I have heaps of people coming up to me lately complaining about their gear and how they would like to shoot like I do, but blame their gear for almost everything and make excuses not to shoot.
Not enough pixels, shitty speedlights, no studio space ect.. the list goes on and on.
I set myself a challenge in an upcoming tutorial to force myself to shoot on a low end 10mp camera (Canon 40D) the cheapest, plastic 50mm f1.8 lens and the worst speedlights from Yongnuo I could find.
I put it to the test against my everyday studio equipment.
$350 VS $8000 LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!
STOP PROCRASTINATING AND GET SHIT DONE!
See how these 2 shots were taken! It might surprise you.
Shot 1
Camera: EOS 5D Mark IV | Lens: EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
Shoot at 85mm | 1/160 sec | f/3.5 | ISO 250
Tethered, straight into Capture One Pro 11
Here is the lighting Setup for shot 1
Lit with my trusty Flex LED Panels.
2 1x3 LED Panels in front, and 1 1x2 LED Panel as a kicker behind subject on camera right, 2 Elinchrom ELC Pro HD 1000 Flash Heads on super low power behind Matt. Shot in the Studio on a white cyc wall.
Edited in Photoshop CC 2018 on my Eizo CG2730
Shot 2
Camera: EOS 40D | Lens: EF 50mm f/1.8 I ($200 all together) (9 years old 10MP)
Shoot at 50mm | 1/160 sec | f/2.2 | ISO 200
Tethered into Capture One Pro 11
Here is the lighting Setup for shot 2 ($150 including cheap flash trigger and softbox from ebay)
Lit with 2 super cheap Yongnuo speed-lights from eBay
1 Yongnuo speed-light on camera left, 1 Yongnuo speed-light behind subject for background (also served as kicker) Shot in a 12x12 room on a white wall.
Edited in Photoshop CC 2018 on my Eizo CG2730
STOP PROCRASTINATING AND WORK WITH WHAT YOU’VE GOT!
