In this video I go through the basic equipment you will need to light and photograph graduation portraits in your small home studio. I will be sharing photography tips and techniques as well as a live view of the actual shoot. As with all my lighting tutorial videos, I will be giving you a behind the scenes and live view (SOOC) look of the entire shoot.
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Equipment Used:
Sony A7R MarkIV –
Sony 85mm 1.4GM
Sony F60RM –
Sony Wireless Radio Commander (FA-WRC1M) –
MagMod MagShoe:
Phottix Premio 120 Umbrella with Diffuser:
Phottix Cerberus –
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Since prior to my entry into the wedding industry, I have been considered to be one of the most reputable lighting specialists in the Philippines, conducting workshops nationwide and have been featured in various photography magazines. I was also a multi-awarded portrait and advertising photographer.
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Comments
42 responses to “How to Light and Photograph Basic Graduation Portraits using Speedlight’s in a Small Home Studio.”
Excellent and beautiful tutorial! What type of hair light box were you using?
How to do this with two speedlites only?
good day sir. are u using lightroom for printing sir? can i ask for preset sir? thank you
My mom overheard the part where he said "this is how a normally shoot kids". She stormed in my room to see what I was watching.
Thanks for the lesson Jiggie. Make more live photo day videos please. Whereby you start capturing as you arrive at a school, set up, preparation, shoot, etc till thee end.
thank you for visiting iloilo for your #sonyweddingmasterclass, we learned a lot from your workshop.
Hi Sir, any tips po on graduation ceremony? What would be an ideal lens to use? Like kukunin yung pag walk at receiving diploma
Thank you for the tip; I am a teacher at school that needs to learn all these so we do it ourselves too
I like that technique where the subject closes her eyes then opens up and smiles when the shot is to be taken. The subject’s expression becomes very natural and not forced. We get this awkwardness in the expression on grad, resumé or family portraits where the eyes just stare and the smile is unnatural.
sir same lang din po ba yan kapag ung softbox na gamit eh yung pangkaraniwan lang..yung mga nabibili sa lazada or shopee?
Helpful, can you do a video for college graduation
Sir 1flash and reflector for grad pic or portrait please. Thanks.
thank you sir help me a lot
Thank you so much Sir for the tip
This helps a lot. Thank you so much Sir Jiggie for sharing a bit of your knowledge. God bless you.
Subbed. Thanks for this video. Very helpful. ❤️
Maraming salamat sir, new subbie here
Maraming salamat po Sir Jiggie sa video na ito..
Thanks Jiggie!
Do another video that shows what u are gonna use in a professional graduation photo setup, like with strobes and everything.
Thanks sir Jigs fo this very helpful video, may project sana ako noon like this na grad pic. d ko lang kinuha kasi d ko pa kabisado, and because of this vid. nagka idea na ko, thanks ulit 🙂
Sir Jiggie, can you explain the technique of closing the eyes before smiling? Is it to relax the face?
Well explained and beautiful family
Very nice Jiggie, loved it. Thank you.
I've tried to take a picture in the mirror while the external flash is on. The flash fired off, but in the picture the flash seems to have no light at all?
Thank You very much that You share with us your knowledge. Your videos are so easy to understand. Greetings for Your Familiy as well. Greetings from Germany.
sayo ako natoto sa flash shoot thanks
Thank you for the video Sir Jiggie. Wow amazing setup. 🙂
Sir Jiggie, lagi ko po pinapanood mga tutorials nyo about shoots. Maraming salamat po sa pag share ng mga ideas about off camera flash. More Blessings to come!
Beautiful family God Bless y’all
Thank you you always teaching me a new light trick
For College Graduation Portraits naman po. TY
I love the practicality and to the point spirit of Jiggie, this channeled has helped me a lot with flash lighting and understanding light in general and o have more confidence and energy towards portrait which I was not keen about before.
Salamat.
it is too bright photo, don't you think?
Thanks for this very helpful video, as usual. I would like to know how do you establish the power setting for each speed-light based on your setting on the camera?
congrats to you, your wife and, of course, your daughter. it is always good to celebrate the good. i also have a small home studio where i do portraits and head shots. i am thinking about employing a strip box in the same manner you have demonstrated. i had been using a speedlight set-up in one corner but often get hot spots, especially on balding older men. i was hoping the strip box would lessen the hot spot and broaden the light to illuminate the shoulders. thoughts on strip light vs speedlight as a hairlight? thanks for the effort and the sharing. i am an appreciative subscriber. thumbs up.
What is your monitor? Could you show how it is set up and connected to the camera?
As always I enjoyed the video on photography lighting techniques, thank you sir!
This is such a great video. I took my daughter's high school graduation photos last year and this video would have helped a lot. Thank you.
Sakto..magawa nga rin to sir Jiggie.salamat po..
Exactly what I need! Thank you very much, Sir Jiggie!
Awesome! Thank you so much!