what's up guys today I'm going to show you how to use
these little handheld lights to add flair to your image we all love Flair
because it comes from the Sun and it's usually from the back going towards the
camera but today I'm going to show you how to do it with just these little
lights and we're going to take a picture of this hat that I have here with my
logo so let's get right to it alright guys so the first thing you have to do
is get an LED light I picked these up at a hardware store they're really small
easy to use just click it on click it off alright make sure it's got a lot of
power now I got two different lights this one also shoots red as well so it
was a little red and then this one has multiple brightness so I can adjust it
so having different brightness settings can basically help you to add more or
less flare so that's one option okay so I think we're gonna use this one this
one basically what I did is I just gaffer taped a little CTO gel or orange
gel as you can see right here just hold it up so you can see so having this gel
on the front makes it appear more like the Sun that's really like a nice little
pro tip so just add a little orange gel to the front you can you can get it
Rosco I usually use Rosco they're they're a good company or leaf filters
both of those companies make good gels and you can buy it it's not too cheap to
get a small little gel pack and so you just use the orange one that's the CTO
and that'll give a nice orange tint to the light because what we want to do is
we want to mimic the Sun alright so when we have our light here what we want to
do is the first thing you want to do is you want to make sure that your lens
hood is off so make sure you take that off now when you point the camera at
this at the subject if I'm shooting my my hat
here and sage right here right so you guys can see it if I'm shooting my hat
what I want to do is that's a little difficult I'm gonna have to put my hat
backwards right so I can shoot and it's not the easiest you might it would help
if you have another person to help you out but if you don't have another person
that's okay you can hold the camera with one hand
you can even put it on a timer if you need to once you have all the settings
so I'm gonna get the image I'm gonna get it like that and then what I'm gonna do
is I'm gonna shine it just like this like into the camera all right so if you
want to get really close now the key is you want to get it not in the frame you
want to get it slightly off frame and I would try to point it at almost like a
thirty degree or 45 degree angle towards the light all right so if I'm doing it
to the to the camera now you can sort of see the similar effect if I get really
close to the camera to see if I can get it there we go
you see that see that little flare right there see I have it the light just
outside camera what I'm doing is takes a little tweaking it's not easy to do so
there I go I get it right outside camera point it towards the camera lens and I
get that beautiful flare so you can see how that makes the image really nice and
you can move it almost back and forth with video to get a nice little contrast
a nice little look with photos you want to just keep in that one spot like I was
holding it and never really add to the image so just hold it there hold it just
outside the lens and right now I need I can't hold it and take the picture
simultaneously so what I'm gonna do is I'm going to put the timer on and first
I'm gonna get my settings so let me make sure that I get the proper settings
first
look at it not too bad actually so I got my right settings then after I get my
settings I'm gonna go put the timer on and I'm gonna press the timer make sure
I got it in focus and so now the timer's going on and what I can do is just hold
it now up I was a little late let me try it again
I got a little flare so let me try it one more time all right all right that
was a lot better see I got some nice flare in there let me try it one more
time it ain't quite get enough let me make sure I'm in focus all right now let
me add that flare again all right that was much better I got a lot more
flare in there that's an easy way to add flirtin image now if you want more you
can change the angle or bring it closer or you can try with a different lens
maybe this one is brighter so maybe this would be best for it so just experiment
a little maybe you need to get more than one light or you can get a light that
has various settings of power and this will really help you to get just the
right flare that suits your style all right guys so I hope that was helpful
I'll post a picture right here so you can see what it looks like with that
flare alright guys so we're gonna recap what you need you need to have your
camera right here then pick up an LED light could be one or two with various
power on them make sure you put one of them with a CTO gel an orange gel that
can make it more like the Sun you can experiment with it on or off maybe you
don't like that nice orange tint maybe you just want more of a white tent then
make sure you take off your lens hood when you do it so you can hold the
flashlight really close to the lens when it's on because you want to get it nice
and close and then just change the angle almost like a 45-degree angle but you
want to just experiment with it just outside a frame so you do not see the
flashlight and then just have fun with it experiment with it
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