Mastering the One Light Product Photography Challenge 📸

[@tom_corremans]

That long exposure trick, so good...

[@RRH995]

Bloody genius!! 📸

[@victormultanen1981]

I appreciate your generous free tutorials on this channel.

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Glad you like them!

[@khoudorelkadri1898]

I never skip a second of your videos, they're always straight to the point.

[@ofthenearfuture]

The long exposure, that was insane haha

[@SK-S2N]

the long exposure tip was magical. never expected that one. thank you so much

[@saidscofield]

the long exposure and blocking the lens in the last part of the video is the best tip i have learned in this video. Absolutely Genius Karl 🤟

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Thank you @saidscofield, your kind words are appreciated!

[@carlosflores9860]

you guys are super amazing! Yes, beat videos I ever seen....

[@Valerycorbin]

Started my photography journey about 14 years ago with Karl's DVDs. In 2024 this man never stops impressing me. Well done mate. Congrats on the growth and a big thank you!

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Great to hear thank you!

[@Bishnu_Deb]

I've watched this video earlier but today again I watched this video because I love the way Karl represents his working skills. Undoubtedly, Visual Education is the best photography education platform in the world.

[@merolie]

I feel like I have just been shown a magic trick, so amazing and entertaining thank you! 😃 Gotta try that one

[@stephencorley]

Packed with value 👏👏 well done Carl 💯💯

[@gautamphotogram]

Never thought of such a long exposure shoot, amazing technique

[@miteshagaria3987]

Kudos! The running around with lights is classic one man army lest one light photography learning days. Well explained, Karl.

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Thank you.

[@ClioSport2016v]

I simply love your tutorials, so much to learn from them. You just make it so easy :D

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Glad you like them!

[@RS-Amsterdam]

Your product photography tutorials are so outlandish. I have never seen such detail, tricks and explanations. Thanks so much for sharing 🎉

[@VisualEducationStudio]

You're very welcome RS

[@kenlor71]

Great job Karl. I've done those double and triple exposure images myself. Loads of fun. Challenging, but fun.

[@911Kano]

Wow, this is definitely an eye opener! Thank you for creating this content for us!

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@changlongsun8600]

Awesome lighting, everything’s set, looks like I just need a beautiful and speedy assistant now. Props from China!

[@sennasantini]

Absolute master class from at Photoshop addict. You have so much goodness in you. Why oh why dont you shoot on film as well and do a side by side to prove its real and its honest.

[@kunaldebbarma77]

Absolutely mind blowing tutorial sir

[@RaymondChoy]

Ver nice shoot with one light only. Amazing!

[@Bishnu_Deb]

Awesome as usual. The long exposure trick is magnificent.

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Glad you liked it thanks

[@josephchan4198]

Just watching the video, I got some tips on reflective services. May get some more stuff during the fall or spring to practice with. Thanks for the tips.

[@SemPixels]

Best education on the planet. That is very impressive.

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Thanks

[@EpicsodeOne]

Been watching you videos since 15 years now. Since the DVDs and the 1Ds Mark IIs and 720p. Always fun to watch.

[@messiah001]

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏 I really needed this!

[@VisualEducationStudio]

You are so welcome

[@JanAymerichFoto]

Great tutorial Karl, congrats!!

[@gouthamiyuvarajan3428]

What an amazing tutorial 😮 mind blown 👏👏👏👏

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Glad you think so!

[@darknoise666]

that's awesome. Sometime to use only one light I take a lot of shoots with different lighting and then stack them in postproduction.

[@pd1jdw630]

Karl telling you how he would never do this for a client. But meticulously shows you the lighting problems he facing with the one light. And goes in showing how you can solve that problem with mirrors. Just to be aware. Every mirror is a different light source. All the different light problems he’s talking about and the fixes is his level of skill and professionalism.

[@miguelsuarez1511]

Chapeau, Mr. Taylor. 👋👋👋

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Cheers

[@DASKTECH]

Awesome Tutorial Sir. Just Superb... I have one question. At 8:28 minutes into the video there is a small dark reflection of the card on the shiny rim of the vertical lipstick, that disappears later. How did it go away?

[@romanu8023]

That's a lot of work! but it really does look so good, and a great tutorial for someone who ONLY has one light.

[@SK-S2N]

the makeup mirror was fantastic.

[@RafaelOrtizPhotography]

Wow. Just wow.

[@temaborisenko8479]

Great as always )

[@aubu4632]

bro that's too complicate to be real but it's so cool. you the best

[@LukaszFrankowski]

Amazingly creative. Thanks for sharing

[@VisualEducationStudio]

My pleasure 😊

[@muhannadz2651]

14:20 I fully agree with that.

[@JateenVerma-t7o]

this is brilliant

[@sarahbatsford4791]

Brilliant video. Subscribed.

[@rajeevphotogrphy208]

you are the lord of the photography sir thank you so much sir

[@VisualEducationStudio]

You are most welcome

[@encrovision9315]

Excellent and informative, Thank you.

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Our pleasure!

[@TheOneLin3]

OMG 😮 happy ending 🙏🏼

[@cmichaelanthonyimages2197]

My first thought was another mirror, but dragging the shutter for 45 seconds, I didn't think of. In hind site, a mirror would not have given the clean gradation you had. What was the ratio from key to back, 1 to 3? Love your work.

[@samykingson5427]

karl he knows what he talks about a great photographer and teacher .

[@maritzaspirito-sr9hq]

Nuevo suscriptor. Greetings from Mexico.

[@iammikesimon]

The long exposure was Incredible!!!how do we do that on the iPhone is the question hmm

[@VisualEducationStudio]

hmmmmm :)

[@Smtfsm]

Perfect 👌 thank you

[@truthsayers8725]

very very good! lots of creativity for bits and pieces youve mentioned ACRYLIC mirrors in the past but in lots and lots of looking, i cant find any plain rectangular acrylic mirrors. Lowes nope. home depot nope. amazon nope... whats a good source for them?

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Sign manufacturers or plastic suppliers

[@jasonmac248]

Very Impressive!! my wife will be wondering where her mirrors have gone

[@vidyadharpawar2737]

Masterclass❤

[@soadf4732]

I would like to join the course and get a certificate as well, but I do not speak English. How can I benefit?

[@coloneltruth2620]

I really like this course! This episode makes it very difficult not to join Visual Education platform. I hope it will take me from zero to hero in photography technique.

[@VisualEducationStudio]

This is just 0.001% of the gold nuggets on our platform

[@muhammedmustafaapochee9237]

Karl is the best in the business, if you haven’t already I would seriously recommend looking at buying his course because like this tutorial, his a freaking genius

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Cheers.

[@_fxavier]

This is a brilliant "proof of concept". 👏👏 But there are so many steps, so many tripods and accessories needed, that in the end it is cheaper, more practical and faster to buy another light source (whatever it may be).

[@VisualEducationStudio]

If it's your job then yes definitely you need the right tools.

[@guilhermepetti]

Nice!

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Thanks!

[@ryobi16]

Hey Karl. What is the obvious disadvantage of using speedlites over other strobes? As you said you'd never using them for a client shoot.

[@VisualEducationStudio]

There is no adequate modelling lamp on a speedlite for you to preview the shape of what the light will look like. And they're often less powerful.

[@glynparry6598]

Brillante

[@ByronRui]

amazing

[@shebbe]

Is there any real benefit in long exposure though over taking 2 separate exposures and combining them in post. The only one that comes to mind is having it as a single file but not that beneficial over gathering more noise and having to move things around during exposure time for every shot you want to make.

[@VisualEducationStudio]

In this instance you could have photographed the background light as a separate shot as it would have no impact on the first stage of lighting but in other instances where you may have wanted to light the product with the same light used multiple times on the product itself during a long exposure then that would be more difficult to accomplish as separate images and blend in post, the reason is that the blending is more natural if it's in camera on the same exposure. It can be done in post on separate layers if the areas being lit are quite specific and separate. Last week on our platform I demonstrated this on the BMW motorcycle shoot on one of our live shows.

[@NemouseJurado]

This is a very old material but awsome and usefull as always! (Only old followers of the channel can tell)

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Glad you like them!

[@nileshkumarghoghari6967]

wow amazing

[@NoSomosAmigos]

👏👏👏

[@neilgibb5265]

Lovely

[@samiiromaar]

ok ok ... im speechless. time to get to work then

[@krishnansv4321]

excellent

[@anarabicdp]

Genius

[@kapilbhallafoto]

I agree

[@cheahdavid7453]

genius

[@yeagershots]

Good stuff

[@VisualEducationStudio]

Glad you enjoyed

[@calin_clark]

Wow

[@xkranert]

Very good lesson, but please show your camera-assistant how to focus his cam. Even a simple mirrorless a7IV has the possibilitiy to use eye-autofocus. I am filming with sony FX6, FX30 and nikon Z8 and even if you dont want to use AF-C, a little tap with your finger on the backscreen is enough to tell the camera on wich point to focus in the frame. By the way, the best option is to pull focus manually, but this needs a little bit of practice. But not to focus is no option in such a professional photography lesson. On the older DVDs this was no issue.

[@Jacob-G0]

nice

[@CaptainSpetsnaz]

😨

[@vijaychitte6921]

Unnecessary making complicated simple things …

[@arunyustiansyah11]

Genius