'Meet the Gaffer' series by Luke Seerveld

This is a great feed! He's probably not popular because Youtube audiences seem to prefer "personalities" and this guy is "Hi, I'm me. I'm Mr. Normal Person."
 
keithlango said:
This is a great feed! He's probably not popular because Youtube audiences seem to prefer "personalities" and this guy is "Hi, I'm me. I'm Mr. Normal Person."
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I'm at the point with YouTube videos now where if the person on the screen starts doing anything obnoxious or trying to be cute/funny, I turn it off or just click to the next video. There are too many good information sources on the Internet to follow like Curtis Judd, Caleb Pike who know what they are talking about and just get on with it, no catch phrases, no trying to "act", just get the information across in a clear and timely manner. We are obviously in the minority because guys like Devin Graham, who in real life, are pretty smart and clever, totally turns on an affected personality "Devin Supertramp" for his YouTube videos. Doesn't seem to hurt him with almost 5 million viewers. I think Millenials like their YT personalities to be affected but us olds don't.
 
puredrifting said:
I'm at the point with YouTube videos now where if the person on the screen starts doing anything obnoxious or trying to be cute/funny, I turn it off or just click to the next video...
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hey, "obnoxious, cute and funny" is my shtick!

Sans cute.

PS. I linked to some of Luke's clips in other threads. I don't think there are any working Hollywood gaffers regularly posting here.
 
Thank you, Bern Caughey, for sharing. This is right up my alley.

After years of it bouncing off my head, I'm starting to learn some lighting nitty gritty. I've always appreciated beautiful lighting, but as soon as you started talking "fresnel, 1K, baby, china ball, etc.," my eyes would glaze over.

I also appreciate the low-key, down-to-earth style. I wish everyone making a how-to video would just be themselves and cut to the chase (Luke, lose the intro!)
 
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I've been watching him for a while and really appreciate the substance and down-to-earth style. I'm often surprised at how much effort it takes for a 'simple' look.
 
Love this series, and I echo what others have said. Beyond the great content and wisdom, I love the lack of Internet-y-ness when it comes to the delivery.

Most of the web stuff is folks with modest experience taking you along for the ride as they learn. It's great, you can learn with them, and many do a great job when it comes to the arduous task of putting a vlog together about a specific topic or product review. I don't want to diminish that. However, for someone like me who came to this stuff fairly late, it's nice to feel like you are in the company of a true veteran of the field.
 
Steve Ogden said:
I've been watching him for a while and really appreciate the substance and down-to-earth style. I'm often surprised at how much effort it takes for a 'simple' look.
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Seeing the setups is interesting - they may indeed be a little over complex - I'm suprised the jobs have the budget to do that for corporate interviews.

The gold is however the small elements of craft - skinning frames tieing knots
 
Hey thanks for the link guys. I love these videos. Best info source I've ever seen for lighting on the web.

I've known Luke for years. A lovely, easy going, very talented guy and exactly as he comes across in the videos.

He's one of our many great SF Bay Area gaffers and that level of production value is pretty typical out here. Not for everything of course, it all depends on the budget.
 
I've been following Luke for a little while now and he is great as he is one of the rare few on YouTube regularly sharing info specifically in this niche, probably hillbillygriptruck is the only other one on YouTube which comes even close.
 
I only subscribe to a few channels and this is one of them. Luke is personable, and does a nice job explaining his setups. Really enjoy this one.
 
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