sense, I'm down with digital and film and happy to use whichever format depending on the need and client, but if the choice is down to me and I have the option to shoot film I'll always shoot film for the sake of being able to make use of the darkroom down the line!

[@Todd_Kuhns]

@@willysheepskin Alright, thanks for the insight.

[@szabodaniel9447]

I find that 80mm lenses aren’t suitable for closeup portraits due to the resulting distortion. People don’t notice that right away if the model is attractive, because beautiful faces can take a lot of distortion before losing their attractiveness.

[@willysheepskin]

To each their own hey! I really enjoy the rendering of the 90mm rb lens for fashion things, I do tend to use the 250mm for more formal portraits but that's mainly cus I like the compression it gives. Thanks so much for checking out the video!

[@jasonarrandavis]

@@willysheepskin hey man! did you use the 90mm for the lovely shot of the model kind of laying down in front of the pool? Look wider maybe 50? Would love to know :)

[@willysheepskin]

@ That was the 37mm fisheye!

[@pain6154]

Much needed video my good sir🫡

[@willysheepskin]

Thank you kindest of Pains! I hope you thoroughly enjoyed it! I'm cookin at the moment so many more viddies to come

[@pain6154]

@@willysheepskin banger as always..i thoroughly believe that ur able to detect every bee within a 3 mile radius haha

[@keem.mp4]

a lovely video as always 🤌 gave me a lot of ideas for a shoot!

[@willysheepskin]

So glad you enjoyed it Joaquim! Hope the shoot comes together and you make some marvelous images!