Photography Lighting for E-Commerce and Catalog Fashion

[@marcomark8]

You're a very good teacher. Everything is explained really well and you aren't rushing through the session. I always thought bouncing flash off the ceiling was really poor lighting. Now that I saw this video on how to bounce flash off the ceiling properly, I can see it's place in a pinch. Thank you!

[@lubintasevski5985]

One thing to mention in the tutorial is that when you finally get the lighting you want, to set a custom white balance as not all white surfaces are the same and the auto WB will vary minutely through the shoot, especially when the model changes outfits.

If you're shooting raw, white balancing in post is the easiest

[@josephsy]

really good tip thanks

[@roseberrygamingid]

i watch this as preparation. tomorrow i shoot 4 hour and 30 outfit for catalogue, wish me luck . i rarely do studio shoot lol 😇

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

Interesting video. But I would never do any of this to shoot a catalog shoot. It did seem like you were having some fun which is always good!

[@d.edwardsfreelanceeditorvi4212]

One the best videos I've seen on one light setup. Very informative

[@JohnMacLeanPhotography]

Another variation could be aiming at the side wall but splitting it with some ceiling bounce. And of course some negative fill in any of those bounced placements can add back some contrast.

[@brianstalter6569]

Definitely some good options using two lights in this space. I think I'd like the ceiling bounce with a bit of fill from the garage door bounce, but I think there is a lot good combinations that two lights in this small space can offer.

[@IAmatVictoriaCuramI]

I always think of how silly I am when I am reminded of a Super simple setup. It looks so good, so clean and natural.

[@NickDelDuca]

Currently setting up my own studio! Super helpful! Im gonna try the side lighting with the single bare bulb with some large V flats

[@rovshan_ismayiloff]

Good luck

[@floziofer95]

This one's great. You really don't need much equipment for professional looking results!

[@matthewg.garcia9415]

Thanks for the video, dude! I always love learning about how to use light.

[@avaparvaneh332]

I couldn’t find the whole video on the website!

[@truthsayers8725]

great examples as you walked through this! ive got a 2 car garage with 11' ceilings. but it has 3 motorcycles, 2 roll around tool chests, a snow thrower, lawn mower, garden tools, upright freezer, garbage cans, a full wall of shelving and ceiling racks (more seasonal stuff). id need to build another garage someplace in order to use it for a studio! i know 1st world problems right? cant even get my wife's car in there much to her dismay...

[@bala1000mina]

Thank you so much Patrick and Fstopper guys for the very helpful tutorial! God bless you and good luck!

[@didimiorios3781]

Never tried before, very beautiful light, thanks Patrick.

[@jamesj-pierre256]

Does the white seamless always give off a nice soft grayish backdrop look like that? Would really appreciate an answer because I was considering buying a light gray. Also, wish you guys added a link to that backdrop in the description section.

[@FStoppers]

If you want the background to be pure white, you are going to need to throw additional lights onto the background itself. The closer to white your background paper or canvas is, the easier it will be to make it pure white with less lights. However, it will be harder to make the background go grey or even dark if it's pure white. I've found that a lighter grey background is best for getting both pure white, grey and even dark grey. This paper is pure white though so you can see the result of it with no additional lights on the background. Hope that helps -P

[@jamesj-pierre256]

@@FStoppers That is helpful. Thank you so much. I don't intend to throw any lighting on the background itself, so this should work. The goal was always to get the soft very light grey look that shows in the images of this video. I've been cramming information to round everything out and just wasn't sure on that. Also, thanks for the recommendation on the Profoto B10x Strobe, I will be doing everything off an iphone 15 and that seems to be the only strobe type to integrate with it.

[@martindalpe.photography]

This is the kind of video I love !!!!

[@xglvn]

heck yeah. helpful demonstration of strobe placement.

[@RodrigoHudson]

I loved the video. Congratulations. I'm from Brazil and I'm going to open my first studio. I would like to know what you used on the floor to secure the paper. is it an iron bar? Thanks for sharing knowledge.

[@aleksanderstrommer7677]

There is no talented photographer than you except Gavin

[@Obscurainc]

wow this video is packed w knowledge!

[@alessandrozugno]

Wow! Thank you for showin that is possible to take beautiful images with just one light

[@FStoppers]

Absolutely! And while these images are nice and soft, I think the next images in the video look even better. Tune in tomorrow if you can! -P

[@miguelcollante1018]

Does anyone know what happened to the original live stream at profoto's website? , the archive doesn't have any videos close to the date of publication for this one, i saw this demo and really hope to see the rest.

[@FStoppers]

Hmm that's strange. I'll have to look into it. I thought those videos stayed up forever. -P

[@ruxandy]

Very nice, but what's up with the very low-res zoomed in shots?

[@FStoppers]

I usually put full res (36 mp) images into my videos but Premiere always starts acting super slow with images that high res so this time I exported them to about 6mp but when you zoom in you can see the artifacts. Maybe there is a middle ground but I wish Adobe would make it easier to render and use higher res files in Premiere. -P

[@NickDelDuca]

@@FStoppers Mannn really surprised you guys haven't completely ditched Premiere for Resolve yet.

[@FStoppers]

@@NickDelDuca We have over a decade of video projects in Premiere. We often use older footage and projects that importing different sequences and projects would be a nightmare. -P

[@NickDelDuca]

@@FStoppers Oh man that's an unfortunate situation. It's sad how deep Adobe has their hooks in the entire creative community.

[@josephchan4198]

Good refresher course if setting up your own studio or rental. Thanks.

[@Rgmwonderboay]

Can’t believe I’m watching this exactly a year 😮 Tomorrow is May 3rd 😅

[@charleyl264]

Thanks....A great video. Your training/demonstration videos are always well done.

[@longfinger]

I like the new studio. Congrats! Thanks for the great tips.

[@davidcowen9075]

What was the power you set for the strobe? You mentioned bumping up a stop for the distance you moved the strobe back, but I never caught where you started regarding the power setting for the strobe.

[@FStoppers]

I was mainly shooting around 1/8 - 1/4 power. On those strobes that is about 7-8 on the numbers with 10 being full power. -P

[@manashkalita2694]

You are amazing..That what I was looking for.Simply bouncing on the ciling results great output

[@cammorton2384]

Nice video, bouncing is super easy and gets great results as long as U have powerful enough strobes.

[@EnergiLoagan]

Simple and effective. Great demo!

[@clipping_stock_ltd]

Excellent work

[@juniorferrarifotografia]

I opened my studio. We produced an infinite background with curved wooden sheets and painted it with matte white acrylic paint. But I am not able to reach a satisfactory result. White often ends up getting a grayish gradient around the edges.

[@FStoppers]

Hmmm, is the studio space large or small? If it's fairly small it could be that the light you are using to illuminate the background isn't far enough away from the cyc wall and is causing different exposure tones in the wall. Try setting a light up in the ceiling far away from the wall so when it fires it illuminates the whole wall more evenly. You might need multiple lights depending on the side of the wall. You are always going to get a little gradient as you can see in my examples unless you have a huge space and the gradient can transition very slowly. -P

[@sumaibrahimi809]

i don't get this. you're pointing the light at the ceiling, wall and garage door. but the light is off. you turned it off. because when it was on it was casting a big round bright light. I'm confused

[@FStoppers]

I'm not totally sure what you are referring to but maybe you are mentioning the modeling lamp being on? When the flash fires into the ceiling or the wall, it is creating a roundish large light that then illuminates the model. Keep in mind, the camera is set so that without any flash the frame is pretty dark. What you are seeing from the video camera is the exposure set to the overhead lights and ambient light in the room. I'm trying NOT to use the ugly overhead lights in my photography but it is being used for the video if that makes sense. -P

[@raymondgeertsen5069]

Please explain, how did you achieve acceptabel lighting for each shot without using a lightmeter. Just curious. I can imagine your students having a difficult time trying to recreate these shots in the same amount of time.

[@CUADRADITOSS]

Histogram. Shot, verify, correction, shot

[@stormfalconstudios]

Where in PR are you located? I got to spend 3 months on the island and fell in love. Planning to retlocate there in a few years.

[@FStoppers]

Palmas Del Mar -P

[@ashh3051]

Legendary. Thank you

[@drakne1]

Thanks for share. Nice video and very clear!!

[@PIXELvoiz]

ok this is I wanted! lucky I subscribed #Fstoppers Thanks!

[@josemaldonado5980]

Patrick! Excellent training! I can't wait to watch the next episode. I heard you say that you had just moved to Puerto Rico? That is awesome! I am originally from there. What city did you move to? I hope that you have a wonderful experience!

[@FStoppers]

I’m in Humacao, specially Palmas Del Mar. I’ve been here since Jan 2019 but I’ve moved homes. Where on the island are you from? -P

[@josemaldonado5980]

@@FStoppers Thank You for your reply! I am originally from Dorado but I know the Humacao area well. I hope you are having a good time there. I have been living in Houston, TX for the last 12 years, I may return to PR in a year or so. I have been watching your videos, you like to tinker just like me. I just finished "The Best Photo Backdrop System No One Makes", GR8 Idea!!! I also have a studio in my garage (funny how that happens!) and I had a challenge with the light stands and I came up with an interesting solution to hang them. In a few weeks I'll be posting a video on that but I will give you a sneak preview to see what you think!

[@josemaldonado5980]

Also thought that I would mention that, if you would like to be closer to San Juan, you may want to consider a residence in Sabanera Dorado, in Dorado. These homes are very comparable to Palmas Del Mar, close to the beach/ocean with lots to do, and Great restaurants! If you decide to visit Dorado to look around, have dinner at El Capitan restaurant. The owner is a friend of mine, he catches all the seafood that is served there every week, their food is DELICIOUS!!!!! Have the Asopao de Langosta (Stewed Lobster) it is to die for! Tell them that Cuco Maldonado recomended them to you.

[@bayukris6995]

i like it, simple and more usefull, thanks 😊 🙏

[@fergusgriffin2655]

looks great !

[@DGAHx22]

The full video got taken down on the link 😕

[@yevgeniybubankov5755]

I dont think so... Looks like you used some lights for background.

[@emanuelbief7088]

This is very helpful… also the audio is great for a garage echo shit

[@FStoppers]

The echo is def a problem. I'm working on that now. Trying to build a modular backdrop system so I can open the space and close the space off but no one seems to sell anything for that so I'm designing something myself. Then sound blankets need to probably be put on all the walls. It's so clean and white right now but soon it will probably have a lot of white or black blankets hanging from the walls. -P

[@emanuelbief7088]

@@FStoppers cool 😎

[@T5five]

thank you sir you're life saver

[@Imageediting360]

Great work

[@MichaelSeneschal]

Dude, I thought your channel stopped uploading. The KZbin algorithm must have ghosted you or something, I don’t even see your videos in my subscribed tab. What the heck. I’m just going to copy and paste this in the comments of a few of your new videos to tell the algorithm that YES I want to see your videos.

[@FStoppers]

Well we have been in between homes and just moved back to PR. I hope to produce more videos consistency moving forward now that we are settled in. -P

[@Neopulse00]

I got the email today regarding you appearing in the Profoto Geared Up video for tomorrow. I won't be able to catch it due to work, but will watch it afterwards!

[@mianusman8958]

Which backdrop material have you used?

[@FStoppers]

I've used most all of it. My favorite are these Gravity Backdrops and Savage Paper Rolls. The first roll I ever used was Vinyl but once it wrinkled it was impossible to fix. -P

[@michaelgizicki9625]

great one!

[@lacayoj]

2:33 in my opinion that 1/100 of a second was a mistake. I'd rather increase the iso in order to keep my speed to at least 1/160th.

[@FStoppers]

Curious why you prefer 1/160 over 1/100. In either case, the strobe’s 1/5000th of a second flash is what’s acting as your shutter in this situation. -P

[@weavingthevaluess]

what if you dont have white walls 😭

[@FStoppers]

Use a V Flat - P

[@thearabicdp]

This is a good tutorial but it's such a small number of people who have a pure white ceiling like that in a specific room. You need to change the title

[@FStoppers]

Are most ceilings not painted white? I’m trying to think of a room I’ve been in recently that isn’t a similar setup…maybe the ceiling is 10’ instead of 8’ but it’s pretty common. -P

[@kennypringle4580]

Directionality isn’t a word 😉

[@FStoppers]

Merriam-Webster lists it...-P

[@dawud2963]

Can this be done with a continous light?

[@FStoppers]

Absolutely! Light is light as long as you can bounce it or use the same light modifiers. Now if you need to freeze action and movement then strobes are def better there....or if you need to overpower the sun. -P

[@binhthanh-eg2fx]

thanks so much , helpfull🥰🥰🥰

[@Papertryl]

great video

[@LeaguePhotosandFilm]

very helpful thi video bro

[@MarhoumEhsanKaar]

The best

[@sardaarghumman8775]

very helpfull.. 👍👍

[@vflatworld]

🔥📸

[@beverlybasden2648]

Thank You!

[@k-rpen8719]

Thanks

[@gawluanthony]

It’s not ideal for catalogs shooting since it is significantly reduced the sharpness and texture of the clothes

[@FStoppers]

What is that? Shooting at f/8 should be adequate for sharpness. In fact, going much past that in such a small studio setting really doesn't add much to your image quality and might actually decrease it. -P

[@MichaelRoachWV]

+1 for still using dslr

[@Fifthimagez]

vary helpful

[@hardikkr3806]

Nice video lol

[@rebirthgil23]

👍👍

[@brucetrappleton6984]

Beautiful model. All I care.

[@user-jm6gp2qc8x]

I dont even have the camera why tf am I watching

[@tomasz.dermin]

Sorry, but showing how to light a fashion photo in a 2.4 meter high garage is a bit funny. The lack of control over the light in this case is an ally. Show me how to do it in a decent studio. I am disappointed ....

[@FStoppers]

Ha yeah, next video will be from Pier 59 so you can see how little bounce does there. -P

[@TimothyJHoney]

Actually, the video covers basic lighting theory pretty well. If you understand the basic theory, then implementing the theory into any other environment isn't that complicated. The best teacher remains looking at your own work and experimenting with different setups, and then learning how to adapt to different environments. Also - not all studios (decent or not) work with light in the same way.

[@peter_shadow7559]

Since many don't even have that space to work, I find your comment super disrespectful.

[@hawg427]

The 2 car garage isn't the problem, getting my 2 car garage empty is another story. LOL Are you and your Buss. partner still in Porta Rico?

[@FStoppers]

Yep, the mansion we were renting sold for $$$$ and forced us to buy our own homes. Now we have two much smaller homes in the same neighborhood but with a lot more limited space. At the moment Lee has the live set and reviewing area and I have the backdrops and shooting space. -P

[@Rita_shamoun]

Great video