Mastering One Light | Chris Knight

[@shadyninja1]

Chris knight knows his stuff hence I listen to him 100% . He is the true master of light.

[@HatefYaminiOnline]

A free master class in lighting. What’s not to like? Thank you!

[@rohanaperera1005]

It's an easily digestible explanation and demonstration of studio lighting basics. Thank you for this incredible video.

[@ronacosta4430]

The most thorough lighting video I've seen so far. Great job!

[@larshaw]

Really good video...he didn't move too fast for those just starting to get into portrait lighting. The real time demonstrations really helped clarify the subtle differences between light positions.

[@seamydobbsno1]

The autofocus on that Pentax is hilarious. Dinosaur lol

[@malthus101]

Excellent!

[@annelienpienaarfoodconsult139]

Light bending for a novice photographer and jaw dropping. Thank you for brilliant work and the illustrations of how to shape light. Loved this presentation and keep up the great work.

[@josephchan4198]

Awesome!! Hope to see more of his seminars on the web. Good instructor.

[@jimatyeo]

Flash is controlled by ISO, Aperture and proximity only, Shutter speed has no effect on the actual flash exposure. In one sense one person is correct, the aperture should not own you you own it, if I want a specific F stop I will adjust power accordingly. I don't just through up a flash and modifier and set the F stop to match it. I always choose a Fstop that does what I need and adjust power of flash to give me that and I will set my flash distance for a specific purpose and adjust accordingly. I see to many beginners put up there flash and guess a distance and then set the Fstop to what it shows on the meter. You should be in control of the aperture and distance not a slave to what the flash gives you. There is a reason for the modifier, distance from subject and desired Fstop.

[@mathuneeraj_mn7]

how do you decide the distance according to the purpose?

[@ArmandoMartinezPhoto]

Very well explained with plenty of examples. Very knowledgeable.

[@ssuryakanta1]

Thanks Chris for sharing so valuable tips on lighting & the entire crew member .Plz i am looking forward to see more videos about advance lighting .

[@BandH]

Hi @Surykanta Sahoo, We've got lot's of videos on lighting techniques. If you're interested, here are some other's to view: Depth of Field 2018 | The Luxury of Light with Jerry Ghionis kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp-ogoF_Yrigra8 Lighting and Storytelling | Ian Spanier kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaWqdn13qsl9bLM Depth of Field 2018 | Susan Stripling - Off-Camera Light Wedding Photography kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH68ioqohbCgjtU Depth of Field 2018 | Sal Cincotta - Master the Light kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioC6iGejj9qGqpY Thanks for watching!

[@RichardGingrasPhotography]

Thank you for this mater class. It has inspired me try new lighting setups.

[@canturgan]

Useful, informative. Good.

[@geraldinebryce594]

Fantastic learnt so much

[@jamesurzykowski4918]

Good information with display of lighting setup. Also showed photo adjustment in Lightroom. Thanks for a good program!

[@MALIKHAKIM82]

Great class. Excellent Presentation.

[@MartinV.]

Great Video!!

[@tedebaer1]

Thank you!

[@fangbifxx]

Thank you so much. This is what I interested in.

[@arielesteban2319]

Amazing master class.

[@FKfilmphotography]

The closer you get the more contrast you also will see

[@charlieschmidt9668]

Scrims move... moving a scrum around is a great way to use the tool....

[@leonjohnson3780]

Chris this is a great video. Thanks!

[@BandH]

Thanks for watching.

[@prasenjeet1]

Perfect class on the lighting. Hats off to you

[@BandH]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@luissalazar2021]

Why 42 negative. I believe this is very well and great information Chris thank you for sharing your passion 😎🇺🇸💯

[@leahharaden2559]

I agree! I got so much out of it! He only had 90 minutes and he used it all in a very thoughtful manner. He is an excellent teacher and Artist!

[@mrz1342]

Chris, nice workshop but I really do believe that you need to invest for a good and fast mirrorless camera :)

[@denisajancovicova5186]

great demonstration thanks

[@geraldpage4247]

Thx Chris. Just watched this. Very detailed and informative. Best video on one light have watched.

[@BandH]

Glad you found it helpful

[@leslienelson7016]

So how do you decide whether to make the portrait contrast or glamorous? Does the client tell you how they want the portrait made?

[@Darebakk]

its all about communication. u should consider the purpose of the shoot, why the client wants the photo.. and approach the session accordingly

[@casperhedegaard1627]

I really enjoyed this session, very informative and he teaches so you understand it. But I kept looking at his white shoes on the dark floor. Case in point!

[@amitj525]

Thanks Chris it was helpful

[@thothheartmaat2833]

seems like the inverse square law has a paradoxical qulality to it in photography in that if you place a light closer to someone you need to bring the power down for the right exposure and then this makes the background darker.. then if you move the light farther away you need to bring the light level up for the right exposure and then the background gets brighter.. yeah its farther away but its more bright and the background is more evenly lit than if its closer and less bright.. kind of an inverse square law paradox when thinking about light levels..

[@justinfarrar4019]

This is awesome

[@agnesdjoe5635]

Thanks for sharing 💜💜💜

[@NicolasYnurreta]

Great! Thankyou !

[@frnciscob1]

im a noob in this. do you use a key light to create the effect you want with the flashlight? or just the key light? I couldnt tell.

[@BandH]

The flash head can essentially be used as the key light in this case.

[@mcmullen_photo]

Besides all the great information, I think my favorite part of this is his how he pronounced poo-poo. "Puh-poo."

[@Jwitherow1964]

Professor

[@richiestills]

What strobe is that?

[@DynamiteSoles]

Man, Colin Farrell lost a lot of weight for this role

[@RayValdezPhotography]

More like Colin Ferret

[@kennethravelo]

@@RayValdezPhotography Hahahaha!! :-D

[@glapioniii3361]

did I miss why his WB is set at shade instead of flash

[@eldies1]

Kay...

[@jardom6044]

30:17 what did he use ? Lightmeter?

[@jakeb7372]

Jar Dom Yes

[@RussellDossett]

49:08 poor Phil he gets messed with and also get to control him Ross from Friends I never knew he was a photographer let alone a Phil control freak (:

[@ryobi16]

If someone doesnt mind clarifying. The flash is coming from the camera itself? oorr....

[@CS-wn2sz]

Michael Edwards he has a trigger connected to the camera that sets off the the strobe when he hits the shutter on the camera

[@shadyninja1]

looks like he is using canon camera but the zoom is noisy. good photos though

[@zerv1979]

I think it's a Pentax 645Z that he's using for this shoot.

[@bioptimization]

He's using a Microsoft Surface :)

[@Каин-г9ч]

25:00

[@eldies1]

Okay

[@jimatyeo]

Is anyone else seeing the flickering light from the modeling light. I wonder if it's quartz or LED. Man that gets irritating.

[@lakewalker]

Probably LED. However, I don't think it's the light itself that's flickering, but the recording camera's shutter speed not being timed to the modeling lights refresh rate. Best guess...

[@DerekRobertsonSomerville]

Ryan Reynold's geekier younger brother.

[@joshuagutierrez8407]

Wow...this was painful to watch. He definitely knows his stuff, no question there. It would've been nice to see actual modifiers instead of just talking about it.

[@mikecee227]

I was waiting for more examples and he just kept talking. I thought I was watching an MIT lecture on light.

[@Firstsqd1]

Great info but was distracted by the Beautiful model.

[@ademola5803]

Your model looks like a james bond girl

[@mikecee227]

Death by PowerPoint! I need to give this guy some ideas on how to present a visual medium.

[@sinetwo]

Really? This isn't death by PowerPoint, he's using mixed slides and not a million words per slide. You should maybe focus more on his examples in situ, instead of judging purely on slides, as he uses real world examples and not just theoretical slides and photos which most people do.

[@EdDevereaux]

I got bored to death half way through. At one time this type of class would of been awesome. Now more a shill for newer photographers to be sold on gear.

[@sonnybrown4758]

a shill? Jeez, how unappreciative we are now a days.

[@rohitvin1]

bottom line is pentex sucks at focusing

[@maximilianenglish1767]

Rohit Naik that’s a medium format camera, it’s well known in photography circles that NOTHING happens quickly with medium format. It’s designed for portraiture and landscape where the subject is motionless and allows more detail and image quality at the sacrifice of autofocus speed. :)

[@hoomanmesri298]

Aperture value should never, ever use for to adjust exposure, period. Its only for DOF adjustment. We actually have to adjust the light power base on the desire aperture value not the opposite. Please B&H, these are the basics of photography.

[@anthonycook2325]

you are not correct in this specific case. the photographer is working in a studio with a controlled lighting environment. The aperture is used to control the flash exposure and the shutter speed is used to control the ambient exposure. The ISO can also be used to alter flash exposure as well.

[@RayValdezPhotography]

A person can choose whatever way they feel to change exposure as long as it doesnt effect the image quality.

[@Darebakk]

Hooman Mesri, in general, u made a good point. however, while watching the video, i think Chris was changing the aperture to control the flash in order to speed up the whole presentation. it was way easier to do rather than fiddling with the light every single time he wanted to make some small adjustments which would took him ages..

[@wernerboyz1]

It does not matter in this case f whatever

[@marktaylor7293]

is that AF drive seriously that loud. and slow.

[@ziggy149]

Medium format - not going to be blazing fast.

[@marcusfrank3271]

This is not a beauty dish, it's just an octabox with a reflector in the middle... unfortunately this mistake is made more and more often. From a baseball is also no tennis ball when it is painted yellow ...

[@buchsg]

The modeling light on the B1 flickering so much that the meter is totaly lost when it's on... it's a shame at this price range, and for a product designed mostly for professionals who always use a lightmeter

[@feralmode]

gregory buchs that’s more to do with the frame rate on the camera recording the video. It has no effect on a light meter when measuring flash output

[@NinjavomWolfstor]

Learnt quite a bit from this video. just wish he was a bit more eloquent and charismatic. Because at times it was very tedious to watch.

[@mmoore225]

Wolf-Hund.info try going into the settings and watch at 1.5 speed I do this for almost all videos. If there’s something I want to absorb or take notes on I'll rewind and then turn the speed back to normal.

[@GeorgePop]

Yeah, very technical, I gave up on it halfway through. Kind of dry as well, like listening to an audio book.