How to Find Outdoor Locations for Dramatic Portraits

In this video, ‪@EliInfante‬ shows his favorite tips & tricks for finding great locations, making the best of them, and how to light at them!
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00:00 - Intro
00:31 - How to Approach a Location
02:17 - Capturing a Photo in Natural Lighting
03:48 - Using a Strobe Instead of Natural Light
04:24 - Setup #2
07:00 - Importance of Moving When Capturing Portraits
09:02 - Setup #3
12:44 - How to Eliminate Subjects in the Background
13:47 - Final Results

[@MartinV.]

all amazing but I think the shot with the diffuser and the strobe is the best for me. love that look!!!

[@trevorkelly5372]

Same here

[@llamarvasquez1803]

Strobe with diffuser awesome shots!! 📸

[@DIGITALMIND63]

Great vid and shots! I love the lighting. Not over powered and retaining shadows. I see to many photographers blasting their subjects with light giving it that flashy look making the subjects face look flat.

[@DonStatuz1]

Great video! The natural beauty of your model made it that much easier to achieve such great shots!

[@jerrym8140]

Loved the lighthouse and rock portraits and her wardrobe was beautiful with this location and day.

[@WestcottLighting]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TravisBrooksPhoto]

Great images! Always love shooting at the Marblehead lighthouse 🙌

[@WestcottLighting]

Us too! Thanks for watching!!

[@marlinwoodruff2292]

All of them great job and content

[@ivorlyall7697]

Another great video loved the strobe and diffuser photos. Keep the videos coming 😊

[@WestcottLighting]

Thank you! Will do!

[@chiragdarji1990]

💙💜💙 Awesome Portraits

[@WestcottLighting]

Thanks for watching!!

[@AdamKozak100]

Eli you da man. these portraits are so awesome

[@WestcottLighting]

they are, Eli killed it!!

[@user-dx6mn3fz6u]

Love the video, one thing I noticed is that because of the diffuser size, there was a diff in the light on the rock the subject was leaning on. I think for the shots in the beginning a bigger diffuser will def do the trick. Greta work!

[@manilamartin1001]

cute model and love the colors of her outfit. Thanks for sharing

[@WestcottLighting]

I'm glad you like it!

[@bala1000mina]

Thank you for the informative tutorial and tips!

[@WestcottLighting]

You’re welcome!!

[@johnclay7644]

informative photography content.

[@WestcottLighting]

Glad you liked it

[@larsgibbon3327]

Great work! Great advice!

[@WestcottLighting]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kanhaiyalalsalunke3561]

best shoot

[@MediavillaPhotography]

Gorgeous shots.

[@WestcottLighting]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MediavillaPhotography]

@@WestcottLighting Yes, thank you.

[@manuelmoralessanchez7685]

Muchas gracias por compartir su conocimiento 🙏 que Dios te bendiga siempre maestro

[@kamveakrakmann3435]

Would love to see your editing process on this shoot. Great work!!

[@EliInfante]

I have editing video on my KZbin channel. I mainly used Retouch4Me for these edits.

[@symzg5995]

Great vid and tips. Will definitely use some of them for wedding photography. Shout out to your model though. Without her it wouldn't work. Link her in the bios next time please

[@WestcottLighting]

Glad it was helpful! Our model was www.youtube.com/@RileyGaynorOfficial she's really talented!

[@kmacdizzle]

Oh snap a semi local location in a west city location. I shot my fits successful star trail image at Marblehead

[@edross2826]

Nice shots, like always. If you would shoot 2.2, I think going 2.8 with a 24-70mm would be a better choice. That way, you have that range, and you don't have to worry about using the 24mm or 35mm primes.

[@EliInfante]

Great point! I love 24-70mm too :)

[@edross2826]

@@EliInfante I have the Signa 35 1.4 also, and the Sigma 24-70 2.8 is a monster.

[@stupendously_creative]

Love that you used a 35mm for this

[@randalalansmith9883]

I'm always gonna go for strobe, as it's one of the remaining advantages over smartphones. Depth mapping can fake bokeh, but phones still can't sync to strobe.

[@iLLSinceProductions]

Every time I watch your videos I regret buying the FJ 200 and not the 400. The 200 doesn't off that punch

[@EliInfante]

Good times! Hopefully I'll be back in Ohio soon 😎

[@WestcottLighting]

We hope so too!

[@user-kx4oj6me4i]

I admire you so much and now I want to ask you but tell me the name of this camera you are wearing

[@jameldecasseres8638]

@westcott Very well done video. I would love to know how you set the white balance for your session. Any tips?

[@EliInfante]

I usually leave it on Auto for my portrait outdoors.

[@jameldecasseres8638]

@@EliInfante I’ll have to give that a shot. Thank you 🙏🏾!

[@mom2dotnjr]

Diffuser, strobe and ND Filter??

[@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy]

Wonder how I would do this on a Fuji GFX with a max sync speed of 1/125th. Still need to get an outdoor beauty dish setup.

[@WestcottLighting]

If you can’t raise your shutter speed you could use ND filters to help lower the ambient exposure.

[@requirementswizard]

Hello Eli Infante. You mentioned that you use a 35 mm lens for portrait. Isn't that more suitable for environmental portraits? Can you please share your thoughts on why 35 mm lens would be better for portrait photography? Just curious to know since I was under the impression, that anything beyond 50 or much better 80-85 mm would be a perfect lens. I look forward to hearing back from you. Thanks & Regards, Chetan Mehta

[@charleschessler4808]

He explains this at about 2:10 in the video.

[@charleschessler4808]

Actually, starts at 2:00...

[@RonK]

cool vid, thanks. Camera, lens, diffuser: check, check, check, But where do I get an "Olivia"? 😀 Sometimes really difficult to shoot without an assistant, never found someone to help...

[@EliInfante]

Hahah having an assistant is always helpful.

[@danerlea7318]

With 35 mm lens the wide aperture will not blure the background,so you can use a smaller one

[@WestcottLighting]

True!

[@GiannisVeronis]

Good one! Guys try not to include branches of trees or in general small parts of anything. Strong composition means we have strong presence of the included elements

[@jahdorose8659]

Good morning

[@WestcottLighting]

Good evening!

[@nkosiemlaba]

strobe killed for me

[@CuriosoMundos]

what flash is that?

[@WestcottLighting]

The FJ400!

[@tomasmarianoverna6198]

Todo el pedo en esta location!!!! Genio !

[@EliInfante]

Thanks Tomas! :)

[@maxreach]

8:15 legendary pose called Armpit Sniffin'

[@1939noel1]

Unfortunately, too much talking.

[@SpotBentley]

There are better videos out there.

[@smaga3507]

Neck rot going on there. I'd use the awesome Westcott Eyelighter 3 and you didn't pose the models hair! Hand on the rock loses her energy and her feet are not posed and never pose a model with a leg at camera unless shooting a shoe or boot ad. Now it's a poor no energy shot of a leg and knee. Arm way to close to her head and elbow needs to be out more, Arm should never touch head so there is no head in the vise look. Broken tree is such a horrible location.