How To Shoot Portraits At Night (2020)

[@BachPhotography]

Thank you very much for watching :) I would love to here your thoughts and opinions on this image, so please leave a comment in the description with anything that you would personally change!

[@sincerelyshaniii249]

Bach Photography that photo looks amazing please make more videos.

[@randyhurlburt]

Very helpful. My only comment is that at the end you should have "before" and "after" side by side for comparison.

[@zymonquina3541]

Correct ka dyan ses....shala ka ses?

[@TofaelTohin]

Before/After: 05:00; 10:00

[@javielsanders2845]

I loved the walkthrough on your edits and explanation to why you did each adjustment

[@claudiajohnson5981]

Awesome walk thru tutorial! You went at the right pace and explained everything perfectly. I’ve always wondered how I could get that effect!

[@stamer999]

Thanks for showing whole process, I think that lightning on the model is a little bit to cold. Great work 👏

[@tawfiqismail6071]

Hi I would like to do the exwct type of night portrait shoot. But I don't have my own light to work on. What iso apperture shutter speed setting I should have?

[@alexisgloria7490]

amazing! and thank you! the one thing that blows my mind is that you did that all on ONE layer in PS. I'd be so nervous to do that!

[@BachPhotography]

Alexis Fazio I always have backups :)

[@Bitu341]

Can u mention the name of the led light u r using

[@jaydomn7662]

Genius loved it mate great job

[@Guitarmfig]

5 years old wow, thank you for the video, the only thing I don't like about using 1 flash is that nose shadow, it just is not for me, I would rather use a modifier to fill that in a bit

[@plld6969]

Really useful - thanks - particularly as I am coming up to do a shoot of this type myself (with a Sigma 50/1.4 and a Sony 135/1.8). I will be taking a small flash in case shop windows etc don't give enough light to rely solely on ambient.

[@BachPhotography]

Grahame Jenkins good luck with your shoot!

[@ryen49]

whats a good light weight stand to mount these constant lights on?

[@BachPhotography]

Any cheap stand will do for this 🙂

[@sarahwulff7604]

can u show me how to take pictures and how to even set camera?

[@anonymousx4829]

I am a beginner.. can you please tell me how to use photoshop features while using the lightroom ones.. (just like you used the brush tool and only increased the temperature of the background instead of the overall picture..

[@normameyers4904]

Love your full explanations.

[@arnab9211]

Liked the explanation. What stand did you use for the light? How much does it cost?

[@BachPhotography]

Arnab Sengupta thanks! It was just a no brand $30 stand off EBay. Wouldn't recommend using such a bad stand

[@arnab9211]

Bach Photography gotcha! I have a festive shoot coming up and was thinking of putting some setup together for a quick shoot.. this seemed like a good one time setup ha

[@BachPhotography]

I hope your festive shoot works out, I would recommend a big modifier on the light as well if its for a family session

[@milindkulkarni9156]

Plz tell about the source of constant light details, and where it can be bought. Thanks.

[@BachPhotography]

Milind Kulkarni link is in the description :)

[@ibrahimmohammed967]

What app you using for this picture?

[@Tluanga2008]

Could you please tell me the software that you used... you video is very helpful...thanks..

[@abdullahasif1889]

What lens did you use?

[@romiemiller3093]

I probably would have used a reflector or another constant source to fill in shadows just a little, especially on the face.

[@TheJohnnieMedina]

Will it work just as well with an off camera flash, with an umbrella or softbox?

[@J-Young_photography]

I am also using A7R2 to do night photography, I use a very dim content light so I can capture more background lights. love that

[@barakah4097]

very zell done my friend !. I'd advise you to use the frequency separation method on PS and yes...lesss brightening on the eyes, i d rather use photoshop to be more meticulous on there. Kudos from Morocco anyway . You should come ! great spots here

[@georgiaboy2023]

Hey hopefully you're still taking questions for this video because I am just now getting into photography and I love the light! I am debating on buying the Yong Nuo YN300 constant light, however I am wondering what all can it be used for? Just night stuff? Because I was just about to buy an umbrella to shoot with but now I am debating on getting this.

[@BachPhotography]

The LED is better for night time photography, but it can be used for a number of things. In the daytime depending on how bright it is outside it won't be powerful enough to overpower the sun, so I think its important to have both in your arsenal

[@paulkurtz6730]

Great video! I need to learn more about how to use the brushes in PS Raw - do you have suggestions?

[@BachPhotography]

Hi Paul, I would definitely suggest checking out some of Phlearn's tutorial series :). I will also make a video for this in the future

[@enduraman1]

you can use auto focus by shining light flash on subject or use modeling light on flash.

[@migke777]

Great work homie!

[@kefkapalazzo1]

damn you're so precise with that brush tool

[@adilovaziz]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching your work. Keep it up

[@Sid300481]

Love the video mate! Esp photoshop tricks.

[@BachPhotography]

Siddharth Oza glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@farland135]

Good photo, and nice PS skill. wish to see more video about PS skill. Really want to know more about it.

[@CaseySlusser]

Do you do a lot of portraiture with your Sony? I was warned against getting a so y if I do portraits

[@BachPhotography]

Yeah I do a lot, Sony mirrorless cameras are great for portraits

[@MsKendricks1]

Hi Beah Photography! Thank you for your response. You can warm her up in post, no problem. It is a very nice image and technique. Thanks for sharing.

[@J-Dads]

Interesting video. I think your image out of the camera was a good one, and the post you performed on the background was solid. As you admitted in the video, you are guilty of overdoing the model: I though the eyes were unnatural looking and the skin was too obviously photoshopped. I've subscribed to your channel and look forward to seeing more of your work.

[@BachPhotography]

Thanks for the constructive criticism, I think you're right about the skin retouching

[@arjitbhargava5291]

Can I used the above lens in my Sony a6000 Plz reply

[@BachPhotography]

yes with an adaptor :)

[@deepdesire6967]

How to make sure light does not spill on ground

[@AyanZubaneyev]

Thank you, for very detailed explaining. I'm beginner in this photo world, and like this kind of informative piece of content.

[@BachPhotography]

Ayan Zubaneyev really glad you enjoyee the video :)

[@KristijanStojkoski]

Very nice and educative! Good job, really i would just increase the shadows in background and add more saturation.

[@BachPhotography]

Kristijan Stojkoski thanks for your critique!

[@KristijanStojkoski]

Bach Photography not at all a critique, I love the picture. Just that is what would add if that was my shoot. Keep educating us! Thanks

[@sixcycle]

I play a lot with my eyes as well. I love eyes. I love adding a little bit of vibrance to t he eyes to make them pop, but I never add clarity in or around the eyes. Usually I find success in brightening them up by about half a stop, and increasing the sharpness very very slightly. Clarity as a tool (both in Adobe Camera Roll and Lightroom) is too strong in my opinion, (for the purpose of making eyes pop) and overusing it can cause wrinkles or lines near the eye to pop out as the eyes do, drawing unnecessary attention away from the eyes and resulting in a less than flattering look for the model. I also like to make sure there are beautiful catch lights in my model's eyes, which further bring them to the foreground and make them really stand out. I enhance the catchlights with a little bit of contrast and slightly higher exposure and in my opinion it makes them look great. I also like to crop a bit because I feel there's not much going on in the forehead or shoulder area, I like to get in nice and close, make it cozy, and really bring those eyes out. Here's a sample: imgur.com/a/aaAB3 This was a simple one light portrait I did in the studio.

[@BachPhotography]

lots of good points!

[@sixcycle]

Bach Photography why thank you :)

[@11557bexley]

Beautiful work

[@BachPhotography]

Mike Pulido thanks Mike :)

[@jaydan9675]

thanks for the informative video! very helpful for an amateur like me subscribed look forward to watching more of your videos!

[@BachPhotography]

Thanks for watching!

[@pracquet]

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing. I must say though that I preferred the shot straight from the camera before you went overboard with post editing resulting in an over processed image IMHO.

[@b991228]

Should you add a very tiny bit of yellow (

[@supong_al_creation]

I use a crop sensor camera and 50 mm f.1.4. how do I get a sharp image at f.1.4

[@BachPhotography]

Focus on the eyes :)

[@supong_al_creation]

i did that and whats the Shutter speed i should use because i got no image stablizer

[@BachPhotography]

You should try to use at least 1/160th's if you can, for a 50mm. At 1.4 make sure that your model isn't moving at all otherwise this may make the photo out of focus. Also using a high ISO can make a photo appear slightly out of focus as you lose image quality at higher ISOs, so try to shoot at your cameras native ISO (100 for sony, 200 for canon)

[@supong_al_creation]

thank you so much. help alot

[@bilalalam1]

Thanks for your sharing, I use Lightroom to achieve the same for what you use cameraraw and then photoshop if needed. Keep sharing

[@BachPhotography]

Thanks for the support Bilal :)

[@baliwnadutertards5517]

What software you use to remove that pimples?

[@BachPhotography]

Baliwna Dutertards photoshop!

[@baliwnadutertards5517]

Bach Photography thank u

[@ianfahlman-morgan6603]

Baliwna Dutertards what a stupid question... did you not watch the video properly?

[@saifullahimohammed134]

Razor blade

[@pamcampbell7424]

that was awesome thank you for such an inspiring video.

[@BachPhotography]

Thank you Pam I am very glad you liked it :)

[@markparris5255]

Awesome! Photoshop LightRoom? Thanks for sharing.

[@clivevassell2064]

Thanks for the heads up great work.

[@Mishka1Husky]

Thanks for the tips on night portraits, specially about how to use the noise despeckle filter on photoshop. 😊

[@airtyme]

Not feeling your editing. Way too much which was not needed.

[@BachPhotography]

Sorry to hear that!

[@CannibalJoy]

What are you going on about? Editing was VERY minimal and this is typically how a client would want to receive their order back to them. If I gave my clients a product without the skin being retouched or blemishes adjusted, then it would look extremely unprofessional

[@kenkahasan3453]

what is camera raw page ???)

[@MsKendricks1]

Thank you for asking for comments on your image. I would like to do night images myself that is why I watched. I like how you are editing the bokeh and how you are able to achieve that. Nice work. The only think I question is not using a warm filter to make her skin match the background. She is much cooler than the background. So, I would warm her up. That is the only thing differently I would do. Thanks.

[@BachPhotography]

Thanks Janice, I agree about warming her up too, I should've used a colder setting on my yong nuo light so that my camera adjusts the entire scene to be more warm

[@patrickmcmullen1190]

Heard of video lights on and off over the years. How is it? Can you tell me a good reason why you'd use one instead of the typical flash units?

[@BachPhotography]

One reason is that you can make the light a lot dimmer than the lowest setting on a typical flash unit!

[@jefftol2121]

Awesome video!! That was very helpful! It's never easy shooting portraits at night, so I learned a lot from your tips! I also like that all you needed was your Yongnuo light. And thanks for referencing your camera settings, it really helps to give to give us a good idea of where to start. Can you please make a video in the future of the same video, but with off camera flash at night time? Like for example, putting the off camera flash directly behind the subject for rim lighting?

[@BachPhotography]

Glad you enjoyed the video! I might make an OCF night time tutorial in the future, stay tuned :)

[@jefftol2121]

Bach Photography woohoo!! Subscribed 😊

[@jobayedhossain27]

your background correction was really amazing. But i think your subject color was better in raw. Don't get me wrong, that's what i think. And as u said about u have a guilty of overdoing. That eye clarity needs to be adjusted. But great lighting sense man. =D

[@MrJcasilva]

great video! also the pos in CS!

[@BachPhotography]

MrJcasilva glad you enjoyed!

[@veselinvasilev9362]

Thank you!

[@TheJeremyCole]

Thank you for your video and sharing your knowledge. I picked up a trick or two and appreciate that. Since you asked for criticism (good on ya) here's my personal take. I think you are already aware that your approach hews toward the technical, which, I believe, tends to lead you away from exploring/revealing the person. Watching your video, I see a playful model having fun with an umbrella and modeling with her whole body. Lots of fun possibilities there that would allow our minds to create a story and a personality around the image. However, in your portrait, I see a close up of a mask made nearly plastic through processing. No personality and no story. If I can offer you a tip in return, it would be to think a bit less about the model as being in service of an idealized image and a bit more about the image being in service of the model. By this I mean, try to find/provoke/capture whatever you find interesting about her versus pushing her toward a sort of generic ideal.

[@Bennyboy2321]

great stuff mate (Y)

[@BachPhotography]

Thanks mate :)

[@swapnil-shinde]

It was really helpful

[@Goe96]

I shoot film so i Can't cheat that much. Just skill and if sucks i will learn

[@soniemohammed]

The editing was a bit too much. The raw file out of the camera was much better. The editing make her look too perfect, it's unreal and robotic looking to me at least. keep doing you man. That's just my constructive criticism

[@SabbirAhmed-th8vx]

Great work

[@BachPhotography]

Shabiro thanks !

[@Khandiephotography]

I agree with you, you do like to over do them eyes. I would say PS her skin using FS would have been a better result.

[@Timetraveler1111MN]

Argh nighttime lol it’s very light 💡 lite up all over!! I guess NO photographers shoot in the dark! lol a closed up building.

[@7adt]

thank you

[@captn_hanky]

When you cut out the background anyway why bother with city light in the background of the model? The blurryness of the background is also not an issue since you can do this in ps also. Just make seperate shots of some lights and compose them later in ps. The only real inflence of the city the picture has is the street laterns. But anyway nice video.

[@BachPhotography]

I preferred the warmer colours :)

[@RobynASDxxx]

I have a question about the YN300, what batteries does it take? Are they built in? Or regular AA batteries? And how long will the light last before you need to replace the batteries?

[@BachPhotography]

You can get the YN300 in two battery models, mine is the bigger NF-F550 Rechargeable Battery (2200/2400mAh) version, which lasts about 30-40 minutes on full power which is pretty decent :). On ebay you can buy the light with a battery and charger for around $70USD

[@RobynASDxxx]

Thanks for the reply Bach, i did a bit of research last night on them, they do seem to be pretty decent actually. I usually use Yongnuo speedlights for strobist work, but i think its time to experiment with continuous lighting for a change, so would one of these work for full body portraits or would stacking two or three be a better idea?

[@BachPhotography]

They're not really designed for full body illumination, you'd be better off going for a big softbox setup for that. Originally they were designed to be video camera lights, but they're good for illuminating small areas for things like headshots

[@RobynASDxxx]

ahhh good advice, thanks for that, much appreciated =)

[@MileyonDisney]

Looks like he's actually using the YN-300 Air. It's a different light than the YN-300.

[@SASlair]

I'm a newbie but it seems to me that the light on her made her skin too white. I would have warmed her up a little post processing.

[@lowfatedes]

f/1.4 is not a low aperture, it is a large aperture. Focal length (50mm) / aperture (35mm) = f-stop (1.4), so smaller f-stops mean larger apertures.

[@khimlo7739]

This video helped me a lot as a beginner in this field. Thanks for uploading.

[@anchoicungdanny868]

Thanks

[@cv.kompomotor3882]

terimakasih sudah di beri ilmu.

[@WreckChris]

i liked your lighting and background editing, but i agree with others, your model started to look kinda weird after you painted the hilightss! good video regardless!

[@dchillman]

Brilliant.

[@sanjayp2683]

Nice video but with a D3200 at night even with a prime lens I would not be able to shoot at 80/ sec... Iso also would not be 250, it would be like 1600+... You are lucky, I'm afraid not everyone can afford £2000 camera :(

[@BachPhotography]

You can achieve this look with that camera definitely

[@sanjayp2683]

@@BachPhotography you are very skilled. :)

[@anzaeria]

Beautiful night time portrait. Though I agree that her eyes are a little overdone. Nevertheless, great to see a photo shoot in Adelaide!!!

[@Kikynanda]

awesome!!!

[@jennymcpenny1272]

you took the most noisy A7 for night. better use 7S..

[@BachPhotography]

Jenny McPenny dont have one plus 12mp is pretty restrictive!

[@DiviPhotos]

Cool video

[@subratasingha1138]

That's awesome

[@kenkahasan3453]

nice technique ! my style)

[@tienyeuvo]

thankyou sir

[@rvalyfe7780]

The raw original portrait looked more natural

[@enduraman1]

why edit in camera raw? why not use layers in photoshop? you can then control opacity of each layer so you “ don’t over do it.”

[@MrEFilms1]

Nice photo but after all that touch up, the model looked too fake. I did like what you did to the background thou...

[@KentJohnson123]

Why not just clone out the temporary blemishes and leave the skin texture. you use a broad brush for a small issue..

[@BachPhotography]

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind!

[@dawgyv72]

Fellow Sony shooter :D

[@BachPhotography]

Good choice my man!

[@baburajput2591]

Awesome

[@wahabdilawar]

The eyes don't look "sharp enough". Looks like either camera shake or she started to blink.

[@BachPhotography]

Shooting at 1.4 in manual focus is tricky ;)

[@madeonearth3429]

2:30 whats with the audio damn xD

[@hengyhk88]

too much post tinkering, spend so much time on set up and spoil it. model looks unreal.

[@TheBigDeeps]

Nice man. But.... Her eyes aren't in focus 😢

[@souhaylaphotographer1329]

pas mal du tout )

[@CyberBird]

Nice

[@donzokor5312]

It's easy, buy a good cell phone and you don't have to worry about all the other stuff.

[@anoophcl]

Lol everyone is using canon lenses using sigma adapter on sony lenses. Hope sony boys dont have right to criticize canon