Godox V1 - On and Off Camera Flash Photography Unveiled
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- We tested the Godox V1s with its new round head in this "part advertising and mostly edutainment video." Using principles within our "Beyond Craft - The Art of Photography" e-learning series, we based the final picture on the idea of what Henry Peach Robinson might do with this new on or off-camera flash.
Go Beyond Craft. bit.ly/2NLUVYT
Robinson is famous for his pioneering photography techniques such as combination printing (what we generally refer to as a composite photo or compositing today ) and wrote many excellent books that we enjoy reading on photography as Art in the late 1800s.
His first was Pictorial Effect in Photography: Being Hints on Composition and Chiaroscuro for Photographers.
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As this picture and video is a creative tribute, we didn't seek to imitate or emulate precisely what Henry would have done or written about in his texts. We desired to create something unique that shows the tremendous amount of gratitude, respect, and admiration we have for those who went before us.
One of our former mentoring students said,
"I love how you went beyond the "here's what I do with off-camera flash OCF" by delivering an inspiring video about life, being a beautiful example of a father and son relationship, provide a lesson in storytelling, Art, and lighting for photographers, all while creating a stunning image. "
Cami Grudzinski
The Behind The Scenes video runs 8 minutes and 47 seconds.
Part 1 Start to 2:31
Ever looked at a picture in a book or magazine, on a wall or in a gallery and wonder what transpired in the moments leading up to the shutter clicking? We unveil the Godox V1 after laying the foundation about things that are important to the characters in the picture.
Part 2 - The Idea from 2:32 to 3:54
Go behind the idea and learn more about HPR. Plus, problem-solving on-location photography.
Part 3 - The Inspiration from 3:55 to 5:19
David Edmonson (my father) and I sit down after the shoot and touch on relevant topics to us like Composition, alternating Tones, and subject matter themes in Pictorial photography.
Part 4 - The Proper Tools from 5:21 to 6:38
Look at the tools we used including the Godox V1 on-camera flash with a round head (used off-camera) and the AK-R1 Accessory Kit lighting modifiers. See the unique lighting patterns when compared to a standard rectangular flash head.
Part 5 - Stories That Matter 6:39 to 7:02
Street, wedding, portrait, travel, commercial, and more styles or genres of photography may find small, portable, and powerful lighting appealing. The bigger question is...What stories are YOU going to create?
Part 6 - The Details 7:03 - 8:46 end.
New or beginning photographers may enjoy knowing where we placed our lights, what modifiers we used, and what were the flash and camera settings. While more seasoned or professional photographers may benefit from seeing our creative process.
We agree with Henry's premise that it's ok for an Artist to put their stamp on their work. He talks about it on page 42 & 43 in his book Picture Making by Photography.
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That's why intentionally styling or staging this scene was done, not to deceive but to make a more beautiful arrangement.
Side note: At 7:30, we mention rewarding someone for looking. To discover more about this concept, check out William Mortensen's book Command To Look.
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Next, we share our Nikon D850's camera and lens settings and show our lighting diagrams and scene sketches. Keep in mind, there are many ways to light a scene, and this was ours. We encourage you to go out and explore and develop your preferred styles.
People who've attended our workshops or heard us speak may recall our belief of "The principles of Art & Design inform us as to what is aesthetically pleasing in our photos. And it's our Craft or technical ability that allows us to realize our preconceived ideas."
One of the qualities that I admire about my father is his willingness to grow.
After almost 50 years as a commercial photographer, David is still willing to learn, seek refinement, and risk failure. I am fortunate that he's shot weddings with me nearly 20 years ago and watching first hand as explored portrait and fine art photography over the past decades.
It's his influence in my life that reminds me that we all have stories worth telling. Our excuse? We have a camera. Can't wait to see what you create!
If you'd like to learn more about or from us, you can find us at www.edmonsonph....
Connect on Twitter and Instagram as @lukeedmonson and @davidedmonson.
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Massive thank you to Godox Photo Equipment Co., Ltd & 3rd Identity Films for their incredible contributions to making this video.
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Absolutely amazing 👌🏻
The most creative commercial tutorial I've ever seen
Thank you Arta! We may of missed the mark for some people but thankful for those who enjoyed a different take on edutainment. Appreciate your comment!
Luke Edmonson you guys are amazing!
I was inspired on one light set up on flash photography. Now after watching this video, it puts me to the next level.
Great! Can't wait to see what you create!
This is the best ad I’ve ever seen for a piece of photo equipment. Thanks!
Our pleasure! Thank you Tom!
I thought this was a bit of click bait BUT then I carried on watching and forgot that I was trying to learn about using off camera flash. What an amazing video and a great bit of history so thank you.
Yep - totally tracking - lots of click bait out there so we tried to make the focus "Edutainment" if that could be a thing. Storytelling is storytelling - whether in our photos or in a video about the making of a photo. =) Thank you Jack!
This is AMAZING. MAXING OUT the capability of V1
Thanks Raizel!
Are you kidding? What have I just witnessed. Incredible work.
Thanks mate! Loved looking through our Budget Gear Pro Results channel. You're a "real Youuber" which gives us something to aspire towards!
This is an extremely magnificent piece of artwork I've ever seen using off camera flash. I wanna learn more and perhaps get a chance one day to work with these guys.
Thank you Rickie for your kind comment! If you are ever in Dallas let us know!
Man....I had this dream to bring back those historical moments into frames....but couldn't cos of too many restrictions and budget constraints.....cos its an art and no one ready to sponsor such artworks these days.....now I am seeing all those into live in the form of classic BTS......a big salute to the whole team....you guys crafted it so well..... period.... :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! It's been a year, have you had a chance to bring any of your dreams to life? Let us know. We'd love to see them!
Wow that was pretty cool. Thank you for showing the lights placement.
Absolutely! Thank you for watching!
Not exactly sure what just happend in front of me. But I was taken on a journey, and enjoyed every second...
That's a great response! It was our first attempt to both educate and entertain. Glad you enjoyed the journey!
Amazing work and just so much of knowledge in here, surely purchasing the flash now.
Great to hear!
I just stumbled on this video and was absolutely blown away with it. Thank you so much for making such a creative advert. Hope to see more like this.
Glad you enjoyed it! Appreciate you Sonia!
Gorgeous. Love all the texture. Just got this flash, so even more excited to use it now:)
Yay! Thank you!
That was superb. Looks great and a touching narrative.
Glad you enjoyed it! That was kinda the whole idea. There are plenty of videos that either review or promote gear but we hoped to create a bit of edutainment, showing the V1 and what you could do and maybe getting people curious about a few more things along the way. Appreciate you comment!
This is simply amazing. I will create images (and stories) like this with my images soon. Kudos to you guys for sharing!
I have to agree with the previous comments, impressive image you both created! Well done
Thank you so much Alain. Appreciate your words of encouragement!
Really great work. Masters of light ;)
Appreciate your kind words Steve! Fun to bring concepts to life!
Wow wow wow! I'm mind blown. Sharing this with all of my friends who are photographers and filmmakers right now 😍 Liked, subscribed. I want to see content like this on my UA-cam 🙂
Awesome! We hope to collaborate with Godox on another video soon!
@@LukeEdmonson I just can't wait to watch it. Great minds you are! 👏
Absolutely brilliant. I did enjoy every single second.
Thank you Julio! Appreciate you taking time to watch!
Amazing pictures and use of light. Well done both
Thank you Mark! Appreciate you taking time to comment!
@@LukeEdmonson Pleasure. I am looking into speedlite photography at the moment, so appreciate the Video. Regards
Brilliant!
Great creativity and amazing results! Thank you for sharing
You are so welcome! Appreciate your kind words and encouragement Michael!
I used to follow you on Instagram. Glad to follow you on UA-cam too. I admired your works, Luke.
Awesome! Thank you! Appreciate you John!
Outstanding.... great piece of artwork!!! Saludos...
Thank you! Cheers!
So amazing
Thank you Navdeep!
Now that’s how you create a piece of content
Brought a smile to our faces - Thank you!
One word from me...
Inspired!
That's a great word and place to be Alex!
This is phenomenal, it’s the kind of thing I would like to be able to do. Take a normal room and turn it into a scene.
I bet you can! Just a matter of either creating that room/scene or finding one on location that you can light up and shoot. You might check out B&H's Depth of Field conference coming up this week. www.bhphotovideo.com/c/promotion/14708/depth-of-field-conference.html I'm presenting on Thursday March 24th, 2022 and you can see how we light in 5 different ways/manners.
Wow! Super Nice!
Glad you like it!
Amazing video!!
Thank you!!
Absolutely great work and story here but complex for my level of lighting.
In the context of my lifetime, it was too complex for my level of lighting as well not long ago! We all begin with one light, grow to two or three and keep building from there. Doesn't matter where you start, all that matters is getting started! I find that working with continuous lights helps speed up the process and once you become familiar with that, then working with speedlights or any OCF becomes easier and easier! Good luck in your journey!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😇😇😇😇 absolutely love it is more video coming ?.. please
Thank you! Yes, we hope to create another video for Godox soon!
So wait, were these flashes used to light the video that introduced this video or were the flashes just used for the photograph at the end of the video? This was never said.
This is amazing!
Thank you for taking time to watch and comment!
very good wow
Thank you! 🙂
Good stuff!
Thank you Manuel!
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice video - but! If you have 10 godox V1s and 20 batteries plus a modifier - you can do it all - or buy 2 godox V1s and 2 godox smooth background flashes and 2-3 LED video lights for example (godox sl-60w) - and you are the king.
Absolutely, there are many ways to light a scene. Our challenge from Godox for this video was to just use the V1's. But we mix and match all the time in our professional work. Never use a light that doesn't have a specific purpose just to add complexity. We love intentional lighting - whatever number of lights that may be!
amazing..
wonderful
Thank you!
This is amazing!
What a fantastic video, story, picture. Lobe that; I am pleased to own this Godox V1, and might order a new unit.
May i ask you what editing software you use?
Regards
For editing we use Photoshop and sometimes for painterly effects we use Topaz Impressions. What you see us using in our videos during shooting is Capture One - which we love for tethered shooting and also how it renders the RAW files.
great work
Thank you!
Sick!
Thanks!
Love it!
Gracias!
so beautiful work.. camera d850? lens?
That was a D850 for sure and I believe we shot with the 24mm 1.8 or 1.4 prime lens. I believe towards the end around 7:36 mark it shows the camera settings for ya!
Cool video
Thank you!
Supperrr
Thank you Abi!
dope!
Thank you!
Sorry but I need to ask.. what trigger for nikonz6? I have xpro and v1. I can't to connect them. Any advice? Thanks
We use the Godox Xpro N (Nikon) triggers. If they don't connect, the first thing I'd look into is whether they are on the same channel. You've probably already done that but just in case, that's a great place to start. From there, you might look at firmware or other options such as what group settings you've got them on...obviously, your V1 needs to also be set into the wireless mode where it can connect to the Xpro ahead of time.
This is emotional marketing. And it works
Thank you Green Plasticbag! Love to create and weave narratives in visual ways.
How much (if at all) did the modeling lights contribute to the video shoot??
Hey John, great question! If you are asking how much did the modeling lights contribute to the video shoot in regards to contributing to the overall lighting then the answer is they are negligible. I'm going to guess that it's about a 2w LED lamp (although you can control or dial up or down the power.) Do they help in terms of being able to somewhat see where you are pointing your light? Certainly in darker environments or if they are close to your subject. Does that help answer your question? If you asked me would I rather have them or not have them, I definitely like having them and even use them in a pinch to help shoot details on the wedding day. Luke
@@LukeEdmonson I figured they didn't contribute to the video, but I definitely see the use of them for setting up the shots. Thanks! And great video!
Аll that and Godox could't make a tutorial in english. WTF?
Hmm, I don't know how/where you were watching it but the original version of this video and subtitles are both in English. Hope you found what you were looking for!
how long does the battery last when the light is on
Great question...I've never tested it. Maybe it's in the specs on Godox's website. www.godox.com/EN/Products_Camera_Flash_V1.html
I like it
Thank you James! It was fun to create with my father David!
Result is great.godox do need to create at least small softboxes for those new round lights. Without that the result is quite harsh light.well i guess prophoto will make then first and godox will copycat it as it did with this light.
It seems that the patent of a roundheaded flash has been around (in China at least) since 2011. I wonder who is actually copying who? If one wishes to pay $1,300 for a flashhead (admittedly a cool looking thing) firing 76w of power then people can go right ahead, I can hear the Prophoto marketing team laughing from here.... One can buy 2 x Godox AD200 and a V1 for the same price. The Godox system works flawlessly.
Source: petapixel.com/2019/04/09/godox-to-retailers-we-did-not-steal-profotos-designs/
Godox S2 mount
A slip on style soft box option might be cool but like EPW mentions - we just use the S2 bracket and then can grab any of our Bowens modifiers.
Would have been better if had given an intro on the short film instead of starting with it. I (and probably others) came to watch the video about the V1 and was confused about what was going on. Likely many others had less patience then me and stopped watching.
Thank you, John! I'm not sure if you saw in the description section that there are time markers and descriptions of what happens in each section. The idea was to make it easier for people to skip directly to the parts they want to see if they wanted. Yes, it's not a perfect solution, but a workaround we thought might help those most interested in some but not all of the content. As always, we are still learning and growing!
@@LukeEdmonson I am watching UA-cam usually on my Roku on the TV. I don't see any of the descriptions. I only see the title of the video.
@@johnvillalovos Great insight and something for us to be aware of ie those not watching via desktop or mobile. thank you!
well,....I don´t know what to say...probably too much
Well thank you for taking time out of your day to comment!
@7:34 it's ISO dude (EYESO) not EYE ESS OH. It's a word not an acronym :P Amazing project and vid tho! I have a Godox strobe and was thinking of ditching my Canon Speedlites for this V1 bad boy so they all match haha. I must say this vid inspired me more than a little to take the plunge! Thanks for sharing! * rushes out to check his bank account balance * :P
Ahh yes - my Southern Texas drawl might sound a little lazy when speaking and I hope it wasn't confusing. Thanks again for the correction and good luck with your V1's and depending on the type of photography you do, maybe check out the AD200 Pro, new 300 Pro, 400 Pro or 600 Pro. All portable options that get a bit bigger and more powerful as you scale upwards.
What the!?
Nothing to say
Thanks Ayesha!
Ha. Absolutely amazing. 9 minute video with maybe 1 minute of information on the Godox V1. Waste.
Sorry to miss the mark for you GG N Stuff! Enjoyed looking at your channel and seeing your love for guitars. Blessings.
Another video showing that people need 3 lights to take photographs! This is not good. Try doing a video with only 1 light.
We love 1 light pictures just as much as one's we create using multiple lights. Whatever communicates the mood we are going for and has the right coverage for the scene we've imagined in our mind.