Why I still make videos for free.

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[@DBaconBoy]

Nice to see your still making videos and didn’t fall victim to the wave of creators quitting

[@christiandelacruz7125]

What wave?

[@motorcycle-man]

@@christiandelacruz7125 2 or 3 KZbinrs calling it quits. Not much of a wave really but hey it's cool.

[@DBaconBoy]

@@christiandelacruz7125 a lot of KZbinrs have been quitting in the last month, and I mean really successful KZbinrs there’s been atleast about 5 that I know of, and MKBHD even made a video about a lot of these creators quitting or taking a hiatus

[@ekenmaice1435]

​@@motorcycle-manit's a lot more than that.

[@magdalenachrusciel1501]

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[@Jesus_is_Lord-]

I'm NOT into photography or video editing, but I love watching @danielschiffer videos. Thanks for inspiring me to explore the little creativity that I have.

[@tonybathich9382]

I like your Nick_Name ☝️😁

[@tonybathich9382]

Daniel, you have teaching skill.. you clearly explained creative issues that we experience for years but not easy to verbally express :)

[@greekandsimple]

Your work is so inspiring, Daniel. Thank you for being you 🙏😊

[@plambert71]

Been here for years, thank you for all you do for us creatives that are trying to learn!!

[@adrianoruiz1807]

Daniel you are totally right, I never thought it that way. Thanks for all these years of videos, you definitely are a inspiration for me.

[@mukisaelijah12]

This has been something that I've struggled with alot in the past and honestly the angle you've com at it in this video has been something that I'd never thought of before.. This video has been a joy to watch and thank you for sharing 👊💯

[@TRAININGDAYMEDIA]

Wow, this totally needed to be put out there. Couldn't agree 100% more.

[@domorecoolshit]

wonderful sentiment in this video for sure. Love the reminder that practice should always continue. Thanks for always making some of the best videos and for sharing them with this creative world.

[@staticmotion1628]

Im so glad i've been following this channel and your work for so many years now such inspiring thoughts, visions, and realness you bring to every video man you hit on so may topics i believe are true as well in this video validating my thoughts too so thank you Daniel love love this channel.

[@TuckerPearce]

LOVE the creativity as always, thanks for sharing.

[@zakstone9821]

I 100% agree and some of my best content that I create is when I’m doing it for myself with no pressure

[@holstworld]

The work to result ratio on these kinds of projects make me go insane. Keep up the killer work Schiffer 👊🏽

[@pedroramirez-qu9dh]

Thanks for share with us those valuable advices Daniel, you're a Huge inspiration for me

[@montagmedia]

You're an inspiration Daniel, thank you for the wise words and just overall insightful and creative content

[@douglas.barbosa]

100% agree! Well done Daniel.

[@ckhicks]

Great work mate and a great reminder to boot! Thanks for sharing.

[@ChinenyeMba-me3dj]

It's been a while I saw your content, Dan. I learn so much from your tutorialz. Thank you so much

[@panoseleftheriou]

The King is back. Nice Daniel, keep the good work!!!

[@RyanIngleton]

Good on you mate. Thanks so much for providing such insight into your thought process. Very valuable 🤝

[@Jay-R_Seven]

Admire your work. Thank for making this video.

[@MarioSoMedia]

Yup very true! I need to work on more spec commercials. I haven't done one in a while!

[@SashaJordanAppler]

Totally agree! Well said

[@jakefelzien]

Great video as always and totally agree with this sentiment 🤘

[@drunkhas]

Creativity is a Muscle that needs to be constantly trained is gonna be my motto for the whole year 💪

[@Leprutz]

Loved it. I agree with you there.

[@kellenlim]

Spec work… I never thought of that before. Should’ve been obvious to me but Wow! For some reason I keep thinking the only things I need to have in my portfolio are videos I’ve made solely for clients. Thank you for sharing this! I’ll make a huge difference for me.

[@PhotoMentor]

Every working photographer should be doing client work as well as personal projects. Daniel you are 100% correct. Personal projects are the most fun because this is we’re we get to work on what WE want. It is interesting when meeting with an art director or producer from an ad agency as they go through your book they always stop on my personal work. They can tell what was produced for a client. The reason is they know you produced this and they want to know YOUR vision for their client, how you think not an agency. You want to get hired for your vision and creativity. Personal work is where we get to show off our vision.

[@averagejoepro1]

great video. I love to see how you made the video you talked about in this video. Thanks!

[@andymoskera4130]

Bro thank you so much for your vids. You are an inspiration to me

[@AKProductionIDN]

Finally new video n always awesome 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@txrfilms]

you are inspirational ♥ Love from BD

[@GNOBNX]

Daniel, you're simply dope playa'! 👊🏽

[@StanShimkus]

This is so good .. Thank you!

[@heitordelpupo]

inspiring as always man

[@DanielKhuu]

Best video on this topic ever made in my opinion

[@XInfinity2024]

Good video. I my self have started to do a very small amount of this my self to help grow my experience and can help me to learn lighting and such. Its worth doing a lot

[@JanosVanhemelrijck]

Awesome!!!!!!!👏

[@swaygfx]

You got the right mindset, which will place you in the legendary category as suppose to mediocre🔥🙏🏽🔥

[@eramhossain5892]

Have been a huge fan of yours. Insane creativity, take love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@nomiddlenameeither]

Thought I just saw an SSG hoodie! So awesome

[@REVIEWSONTHERUN]

Thanks for sharing it. ✌️

[@ksa8483]

Great tips! Desperately waiting for the tutorial of the Celcius ad, shoot and edit, PLEASE🙏🙏🙏

[@silferbuu86]

That's the thing, sometimes doing ultra creative and skillful projects for no money is what levels us up. Having that dollar amount and expect to work for the clients, will limit to their wants. Sometimes, it's not the best you can produce either.

[@marksimmons330]

100% right!

[@nickcola1997]

That moment when you are about to skip what you think is an opening ad by youtube , but you realize its actually apart of the video instead..............top notch work dan

[@speliotis]

great advice....

[@chadillaq]

Stoked to have a creative EDUCATE US ALL FOR FREE! Thanks Daniel!

[@clynshotimages]

Next Level Spec Commercial you have here.

[@FenzirL]

Hey, its been long since you posted! Hope you are doing good! Waiting for more videos from you! 🙌🏻

[@kristoff_xxiii]

nice one daniel.👏👏👏

[@cfrli.r2257]

this is video that i need

[@BPVisualsAfrica]

Really dope

[@maxweberorigin]

I always shoot Travel Stuff...now I want to try Product Videography like you!!

[@MoreofEli8]

Can’t believe I’m just now finding this channel 😭 been watching his videos for the past 2 days

[@iammz81]

Cause if you post it on YT you still get paid.

[@jpemile]

Nowadays people watch 2 Daniel Schiffer videos and they are ready to get paid. Once they finally get a small gig (sending your video to the client cause they don’t have a portfolio as they never practice the style) they realize it’s actually harder than it looks even when they tried copying your videos shot for shot. Then the trend dies 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@photobatya]

Interesting. Shooting for free is important, and you are free to practice, but sometimes I agree to make commercial thing for the first time. Way more cheaper, but still I know someone expects the result. It motivates to deliver. And sometimes (almost all the time) clients do not see the can is different ;)

[@WhySteve]

Totally agreed man but there's a big difference between doing something for free for your own benefit like practicing, learning and portfolio work, and doing free work for people who approached you to work for "exposure". My opinion, if you're going to make a practice video, use a brand so that you can sell it to them, pitch it to them, or demo it, if it works out in the end. But I feel like you should never ever ever make a free video for a client because "we cannot afford you but we love your work and want you to make a video for us" (unless you can can benefit from it with free merch or free ads on their platforms etc, but then technically you are being compensated for your work). Great video like always!

[@cooltrucly]

the answer should be simple: making videos is fun. you don't have to constantly think about whether its free or paid if at the end of the day it's fun and enjoyable.

[@hotshoestudio]

We've preached this message for a long time.

[@jc9195]

Uploading a KZbin video that you will make money on based on a video on why you still shoot videos for free is matrix style thinking. Good job.

[@monztermovies]

Let’s all congratulate Daniel for not creating a studio setup with the cookie cutter orange light on the left and blue light on the right with some random tube lights laying around like they fell from the ceiling.

[@eddiepedroza7593]

Can you teach us how to color grade, I don’t understand the process of it. And adding luts

[@lanamdorjeelama4658]

Daniel I know you don't upload much on KZbin these days but just wanted to understand after a long period of gap how do you keep making such creative videos, any tips for staying creative even though you are not making videos.

[@martinmacariola4832]

I know I'm over a month late to this but you mentioned that superimposing the can was tedious (I agree), how would you solve for that moving forward? I was waiting for you to address it. Would love to hear your insight!

[@deepfoodlove]

I can absolutely relate to this! However, I am kind of anxious to stop producing content for free at this point 😅

[@johnthomasgoerke7852]

The sigh of relief I breathed when you said that BTS video can be a distraction to film. I've always felt guilty about not documenting my work, but I can't split focus during a tight production schedule. Great video as always.

[@SarkazzHere]

🤜🏿🤛🏿

[@cogmission1]

Nice video!! Really resonates! Re: practice comments

[@david243121]

Are you using a “mist” filter? Or something in post production? The letters on your hate look dope.

[@xylology_est2018]

Is it not enough to just do it for fun because you are passionate about the work? that free creative expression is what paid work stems from. When that goes away, that's when influencers retire.

[@niekdaalmeijer4168]

Hahah i was totally unaware that the video in the beginning was the video you created, i thought it was an actual ad by youtube

[@Ironmaneditor77]

How do you hold cans while having them on a turn table in the air?

[@anonymoususer8849]

You make them free 'cause this KZbin channel works as your portfolio to attract big clients

[@SebasSant87]

say, can you green mask the cans and replace them in post?

[@scofieldvisuals]

I'm very curious about how you come up with shot idea's. I find myself going on youtube to find inspiration. But at the same time I want to be more original and try new shots. I know you made a video on it a while back, just wondering if you still use the same formula now.

Just curious, but what's the main reason for saying *not an official ad* at the end?

[@williamlatham8096]

whats that elwood hat from?

[@MoreCreativeGFX]

wow

[@LebaneserScrooge]

I'm a chef with 30 years of cooking experience, but zero experience in being a cameraman or editor. I would love any advice you have if you wanted to audit me!

[@BeHaPPY-cv7kx]

Am from Nigeria..Love your content..Pls make a Udemy course

[@user-bf5rb5lv7q]

Are you still using Final Cut or have you tried DaVinci yet?

[@dushedits]

👏👏👏

[@arshadbhatti6303]

v nice dear brother god bless you

[@pandaskia]

So in this particular video, what would you have done differently for the can to remain consistent? I'm curious cause that's a common issue, and you can't always have the same lighting when changing angles and setups

[@danielschiffer]

I would start with being more mindful of where the reflections and shadows are on the can. I'd probably change my lighting method to make everything a bit more flat and evenly lit (perhaps using a larger diffusion, closer to the can), that way it's easier to match from shot-to-shot. I would also keep my focal length more consistent in each scene so it's easier to match up the cans and the perspective doesn't drastically change.

[@pandaskia]

@@danielschiffer Makes sense, thanks!

[@user-pp4rr3nt2d]

Hello dear Daniel thank you for your time Please I buy canon c300 mark ii to start making b roll video what lenses I need thank you so much for this channel ❤

[@jhonsanchezv]

Hola, busco alguien en Colombia que pueda ayudarme con videos de producto para mi e-commerce

[@Wvedite]

Hi! How do I register as an author on storyblocks ? I have a large portfolio on other video stocks, but it does not allow me to register here...

[@justit2015]

The whole lifestyle is a recursive benefit. Spec--> social behind the scenes content --> clients interested

[@Samimusic.1]

bro u should make a course 😢

[@seecraig]

Curious if you've ever had a free video "stolen" by a brand or, otherwise, get an offer from a brand to buy an already created video? I'm asking because I wonder if it makes sense to watermark your free/spec videos that a brand might take. Keep in mind it may be as simple as them using the "share" function and distributing your video as user-created content (still without your permission).

[@RyoHazuki224]

I just still wonder, even if you put up a bunch of personal projects, as you call them "spec work", on your platforms to show what you can do, then what? I mean how do you get in contact with some brand's marketing companies to show them what you can do to possibly get them to hire you for a job? We cant just rely on the algorithm to drive companies to our platforms to discover us. How do you go about finding clients and starting that process of conversation to get paid to do a job??

[@user-nc9ob8fj9f]

I remembered he said before.You can find the video.

[@mohamedalhassan5598]

Hello bro, am looking for clothes stores b roll... Please

[@SulaimanPlanet]

That looks sick First comment 🤙🏼

[@JoshSnyman]

Does is count if Storyblocks pays you for this video? (but regardless love you content)

[@maxime_bichon]

Finally, it's not totaly for free, you've made this one for a Storyblocks ad ;)

[@Salkin_LP]

Be honest, how much money do you make per month? 🤔😉

[@abduljr639]

mau

[@feywd]

Hire me please😭