Welcome back. This is Marcin Lewandowski and you're watching AdoramaTV.
There are a range of things that I enjoy on top of photography, but very few of them set
my heart racing like internal combustion engine powered machinery and
I thought it would be cool to join these two things. So in this video, I will
photograph a motorbike with the help of strobes triggered by radio
controllers and in the following episode, share a little bit about car photography
in general. My first love of motorsport came with Speedway when I was very young
so it was nice to find out that someone has one of these one-stroke no
break steeds in a country that hasn't seen proper Speedway since the mid-fifties.
I start creating photographs like this by searching for locations and
making sure they can be accessed without any problems.
Simply driving around is often a really good method but I also ask friends, maybe
someone possibly saw something that may be suitable that can be checked out
easily. I look for landscapes that can create a fitting backdrop without being a
distraction. A background on which the subject can nicely stand out.
Once I decide on location it's time to check how the sun travels around it. Today we had
overcast sky, creating beautiful large, soft and even light with enough texture in the
clouds to make it look interesting but the only way to foresee that is to
keep an eye on the forecast. Upon arriving at the location, I have another
look at the angles and find the one that appeals to me the most. In this case I
really like the idea of almost still-like environment with just the floor created by
nicely trimmed grass and sky as my background. At the beginning, I always go
almost full auto. In this case I check out a
few different apertures, pick my favorite depth of field and switch my manual
controls to start tweaking the look of my photograph. This is a good time to introduce the
first light. Just like with the exposure, the initial ray of light I unleash
from my first SB910
is in Auto TTL mode to see how photons spread around your subject.
Fortunately Yongnuo Triggers understand Nikon's iTTL language,
so no nasty surprises there. Once I have an indication of the light's behavior,
it is time to tweak the power output to get the look I want and modify it a bit to
further tune the image. My absolute favorite way for modifying a strobe
light on location is the mighty Rogue FlashBender kit packing a lot of tricks,
from pocket soft balls, bounce reflectors, to Gobos smooth and stackable grid with
the option to use color gels for even more variety, and now that I have my two
light sources, natural light and the strobe, it is time to possibly add a
splash of color here and there from more strobes. Yongnuo Triggers allow me to
separately controlled the metering mode as well as power output and the zoom of my
flashes on three channels from the transmitter so there is no need to go and
press any buttons directly on the flash heads. Yongnuo offers a reliable way to
control light from a distance of up to 100 meters and sync speed of up to 1/8000 of a
second, at a fraction of the price of more advanced systems and it's a great
way to dip into the world of remote flash photography without reaching too deep into our pockets.
Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below and I'll try to
answer them as best as I can. Check out the Adorama Learning Center for more tips
and tutorials from a number of other photographers and don't forget to subscribe
to our channel. This was Marcin Lewandowski for AdoramaTV. See you soon.