The Magic of One Light with Joel Grimes

[@PhotoLighthouse]

I have been a B&H customer for many years. Simply the best. Thank you B&H for bringing these amazing photographers and creative people on KZbin.

[@gyalbobhutia2825]

I cent percent agree with his statement that one may not know the terminology of Lighting but to understand what works well is super important. Great lesson. He is one of the best.

[@kevinstrachan741]

Joel, your humility is your genius. I love how you totally level with us about how you came by your incredible depth of knowledge through simple experimentation. Great guy.

[@roymatusek6636]

There are many wonderful photographers out there who teach but I absolutely love watching and learning from Joel Grimes. His down to earth teaching style and his self deprecating humor makes him so relateable. I can't say thank you enough. I have gained so much knowledge in this relatively short video seminar.

[@nelsono4315]

not only is Joel a master photographer, he is a master communicator. He makes me want to grab my camera and shoot. Bravo, Joel & B&H

[@karikaru]

The guy shoots full time for a job and then does 50 projects just for fun a year - that's a guy that just genuinely loves what he does. Really inspiring.

[@radialbladeworks6183]

Joel Grimes is an impeccable example of the value of practical execution. Take action. Action, action, action. Schooling is obviously extremely valuable, but we can have a way of fetishizing schooling today. To think that JOEL GRIMES doesn’t know what he’s talking about because he doesn’t keep up with the “brand names” of the lighting techniques is to express perfect ignorance, even arrogance. Phenomenal talk. Thanks for posting!

[@SDA0271]

One of the best no nonsense straight forward photography lectures you'll ever watch! Master the art of ONE light, thats all it takes!

[@elsiecopley3057]

Never watched a KZbin video this long before and it's been time well spent. You got yourself a new "loyal" fan Joel. Thanks

[@paulocontente9993]

I had never watched a video so long with so much pleasure. Thanks B&H

[@kingmuhu]

@S Tra that takes about 2 mins

[@rajahx]

What a clear explanation of how light impacts what you get in a photograph! I have read a lot about this subject, but Joel has knack for explaining this subject matter so well!

[@GeorgePop]

Best part is at 1:40:00 in the video. Shoot what you want, get good at it, and clients will hire you for that look. Don't try to copy other people and just do YOU really really good and customers will see that and if they love what you do then you're in like Flynn. :)

[@algarveTV]

Yeap. For me also is one of the key moments - Take the risk, be yourself..

[@MrGuideMaster]

But remember, "The wheel does not have to be reinvented," because influences can be taken from other photographers

[@dejuancampbell-music5482]

I am currently taking Joel’s course on photography lighting. He is a great teacher and I like the way he breaks stuff down. I have 13 years as a photographer and I’m always learning something new. Coming from a darkroom and film setting to now has always been a hard switch but I love photography and Joel Grimes reminds why I love what I do. I took off from photography from 2007 until 2017.

[@AlexanderSogliero]

Great presenter and teacher. Thank you Joel. And great advice at the end on “building a body of work” that is unique and true to you and your style. Very insightful. 👍

[@garvsabbarwal3000]

I'm just 30mins into the video and I must say what a great teacher he is. I could follow along without having to think much

[@sfayers3361]

What a great guy and presentation. Love it that he is so honest about his photography, really enjoyed this.

[@NelsonChaban]

If I could only recommend one tutorial on lighting to an up and coming photographer, this would be the one! I have watched this video numerous times over the years and each time it has been illuminating.. pun intended. Thank you Joel for this priceless gift on understanding light!

[@itsgussy]

When I discovered Joel Grimes I fell in love, the guy is genuine and humble, definitely someone that loves photography and has so much knowledge. I want more of Joel.

[@KevinRusso]

"It's easy to be me, hard to be someone else" Great quote.

[@brianl.giddings7805]

Agreed

[@oehtisham]

This may have been the absolute best tutorial ever on lighting - thank you B&H and Joel. Joel your work is inspirational and your attitude is a right on!

[@cornwasher]

Joel your honesty and sincerity defines you as a true professional who teaches from experience and from the heart. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

[@4toconvert389]

Second time watching it and it still makes sense. Learn something from it each time. Using one light makes so much sense and I am doing that and learning a lot. Great stuff Joe. Awesome talk.

[@joonaikonen6423]

Best lecture i have seen! And Joel has so much passion for his job and watching this makes me really motivated to shoot some new stuff. Thanks for this.

[@Johnkostercreative]

Fantastic lecture, Joel. Thanks for your enthusiasm, your intelligence, and your experience. You make one helluva teacher, and I aspire to create the kind of art you do. Kudos.

[@krazyk57]

Very talented.... Extremely humble... Great teacher...Ty B&H and Mr Grimes....

[@pegshealth]

Love Joel. Really connect with the statement: "This is a great age" - we do, we live in a great age for photography.

[@rsk1851-t6u]

One of the best videos to understand lightiing in the simplest form. Great Joel.

[@LuisCruz-yg6rs]

Joel Grimes is amazing. Thank you B&H!

[@bricelangston8634]

Great video. very organic and down to earth discussion about principles of lighting. @ 1:39:00ish Good lens discussion.

[@DenisStosic]

Thank you B&H, and Westcott, for alowing us to see the art of photography trough the eyes of world's best photographers. Joel Grimes is great photographer and great person, which is easy to listen, clear to understand and enjoy to follow - he is real artist. These videos are great help for learning and making best of particular level of knowledge and equipment. Thanks!

[@barrie2504]

Great work again! Fantastic images and a very simple presentation by a Master of his craft. Great presentation, philosophy and skill. Thank you.

[@pduffy421]

I've looked him up in google and he has taken really amazing portraits.

[@p.newsman]

BEST photographers presentation I have seen here on YT so far - and yes, he's so absolutely right telling people to find their own style for to be found and having success in their business, it happens twice to me... THAT'S the way it is... simply do not copy and bring your own creativity in ;)

[@PhotoLighthouse]

Joel - you are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and knowledge.

[@alanberry9643]

Your enthusiasm is infectious Joel, love your talks and work!

[@santaellamedia7077]

this guy rocks. Love his energy. Also very cool how he tells what a lot of top pro's say: Create your own vision

[@NoahStephens]

Joel is so down to earth. Love that guy.

[@AliasJimWirth]

Fantastic presentation. Disclaimer: I have purchased some of Joel's courses, and I do buy from B&H; love them both.

[@sian.elizabeth]

Such a great video! Thanks Joel :) I love the dramatic portraits too and have only really ever used the beauty dish - it also works incredibly well for men too! After watching this i feel like i need to print more of my images... your prints looked incredible! Thank you!

[@chrisonlife1]

I came to watch a couple of minutes, and stayed for the whole thing. Great tutorial!

[@RetroHoo]

One of the best single light presentation I've seen

[@kathyrobinson1975]

Just finished watching the entire video. What an awesome inspirational piece thank you!

[@ScarlettRob]

Joel Grimes: my new favorite photographer!

[@sweetlite5314]

I hope B&H will have Joel back real soon. I really enjoy his personality....and always learn a lot from him Thumbs up to B&H....!!!!!

[@baseballman74]

Thanks BnH! You folks rock! I can’t appreciate enough for the values that I’m getting! I’m a beginner with goosebumps and tingles on my body to create!

[@BandH]

We're so glad to hear this!

[@JoeyDoingThings]

Joel Grimes is great! I loved this video. I can watch Joel and Joe McNally videos all day.

[@Lacapino]

Thankyou B& H and Joel Grimes, inspirational and exceptional at the same time

[@nitin110377]

I am amazed with the energy of joel. A Great lecture. thanks.

[@shadedshotsphotography]

Such an awesome instructor and video

[@MikeT-yy3]

Fantastic video, many thanks. You mention about shooting portraits against a grey background and blending in another background. Does it have to be 50% grey because I can’t find anyone selling one

[@livedeliciously]

This style of photography is fascinating. Little subtle changes to the lighting scheme can produce dramatic changes to the image. Best part: "Failure. I'm used to that."

[@fangbifxx]

My favorite so far especially the ending tip!

[@janmaaso]

This is the most useful information I have ever gotten on lighting, and all done in a crystal clear and informative way. This really IS lighting 101. Thanks! = )

[@richardsphotography5220]

Great video. Worth the whole hour and a half!

[@vishaldiwan11]

Amazing person 🙏🙏 Great knowledge, awesome and easy presentation. Plus so honest and down to earth. Thank you so much😀😀

[@mikeyates8240]

wow thanks Joe i found this very interesting the way you talk about light and the use of one light source. as i try to only use one speed light. i am from Cornwall uk

[@justcallmesando]

This video could very well be everything you´ll ever need to know about lighting a person.

[@robertwilson2877]

Excellent Joel !!!! Really Enjoyed your presentation.

[@HUSSAR9127]

Some of you people need to chill.....sounding off 'Known' methods doesn't make you a expert or a master of photography...Joel admits he doesn't care what he does is called, he calls it what he calls it because its the way he saw it, tried it, liked it..and damn well uses it....just because someone else tried it before doesn't make it law...Jesus...get your thumbs from up your arses....he hasn't stated anything different...so many wannabe experts on YT it's getting like twitter.......

[@MrJenishbek]

You tell 'em 👍🏼

[@michaelhull1813]

The irony of your rant is obviously lost on you.

[@3unee]

Great seminar! JG rocks as usual. Thanks for sharing.

[@peter_shadow7559]

True natural photographer. Great presentation.

[@nelsononofre4681]

wow, killer images! Joel comes across as a down to earth cat, love his energy. Fantastic class!

[@connieabbott6146]

the very best video I have ever watched! you lite up my light bulb moment! Thank you!

[@Maz3-1]

Ever since I accidentally tripped across your cowboy shot many moons ago; I’ve been enjoying your videos and tutorials. Like Bob Ross says, it’s happy accident! Thank you so much!

[@pumpeyethetraderman8083]

Incredible, thank you very much

[@ookaysoo]

Wow, so much content in one video. Thank you so much from Germany.

[@angga142]

One of the best B&H class!!! Thank you and keep it up Joel & B&H

[@bryk701]

Very inspirational and educating video! Thank you for sharing.

[@bernardjackson4974]

I jus learned more with this in less than 2 hours then i did 6 years of shooting . Thank you do much joel this made it simple and i finally get it !°

[@leesawolfgang8125]

Thank you for this video Joel!! I'm not good at math or knowing all of the terminology. I used to belong to a camera club and they looked down at me because I didn't remember all of that so I quit. Out of all of those people in the club, there are maybe 10-15 people that are professional, earning money doing photography. I am one of maybe 5 that works as a full-time photographer. I appreciate all of your knowledge and the way you explain it. Thank you!

[@GreenRC24]

Reread this statement and tell me what's wrong with it.

[@thewhites132]

Totally know the guy in the first photo!! Went to Jerome, AZ a few years back and met him. He raced dirt bikes back in IL once upon a time. I took lots of photos a his place as well.

[@piotrwydmuch9413]

Wonderful to watch!

[@shabir2020]

Great Sir.. Learnt a lot.. You are a Lengend.

[@paulsimoncelli5496]

Thx lot for all the Input you gave me ! I love your Videos JG!

[@ChesapeakeMensHealth]

I wish he had a link to the grey back drop he was talking about that would be great.

[@lenny.martiniano]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Joel

[@samuelsulaiman]

cant believe I stay for 2 hours. Nice presentation

[@derekalv911]

So around 32:12 he shows the effect of different size of modifier at different distance. The "quality of light" is not the same. You can see the darkness on the edges of the face and arms is much more pronounced when the light is close. Inverse square law at work.

[@timorraiman537]

As he explains, this is because when the light is further, it spills around the room more and you get more reflected fill lights, so the shadows are lighter. According to Joel, the transition from light to shadow is the same number of pixels in length. So, quality of light here means how quickly light transitions to shadow and not how dark the shadows are.

[@okuma7713]

that was the best video regards photography out there, thanks!

[@DEVUNK88]

I'll tel you what even though you can bookmark stuff online, or favorite things, I still make collages of images I like to either put on the wall or digitally as a background on my pc, so I can see it regularly

[@denniswilson9367]

Great tutorial and content, thanks Joel

[@lebavu8260]

Yaaaas love that Iceland shot 1:08:24

[@legary2007]

It'd be really REALLY nice to be able to see what he's doing starting at 39:58 to 40:50; his demo is not live, we're looking at a pic but he's doing stuff...where was the videographer for that?!

[@alsteiner7602]

Couldn't agree more

[@dukegreer1915]

Do anyone know or can you tell me what printer he is using I love his work great video.

[@grahamwalker3819]

I’ve had a load of e-mails from Joel recently (not unsolicited, I just can’t remember why I’m getting them) and I’ve largely ignored them as they come with lots of others in a cloud. Won’t be ignoring them in future. My kind of photographer.

[@michaelostendorf5411]

Joel your amazing! Thank you for this tut.

[@hermansurkis9229]

"The size of the light source relative to the subject". That is what you need to understand for all the other explanations. When instructors use use the above, all the rest starts to make sense.

[@matinka1118]

did anyone knows the link with behind the sceene of the drama portrait tutorial? from 1:43:46 of the film?

[@stephenpolwart2094]

This is outstanding!!!

[@timorraiman537]

Is it just me, or is there a correlation in the shots as in: 3/4 Face -> side light; Full Face -> overhead straight-on + reflector? This is what I see in Joel's work shown here. Very interesting tutorial. I don't need to go and buy a kit of 3 or 4 lights!! Just get one!

[@babs274]

Great video and highly educative.

[@mcculloughdakota]

Correct me if I'm wrong but in regard to his "rembrandt-cross light" set up, the center point of his light is technically 45 degrees from the subject he just has the box feathered at an adjacent 90 degree angle, much like a window might be. So he isn't wrong in calling that rembrandt lighting and it would be possible for rembrandt to be in the room when painting with this set up.

[@Framethelight]

What a nice, enthusiastic man.

[@naked-eye-robbieknoxphotog3208]

Hi Joel, can I ask if you use filters for studio portrait photography? regards Robbie

[@FLUKEMEDIA]

what a great bank of knowledge and tricks

Thank you for this video B&H. Love it.

[@Hebrideanphotography]

Loved his work on die hard.

[@thegoblin3629]

What a great lecture!

[@dinsy512]

Fantastic, very inspiring!

[@asfilmproduction1433]

Sir great information Thank you so much.

[@michaelacannon397]

YOu are amazing, but I wonder if you have a step by step in writing because I'm lost!!! But this is the kind of art I want to create!!! OMG I love your work!!!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!