In this video, @MattHernandez breaks down some of his go-to tips and tricks for capturing portraits of high-school seniors.
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00:00 – Intro
00:21 – The Location
01:22 – Natural Light VS Flash
01:58 – Light Modifier Used
02:23 – Why add a 2nd light?
03:25 – Mattβs lens choice
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45 responses to “How To Take STUNNING Senior Portraits!”
What's her @ ? asking for a friend
She is beautiful π
But what if you dont have assistants,…. like me? π (great video btw, thanks)
Helping me out so much man! Doing my son's senior pics today. I have the eye and have had a hard time understanding photography. Thank you for sharing this video!
Beautiful work and great info. Thank you!
Your lighting is impressive. If only I could take vacation shots of my family like that, instead of the boring social media shots I normally do.
I noticed in the meta data you posted on the examples it was 1/60 – 1/100 shutter, no problems with blur?
Great advice from the Master of Light! Thanks for your effort!
All setups were excellent
I just have never seen OCF not look like someone is standing under lights in a kitchen, when done during golden hour outdoors. Blending natural light with 5600k flash never seems to work well, even with a CTO gel. Nothing beats that natural golden hour light, in my opinion.
I e used orange gels for faking sunlight before and let me tell you, it is NOT as easy as it seems! I applaud your amazing work here.
Nice work here as well…great points to consider.
Matt when you say diffuser i get confused, the dishes come with the white diffusers 1 inside and 1 outer edge, and then there's the deflector metal deflector plate, do you sue the metal plate on the inside or just the diffusers.
What Camera was this
I wish thereβs more photos as examples!
honestly all of them were.
I am getting back into senior portraits, and I'm working on quick and easy set ups. I love the simplicity of this set up. 2 lights will be plenty when trying to work fast, and the gelled kicker really sets that shot apart in my opinion. Thanks for posting!
Man stunning work Matt! Really enjoyed this video as Im considering the Fj400 to start doing portraits myself.
Beautiful work, Matt! Well done!
How do you determine what the best location is for your off camera light? Camera left or right?
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Should make a world lighting assistant appreciation Day!
Great shots! Great video!
Were you at 5500 K the whole time or did you change it due to the gel ?
Hey man! I really appreciate your knowledge <3 thank you
Your idea of wide , mid and tight on the same pose to get 3 different photos is genius. I have incorporated this into my shoots and it has made a world of difference. The clients love the options and it helps with up sales. Always great videos.
beautiful forest, beautiful girl, beautiful lighting!!!!! Thank you so mucho!!!!!!
Thank you!
β @WestcottLighting Thanks for a great video! QUESTION: I am new to fish photography and was just wondering why and how you get by with using such a low shutter of 1/60? When using flash – what do you use the shutter speed, the aperture and the ISO to control? Thanks in advance π
Where in Ohio is that?
Hi Matt, could you add some specifics on the FJ400 settings for some of these? Love knowing the camera specifics but lighting settings add even more.
Shooting that Sal Cincotta technique, tight middle wide vert. & horiz. ππΌπΈ I do the same thing. Keep up the great work. βπΌ
Where in Ohio!?
2:54min is a nice photo. However it looks not right (=natural) to me, since the sun is coming from behind and "artifical sun" is coming from camera right (and have different colors as well).
Nice
Love this! Can I ask what type of monopod you have attached to the light to extend it? Looking for a good one for this exact purpose! Thanks!
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Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for the inspiration and information. Ohio looks great. πΈ
Great video. Hey, Matt, at 3:09, is your assistant holding a light stand, or is that some Westcott lighting pole thing? LOL sorry for the silly question.
Love this video and everything it offers. I do have one question though. Can you please link the standard reflector with the magnetic CTO gel that was used for the second light in this video?
Thanks
You heard it here first, you can't spell Westcott without the W! Once again, stunning work.
Matt Hernandez does it again! I'm a sucker for a good one light set up, so those were my favorites for sure! Loved how you posed her on the fallen tree. I need to slow myself down and perfect my posing skills!
How nice it must be to have massive, open, unpopulated locations where the cops don't come and shut you down two minutes into a shoot! π
niiice pictures!! OHIO!! My state!
Amazing location and lighting! Thank you Matt & Westcott!