Can I Recreate this Famous Portrait? (Michelle Pfeiffer by Terry O'Neill)

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In this video I attempt to break down the beauty lighting in this famous portrait of Michelle Pfeiffer by Terry O'Neill, and then to recreate the same look using 'clamshell lighting' in my garage studio to see what I can learn in the process.
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[@upupawayandbeyond]

Oh, Sean. You have no idea how much I appreciate your videos. I’ve been watching for years and learned so much. The last one from this series I was definitely there commenting on how much I appreciated it and wanted more. Thank you one more time for a second video on this series!

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Love your profile picture!

[@TheChosenOne_]

I love that in your tutorials you always drop tips and tricks which are just simple and quick. No need to overcomplicate or watch an in depth tutorial

[@tomosdavies1902]

Fantastic video! I think with this reference it might have been interesting to mention hair and makeup - imo some of the choices made in those areas really make O'Neill's photo stand out

[@aydenmcfly1362]

Yeah the hair styling makes such a huge difference

[@anlenke]

Beautifully done, Sean. A quick note on Michelle’s pupils/iris size; the lighting may have been strobes too, I’m able to achieve her look with the modeling lamps constricting pupils too

[@markbaigent8373]

That was my thinking.

[@DanielLeivaCardozo]

I miss seeing your videos more often and honestly I love your portrait videos! Please more!

[@anitago]

Beautiful portraits, both. And great tutorial! Thank you!

[@Kostas_hantavas]

That was gold (again!) Sean! Thanks for sharing and we could definitely do with more of these videos! ❤📸

[@terryjstudios]

I absolutely loved it! I’m going to try and recreate it. Thank you so much for awesome video

[@thatcreole9913]

Absolutely love this! Thanks for taking the time to break it down so clearly.

[@andrewkeating8952]

Excellent video Sean - very inspiring- thank you and would love to see more like this.

[@sbai4319]

Great video Sean thanks so much for walking us through the process.

[@luisarevalo6112]

Wonderful portrait! The break down from light setups to editing is excellent. Thank you!

[@legacyfitness7469]

Loved the video! Keep them coming! Thank You!

[@flol3266]

This format is just amazing. Please more!

[@jenniferknox1599]

Loved it! Thank you!

[@estevetravesa513]

Fantastic video! Thanks Sean! Love your channel!

[@kevingoodchild3049]

super video Sean, thanks for posting

[@geomantilla]

This is incredible. Thank you so much ❤

[@adibassman]

Another fantastic reference video. Thank you Sean.

[@steveperryphoto431]

Once again, an excellent video. I use you techniques in many of my portraits. Thank you!

[@CiroPerez]

Perfect video! great idea, and great result! congratulations! following you since your beginnings, I was missing this kind of videos. Interesting, educational and inspiring. Thank you Sean, and keep going!

[@othomophoto8433]

Awesome work Sean. That was an excellent recreation of that portrait, well executed and presented.

[@AmedeeBoulette]

This is EXCELLENT!! Wow, a lot of practical learning in there! Thank you so much….

[@sushant2095]

Absolutely fantastic video, Sean! Thanks so much for sharing all the knowledge!

[@tonytoffolo9915]

This is awesome. You nailed it. Please keep these coming!

[@timdeibler9221]

Exceptional video! You articulate your thoughts and methods so well.

[@photobritain]

Thanks for sharing this tutorial. I like your version over the original. Knowing exactly how far to push the image without spoiling it. Superb !

[@bala1000mina]

Thank you so much Sean for the awesome video and your tips for shooting! God bless you!

[@richeretrudeau226]

I absolutely love this type of content as I am always trying new lighting styles. Thank you so much for the tips on not doing too much retouching.

[@berlincoachdrivergoescreat8721]

Thanks for the great video! My gut feeling is that the Michelle Pfeiffer picture was done with an even wider lens, something in the 24mm to 28 mm range. Michelle doesn´t have an unusually narrow face, if you look at other pictures of her. Everything else you did was magic! You got everything right! Well done. Additional information: Terry O´Neill states that his favorite lens was a 50 mm distagon lens on his Hasselblad camera. That would be 28mm in full frame.

[@thejackdangers]

Thanks Sean! As always such a helpful education. I learn so much from your thoughtful and patient videos.

[@DanAndreiKluska]

Fabulous! love it... So much to learn from these videos. Thank you!

[@jasonlacey5979]

Excellent.. thank you always learn something from you. Seeing how you work these is certainly something I would appreciate

[@brianasealy6257]

Loved this!!! Please make more like this! Such an inspiration. Going to try this soon this year :)

[@philipcolumbus3054]

Amazing as always! We learn about posing, composing, lighting, and editing. It’s an outstanding series and you are a great teacher. Thanks!

[@HarleysMomIM]

Thank you Sean for this fantastic tutorial! Love your style of teaching and your creativity!

[@baddpie]

Excellent excellent walk through! Really makes me want to try it myself.

[@lwp411]

Wow, so awesome! Thank you for the tutorial and the inspiration

[@amazindon]

This is brilliant, really interesting to see how you study & break down the original picture to then rebuild to create a similar one, which looks amazing. Thank you.

[@colingerard7863]

Hi Sean. When I was a photographers assistant, in the early eighties, one of the last jobs of the day would be to do lighting diagrams that were then attached to the job sheet with the polaroids. For this shoot we would of copylit a white scoop for the background and had a diffusing brolly attached to the front of the keylight. Also, the model would of been seated at a table top with a white scoop covering the width of the table leading back to the camera that was a Mamyia 6x7. I also loved working on car shoots. Large cove studios, floating ceilings, tungsten film lighting on big crank-up stands, black out curtains along the side of the car to hide the crew and equipment; 10 x 8 Sinar. The best kept secret was being on location with little portable flash units made by Norman, great piece of kit.

[@MichaelChapmanVisuals]

Great job! I learned a couple of things, thank you.

[@erochas]

Always learn something new. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@GlennHubbers]

I'm loving this series. Please keep doing more!

[@RobertEMD]

amazing video, loved it. More videos like this one, please!!!

[@richardpinder9242]

Fantastic tutorial, learned alot. Please keep doing these!

[@sylviahoke7513]

this was really great Sean !! thank you.!! love another "seeing the light" session if possible !

[@kbqvist]

Very helpfull Sean, thanks! Hope you will continue this series..

[@renzoodorico7848]

Excellent video. I really appreciate the simple techniques and restraint in the retouching. Thanks.

[@gharrop1]

I don’t do any portraiture ….but I found this video absolutely fascinating to experience…with a truly stunning result ! It was almost like watching a meticulous forensic scientist examining a scene for clues. It really made me appreciate how much can go into great photographic art. ( for what its worth Sean, I preferred your result!) couple of ideas..Che Guevara by Rene Burri (1963) , Thomas Hoepker Muhammad Ali ‘s fist (1966) both seen in “Magnum contact sheets”..

[@davecarrera]

Fully appreciate the work and tips you have shared with us Sean.

[@scottgray4877]

Great video! I’m going to start analyzing some portraits and see what i can come up with.

[@Ralf_Baron]

Sean, you did a great job! Excellent, insightful!

[@KarolDecyk]

Sure do more of these videos, i always learn a lot of it for myself and my own photography journay. Thank you for your work.

[@BruceWalkerPhotography]

Enjoyed very much. Lovely work, well presented!

[@localnavy433]

Keep it up this helped me so much with seeing the light in portraits

[@vargavideo]

Well done, and so informative - thanks, Sean!

[@Euphabone]

Great breakdown of the lighting. Love your straightforward explanation of your process for lighting and editing.

[@velvetsound]

This tutorial was fantastic. Thank you for the effort, insights, and end to end workflows. Please keep it up - I’ve learned more from this video on lighting/shooting/editing with a goal in mind than most others I’ve seen on KZbin.

[@TheMishka68]

Love this so much Sean, as a photography student these posts help so much with lighting set ups...Thank you

[@canucklehead28]

Great video Sean!

[@DGLuxton]

This is a great look! I’ve found that a close silver beauty dish with a fine grid accentuates the light drop-off and really carves out the cheeks without the black boards on each side.

[@tristanolarti9671]

Excellent work. Definitely enjoying the series.

[@marceloleitejr]

Great video Sean 👏🏼

[@PeakOrama]

Nicely done there Sean!! thank you for the tutorial and the honest sharing of knowledge... although I think it's fair to say that I am already fairly acquainted with both the analysis of existing images and the techniques to reproduce them, it's still a joy to hear your way of reading images as well as seeing how you get to the results. I've been a subscriber for some time now but never really took the time to express my gratitude, so... we you have it: A million thank to you

[@yrouxel]

Very nice idea Sean. Lot to learn with this approach. Many thanks.

[@NasimirCorneretto]

Excellent work! Thank you!

[@denisesavage2382]

Thanks Sean - I really value just seeing the task of thinking through an image like this. I'm not a portrait photographer by any means, but find myself learning from other lesser known to me spaces of photography.

[@LuposVoice]

Nice idea and work! Thanks for the tipps! 🙏

[@AnikiF]

Simplicity… you have this gift, my friend, and it’s definitely easy for me to understand what it is indeed complicated. Thanks for your time, love this contents.

[@karlthetrader]

Wonderful concept! Would really love to see more of it, thank you :)

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Thanks! I really enjoy your message and your content!

[@mickdempsey7698]

Sean enjoyed this vidio you make it look so simple and stress free, keep up the great work.

[@liamoshea1000]

Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Everything is communicated well. Thank you.

[@alexugljesic]

Sean, this is very, very, very good video. Great job!

[@besimai]

Grate one! Looking foreword for the next one!

[@rasc-travel]

This was awesome - again! Thx

[@RameshBabu-gn5dm]

Your lighting abservation is great, and I liked the final result. Thankyou sean.

[@jolyoncox]

Thank you so much as always, Sean. Excellent result here.

[@andydragonfisher6900]

Superb tutorial Sean - thank you.

[@ebouwens]

Wonderful work and demonstration!

[@rbvan]

Great job Sean!

[@jessicawolf3755]

Thank you!! Wonderful video!

[@pimnauta3840]

Great video, thank you for sharing!

[@2mcarp]

Thanks, Sean. I really like the way you explain the lighting.

[@Greenroomvideo]

Love this, more of these please! Long time viewer, first time commenter.

[@dennislee8253]

Fantastic man, I think you nailed it. Really impressed, cheers!

[@user-gx4fh1qw1g]

I always enjoy your work, this was excellent.

[@discomfortzone]

Wonderfully done mate. I prefer your shot to be honest. Ailona is stunning. Can’t wait till the next one.

[@lensman5762]

Spot on analysis of the lighting. The light behind is a large rectangular strip light place behind the model and facing upwards giving that soft gradual gradient. I think, he shot this portrait with a Hasselblad 500 CM and probably an 60mm or 80mm Zeiss lens.

[@NickStreeter]

35mm equivalent?

[@lensman5762]

@@NickStreeter There is no equivalent of an 80mm on medium format for 35, simply due to the fact that the aspect ratios are so different. A 45mm lens would have the same horizotal FOV as the 80mm on 6X6, but if you want to get the same aspect ration as the original, then you'd have to use a 35mm lens and use the central square of 24X24mm on the 35mm format. If you have one these dangled fangled mirroless cameras, it might allow you to crop square in camera or even in the EVF.

[@TripleU-E]

thank you very much! that was so helpful!

[@thebiblioholic]

Love this series of videos.

[@SP-ll8nv]

Clearly one of the best tutorials I have seen. Clear, explicit and really seeking to educate and share your knowledge. Thank you.

[@tmjr]

Your videos are just something special, really loved this one, and what a stunning model you shot, amazing end picture! The fact that you show the whole process from taking the shot and to the editing part, is very interesting!

[@chrislarkin4582]

Thanks so much for another one of these Sean. I don’t even really shoot portrait photography but these videos are so interesting and fun both for the rationale and deduction of the lighting techniques and then the processes of taking and editing. So enjoyable and informative.

[@jimlasala844]

Many thanks Sean for your great tutorial. I would love to see some Hurrell type lighting for b&w.

[@JCImagesBehindtheShot]

Super interesting stuff Sean. I always learn from you friend.

[@philipgowdy]

Very well done..Congrats Sean.

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great video! good job!!

[@alpabopo]

Great video as usual Sean.

[@jamesmonte9214]

Great video Sean, very informative 👍

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Brilliant and masterful. Many thanks for sharing.