The Hidden Truth Pro Photographers Ignore - Episode 8

[@youritguy1]

Keith, I just watched the podcast, and I found it incredibly informative. The honesty you bring to the subject of printing and photography is something everyone should hear. I've recently started taking photography more seriously and want to get into the field. Printing is something I've considered, but I've always had a feeling that making money or a living from it wouldn't be easy-lol. It's definitely something to offer, but not exactly a money-maker. Thank you for being honest about it, especially when other KZbinrs won't tell the truth.

[@benharris3949]

Watching Scott switch off because he’s no longer following (and neither was I) was *chefs kiss*

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

haha, I did try to take it in!

[@benharris3949]

@@TinHouseStudioUK I went back and listened to it as a podcast and I was able to follow it more easily! No idea why, but I get it now.

[@Popa_Bogdan_Light_Drawing]

Thank you! The best combo for a gig photographer: canon 24-70 f2.8, canon 70-200 f2.8 plus a sigma 15mm f2.8 have them and love em! Last festival was shoot only with 70-200 and 15mm. Get the first version and save $$$

[@richardOracleDBA]

Chapter markers would be really helpful, then I could skip forward to the sections I'm most interest in.

[@Anityamedia]

Lazy. Free info and you ask for more. Grow up

[@francishwlee]

Cool, I didn't know about high ISO settings boosting highlight details. No wonder why astro shooters always crank up their ISO settings. Also, nice point about Adobe's strong point being their ecosystem and Photoshop, not Lightroom. LR does kinda suck at interpreting RAWs, but few know because so few people ever venture outside of Adobe.

[@nicomusic-atwork]

For specifically photos there's Darktable too, which I prefer to use over Photoshop or Lightroom. It's open source and all that which is nice but once I learned how it works I just preferred it anyway.

[@matrixphotodesign]

Loving this format!!!

[@andrewgifford7740]

Such a great series, thanks to you both!

[@andrewgifford7740]

One aspect I'd love to hear more about is the ideas/concept formation and refinement process (or whatever it's called in industry :)

[@photobooksandrecords]

Use affinity software for illustration and in design work- and the PS and LR bundle for photos. Way cheaper.

[@brapperdan]

I bought a 5D mkii in 2009 and used it until last week when I upgraded to a Sony A7iii. You can get quite a bit of life out of a camera these days. I just wanted to have the Eye autofocus and better low light performance for events. Pretty amazing going from an old canon to a new Sony. It’s so awesome

[@ac1646]

As they mentioned, have two cameras on you for the kind of work you are doing. 😁😁

[@TheNewArtSchool]

Affinity is a great alternative for Adobe

[@johannguasch754]

Cool thanks for answering my nerdy RZ shift lens question. Ill stick with my PCe Nikons then. Cheers man!

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

More than welcome

[@colourberry]

Where do you get your information? There have been many many academy award winning films shot with RED. They are also rock solid cameras and extremely reliable. That "unreliable" myth only applies to their very early couple of cameras. And considering they were pioneers and pushing resolutions Alexa couldn't dream of about 12 years earlier than anyone of course the early versions had teething issues.

[@andrewcroft2570]

Great podcast again lads and thanks for answering my question, I've been looking at the 85mm 1.8 gold ring, but I was uncertain how sharp it would be, would you recommend getting one? The lenses I have are the 22mm 2.8 STM the 50mm STM 1.8, I've heard a lot of good things about the Sigma Art lenses what Art lens would Rob possibly recommend to Gig work, please? I am going to buy another 6D body from MPB they are cheap as chips and a fantastic camera. Keep up the great work

[@tryptaminetribe8705]

@@andrewcroft2570 I've used the 85 since 2017, it's definitely worth it. Very sharp, great bokeh, amazing lens for most work aside from macro (weird spherical distortions once you reach too close of a working distance). Fantastic kit for the price, you won't be disappointed. I hardly use mine these days because I'm doing commercial macro work now, but I don't want to sell it knowing how fantastic It really is for the value!

[@andrewcroft2570]

@@tryptaminetribe8705 Thank you.

[@benharris3949]

Fellow 6D shooter here, the 85mm 1.8 USM is perfect for the 6D, the Sigma will resolve better on higher MP cameras but won’t make a noticeable difference on the 6D.

[@SaxonSuccess]

@@benharris3949 Thanks for that!!

[@andrewcroft2570]

@@benharris3949 Cheers Ben

[@johnspijkers7368]

Tethering with my 100s was never reliable. Now with the 100II I have no problem at all. Cables are important though. I now use Tethertools and a clamp attached to the L-bracket to hold the cable in place. About power through USB while tethering with a GFX: as far as I know the batteries in camera are only charging when the camera is turned off.

[@thatstevegeezer]

i like your attitude that all that matters is the result

[@alstuart8801]

Gig photography..two Nikon D5 bodies with a 24-70 2.8 and a 70 -200 2.8, no time to change lenses

[@alstuart8801]

"Juiced " tether cable works fine from my Nikon D5 and my Macbook Pro

[@kenrhem]

That's a NIKON. Power over usb is a FUJI problem...

[@PhotoArtBrussels]

I also tuned my Adobe subscription down. There is a "photography" version; Photoshop + Lightroom Classic. I thought that renting software for almost 1000€ a year is stupid. At the time we payed that to own the software. Adobe made some other ripples; if I'm correctly informed they tag a photo as "made by AI" as soon as you use the advanced tools; there was also a rumor that files on their systems would automatically be their property or so. I use the godox tiggers in "simple" mode; only use center pin (menu setting) + only 1 group. Then it is a dumb, foolproof setup when i give my training in photography classes. 12 triggers on channel 6 to to 1 godox receiver; then up to a second godox trigger on channel 4 that holds all light configurations. For Broncolor i also use the godox trigger and a receiver + sync cable.

[@haakon_b]

Why would you take the full suite if you just need LR/PS anyway? 11,99€/month can't be beaten. There's only one alternative to LR and that's C1 which is more expensive and has an even worse company behind it.

[@PhotoArtBrussels]

@@haakon_b I bought replacement products for the others from Affinity Design. ;-)

[@ac1646]

Just to add, you never 'owned' the software in the earlier days of Adobe. You were still licencing it.

[@petrubalau7007]

Quick comment: Photo Mechanic is a stand alone software and the industry standard for sports and events photography, or any other high volume thing.

[@koltureshack7993]

Personally prefer the business/creative themed ones hehe 🙂

[@sgroadie6367]

Capture One will only support Phase One until a couple a few years ago when Leica, Nikon, Canon, Sony and Fuji was supported. It still does not support Hasselblad.

[@daysofgrace2934]

They supported my Oly E-500 in 2005

[@paulbennett274]

Capture One doesn't support Hasselblad because Hasselblad produce their own equivalent software solution, 'Phocus,' and refuse to permit the necessary access to their SDK to (what was until it was recently spun off) their principal competitor's (Phase One) solution!

[@alstuart8801]

I know how to change the ISO on my Nikon D5 DSLR... all this video ISO info has whooshed over my head though ( luckily im only a stills guy. )

[@robertleeimages]

Far brighter exposed in this video than the previous which i believe you did on the same day to catch up, looking front on the apple logo is barely visible in this compared to the previous video and faces look more natural in the first opposed to looking smoothed out by too much noise reduction. Well thats what my dodgy eyes see 😂 5 yrs into photography and have never had PS & LR and only edit with canon's dpp4(free with camera purchase) everything else i use are free being gimp for layering my nightscape light painted foreground images with the stacked sky image(all images taken from the 1 spot instead of tracking at a clear horizon location) and Microsoft ICE for any panorama stitching and sequator for stacking. I shot an open air night concert at end of April(only for myself) that started with The Living End and ended with Jimmy Barnes, i only have a Canon 200d and had to use the 55-250mm f4-5.6 because the closest i could get was about 30mtr from the stage so i set to 5.6 with auto iso set to Max 3200 and mostly shot at 250mm. 921 images obviously mostly bursts of 2-4, ended up with 45 keepers which is about 1 in 20 so was pretty happy with that for what i had to work with.

[@chrisogrady28]

I abandoned all Adobe products years ago, my system is to cull in Photo Mechanic straight from the card, then import the selects straight to a new capture one session so it only imports those files to C1 and skips the clunky C1 import interface. Re: Photoshop, try Affinity Photo, (and Designer and Publisher instead of Illustrator and Indesign), they are at worst identical to the above versions, there are certain features that are axtually better, and the only disadvantage is the lack of AI features. But if you don't use the AI stuff anyway there's no reason to keep supporting abodes exploitative business practices

[@korlev515]

adobe has a cancellation fee, might be quite big for all apps

[@kenrhem]

You can change your subscription, then cancel the changed subscription for a refund of all funds...

[@kudobeats]

ISO is post in resolve is gain, functions the same as moving the exposure slider. You don’t distribute dynamic range in post, you are just adding gain to what you already captured. A lot of raw features are severely overrated and shooting log is just as good.

[@Grunf64]

Guys... Arent you aware that Canon just released R1 and R5 mark ii?

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

no haha

[@richardkrasicki6086]

Who cares ,......

[@TheNewArtSchool]

Adobe photographers pack does not include photoshop, only Lightroom.

[@jayel27]

Honest question here. Why the need to make yourself sound incompetent? You’re not. I don’t buy it. It sounds very upper management to pass off like you have no clue about certain things. Come on. You did wedding photography. Portraits. One man team for your early commercial work. Of course you know settings and ISO and the ins and outs of your equipment. It’s fine to have a team and it’s great that they are more efficient than you at certain things but don’t pretend as if you’ve not a clue. Perhaps you decided to stop learning new tech at a certain point, fine. But to make it seem like you would be in the dark without certain people isn’t true. More so I’m curious why this is what you focus on as of late? I ask this because I’ve been following your videos for a few years now as I was researching the 5DSr and came across your content. I’ve seen the evolution. Change is great. But why is this the topic so often? Of all the photography professionals I’ve met over my 20+ year career in agency world, most of them are deep in the gear and all of them were able to manage on their own if needed. From top brand work down to simple corporate work. I’m just not a fan of the “look at how clueless I am that’s why they pay you the big bucks” digs. Feels cheap. Not trying to be rude. Honestly curious.

[@TinHouseStudioUK]

I spent TOO much time learning pointless tech in the first 10 years of my career. Most of it is gone now (from my brain) and if I had my time again, I would have spent those 10 years learning more about art. Easy to say in hindsight though. Apart from photoshop, at some point I had learnt everything. Right through to printing from film to great detail. Today, I can recall little to none of this as I stopped thinking about it, my work got considerably better and my clients far bigger. Hopefully others do not make the same mistake I did. Anyone can learn the tech, not everyone can learn to show a creative voice.

[@anthem456]

@@jayel27 it’s a branding image thing Nick Knight does the same thing. It’s part selling yourself as an artist. When you get to a certain level you have transition from being a technician.