Basic Outdoor Strobist with Single Light Set Up - outdoor lighting
Basic Outdoor Strobist with Single Light Set Up
www.facebook.com In this Strobist Tutorial video you'll learn the basic one light set up using shoot through umbrella - speedlight and flash triggers. It's the most basic set up and very useful to add more punch to your outdoor portraits. If you don't have flash triggers then you can use command and slave mode IF your DSLR has that feature. The command mode will remotely trigger the flash. Equipment Used in this video: DSLR: Nikon D3s Lens: Nikkor 70-200 f2.8 VRII Speedlight: Nikon SB900 Pocketwizard Flex TT5 Umbrella: Photoflex Shoot through Umbrella Battery Pack: Nikon SD-6 Light Stand: Photoflex Heavy Duty Light Stand Camera Strap: Quick Strap ( a knockoff of Black Rapid strap)
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ReplyDeleteThank you, Steve! :)
ReplyDeleteI personally don't use any kind of light meter to set my exposure. I take a picture, adjust the settings depending on the look I'm going for.
ReplyDeleteThumbs up for this video. I am waiting for how to get perfect exposure for landscape photography, which has very contrast lighting, without using light meter. In other words using camera's inbuilt spot meter.
ReplyDeleteVery helpful. Thank you forsharing your skill and knowledge.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to that. :)
ReplyDeleteThere will be another video for that. Stay tuned and make sure you subscribe for updates.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
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How tall is your stand and how big is your umbrella here? What are the set up you recommend for portable strobist set up? Please do include the sizes.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. By the way if you have trouble controlling the ambient light which is in the background then I have a video on that as well. You can use shutter speed to control that. If you can't drop the speed any further because it would be below minimum shutter speed then increase the ISO but then you'll have to reduce the flash power or the subject would be over exposed.
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ReplyDeleteAnother great video, just the video I was looking for. I have a similar setup and I was having some trouble, after watching this video I went back to the basics and everything worked out just great. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteBecause I didn't expose for ambient light. I've done a flash video on that already anyway.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't mention anything about exposing for the ambient light first. Did you so it for that session. Nice shots you got :P
ReplyDeleteYou are the best teacher sir
ReplyDeleteDon't have to buy anything, when you convert/render the final video file for youtube, go to the audio setting for whichever software your using and select mono audio. So, both left and right channel are playing the same thing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jibran. When you use the flash with the umbrella, how do you set the beams on the flash? you know how you have 3 settings.. flash to go straight or spread..etc. and also are there any recommended settings for the zoom head of the flash. i shot through a large diffuser panel once..i don't think i was quiet successful on that lol
ReplyDeleteGreat Vid
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the tutorials so far and may God bless you for your time. I am a Canon shooter but i like your Tutorials so much and can wait for all the Strobist Tutorials to come.
ReplyDeletepkamevor in reply to deathmanual 1 second ago
Thanks for all the tutorials so far and may God bless you for your time. I am a Canon shooter but i like your Tutorials so much and can wait for all the Strobist Tutorials to come.
ReplyDeleteIt's called modeling light. That allows the camera to focus. Some modeling lights are powerful enough to shoot wide open but most require a flash strobe inside.
ReplyDeletePeople do use constant lighting with umbrella or softboxes but most people prefer strobe because continuous light creates heat and after 10, 15 minutes the models start to sweat.
I'm not sure how to fix the audio from mono to stereo. It's a mono mic and I don't have the extra money to buy a stereo wireless mic.
ReplyDeleteI can do 10 videos on 1 light set up but of course it's going to take time. I'll switch to some softbox stuff and then start adding 2 lights and of course go beyond the max sync speed like 1/8000 to over power the sun. Thanks for watching!
ReplyDeleteDistance matter on flash power and the amount of ambient light available. If I say 4 feet but the ambient light is more than what you see in the video then it could over expose at the same power. It's all about adjusting the flash power, angle. Remember, you can always ask the subject to move as well.
ReplyDeletei do have a question! this may sound really dumb but when i see photographers do pics in a studio they have the strobe light and flash i think its what its called but my question is, why dont they just set up soft boxes for the contant lighting
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