Before The Shoot

using a color wheel calculator to create color harmony on set

Color Harmony

I can’t stress the importance of this topic enough, because coordinating all of the elements in your shot is ultimately things you will do on set as a photographer. This video will examine color theory and using a color wheel to match wardrobe, props and backgrounds.

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Pre-Production

model excuses

Ten Stupid Model Excuses When Canceling Photoshoots

Setting-up a test photoshoot is a great way to try out new ideas and hone your craft, but like many of my friends I still have models who don’t show up or come up with these lame excuses. It comes with the territory and you just have to laugh because they’re so ridiculous. So for today’s video I’ve compiled 10 of the lamest excuses that I’ve heard lately and maybe just maybe one of the models will watch this video and come up with better material next time.

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Pre-Production

How to tether with Capture One and still have images write to the card in your Canon EOS R5 Camera

How to tether with Capture One and still have images write to the card in your Canon EOS R5 Camera

People ask me about tethering all of the time. In Lightroom it was a struggle, even with Tether Tools cables, but when I started using Capture One, I wasn’t thrilled that the images were only written to my computer’s hard drive. So I set up this workaround so that photos would write to both my Canon camera and computer, creating an instant backup of my data and allowing me to review images in the EVF and on the LCD.

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Fundamentals, Pre-Production