LitUp Episode 3 - "Kate with Headdress" Overhead Beauty Light

Beauty light is one of the hardest lighting to master because of all the skin that needs to be properly lit. Today, Joel helps you control the shadows on the faces you're capturing utilizing the beauty dish.
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[@Lorenzopphotography]

Joel is a beast!!!! Truly as master at what he does!!!

[@johnathonbrock867]

Real time examples with a clear description on what to do and how the slight changes affect the final shot. Thank you !!!

[@Ticknorphoto]

Great video! I never thought to use a 24mm lens for portraits, but these shots look amazing! Very informative.

[@sondos006]

this is the best episode so far great lighting and photographs thanks a lot

[@EWebs2010]

Had the opportunity to see you in person and found your program and you, to be so honest and inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and knowledge. I am an artist and I aspire to find my niche by working hard, practicing, learning from others and then giving back. YOU are awesome..love these videos too.

[@Darksagan]

I dont know how much post work was involved but these pictures look absolutely amazing!

[@jumaigac]

Love the way she poses she is a natural......great work!! thanks for sharing! :)

[@Hailo509]

MOST INFORMATIVE! LOVE JOEL GRIMES

[@anitamitchell3452]

Amazing, thank you so much for explaining positioning of the light source itself ...closer is better! My brain said it would wash out the color .... Looks like I have some playing to do. Thank you... You know, I've never done well photographing people ... this may change things for me ... thanks again.

[@rnbdanny]

These videos are amazing! many thanks for spending time on these :) best on youtube ;)

[@BoldtCave]

By keeping the camera sensor parallel to the subject and by keeping the main focus close to the center of the lens he also minimizes the extreme distortion that can occur at the edges of a wide lens. Also, a good high quality lens like his does not have the same distortion as a cheap lens because they build distortion control in.

[@LuisMacedo]

Loving this videos!... Great Knowledge sharing!!! :-)

[@Josh92405]

yes, it is possible to be shooting that close from the model at 24mm, if it's a FF Camera

[@jadkins00]

Thank you!! Finally an outstanding tutorial. Everything was useful.

[@BoldtCave]

And he is using the light to create a specific look which works for his personal style, thus he doesn't need the softening that a longer lens can give to the face - in fact his style is purposely harsh in some cases. Although, in this tutorial he is using the super soft light to soften the face which negates the need for the soft compression effect of a longer lens somewhat too.

[@heipuntnl]

Thanks for sharing. It was very usefull ! Grtzz from the Netherlands.

[@TheBlackWings0]

Joel you are the photographer of my life you are my role model

[@webmanpa]

I love the beauty dish. I would have thought there would have been some distortion due to the close shooting with a wide angle lens but I did not see that in the resulting images. Normally portraits are taken from further back to eliminate any wide angle distortion. I am surprised this worked as well as it did that close up.

[@nicejungle]

very impressive in the "keep it simple" way. thanx

[@BoldtCave]

When you are sculpting light that heavily sometimes it means you have to get in close with the lights which means getting in close with the camera which means a wider lens. He has showed in other videos that he uses the lens correction profiles in Photoshop and Lightroom to minimize distortion, as well as doing some tweaks in Photoshop to nude the face back into the correct shape if need be.

[@thetubeinsideyou]

Nice stand..wonder what he is using,..Avenger maybe?

[@Cobycom1]

I learned alot Great tutorials thanks

[@mackidd51]

Dear Joel, I would like to ask two question, hope you will see it: 1) Within the beauty dish, the inner reflector is white in colour or silver? 2) Have you tried Beauty Dish with Honeycomb Grid? Any Opinions on that?

[@mackidd51]

thank you for the reply, how about if I use a grid, will the inner silver/white color is effecting ?

[@sushantdeshmukh6757]

The video was an 'enlightenment' ! The photo preview helps the best. What my query is really that have you photoshoped the images shown in the video or they are the orignal RAW files? If you have retouched them I'd really appreciate if you give a tut on that too. I think it'll help everyone,a lot! Thank you.

[@RomeKnowsTech]

Very good work

[@mainlymusicman]

looks amazing. but how do you get the wall to be out of focus? or do you just blur it later.? i would tink the little texture differences in the wall would be a distraction, if there are any.

[@eduardangelo]

Thank you very much! A big help!

[@EntropiaMusic]

Great video and model

[@robs613]

I'll try this at home if Kate can come over Kate's a Knockout. ♥♥♥

[@waltography]

You the man

[@lorenzo1031]

Great video! Any preference between the white and silver beauty dish and why?

[@jurovkamac]

Thank you very much! Great lesson!!!!

[@JosephSicilia]

This is a silly comment maybe but I noticed the settings coming up with each picture and saw 250th as shutter speed. I shoot with the 5d mkiii and can not get it to sync faster than 200th and in studio with strobes thats fine and with my 7D it'll sync at 250th but is it possible to change that? I think Joel shoots with a mkii so maybe it was different in that body? Doesn't really matter since the strobes freeze the motion but just curious. Incredible video as always to Framed and Joel Grimes

[@MrBullit1]

Hi Joel; Can you tel me what is the reflector you use please ?

[@TheEmiliobond89]

thank you great job

[@MrEejal]

Hi! I love this video tutorial so much! I have some questions. What's the strobe that you used? AB800? Since you're not using a lightmeter, how do you adjust until you're getting like f7.1 or f8 setting? Thanks so much Mr Grimes!!

[@thomaserdmann91]

Nope it's a body spec so you can't change it. It's called "Sync Speed" in most manuals. :)

[@amochana]

No its 24mm

[@esce63]

hello Mr Grimes, I would like to know about your tripod ball head connection. How you can swap from landscape to portrait connecting on the body? Thanks

[@michaelandcarina_personal]

WE ARE NOT WORTHY! *bows repeatedly to Mr Grimes*

[@lightroomblad4277]

Do you think i can use my H3D 39 BLAD with 28 mm lens , he's syncro at any speed ...sorry for my english ... i am french. I want to see the face of my assistant with this try ...

[@oceandrew]

EXIF at 6:23 shows 1/200 f7.1 @ 100.

[@HenryStradford]

LitUp Episode 3 - "Kate with Headdress" Overhead Beauty Light

[@lewisfilms]

Anyone know what focal length he was shooting?

[@charlybrown2043]

How many power did you use on the strobe

[@donaldfadel2767]

I disagree that this is a "beauty dish" shot. Joel is using a BD, but if you sock it it no longer behaves like one - you now have a small round softbox. I do like results, though. No arguing with that.

[@CodyAsh]

i use a sock for women to soften the edges a bit. the light is still reflecting off the center and bouncing off the edges of the dish. that's something a softbox doesn't do unless you have a giant octa that has a deflector plate. the work is awesome

[@XinWongDigital]

Hi Joel, what type of beauty dish do you use? thank you.

[@pyckMeister]

I don't really understand why you shoot portraits wtith a 24mm :/ does'nt it distort the face and proportions? not that I don't like the shots you take, but it is what I have been taught for years. longer lens for portrait to compress features and retain a natural look. or have teachers been teaching me wrong things? :p enlighten me! :p

[@PhantomHT1320]

Was he using ONLY a sock? or Grid + Sock?

[@maureenl1426]

what lens is that? i like your work a lot, thanks for sharing!

[@banpreso]

he said 24mm

[@davejohnson6952]

Maureen L Looks like the www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/ef_lenses/standard_zoom/ef_24-105mm_f4l_is_usm/

[@willjones3111]

what lens are you using?? Looks like a 24-70.. I have a mark111 with a 24-70 2.8 usm11, will i get it as sharp as you at 24??? Also will this work will with up to 3 people???

[@kenchan7133]

Hes using an old 24-105 f4 lens. As for shooting 3 people with this technique, you'll need to swap the beauty dish with a massive Octobox (at least 150cm). I'm going to ignore your query about the comparative sharpness of your lens as I'm amazed you bought this crazy expensive lens without knowing its optical qualities.

[@willjones3111]

ken I didnt think it was that expensive to begin with because quality does cost. For most of my shooting I use the 24-70 so I haven't squandered on glass I don't use.. I am waiting on canon to bring out a 14-24 but it isn't out yet. Renting other prime L glass allows me to find what works but for now I love the 24-70.

[@Darksagan]

ken chan You can probably get even better shots with your lens.

[@nathangilbert231]

whats the name of the beauty dish ?

[@siscopiso]

he normally uses the 24-105!

[@iThnk2]

It's look like "Really Right Stuff - L-Plate "

[@anthonyjriz3]

the shadows on her face at 4 feet look softer than two feet to me..

[@amariphotos1]

12:29 shooting too fast