okay welcome back we are in part 2 of
off-camera flash for beginner series
we're going to be talking about a two flash set up.
one of those off camera one on
camera and perfect way to get started if
you're just starting / if you find this
video first you haven't watched last
week's video be sure to check that one
out
I go over what gear is what settings i
use and how I set everything up this
week we're going to be talking about
what modifiers that use how I can soften
light to make it look a little less
harsh coming out of the flash where I
stand in relation to the flash on the
dance floor when im at a wedding so lets dive in!
so first let's talk about
modifiers ways that you can play around
with light chains like soft and white
all that kind of stuff I have to go to
when I am shooting with off-camera flash
at a wedding reception number one (let me just turn this around)
okay number one is that I always shoot
with the bounce card up because i'm not
going to be shooting directly like I met
my flash is never going to go like this at
people
that's just not going to be flattering
and it doesn't look nice so what I'm
going to do is I'm going to have it up
usually like one click forward I'm going
to be bouncing it if I'm standing over
underneath ok so it helps there's a
white ceiling if there's not a white
ceiling but there's a white wall i may
end up tilting it like that and shooting
like this
so what I want to do is create bouncing
and indirect light on my subject because
that's going to be the most flattering
and give the most shape to my subject
and not just flatten them completely by
flashing straight at them. so the first
modifier is this little guy
the second thing i do ...and i don't do this all
the time but most of the time i use a
white shoot through umbrella so do this
okay
oh it looks ok it looks like this it
opens up and it slides into the flash
poll have a flash that has a cool shoes
so it basically has the same exact hot
shooting under here but there's no
activities was called a cold shoe so you
slide that in and then I'll put this
inside the stance so it's going to aim
like this on the dance floor this is my
stand
you'll get the idea basically the legs
kick-out on the bottom and it gives it a
really nice, sturdy base that if somebody
bumps into it its not going to fly over- so it's
very wide. this is the cold shoe so i'm
going to show you this is where the
flash would go in once that is in, you
would go ahead and get this is where we
go into the stands
I would tighten it with this little screw
and it would shoot directly into the
umbrella
it's going to shoot into the umbrella
and the umbrellas going to scatter the
light so basically my light source becomes
as big as this is so instead of it
coming out of this little tiny powerful
light it spreads the light out so it
really softens it i wonder if this will
help my lighting situation here this
year because it's crazy light here we
use the bounce card we use the umbrella
what else there are a million other
things you can do with your flash you
can put gel on them you can turn the
different colors but I feel for beginner
you're just starting out work with the
basics master the basics and then start
playing around with different modifiers
like gells or maybe a softbox that
kind of thing. so where I stand
so I'm going to give you guys a little
diagram. so what will happen is there's
either going to be a band or DJ off to
one side of the dance floor and they
usually have a speaker somewhere on
either side their table so i'm going to
put my flash right here or right here
i'm going to start those areas and
that's where i'm going to set up my
stand i'm going to set it up so that it
aims directly into the middle of the
dance floor and then I'm either going to
stand on this side or this side
so I'm going to stand 90 degrees on
either side when someone is in the
middle of the dance floor now if I want
to get the flash in my photo and I'm
okay with that then I can stand anywhere
along this side and i'm just going to
kind of walk back and forth along this
whole side now it really helps if my
subjects stands directly in front of the
flash and blocks it and then they kind
of get to surround them with a light
comes through and that way it doesn't
haze and get crazy sometimes it can work
to your benefit and sometimes it just
doesn't think it can kind of make it
really difficult to focus and that kind
of thing but for the most part i'm going
to put my light stands somewhere that no
one's gonna trip over them and its
near a speaker or something else so
that nobody is going to be running
around right near here ultimately guys
you can't get someone else to settings
or someone else's experiences for your
own there is really no substitute for
just getting out there putting that
flashing the camera getting a flash off
your camera and playing around even if
it you're literally shooting an
inanimate object in your house you're
going to grow you're going to start to
understand what settings work and what
don't and there's no substitute for that
to start practicing I hope it's got you
guys a little bit more comfortable with
blasting the idea of it i would love to
see it you guys taking awesome pictures
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next time be so much for watching bye
guys