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!
TOTALLY AGREE! "put aside the alienation and get on with the fascination" - Rush
James Dodson Where there's a will there's a way ;-)
Nice shots Daniel