FHDcrew Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 25 minutes ago, PPNS said: you guys are getting a monitor pic from me since iβm not grading the last project i dpβd. Β i think lighting wise this looks nice, but framing wise i would set up the camera a bit higher, and then angle it down slightly to make this man look a bit better. I personally wouldnt center frame interviews, but i donβt necessarily mind it either. Ideally i also wouldnβt show anything beneath the logo of the football team to get a proper medium close up. I think most of your work looks good, and this is personal preference, i think you should consider stopping down more. I think you would benefit from having to shoot at f/5.6 on that big of a sensor and getting to see your background a bit more. Appreciate the feedback man! Β And at this point I agree about the camera placement, not the first person to point that out π Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyalinejim Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Whenever I'm doing interviews I check to see what direction the light is going in and therefor what directions the camera might point. Then I find a background I like and frame that up with the camera at the height of the interviewee's head and at around 70-135mm full frame equivalent. Then I place the person within the frame, moving them forward or back, left and right until I get the composition I want. If it's an off-centre framing then I'll get them to angle their hips and shoulders towards the other side of the frame slightly. And I always try to shoot people standing as I think it looks better - they're less likely to slump or slouch than when sitting. This works well until I get someone who hops and jumps about and gradually crawls closer to the camera. One thing I've learned is that there's no perfect interview location. But good enough is good enough! Available light, S5II, EF 70-200 f4. PPNS, SRV1981, PannySVHS and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPNS Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 2 hours ago, hyalinejim said: Whenever I'm doing interviews I check to see what direction the light is going in and therefor what directions the camera might point. Then I find a background I like and frame that up with the camera at the height of the interviewee's head and at around 70-135mm full frame equivalent. Then I place the person within the frame, moving them forward or back, left and right until I get the composition I want. If it's an off-centre framing then I'll get them to angle their hips and shoulders towards the other side of the frame slightly. And I always try to shoot people standing as I think it looks better - they're less likely to slump or slouch than when sitting. This works well until I get someone who hops and jumps about and gradually crawls closer to the camera. One thing I've learned is that there's no perfect interview location. But good enough is good enough! Available light, S5II, EF 70-200 f4. I think these are really good too, but i think they would look even better if you had the darker side of the face towards the camera. Youβre looking for natural contrast in light which is what itβs all about, but if you put the person from still 1 in the same position as the lady from still 2 with the same background and lighting condition as you had before, that would be something i would prefer myself. The same with still 2, if you just put her in the right side of the frame, and rotate her 180 degrees. FHDcrew, kye and hyalinejim 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Definitely agree about shooting into the darker side of the subjects face, as @PPNSΒ suggests, if you have control of the lighting etc. I'm also wondering @hyalinejimΒ if you could get the fidgeters to stand right next to a desk so they had their thighs/belly against the edge? Β Maybe that would stop them moving around so much? Β It would also help keep them in focus too πΒ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyalinejim Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 6:27 PM, PPNS said: Β i think they would look even better if you had the darker side of the face towards the camera. Youβre looking for natural contrast in light Yes, I see what you mean. That way the light is coming from the direction of the negative space, where the subject is looking to. I like that idea and hadn't really considered it before. I'm going to try to add that into the recipe. This particular day was a bit of a scramble with a bunch of interview subjects lining up for the their five minute piece to camera. Then I'm trying to quickly make decisions on how to vary the background, while keeping the lighting nice and alternating between left and right placement. But I should totally be able, as you suggest, to add this consideration into the mix - that light is coming from the side they're looking towards. On 4/22/2023 at 6:27 PM, PPNS said: if you just put her in the right side of the frame, and rotate her 180 degrees LOL! Did you mean 90 degrees? I could ask her to do a 360 and walk away π 2 hours ago, kye said: if you could get the fidgeters to stand right next to a desk Well, I often joke that photography/videography is 90% moving furniture! kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV1981 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 11:14 AM, hyalinejim said: Whenever I'm doing interviews I check to see what direction the light is going in and therefor what directions the camera might point. Then I find a background I like and frame that up with the camera at the height of the interviewee's head and at around 70-135mm full frame equivalent. Then I place the person within the frame, moving them forward or back, left and right until I get the composition I want. If it's an off-centre framing then I'll get them to angle their hips and shoulders towards the other side of the frame slightly. And I always try to shoot people standing as I think it looks better - they're less likely to slump or slouch than when sitting. This works well until I get someone who hops and jumps about and gradually crawls closer to the camera. One thing I've learned is that there's no perfect interview location. But good enough is good enough! Available light, S5II, EF 70-200 f4. GorgeousΒ hyalinejim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Hilton Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Β Β Here are just a few of the projects I've created recently kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 3 hours ago, hyalinejim said: Yes, I see what you mean. That way the light is coming from the direction of the negative space, where the subject is looking to. I like that idea and hadn't really considered it before. I'm going to try to add that into the recipe. This particular day was a bit of a scramble with a bunch of interview subjects lining up for the their five minute piece to camera. Then I'm trying to quickly make decisions on how to vary the background, while keeping the lighting nice and alternating between left and right placement. But I should totally be able, as you suggest, to add this consideration into the mix - that light is coming from the side they're looking towards. LOL! Did you mean 90 degrees? I could ask her to do a 360 and walk away π Well, I often joke that photography/videography is 90% moving furniture! To elaborate a bit more on the lighting discussion, I heard about shooting on the shadow side from Wandering DP, who does excellent cinematography breakdowns on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wanderingdp/videos I went through a phase of binging his videos and although I couldn't find a good self-contained example of him talking about it, just look at all the thumbnails on the videos of his channel and you'll see that in most of them you are looking at the shadow side of their face (just look at their nose). I highly highly recommend his stuff if you haven't seen it - he's obviously a working pro and his videos contain just as much talk about how to light so you can work faster and deal with the sun moving throughout the shoot day as he does talking about how to get things to look nice (they actually go together too rather than competing with each other). hyalinejim and SRV1981 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Idk, as much as I like the idea of putting the camera facing portion in shadow, for a corporate interview, it may be a harder sell to clients? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyalinejim Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 33 minutes ago, mercer said: it may be a harder sell to clients? I'll just tell them the light is coming from the "business side" π mercer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPNS Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 2 hours ago, mercer said: Idk, as much as I like the idea of putting the camera facing portion in shadow, for a corporate interview, it may be a harder sell to clients? i've done it a bunch. not going to pretend these are amazing or anything, but it's absolutely justifiable to light boring shit this way SRV1981, kye, FHDcrew and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, PPNS said: i've done it a bunch. not going to pretend these are amazing or anything, but it's absolutely justifiable to light boring shit this way Nice, those look good. Subtle. For some reason I was imagining more negative fill like some kind of film noir interview.Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 6 hours ago, PPNS said: i've done it a bunch. not going to pretend these are amazing or anything, but it's absolutely justifiable to light boring shit this way Nice.. Β subtle, but these have good shape. 6 hours ago, mercer said: Nice, those look good. Subtle. For some reason I was imagining more negative fill like some kind of film noir interview.Β The WanderingDP examples are typically a lot darker than you'd want for corporate work. Β Maybe that's what you were thinking of πΒ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickHitRecord Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 One of my favorite projects from 2022 (I just wish they used a better thumbnail): Β PannySVHS and kye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 1 hour ago, QuickHitRecord said: One of my favorite projects from 2022 (I just wish they used a better thumbnail): Β Great job! Β This has that quality where everything seems to flow nicely and the film-making doesn't draw attention to itself, which is a lot easier said than done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickHitRecord Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 6 hours ago, kye said: Great job! Β This has that quality where everything seems to flow nicely and the film-making doesn't draw attention to itself, which is a lot easier said than done. Much appreciated, Kye. I had fun with this. I do my share of corporate talking heads but THIS is what I like to do. I even added a line to my website about offering a special rate for conservation and climate-related projects. kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Daze Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 A collection of some clips captured in and around some local parks in the past few weeks. Shot in Blackmagic RAW (BRAW) using: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera - BMPCC 6K G2. Blackmagic Video Assist 12G 5 inch connected to the Panasonic S1 & S5. Lenses: Panasonic 24-105, Sigma 150-600mm (L Mount), Tamron Adaptall 2 90mm Macro (72B). Thanks for looking, hope you enjoy. Β Β kye and PannySVHS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleB Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 My first production for a restaurant. Was very exciting. Had to go minimal, maximum one light, as the kitchen was quite busy.Β π Β PannySVHS and kye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannySVHS Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Tasty:) Sigma FP? What recording mode? @OleB Would love to see the moving images. Beautiful colours. What lenses did you use? My apologies for my stakkato style of writing and asking. cheers π OleB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleB Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, PannySVHS said: Tasty:) Sigma FP? What recording mode? @OleB Would love to see the moving images. Beautiful colours. What lenses did you use? My apologies for my stakkato style of writing and asking. cheers π Thank you! πΒ Indeed SIGMA fp. 12bit ProRes RAW with my own LUT (shared in the other thread). In this case I have used the iSeries 65mm f2 DG DN. Moving images will follow tomorrow. Have the official release to the restaurant owners scheduled for tomorrow lunch time. PannySVHS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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