Use THIS to Make Your Photos Dreamy

Use THIS to Make Your Photos Dreamy

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Hey everyone! In today’s video I’m sharing a comparison at a portrait photoshoot of what photos look like when you use a Pro Mist Filter vs No filter. Today’s photoshoot is with model Wiktoria in Poznan, Poland. I also have vlogs of my time in Europe which I’ll leave linked below if you want to watch and see my cityscape and landscape photography.

Model: https://www.instagram.com/wikalempicka/

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Poznan vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPpTb0UV0nQ&t
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50 Comments

  1. @Giniaer on October 29, 2024 at 9:09 pm

    Hello Folks, I wanna ask you which camera some of the instagram models are using. For example. Dennis Boeer. Michael Yerger. Jaco Brott
    I would like to know which camera are the using, I love the quality of the pictures. Also are they editing it, how? If someone know, I would love to hear that from you. Thank u very much!

  2. @gamingwithstand6886 on October 29, 2024 at 9:10 pm

    You might want to get those magnetic ring adapters so you can pop your filters on and off and avoid messing up the threading on the lens.

    A few times I did not screw a few filters on right. I was luck no damage to the threading to my lens.

  3. @max_l8755 on October 29, 2024 at 9:10 pm

    After processing the face, namely under the eyes, the photos turned out very bad

  4. @andrewdunne7367 on October 29, 2024 at 9:10 pm

    Hey Julia! Loved this video as I’m a giant fan of using pro mist filters! Do you think you would do another video like this but in low light around the city so we can see your compositions with all the different blooms you’ll get?

  5. @k.shivarraju9380 on October 29, 2024 at 9:14 pm

    Basically i am not an organ donator but .. i want give my heart to you with full of love… I love you Julia❤ 💘😘

  6. @mickeystine3100 on October 29, 2024 at 9:15 pm

    Great shoot 👍👍♥️♥️♥️

  7. @nahomkassay4251 on October 29, 2024 at 9:15 pm

    How did you record your live view?

  8. @tphccsun on October 29, 2024 at 9:18 pm

    I use a white mist filter and really like it. Good for flowers and night photography.

  9. @rick-deckard on October 29, 2024 at 9:18 pm

    100% agree with your statement about shooting with in-camera softness being risky versus softening in post. So many photographers got sick of the soft filter look by the mid 90s, and there was nothing they could do about it aside from just seeing the old work as evidence of trends that age incredibly fast.

  10. @fengwang3389 on October 29, 2024 at 9:19 pm

    Very well explained and demonstrated with examples with and without the filter. Many thanks!

  11. @Blackmind0 on October 29, 2024 at 9:20 pm

    nice to see also " young " photographers useing filters now again, this mist filters going popular in videos i think…older photographers like me know this kind of filters since the 80s, back then the french company cokin was really popular and did lots of different filters and we used it like crazy. The french photographer Jean Coquin started this company in 1978. Many photographers in that time used cokin filters making pictures softer 🙂 greets from austria BM

  12. @ynsgnyl on October 29, 2024 at 9:22 pm

    Teşekkürler.

  13. @juliatrotti on October 29, 2024 at 9:22 pm

    Photos edited with my Disposable Film Lightroom Preset Pack: https://www.digitalfilmactions.com/lightroom-presets#/disposable-film-lightroom-preset/
    And also my Havana Lightroom Preset Pack: https://www.digitalfilmactions.com/lightroom-presets#/havana-lightroom-preset-pack/
    And if you watch to check out my vlog from when I was in Poland, you can watch that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPpTb0UV0nQ
    Thank you so much for watching!

  14. @irinasams1381 on October 29, 2024 at 9:27 pm

    Can you achieve this effect in Lightroom ?

  15. @LucasSweden on October 29, 2024 at 9:29 pm

    9:29 woww

  16. @kmt488 on October 29, 2024 at 9:30 pm

    How did you record the screen of your camera during the photoshoot without attaching any monitors to your camera? 😮

  17. @markdawson2670 on October 29, 2024 at 9:34 pm

    In the good old film days we used to use a pair of stockings/ pantyhose’s pulled over the lens would be interesting to compare.

  18. @martyma4445 on October 29, 2024 at 9:35 pm

    This reminds me of Vivienne Mok’s dreamy style

  19. @s1n112 on October 29, 2024 at 9:38 pm

    Can i use this filter in every situation at a wedding or only when i do photoshoots in good light? Did you tried it in not so good conditions

  20. @stevenev74 on October 29, 2024 at 9:38 pm

    Hey Julia, I really loved this video, I bought a pro mist 2 years ago and didn’t use it much back then but now it stays on my camera. If i don’t use a pro mist I’m always lowering the texture and clarity in Lightroom when editing portraits. Your photos are always great but these really appealed to me more, I would love to see more videos using this filter. Maybe a night shoot with city lights would look good. Young people generally have good skin and less lines, maybe try a photoshoot with an older woman and see what pro mist vs no pro mist results are like 😊

  21. @petermcginty3636 on October 29, 2024 at 9:39 pm

    Thanks Julia, I love your work. I would probably use the filter because I don’t really bother with post production.
    I just love it how you just work like, "I have got a beautiful f1.4 lens and I am shooting wide open.". Fantastic stuff!

  22. @AndreaAlison on October 29, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    Damn that’s so pretty!

  23. @tonyedwin2836 on October 29, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    Julia, Im trying to decide which preset pack to buy. Is there one which decreases the strong greens of nikon color profiles to make it something like a canon profile – bit warmer and leaning towards reds. Is Amalfi the one?

  24. @GeoffreyGonzales on October 29, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    "THIS"🙄

  25. @KrzysPalacz on October 29, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    I think that nowadays we buy expensive, sharp lenses like this gm and then we put a filter that unsharp the photos, the question is wheres the Logic ?;) shouldnt we buy or use old, cheap, vintage lenses instead?

  26. @stkuj on October 29, 2024 at 9:45 pm

    Agree, I’d rather not create the dreamy effect in post for more options.

  27. @christopherarias5698 on October 29, 2024 at 9:46 pm

    Julia your work has helped me immensely, couldn’t thank you enough. True professional 👍

  28. @nabayan3897 on October 29, 2024 at 9:46 pm

    Cool. I’ve been thinking about getting a pro mist filter to try something different. Not sure if I should get one for my 35 GM or the 135 GM to start with!

  29. @trzmaier on October 29, 2024 at 9:46 pm

    ugh the background music is so obnoxious

  30. @michaelj7069 on October 29, 2024 at 9:47 pm

    Glimmer Glass is another one I like. I find it defuses the highlights but keeps the shadows a bit more natural.

  31. @iguanaman08 on October 29, 2024 at 9:48 pm

    The images with the filter look great, but as you say. You can’t undo it. Whereas you can edit the image for a dreamy look in post.

  32. @Danielle_Visuals on October 29, 2024 at 9:48 pm

    Love it

  33. @hugoleon3912 on October 29, 2024 at 9:49 pm

    nice!! love it, how u was recording the cam??

  34. @marclabro on October 29, 2024 at 9:50 pm

    nice tuto. very useful to see your focus point ! i am using a7iv and a7rv in af-c, mode A, single small oint focus area and back button focus AFON so i can walk in street,… and focus/recompose releasing afon button. But when people comes in scene, hard to jump the spot on square detected face. I set "eye af" to lens focus hold button on a7iv but don’t find on a7rv. BUT your method seems so easy. Do you set the spot small approximately at 2/3 screen and have always it on square face ? A focus area/AF tuto would be helpful !
    Do you use back button focus ?

  35. @tmonkeypunch on October 29, 2024 at 9:50 pm

    I use the Tiffen for my video work too, but the 1/4 version. 1/2 was just a tad too much for me, but yeah you nailed it; it’s super dreamy.

  36. @aaronbazil on October 29, 2024 at 9:50 pm

    I almost always choose pro-mist because personally, that’s my style: super ethereal and soft. I usually couple that with concepts that fit that vibe when I photograph: angelic, seeing your crush for the first time, memories, fantasy stuff like angels, supernatural and otherworldly characters.

  37. @jshetley2 on October 29, 2024 at 9:50 pm

    Great Video – thank you! You noted that you prefer to add the dreaminess and softness in post production as opposed to using the filter. Could you tell us or show us in a video how you do that. I find that my portraits are sometimes too sharp for some people’s faces and I would like to be able to soften that up somewhat. Thanks!

  38. @honeybunny773 on October 29, 2024 at 9:52 pm

    POLAND ☀

  39. @dnamoore01 on October 29, 2024 at 9:54 pm

    As a amatuer photographer can I ask, how do you get your different models you use in your portrait photo shoots? Do you pay them for time or shoots? My family is getting tired of me using them in my portrait shoots.
    Also glad I found your channel. I have updated my skills greatly since I founded you.

  40. @ahavens2463 on October 29, 2024 at 9:54 pm

    Can you only use a preset if you shoot raw?

  41. @kh1188ish on October 29, 2024 at 9:55 pm

    Somewhere there is a Sony lens engineer on the verge of a major meltdown because he/she spent the last two years perfecting a lens that minimizes ghosting and flaring.

  42. @josephmorales5918 on October 29, 2024 at 9:57 pm

    I didn’t like the pro mist filter. For me I like the photographs with out it. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in photography. I have learn so much from you ❤❤❤ thank you Julia !!

  43. @ace2travel737 on October 29, 2024 at 9:58 pm

    Love it 💛💛💛

  44. @chubscoi on October 29, 2024 at 9:58 pm

    Pro mist = me no monie meesst

  45. @astromoosie on October 29, 2024 at 10:01 pm

    I swear the advertisment tracking algorithms have got me locked on. I was just looking into diffusion filters the other week and also recently purchased a pro mist filter. Beautiful photos as always, I personally find the 1/2 and 1/4 to be too strong so I went with the 1/8. I want it so subtle that I can’t even notice the difference sometimes. Also rocking a g master 35mm lens based off one your videos and I can definitely say it’s been my favorite lens. Thank you for always sharing quality content.

  46. @TheKittiy1 on October 29, 2024 at 10:05 pm

    Makes me wonder, if it’s worth buying Sony 35mm GM for its superb quality and sharpness, if one would use filter to make photos more soft and dreamy. Might just go with Sigma art 35mm 1.4? 🧐

  47. @mattbite on October 29, 2024 at 10:07 pm

    I just use dirty UV filter for this, or smear vaseline leaving the center of the filter relatively clean. Works just fine.

  48. @Anna-gg4xl on October 29, 2024 at 10:07 pm

    Wow! I love the results from the Pro Mist photos! They do give a dreamy look and yet still in focus and sharp. It gives the image a different look than regular portrait photography and really makes the image stand out and shine from others!

  49. @hazard3020 on October 29, 2024 at 10:07 pm

    1. Firstly the more expensive glass filters are like your Tiffen !
    2. You’re right & I agree that with high quality sensors AND top-end glass the 1/4 or 1/8 might be better/more seemless as you describe.
    3. Great clip 📽️

  50. @cppguy16 on October 29, 2024 at 10:07 pm

    I’d use the 8th ProMist, probably not the half, unless that’s the style I was going for. I like it on the skin, not so much on the eyes / eyebrows. I’d use it more for video, especially on an iPhone that’s already oversharpened, or for the dreamy look. For photos, I’d go with the digital effect. Maybe with AI we can completely simulate it in post, very easily and quickly, and unmask it over the eyes. I’m not a professional, so it’s OK to work more on a couple of shots in post. If I had to shoot a wedding, I’d think twice editing 100s of photos manually without the help of an AI assistant.

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