what's better than having a single
flashpoint light having a pair of
flashpoint lights in this video i'm
going to show you three different ways
to use two flashes against one
background i'm going to create a
separation light i'm going to do a shot
where we just light the background and
finally i'm going to wash this place
with blue light for a colorful effect
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these aren't the same flash they're
slightly different that doesn't matter
so much what really counts of course is
they are both controlled by
the same transmitter right i'm gonna set
a few things up whilst i'm doing that
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let's get a light set let's get a model
in let's get shooting
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to help me out today i've got the
amazing chloe chloe's gonna be the model
for this shoot and i've started with my
light in a fairly standard position
let's just have a look at a one light
shot before i bring in the second light
so chloe i'm gonna take a little test
shot here we go i've already mated this
out for f8
and it's a nice picture but have a look
at the left side and you can see that
chloe is starting to blend in with the
dark background
this is going to be my second light it's
a flashpoint evolve 200. i could put it
almost anywhere really i could put it at
the front and have a fill light for the
shadows but i'm actually going to put it
behind chloe like this
so this is sometimes called a hair light
but actually it's a separation light
because it's going to put a little tiny
bit of light just on chloe's hair and
her shoulders and separate her off that
black background now how bright should
that light be
well it depends there are no hard and
fast rules it is entirely up to you but
if you want a starting point a good
place to be is two stops less than your
key light so this light meters at f8 i'm
going to check the background light and
get it to
f4
so let's see what it is okay chloe i'm
going to hold this near your shoulder
i'm using a flash meter so i'm going to
point my flash meter at the light i want
to meter and i'm getting exactly f4
that's a bit of luck
so let's take a test shot like this and
see how it looks okay chloe here we go
and it looks really good there's that
nice little edge of light on chloe's
chin her cheek her hair and the
shoulders as well but you can also see a
little bit of flare coming in from that
light too
this is a grid for this light it helps
to push the light in one direction
towards chloe and away from my camera
lens a little bit as well so that should
help to reduce the flare
now it will also take away some of the
light so i need to meter again just to
see how much light i've lost i'm aiming
for f4 let's see what we're gonna get
f 3.6 that's pretty close actually
that's not bad
f4 there we go
so i'm back to f4 again let's take the
same shot and see if we've lost the
flare okay chloe here we go
and the flare has gone although i will
keep my eye on it because as i change my
camera position it's possible that some
of that flare might return
so that's the separation light done so
chloe are you ready let's take a few
shots like this here we go
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a
okay so chloe you're gonna turn and face
the wall towards that light that's
perfect
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for the second use of my second light
i've changed to a standard reflector and
the position of the light has changed as
well so it's not beaming onto chloe
anymore it's beaming onto the background
and that's how we're going to separate
chloe from this dark background now
before there was no rules on the amount
of light this time that's double so
because you've got the distance and the
type of background all having an effect
i'm going to see what we get let's see
what we get back here i'm on f8 so
fine f8 132nd power to get there let's
take a test shot and see if that looks
about right and it really is a matter of
if it looks right it is right here we go
chloe
and that feels and looks really good
there's a nice separation there's a nice
glow but it's not overpowering the key
light that's lighting chloe
the only thing i'm not so keen about is
the fact the background is a little bit
sharp at f 8. so i'm going to use high
speed sync to allow me to shoot at f 1.4
to make that happen i've turned my flash
off i'm going to dial in 2 000 of a
second let's just see if this gives me a
no flash no picture test shot
and it does which means i've removed the
ambient light in this room so now i'm
going to add in my flash i'm actually
going to do this one light at a time
just to make sure it actually works so
only my main light is on and i'm going
to guess maybe 1 8 power let's see how
that looks and we'll do a little test
shot here we go chloe
and that looks about right
and i've just done exactly the same
process with the background light to
work out the exposure on that so that's
really everything ready to go chloe are
you ready let's take a few shots like
this okay here we go
of course if i didn't have a flash meter
i could still get exactly the same
results using a little bit of trial and
error
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the third look with my second light is
going to be a lot more colorful because
i've gone back to the strip box and
inside of that is a blue gel i'm gonna
put a blue wash in the shadows of this
shot but how much light am i gonna get
out of that setup well i've got the
flash set to one quarter power i don't
really want to go brighter than that
chloe i'm gonna pop this near your chin
and that's giving me f 5.6 that's going
to be my working aperture the next light
we'll talk about in a second if you're
doing multiple lights it's always a good
idea to do one light at a time so let's
see what this gives us chloe here we go
and this gives us a nice wash of blue
light this is the fill light if i'm
working with colored lights i like to do
the color first for the second light
i've got it behind chloe so chloe is
going to have to look in this direction
just to put a little bit of
a halo of white light on chloe but
how bright does it need to be well it
needs to be f 5.6 we've established that
let's see what we're currently getting
we're getting 6.3 that's quite close
so that is 1 8 power f 5.6
so let's have a look i've turned off the
blue light just so we can see the effect
of the individual lights here we go
chloe
and there is a lot of shadow in this
picture which is important because
that's where the coloured light is going
to go
and that's it we're all set so we can
start shooting chloe are you ready okay
let's take a few shots
do
you may have noticed i've swapped my
lights over and that's because the gel
needs lots of light so i'm using my most
powerful flash with the gel
of course this is just the the tip of
the iceberg for what you can do with a
second light it opens up so many
creative possibilities and all i did was
use the same background which if you're
interested in that is like a stretchy
pvc fabric and if you catch it in just
the right light you can almost make out
a word across it
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i'm gavin hoey thanks for watching