If using a lightstand or tripod a great tip is feet that don’t sink into the sand. A cheap fix is a can of tennis balls. Cut a X into them with a knife and the legs go in easy and sit better on the sand.
@@fjhphoto I see vignette in some of the shots. Is that because of the ND filter, or is that a creative choice when editing the photos in post? Thanks!
A ND filter works as if you just adjusted your settings darker and it stays on that setting. It acts like sunglasses adding darkness in front of the lens to lower the exposure. Without a ND filter I would be around 1/8000th but with the filter I am at 1/250th. This is helpful because anything past 1/250th is using the feature High Speed Sync (HSS) which just means you can use any shutter with flash. However, using HSS causes a drop in power. I now use ND filters to avoid that power loss.
Being on place where we have a lot of beaches to photoshoot, its nice to here these advice outside photography fundamentals which also makes a lot of sense. Things to really consider other than gears alone. Thank you. Glad I clicked!
Thorough video from start to finish w/good info in between. Good to know u struggle at the beach in the same ways I have...lol. Although it's a hit and miss shooting at the beach, wind is usually an issue...therefore utilizing proper lighting/modifiers is key...especially for large family groups. Thanks for sharing FJH!
Thank you brother for everything you do. I have a question, if you don't mind sharing, what's the name of that "monopod/light stand" she is holding at minute 2:20pm? It looks really easy to carry and hold, and looks ideal when shooting in a city like NYC where there are many people and you have to move out of their way lol...
Thanks for the video. Very useful information as usual. Can you please share the link to the pole used for the photos where your team is holding the flash and modifier (stand is not used)?
Absolutely love your channel. Your work is inspiring…keep it up!! A couple questions: 1. I assume you’re shooting with a ND filter? 2. Are you double diffused in the AD300/Modifier? I have that same combo and can’t decide if I need the internal Velcro diffuser or not (especially on this type of full sun shoot) Thanks!
Hi, in bright sunlight, f1.2 and a strobe, and yet the sky is blue. Is there something else you are using like an ND? I thought your shutter speed would have been at least 1/2000.
Hey, thanks for the video. At 5:46, what's the aerosol that's being sprayed? That probably created a cool affect. I always wanted to try something with dry ice, but was told it can be toxic and even deadly. The aerosol idea might be cool to try...I haven't done much at the beach, and the couple of times I tried, dealing with lights was definitely problematic even with an assistant. I'm in process of trying to mount light stands to a utility cart, so that I could do more shoots myself and having lights on a cart would be much more mobile than a stand, but still not ideal for the beach (I guess depends on wheels, but not the cart that I got)
Welcome to my world. 15 yrs plus " working" the beach. Always a challenge. Biggest challenge is going at it without assistants. Fir those days I use a reflector, the Godox 8" works well, or a hard beauty dish. Carrying equipment on a beach is crazy as well. Great job as always , Mahalo, Aloha
My personal tips when shooting at the beach, google "[the place of photoshoot] tide chart". For example, since I live in Bali, I'll search "Bali Tide Chart". In the chart we could see the date & time, and it shows number from 0 until 2. 0 means it's at the lowest tide, 2 means highest (at least that what I learned from my surfer's friend). Then I'll looking for the dates where the lowest tide meet my preferable hour, let's say golden hour. Sometimes, by exploring the beach at low tides, we're usually found new area of the beach, more options, and less dangerous too. :)
One good tip for beach shoots is to try and shoot during an outgoing tide for a couple of reasons: 1. If you put your bags down somewhere, they're less likely to get swamped by a wave while you're not watching. 2. The receding tide leaves behind a freshly groomed beach free of footprints or debris 3. The receding tide leaves a larger area of wet sand which gives you nice reflections 4. You won't suddenly find yourself cut off by deep water if you're shooting on a rock outcrop or sand spit.
Great tips but the result killing completely the ambient light it's not of my liking. If the customer was happy then all good as I say always. Regards and keep on working on the beach!!
@@fjhphoto that's the most important ;) the main subject of the pictures is the model. Normally Does not bother to me blown up sky if the rest it's not blown there's many ways to achieve that with composition etc... But having a dark ambient light when it's plain day light... I think that can be improved to look more that you are in the actual beach in daylight ;) again thanks for your time and the tips!! We learn from anything ;)
If using a lightstand or tripod a great tip is feet that don’t sink into the sand. A cheap fix is a can of tennis balls. Cut a X into them with a knife and the legs go in easy and sit better on the sand.
That's an excellent tip. Thanks for commenting, man.😊
damn that’s genius thx much
@@fjhphoto I see vignette in some of the shots. Is that because of the ND filter, or is that a creative choice when editing the photos in post? Thanks!
Port A and Bob Hall light is epic this time of year
Always will be the fan of you 🙌 as i learned all the great things about HSS portraits from you 😎
Very nice blend of flash power to ambient light, posing etc. Thanks for sharing your tips too.
Great work as always.......could you explain how you work with an nd filter and why you use it a lot....maybe you already have a tutorial on this?
A ND filter works as if you just adjusted your settings darker and it stays on that setting. It acts like sunglasses adding darkness in front of the lens to lower the exposure. Without a ND filter I would be around 1/8000th but with the filter I am at 1/250th. This is helpful because anything past 1/250th is using the feature High Speed Sync (HSS) which just means you can use any shutter with flash. However, using HSS causes a drop in power. I now use ND filters to avoid that power loss.
Good video, that wind can wreck havoc on a big soft box for sure.
Great photos Joey. Very professional.
Being on place where we have a lot of beaches to photoshoot, its nice to here these advice outside photography fundamentals which also makes a lot of sense. Things to really consider other than gears alone. Thank you. Glad I clicked!
Always glad to help out.😊
love. Use of reflections is a def. If you cant bring help, I also found bringing sand bags really help me out on my beach shoots. Thanks as always FJ.
Great tips and beautiful shoot!!!
Hope to be as good as you, one day.. Great pics!!
Thorough video from start to finish w/good info in between. Good to know u struggle at the beach in the same ways I have...lol. Although it's a hit and miss shooting at the beach, wind is usually an issue...therefore utilizing proper lighting/modifiers is key...especially for large family groups. Thanks for sharing FJH!
Great as always
Some stellar tips! Thank you for the insight! Your work is always inspirational, and you created amazing series of images for this shoot!
Great video and thanks for putting this together. Do you think an AD200
Pro would've been sufficient for that photo shoot?
Thank you brother for everything you do. I have a question, if you don't mind sharing, what's the name of that "monopod/light stand" she is holding at minute 2:20pm? It looks really easy to carry and hold, and looks ideal when shooting in a city like NYC where there are many people and you have to move out of their way lol...
Thanks for the video. Very useful information as usual. Can you please share the link to the pole used for the photos where your team is holding the flash and modifier (stand is not used)?
This is it. The PhotoFlex Litereach Plus:
adorama.rfvk.net/x9ExMR
@@fjhphoto thanks a lot for the timely response 🙏
That was a GREAT video 🙌😊
Absolutely love your channel. Your work is inspiring…keep it up!!
A couple questions:
1. I assume you’re shooting with a ND filter?
2. Are you double diffused in the AD300/Modifier? I have that same combo and can’t decide if I need the internal Velcro diffuser or not (especially on this type of full sun shoot)
Thanks!
Yup, used a ND filter and yes the AD300's modifier was double diffused.😊
Hi, in bright sunlight, f1.2 and a strobe, and yet the sky is blue. Is there something else you are using like an ND? I thought your shutter speed would have been at least 1/2000.
Yes, I used a 6 stop ND filter. Should have mentioned that in my video.
Very nice pictures.
The video I needed thank you.😄👍
Hey, thanks for the video. At 5:46, what's the aerosol that's being sprayed? That probably created a cool affect. I always wanted to try something with dry ice, but was told it can be toxic and even deadly. The aerosol idea might be cool to try...I haven't done much at the beach, and the couple of times I tried, dealing with lights was definitely problematic even with an assistant. I'm in process of trying to mount light stands to a utility cart, so that I could do more shoots myself and having lights on a cart would be much more mobile than a stand, but still not ideal for the beach (I guess depends on wheels, but not the cart that I got)
Really useful, thanks so much :)
beautiful work
Thank you!
Great tips. Especially the changing tent.
Just do you know, your ND filter link titles are mixed up.
Awesome brother 👏
Awesome video!!
Thanks!
Love your work bro ❤️
Hi, love your vids! What is your WB on these?
I shoot auto white balance but I believe it was around 5800k.
Is this all HSS?
which large monopod being used with ad300 pro? would you please share the link of the product? Thanks
PhotoFlex Litereach Plus - adorama.rfvk.net/x9ExMR
Changing tent - amzn.to/2WrlOM5
what kind of strobe flash for this photoshoot bro?mostly i see ur ss for this photoshoot was 2/250..u using nd filter?what brand?
Hi does sigma 105mm lens for canon work in sony full frame using mc 11 adapter?
hello, do you have a video where you show or talk about your flash setupS, ?
You should try the wind proof umbrellas next time.
At 8:42 what's at the base of that light stand? Is that a ball?
Welcome to my world. 15 yrs plus " working" the beach. Always a challenge. Biggest challenge is going at it without assistants. Fir those days I use a reflector, the Godox 8" works well, or a hard beauty dish. Carrying equipment on a beach is crazy as well. Great job as always , Mahalo, Aloha
I’ve never used or called on an assistant while
taking pictures of us with your advice I will be doing so for the beach shoot
do you have Presets or you have a custom Photo editing process everytime??
I'm sure I'll look back at one of your Tutorials thanks 🙂🙂
Custom editing each time. I plan to make editing tutorials on my channel once I hit 100k subscribers.
@@fjhphoto I like your style on IG and this is what I came to look for. Subscribed and looking forward to those!
@@markkempton4579 thanks so much!😁
50mm or 85mm?
What time in the day did the shoot start?
About 6:45pm then it ended at about 8:10pm.
Good.
Thank you!😁
Nice vid
One tip if you DO want to change lenses at the beach... do it inside the changing tent :)
Nice
This was in Texas?
Yup, South Padre Island.
Definitely not Galveston 😂
@@deenugent473 lol!🤣
New LUT ? seeing dffrnce in video quality
No LUT. Better or worse quality?
@@fjhphoto i really liked it sir
1:53 Is it a monopod ?
Yes, the PhotoFlex Litereach Plus - adorama.rfvk.net/x9ExMR
can you do an updaTE TUTORIAL ON EDITING AN IMAGE PLEASE? THANK YOU
I’m going to make editing tutorials after I reach my goal of 100,000 subscribers.
@@fjhphoto awesome! You will soon
My personal tips when shooting at the beach, google "[the place of photoshoot] tide chart". For example, since I live in Bali, I'll search "Bali Tide Chart". In the chart we could see the date & time, and it shows number from 0 until 2. 0 means it's at the lowest tide, 2 means highest (at least that what I learned from my surfer's friend). Then I'll looking for the dates where the lowest tide meet my preferable hour, let's say golden hour. Sometimes, by exploring the beach at low tides, we're usually found new area of the beach, more options, and less dangerous too. :)
One good tip for beach shoots is to try and shoot during an outgoing tide for a couple of reasons:
1. If you put your bags down somewhere, they're less likely to get swamped by a wave while you're not watching.
2. The receding tide leaves behind a freshly groomed beach free of footprints or debris
3. The receding tide leaves a larger area of wet sand which gives you nice reflections
4. You won't suddenly find yourself cut off by deep water if you're shooting on a rock outcrop or sand spit.
Pls can you do more videos on post-processing please
Hello, the result is stunning, but the raw material would look
Great tips but the result killing completely the ambient light it's not of my liking. If the customer was happy then all good as I say always. Regards and keep on working on the beach!!
She loved the photos and so did I. I prefer having a properly exposed background instead of a blown out one.😊
@@fjhphoto that's the most important ;) the main subject of the pictures is the model. Normally Does not bother to me blown up sky if the rest it's not blown there's many ways to achieve that with composition etc... But having a dark ambient light when it's plain day light... I think that can be improved to look more that you are in the actual beach in daylight ;) again thanks for your time and the tips!! We learn from anything ;)