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Using upgraded gear for outdoor headshots

Using upgraded gear for outdoor headshots

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Using upgraded gear for outdoor headshots

- [Instructor] Okay. So we have graduated from reflectors and we were moving on to really awesome geek out worthy gear. For this shoot, I'm going to be using the lens that I use for 95% of my headshots. It's my 135 Prime, f/2.0. It's an ELL lens. The price point is about $900. I know that's expensive, but this lens is nicknamed "My Moneymaker". So it really pays for itself pretty fast. So I definitely would highly recommend it. The reason why I love this lens is because of the bokeh that it gives. It's just amazing. And then let's talk about my other gear, which is super exciting. Whenever you are using reflectors, you are at the mercy of the ambient light. But when you create your own fill, you have a lot more exciting things that can become possibilities. So for this, instead of using a reflector to bounce the ambient light back onto Valencia, I'm going to create my own fill. And I'm going to do that by using the CLx10, which is a constant light, and it's daylight balanced. It's…

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