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2.0 out of 5 stars
It should be one DVD and cost $20,
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This review is from: David Honl Light DVD (Electronics)
Despite giving it only two stars, this is not a terrible DVD. It does show Honl using his products and his demonstrations are somewhat informative. He doesn't shamelessly plug his own gear and oversell what it can do. He incorporates some products from other manufacturers to do the things his products can't. And there are things to be learned here. Seeing the limited amount of equipment he uses and the portability of it all is certainly a lesson in traveling light and still getting great results. And for each of his setups, he adequately explains what equipment he's using and diagrams each shoot afterward, which might be useful if you're a beginner.
To a beginner, I would like to say this is be a gentle start for learning a few lighting setups. But if you're a beginner, you'll probably be baffled as there is very little explanation of concepts and terminology. This is the biggest problem with the DVD set. It's not deep and varied enough for anyone who knows even some basics about lighting, and it's too light on fundamentals for a beginner. Clearly this is product is meant for photographers with some lighting experience. But there really isn't enough info here for an experienced lighting photographer to justify the creation of the DVD, let alone the price tag. Even though there are two DVDs, I can't imagine that the entire content couldn't fit on just one. Worse, the vast bulk of the run time on each DVD is spent chatting (mostly NOT about photography) with various minor celebrities and his hammy actress wife. If you could cut down the portions on just lighting and his description of his gear, I would estimate the run time of the DVD would be about thirty to forty minutes. If you go to his website and check out his storefront section, and view the "Honl Photo Lighting Lesson #1 & #2" pages you will learn just about as much about the use and merits of his photo products as watching two DVDs worth of videos. And it's free... One last thing: the photos presented on the DVDs don't look very good, in part due to some very amateur video production. Besides having some contrast, saturation and grain issues in the video in general, the interlacing on the still photos when he chooses to push in on them and especially the wide shots in the Bill Munl interview is horrible. But check out his website to see the same photos to get a better idea of what can be achieved.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun & Facinating,
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This review is from: David Honl Light DVD (Electronics)
I know absolutely nothing about photography or lighting and found the DVD very informative and fun. I've heard when you photograph food for example, most of the time they actually add some kind of coating to make it look nice. The fact that he used nothing but lighting for the shot and it still looked great just amazed me. I also enjoyed the part with the animals. Cats are so unpredictable and he still managed to get a great photo with that ring flash gizmo... and how can you control a hen? I'm also a Babylon 5 fan so that was an extra added bonus having 3 cast members in his DVD showing different lighting techniques... it was a geek moment to be sure, but a nice geek moment. I learned quite a bit! Thanks Dave for making such a unique product.
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