All language subtitles for Episode 129º Patreon Challenge results

Friends, how are you?

How are things going?

How is everything going?

Here we are.

Today I bring the results of the challenge

that I already proposed last month.

At the beginning of December I proposed a

challenge in which it was about editing one

of my photos that I left on the

server so that each of you could download

it and whoever wanted to participate could do

it.

There have been 21 brave people who have

participated, which I thank very much for having

decided to invest part of their time and,

in short, to participate in this game.

As always, there have been many photos that

are very well edited, as you are going

to see now, but I had to choose

a winner.

So what had happened to me, which could

be interesting, was that I showed you first

all the people who have participated with their

photos so that you could see them, so

that you could see how they have done

it.

You are going to see that there are

super interesting things, super curious and other very

crazy.

And later, the last photo I showed was

the winning photo.

And also, after my introduction, yesterday I organized

a video call with the winner to explain

to us how he edited it.

Because you are going to see that the

winner did it much better than me, but

clearly not.

I think it was a good idea for

the winner to share with us how he

did it.

I anticipate that he did it with a

program that I have not worked on yet,

but I do not anticipate little things.

I tell you that it is neither Lightroom

nor Camera Raw, so you can imagine which

ones.

What I am going to do is simply

show you the images of the participants and

then we will get into the subject.

Come on, let's go for the first one.

This first one is by Alejandro Zebrián, as

you can see it.

It is correct, but for my taste, perhaps

the color is a little soft.

Arturo Jiménez gets very close to a final

result.

I like it, but I don't know if

in this case it works perfectly to flip

the horizontal photo.

Bruno Cervera, despite the fact that these editing

methods are not my favorites, the truth is

that it is not bad at all and

it is super subtle.

Very well done.

Here we have our colleague Bruno Viana with

this image.

Well cut, well composed, very good.

Carlos Martínez, my friend, how crazy you are,

man.

The truth is that I would not know

how to do these little things, but the

purple tone, I think that despite the skin

tone of the girl, I like the purple

tone in the background, it does not convince

me.

David Rodríguez with a great black and white.

Perhaps he lacks some texture in the area

of the girlfriend's neck, but it is not

bad at all.

Another black and white, completely different from the

previous one, but just as valid.

Very good, Domingo.

Fernando Pérez, there we have it.

I think this one is very close to

how I would do it, that type of

blue, that contrast with the skin.

Fran Ortiz, there we have it, the super

Fran.

Very good, Fran.

But, I repeat, that of turning it around,

I don't know why, it doesn't convince me

that much.

Maybe it's just my stupidity.

Grett Chavez, good black and white, but for

my taste it lacks contrast to the girlfriend.

I mean, that black and white is cool,

because it has grays and blacks, but that's

it.

A black and white a little better for

my taste.

I mean, if it's better, it's because there

is more contrast between the girlfriend and the

background.

Julio Villalobos, like the previous one, Javier Romero,

would have given it a little more contrast,

perhaps.

In this case, the composition, I wouldn't know

how to tell you.

It's all a little adjusted, but it's not

bad at all, Luis.

Perfect, very good.

Our friend Mario Setién played it well.

I mean, he threw it vertically.

I knew that convincing myself vertically wasn't going

to be easy.

The flash doesn't quite convince me.

I mean, it's part of the pospo, but

it looks like it's part of a flash,

so it's not bad.

But you know that the verticals don't convince

me that much.

My friend Marnix.

Marnix starts to get very close to what

I like.

I mean, very good.

That more natural flash, perhaps, than our friend

Mario Setién.

But it would have given the blues a

little more strength.

Let's go for Martín Díaz, to my liking.

There's not so much color contrast, in this

case, between the blues, the background and the

girlfriend.

The blacks, dear Pepe Olvera, are a little

hard to my liking.

Besides, the verticals...

Well, you're from Mario's group.

Totally respectable, but you know that verticals are

a little more difficult.

Everything is adjusted.

The composition is still working, but as I

said, my biggest problem is that the blacks

are broken.

Rodrigo Borjara.

Very good, very good.

Although you're about to go over with the

contrast, I like it.

Ryan Vargas.

Too soft for my liking.

Too much, perhaps.

But it's amazing how you've desaturated everything, and

in a way it looks natural.

Sebastián Iglesias.

Perfect.

Sebastián, perhaps I would have loaded the upper

left door.

That area didn't quite convince me.

And now, let's go for the winning photo.

Here we have the winning photo of our

colleague Xavier Martín.

Although Xavier Martín has a name and a

Spanish last name, he's a French photographer.

Specifically, they live in the north of France.

If I say they, it's because he and

his girlfriend are part of the same team.

They photograph weddings in the Normandy area.

And the truth is that this photo has

surprised me for many reasons.

The first of all was the blue.

The blue has a density that I would

like my photo to have.

The contrast with the white dress is really

spectacular.

I love it.

The skin tones are excellent.

Perfect.

I love them.

And he knows how to eliminate that upper

left door, which is praiseworthy and very good.

As soon as I saw it, I said,

damn, this photo is clearly better than mine.

Just applauding, simply saying that our colleague Xavier

has won.

The next four months are free for him

on this platform, Patreon.

So congratulations, Xavier.

It's a luxury that you have participated, that

you have shown us an image as well

worked as this one.

And Xavier, as I said at the beginning

of this video, we recorded a video by

Zoom in which Xavier shared the screen and

showed us how he edited it.

And I was surprised when I saw the

program with which he worked.

They had always told me that thanks to

that program, the colors and all these things

work much better than with Adobe programs.

And without a doubt, people are right.

So I won't entertain myself anymore.

I leave you with the video and until

next time, friends.

Bye.

Hello, guys.

It's a pleasure for me to be here

with you today.

So you are Xavier, Xavier Martin from France.

And you are Elvir, right?

Yes.

Okay.

So first of all, congratulations.

You are the winners of the challenge.

And I am very happy because your way

of editing was amazing.

Your photo is even better than mine.

And I would like to know how you

edited my photo.

But first of all, I would like to

make a few questions, okay?

Because we would like to know who you

are, where are you from, and also how

many weddings you normally take or you normally

photograph every year.

So first of all, who you are?

So I'm Xavier.

And I'm Elvir.

I will probably do most of the talking

because I'm the chatty one between the two

of us.

So we are a married couple to start

with.

And we started doing photography as a couple

three years ago.

He was the artist at first.

And my job was just to find customers

for him and to do the talking.

So we started like this.

And then I started taking pictures as well.

And we started doing videos last year.

So now we are both doing art.

But at first it was just him.

And he is better than me in photography

for sure.

And he does all the editing.

So I know nothing about editing.

So you are from France.

But where do you live?

Which city?

Paris?

Or north?

South?

We are in the north.

In Normandy.

And we live in a really, really small

village.

I'm not even sure if it's more than

100 people in there.

So we are in the middle of nowhere.

But we try not to work in the

same place we live.

Because I tend to like moving.

A lot.

So pretty much in my life I never

stayed more than three years in the same

city.

And one year in the same apartment.

So we decided to do photography all over

the places.

And I think that is the way I

get bored a bit slower in my life.

And if I get bored, it doesn't matter

if we move away.

Because our customers already are everywhere.

So it won't be a problem.

So that's why.

So we don't have the same that you

have in Spain, unfortunately.

But when we do, we love to create

with that.

With the strong and powerful lights that you

can have in the middle of the day.

We love it.

But yeah.

We have to take pictures all the time.

Even if it's not sunny.

Fantastic.

Okay.

Why are you part of my Patreon channel?

Why?

Because I like your work.

And your pictures are really awesome.

And yeah.

I really like.

I wanted to know how you create your

pictures.

So I started Patreon.

Yeah.

He has a thing for your pictures.

And more generally.

Pictures that are from.

Photographs that speak Spanish.

We don't know why.

Mexicans.

And Spanish photographers.

Not all of them, but.

The few.

They are all.

From.

They're all speaking Spanish.

He has a thing with Spanish.

It's a graphic.

It's a graphic expression.

The colors.

I think it's the light.

Yeah.

And the shadow.

Yeah.

Architecture.

Yes.

Buildings.

Yeah.

Perfect.

And he did.

A workshop with.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

In February this year.

Last year.

And yeah.

So.

He knew that you did that as well.

Yeah.

It just felt like you had things to

teach.

Yeah.

For me.

He's one of my best friends.

But also he's one of my best teachers.

Because I've learned a lot.

From him.

I met him.

Six.

Seven years ago.

In Spain.

In a workshop.

And I was excited.

It was a big.

A big break.

Before.

His workshop.

And after his workshop.

Was an incredible experience.

And I remember that.

I photographed with him.

Three weddings.

Or four weddings.

So yes.

He's an amazing photographer.

But now for me.

It's like a friend.

It's like part of my group of friends.

And sometimes we are in touch.

On Facebook.

WhatsApp.

Instagram.

And yeah.

I love him.

Yeah.

Okay.

So I would like to know.

How you edit it.

So if you like.

You can share.

Your screen.

And it will be.

A good idea.

To show and learn.

How you edit.

Okay.

Let's go.

Feel free.

Feel free.

Okay.

Which program?

It's.

Capture one.

Capture one.

Yeah.

Nice.

We need a few seconds.

So that it stops.

Jumping.

Feel free.

Okay.

We have an issue.

One of our screens.

No worries.

That's weird.

Yes.

One screen.

One moment.

No worries.

You have to do some editing.

Sorry.

Do you see my screen?

Perfect.

We don't see you anymore.

Because we have one screen down.

So it's okay.

Okay.

So I'm using capture one.

Because I don't like anymore.

Lightroom.

There is.

A lot of bugs.

You like the way.

The color.

In capture one.

It's better than in Lightroom.

And you can go further.

I'm only saying what he explained.

You can go further.

In the color.

It's better for editing.

When you are using capture one.

Compared to Lightroom.

Especially with skin tones.

That are way better.

Are you still here?

Are you still here?

Yes.

Okay.

Sorry.

Okay.

So.

For start.

How do you say that?

I start with no color correction.

On the row.

And no curve.

So it's a really.

Flat file.

Yes.

You can see.

Before and after.

It's really flat.

And I will start to edit.

So.

First.

I will.

Correction.

Perspective.

Correct.

Yes.

This.

I will crop.

Yes.

Yeah.

So.

Yes.

Something like this.

Yes.

I will.

Have the experience.

The expositions.

Yeah.

So.

A little bit.

A lot of contrast.

Yes.

Yeah.

Yeah, maybe around 45, I guess.

Same for the saturations.

Yeah, something like this.

Because the file is really flat at the

beginning, so I push the contrast from the

saturation and bring the highlight.

Oh, right after you say, capture one works

better than the video.

Sorry.

Technology gave us today.

We lost one screen and now the software

just crashed.

Can you share your screen, please?

Yeah, the software crashed, so we have to

start it again.

Ah, okay.

Okay.

You have to share the screen, I think.

Yeah, sorry.

So, we have to do it again, but

we'll do it quick.

Okay, no problem.

We are with a small computer because we

have another one downstairs, but it's in our

kitchen, so we didn't want to use that

one.

So, I think it's maybe a bit much

for him.

Okay, so we are back.

So, yeah, contrast, saturation, push to a lot

because it's a very flat file at the

beginning.

Cropping.

Okay.

Yeah.

All right.

It's okay.

So, bring back the light, opening just the

shadows.

White point and black point, something like this.

And more clarity.

Yeah.

And the curve, I mean, if you look,

contrast like this.

In Capture One, there is another curve.

It's a Luma curve.

We can recover the light on the dress.

It will work only on the highlights?

Yeah.

So, it's a color curve, but it only

works on the highlights.

So, it won't affect the- Highlights and

shadows.

Highlights and shadows, okay.

Because when you push this curve, you can

see the light on the dress.

So, like this.

If it's not clear, you can ask.

Yeah.

So, before and after.

Before and after.

And here, it's a color editor.

So, I like the deep blues.

So- You select the blue on the

wall.

Yes.

And then you change it using luminosity?

Yeah.

Luminosity?

I don't know how it's called.

I guess.

Saturation and- Luminosity.

Luminosity.

And we have a deep blue.

So, before and after.

So, before, after.

Ah, nice.

Super.

I like the blue on the shadow.

So, I will put a little blue in

that.

So, okay.

Okay.

Micro adjustments.

Yes.

And I've changed the white balance.

I've tried different white balance.

The- Shadow?

The shadow is quite nice.

So, before and after.

And now, we have to bring- Edit

the- Edit the bride.

Yeah.

So, I'll take- Selection tool?

Yeah.

Dutch- Yeah.

So- Okay, it's a Dutch- Yeah.

We have exposure, so- I understand perfectly.

Yeah.

So, you are using a brush?

Yes.

For the bride, no?

And you are using more light?

Okay.

And maybe something like temperature or similar?

Yes, that's right.

So, you always are using this program for

editing weddings?

Yeah, always, yes.

And for all the selection, editing, all the

photos?

Everything.

The selection, he does on another program.

Yeah, I'm using, I forget the name.

Photomechanics.

Photomechanics?

Photomechanics.

Photomechanics.

Yes, for the selection.

And then, Capture One and a few pictures

- Photoshop.

Photoshop, when it's required, but not on all

the pictures.

Yes.

Capture One is like Lightroom.

Yeah, it's similar.

Yes.

So, in your opinion, is better to work

with Capture One- Yes.

Than Lightroom or, for example, Camera Raw?

Yeah, I think so.

Because, for example- For his experiences.

Yeah, because you can really push the color.

You can go further.

So, when he tries to do it with

Lightroom, there is a point where he would

like it to look a bit better, but

he doesn't have the tools to do it.

And in Capture One, he can.

So, it's not, if you switch to Capture

One, it's not going to be faster because

you're going to want to go further.

So, it's not going to be faster, but

it's going to be a better result for

what we experienced.

In my opinion, yes.

I'm totally, totally agree with you because, in

my opinion, or in my case, I don't

use Lightroom.

Yeah, it's very probable that Lightroom is faster.

No, it's super intuitive.

It's really, it's very easy to use, but

Lightroom or the Lightroom results, for me, are

not the best.

And in my case, we are using Camera

Raw.

It's slower, but I am, but maybe for

the next year, I'm going to start to

use Capture One because the way of editing

or the way of taking advantage of the

colors is amazing, no?

It's a good way.

And also, there is also something, we do

videos as well, and we use DaVinci Resolve

for videos.

And the tools you have in Capture One

for the colors, it's very similar to the

tools you have in DaVinci.

So, that makes it easier to have a

coherent pictures between what you have in your

movies and what you have in your pictures.

It will be the same.

It's easier to get the same colors and

the same, yeah, the same goals and stuff.

So, yeah, for people who like to do

both that are working at the duo or

something, it's also quite good because you will

have to understand how it works for video.

So, it's not an extra effort to learn

how to use Capture One because it's exactly

the same tools, approximately.

Yeah.

But, yeah.

Okay.

Impressive.

Next, I don't really like the blue on

the dress.

So, I will desaturate the blue.

Desaturate, right?

Yeah, yeah, desaturate.

So, you understand perfectly.

Yeah.

Okay.

So, we have to be really- Precise?

Yeah.

In the selection of the dress, you don't

get a blue- You

don't have to be perfect because- Yeah,

it's just to show- He understands you

perfectly.

I don't really like the skin tone because

it's really pink.

So, I will- Adjust?

Yeah, adjust the white- Adjust the temperature?

Adjust the white balance.

Yeah.

Maybe something like this.

Nice.

Oh, yes.

Yeah.

And before and after.

So, it's much better.

Nice to- And it was super fast.

Well, it's not perfectly done.

Yeah, yeah.

But here, it's much better.

So, after that, I will export in Photoshop.

So, then

I will use your tools.

The 3D Luce.

3D, yeah.

You've really learned.

Yeah, it's nice.

Yeah.

Do you see Photoshop right now or not?

We- Okay, yeah.

You have to- Now,

yes.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

So, first up, I will- You took

the file that he edited before the call.

That's the one that he did fast.

I will clean the wall because here, there

is a door.

So, I will remove.

You are using fill-in, okay?

To remove this awful corner.

Nice.

Yes.

Uh-huh.

And then fill in the- Ah, yes.

Cool.

Maybe here, there is something.

There is an oil in the wall.

Maybe here.

No worries, Javier.

It's perfect.

So, when I saw, for the first time,

your photo, I was impressed because the blue

was like, oh my God, it's incredible.

It's an amazing blue because I love the

deep blues.

And in this case, blues are amazing, no?

It's super.

And also, the big contrast between the wedding

dress with the background, the skin tone, everything

is working.

And I love it.

I love it.

And this photo was the best for me,

was amazing.

Was the first one, when I saw it,

I thought, oh wow, amazing, amazing.

Congratulations.

I love it.

It's your photo, actually, at the top.

Yeah.

There are a lot of ways to edit.

And this was my favorite because it's really

nice.

And yes, now it's very important to have

a good photo, but also, in my opinion,

it's very important to know how to edit

every photo.

And you knew perfectly, and you did it.

Perfect.

Nice.

Okay.

So after I use this tool, it's a...

Selective correction?

Yeah, probably.

Okay.

So I like the deep blue, so I'm

going in blue and add some black in

blue, maybe here.

Yeah.

Yes.

Okay.

And after I use, I'm using your tools,

so blue's 3D, and I'm

painting the bottom of the image, just a

little bit, so.

Yeah.

You are getting light now?

Nice.

Yeah.

Little contrast.

Yeah.

And before and after.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And after, I will add a light here.

So you can just do that, like this,

but I have the tools here.

Wow, you are really good editing, Mark.

It's not my tool, but...

It's a...

D-Boy?

Yeah.

It's a tool from D-Boy photographer.

It's a landscape photographer.

Yeah.

And so with this, you can add a

light.

A cold light.

Yeah, a cold light.

So just like this.

It's really...

Subtle?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Without, and with, just a little, and that's

it.

So, yeah, before and after.

And after, I'm...

And then I'll fix you in this moment.

We save the photo, and I go back

in Capture One, and I will add some

grain.

So we have to switch back.

Yeah, yes.

To show where we've seen him.

So we have to put him again.

Yeah.

How much time did you invest in the

game?

Maybe 20 minutes, maybe.

20 minutes, yeah.

Not sure, but yeah.

Yeah.

This one.

But he likes to do edits.

Sometimes he takes a picture he already edited,

and he tries to edit it better, and

he does it a lot.

But I'm doing all the selling, so he

just has to edit and make pictures.

He has plenty of time.

And in Capture One, you have a grain

tool, and the grain is much better than

Lightroom.

So I like this grain in Capture One.

So I don't know if you can see

the difference.

No, not at all.

A little bit.

Yeah, it's too much.

Just to show you.

But it's really, it's a really nice grain,

so that's it.

I can see, I can see now.

Yeah.

All right.

So this is the final edit, I guess.

So, yeah.

Okay.

Before, so before, and

after.

Yes.

Really.

Amazing.

Congratulations.

Yeah, it's a big difference.

Yeah.

The first one and the second one is

like other photo is like totally different, but

it's super, yeah.