I recently unsubscribed from Peter McGinnon for that exact reason. I liked his energy, and sometimes he had useful information etc., but at some point I just realized; he's wasting my time with this bullshit about snow scooters and coffee and what not. Not if there's channels like Sean that provide high integrity, high quality and no BS content like this.
@@arnenoot9948 haha! That sounds a bit extreme, but i get your point. I usually skip 3-5 minutes ahead and if they still haven't gotten to the point by then, SKIP!
I think I prefer the way Sarah loves waiting for Sean talking about HSS and light sources... however, I think Sarah's eyes show to us the mutual love ;)
I'm always left inspired from watching your videos Sean. I'm right at the infancy of my photography career, been interested for many years and at 35 I'm taking the plunge and bought a camera, and I'm soaking up all this knowledge from all over the place. Your videos are not only very informative, but for me at least they convey a sense of calm and focus at the same time. There's a lot to think about, but the information is relayed in such a way that it feels like with every sentance there's a hint of "you can do this, you'll be fine" submerged in the wording. Thank you.
This is the first time I've been able to really understand balancing the ambient light with a strobe, thank you! I'm going to practice this weekend. And Sarah is a wonderful, natural model. Just lovely.
You can suck even more power out of the ad200 if you go without HSS, camera base sync speed and ND filter. Because HSS is pulsed light, it's always weaker.
I cant believe how fucking amazing and informative your videos are. It's like a masterclass service without the subscription. You've helped me up my photography game a ton! Cant thank you enough for these
If you don't have HSS and want to shoot in the midday sun, then shoot out of the midday sun. (such as in the forest) This, IMHO, gives much more pleasing results.
"If you can't explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it well enough." Sean definitely explains everything in simple, easily digested terms.
A good tip for people without a strobe or high speed sync: You can use your speed light and experiment with ND-filters. You’ll loose less power on your speed light this way. If it’s still not enough, you can bring your light in even closer (depending on your choice of focal length, subject size and framing of course).
I've always avoided working this way, only because I have felt it would be complex or somehow awkward, but this shows it doesn't need to be so. That AD200 is so impressive, and easy to take out into the field too by the looks of it. Thanks Sean, you've, as always, got me thinking!
I was just struggling with this yesterday with the AD200 outside with a friend doing portraits. This is exactly what i was looking for. Thank you so much!
Would just like to add that using HSS will reduce a speedlight's output power. As demonstrated by Sean here, the AD200 can perform adequate HSS work for portrait work at 1/2 power in bright daylight. However, by attaching an ND filter(3-5 stops) it's possible to increase the speedlight's output power. Something to consider.
"ratios are just a number, and i am terrible at math" LMAO! i wish there were more photographers willing to explain everything like you do ! I hope that you can double the subs by the end of this year!! Cheers from Portugal
Excellent video. I'll be purchasing flash products from Amazon soon - make sure you update the description with your links to get affiliate credit. I want you getting some money for your hard work. Take care.
"Beginners worry about which camera will give them better photos. Amateurs worry about which lens will give them better photos. Pros concern themselves with properly lighting the subject to give them better photos."
Nice tutorial. I shoot on a Sony A7III so not sure if this pertains to other brands but if you shoot with high speed sync at the upper range of shutter speeds example 8000, turn off electronic front curtain shutter or you may get some banding.
Wow... This is changing the game for me. Looking to invest in this stuff! I usually shoot just with natural light. Would love to learn how to do this to get more options
Awesome Sean. Just as an additional note regarding the trigger at 3:00: users gotta make sure that is for the right brand of camera as well. Keep up the great work
Excellent Video Sean. Thanks for sharing your Knowledge. Knowing these techniques defines a professional photographer from an amateur in my opinion. Does anyone know what bracket Sean was using?
Sean, thank you for amazing video always. With your videos like this one and other creators UA-cam videos, I'm getting comfortable with speed lights shooting portraits. What I am struggling is to tell a rich story like your MENTOR video. The 3 three-piece portraits have an extremely powerful message. My portrait shoot is getting like a routine, find a person and shoot it, but there is nothing to tell. I'm starting to feel that the story building is totally another skill set and the photography is a way to express it. Do you think you can touch on this subject of the story building/telling using the photography in a future video because there is no other photographer on UA-cam can do it (as far as I know).
@@brianc2651 thanks for the comment. or over a series of images with some supplemental writings (or some sort) if necessary. Sean's mentor portraits get more powerful after watching the video. Telling a story in a single image is bloody difficult. I'm thinking setting a theme and telling a story over a series of portraits.then, it becomes a non-photography thing. What is my key message? How to find subjects for the theme? I go out shooting to be better photographer, but now it's time to sit down and think what do I want to tell the world.
Masatsugu FUJINAKA I have never “conversed” with anyone in the UA-cam app before? Let’s see if this reply works? Yes, I agree with your message to me. First decide or have something to say... I think that message has to be clear in your mind. Once you have your message clearly in your mind, then think about and decide how to convey that with a subject and perhaps a prop or two in a portrait image? Then finding that subject et al. Is the hard part. I’m thinking an example of this might be “Mother’s are the heart of a family”. So how could this be conveyed within a portrait? I’m thinking of examples in my head...
@@brianc2651 the reply worked. Yes, you are right. "have something to say" is also difficult. I'm struggling to just live my life. Do I have a say to the world? Not sure yet... And plotting, etc, etc, and as you pointed out, finding the subjects. I've been chasing the technical side of the photography. now I'm hitting a wall making them meaningful....
Sean, your an amazing photographer, but your video work looks great too. If you don't mind me asking, which camera do you use to shoot your videos? Amazing quality. Looks like Rembrandt lighting for your on cam/studio video.
Great vid! Liked the last b/w shot the best. For me, it was Zack Arias who I heard say that shutter controls ambient and aperture controls flash many times in the one light workshop. Great guiding rule, but I never realised that flash duration increases due to HSS, great info! thx for your videos
Looks to me like the 55/1.8. Such a brilliant lens. That and the 28/2 are the two I bring with me pretty much everywhere. So small, light and powerful.
Sean, I am brand new to photography and obviously came across your site in my information search. I love your style a lot. Your philosophical content is spot on... in fact you should definitely be doing more motivational type work... but don’t listen to me... love it, absolutely love it. Blessings!!!
Sean! Just wanted to say, I am an absolute gear head, I love the spec of cameras, I love playing with different bodies and lenses. But I definitely sometimes let it get in the way of my shooting. Anyway, I watched your single speedlight portrait video and was so inspired, I realised that I could shoot professional stuff with what I had, and really, thinking I couldn't was just me being scared of it... I had a free house this week so converted my living room into a studio, and have been getting some really great stuff of my friends! Been awesome! Thanks a lot man :) Alex
This is the video that I expected for. You're inspired me to try a strobist photography (especially in portrait) for the first time. I can't wait for other next tutorial. Thank you
I cannot stop watching your content. Every video is SO informative, as a beginner photographer I’m feeding off your wealth of knowledge & experience. Sending a million thank you’s your direction.
Can't believe only just stumbled on Sean, sooo how I work. Light meters? Histograms? It's all about trial and error shots to get the flow going. In 1 week, picked up so much 👍
Another great video Sean we English aren’t popular on the tube as the Americans but your style and production is working great! Beautiful photos of course
Ok this is the second video I am watching on your channel (instead of going to sleep x') ) and I reaaaaally love the way you make your videos and talk about photography with so much passion. This one was really insightful and I never imagined using an external tool to help me in my lightning (because I never really heard about how this works). Anyway this comment is way too long xD Thanks for sharing this! I can't wait to watch your entire channel =D
Thank You for showing high-speed sync that looks so subtle and natural. It's hard to find an educational video in which the author provides both facts and amazing rezults!
Thank you Sean so much for your videos. I've never tried strobe lighting before but I've learned a ton from your videos. Thanks for your unbiased, direct to the point tutorials. You've earned another subscriber.
Do you ever key from the same side as the sun? As if you had the sun at a quarter backlight and then you use the flash to sort of wrap the light around the subject on the same side as your back key. I have tried this a few times (in film) and it makes it seem like the sun is doing all of the work. Just wondering if you had done this with photos, if so would love to see some examples!! Love the videos and the photos. You're truely an inspiration, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and perspective of the world.
Great points, Sean. My thoughts exactly...”shoot as though someone thinks you got lucky with a reflection.” To me, light is still a supporting actor, not the main attraction.
Very good instruction Sean. ND filters are helpful as a third level of control as well. Some say Promist filters are helpful with softening skin tones with outdoor and flash portraits as well.
This was great Sean. I learned a lot here. One question, what do you set your flash temp on camera to in situations like this? Or you going for daylight or flash?
Great video! Another tip for those who don’t have a high sync flash, is using a ND filter to help lower the overall exposure and see if the flash can keep up at full power.
Great video and timely for me personally as I have been challenging myself to get out into my local area in Pimlico instead of only home studio style shooting - Ive been doing some TFP with models/actresses to build up my portfolio and experience and Im using Yongnuo speedlites along with a ND filtre to try to tame the sun on bright days - Im getting there and its really useful to see your approaches here helps a lot as comparison. Since being made redundant from a corporate company after 12 loyal years of creative rich media producer in advertising followed by a kick in the pants Im struggling to find interest from companies in a fifty something candidate for similar roles so Im looking at freelance possibilities in the creative skills I have - your channel has been a great aid and source of inspiration along with the philosophical approaches
Sean, this is an outstanding tutorial on balancing strobe light outdoors! I love your style and straight forward approach. I recently purchased a Nikon Z7 and am learning how to use it with strobes. I'm a new follower and am enjoying going back into your catalog of videos! Thank you for all the hard work and sharing of knowledge!
Hey Sean, Love from INDIA 🇮🇳 ! I am a filmmaker who loves photography and learning high sync speed flash photography online by watching your videos. I have a sony a7iii and bought Godox ad 200 pro and x2t trigger after watching your videos. I am facing this issue where I am unable to push my camera shutter speed beyond 1/200 once I attach the godox x2t trigger. Tried almost every available camera settings after watching a lot of videos. But nothing is working. The moment I turn on the trigger the shutter speed goes back to 1/250 while I want to use 1/8000. It would be of great help if you could pin point where I might be going wrong. Or maybe share a video or article which I can go through so that I cando HIGH SPEED SYNC shoot at 1/8000. It would be agreat great great help.
Hi Sean, great explanation! Couldn't add anything to this... Maybe some words on white balance and what is HSS and why flashes (and flash controls) should have this option.
Personally, I do like to darken more the sky and make my subject pop out of the background. But occasionally, I do balance ambient light (harsh or soft). Your explanation of it is spot on, easy to learn.
Came across this as I've just invested in an AD200 and wanted to learn how to use it outdoors. Very helpful! One question - do we have to make any adjustments for white balance?
Hi Sean, I subscribed to your channel a couple of weeks ago and have been enjoying your content. I'm very interested in specific in portrait photography. My background is in motion and the practice of flash is all new to me. I'm hitting a wall when it comes to, triggers, slaves, what is brand specific, what isn't, different triggering functions, manual,.htt, etc. It seems like it can get pretty complicated. I've been picking up bits and pieces from all the videos I've been watching. It would be great if you could produce a tutorial that really breaks down the technical specifics and relationships between flash lights and triggers. I really enjoy your style of presentation. I know I want to get DP200, a modifier and a trigger to get started learning. I don't know what I need to buy and how to determine alternate settings. Something comprehensive, step by step and clear will be greatly appreciate. Thank you for your contributions to helping others. I really appreciate that you have done some of your work traveling on public transport with your equipment in tow. I want to focus on business headshots, portraits, school pictures and pets could be fun as well.
Really helpful to me. I can't afford a light meter. Not really interested in getting that technical anyway. I'm a novice and still mastering manual mode and the exposure triangle. Always knew a flash was super helpful outside but never really understood how to get all the settings right in daylight. Thanks for breaking it down and simplifying this for us newbies. This teaching style gets me up and running and improving my skills quickly.
Hi Sean. I started pursing photography as a serious hobby underwater two decades ago. Now I shoot mainly bird-in-flight and landscape and do not own a strobe. Nonetheless, I keep coming back to your channel and today I came away with some new insights about fill light that could help my landscape compositions. Not with gear, just thinking more about natural fill light reflectors that could improve the light when it choses not to be ideal. Thanks for sharing.
How did you set your display on the 7 III? Sunny or manual on sunny days? For me, the display brightness never matches the result later on the computer. Greetings from Cologne.
I love how Sean gets straight to the point without any BS B-roll and pointless intro-babble.
FACTS!!!!👊
@@LMoProVisualComm 👊
I recently unsubscribed from Peter McGinnon for that exact reason. I liked his energy, and sometimes he had useful information etc., but at some point I just realized; he's wasting my time with this bullshit about snow scooters and coffee and what not. Not if there's channels like Sean that provide high integrity, high quality and no BS content like this.
@@arnenoot9948 haha! That sounds a bit extreme, but i get your point. I usually skip 3-5 minutes ahead and if they still haven't gotten to the point by then, SKIP!
@@arnenoot9948 same
this guy is the best. no bull. here's the environment, here's my gear, here's why I'm using this gear, here's how I'm using it...lets begin...perfect.
I agree. Plus he explains it in a manner and at a speed we can all learn from.
I wish someone loved me the way Sean Tucker loves high speed sync
Not liking HSS is like not liking puppies.. or pizza
If you are into HSS check out Jason Lanier's YT work.
I think I prefer the way Sarah loves waiting for Sean talking about HSS and light sources... however, I think Sarah's eyes show to us the mutual love ;)
Genuinely laughed out loud, the man appreciates the finer things
The best comment on the video 🤣🤣🤣
"ratio of this, and that.... My maths is terrible"
Happy to find people like me XD
I had Algebra for slow students twice...
Your teaching is so simple and can understand quickly 🙏
I'm always left inspired from watching your videos Sean. I'm right at the infancy of my photography career, been interested for many years and at 35 I'm taking the plunge and bought a camera, and I'm soaking up all this knowledge from all over the place. Your videos are not only very informative, but for me at least they convey a sense of calm and focus at the same time. There's a lot to think about, but the information is relayed in such a way that it feels like with every sentance there's a hint of "you can do this, you'll be fine" submerged in the wording.
Thank you.
Thank you for not using 1000 jumpcuts to entertain. Very relaxing and educational.
This is the first time I've been able to really understand balancing the ambient light with a strobe, thank you! I'm going to practice this weekend. And Sarah is a wonderful, natural model. Just lovely.
Same here.
You can suck even more power out of the ad200 if you go without HSS, camera base sync speed and ND filter. Because HSS is pulsed light, it's always weaker.
“Ration are just a number, and my math is terrible” that’s the only explanation I need
I cant believe how fucking amazing and informative your videos are. It's like a masterclass service without the subscription. You've helped me up my photography game a ton! Cant thank you enough for these
If you don't have HSS and want to shoot in the midday sun, then shoot out of the midday sun. (such as in the forest) This, IMHO, gives much more pleasing results.
I don't know why, but there's something about this guy that just makes me believe what he's saying!
Why don't you mention people can use a ND filter so they can use their speedlights without the need of high speed sync?
"If you can't explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it well enough."
Sean definitely explains everything in simple, easily digested terms.
A good tip for people without a strobe or high speed sync:
You can use your speed light and experiment with ND-filters. You’ll loose less power on your speed light this way. If it’s still not enough, you can bring your light in even closer (depending on your choice of focal length, subject size and framing of course).
I've always avoided working this way, only because I have felt it would be complex or somehow awkward, but this shows it doesn't need to be so. That AD200 is so impressive, and easy to take out into the field too by the looks of it. Thanks Sean, you've, as always, got me thinking!
Thanks my friend:)
I was just struggling with this yesterday with the AD200 outside with a friend doing portraits. This is exactly what i was looking for. Thank you so much!
My exact setup. Camera, lens and flash. I have 3 AD200s, they're wonderful! The color rendering of the Ziess 55 1.8 is amazing!
Good video again.
Would just like to add that using HSS will reduce a speedlight's output power. As demonstrated by Sean here, the AD200 can perform adequate HSS work for portrait work at 1/2 power in bright daylight. However, by attaching an ND filter(3-5 stops) it's possible to increase the speedlight's output power. Something to consider.
"ratios are just a number, and i am terrible at math" LMAO!
i wish there were more photographers willing to explain everything like you do !
I hope that you can double the subs by the end of this year!!
Cheers from Portugal
Straightforward, none of that absurd music and jumping around, and great, usable advice. Terrific job, Sean. Your videos are excellent.
Excellent video. I'll be purchasing flash products from Amazon soon - make sure you update the description with your links to get affiliate credit. I want you getting some money for your hard work. Take care.
Such a breath of fresh air. Always love your videos mate.
"Beginners worry about which camera will give them better photos. Amateurs worry about which lens will give them better photos. Pros concern themselves with properly lighting the subject to give them better photos."
Thanks Sean, for preaching us the ways of the light! ;)
Nice tutorial. I shoot on a Sony A7III so not sure if this pertains to other brands but if you shoot with high speed sync at the upper range of shutter speeds example 8000, turn off electronic front curtain shutter or you may get some banding.
Wow... This is changing the game for me. Looking to invest in this stuff! I usually shoot just with natural light. Would love to learn how to do this to get more options
0:33 you're beautiful! :o
Truly professional. Great job Sean. Amazing demonstration. Inspiring. 👍
Just got an ad200 I'm excited to try it this week 🎉
Awesome Sean. Just as an additional note regarding the trigger at 3:00: users gotta make sure that is for the right brand of camera as well. Keep up the great work
Excellent Video Sean. Thanks for sharing your Knowledge. Knowing these techniques defines a professional photographer from an amateur in my opinion. Does anyone know what bracket Sean was using?
Thanks for useful info. Great job. Thank You
Thank you for sharing this knowledge.....
Sean, thank you for amazing video always. With your videos like this one and other creators UA-cam videos, I'm getting comfortable with speed lights shooting portraits. What I am struggling is to tell a rich story like your MENTOR video. The 3 three-piece portraits have an extremely powerful message. My portrait shoot is getting like a routine, find a person and shoot it, but there is nothing to tell. I'm starting to feel that the story building is totally another skill set and the photography is a way to express it. Do you think you can touch on this subject of the story building/telling using the photography in a future video because there is no other photographer on UA-cam can do it (as far as I know).
You make a great point... Telling a story within the image is a skill unto itself. Not necessarily intuitive...
Thanks my friend. I'll give that some thought
@@brianc2651 thanks for the comment. or over a series of images with some supplemental writings (or some sort) if necessary. Sean's mentor portraits get more powerful after watching the video. Telling a story in a single image is bloody difficult. I'm thinking setting a theme and telling a story over a series of portraits.then, it becomes a non-photography thing. What is my key message? How to find subjects for the theme? I go out shooting to be better photographer, but now it's time to sit down and think what do I want to tell the world.
Masatsugu FUJINAKA I have never “conversed” with anyone in the UA-cam app before? Let’s see if this reply works? Yes, I agree with your message to me. First decide or have something to say... I think that message has to be clear in your mind. Once you have your message clearly in your mind, then think about and decide how to convey that with a subject and perhaps a prop or two in a portrait image? Then finding that subject et al. Is the hard part. I’m thinking an example of this might be “Mother’s are the heart of a family”. So how could this be conveyed within a portrait? I’m thinking of examples in my head...
@@brianc2651 the reply worked. Yes, you are right. "have something to say" is also difficult. I'm struggling to just live my life. Do I have a say to the world? Not sure yet... And plotting, etc, etc, and as you pointed out, finding the subjects. I've been chasing the technical side of the photography. now I'm hitting a wall making them meaningful....
6:00
“Ratios is just a number, and my math is terrible”
I use a light meter whenever I can, yet I find your statement completely logical!
🤣
Great help. Thank you. Your work is lovely.
Sean, your an amazing photographer, but your video work looks great too. If you don't mind me asking, which camera do you use to shoot your videos? Amazing quality. Looks like Rembrandt lighting for your on cam/studio video.
Sony A7iii
Where you using the bare bulb or fresnel head ln your ad200?
Great vid! Liked the last b/w shot the best.
For me, it was Zack Arias who I heard say that shutter controls ambient and aperture controls flash many times in the one light workshop. Great guiding rule, but I never realised that flash duration increases due to HSS, great info!
thx for your videos
Looks to me like the 55/1.8. Such a brilliant lens. That and the 28/2 are the two I bring with me pretty much everywhere. So small, light and powerful.
this, my friend, is genius. finally someone convinced me to buy those flashes.
Sean, I am brand new to photography and obviously came across your site in my information search. I love your style a lot. Your philosophical content is spot on... in fact you should definitely be doing more motivational type work... but don’t listen to me... love it, absolutely love it. Blessings!!!
Sean! Just wanted to say, I am an absolute gear head, I love the spec of cameras, I love playing with different bodies and lenses. But I definitely sometimes let it get in the way of my shooting. Anyway, I watched your single speedlight portrait video and was so inspired, I realised that I could shoot professional stuff with what I had, and really, thinking I couldn't was just me being scared of it...
I had a free house this week so converted my living room into a studio, and have been getting some really great stuff of my friends! Been awesome! Thanks a lot man :)
Alex
Well done mate.
Well hello mister Rembrandt...
I think I've watched this one about six times now? 🤓
@sean... Your wife has the patience of a saint! I have never managed to go past two consecutive shots with mine! Excellent video by the way!
Idk why I always press the LIKE button b4 watch ur video 🤣 love it!
thanks man your vids are great content for beginners
Love the way you explain , thanks :)
did you end up making that video where you balanced speed light with indoor lighting?
last few images came out amazing. would you say the ad200 is the smallest thing you can get for this use?
Your content is just brilliant Sean. No ego, no bull. Just simple and clear information delivered so bloody well.... Keep it up!
This is the video that I expected for. You're inspired me to try a strobist photography (especially in portrait) for the first time. I can't wait for other next tutorial. Thank you
I cannot stop watching your content. Every video is SO informative, as a beginner photographer I’m feeding off your wealth of knowledge & experience. Sending a million thank you’s your direction.
I really enjoy the passion you put into your tutorials. Beautiful colour images, special in B&W, nice work, thanks.
Can't believe only just stumbled on Sean, sooo how I work. Light meters? Histograms? It's all about trial and error shots to get the flow going. In 1 week, picked up so much 👍
Another great video Sean we English aren’t popular on the tube as the Americans but your style and production is working great!
Beautiful photos of course
Nice video mate. I don’t use flash metres either. My maths sucks haha
Ok this is the second video I am watching on your channel (instead of going to sleep x') ) and I reaaaaally love the way you make your videos and talk about photography with so much passion. This one was really insightful and I never imagined using an external tool to help me in my lightning (because I never really heard about how this works).
Anyway this comment is way too long xD
Thanks for sharing this! I can't wait to watch your entire channel =D
from having a sudden interest on woodworking, now i think, im back to photography! :)
Hahaha 😂. Me too! After I dropped couple grand on tools 🤦♂️. Well at least my tools will never be obsolete 😂
Great video and my strobe of choice. I use it along with a Sony a7ii, Rokinon AF 35mm 1.4, Sony 85 1.8... keep up the great content we appreciate it
nice pictures and video, thanks man
Once again, incredible work Sean! Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with us.
Great, articulate demonstration. Thanks Sean 👏👏
Thank You for showing high-speed sync that looks so subtle and natural. It's hard to find an educational video in which the author provides both facts and amazing rezults!
Thanks my friend.
Thanks 🙏!!! For this video
Thank you Sean so much for your videos. I've never tried strobe lighting before but I've learned a ton from your videos. Thanks for your unbiased, direct to the point tutorials. You've earned another subscriber.
Do you ever key from the same side as the sun? As if you had the sun at a quarter backlight and then you use the flash to sort of wrap the light around the subject on the same side as your back key. I have tried this a few times (in film) and it makes it seem like the sun is doing all of the work. Just wondering if you had done this with photos, if so would love to see some examples!!
Love the videos and the photos. You're truely an inspiration, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and perspective of the world.
Yeah definitely. Sun and key on the same side is a nice look.
Great points, Sean. My thoughts exactly...”shoot as though someone thinks you got lucky with a reflection.” To me, light is still a supporting actor, not the main attraction.
Very good instruction Sean. ND filters are helpful as a third level of control as well. Some say Promist filters are helpful with softening skin tones with outdoor and flash portraits as well.
This was great Sean. I learned a lot here. One question, what do you set your flash temp on camera to in situations like this? Or you going for daylight or flash?
They are very close together so usually I shoot daylight balanced and correct in post if needed.
@@seantuck That's good to know. Thanks Sean
Great video! Another tip for those who don’t have a high sync flash, is using a ND filter to help lower the overall exposure and see if the flash can keep up at full power.
Great video and timely for me personally as I have been challenging myself to get out into my local area in Pimlico instead of only home studio style shooting - Ive been doing some TFP with models/actresses to build up my portfolio and experience and Im using Yongnuo speedlites along with a ND filtre to try to tame the sun on bright days - Im getting there and its really useful to see your approaches here helps a lot as comparison. Since being made redundant from a corporate company after 12 loyal years of creative rich media producer in advertising followed by a kick in the pants Im struggling to find interest from companies in a fifty something candidate for similar roles so Im looking at freelance possibilities in the creative skills I have - your channel has been a great aid and source of inspiration along with the philosophical approaches
Sean, this is an outstanding tutorial on balancing strobe light outdoors! I love your style and straight forward approach. I recently purchased a Nikon Z7 and am learning how to use it with strobes. I'm a new follower and am enjoying going back into your catalog of videos! Thank you for all the hard work and sharing of knowledge!
I need to watch all of these videos bc Sean is a great teacher. !!!
Hey Sean, Love from INDIA 🇮🇳 !
I am a filmmaker who loves photography and learning high sync speed flash photography online by watching your videos. I have a sony a7iii and bought Godox ad 200 pro and x2t trigger after watching your videos.
I am facing this issue where I am unable to push my camera shutter speed beyond 1/200 once I attach the godox x2t trigger. Tried almost every available camera settings after watching a lot of videos. But nothing is working. The moment I turn on the trigger the shutter speed goes back to 1/250 while I want to use 1/8000.
It would be of great help if you could pin point where I might be going wrong. Or maybe share a video or article which I can go through so that I cando HIGH SPEED SYNC shoot at 1/8000.
It would be agreat great great help.
i like your photo and video ,so much !
excellent video, thank you
Even when I already know the techniques, I always look forward to these videos. Just comforting to watch and listen to.
Sean this is a game changer for me. It was so eloquently explained without constant jumpcuts and needless b-roll. Thank you.
Love your videos Sean!
Every time I watch one of Sean's videos I learn something new to add to my skill base - that's actually quite rare in my experience of UA-cam videos.
Hi Sean, great explanation!
Couldn't add anything to this...
Maybe some words on white balance and what is HSS and why flashes (and flash controls) should have this option.
Personally, I do like to darken more the sky and make my subject pop out of the background. But occasionally, I do balance ambient light (harsh or soft). Your explanation of it is spot on, easy to learn.
thank you ! great video !
Came across this as I've just invested in an AD200 and wanted to learn how to use it outdoors. Very helpful!
One question - do we have to make any adjustments for white balance?
Super helpful! Bravo 👏
Man, the ambient background music with your voice is really meditative.
Hi Sean,
I subscribed to your channel a couple of weeks ago and have been enjoying your content. I'm very interested in specific in portrait photography. My background is in motion and the practice of flash is all new to me.
I'm hitting a wall when it comes to, triggers, slaves, what is brand specific, what isn't, different triggering functions, manual,.htt, etc. It seems like it can get pretty complicated. I've been picking up bits and pieces from all the videos I've been watching. It would be great if you could produce a tutorial that really breaks down the technical specifics and relationships between flash lights and triggers. I really enjoy your style of presentation.
I know I want to get DP200, a modifier and a trigger to get started learning. I don't know what I need to buy and how to determine alternate settings. Something comprehensive, step by step and clear will be greatly appreciate.
Thank you for your contributions to helping others. I really appreciate that you have done some of your work traveling on public transport with your equipment in tow. I want to focus on business headshots, portraits, school pictures and pets could be fun as well.
i think a brolly box like that is one of my favorite modifiers; it breaks down easy and travels well.
Really helpful to me. I can't afford a light meter. Not really interested in getting that technical anyway. I'm a novice and still mastering manual mode and the exposure triangle. Always knew a flash was super helpful outside but never really understood how to get all the settings right in daylight. Thanks for breaking it down and simplifying this for us newbies. This teaching style gets me up and running and improving my skills quickly.
Wow, I'm so happy I find you, you got a new subscriber instead 🥰 Thanks you for sharing us!
Hi Sean. I started pursing photography as a serious hobby underwater two decades ago. Now I shoot mainly bird-in-flight and landscape and do not own a strobe. Nonetheless, I keep coming back to your channel and today I came away with some new insights about fill light that could help my landscape compositions. Not with gear, just thinking more about natural fill light reflectors that could improve the light when it choses not to be ideal. Thanks for sharing.
Great in depth explanation
This is the only channel without seeing the video we can like it ..
What if you had placed a small 22 dollar diffuser between the sun and your subject as close to your subject as your softbox to soften the sunlight?
How did you set your display on the 7 III? Sunny or manual on sunny days? For me, the display brightness never matches the result later on the computer. Greetings from Cologne.
If i don't use a diffusion panel between the subject and the speedlite, what do you think about TTL mode? Thank you in advance...
I find TTL mode slows me down because the metering can change from shot to shot. Shooting in Manual gives me consistency.