A few weeks ago Lee and I went out to Las Vegas to club it up check out WPPI which is the largest wedding convention in the US. While out there we were able to meet quite a few of our readers, check out the new gear at the Photoflex booth, and play with a lot of new photo related toys. One of the photographers we met was Michael Corsentino who teamed up with Photoflex in this behind the scenes video on outdoor bridals. Michael is using the new Photoflex Triton Flash along with an octabank and a stripbox to create some studio style portraits outside.
Behind the Scenes: Unique Bridal Portraits w/ Michael Corsentino and Photoflex from Photoflex on Vimeo.
Joop, are you suggesting we have a rise in female readers on fstoppers? I'm excited about this!
@Patrick Hall, yes a lot of women seem to be coming out of the woodworks over here, that's great :-D
But i was referring to how the ladies (judging by/guessing from their user names) seem to favor this video almost unanimously and the criticism seems to come from guys mostly.
@joop, I'm also disappointed to say that some of the female comments are coming from the same IP address :(
<blockquote> pre-raphaelite lighting?</blockquote>
You know... I think that what is striking most people (negatively) is that he's illuminating pretty evenly without a lot of chiaroscuro to show form. This simply might be the style that he chose to use.
So I'm doing my best to wrap my head around all the sycophant keyboard cowardliness going on with this.
First, the intent here was not to wow or impress with photography. It was to show what is possible with the gear. If you were expecting to be wow'd or impressed with photos, you should have spent your time better with another site.
Second, if you're so amazing as a photographer, why are you spending your time watching a video with content that is so far behind you?
Third, If you're so hell bent on trashing the content & site to the public for FREE - get off your arse, pony up, grow a pair & run a site with content that is better.
Fourth, I'm guessing that quite a few of the photographers here that are being keyboard cowards are also the kind of photographers that use copyrighted music on their sites and products. I could start calling you out & giving the RIAA a call, but I have better things to do with my time. But mark my words, the RIAA is keeping tabs on what's going on in the industry. If you don't believe me, do your research and ask around. Bob & Dawn Davis for starters received a cease & desist.
Anyone can trash talk all day long about FREE content, but only the brave will go out and do something with their talent to help raise the industry up instead of knocking it down?
As I'm typing this I'm thinking... perhaps those that are being the sycophant keyboard cowards have "talent envy" because they don't have the chops or the balls to hang out there & do something like this themselves?
Just my opinion of course. You don't have to agree, you don't have to disagree. But once again in my observation, I'm consistently shocked at all the hating going on in the industry.
@David Esquire,
Thank you David for stating all of that so clearly. I watch these videos to expand my own knowledge base...it's not all about the perfect image. We all have something to learn or we wouldn't be checking these videos out in the first place, thanks for your comments!
To all the party poopers out there....we all know how easy it is to tear apart our own work right?
This vid is meant to be a teaser to tell you about new products. Don't read into it any more people! There's only so much Michael can discuss in a video that's less than 5 minutes and personally, I thought he covered a huge amount of great info in that time. There were a number of images that I thought were fantastic and showed what a huge octa can accomplish.
Yes, you'd definitely want an assistant to use these products in a wedding but that's not the point! You'd also be using these products for small chunks of time on a wedding day so it becomes much more do-able. A photographers creativity comes from seeing how we can make the impossible possible so use this video as a starting point to making that happen for yourself!
In the end, please be happy that a super talented photographer like Michael is willing to put himself out there for the benefit of us all. WAY too many photographers out there miss the boat completely by treating all their super duper secret photog and biz info, they've learned through the years, as the reason why their either successful or making any money at all. If that were the case....we'd all be poor. Learn from Corsentino and give back!!!!!!!!!
Nice work Corsentino...seems like there is a lot of mixed opinion, the truth of the matter is your message on lighting works, your images are great! Keep up the good work and thanx for your valueable insight!
I have been a fan of this site for a long time and enjoy almost every video posted. I usually don't look at the comments for the videos posted (this is actually my 1st time looking at the comments), but after watching this video I was very interested to see what everyone else thought because I was very disappointed! I understand the video was suppose to be advertising the lights, but I really expected the supporting photos to be up to par. I hate to be so harsh but I've seen better results with a shoe mount flash! On a side note, I couldn't believe that someone would go through the trouble to find such a perfect beautiful location and then not show it in the final images!
I'm really not trying to hate on anyone, but I was truly disappointed. The lights, location, and model were perfect for a truly great BTS video but the final product fell flat.
I am not trying to be negative, but sadly I am not impressed with the lighting. It just looks like a giant blast of light that leaves most of the shots flat and with lots of hot spots. Sadly I can't detect any of the "rim" effect from the strip box either, especially when you have it firing at the same side of the model as the octobox. I guess I just don't personally like the effect of these big boxes like the PCB PLM or this photoflex giant octobox. It just looks flat, there isn't any shape to the light, no shadow or depth. I really wanted to see something cool and I feel like it looks like two speedlights at full power with no diffusion. Maybe if he got that big box up high at a down-angle at about half the power?
Very creative touch, way to step out of the box.
I don't agree with the negative comments of many of the people posting here. I like the video and the images and feel they work well together or in part. You guys can of course feel free to criticize, but I think we owe it to each other to be professional and polite when voicing our opinions, unlike the juvenile crap I'm seeing here.
This is one artist's vision and while it may not be your cup of tea that doesn't make it worthy of all the vitriol. Why not use it as positive motivation to go out and create your own vision rather than sitting on the sidelines and negatively bashing away.
Love the video and images. Seems like a nice guy too, give him break people!!
Visual art - so subjective. This is a clear example of it. Corsentino is trying things. He is busy,creative,out there. Inspiring.
Incredible location. Beautiful Model. Fantastic equipment. Very Poor Execution. Absolutely no depth to these images. I would be embarrassed.
Great video, very informative! And the beautiful model doesn't hurt... :)
great video!!