Can an iPhone be used for studio photography? What’s more, can a photo taken with a $ 30,000 Hasselblad be compared to one taken with a “simple” smartphone? The photographer and YouTuber Karl Taylor It shows in a video that it is and gives the key why: beyond the camera we use, in this type of photos what really matters is the lighting.
Taylor says that “Like any professional photographer, I love shooting with high-quality equipment. My beloved Hasselblad H6 camera, for example, costs over $ 30,000!“But of course, that is a figure that is not available to anyone so, he continues,”the good news is that it is not necessary. […] How is that possible? One word: lighting“.
Obviously, as he himself teaches in the video, if we enlarge the photos, the shot taken with an iPhone has nothing to do with the 100 MP Hasselblad H6D-100c that he usually uses; but for a shot that is not going to be printed in large size, the image is equivalent and perfectly usable.
By the wayCan you tell which is which in the cover image? If you look at the photos below you will solve it, and you will also realize that both photos are perfectly viable; even, at first glance, the iPhone seems a little brighter:
The moral is that, for this professional, neither the brand nor the equipment that is being used is the most important thing; the fundamental thing is the knowledge that one can have of the use and control of lighting, that’s what can make us achieve great results. “It is not just the camera that creates a great image, in the same way that a typewriter does not create a great novel.”, Says Taylor.
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Karl Taylor photos captured from iPhone vs $ 30K Hasselblad video: Why Lighting is the Key
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